Life Copy Game

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The crisp knock on the door echoed in the silent and deep corridor.

"Please come in."

An old voice came from behind the door.

Yin Xiya reached out and pushed open the door and looked into the office.

At this moment, the silver-haired old man was sitting behind the huge sand table, holding a yellowed book and slowly flipping through it.

The difference from last time is that this time there is a small bookshelf in the innermost corner of the office. There are some books and folders on the bookshelf.

Yin Xiya glanced at the old man and said slowly, "Director, I want..."

"Following the decision of the Council, all documents regarding the investigation of Nighthawk Eucalyptus must be sealed, and all nighthawk-related items and other documents have been destroyed,"

He glanced at the folder placed in the corner of the sand table in front of him and said, "I will pack these documents tonight and send someone to send them back to the headquarters of the Pollution Cleanup Department."

Then he lowered his head, continued to flip through the books in his hand, and said slowly, "Theoretically, after the documents are sealed, no one can access these documents without the consent of the council."

"But······"

Yin Xiya looked at the old man.

"Ah~"

The old man raised his head and yawned, then he closed the book in his hand, "As I get older, I get sleepy easily, and before I know it, I'm almost seventy."

He stood up slowly, slowly reached out and inserted the books back into the bookshelf, "There are fewer and fewer old friends who are still alive."

Then he glanced at Yin Xiya and yawned again,

"Girl, I'm going to go back to sleep first. This will be your office from now on. You can get familiar with it first, but you can't mess with the files on my sandbox."

With that said, he passed by Yin Xiya and walked out of the door.

Hearing the old man's words, Yin Xiya was stunned for a moment, then she looked at the back of the old man entering the corridor and smiled.

Then she walked straight to where the old man was sitting just now and looked at the folder placed on the sand table.

There is a note on the folder indicating the name of the file contained in the folder.

[‘Nightjar Eucalyptus’ survey documents (collection)]

She reached out and opened the folder.

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The tall off-road vehicle stopped in the silent night.

He Ao opened the door and got out of the off-road vehicle with a cane in hand.

This is not Xicheng Third Street, but an abandoned factory not far from Xicheng Third Street.

In the city of St. John, even in abandoned buildings and factories, as long as there is shelter from the wind and rain, there will be homeless people living there.

In the West City, the most chaotic area of ​​St. John City, corresponding gangs will naturally breed among these homeless people.

But the factory where He Ao is now is an exception.

This is the site of a chemical plant explosion, and the ground is filled with toxic chemicals.

This factory once belonged to the Kjet Group, but was temporarily abandoned here because the cost of cleaning up these chemicals was too high.

The original area of ​​this factory is basically in ruins, with only a few corners offering shelter from the wind and rain. At the same time, it is full of toxic chemicals, so as long as there are better options, homeless people are basically reluctant to come here. .

Judging from the information Eve found, this factory is the area with the fewest people near Third Street in Xicheng.

Because there are so few people, this is also one of the most murder-intensive areas in the entire West City. Many gangs will bring people who cannot be killed openly to be executed here.

On the ground under He Ao's feet, there were obvious dried blood stains.

And this use as an 'execution ground' makes more wanderers reluctant to come here, for fear of running into something they shouldn't.

The reason why He Ao came here is very simple.

His eyes scanned the dark surroundings.

The direct cause of death of the son and daughter-in-law was a car accident.

And their bodies had scars from repeated crushing. This car was probably not an accidental car encountered on the road, but a car that deliberately committed murder.

Therefore, there is a high probability that this death was not an accidental car accident, but a deliberate execution.

Now He Ao already knows that the missing son and daughter-in-law were captured by the Cong of Evolution and brought to the headquarters of the Cong of Evolution.

Although He Ao didn't know why the final 'execution' was a car accident, he knew that the scene where his son and daughter-in-law were found was not near Xicheng Third Street, but on Xicheng Twelfth Street, which spans half the city from Xicheng Third Street.

They showed obvious signs of being dumped.

Although they may not have died when their bodies were dumped, so they were able to leave their social security numbers in the end.

It is unlikely that Evolution would bring people so far away for execution, so He Ao deduced that the scene of the murder should be near Evolution's headquarters. It was just that they deliberately dumped the body so far away in order to conceal the existence of their headquarters. of.

Of course, their initial idea might have been to throw it in a far corner and let the municipal corpse collection truck collect it. They did not expect that Sito's son and daughter-in-law were still alive and had left their social security card numbers.

To hit with a vehicle, you need a certain amount of space to drive the vehicle. In addition, Evolution needs to hide itself, so the 'execution ground' chosen should not be too busy.

He Ao analyzed all the areas near Xicheng Third Street and found three possible 'eucalyptus discovery sites'.

This one is the last one he comes to.

Neither of the first two showed any obvious signs of a violent and brutal crash.

Stepping on the broken bricks, He Ao continued to move forward.

This factory area is not too big, and he can search it completely in no time.

There was nothing special about the place where he first entered the ruins. Apart from some scattered long-dried blood stains and some traces of vehicles driving by, He Ao did not find anything obviously problematic.

Until he reached the depths of the factory ruins.

There is a circular main building that originally belonged to a chemical plant, although now it has been bombed and only the outermost wall remains.

It looks like some kind of ancient legendary Colosseum.

There are almost no dried blood stains here, because it is full of various chemical poisons. Even He Ao, who is now a martial artist, feels slight discomfort when he breathes.

Those gang members dare not go deep here.

He Ao walked to the wall, shining the flashlight he just bought on the roadside in his hand.

Around these walls he found ruts that were not very recent.

It looked like it was left a few days ago.

He Ao shined his flashlight and followed these tracks.

Soon, he saw an area similar to the entrance, where the rut stopped.

He turned and followed the entrance into the ruins of the rotunda.

The entire central part of the building was blown away, leaving only a flat view and some collapsed low walls and columns.

By the light of the flashlight, He Ao quickly discovered a dent that was obviously caused by the impact.

The dent was about half a meter deep and nearly two meters in diameter. It didn't look like it was made by a human or mechanical creation, but more like some kind of flesh and blood monster.

For example, a powerful pollution monster.

He Ao searched around the dent and found some dried blood stains on some steel bars. These blood stains looked very new and were left a few days ago.

There was also a bloody fingerprint left on one of the steel bars.

These are the traces left by humans.

In this area, there used to be a giant pollution monster that was chasing some people.

He Ao continued to move forward along these impact marks and blood stains.

Although these traces circled the entire factory area several times, there were still obvious paths.

Soon, He Ao reached the end of these traces.

It was a narrow passage that could only accommodate one person.

The entrance to the passage was blocked by a huge cement pillar, leaving only a slight gap.

But through these gaps, He Ao could still clearly see the blood stains on the walls of the passage and the bloody footprints on the ground.

He Ao climbed over the wall directly and reached the exit of the passage, outside the circular wall.

At the exit, there were two pairs of bloody footprints.

Judging from the patterns on the soles and the size of the footprints, it seems that they belong to a man and a woman respectively.

They had just escaped from the ruins of the factory and were standing at the entrance to catch their breath.

He Ao looked in front of the pair of footprints. There were two deep ruts there, and behind the footprints and ruts, under the illumination of the flashlight, there were traces of a large pool of blood splashing on the wall and ground.

Vaguely, He Ao saw a middle-aged couple appear in front of him.

Covered in blood, they were standing at the entrance of the passage, congratulating themselves for escaping.

And at this moment, a large car drove towards them and knocked them away.

Blood spattered on the curved wall and the gravel-covered ground.

He Ao bent down, covering his heart with his hand, and leaned against the old wall.

The physical pain and mental pain caused by the toxic substances in the air were superimposed, making him almost suffocated.

After a while, he caught his breath, turned around, and walked towards the exit.

He did not examine the blood stain in detail.

He already had his answer.

The tall off-road vehicle passed through the ruins and stopped in front of him.

He reached out with difficulty, climbed onto the off-road vehicle, and sat on the chair.

The off-road vehicle turned around and headed towards its next destination.

At this time, He Ao's bracelet vibrated.

It was a message sent to him by Yin Xiya.

The content of the message is the investigation file of Nightjar Eucalyptus.

He Ao took a deep breath to calm his heartbeat. After waiting for a while, he began to quickly flip through the documents.

The documents contain a wealth of first-hand information about Nighthawk Eucalyptus, and even include photos of many of the materials that have been destroyed by the Pollution Cleanup Department.

For example, this file contains photos of the warehouse where Nighthawk 'raised' pollution monsters, and that warehouse has now been completely destroyed by the Pollution Cleanup Department. Not only did everything that could be burned be burned, but the walls were also torn down.

These photos basically restored the scene in the warehouse at that time. A very weak-looking pollution monster was locked in a huge iron cage. Between the iron cages there seemed to be a huge anatomy operating table, with various huge... The blade hangs beside it.

Judging from the content shown in the photo, rather than saying that Nighthawk is 'raising' monsters, it is better to say that he is 'studying' monsters.

In this document, the original investigation team also had such suspicions.

However, what Nighthawk did went beyond the rules of the Pollution Cleanup Department, so the investigation team announced that Nighthawk would be arrested.

What happened after that was probably known to He Ao.

Nighthawk escaped after injuring the investigation team that went to capture him.

In these documents, there is no detailed explanation of what happened in the first place. They only say that Nighthawk fought with the investigation team, then injured the investigation team and ran away, and the investigation team also left injuries on Nighthawk.

However, the document records that the place where Nighthawk and the investigation team first met was on Suweite Street.

This neighborhood is very familiar to He Ao. It is near Mock Street. When Sito went to his son's house in the past, he would get off at the bus stop on Suweite Street and walk to Mock Street.

The two streets are almost adjacent to each other.

Seeing this, He Ao also understood.

When Evolution arrested people on Mock Street, it was probably to find Nighthawk.

They most likely reported Nighthawk's power of raising pollution monsters to the Pollution Cleanup Department.

But why arrest people near Mock Street? Do they have some kind of evidence that these guys are related to Nighthawks?

He Ao thought and continued to read the documents.

The nightjar disappeared for a month.

During this month, the Pollution Cleanup Department had almost no direct confrontation with Nighthawk.

They had received intelligence about the appearance of some nighthawks, but by the time they arrived, the nighthawks were already gone.

In the process, they discovered that Nighthawk secretly had a strange beast called the Shadow Dog.

This kind of strange beast is one of the few that can be tamed, but its number is extremely small and it is extremely difficult to tame. It is difficult for ordinary people to get the recognition of the shadow dog, but once it gains its trust, it will never betray it.

Although the actual combat effectiveness of shadow dogs is very weak, their innate ability allows them to blend into the shadows, making them extremely difficult to detect. They can also bring their companions into the shadows for a short time, making them natural sentinels.

And judging from its abilities, it looks like an extraordinary creature of the Nightcrawler sequence.

According to these documents, Nighthawk relied on the help of Shadow Dog and almost always managed to leave before the pollution cleanup department arrived.

But here, these files appear again in Mohu.

Although these several 'capture operations' against Nighthawk all ended in failure, theoretically there should still be data left.

However, these actions were mentioned briefly in these documents, leaving no action information.

Including where the nighthawk appeared, how it disappeared, and what harm it caused, there is no information at all, only a few words describe it.

And if you turn to the back, it’s the final battle.

The director of the Pollution Cleanup Department came to St. John City, and the original investigation team also received a report from some kind of "anonymous informant" and knew where Nighthawk might appear next.

This time, they successfully crouched down to the Nighthawk, but at that time, the Nighthawk had been completely controlled by pollution and madness.

The document stated that the director tried to dissuade Nighthawk, but Nighthawk had lost the ability to communicate and even contaminated several staff members of the Pollution Cleanup Department, turning them into twisted pollution monsters. In the end, the director had no choice but to kill them. kill.

However, the Pollution Cleanup Department did not obtain Nighthawk's body in the end.

Because after Nighthawk was killed, Shadow Dog, who had been severely injured, broke through the siege and took away Nighthawk's body.

The Pollution Cleanup Department did not know where the pollution that caused Nighthawk to go crazy came from, so under the resolution of the council, they ordered the destruction of all items related to Nighthawk to prevent the spread of contamination.

This resolution sounds outrageous, but when the source of the pollution is unknown, it is actually reasonable to prefer to destroy the mistake rather than let it go.

He Ao closed the file and looked at the dark night ahead.

This document solved some of his problems, but it created more.

The whole document seems to be logically complete, but all the actions seem to remain on the surface, with a twisted and awkward feeling.

The Pollution Cleanup Department seems to be killing Nighthawk just to kill Nighthawk, and Nighthawk doesn't know how to prove himself. He runs away when he sees the Pollution Cleanup Department, or fights back.

All the documents still do not record any 'words' spoken by Nighthawk, and they do not explain the deepest question - why is the relationship between the two like this?

Judging from the performance in the documents, the Pollution Cleanup Department seems to have some deeper and completely irreconcilable conflict with Nighthawk, so much so that the two have actually reached the point where they are in a fight and unable to communicate.

However, this document does not actually show this contradiction, and there is an obvious feeling that it is enough to stop going into details.

And in this incident, the Pollution Cleanup Department, a force that eliminates pollution monsters, seems to have some kind of 'cooperation' with cultivating the evolution of pollution monsters.

At least the address of Nighthawk in the last battle was most likely provided by Evolution.

That 'anonymous' informant is most likely the person who evolved.

It seems that the Clan of Evolution will eventually be able to 'find' Nighthawk, and their 'understanding' of Nighthawk may be deeper than the 'point-to-point' Pollution Cleanup Department.

So the breakthrough point still has to be on the evolutionary side.

He Ao raised his bracelet, thanked Yin Xiya first, and then opened a web page. The first page of the web page was a banner advertisement.

[You deserve the experience of soaring in the sky. ]

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Xicheng Third Street·Abandoned Grain Factory

This is the tallest building in the entire Xicheng Third Street. Standing by the window, you can overlook the entire city at night.

A tall figure was standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

"Minister, everything is almost arranged,"

A figure hurriedly walked behind him, "Although time is urgent and there are very few things we can change now, we have prepared enough 'gifts' for that person.

"If he takes the stairs, starting from the first floor, there will be enough monsters to intercept them on each floor, and laser weapons are arranged on each floor. But if he takes the elevator..."

Speaking of this, he laughed and said, "We have laid a dragnet. As long as he dares to come this time, as long as he is not a B-level existence, we will definitely make it impossible for him to come back."

"Well, continue to strengthen protection and deploy manpower on all floors."

The tall figure stared out the window, "The final moment is coming soon, and no accidents are allowed from above."

"yes!"

The figure nodded violently.

The bright lights are reflected in the huge floor-to-ceiling windows across a long distance.

For some reason, the tall figure felt a little uneasy.

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"Old sir, are you okay?"

The young man reached out and leaned behind the door, looked at He Ao who was standing in front of the open door and was carrying his backpack, and shouted loudly.

The high-altitude wind blew against everyone's bodies, and the violent sound of the propellers stirring the air covered the voices of the men shouting.

"If it doesn't work, let's go back!"

Leaning against the door string of the helicopter, the man roared again.

This time, He Ao seemed to finally hear the man's voice. He raised his head, held the crutch in his hand, and gave the man a thumbs up.

Behind him at this moment was the gray night, and under his feet were the tiny speckled lights of the city.

He Ao looked at the man's worried face and gave a reassuring smile, while the strong wind swept through his gray hair.

Then he held the cane in his hand and turned his back to the city and the night sky.

Leap.