End of the World Cycle

Soon, the two of them were right above the bank. The bank building had 22 floors, but the ground was relatively low, and now only the top floor was left.

Fortunately, there was a utility room next to the water tower on the top floor, which could be used to take shelter from the rain. Xie Qin walked in front and kicked the lock lightly. Although there was dust inside after the door was opened, it was still spacious. Miao Zhe simply tidied up and sat on the floor, holding the computer and started to operate.

"The signal has been cut off. Do you have any way to hack into the treasure house's defense system?"

"Of course, as long as the national satellite exists, there will be no place I can't enter."

Xie Qin felt that this person was more and more useful, just like Huang Bing in the first base in his previous life, the one who could hack into all systems and steal information. This Miao Zhe seemed to be no worse than Huang Bing. If he could stay by his side, he would be a good match.

ten minutes later.

"The door can be opened at any time, but it can only last for ten minutes at a time, and can only be opened once within an hour. Your computer is running low on power and can only last for an hour and a half at most, which means you only have one chance to come back within the specified time."

Xie Qin returned to the yacht and took out two batteries from the space. He placed them in front of Miao Zhe. After changing into a diving suit, Miao Zhe looked at Xie Qin's professional equipment and couldn't help but open his eyes wide. He wanted to ask something but didn't ask.

Xie Qin sat on the windowsill and prepared to fall down, but Miao Zhe couldn't help but ask a question.

"Are you so confident in leaving me on this boat? Aren't you afraid that I might run away with your boat?"

"You can drive my boat, that's your ability."

After saying that, Xie Qin fell into the water with the oxygen mouthpiece in her mouth and disappeared. Miao Zhe watched the splashes gradually disappear. There were still 30 minutes before the agreed opening time, so he went straight onto the yacht.

He tried to move the cockpit handle just like Xie Qin had done before, but it wouldn't budge. He wanted to smash the lock, so he kicked it first, then found a kitchen knife in the house to chop it. Ten minutes passed, and the door didn't budge at all, not even a trace was left.

The thirty-minute alarm rang. Miao Zhe was so exhausted that he collapsed on the deck. He took a few deep breaths before returning to the room and starting to operate the computer.

At the same time, Xie Qin in the water slowly followed the map and walked to the gate. The gate was very large, and the fingerprint and iris locks on both sides were still on. Xie Qin knew how waterproof this place was.

After waiting for about five minutes, the door in front of him made a mechanical unlocking sound. The door slowly opened from the middle. After it was opened, Xie Qin sighed. The titanium alloy door was more than one meter thick and probably weighed more than ten tons. It was impossible to smash it with my hands in the water.

As soon as the door opened, Xie Qin flexibly crawled in. After taking a few steps, he came to a sealed glass chamber. According to Miao Zhe's description, this should be a vacuum chamber.

After entering, the water in the cabin was sucked away instantly. Opening the other side, it was a dry place. On the screen in front of Miao Zhe above, many surveillance images appeared.

He could see Xie Qin's every move clearly. However, Xie Qin, who was underwater, didn't know that the cameras in Treasure House No. 1 were extremely hidden and could not be seen by the naked eye, in order to prevent others from destroying the surveillance.

Xie Qin entered Treasure House No. 1 and followed the map to the outermost storage room, which was where the most common gold, silver and jewelry were placed. Looking at the densely packed metal grids in front of him, there were thousands of them. Xie Qin sighed as he looked at the boxes that required special keys to open.

It seems that at critical moments, violence is still the only way to win.

[Xiaobao, do you have any metal gloves or something? Although I am strong, my skin is too tender.]

[Yes, soft chain gloves, with a cushioning layer inside, will not hurt your hands without losing force. Only 30 points.]

[Just give me one. Is it only 15 points? ]

【... We sell in pairs.】

[Okay, give me a pair. ]

Miao Zhe, who was watching Xie Qin from above, was so surprised that his jaw dropped. He watched the little girl on the screen first appear a pair of gloves out of thin air, then smashed the safe with one punch after another. Then, when her hands touched the gold and silver jewelry, they disappeared instantly.

All of this was even more sci-fi than a sci-fi movie. It was all beyond my normal cognition. My heart was beating wildly. This girl was traveling alone in the rainstorm. She had supplies, a wooden warehouse, and a yacht. She still looked so strong. What kind of person was she?

There were more than 1,300 safes, and Xie Qin spent four hours hammering them. Looking at the clock on his hand, it was almost dark. He came up thinking about going home to sleep.

Four hours was enough for Miao Zhe to recover. It seemed that admiring the strong was human nature. After confirming the gap between himself and Xie Qin, Miao Zhe chose to hold on to this thigh. At least he was useful to Xie Qin. In such an extreme environment, holding on to a strong and thick thigh would definitely save his life.

So, the moment Xie Qin came up, Miao Zhe, who had been lukewarm before, actually knelt down in front of him on the spot.

"Big sister! Please accept me as your little brother! Let me hang out with you!"

Xie Qin was puzzled and was just wondering when she accidentally caught a glimpse of the surveillance split screen on the computer screen. She was instantly annoyed and pointed a pistol directly at Miao Zhe's forehead.

"You've seen everything you shouldn't have seen. There's no need to live anymore."

Miao Zhe didn't expect that Xie Qin was so decisive. Perhaps it was a moment of survival, Miao Zhe actually dodged the first bullet the moment Xie Qin pressed the trigger.

My lower abdomen was a little tense, and I almost peed myself out of fear. My whole body was shaking and cold sweat was pouring down my face.

"Boss, spare my life! I can be useful to you. Don't kill me."

"Hmm? Tell me about your role." Putting aside other things, Xie Qin wanted this person to work like a slave for him. If this person discovered his secret after everyone awakened their superpowers, he would definitely spare his life.

But now that no one has awakened their special powers, then my abilities are out of this world. So this person's death is the best option. But if this person is really useful, it is not impossible to keep him by my side under the premise of ensuring his loyalty.

"I can do anything related to computers. I can find loopholes in any system. I can also make security systems. If you want to know the information, give me a computer and I can help you find it. I can do data-driven attacks, information theft, remote manipulation. And. And. I am still useful... Don't kill me."

Xie Qin looked at the desire to survive in the eyes of the man in front of him and couldn't help but feel familiar. Yes, didn't he have that kind of look of wanting to live? Anyway, there was not much time left to wait for the dry season to come and awaken the superpowers. Let's keep this person for now.

Nowadays, information is blocked. The worst that can happen is that this person betrays me and I can just kill everyone who knows about it.

“Will other people see this video?”

"I'll delete it! I hacked into their security system, so I also hacked into the surveillance system. I can delete it. No one except me will see your secret."

"I can let you follow me, but you must be absolutely loyal. If I find out that you have done anything wrong, I will kill you without hesitation."

[Master, you can make him your subordinate and monitor his loyalty in real time.]

[I haven't chosen a base location yet, can I still recruit subordinates? ]

[Yes, you can. You have the right to have five subordinates who can assist you in completing system tasks independently of the base. Other guards and residents can only be included after a base is established.]

With Xiaobao's words, Xie Qin considered for two minutes whether the man in front of him was worthy of him using the quota of one of his subordinates to recruit him.

As if he could see hesitation on Xie Qin's face again, Miao Zhe started talking about his own usefulness again.

"Basically there are storage vaults under some banks across the country. With me following you, you can go in and out of these places as you please. I can also program robots. Trust me, I won't let you regret keeping me."

Xie Qin accepted the wooden can, looked at Miao Zhe who was slumped on the ground, smiled, and stretched out his hand to him.

"Welcome to join us. You will be my team member from now on."

"Team..Team members? What team?"

"I haven't decided on a name yet, but I'm planning on forming my own team. Why don't you want to join?"

"Yes! Yes!" Miao Zhe was afraid that Xie Qin would regret it, so he grabbed the hand that Xie Qin extended to him.

[Ding ding ding~~Detected the host's subordinates plus one, reward points 50, a helicopter, a bulletproof car, a ton of high-quality fruit, a ton of high-quality vegetables, a ton of high-quality meat, a ton of high-quality seafood, and a ton of high-quality staple food. Miao Zhe's current loyalty is 75. ]

The crackling sound of rewards rang out, and it would be a lie to say I wasn't surprised.

[Is there a reward for recruiting a subordinate? 】

[Of course, there are rewards for including subordinates, guards, and residents. If there is a base, the prosperity of the base will be increased. ]

[Very good, very good, how is this loyalty calculated? ]

[Loyalty above 60 is considered passing, the full score is 100, 100 loyalty means absolute loyalty, 75 means they will not betray you easily, which is a relatively high value. Once the loyalty is below 50, you can kill them. ]

【clear. 】

Xie Qin pulled the man up from the ground.

"Boss. You won't want to kill me again, right?"

"As long as you are loyal, I guarantee you will have delicious food and drinks." Xie Qin patted the man who was more than 30 centimeters taller than her and said with a smile. At this point, she actually felt a little hungry.

"Eat something before going back."

"Okay! I've salvaged a lot of supplies, I'll find some for you." Just as Miao Zhe was about to go up to the deck to get the food he had found, he saw two lunch boxes in Xie Qin's hands. They were steaming hot and looked very appetizing.

"Eat this, here you go." After saying that, one portion was handed to Miao Zhe.

A box lunch with four dishes and one soup, stir-fried water spinach, minced meat and eggplant, braised prawns, a braised lion's head, and a serving of pork ribs and winter melon soup.

Looking at this rich lunch box, I realized that I haven't eaten it for almost half a year. For more than five months, my mother and I have been eating potatoes and bacon every day. My weight has dropped directly from 190 catties to 130 catties now.

One can imagine how tempting such an ordinary lunch box was to him. Although he didn't know who the girl in front of him was, he knew that he had made the right choice.

On the way back, Miao Zhe stood inside the yacht's cockpit, amazed at its stability and the simple operation of the yacht, including the accelerator and brake, and the steering wheel. He knew how to drive it after just a few glances.

Xie Qin seemed to see the surprise in Miao Zhe's eyes from the corner of her eye.

"This is a specially made yacht with great stability. Do you want to try it?"

"Can I...?"

"Of course. Just follow the navigation."

Xie Qin gave up his seat and sat on a chair beside him, without even looking at how Mu Zhe was driving. After all, he was an adult in his twenties, and someone with such a high IQ, so he would always be more stable than himself.

Sure enough, half an hour later, the two arrived at the building safely. Before getting off the boat, Xie Qin threw a backpack to Miao Zhe.

"Some fresh fruits and vegetables, and a chicken. Go back and settle your mother down. Go out with me at eight o'clock every morning. I will give you a day off after I have emptied Treasure House No. 1."

"Okay! Thank you, Boss!"

"By the way! Can you hack into the national information system?"

"No, the National Information System has its own separate satellite signal. No matter how good the technology is, it can't be done unless the satellite is broken."

"What about school?"

"Okay, the school's information system security level is not very high. What do you want to check, Boss?"

"Help me find someone, Pei Yang from the Department of Chemistry at Kyoto University."

"Okay. Boss, can you give me a battery? I'll find all his information for you when I get home. I'll give it to you tomorrow morning when I get to work."

"work?"

"Aren't you going to work? The eight-minute shift." Miao Zhe scratched his head with a silly smile.

"I guess so. But you can't quit this class. Do you understand?"

"Understood! I swear to be loyal to you till death."

Xie Qin gave Miao Zhe another battery, and then they went back to their own residences.

When Miao Zhe returned home, the room was pitch black. As soon as he opened the door, he heard his mother's anxious voice.

"Is Xiaozhe back?"

"Yes. Mom, I'm back. I'll change your sheets right away."

The smell in the house was not pleasant. Ever since his mother became paralyzed, she had become incontinent and could not control her bowels and bladder. He had been away from home for two days and he knew how uncomfortable his mother, who loved cleanliness, felt.

"No hurry, let mom take a look. You didn't come back for two days and I was scared to death. If that girl hadn't come to tell me that you were okay during the day, I would have crawled out to look for you."

"It's okay, mom. I'm fine. I'll change your clothes and blanket first."

Miao Zhe skillfully changed his mother's clothes, carried her to the sofa in the dark, and quickly changed the bed sheets and quilts. He then threw the changed ones into the bathroom to soak.

It took more than half an hour to finish all these. He found the flashlight at home and charged it with the battery for a while. Then the room was bright again. He opened the backpack Xie Qin gave him with the light. There was a cabbage, two heads of lettuce, a handful of leeks, a chicken, and almost two kilograms of pork. There were also two bottles of vitamins. The whole schoolbag was filled.

Some of these things were not given to him by the eldest brother, but since they were put in there, they showed a lot of human touch. It would be a lie to say that he was not touched. After he sorted the things out and put them in the kitchen and gave his mother a few vitamins, Miao Zhe went out again to move the supplies he had salvaged from the boat.

Miao Zhe went to pick up the items with a purpose. He picked up a box of adult diapers and a box of diaper pads. They were all prepared for his mother. He used to buy these things and put them at home, but after more than five months of heavy rain, they had already been used up. It was really tiring to wash them by hand. He also picked up two boxes of bread.

Fortunately, these things were sealed in plastic and were not soaked in water. However, the shelf life of these breads is only two months, so it seems that I have to go out and find supplies.

The fire in the kitchen is getting smaller and smaller. Although the natural gas pipeline in the building has not been damaged, it is estimated that there is a natural gas leak in other places. It is estimated that the fire for cooking will be gone soon. I have to find a way to store some firewood. I have to remind the boss tomorrow.