gray manor

While chattering sirens are rare, they are not non-existent.

He himself is not the kind of person who is not good at words, but he is really too lazy to explain to others in many cases.It is his code of conduct not to say a word if he can solve it with his own hands. The siren has always acted decisively and seldom speaks harshly.

But Xin Xi is an exception to him, he likes her very much and can even be said to dote on her, even if it's just small talk, being with Xin Xi will become very interesting.So maybe Aiwujiwu, her friend is also included in the range of Siren's patience.

It's just that the fragile safety line is broken at the first touch, and some words can't be said no matter what.

When Siren came back to his senses and found himself standing at the gate, he realized that he almost left the backyard just now in a gesture of escape.He can't lie, saying "no" has violated his principles, and he can't guarantee whether he will tell everything he thinks if he continues to say that.

Obviously, Xin Xi's friends are much more sensitive than Xin Xi himself, and the siren is not willing to lie in front of her at all.

The siren who fell from the sky raised his eyes, only to see Jonathan with probing eyes and Eli, who was supported by him with sweaty eyes, cuddling each other. Jonathan's body was covered with dust from nowhere, and even his head was gray. , as if a slight movement of the head immediately caused the dust to fly and set off a small sandstorm.

The siren gave him the same look, and Joe said helplessly, "Don't ask, the question is that Eli is too weak, and his ability is not stable on the way back, which brought us into the unfinished building."

No wonder it took so long, Siren complained silently in his heart.

He stretched his neck forward and looked at Eli, only to see that the red-haired woman was pale and boneless, and she could only maintain a standing posture by leaning on Jonathan.The siren lowered her eyebrows and said seriously: "Then is she alright?"

"Not dead yet." The person who was asked frowned and squeezed out two words between his teeth, as if whoever wanted to underestimate her, she would immediately jump up and fight desperately with him.

As one of the few female operators in Hongguang, Eli's efforts are absolutely unimaginable to others. Both Jonathan and Raven know that men may gain respect and trust as long as they do their jobs well. , but in Hongguang, a chaotic class comparable to Vanity Fair, it is definitely not that simple for women to get a fair chance to stand out.

Even if Yi Lai is super capable, even if she has elegant and flamboyant curly red hair and a glamorous face, even if her ambition and mind are the best in a million, even if her EQ and IQ are impeccable, she wants to be equal to men. Respect is not easy.

It can even be said that in most cases, an outstanding skin is just a hindrance to her career. Her gender determines that she is destined to make great efforts to get ahead, otherwise she will always be inferior.

If it hadn't been for countless competitions with no gunpowder and no fairness at all, she would not have won the great name of "Red Light's only female special operator—Ms. Yi Lai".Her strong but not intimidating style and outstanding work achievements make her a god-like figure. Her outstanding skin becomes a weapon against stupidity. She perfectly digests career and self.

Looking at the current red light, there is no operator who is better than her. It can even be said that - looking at the entire RL, no one can be found to take her place.

So once she goes down... no, she can't go down.

Xin Xi, who also felt the fluctuating siren's ability in his sleep, woke up vigilantly, hugged the blanket and went straight to the door, but saw Yi Lai's battle-damaged appearance, so weak that he could only be supported by Jonathan.

"What's the matter?" Xin Xi squinted his eyes to carefully identify this seemingly tricky scene, and asked without thinking.

Siren shook his head slightly at her, signaling not to ask any more questions.Eli's strong self-esteem did not allow her to show weakness, so he did not dare to explain for her.

"Then don't stand there, let's go into the room first." Xin Xi received a wink, turned around and let her go in first.

The strong Yi Lai staggered as she walked. Her physical condition deteriorated much more seriously than before. Every step seemed to be the retribution caused by "checking and balancing backlash", and the pain went straight to the cranial cavity.The sparks eating away at the edges of the bones are endless. If she can still feel the fire burning the bones in the future, I don’t know if she will continue to move forward without saying a word like today.

"Jonathan, pick her up and go, this speed will go to the year of the monkey!" Although the men are very careful to take care of Eli's feelings, Xin Xi, who has the instinct of a doctor, obviously doesn't want to play with them. Respect is more important or body is more important." It's a game of two choices.

It's already painful, why do you want to write an inspirational script about the disabled and strong? Is it painful and enjoyable?A masochist or a dramatist?

"Hurry up, hurry up! It's slow to die, Raven hasn't heard anything yet, we still have a lot of problems to solve, don't make me a sensational drama. Give me speed and efficiency!" Xiao Xin put his hands on his hips, frowning, and it was rare for Jonathan Put on a majestic expression.

Qiao couldn't hold back Xin Xi's urging, so he had to ask Eli for his opinion, but Eli didn't speak, but nodded in acquiescence.

She didn't want to be a porcelain doll, so she insisted again and again, but Xin Xi's request on her behalf was indeed okay, so she said to herself: It's okay.

So Jonathan carefully picked up Eli, strode into the room, and placed him firmly on the sofa.Xin Xi followed behind them, observed Eli's expression calmly, and saw that her expression had obviously slowed down a lot after lying down, and said with satisfaction: "That's right."

"You can still persist, can't you? Let's let Jonathan drive the ability first, and put Xueming and Qiujie as the top priority?"

Xin Xi was sitting on the coffee table again, and Captain Blu-ray's nature of "putting things first and doing all kinds of evil" gradually emerged.

Eli pretended to be indifferent and continued to nod, but the pain made the sweat on her forehead keep coming out.

Xiao Xin's ability to observe words and emotions is first-rate, she calmly looked at Yi Lai's stubborn face, smiled lightly and said helplessly: "Do you want painkillers?"

Eli was stunned for a moment, but finally nodded.

Seeing this, Jonathan immediately turned to get the medicine box.

"I really admire you. The pain will go away if you endure it. If you don't tell it, others can't help you." Xiao Xin picked up the cup from the coffee table to fetch water for her, still not forgetting to scold and thank her. Nagging: "It's all about your own people. It's not that everyone doesn't know what your nature is like. Of course, you won't underestimate you because of this kind of thing, so don't pretend to be so strong. Humans are made of flesh, not iron. Who doesn't know this truth? It's not a bad thing to cry bitterly and tiredly, you are still you when you become weaker occasionally, especially, no one here will laugh at you."

Xin Xi speaks directly and sharply but not meanly. She is also a woman, so she can naturally understand the reason why Eli's character of swallowing her teeth becomes more and more extreme.It's just that the accumulation of stress and pain to a certain extent definitely needs to be vented or relieved. In her opinion, this matter does not distinguish between genders.

Why choose a muddy mountain road when there are good roads to walk on?What's more, it's not that there are no reliable friends around who can go hand in hand.

The pills and water were sent into Eli's mouth together, and everyone hoped that the medicine would work quickly.

Zhaoxi, who was blowing alone in the yard, saw the lights in the house from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Xiao Xin, Siren, Jonathan, and red-haired Eli gathered together. She didn't know what happened, but the situation seemed serious.

Yi Lai collapsed on the sofa for unknown reasons, and Xiao Xin eagerly delivered the pills to her mouth with a water glass in his hand.The two men, especially Jonathan, were full of unconcealable anxiety and stood at a loss. Siren happened to meet Zhao Xi's probing gaze, and he waved her to come in.

After feeding the medicine, Xin Xi couldn't wait to pull Jonathan to ask him to use the power of perception to find the location of Xueming and Qiujie. Qiao's ability is different from Raven's power of observation. Fluctuation is like a large X-ray perspective instrument.

According to the different abilities of transcendental people, the fluctuations he perceives are also very different. Even if it is the deliberate interference of a group of capable people, there is no way to hide under his ability.

Most importantly, Jonathan has far fewer blind spots than Raven, because he only perceives and screens transcendent people and their superpowers, unlike Raven, who can see everyone indiscriminately, so the constraints of his ability There are relatively few conditions, and rounding is almost unlimited.

"You should search in the California area first. Except for the laboratory with the ability shielder installed in the headquarters and the branch of GregTech that researches nanotechnology, there is no other declared transcendence perception blind spot in California." Siren held the tablet in his hand, Using Raven's authorization to find internal information, there is no guilt at all.

If it weren't for Joe having more important matters to be resolved, and Eli lying on the sofa too weak to even speak, how could it be the turn of the two members of Blu-ray to command the scene, and use their superiors' authority and equipment, Blu-ray A The two men in the team are just performing the scene of the dove occupying the magpie's nest, and they are so handy, they are simply daring.

Jonathan was covered in ashes, and was pressed by Xin Xi, and he activated his ability before he even had time to tidy up his appearance.The strong power of perception spread out immediately, causing the dust sticking to his hair to fall, and it still spread in undulating patterns.

Perception takes time, and with Jonathan's help, I believe that finding the two children is only a matter of time.

Joe is no stranger to those two children, and their ability level higher than the base number gives him more convenient and accurate screening space.

Xin Xi saw that he had quickly started to work, so he calmed down and waited for the result, then turned his gaze back to Yi Lai, who was ill.

The painkillers finally took effect, and Eli gradually felt weak, and his body became light and even a little numb.

In fact, she is very clear about her situation and physical condition. The doctor has emphasized to her more than once about the problem of "checking and balancing backlash". It is nothing more than overloading the body and backlash causing pain.

Eli used to do a lot of research in order to know her body and abilities well and make better use of them, and practiced for a long time to achieve the standard of accurate to the slightest difference in the distribution of abilities. With success, the balance board of forward ability and reverse inhibition has been very stable.

It's just that the sudden overuse in recent months has led to aggravated accumulation of fatigue and checks and balances. When she has enough energy but not enough energy, her behavior of taking on duty many times has provoked her powerful ability to vent her anger on her body.The pain once was nothing, and the pain twice didn't matter. She endured every little pain and trouble in the future, as if as long as she endured enough, all problems would disappear.

All problems are trivial until Eli falls.Everyone thought of her that way, so before she knew it, even she thought that way.

Her thoughts followed Eli, whose body began to flutter, into the corners of the horns. She thought, if Jonathan hadn't "complained" in front of Mr. Raven to win this annoying vacation for her, perhaps the backlash would not have been so serious.Just like a rubber band that is stretched tightly at both ends, if the two sides relax slowly, the rubber band will gradually return to its original shape, but if one side suddenly exerts force at this time, the rubber band will break due to this unexpected force and burst into a deeper layer. pain.

It's not that she didn't expect this day, but she didn't expect to end here.

Yi Lai stared at the ceiling in a daze, but Xiao Xin looked at her silently from the side, with complicated thoughts.

She has a deep relationship with this red-haired British woman. When she first joined RL and was still in the training stage, the first member of the Red Light she saw was Eli, and she was always the one who connected with her during the internship period and the official team. .It can be said that Xin Xi's achievements today are always tied to her.

She doesn't really like this contact person very much, but she is always the most reliable one every time there is a problem. No matter what method is used or how much time and energy is spent, she always spares no effort to help them solve their troubles.

It seems that she is too dependent on her, and occasionally wants to repay her, Xin Xi couldn't help thinking in his heart.

So she quietly put her hand into Eli's palm, and intervened in her body that was restrained and counterattacked with a weak adjustment force.It doesn't matter if you don't probe, but if you probe, the optimist can't help frowning and shaking his hands, his face is full of pain.

How to describe what she felt?Ridiculous?Devastated?These are not enough to describe the real tragedy inside Eli's body.Her bone marrow and bone substance are being attacked by the force of backlash, they are like terrorists who commit murder and arson, wreaking havoc and burning every inch of her bones.

Even though the painkillers relieved her pain, it was only to stop the boiling water. Even if the senses were numb, they could not solve any real problems.

This is simply the real scene of hell!Shame she can bear it!

Even if she is sent to the hospital for treatment now, the doctor will only prescribe two more doses of painkillers for relief, and tell them that this is beyond the scope of modern medicine.What's more, the hospitals that treat transcendental people are only for 90% of the population covered by grade C and below. According to regulations, S grades such as Yi Lai, who can make waves with a wave of their hands, are all in charge of the medical department affiliated to the Aurora Research Institute, and she obviously doesn't want to Let more colleagues know about it.

After the first diagnosis, Xiao Xin fell into deep thought. There are other ways not to seek foreign aid. She felt that she had to try anyway.

"Be careful yourself, don't be brave."

The siren saw Xiaoxin's abacus from the subconscious pouting of Xiaoxin's thinking, and secretly reminded her.

Xin nodded.

She has a lot of experience in operation and control ability. In addition to the bonus of natural physique, there is also the reason why she has been doing research in this area during her school years.

Although Xiao Xin does not look like a smart child, she is not a person by appearances. She has a strong thirst for knowledge and excellent mobility. Even the teacher said that she is very talented and is a material for learning.It's a pity that she is more inclined to go out for practice than staying in the laboratory every day for comparison. After graduation, she applied for RL and went to the Blu-ray Project instead of the Aurora Research Institute.

She has seen a lot of people who use superpowers to check and balance counterattacks, and she has accumulated a lot of experience unknowingly in the past few years.After all, true knowledge comes from practice, and Xiao Xin is known as a man of action.She geared up to concentrate, and used the power of adjustment to calm Yi Lai's restless backlash forcefully and gently.

From the look in Eli's eyes that turned from panic to calm, it is not difficult to see that her body is undergoing changes. The flames are gradually extinguished and the heat recedes, and the weight and powerlessness of her body are also reduced a lot.Eli let out a long breath of relief, let the spine arch slowly, the shoulder, neck and abdominal muscles exerted force at the same time and then immediately relaxed. She did not get the dull texture after the strong joints rubbed against each other, but the natural comfort after the body was stretched prevailed.

These changes were beyond her expectations.

Seeing her move like this, Xiao Xin withdrew his hand, shrugged in her questioning eyes and explained: "Fortunately, it was the early stage of backlash, and I didn't have to exert much effort."

"Tell me what kind of power you use first?" Eli knew that she had faked the attributes of her abilities, but she didn't ask much because of Mr. Raven's instructions.Today, Xiao Xin was caught using his ability on her, and he must have forced her to tell the truth.

"Didn't Raven not let you ask more questions..." A certain person glanced away, his eyes drifted, and he muttered in his mouth. The movement of shrinking back could not help but look guilty, which was different from her usual The image of expressing opinions with big stabs on hips is completely inconsistent.

"This level of control, are you a person with a natural physique? Your superpower is [natural]? No... your ability fluctuations are very special, it doesn't look simple... you can actually suppress the S-level's 'check and balance' , How many facts have you concealed? From level to ability, no one is the same as your ID card?"

Jonathan's perception was fully open, and of course he detected this novel ability. He immediately stopped searching and joined the questioning team instead.

"Go and do something for me! What are you guessing here!" Although Xiao Xin put on a fierce expression, he did not deter them. The four eyes of the red light operator were still staring at her, even the Exploration and persistence are in perfect harmony.

Since she used her ability, she didn't intend to hide it deliberately, but she also didn't want to tell the secret that was no longer a secret from her own mouth.

When the siren received the signal, although she rolled her eyes a hundred times in her heart, she still spoke for her: "There is a reason why Raven doesn't let you ask about it. I know he didn't ask you to never ask about it, but At least you have to promise to stand on our side after hearing the facts."

The two looked at each other, nodded to reassure, and the siren continued: "There is no data to fully express Xin's level, it is probably estimated to be S level or higher. As for the ability, it is named 'adjustment', which refers to The ability to adjust and rectify the transcendent at will, including but not limited to duplication, replacement, promotion, and so on. In other words, almost all usages you can think of can be realized on her."

Eli and Jonathan gasped secretly when they heard this. They could think of too many uses of the so-called "power of adjustment": copying ability attributes, improving ability levels, grafting multiple abilities... What is the meaning of adjustment? Force, just change the name to the Hand of God.

"Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. She is indeed a person with natural abilities. There is not a single word in her damn hidden file that is true."

Siren continued to make up the knife. Seeing that their expressions deviated from normal little by little, he felt secretly refreshed. Finally, he was not the only one who was troubled by Xiao Xin's simple appearance.

The red light operators were silent for a long time. From unbelievable to outraged and then to accept the reality, their mental journey was very bumpy.

After regaining consciousness, Eli and Joe looked at each other in tacit understanding, their eyes overlapped, and they read the same anxiety in each other's eyes——Mr. Raven tried his best to fight for her rights during the suspension of the Xin Department, Is it to retain strength or plant a bomb?The organization has such a level of detachment, how should RL weigh the pros and cons?

Those who work in Hongguang have almost completely assimilated ideas and sharp characteristics. After some weighing, the two fell into confusion at the same time.

But fortunately, this atmosphere didn't last long, Raven's call broke the silence full of twists and turns.The siren picked up the phone, and the other party got straight to the point, and just said nonsense—"Has Eli brought Jonathan back?"

"I'm back."

"Okay. We found two children who are similar in shape to Xueming Qiujiao. You, Xin and Jonathan get ready. We will pick you up to the scene right away. See you at the door in 3 minutes."

Although the tone was still polite, Raven's work status was obviously mobilized. After receiving the answer from the siren, he hung up the phone immediately and turned to urge Tim to drive faster.

At this moment, all the eyes in the room were focused on Siren. He said concisely: "The Raven seems to have found a clue. I need me, Xin Xi and Joe to go to the scene, and I will be there in 3 minutes."

The two whose names were mentioned nodded at the same time, one silently asked about Yi Lai's physical condition with his eyes, and the other patted Zhao Zhao on the shoulder and told her to take good care of the patient—if Yi Lai couldn't bear the pain, he could take two more painkillers medicine.

After receiving affirmative answers and promises, the three people who were named got up and followed the siren to wait for the Raven's shuttle bus. They pushed the door out with a firm and calm figure, as if they had to face bad troubles , and still have the confidence to solve it calmly.

This is the first time Zhaoxi has seen their backs when they go out to work—the door in front of her is opened and closed, she is standing in the light, and her friend is going to a dark unknown territory.

"They have experienced this kind of incident hundreds of times, if not a thousand times. For them, this is just an ordinary task. With the abilities of Xiao Xin and Siren, there is no problem in dealing with children. You don't have to be so nervous." Eli Maybe he saw the hidden tangle between her brows and eyes, and comforted her softly.

Zhao Zhao nodded, forcing himself to stretch his brows and slow down his eyes, burying the faint uneasiness in his heart.She smiled and said considerately to Eli: "It's getting cold at night, do you need a blanket?"