Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Just after midnight, the door of the bedroom opened, Su Shichuan came out, took off the metal mask he had worn all night, pinched the bridge of his nose, and rubbed it tiredly.Cang Xingyun, who was waiting directly opposite the corridor, stood up straight, did not speak, but looked at Su Shichuan with a questioning look.

Su Shichuan closed the door tightly with his backhand, and said lightly: "It's done. After dawn, call Shi Qi to pick up the doctor and go to the machine repair room. Don't be too early. His body is still a little weak, so sleep more."

After speaking, he turned around and walked in the direction he came from.

The surprise in Cang Xingyun's heart was not light, he followed up consciously, and said: "Understood." Then he was silent for a few seconds, and couldn't help asking, "Before you came, Seventeen had talked with that doctor many times. There are mild and coercive ones, but it doesn’t make sense, how did you do it?”

Su Shichuan sneered silently when he heard the words, it seemed that the affection and righteousness in the room just now were all illusions, and they were all extremely true lies constructed by him.

"Talk about people when you see people, talk about people when you see ghosts." Su Shichuan's voice is very soft, faintly revealing the tiredness of relaxation, it sounds soft and comfortable, but the content does not seem to have any warmth, but an extremely objective statement , "Every negotiating partner has different psychological weaknesses, which determine their defense against strangers. As long as they find that point, there will be no one who is not convinced. Seventeen just doesn't understand what Yunus cares about."

Cang Xingyun was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but recall in his mind how this man had spoken to him in the death cell at the bottom of the sea.

Thinking about it now, he is really good at catching the minutiae. It may not be a prepared rhetoric, but it is more like a targeted impromptu performance.Su Shichuan is rational and wise, his attitude is calm and not arrogant, and he will not give people an uncomfortable sense of attack at first sight, so when such a person speaks in front of you, it is difficult for anyone to ignore it, even if he does not act When responding, you can't help but listen to what the other party said.

This is his conversational skills, his sharpness is restrained but his needles are hidden, he will touch the target's weakness in a targeted manner, and complete the attack without knowing it.

only……

Cang Xingyun raised his eyes and stared at Su Shichuan's back, hesitating for a few seconds, and then said: "Have you ever considered what happens if you can't convince the doctor?"

"Yes." Su Shichuan said, "Although the equipment carried by Xuanhuang is superior to the technical level of the time, it is just a mecha in the final analysis, and it is not completely irreplaceable. Compared with it, Yunus The topics developed by the Ph.D.s are the focus.”

Cang Xingyun heard the clue, and couldn't help but frowned slightly: "What subject?"

Su Shichuan quickly made a balance in his heart, feeling that this matter could not be completely concealed from them, otherwise the basic trust would be difficult to build, information exchange would not be possible, and those who had betrayed once could easily betray them a second time.

"The core concept of that project is 'backtracking in time', that is to say, by letting the timeline go back to the past, so as to avoid something that has happened in the future, it is equivalent to 'restarting' or 'doing it all over again'." Su Shi Chuan looked sideways at Cang Xingyun, saw that he was hesitant, and before he could ask, he explained, "Of course, timeline is an abstract concept. If there is no living body with clear memory to participate, a simple 'backtracking in time' ’ doesn’t make any sense.”

"So, what is really used to embody the technology of 'time regression' is the soul that returns to the past. A more scientific explanation is a consciousness that records the future context, or brain waves. When this soul is in a certain body in the current world Waking up in the physical body, there will be a person in this world who knows the future and knows that he must change him."

Having said so far, Su Shichuan temporarily silenced to give Cang Xingyun enough time to digest.

After about a few minutes, Cang Xingyun accepted this unimaginable concept with suspicion, and then said: "You are worried that if Xisai falls in the future and Xifa takes power, the empire will use this technology to reverse history."

"Yes." Su Shichuan wrote lightly, "So if Yunus refuses to cooperate with me in the end, unfortunately, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening, even if I don't kill him, I have to trap him forever."

The "hunting plan" can only be done once, and he made up the reasons in his mind, and he couldn't leave another chance to restart.

It was already late now, and since Cisse hadn't informed of the arrangements for the next few days, it was rare for Su Shichuan to come over, so he simply planned to stay in the old theater.

Cang Xingyun led him to the pre-prepared bedroom, the two didn't talk any more, and after saying good night to each other, they went back to their rooms.

This is the basement level of the old theater. There are no windows in the room, and it becomes very quiet after nightfall.

After taking a simple shower, Su Shichuan put on a bathrobe and came out of the bathroom. Before his hair was dry, he sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette, quietly recalling what happened that day in his mind. .After confirming that there were no omissions, Su Shichuan completely emptied his mind and relaxed his whole body.

The communicator placed on the coffee table suddenly lit up, followed by a vibrating sound.Su Shichuan took the communicator and turned on the light screen, and noticed that it was a message from Aning, with a summary of the daily training on the first day of school and the teaching situation.

The students of the Imperial Military Academy only have two months to commemorate this holiday throughout the year, and they are not allowed to leave the school unless there are special circumstances.The physical training in the first three months is both basic and excessive, and the return is the real high-intensity and seamless overload training to ensure that everyone can get a qualitative breakthrough in the first two years of entering the school.From this day on, what newcomers need to receive is no longer purely physical training, but to start contact with professional-related parts. In the early stage, they will focus on theoretical courses, and in the later stage, more specific training will be added.

Su Shichuan carefully browsed the evaluation results attached to the summary, and noticed that Austin had secured the No. [-] professional position, and the name of Xifa appeared in the next three lines—it was ranked fifth out of ten people, which is actually a very Good grades, after all, they have gone through the strict screening of additional tests, not to mention the elites who can stay, but there are absolutely no people with mediocre qualifications.

Compared with the same period in the previous life, he has grown very fast.

Su Shichuan was a little emotional, and first responded to the questions reflected in the summary, and the two discussed the course arrangement for the next year by the way.

After everything was settled, Su Xingchuan stubbed out the cigarette, turned off the light and went to bed.

In the bedroom, there was only the blue cold light from the unextinguished communicator. Su Zhanchuan closed his eyes for less than a minute, then turned over and took the communicator on the bedside table, and pressed it again before the screen was completely pressed down. Wake up, and then find Xifa's digital ID, click on the information interface, and send a message——

Su Shichuan: [Are you still used to it on the first day? 】

It was almost one o'clock in the morning. Considering that there would be training the next day, Su Shichuan didn't expect to receive a reply, but at the same time as the text was sent, an icon representing "the other party is typing" popped up on the interface. It was as if he had been waiting for news from him.

The other party replied quickly, Xifa said: [You didn't come, I can't get used to it. 】

A smile appeared in Su Shichuan's eyes, he lay on his side instead, and began to reply: 【Why haven't you slept yet? 】

Xifa: [I haven't slept so early in the few days I lived with you, the biological clock is out of order, and I haven't adjusted it yet. 】

Su Shichuan thought for a while, and deliberately replied: [It seems that I can't just keep you overnight in the future. 】

He intended to tease Xifa, but the little bastard didn't like it at all: 【Do you think I'll be angry?I already know that you are a duplicity. 】

Su Shichuan: [When did the teacher say something wrong? 】

Xifa: [For example, you don’t speak every time you are asked if you are happy, but the bottom is very tight. 】

Su Shichuan: "..."

The major general was dumbfounded by this obviously intentional yellow accent, and replied: [Little bastard. 】

Xifa and Su Xingchuan got tired of being next to each other for a week, and they finally figured out his temper. When he was teased, he immediately began to act obediently, asking: 【Why didn't you sleep? 】

Su Shichuan: 【Just now I was reading the report sent by Aning, just about to sleep. 】

Xifa: [Oh, so you remembered me only after seeing the evaluation results? 】

Su Shichuan: 【No. 】

Xifa: [Then why do you take the initiative to give me news?I sent you messages before and you didn't reply much. 】

Su Shichuan: [There is no particular reason, I just miss you very much all of a sudden. 】

Su Shichuan: 【Go to bed early, good night. 】

After sending the last message, Su Shichuan turned off the communicator, closed his eyes, and fell asleep peacefully after another vibration sounded.

There was no dream all night, and I woke up on time the next morning.

Su Shichuan changed into a suit of clothes after taking a shower, and before he could get dressed, Shi Qi came to inform that Ji Yue had woken up.

This girl is the last problem at this stage, but it is also the best solution. Now that the Imperial Military Academy has been dismissed, the arrest warrant with her clear photo has probably been issued to several nearby asteroids. There is no second choice except to keep him. Paths are optional.

Su Shichuan fastened the cuffs of his shirt and put on the mask he had put on without a jacket. He then ordered to Shi Qi: "Call Xingyun over here, how are you going to the doctor's side? If there is nothing wrong, take him to the machine repair room, let him get acquainted with Xuanhuang's situation first."

"Yes." Shi Qi bowed in response, turned around and walked away quickly.

Half an hour later, in front of Room [-] in the rest area.

Cang Xingyun knocked on the door, then opened the door without waiting for an answer, and took a step back to let Su Shichuan advance.

This room has the same layout as the room where the doctor is, except that it is equipped with more medical equipment. Ji Yue is wearing a light-colored plaid dressing gown, with an infusion needle buried in the back of her left hand. Flip through a book on the mat.Hearing the movement, Ji Yue casually raised her head and looked towards the door, then was slightly stunned.

She has not been here for a long time, and she spends even less time awake, but this does not affect her judgment of how many people there are in this place.Apart from Cang Xingyun, who she already knew, she had only met Shi Qi. The masked man in front of her was unfamiliar to her, but there was an indescribable sense of familiarity.

Ji Yue watched the man sit down on the sofa, closed the book in hand, and put it aside casually: "You are the crow?" Her voice was weak after recovering from a long illness, which was different from when they first met at the garrison base. Ji Yue was even more indifferent, her temperament exuded a young and mature flavor that did not match her age, and her eyes were full of guard.

"You saved me on the night of National Day?" She asked the second question.

Su Shichuan's eyes fell on the spine of the book beside the bed. The title of the book was "Overview of Lurkers", and it was a book about secret agents.

"It's me." Su Shichuan said, "I haven't been able to take the time to come here before. After I arrived last night, I heard that you fell asleep, so I came now."

"If you are polite, you don't need it." Ji Yue withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and stared at the slightly rolled up tape on the back of his hand, and said in a calm but bloody voice, "I read the news, and the military department probably misunderstood us as It’s the same organization, I think Mr. Crow, who hijacked the researcher and killed eight bodyguards, is not doing charity, why did you save me, just say it straight.”

After she finished speaking, Su Shichuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then looked meaningfully at Cang Xingyun who was still standing beside the door, the two people's eyes met, Cang Xingyun shook his head inconspicuously.

Su Shichuan understood, stayed silent for a few seconds, and asked instead: "Why did you assassinate Cisse?"

Hearing this name, Ji Yue's complexion sank, and her palms couldn't help but clenched tightly. Because of the force, the blood flowed back into the infusion hose, but she herself didn't realize it. After a long time, she said: "My name is Ackerman, and my father is A distant cousin of the White Queen, with the title of duke. Three years ago, Cisse revealed that he wanted to touch the crown prince. In order to please him, his father took the initiative to introduce an assassin to him after learning about it, that is the one next to you .”

At this point, she paused, raised her eyes to look at Cang Xingyun, and then said again after a while: "I didn't expect Cisse to be suspicious and cold-blooded. He heard that the assassin was his father's illegitimate son. Instead of being relieved, he suspected that this matter would be serious." It became a handle to be bitten back in the future, so I blamed the crime of fornication on the Ackerman family..." She turned to look at Su Shichuan, "I am the only survivor, because at that time I was killed by my mother. I was sent to study in the choir of a church in the outer suburbs, and this saved my life."

Su Shichuan could vaguely guess the answer, and he had paid special attention to it when he read the files on the intranet.

The crown prince was assassinated, and Rex led the old army to treason. At that time, the military was under great pressure. They would rather kill a suspicious target by mistake than let go of a suspicious target, for fear of leaving the eyes and ears of the alliance within the empire.It can be said that Cisse's use of this to cut off future troubles is a very clever approach, and it is indeed necessary.

Of course, I want to think about this kind of thing, but I can't say it.

Su Xingchuan got up and walked to the side of the hospital bed, and took Ji Yue's tense hand with blue veins. Ji Yue was startled by this action, and subconsciously pulled out his hand.But Su Shichuan held it firmly to prevent her from struggling. At the same time, with the other hand, he removed the adhesive tape, corrected the position of the needle, and flicked the hose after sticking it again, so that the blood would flow back.

Ji Yue didn't know why, so she just looked up at him in a daze.

"You also said that I don't do charity, so I can't just let you recuperate here." Su Shichuan said calmly, "You have read the news, you should understand your situation, and you should know what will happen to you if you leave here. Frankly speaking, your ability is not enough for me to take the initiative to keep you, so I will give you a choice, you can leave, or you can stay here to do things for me. "

Behind him, Mr. Assassin, who was watching Su Xingchuan's negotiation from the perspective of a bystander for the first time, was immediately surprised.

Even with the addition of Yunus and the little girl who can only predict, Su Shichuan has only four people under his command, and he himself said "not enough manpower" the night before.Jiyue is indeed not very good, but for him at least it is better than nothing. In the end, this guy changed himself to the position of "Shi En" in a few words. It was obvious that he needed someone, but in the end he let the other party come "" begging" he took in.

This person is too cunning, he really refuses to lose any advantage he can have.

Cang Xingyun was amazed, secretly decided that he would never negotiate conditions with Su Shichuan in the future, and glanced at Ji Yue, who had obviously fallen into a trap, thinking calmly, there are now five of him, and the last one is owed him favors.

Sure enough, Ji Yue, who did not understand the situation, could no longer hold back her calm face on the surface, but reason did not allow her to make an immediate choice.

"Excuse me," Ji Yue said, "What is your definition of 'doing things'? And what is included?"

"To do something for me is to obey my arrangement unconditionally. You have no choice whether to do it or not. You can only tell me when it can be completed." Su Shichuan said, "As for what it includes, I am not sure about it now, but you have also seen — hijacking and silence, these two things will definitely happen.”

Ji Yue's eyes narrowed: "Including innocent people?"

Su Shichuan: "People who will be selected as targets cannot be innocent."

"Really?" Ji Yue sneered, "The last question, what is your purpose?"

"You wanted to assassinate Cisse, but the other party discovered it in advance and the operation failed. Now he is still sitting in the position of the crown prince." Su Xingchuan said, "What I have to do is to drag him off the throne, and after that, it is life or death. It's none of my business."

Ji Yue suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Su Shichuan smiled: "From a certain point of view, we have a common purpose, don't we?"

At this moment, the door was knocked again.

Cang Xingyun turned to open the door, Seventeen directly bumped into his arms holding the tablet light brain, raised his head again, and the two met face to face.

Seventeen frowned very sensitively, pushed Cang Xingyun away, walked straight to Su Shichuan, and said respectfully: "Master, the doctor has roughly checked the damage of Xuanhuang in the battle, because many of them have not yet been recovered. The technology has been realized, so it will take time to completely repair it, but listening to what he means should be completely believed." He paid attention to the words and deliberately made the content ambiguous to ensure that the other two people present would not understand the original meaning.

"Of course, my rhetoric can only make him relax his guard. Only when he sees Xuanhuang with his own eyes can he really believe it." Su Shichuan said.

"But there is still a problem now," Seventeen handed the optical brain to him, "Most of the damage on the surface of Xuanhuang has been self-healed, but the core energy has been exhausted. The doctor analyzed the composition and guessed that several rare minerals may be needed. However, these Minerals are still not developed and used in the Luo Yin Empire, and I am afraid that the White Emperor Star has not."

Su Shichuan looked down at the list of minerals listed by Yunus and pondered for a while before ordering: "You send a copy of this to my communicator, and I will take care of it."

"How do you solve it?" Shi Qi was puzzled.

"Someone can get something that Baidi Star doesn't have." Su Shichuan wrote lightly, "Be a good assistant to the doctor, and don't worry about the rest."

At 11:30 that night, in the Thirteenth District of the Imperial Capital, that dirty alley with gaudy lights.

The trembling broken wooden door of the Shipwreck Tavern opened with a "squeak" and McGregor was still in the same slovenly manner, wearing a faded buckskin coat and ripped jeans, and carrying an oversized travel bag full of cash in the single room. Staggering out of the tavern, being blown by the damp cold wind, he frowned with a headache.

There was a winter rain in the evening, and the rain has been so light that it is hard to notice, except for the coldness of the wind blowing over the skin.

McGregor leaned against the slippery outside wall of the tavern, and after the headache from being drunk and cold passed, he took out the shriveled cigarette case, took out the last cigarette and bit it into his mouth, and then began to grope around for the pocket that he didn't know it was put in. lighter.

At this time, a hand painted with black nail polish stretched out from the side, and the thumb turned the roller to "click" the lighter, and lighted the cigarette for him very intimately.McGregor took a sharp puff to relieve his cravings, narrowed his dark brown eyes, and looked at the guy who was courting him halfway with a grin.

It was a well-dressed male prostitute with fair skin and a small silver ring on the arch of his eyebrows. He was of medium appearance, the type that can be seen everywhere in this prostitution alley.McGregor smiled and said nothing, because he had played this game too much, so he was a little bit uninterested in the man in front of him.

"Sir, you have gained a lot at night." The male prostitute's voice was so charming that water dripped out, and he wrapped his hands like snakes, reached into the deerskin coat, and kneaded the man's strong chest muscles skillfully, "Don't think about having a good time. Huh?" He whispered, blowing in his ear.

Man is a creature that can't stand being teased, and he comes as soon as he speaks out of his lackluster interest. Mr. Star Robber is too lazy to think about it so much, and he caresses the other person's waist with his big hand in line with the principle of not rejecting anyone who comes, and turns into the next door. In the dark alley, I found a quiet and leeward position and directly pressed the person against the wall.

"Don't move." Pulling off his outer pants and underwear, he squeezed the man's upturned buttocks, then unzipped the pants chain, and went on with the pistol without any foreplay.

The male prostitute let out a "huh" in pain, his legs trembled so much that he could hardly support his body, but he quickly adapted to the frequency of the other party, twisted his waist and hips, and tried his best to cater to him.

McGregor was extremely excited to be served, his chest heaved violently, and gasped, "If I'm satisfied, the money will be yours."

Suddenly, there was a soft sound of rolling stones in the dark alley.

The male prostitute was so engrossed in panting that he didn't realize it at all. Mr. Star Thief, who was on top of him, frowned, reached out and took the cigarette that burned to his buttocks, and threw it away, and then continued to act as if nothing happened.

Behind the two, Su Shichuan walked out from the shadows, staring at the explosive live version in front of him without hesitation, while the Mr. Assassin who was following him tilted his head gracefully.

"Sorry for disturbing you."

The man's cold voice resounded, which seemed particularly abrupt in the secluded alley.

The male prostitute was startled, his expression changed drastically, and he opened his mouth to scream.However, the voice could not be exported, but turned into a low whimper sealed by the palm.McGregor sealed the male prostitute's mouth and nose, and pressed his face tightly as if it was about to be crushed, completely ignoring the other's fingers that were desperately pinched into the shoulder because of the pain.

Not far away, Cang Xingyun lowered his arms, silently retracting the hidden weapon.

A few minutes later, the male prostitute collapsed, not knowing whether he was fainted or died.

McGregor didn't intend to stop at all. He waited until he was completely vented before throwing the man aside, straightening his pants and turning to look at the two of them.

"It's really disturbing. The nightlife has only just begun. How can it be enough?"