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"The messenger group and the embassy group are going to cooperate to study multispace."

"Oh."

"Fifteen wants you to keep an eye on your previous employer."

"Row."

Cheng Fengyang agreed too happily, which made Anton a little helpless.Fortunately, he also asked for a lot of preferential terms from Shiwu, and he planned to use it as bait during the negotiation, but now it is all useless.

Anton narrowed his eyes, "You are so dishonest, I'm afraid you plan to be a double agent?"

Cheng Fengyang showed a sly smile.

Anton said: "This cooperation is very important. It is beneficial to both spaces, and it may solve the crisis."

Cheng Fengyang was picking words with him, "Look, you yourself said that 'maybe' can solve the crisis. It's not a certainty, there's no need to stand in line so quickly, and it's like breaking the boat.”

Anton didn't pick up the words, and just smoked.

Cheng Fengyang looked at him carefully, "Do you know where your problem is?"

Anton was annoyed, "What's my problem?"

"You have doubts about this matter." Cheng Fengyang said sharply: "If I can't fully believe it in my heart, how can I convince others. Now let me ask you, what are you doubting?"

Cheng Fengyang was right, Anton really felt a little unreliable in his heart, "I agree with Jiang Su and Shiwu's three views. But this incident was too sudden, and the two sides were still trying to calculate each other before. Joining forces in a blink of an eye is like child's play."

Cheng Fengyang raised his head and laughed loudly, "Because they are not only commanders, but also politicians. Politicians have the most limitless, and they can be counted on every day. As long as they can achieve their goals, they can live on their integrity. But fortunately, You are right about one thing, Jiang Su and Shiwu's three views are very upright."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Fengyang suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "You just walked too fast. It's only been five months since you entered the industry, and you've been making money every day, and you haven't seen many things with your own eyes, so some things don't matter You are smart enough, but you can't figure it out. How about this, I will be your guide and take you to see what the real space is like."

It stands to reason that Anton can be regarded as heaven and earth in its space. AMS, Xinting Island, and the Ambassador Group challenged the difficulty that other brokers could not imagine.But what Cheng Fengyang said he didn't see much was the life of ordinary people in this space.

This is true.

Excluding those difficult places, the only areas where Anton often haunts in its space are the black market and the central area.Like the first time E took him to Tangdi for dinner, he saw a "floating warehouse apartment" hanging on a giant support, which would rise to mid-air at night.Anton has always been curious, but never had the chance to see it with his own eyes.

Today Cheng Fengyang fulfilled his wish.

The first stop for them to its space is the floating warehouse apartment.From a distance, this kind of egg-shaped house is "hanging" on the support during the day, but it is not discovered until close up that the support is embedded with an elevator, which is equivalent to a building frame made of steel bars.

An Dong followed Cheng Fengyang into an egg-shaped house.Inside is a large open room, the furnishings are very simple, all the furniture is fixed to the ground, and it is bare, which makes it uncomfortable at first sight.

Cheng Fengyang asked An Dong: "Did you find anything missing in this room?"

Anton looked around, "No kitchen?"

"Yes." Cheng Fengyang walked to a cabinet that looked like a whole cabinet, opened a door, and saw several rows of bottled water and a box of compressed biscuits neatly stacked inside.

"This is a resettlement house for the unemployed, and it is distributed free of charge. Drinking water and biscuits are emergency rations. In addition, residents can receive three meal coupons every day, and there is a fixed canteen for meals."

Anton recalled that Uncle Liu said that the house was allocated free of charge, which is probably what he was referring to, "I remember seeing this kind of apartment floating in the air at night, how did that person come out?"

Cheng Fengyang shook his finger, "You can't go out, there is a curfew in the floating warehouse apartment."

"Isn't that the same as going to jail?"

"This is the price for free." Cheng Fengyang took out a pack of biscuits, opened it and gave Anton half of it, "Try it."

Anton firmly refused: "I have a shadow on the food here."

Cheng Fengyang didn't intend to let him go, "Come and have a taste, isn't today just to experience life?"

Anton took it with a wooden face.After one bite, it feels like your mouth is full of unseasoned raw flour.At first, the mouth is scumbag, and then it is sticky and has a disgusting taste.

Then Cheng Fengyang took him to a school.

When the gatekeeper saw Cheng Fengyang, he greeted him cordially, "I haven't come for a while!"

Cheng Fengyang smiled and handed the old man a few oranges, and the old man immediately put them away like a treasure, saying that he would take them home for his grandson to eat at night.

Anton looked at the campus while they were talking.I saw a large playground facing me. The ground was very clean, and the paving material was flexible, but it was not the plastic that is common in the world today.In terms of construction, in addition to the teaching building and supporting facilities, there is also a dormitory building.

Cheng Fengyang said: "This school is more representative. In addition to ordinary children, it also accepts some excellent students selected by genes."

Anton asked, "Why are you so familiar with this kind of place?"

Cheng Fengyang smiled brightly, "If you want to understand a society, it is most convenient to start with their children. See what they are learning and what their ideals are, which can reflect the essence of this society. Moreover, children are the most Not good at lying."

"You really are perverted."

Cheng Fengyang raised his eyebrows, "Do you know what the children over there are thinking? Many of them dream of becoming bosses and making a fortune in the future. What they worship are stars, and what they compare is material things. Dad. Compared with them, I will not be perverted."

It was just in time for lunch, so Cheng Fengyang took Anton to visit the kitchen.

The healthy meal with one meat and two vegetables is beautifully presented.Today's meat dish is braised pork, each piece of meat is multi-layered, oily and red, but Anton doubts how it will taste.Vegetarian dishes include a cucumber scrambled eggs and a vegetable assortment.

Cheng Fengyang said hello to the master chef, and brought up a plate for Anton to taste.

"Can I not eat?"

"Experience life."

Anton had no choice but to bite the bullet and ate a piece of braised pork, and picked up a chopstick of assorted vegetables.This time it wasn't unpalatable, but it was just like the working meal at 1009 Farm, it was bland, the meat was not fragrant, and the dishes were not fresh.

Cheng Fengyang whispered in his ear, "This is artificial meat."

Anton: ...

At this time, two little boys who were in charge of receiving meals for the class ran in laughingly, one of them called "Hello, Uncle" when he saw Cheng Fengyang, and the other was a little timid, shrank back and stared at Anton, not daring to make a sound.

Cheng Fengyang greeted the shrunken one, "This uncle was hungry just now and ate a little dish. I know that your meals are all fixed. Would you like to eat this lunch with a piece of meat missing?"

The little boy looked at Anton and then at Cheng Fengyang, "Well, if he's hungry, I'd like to share my lunch with him."

Cheng Fengyang patted his head, "What a good boy." He took out two Snickers bars from the storage ball with his backhand, "How about this as compensation for you?"

The child's eyes were not right when he saw the chocolate, and secretly swallowed his saliva, but he did not accept Cheng Fengyang's temptation, "Thank you, I don't want it."

"why?"

The child's eyes are black and white, the clearest and sharpest, "Since he is hungry, why don't you give him the chocolate, instead of giving it to me as a reward after asking me on purpose? What's your purpose?"

Cheng Fengyang laughed, "You are the best student."

The boy remained calm, "Yes. Who are you?"

Anton said: "He is a middle-aged perverted uncle."

There was a trace of pity in the boy's eyes looking at Anton, and he turned to Cheng Fengyang and said, "Does he have some IQ problems?"

Anton: ...

The child's brain circuit was so strange that he was strangled to death when no one wanted him.

Cheng Fengyang suppressed a smile, "How did you find out?"

The boy clearly pointed out: "He has an obstacle in judging age. Judging from your appearance, you will not be over 26 years old, and you do not belong to the category of middle-aged people."

Cheng Fengyang: "What if he just said it casually?"

"Then he has a language barrier."

Fine!Anton figured it out, he was mentally retarded in the eyes of the child.

However, this is not the end, the child's next words really let Anton see how powerful the "excellent student" is.

"You are from space B." The little boy took a step back and said to Anton, "You look very similar to Jiang Yi, but you are stronger than him. If I remember correctly, you correspond to our Jiang Yi." B space broker, Anton."

Anton glanced at Cheng Fengyang, who had a happy expression on his face, and said to the child: "Then you should also know that I blasted the AMS laboratory building at night and singled out the 32-person team."

Violent elements ask you if you are afraid?

However, the boy's brain circuit is really strange. Not only did he not care about Anton's subtext, he also criticized him: "I have studied your action. In my opinion, it is a bit sloppy. Although it is very efficient, it lacks Tactics. And, without the Xingtian Armor, I don't think you'll be able to escape."

An Dong asked Cheng Fengyang, "Can I strangle him to death?"

Cheng Fengyang: "No."

The child suddenly laughed, "You are as expected in the legend, violent, funny, and unreasonable."

Fuck, the kids here are all smart!

It was only later that Anton found out that he had already been compiled into the textbook for optimal students as a "case".But the amazing thing is that he is not a negative example in the textbook, but he and Jiang Yi are used as a comparison, allowing students to analyze freely.The analysis conclusions of the students are also very interesting. There is no difference between those who support Jiang Yi and those who support him.

For example, the boy he met today is the camp that supports him.

Seeing that the research object was right in front of him, the child also worried about Anton: "I suggest you learn knowledge systematically. You are better than Jiang Yi in terms of physical fitness and responsiveness, and your mental strength is currently the highest record holder. If you If you are willing to learn, you will be able to completely crush Jiang Yi."

Anton laughed, "Jiang Yi is on your side, you want to see me crush him so much?"

The child said calmly: "I only worship the strong."

Standing behind him, Cheng Fengyang made a gesture of "look at other people's children".

Anton ignored him and asked the child, "How old are you this year?"

"Ten years old."

Anton took out a handful of taffy from the storage ball, "Let's make a deal. We're leaving now, don't tell people I'm a brain-dead + mentally retarded, these candies will belong to you."

The little boy was suddenly a little embarrassed, "No! You're not... I, I said that before to get your attention on purpose."

Anton smiled, "I know, you are already in the camp that supports me, you must be my little fan, you won't scold me casually."

After all, a child is a child, the temptation of candy is still hard to resist, especially if it is given by his idol.

After that, An Dong and Cheng Fengyang left the school.

They visited several residential areas and streets.Under the leadership of Cheng Fengyang, Anton saw the vegetable market in his space for the first time.Although the form is the same as the real world, the vegetable market here is very clean, and the vegetables and fruits on the shelves are colorful and neatly arranged.Vegetable sellers don't shout loudly, and people who come to shop are quiet.

There is a small "imported food area" in every vegetable market, and there are often long queues, and citizens need to buy with a ticket.

There are quotas for these agricultural and sideline products, so a group of scalpers were born. When Anton and the others were wandering around, they saw ordinary citizens buying meat or egg tickets from scalpers several times.

Cheng Fengyang said contemptuously: "No matter how advanced the technology is, life is like this, and people have no heart to live."

Their last stop today is the Acropolis, which has sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Cheng Fengyang took out the flying board that Anton sold him last time, and flew from the shore to the depths of the sea together.They were suspended on the surface of the sea, waiting for the moment when the rabbit's tail appeared at sunset.

As the sun sets, Xinting Island in the distance is only a thin shadow in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Anton sat cross-legged on the flying board and smoked, "Why are you here?"

Cheng Fengyang said: "You will know in a while."

After Anton finished smoking this cigarette, Cheng Fengyang asked him to adjust the height of the flying board until it was more than 20 meters above the sea.Then the last ray of sunset fell into the sea, the sky flashed as if radio jammed, and the rabbit's tail came out.

Anton looked at this fried hairy planet, and he didn't know what to do.

Cheng Fengyang said, "Look down."

Anton looked down, and when he saw it, his scalp became numb.

A huge vortex appeared under their feet at some point, and it was slowly rotating.In the center of the vortex, there is a ray of light that flickers on and off, and tall buildings and traffic are reflected in the faintly visible light.

Anton couldn't help guessing: This wouldn't be a haunted house version of the underwater city, would it?

The surrounding sea is pitch black, hiding hidden undercurrents.

Cheng Fengyang took out a fluorescent stick, folded it in half to activate it, and threw it towards the whirlpool.Before the light stick fell to the surface of the sea, a beam of red light suddenly protruded from the vortex, like a bloody tongue, rolling towards the light stick and swallowing it.

Distort space!

Cheng Fengyang stared at the whirlpool indifferently with lowered eyes, "Come and get acquainted, this is the notorious Acropolis Passage. Do you see the lights in the middle? That is actually the night view of our Acropolis."

Anton was shocked, "This appeared after the Acropolis tsunami?"

"Yes." Cheng Fengyang sat on the flying board and folded one leg, while the other dangled in the air, as if he was not at all worried that he would fall, "How long do you think this space barrier can last?" He turned his head Looking at Anton with a half-smile, "When we were eating, drinking and having fun every day, the danger has quietly approached. Now you understand why Jiang Su and Shiwu suddenly joined forces, right?"

Anton said dreamily: "Because they saw hope in a desperate situation."

"The only hope." Cheng Fengyang lit a cigarette.

Anton sat down like him.

The two smoked like this, staring silently at the vortex until the last sunset glow disappeared and the sky was as black as thick ink.