wild animal planet

Amidst a low vibration and rumble, the mechanical gears that make up the pitch-black iron door began to rattle and rotate continuously, and the entire door was separated up, down, left, and right, revealing a straight staircase inside.The gray-black staircase is also composed of countless gears, exuding a metallic luster. Fortunately, there are lights on both sides, which somewhat dilutes the cold and gloomy feeling.

"It's okay, let's go."

Ling Lu pulled up the very anxious Eggy, and the two walked down together.

The entire staircase is about 20 meters long, not too long, and it will reach the bottom soon.What greeted them was another entrance.However, this entrance is not locked or closed, and it leads directly to a room.On the floor and ceiling of the room, there are also large and small mechanical gears everywhere. The interior decoration is very simple, a few sets of metal-style tables and chairs, and a bar. Other than that, there is nothing worthy of praise.

What's more, right now, Ling Lu and Dandan's attention is not on these interior decorations at all.

"Xiaolu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Behind the mechanical gear bar, the man with snow-white long hair tied into a ponytail and dressed as a bartender raised his head, and greeted him with a smile like an old acquaintance, "I knew you would be able to Find it here, this little thing won't bother you."

Ling Lu didn't answer. After all, the other party had printed the address of the bar clearly on the candy wrapping paper, and the person who couldn't even see this was unless he was blind.As for Tan Wendao, oh, yes, the person who is smiling like a fox at this moment is the elusive intelligence dealer Tan Wendao.Ling Lu had suffered from him several times, so this time, even though he was mentally prepared, Ling Lu was still very cautious.

"Don't be so nervous." Tan Wendao smiled immediately.The gorgeous and enchanting smile is enough to make any man or woman's heart skip a beat.

I don't know if it's because of the makeup or the reason, he is almost exactly the same as when Ling Lu first met him 17 years ago, he hasn't aged at all.If I have to say it, it's just that the eyes are more unpredictable.Seeing Ling Lu's slightly stunned look, he laughed out loud and explained: "Didn't your sister Xiaoqing tell you? She and I are new humans of the shapeshifting system, and our aging speed is several times slower than ordinary people. "

Ling Lu shook his head, of course he knew that the two brothers and sisters of the Tan family were extremely rare new humans of the shapeshifting system, and that was not what he cared about.Ling Lu looked at Tan Wendao, he concealed it very well, but in front of Ling Lu today, this trick is like erecting a piece of glass between the two, if Ling Lu is willing, the transparent glass can't hide anything. secret.

Stared at by such a pair of clear eyes that seemed to see through everything, it was Tan Wendao's turn to be stunned.After a while, he sighed and said with a helpless smile, "Little Lu, you have really grown up."

"Brother, your body..." Ling Lu didn't have much affection for Tan Wendao himself, but out of respect for Tan Xiaoqing and his personality, Ling Lu still politely used his honorific title.Moreover, Tan Wendao's current state is extremely bad, which surprised Ling Lu.

When he was on the "Yulong" that year, Ling Lu had witnessed his combat prowess with his own eyes, and he couldn't even please the balls in his hands. Tan Xiaoqing, who is also a transformation system, had nothing to do with him, and in the end he could only watch. He escapes.Such a cunning person like a fox, who on earth could hurt him like this?

"I'm fine." With a smile to dilute the tiredness on his face, Tan Wendao seemed unwilling to talk more.

Of course, it is even more impossible for Ling Lu to force him to reveal the truth. The current relationship between the two parties is not very close, but a bit awkward and subtle. Because facing a common enemy, they have to temporarily reach an alliance and cooperation relationship, but this does not mean that Ling Lu Lu forgot the fact that Tan Wendao tried to kidnap him several times.

The hardships and setbacks he has suffered in the past few years have made Ling Lu gradually understand that this is not a black and white world. While sticking to the bottom line, human beings sometimes have to learn to compromise.

Ling Lu's character is like water, seemingly weak, but the most tolerant and tenacious.Even the sharpest knife can't cut the flowing water.Even though it has been five years and more than 800 days and nights have passed, he is still persistently pursuing the truth.

But Eggy beside Ling Lu is not so good-tempered.From the beginning of a single egg, Dandan loves to hold grudges very much. For Dandan, the hatred of tail-docking is irreconcilable.Tan Wendao is the big enemy who makes big eyes cry and breaks his beloved tail!

As the so-called enemy meets with special jealousy.

As soon as they entered the door, after Ling Lu and Tan Wendao said a few words, Eggy was already on alert, whimpering, ready to fight at any time.

Tan Wendao raised his eyebrows, as if he had just noticed Dandan, and said in surprise: "Xiaolu, after so long, you still bring this dangerous pet with you?" Clearly.

Who would have thought that it would be fine if he didn't speak, as soon as he opened his mouth, he stabbed the hornet's nest, if it wasn't for Ling Lu holding Dandan's hand, Eggy would probably have pounced on him at this time, and got into a fight with Tan Wendao.

"I'm not a pet!" Since he was reluctant to let go of the big-eyed hand, Eggy could only attack with mouth cannon.

"Oh? Then what are you—" Tan Wendao wanted to say 'then what are you', but he glanced at Ling Lu and closed his mouth wisely.

"I am..." Dandan, whose strength is above the charts, always tends to be straightforward, but this time he paused, changed what he had blurted out, and said in a very solemn tone, "I am Shuangfang."

After living with Linglu among the crowd for a long time, Eggy naturally gradually understood many rules of human society.For example, a family usually shares a surname to indicate closeness or blood relationship. Another example is that people can be called by nicknames when they are young, but they will have a formal name when they grow up.

For this reason, Eggy pestered Ling Lu, forcing him to have a prestigious and domineering name.Not to mention that, he even put Ling Lu's surname on his new name.In fact, Shuangya still likes to call him 'Eggy' with big eyes, just like he likes to call Ling Lu 'big eyes', which seems to represent a unique relationship between them that cannot be replaced by others.

"I'm a wife with big eyes!" Eggy added as if she thought it wasn't shocking enough.

"..."

There was an eerie silence in the room at first.After five or six seconds of silence, Tan Wendao shook his shoulders, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Eggy, who was originally complacent, was stupid.He turned his head to look at Ling Lu, and found that his big eyes also had a helpless smile on his face, and immediately cried out: "Big eyes..."

"Be good, don't cry." Touching Dandan's head, Ling Lu immediately made up for Dandan's 'slip of the tongue', "We are a family, we are insiders, and those who have nothing to do are outsiders."

Tan Wendao laughed halfway, and when he heard Ling Lu's words, he couldn't change his expression for a moment, and his face was distorted.

Ling Lu's attitude towards a monster that has a human body but is not human inside is almost doting. Even Tan Wendao, who is deviant, can't understand this wonderful relationship between the two.

He shook his head, decided not to worry about these matters, turned his gaze to Ling Lu again, and said seriously: "Xiao Lu, the person you want to meet has arrived."

Being entwined with sticky balls, Ling Lu raised his head and saw Tan Wendao's hand moving behind the bar.Against the wall to their left, black gears rattled.Soon, the middle part of the entire wall was flipped upright like a card, and then this part of the wall was slowly tilted to form a slope. The gear parts on the slope rolled again, and the gear steps followed one after another. Appear.

Just like the staircase when Linglu and Dandan came down.

Footsteps came.

Judging from the voice, it was two people.

When the other party appeared in front of Ling Lu and the others, as the owner of the place, Tan Wendao was the first to greet him: "Doctor Xu, Doctor Yang, are you here?"

It was none other than Xu Jiao and Yang Yugong, the two main participants in the former Pangu virus vaccine research team, who had disappeared for many years.Before, at the 'Black Cat' cafe, the two of them had a brief meeting with Ling Lu, and they had to separate in a hurry to avoid people's eyes and ears.

17 years ago, Ling Lu was still a child.Since they lived together on the 'Yulong' for a period of time, although the two sides have not had in-depth contact, both Ling Lu and Xu and Yang still have an impression of each other.

No one would have imagined that after going around and round, fate would connect them again 17 years later.

"No, this matter was not arranged by fate from the beginning."

After a short exchange of pleasantries, all four people present sat down.Tan Wendao thoughtfully mixed a few cocktails for them, but it was obvious that no one was in the mood right now.

After Yang Yugong said the above sentence in a cold voice, he continued: "17 years ago, when the vaccine was successfully developed and various investigations were initially concluded, I was told that Qiu Ya (assistant Yang Yugong) was infected. , It was because the gloves of the protective clothing were damaged. Qiu Ya and her... this child is usually careless, I studied the investigation report carefully, and I didn't doubt this conclusion at the time."

Speaking of this, Yang Yugong stopped for a while, and she glanced at Xu Jiao beside her, before continuing to say: "It didn't take long, and both Xu Jiao and I received warnings from the director Ye Zhou, and he should have received some advice in advance. No matter what kind of information we receive in the future, don’t trust the rumors. Sure enough, a few days later, I received an anonymous message.”

The information revealed that Qiu Ya's death was deliberately done by someone, and both inside and outside the words hinted that there was something strange about it.Without Ye Zhou's vaccination in advance, Yang Yugong might have missed the opportunity to tell the truth from the false because the content of the information was too confusing.

To be honest, the entire Federation was in chaos at that time. Except for those close to them, or those who knew something about it, who would care about the cause of death of a small forensic assistant?If Qiu Ya was really murdered, what benefit would the person who murdered her gain from it?Why is the timing of this anonymous message so coincidental?As the chief medical examiner of the Forensic Medicine Office, Yang Yugong has handled too many murder cases, and sometimes the person who knows the most about the case is often the real murderer

But not everyone has a clear and calm mind like Yang Yugong.Losing a loved one often makes people act impulsively and lose their reason. Once the seeds of suspicion and doubt have soil, they will soon germinate and blossom, triggering public opinion, and it is bound to intensify.

What Yang Yugong and Xu Jiao saw at that time was such a scene.

The final result was that a large number of federal government officials were held accountable or resigned, leaving the reformists at a disadvantage. In this turmoil, the conservative forces, which had hardly suffered any losses, came back to power.

For the federal reformists represented by Xie Lan, Yang Dingguo and others, their most glorious era is over.

Under the tide of history, personal power is so small and humble, which gave Yang Yugong and Xu Jiao a strong feeling they had never had before.

"We decided to leave and investigate the truth of the whole thing, and that's how it started."

In Yang Yugong's silence, Xu Jiao raised his head and spoke instead of her.