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In short, this is not an illusion, the one standing there must be Deng Mochi.

Lu Ting can already confirm it.The man was wearing a Klein blue waterproof jacket with a stand-up collar that he had hand-washed not long ago, hanging from the antenna on top of Elnath, where the sea breeze dried quickly.

If so, what about the eyes?The different pupils are too recognizable, so Deng Mochi made a disguise?But with a pair of green eyes, it is obviously not as low-key as turning them both gray and black.Lu Ting remembered the photos of Deng Mochi when he was young, when the color of his right eye had not yet been revealed. As for later, Deng Mochi was knocked out and passed out. After waking up, he was blind for a while, and his pupils also changed.

So is it similar this time?For example, Deng Mochi was beaten?fainted?Blind again?Who did that?Is it restored now?What happened to him these days, or is he alone?

Lu Ting was about to be driven crazy by the question marks in his head, he decided to think about something practical, such as why Deng Mochi appeared here and now.He believed that with that person's brains and self-control, he would not do anything that would not end in such a disparate situation. Deng Mochi just listened quietly, like any ordinary person around, without any reaction or attitude .So just come and listen and see and watch?There is obviously not much difference between live broadcast and live broadcast. Is it for asking questions?But until now Deng Mochi remained silent.

Lu Ting was at a loss again, he wanted Deng Mochi to speak, but was afraid that he would actually speak.What will happen when the preaching is over?Will he just turn around and leave?Facts have proved that Lu Ting's conjecture is correct.About 10 minutes later, the officials bowed side by side to express their gratitude. The audience applauded loudly, and the real thunder was still ringing. After letting them go, everyone turned their backs to the evacuated high platform, and Deng Mochi did the same.

Another flash of lightning fell rapidly, illuminating the ground beyond the countertop with the high voltage ring light strip, Lu Ting squinted his eyes in confusion.He ran down the steps on the side of the stage, and the black RV was not far away. His father stuck out half of his body in the rain and was waving at him: "Come up!"

"I'll stay for a while longer," Lu Ting pointed at the crowd, "I'm afraid there will be tramples."

He called a few subordinates to escort the car, and then personally ran to the driver's window and told the driver, "Thank you!" He smiled and waved goodbye to everyone.

When he turned his face to look at the crowd again, he couldn't find Deng Mochi's shadow. The efficiency of several exits was good, and the isolation belt at the bifurcation was also pulled up. A lot of people had probably withdrawn. In the end the media also stayed away from him.Lu Ting thought that he had dealt with the things that had to be done quickly enough, but now it seemed that it was not the case. He ran back to the stage in a hurry, pulled out the night vision goggles that he couldn't put on in front of everyone, and used his strength in the ebbing crowd. scan.

Once again, he found that touch of the purest blue. He didn't rush to squeeze forward, but moved slowly from the back position as usual.Lu Ting breathed a sigh of relief. He even figured out why Deng Mochi turned a blind eye to him—they are all sensitive identities and sensitive positions. Sometimes pretending not to know him is a kind of protection.It must be so.At least in this area strictly monitored by the police, he had to be smart and cooperate with Deng Mochi's concern.

With this in mind, Lu Ting dutifully did what he was supposed to do as a sheriff, maintaining order at the scene, and only paid a little attention to Deng Mochi who was gradually moving away from him.Nearly half an hour passed, just like an hourglass drained, tens of thousands of people left this site, flowed into the wide streets and narrow alleys, and flowed to certain corners of the ground of the capital.Except for a layer of ankle-deep water, the huge square is basically empty. After Lu Ting finished making arrangements, whoever stays on duty can call it a day. As soon as he turned off his headset, he saw Deng Mochi walking away by a warning tape and a crowded street. Under the streetlight at the intersection, it will turn into a dead corner of sight.

This person is really cautious, Lu Ting thought, when he passed by later and walked the same road, he would definitely see Deng Mochi standing under the signboard of a shop on the street with his pockets in his pocket, passing by In a second, without waiting for him to turn around and stand still, Deng Mochi would come out, shoulder to shoulder, and walk into the dimly lit city forest with him, so naturally, maybe Deng Mochi would take the initiative to shake his hand, Talk about everything that happened during this time in his ear.

Maybe this idea was too good, Lu Ting suddenly lost confidence in himself, even though he tried to tell himself that Deng Mochi would 100% not just leave like this, but when he saw that person really disappeared around the corner, he still felt very sad. Fear.Said that he had evacuated beforehand, and still held the raincoat sent by his colleagues before, Lu Ting tried his best to appear calm.He walked steadily across the street, passing many shining white headlights close to his body, and the speeding car was also passing low above his head, and finally rounded the same corner. under the streetlight.

This "distance" is about 200 meters, and it is just a bright blue in the eyes.

Lu Ting started to run, thinking that the resistance of the raincoat was too great, so he didn't put it on.Deng Mochi turned another corner and entered a narrower alley. Lu Ting followed him to shorten the distance, saw him stop suddenly, pushed open a door on the side of the street, and walked in.

It turned out to be a small bar.Lu Ting ran to the door and looked up. The rain fell into his eyes, which made him a little hurt. He wiped the corner of his eyes and pushed the door in. He didn't know that he was tens of seconds behind Dun Mo.

Fortunately, he saw the man's back immediately.Sitting in front of the bar, the same body was cold and dripping with rain, and the smooth fabric of the jacket was illuminated by the warm-colored lamp.Maybe it's because of the timidity of being close to home, or maybe it's because the eyelashes are too long, and they stick into the eye sockets when they get wet, making people unable to open their eyes. Lu Ting looked at the back with his other untrichiasis eye. forward.There were not many customers in the store, so he found a table and chair in the corner and sat down in desperation, facing Deng Mochi sideways, from the angle from which he could see the man from the corner of his eye.

The waiter in this store is human, and he sent the menu and tissues thoughtfully. Lu Ting didn't open them, and ordered a cup of hot cocoa in a low voice.He caught a glimpse of Dun Mochi staring straight ahead, standing in front of him was a beer mug with a big belly, and remembered the first time he met, in Apollo, the man ordered beer at first.Does he like beer?If so, do you prefer dry beer or whole malt?Lu Tingxin said that during the time when Wuyou and Wuyou were together, he didn't make a proper confirmation.

It's my own carelessness, and it's also my fault that Deng Mochi seldom expresses his opinions. Likes and dislikes, he doesn't mention them unless others ask him, as if he doesn't care too much.

Of course, it doesn't matter, just ask in a while.From now on, just take care of him for yourself.Lu Ting didn't want to rub his face with paper towels, so he silently wiped his face with both hands and rubbed his eyes. He thought it must look like some kind of mammal with short front paws but likes to groom its fur. Otter?It's already extinct anyway.

After drying it a bit, he took out a few tissues and pressed it around his eyes. His face gradually became dry, and his eyes that had been squinted just now returned to normal. He stared at his knees again, sipping cocoa slowly and asked himself, what are you doing? What are you hesitating about?Just walk up, sit down on the bar stool next to that person, start with... just say "Hi", and then everything can be said, such as where we are going to eat later, or if I really Miss you very much.

What's so hard about this?

Lu Ting couldn't answer.

The warm air blows down from the louver holes above his head, drying his hair, and to a certain extent, it also makes him feel a little relieved.

Lu Ting finally managed to twist his neck, let himself look straight, and landed on the bar, and then he saw that the five high stools in front of the bar were empty.

The beer glasses were also empty.

While he was in a daze, Deng Mochi finished his drink and left by himself.

Lu Ting almost screamed, he felt that he was so stupid, and at the same time, suddenly, he wanted to cry very much.He couldn't understand Deng Mochi's indifference.Is it true that you don't see yourself?He left a small change on the seat, and when he was running out of the store, he saw the blue color outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Fortunately, Deng Mochi hadn't gone far, but was just riding on a flying motorcycle outside the door, which was starting.The motorcycle was for public rental. Perhaps Dun Mo had rented it sooner or later, but parking was prohibited by the square, so he parked nearby so that he could have a drink while walking.

Unfortunately, when Lu Ting squeezed through a few drunks blocking the door and ran out, the motorcycle was already in the air. At the current speed, Lu Ting knew that it would fly out of his sight in a short time.He started to yell, calling Deng Mochi's name, but the sound of rain and thunder filled his ears, and he couldn't even hear what he was yelling.Then he quickly chased the high-hanging shadow on the ground, picked out a speeding car in the same direction, estimated the height, and simply grabbed the side pedals of the car, and hung his body danglingly.

When the owner of the car poked his head out of the porthole and cursed repeatedly, Lu Ting had already slid to the front of the car and replaced it with a taller one as a suspension support.

In this way, Lu Ting chased Deng Mochi's motorcycle all the way forward, rising higher and higher, and lost the raincoat that was in the way. He was lucky at the moment, and he could always meet a more suitable speeding car, at least in the Within the limits of his body, he can be almost stable and avoid being knocked down by the passing car.In the end, his gloves softened and could no longer increase the friction effect, but they reached a height close to the roof. Lu Ting threw himself on an open window, climbed up the eaves, and ran up the roof before it fell apart.

The buildings in this area are not high, and the gaps are small, and the flat roofs are connected into one piece, which is very suitable for running.Although it was delayed for a while, Deng Mochi was farther away, but he was moving at a basically level height, and Lu Ting was confident in chasing him closer.

So what if you catch up?Will Deng Mochi hear his own voice?

Lu Ting didn't have time to think about this question.

He ran over two roofs, and he didn't know how many meters he was close to. He realized that he was in an extremely passive position. If Deng Mochi turned to the other side, and if Deng Mochi continued to go up, or suddenly fell...

Then, really, Deng Mochi probably drove to the place and swooped down.Lu Ting saw the hem of his clothes lifted by the wind, and ran to the far left side of the roof. Lu Ting had to stop. He stood on the edge of the twenty-storey height, watching the shadow falling down and shooting out many speeding cars and motorcycles. Interlaced lampposts, passing many bright neon signs, disappeared into the dark and blurred alleys.

He had never felt that Deng Mochi was so completely separated from the world he was in, as if it was gone forever, and he was completely at a loss.Should he find the low door in the roof, slip in, and make his way down the stairs of the building?Then when he returned to the rain, Deng Mochi must have disappeared long ago.Then should he save time and jump off?Then he will die.

This matter, from beginning to end, is so stupid.As a professional criminal policeman, why did he end up in such a situation when he wanted to track down someone he knew and desperately wanted to find.Lu Ting suddenly felt that compared to a few months ago, the naive self who escaped from a blind date and jumped off a high-rise building had really not improved at all, and it could even be said to be worse.

At least he was prepared back then, with a strong hook, he jumped down easily, and he was able to proudly argue with Shu Rui, who couldn't let go of his phone call.

Lu Ting stared at the ground in a daze for a long time, and decided not to die.He doesn't want to die and can't die.Because even if he died, he couldn't fall to pieces on the dirty ground alone, he would never be reconciled.But he finally burst into tears, wailing, the only time in these days that he had no scruples, in this unnoticed land, even Lucy would not comfort him, only the whip of lightning whipped one after another, the sky and the earth flickered, It's like an overexposed film that turns white at every turn.His crying hoarse voice was overshadowed by the thunder, and the tears were washed away by the rainstorm before they had time to hang on his cheeks.

When Lu Ting returned to Aldebaran that day, it was only in the early eight o'clock. He was carrying a waterproof bag with a few cigarettes in it.He smoked in the bedroom after taking a shower, and tasted one of each, only to realize that the same nicotine tasted really different. Lucy endured it for a while and reminded him that smoking is harmful to health, so he turned off the housekeeping system in the bedroom without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, after smoking a few, Lu Ting felt lonely again, so he climbed to the vegetable field on the upper floor of the spaceship to tend the plants.The unpicked roses have already been defeated, but a new stubble has emerged. Lu Ting squatted down deeply and pinched off the old leaves that were robbing nutrients, but accidentally injured the young buds.

His arm muscles were sore and very stiff, presumably because he performed stunts on the flying car recklessly and for too long, resulting in excessive lactic acid secretion, and he would be scalded by milk when making himself cereal.But he didn't want to lie in bed and lose sleep all night. He wandered to the shooting range and shot through four target papers in a row. He found that his hands were stable only when shooting.

It's okay, no matter what, he won't lose his job, he teased himself indifferently, and finally returned to the bedroom.After ten o'clock, the lights will automatically dim, and the ruby ​​galaxy is revealed, floating in front of the bed as usual, but the error code that makes it will not be updated again.Its general shape is unmistakable, but some details have not been completely filled in after all.

Boss, Deng Mochi, Lu Ting leaned on the bed and thought silently, what did you say before? "When this galaxy is complete, my technology and hardware may support what I want to do." I can still repeat your tone at that time.I have a lot of guesses about what you want to do. It's not that I can't understand you. This M83 galaxy is indeed beautiful. You gave it to me. It is something that I will be happy when I think about it anytime in my life.

But why am I so sad seeing it now and can't turn it off.Why do I feel that it is in a dimension that my probes can never reach, it is the wound of the universe.

Before going to sleep, Lu Ting suddenly understood something.The current situation is not that bad, he has already digested it, it is not that he made any mistakes, he also tried his best to do what he can do, there is no need to drive himself into the abyss, any problem can be solved from such a humble angle reflection.

Besides, good things don't seem to be rare. From the broadcast to the whole world, he learned that Deng Mochi was still alive. From the overwhelming crowd, he saw that Deng Mochi was not only alive but also very good. Drinking, renting motorcycles with money, seems to be at home.

If it goes on like this, it will be nothing more than not seeing each other.

Just like a few hours ago when he was making fun of himself on the roof, no matter how hard people cried, wouldn't a heavy rain pour down honestly?

The next day, December 12th, Lu Ting went to work calmly. He didn't look for the block where Deng Mochi disappeared last. He knew very well that he would definitely go there in the future, but he absolutely couldn't now. People on the verge of collapse still need to save themselves.

On December 12th, it was Deng Mochi's birthday - at least that's how he registered it.Lu Ting sent an e-mail to his virtual address. In fact, he typed three pages, and later cut it to seven lines. He briefly talked about what he saw when he visited R15 at Xingu Hospital the night before yesterday. He also wished him a happy 179th birthday, saying: , hope you can receive.

On December 12th, Mr. President finished his last lecture tour and announced on the same day that the departure time of the No.29 batch of Mars immigrants has been confirmed. On January 19, 2100, the first batch of pathfinders in the new century, about the mysterious person N Discussions on the topic have gradually faded into related publicity and subsidies.

Lu Ting's life is still busy and fulfilling. There are not many changes except that he carries a cigarette case every day. He has met Shu Rui a few times, had a few meals with his sister, and sometimes stays alone in Aldebaran, and will be in a daze for no reason. But just shake your head and you'll be fine.

On December 12, Lu Ting's rest day, he spent it alone, saying that he had a fever and did not attend the family's New Year's Eve dinner.As the night gradually darkened, he drank fruit juice in the sightseeing cabin on the top floor of Aldebaran, looked at the glamorous light and hazy fog outside the window, and knew that this year would pass, this century would pass, all he could feel was unreal.

This grand node has run over him, what can be left behind?The age is still eighteen, and he still has not reached the "false age" he claims. This is a young age that many people envy, but he has no desire to conceive of the days to come.Lu Ting sat down cross-legged, the floor warmth under the blanket made him feel comfortable all over, and he felt the urge to sit overnight, and gradually felt the long-lost relaxation, until the light flowing in front of him suddenly stopped and disappeared, and the world turned black.

For the first few seconds, Lu Ting thought he had suddenly gone blind.But he saw that the light screen on the front windshield was still on, and heard Lucy's reminder that the remote power supply of the power plant was suddenly interrupted, and Aldebaran was about to rely entirely on the solar energy stored during the day and enter the energy-saving mode, asking for his permission.

"Okay, just keep the basic functions." Lu Ting stood up and said.

"I also keep the galaxy projection in the bedroom." He said again.

"You are really 'entering my lovesickness, knowing my lovesickness, long-term lovesickness, long-term lovesickness, short-term lovesickness-'" The artificial intelligence actually started to recite poems, which may be due to Deng Mochi's transformation at that time.What a surprise, Deng Mochi loves to read poetry.

Lu Ting shouted: "Shut up!"

Quiet fills the air again.Lu Ting vaguely heard the noise and chaos coming from the surrounding buildings, he shut down Aldebaran's orbital movement, because if this continues, there may be accidents, and he will bump into something - this world is really dark, those buildings, neon signs The streets, bridges and lamps in the sky were all extinguished in an instant, and no matter how far you looked, you couldn't catch a trace of light.Lu Ting tried to contact the police station, but found that none of the lines could be connected, as if the communication station had also suspended work due to a power outage.

His Aldebaran survived because of his pursuit of energy saving, Lu Ting suddenly felt a little funny.What about the guys at the New Year's Eve dinner?How big is the power outage?

capital?South America?

Will it still be... global?

When he was thinking about this question, his vision was once again occupied by white light.It's still the same billboard as last time, with black and white characters, all displaying the same phrase: MISSINGPEOPLE, MISSINGSHUTTLES.

Lost man, lost spaceship.

It was the same as last time, echoing all over the world: "Hi, we meet again. This is the second set of keywords."

Lu Ting was so excited that he almost crushed the glass.

Deng Mochi said again: "I've seen your reactions, and I'm not satisfied. This power outage will last for one day, and after three days, there will be another day, and this cycle will continue. When I finish speaking, the screen and broadcasting station will also stop working." The maintenance is not difficult, but my program will start its attack regularly, power plants, high-voltage lines, every electrical appliance. Whether you can crack it before I publish the third set of keywords, of course you can try. Or there is another option, For the President to come out, alone, and meet me."

"Then there is no need to hunt down any more," Deng Mochi seemed to smile, and said softly, still indistinguishable from the breath-holding attention of the whole world, "I will send it to the door myself."