Chapter 16: Beyond the Light

"Falling in love with you is the original sin of my life, forgive me, it is the tragedy of your life, you and I are just strangers passing by fate, why intersect, why hold hands, why fall in love......."

The lights in the bar were dim, accompanied by a low and sad tune, Le Xiao pressed her head, her cheeks were crimson, and Xu Ming in front of her smiled and shook his head.

"Don't you like to listen to this love song, I think it's very good, Tianai's voice is really good."

Le Xiao could only smile awkwardly, this "Sin Love" is a single recently released by Tianai, and the sales exploded instantly, reaching an astonishing more than 6 million copies, and cut the TOP1 of the major music charts, the sad and intoxicating tune, known as the saddest love song of the year, plus Tianai's heavenly voice, with a little decadent and psychedelic feeling.

is beautiful, has a good voice, and the female star Tianai who sings in film and television is like the sun in the entertainment circle of Bright City, not only that, Tianai's brother is also the chief of the 3rd Military Section, such a life is simply jealous and hateful.

In the past, Le Xiao also liked Tianai very much, although she was not a brain-dead fan, but she also liked her movies and TV series songs, she fantasized countless times about meeting Tianai and the like, and even what kind of life she would have if she could become a female star one day.

Everything about Tianai is as if it is really like her name, God loves her, she is beautiful, rich, and has a powerful brother, and this brother still loves her very much, in an entertainment show, Le Xiao also saw that Tianai's brother Tianji was really on the show, a beautiful man, as beautiful as Tianai.

It's just that all this is a thing of the past now, since seeing the true face of Tianai, everything about Tianai's beauty in Le Xiao's heart has collapsed, plus Tianai caused her to lose her job, what was originally photographed by media reporters is normal, Tianai has never sued media reporters, but why did she sue for the shocking number where she is, seeing that the editor-in-chief is so decisive and fires himself, this is Tianai deliberately targeting Le Xiao.

"Hey, Lele, what I said to you, did you hear that?"

Le Xiao pursed his lips and took a sip of wine, the inferior artificial fruit wine was really unpalatable, and he got drunk quickly.

"How good it used to be, when I graduated, how good it would be if Brother Xu could stabilize our media traffic, why are people like this, they like cruel things, they like entertainment, they like ......"

"Okay, Lele, don't talk about it, I told you at noon today, do you want to follow me as an independent reporter?"

Xu Ming said that he wanted to help Le Xiao, who was already drunk, but accidentally, the wine spilled, Le Xiao hurriedly got up and quickly apologized, and wiped Xu Ming with paper, at this time Le Xiao saw the double-headed snake tattoo on Xu Ming's arm drunkly, where did she seem to have seen it?

But at this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the house, and the street lamps on the street flashed red, Xu Ming hurriedly pulled up his sleeves, but soon a group of uniformed staff of the 5th Public Security Management Section walked into the store.

"There will be a one-week curfew starting tonight, and the order from Congress will come down early tomorrow morning, so please get up and go home quickly."

Xu Ming looked at the staff of the 5th section outside in a hurry who were checking the identity of some people, and many people in the store pulled up to check, he hurriedly helped Le Xiao up and walked up.

"I'm sorry, this lady may be suffering from a little infectious disease, I'm going to take her to the hospital, please let me go."

Soon the personnel of the 5th section were a little panicked, Le Xiao didn't know what Xu Ming said again, as soon as he went out to blow the wind, he was already completely drunk, just smirked.

.......

Located on the north side of the upper floor, the Xuanwu District, which has a large number of detached buildings, is a wealthy area, and Jean strolls through the streets, surrounded by people from 5 branches from time to time.

Congress has decided to have a one-week curfew, and those who dare to go out will be arrested, with three days in jail or downgrade.

Along the way, many people from the 5th section came to interrogate, but after seeing the uniform of the 13th section that Jean was wearing, he gave up.

After learning about the situation with Locke, the 3rd Military Section was responsible for the bottom and middle and lower levels, and all suspicious characters were investigated, not only during the day, but also at night.

Rumors have long been circulating in the city that the infectious diseases announced by the 4th Medical Department for unknown reasons are actually special food poisoning.

And in four days, the Sanlian company will hold a large press conference, and aside from the rumors, it is just past the early hours of the morning, and the antidote should have been developed, Jean smiled.

The worst-case scenario is that the problem is exposed to the sun, and the Triad will be hit in an instant, the food supply will stop in an instant, and the conflict will inevitably bleed, and the reason why Jean went to the sewers to find particle-grade industrial waste is to be able to recover a large number of poisoned patients when the matter is exposed, and the impact is minimized.

Tri-Link, which has a market share of nearly 60 percent of the specialty food market, is probably already in contact with Congress, already discussing a worst-case scenario, and the curfew is only the first step, Jean paused, glancing back at the dark city behind him.

"It's just a few days, if it's okay, it'll be fine."

According to the findings of the 2nd City Crisis Analysis and Countermeasures Section, there are already a large number of armed forces in the fortified area and the insurgents lurking in the city, and the worst-case scenario is that it will turn into war.

When the problems in the city are exposed, a large number of rioters will agitate the people in the city, and when the smoke rises, the people in the fortress area who have long hated the city will storm the four security stations, and war may break out at any time.

Therefore, almost all members of the 3rd Military Section have been stationed at the bottom of the ground in order to ensure that the armed forces in the barrier area can be effectively contained at the first time when the riot occurs.

Jean stopped, extinguished the cigarette butt, pinched it in his hand and looked at the courtyard-style three-storey building in front of him with lights on the second floor and a room, Jean walked directly over the courtyard wall and walked in, on both sides were manicured lawns, and there were small flower beds at the courtyard wall, full of flowers.

The window opened, and Ji Mo stuck out his head in surprise, just now the alarm in the room went off, he was a little surprised at first, but soon smiled helplessly.

"Won't you knock?"

Jean had already crossed to the window on the second floor, sat down by the window, pulled out a cigarette, he still had a smell on him, and the end of the season looked at Jean strangely.

"Took a trip down the sewers, nothing, but what the hell you've been doing, lately."

Jean looked meaningfully at the end of the quarter, and the somewhat cluttered office in the room was full of a large number of materials, many of which were business materials from the past ten years, and the end of the quarter was randomly packed up.

"Come in and say."

Jean shook his head.

"Your wife and daughter are asleep, and I just came to ask you, when I went to look for you in the business department that day, was there anything you didn't tell me?"

Ji Mo laughed and shook his head with a puzzled look.

"It's nothing, I've already told you."

Jean nodded, he had told him a lot of things at the end of the season, and he would go to the medical department to investigate, but fortunately, a little problem was solved.

"Rest early."

Jean said as he turned back to the ground, his eyes looking a little helpless, behind him was his old friend, and he couldn't make any mandatory demands on him.

"Jean, it's okay, you don't have to worry about me, didn't you say it before, put all the fault on your head, I remember it, just don't regret it when the time comes."

Jean chuckled his head with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Ah, I remember!"

Seemingly relieved after watching Jean walk away, he closed the window, as if he had woken up from a nightmare, and the sweat that had been held for a long time seeped from the sides of his forehead.

"I'm sorry Jean can't rely on you this time, and your intervention will make things even worse."

Under the orange-level alert, the people of the 13 sections of the Bright City were dispatched, and all of them were trying to make a final effort for the impending crisis.

In the dead of night, at 3 o'clock in the morning, Jean was still walking alone on the streets of the White Tiger District, and he could still see the officers of the 5th Section patrolling in twos and threes.

Jean wasn't sleepy, he only had the question of what else he could do.

If this incident can be resolved by just killing a few key people, it will be too easy and simple, just killing people will not solve any problems.

The only clue to the insurgents lurking in the city is the tattoo of the two-headed snake, but as the wise man said, the tattoo of the two-headed snake is just a deliberate false signal that this conflict is about to destroy the peace of the entire city, a large-scale conflict of tens of millions of people.

Instead of killing a few people, Jean stopped and came to the giant statue of the White Tiger leading to the middle level again, leaning against the statue and smoking a cigarette in silence.

A lot of people with double-headed snake tattoos have been arrested before, but the real and fake are mixed with rioters, although some real rioters have confessed, but they only get envelopes with instructions through some inconspicuous places in the city to act.

Most of them are even used for petty profits, and some radical guys cry and curse when they are faced with iron-blooded interrogation, justice and fairness and the like, justice that has been successfully induced by others, and even some people within the 13 departments may be bewitched.

The city in front of you is like the tangled roots under a big tree, which piece has rotted and deteriorated.

"Dialogue doesn't solve anything."

Jean put away his cigarette butt and walked slowly down the stairs with a cold look in his eyes, with a fierce killing intent all over his body.

Drip, drip, drip

Jean picked up the phone.

"Don't meddle in this matter Jean, Congress has found the perfect solution, as well as the particle-grade industrial raw materials you found, to make this plan even more perfect, the plan you proposed before Congress has also adopted it, and everything will be handled by Section 3 and Section 5."

Locke's voice came out of the phone, and Jean responded with a sneer.

"Perfect? Just for those rich pigs! ”

"You don't mess around, I'm begging you, Jean, if you mess around, everything will be out of control."

Jean hung up the phone and didn't continue to listen to Locke's nonsense, and walked briskly.

"The only way to go is to go to the barrier area."

.......

Early in the morning, Le Xiao covered her sore head, and under the hammer of the small fist of the angry villain, she woke up, she looked around in surprise, and fell asleep with her clothes on, it should be Xu Ming who sent her home, and today she decided to go to the headquarters of Sanlian Company to hold a press conference to step on it.

But the moment she just turned over and got out of bed, Le Xiao felt a burst of weakness and fell to the floor, sweating on her forehead, weak hands and feet, she gasped and didn't know what was wrong, but after thinking about it, she should be sick, after taking some cold medicine, Le Xiao rested for a while, ate a can of liquid food and went out.

Although there are many rumors on the Internet that the infectious disease that occurred in the city is actually poisoning caused by liquid food, there are many such rumors, but they are no longer seen recently, and the 4th Medical Division has repeatedly said that they believe in the Diet, believe in the Medical Affairs Division, and do not believe these rumors.

But Le Xiao felt dizzy as soon as she walked a few steps, she shook her head, such a little cold would not make her succumb, work is the first, she must rely on this work to enter a weekly, otherwise she will be really dangerous.

As soon as she entered the underground station, Le Xiao checked the officers of the 3rd Military Section at the station, and then she realized that something was wrong, and as soon as she turned on her mobile phone, there was an overwhelming curfew and street control.

Citizens need to be unconditionally subjected to the investigator's search, search, or even arrest.

But what Le Xiao couldn't understand was how there were so many people from the 3rd Military Section, like ants emerging from the ground, and the streets were full of people from the 3rd Military Section, loaded with guns.

The phone rang, and Le Xiao saw that it was Shik calling.

"Miss Lexiao, please come to No. 9 Ring Street, I have to arrange the relevant matters of the press conference in three days, and someone will pick you up at the place."

Le Xiao hummed happily.

There was a stench in the air, the wind was constantly whistling, and from time to time there was a whining sound in the ravines below the bridge, as if someone was crying, and the four bridges connecting the ramparts were also called the Weeping Bridge, because everyone who was exiled from here to the darkness would cry desperately.

Jean stood quietly on the bridge, at the junction of light and darkness, and one step ahead was the hellish barrier area, where the sunlight could only shine, and it was pitch black in the distance, and there was hardly anything to see.

"Worst-case scenario."

After Jean made up his mind, he looked back at the dazzling city behind him, revealing a warm and sunny smile, but the moment he turned his head, he stepped into the darkness, and his smile became as sharp as a knife.