politely asked Xu Le to take off his backpack, and the cold metal detector stick was rudely close to the back of Xu Le's neck, and after a beep, the identity data reading review was completed in an instant. The soldier in charge of the inspection glanced at the information on the small light screen between his elbows, looked at Xu Le and smiled, and said, "It turned out to be a senior brother, and he looks young." ”

Xu Le's smile was a little reluctant, the corners of his lips struggled a few times before becoming more natural, and after putting the backpack on his back, he said: "Squatting in the pit, you can't see the sun all day long, you have to be happy to go." ”

There are not many types of troops in the Donglin Garrison Army, but the most bitter of them is the mine maintenance force, which is what the soldiers call the squatting pit. The soldier smiled and patted Xu Le's shoulder and said, "Senior brother was unlucky in the past, isn't it good this time? You can wait for the ship just after retiring, and after our former squad leader retired, we had to wait in the garrison area for half a year before waiting for the spaceship sent by the Ministry of National Defense." ”

After a few laughs, because there were still many passengers waiting in line for inspection, the soldier reluctantly let Xu Le go and waved him over. Xu Le walked a few steps and didn't forget to turn around and say thank you, everything was extremely normal, but when he got into the big greyhound bus and leaned on the back of the chair, he found that his back was full of cold sweat and soaked his clothes.

Xu Le sighed softly, exhaled the tension in his body, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and sat down on the soft chair tiredly. It's just a check, and he has been scared a lot, but fortunately he remembered the identity of the camouflage chip behind his neck, so he barely passed this level, but he thought about it again, what if someone really finds out about the nonexistent pit troops in the future?

Being able to pass the inspection easily has nothing to do with Xu Le's luck. The entire federation has been accustomed to the convenience, speed and accuracy of the federal electronic surveillance network for countless years, and the human body chip has long replaced the identity document. Every citizen of the Union is shrouded in the glow of Charter I from the day he is born, so much so that every subconscious comes to the conclusion that the electronic surveillance network can never make mistakes.

In fact, for countless years, the central computers of the Charter Office and the electronic surveillance network throughout the federal society have indeed made no mistakes, except for ...... The mechanic and the boy who was sitting limp on the coach at this time.

......

......

Twenty-three days later, in the capital of Fuji Prefecture, the sky was gloomy, and Xu Le's heart was also gloomy. He sat in a fast-food restaurant on the corner of the street, eating the beef noodles in front of him tastelessly, looking up from time to time and looking anxiously at the solemn building in the middle of the street in the distance. He chose to settle his lunch here precisely because this fast-food restaurant is the closest to the Fudge Court of First Instance, so he can be the first to find out about today's case.

Police cars flashed their lights, turned off their sirens, and drove faintly down the street outside the fast-food restaurant. Xu Le looked out through the glass window, a little trance-like at this moment, and immediately subconsciously lowered his head and buried his face in the wide noodle bowl. He always felt that at the previous moment, he saw the faces of Levi and Xiao Qiangzi in the police car.

Levi's Orphans Gang was broken up by the Second Police Station, and for some unknown reason, the case was heard in the Fudge Court of First Instance. The operation of the federal purge of mechanics was top secret, and it was naturally impossible to convict the orphans of Bell Tower Street of colluding with traitors, and Levi, who had suffered a completely unjustified disaster, was finally sentenced to one year in prison, again because he had just turned eighteen years old.

This result was quite good, and the lawyer assigned to Levi would not have advised him to sue the Court of Appeal or even the Circuit Court* again, but Xu Le still felt very sorry for Levi. Not only because of the prison sentence, but also because he knew that Levi must feel more sorry for himself, because the federal political axe knew about the existence of Xu Le and the mechanic from his mouth, and more importantly, Levi must have thought that Xu Le was dead at this time.

"Young man, what are you doing with a sad face?" The old man who was also eating noodles opposite Xu Le looked at the young man's sad expression and said with a smile: "At a young age, I began to pretend to be lonely and imitate despair, which is unacceptable. ”

Any old man eating noodles on the street can also say such tasteful words, Xu Le suddenly felt that God was very eyeless, and he was surrounded by some strange guys. Somehow, he suddenly had the urge to tell it, but there was nowhere to tell his secrets, so he looked at the wrinkles on the old man's face in a daze, and asked, "Old man, have you ever encountered any great trouble in your life?"

"Nope. The old man replied very simply, very crisp and energetic of the people of Donglin, "There is no hurdle in this world that cannot be passed, if you really can't get over, it is your life." Who can fight with life? It's just that it's a little harder, do you think about how many years we, Donglin people, have been afraid of suffering? We don't complain anything to the Federation, we live happily, no better than anything else. ”

"But I just want to live honestly, and there are troubles that will run to me, even a big wrong. ”

"Then don't be too honest. The old man licked the oil soup on his lips and said, "Just like noodles, you need to be strong, but the noodle soup must be smooth and smooth, so that you will not be bullied in society." ”

The Donglin region is rich in stones, and it is also rich in characters like the old man, who are silent and optimistic, and who are as tough as weeds. Xu Le suddenly thought of the people around him in his life, and his whole mood calmed down, and his heart moved, thinking of the things he hadn't thought of because he was tired, nervous, and sad these days.

There was an explosion many years ago, and the boss survived, so why couldn't he survive this time? Maybe the boss was changing another chip at this time, disguising himself as an old professor in the university, and was cheating those youthful female college students? Or maybe the boss was turning into a rookie in the business world at this time, and was playing with his ability to make money with empty gloves? Maybe the boss was laughing at his depression and sadness in a corner at this time?

Xu Le looked at the old man opposite and said, "You don't know your surname, do you?"

The old man naturally didn't have a surname, he looked at this nervous young man, sighed, and left with a bowl of noodles. Xu Le said goodbye to the old man sent by God to wake him up, smirked at the noodle soup, and understood what kind of person he should be in the future, just like the noodles in this bowl, insist on what he should insist on, maintain the tenacity in his heart, but realize this form of tenacity......

The boss may be dead, or he may be alive, but he can't see him, and he is wearing a white coat and drifting away. Is this true? But what does it matter? If we don't see each other in one life, what's the difference between life and death? The key is what to do with one's own future, isn't it?

Xu Le had a smile on his face, secretly cheering for himself in his heart, at this moment, the mentality of this simple and sincere teenager finally changed slightly, like a piece of sunshine hitting his heart. At this time, the gloomy weather above Fudge finally dissipated, revealing an incomparably beautiful sunshine.

The boy walked out of the restaurant, whistling at the girl walking on the street with some jerky nervousness, tightened the backpack behind him, and walked in the direction of the security area.

;