Chapter 192 Desire to Survive
After leaving the Tooth Tiger base, KK and Cao Yulin returned to the Edge Building one after another.
In order to prevent others from seeing the clues, the two of them separated their return journeys by half an hour, and they thought of their words for going out as Ou Chenyu asked.
KK arrived at the 88th floor where he lived. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he met Dongdong walking towards him.
Dongdong came close to KK, with a wicked smile on his face: "Hey, Best Actor, you're back, is everything going well? Did you trick those evil figures like Tooth Tiger into turning around?"
KK's eyes were empty and unfocused, like a walking zombie. He even bumped into Dongdong when he passed by without reacting. He just walked back to his room without saying a word and closed the door.
Dongdong looked at the closed door, rubbed the back of his head and muttered: "What's wrong?"
After KK returned to the room, he fell on the bed in despair. His mind was filled with the bomb inside his body. He was exhausted and exhausted, and waves of dizziness entered his mind.
His eyes gradually rolled up, and he fell into a coma due to mental exhaustion. He slept motionless until the next day, sleeping in a hazy state.
He slept for a long time, but he had nightmares one after another. When he woke up, his eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, his eyes were sunken, he was depressed, and his back could not be straightened.
He came to the restaurant and wanted to have some lunch. Just after finishing the dishes, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a mercenary not far away ordering a piece of chicken.
Looking at the pieces of chicken on the opponent's plate, and thinking of the similar tragic situation after the bomb exploded in his body, KK suddenly felt sour water rising up his throat, and his stomach was churning.
"Ugh—" He stumbled, spilling the food on the floor, and lay down beside the trash can to vomit.
At this time, Su Mo was eating not far away.
All the things that happened during this period of time, including addiction to gambling, stealing money and being beaten, were all "scripts" arranged by KK and him.
The purpose is to set up a trap for Cao Yulin, a top intelligence officer, and send KK back into the Tooth Tiger mercenary group to become a double agent. At that time, Ou Chenyu will be eliminated by internal and external cooperation.
The most important thing about this trap lies in two points.
First, Su Mo knew Cao Yulin's identity. He had opened his "eyes in the sky" from the first encounter and was able to plan things from a God's perspective.
Second, KK's acting skills honed in the border areas since he was a child, as well as his adaptable nonsense, can cooperate with Su Mo to set traps for Ou Chenyu and Cao Yulin.
According to the "script", the relationship between the two is now at loggerheads, and Su Mo should not care about him.
Moreover, KK also mentioned that when he was acting to fool Cao Yulin, there would be a lot of "improvisation" outside of the script, so that everyone should not react too much to avoid exposing the secret.
So Su Mo didn't move, just looked at KK secretly, thinking: vomiting whenever he wants, what kind of incredible acting is this? But where is he acting?
Currently, only Su Mo, Dongdong, Future, and KK himself know the inside story of the script, which is kept in absolute confidentiality.
In the eyes of other mercenaries, KK is now just a gambling bug who borrows money and refuses to repay it, so no one pays attention to him.
KK vomited until there was nothing left behind, his face was full of tears and runny nose, he struggled to get up and ran outside.
He washed his face and mouth in the toilet sink, retching from time to time. There was no blood on his face, and the hand holding the water was shaking.
"Hey~"
The whistle from behind made him tremble.
He turned back to look at Cao Yulin and asked reluctantly: "What are you doing?"
There are no outsiders here, and Cao Yulin also peeled off his usual friendly disguise and sneered: "Are you so scared?"
KK scolded back: "Fuck you, your back hurts when you stand and talk, why don't you try to put a bomb in your belly?!"
Cao Yulin said lazily: "Don't worry, it's just an insurance policy. As long as you help Tooth Tiger, the bomb won't explode, and the money that should be given will be given to you."
KK just smiled and said nothing.
"Let's get down to business." Cao Yulin handed over a USB flash drive, "This is your first job."
KK took the USB flash drive and asked in a low voice: "What is this?"
Cao Yulin said calmly: "Don't worry about anything, you only need to do one thing - go to the underground laboratory, insert this USB flash drive into the future computer when it is turned on, unplug it, and give it back to me. That's it. Simple."
KK looked gloomy: "There are only about twenty people who can enter the underground laboratory and cause trouble there. What if Su Mo traces me?!"
Cao Yulin said casually: "That's your business. You used to be a thief. You can steal the owner's things without leaving any trace. It shouldn't be difficult to insert and remove the USB flash drive, right?"
KK gritted his teeth unwillingly and could only put the USB flash drive into his pocket and leave without saying a word.
Cao Yulin's meaningful voice came from behind him: "Do it well, Teeth Tiger will not treat you badly."
KK walked into the elevator, and after iris permission recognition, the underground passage permission was unlocked.
He hovered his finger over the elevator button.
But stopped again.
He stood there, his fingers still pressing down.
A complex and profound look flashed in his eyes.
He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and pressed the button hard.
That evening, the underground laboratory welcomed an unexpected guest.
Future raised his head from the experimental table and looked at KK who walked in the door, looking a little surprised: "Hey, I actually see you here."
KK twitched his lips: "I'm tired from playing games, so come down and take a walk."
"Having a casual stroll, you came to my laboratory?" Future smiled. She recorded the data on the computer and said casually, "It's okay to stroll around, but don't touch the equipment. Some things are very dangerous."
KK put his hands in his pockets and smiled briefly: "Don't worry, I'm not such a handicapped person."
"Uh-huh." Future focused on sorting out the data and said nothing more.
KK wandered around the laboratory, looking here and there.
The researchers were busy with experiments and had no time to talk to KK.
KK walked around for more than ten minutes and roughly figured out the walking routes of each researcher.
When no one was paying attention, he quietly walked into an experimental chamber separated by transparent explosion-proof glass.
There is a self-operating hot-melt instrument inside, and experiments on the synthesis of new materials are ongoing.
KK put on rubber gloves to cover fingerprints, found the hot-melt power button, raised the power to the maximum, and then quickly walked out of the experimental chamber.
The little action just now didn't attract anyone's attention.
He walked back to his future work station, deliberately let out a long breath, and shook his collar to dissipate heat: "Huh - the corridor over there is hot enough."
"Hot?" Future raised his head and asked inexplicably, "There is constant temperature equipment in the laboratory, why is it hot?"
KK scratched his head pretending to be confused and pointed to the distance: "I don't know. Anyway, it was quite hot over there when I just passed by."
Looking suspicious in the future, he left his work station and ran over.
Not long after, a scream from the future came from the distant corridor: "Mu Xi! The melt power is turned on so high, do you want to see the fireworks explode?!"
A young female researcher ran over in a panic: "Hey, I adjusted it based on the feedback data. I should be right."
Before leaving her work station in the future, KK took out the USB flash drive in her arms and inserted it into her computer interface.
Something surprising happened.
Computers in the future suddenly displayed garbled screens, and an unknown virus spread along the local area network and immediately swept through all the computers in the laboratory.
In an instant, every computer was paralyzed, and there were loud noises:
"Hey, what's going on? My computer is garbled."
"Mine too! It can't be operated!"
"Future Chief Engineer, come and take a look, something very strange has gone wrong!"
"How could it be like this? What did you just do?"
"Nothing was done. I was running the experimental software normally, and suddenly it happened like this."
The laboratory fell into a commotion, and KK took advantage of the chaos to unplug the USB flash drive and left quietly.
He came to the lobby on the first floor and entered the bathroom.
Cao Yulin is washing his face here.
KK put the USB flash drive into his pocket and washed his hands next to him as if nothing had happened.
Cao Yulin looked at himself in the mirror and asked lightly: "Is it done?"
"Yeah." KK slapped cold water on his face and asked in a deep voice, "What is in the USB flash drive? As soon as I inserted it, all the computers were paralyzed."
Cao Yulin shook off the water on his hands and said calmly while arranging his hair: "K, I want to give you a piece of advice. If you want to gain a foothold in Tooth Tiger, do more and ask less."
That night, the entire Edge Building was shrouded in gloomy clouds.
Sad news came from the underground laboratory. The experimental computer was attacked by unknown hackers, the system was completely destroyed, and all data could not be restored.
The researchers performed an emergency disconnection operation, typing on the keyboard with trembling hands, trying to recover some losses, but there were only endless garbled codes and warning messages on the display.
These experimental data are extremely precious and are the hard work of everyone who has worked overtime and worked hard for so long.
There had been breakthroughs in many key areas, and no matter how hard we worked, we could achieve important results, but all the progress was wasted overnight.
The researchers couldn't control their depression, smashed their keyboards on the table, and cursed the hacker who did it. Their indignant voices echoed throughout the laboratory.
Among these people, the most desperate thing is not others, but the future.
Researchers just work in the Edge Building and get paid as long as they work. The destruction of experimental data is just a matter of temporary anger.
But the future is a very pure person, not interested in money or fame. Research is not her job, but her only interest in life.
This time the laboratory was destroyed, which almost killed her.
These experimental data were all accumulated when she first followed Su Mo.
Many experiments are not even a matter of starting over from scratch, but that their success in the first place was a matter of luck, and the probability of her being caught was one in a million.
This kind of data is almost impossible to come by. If you miss it once, you may not be able to reproduce it in your lifetime.
When Future was taken out of the laboratory, she cried extremely miserably. She collapsed on the floor of the hall, crying heartbreakingly.
"Wow -" She rubbed her tearful eyes with her hands, crying and rolling on the floor. Her hair was spread over her face, wet with tears and sweat, and her eyelids were so swollen that she could hardly open them.
Su Mo paced back and forth in the hall, his face ashen and ugly. He tried to comfort the future, but all he got in return was more miserable cries.
Researchers in the laboratory kept sending reports, all of which were bad news. All experimental data was destroyed, and there was no way to restore it.
Su Mo's emotions erupted like a volcano, and he kicked the potted plant in the hall to pieces, scattering broken tiles and soil everywhere.
KK stood in the corner against the wall, watching his companion who had been together day and night crying with tears in his eyes. There was a trace of unbearability and sadness in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by the desire to survive.
Cao Yulin glanced at KK, and couldn't be more satisfied with this real look.
Cao Yulin was pretending to comfort the researcher with other mercenaries at this time. He walked to the crying future, patted her head, and said softly: "Chief Commander, cheer up, you will get better."
Future covered his red and swollen eyes and kicked his legs on the ground, crying hoarsely: "What do you know?! Do you know how sad this is?! Wow! It hurts, it hurts too much!"
Cao Yilin sighed falsely and secretly looked sideways at KK, casting a look of approval.
KK turned away slightly, his eyes full of loneliness.
At this time, the mobile phone in KK's arms vibrated.
He walked from the side door to the deserted back alley and answered the phone.
"I heard you did a good job." Ou Chenyu's voice came from the receiver.
KK sniffed and said in a deep voice: "Just insert a USB flash drive, what's the problem?"
Ou Chenyu chuckled and asked in a teasing tone: "Speaking of which, I'm very curious and want to interview you."
"Although Su Mo is not a huge debt of gratitude to you, he is still very kind. He helped you settle all the troubles you caused. He even fought with me at the mercenary summit because of you."
"How does it feel when you betray him?"
KK said coldly: "Ou Chenyu, are you starting to install it now? If you hadn't asked Cao to trap me and stuff a bomb into my stomach, would I have gotten to where I am today?"
Ou Chenyu: "Look at you, I'm just going to ask, why are you so anxious again?"
KK became very emotional: "Don't talk nonsense! I really regret it now. I shouldn't have cooperated with someone like you in the first place!"
"To put it further, I shouldn't have been with Su Mo in the first place! If he hadn't disrupted my life and insisted on making me a mercenary, I would still be living on the border! He has completely ruined my life. Damn it! Grass!"
Ou Chenyu smiled lowly, his tone full of meaning: "I realized this now, it's too late. Where do you think Crescent City is? This is a city that eats people."
"It is a monster crawling in the darkness, devouring the dreams and lives of countless people. Even I can only see 10% of its full picture, and there are 90% of the darkness that even I have touched. Can’t reach it.”
"You're right. Lying down at the bottom is the most comfortable place. If you want to climb up, you have to keep climbing to the top. If you stop or fall down, you will become this monster. food."
KK sneered sadly: "It sounds like Captain Ou has very high aspirations."
Although he was separated by the phone, he could clearly hear the swelling desire and ambition in Ou Chenyu's voice: "Someone is destined to climb to the top of this city, but that person won't be Su Mo, it will be me."
KK said coldly: "Which of you reaches the summit has nothing to do with me. I just want to survive now. What do you want me to do next?"
Ou Chenyu said slowly: "Cao Yulin will give you a list. You continue to collect intelligence according to the above requirements. Come to Tooth Tiger Base to interview me on Wednesday. I will help you reset the bomb countdown."
"My whole life is ruined by you two." KK spat on the ground and hung up the phone.