No matter how much trouble my sister gets into, as the brother, I should support her, right?
Besides, my sister is so sensible...
... What kind of trouble could it cause?
Just when Lu Xin answered his sister's words with a guilty conscience, and then forcibly carried his sister back to the tent, Dr. An and Chen Jing also learned that Lu Xin had returned. They both rushed over. It seemed that they both had something to say.
Dr. An wore a pair of beautiful rimless glasses on his face and gently glanced at Lu Xin.
In one glance, he seemed to understand something, and without saying anything else, he just silently took off his glasses..
He nodded softly to Lu Xin and said, "It's good now that you're back."
"You are very punctual. There is still less than two hours before the time we agreed on."
"We have prepared all the items needed for the investigation. Can you set off with us in two hours?"
"..."
"Less than two hours left?"
Lu Xin was somewhat surprised. It felt like he had only spent three or four hours on this trip.
"Walking in the abyss often leads to confusion in time perception."
Dr. An seemed to see his doubts, nodded slightly, and explained, "What's more, you are not going to an ordinary place."
"Okay."
Lu Xin had already looked at the time and nodded. "Just leave on time."
Mom has already said to leave these matters to himself, so there is nothing to say about the things that were agreed in advance.
"But..."
Just as Dr. An nodded and was about to leave, Lu Xin suddenly thought of something else that needed to be said.
Facing Dr. An's questioning look, Lu Xin tentatively said, "The two hundred million remuneration agreed before..."
If you think about it carefully, Mom seems to have never said that if you want your father's power, you don't want these 200 million, right?
I definitely didn't say that.
These are clearly two different things.
Even Dr. An couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face and he nodded, "You need to be sure..."
She puffed up her chest slightly and said, "Do you want 200 million, or do you want me?"
Lu Xin blushed due to her words, and turned to look at Chen Jing who was waiting to speak next to her in embarrassment.
He said firmly, "Two hundred million."
Dr. An followed his gaze and glanced at Chen Jing, and his pupils suddenly dilated slightly.
After a while, her expression became a little dull, and her expression suddenly became indifferent.
"Then there is no problem with these 200 million."
As he spoke, he turned around in boredom and left without any courtesy at all.
"Walk slowly..."
Lu Xin shouted behind her enthusiastically and politely.
"What two hundred million?"
Chen Jing has been patiently waiting for them to finish what they said, and deliberately did not avoid it. He just heard that they were talking about "abyss" and what kind of "reward" they were. He was somewhat confused. In the end, only "two hundred million" heard clearly, and he was very dissatisfied for a while.
He looked coldly at the back of Dr. An as he left. "Research Institute is the most annoying, always likes to disrupt the market..."
"I think back then, eight thousand yuan could make a single soldier happily deal with a pollution incident..."
"Now, the reward is actually 200 million..."
"..."
"..."
"Team Leader Chen, you heard..."
Lu Xin sent Dr. An away with unique enthusiasm and courtesy, and then looked at Chen Jing with a smile, "In two hours, I need to set off again. I have already accepted Research Institute's invitation to be the special consultant of their investigation team."
"So..."
"..."
"Oh oh..."
Chen Jing only reacted to the calculation of the number after he reminded him, and nodded quickly. "You can go."
After a pause, he added, "There is no need to write a leave request again."
This leader is really considerate...
No wonder everyone is so friendly and yearning when they meet the leader...
Lu Xin sighed in his heart. If he really wanted to write a leave request again, it would be hard to find his father and Mom to sign it.
"You came back just in time."
Chen Jing reacted and quickly switched back to work mode. Holding a folder in his arms, he turned around and closed the door.
He said seriously to Lu Xin: "We already know that you are going to the wilderness to investigate with Research Institute's people, but it's nothing. However, we just discovered something. We were originally worried that you would not come back on time and we would not be able to hand it over to you in time."
"Now that you're back, I'll let you take a look first."
"..."
"What discovery?"
Seeing her being so serious, Lu Xin was slightly startled.
"About you!"
Chen Jing looked solemn and whispered.
Then she took out the folder she was holding, thought about it, and explained, "I need to explain it to you in advance."
"After you joined Special Purity Department, Special Purity Department conducted an investigation on your background as usual."
She emphasized the word "according to the rules" and then said, "However, the investigation at that time did not find any special clues except the old building where you lived, the high school you went to, and some connections between you and Crimson Moon Orphanage."
"Later, you handled many pollution incidents and crises for Qinggang, so Professor Bai made suggestions."
"Adjust the confidentiality level of all your information to the highest level and do not allow others to pry into it."
"The investigation on your background will naturally be stopped from then on and put on hold."
"..."
At this point, she paused for a moment before continuing:
"It wasn't until the previous period that you decided to cooperate with Qinggang, let Qinggang help you conduct ability testing, and give you some correct guidance. In order to strengthen our understanding of you, we restarted the investigation of your identity and background."
"It wasn't until two days ago that the results finally came."
"..."
When she said these words, she deliberately slowed down to let Lu Xin understand the motive of Qinggang Special Purity Department's behavior.
Because she has come into contact with many people with abilities, she naturally understands.
Most able-bodied people do not like the strong sense of control that official institutions have over them.
The investigation of identity background is often one of the most important manifestations of this sense of control.
However, Lu Xin didn't seem to be sensitive to this. After listening to Chen Jing's introduction, he just nodded slightly.
He doesn't mind others investigating his background, because he himself has been conducting investigations in this area.
As for other matters, he felt that he was cautious, walking in the right direction, and not afraid of investigation.
On the contrary, he was more interested in. "What is the result of what you just said?"
"It's all in this document."
Chen Jing placed the blue folder in front of Lu Xin, with a "confidential" seal on the cover.
"The investigation of your identity and background is very troublesome."
Looking at Lu Xin, Chen Jing slowly explained, "Because High Wall City the Beginning was built, it was in chaos and disorder for a long time. Status. Especially for Satellite City No. 2, it was not officially connected to the Internet just a few years ago, so the lack of information and confusion are very serious. Not to mention, a lot of information about you has been deliberately erased."
"I know."
Lu Xin nodded.
As far as he knew, Crimson Moon Elementary School's old security guard had erased many traces of his existence.
"So, we sent a large number of people to check all the databases, and basically found nothing. Including visiting the high school where you studied before, we also discovered a particularly strange phenomenon. When the teachers there and classmates who studied together asked about your name, they all had some impression of your name. But when asked to talk about it in detail, they couldn't remember it at all."
"..."
Lu Xin was slightly lost in thought.
In his heart, he didn't seem to think this was strange.
Because he knows that he went to high school, but when he talks about his high school experience, he feels very vague.
My memory became clear, starting from that rainy night when I met Teacher Lu...
"However, the investigators we sent there worked from all angles and found some clues."
Chen Jing paused for a moment, letting Lu Xin digest it slowly, and then continued:
"And these clues are about the old building where you live."
"..."
"?"
Lu Xin raised his head slightly and looked at Chen Jing with steady pupils.
Regarding that old building, I actually still have a lot of puzzles to this day.
Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief, slowed down his tone, and said, "We are investigating you in all aspects. Because we are sure that no matter how sophisticated the erasure method is, there will definitely be some clues left. So, a team of investigators started investigating from the old building where you live, including the appearance of the old building, payment of water and electricity facilities, household registration, etc..."
"The Beginning, also found nothing, the information is clean as if it has been washed with water."
"Until..."
Her voice sank slightly and she said softly, "We found an old employee who worked at the Resident Registration Office."
Lu Xin's heartstrings also became slightly tense.
"It has been a long time ago, and this old employee is not a person with abilities, so it is naturally impossible for him to have any memory of what happened back then. However, after confirming that he worked at the resident registration office near Moon Platform for a long time, we decided to take it seriously. So, we sent a person with abilities of 'Doctor-type' to intercept and read his memory."
"Finally, we found a picture from his own almost forgotten past..."
"..."
As she spoke, she gently opened the folder and displayed the contents in front of Lu Xin.
The information included the age, name, and address of the old employee where he once worked.
There is also an assessment of his mental state to ensure the authenticity of this memory.
But what attracts Lu Xin the most is a complicated sketch. This was recreated on this data map by someone who had seen the old man's memory using superb sketching techniques. Almost every detail and image was outlined vividly...
Lu Xin saw in the corner of the screen a man with a child coming to the counter to register.
He knew both of them.
That man looked exactly like me now, just wearing a denim shirt.
As for that child, deep in his memory, he still had the codename "Tyrant" not long after he left the orphanage.
My adult self and my young self lined up to go through the registration procedures...