Zou Yu looked at the red wine in the glass held by her slender fingers. Her eyes were a little unfocused, which was rare.
Xu Le's answer was very simple and calm, just like when he softly told her in the Wangdu Youth Dorm's kitchen that there was only a plate of fried eggs with Chinese toon tonight. But it was this simple and calm that contained too much perseverance and toughness, so much so that her usual coldness turned into a faint sense of loss in an instant.
"I grew up in the military compound, surrounded by soldiers whose testosterone was forced out of their skin and leaked out into the air, but I still can't completely understand what men are thinking in their heads."
Zou Yu smiled helplessly. She looked at Xu Le and said softly, "If it's just to avenge Shi Qinghai, is there a need to throw in your own life?"
"There are many other reasons other than to avenge the hooligan. I just found out that the attack on Planet Yellow Doom and the defeat of the frontline troops a few days ago … were actually the actions of the big shots in the capital ring. I can't imagine that the soldiers on the frontline fought a bloody battle for the Federation, but because of the political considerations of those people, they sacrificed their lives for nothing. "
Xu Le narrowed his eyes and stared at the empty wine glass in front of him. There was no wine or water in the glass, only air. After a long pause, he took a deep breath and looked at Zou Yu. "All reasons are reasons, but none of them are the most important reasons. I want to kill them because I think it's more important that they die. "
Zou Yu didn't say anything. She just carefully wiped the corner of her mouth with the napkin with the three ancient letters "LFP" written on it, as if she wanted to prolong this rare reunion, but the reunion was always for the next moment. A firm and cold emotion returned to her eyes. She picked up her leather bag and stood up. She said goodbye to Xu Le, "Good luck."
"My luck has always been good, but this time it has nothing to do with luck." Xu Le did not hide the dangers of the future from Zou Yu. He said calmly, "To achieve my goal, I really have to risk my life this time."
What he meant by risking his life was to fight for a bright and bloody future. Zou Yu tightened her grip on her purse, and her paleness gradually appeared. She looked at the empty wine glass in front of him and sighed, "Since you're Zhuang Xing, you should drink some wine today."
Xu Le replied, "Ever since he died, I have never drunk alcohol provided by others."
Zou Yu was silent for a moment and then said with a smile, "So, you were willing to drink the wine I brought to the stall last time, which means you trust me very much."
"If I can't even trust you, then it's too boring." Xu Le smiled and said, "And as you know, I've been fighting these days. I don't want alcohol to affect my brain."
He had been fighting these days. He had been fighting against the entire Federation. There was not a single second of peace and relaxation in every place. There was only the tension of life and death.
Zou Yu looked at him, who had obviously lost a lot of weight, and suddenly felt very sad. She raised her hand to cover her bright red lips to hide her inner emotions and pushed the porcelain plate with more than half of the steak left on her table to him.
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After Zou Yu left, Xu Le continued chewing the remaining steak with his head lowered. During the process, no one knew that under the beautiful and pleasant light of the Flowing Wind Slope Club, he had a lot of conversations with the Federal Central Computer in his mind.
Like the many fierce quarrels in the underground sewer, the old thing still refused to provide any specific help for the plan he was about to carry out. According to the old thing, it was a serious violation of the Three Core Laws if it provided detailed information and help knowing that he was going to kill one or many citizens of the Federation.
Xu Le's eyebrows were tightly knitted, like a flower tied by shoelaces. After sitting at the table in silence for a long time, he cursed silently and put the silver knife and fork on the table heavily, making a muffled sound.
A waiter came after hearing the sound. After politely asking for instructions, he took away the extra plates and tableware for him. Right after the waiter turned around and left, there was a very small and unnoticeable chip in the place where the silver knife and fork were originally placed.
Xu Le smoothly grasped the chip in his palm and lifted the hood of his dark blue sports coat to cover his face. Stepping on the deliberately wet bluestone road, he walked out of the Flowing Wind Slope Club.
Outside the club was the Charter Square.
In the early autumn, the ginkgo leaves around the square were beginning to turn yellow. They swayed gently with the breeze, or it was more appropriate to say that they were trembling. This was the most beautiful season in the Charter Square, but there was no scene of tourists. He didn't know whether it was because the loss of the frontline had made the people lose interest in sightseeing, or because of the strike these days, the people had taken back their boots that were ready for autumn.
Xu Le sat on the bench beside the square and lit a cigarette. He squinted his eyes and looked at the few pedestrians and the military police that were far more than the pedestrians in the square.
Green smoke curled up from his fingers and then rose into the early autumn sky. He lowered his head and inserted the chip into the military watch. He carefully read the information in the chip and felt infinite emotions in his heart.
It was only a short time after Zou Yu left, but the madam of Mochou Back Mountain made a decision and sent the confidential information to him. The courage and terrifying execution of the Qianshi Tai family really made people feel fear.
The microchip contained a confidential file from the Ministry of Justice, which did not contain any information about the military court. However, it was interesting to know which building the military court would hold a secret trial in a few days by calculating the date of the trial.
This was what Xu Le needed the most right now. There was a very detailed and powerful battle plan attached to the chip's file, but he was not going to use it. Although he could smell the familiar scent of this battle plan, and he knew that Zou Yu, who was now working in the Department of National Defense's War Strategy Research Laboratory, must have contributed a lot, he would not allow his battle to be carried out under the guidance of Mochou.
After doing all this, Xu Le relaxed and leaned on the back of the bench. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the blue sky with a cigarette in his mouth. No one knew what he was thinking.
It was very strange that no one paid attention to him, and no one came to ask him who he was, what he was looking at, and what he wanted to do.
Feng Yu used his swift and fierce life to prove that he was always right. Today, it seemed that his nonsense of saying that the most dangerous place was the safest place turned out to be so correct.
A few years ago, facing the most fatal threat of Lady Tai, he suppressed his anger and walked out of the Liufeng Slope Club. He came to the Charter Square and struggled to think for a long time. Then, he made the decision to kill Macklin.
A few years later, he walked out of the Liufeng Slope Club again and came to the Charter Square. It was still that cold bench. Those people in that world were really annoying.
But some things had changed a lot. For example, it was windy and snowy in the past. Today, the autumn wind was cool and refreshing. Back then, he smoked a lot of cigarettes and stuck the cigarette butt into the snow beside his feet. Today, he only smoked two cigarettes and didn't struggle to think.
There were a lot of reasons that he couldn't understand. For example, the conversation with the president in the official residence that night had troubled him for a long time. In the end, he angrily understood the reason that Professor Shen had told him long ago. There was no reason in this universe at all.
The Capital Daily building was burned down, the frontline soldiers were dead, and Colonel Lake was going to be released. These real and vivid images made him very unhappy.
The Federation's proverb often said that a hero in his twenties was often a mediocre man in his thirties. He wanted to be a hero again before he became mediocre, and then selfishly satisfy himself. As for after that? If he died cleanly, why would he need to think about the reason?
The sun gradually shifted and retreated to the west. Xu Le rubbed his face that was a little numb from the wind. He stood up and looked at the new moon that had just appeared at the end of the sky. Thinking that he seemed to have forgotten the appearance of the old moon, he sighed and left the Charter Square.
He followed the well-developed underground transportation network of the capital and came to a certain block. He climbed up the long and slanted stone path and bought some high-energy nutrition bars for students at the foothill department store. He said goodbye to the back of the boss named Li Xiaoshan and left.
Forty minutes later, a quiet light lit up somewhere in the underground passageway of the capital. Xu Le wore a pair of goggles and climbed up along the deep passageway. His movements were extremely gentle and did not make any sound. He was like a stray cat wandering in an abandoned mine looking for food.
Using a sharp military knife to cut open the hard outer wall of the pipeline, Xu Le narrowed his eyes and pulled out as many as 64 bundles of solid wires. He focused his power on his fingertips and rubbed them down forcefully. His fingers were like a hot soldering iron at the moment, and he actually rubbed the protective film of the solid wires off like paper scraps.
After connecting the miniaturized workbench to the broken wires, Xu Le stared at the faintly glowing screen. He did not try to crack the security system on the ground. Instead, he tried to follow the data flow to find the numerical value to open the ground valve.
He was not Gu Xifeng, nor was he Shi Qinghai, nor was he the uncle who could hack into the computer core of the Bureau of Proclamation. Theoretical physics, mathematical calculation, and computer control were his weakest links compared to these geniuses. And right now, he was reversing the data flow, so the risk of triggering the alarm of the government's surveillance system was quite high.
Time passed by minute by minute. The night on the surface should be getting darker and darker, but his work progress was somewhat slow. Although the rigor of an engineer did not allow him to feel the slightest impatience, he knew in his heart that if he delayed entering the surface building until tomorrow, it was very likely that he would not be able to make it in time before the powerful government forces arrived.
A drop of sweat slid down his forehead and rubbed against the edge of his half-tight sports jacket before dripping into the underground sewer. The tense atmosphere echoed in the underground tunnel that was filled with the smell of blood.
Right at this moment, the voice of the Federal Central Computer rang in his mind, "Gammo 2 # Access Control, the algorithm you have chosen is too slow. If you want to enter before dawn, I suggest that you choose to use physics to crack it. There is a tool in your workbench, in the second grating."
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