Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 47 Sold to a Brothel (Please continue reading)

"Director Cheng, can you come with me to the movies?" Cheng Xin looked up, her hazy gaze focusing for a moment before she could see the timid girl clearly.

Her name is Lin Shen. She also graduated from Beihang University with the same major as me, so she's my junior.

In fact, the young woman's transfer to PIA (Planetary Defense Council Strategic Intelligence Agency) two years ago was not a planned event.

Seven years into the Crisis Era, after the completion of Project Ladder, Vader asked her to go into hibernation as PIA's liaison for the future regarding Project Ladder.

Lin Shen appeared as his replacement at that time.

However, due to the deviation and loss of control of the angle in the final stage of the Staircase Project, it means that Yun Tianming will most likely drift into the sea of ​​stars from which there is no return. The heartbroken Cheng Xin temporarily suspended her hibernation.

Wade didn't say anything about it. He simply transferred all of Cheng Xin's work to Lin Shen, as if Cheng Xin no longer needed to exist in the PIA building.

Cheng Xin knew that Wade wanted to force her to hibernate as soon as possible, but she couldn't understand why Wade would do this.

Is the future really that good?
Looking at this newly transferred junior, a girl even younger than herself, Cheng Xin forced a smile.

"You can go see for yourself, you don't need to call me."

The young girl shook her head: "I wouldn't dare go alone. Director Wade is a shrew when he scolds people. If he finds out I sneaked out to see a movie, he'll definitely yell at me to death."

Looking at Cheng Xin, whose brows were filled with melancholy, Lin Shen's eyes brightened: "But it won't be like that when you're with Director Cheng. I've never seen him scold you. Besides, you really need to rest. You've been staring at that star chart for months."

Cheng Xin realized that she had been staring blankly at the star map that was used as a desktop background.

This is the ninth year of the crisis.

In that year, the International Space Station in geosynchronous orbit was flashing a cold blue light, and the base of the space elevator looked like a Damocles' sword that was beginning to extend and pierce the Earth.

The world situation is accelerating rapidly, as if the fast-forward button has been pressed. Everything is changing dramatically. In just two years, some small African countries have been unable to withstand the economic turmoil, leading to the collapse of their governments and forcing the United Nations to step in and take over governance.

Even the fantasy movies that I loved most in my spare time when I was working in China before I was transferred to PIA are about to come to an end.

But she remains stuck in the past, unable to move forward despite the passage of time.

Cheng Xin's gaze fell on a coordinate point on the outer edge of the solar system star map, the place where the last signal from the Stairway Project probes disappeared. She shook her head, forcing herself to pull herself out of that nihilistic mood; she really should go outside for a walk.

“I’ll go with you. Director Wade isn’t as heartless as you think.”

Seeing the disbelief in the eyes of the girl named Lin Shen, Cheng Xin presented a piece of compelling evidence: "It's true, Director Weide's mother also keeps a cat."

Lin Shen's eyes widened: "He still has a mother?"

Cheng Xin: "..."

A cold and fierce voice suddenly came over: "Lin, do you believe I'll sell you to a brothel?"

Lin Shen jumped up like a startled cat, and almost instinctively, she immediately hid behind Director Cheng.

It was Thomas Wade, the PIA director with a cold face. He had been standing at the office door at some point, holding a printed plan in his hand. It seemed that he was there specifically to see Cheng Xin, but he happened to overhear Researcher Lin's comment about not having a mother.

She's absolutely gorgeous. There are many people who secretly curse themselves for not having a mother, but this is the first one who dares to let me hear it.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" Lin Shen clasped his hands together and kept bowing to Wade in apology, his expression so tense that he was almost crying.

To be fair, this researcher Lin has fair skin and delicate features. Compared to the gentle and elegant Cheng Xin, she has a more lively and quirky temperament.

The price would probably be higher in a brothel.

Seeing Researcher Lin trembling with fear after being frightened by Wade, Cheng Xin covered for him: "Director Wade, did you come to see me for something?" Wade was clearly not interested in scaring Lin Xiaomao either. Compared to this kind of easily startled newcomer, he preferred the moment when Cheng Xin, who pretended to be calm, broke down.

For him, this was a pleasure far surpassing that of an orgasm.

"The Planetary Defense Council's 17th batch of hibernators has been approved, and you are the one I nominated. I'm giving you a week to sort out all your relationships and prepare for saying goodbye to them forever."

"I disagree!" Cheng Xin retorted almost instantly.

Wade had anticipated this outcome: "The Ladder Project has not completely failed; the PIA will need a contact person regarding the project in the future."

"I'm not the only one who knows about Project Ladder."

"But the only one who's familiar with that brain is you."

Cheng Xin was shocked: "Didn't they say that the Staircase Project had already deviated from its course?"

Wade said impatiently, "It's only deviated by a few degrees of angle? With such a small deviation, how can you be so sure that humanity won't be able to retrieve this brain in the future?"

Yes, is that so?

Although she felt that Wade might be deceiving her, Cheng Xin still dared not gamble. For her, as long as there was even the slightest chance to repay that star, it was worth trying.

“I’ve requested that my hibernation period be adjusted to a month later. You should at least give me time to say goodbye to my adoptive mother and friends.”

For most ordinary people today, hibernation is a cruel thing, and Cheng Xin is no exception.

Wade was clearly not there to negotiate with Cheng Xin. "Just one week. In seven days, I'll tie you up and put you in a hibernation pod. I've already given you two years to prepare."

After saying this, Wade tossed the hibernation plan report into Cheng Xin's arms and turned to leave.

"Director Cheng... Director Cheng..."

If anyone didn't want Cheng Xin to go into hibernation, then Researcher Lin would definitely be one of them. After Cheng Xin left, he would undoubtedly have to take over Cheng Xin's position and face the pressure brought by that perverted bureau chief.

"When is the movie?" Cheng Xin asked.

Seeing Cheng Xin's calm demeanor, Lin Shen's last thought died.

"The earliest tickets are all for the late-night shows... Should I buy tickets for tomorrow?" Lin Shen said painfully.

"Let's meet tonight, I'm used to staying up late. Come find me tonight."

"it is good."

Lin Shen left heartbroken, her joy at watching the new movie completely shattered. In her eyes, the loving Director Cheng was about to be sold into that brothel called the Future by that perverted bureau chief.

Whether the future will be a brothel, Cheng Xin doesn't know. She only knows that she's already two years late, and even if the future is a nationwide phenomenon, she has to go through it.

The cinema is located in the heart of Times Square, near the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The chilling winds of the global economic transformation have ultimately had a significant impact on this capitalist metropolis.

At least for Cheng Xin, the advertisements on the big screen are much sparser than they were many years ago, and the lights shining through the city are far less dazzling than in the golden age.

Watching the trailer for the fantasy movie playing on the big screen, Cheng Xin felt much more relaxed.

Since things have come to this, let's cultivate immortality.

(End of this chapter)