Ultraman fighting evolution.

Chapter 260 Utopia Incident

DELTA area, DELPHI club, 23:00 p.m.
"Give me a glass like his." Passing through the crowd, Xia Long smiled at the man drinking in front of the bar, took off his sunglasses and sat aside.

The same bar, Chalon has become a regular here these days.

Except for the bedroom covered by thick curtains, this is one of the few places where he is willing to stay for a long time, even if the music here is a bit loud.

"Life without a smile should be boring, right?" Xia Long took a small sip from the wine glass handed over by the waiter, and glanced at the man beside him from the corner of his eyes.

Not an ordinary person, calluses between fingers, sitting posture vigilant because of his arrival...

"Have a drink together?"

Raising a glass to the man, Xia Long was about to have a good chat, but the man squinted at him for a while, then got up and left.

Shaking the wine glass awkwardly, Xia Long's eyes moved slightly.

"That person..." JIN passed by the man, murmured and sat in the man's seat.

Seeing Jin, Xia Long ordered a glass of wine and asked, "How is it? Do you have any clues?"

"No, I can't remember who I am at all, I just keep having the same dream," Jin said dully, "I dreamed that I was floating in the water..."

"If you really can't remember it, don't force it. After all, finding the memory of the past may not be a good thing." Tasting the bitterness in the wine, Xia Long frowned and put down his glass.

Looking at JIN's pensive look, Xia Long said: "This world is full of prescriptions for people's inner health and happiness. In order to give people a standardized happiness, the prescriptions are continuously transmitted to people through the aerial display."

With that said, Xia Long pointed to the numb guests in the bar.

"And people who don't feel the happiness displayed on the monitor are like terminally ill, so what if they know the past? Look at them..."

Looking back, seeing Jin looking at him in surprise, Xia Long smiled and said, "That guy K told me about it. I heard that it was the last communication with a former partner. I think it's quite right."

"However," JIN was silent for a while, and said seriously, "I still want to know my past, at least, who I am."

"Well," feeling the confusion and longing in Jin's heart, Xia Long paused and said seriously, "As for the building that exploded that day, there was no trace of damage at all the next day, and it was simply said to the outside world that the gas leaked..."

Looking directly at Jin, Xia Long continued: "The target should be the woman you mentioned. In this case, maybe she will know your identity, and even know the ins and outs of the whole incident."

Xia Long had some guesses in his heart that the woman might be hunted down because she knew the secret of artificial intelligence.

"Did she say anything to you?" Xia Long then asked.

He doesn't know enough about what's going on in this world to address JIN's problems directly.

"What are you talking about..." JIN rubbed his forehead and took out the red glasses from his bosom, "Well, she said that I am the savior of this world."

Savior?
Looking over the glasses, Xia Long secretly smiled bitterly.

This world cannot be saved by eliminating aliens.

Even if the alien invaders are wiped out, even if the artificial intelligence controlling the world is wiped out, will the world really be saved?
"Anyway, trust that woman first." Shaking his head, Xia Long urged, "I will help you if necessary."

Jin came back to his senses and put away his glasses in doubt: "But XIA, don't you still have a mission?"

"Ah, I can't be in a hurry." Xia Long waved to the waiter to check out, Xia Long said calmly, "What should come will come eventually."

Regarding the investigation of abnormal energy, Xia Long's explanation is to complete a secret mission of DUES.

"Besides, I have already applied to the higher authorities, and now the main task is to assist you who have lost your memory." After paying the bill, Xia Long looked around intentionally or unintentionally, "Maybe it can just solve my problem."

He faintly sensed that abnormal energy exists in this world. The other party is so powerful, it is impossible to avoid him on purpose, there must be some reason.

No matter what the reason is, he will always find clues by following Jin.

……

In the middle of the night, Xia Long frowned in his sleep.

"what happened?"

Sitting up, some fragments flashed through Xia Long's mind.

"Huh—" The cool wind blows in through the window, the curtains flutter with the wind, and the blue light and shadow change.

Silently walking to the window, Xia Long opened the curtains and looked out. Except for the monitors floating everywhere, there was no one.

"ferry?"

Amidst the whistling wind, Xia Long looked into the distance with feeling.

……

"On the 13th, Saturday, at 3:22 am, an incident similar to the abduction of people by QuatreMutilation UFOs occurred at night. There were [-] victims. Please start the mission with Agent K!"

The canal area, the open space along the coast, Xia Long and J rushed to the scene together.

"This is already the third kidnapping incident," K explained. "The first incident was in the eastern region, and the second incident involved 13 people. The inland reclamation area all happened late at night without exception..."

"Why are there so many people here at 3 in the morning?" JIN interrupted.

K guessed: "The victim may have been seduced."

"Temptation?"

Looking away from the rippling lake, Xia Long looked at K suspiciously.

Nodding, K handed over a document to the two of them and said, "This is a testimony of the taxi driver who picked up the missing woman. When the woman was brought to this place, she said..."

After glancing at the document, Xia Long handed the document to Jin, closed his eyes, and the sentences recorded in the document emerged in his mind.

"About 13 o'clock in the morning on the 3th, the guest's expression was very flustered..."

"She said: Hurry up, the boat is here..."

As the sentences overlap, a blurred picture flashes by,

Shaking neon lights, the taxi is running fast, the woman is eager to urge, and finally leaves the taxi in a hurry, without waiting for the driver to change the money, even ignoring the drop of the clothes, just running blindly...

Xia Long opened his eyes, and in the faint light, his gaze swept around the open space, and phantoms appeared one after another.

The woman panted and ran into the crowd, looking at the top of her head in relief.

The picture of the 22 people before they disappeared was frozen in Xia Long's mind.

"ferry?"

After recovering, Xia Long narrowed his eyes.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, it happened to be the time when he sensed something abnormal.

"The people gathered together must have been threatened by some kind. Let's start the investigation from here first," K said from the side, "I have been investigating this matter alone. If you are with me, don't To add to the confusion..."

"Investigate separately, it will be more efficient!" Xia Long interrupted.

"I also want to investigate by myself." Jin continued.

"Eh?" K was stunned for a while, then smiled, "You guys are really reliable! Ha!"

Xia Long nodded and continued, "Leave that woman to me."

"Huh? There are 21 more..."

"give it to you!"

……

At night, Xia Long came to the apartment of the missing woman.

"Chichi-"

As soon as I opened the door and entered, there was a noise, the space was a little narrow, and the TV in the living space in the corner was still on, staying on an empty channel, and the picture was full of snowflakes and white spots.

This kind of TV is a tool for the world to provide people with information and record people's actions so that the government, that is, the artificial intelligence can control it.

Ordinary people may not know it, but I am afraid that the false information above will make people disgusted.

Stepping on a water stain under his feet, Xia Long found an empty mineral water bottle lying on the table, and most of the water flowed out.

Picking up the water bottle and looking at it, Xia Long silently walked to the computer desk.

There is no lock screen, and the screen stays on a list of music downloads.

"drop!"

Xia Long clicked on a song for trial listening, then closed it, continued to operate and returned to the page.

"The time you spend alone..."

"Your working hours..."

A large piece of data popped up into Xia Long's eyes.

Unbelievably dull and monotonous.

Sighing lightly, Xia Long turned around and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows. In the midair was still that annoying virtual screen and that fake smiling face.

"Lonely people always increase their heart disease for no reason, so please actively raise some small animals such as cats and dogs..."

Looking away, Xia Long suddenly had the urge to destroy the artificial intelligence.

but……

"Just be patient."

Turning off the TV in the living space, Xia Long turned around and left after a while.

　Ahem, just think of it as practice for the Nexus that may be written in the future

　　
　
(End of this chapter)