EBE Chapter 422 1 code returns to 1 code
Chapter 422 1 code returns to 1 code
The next morning, Lin Xuan went out. To prevent himself from being followed, he also used nanobots to create a timed camera in his hotel room. Whenever someone pushed the door open, it would trigger the tripwire hanging on the door.
In the morning on the capital planet, there are not many pedestrians on the streets, only a few cleaning robots responsible for handling garbage. When they see Lin Xuan, they will nod and greet him.
Following the address Wei Ming gave him, Lin Xuan quickly arrived at a coffee shop located on the street.
"Sir, would you like something to drink?" the welcoming robot asked proactively.
"Let's have a glass of water to fill our stomachs first."
The robot paused for a moment: "Sir, you're quite clean."
Lin Xuan: ?
After browsing through the menu for a while, Lin Xuan ordered another coffee that cost almost as much as the average salary on Planet Revelation III, and then sat in the most conspicuous spot by the window, waiting for the person she was to meet.
After waiting for about half an hour, Lin Xuan saw a man dressed in a shop uniform and wearing a blue baseball cap walking towards her. Most of his face was covered by the baseball cap, but his purpose was clear: he was heading straight for Lin Xuan.
"Sir, would you like three more ice cubes?"
Lin Xuan finished her coffee in one gulp, and then said, "Okay, and I'll also have a bag of fries."
Upon hearing this, the clerk paused slightly and remained silent for about two seconds before saying, "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have fries here. Please come with me to the kitchen to get your order yourself."
The man then stood up and gestured for Lin Xuan to follow him. After wandering around the coffee shop for a while, the staff led Lin Xuan into an empty storage room.
Although it's called a storage room, the space inside is quite large, and it doesn't contain coffee ingredients, but rather batches of military prosthetic equipment. There's even a biological pod at the very back of the storage room.
If Lin Xuan remembered correctly, this thing seemed to be used to control interstellar ships. Without a doubt, these devices were most likely for network surveillance.
"You're Zero?"
Lin Xuan took the initiative and asked the question.
Upon hearing this, the man turned around and took off his baseball cap, revealing his somewhat messy hair.
"Where is Wei Ming? Why didn't she come with you this time?"
As Wei Ming's partner, Zero was almost always present at every rendezvous. On the rare occasions when Wei Ming was absent, she would inform Zero in advance. However, this time, Zero only received the person she was supposed to meet, while Wei Ming remained unreachable for several days, which made Zero suspicious.
"She's gone on a covert mission. You probably won't be able to contact her for a while, but you should have a chance to meet her after some time."
Lin Xuan gave a kind smile. He wasn't lying to the other party. Wei Ming was too dangerous. Keeping him around would only cause trouble sooner or later. And having seen his Zero, he was even less likely to leave him alive.
Zero remained skeptical of Lin Xuan's explanation. He wasn't part of the network surveillance team and couldn't know whether Lin Xuan's claim about the undercover mission was true or false. However, given Wei Ming's disappearance without a word for several days, he couldn't possibly have overlooked the possibility that she had been murdered.
Seeing this, Lin Xuan had no choice but to continue adding.
"The first time you met her was in this coffee shop. You loved eating fries because the online monitoring system, in order to stimulate your potential, only feeds the winning kids. And fries contain a lot of carbohydrates. Only by eating this stuff can you be full every day. Am I right?"
"This……"
Zero was momentarily speechless. He remained silent for two seconds, then nodded.
"Then it seems what you said is true."
Wei Ming wouldn't tell these things to the person who came to make contact. The fact that the other party knew so much probably means that Wei Ming really had something urgent to do, but she was afraid of causing misunderstandings, so she deliberately emphasized it.
And Zero was right; these were indeed things Wei Ming had told him.
Wei Ming was genuinely afraid that her childhood friend would discover Lin Xuan's identity. She had witnessed Lin Xuan's strength, and if Zero really found out something was wrong, the only outcome would be that Lin Xuan would instantly silence him.
Rather than doing that, it would be better to send Lin Xuan to the internet surveillance department and give those people a headache.
After all, her childhood friend was her own, but the network surveillance was from the mechanical Earth. She was originally a humanoid weapon selected by the network surveillance, so she couldn't be said to be particularly loyal to this organization.
If it weren't for the circumstances, Wei Ming would have wanted this organization to be wiped off the face of the earth even more than Lin Xuan.
Members of the Calamity Star cannot be brainwashed by memories. Unlike other network surveillance members, they are geniuses among geniuses. Using the Great Memory Restoration Technique would likely damage their brains.
But this also allowed these people to retain their most primal hatred for Mechanical Earth. If Mechanical Earth hadn't possessed their consciousness, probably none of the members of the Calamity Star would have been willing to work for Mechanical Earth.