Infinite universe from Marvel

Chapter 5 A network administrator who loves to play games?
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Star Yuan [-], a week ago, giant beasts code-named "Kraken" and "Jiuying" attacked the Beluga-[-] offshore drilling platform in the South China Sea and the high seas of Huaguo, causing heavy casualties.

The so-called behemoths are actually monsters, just like the ones that often appear in Japanese special films.Starting from the Kraken three years ago, there have been many of them so far, with amazing destructive power, and a lot of manpower and material resources must be used to expel them.

No one knows where they come from, they are a great mystery in themselves.

At that time, Ye Zhili couldn't do anything. He could only sit on the gaming chair in the Internet cafe, drink juice, and watch the news broadcast on the computer from time to time. Among the news that was considered to be a natural disaster, In fact, there are shadows of giant beasts behind them.Looking at these, he couldn't help but feel a little bit sad.

Although the news said that the Beluga [-] offshore drilling platform capsized in a typhoon, as an insider, he certainly understood what happened.

At that time, the autumn wind was blowing in the capital, and the streets were covered with golden fallen leaves, and the mood was as bleak as fallen leaves.The sunlight under the fallen leaves is fragmented and scattered, and it sprinkles waves on the surface of the nearby ancient moat, like thousands of golden scales dancing, and small golden waves appear in the sunset.

This is a capital full of poetry and antiquity. The high-tech development zone is adjacent to the former imperial city. The transportation system composed of elevated roads, light rails, and ground rails transports white-collar workers from outside the city to the city. The office buildings composed of glass curtain walls are lit all night. Transparent, no matter when you look down, the surface is always a constant stream of cars.

However, in the demolition area bordering the light rail line and the viaduct, there is an old apartment building, and the basement is only the fifth floor. Or a posh Internet cafe.

This kind of place is too common, so common that many people will ignore it, and Xu Zhenguo found this place after many detours.

At this time, the school had just finished school, and the children renting in the demolition area would sometimes come to the Internet cafe to play games, but the strict ID system would make their fantasies empty talk.

But when he slowly opened the door of the "Huangcheng Internet Cafe", what came to him was an indescribable smell mixed with the smell of cigarettes, alcohol and instant noodles. Comrade Xu Zhenguo, who had quit smoking for many years, felt incomparably nostalgia.The 51-year-old is the first time he has come to this degenerate place after graduating from high school for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, the format has not changed. The clean and white lobby is well decorated, brightly lit, and high-end computers are lined up. Partitioned by the baffle, it was full of people.

The sound of typing on the keyboard and eating instant noodles can be heard all over your ears. Familiar or unfamiliar game screens flicker on the screen, and outdated love songs echo in the stereo.

"A bottle of Nutrition Express, a bucket of cup noodles!" shouted a certain primary school student with his legs crossed, leaning on a gaming chair, pushing his mouse and typing on his keyboard in a very chic way, but wearing a standard blue and white striped school uniform.

A receptionist replied politely: "Okay, a bottle of Nutrition Express and a bucket of Cup Noodles!"

Immediately, a waiter brought out Nutrition Express and cup noodles, which were even soaked and exuded a strong aroma. It was stewed chicken noodles with mushrooms.

Xu Zhenguo frowned. This is obviously not a serious Internet cafe. There are everything from elementary school students to junior high school students to high school students. All kinds of fancy school uniforms complement each other, but there are not many adults.

What is the situation?He searched the compartments one by one.

It didn't look like they came to surf the Internet, but they were parents who came to arrest their children.

……

The fight on the high-end computer has come to an end, Ye Zhili flicked the mouse skillfully, and finally saw the crystal explode, and the symbol of victory appeared.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and his concentration, which he had been focusing on all the time, also relaxed. At the same time, the muscles in his arms that had been tense were also relaxed.

It was like turning from a rock into a ball, soft as if falling into the clouds, and he let out a pleasant "Hey", feeling extremely comfortable.He didn't notice that there was someone behind him watching him for a long time, and he didn't confirm his identity until he stretched himself.

He moved closer to the chair.

"Long time no see." A hand patted his shoulder gently.

"Wow! Why did you find Wu Song?" Ye Zhili turned his head, as if panicked.

The big man standing in front of him was dressed in solemn black, which didn't match the style of the Internet cafe at all. It was Xu Zhenguo.In the slightly harsh light and crowded environment, that face looked unusually dark.

"How else can I find it? The country has been silently paying attention to people like you. You have kept your military status, kept files, and know too many secrets. You don't have to retire to retire. You have to understand this." Xu Zhenguo slowly He said that he still seemed to have something caught in his elbow, so he could only lean on the tall gaming chair and look around by the way.

Only then did he discover that those "elementary school students" who were wearing the school uniforms and sitting in the gaming chairs were all adults in school uniforms.He couldn't help touching his nose, the city knows how to play.

"Okay, senior, after all, I still can't escape from your palm."

Ye Zhili sighed, "Do you want one?" He took out a pack of Hongtashan from his tattered jeans, as if he wanted to honor his elders.

"Fuck that, the army quits smoking!" Xu Zhenguo wished he could slap his self-righteous head, but looking at the greasy, steel brush-like straight hair, he still couldn't bear to part with his hand.

The person in front of him was completely different from his impression, he looked much older, with two dark circles under his eyes, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in a state of slovenliness and decadence.

……

Seeing that Yan could no longer honor his seniors, Ye Zhili turned his chair and continued to stare at the screen as if there was no one else around, occasionally letting out a few wretched laughs.

"How did you become an Internet administrator? An Internet administrator actually plays games? Is he promising?"

Xu Zhenguo was a little embarrassed, and could only find something to talk to one after another.

"If you hang up meaninglessly, you will be successful? My father originally expected me to be a historian..." Ye Zhili muttered in a low voice, he was still a little in awe of Xu Zhenguo, a senior.

"If you hadn't come to me, would you have hijacked me into the trial? His! Doing a life-threatening job, the salary is lower than that of the network administrator."

But the awe is the awe, he still doesn't want to talk about these things.

"That's what I said, but you are useful." Xu Zhenguo patiently explained, "At that time, the trial was just established, and the funds were not enough. Now it is much better, and the equipment is the best in the whole army." Xu Zhenguo followed the temptation, It seems that they want to lure Ye Zhili's children's shoes back to the army with attractive conditions, so that he can also do business easily.

"It's useless to talk about it, I won't go back to the army." Ye Zhili shook his head, "After she left, it's boring, it's really meaningless..." He shook his head and sighed, he was still brooding over that person's death , Xu Zhenguo knew, but he was too embarrassed to expose his scars.

Xu Zhenguo has a high status in the army, but he still has several nicknames, "Wu Song" is the most catchy, it is said that some lesbians teased him by saying it, and "Old Black" is used to describe his appearance.

It may be because he has been running outside all year round, where the sun is very strong, and he was addicted to smoking when he was young, so he has a big black face,

Now that his wife is gone, Xu Zhenguo can feel Ye Zhili's mood, that is the process from an avenger to a desperado who cannot be compared to an outlaw, and then becomes increasingly depressed.Originally, he has always been the kind of old guy who is not serious at times and always smiles, but now he can only put on a straight face.Ye Zhili has already reached the late stage, Xu Zhenguo is fine, after all, before this war started, he had already walked out of grief tenaciously.

It's just that he was a little surprised that Ye Zhili, who had always kept the nickname "network administrator" in college, actually stooped to become a network administrator.

……

Feeling the uncirculated air in the Internet cafe, Xu Zhenguo said casually: "How about the Internet cafe? Is there room and board included? How about a month's salary? Is this kind of demolition area afraid of going bankrupt? With your computer technology, It’s really a waste of talent to come here to be a network administrator and play games, tsk tsk.” He couldn’t help sighing.

Ye Zhili glanced at the lady at the front desk, making sure that no one noticed it before saying: "Food and lodging are included, and the salary is paid daily. The main job content is to listen to customers, change keyboards and mice, and teach some people I don’t need to be a part-time security guard for things like downloading, uploading, and surfing the Internet. I just need to stay up all night watching those people. Anyway, is it rare to skip classes and surf the Internet in college? Haha.” Ye Zhili smiled, and seemed to be back to the cicadas and heat waves When I was in college, in the Internet cafe deep in the old alley, a group of teenagers and girls lined up. Amid the din of people, they used pirate ships and horsemen one by one to fight in the brilliant light and shadow. passion.

Now in his 20s and getting old, Ye Zhili feels that he can only spend a few thousand yuan in wages in Internet cafes year after year.

"Do you really not want to go back to the army?" Xu Zhenguo thought for a long time before opening his mouth slowly.

"No, never again." Ye Zhili restarted the round, staring at the screen seriously, and didn't even care about leaving his seniors alone.

"That's fine, this is for you. If you still want to go back, you can find me." Xu Zhenguo put the thing in his elbow next to the mouse. It was the thread-bound "Shan Hai Jing", the most famous ghost in Chinese history. One of the books can be described as a household name.

Ye Zhili glanced at it, but didn't comment, turned his eyes back to the screen, and moved his hands quickly.Xu Zhenguo silently watched him play games, and suddenly felt that his actions to find him were not correct.Some people will change, it's time to think about it, but he doesn't even have enough manpower to deal with those creatures. Is ordinary military force really useful?
This is also his knot, after all, when the countries secretly established this army.

Most countries that have not been invaded are perfunctory.

"Wu Yongjian, do you still remember him?" Xu Zhenguo said suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Ye Zhili asked, still staring at the computer screen.

"I was injured and still lying in the hospital. You all came out of the same shift. I hope you can visit him." After Xu Zhenguo said that, he left without looking back, taking a bottle of Nutrition Express with him.

"Wu Yongjian?" In Ye Zhili's eyes, a smiling, tall boy wearing round-rimmed glasses who looked like Harry Potter appeared. A good student who entered the army with all excellent grades.He thought about it, and still had some impressions.

The Internet cafe is still noisy, mixed with the broadcast music, very uncomfortable.But as a senior network administrator, Ye Zhili is already used to it.But unconsciously, he was thinking again, is this kind of life really suitable for him?He felt a little irritable, and the game collapsed following his state of mind.He simply picked up the "Shan Hai Jing" and flipped through it twice.His eyes froze suddenly, and there were a few photos in the middle of the book, the typhoon "Oleander", the night of heavy rain and lightning, the offshore drilling platform of Beluga [-], creatures code-named "Jiuying" and "Kraken" appeared on the In waters not exceeding [-] nautical miles from my country's territorial waters.

"Kraken..." Ye Zhili clearly saw those dark red tentacles emitting fluorescence, illuminating the entire sea.

It was a picture taken by a helicopter. In the picture, two behemoths are fighting together. The snake neck and tentacles are tightly entangled. It is like the most enthusiastic embrace dance of lovers. This embrace is illuminated by pale lightning. Weird and seductive.On rainy nights, their claws and heads are as ferocious as ghosts, and the splashed blood dyes the sea a coquettish crimson, making anyone horrified when they see it.

It didn't look like a creature on earth at all, but it accidentally overlapped with the picture in the "Shan Hai Jing".Ye Zhili's expression became serious. This man hadn't shown this kind of emotion for a long time. He was always lazy and decadent. In the photo, the expression is distorted and ferocious, as if there is some suppressed rage.

He grabbed a bottle of purified water and stumbled out of the Internet cafe. The streets were still full of pedestrians and cars... What an ordinary city, what an ordinary world, but there is one person in the world who will never be there.His breathing became rapid, his heart was beating violently, and scenes from the past flooded into his mind like a revolving lantern.He fumbled in his pocket, there was no morphine or sleeping pills, only a stack of photos and a bottle of water in his hand.

He was dizzy, and it came again, this oppressive feeling came again...

He didn't want to recall that incident, but now that he thought about it, the details had been forgotten.

I can't help it...

He turned on the water and poured it directly on his face, trying to wake himself up in this way.Such a simple and crude method received results quickly, and these "illusions" were quickly shattered.But he didn't notice that wisps of white steam came out of his body, his body temperature was as high as burning coals, and he returned to normal temperature immediately.

He turned the photo over, and the word "Top Secret" was marked on the back, as well as an address: No. 34, Fanmeng Cafe, Beijing.

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