star hunter

The bad news came suddenly.

When the incident happened, Huo Jing and her former colleague Bing Nu had just arrived in J City, the capital of the neighboring province, after a long journey. This was the first stop of their journey.

At that time, they were looking for a hotel to stay in. The two people who were completely out of touch with the modern society had the feeling of country people going to the city. They had not yet learned the modern communication tools, and they were both taciturn, so they chose paper maps.

Just as they were studying the nearest hotel on the map, a black car stopped beside them silently.

Huo Jing and the Ice Girl were not low on vigilance, and immediately noticed something was wrong. After the car door opened, three plainclothes men got out, and they seemed to be nothing special.

"Hi, both of you." The leading middle-aged man showed them a work permit, and introduced himself with a serious expression, "We are from the security department."

When Huo Jing heard the words "Security Department", a certain nerve in his mind suddenly tensed up, and the sense of crisis grew rapidly like spring weeds, turbulently surrounding him.

"What's the matter?" Even so, he remained calm, and unobtrusively pulled the sleeve of the frightened Ice Girl, signaling her to relax.

"We have received instructions from our superiors. I heard that the two are from Mengchuan, who has just lifted the ban. They not only have special identities, but also... have some unusual abilities." The middle-aged man's complexion became a little subtle, and his two subordinates were also curious. He looked at them warily, as if admiring some rare species.

Huo Jing's heart was like a diving bell that sank into the bottom of the sea, continuously falling.

It seems that their future is not as free as imagined.

He glanced at the other three sternly, and asked lightly, "And then?"

"I need you to come with us." The middle-aged man put the ID in his pocket and made a very polite invitation gesture, which can be regarded as polite.

But Huo Jing noticed that his other hand was always in his bulging trouser pocket, and he could guess what was in it.

The same goes for the other two.

"What if we don't go?"

Like a threatened cat, the ice girl bristled all of her fur in an instant, staring at the three men aggressively, her whole body was entwined with a faint chill.

The turbulent confrontation between the two sides has attracted the attention of many passers-by, especially this is a bustling road section.

And the vision on the ice girl was quickly noticed, and attracted whispers of surprise.

This is not a good omen, Huo Jing keenly noticed that the eyes of the three people on the opposite side were much darker.

"I hope you two don't make things difficult for us." The middle-aged man's tone was rigid, but his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

There were only three people on the other side, and they were probably carrying conventional weapons. It would not be difficult for them to get away.

The problem is later.

They came out this trip, not to escape.

In fact, as an absolute rationalist, Huo Jing could understand the other party's concerns.

Although this is really uncomfortable.

Huo Jing sighed secretly, and suddenly took the hand of the ice girl, and in the surprised eyes of the other party, said calmly: "Okay, we will go with you."

The ice girl's eyes were full of shock, her lips moved silently: why?

"They are wary of us," Huo Jing whispered in her ear, "just like we are wary of alien species."

Bing Nu's face turned ashen for a moment.

Due to her personality, when she left Mengchuan, she didn't show it on the surface, but she was happy in her heart. She was trapped in the "isolated island" since she was born, how could she not yearn for the outside world?

The moment she stepped out of Mengchuan, even her soul trembled.

But she never thought of it, the freedom she thought she had grasped was just a beautiful bubble under the sun, which would burst with a poke.

And the root cause lies in her identity as a supernatural being.

Under Huo Jing's gentle persuasion, the anger welling up in her head receded like a tide, replaced by numbness and exhaustion. She glanced at Huo Jing, then turned her eyes expressionlessly, and looked at the three people opposite: "Only I'm a supernatural being, so I'll just go with you."

The three people from the security department were obviously very surprised. They looked at Huo Jing suspiciously, and the latter looked calm: "It's okay, I'll go together too."

The ice girl was in a hurry: "You...!"

The middle-aged man frowned, and said with a final word: "Everyone get in the car."

"No!" The Ice Girl suddenly raised her voice, and she shook off Huo Jing's hand vigorously, "You are not a supernatural being, why join in the fun?!"

Huo Jing actually laughed at this moment: "It's been a long time since you said so many words at once."

Ice Girl: "..." Is now the time to talk about this?

His smile deepened a little, and he held her hand again: "I can't let you go with them alone."

After a pause, he said, "I have a hunch that our lives should not be in danger, so you don't have to worry too much."

"It's just..." His peripheral vision glanced at the three people in the security department, his eyes were watery, and he sighed again, "It will be difficult for us to complete the rest of the trip."

Huo Jing's experience is by no means an exception.

Ren Jie, Xiang Yu, Bing Yi, etc., almost all the supernatural beings were stopped by the security department shortly after leaving Mengchuan excitedly.

Some people are like Huo Jing, after weighing the strengths, they choose to compromise; but there are also those with fierce personalities, who clashed with the opponent, defeated the opponent by relying on supernatural powers, and fled in a hurry.

However, these escaping superpowers did not really gain the upper hand. When they shot, there were more or less witnesses beside them. Soon, those various magical superpowers became the biggest headlines. The news spread overnight.

The people are novel, amazed, and excited, but most of them are still worried and panicked.

The reason is very simple, these people who appeared suddenly are a group of aliens, and they are aliens with mysterious and powerful power.

For humans, the most terrifying thing is those who are similar to themselves but overwhelm you.

This panic spread like a virus, and it spread quickly.

The near-boiling anxiety among the people put a lot of pressure on the security department and angered their superiors. Soon, they took thunderous measures—issued a secret arrest warrant.

Although one-on-one is not an opponent, the number of people and weapons are enough to make up for this gap, and modern methods unknown to Mengchuan people, such as ubiquitous monitoring equipment, have nothing to hide when they are unaware .

After spending a certain amount of manpower, material resources, and time, the security department finally arrested 90.00% of the supernatural beings who refused to cooperate.

Naturally, some casualties were unavoidable, both sides suffered, but the sacrifice of the security department was much greater.

And such a result has made the relevant departments more and more alert and afraid of the existence of supernatural beings.

The captured supernatural beings were all raped. As for how to deal with them, this is a matter of caution.

When Zhong Yuncong and Su Xian came out of Mengchuan, they were behind most of the people in Mengchuan, and when they got the news, the conflict between the two sides had already broken out and was in the final stage.

Although Mengchuan lifted the ban in name, it was not fully open. People inside had to go through several cumbersome application procedures and provide many documents including detailed medical examination reports.As for people outside, it is still forbidden to enter the city.

Therefore, Mengchuan's communication with the outside world has not been completely restored, and is still in a state of information blocking.Zhong Yuncong and Su Xian naturally didn't get the news immediately.

"We would have come back early if we had known."

But no matter how remorseful they are, things have already happened, and the only thing they can do now is to remedy them.

During the years when Zhong Yun was in charge of vaccine research and development outside, he also dealt with some celebrities, and accumulated some contacts. He used his friendship with one of them to get in touch with a middle-level official in the security department. up the line.

Zhong Yuncong always felt that the other party would agree with him, and that it was inseparable from the vaccine development. This matter itself was kept secret, but after being regarded as an important scientific research project by the government, it would always attract some people's attention.

Those who are sensitive can naturally think of the city that has been closed for many years.

Now that the ban has been lifted, there are still a lot of unresolved troubles, and the relevant departments are also overwhelmed.

Zhong Yun came to the door automatically at this time, and was regarded by the official as an entry point to solve the problem.

It is reported that the long talk lasted for more than ten hours, during which the people present never revealed a single word. Only after many years, an article commenting on Zhong Yuncong, a controversial figure, was published. A sentence is said to be the most important remark that Zhong persuaded the official back then.

"The existence of supernatural beings will indeed increase risks for society, but I believe that besides risks, they can also bring other things."

"Assuming they are sharp knives, you can use them as a weapon to injure someone, or as a weapon to protect—it all depends on your difference."

"If you're afraid your blades are too sharp and you'll cut your hands, put them in scabbards."

To be honest, the credibility of that article must be questioned, and the authenticity of the so-called founder of the "Special Population Supervision Office" is really doubtful.

Whatever the truth, about half a year after that day, a new administration was formed in secret.

Its full name is "Supervision Office for Special Groups", referred to as "Special Group Office". Definition—Specifically refers to people with supernatural powers.

As for the function of the Special Supervision Office, it is exactly the same as its name. It is responsible for monitoring and controlling all people with supernatural powers.

Speaking of it, it is somewhat similar to the original management bureau, but the power status is not the same. It is subject to the supervision of the security department and has no independent investigation and arrest powers. It must be signed and approved by the superior department. Said to be quite passive.

In terms of establishment and treatment, it is not even considered a formal administrative department.

At the same time, a new regulation - "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Groups with Abnormal Physiques" was promulgated simultaneously.

The control objects in this regulation have expanded a bit. Except for the supernatural beings, all ordinary people from Mengchuan are also restricted, but compared with the supernatural beings, the restrictions on ordinary people are a little looser.

After registering all their personal information, they are required to undergo a quarterly medical examination, and they need to apply for registration when they move to another place or even move out of their original residence.

All Mengchuan people are temporarily prohibited from going abroad.

In addition to the shared treatment, the supernatural beings also have an extra shackle.

This is not an abstract metaphor or reference, but the real deal—all supernatural beings must wear a special collar.

It records all the information of the individual. Once worn, the individual's itinerary is monitored in real time, and the relevant departments can track it at any time. Unless the relevant departments allow it, the individual cannot take it off.

More importantly, there are electric shock and anesthesia devices hidden inside. Once someone tries to take it off forcibly, they will either be stunned or anesthetized, and an automatic alarm device will be activated. Within 10 minutes, someone from the Special Prison Office will definitely come deal with.

Except for the collar, in the first ten years, people with supernatural powers were not allowed to live in the same community with ordinary people, and special places for people with supernatural powers were set up all over the country.

There is another restriction, which is not expressly prohibited, but it is an unwritten rule. Except for the special supervision department, people with supernatural powers are not allowed to hold any public office.

These three extremely strict control measures are difficult for almost all supernatural beings to accept. In their view, accepting the collar is tantamount to transferring from one cage to another.

Initially, no more than 5.00% of the supernatural beings willing to actively wear the collar.

Zhong Yuncong and Su Xian are the first batch of supernatural beings.

And they were regarded as traitors by other supernatural beings, especially since they all participated in the establishment of the Special Supervision Department, and Su Xian even served as the deputy director of the Special Supervision Department.

Zhong Yuncong only held the vain position of special adviser, but the outside world generally believed that he proposed the prototype of the special supervision office.

Even the "Regulations" are inseparable from him.

Zhong Yuncong himself has never responded positively to these two accusations. After the establishment of the Special Prison Office, he has lived in seclusion for a long time and rarely appeared in the public eye. Countless media reporters wanted to interview him, but he never got the opportunity.

As a result, the public never knows what this person really thinks in his heart.

Another special feature of the Special Prison Office is that this department has a dual-in-charge system. It is said that it is a rigid rule that the first-in-command can only be an ordinary person, while the second-in-command is usually a person with supernatural powers.

The distribution of positions below is similar, with members of supernatural beings and members of ordinary people divided in half.

This kind of system will naturally cause friction between the two sides. When disputes arise, they must always be reported. Since the final decision is made by the top hand, it is often the ordinary people who have the upper hand.

No way, for a long time, due to prejudice and fear, supernatural beings are the bottom of the discrimination chain.

It is worth mentioning that in the first ten years, the Special Prison Office was very harmonious, because Huo Jing was chosen as the top leader, and Su Xian was the second leader.

There were rumors that Huo Jing was recommended by Zhong Yuncong as the director. Of course, he himself had considerable advantages—he was from Mengchuan and had worked in the Management Bureau, but he was not a supernatural person. The concept of the Special Supervision Office fits perfectly.

As for Su Xian, it is said that he refused at first, and it was Zhong Yuncong who persuaded him for a long time before he changed his mind and nodded to become the deputy director.

And Zhong Yuncong himself, after serving as a special advisor for two years, resigned and left, and lived a life without an official.

His partner, Su Xian, has devoted ten years to the Special Prison Office.

With the operation of the special supervision office, more and more supernatural beings gave up their initial insistence and chose to accept the collar.

Some were invited to join the Special Prison Office, and some were integrated into a simple and stable life.

However, Zhong Yuncong's secluded life was not as comfortable as he imagined. He was often threatened or even assassinated, almost all from the supernatural beings who hated him deeply.

There are always some supernatural beings who refuse the collars and regulations, and some of them are always imprisoned, and some of them are the ten percent who successfully escaped in the first place.

In addition to disturbing social order and causing public anger with an unbalanced mentality, the most common thing they do is to harass Zhong Yuncong.

They interpreted Zhong Yun's attitude of never responding or explaining as tacit consent, thinking that he single-handedly pushed the supernatural beings back into the pit of fire, and killed them all quickly.

It's a pity that Zhong Yuncong is too powerful, not to mention he has an equally powerful partner, so no one has ever succeeded.

Zhong Yun never cared about those guys who kept coming to harass them like mosquitoes and flies. What he cared more about was how to improve the situation of the supernatural beings and even the entire group of Mengchuan people.

He claims to live in seclusion, but in fact, he has been running for it for a long time.

He also spent a lot of money on online public relations, intending to subtly change the minds of young people and accept the existence of supernatural beings.

This must be an arduous process, comparable to building the Tongtian Tower.

But Zhong Yuncong, Su Xian, and the seniors in the Special Prison Office are all working hard for it.

Even if the feet are covered with thorns, the road always has to go on.

"When I first came to the 'isolated island', because I was different, even children were hostile and bullied me. At that time, I knew that if one day the people inside went outside, discrimination and exclusion would be inevitable." Zhong During a chat with Su Xian, Yun Cong couldn't help sighing, "Because no matter the time or place, people's mentality is the same."

Looking at the blue sky outside the window, he was silent for a moment, his eyes a little confused: "Is what we did right or wrong?"

Su Xian held his hand and smiled: "Whether it's success or failure, time will tell."

He paused, and there was a bit of nostalgia in his voice: "When I was young, my mother read a book to me, and there is a sentence in it, you can listen to it."

Zhong Yun never became interested: "What?"

Su Xian read to him: "A progressive victory deserves applause, but a heroic defeat also deserves sympathy. One is magnificent, and the other is sublime. 【Note】"

Zhong Yuncong laughed: "You really know how to put gold on your face."

Su Xian kissed his fingertips: "Without any self-comfort, it's really hard to persevere."

Zhong Yuncong touched his face, and made a low sound, which seemed to comfort him, but also seemed to look forward to it.

"Hopefully, we can all wait until that day."