Abyssal Kingdom

While speaking, a group of people walked into the hall.

The leader is wearing a low-key but very textured brown coat, handmade leather shoes, and a color matching with taste and texture. He is a veteran.

He was followed by more than a dozen people, including the local person in charge and reporting in Taoyuan, his subordinates and a group of bodyguards, all of whom looked very dignified.

This person speaks with a little Xincheng accent, but in fact he is not from there at all, but it is the core city, and he thinks it is more noble.

He was saying to someone next to him: "Well, I know things feel a little scary, but it's all in the calculations."

"Yes, Mr. Tao." Someone said.

These people call him "Mr. Tao", but they probably don't know his real name.

But Wei An knows.

Tao Jinlai, who belongs to an unspeakably large-scale force in the central government, is a figure at the level of a conspirator.

In fact, Wei An can't say that he and him are enemies. In terms of traditional colleague relationship, they can even be said to be good colleagues.Of course, it's true that you were unhappy when you were young, but it's completely normal for young people to have trouble.

At that time, Wei An was still a field agent, and Tao Jinlai was handling a temporary case on a garbage planet called Green Rose. Neither of them was considered an important person, and the cooperation was polite and smooth.

But near the end, Tao Jinlai killed about [-] civilians in order to end earlier than Wei An and make a better report.

They were all small vendors in the local bazaar. When he attacked, he must have never thought about whether others were innocent. Such things are not within the scope of consideration of people like Tao Jinlai. The key point is that the report is good-looking.

Of course this is against the rules, but it's a garbage planet, killing a few people is not a big deal, everyone just cover up and pass.

But this incident made Wei An very unhappy. Not only did he not cover him, but he almost killed him... Well, Wei An actually did something, and there was quite a commotion.

He just annoyed him very much, and thought it would be good for him to kill him. He did it seriously, but Tao Jinlai was lucky and escaped.

Many years later, when Wei An met him in some social occasions, when the two smirked at each other, they would regret why they didn't act faster.

Wei An also received a lot of scolding for this. According to the above, this is a critical period for his promotion, and he needs to show enough ruthlessness and control. Can he stop acting like a primary school student for such a small matter? Yes, think of a come out is a come out.

Tao Jin went there and back, and the process must have been the same.

Wei An knew that he was indeed impulsive. What Tao Jinlai did was very common, and the key point was to handle the work relationship well.

In short, they went back to their respective departments, pretended that this hadn't happened, and were very polite in public, which was a way of dealing with the elites of both departments.

After that, both of them went up all the way. Although they both felt that sooner or later they would teach each other a lesson, but as time passed, they knew that the federation system had set their respective positions for everyone.

No matter how annoying and unbearable it is, this is not considered a matter of principle that is irreconcilable.As long as the two sides don't make big mistakes, they have to continue to be colleagues, fake smiles until they officially retire, or one of them dies for some reason, and they have to attend the other's funeral with a sad expression.

Until three years ago, Wei An made that mistake.

That put him out of public service and into a life of little power in retirement.

Wei An watched Tao Jinlai walk into the hall, his "old friend" obviously had a smooth job, and he was the big shot in this conspiracy.

Tao Jinlai scanned the murder scene.

"You keep working, you don't need to stop," he said, "everything about the 'gate' must be done to the best of its ability. If something wakes up, it will come out from here. Don't make any mistakes in this kind of thing."

"Yes, Mr. Tao," said the person next to him, "the sinking will start in about 10 minutes."

"Well, the weather control system has been affected a little bit, but the atmosphere is just right. This kind of thing must have a horror movie background..." Tao Jin said.

He stopped suddenly, as if he saw something highly dangerous in the corner of his vision, he turned around slowly, and saw Wei An.

Wei An looks a bit embarrassed now, his head is still hurting, and the effect of the medicine is not obvious. The effect of this thing has become weaker and weaker over the years.However, he stood up gracefully, brushed his tousled hair, and smiled at Tao Jinlai, so as not to be too embarrassed.

At this time, he is still a person who cares about face.

Tao Jinlai stopped for about five seconds, then took a sharp breath, and quickly said to the subordinates beside him: "Go and see all the action points, check the bonding data again, and check the periphery, and also look at the track. -"

His tone was very tense, and the people next to him were also frightened, so they acted quickly.

Tao Jinlai picked up the phone again and dialed a number, but then stopped, did not make the call, and stared at Wei An again.

Wei An smiled at him.

"Good afternoon, Tao Jinlai," he said, "I didn't expect the generals of the Ministry of Defense to participate in this kind of thing."

The other party held the mobile phone and stood still for half a minute, then put down the mobile phone and made a gesture.

A group of bodyguards behind him rushed over, surrounded Wei An, and pointed guns at him.The next moment, two professional men rushed over to search him, found his gun, and took it away.

Wei An stood still, no one could resist under so many guns.

Tao Jinlai stared at the scene without blinking, his hands were on the gun, and his body was tense.

Then one of his subordinates came over and spoke in his ear.

Wei An probably knew what he was talking about. He said that he seemed to be alone at the moment. There was no army surrounding him, and the orbit was safe. He didn't look like he was fishing.

Tao Jin came to listen to him, and slowly smiled.

The subordinate lowered his head and took a step back, while Tao Jinlai slowly approached Wei An with that exceptionally satisfied smile.

"Mr. Qin," he said to Wei An, "this is really unexpected."

Wei An didn't speak, no one called him by that name for a long time.

"After you had an accident, I spent a lot of effort to investigate," Tao Jin said, "I always thought it was impossible for a person like you to die like this, and I was right."

At this moment, they have almost reached a normal social distance, just like when they were at a banquet or an official institution, their eyes are not too different, and their words are quite polite.

"But I haven't heard a sound after so long. I think you are probably really dead. People always make mistakes." Tao Jinlai continued.

He gave a mocking sigh.

"I went to your funeral and everyone was sad," he said. "Of course there were gossips, but I was always there to help you."

"Thank you very much." Wei An said.

"You are here, but there is no bigger backstage and layout, is there?" Tao Jinlai said again.

He kept staring at Wei An's face, trying to suppress the excited smile on his face.

"You are 'retired', Qin Wei." He said.

"I don't call that name anymore." Wei An said.

Tao Jinlai's smile grew wider, with a condescending and cruel aura.

Wayne knew what he was getting excited about, which represented a victory in a major workplace confrontation, where the opponent finally made a mistake and lost the protection of power.

At this time, showing off and torturing the opponent is simply a bloody feast.

Tao Jinlai stood up straight, turned his head, and said to the people around him in a formal tone, "Let me introduce you."

His posture was full of ritual, as if he was announcing a very important event.

"This is Qin Wei, the most promising son of the Qin family," he said. "He used to work in the most dangerous and powerful organization in the Federation. If he didn't make mistakes, he is now the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

When the word "Ministry of Internal Affairs" came out, everyone's expressions changed, and there were horrifying murmurs.

The Ministry of the Interior, the agency directly under the highest federal authority, is responsible for monitoring the operation of all government agencies.In people's imagination of the upper echelons of the Federation, they are the kind of people who hold a kill order in their hands, go in and out of various high-level meetings that are unclear, are good at intrigue, can directly take over any core department, and kill high-ranking officials. .

Wei An stood under the fearful eyes, still smiling.

He is still as personable and calm as when he was in a high position back then, and he is very familiar with the situation where all the eyes are on him and he is looking at him like a evil star.

"Since your national defense system is involved, then all the Hull family members should have participated." He said, "I haven't been away for a long time, and such a big event happened."

Tao Jinlai also smiled and said, "Yes, the recent changes in the current situation are quite alarming."

"Almost 10 people died." Wei An said, "How much do you want to die this time?"

"Ah, a lot, a lot." Tao Jin said, "So what, people will die if they do big things, and we are not people who stick to such things."

"It's not true." Wei An whispered.

Tao Jinlai looked at him happily.

"But now I can't tell what kind of person you are," the man said, "I always feel that I know you very well, you are not so difficult to guess, you were raised by the Qin family from a young age, and you have been trained very strictly , there are formal adoption procedures, and genetic markers are added, which is very important.

"You have always performed well. You are ambitious and conscientious. You can kill what should be killed and compromise what should be compromised. I admire people like you and think you should be promoted so quickly."

He looked at Wei An with regret.

"I really don't understand why you would do such a thing, because of your 'fiancée'? She is good, but you should know the consequences if you stepped on the line of 'family' for her." He continued, "You Later, it has become the pride of the Qin family, and now it is not really a slave society, there will not be any hard and fast rules to restrict you, you are the star of the world, the future Minister of Internal Affairs, tsk tsk."

Wei An listened to him coldly, those old things were discussed by countless people in the circle, and everyone got what they wanted, so it didn't matter what they were.

Tao Jinlai continued: "Who would have thought that a person like you would end up like this?"

Wei An felt that his retired life was not bad, but at this moment, he was still extremely annoyed.

He knew it was a schadenfreude trick by his ex-colleagues and it was nothing to worry about, but it was really annoying.

On the other side of the tree gate, a group of people was hurrying to work, hanging corpses, painting paintings, a technician yelled that the bonding value was too high and could not be lowered, causing a lot of confusion.

Wei An's head was still hurting, and under the numbness, the discomfort became more serious. He always felt as if something very large was approaching here, probably a hallucination that was getting worse.

Wei An didn't speak, but it didn't affect Tao Jin's performance at all.

The man went on to talk about how close Wei An was to success, but how could he be so fragile and make himself such a failure, and euphemistically said that he was promoted. The higher-ups were very optimistic about Wei An, which is a pity up.

He laughed at Wei An from all angles, and then noticed Gui Ling behind him.

"This is?" he said.

The guard immediately said, "This is...uh, Mr. Qin's bodyguard."

"Bodyguards?" Tao Jin said, "Mr. Qin's past is so sensitive, and his skills are top-notch, why does he need bodyguards?"

He looked at Guiling, as if he had made an interesting discovery.

The black leather jacket and his accomplices were called back just now because of the latest situation during the leader's inspection.

His gaze swept over Wei An from time to time, with genuine confusion inside, as if he had no idea what situation he was facing.

Tao Jinlai looked at Guiling with great interest, and said, "He looks pretty good, is he really a bodyguard?"

Although Wei An didn't want to say a word to him, there was still something to say at this time.

"It has nothing to do with him," Wei An said.

Tao Jinlai gave him a meaningful look.

Wei An didn't know what was going on in his mind, probably because this kind of person had nothing to think about but bloody and tortured things.

Tao Jinlai winked suddenly, and two big bodyguards suddenly came over, grabbed Guiling's arm from behind, and kicked him hard at the crook of the knee, making him kneel on the ground.

Gui Ling was staring at a bloodstain in a daze, his expression was not very good since he arrived here, and he fell into his own gloomy world.

He had no interest in Wei An's previous upper-level struggles, and the two of them didn't look at each other when they were talking. At this time, the fire burned on him for no reason.

At this moment, two mercenaries firmly pressed Gui Ling's arms, keeping him in a kneeling position, and one of them grabbed his hair and forced him to raise his head.

Wei An was taken aback. He hadn't been really frightened many times in his life, but this time he was really frightened.

He took a step forward and said, "Stop!"

Another bodyguard put his gun on Wei An's head viciously, as if he was about to shoot at any time, he stopped.

Tao Jinlai smiled at him, the scene was very dramatic.

"Is it your new friend? Or is it an old acquaintance of yours that I don't know, and you brought the 'recluse' together?" Tao Jin said, "After all, your life is full of secrets."

"Let him go." Wei An said.

He quickly went through the details of the Guiling contract in his mind, especially the details on the degree of freedom. The ancient civilization contract is said to be a contract, but there are actually many exceptions in it. Guiling can directly do it without following the regulations.

I simply don't know what the ancient programmers were thinking when they made a contract, so can't they just let him be obedient?The Ministry of Science is so careful that the number of staff who have died in his hands for so many years is still at the level of massacres!

"Mr. Qin is a little nervous." Tao Jin said.

"Just tell me if you have something to say!" Wei An said.

"Really." Tao Jin said.

He took out the gun at his waist, twisted it elegantly, and smashed the handle of the gun hard on Gui Ling's forehead.

Wei An stopped breathing, and Gui Ling's head was turned to one side by the sudden blow, he lowered his head in embarrassment, blood flowed down from the corner of his forehead like a broken thread, and formed a puddle on the ground, which shows how ruthless the attack was. .

Wei An stared at this scene dumbfounded, unable to utter a word for a while, Tao Jinlai raised his hand and clasped Gui Ling's chin, making him lift his head and look at his face.

Guiling's blood flowed down half of his face, making the monster look miserable, and he stared at Tao Jinlai.

He looked very annoyed, but he didn't move, and tolerated Tao Jinlai's frivolous look at his face, probably because of the previous agreement with Wei An about the future, so he didn't give Tong Yun and the bastard in front of him within 5 minutes The ultimate catastrophe.

"I touched him, what can you do, Mr. Qin?" Tao Jin said, "Don't say it, he looks really good, no wonder you are so nervous."

"Damn it," Wei An yelled, "you must be sick!"

He didn't care about the gun, he rushed to Gui Ling, waved Tao Jinlai's hand away, and went to see his wound.

Gui Ling looked at him with squinted eyes, one of his eyes was covered with blood, a little bit closed, Wei An wiped it carefully with his sleeve, Gui Ling's forehead was cut an inch long by the gun handle, blood was still flowing out.

Wei An read the information from the Ministry of Science before, and knew that he would be injured. If he didn't resist, his physical condition was not much different from that of an ordinary person.

Wei An said "It's okay, don't move", looking powerless but desperately protecting the other party, the scene almost seemed tender.

The blood-faced monster looked at him, and said gloomily, "You're the one with a fucking brain, aren't you, Mr. Wei An?"

"How do you feel," Wei An whispered, "Does it hurt?"

Tao Jinlai looked at this scene strangely.