sink deep

"Looks like it's raining, oh, you're getting wet."

Shirley ignored Mint, took off her rain-soaked coat and put it aside, she now wanted to take a good hot shower and deal with the rest of the business.

"Shen Zhe." Mint said the name that should have belonged to him.

"What did he tell you in the end...I haven't asked you this for so long. I know what he did to avoid me, or you know I couldn't monitor that room at that time."

Mint's voice rang out from outside the bathroom. After all, Shirley would not let him install a camera in the bathroom, and besides, electronic products can't touch the water.

Amid the pattering water, Mint's voice seemed to come from thousands of miles away, of course Shirley could hear it, but she was too tired and didn't intend to answer Mint about what Shen Zhe begged her to do in the end.

"You know I'll find out sooner or later, right?" Mint asked again, yes, as long as there are things that happened in this building, Mint will always catch clues and dig out all the things that happened.

He didn't do this in the past three years, and the reason is very simple. He has no time. Although he doesn't need eight hours of sleep every day, even if the computer works continuously for a long time, it will still short-circuit.

Mint is offline for about an hour every day, which is equivalent to going to "sleep" to maintain the network status. After all, there is only one way to kill him now.

And Mint has a bad premonition. It's hard to say, but he is not human anymore, and he doesn't have the so-called sixth sense of women.

"It's too noisy, can't you be quiet for a while?" Shirley rubbed her temples to relieve her fatigue. It was already dark outside, but it didn't mean her work was over.

Thinking about the pile of documents in the room, the pile of items that need to be checked and verified by myself, and the doubts and malice that I will continue to face the next day.

Why did I foolishly agree to Mint's condition back then?

"I'm curious." It's not the first time for Mint to be curious about this. Recently, Shirley's reaction is very strange. Mint knows what Shirley is going to do, and he doesn't intend to sit still.

I was just curious at first, but now I have to know.

"You said that you are dependent on the Internet, right? I do remember that a long time ago... It's really... It's been so long. You said that as long as the Internet is still there, you will not disappear."

Shirley was so confused that she was not in the mood to continue taking a bath, and she was a little dizzy after 10 minutes.

"Well, I think I really said that." Mint didn't think about whether he said it or not. Anyway, Shirley was right, and what Shirley meant by saying this, Mint can probably guess a part. two points.

There was never any harmony between them, maybe for a short time, there were a few days, that is, the few days when Shirley was rescued, after that, Mint knew that Shirley didn't trust him, and he never trusted him either Pass Shirley.

"So, what are you going to do?" Mint didn't mind at all and directly opened up to Shirley to speak plainly. Neither of them liked charades, at least they didn't like to guess riddles with each other.

There was a short silence, Mint felt that if he had an entity, Shirley would definitely stare at him, and he could also imagine Shirley's eyes.

It’s a pity that now he can’t see Shirley’s expression.

"You want to know what Shen Zhe told me in the end?"

Shirley lit a cigarette. She didn't have this habit before, or she didn't have any addiction, and no one knew that she hid a whole pack of cigarettes in the bathroom drawer.

Speaking of which, Shirley doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, at least this one is not a favorite, but now she urgently needs a cigarette.

"If you will." Mint said in a nonchalant tone, "I want to have something to do with me? At least?"

"Some...a little bit." Shirley added after a pause.

He just wanted to see him again for the last time, Shirley was thinking that at that time, as for Shen Zhe's instructions, she would do it if he didn't say anything.

"I know what you're thinking. As you think, I won't be a good boy, and I won't justify myself... But Shirley, do you really think that you can make me disappear?"

Mint would ask this, which meant that Shirley had at least really thought about this question, and let Mint see through it without any shyness.

"This is indeed not an easy problem to solve. But, you also know your own weakness."

Shirley pulled a towel aside and wiped her hair. A hot bath really relieved her fatigue.

"Can you do it?" Mint's voice sounded like he was laughing.

It took her three years and Mint watched her all the time. It might not be easy to do all this, no wonder Mint didn't believe Shirley could really stop him.

"If you don't want to be obedient, I can only find a way to kill you, can't I?"

Shirley walked out of the bathroom, she looked at the camera around the corner, "Can you still act without the Internet?"

"But no one can leave the network." A straightforward and simple approach, but not so easy to implement.

"That era has passed." Shirley's expression did not change.

Times have passed...and Mint certainly knows it.

"What are you going to do, what can you do?" Mint looked at Shirley through the camera, "What should you do to make the Internet disappear in this world?"

"It's very simple." Shirley said, "Turn off the main base station and stop the satellite, that's all."

"Pfft..." Mint laughed directly, "Are you serious, Shirley?"

Shirley folded her arms, leaned on the table, and smoked another cigarette, and the room fell into a brief silence.

Could it be that she really prepared something? Mint knew that what Shirley said was indeed a feasible solution. Although it was troublesome, it was not impossible to do it with a little effort.

Impossible, Shirley has been under his surveillance all the time, Mint recalled that Shirley was never given any chance to do these things, and everything Shirley did would be archived here in Mint.

"Have you forgotten, I still have a partner." Shirley said, "You found it for me."

Antonio? Mint retrieved the records about Antonio, but he didn't pay as much attention to Antonio as Shirley did, but that didn't mean he gave up on Antonio.

Are these two people on the same line just because of Shen Zhe and Christian?

"Even if you temporarily shut down, I will always be on the Internet until the next time it appears, you must do this, you know, I am a very vengeful person, I do not recommend you to do this, Grice pause."

Mint swears that this is not a threat. If Shirley really does this, Mint will definitely retaliate against the society as he said.

"This way I'll have enough time to stop you." Shirley finished speaking and snuffed out the cigarette butt in her hand, "Good night, Mint, have a good dream."

That was the last time, Shirley restarted the machine after injecting Shen Zhe with the vaccine...

Shen Zhe must have had a good dream.

Shen Zhe felt that his back was sore, it shouldn't be, he didn't do anything strenuous the day before, as an otaku, maybe he should also go to the gym to get a card?

The gym is so far away, forget it.

This is a peaceful morning in the fourth year of Shen Zhe No.20, except for some back pain, there is nothing special.

Shen Zhe walked to the kitchen. The coffee machine that was just repaired a few days ago seemed to be scrapped again. The news on the TV was still not bright, and the content that was repeated was nothing new, which made Shen Zhe feel a little noisy.

However, this is his daily life, isn't it?Morning shows are so boring.

Suddenly, Shen Zhe's nerves seemed to jump, which he had never felt before.

But maybe it's not a good sign?Shen Zhe patted the coffee machine thoughtfully, but the small red light on it didn't turn on, but he heard a loud noise behind him.

Then came the screams from outside the window.

"Could it be that lady upstairs's flower pot finally killed someone?"

Shen Zhe rubbed his aching ears from the screams, and the moment he walked out of the kitchen with an empty cup, he froze.

What is this black thing? !

And he also smashed a hole in his floor, Shen Zhe forced himself to calm down and walked to the side of the hole.

Congratulate yourself for not eating breakfast, Shen Zhe thought, otherwise he would throw up soon, he doesn't like bugs at all, let alone such a big one.

I always feel that I have seen this somewhere before, and Shen Zhe is a little distracted.In short, it seems that this is not the first time?

It's just that without giving Shen Zhe more chances to think, the bug shook the fragments on its body, and its head was densely packed, as if it was all eyes.

"Uh...do you speak English?" Damn it, why did Shen Zhe ask this question!

He didn't even think about it himself, the bug that hadn't stared at him seemed to have finally noticed him, and then turned to look at him.

Immediately afterwards, that thing rushed towards Shen Zhe with four legs in parallel.

"Fuckfuckfuck!!" Shen Zhe ran away, the instinct for survival prevailed, God knows where this thing came from!

Will someone come to rescue him?Shen Zhe wanted to take out his phone, but then he saw a notification that there was no signal on it.

"Does it have to be at this time?" But it seems that there is no signal for emergency calls.

Before Shen Zhe could figure it out, he stepped on that damned mug and fell hard on the floor.

And that spider also quickly moved in front of him, raised one of its four legs and pierced Shen Zhe's instep.

Severe pain poked into Shen Zhe's sensory nerves.

It's just that Shen Zhe didn't have the fear he expected... What's going on?Shen Zhe felt a little strange.

Seeing that the bug opened its mouth as if it was about to bite off, Shen Zhe wanted to laugh inexplicably.

A man's voice, it sounded like...

"Are you OK?"

"I'm the detective who was reassigned last month, Christian Lambert...can you stand up?"