Why...
Where do all this sadness and helplessness come from
Lingling lowered her head slightly and looked at her chest.
Around her neck hung an exquisite and beautiful necklace. The pendant of the necklace was a bright red gem, which faintly flickered with an evil red light.
Lingling gently picked up the pendant, pointed it at the warm light on the ceiling, and stared at it intently.
"dad... ?"
The bright red gem emits a silent light.
Mayor Uncle Gao told her that this was the only relic left by her father. By wearing it, she would have the same wisdom as her father and could complete her father's unfinished business.
Uncle Gao was right. Lingling knew that ever since she put on the necklace, every time she stood at the experimental table, she could feel countless thoughts and memories guiding her to advance the experiment.
If she took off the necklace, Ling Ling would not be able to understand the experimental parameters and the experimental process at all.
But...
Ling Ling had no impression of the father mentioned by Uncle Gao.
From the very beginning of her memory, she had been living in the wilderness, leading a precarious life with other people in the wilderness.
It was not until she was seven years old that all the brothers and sisters she knew met with accidents, and she was the only one left in the entire gathering place. She was found by Gao Tong and brought back to the suspended tower.
But even though life in the suspended tower is much better than in the gathering place, Lingling still doesn't have any sense of belonging to the tower.
She was very confused, and this confusion made her act cautiously, for fear that she would accidentally upset others.
Uncle Gao said that these experiments were things her father had not finished yet, and she had to continue them. Lingling thought that was no problem.
Lingling's simple and immature mind was unable to understand all of this. In her opinion, Uncle Gao should be a good person and treat her very well, but he looked fierce and scary.
"Squeak~"
At this moment, the door of the room was slowly pushed open.
A thin figure appeared at the door of the room, and the middle-aged man leaning on the wheelchair showed a rare sign of old age.
"Uncle Gao?"
Lingling quickly put down the necklace pendant in her hand, her movements were awkward and a little flustered.
"Don't be nervous, little doctor. Why don't you take a break?" Gao Tong said softly, with a smile on his face. "Still here... ahem, working?"
"No, Uncle Gao, I'm already resting."
Lingling shook her head and said in a low voice.
Gao Tong did not push the wheelchair into the room. He just sat at the door and looked at the potion in front of Ling Ling. A complicated look flashed in his eyes.
"Hey, still... not much progress?"
These bottles of awakening potions were all conjectures that had been proposed when Lingxi was still alive, and Lingling was only responsible for verification and reproduction.
But even with just this... the progress is still far from ideal.
Even though Ling Ling's adaptability to the "Lingxi body" she was wearing had reached an astonishing level, she was still not even half as capable as Lingxi was when he was alive.
Not to mention recreating Lingxi's ingenious ideas, even continuing research based on what he left behind is quite difficult.
Qualcomm is well aware that the emergence of one Lingxi is already a miracle, and he should not expect a second Lingxi.
Even Lingxi's biological daughter can't do it.
"Well, Uncle Gao, am I too stupid..."
Lingling asked timidly, her slightly raised eyes full of panic.
"No, little doctor, this matter... should be blamed on Uncle Gao." Gao Tong sighed and closed his eyes slightly, "If Uncle hadn't made some mistakes back then... well, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation now."
His mistake was to let Lingxi know about the public opinion and let Lingxi know that he had become the culprit who killed thousands of lives, and finally chose to commit suicide in despair and pain.
If Qualcomm had been able to realize this in advance, he would have placed Lingxi under house arrest on the eighth and ninth floors, just like Lingling is now, blocking all information from the outside world and concentrating on research.
Lingling remained silent. The more Uncle Gao said this, the more she felt that it was her own problem.
She lowered her head and clenched the corner of her clothes slightly.
"It's okay. Just continue with the normal research progress. Don't be too impatient. Take it easy."
Gao Tong smiled lightly, easing the atmosphere. "By the way, Little Doctor, do you know why I call you Little Doctor instead of your name?"
"Why?"
Lingling raised her head slightly, and her beautiful big eyes revealed the curiosity of a young child.
"Because your father's nickname since childhood was 'Doctor'. He was very smart, so smart that he was a demon. We all liked to call him Doctor. But we didn't expect that he would actually pass the federal doctorate exam and hold a very important position in the federal laboratory."
Gao Tong's eyes were filled with memories. "If I hadn't called him back, he would still be at the federal headquarters. Haha... What a pity. There is no if."
Lingling listened but said nothing.
Whether it was Uncle Gao or her father, they had always been strangers to her, and these past stories could hardly touch her.
However, Qualcomm just came to Lingling to have a casual chat.
Gao Tong would never reveal anything that she shouldn't know. He didn't want to make the same mistake a second time.
More importantly, after today, as long as Night Owl dies, many important secrets will be buried forever in an unknown place.
The only archives bureau that could have leaked these secrets has been burned down by Qualcomm, which also put the blame on Night Owl.
If nothing unexpected happens, Lingling will spend the rest of her life in the laboratory, carrying out her father's will, promoting this great yet unacceptable experiment, as well as the deeper secrets of this experiment.
"Little Doctor, you've worked hard during this period, so take a rest first. Uncle Gao also needs to go to sleep for a while." Gao Tong raised his head, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became more crowded. "When people get old, they always think of the past and want to find some old friends to talk about it. I hope you don't hate Uncle Gao."
"No, no," Ling Ling waved her hands quickly, "Uncle Gao... is a good man."
"Heh... Even so."
Gao Tong smiled without comment, left the room, and considerately helped Lingling close the door.
After Gao Tong left, the small and exquisite room became quiet again, and Lingling breathed a sigh of relief.
Every time when facing Uncle Gao, even though he was always friendly, Lingling still felt inexplicably scared.
She lay down on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
I don’t know... How is Sister Xueer doing now.
Is he missing, or...
No, it's impossible. I must find Sister Xue'er's...
Ling Ling slowly closed her eyes and unknowingly entered a state of meditation, with the breathing techniques starting to work naturally.
After Luo Xue taught her the breathing technique, Ling Ling has been practicing it, but the effect is not very good. She can only make progress in the acquired realm, and it is more about warming up the muscles and bones.
In fact, the time to start practicing should be around ten years old, when the soul is fully formed. Forced practice will cause harm to the body.
However, the Breathing Technique is different. As the most widely used practice method in the fairyland, it has the characteristic that even ordinary people with a little talent can practice it at will. Ling Ling has no problem practicing it since she was a child, but her strength has not made much progress.
Of course there are benefits. At least she is much stronger than an ordinary child. And with the nourishment of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Ling Ling has grown into a graceful young lady and looks older than her actual age.
... ...
"Hmm? The spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth seems to be disturbed?"
Luo Xue paused slightly. Her perception was quite sharp, especially the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
This level of disturbance was extremely common in the Fairyland Demon Abyss, but it was the first time she had encountered it in the post-apocalyptic world—after all, she had never embarked on the path of immortality before and could not sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
"What are you talking about?"
Celis raised her head and asked.
"It's okay, just continue, just continue..."
Luo Xue scratched her cheek.
Maybe it's just some special abilities...
At this time, Luo Xue and Celis were in the archives department on the seventh floor, avoiding all the spies deployed by the mayor.
In fact, the Federation will set up an Archives Bureau and an Investigation Bureau in each suspended tower. These are departments independent of the suspended tower and are only under the direct jurisdiction of the Federation.
Therefore... the access control and surveillance information here will not pass through the suspended tower and will only be reported to the Federation.
Of course, the people guarding around were still the guards of the suspended tower, but for the prophet Celis, ordinary people could not keep an eye on her at all.
Celis easily took Luo Xue into the archives bureau and began to search for files about Night Owl.
"Hiss, this is really weird..." Celis put down the digital terminal in her hand and scratched her hair, "Why is this happening?"
"What's wrong?"
Luo Xue looked up and asked.
"Regarding Night Owl... there are a lot of missing things in the file. Actually, this is normal. After all, Night Owl is an assassin. He has been doing some unspeakable dirty work for the 132nd Suspension Tower for many years. But it shouldn't be... completely blank, with no records left."
Celis flipped through the information in the digital terminal and said, "This is the place. Three months of information was deliberately erased two years ago. After he went out on a special mission and came back, the next piece of information was that he was on the run for fear of being convicted of arson in the Archives Bureau and has not been caught yet."
"You mean... the suspended tower has been tampered with?"
"Impossible. Although the data is only stored in the suspended tower, but... Wait, the arson case before?" Celis seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly, "Could it be arson... Yes, it's possible. Using arson to erase some archive records has indeed happened before...
"However, when the data was restored, the Federation should have checked to make sure no important files were missed..."
"Do you think Night Owl's file is important?" Luo Xue suddenly asked.
Celis paused and shook her head.
"It's really not important..."
"Perhaps there are other files that you think are unimportant that have been destroyed. Night Owl must know about it." Luo Xue said in a deep voice, "It seems that this Mayor Gaotong... has indeed covered up a lot of things."
Celis was not surprised by this. She said,
"It's normal. Every suspended tower has some shady things going on. The same is true within the Federation. So as long as it's within the rules... these are all tolerated."
"Huh... Okay, but now I have some things I want to know. Since the files have been destroyed, I can only find the person involved, Ye Xiao." Luo Xue said.
She originally wanted to see if she could find any information about Ling Ling in the archives, but found nothing. Now the only person who could know the whereabouts of Ling Ling was Ye Xiao.
You can't just go and ask Qualcomm...
Luo Xue is not so naive. Her foundation-building strength alone does not allow her to do whatever she wants on the suspended tower.
"But where can we find Night Owl? He is still on the run. The records show that we have been searching for him in the 132nd Suspended Tower for two years but have not found any trace of him." Celis asked.
"It's just because the records haven't been updated. Liu Yun's reaction just now is quite obvious." Luo Xue said in a deep voice, "I originally thought that the other party just didn't want us to get involved in the affairs of this tower city. Now it seems... I'm afraid it's because Ye Xiao knows something that shouldn't be known to others."
The destroyed files, the deliberately concealed information, and Mayor Gao Tong's hasty departure just now...
"So now, they must be hunting down Night Owl." Luo Xue said confidently, "At least now, the battle is not over yet!"
Now that the battle is over, it's time to update the archive.
All it takes is a few simple sentences like, "The mastermind of the Archives Bureau arson case tried to resist and struggle during the arrest and was shot dead," and these unknown secrets will be completely buried.
Celis thought for a moment and said,
"If what you said is true, it should be on the lower three floors."
"Why?"
Luo Xue turned her head and asked.
"Because this kind of search can be done quite thoroughly on the upper three layers and the middle three layers, but the search on the lower three layers... is difficult to advance." Celis said with a wry smile.
“Because the three lower floors are all workers who maintain the tower, the household registration files are incomplete. In addition, even if we take thorough precautions, some deserters will still sneak in during the connection period, and there are many illegal households.
"The higher-ups don't really care about these things. Anyway, the resource quotas for the lower three levels are fixed. The more people there are, the less they get. The workers on the lower three levels can make their own arrangements based on the specific circumstances. A few deaths won't matter.
"Under these circumstances... how could a detailed search be conducted?"
Chapter 140: Hidden Flowers, Flying Flowers All Day
A sharp and deadly dark light flashed by, and Night Owl barely managed to avoid it. He was now covered in wounds and almost exhausted.
After completing the mission of assassinating Luo Xue, Ye Xiao obtained the genetic potion and was successfully promoted to a level six assassin.
However, when facing a level seven warrior and a level seven law enforcer at the same time, the level six assassin was still unable to defeat them and could only barely escape.