A few people saw the flare sent by Lu Ming and came to the jungle. The old man was lying beside a tree trunk, without any sound.
The two veteran police officers, 075 and 080, felt the old man's heartbeat and breathing, and it was obvious that the old man was dead.
"He rushed out with a gun, and I just grabbed his neck and knocked him down, that's it..." Lu Ming felt helpless.
Ling Qiwu nodded: "Just burn it!"
The order received was to destroy it completely.
"You guys go back. This is the job of me and 036!" said the old policeman 075 to the others.
Although 080 and another 035 were unwilling to accept the fact, there was nothing they could do since they were the ones who caught and executed the men and it was their job to clean up the mess.
Lu Ming picked up the body and found an open area in the bushes to ensure that the fire would not cause a forest fire.
Then Lu Ming started looking for dry firewood, and Ling Qiwu helped him. After piling up the dry firewood, Ling Qiwu sprayed oil with a fuel spray gun and said, "The rest is yours!"
"Master, I'll clear the hay around to prevent the fire from starting." Lu Ming said.
Ling Qiwu nodded and watched Lu Ming busying himself. After a while, he said, "I'll wait for you at the meeting point."
He walked a short distance when thick smoke began to rise behind him.
…
After returning to the headquarters by helicopter, in the afternoon, several staff members in black uniforms came to the headquarters of the Bucks Branch of Uni-President Enterprises. This black uniform was a bit like a space suit, integrated from top to bottom. They summoned Lu Ming to a separate room.
Several people had expressionless faces, like robots.
Lu Ming has gotten used to it. It seems that after living in this kind of culture for a long time, his emotions will really become restrained, and his feelings of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness will probably gradually become less intense.
The blond middle-aged man in the lead stared at Lu Ming for a while and said, "Police Officer 29036, how long have you been alone with the destroyed parts? Have you had any verbal communication?" He is the "Variable Auditor" from the headquarters.
Lu Ming shook his head: "No, he jumped out and tried to kill me, but after I knocked him down, I don't know what disease triggered it, and he stopped breathing."
Lu Ming had heard from "Master" 075 that since he was the one who executed the destroyed parts alone and had private contact with the parts, he would be subject to a simple investigation. The "Master" said that he should just give a normal answer, but never tell a lie.
The middle-aged man nodded after hearing Lu Ming's answer.
At this time, several uniformed men pushed in a strangely shaped machine from outside, and stuck some small metal pieces connected to its wires on Lu Ming's temples, fingers, etc., and a patch was also stuck under his nostrils.
Lu Ming understood that it must be the lie detector of this world. The Old Continent also has it today. It detects lies through multi-parameter psychological tests such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, skin resistance changes, and muscle activity. It should be considered the second generation of lie detectors. The first generation can only detect pulse changes and blood pressure.
"Now you say yes to all the questions I answer." The blond middle-aged man said indifferently.
Lu Ming nodded.
"Are you a woman?"
"Yes!" Lu Ming controlled his heartbeat to a slightly faster rate while speaking.
"Are you a man?"
"yes."
The middle-aged man asked a lot of questions, and when Lu Ming answered "yes", some of the answers were correct and some were wrong.
After dozens of questions, the middle-aged man asked: "Answer the questions normally. Do you really not remember anything from the past?"
"Yes." Lu Ming nodded.
"How long were you alone with the destroyed parts? Was there any verbal communication?"
"No, he jumped out and tried to kill me, but after I knocked him down, I don't know what disease triggered it, and he stopped breathing."
"Have you ever heard of the We Are Not Machines Movement?"
"Never heard of it." Lu Ming shook his head.
"How did you discover the alien parts?"
"Oh, I heard his breathing. I was lucky enough to be near him."
The middle-aged man asked a few more random questions and finally asked, "What are your expectations for your future work?"
"I hope to become a mid-level police officer as soon as possible." Lu Ming said without hesitation.
The middle-aged man looked at the scanner in front of him and nodded slightly: "Police 29036, thank you for your cooperation!"
…
Everyone had left, and only Lu Ming remained in this small room.
More than an hour later, there was a gentle knock on the door, and the old police officer Zero Seven Five came in and said, "You have passed the investigation."
Lu Ming nodded and stood up. After being here for a long time, the smile he usually wore when communicating with others seemed to have gradually disappeared.
"In addition, because we found that you are in very good health, your pulse, blood pressure, heart rate, etc. are all in the best condition, and the Variable Auditor has taken a special look at your test results. He will recommend you to a special department. If you can pass the preliminary examination, you will become a formal member of the department and directly receive the treatment of a mid-level police officer."
Veteran police officer 075 should be very happy for Lu Ming, but there was no expression on his face.
Lu Ming nodded gently: "Okay."
I was startled at heart, for I had already prepared to leave, and the ship and speedboat of the Royal Air Service Regiment were scheduled to pick me up offshore in the evening.
At the same time, I will take the old man away.
The old man told him that one of his nephews was a member of the resistance organization. He secretly warned him and showed him some photos.
It was a city of nursing homes, where rows of old people were hanged and sent into furnaces.
In order to save resources, even bullets will not be wasted unless it is euthanasia.
In fact, I have also thought that such a society cannot function normally with current technological conditions.
But if all the baggage is dealt with and there are no unworking elderly people "wasting" resources, this society will indeed not collapse.
However, these are actually none of my business. If I come across an old man fleeing, I will just save him.
I have no obligation to change the whole world, and I'm afraid the possibility is not great.
But nowadays, if there is an opportunity to enter a special department, should I stay and see how the top management operates
Ling Qiwu looked at Lu Ming and said, "Didn't you complain to me that you couldn't accept working ten hours a day from morning till night? And you also said you wanted to be a homeless person?"
Lu Ming coughed and said nothing.
When I first said this to 075, he gave me a serious warning. Now I think, this lazy thinking will probably lead to the destruction of alienated parts, right
At that time, I wanted to know whether there were people who could lie down in this world.
"I heard that this special department is very free." Zero Seven Five looked at Lu Ming quietly.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Okay, thank you, Master."
…
That night, Lu Ming was sent to a place similar to a police school in a northern central city called Heihu City.
The students have been in school for a month, and Lu Ming is a transfer student.
From the courses offered, Lu Ming knew that the function of this special department should be to infiltrate and eliminate resistance organizations.
On the first day of the strength test, Lu Ming used some of his special abilities, and was thus arranged into the Class A special class.
One good thing about this world is that if you have extraordinary abilities, your upward path will be unobstructed.
In this world, there is no concept of family affection. Children are left with their parents and sent to nurseries to start collective living.
Many times, family affection also needs to be cultivated bit by bit in daily life.
Without family affection, it is difficult to have real friends due to various social mechanisms. Even a spouse is assigned to you when you are 24 years old after working.
Those who have received university education are definitely married to those with university education, and blue-collar workers are married to blue-collar workers, and they are all in the same departments and factories.
Nepotism is no longer effective in this world.
Of course, it is also because once it is discovered that the recruitment is not strictly based on the test scores, the person responsible will be directly eliminated.
So, this is how it has been for hundreds of years.
In fact, this society basically reached the current technological level more than three hundred years ago, and the progress in the past three hundred years has been minimal.
Under this social model, innovation is probably not so easy.
…
During the gun shooting test, Lu Ming was shocked to find that among the targets, there was a monster model that was very similar to the organism that appeared in the strange mirage on the surface of Shenglunduo Lake six years ago.
According to what the instructor had vaguely revealed, this ferocious beast began to appear in the southernmost part of the continent two years ago.
In this world, ordinary people cannot see the world map, even ordinary police officers cannot see it, but in this Class A special class, it is not taboo for the instructors to talk about some secrets. Obviously, this special class will definitely come into contact with these secrets in the future.
Lu Ming felt that the New World seemed to be a very long and narrow shape, with mountains and rivers separating the southernmost part, and it was impossible to explore further south.
The instructors hinted that these fierce beasts had crossed the mountains from the unexplorable area in the south.