In the eighth month after Rimbaud led the sea people to evacuate the research institute, 60% of the sea surface has been solidified and sealed, the maritime transportation industry has been forced to stop, international trade has collapsed across the board, a large number of workers have lost their jobs, related companies have closed down, and the stock market is green. In the bustling commercial center, ordinary citizens parade with placards every day. Angry civilians vent their grievances on the government, but they don't know that the government is helpless.
Almost all icebreakers are lowered into the sea to remove the solidified seal on the sea surface, but it is only a drop in the bucket, and the speed of removal is far less than the speed of solidification.
The limited groundwater and fresh water in rivers and lakes are rapidly consumed by a large population. Due to the lack of ocean regulation, only unused fresh water and used sewage are added to the cycle. There is no rain in all parts of the world, and even a small amount of rain is as far as possible. It is acid deposition.
The first thing to wither is the grain planting area, followed by the green plants in every corner of the land. It can be seen from the satellite map that the rainforest area is shrinking a considerable area every day, and the unprecedented large-scale drought is sweeping the world. , the dust storm landed, ransacking every exposed building.
Although the country is trying to regulate the price of water, it is still inevitable that some people maliciously hoard drinking water and sell it at a high price. The bottle of ordinary mineral water with a price tag of 300 yuan was sold out as soon as it was put on the shelves, and the price was quickly raised to 600 and 800 yuan. Someone bought it.
Still later, the price stopped rising because money was no longer worth much.
Severe water scarcity did lead to a brief period of human solidarity, with people sharing food and fresh water, but the atmosphere of good mutual help lasted only a month, and people went from generosity to madness, rushing to the streets and houses to snatch the stock of mineral springs water and compressed grains.
Border conflicts are intensifying. Oil is no longer a precious resource in people's eyes. Instead, small countries with freshwater lakes are frequently invaded.
Temperatures rose faster, and radioactivity in the air eerily increased to near critical levels.
It’s only April, and the average temperature in the northern hemisphere has soared to forty-two degrees Celsius. Urban residents can only maintain their normal lives by turning on the air conditioners all day long. Power conflicts cause trips, circuits burn out, and the entire building is hot and dry. The air devours.
Due to the heat and dryness, wildfires ignited in various regions, and the rampant flames quickly devoured the remaining oases.
These days, the PBB army has been maintaining order and calming people's emotions on the streets. Under the scorching sun, He Zuo wiped off his sweat and squatted in the shadow of the armored vehicle to rest.
Civilian riots occurred frequently, so the soldiers had to wear thick body armor and combat uniforms to protect themselves. More than a dozen team members had passed out due to heat stroke and were dragged away by the medical association.
He Wenxiao secretly brought a bottle of water, looked around like a thief, then unscrewed the lid and took a sip for He Zhuang: "Captain, drink a couple of sips quickly."
"Where did you get it?" He Zhuang licked his dry and chapped lips, his fiery throat felt much more comfortable after a little soaking, and he pushed the water bottle back, "Drink it, I'm not thirsty. You and the meaning of the text are divided .”
"He has it. The training soldiers of the IOA gave it to us." He Wenxiao smoothed the dreadlocks on his head, wiped the hot sweat from his head, and sat on the ground to fan the wind with his helmet.
Not far away, on the semi-trailer with the IOA printed on it, doctors from the Medical Association were distributing medicines. Among them were two children with the logo of the trainees of Aphid Island standing behind them. Tan Qing and Tan Yang, who had hydrogen and oxygen glands, were busy making Water was given to civilians, and people waited anxiously in line with tools for fetching water.
Under the scorching sun, the temperature inside the iron container was astonishing. Tan Yang consumed too much, and fell down as soon as his knees softened.
"Xiao Yang? Doctor! Teacher Han! My sister fainted!" Tan Qing hurriedly knelt down, hugged Tan Yang into her arms, and released soothing pheromones to restore her strength.
The citizens waiting for water at the back of the line didn't know what happened. They just felt that the line suddenly stopped moving, and they began to curse and make a commotion.
Some people rushed into the semi-trailer and snatched the water used by the doctors to clean the instruments. Han Xingqian could only protect his interns behind him. During the dispute, a civilian with a knife accidentally scratched his arm, and a little blood on the white uniform As the swimming got bigger and bigger, a mother with a baby pounced on her, frantically pressed the baby in her swaddle to Han Xingqian's wrist and licked his blood.
"Stand back! Let go of the doctor!" He Zhuang fired two shots into the sky, and the deafening sound of the shots finally knocked back the irrational people.
From the day Rimbaud left the land with hatred and sorrow, everything was out of control as if the brakes had failed.
Outside the IOA building, security guards desperately stopped another wave of protesting armed civilian groups.
Yan Yi was sitting at the desk, and a remote multi-person conference was still running on the computer, but he was extremely tired, and kept rubbing his dry eyes and swollen temples.
Some organization leaders asked about Yan Yi's opinion, Yan Yi cheered up, and replied with a sigh: "I said it half a year ago, and this matter can only be negotiated if I hand Ai Lian over to him. This is the only Chances are, I still stand by my opinion."
The leaders who had sternly accused Yan Yi of being irresponsible a few months ago fell silent together.
They don't have much sympathy for Ailian, they just find it difficult to accept that the powerful weapons and wealth they are proud of show fragility and vulnerability when fighting against the ocean, which is a kind of pride and self-esteem for human beings. insult.
"Can you guarantee that Siren will immediately unseal the sea area after taking over Ailian?"
"Siren showed his extreme dislike for us a long time ago, but he has never taken any action. It must be that the hatred has accumulated until now, and he is so angry when he is touched." Yan Yi replied, "I have dealt with Siren before, and he is completely voluntary. Sensibility dominates actions, revenge is far greater than reason, if his request is not met, he will seal the sea forever, and he will never be merciful."
"Is it feasible to assassinate him after he is lured out?" someone asked.
Yan Yi helplessly raised his forehead: "Sir, that will only make it more unmanageable. Even if we succeed, we won a short-term victory, and decades later he will still wake up from the sea and launch a crazy revenge."
People were silent for a long time, and finally someone nodded, so the leaders of other organizations were forced to agree, agreeing that Yan Yi would lead people to negotiate with Rimbaud.
After closing the computer, Yan Yi rubbed his face vigorously, and lay down sleepily on the table.
A big hand rested on his back, picked him up from the office chair, and put him on the sofa bed.
"You should rest for a while, I haven't slept well during this time."
Yan Yi suddenly put his arms around Lu Shangjin's neck, and Lu Shangjin straightened up without haste, leaning over and touching his cheek: "Ai Lian is being held in an international prison, and it is too far away from the final trial. She bit innocent people to death. If she pretends to be crazy and does not cooperate with the investigation, there is obviously a way out, and when the forces that support her secretly temporarily protect her, it is not impossible to release her acquitted after many years."
Yan Yi raised his eyelids, and a trace of joy flashed in his tired eyes: "Don't worry, as long as she falls into the hands of Rimbaud, no one can save her."
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Although the outside world has been in dire straits, the isolated Aphid Island has never been affected. The solidified seal has never sealed the Aphid Island special training base, and the Aphid Island is still sunny and sunny.
The doctor removed a small piece of solidified sea surface seal for observation and testing, and found that these seals are actually impurities mixed in seawater.
Bai Chunian once left a rule at the Aphid Island special training base, and arranged two trainees to take turns cleaning the coastline and nearby sea areas every day. This habit has been accumulated over the years and saved the lives of the children on the island.
There are not many students who are still on the island. Only some students whose assessment scores have not met the requirements for leaving the island, the experimental subjects taken here, and the IOA agents who were seriously injured in the institute's clean-up operation were ordered to recuperate here.
Lu Yan and Xiao Xun's injuries had healed long ago, but due to the solidification of a large amount of sea surface, the ferry couldn't get through. Even if they were anxious, they couldn't cross the sea and fly back to the city.
Lu Yan could only run around the coastline every day, waiting for the shadow of a ferry.
I ran into Yu Xiaocheng by accident today. Since the day he went to the island, the clownfish has locked himself in the dormitory, and Lu Yan has never seen him.
Lu Yan carefully sat next to Yu Xiaocheng, then moved over little by little, leaning on his knees and tilting his head to look at him.
Yu Xiaocheng held a stack of photos in both hands and was lost in thought. The top one was a group photo of students and instructors, and the bottom one was a group photo with Bai Chunian that he managed to get, and a funny selfie with Huck. A hole has been dug in the sand.
Lu Yan whispered, "But buried here, it was quickly washed away by the waves."
"Wash me away too." Yu Xiaocheng dropped the stack of photos and leaned on Lu Yan's shoulder.
Lu Yan raised his rabbit ears to cover Xiao Cheng's face, and his mood also dropped.
Someone came walking on the sand behind him, Lu Yan turned his head and saw the witch hazel and the mummy walking towards this side with two clumps of debris.
"Wenchi? What did you get?"
The witch hazel was also a little surprised to see them, hurried over and squatted in front of them, and put the things in her arms on the beach.
They are all small bags and handicrafts woven with spider silk.
"Send it to Rimbaud." The witch hazel sat down and picked up one of the carefully woven small net bags. "Brother Chu has become a glass bead, which is easy to roll and lose. You can put it in the bag and tie it on your body."
"This package is the letter written by the worm, this package is the nougat made by Yingying himself, and this package is the sour yolk that Rimbaud likes to eat." The witch hazel packed everything together, "My silk is very waterproof, Just let the underwater drone tow it, and there is an underwater base station for charging every time."
"Ah, I have mine too." Lu Yan took out his mobile phone and put it in the spider silk bag without thinking, "I still have a spare. This way Rimbaud can call when he receives it. "
Yu Xiaocheng hesitated and stretched out the photo: "Then... send this to him too."
"Okay." The witch hazel packed everything with spider silk, squeezed out the air inside and sealed it again. The mummy squatted beside the water, lowered the underwater drone, wrapped in the spider silk at the end, and slowly sank into the sea .
"How long will it take to get there?"
"It may take a month or two to get to the Caribbean."
"Oh... a long time."
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The date for the negotiation was set in mid-August, and the venue for the negotiation was set at the central island in the sea where the international prison is located.
Li Wang, the warden of the prison, stood in front of the mirror and straightened his neckline casually. Ai Lian was imprisoned in the severe punishment prison he managed. Today, Yan Yi had to come and accompany her when he came to pick her up.
"Day, come in and tie a tie for me." Li Wang opened the drawer and casually touched a dark blue tie and put it on his neck.
A few minutes later, someone opened the door and came in. With a cold and irritated expression on his face, Hei Bao grabbed Li Wang's tie hanging on his chest and tied it up.
"Well... last time the old rabbit thought I was sloppy, this time I put on a tie to make him happy. You surprised me by being so obedient today."
Without saying a word, the Panther retreated to the sofa aside after finishing his tie, and equipped himself with a bodyguard uniform and a gun holster.
"Don't be too busy, I don't plan to take you out today." Li Wang loosened his loose neckline with satisfaction, "Ranbo is going to come, and he must bring his precious glass ball. There are many eyes when negotiating." Miscellaneous, it is unavoidable for someone to hit that ball, if you want to save it too obviously, I am afraid that the fire will be drawn on me."
Hei Panther paused with his fingertips and was taken aback.
Li Wang walked slowly behind the black panther with his pockets in his pockets: "I have been letting you go, I never restrict you where you want to go, and I will keep a house for you at any time, you have to know. It has been so long, I only order you to stay safe." The curse is not dead, but you are back and forth between the gods and the curses, and sneaked into the submarine laboratory alone to help the gods escape. If I hadn’t dragged you for a while to clear the research institute, you went late, I’m afraid the gods Even if you can protect him, what benefits can you get by fighting against me?"
"I'm not happy to see you proud." Black Panther said lightly.
Li Wang held the black umbrella with both hands, the tip of the umbrella rested on the ground, and turned his back to him: "It's okay, you think it's good to relieve your anger. But this time you are not allowed to intervene, just stay in the room."
The tip of the umbrella touched the carpet lightly, and a circle of black smoke spread out, covering the panther's ankle, the smoke dissipated, and the black ring disappeared.
The black panther was violently imprisoned, struggling left and right but unable to leave the sofa, two jet-black leopard ears protruded from the black hair, and was stimulated to mimic.
Even so, he could only obey the orders of his driver, sitting motionless on the sofa.
This black umbrella is the driving thing "Devil's Shade". The order issued by Li Wang is conveyed by the black umbrella to the demon envoy Black Panther, leaving him no choice but to obey.
"Wait for me to come back." Li Wangwan wanted to rub Heibao's ears, but Heibao's ears collapsed, and one hand broke through the confinement and pushed Li Wang's face.
"Today is August 14th. I revealed the date of the negotiation to the eavesdropping puppet a little bit. I hope Eris will not disappoint me." Li Wang straightened up, adjusted his tie carefully, and walked out of the room leisurely.
Noon is approaching, and the blazing sunlight is passing through the thin atmosphere and directly throwing it on the hot ground. The cloudless sky suddenly darkens, and some water vapor gathers and gathers to form a cloud of dark clouds, covering the sky in a few tens of seconds .
A gust of cold wind blows away the hot air on the ground. The prison guard standing guard outside the International Prison raised his head and wiped the sweat from his face. He couldn't hold back his ecstasy: "Is it going to rain?"
The gate of the prison opened slowly, and the bodyguards in uniform and equipment came out in a neat order. The leaders of the organizations participating in the negotiation came out surrounded by bodyguards. The army's alien radar vehicle followed slowly, preventing the interference of dangerous experimental subjects around at any time. negotiation.
Yan Yi walked in the front, accompanied by Li Wang.
The prison guard escorted Ai Lian, who was wearing a pure black hood, to Yan Yi's side. Yan Yi turned around and lifted the hood, put his fingertips on the edge of her cheeks to check for traces of the mask, and publicly confirmed the identity of the hostage in public.
In just one year, Ai Lian seemed to be ten years older. She raised her slack eyelids fiercely, and said with a sneer, "I thought you were a gentleman."
"Private enmity?" Yan Yi covered her hood, stood with her hands behind her back, and waited, "What do you mean by private enmity? Is it the IOA agents and students who suffered serious injuries and died heroically in defending the city?"
Near noon, the sky was changing, and the solidified sea surface seal gradually cracked, and the cracks meandered and expanded, covering the sealed sea surface.
Suddenly, a torrent broke through the sea surface, forming a towering seaspout, lightning flashed in the dark clouds, blue lightning continued to climb down the sky and split the sea surface, the waves churned, and the throne was gradually cast from hydrated steel.
A huge manta ray full of blue light, whose body is transparent and whose skeleton can be seen rushed out of the water, spread its wings nearly ten meters, and drew a shocking blue light from the air.
The transparent manta ray transforms into a human form, sits on the throne, and looks down on all living beings with its head propped up and eyes down.
A mother-of-pearl oyster then jumped out of the water and landed on the hydration steel coral support. It opened its giant mouth to reveal the disc-sized round pearl inside, and then closed it suddenly, locking it tightly to protect the round bead inside.
Although it is thickly covered by nacre, the brilliance of the siren scales is still unshakable, and the faint outline reveals blue light from the inside of the pearl.
Rimbaud was worried that someone would harm Xiaobai after he left the Caribbean Sea, so he could only carry it with him to feel at ease, but the size of the pearl had grown to the point where he couldn't hold it in his hand, so he could only store it in the mother-of-pearl.
"I'm here. Is the person I want brought?" Rimbaud's voice was deep and powerful, echoing with some whale calls.
Yan Yi took a step forward, signaling that Ai Lian was beside him, but he didn't immediately push him over: "Please unblock all sea areas."
Rimbaud curled his blond hair with his pointed long index finger: "What confidence do you have to negotiate terms with me?"
Lan Bo raised his eyelids slightly, his fishtails turned into slender legs, and walked down the throne step by step on the hydrated steel steps.
He parted from the turbulent waves, and every time he took a step, there would be a plane of hydrated steel with blue electric currents under his feet.
Lan Bo brushed past Yan Yi, walked up to Ailian, lifted her hood, raised her chin with his claws covered with cold scales, and played with his prey in front of all the negotiators. The sharp nails drew a bloodstain on Ailian's face, and she lowered her head to smell the smell of her blood.
"I won't kill you right away." Rimbaud caressed Ailian's ear, then snatched her away and pushed him into the sea. The hydration steel cage closed Ailian in a completely closed air-filled chamber. In the transparent cuboid block, and slowly submerged into the deep sea.
The fear of being swallowed by the endless abyss made Ailian instinctively knock on the outer wall for help, but it didn't help, and soon disappeared completely.
"We have already handed over the people, you can fulfill your promise to unseal the sea area."
"What if I don't?" Rimbaud raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "I'm really happy to see you in distress."
"But we are not the only ones who suffer from the separation of land and sea. If a sea and land war breaks out, a situation where both losers will not be what you want. Humans are not the only creatures that live on land. Do you want to drive them all out? Sitting on the throne, is this negligence of duty? Woolen cloth?"
Rimbaud walked back into the sea slowly, the cold water covered his calves.
"I'm sorry." Yan Yi said sincerely, "It's our fault that things have developed into the current situation, and we will try our best to make it up."
Rimbaud fell silent and stopped answering. At this moment, the pupils of his eyes suddenly lit up with golden lines, and the accompanying ability, Koi Blessing, was automatically released when the timing was sensed. A cloth bag from nowhere floated over from the water and hit Rimbaud. legs.
Rimbaud showed contemptuous and sarcastic eyes, but he smelled the familiar smell on the spider silk wrapping.
He was startled, squatted down and opened the package, which was full of small gifts with labels, spider web bags, handmade nougat, a few packets of sour yolks, a bunch of photos taken on Aphid Island, and a muscle suit The mobile phone with the rabbit mobile phone case seems to have been turned off due to the long time of wandering.
Rimbaud lightly touched Xiao Bai who was standing beside him in the photo, his eyelids slowly turned red.
He was about to accept the fact that Xiaobai had become a glass bead to accompany him, but seeing Xiaobai's lively appearance in the photo, he clearly felt the fine pain still lingering in his chest for a long time, and he never let go.
While he was in a daze, the alien radar on the armored vehicle suddenly alarmed, and the warning sound played repeatedly: "The experimental subject in the deterioration stage is approaching!"
All the bodyguards raised their guns immediately, and people held their breaths and did not dare to act rashly. Suddenly, a cursing golden thread was wrapped around the mother-of-pearl, forcibly pried open the shell, and wrapped around the big pearl in its mouth.
An experimental subject quietly appeared on the spire at the highest point of the prison at some point. Eris sat on the edge of the high platform dangling his legs, and made a grimace with the corners of his mouth drawn.
Yan Yi and Rimbaud sensed the abnormal breath at the same time, and rushed towards the mother-of-pearl.
Rimbaud jumped into the sea, his legs returned to fishtails, and he shuttled back from the waves to help. Yan Yi leaped, teleported several times from the air, and got close to the mother-of-pearl to protect the white glass beads inside.
"Don't break it!"
But the breath of bad luck suddenly enveloped, the pearl slipped from Yan Yi's fingertips and fell, Rimbaud desperately took it into his arms, but his back hit the sea hard, the sea water was as hard as the ground when he fell from high altitude, huge The impact made Rimbaud's eyes go dark.
Although the pearl was caught, there were cracks on the surface of the pearl, and the cracks climbed more and more, and suddenly shattered.
Rimbaud was lying on the hydrated steel ice floe, ignoring the severe pain of the broken bones, he struggled to get up and gathered the scattered pearl fragments into his arms.
The siren scales burst out from inside the glass ball, and after losing the carrier, the scales flashing blue light returned to Rimbaud automatically.
In a panic, he tried to put the pearl pieces back together, but found that he couldn't do it.
"Don't, don't forget, Randi, don't make me forget you." Rimbaud gripped a piece fiercely, bleeding from his palm, letting the pain force him not to forget Xiaobai.
Tears fell into the sea like broken threads, and Rimbaud knelt on the floating hydration steel, crying with his head up. The majesty of the king he was carrying completely collapsed at this moment, and the joy of revenge was not worth mentioning in front of the great sorrow.
"Ranbo, don't cry." Yan Yi said beside him.
When Rimbaud was about to lose his mind, he suddenly felt something warm on the back of his hand.
He lowered his head with tears in his eyes, and saw a small white plush paw resting on the back of his hand, very small.
Yan Yi couldn't help but bend his eyes, squatted on one knee on the hydrated steel floe, and touched the head of the little lion cub, which was still pink in the white velvet, with his fingertips.
"noob?"
The little lion cub just opened its eyes and could only hum.
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Eris, who was hiding on the top of the prison's high platform and deliberately provoked disputes, was also stunned, and stood up suddenly: "What? That's my elder brother? I'll trample him to death."
Seeing that Rimbaud hadn't forgotten all the signs, the puppeteer covered Eris' mouth and led him to jump off the platform: "Shut up, retreat."