What is a super villain?

Chapter 153 Carl of Liberty City
Star calendar 2034, December.

The huge gaseous planetary ring outside the porthole glowed with fluorescence, the alarm clock sounded at 11:[-] in the evening, and the self-service coffee machine started to brew coffee and milk, presenting Bob with the necessary supplies for the night shift.

This is the Lingguangtian energy gaseous planet collector, located in the outer layer of the equatorial orbit of the sixth gas giant planet [Changshengtian] in the Sol-III planetary system.

The mighty power of man-made machines keeps refining rare elements from the gaseous giant planet below them all year round, making them into high-grade energy raw materials, and then transporting them to the heart of the Sol-III planetary system, Azure Star, through interstellar transport ships.

The various parameters on the workbench panel were displayed normally, and Bob let out a huge yawn.

There are people coming and going in the command center of the collector, but the sound is kept at a low decibel level, and the central air-conditioning and heating are turned on too much, making people drowsy.

Bob squinted his eyes. He has been working on the collector for more than 25 years. From a handsome young man in his youth to a greasy middle-aged man with a big belly, Lingguangtian Energy has given him everything that many people dream of.

Three-family house in the uptown area of ​​Rose City, charming wife, free education for children in high-end public schools, good and generous salary... Now that he is almost 50 years old, he can retire after working for another 50 years and enjoy family relationships What is there to be dissatisfied with?

When it's time for a break, you can take a 5-minute break with your supervisor and call your wife and daughter.

The wife said that a young man surnamed Wang moved in next door to the apartment. Lao Wang often took his wife and daughter to run and exercise, and he helped fight mosquitoes at night. Thank you very much.

The damn apartment property company, who only takes money and doesn't do anything, actually let mosquitoes into the residents' houses. If there is a chance, they will definitely complain.

Bob thought about it casually, and the gaseous planetary collector followed the [Changshengtian] revolution to the front facing the star, and the dazzling light hit the planetary ring from a distance, setting off gorgeous and wonderful colors.

The curtain of the porthole of the collector slowly fell and locked, and the central AI broadcasted slowly and forcefully.

"Attention all staff, the surface cyclone of Changshengtian is forming a super storm. The diameter of the storm vortex is 9100 kilometers, and the wind speed is 1120 kilometers per hour. It is expected to come into contact with the operation port of the collector in 15 minutes. Please be prepared for protection."

"Maintenance personnel and scientific research personnel in the planetary atmosphere, please take the aircraft back to the collector port immediately. The storm will cause the detection and communication equipment to fail. For your safety, please return to the collector port immediately."

"Attention all staff, the collector space station will be accompanied by bumps and vibrations, please take good care of your work equipment and personal items to avoid unnecessary losses."

"Attention all employees, the emergency mode has been activated, please go back to your seat and fasten your seat belt, please do not walk around before the green light is on."

A series of broadcasts came, and Bob put down his coffee cup to check the details on his workbench.

The gaseous planetary collector is similar to an artificial satellite. Compared with [Changshengtian], it is not stationary, but maintains a certain orbital speed around its equator. This time, the newly formed giant planetary storm is just on the next orbital path.

The operating port of the collector goes deep into the atmosphere of the gaseous planet, and the storm will have a certain impact on the collector.

But Bob is not worried. In his 25 years of working career, encountering giant planetary storms is the most common situation.

This interstellar collection device, which symbolizes the crown jewel of human industry, has been designed with safety in mind, and a small storm can't shake it at all.

At this moment, the alarm bells of the entire command center rang loudly, and Bob was so frightened that the rest of the coffee was spilled on his clothes.

But he didn't bother to wipe it, and spread his whole body on the workbench, devoting himself to work.

An emergency alarm means something unexpected has happened.

"Unknown reading!"

"Changshengtian ionospheric electron density surges!"

"External force interferes, the operation port cannot be retracted, we are anchored!"

"High-energy response! Attention everyone! Turn off all cabin instruments! The energy center of the collector is abnormally overloaded!"

"Evacuate urgently! Repeat! Evacuate urgently!"

"It's going to explode!"

Soon, the air in the collector cabin was quickly drawn away, and the panicked shouts were silenced for a moment.

The camera zooms out, and in the cosmic vacuum near the surface of Changshengtian, an ordinary and small spark flashes.

The sparks fell into the [Changshengtian], and were swallowed up by the violent vortex of the gas giant planet and disappeared.

……

Rose City, Wildfire Street.

The familiar Big Bird kept going around the bar, and it was full of guests tonight.

The restless drum music accompanied by the flashing green and purple lights enveloped the dance floor, and the dry ice smoke filled the crowd's feet, cheering and screaming non-stop.

The bartender in front of the bar was playing handsome fancy bartenders, but in front of him were two rustic-looking men who just focused on drinking.

One of the two had a philistine appearance, and his shirt could hardly cover his bulging belly. At this time, alcohol was on his face, and his face was flushed.

He patted the other person on the shoulder vigorously, and drank the beer in one gulp:

"Come on, buddy, let the past matter go to him, fuck the Liberty City smuggler, start a new life for us brothers in Rose City!"

Drunk, he forcibly turned his shoulders to meet the other person's gaze.

"Come on, look at me, Carl... Do you want to remain anonymous for the rest of your life, or become famous?"

Karl shook off the fat man's greasy hand, smashed the beer glass on the bar, pointed to the glass and said:

"You lied to me that you have already made a name for yourself here, lived in a villa and drove a luxury car as a young model, and now you are drinking cheap beer in this stinky ditch that is almost like a garbage dump?"

The fat man froze for a moment, then waved to the bartender:
"Who is that, give him a refill, fill it up!"

The bartender took away the empty wine glass, and the fat man approached Karl again, and said mysteriously:

"Carl, take a closer look here, this is not a 'stinky ditch', this is Wildfire Street! It's a hidden mountain of gold! I'm my cousin, can I lie to you? You and I are both capable people, As long as the brothers work together, they will definitely make a fortune!"

The fat man waved his hand, as if he was inspecting his future world, with high spirits:
"There will be villas, and there will be young models of luxury cars! As long as we work harder, we will make the freight company bigger and stronger."

"Set a small goal and become the freight king of Wildfire Street! 'Zorn the freight king' is such a nice name."

Fat Zorn said, staggered back two steps, then fell directly on the floor, and began to vomit wildly.

Carl looks disgusted and moves slightly away from him.

At this time, the bartender came back with a beer, smiled and said:
"Cleaning fee 120 Starlink points, sir."

"Let the fat man pay for himself."

Carl kicked Zon, snorting heavily.

If this person in front of him was not his cousin, if he was still in Liberty City, according to his habit, the idiot who dared to make up lies to deceive him like this would have been broken into a concrete pillar and sunk in the sea long ago.

If Zon hadn't made up a lie and lied to him that he had become a big boss in Rose City, he would be able to cover everything.He should escape to the territory of the native magic empire through private channels, and change his appearance into a wealthy businessman from other places.

Rather than risking going from one independent city-state to another.

Whether it is Liberty City or Rose City, it makes no difference to Karl.

Zon spat in a circle, and then looked much more awake.

He wiped his mouth and got up. After paying the bartender, he came to Karl again and asked a question suddenly.

"Speaking of which, Kyle Royer, what did you do in Liberty City, leaving behind so many years of foundation and running away?"

Carl frowned:
"Offended a big man who can't be offended... Also, don't call me Kyle Royer, call me Carl."

Zon nodded vigorously, and said dog-leggedly:

"I understand, I understand, of course you have to hide your name when you run away, Karl! My good brother Karl!"

He lowered his voice, winked and smiled: "But the big man and your former boss must hate you to death. You took away so many goods before you ran away."

Karl nodded slightly, glanced around in a disciplined manner, and responded in a low voice after he didn't find the eavesdropper:
"Is there a reliable black market channel for selling stolen goods? These items are serious company products, and they are a bit hot to hold."

"Maybe."

Zon muttered: "You know me, dude, I don't usually do black market business, so I'm not very familiar with it. Just in case, that batch of goods should be piled up in the warehouse for a while, when we find a reliable black market broker Make another plan."

As he spoke, he hugged Carl's shoulders vigorously, and said in relief:

"Don't worry, the company's products are very popular wherever they go, and there is absolutely no need to worry about sales. Although Zon is not a big shot, it is trivial for my brother to add tableware. If you are in a hurry to spend money, I still have 20 in this card. You first Take it and use it."

Karl didn't accept Zorn handed it over, only a temporary savings card the size of a thumb.

After this card is inserted into the brain-computer network access warehouse, the money can be withdrawn directly to the personal account, and the card is not registered, which seems safe and private.

Of course, as a former employee of the giant company, Karl knows that as long as the giant company wants to, there are ten thousand ways to track the whereabouts of every star connection point.

Seeing that his cousin didn't move, Zon patted the card into Carl's hand and forced him to accept it:
"Don't be fooled, this small amount of money is just my pocket money for two days, you are the best mercenary and broker in Liberty City, you are kind to each other, you can tell at a glance whether the gang on Wildfire Street are pickpockets or have real skills. Once we gain a firm foothold, we may be able to sell the goods without looking for other brokers."

Karl looked down at the clenched hands, and said in a low voice:
"Thanks."

Zon didn't seem to hear it, and Carl quickly returned to normal, stuffing the temporary storage space card into his pocket.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes were drawn to the distance.

The doorman of Big Bird's Bar was pushed away, the door opened, and a group of strong men walked in, surrounded by a beautiful woman.

After the woman came in, she looked around, and then walked towards the bar, and the bar crowd automatically parted ways.

But it wasn't aimed at Karl and Zon. The woman pointed at the other side of the bar, a few drunks who were more arrogant and crazy than Zon.

She walked to the side of the drunks, and the strong man behind her grabbed one of the drunks by the collar and threw him to the ground.

There was an exclamation in the crowd.

The woman kicked the drunk man in the face and said loudly:

"I'm Luna, and I'm here to collect debts for the Qiulin Gang. You lost a bet on the Qiulin Gang before, and today is the deadline."

"Either pay back the money, or come with me."

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(End of this chapter)