Zhou Lin

November 24, one o'clock in the afternoon.

This was Zilin's fourth day in the correction center. In the previous two days, he did nothing special, just observed and waited.

Waiting for some things to be confirmed…

This matter was handled by his accomplice, and his accomplice was named Zhang San, Zhang San’s Zhang, Zhang San’s San.

This is a real name, but the personal information of the person using this name is not registered in the federal citizen database.

More than two months ago, Mr. Zhang San used a false identity to get acquainted with Professor Tang. Uncle Tang is also a semi-public figure, and he is also a local snake in Linyi. Being "recognized" is not new, so There was nothing suspicious about this "acquaintance."

Within a few days, Zhang San found an opportunity to send Uncle Tang a red envelope, and took advantage of the opportunity to win the contract for the canteen of the Sunshine Youth Behavior Correction Center.

This matter is also no big deal.

The Orthodontic Center is Uncle Tang's boss. No matter what adjustments he wants to make, it's all a matter of words. Over the past decade or so, he has changed equipment, clothing, and other miscellaneous items almost every once in a while. Suppliers, to put it bluntly... whoever gives the most rebates will use them. As for the quality of the things provided, it doesn't matter. It's not for his own use anyway.

All in all, Zhang San easily controlled the food in this center without arousing anyone's suspicion.

From that day on, he began long-term preparations for a certain plan...and this work, this morning, was finally completed.

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"You came just in time."

When the "dessert lady" suddenly appeared in the room, Zi Lin was lying on his bed with his eyes closed and concentrating.

However, he knew that someone was coming and who it was without opening his eyes.

"I warned you to let you go." The other party had no intention of greeting him, and spoke in a cold tone, "I have been waiting for you for two days, and today is the third day. It seems that you don't plan to leave. "

At this time, it was lunch break, Wang Yong went to visit the dormitory, so Zi Lin was the only one in the room; and "she" also noticed this, so she chose to come at this time.

"Don't worry, I'll leave tomorrow." Zi Lin responded, "But... you'd better leave today."

"What?" She sneered, "You still want me to leave?"

"Yes, not only are you leaving, Xian Xiaoxiao is leaving too," Zi Lin continued.

His words made the other party's expression change.

"Hmph... Sure enough, are you here for her too?" Her murderous intention had already enveloped her as if it had real substance.

"No." Zi Lin told the truth, "Of course, I'm not here for you."

"Do you think I will believe this?" she asked again.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." Zi Lin said, "Your hostile attitude, or... bluffing, can't solve any problems, and will only waste your and my time." He paused After a pause, he opened his eyes, completely unafraid of the other party's murderous intent, and stared at him, "If you had enough wisdom or ability, you wouldn't have to waste your time in this center, but would have taken Xian Xiaoxiao away long ago; if you had enough wisdom or ability, you wouldn't have to waste your time in this center. You have enough strength and determination, and you don’t have to talk to me here. The most efficient way is to directly attack... Now, since you have nothing, shut up, listen to me carefully, and wait for me After that, think about it carefully before expressing your opinion."

Zi Lin's words got to the essence of the matter every word, which made the other party very angry, but even though he was angry, he had no room to refute, so he could only suppress his anger and wait for him to continue speaking.

"It seems that you agree, so I'll start talking." Zi Lin looked at the other person for a few seconds and then continued, "Two mornings ago, while having breakfast in the cafeteria, I targeted Xian Xiaoxiao. Like her This kind of ability user who cannot control his own abilities well is as dazzling to me as a high beam in the dark night... Combined with your previous 'warning' to me, I immediately deduced that your 'target' That's her.

"It's no wonder that her information said 'I volunteered to enter the center for treatment', which seemed to be fabricated information; after meeting her in person, I understood that her motives were reasonable - she was concerned about her own She thought it was a disease or a curse, but she didn't dare to tell others, so she had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live doctor, looking forward to this opportunity that she could get into by just spending money. Institutions can 'cure' themselves.

"Of course, I have already said that I am not here for her; I don't care about her thoughts and actions, but... I feel quite comfortable after solving this doubt."

He paused for a few seconds and then changed the subject: "Compared to Xian Xiaoxiao, I am more interested in you...

"After identifying your 'prey', it is not difficult to find your 'hunter', just look around her.

"Therefore, at noon that day, I saw through you; although you were wearing a very expensive semi-implanted fiber mask, and your figure was indeed relatively petite, your expression, gait and some detailed actions were definitely Not something that teenage girls would have...

"As a cautious and considerate person, I immediately sent a message to my companions outside and asked them to help me check your identity.

"Although my contact with you was brief, that one minute was enough for me to know a lot of things. For example, you know the so-called 'rules of the Tao', and... your ability should be related to the 'shadow'; only These two points can reduce the scope of investigation and screening to a very small size.

"By dinner time yesterday, my companions had completed the investigation and passed on information to me about several suspects whose abilities were related to shadows and whose whereabouts were unknown. After simple reasoning, I determined that you are wanted by the federal government. Level 2 ability user criminal, codename - 'Shadow Weaver'."

"Hmph..." After her identity was exposed, Yingwei didn't make any unnecessary excuses. She just snorted and asked, "Then who are you? Mr. Zhou Ming, who is also pretending to be naive here."

She read Zi Lin's fake name in a mocking tone, and the implication was obvious.

"Well, Zhou Ming is indeed a fake name. My real name is Zi Lin. I'm sorry to meet you under such circumstances." Zi Lin responded, and a second later, he added, "Oh, by the way, I’m not pretending to be cute, my face is real.”

"Okay, I will remember this face...and your name." Shadow Weaver muttered viciously.

"Do you like to remember it?" Zi Lin continued, "Don't interrupt and just listen to me." He continued without waiting for the other party to reply, "I can understand why you don't take Xian Xiaoxiao away, she Her ability is really tricky for you. Even if you want to knock her out and imprison her, she may still kill you unconsciously.

"So, you can only try to lurk around her, build a good relationship with her, gain trust, and become friends...

"But you don't have to worry now, I'll help you solve this problem."

After saying that, Zi Lin took something out of his pants pocket.

There are five capsules, each of which is wrapped in a transparent isolation shell to prevent soiling or accidental dissolution.

"What is this?" Yingwei's eyes quickly moved to the capsule in the opponent's hand and asked.

"You don't need to worry about what it is..." Zi Lin replied, "What I can tell you is that it is a drug that can inhibit the special abilities of ability users. For a junior ability user like Xian Xiaoxiao, give it to her. With half a pill, the effect can last for five days; and here are five pills, which is equivalent to fifty days of suppression time... During these fifty days, as long as you let her take the pills on time, she will not be able to use her abilities. You Whether you want to sell her or not, you can do whatever you want... these days should be enough for you to do it, right?"

"Ha..." Ying Zhi sneered, "How do I know if this medicine is real? What if this is your plan..."

"If I want to harm you or kill you, I don't need to beat around the bush." ​​Zi Lin said, "In the past two days, all I had to do was let people put poison in your food that couldn't be detected in an autopsy. You are already stopping at this moment. It’s the morgue.”

These words made Yingwei's expression change suddenly, because she suddenly realized a very serious problem: "The people in the cafeteria belong to you..."

"That's right. Otherwise, why would I always be in time to deliver information during the meal?" Zi Lin interrupted her, "It's good that you can think of this by yourself. It saves me the time to explain... and it also leads to The next thing I want to say..." As he spoke, he got up from the bed, walked to Yingwei, took her hand, which was still frightened, and stuffed the capsules into her hands, "Recently For more than two months, everyone who ate in the canteen had something added to their meals every day and every meal."

"What!" Yingwei was shocked at that time, and her expression became very subtle, as if she had something dirty on her body, with a look of disgust on her face.

"That is a special nano-mechanical virus. It is very small and almost invisible to the naked eye." Zi Lin continued, "After entering the human body, these inorganic substances will be adsorbed on the stomach wall and wait until the same machine is nearby. They attract and combine with each other." He said this in a very relaxed tone, without caring about the listener's feelings. "When the total mass of this machine virus gradually accumulates to a certain value, you can use the matching remote control device Activate it to attack the human brain.

"Unfortunately, it is difficult to accurately calculate when this 'value' will arrive; after all, everyone's eating habits, appetite and other factors are different... Therefore, I had to sneak into the center a few days in advance; I thought I might have to stay here for a week or even ten days, but looking at the current situation, I can leave tomorrow."

"Who...are you?" Shadow Weaver asked this question again, but this time, her tone was completely different from the previous time, and the meaning of this question was also completely different.

"I said, my name is Zi Lin, that's all you need to know." Zi Lin replied, "I'm afraid I can't tell you more, right?"

Shadow Weaver took a few deep breaths to calm down and give herself time to think about the situation.

After a while, she spoke again: "You just said that you asked me to 'leave today', and also, 'not only am I leaving, but Xian Xiaoxiao is also leaving'?"

"Look, you finally learned how to communicate with others." Zi Lin smiled jokingly and continued, "My suggestion is that before midnight today, you pick a time to take half of the capsule I gave you. Come out with a dose of powder, try to make Xian Xiaoxiao swallow it, and then use your ability to take her away under the cover of night... From now on, you and I will be on the same page."

"What about the mechanical virus in my body?" Shadow Weaver asked.

"Drinking coffee can eliminate it." Zi Lin replied.

"Huh?" Yingwei used this modal particle to confirm whether he heard correctly.

"Not only coffee, but also mint, fried food, super spicy dishes, tobacco and alcohol, etc. Basically, things that are more irritating to the stomach can cause the mechanical viruses to escape from the stomach wall to a certain extent. Once they escape, they will It will be naturally metabolized by your body soon." Zi Lin continued, "Anyway, if you are in a hurry, eating barbecue and hot pot for half a month will definitely get rid of it, and maybe you can get pregnant. gout."

"This virus of yours...isn't it too casual?" Yingwei continued.

"Because the 'mass production model' is used this time, the effect will naturally be worse." Zi Lin continued, "If a more mature model is used, the implantation cycle will be shorter, and it will not be affected by eating habits... …The most important thing is that the distance of the remote control can be extended very long.”

"It's just that there are nearly two hundred people here, and they all use advanced nanorobots, so the cost is a little out of control." He said, helplessly spreading his shoulders and shrugging, "Fortunately... For this place, the Sunshine Youth Behavior Correction Center, the mass-produced model is enough.”

He is right. This method, which requires long-term accumulation and will be affected by eating habits, can only be effectively implemented in this correction center. Even in prison, it may not be successful.

In this little kingdom of Uncle Tang, many things that seem ridiculous and inhumane to the outside world are actually ironclad rules clearly stated.

For example: "Not serious about doing exercises", "Not serious about eating", "Not clasping hands in queue", "Eating chocolate", "Drinking drinks, tea, coffee", "Listening to music without permission", "Not Touching the computer and logging into the Internet without permission", "Entering Uncle Tang and the doctor's office privately", "talking loudly and laughing in the corridor", "talking loudly in the toilet after turning off the lights", "touching RMB without permission", etc. .

These things that we don't think are a big deal, but if you do it in the correction center, you will get electric shocks.

There are even more outrageous ones, such as "excited", "self-pretentious", "fooling parents to want to go home", "talking about treatment", "vanity", "acting clever", "talking without thinking", "cognitive" "Deviation", "Uneasy to accept treatment", "Insufficient execution ability", etc... Things that cannot be defined by objective facts or simply threaten the interests of the hospital can also be used as reasons for electric shock.

All in all, they are trying their best to keep the patient here longer, treat a disease they fabricated, and let the patient's family continue to pay expensive treatment costs.

The patients' will to resist can be controlled by electrocution. As for the family members... Uncle Tang will conduct "brainwashing" in weekly evaluation classes.

In such a place, not only tobacco and alcohol, but also chocolate and drinks are out of reach for the "patients"; the food they eat can be as light and as light as possible, as cheap as it can be, which is called training to endure hardships and stand hard work. the spirit of.

In this way, the implantation of the mechanical virus can naturally proceed smoothly.

"Although I don't know what you want to do, I don't understand..." Yingwei could tell that Zi Lin had finished saying everything he wanted to say, and was just chatting with himself; words like these that sounded false and true... ...may not be believed. Therefore, she took the initiative to change the topic to see if she could find out more useful information, "...Since you have that kind of resource at hand, why not use a simpler and more direct method? Add drugs, find mercenaries, or ...You might as well do it yourself." She looked at Zi Lin and her expression moved slightly, "You must be a person with abilities too, and... you are much stronger than me."

By now, she had no doubt that Zi Lin was superior to her in terms of intelligence, combat power, or other resources, and she couldn't imagine how big the gap between her and him was.

"That's your fault, I'm just a 'paper-level' novice." Zi Lin lay back on the bed and closed his eyes, "And... I think we have talked enough. As a lady, It would be a bit rude to stay in a man's room for too long."

"Tch...pretending." Seeing that the other party not only did not take the bait, but also issued an eviction order, Yingwei immediately spat, put on an unhappy look again, and said, "Okay, I will accept your medicine. , people... I will take them away tonight, and then we will keep the same."

As she spoke, her whole body turned into a black shadow, gradually blending into the darkness under the bed and disappearing...