Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 12 Godfather (Bonus chapter for Alliance Master I am Book Friend 0921)
Lin Xian was stunned.
He was originally just watching the show and criticizing the world view, but he accidentally implicated himself.
What was the girl's name?
Xu Yiyi?
Wasn't that... wasn't that Professor Xu Yun's vegetative daughter!
He vividly remembered that when Lin Xian went to the hospital ward to deliver an invitation letter to Professor Xu Yun, Professor Xu Yun cheerfully told Lin Xian that his daughter Xu Yiyi would be saved in a few years when the hibernation pod was successfully developed. He earnestly entrusted Lin Xian: "Lin Xian, if you are still around when Yiyi wakes up in the future... please take care of this child for me."
At that time, Lin Xian didn't think so much.
Because he had no intention of using the hibernation pod, he would probably be dead when Xu Yiyi woke up from hibernation.
Taking care of Xu Yiyi was out of the question; it would be more realistic for Xu Yiyi to burn incense for him.
Later, after Professor Xu Yun passed away, Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun took on Xu Yiyi's medical expenses and subsequent treatment plans.
As her physical condition deteriorated, with the possibility of respiratory failure at any time... Lin Xian discussed with the attending physician and sent Xu Yiyi into the Dragon Science Academy's second-generation hibernation pod as the second batch of volunteers. At that time, Xu Yiyi was a skinny girl, all skin and bones, when she went into the hibernation pod.
But in front of him, this girl who was being held down by the android police and deducted points had a well-proportioned figure, youthful beauty, and agile movements.
Was this... was this really the Xu Yiyi he knew, took care of, and was entrusted to him by Professor Xu Yun?
Lin Xian leaned forward and squinted at the girl's face. To be honest, she didn't resemble the vegetative patient who was paralyzed and unconscious on the hospital bed in those years at all.
But that didn't mean anything.
The vegetative Xu Yiyi back then was so thin that she was just skin and bones, with almost no facial features. And now, the girl was being held down by the android police, struggling several times, and Lin Xian couldn't carefully compare her face with Professor Xu Yun's.
However... he definitely couldn't continue watching the show.
Professor Xu Yun had been very good to him, giving him exclusive authorization for chemical substances, and destroying all his manuscripts to protect him, so that the Seven Sins couldn't find direct evidence. At the same time, Lin Xian also felt quite guilty about Professor Xu Yun's death.
Under these multiple emotions.
How could he leave Professor Xu's daughter alone and turn a blind eye?
"No way."
Lin Xian thought to himself, "Regardless of whether she is Professor Xu's daughter or not, I have to save her first, otherwise I would really be ashamed of Professor Xu's entrustment."
Soon, Lin Xian found his target. There were two mechanical androids subduing Xu Yiyi. One was a male android in plain clothes, with no extra equipment on his body. The point deduction and identity verification were all done by him.
The other female android, who was holding Xu Yiyi to the ground, was wearing a police-like uniform and a reflective vest, with all kinds of police equipment on her body. She was obviously a police android.
Most importantly... the police android had a pistol on her waist. At this moment, she had obviously entered a state of combat readiness. Not only were the red circles in her eyes flashing, but she had also opened the holster on her waist when she pinned Xu Yiyi to the ground, ready to draw her gun and shoot at any time.
Opportunity.
Now that the holster was open, it was an excellent opportunity for Lin Xian to seize the gun!
He would definitely not dare to do it in the real world. But this was the dream world, so who was he afraid of? Therefore.
Lin Xian continued to stroll leisurely, pretending to be an innocent passerby, and walked past the female police android.
Then!
Quick as lightning!
Whoosh! Relying on his gun sense, he drew the pistol from the police android's waist in a flash, and then completed the operations of opening the safety, loading the gun, and raising the gun in one second.
Bang bang bang bang!
Aiming at the androids' eyes with flashing red circles, he fired four shots in a row!
Lin Xian's instant-kill gun technique had never failed once, accurate, fast, and deadly.
The two mechanical androids didn't have time to react at all. Their heads tilted back with sparks of electricity. Lin Xian had considered why he aimed at the eyes instead of shooting between the eyebrows. For this kind of mechanical android, it was impossible to determine where its control chip was installed.
After all, they were not humans, and there was no need to put the most vulnerable chip control system in their heads like humans... The most scientific way would definitely be to put it in a more solid and safe chest cavity. In this case, shooting between the eyebrows, even penetrating the head, would not cause any substantial damage to the mechanical androids, and would not affect their functions and combat effectiveness at all.
In comparison.
It would be more effective to shoot the eyes, which were the cameras they used to obtain vision.
As expected.
The two androids, who were leaning back, immediately rotated their heads left and right like headless chickens. "Run!"
Lin Xian grabbed Xu Yiyi and ran forward.
As a result, he found that.
There were many androids with blue light in their eyes in front of him, and he had no idea which way to run. "This way! Follow me!"
Xu Yiyi broke free from Lin Xian's hand, then quickly ran back to the police android, grabbed hard, and tore off her metal nameplate, stuffing it into her pocket.
Then, she picked up the smiley face mask on the ground, put it on again, grabbed Lin Xian's hand, and ran in the direction away from the road.
While running, she looked back. "Thanks! Thank you for saving me!"
"It's nothing."
Lin Xian activated his parkour skills to the fullest, constantly crossing and jumping, not falling behind at all. "Where are we going? Is there a place to hide?"
"Yes!"
Xu Yiyi, wearing a smiley face mask, turned her head and said suspiciously, "Didn't... didn't you come in from the sewer?"
Lin Xian shook his head: "I was just wandering around and got lost."
"No wonder."
Xu Yiyi was in good physical condition. She flipped over a low wall in a few steps and stood on the opposite side waiting for Lin Xian to jump over.
This height was too easy for parkour master Lin Xian.
He grabbed the brick seam with one hand, flipped over, and landed steadily.
"Good skill."
Xu Yiyi praised sincerely.
"Thank you."
Lin Xian replied calmly. "But..." Xu Yiyi tilted her head. "Why don't you wear a mask? You dare to commit crimes in the city without wearing a mask. You are so unprofessional." Lin Xian didn't respond.
His original intention was not to commit crimes. It was entirely because he saw the orphan entrusted by his former teacher and had to save her. It was like Zhao Zilong charging in and out seven times to save A Dou. He had no choice but to take action. Although Lin Xian's rescue of Xu Yiyi couldn't be regarded as chivalry, it was somewhat of an act of helping when seeing injustice.
"Forget it, you are too inexperienced."
Xu Yiyi waved her hand in disgust: "You can hang out with me in the future."
"Huh?"
Lin Xian was amused: Was she kidding him? He was the one who saved her, okay?
"Hanging out here, it's useless to just be good at skills."
Xu Yiyi, wearing a smiley face mask, had very serious eyes in the holes. "No matter how good your skills are, you can't beat so many android police. No matter how good your skills are, if you don't know the escape route and don't know the experience of avoiding android police, you will be caught sooner or later."
"That's true."
Lin Xian frankly admitted that as a newbie in the Eighth Dream, he really needed a local boss to lead the way. Besides, he still knew very little about the world view of the Eighth Dream. It was not inappropriate to recognize a big brother... ah, no, a big sister.
A real man can bend and stretch. Now was the initial stage of collecting intelligence crazily. He should keep a low profile and not be ashamed to ask questions. "Don't worry, you are my first little brother, I will cover you." Xu Yiyi patted Lin Xian on the shoulder, looking very reliable: "But first... I need to find a mask for you, you are too dangerous like this."
"Although those androids don't have the function of scanning identity information in real time, the cameras on the street are very sensitive. Once they identify a fugitive with a negative rating, they will immediately issue an alarm."
"Wait, I found a target." Xu Yiyi looked left and right, and found a group of children playing beside the sandpit, all wearing plastic cartoon masks on the back of their heads. Without saying a word, she ran forward quickly, grabbed a mask on the back of a little boy's head, tore it off, and threw it to Lin Xian: "Run!"
Lin Xian was shocked by this smooth technique. No.
Were the behaviors of these local gangs so fierce?
He had been a five-star good citizen in the First Dream for so many years, and he couldn't be so unethical and rob children's toys with such peace of mind.
Before he had time to think, the little boy whose mask was snatched immediately burst into tears, causing the light circles in the eyes of the surrounding mechanical androids to turn yellow instantly, and they ran towards this side.
Lin Xian followed Xu Yiyi and flipped over a low wall again. "How many points are deducted for children crying?"
He asked curiously.
Xu Yiyi didn't even turn her head back: "No points are deducted for children under six years old." Lin Xian replied, "It's quite considerate, I have to say, it's really an abstract city."
"Put on the mask quickly!"
Xu Yiyi urged again and again.
Lin Xian lowered his head and turned the plastic mask in his hand over. Sigh... needless to say, it was such a coincidence, it was really fate.
The cartoon character drawn on this mask was Rhine Cat!
Although this Rhine Cat was not designed or drawn by him, it must be Rhine Cat, and this historical inheritance was unparalleled.
Lin Xian obediently put the mask on his face, adjusted it, and continued to flee behind Xu Yiyi.
Obviously.
Xu Yiyi was very familiar with this city, climbing high and low like climbing her own sofa, and soon made Lin Xian dizzy.
Lin Xian initially tried to memorize the route, but soon gave up helplessly.
Finally.
Xu Yiyi came to a sewer manhole cover, buckled the sewer hole, lifted the round manhole cover, looked at Lin Xian: "Jump down quickly, there is no ladder here, but
The big sister ordered, and Lin Xian jumped down directly.
With a thud, he fell into the stinky ditch.
It was very smelly... but fortunately, this small sewer should be domestic sewage, and it was separated from the septic tank.
Looking up and down, the space in this small sewer was very large, three or four meters high, it seemed that the city planning was very thoughtful.
Except for the sewage pool that flowed quickly in the middle, both sides were maintenance roads that could be walked on, more than half a meter higher than the sewage surface.
Lin Xian waded through the stinky water that didn't reach his knees, came to the narrow "shore", and flipped up. Then.
Xu Yiyi hooked the round manhole cover with her backhand and jumped down. With a plop, she fell into the sewage, and the manhole cover above shook and swayed, covering it tightly. This set of moves was really smooth and dripping, nothing else, only practice makes perfect. "Okay."
Xu Yiyi climbed up from the sewage river, twisted her trouser legs, looked at Lin Xian and said, "Here, we are safe. In fact, those androids are very stupid. Under normal circumstances, they will never be able to catch us."
"Their biggest role is to patrol the city, scan various uncivilized behaviors, deduct points... In fact, in terms of combat effectiveness, they are very weak."
"Then what's going on with you today..." Lin Xian asked, poking at a sore spot. "It's a special situation today!"
Xu Yiyi snorted: "Look, when we escape, we usually escape from this kind of sewer manhole cover without a ladder, and when we invade, we climb up from other sewers with ladders. These are all the rules of the road, you have to remember them."
Lin Xian nodded.
He realized that this big sister was teaching him. "What's your name?"
"Just call me Yiyi."
Xu Yiyi stretched out her hand, ready to high-five Lin Xian: "What about you."
"Lin Xian." Lin Xian said.
Clap.
The two high-fived.
"Follow me."
Xu Yiyi turned her head and led Lin Xian to a passage that didn't know where it was. "Let's get out of the city first."
Lin Xian followed her behind: "Yiyi, I have a lot of questions to ask you."
"Ask away."
Xu Yiyi was very cheerful: "You are my little brother, of course I will tell you everything I know. As long as I know, I will tell you everything."
Lin Xian looked at the dark underground sewer, at the unfamiliar and familiar figure in front of him. "Are you... from the old times, hibernating?"
"Huh?"
Xu Yiyi stopped and turned to look at Lin Xian. "How did you know? Can you tell?"
She nodded: "You guessed right, I did wake up from the hibernation pod. This is already my sixth year after waking up. According to my actual age, I should be 19 years old."
"Do you remember what happened before you hibernated?" Lin Xian asked.
Xu Yiyi shook her head: "I don't remember, and I can't possibly remember. I woke up in Donghai City. According to the only medical record, I was a vegetative patient with high paraplegia before hibernation, so I couldn't possibly remember what happened before."
"But I don't have much feeling about the vegetative patient. When I opened my eyes in this era, my body was very healthy, and I recovered and was able to move around quickly with the help of drugs and nutritional products."
Sure enough.
Lin Xian was very emotional.
Now, Xu Yiyi's identity had been confirmed. She was indeed Professor Xu Yun's daughter. He also paid special attention to her during the escape just now, and after careful comparison, it was not difficult to see that Xu Yiyi's eyebrows and facial features were still somewhat similar to Professor Xu Yun's. Especially her nose and lower face, which were almost exactly the same.
Unexpectedly.
Meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
He actually met Xu Yiyi thousands of miles away.
Lin Xian didn't know how to express this mood. First of all, he was definitely sincerely happy to see Xu Yiyi so healthy and lively.
He was really happy.
Happy for Xu Yiyi, and happy for Professor Xu Yun.
Back then in the hospital ward, Lin Xian felt very uncomfortable seeing the pale and skinny Xu Yiyi several times.
And now, seeing her lively and energetic, he was of course very gratified and worthy of Professor Xu's spirit in heaven. If Professor Xu saw this scene, he would definitely be happier than Lin Xian.
Because his wish and efforts had really blossomed and bore fruit in his daughter.
Secondly.
Lin Xian also felt a little mixed.
How should he put it?
Xu Yiyi was lively and energetic, but wasn't she a little too energetic?
Although the current Xu Yiyi couldn't be said to be a bad child, she was definitely not a well-behaved child. She would smuggle into the city through the sewer, attack police androids to steal things, and rob children's masks without any guilt... It always felt like.
This child had learned some bad things.
It wasn't that Lin Xian's thoughts were old and feudal, but that Professor Xu had entrusted Xu Yiyi to him, saying that he would help take care of her if he had the opportunity.
So seeing Xu Yiyi like this now, Lin Xian still felt somewhat sorry for Professor Xu's expectations. "Yiyi, do you not remember anything about what happened before hibernation? Do you have any concept of your parents?"
"No."
Xu Yiyi shook her head crisply and quickened her pace: "I really don't remember anything."
"Other people may leave some memory notebooks, memory videos, etc. before hibernation, but I was a vegetative patient before hibernation, how could I have the opportunity to leave those things?"
"As for my parents, they must have put a lot of effort into sending me into the hibernation pod, right? I am really grateful to them, but I don't remember, and I can't help it."
Xu Yiyi's words made Lin Xian fall into silence. Indeed.
What she said was very reasonable. Xu Yiyi's mother, Professor Xu Yun's wife, died of amniotic fluid embolism when she gave birth to Xu Yiyi.
So Xu Yiyi was destined not to have seen her mother. Even if she had an impression, it was just a title, a shadow, a deceased name.
And the impression of her father, Xu Yun, only remained before the age of four, and there were too few things to remember... Not to mention ten years as a vegetative patient, plus hundreds of years of hibernation, she must have forgotten everything long ago.
"Is there any equipment in Donghai City that can restore the memories of people who have hibernated?"
Lin Xian asked, "For example... brain nerve electroshock helmets or something like that."
"How could there be such a thing!"
Xu Yiyi was amused: "If there were such convenient things, that would be great. You are too imaginative."
"Okay."
Lin Xian smiled and didn't speak.
It seemed that in the future world of the Eighth Dream, humans still hadn't created brain nerve electroshock helmets.
He didn't know if this technology was stuck with Gao Wen the Great or Du Yao.
Lin Xian felt that it was probably stuck with Du Yao after all. Even Gao Wen the Great had appointed her, saying that without Du Yao, the genius of brain nerve science, without her inspiration, humans would really not be able to make key breakthroughs in the field of brain nerves for hundreds of years. "So..."
Lin Xian looked around at the empty underground sewage passage and asked, "What is our purpose now?"
"To see the Godfather." Xu Yiyi replied. "What the hell?"
Lin Xian couldn't hold back anymore.
It was as if he had traveled to Hollywood in the last century, where Marlon Brando played the Godfather, and said in a hoarse voice: "You don't even want to call me Godfather."
Now, the word Godfather was spoken from Xu Yiyi's mouth again.
Lin Xian really didn't understand.
What kind of magical world was this?
"The Godfather you are talking about..."
Lin Xian tried to describe, "Is it the head of something like a gang, a mafia, a criminal organization?"
"Yes."
Xu Yiyi answered as a matter of course, "Isn't the Godfather that Godfather? The only one, the respected and loved Godfather. Don't tell me you don't know his existence, unless you are from another planet."
"Just treat me as an alien."
Lin Xian sincerely asked, "Who exactly is the Godfather?"
Tap.
Xu Yiyi stopped, turned around solemnly, and looked at Lin Xian: "Lin Xian, calling the Godfather's name directly is a very disrespectful act."
"Do I need to kiss his hand?" Lin Xian complained.
"No need for that."
Xu Yiyi crossed her arms and said softly, "But you must have full respect and reverence to see the Godfather. He is really a great person, and what he does is enough to completely change the world and reverse the future."
"Our biggest dream is to work for the Godfather."
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.
Change the world and reverse the future? Could such big words be said?
He couldn't help but be curious: "What... what is the Godfather going to do?"
Xu Yiyi smiled.
Her eyes were full of worship: "The Godfather is going to use a time machine to send an assassin back to the past... to kill the culprit! To rewrite the future!"