Chapter 167 Those who chase the Aurora
"Hello." Chen Ling said in an unfamiliar tone, "Have we met somewhere?"
Nowadays, Chen Ling has completely changed her appearance, so there is no reason to reveal her identity in front of Xi Renjie. In desperation, she has no choice but to choose such an old-fashioned and easy-to-use excuse.
Xi Renjie stared at the face blankly, and after a moment, he suddenly laughed. On his face covered with wind, frost and mud, two rows of neat white teeth were revealed.
"I've seen you! We looked for Aurora City together!"
Chen Ling was startled. He looked at Xi Renjie's exaggerated smile and suddenly felt something was wrong... But he still followed the words and asked:
"When? Are you okay?"
"Have you found Aurora City?" Xi Renjie asked.
"This is Aurora City."
"oh……"
Xi Renjie thought for a while, then lowered his head and lay on the ground to observe carefully. He was carefully looking at every gap in the floor tiles around him, the weeds growing on the wall, and the puddles with hair and soil floating in them... He seemed to be Looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" Chen Ling asked.
"I'm looking for Aurora City...I'm almost there!"
"This is Aurora City." Chen Ling repeated. Looking at Xi Renjie's strange behavior, an idea suddenly came into his mind, "You..."
"I'm almost there...I'll definitely find it!!"
Holding a bulging cloth bag in his arms, Xi Renjie stumbled up and walked onto the street. His eyes flickering with hope scanned the surroundings. It was a desire that Chen Ling had never seen before.
Xi Renjie's eyes reflected the dim sunset and the few kites still fluttering in the sunset. He kept grabbing the kites in mid-air with his hands, as if he wanted to catch those kites in his hands.
"There are kites in Aurora City... I also have a kite! Follow the kite... I will definitely be able to go to Aurora City!!"
"I'm about to find Aurora City..."
"I'm almost there!!"
He put one hand into the cloth bag in his arms, took out a handful of golden coins, and threw them into the sky!
Those gold coins flipped in mid-air, like golden paper kites flying all over the sky, soaring straight into the sky under the setting sun, but finally fell to the ground feebly... The tinkling sound echoed in the streets, and pedestrians were stunned. .
Xi Renjie's face was full of excitement and madness. He took out gold coins one after another and threw them into the sky, like a demented madman.
"Look! This is the kite they gave me!! Follow the kite...I will definitely reach Aurora City!!!"
The eyes of the pedestrians on the street were wide-eyed. They dropped everything they were doing and rushed here in a swarm. They scrambled to follow Xi Renjie and grabbed the gold coins on the ground. Their faces were full of ecstasy.
"Gold coins?! So many gold coins!!"
"Is this person crazy? Don't you want any gold coins?"
"I've made a lot of money! I've made a lot of money!! So much money! It's enough for our family to live on for a long time!!"
"Don't grab it! These are all mine! They are all mine!!"
"..."
Xi Renjie just took out the last handful of gold coins and waved it vigorously into the sky. Bright golden rain fell from the sky, and his laughter resounded throughout the streets.
Countless Aurora City residents were bending down to pick up money behind him, their eyebrows crescent-shaped with smiles. No one cared about where the lunatic who threw money came from. Even the children were lying on the ground picking up money one by one. They knew Even picking up just one is enough for them to buy ten or hundreds of new kites.
Chen Ling stared at this scene in a daze, but did not step forward... His eyes were full of complexity.
"This person is really interesting." Bai Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "You are obviously in Aurora City, but you are still looking for Aurora City?"
Chen Ling shook her head:
"No...he never arrived in Aurora City."
The figure in tattered clothes staggered out from the crowd of bent people. His silhouette disappeared little by little at the end of the street as the sun set in the western mountains.
Chen Ling knows that from now on, there will be no more law enforcement officer Xi Renjie in the world... There will also be one more madman in Aurora City who is struggling to pursue Aurora City.
"...Let's go."
On the noisy and chaotic street, Chen Ling looked away. He pushed up the half-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and walked calmly to the east of the road... which was the completely opposite direction to Xi Renjie.
Ever since he let Xi Renjie leave outside the city, the other party's fate has nothing to do with him anymore. Even if he witnessed Xi Renjie's ending, it had no impact on him, because it would not be his Chen Ling's ending;
The kites in Aurora City will always survive the cold winter, and the sun that sets in the west will eventually rise in the east.
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Enforcer Headquarters.
Bright lights tore through the night, and a steam car drove through the dim streets and slowly stopped at the entrance of the headquarters.
Chu Shiduo, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, immediately stepped forward and opened the back seat door... [Tan Xin] got out of the car, her black coat swaying lightly in the night, and walked straight into the headquarters.
"Teacher, are you back so soon this time?" Chu Shiduo immediately followed, "How is Aurora-Jun's condition? Is he feeling better?"
[Tan Xin] did not answer, but walked calmly towards his office. When all the law enforcers and law enforcement officers passing by on the road saw this figure, they stopped and saluted, but he seemed not to have seen it.
Pushing open the door of the office with black leather gloves, [Tan Xin] casually hung his coat on the hanger in the corner. Chu Shiduo keenly sensed that the teacher seemed to be in a bad mood, and stood quietly in front of the table, waiting for the other party to start first. Open your mouth.
Finally, [Tan Xin] turned on the lamp on the desk and spoke unhurriedly:
"How's the situation at the Southwest Gate?"
"It's calmed down." Chu Shiduo seemed to have guessed that he would ask. He picked up a document from his hand and handed it over. "That Chen Ling is a member of the Dusk Society. The card is [6 of Hearts]. He sent everyone into the city. Finally, he set himself on fire on the front of the train... Everyone watched him turn into ashes with their own eyes, so they could confirm his death.
However, after Chen Ling’s self-immolation, public opinion has begun to turn towards him... Many residents believe that Chen Ling cannot be regarded as a heretic. With the promotion of thoughtful people, the image of our law enforcement officers is also constantly being smeared..."
[Tan Xin] waved his hand, "I said, it doesn't matter what the people think of us...especially now."
Chu Shiduo opened his mouth as if he wanted to refute, but in the end he didn't speak.
"But... this Chen Ling went to such great lengths to enter Aurora City just to set herself on fire?"
Chu Shiduo hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "He... He also said some words before he burned himself... One was to express contempt for the lower management of the law enforcement officers, and the other... was a 'warning'."
"What 'warning'?"
"He said...the cold wind of the frozen sea has blown to Aurora City. The destruction of the seven regions is not the end of the story...perhaps, it is just the beginning." Chu Shiduo repeated Chen Ling's words without changing a word.
Hearing this, [Tan Xin]'s eyes narrowed slightly. He remained silent on the table for a long time and chuckled,
"As expected of a member of the Dusk Society...this Chen Ling is not simple."
As he spoke, he picked up a long and narrow black box. As he turned the knob on the edge of the box, the glowing "8"s lit up one after another from the box, like some kind of digital clock.
Under the debugging of [Tan Xin], the numbers in the box changed one after another, and finally settled on a series of numbers, and then began to beat automatically.
【93:03:39】
【93:03:38】
【93:03:37】
【93:03:36】……
"93 days, 3 hours and 36 seconds...Teacher, what does this mean?" Chu Shiduo asked in confusion.
Tan Xin put the box back on the table, and the flickering digital light illuminated his face in uncertain colors... After a moment, he slowly spoke,
"This is the remaining life of Aurora City."