On May 21, 20028, at 23:3:00, Akapofov planet Imara City, outskirts.
It was almost early in the morning, and the lights in Imara City, a city that never sleeps, were still bright. Looking from a distance, every building in the entire city has lights on, forming a huge continuous luminous body. Colorful neon lights flash, and the clouds above the city change colors accordingly. Viewed from a distance, one can unconsciously get lost in this dreamy city, which is like a mirage.
On a slope on the outskirts of the city, several people were sitting or standing, admiring the magnificent scenery in front of them that is usually difficult to see because they are in the city.
In the sleepless city of Imara, which consumes huge amounts of energy every minute and every second, standard energy-saving sensor lights are used on suburban roads. Against the dark background of deathly silence and emptiness, the silver-white arcs of the fully automatic sensor lights on both sides of the road highlighted the presence of several people in the middle of the road.
"It's almost time, why hasn't anyone shown up yet?" Among the people, a woman with a seductive figure wearing a low-cut red evening dress was pacing in place repeatedly, her high heels making a crisp sound on the road. It also reflects the owner's impatience.
"Don't be impatient." Behind the woman, a man wearing branded clothes that was almost half a year's salary of an ordinary white-collar worker in Imara City, and with the unique confidence of a successful acquaintance, said this while sitting casually on the highway dividing stone.
"Although he usually looks carefree and doesn't know what he's thinking, that kid is always punctual. He has no habit of waiting for others, and he won't keep others waiting longer than the agreed time. Have you ever seen him late? It's not like you to be so anxious."
"Anxious? Who says I'm anxious? I'm heartbroken." Glaring at the speaker, the woman in red said coldly, "I finally caught a big fish today. You know, ditch him and get here." Come on, how much do I lose tonight!?"
"Haha If it's just for this reason. I would be very willing to compensate him. Tomorrow night I will make an appointment with some old friends, go to the store where you work, open a few bottles of the most expensive wine, and spend time slowly. How about a night?" Although he is no longer a young man, his words and demeanor are naturally full of youthful vitality. He smiled.
"Forget it." The corner of her mouth raised slightly, she glanced at him, and said, "I have to be related to the director of the largest entertainment company in Imara who is seen in the newspapers almost every day. In less than a day, I will become the headline of the newspaper. I I like my current lifestyle and don¡¯t want anything to change.¡±
"For more than a year, I thought I was friends with Miss Ling Yin." The man said heartily.
"Young Master Rixing is so polite, I can't afford to be so high." After taking off the heavy makeup, the girl's face, as delicate and innocent as a girl, suddenly gave birth to a charming smell. "It's just that Mr. Xiang" Ling Yin covered her mouth and smiled softly. The jade bracelet on her left wrist was crystal clear and shone softly under the lamp.
"The enemy of my enemy is a friend, but a friend of a friend may not necessarily be a friend. You will be your major shareholder, and I will be my bartender. If we meet on the street during the day, don't act like we are very different. It looks familiar."
"Are you only interested in men who can be easily manipulated by you? Only mature and knowledgeable men like me are worth relying on." I have long been used to the woman's seemingly intimate but actually cold attitude. The man in Xiang Rixing didn't feel frustrated at all. On the contrary, for him, it was very interesting to chat with the woman in front of him who was sometimes shrewd and worldly, sometimes innocent, and had a temper as unpredictable as the weather in April. It made him feel like he was back in his youth.
Ignoring Xiang Rixing¡¯s teasing, Ling Yin continued to pace on the highway. The crisp sound of footsteps could be heard far away along the slope at night.
The location where these people are located is not a remote place. If it is daytime, there will be hundreds of vehicles passing by on this main road in the western suburbs of the city leading to the port every minute.
But it was early in the morning, and Imara under the control of the dark night and Imara during the day were completely different worlds. During this period, Imara's law of darkness rules this city that never sleeps.
During the period from 22:00 to 3:00 in Imara City, the personal safety of citizens and tourists who leave their residences and registered hotels is not protected by the municipal authorities. At the same time, the General Principles of the Grand Federal Code, which account for about 93% of the Grand Federal Law, including 173 first-degree death sentences, will be automatically abolished during this period and will not be prosecuted during the day.
This highly laissez-faire nighttime law put the city on the verge of destruction several times in the first hundred years. But in the end, create rules out of chaos. A small city with a population of less than 100,000 people has grown into a huge city with a population of tens of millions and the largest population density on the planet Acapov.
The Law of Dark Night governsImara is a psychedelic city full of violence and desire, as long as you pay the corresponding price, you can get everything you want. All kinds of profiteering businesses prohibited by federal law can be operated and traded between 22:00 and 3:00 in the morning. However, although most federal laws automatically expire during this period, it does not mean that there is no order.
Order is the guarantee of prosperity. Maximum freedom brings unlimited prosperity, but the maintenance of prosperity requires underlying order.
There is not only order but also law in Imara at midnight.
The laws of the dark night are simple, harsh and strict.
Those who break the rules will face punishment at any time once they are found guilty.
Under the law of the dark night, a convicted person has no opportunity to meet a judge, there is no lawyer or jury, the court does not accept pleas, and there are no appeals or suspended sentences. There is no prison outside the court, and those who break the rules will directly repay with their bodies and lives.
The enforcers of Imara¡¯s dark night law maintain the operation of Imara at night with ten times the efficiency of the municipal public security department during the day.
The only one who has authority over it is the law-giver.
Located at the pinnacle of various industries in the dark night city of Imara, it is an extraordinary existence that controls huge resources and force.
Although there is no industrial union in Imara City, powerful organizations or individuals can control multiple businesses at the same time depending on their ability. But generally speaking, each different profession has its own leader. Through irregular meetings, they divide their respective interests without compromising the overall situation and formulate potential rules for their respective areas of expertise.
With the establishment of potential rules, interest groups are also formed. If you want to change the existing rules and re-formulate standards, you will encounter resistance that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Therefore, there have been no major changes in the dark night regulations of various businesses in Imara City for more than ten years. The only exception
It is the law of buying and selling rare animals.
The sale of rare animals has always been a popular business in Imara, ranking among the top three in terms of profits. Rare creatures captured and collected from all over the world for various purposes, such as eating, viewing, playing, gambling, etc., are constantly flowing into this city with convenient transportation conditions by sea, land and air. Afterwards, after screening, classification, training, elimination and other procedures, they are sent to the hands of lower-level buyers through Imara¡¯s underground sales channels. Fifty years ago, when the rare animal trading business was at its most prosperous, the sensor lights on the highways in the western suburbs were not turned off for a second.
Not only are human groups involved in this business, but a considerable number of demihumans and monsters are also involved. The seller and the sold, the hunter and the prey are mixed into this huge city. While Imara has become the biological sample city with the most complete species on the planet Acapov, it has also refreshed the nighttime danger index of the large federal cities.
This is where the nicknames ¡®City of Monsters¡¯ and ¡®City of Sin¡¯ come from.
Until about twenty years ago, two powerful organizations with many masters were involved in Imara¡¯s rare animal smuggling business. Although they both share the goal of suppressing the trade in rare animals, fierce friction arose between the two parties due to differences in their concepts, methods of doing things, and scale of attack. And with the help of a pair of young men and women belonging to different camps, chaos spread to the city.
That pair of young men and women, who had the characteristic of making trouble out of nothing, making small things big and big things bigger, like the incarnation of disaster in human form, intentionally or unintentionally almost destroyed the most well-organized and powerful rare animal trading business in the history of Imara City. Almost exhausted. In the following ten years, it was unable to form a large scale, and it did not miraculously recover until the year 20024 of the planetary calendar.
But within five years of the boom, Imara's rare animal trade suffered another major blow. A young man under the age of sixteen gathered a group of like-minded partners to re-formulate the rules for the sale of rare animals. Although the rules did not completely ban the business, they greatly limited its trading scale and profit margins, bringing them almost back to the lowest point two decades ago.
During the initial attempt to change the rules, due to the reshuffling of the cards, those who began to take over the trading of rare animals again with the support of a powerful group were mostly newcomers full of strong ambitions. After tasting the sweet taste of huge profits for the first time, these people become more obsessed and do not know how to let go. Therefore, conflict is inevitable.
When the negotiations were ineffective, a one-year war that could be described as cruel in the dark night city of Imara broke out around the establishment of new rules for the sale of rare beasts.
In the year 2002 of the planetary calendar, the number of casualties in Imala City in one year exceeded the total of the previous five years.
The final result of the war surprised everyone. The underdog regulatory reformers achieved complete victory. In the end, a total of twenty-seven people were able to symbolically sign the new regulations on the sale of rare animals. ?Their strength is recognized and awed by everyone in Imara Dark Night City.
"At this moment, standing under the silver arc of the sensor light are the most powerful people among the twenty-seven people.
"It's been a long time since we met like this." After a while, Ling Yin suddenly said this after stopping again.
"Yes. It has been about three months since the signing of the treaty." After thinking about it, Xiang Rixing responded.
"There has been no news for three months, but such an urgent summons was suddenly used. Something big must have happened, right?"
"You are right." Xiang Rixing said with a smile, "Otherwisehow could the boy who had been pierced by the arrow of Cupid have time to step into this dark night realm again?"
"Been pierced by the arrow of Cupid!?" Ling Yin frowned slightly, "That manOuyanghas someone he likes? When did it happen? How could you know such a thing?"
"I will naturally know, because as an experienced person, it is me who provides reference opinions. Haha" Looking up at the sky, Xiang Rixing said with some complacency.
"Looking for you!? He should have told me about this kind of thing first! Why would he look for you?"
"Basically, this is a topic between men. As for why I didn't tell you" Spreading his hands, Xiang Rixing blinked and smiled: "That's because I wouldn't dare to talk to you even if I saw you on the street. I said hello, for fear that others would know that we actually know each other very well."
"You" Ling Yin paused and stopped talking.
"You can't do it, you're not of the right age." The middle-aged man who had been standing behind Xiang Rixing and listened to the conversation in silence suddenly interrupted. Wearing a dark gold silk Tang suit, although he never spoke, he always looked breathless and uncomfortable. When he opened his mouth, his voice was surprisingly loud.
"What do you mean!?" After hearing this meaningless sentence, Ling Yin turned around and stared at the man.
"I know you have always been interested in our Ouyang. But our Ouyang is not yet eighteen this year, but you are already twenty-eight. You are too old to be our Ouyang's sister, so don't think about a girlfriend. Is that so? Rixing!? Hahaha" While laughing, he turned to look at Xiang Rixing for support, but saw the panic on his companion's face.
In an instant, the jade bracelet on Ling Yin's left wrist flashed with dazzling light.
After the silver light passed, she had three more dolls in her hands. The texture of the dolls is neither silk nor silk. Not only are the facial features, beard and hair complete, but the clothes on their bodies are also different.
Ling Yin flicked one of the dolls with his finger, causing the doll to fall down.
"Ding Lingyin, you are such a vicious woman. How could you do such a cruel thing!?" The middle-aged man groaned, holding his lower abdomen in his hand and curling up into a ball.
"Heavy hand? Do you believe that I will burn it with fire when I go back tonight?" Ling Yin shook the puppet in his hand and sneered, "There is one more thing you have to figure outII was going to kill him Be a younger brother.¡±
"That's right, that's right. We actually all know this, and Laojiu is just joking." Seeing Ling Yin looking at him, Xiang Rixing said with a smile.
"I was just a little surprised when I heard that he suddenly got a girlfriend. Although he has reached this age, it is more reasonable for him to discuss things like this with my sister first."
"Of course, of course. When that kid came to see me, I suggested the same thing." Xiang Rixing, who was sweating on his forehead, nodded repeatedly to show his agreement.
With a cold snort, Ling Yin threw a doll in his hand to Xiang Rixing. Xiang Rixing quickly caught it carefully and put it into his jacket pocket. Then he looked down at his fallen companion.
"Old Jiu, you big mouth, didn't you decide long ago that you would pretend to be mute whenever you see her? You have already done a good job at this point. How come you still offended her in the end." Looking down at his companion, Xiang Nichiyuki said with a wry smile.
"I wonder what kind of girl that boy likes." Ling Yin whispered softly, looking at the darkness at the end of the road below.
"Forget it! I don't know what kind of girl she is. But an inexperienced young boy like him will only like the kind of girl who loves her." He took a deep breath as if to change his mood. After taking a breath, Ling Yin turned around and walked to the side of the road, handing the other doll to the person standing behind the street lamp.
"We agreed on a quarter past midnight, and there are less than two minutes left." Looking down at the watch, Ling Yin said, "After you have a girlfriend, have you forgotten to keep time? Don't keep it. A man who has time will be hated by women."
"Here it comes!" After swallowing the doll Ling Yin handed him, the short man stood silently in the shadow of the street lamp and said slowly.
Ling Yin turned around and sawThe locomotive that passed by the foot of the mountain was very fast. In fact, as the first owner of the locomotive, Ling Yin had never seen it reach such a speed tonight.
In the short period of time from when the sensor street light turns on to when it goes out, it has traveled a very long distance, from far to near, like a light dragon flying towards you.
"This guy's driving skills have improved a lot." Xiang Rixing murmured as he looked in the direction of the motorcycle.
"It's not him driving." The person who made the judgment was the first person to discover the locomotive. The man who walked up to his companion was short in stature, a head shorter than Ling Yin who was wearing high heels. He had an ordinary appearance and a dull look on his face, and no expression could be seen.
While talking, the distance between the motorcycle and the crowd became much closer. Others also noticed the driver's slim and youthful figure.
"Oh, it turns out there is someone else that the little bird loves." Xiang Rixing said with a smile when the motorcycle came to a stop in front of him. "My driving skills are not as good as those of a girl. How are you feeling now?"
"Ashamed. I really don't seem to have any talent in driving." In the passenger seat of the motorcycle, a young man with black hair waved and smiled.
The young man sitting cross-legged in the back seat of the motorcycle, whether he was riding at full speed or stopping suddenly, his figure was as stable as a rock, violating the laws of physics, and did not move at all.
"Sister Ling Yin, Uncle Jiu, and Amei, you are all here too." Jumping off his seat, the young man greeted everyone present with a smile. Although he is not very old, there is no age gap in the communication between the boy and them. No one looked down upon him because of his youth. Everyone treated the boy with affection and respect.
"This is the classmate who transferred to my class not long ago and is also my new friend, Miss Zi Cangyuan." The young man introduced the girl who came to him and bent down to salute everyone.
¡²The momentum he drove in was quite good, and his figure was also very goodincredibly good. I just don¡¯t know what my face looks like? ¡³
"Even if it is beautiful enough, it is just a beautiful vase at best. ¡³
As an outstanding woman with an instinctive sense of competition, Ling Yin secretly made comparisons in her heart from the moment the two came together. However, the moment the girl took off her silver safety helmet and was stared into by those emerald eyes
¡²Lost! ¡³
Ling Yin had this understanding.
The light blue denim jacket worn by the smiling girl is not a well-known brand of Akapov, and she is only wearing white casual shoes for ease of movement, but wearing such clothes is called Zi Cang Yuan. A girl's body can make all the brands in the world eclipse.
Her emerald-like eyes are clear and agile, her delicate facial features are flawless, and her slender waist has long, dark hair tied into a bun with a small jade ring. The girl's behavior is elegant and not a bit wealthy, making her advance and retreat. She is charming but has a heroic spirit.
A young girl in her 28s is like a little fairy whose whole body is full of magic and radiance. She is blooming with unparalleled youthful beauty every minute and every second.
While everyone was stunned, the boy began to introduce his friends to the girl.
"Ayuan, this is Jiang Jijiu, Uncle Jiang, the owner of Dongjiu House on Xihuang Street in Imala. The special wine 'Han Jiangxue' in the shop is unique in this city."
"If this beautiful lady like you is willing to reward me, you can taste the best product that I have kept secretly for ten years."
"Thank you. Although I don't have much drinking experience before, please give me this opportunity."
"Ding Lingyin, Sister Lingyin is the person who has been taking care of me like a sister since I came to Imara."
"What a beautiful girl. The important thing is that you are not only beautiful, but also have such temperament. You still have huge room for development in the future. In time, it will be easy to become the number one woman in Akapov. You are a perfect match for Ouyang. What a pity. When we have time, we two sisters can share our thoughts on what makes a good man."
"I think Sister Ling Yin is truly a beauty. I have to ask Sister Ling Yin for advice in many aspects."
"Kui Mei is our strong man. On weekdays on weekdays, he takes on some jobs of finding people and things."
¡°The smell on you is so good, whether it¡¯s bone, flesh, blood or spirit, it¡¯s all top-notch.¡±
¡°Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your compliment.¡±
"Xiang Rixing, Xiangthe eldest brother, is an industrialist who firmly believes that as long as you are surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women, you can stay young forever."
"Do you want to join the entertainment industry? As long as you have this intention, you will be the world's number one movie star within your reach."Things that are worth it. "
"Thank you. This is the first time I have received such an invitation, and I am deeply honored. However, my Grandma Yun has told me since I was a child that all one needs to do in life is to play one's role conscientiously. Every minute of my life Every second, I have to be myself to make it fulfilling and meaningful. I don¡¯t want to act out other people¡¯s false lives.¡±
"Haha, she is such a good girl that leaves people speechless."
After a short introduction, while the girl successfully gained everyone's favor, the boy became the target of public criticism.
"When you find someone you like, you don't discuss it with me first. Instead, you go to that guy Xiang Rixing. What does that guy know? My love for you is really in vain."
"Hey, Ouyang, how did you deceive such a good girl? You didn't use some cunning means, did you?"
"I really regret giving you any advice. Regardless of the age gap, I should actually pursue it myself first."
"Congratulations on finding a good partner."
"¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡"
Facing the ridicule and congratulations from everyone, the black-haired boy was a little reserved and just smiled and said nothing. After everyone finished speaking, he stepped back slightly, sat on the motorcycle seat and faced all his companions with a smile and asked
"What big thing happened to come to me tonight?"
¡°¡¡¡¡±
Everyone looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.
"Noaren't you looking for us!?"
The young man spread his hands and shook his head.