Chapter 210: Telling you untold stories from the past

Xie Qingcheng looks at the man in the locker room mirror.

A thin and slightly sullen face, a uniform he was familiar with since childhood, silver badge, cap badge, belt girdle, strong waist, under the long legs, a pair of black combat boots.

But it was as unreal as a dream.

He used to smell his parents' clothes all the time, there was always something in the material of police uniforms that smelled like sweat, sun exposure, sometimes the bubbly smell that came from the office, and some times, even blood.

The scent of the clothes should have been hot, hot, hot, but I was cold.

Do so many years of medical research, cold clean disinfectant breath seems to have been soaked in his bone marrow, even if the police uniforms are now wearing in the body, close to smell, collar collar bone, wrist, through out is a subconscious cold.

Xie Qingcheng buttoned up his cufflinks, covered the tattoo on his wrist that a cop would never have, glanced in the mirror again, then pressed the brim of his hat and pushed out the door.

"Not bad, it suits you." As soon as the commander saw him come out, he looked him up and down, nodded in satisfaction, "Come with me and join your partner."

Xie Qingcheng entered the elevator and followed the commander to the rooftop. Upon seeing the people on the rooftop, he was stunned for a moment.

I didn't realize that his teammate ended up being the only one.

What's more, I didn't expect that person to be ......

"Old Cheng?"

Zheng Jingfeng, already heavily armed and standing by the helicopter, nodded at him, even grinning a bit and giving him a thumbs-up at the sight of his straight police uniform.

Xie Qingcheng turned back with a Tie Qing face as the Commander just walked out of the elevator door, Xie Qingcheng: "What kind of international joke are you guys playing?"

Commander: "No kidding, this is our final decision. The more people there are on this sneak investigation mission, the greater the chance of being discovered, so we need a single soldier with strong combat skills and high mutual cooperation. You're not familiar with anyone else on the team, and Zheng Jingfeng is a seasoned veteran criminal police officer who's known you for years, so he's the best candidate."

"......"

"...... Did you can't argue with his temporary change of heart or-"

"Xie Qingcheng, Captain Zheng is no worse than any of the elite police officers you've come into contact with before, and he has nearly forty years of combat experience. I know you're worried about his safety, but I think you can trust him a little more."

Xie Qingcheng still green face, how he still put Lao Zheng hitched, in case there is a long and short ......

The commander couldn't be denied, "There's not much time left, Team Zheng will explain everything else to you, let's go."

.

The helicopter headed for the harbor, the ship was already waiting in the military harbor to complete the commissioning, the two men took their equipment, boarded the ship and forty-five minutes later, the mission ship sailed on the vast, boundless, pale sea.

"You really look like your father in this dress, with your back. Tall, broad-shouldered, well-built, manly enough to please a little girl."

Zheng Jingfeng came to the side of the ship, squinted his leopard eyes against the whistling sea breeze, and stood side by side with Xie Qingcheng.

Xie Qingcheng was still stoic, not letting go of his heart, "Why did you have to come and take this risk this time."

Zheng Jingfeng turned his head, did not answer Xie Qingcheng's words, but said: "Eyebrows and eyes are still like your mother. Pretty, but the expression sinks down once serious is very sharp. Your mother is a woman, temperament neutralization is okay, your eyes are more aggressive than her. In fact, sometimes it's safer to be a little more restrained out there, young man. Sometimes the more rigid you are, the more likely you are to suffer. The psychology of many criminals is inscrutable, and your good-looking and sharp eyes glaring at others, intimidating-like, might inspire them to commit crimes even more."

"......"

Zheng team smiled: "out of the mission well, to give you a reminder of the previous habits brought out by the apprentice. One look at your brand new police uniform, can't help but be occupationally ill. This is my old man's voice of experience, you'd better listen."

Xie Qingcheng turned his head towards the sea.

The atmosphere became more rigid.

"......" Zheng Jingfeng cleared his throat and persevered, continuing to find a topic, "By the way, Officer Xie, did I ever tell you about my first official contact with your parents? "

Xie Qingcheng's eyes remained sunken, not saying a word.

Zheng Jingfeng, in an attempt to lighten the mood, went on with his own words, "My first contact with your parents was the year I graduated from the police academy."

"That year, the city bureau was handling a major drug trafficking case in the Golden Triangle, the drug trafficker leader's network had already penetrated into the city bureau system, in order to make the mission as undetected as possible, the old leadership chose some outstanding graduates from several different police academies, and asked these young people, who hadn't yet been formally enrolled in the police system, to go to the Golden Triangle to carry out undercover investigative work."

The sea was pitch black, and Zheng Jingfeng looked into the endless darkness and recounted a story that he rarely talked about.

"Your parents and I were among the selected students when the three of us were organized into a squad and we were given the task of infiltrating their drug warehouse base and videotaping the scenes of their dealings with a giant merchant in the interior at the time."

"Along the way, we wasted a lot of effort, and finally successfully and quietly sneaked inside their warehouse, found a crevice to hide in, and then began to wait for that giant businessman to appear. According to the intelligence, within 24 hours he will certainly arrive in the Golden Triangle, and come to this warehouse to personally pick the goods to check the goods. However ......"

Zheng Jingfeng said and paused, "There was an unexpected situation."

"The businessman was late, and on the first day, he didn't show up. On the second and third day, he still didn't show up. Your mother, who had learned Burmese, could hear that the drug dealers were getting agitated too, and thought that the giant merchant might be abandoning the order and breaking the contract. At that time, we were running out of food and water on us, our infiltration mission was supposed to last only one day, and by that time it was already the third day, and we divided one day's food over three days, so if we continued like this, it would be difficult to guarantee our own lives."

Xie Qingcheng's attention was finally slowly drawn away as he asked, "...... And then what?"

"Then your mom said she wanted us to withdraw first, not to gamble, not to make unnecessary sacrifices." Zheng Jingfeng said, "But your father disagreed. He had learned about the drug lord's style of doing things before he came here, and knew that the man was very cunning, and he suspected that the drug dealer was deliberately delaying the meeting with the giant businessman just to prevent anyone from lurking to capture him. He thinks we should wait a few more days."

As Zheng Jingfeng spoke, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to stretch backward, and from the shallow traces of his smile stretched the vivid reflections of his youth. It was as if he heard his own voice again and that of the two equally young police officers at the time--

Constable Zhou Muying: "Wait? If we wait any longer, we won't even have the strength to go out of the base to report the details, you're not being heroic, you're being stupid."

Xie Ping : "My character profiling analysis is never wrong, this has to be a conspiracy."

Zhou Muying's face reddened with anger and he glared at the yakuza: "You Shanghai Yankee sourpuss, son of a bitch, do you think you're taking your graduation exams at school? Besides, do you understand Burmese? They're not even pretending, they're angry themselves ......"

"You're not right. That's the bottom, the bottom won't know any truth, of course it's angry. The top level hasn't shown up yet." Xie Ping was still concentrating on the minions walking outside, he was a very cognizant and focused police cadet with very little to say and even a little mute in his dealings with others.

He watched the outside intently, and after a while, just when Zhou Muying and Xie Ping both thought he wasn't going to say anything else, he came back with a serious and grave remark:

"I'm not sexist, Officer Zhou, and please don't be geographically biased. We Huzhou men are not all sour."

"......" Zhou Muying, "...... I've been unlucky to be in your group for eighteen lifetimes ......"

Xie Qingcheng hadn't heard much about his parents before they got married, and this was the first time he had ever known that his parents had such a relationship.

Though he still holds a grudge against Zheng Jingfeng for putting himself in harm's way, it doesn't stop him from wanting to know more about his parents' past.

"...... they didn't see each other at the time?"

Zheng Jingfeng couldn't help but lower his head and laugh, "I don't know about your father, he's a very stuffy person, he does things and speaks with a straight face, your mom really hated him at that time."

"What about you?"

"Me?" Zheng Jingfeng was quiet for a few seconds, a smile spreading from the corners of his lips back into his eyes, his eyes, because of the many past events they carried, looked deeper than the ocean, "I was the one who made peace, responsible for not letting them quarrel."

"They then listened to me and each took a step back, and we decided to wait one more day." Zheng Jingfeng said, "That day was really hard, the compressed cookies are still left the last little half of the piece, Xie Ping was scolded by your mother moping, I think he was not completely in his heart, so he broke his share to the smallest, the big are given to the two of us, in the hope that it will allow us to wait a little more calm! ...... As it turned out, on the fourth day, the giant businessman actually showed up. We managed to get the video and complete the task given to us by the organization, but during the retreat, Xie Ping starved to death."

Xie Qingcheng : "......"

"Your mom and I switched carrying him with each other all the way back through the dense forest. He woke up halfway and breathlessly asked your mom to put him down, I still remember the night sky that day, there were many, many stars, the three of us fell sitting on the grass looking at the stars in the sky as we escaped from the danger zone, suddenly I don't know who laughed first, and then the three of us all lay down on the ground, looking at the stars while bursting out in laughter... ..." Zheng Jingfeng paused for a moment, "I haven't seen such a beautiful starry sky in over forty years."

"Xiao Xie, once upon a time you always didn't understand why I didn't want you to get involved in these cases, always saying, you're not a police officer, this isn't something you should be bothered with. Perhaps you have also resented me, why everything has to follow the rules and regulations, step by step, so that many times you missed the opportunity, so that this case can not be landed even after twenty years. I don t know ...... if you can understand some of my feelings now."

"I've already lost my comrades who fought alongside me the first time. The laughter of those forty years ago I've only heard in my dreams since, and I don't want to lose more."

Xie Qingcheng : "......"

Zheng Jingfeng said, raised his hand and gently patted Xie Qingcheng's shoulder: "Xiao Xie, all along, I have also been waiting for a result, a ray of light, it's just that I've experienced many things that you don't know, and I've had to become more cautious ...... But I haven't been numb. I've held on to the front line for more than thirty years, I've given up every opportunity to be promoted, unwilling to live backward, just because I haven't waited for that dawn yet."

His eyes met Xie Qingcheng's peach blossom eyes.

Zheng Jingfeng s pupils slowly settled into a deeper hue, "I haven t been numb ...... ever."

"Lao Zheng ......"

"This time when you go to Mandela Island, I am bound to accompany you. If this is the last battle in my life, I will feel complete enough." Zheng Jingfeng said, his gaze dropping down and landing on the silver police number on Xie Qingcheng's chest, a familiar string of numbers that made his eyes moisten a little as he looked at it.

"Because after forty years, I'm with them again."

"......"

"Shay, I hope you can understand this choice of mine."

Xie Qingcheng standing on the deck, he because in the cabin has just finished playing test serum, only wearing inside a straight and clean light blue summer uniform, but the weather is cold, he casually put the uniform jacket draped over his shoulders, the sea breeze will be his uniform jacket blowing clattering. Xie Qingcheng looked at Zheng Jingfeng, looked for a while, and then said, "...... on the island you must pay attention to safety, you are a grandfather, not the year of the boy."

Zheng Jingfeng understood Xie Qingcheng's feelings, he lifted his leopard eyes, looked at Xie Qingcheng, and unfolded a smile that was filled with too much emotion. He slowly said, "Really, I suddenly feel like I'm eighteen again today."

"You're eight years old." Xie Qingcheng gave him a blank look, hooked his jacket over his shoulder, went down on deck, and headed for the warm inner cabin, throwing down only one sentence, "Xiao Zheng, on the island you have to listen to me, run if you're told to run, hide if you're told to hide, or I'll dump you as soon as I'm up there, got it?"

Zheng Jingfeng : "...... you little brat ......"

After a few hours, the ship finally arrives at the island of Mandela, the origin of all evil.

Since the big ship had to pretend to be a regular cruise ship that had no intention of missing the island's observation tower, Xie Qingcheng and Zheng Jingfeng had to dive into the cold water and swim across when the ferry was closest to the island.

Before Xie Qingcheng set off, he once again injected himself with rn-13 to restore his physical fitness for a short period of time, and then together with Lao Zheng, he put on a special snorkeling device and slowly swam towards the huge thing that was hibernating in the sea.

The Dreambreakers organization is quite thoughtful, and the snorkeling device is designed to be a self-heating sleeping bag-type floatation bag, in which they only need to maneuver a little bit, and they don't have to exert too much effort to complete a dive within ten nautical miles.

"Here we are."

With their floatation bags touching the soft, wet sand, Xie Qingcheng and Zheng Jingfeng disengage their devices and take their first breath of the fishy air from Mandela Island.

Because of the fierce battle that had taken place earlier, the island was now littered with rusted steel machines, mangled buildings and trees, and stains of blood.

"God of wind navigation system is active, we are currently located at point 34, 12 points east of Mandela Island."

Xie Qingcheng and Zheng Jingfeng both have a microphone in their ears and a God of wind bracelet on their hands. Once on the island, the system is turned on and begins to give them guidance and warnings.

"This mission is a sneak reconnaissance, destination is Blood River. Please proceed from 12 o'clock and enter the Dark Forest."

Zheng Jingfeng took a deep breath and turned his head to Xie Qingcheng : "Let's go."

"Wait a minute."

Xie Qingcheng removes a serum from a patient with Psycho Ai Bola #2 from the ready-to-use capsule.

Zheng Jingfeng pulled him back, "Didn't you inject it on the ship? It's definitely not good for your body if you use too much of this stuff ......"

"That was a test dose, it's over-activated."

Xie Qingcheng said, already spinning out the needle, pulling out the medicine without blinking and injecting it into his own veins.

He gritted his teeth and felt the blood wrap around the potion and flow throughout his body.

He closed his eyes, and the sounds in his ears were suddenly a million times clearer, some hertz that a normal person would never have picked up were received by him, and he could even hear the ladybugs rustling and crawling in the forest leaves.

It was not a wonderful feeling to have this big burst of sound, as if someone were trying to hardwire all the world's radio waves into a single radio antenna. He'd been dizzy all of a sudden during the test because he hadn't held it together in the first moment.

However, because he was a Primordial Emperor, his physique was very special, and his powerful ability allowed him to quickly adapt to the sensation, so when he officially used it this time, he quickly adjusted himself as best as he could, even though he was still nauseous as hell for the first moment.

Zheng Jingfeng: "What about it?"

Xie Qingcheng fixed his face with a white face and took a deep breath, "It's okay, let's go."

Serum #2 worked well, and they followed the map guide given by the Windstorm System, making their way north, dodging the remaining mechanical warriors and mechanical dogs, and eventually making their way to the Blood River where the First Order team had their accident.

Xie Qingcheng and Zheng Jingfeng stopped in their tracks, and the scene in front of them stunned them both ......