Collapse: The World I Live In

A few months later, Dusk Street

"Is this Dusk Street?" Yi came to Dusk Street, looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but frowned and said, "The environment here is really... hard to describe..."

Dusk Street lives up to its name as a lawless place. Gunshots can be heard from time to time, and beggars can be seen from time to time in the surrounding alleys...

"Let's go meet up with Ying first." Yi shook his head and said, although these people were miserable, he couldn't care less about them now...

Yi came to the tallest building in Huanghun Street, pushed open the door of the rooftop, and came to the highest place. He looked at the person standing on the steps beside the building. He was wearing a white mask, with long pink hair draped behind his back and a blue sword on his left. This person was Sakura!

Yi took a deep breath and said, "Palace Jade Liquor!" After saying that, Yi's ears turned red with embarrassment.

"One hundred and eighty per cup..." Ying said with her back to Yi. In fact, if her long pink hair hadn't covered her ears, Yi could have seen that her ears were slightly red.

"Long time no see, Ying, is it really necessary to do this?" Yi couldn't help but ask, "Everyone in Shenzhou knows this code... and don't we know each other?"

"..." Ying was silent for a while, then turned to look at Yi and said, "This is for safety reasons. As for this code... it was suggested to me by a Shenzhou skit that Ling saw recently... I don't really understand it..."

"..." Yi sighed, then looked at Ying who was standing on the stairs taller than him and said, "How long are you going to stand there..."

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention for a moment." After saying that, Ying jumped down the stairs, came to Yi's side, took off her mask and put it around her waist.

To be honest, Yi felt that Ying was still a little dazed... He said to Ying, "So, what is our goal now? To assassinate the traitor, or to investigate the 'aliens'."

"Our first goal at the moment is to kill the traitor of the Fire Moth - Wilson. He was previously one of the many laboratory researchers in the Fire Moth. He stole most of the scientific research data from within the Fire Moth and fled to Dusk Street, intending to sell it to others at a high price. So, we have to kill him before he sells the data to others." Ying said to Yi. She was afraid that Yi did not understand the intelligence, so she explained the reason to Yi.

"Really?" Yi said, touching his chin.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Ying couldn't help but ask when she saw Yi's puzzled look.

"No, I'm just curious. The income of a Fire Moth researcher should be quite high... As a member of the Fire Moth, he should know the consequences of betraying the Fire Moth. What makes him betray the Fire Moth even at the huge risk? Isn't he afraid of being hunted down by the Fire Moth?" Yi told Ying his doubts.

"...We'll have to wait until we catch him to find out..." Sakura replied.

"That's true. Let's hurry up and set off now." After saying that, Yi walked downstairs, and Ying followed him.

Ying, who was thinking about how to kill the traitor, suddenly bumped into Yi who was walking in front of her. She took a few steps back, looked up at Yi who had stopped, and said, "What's wrong? Yi, what happened?"

"No, I found that I don't know the way, and I don't know where the target is..." Yi discovered a very serious problem, that is, he didn't know the way. After all, he had forgotten to ask the traitor Ying specific questions before.

"..." Ying was speechless, but she didn't say anything, "Then let me lead the way."

"Thank you for your help." Yi said, following behind Ying.

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Ying and Yi came to a house.

Yi squatted on one side of the door and whispered to Ying who was standing on the other side, "Is it in here?"

"According to the intelligence, it's inside here. What's wrong?" Sakura asked.

"It's just strange that there was no interception along the way. This is unscientific... He is obviously a traitor, doesn't he have any self-awareness? He didn't even leave a way out for himself..." Yi couldn't help but ask. Although he followed Ying's steps, Yi and Ying came very secretly, but they didn't see anyone on the way here.

"You'll know just open the door..." Ying said. Then she held the handle of the knife with one hand and prepared to turn the handle to open the door with the other.

As the door opened, Ying and Yi rushed in, preparing to attack the people inside.

But their plan failed. There was only one person in the room. He was sitting on a chair. The dim light made it difficult for Ying and Yi to see his face.

When Ying was about to kill him with a knife, Yi noticed something was wrong, stopped Ying, and said to the person sitting on the chair opposite, "You must be Wilson... I want you to hand over the stolen information, and maybe you can survive in the end..."

"Hahahahaha!" Yi was answered by the unbridled laughter of the man sitting on the chair opposite him, as if he was mocking what Yi said. He stopped laughing and said, "I know you... Dr. Yi, the genius among the Fire Moths, second only to Dr. Mobius and Dr. Mei... I guess you never worry about life..." Wilson did not choose to answer Yi's question, but changed the subject.

"What do you mean..." Yi frowned and said after hearing what was said on the other side.

"Think about it, as a genius, how can you understand the lives of ordinary people like us..." Wilson lowered his head and muttered to himself, "I am just an ordinary researcher in the Fire Moth. I can't compare to geniuses like you who don't have to worry about life. If there is anything, the Fire Moth can find a way to help you solve it. But ordinary people like us, the Fire Moth will not spend time on us, and the rewards we get are far less than you. As for why you betrayed the Fire Moth, what could be the reason? It's because of money... or maybe you want to take revenge on the Fire Moth."

"..." It was really just for such a simple purpose as money. Yi couldn't believe it and said, "The salary of an ordinary researcher should be enough for you to live... And why do you want to take revenge on the Fire Moth?"

"Yes, it's enough, but once something big happens, there's nothing I can do... My mother, because of Honkai disease, lives in the hospital inside Fire Moth. I spent all my savings and went into debt to treat my mother, but in the end I got a critical illness notice. Can you understand that feeling?" Wilson gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know what the truth I learned in the end? The owner of the hospital is a senior executive of Fire Moth. The hospital provides free treatment for those talented researchers and top fighters on the front line, but have you ever thought about where the lost money comes from? It's all squeezed out of ordinary people like us who are insignificant!" Wilson's last sentence was roared.

"..." Yi was at a loss for words. Although the Fire-Chasing Moth was dark, he had never expected that the preferential treatment he received in the hospital was snatched from ordinary people...

"Nothing to say, right? Come to think of it, you have always been at the top, how could you possibly understand?" Wilson shook his head again and sneered. He suddenly raised his head again. His eyes looked scary to Yi. They were extremely dark, without a trace of desire to live. He was so confused that only one thing remained, and that was the will to die. He looked at Yi and said, "I have said everything I wanted to say. You can kill me now..."

"Those buyers?" Yi asked.

"There is no buyer. I made it all up. Who is so bold as to buy the information of Fire Moth? Besides, with my position in Fire Moth, I can't get access to important secrets. Ha... How stupid..." Wilson said, "Okay, shoot now... Why are you standing there?"

"...Then your purpose..." Yi said.

"Purpose? I just want the people who come here to know more about the darkness of the Fire Moth. What can a small person like me do..." Wilson sneered, "Okay...shoot now...

"..." Yi didn't know how to evaluate this person... He didn't raise the gun in his hand. He thought that this person had done nothing wrong. He was just a poor man. If he didn't have these eyes and talent, the final result might not be much better than his...

But Ying did not hesitate like Yi. She was a professional killer and did not have Yi's soft-heartedness. She stepped over Yi and stabbed Wilson's heart with a knife.

"Ying..." Yi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ying, who said, "This is the best outcome for him. Compared to bringing back the Fire Moth and being treated like hell, death is more suitable for him. You have seen the look in his eyes, the kind that shows no attachment to life. Don't think too much, we still have the next task." After that, Ying walked out of the room without looking back.

Yi looked back at Wilson's body, turned around and followed Ying out of the room...