After spending more than half an hour looking around his new home, which was 548 square meters in size, with six rooms, two living rooms, seven bathrooms, and two large balconies, it was already half past one in the morning.
The entire luxury house wasn't as dusty as Liu Wang had said. There was indeed some dust, but not much, perfectly meeting the requirement of "move in with just a bag".
However, considering that Liu Wang had been tirelessly introducing various pieces of furniture and their functions throughout the process and his mouth hadn't stopped talking, Lei Ting finally decided to give him face and go to his house for a look.
How could a normal young man simply invite another man to stay overnight at his home? There must be other requirements. Maybe it was to play games all night, or maybe it was to show off some of his collections.
And Liu Wang was clearly the latter.
When he heard that Lei Ting was willing to visit his house, Liu Wang's joy was almost overflowing. He immediately stopped drinking water and dragged Lei Ting to his home on the sixth floor of the same building.
When he first entered the house, Lei Ting didn't feel anything unusual. But when Liu Wang pushed open the door to the study, he was immediately stunned.
What was behind the door wasn't a study at all! It was a whole e-sports room!
The most eye-catching thing was a long table along the wall, with nearly ten devices placed on it, each with its own characteristics. But the most exaggerated was a complete large-scale VR device with a somatosensory function, which was placed in a large glass cylinder on the other side of the room.
"So, do you like it?" Liu Wang grinned proudly.
Lei Ting, who was leaning against the outside of the glass cylinder, had excitement shining in his eyes and nodded repeatedly.
"Then you have to try your best to please me. Maybe I'll be merciful and let you have a go." Liu Wang was almost floating with pride.
"Ah? Then forget it." The light in Lei Ting's eyes disappeared instantly, and he became calm.
This sudden change caught Liu Wang off guard, and his expression froze.
This was different from what he had imagined!
Before Liu Wang could ask why, Lei Ting took the initiative to explain, "Games are for fun. If I sacrifice my happiness to please you just to play this VR, what's the point of playing it? So it's better not to play. And more importantly, happiness is only temporary, but memories last a lifetime. I can't add an unforgettable black mark to my life just for a moment of pleasure."
After hearing this philosophical speech, Liu Wang fell into thought and began to reflect on his behavior of playing games just for the sake of playing.
Lei Ting, who had said these words, was like a real philosopher. He didn't care about Liu Wang's opinion and left silently.
However, as soon as he left, he turned back and tentatively said, "If you're willing to give me that device directly, I might consider being your lackey for a few days." After seeing Lei Ting's contrasting attitude, Liu Wang was stunned again. After a short silence, he burst out laughing.
After laughing for a while, he wiped away his tears and said, "I almost fell for your trick. But to be honest, what you said was quite good. As for my VR, don't even think about it. This set cost me 500,000 yuan without the shipping and assembly fees, which is almost half a year's salary for me. Unless you can save my life in the future, I won't give it to you."
"That's a pity." Lei Ting shook his head pretending to be regretful. Suddenly, he had an idea and said, "By the way, if you die, won't this VR belong to me? After all, no one else plays this. Since it will belong to me sooner or later, why should I bother to save you?"
"You son of a..."
"Hey, just kidding. Don't be excited."
......
Going back in time, after Ma Yang was taken away in a coma and put into the armed police vehicle, the armed police officers of the "Adjudication Department" started chatting.
The "Adjudication Department", whose full name was the "Department of Management and Adjudication of Special Events", like the "Department of Response to Special Events", had its headquarters in Yanjing, the capital of China, and also had subordinate branches in many cities.
However, the difference was that the subordinate branches of the "Department of Response to Special Events" were usually located directly in the urban area, while the subordinate branches of the "Department of Management and Adjudication of Special Events" were all in the suburbs far from the urban area.
The work of this department was relatively simple. Besides judging and detaining superpower users who committed crimes using their powers, it also dealt with the commotion and mess left behind when the "Investigation Team" investigated supernatural events.
This job was neither too difficult nor too easy. One of the difficulties was that the escort personnel couldn't be sure whether the superpower user being escorted had truly lost their ability to resist. More than ten years ago, a superpower criminal pretended to be in a coma. During the escort process, he suddenly attacked, killed and injured all the escort personnel, and escaped. (He was later surrounded and killed by official superpower users.)
In other words, unless the superpower user being escorted was confirmed to have a "harmless level" ability, every escort was like gambling with their lives. Even though the probability of something going wrong was extremely low, it was still a possibility.
Another difficulty was that when dealing with the commotion caused by the "Investigation Team", they had to reasonably explain things to the public without raising suspicion. Compared with the extremely low risk of death during the escort, this was even more of a headache for them.
The easy part was that as long as they were proficient in this work, it wasn't that difficult. Moreover, if the "Investigation Team" in this city was professional enough, the possibility of causing a big commotion was very small, and they might not even cause a small commotion. In that case, they didn't have to bother explaining things to the public.
Fortunately, the "Investigation Team" in Shanghai was professional enough. Although Shanghai, as a first-tier city in China and an international metropolis, had a very high frequency of supernatural events and superpower-related crimes, ranking among the top three in the country and the top ten globally. But the "Investigation Team" here could always solve the problems quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. They usually only needed to escort and judge the superpower criminals, and their work was quite leisurely. More importantly, the salary was not low, which was a pretty good job.
However, just because the work was leisurely didn't mean it was unimportant, and it wasn't a job that anyone could get through "connections". Especially the "Escort Team" that was responsible for escorting superpower criminals from the "Investigation Team" to the corresponding regional branches.
Because there was a possibility of a battle with the superpower user being escorted during the escort process, considering the diversity of superpowers, the members of the "Escort Team" had to carry firearms just in case.
Similarly, because the members of the "Escort Team" had to carry firearms, when recruiting, they needed to have long-term experience with firearms. Combining all these factors, the military was the only option for recruiting members of the "Escort Team".
Currently, among the six-member team escorting Ma Yang, there was a newcomer who had just been recruited from the military. This was his first time participating in an "escort" mission with the team since he joined.