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Jiang Baimian is no longer surprised by Shang Jianyao's occasional thinking deviation.
She didn't say much, and rushed to East Street with Shang Jianyao.
On the way, they met Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, but they still pretended not to know each other.
At this time, on East Street, many relic hunters had already arrived to look for more clues in the surrounding area.
The most critical warehouse area from No. 1 to No. 3 was blocked by the city defense forces and was temporarily not allowed to enter.
Jiang Baimian looked up at the surrounding buildings, saw that there were snipers in place at key positions, and nodded lightly and said:
"It's quite professional."
Even if the city defense army does not know that the "priest" is an awakened person, they should go all out in the face of such a person who has been marked as "very dangerous".
Because he couldn't enter the warehouse area for the time being, Jiang Baimian could only stand with Shang Jianyao across the street, leaning against the wall and waiting.
After a while, several relic hunters who had a lot to do with the City Defense Army were the first to get the news from inside.
And this news spread through the guild hall:
"A basement was found in Warehouse 2, which contained very fresh traces of human life, and there were several dilapidated printing equipment and a large number of leaflets."
No need to ask, Jiang Baimian can guess what is written on those leaflets with his toes.
It is nothing more than a phrase with a large number of typos, such as "thinking is a trap".
"How many years has it stabilized, are the people of Weeds City so unvigilant?" Jiang Baimian couldn't help but "complain" to Shang Jianyao, "With such precious energy, haven't they noticed a significant increase in electricity consumption in this area?"
Whether Warehouse 2 is private or Weed City, the corresponding management personnel are to blame.
Shang Jianyao agrees with this:
"It should be executed."
Within "Pangu Biotechnology", everyone uses electricity according to energy quotas, and if you calculate carefully, you can immediately find and reflect an extra number at the end of the meter.
Jiang Baimian was about to ask Shang Jianyao if he was impressed by the cannon duel, when he saw Odick, who was wearing a thick woolen coat, walking over.
The black-haired and blue-eyed "senior hunter" said bluntly:
"The guard at the city gate remembered something.
"Almost an hour ago, a pale man in a black trench coat went out of town."
Speaking of this, Odick deliberately added:
"He looks like he will fall ill at any time, and the guards are more impressed."
I know, I know...... You actually saw it through the influence of dreams...... Jiang Baimian understood as soon as he heard it, and asked with a smile:
"Do you want to find two helpers?"
Because the "priest" seems to have been out of the city for a while, it is not bad to say such a few words.
"Your abilities are trustworthy." Odic said calmly.
When have we ever shown our ability in front of you? Jiang Baimian scolded and said:
"Is it because we look tall and can fight?"
In the current environment, whether it is her or Shang Jianyao, they are quite tall types in their respective gender groups.
Odick replied succinctly:
"Confident, you are very confident."
He couldn't be wrong about this.
Moreover, it doesn't feel like two novices.
People who can maintain enough confidence after passing the novice stage must have some ability.
"I can't wait." Shang Jianyao expressed his approval of Odick's explanation.
Jiang Baimian didn't say anything more, nodded and said:
"Lead the way."
Odick turned around, walked quickly into a nearby parking lot, and drove out in a red off-road.
This car has obviously been modified, with thick enough armor and bulletproof glass, making it look very public.
"Great beauty." Jiang Baimian almost whistled.
And her regret, Shang Jianyao helped her make up for it.
This is a bad problem they developed during those two days in the "rootless" camp.
"I didn't expect Odick, a calm and reserved person to drive this kind of car, tsk, his heart may be wild." Jiang Baimian said to Shang Jianyao "in a low voice".
Odick pressed the window and said with a straight face:
"Get in the car."
After saying that, he looked ahead and said:
"When you are not that powerful, you have to use any car."
After repeated modifications, it is not so easy to abandon.
"If you don't like it, you can sell it to me, I have a group of friends who will definitely like it." When Shang Jianyao opened the back seat door, he sincerely suggested.
Jiang Baimian, who had already gotten into the car, frowned slightly:
"Why is this weird......"
At this moment, Odick suddenly regretted asking these two people to be helpers.
If it weren't for the two of them already being deeply involved, he wouldn't have made this choice, after all, it would be good for one less person to know about the city lord's affairs.
The big red off-road drove back to the central square, turned into South Street, and drove all the way out of the city gate.
Although they had already heard Long Yuehong and Bai Chen describe the situation outside, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao fell silent when they saw countless wilderness wanderers kneeling or sitting on both sides of the road.
Under the cold wind, their faces were blue and white, and there was almost no light in their eyes.
A little further away, in the ground nest and tent area, there were still people lying there, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
At this time, the big red off-road stopped.
With a swipe, countless eyes looked this way from all directions.
Odick pushed the door down, walked to a man in his thirties who looked quite awake, took out a portrait of the "priest", and asked:
"Have you ever seen this person?"
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao in the car both pulled out their pistols, each guarding against one side.
When the man in his thirties looked at the portrait of the "priest", an older man in the crowd behind him stood up and leaned in this way, as if he wanted to grab the job.
He stumbled, fell to the ground, and then there was no movement.
His face was pale and pale, and his eyes were blankly open.
Shang Jianyao's induction means that this person's consciousness has disappeared.
Just such a light fall, he died.
On the other side, Jiang Baimian also saw some wilderness wanderers sitting and falling to the side, never getting up again.
In the howling winter wind, the remaining withered yellow weeds around were either powerless to fall down or were swept into the air.
At this time, the man in his thirties who was asked replied weakly:
"I have seen it.
"There are very few people out of the city today, and he has come to an end."
Odick nodded, took out an energy bar, and handed it to the man.
Almost at the same time, the eyes looking this way were bloodshot and glowed with indescribable light.
After the man in his thirties took the energy bar, he quickly peeled off the packaging and folded it in half.
He thought for a moment and folded half of them in half again.
Then, he shook up a little girl leaning on him, stuffed three-quarters of the energy bar into her hand, and urged:
"Eat quickly! Eat quickly!"
The little girl looked seven or eight years old, her face was dirty, and only a pair of eyes looked bright.
She was still a little confused, but very obedient, took two pieces of energy bar, one long and one short, and quickly swallowed them.
The man in his thirties felt relieved and ate the remaining energy bar in his hand in a few bites.
"Thank you...... Thank you......" he said to Odick, raising his head and vaguely.
It was only at this time that Shang Jianyao saw his appearance clearly:
A simple man with a Chinese face and bronzed skin.
Odick didn't stop, quickly got back in the car, and drove to the end of the crowd.
After several inquiries, they determined that the "priest" turned to the left.
In this way, they chased after it for a while and asked once, and found that the "priest" went to the north wall area after making a big circle outside.
There is a city gate for noble lords to enter and exit.
"Yes, there is such a person." The guard at the city gate glanced at the portrait handed over by Odick, and said with great certainty, "He has a pass specially approved by the city lord, and we dare not stop it."
"Priest" went out of the south gate early in the morning, circled half a circle, and entered the city through the north gate? Jiang Baimian suddenly became vigilant.
This behavior is really abnormal!
Shang Jianyao said "Hmm" and said in a tone that I already fully understood:
"It could be a workout.
"Walk a hundred steps after eating and live to ninety-nine."
"Entering through the north gate is North Street." Odic ignored Shang Jianyao's jokes and expressed his thoughts.
"Then why didn't he enter North Street from the bridge behind the city hall, anyway, he has a pass? Is it more hidden now?" Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully.
"Maybe." Odick didn't say much, showed his pass, and entered North Street.
At a glance, the streets are wide, with houses on both sides, or surrounded by courtyards, with rockeries or towering walls, including gardens, which are very different from the style of East Street, West Street, and South Street.
After asking the armed guards at the entrance of different mansions in turn, Odick, Jiang Baimian, and Shang Jianyao followed them all the way and arrived at the entrance of a large building complex.
This is the "First Hospital of Wild Grass City".
——On East Street, there is also a "Wild Grass City Second Hospital".
"Have you ever seen this person?" Odick took out a portrait of the "priest" and asked the guards in the hospital booth.
The guard glanced at it:
"He? Come often."
Odick immediately asked:
"Has he been here today?"
"It's here, I came twenty or thirty minutes ago." The guard pointed to the innermost building. "He seems to be in charge of the renovation of the old building, so he should have gone over there."
After thanking the guards, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others entered the hospital and went straight to the old building that had been vacated and waiting to be renovated.
The old building is five stories high, the exterior walls are all painted white, the lighting inside is not very good, it looks gloomy everywhere, and it is also filled with the unpleasant smell of antiseptic liquid.
After walking for a while, Shang Jianyao and the others saw a picture of a child's graffiti on the white wall on a green background next to the staircase in the depths of the hall.
It was a line man with no facial features.
This "man" stood there upright, with a line of chalk on his hands raised to his chest:
"May you also lose your IQ."
PS: I recommend a book, "The Lord of the Extraordinary", looking at the introduction, I thought it was a combination of mystery and arcane, haha.
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