The heavy snow has long stopped, but there are still white residues on the roof and roadside, covered in silver.
Jiang Baimian didn't care about Shang Yao's attempt to pinch a super large snowball, and said to Lei Yunsong, Lin Feifei and the others with a smile:
"Let's have a good chat when we get back to the company."
The previous turmoil came too suddenly, and before they could get their own self-assembled radio transceiver, the task was completed, so they could only contact Chen Xufeng, the intelligence officer in charge of Wild Grass City's affairs, through him to report the general situation to the company, and help Lei Yunsong's team apply for basic supplies.
In the end, the company asked Chen Xufeng to prepare two cars, enough food to last more than half a month, and corresponding weapons and ammunition for Lei Yunsong's team, so that they could return to the underground building as soon as possible to report on their duties and receive psychological assessment and mental trauma treatment.
Lei Yunsong, whose eyes seemed to be not fully opened, pressed the car door and responded to Jiang Baimian:
"You must not forget to come into contact with the people of 'Mechanical Heaven'.
"They must hold part of the secret of the destruction of the old world!"
In the previous exchange, Lei Yunsong, Lin Feifei, and the recovered Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei told the reason why their group went to Wild Grass City and the subsequent encounters:
They found several broken chips originating from intelligent robots in a wilderness wanderer settlement to the south.
After repairing, cracking, and data restoration, they extracted some useful information from it.
This information told them that the chips came from the robot guards of "Mechanical Heaven" - they were attacked by enemy forces during a business transaction, suffering heavy losses, and some components were lost.
In addition to the origin, the term "mastermind" repeatedly appears in this information, giving people the feeling that it has occupied various industries in the "mechanical paradise" - no matter which aspect of life it cannot escape its control.
In addition, some time points in the information indicate that the "mastermind" probably existed before the destruction of the old world and was put into operation.
In order to confirm these things and obtain more information, the Thunder Cloud Pine's team chose to come to Weed City and start an investigation from the local hunter guild - they work closely with the "Mechanical Paradise".
In order to make the inquiry go smoothly, Lei Yunsong deliberately chose the best hotel, showing that he and others had a big force behind him in his words and deeds.
They didn't know when they were favored by the "priest" of the "Anti-Intellectual Religion", but they could only be sure that they met the sick man after going to North Street and visiting the city lord.
Regarding Lei Yunsong's "request", Jiang Baimian said "hmm":
"In the end, it depends on the company's arrangements.
"The line you found is likely to hold you responsible to the end."
When Lei Yunsong heard this, he exhaled and said:
"After we go back, we may not have the opportunity to go out on field work.
"Our group is likely to be disbanded."
After doing the old tune work for so long, they still have certain feelings and obsessions about this matter, so I hope that Jiang Baimian's team can take over this line, investigate it, and give them an answer.
Jiang Baimian said with relief:
"It depends on the final evaluation results, and the chance is still quite high."
Lei Yunsong glanced at his team members and said with a smile:
"This is actually a good thing.
"We all have families, and every time we leave the company and come to the surface, we are very apprehensive, afraid that we will never be able to go back.
"I can take this opportunity to turn all into internal services, it's a loss of horse, I don't have to worry about my wife, children, parents and brothers anymore, anyway, I have been on the gray soil for many years, I have been to many places, much better than most of the company's employees, well, it's time to be content."
When you say this, I can tell with my toes that you are a little reluctant...... Hey, there are few company employees who are accustomed to life on the surface who do not miss the outside world, even if it is full of dangers...... Jiang Baimian scolded a couple of words, smiled, waved his hand and said:
"No matter what the final result is, it's a good thing, at least I went back alive.
"Have a good journey!"
"See you later!" Lei Yunsong and the others also waved their hands, opened the car door, and got in.
After watching their vehicle drive towards South Street, Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly and said to Shang Jianyao beside him:
"How many times have you tasted it, why do you still have expectations?"
Shang Jianyao was biting the huge snowball he had pinched out again.
"I'm just thirsty." He replied vaguely.
Jiang Baimian "tsk" and walked towards the bulletproof off-road car given by Xu Liyan:
"It's time for us to do things too."
As she spoke, she turned around and waved to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong behind the window on the second floor, signaling that they were busy.
After all, the Eugene slave trap team is still outside the city, and the task of hunting down the "kidnappers" is still hanging.
The latest news Bai Chen heard was that after a short fire merger, the Eugene gang decided on a new leader and inherited the slave capture certificate.
The new leader obviously doesn't want to get Eugene back, he just wants to catch a "real murderer" to show his loyalty and convince the public.
Throwing away the oversized snowball in his hand, Shang Jianyao entered the driver's seat and started the car.
——Because Long Yuehong didn't open the window, Shang Jianyao gave up the idea of throwing snowballs at him, which would break the glass.
"There are two things next." Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger seat, leaned back, took out Chen Xufeng's "reply letter", and said simply, "First, find Xu Liyan and show that we are people from 'Pangu Biology' and hope to establish a mutually beneficial relationship; Second, personally interrogate a false 'priest' to grasp as much as possible about the 'anti-intellectual' situation."
This is a new task given to them by the company.
Because Shang Jianyao was addicted to playing in the snow for the past two or three days, Jiang Baimian was worried that he hadn't listened carefully at all, so he had to repeat it again.
"Now it's a mutually beneficial relationship." Shang Jianyao and Xu Liyan were brothers of life and death.
Jiang Baimian sneered:
"How long will this last?
"The company also saw that there was a gap between Xu Liyan and the 'First City', so they thought about whether they could win it over.
"If we can succeed, even if you develop from 'brotherly love' to 'cutting your robes and breaking righteousness', we don't have to worry about not being able to get out of Weed City."
Interests are the easiest and most stable relationships.
Shang Jianyao thought for a moment, and then asked:
"What is a mutually beneficial relationship?"
"It's just that everyone is not together in terms of status, but there is money to earn together, blessings to enjoy together, if there is difficulty, well, depending on the situation, we will give some support, in short, we can bury a nail in the hand and make the 'First City' uncomfortable, the directors must be very satisfied." Jiang Baimian explained casually.
"Why are they like children?" Shang Jianyao made an evaluation.
Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes and replied.
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As the life and death friend of the city lord, Shang Jianyao met Xu Liyan without any effort.
He was still followed by the mechanical monk Jingnian on top of the robe.
As soon as he saw Jing Nian, Shang Jianyao shook his body gently, with a peculiar rhythm, and then was glared back by Jiang Baimian.
"City Lord Xu, I have something I want to communicate with you." Jiang Baimian signaled with his eyes that this was not suitable for Zen Master Jingnian to hear.
Xu Liyan smiled and shook his head:
"Based on my relationship with Jian Yao, if you have anything to say.
"Well, don't worry about the Zen master, we have a confidentiality agreement between us, and the monks have always been very trustworthy."
Jiang Baimian didn't insist, pulled away the chair opposite the desk, and sat down.
She smiled slightly and said:
"City Lord Xu, have you ever considered enhancing your own strength?"
Hearing this, Shang Jianyao glanced sideways at the team leader and closed his mouth tightly.
Xu Liyan's expression suddenly became serious:
"How do you say this?"
Jiang Baimian's eyes swept from Xu Liyan to the mechanical monk Jingnian, and then took it back:
"Just like this attack, once the enemy breaks through the blockade of the bodyguards and restricts Zen Master Jingnian's activities, the city lord is like a lamb to be slaughtered, and others can knead it however they want.
"I know that you can hire a lot of bodyguards, including the guild's 'senior hunters', normally, it is difficult for someone to assassinate you, but if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of just in case, if your strength can be enhanced, then at the critical moment, you may be a winner.
"You should be well aware that there are too many unconventional weapons in this world, as well as humans."
For Xu Liyan, the "priest" incident was the most dangerous situation he had experienced since he was born, and whenever he thought of a close call, he was trembling and isolated, so he had nightmares for several days.
"Then what should I do?" Xu Liyan tried to make himself less eager.
Jiang Baimian smiled:
"On the gray soil, there are many channels to improve yourself, but very few go beyond the norm:
"One is to become an awakened person, but this really depends on fate, not trying, not being powerful, you can succeed; the second is to upload consciousness and become an 'immortal', which is indeed a big temptation for humans in their later years, but you are still young, and there are still many things you have not enjoyed; The third is mechanical transformation, with your relationship with the 'original city', it is not that difficult, but you may not be able to get the best equipment, and the image is not so good......"
After saying a lot, Jiang Baimian changed his mind:
"You see, my biological prosthetic limb does not appear abnormal from the outside, but it has the ability to surpass humans."
A silver-white arc jumped between her fingers.
Xu Liyan was silent for a moment and said:
"Are you from 'Pangu Creatures'?"
"Yes." Jiang Baimian responded with a smile, "Compared with less mature genetic modification, biological prosthetic technology is already quite reliable."
Xu Liyan looked at her quietly for more than ten seconds, and finally asked:
"What do you want?"
Jiang Baimian laughed:
"We want very little.
"You are still alive, you still control the Weed City, and you still maintain the freedom of the Weed City, for us, it is enough.
"We would be very grateful if we could still buy something here that we can't buy in normal trade.
"City Lord Xu, putting the weight on one side of the balance will not maintain balance."
Xu Liyan thought for a moment and did not answer directly:
"I'll think about it again."
(End of this chapter)