long night fire

Xu Liyan breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said:

"Sure enough, we still have to do both, and we can't be stingy at times like this.

"Kindness is not necessarily worse than selfishness. Different situations require different means."

After this battle, he feels that his authority has been established to a certain extent. However, everyone is already a brother, and there is no need to force it if they have something to discuss.

He issued orders one by one to complete the aftermath, and saw another guard rushing to the door.

"City lord, report from the wasteland sentry in the direction of 'Original City':

"A regular army from the 'Original City' appeared and joined together with several slave hunting teams."

Xu Liyan narrowed his eyes:

"really……"

Jiang Baimian was not surprised by this at all.

After confirming the real purpose of the "priest", she suspected that there was a certain force in the "prime city" behind the matter, or it was directly the will of the Senate of the "prime city".

They have long wanted to completely swallow the fat of Wild Grass City, which has a lot of autonomy.

Xu Liyan immediately looked around, smiled and said:

"If we fail to resolve the riots quickly, they will have a good reason to come here and stabilize the situation for the subordinate forces."

After finishing speaking, he looked sideways at Uncle Liu:

"Send out the drone team and bomb a round on the wasteland in front of that army, saying that they are cleaning up the rioters, please make sure they don't approach, so as not to be accidentally injured.

"Hehe, this large-scale firework should make the guests and hosts enjoy themselves."

"Yes, City Lord!" Uncle Liu replied first, and then reminded, "Peace is still the most important thing in the future."

"I understand." Xu Liyan turned his anger into anger, but he did not lose his mind.

For them, staying in the "First City" is the best choice, no matter in terms of the resources they can obtain, the trade they can get involved in, the protection they can get, or the degree of autonomy.

Seeing that the situation had turned around and everything was on track, Jiang Baimian winked at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jian Yao quickly stood up, put the small speaker back into the tactical backpack, and said:

"We still have something to do, we have to go first."

"When the matter completely subsides, we must come to the dance!" Zhao Zhengqi's eldest son reluctantly invited.

"If you're free." Shang Jianyao responded with bright eyes.

Xu Liyan glanced left and right:

"Aren't you still bringing three people with you? It's inconvenient without a car.

"Come on, drive my specially modified bulletproof off-road vehicle to the door."

After giving the order, he looked at Shang Jianyao and said sincerely:

"Don't be disgusted."

"Then I won't see you." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.

……

The army-green bulletproof off-road vehicle drove out of the City Lord's Mansion, and slowly drove along North Street towards the municipal building.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Wei Yu and the three in the back seat, and asked Shang Jianyao, who was in charge of driving:

"How long can your wave of 'reasoning clowns' last?"

This determines the time for them to escape from Wild Grass City.

——In the previous search, they found Wei Yu and other members of Lei Yunsong's team without accident.

Originally, it was inevitable that there would be a fierce battle, which might cause casualties, but it happened that Odick was involved, and by suppressing firepower, he found an opportunity to put Wei Yu and others into a deep sleep.

Because there were many guards nearby at that time, Jiang Baimian did not let Shang Jianyao use "reasoning clown" to deal with the follow-up, nor did he directly wake up Wei Yu and others to try to crack "hypnosis" and greet relatives.

She chose to have a light layer of anesthesia and take it home for further treatment.

Shang Jian Yao was driving while shaking his body slightly and said:

"A circular argument has been formed, and without accident, it can last for at least ten days and a half months.

"Even if you encounter things that contradict the 'reasoning results' in daily life, as long as they are not particularly violent and diametrically opposed, they will be covered up by circular arguments and become accumulations until they reach the critical line."

"That's good." Jiang Baimian nodded first, and then asked curiously, "You just let them think you are a brother, moved by your spirit, and choose to help. This has nothing to do with many things in real life, and there are counterexamples The probability is quite low. What if, if there is no counterexample all the time?"

"The noble meeting hall will become a fraternity hall." Shang Jianyao made a serious guess.

Jiang Baimian let out a laugh:

"This may not be a big deal. They have real contradictions with each other. As time goes by, sooner or later they will find something is wrong."

Having said that, Jiang Baimian turned sideways, looked at Shang Jianyao, and asked seriously:

"What do you think you did wrong about this matter just now?"

Shang Jian Yao thought for a while and said:

"I should send you away first!"

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes:

"This is the wrong choice!"

She sighed and said helplessly:

"At least give me a look before you do it, don't make a surprise attack.

"If I had reacted slower just now, I would have died!"

"Okay." Shang Jianyao agreed.

When they returned to the alley where the "Afu gun shop" was located, the order in the city had been initially restored, and the obstacles blocking the entrance of the yard had been removed.

After settling down Wei Yu and the others, they didn't go out again, but stayed in the room, listening to sporadic gunshots.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened, and Wild Grass City finally regained its stability.

Shang Jianyao and the others divided into two groups, left the alley and came to South Street to confirm the current status.

At this moment, there were people sitting at the doorways of many dilapidated shops. They were either bent over, looking at the ground, sobbing softly, or looking at the street ahead, weeping silently.

The streets are full of patrolling city guards, and many citizens and homeless people are there to help collect corpses in order to get more food.

One after another, the dead were dragged away, leaving bloody red marks on the ground.

Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little cold on his face, subconsciously raised his head, and looked at the sky.

The low-hanging clouds are like lead, and there are more and more crystal shards of ice falling down.

Long Yuehong stared blankly at the scene, stretched out her right hand to pick it up, and said in a low voice:

"Snowing……"

Chapter 61 Speaking

The heavy snow has stopped long ago, but there are still white residues on the roofs and roadsides, covered in white.

Jiang Baimian didn't care about Shang Jianyao's attempt to squeeze a super-big snowball, and smiled at Lei Yunsong, Lin Feifei and the others:

"Let's have a good chat when we get back to the company."

The previous turmoil came too suddenly, before they had time to get the self-assembled radio transceiver, the task was completed, so they could only contact Chen Xufeng, the intelligence officer in charge of the Wild Grass City affairs, and reported the general situation to the company through him , and helped Lei Yunsong's team apply for basic supplies.

In the end, the company asked Chen Xufeng to prepare two vehicles for Lei Yunsong's team, enough food for more than half a month, and corresponding weapons and ammunition, so that they could return to the underground building to report their duties as soon as possible and receive psychological evaluation and trauma treatment.

Lei Yunsong, whose eyes seemed to have not been fully opened, responded to Jiang Baimian while pressing the car door:

"You must not forget those who came into contact with 'Mechanical Paradise'.

"They must hold some of the secrets of the destruction of the old world!"

In the previous exchange, Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, who had recovered, explained the reasons for their group to Wild Grass City and their subsequent encounters:

They found a few broken chips from intelligent robots in a wilderness settlement near the south.

After repairing, cracking and data restoration, they extracted some useful information from it.

The information told them that those chips came from the robot guards of "Mechanical Paradise" - when they were conducting a certain business transaction, they were attacked by enemy forces and suffered heavy losses, and some components were lost as a result.

In addition to the origin, the term "Master Brain" appears repeatedly in these messages, giving people the feeling that it has already occupied every industry in "Mechanical Paradise"—no matter which aspect of life, it cannot escape its control.

In addition, some time points in the information indicate that the "Master Brain" probably existed and was put into operation before the destruction of the old world.

In order to confirm these things and obtain more information, Lei Yunsong's team chose to come to Wild Grass City and start their investigation from the local Hunter's Guild - they have a close cooperation with "Mechanical Paradise".

It is obviously impossible for a wanderer from a humble background to be treated equally. In order to make the inquiry go smoothly, Lei Yunsong deliberately chose the best hotel, and in his words and deeds, he showed that he and others had the backing of a powerful force.

They didn't know exactly when they were attracted by the "priest" who was "anti-intellectualism", they could only be sure that it was the sick man they met after they went to North Street and visited the city lord.

Regarding Lei Yunsong's "request", Jiang Baimian said with a "hmm":

“Ultimately it depends on the company’s arrangements.

"The thread you found out is likely to let you be responsible to the end."

Hearing this, Lei Yunsong exhaled and said:

"After we go back, we may not have the opportunity to go out to work.

"Our group will most likely be disbanded."

After working on the old tune for so long, they still have certain feelings and obsessions about this matter, so I very much hope that Jiang Baimian's team can take over this line, investigate further, and give them an answer.

Jiang Baimian said in relief:

"It depends on the final evaluation results, and the chances are quite high."

Lei Yunsong glanced at his team members, smiled and said:

"That's actually a good thing.

"We all have families and mouths. Every time we leave the company and come to the surface, we are very apprehensive, afraid that we will never go back. No, this time we almost disappeared.

"It's a great loss to take advantage of this opportunity to transfer all of them to back office. You don't have to worry about your wife, children, parents and brothers anymore. Anyway, you have been working in the dust for many years and have been to many places. It is much better than most of the company's employees. Well, it should be enough.”

When you say that, I can tell with your toes that you are a bit reluctant... Hey, there are very few company employees who are used to living on the surface who do not miss the outside world, even if it is full of danger... Jiang Baimian slandered a few words, piled up With a smile, he waved his hand and said:

"No matter what the end result is, it's a good thing, at least I went back alive.

"Bon Voyage!"

"See you later!" Lei Yunsong and the others also waved their hands, opened the car door, and got in.

After watching their vehicles drive towards South Street, Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly, and said to Shang Jianyao beside him:

"How many times have you tried it, why do you still have expectations?"

Shang Jian Yao was biting the huge snowball he made again.

"I'm just thirsty," he replied vaguely.

Jiang Baimian gave a "tsk" and walked towards the bulletproof off-road vehicle that Xu Liyan sent:

"It's time for us to do something."

While talking, she turned her head and waved to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong who were behind the window on the second floor, signaling that they were all busy.

After all, the Eugene slave hunting team was still outside the city, and the task of hunting down the "kidnappers" was still pending.

The latest news that Bai Chen inquired about was that after a brief firefight, the Eugene gang had chosen a new leader who inherited the slave arrest certificate.

The new boss obviously didn't want to get Eugene back, he just wanted to catch a "true murderer" and show his loyalty to convince the public.

Throwing away the oversized snowball in his hand, Shang Jianyao got into 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 next things." Jiang Baimian, who was in the co-driver's seat, leaned back, took out Chen Xufeng's "reply letter", and said simply, "First, find Xu Liyan and show that we are 'Pangaean creatures'. A mutually beneficial relationship can be established; second, personally interrogate the fake 'priest' once, and learn as much as possible about the 'anti-intellectual religion'."

This is a new task assigned to them by the company.

Because Shang Jian Yao was addicted to playing with the snow in the past two or three days, Jiang Baimian worried that he didn't listen carefully at that time, so he had to repeat it again.

"Now it's a mutually beneficial relationship." Shang Jianyao and Xu Liyan said that they were life and death brothers.