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When they parked their vehicles and were about to pass through the cave, one of the guards suddenly said:

"Wait a moment!"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Baimian, who was wearing a delicate monk's mask, asked sideways.

Pointing to Long Yuehong's right arm, the guard spoke quickly:

"I, I remember that President Gu didn't have a mechanical arm last time.

"Could the current him be someone else's disguise?"

"..." Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong were speechless.

Be vigilant too much, you guys!

Shang Jianyao understood and respected the folk customs of Hongshiji, and helped explain:

"The last time he was a hero to save the United States, he was blown off an arm and had to replace it with a mechanical arm."

Hearing that the hero saved the beauty, Long Yue's face turned hot, and she was very glad that she was wearing a mask now.

The folk customs of Hongshiji are sometimes quite good...

Seeing that the other three honorary presidents were willing to testify for Gu Zhiyong, the guards stepped aside and no longer doubted.

……

Inside the ark, on the second basement floor, the reception room where DiMarco met the "Old Tune Group" before.

Sitting on the couch opposite Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and others were Ulrich, Yu Tian, ​​and Bode, three members of the Ark Management Committee who happened to be underground today.

Among them, although Ulrich used to be one of Dimarco's three major housekeepers, he did not help the tyrant at the beginning, but only helped to appease the servants after Dimarco vented his emotions. Therefore, he was recognized by everyone as a Key people who are familiar with the smuggling business and have mastered the corresponding channels have joined the Ark Management Committee.

Compared with other committee members who were servants or guards, he was experienced, seasoned and convincing, and was elected as the interim president when Gnawa left.

When he has served for two years and has not made a mistake, the word "temporary" will be removed.

Yu Tian and Bode were the first guards who surrendered and helped the "Old Tune Group". They were the two signs they erected. Therefore, when Gnawa was still in the ark, according to Jiang Baimian's opinion, he specially mentioned them, and After receiving Gnawa's precepts and deeds, they have been able to perform their duties as committee members.

"Has anyone from the Salvation Army come to Hongshiji recently?" Jiang Baimian asked after the greetings.

Ulrich is in his forties, his black hair is still neatly combed, and his body is covered with a dark formal suit, but he no longer wears a bow tie as before, and the dress is straight.

His blue eyes moved slightly, and he said in thought:

"I'm not sure if it's the Salvation Army, because they didn't deal with us and went straight to the Gray Whispers, uh, the Gray Earths.

"There were less than twenty of them, all gray-soiled people, living in an abandoned building near several members of the Tan family, not a hotel camp."

The "Salvation Army" has members from the Red River people, which embodies their concept of a common destiny for mankind, but because their current sphere of influence in the old world belongs to the gray-earth people ruled area in a broad sense, so the number of non-gray-earth people is not large.

"Do you know what they are here for?" Shang Jianyao was quite curious, as if I planned to help.

Of course, because of the mask, others cannot see this.

Ulrich shook his head:

"I don't know, but we can observe what the members of the Tan family or other gray-earth people are collecting."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly, and looked at the ceiling above his head:

"Watch out for some strangers coming to the church recently?"

"Yes." Yu Tian, ​​who had a Chinese-character face, immediately replied, "Several groups of people from other places directly moved into the church, but Bishop Antoniola didn't tell everyone the reason or introduce him."

Inside the ark, none of the three committee members wore masks.

"What about Warner Song? What did he say?" Jiang Baimian thought for a moment.

"I didn't say anything." It was Bird with freckles who rushed to answer.

Shang Jianyao suddenly lowered his voice, as if he was wary of someone and asked:

"Did those people quarrel with each other?"

Yu Tian thought about it for a few seconds and said:

"I encountered it once.

"They sat on both sides of the Holy Emblem of the Year, accusing each other.

"One said that vigilance is the result and not the cause, the other said that vigilance is the most important goal, and the other is there to persuade those who are quarreling and let them live in peace."

For some reason, Jiang Baimian suddenly thought of Kang Na who had a swearing parrot.

This "corridor of the mind" level awakener has demonstrated an ability to make people friendly.

Chapter 45 Arrangements

What Jiang Baimian said was different from what she thought in her heart. She asked about information related to the task of the "Old Tune Group":

"What do you know about the ruins of Iron Mountain City?"

The meticulous and serious Ulrich did not show any slack in front of Jiang Baimian and others just because he had become the interim chairman of the Ark Management Committee. He behaved as if he had gone back to the past and faced Dimarco, like a tyrant, was so respectful that he couldn't fault him.

This may be his instinct and habit.

Before DiMarco was killed, he had been a deacon and steward for half his life.

And half of his life is almost a lifetime for many wilderness wanderers.

Even if they are lucky and do not encounter any disasters or dangers, only the extreme malnutrition and the relatively poor surrounding environment will allow them to pass through their prime, and after their physical condition begins to decline, they will gradually suffer from illnesses until they pass away. At this time, they are often just over forty or even less.

So in some wilderness homeless settlements, anyone over the age of 35 is considered an elderly person.

Ulrich organized the language and answered Jiang Baimian's question:

"The people in Ark and even the entire Redstone Collection don't know much about the ruins of Iron Mountain City.

"After the chaotic years, the order here was initially restored, and when there was room to expand the source of materials, the ruins of Tieshan City had almost been excavated and were of little value, and we found the business of smuggling, so... "

Ulrich didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was so clear that even a child could understand it.

He paused and said:

"Perhaps the mountain monsters will be more clear.

"Not many years after the old world was destroyed, they lived in the depths of Iron Mountain. There should be ruins on the other side of the mountain."

"En." Jiang Baimian nodded slightly.

At the same time, she muttered in her heart:

You were born after the new calendar. I don’t know that in the middle of the chaotic era, the "Underground Ark" has plenty of power, but DiMarco focused on fighting against Yan Hu and the residents of Huxin Island at that time. After that, be vigilant People from the sect came to preach...

Following Ulrich's answer, Jiang Baimian asked about another thing he had explained before:

"It's been almost a year, how is your contact with murlocs and mountain monsters?"

Ulrich leaned forward slightly, leaving only half of his buttocks sitting on the sofa.

He replied calmly:

"Over the past year, the murlocs and mountain monsters have been seriously damaged due to their previous attacks on the Redstone Collection, so they have stopped attacking here from time to time, and the situation is relatively stable.

"They don't reject our contact, and hope to exchange the ores in the mountains and the special products in the lake with more useful smuggled items such as food, weapons, and medicine.

"But they are still very wary of humans, with obvious hatred. If the people in the ark hadn't participated in the defensive battle of the Red Stone Set, I think the contact would not be so smooth.

"After many contacts, some murlocs and mountain monsters have eased their attitude towards us a lot. I also ordered the people in charge of the transaction to talk to them more about human nature and civilization, and repeatedly told them that human beings are human beings. It’s not about looks. They seem to enjoy hearing it, or at least chatting with us.”

When he left Redstone before, in order to satisfy Shang Jianyao's "great ideal" of dissolving hatred, preventing murlocs, mountain monsters, and residents of Redstone from attacking each other, and preventing him from using "reasoning clowns" to achieve false peace, Jiang Bai Mian specifically told the members of the Ark Management Committee to organize a smuggling team to contact the murlocs and mountain monsters, and to narrow the distance between the two sides through mutual interaction and instilling certain ideas.

She doesn't expect this to be effective within a few years, it will only happen after at least one or two generations of people die and the hatred is basically forgotten.

Moreover, we have to work hard to maintain the "truce" between the two sides, meet the basic material needs of murlocs and mountain monsters through smuggling, suppress their desire to return to the Redstone Collection through communication, and show their strength to shock their hearts...

In short, this is a complicated and difficult matter, definitely not as simple as Shang Jianyao touching his upper and lower lips.

Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian suddenly froze.

She was shocked to find that for Shang Jianyao now, this might really be a matter of touching his upper and lower lips a few times.

He is now an awakened person at the "spiritual corridor" level, and has the ability of "thought guidance"-this can respectively show the characteristics of "thinking implantation" and "reasoning clown". A concept and idea, don't be too easy.

Moreover, the number of the two major groups of murlocs and mountain monsters is not too large. Shang Jianyao worked hard and kept a little concealed. It should be able to "cover" all of them in ten days and a half months.

Then "guide" them to listen to the radio regularly to consolidate the "curative effect".

This should allow the murlocs and mountain monsters to live in peace with the residents of Hongshiji until all those subhumans who have deep hatred die.

As for Hongshiji, there is a vigilant church watching, Shang Jianyao is definitely unable to do anything on a large scale, but fortunately, the townspeople in Hongshiji are not interested in poor mountains and rivers, as long as murlocs and mountain monsters are not To provoke them, most of them are willing to maintain the status quo.

As his thoughts flashed, Jiang Baimian's expression changed slightly, and he almost shook his head in front of Long Yuehong and other team members, as well as Ulrich and other members of the Ark Management Committee.

She even started to consider using the Awakened ability to forcibly resolve the matter of the Redstone Collection!

In her previous opinion, this was quite an evil act. Using abilities to directly distort the will of others was no different from making puppets. It was only suitable for use against enemies.

Now, although she still thinks this is not advisable, she can't help but list the corresponding plans.

"Phew, you still have to respect the will of the murlocs and mountain monsters, and you can't make fun of yourself as a big villain, just do what a big villain would do...

"However, if you can't suppress the urge to return to the Redstone Collection in the future, and you can't find a way to make the townspeople here accept it, in the face of a possible large-scale bloody conflict, temporarily use your ability It can also be considered to suppress them and let them continue to maintain peace...

"In the dust, you must not have moral cleanliness, which sometimes kills many people...Compared to their will being distorted for a few years, allowing more people to survive and welcome the dawn, guilt is nothing... "Jiang Baimian glanced sideways at Shang Jianyao.

She didn't know which Shang Jianyao was in charge of the body now, anyway, he didn't show any signs of being ready to move because of Ulrich's words.

"You guys have done a good job. This matter needs to be persisted for a long time." Jiang Baimian nodded to Ulrich, Yu Tian and Bode.

"The smuggling business with murlocs and mountain monsters will also bring us benefits." Ulrich said that even if honorary chairman Xue Shiyue didn't tell him to wait for others, the Ark Management Committee would continue to do this .

Jiang Baimian let out a "huh" and pondered for a moment before saying:

"When is your next transaction?"

Ulrich did not answer, and said directly:

"You can do it anytime you want, but you have to tell me a day in advance so that I can send someone to contact them."

Hey, the former housekeeper and now the chairman is so considerate, he actually heard what I meant... No wonder people with money and status in the old world want to find a good housekeeper... Jiang Baimian glanced at Long Yuehong, Shang Jian Yao took a look and found that one of them was puzzled and the other was wandering.

After pondering for a while, Jiang Baimian asked:

"Is it okay to meet the murloc tomorrow afternoon and the mountain monster the afternoon after tomorrow?"

"No problem." Ulrich remained calm.

After discussing other matters and dismissing the three members of the Ark Management Committee, Jiang Baimian stood up and stretched his back in a nondescript way:

"I will live on this floor tonight, and try to finish meeting the murlocs and mountain monsters before Lao Ge comes."

Long Yuehong finally couldn't help asking a question:

"Team leader, I can understand seeing the mountain monster. It is to obtain more information on the ruins of Tieshan City. So what is the significance of the murlocs?"

Jiang Baimian smiled slightly:

"I wanted to do this last time, but at that time we were too weak, knowing too much may not be a good thing.

"Do you still remember the matter of the murloc envoy?"

"Remember." Bai Chen was the first to answer.

And Shang Jianyao was awake for too long today, and his dizziness became serious again.

Jiang Baimian said with a smile:

"It was not the murloc envoy who first discovered Yanhu Temple, but some young men from the murloc tribe.

"They went to the island, entered the market town, and found the temple. They thought it was a bit weird, so they didn't dare to go in, so they sent someone to notify the murloc envoy.

"I was wondering if they were waiting for the murloc envoy in the town at that time, whether it had been more than half an hour..."

Hearing this, Long Yuehong suddenly realized.

He remembered the third notice given by the company when he first explored the island in the middle of the lake:

"No more than a quarter of an hour in the temple, no more than half an hour in the area near the temple, no more than three days in other places on the island."

The group of murlocs didn't enter the temple, nor did they stay on the island for more than three days, but they probably waited for the envoy of the murlocs in the market town near the temple for a long time!

Long Yuehong tentatively asked:

"Team leader, do you want to investigate what happened to the group of murlocs at that time or later?"