Embers Ad Infinitum

Vier? Jiang Baimian looked at each other with Bai Chen and others in surprise.

This mission has just begun, is it about to end?

Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm with a look of regret on his face.

Before he had time to perform, the target ran out on his own!

——They all have learned Honghe dialect. Even Bai Chen, forced by the environment, has mastered some of it. Although their respective levels are different, at least the basic listening, speaking, reading and writing are no problem.

At this time, Vier smiled and answered Bishop Renato's question:

"I've been in the ventilation duct.

“You all don’t understand the essence of hiding. You choose a place and stay motionless, while I will change my position according to the situation: when you come, I will go to another place, if you leave, I will return.

"The only problem is that you have to learn to walk in circles so that you can't hear the crawling noise."

Renato, who was wearing a mask, was silent for a few seconds and said:

"It's not like you've been hungry for three days."

"I prepared food in advance." Vier smiled very proudly. "After walking around to the farthest place from you, I can still crawl to the bathroom, drink some tap water, and use the toilet."

He waved his arms and said:

"This is real hiding. We are obviously living in the same place, but it seems like we are in two different worlds."

"You're not wearing a mask." Shang Jianyao suddenly pointed out.

He also spoke Honghe dialect.

The short Vier glanced at the tall "monkey":

"I have mastered a complete set of disguise skills. If you meet me again in the future, you will not recognize me."

"Your features are too obvious." Shang Jianyao reminded sincerely.

The smile on Viel's face suddenly disappeared.

In just a second or two, he returned to his previous expression:

"There is nothing that cannot be made up for."

"Yes." Shang Jianyao pointed at himself, "I can't pretend to be a dwarf."

Vier narrowed his eyes slightly and made a suggestion with a smile:

"You can break your legs."

Long Yuehong's lips moved slightly as she watched, as if she was watching two children quarreling. Jiang Baimian didn't want the two men to continue fighting. He coughed twice and signaled Bai Chen to interrupt.

Bai Chen understood her thoughts, took two steps forward, and said to Bishop Renato of the Vigilance Sect:

"Viel has been found. Is our mission over?"

She did not use the phrase "Viel has come out", but emphasized "found".

In any case, this is what happened after they took over the task. There is no credit and a little hard work.

Moreover, Renato might even ask them to investigate Viel's true hiding situation in the past few days.

Renato raised his hand and touched the mask on his face:

"Yes, the mission is accomplished.

"But in this case, the reward won't be much."

"It doesn't matter. Fulfilling the previous promise is enough. The story of the Dimarco family will be regarded as the final payment." Jiang Baimian interjected in a tone that I like to hear stories very much.

Being able to establish a relationship with the Vigilance Sect will definitely be of great help to the "Old Tune Group" on their trip to the Red Stone Collection.

Bai Chen then said "hmm", indicating that this member meant what he thought.

"You are honest, fair, and humble, which makes me feel like I have seen the second Captain Han." Renato spoke highly of the "Old Tune Team" for not obsessing over remuneration.

"Captain Han? The one from the security station?" Jiang Baimian was quite curious about the last half of the sentence.

Renato nodded:

“Yes, he possesses most of the chivalrous virtues of the Old World.

"If this were not the case, just because he is a 'senior hunter' and does not believe in our Lord, he would not always hide, and the townspeople would not unanimously agree to invite him to be the Sheriff."

"Incredible!" Shang Jianyao always said when he had something to say.

Long Yuehong could completely guess which aspect he was feeling emotional about, because he also had similar thoughts:

A veteran relic hunter who was born as a wilderness wanderer actually possesses most of the knightly virtues of the old world: humility, compassion, justice, honesty, bravery...

This is like saying that the mechanical monks are passionate, crazy about love, and live up to the Tathagata and the Lord.

Even Bai Chen, a veteran ruin hunter with a background as a wilderness wanderer, found it ridiculous and funny.

She is already considered a person with a high moral bottom line in this group, but she is still far, far away from those virtues.

She asked herself that "compassion" was the only thing, and it had to be a specific object, while "heroic" efforts could barely reach it.

"There are always some exceptions in this world." Renato did not argue about this issue. "Even if Han Wanghuo's performance is disguised, as long as he can keep pretending, he is still a real knight."

"Yeah." Jiang Baimian agreed.

She was more interested in another point:

Although there are many people here who speak the Hui Tu dialect, they seem to be more influenced by the Red River culture.

Of course, after the destruction of the old world and the migration of large numbers of people, only fragments of the two cultures remained in many places, and then they merged together.

Renato glanced at Viel, who was much shorter than him:

"You go to the Lord's altar and pray to complete this Mass."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Bishop." Viel walked towards the exit with a slight bounce.

When passing by Shang Jianyao, he suddenly turned his head and made a face.

After watching the half-grown child go away, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and struck his left palm:

"pity……"

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes covertly.

She knew that Shang Jianyao was regretting that he was wearing a mask and couldn't make a face in return.

Renato didn't ask Shang Jianyao what he regretted. He pointed forward and said in gray earth language:

"The largest arms dealer in Hongshiji is here."

"Mr. Di Marco?" Jiang Baimian was a little excited.

Does this mean they can meet the honorary mayor who has never left the underground shelter?

Even if we meet through electronic devices, that's fine.

As long as you can communicate, you can ask the Dimarco family about their knowledge of the destruction of the old world!

"Yes, technically it's Mr. Di Marco, but the person actually in charge is Mr. Carl, one of his three butlers." Renato, wearing a black cloak, explained, "I will introduce you to you later."

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Baimian learned Long Yuehong's mantra.

"She's so excited." Shang Jianyao "quietly" said to Long Yuehong.

"Get rid of it, change it to a little bit." Jiang Baimian replied.

After hearing their conversation, Renato turned his head and glanced at Bai Chen, as if to say that it was really hard to lead such a group of immature and stable teammates.

Bai Chen was too embarrassed to tell him that the one who took the lead was the leader of the team.

When you can't change Shang Jianyao, you can only join him.

And mental illness has always been a stubborn disease.

After exiting this corridor and walking around for a few minutes, Shang Jianyao and others saw another elevator hall.

There are three thick-looking gray-black elevators, with two small LCD screens embedded in the intervals.

Renato took a few steps forward, pressed a button, and waited patiently.

After a while, the LCD screen on the left floated, showing a middle-aged and elderly man.

He was wearing an old-world black suit and a meticulous bow tie. His black hair was slightly gray but neatly combed back.

His facial features are typical of Honghe people, his eyes are light blue, and although he looks ordinary, he has an indescribable temperament.

It's definitely not noble and elegant, but his presence makes Di Marco, the owner of the "Underground Ark", feel a little bit like this.

"Exactly, Mr. Carl, I have a few friends who want to meet with you to discuss some business." Renato wanted to ask the person on the other side of the screen to pass the message, but it turned out that the person on duty today was the butler Carl.

This time, he switched to Honghe dialect.

Karl glanced at the four masked people behind Renato through the camera:

“Ask them to meet in my office tomorrow morning between nine and ten.

"I still have to do the tasks assigned by my husband today."

Bai Chen glanced at Jiang Baimian and nodded to Renato.

"Okay." Renato agreed.

Karl turned and asked:

"Is this mass over?"

"It's over." Renato's tone was relaxed.

"Be vigilant forever." Karl crossed his hands, placed them on his chest, and took a step back.

He said again politely:

"See you tomorrow."

When the picture on the LCD screen disappeared, Renato turned to Bai Chen and said:

"Mr. Carl's office is on the fifth floor of Hongshiji, with the sign of 'Visa Trading Company' hanging on it."

"Visa? Why is it called this?" When Jiang Baimian arrives in a new place, he always looks like a curious baby.

"This is the name of Mr. Di Marco's grandfather." Renato explained.

Jiang Baimian then looked at the elevator and the LCD screen:

"Is this all a remnant of the old world?"

"The framework was later renovated by the 'Mechanical Paradise', and some old and broken things were replaced." Renato knew this very well, after all, he needed to go underground through the church he presided over.

Jiang Baimian is not surprised at all that the Dimarco family cooperates with "Mechanical Paradise" because this is an important smuggling node and has a lot of resources that "Mechanical Paradise" needs. Moreover, compared to Weed Grass City, this place is Closer to the south, where it enters the sea, is where the "Mechanical Paradise" is located.

She asked curiously:

"Humans can't enter the 'underground ark', but robots can?"

"Yes, but it must be non-artificial intelligence and unarmed." Renato said casually. "At that time, 'Mechanical Paradise' specially formed a small non-artificial intelligence engineering team. Well... Mr. Di Marco should also have specialized training within The talents in this area, combined with the two, completed the renovation and transformation of the 'Underground Ark' in a short time. When the engineering team left, the corresponding data and information were also destroyed."

As they talked, they returned to the fortress-like church on the ground.

Saying goodbye to Renato and getting into the jeep, Jiang Baimian, who sat in the passenger seat, suddenly smiled and said:

"Do you think that Viel is telling the truth?"

Bai Chen, who was driving, replied quite calmly:

"At least part of what he said was a lie."

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