Embers Ad Infinitum

The management of "First City" is still much worse than that of the company... After listening to Jiadi's answer, Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and asked another question:

"What big things happened in the city recently?"

Jia Di shook his head like a rattle:

"No, same as usual."

"Are you all citizens?" Jiang Baimian asked instead.

Jia Di glanced at the companions with their hands raised:

"Yes, but over the years, the lives of the lower class citizens have become worse and worse day by day, and they are not as good as when the emperor was alive.

"We have a good relationship with some captains and company commanders of the city defense army. We rely on them to make some hard money at the entrance of the Red River Bridge."

Hard-earned money... Jiang Baimian was almost amused.

Is using a gun for blackmail worthy of being called hard work?

Jiang Baimian asked some more questions about the current situation in the First City, and finally nodded:

"Then please help us find accommodation with the soldiers guarding the bridge. Money is not an issue."

Jia Di controlled the changes in his expression and showed a flattering look:

"no problem.

"I'll just pay for it, you don't have to pay."

Jiang Baimian responded obligingly:

"That's fine, just think of it as apology for offending us."

Jia Di slowly turned around and assumed the posture of leading the way.

With his back to the "Old Tune Group", a smile gradually appeared on his face.

As long as he talks to the soldiers guarding the bridge, he can let this unknown team know the consequences of offending him.

Carrying heavy weapons and following robots, do you want to cause destruction in the Prime City?

At that time, the materials will be divided equally, the men will get the mines, the women will be sold to the bathrooms, and the robots will be transferred to other homes!

As soon as Jia Di took a step forward, he heard the man who was sometimes kind and sometimes vicious say to his companion:

"Look:

“You speak Honghe language, and I also speak Honghe language;

“You have weapons and I have weapons;

"so……"

What does this mean? Jady was a little confused.

The next second, one of his companions shouted in a suddenly enlightened tone:

"Quick! Jadi is looking for the guards to betray you, no, us!"

Jia Di's mind suddenly buzzed, and he didn't know whether to curse people for being evil or to kneel down and beg for mercy on the spot.

He slowly turned around and saw Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and others smiling or calm, without any surprise.

Shang Jianyao walked towards Jiadi step by step and said with a smile:

"Don't even think about it. I pinched your shoulder just now and you answered my question. What kind of relationship could we have?"

After passing through the third spiritual island, his "reasoning clown" language form became more flexible. As long as it satisfies the three-paragraph structure, he can use rhetorical questions instead of "so".

Jia Di's expression changed several times, and he beat his chest with tears in his eyes:

"I betrayed my brother and I deserve to die!"

"It won't happen again." Shang Jianyao grabbed Jia Di's hands and said sincerely.

Up again... Jiang Baimian turned his head and glanced at each other with Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Gnawa.

She actually didn't mind sinking Jiadi and his gang into the Red River.

They said they only robbed and did not harm anyone, but in fact, Jiang Baimian could think with his toes that when they met someone who tried to resist, would they just let him go?

The reason why she didn't take action was because it was too close to the Red River Bridge, and the soldiers guarding the bridge were with Jiadi and the others. Any disturbance would affect the completion of the mission by herself and others.

Jiadi, who had learned from the experience and repented of his past mistakes, wiped away his tears and led the way in front of the army green jeep, while his companions retreated to the shelter of the ruins by the river.

Seeing the bridge in sight and the vehicle moving slowly, Jiang Baimian signaled Gnawa to "switch" the color of his eyes and change some features to make himself look like an ordinary robot.

At the same time, Shang Jianyao rolled down the car window and handed the 20 Orei that Jiang Baimian stuffed to him to Jia Di.

"No! No need!" Jia Di waved his hands repeatedly.

Shang Jianyao's expression became solemn:

"Are you looking down on me?"

"No, no." Jia Di had no choice but to take the 20 Ore.

When Shang Jianyao retracted his hand and turned his body straight, Long Yuehong lowered his voice and asked:

"Why do you still give him money?"

How can such a villain relieve his anger without letting him shed some blood?

Shang Jianyao glanced at Long Yuehong and said with a smile:

"That way he won't find that the money is missing when he goes back."

What answer is this? Uh... if money is missing and asked about by family and accomplices, Jadi will be able to find something wrong on the spot and make the "reasoning clown" ineffective? And if no one else mentioned this matter, he and the few people just now could form a circular argument and not notice any problems for a long time... Long Yuehong was stunned at first, and then figured out the business on his own. Jian Yao means.

Jiang Baimian, who was driving, asked casually:

"Approximately how long can it last?"

"If there is no accident, at least a month." Shang Jianyao glanced at Jia Di on the side of the vehicle.

"That's no problem." Jiang Baimian nodded gently.

This will not affect the operations of the "Old Tune Team" in the First City.

Moreover, we might have to rely on the power of these local snakes in the process.

At this time, Jia Di walked back to the jeep that was moving a little bit, and said to Jiang Baimian who rolled down the window:

"You should change the car to someone else. You are so beautiful and have a good figure, you can easily get into trouble.

"If you were from the Red River, those guards would definitely not dare to deal with you. They would be worried about the children of some noble or official family, but you are the Gray Earth people..."

"Oh." Jiang Baimian didn't know whether to be proud or angry.

She has always had an overall view and said to Long Yuehong in the back row calmly:

"Xiaohong, you drive.

"Xiaobai, put on your sunglasses too."

As she spoke, she also put on sunglasses.

Then, she saw Shang Jianyao also take out his sunglasses and put them on the bridge of his nose.

"Why are you wearing it?" Jiang Baimian asked funnyly as he stopped the car and changed seats with Long Yuehong.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

“What if they like a man?

"Boys should be careful when they go out."

Jiang Baimian controlled the urge to pull his hair, and once again regretted why he had allowed him to take the old world entertainment materials.

At this time, Gnawa also asked:

“Do I need to wear sunglasses?

"Hey, I said before, many people want to capture a robot."

Jiang Baimian glanced at Bai Chen who seemed to be holding back his laughter, opened the car door, sighed and said:

"It doesn't matter whether you wear sunglasses or not, you can't hide your handsome appearance..."

Shang Jianyao, who was squeezed into the middle of the back row by Jiang Baimian, quickly suggested:

"You can wear a cloak!"

Gennava ignored him.

Because the "Old Tune Group" doesn't have capes, just sacks.

Wearing a sack is even more suspicious.

After a while, the jeep of the "Old Adjustment Team" finally arrived at the gap.

Jia Di stepped forward, greeted them skillfully, and gave the soldiers guarding the bridge a hug.

In the process, he gave 20 ores to the other party.

The soldiers guarding the bridge looked at each other, then asked the driver Long Yuehong to press the window and open the trunk.

They casually glanced inside the car, rummaged through the items in the back, and ended the inspection without even opening the wooden box containing the military exoskeleton device.

As for the eye-catching individual combat rocket launcher, they all tacitly pretended not to see it.

For this reason, they grabbed a few cans as compensation.

"You can pass." The soldiers guarding the bridge gave way to the road with satisfaction.

The Jeep slowly drove into the Red River Bridge. Shang Jianyao relied on the strength of his waist and abdomen to forcefully cross the empty space in front of Jiang Baimian, leaned his face out of the window, and waved to Jia Di.

Jia Di was moved to tears and felt that his brother had indeed forgiven him.

"Isn't it crowded?" Jiang Baimian complained.

Of course, she believes that this behavior is necessary, which can effectively enhance the effect of the "reasoning clown".

But she wasn't sure whether Shang Jianyao did this for this purpose, or whether he was already into the act and really regarded himself as the brother of Jiadi and his gang.

After the Jeep passed the second checkpoint and drove off the bridge, the appearance of the original city came into the eyes of the five members of the "Old Tune Team" more and more clearly.

This place is really similar to a large city in the old world, except there are not so many tall buildings, and there are piles of low-rise buildings of different styles.

Just in their sight, certain buildings in certain areas seriously encroached on the streets, making the originally wide highway narrow.

"To the west is the Green Olive District, where lower-class citizens live." Bai Chen gave a brief introduction and asked Long Yuehong to stop and change places with him.

She is the only one in the "Old Tune Group" who has been to the First City and knows the way.

Gennava was quite sorry about this. He once had the opportunity to download the map of the original city secretly drawn by "Mechanical Paradise", but he thought that it would be of no use to him who was guarding Tarnan, so he did not do the corresponding academic research.

But now, he has left the "Mechanical Paradise" intranet.

As the jeep entered the city, many people with tattered clothes appeared on both sides of the road.

They are mainly from Honghe and Hong'an people. Some are holding paper signs with words such as "lead the way" written on them. Some are very young, dirty and have numb expressions, with only one pair of eyes constantly following. Cars come and go.

Bai Chen didn't stop and drove directly through the area and turned into the street ahead.

The houses here are not high, and they seem to belong to the Green Olive District.

Jiang Baimian turned his head towards the car window and looked at the houses along the street with different styles.

"There are so many bathrooms here..." she sighed with interest.

Bai Chen said while driving:

“When the ‘First City’ was first established, the citizens here believed that ‘unintentional diseases’ and plagues came from uncleanliness, and developed the habit of building public bathrooms for bathing.

“Later, there were too many people here, water resources became tight, and the water purification system couldn’t handle it, so a large number of bathrooms were closed.

“Many of the bathhouses that still exist now double up as brothels, catering to both men and women.

"..."

During Bai Chen's introduction, the other four members of the "Old Tune Group" listened, watched, or asked questions, and they all showed sufficient interest.

After driving like this for about ten minutes, the Jeep stopped in front of a three-story earth-yellow building.

A signboard hangs at its door, which reads in Honghe dialect:

“Hotel Ugo”

PS: The normal two-chapter update will resume tomorrow. The word count will be a little less, but it will be adjusted back soon.