North Street, City Lord's Mansion.
Xu Liyan, who returned to his familiar homeland, was no longer afraid and uneasy, but became calm and confident again.
"How's the situation now?" he asked the hurried assistant.
His assistant was a middle-aged man in his late forties. He had experienced the eras of Xu De and Xu Wugong, and had seen several rebellions and coups. At this time, he was very calm:
"Mr. Odick has sent over the criminal who is suspected of being a 'priest' and wants to meet you.
"The wild wanderers who rushed in grabbed a lot of weapons and food, and were gathering in the central square, as if they wanted to attack North Street.
"They are evolving from an unorganized state into a real group, and the city defense army was hit hard at the beginning. Several teams lost their organization and scattered in different places in the city, and they could only do the most preliminary defense. And clean up, at any time could be overwhelmed by riots.
"After the city guard you split left from the first hospital, reinforcements went to the North Bridge and the municipal building. They have now joined the city guard over there. With their weapons, it is not a problem to guard for a while, but the number is too small. It's too little."
This is what a relatively large number of wilderness wanderers say.
Compared with the near-death just now, the current situation is no longer burning. Xu Liyan walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and asked in a soft voice:
"Uncle Liu, what do you think we should do?"
Uncle Liu replied respectfully:
"Organize more people."
Xu Liyan nodded lightly:
"Give my order:
"Calling all members of the Council of Nobles to discuss countermeasures, they all came up with some strength.
"Organize a group of elite members to go out from the north city gate, go around the south street, and connect the scattered city defense troops and gather them together. As long as this matter is completed, those chaotic people will not be a concern. If all the jade is burnt, then send the drone team out to bomb, don't be afraid to destroy the city.
"Also, issue a mercenary mission to all hunters, and let the people in the guild shout directly through the loudspeaker."
At this time, many relic hunters were also divided into various parts of the city, and it was too late to go to the guild to see the mission.
"Yes, City Lord!" Uncle Liu responded respectfully.
Xu Liyan remembered something and hurriedly added:
"Let Mr. Odick come over."
After making arrangements in an orderly manner, Xu Liyan asked Jing Nian, the mechanical monk beside him:
"Zen master, please also 'predict' what will happen next."
A red light flashed in Jing Nian’s eyes:
"it is good."
The light in his electronic prosthetic eyes solidified immediately.
After seven or eight seconds, Jing Nian said:
"The danger still exists, and the enemy has follow-up arrangements, which are related to the explosion. The donor must not be careless."
Before conquering himself and entering the "spiritual corridor", his "precognition" ability can only detect whether something that is enough to threaten the survival of himself and the corresponding target is about to happen, he cannot see the corresponding picture, and he has no way of knowing where it comes from. .
Xu Liyan nodded:
"I'll keep an eye out and have the guards check everyone's body.
"Zen master, let me clean up and change my clothes."
In the attack just now, he rolled on the ground twice, panicked and overwhelmed by Jing Nian, and he was a little incontinent.
Even if not, he will take this opportunity to clean up himself and adjust his mentality to deal with the next chaos.
Jing Nian nodded slightly:
"I'm standing outside the door."
He had already checked Xu Liyan's bedroom, balcony and outside garden and found no hidden danger.
…
In the yard behind the "Afford Gun Shop", the residents who had repelled the first wave of shocks began to move various obstacles to several entrances, preparing to create barricades and seal the place to deal with the thugs who might come back in the future.
Among them, those men and women in their forties and fifties are not as neat as young people, but they are prudent and efficient in doing the corresponding things, which gives people a feeling of being like a duck in water.
This is something they often face when they are young.
After Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao parked Dahong Off-Road in the alley, they carried Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei with their two children. Before the yard was completely closed, they brushed their faces and entered, and went up to the second floor to meet Bai. Chen, Long Yuehong and the others got together.
After asking Aunt Nan and Gu Changle to take care of the two children, they entered the room and exchanged their experiences with each other.
"Do you still want to leave the city?" Jiang Baimian asked with consideration.
Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds and said:
"The worst is over."
"Well." Jiang Baimian agreed, "When we came over, we found that those homeless people were gathering in the central square. They might want to attack the North Street, where the most food is available. When Weed City is reorganized, the restoration of order will only be a matter of time. Sooner or later, they have a lot of weapons and ammunition in reserve."
This is the most important trade center at the junction of the three major forces, and its own defense system is built to block the attack of the major forces for a period of time.
As long as those wanderers in the wilderness were not in the first wave of riots, relying on the crowd and being caught off guard, they attacked North Street and completely paralyzed the organization of the entire city, then they would not have much chance.
Bai Chen went on to say:
"As long as there is no major attack here, it will not be a problem to hold on until the situation stabilizes."
Whether it is food reserves, weapons or fortifications, it is enough to last two or three days.
She paused for a moment, then hesitantly said:
"Aunt Nan has a lot of people here. If you want to take them out, you have to organize a team. It's too eye-catching, but it's easy to be targeted."
"I understand." Jiang Baimian responded with a smile, indicating that Bai Chen didn't need to feel embarrassed, "There are benefits to staying, and it is a feasible plan for everyone to stick to it here, just..."
Having said that, she turned to look at Shang Jianyao:
"Let's see if we can wake Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei. If we can grasp Wei Yu's whereabouts, we might have to take a risk in the city."
She said it was an adventure, but her tone was very relaxed, as if she was just going out for a stroll.
Finally, she smiled and said to Long Yuehong:
"I performed well today, and I am already a qualified fighter."
When Long Yuehong raised her chest unconsciously, Shang Jianyao had already walked to the bedside and assumed a posture of pressing Lei Yunsong's chest.
This made Jiang Baimian roll his eyes helplessly, but he didn't bother to stop it and let him play.
Once, twice... Lei Yunsong coughed suddenly and slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing that caught his eye was a nameplate with gold characters on a red background.
It says:
"Pan ancient creatures"
"Remember this?" Jiang Baimian began to evaluate the other party's status to decide whether to let Shang Jianyao make a "friend".
Lei Yunsong's eyes widened, but he still didn't seem to wake up.
His eyes were blank for a few seconds, and then brilliance appeared, as if he had finally woken up from a nightmare that lasted for nearly two months.
"Are you from the company?" he asked eagerly.
"Guess." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Baimian grabbed the back of his shoulder with his right hand.
"Do you still remember who you are and what are you doing in Weed City?" Jiang Baimian asked without answering.
Lei Yunsong's brows furrowed, and the muscles on his face were slightly twisted, as if he was suffering some indescribable pain.
"I, I..." He suddenly sat up, gasping for breath, "Be careful, be careful of that sick person!"
After saying these words, Lei Yunsong's face was covered in sweat and wet, as if he had washed his face.
Shang Jianyao nodded:
"If he can escape."
Lei Yunsong was still in a state of gradually seeing the light, so he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
After a while, he finally slowed down:
"I'm Lei Yunsong, the leader of a team in the company, and I came to Weed City to investigate the mastermind of 'Mechanical Paradise'.
"When we left the City Lord's Mansion and walked out of North Street, we met a man in a black trench coat. He looked very thin and seemed to be sick..."
As he spoke, Lei Yunsong's voice became lower, and his tone was full of fear.
"He 'hypnotized' the five of you at one time?" Jiang Baimian was a little surprised.
After previous fights, she can almost confirm that the fake "priest" can only hypnotize one person at a time.
"No." Lei Yunsong shook his head, "It was me who looked at him at the time. After I went back to the hotel and fell asleep, I went out sleepwalking and saw him again. After that, I followed his instructions and waited until dawn to find him. Excuses and opportunities, took the team members to meet him in turn…”
After listening to Lei Yunsong's statement, Jiang Baimian's evaluation result is:
After leaving the corresponding environment and being stimulated by familiar objects, he should have gotten rid of "hypnosis" and returned to normal.
"Do you know where Wei Yu and the others went?" Jiang Baimian asked about the most important thing.
Lei Yunsong shook his head reproachfully:
"We were separated.
"Lin Feifei and I live in two adjacent buildings on South Street. According to the man's orders, we do some things. Xiaoyu and the others are taken away by him..."
"Then do you have any clues?" Jiang Baimian asked.
Lei Yunsong frowned and recalled for a while:
"That person's 'hypnosis' seems to be time-sensitive, he will come to see us with makeup every once in a while, do 'hypnosis' again, and at the same time give some orders,
"Once, he came a little late, and my condition recovered a lot. I vaguely knew something was wrong, and went outside to observe his route.
"He should usually be in North Street. That time, I also heard him using electronic products to talk to people, saying, 'Take everything to North Street'..."
At this time, Lin Feifei also woke up.
After repeating the previous process, Jiang Baimian confirmed some of what Lei Yunsong said.
"You guys haven't fully recovered yet, so take a good rest. Let's go to Beijie and try to meet that fake 'priest' and see if we can learn from him the whereabouts of Wei Yu and the others." Jiang Baimian made a decisive decision and decided to go now .
Shang Jianyao immediately added to her:
"Return the car by the way."
Hearing this, Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei looked at each other, always wondering if they had not completely gotten rid of "hypnosis", or if the anesthesia effect had not completely passed, so that they were slow to respond and could not understand what the other side was saying.
After leaving the room and arriving at the stairs, Jiang Baimian said to Long Yuehong who followed:
"You stay here to help Xiaobai.
"Well, remind her to pay attention to Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei. Although they seem to be all right, it is hard to guarantee a contingency."
"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong felt inexplicably entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
After finding a random window and jumping from the second floor to the alley outside, Jiang Baimian drove with Shang Jianyao and headed for South Street.
She knew that the wilderness wanderers were gathering in the central square, trying to attack North Street, but did not dare to take that route and chose to make a big circle.
As before, they went out from the gate of South Street, went around to the gate of North Street, and used the special pass to pass the heavily guarded line of defense.