Jiang Baimian also read the mission description, and found his pseudonym unsurprisingly.
Obviously, the owner of the "Virtual World" and some high-level officials of the "First City" have already reacted. Knowing that the pass code held by Marcus has been stolen, they tried to drive a large number of relic hunters through the Hunter Guild in the form of quests. Help investigate.
Of course, this is definitely only part of the pursuit measures. The powerful characters in "Hand of Order" and some elite teams of the military are also likely to be involved in finding the criminals.
"Ten thousand Aurei will be given to you if you catch one." Unlike the previous excitement over the huge bounty, Shang Jianyao was a little indignant now.
"The bounty is too low" in his tone.
Jiang Baimian can understand where this guy's "dissatisfaction" is:
He and the others obtained crucial secrets from a "spiritual corridor" level awakener who could create a "virtual world", and they were only offered a reward of 10,000 ore per person.
"This is much more expensive than a ton of flour." Jiang Baimian took Qiao Chu as an example and casually reassured him.
"That is, as long as you give effective clues, you can get a ton of flour, and this has to be caught." Of course, Shang Jianyao is not so easy to fool.
The difficulty of the two is simply incomparable.
On Qiao Chu's mission, the "Old Tune Team" could even split the intelligence into several parts, each of which was exchanged for a ton of flour.
- The reward for providing clues this time is divided into three levels: 50 Aure, 100 Aure, and 300 Aure.
Jiang Baimian didn't bother about this topic, and re-read the description of the task.
The promulgator is the "Hand of Order", an official institution with sufficient credit. They did not mention the three targets of the reward because the other party had contacted the key protected objects in the arena and stole important secrets, but only sent Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao. The accomplices who and Long Yuehong were classified as the murderer of the last assassination case suspected that they were planning a big conspiracy against the "First City", so the reward amount was greatly increased.
Well, it doesn't matter whether it involves secrets or not. If you don't catch someone on the spot, it means that secrets will inevitably be leaked and cannot be prevented... "First City" does not want to cut off the spread of information, but to find out who exactly is. The forces did it, hehe, revenge by the way... Jiang Baimian looked at the big screen and thought emotionally.
The target portrait given by "Hand of Order" is from the camera, which is not so clear, and some corrections have been made in combination with witnesses, while Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian have made major changes to make themselves look like Honghe people. , as long as they do not meet acquaintances in person, they are not afraid of being recognized.
Although Long Yuehong is still playing the gray earth man, he is also disguised. Moreover, he did not even leave a pseudonym, and is called "the third criminal" in the mission description.
At this time, while waiting for the data to be printed out, he also discovered the task with a large bounty to a certain extent.
Fortunately, the focus is on the team leader and Shang Jianyao, and there is not much description for me... While he was happy, he sighed with emotion about the amount of the bounty:
"It's quite a lot..."
Ten thousand ore is enough to turn a wilderness wanderer into a "decent person" with a house and a shop in the original city. As long as he can maintain stability in the future, his life will be good.
Hearing Long Yuehong's emotion, Shang Jianyao turned his head and said with a smile:
"Yes, there are quite a few!"
While speaking, he looked up and down Long Yuehong, as if counting ten thousand ore.
If you have the ability, you hand in yourself! Long Yuehong didn't dare to speak this time, but the surrounding environment suppressed his impulse.
There are so many relic hunters nearby, who knows if anyone has a good hearing!
Shang Jianyao retracted his gaze and looked at Jiang Baimian:
"Would you like to accept it? There is no penalty for not completing it anyway."
Jiang Baimian pondered for a while, then said with a smile:
"Okay, even if you can't catch someone, you can get a lot of money if you get some clues."
"..." Long Yuehong did not expect that the team leader really agreed.
"I just hope that we can find effective clues before we leave Primal City." Jiang Baimian added with a feigned emotion.
Long Yuehong understood this:
What the team leader meant was that when he was about to leave the Prime City, he would get some information about his own team and submit it to the "Hand of Order" to extract the remaining value.
This is so, so bad... Long Yuehong finally came up with an adjective after holding it back for a long time.
When Shang Jianyao went to take up the task, Long Yuehong also got the information on the family members of Waite and others.
…
Red Giant Wolf District, an older community.
The houses here are not too high, and there are many traces of repairs. They are connected to each other and form a relatively closed area.
Different from the living habits of the Red River Basin in the old world, when the "prime city" was first established, because of the harsh environment, the situation was chaotic, and there were often conflicts, so people in a team were often used to living in adjacent places, watching and helping each other, or Occupy villages that produce food.
In that era, except for some awakened ones and subhumans, the vast majority of human beings could only survive in groups. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you were, how many guns could you fire at the same time to deal with how many "mindless" and aberrant creatures
Based on such "folklore", in the older communities in "First City", the buildings are not more than five stories tall, and there are only a few entrances and exits, similar to a city within a city.
Once chaos occurs, such a place can hold for a long time as long as it is blocked.
Of course, the premise is that the enemy does not have heavy firepower.
Today, the residents of similar communities are citizens of the "prime city" who can maintain a certain status and income.
"Wait's wife and children live here?" Long Yuehong looked at the community consisting of multiple buildings in surprise.
If the information in his hand was not certified by the Hunters Guild, he would doubt whether he had encountered a liar again.
Although Waite is an Awakener, he doesn't seem to be getting along very well.
"Maybe he took most of the harvest home, and he didn't leave much on himself." Bai Chen had seen too many similar relic hunters.
When they venture out in the wilderness, they may indulge themselves and release stress, but this does not prevent them from being good to their families and even willing to be mean to themselves.
"Go in." Jiang Baimian glanced at the silent Shang Jianyao, and took the lead to the community entrance.
After registration and a simple inspection, they bypassed the buildings and came to a five-story building.
The Waite house is on the first floor here.
Long Yuehong stood at the door, suddenly a little uneasy, wondering how Waite's wife and children would react, whether they would be so sad that they couldn't help themselves.
If I die outside, will the team leader have similar concerns when they go to my house to inform me? Long Yuehong exhaled slowly and rang the doorbell.
Amidst the reverberation of Jingling, footsteps approached, and the door was pulled open.
Appearing in front of the "Old Tune Group" and others was a twenty-seven- or eight-year-old Honghe woman.
She was wearing a white smock, which was old but clean.
The sun shines in from the outside, making the house look bright and clean. The two children are sitting around the sofa, looking curiously at the door.
On the coffee table in front of them were some children's books unearthed in the ruins of old world cities.
"Who are you?" the Red River woman asked hesitantly.
She was a little vigilant and a little dignified, as if she had a bad premonition.
Seeing that Jiang Baimian and others remained silent, Long Yuehong opened her mouth and said:
"You are Waite's wife?"
The woman's face suddenly turned pale.
She asked hastily:
"He, where is he?"
"He died in the adventure." Long Yuehong did not say that Waite killed himself.
The woman shook her body unconsciously and asked:
"Where is his body?"
"In the woods outside the No. 2 forward camp in the North Shore, we have marked..." Long Yuehong's words gradually became smooth.
Energy is precious in the mountains. It is impossible for the dead to be cremated. It is quite lucky that someone can dig a pit for them and bury them.
After all, in certain groups in certain places, it's also food.
The woman's lips moved for a while, and finally spit out a word:
"thanks."
Her voice was low.
Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and motioned for him to confirm.
Shang Jianyao used the "reasoning clown" with no trace to complete this matter.
That is Waite's wife.
Long Yuehong took out Waite's relic and handed it over:
"It's what's on him."
Waite's wife took the bag and opened it, with a look of uncontrollable surprise on her face.
That's more than what Waite has gotten every time he comes home!
After just a few seconds, the woman said eagerly:
"How much should I give you
"I heard Corne say that a part of this kind of thing should be paid to the returner. Hehe, Waite is his pseudonym..."
As she spoke, the woman's eyes turned red, and her voice became choked.
Long Yuehong was about to shirk when Jiang Baimian answered:
"We've taken our part."
She stopped greeting and waved her hand:
"Bye-Bye."
Waite's wife raised her hand and wiped her eyes, repeating the previous words:
"thanks."
Shang Jianyao smiled at her:
"A new life."
The inexplicable words succeeded in making Waite's wife stunned.
When the "Old Tunes Group" left, they heard a child's voice from behind:
"Mom, who are they?"
"They're Daddy's friends."
"Where's Dad? Why hasn't Dad come back?"
"Dad went far away..."
Waite's wife's voice was always soft.
…
After sending "compensation" to Waite's teammate's family, the "old tune group" came to another street in the Red Giant Wolf District.
This is where Long Yuehong saw Han Wanghuo's back before.
He looked around and asked hesitantly:
"Team leader, where should I find this, and ask them one by one?"
This range will be huge.
Jiang Baimian's eyes turned slightly, and he chuckled lightly:
"That's the question I want to ask too."
"Ah?" Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little dazed.
Jiang Baimian smiled and said:
"A temporary assessment to see if your ability to analyze problems and handle things has improved."
Team leader, how can this be a surprise attack? Long Yuehong tried her best to run her brain.