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Although he didn't know Lian Chuan's whereabouts, and didn't know whether the pain just now was Lian Chuan's past memory or a fresh experience, when he saw the boss, Ning Gu still relaxed a little.
After all, this is Lianchuan's partner who dominates the main city every day, kills people like flies, and treats cats as dogs.
"I'm Ning Gu, you should know me." Ning Gu sat on the ground, then supported himself with his hands and moved for a long time with a grimace, before he found a place for his butt that was a little less painful.
"Do you know where I can find food?" Ning Gu pressed his stomach, "I'm starving. Lian Chuan stole four boxes of rations and let me eat them all, but now I'm hungry again..."
The boss looked at him. It was too dark so I couldn't see his eyes clearly, but I could tell that he turned his head slightly.
"Didn't expect that?" Ning Gu laughed proudly. "The leader of your cleanup team, Lian Chuan, the hyena that scares the enemy, stole four boxes of rations in Lost Valley!"
The boss ignored him and even turned his head away.
"If I had known that he had left the other two boxes for me, I would definitely not have finished the first two boxes," Ning Gu sighed, "it would have seemed a little bit unkind of me."
The boss moved and walked towards him.
Ning Gu stared at it vigilantly, fearing that the boss would bite him because he let Lian Chuan go hungry.
Although he is usually the king of the ghost town and can walk sideways instead of straight, the environment is different and he is still able to face the reality and bend and stretch.
But the boss didn't bite him, he just turned sideways and stopped in front of him.
Ning Gu saw a small leather bag on its back.
Some couldn't believe their eyes.
This was the little leather bag that was snatched away by Lian Chuan when he first met Lian Chuan!
"Did Lianchuan ask you to give it to me?" Ning Gu picked up the small leather bag from the boss's back.
My fingers touched the boss's hair.
The fur looks very fluffy, but it feels a bit hard to the touch, but at the same time it is very smooth and very comfortable to touch.
He had never touched anything with such texture before, and at most he had only touched his hair a few times.
He withdrew his hand very slowly and quietly touched the boss's back twice with his fingers.
Before his fingers could leave, the boss slammed his claws on his arm.
"You're so stingy," Ning Gu said as he opened the small leather bag and stretched his legs in front of the boss, "I'll give it back to you, feel it as you like."
The boss stood up and walked away.
Ning Gu opened his small leather bag and found that all the gadgets he had brought last time were still there, and there were two more small boxes of rations.
It’s not as big as the one Lianchuan stole in the ghost town, but it smells better.
"Is it for me?" Ning Gu opened the box. "Have you eaten it? Do you want to eat it together..."
Halfway through his speech, he realized that the boss seemed to be gone and he could not hear any movement at all.
He suddenly became a little nervous. He quickly stuffed the ration into his mouth, stood up quickly, and looked around.
"Boss?" He shouted in a low voice after finishing a box of rations.
The caracal did not respond to him, nor did it appear.
Ning Gu stuffed the other box into his mouth, picked up the leather bag and hung it back on his leg, tried to walk a few steps to the side, and continued to speak in a low voice, mumbling: "Boss?"
This time there was finally some movement. The boss slowly walked back from the black fog, walked in front of him, turned around and looked back at him.
"Follow you?" Ning Gu asked.
The boss turned around and walked forward, and he quickly followed.
The caracal walked without making any sound, so he had to follow closely. This boss was even more arrogant than Lian Chuan, and he would definitely not turn back to wait for him.
The direction the boss was taking was different from what he had intended to take before. Although they were both heading towards the main city, the angle was slightly off.
Normally, Ning Gu would definitely be suspicious, but now he didn't say anything.
This is Lianchuan's caracal, so it can be trusted. Even if you ask, this cat will definitely be like Lianchuan and ignore you. After all, it can't talk.
But after walking for a while, Ning Gu couldn't help but ask: "What's Lian Chuan's situation now? Do you know? Is he safe?"
As he expected, the caracal didn't even turn its head.
He also knew that he asked a question that the other party could not answer, and he was just expecting the bully to give him a response. Unfortunately, the bully was worthy of being Lian Chuan's partner, and his personality was exactly the same as Lian Chuan's.
Ning Gu gave it a name in his heart.
Just call yourself Big Trumpet.
Ning Gu, who had eaten and reconnected with the boss, recovered quickly and his observation ability improved significantly. It didn't take long for him to notice that the reflective heights of the fur on both sides of the boss's shoulders were different.
"Are your front two feet... hands... front feet... injured?" Ning Gu asked.
Of course the caracal ignored him.
He didn't expect to get a response, so he just added: "I'm not in a hurry, you can stop if you want. If you can't walk anymore, I can carry you..."
The caracal turned its head, bared its white teeth, and growled at him.
Not cute at all.
Ning Gu didn't say anything else and followed the caracal in silence, walking even more boringly than when he was alone.
However, there is one advantage: the caracal knows the road, and it is a safe shortcut.
When I was almost hungry again, I could already see the lights of the main city through the black fog, and the ground under my feet could also be vaguely seen.
Ning Gu lowered his head and saw many sharp cut surfaces and corners on the ground. If his shoes didn't have thick soles and protective plates on the sides, his feet would have been pierced by now.
No wonder bats need to be modified. Without modification, it would be difficult to survive in such a place.
So he could be sure that the caracal must have been seriously injured after its claws had been on the ground for such a long time.
I feel quite guilty.
He had been fighting in the ghost town for so many years, but apart from beating people, he had never cheated anyone, let alone a cat.
But the feeling of guilt only lasted for a few seconds, because when he looked up, he saw the path that the caracal was about to take him to the main city.
It was a high metal wall with its top rising high and extending into the black fog.
Ning Gu knew that there were many places around the main city that were protected by high walls, but even if some of the gaps were guarded, they wouldn't choose the highest point to enter...
Before he could open his mouth to ask, the caracal had silently leaped onto the wall, and then in a few quick leaps, it disappeared into the black fog above.
"Boss?" Ning Gu was shocked.
Didn’t Lianchuan tell the caracal that he was just a traveler, not a bat
A low guttural sound from a caracal was heard in the black fog.
Probably urging him.
I don’t know why the caracal thought he could climb the wall. If it was so easy, would travelers still need bats to lead the way into the main city
But he still rubbed his hands. Even if he went up and then fell down, it would still be more face-saving than not daring to go up for a long time.
He is not representing himself now.
He also represents the ghost town traveler at large.
His many years of fighting experience made him subconsciously remember the first four points where the caracal would push against the wall. There must be something at these places that could provide leverage.
He took a breath, ran a few steps with help, and suddenly jumped up.
He pushed his foot against the wall, used inertia to move upwards, and slapped his hand towards the second point. His fingertips touched an irregular round hole the size of his palm. He quickly hooked his fingers and stepped his left foot towards the first point, and sure enough, it was also a round hole.
This is easy to deal with. What we need now is speed. If we are slow, we will definitely fall.
Although he didn't know how high or far the four points were, or where the fifth place to gain leverage was, it didn't matter. He would just do it first. If he fell down, it would at most hurt a little, and he wouldn't necessarily die.
He pushed off the first hole with his left foot and continued to move upwards. When his right foot stepped on the second hole, he pushed off and jumped again. His hand soon reached the fourth hole. His foot still pushed off the third round hole. When he jumped upwards, he saw a protruding block and climbed up with his hand. When his body swayed out, he saw another block and hooked it with his foot.
For Ning Gu, who had been working in metal cemeteries and garbage dumps since childhood, this section of climbing where he could see the fulcrums was not very difficult.
But further up is black fog.
He couldn't see the wall clearly in the black fog, how should he continue
No idea.
The brainless traveler never thought that far. Even though he would not be able to survive if he fell from this height, he still jumped up without hesitation.
But compared to Jiu Yi, who was truly brainless, there was still a fundamental difference. As Ning Gu jumped up, he whispered, "Here I come!"
If the caracal dared to let him catch up like this, he would definitely not be allowed to fall down like this.
Maybe she's waiting up there to pull him up.
However, when Ning Gu jumped into the black fog and saw the next operation, he still broke out in a cold sweat.
A rope emitting a very faint light hung from somewhere, two or three meters above him.
If Ning Gu's jump had lacked just a little more strength, he might have missed it!
If you change to someone with shorter arms and a shorter stature, it will end here.
The caracal threw to death the person that Lianchuan had instructed to bring into the main city.
Ning Gu grabbed the end of the rope, pushed his feet against the wall, and climbed up quickly. As long as he didn't fall down, the next part would be much easier than the previous one.
The rope was not hanging from the top of the wall, but was released from a square opening a few meters away from the top. If someone were ten pounds fatter, he would not be able to get through this opening.
As he was pulling the rope and tightening his abdomen and lifting his hips to get ready to push in, a hand reached out from inside, grabbed his collar, and pulled him into the opening.
Ning Gu didn't expect that there would be someone else up there. The moment he was pulled into the opening, he reached out and took out the flash bomb from his small leather bag and held it in his palm.
There was a platform on the other side of the opening, about three meters away from the opening. Ning Gu was dragged over and thrown directly onto the platform.
When he stood up, he saw the caracal's claws first, and he felt relieved.
"Him?" a man's voice asked.
The caracal growled.
Ning Gu raised his head. The night light of the main city was enough for him to see the man's face clearly.
An old man in his fifties or sixties.
He is quite strong and can swing himself in with one hand.
"Ning Gu?" the old man asked.
"Yeah." Ning Gu responded, stood up, and put the flash bomb in his hand back into his leather pocket.
"Quite cautious." The old man said with some disdain.
"I'm used to being cautious. You know there's only one person like you here," Ning Gu said, "so I won't take it out."
The old man looked him up and down and laughed.
Ning Gu felt that this laughter sounded slightly familiar, or rather... the whole look of this old man made him feel that he was "not an enemy", but he couldn't explain where this feeling came from.
"Since the boss asked you to stay here, let's set some rules first," the old man walked up to him and raised his index finger, "First, you can't touch anything in the house."
Ning Gu looked at him without saying anything.
Stay
"Two," the old man held up two fingers, "Ask me before you go out..."
As he was speaking, a gust of wind blew over, blowing the scarf around the old man's neck up and onto his face. He pulled the scarf away and continued, "The third..."
Ning Gu was suddenly a little surprised.
"Are you listening?" The old man noticed that his expression was wrong and stared at him.
Ning Gu didn't say anything. He picked up the old man's scarf with his fingers and put it in front of his face again.
"What are you doing!" the old man slapped it away.
"Crazy uncle?" Ning Gu asked.
"Everyone, step back," Minister Chen pushed open the door of his office, "turn off all communications and monitoring."
"Minister Chen..." Someone behind him was worried and wanted to follow.
Lian Chuan turned his head and looked at the man.
"I'll be fine," Minister Chen waved his hand, "Step aside. If you have any questions, you can talk to Consul General Su."
The people around did not move and watched Lian Chuan and Minister Chen walk into the office.
Consul General Su is the highest official in the City Affairs Office and also the highest official in the main city. Except on celebration days, he is rarely seen.
He is probably sitting in front of a screen in an office deep underground in the City Affairs Hall, watching what is happening here.
Minister Chen stood down and tilted his head: "It is absolutely safe here now. What we say will not be recorded. My promise to you also counts. There will be no memory check."
Lian Chuan released the fingers that were pressing on his throat.
"I never thought that one day you would walk into my office like this." Minister Chen rubbed his neck, walked behind the desk, sat down slowly, and looked at him, "Would you like something to drink?"
"I want to see the administrator." Lian Chuan said.
"No one has the right to ask to see the administrator, you know that," Minister Chen said. "If the administrator wants to see someone, he will notify the system, and we cannot reverse it."
"Then report to the administrator." Lian Chuan said.
"Report?" Minister Chen glanced at him. "Report what?"
"The precursor experiment subject is out of control." Lian Chuan replied.
Minister Chen's hand that was reaching for the cup stopped in mid-air. He paused for two seconds before retracting his hand and looking up at him: "What else do you know?"
"I also know what you want to know." Lian Chuan said.
"Is this a condition of exchange?" Minister Chen asked.
Lian Chuan didn't say anything.
"Chuan," Minister Chen stood up and slowly walked to his side, "At this time, you need to cooperate first, instead of coming up to negotiate with me. You are very strong, and there is no one stronger than you in the main city, but you are not indestructible..."
"I know." Lian Chuan said.
"That's good to know," Minister Chen patted him on the shoulder, "So..."
"I know you don't dare." Lian Chuan said.
Minister Chen's hand was still on his shoulder. When he turned to look at him, his expression looked a little ugly.
"Besides," Lian Chuan said, "no matter how much the main city wants to destroy me, I am still the only one who cannot be replaced."
Minister Chen was silent for a long time, then slowly walked back to the back of his desk, put his hands on the table, and stared at him: "Why do you want to see the administrator?"
"I have something to ask," Lian Chuan said, "about myself. It has nothing to do with the deal between us."
trade.
Lian Chuan didn't know why he said this word.
Maybe it’s because of Ning Gu, who trades with people eight hundred times a day.
"How can I trust you?" Minister Chen said, "You want to go beyond the main city to see the administrator, but you don't tell me why. How can I be sure that you don't have other ideas?"
"You can't be sure," Lian Chuan said, "just like I can't trust you."
"Then the risk I will take in such a deal is much greater than yours," said Minister Chen.
"You'll get used to it," Lian Chuan said, "I've never trusted anyone. I've been risking my life for 26 years."
"Are there any secret experiments? Who is involved? What are Ninggu's abilities?" Minister Chen looked at him. "What happened in Lost Valley? These are what I need to know after you meet the administrator."
"Deal." Lian Chuan said.