Carrying a large bag of food back to the car, he was a little confused when he didn't find Lin Shenxue in the main control room... The door was locked well, and there were no windows in the car. She went out?
After searching around, Seve found his target in the cramped environment of the engine room.
Lin Shenxue was sitting leisurely leaning against the wall. She was wearing the pair of headphones that appeared with her outside the vision. She closed her eyes slightly, seeming to be using music to relieve her mental stress.
Knocking on the wall to indicate that she was back, Lin Shenxue immediately opened her eyes, took off her headphones and searched with her eyes - until Seve handed over the tablet.
She was as happy as she was doing her homework after her parents confiscated her tablet. When she was bored, her friendly uncle suddenly came over to play and handed her a handheld computer.
After clicking on the usable tablet, Lin Shenxue quickly took out the pen after discovering that it was actually usable.
'I thought about it for a while, and when I calmed down just now, I was thinking, I have to find a job here, right? '
"Indeed, I never thought that the trophies of the vision require people to eat, drink and communicate with. Since they are human beings, they will definitely have various needs. And your status is special. If I just let you go, I might not be able to take you. A few days..."
'Will I die silently in this city? '
Seeing that she liked to answer the conversation so much, Seifer crossed his arms and said, "The best outcome is to go outside without any protection and turn into fresh air-dried meat."
"The worst-case scenario is probably 'alive'."
Lin Shenxue shuddered, but instead of asking why Seve knew so much, she changed the topic and asked him why his voice was a little different.
"My liaison officer set up the voice changer for me. At least a good appearance can give me a certain advantage in negotiations. Let's not talk about it for now. You should be hungry. I bought you a lot of food."
The two returned to the cockpit, and Seifer piled various meals on a table that were simply packaged but contained a variety of food and drinks.
Then he took off his helmet and revealed his carefully crafted (spending money) appearance in front of Lin Shenxue.
"As a mercenary, anyone can decide which one is less threatening, a strange tin robot or a woman who seems to be able to relate to him."
'...'
Lin Shenxue clicked on the tablet and decided to eat something before she starved to death.
Although Edge Node City is called so pitiful, in fact, as a pioneer settlement, the material supply here is quite abundant - this kind of thing will probably have to wait until Seif goes to the surrounding areas of other cities to realize this.
"I've just started working as a mercenary, so there are a lot of things I'm not sure about. The good news is that people are not selective here. As long as you can do the job, no one cares where you come from."
While she was engrossed in eating, Seve took off his protective clothing... To be honest, if it weren't for the body of the machine, this thing would be a bit dull and inconvenient to move around.
After all, in order to allow limited activities in the sun without turning it into a piece of equipment for drying meat, a trade-off was made for heat insulation.
When he sat down to find a topic to talk about his future plans, Lin Shenxue, who was chewing on the tough and mysterious meat, raised his head and instantly squirted out all the food in his mouth.
She wiped her mouth almost frantically, and then wrote with the momentum that she wanted to pierce the tablet.
'Why don't you wear clothes! ! ! '
Under the ample lighting, Seifer crossed his arms in confusion: "What you said is really strange. Have you forgotten? I showed you before I left that the machine under this layer of skin is the real me."
"Hmm... It seems a bit imprecise to say this. Strictly speaking, it should be said that 'this one I am using' is me, and the rest are just cosmetic equipment to me."
Lin Shenxue covered her face and turned the board over.
'Then please at least dress as you imagine you would normally. '
So, is that because I feel inferior about my body?
I went to the maintenance room to find a T-shirt that was convenient for movement, and put on shorts that were convenient for traveling and a belt for hanging. These clothes have no meaning for the machine body, but they are really good for use on the skin.
"So back to the topic, now we are the unlucky ones who are in the same boat. I am a mercenary who is paid to work and is in debt, and you are a mechanic who has no identity and cannot do dirty work, right?"
Lin Shenxue thought for a moment and tapped the board with her knuckles. It read 'Senior Mechanic' on it.
"Senior, and I can't always drive a tractor like this out and about. The profession of a mechanic is very important - I saw that you were in the cabin just now. Do those things look familiar?"
'It's strange, but it's original. '
A train that can pull a long series of giant fortress-like trains sailing in the snowy environment will naturally look down on such gadgets...
Seifer didn't care either. He casually picked up a sticky mess that looked like chopped vegetables on a plate and observed it for a while before making a decision, letting Lin Shenxue temporarily serve as the ship's engineer.
When necessary, they can also be the driver, observer, signalman, loader... Oh, this is unnecessary.
Other cars are equipped with large and small cannons after all. After investigating this car, Cypher found that it has no main weapon, which stands out as a kind one.
Therefore, things like changing cars must also be put on the agenda. The good news is that Laika can get a new mobile base earlier than expected. The bad news is that to change the car, you have to trade with the mercenary support system. If it breaks...
Then I have to weld to death and work here for who knows how many years.
After explaining all this information and the things related to the 'living creatures' in the vision, Lin Shenxue had already finished this rather... special dinner in about the same time.
Because she didn't know what she ate, the taste was salty, sweet, or tasteless. Anyway, it was just mushy and solid.
"Even worse than what you ate on the train?"
Lin Shenxue shook her head indifferently and told Seve that in fact, the train could be so lively selling meat, wine, etc., only when it arrived at the station.
When you get back on the road, everything in the car will feel tight. Even the weapons and equipment have to be spent on your fingers. You can't spend them so generously in the wilderness unless you don't need them.
However, those were all settings in the vision. Lin Shenxue, who arrived here, was fully prepared and planned to start learning about unknown new things!
——Then I heard an alarm coming from the car.
'Any enemies? '
"It's my doorbell. Just wait here and I'll see who comes to visit."
With Lin Shenxue shaking the sign saying "Who would use this kind of doorbell" to send her off, Seve went to the dressing room and opened the door to see a pretty sassy (as long as she didn't speak) beauty standing at the door.
"The sun is going down soon, good morning, little brother."
After shouting with a smile, Tien, the captain of the Node City patrol car, opened his eyes, suddenly frowned, and took two steps back to confirm that he was in the right parking spot.
"Who are you? Where is the young man I like?"
Cypher crossed his arms: "That's me."
The latter narrowed his eyes and stared at Seve for a long time, and suddenly felt that the young man really had a variety of interests and had awakened to transvestism so early.
But this was just a small episode. Tien shook the glass bottle in his hand and said, "Ignore it for now. Are you interested in taking an order?"
Seifer cautiously took half a step back: "I have never seen anyone place such an order without going through the independent mercenary support system."
"Quite cautious. Yes, this matter is my personal commission. Take a look, the mercenaries here are all gearing up to find some treasures in that new vision, right?"
That's the thing.
"As for you, you don't have any subordinates, and you don't even seem to have a complete car. If you immediately throw yourself into the vision and compete with those people for resources, you probably won't have any advantage."
"So why not take my order at this time, join the fleet, and let's go do some big business."
Tien was otherwise very good, but she always felt that what she had done before was definitely not a serious business. Regarding this, Seve asked cautiously, what order was she going to give?
"I don't need to explain that you came back from the collapse. The collapse area is very large, enough to build a city and surround the vision. But in terms of materials, except for the stones that can be obtained locally, everything else has to be used. Next door."
"In other words, transportation..."
"You're right! Don't worry, we won't let your freight truck run away on the road this time!"
Tien took out a contract and handed it to him: "Read it first. If you don't understand anything, ask me. If you think it's OK, sign it and upload it to your system. That's it."
"Since you can enter the support system, why do you still...forget it, you are planning to let me work for you."
"Haha, it's good to know. What kind of mercenary do you want to be at such a young age? Why don't you follow your sister and work in a public position to earn a living. It's just that life is a bit boring..."
She has been following Tien, wearing different colors but looking at the neater man. He said "hmm" a few times to remind her that this is a public place and she should pay attention to the image of the city guard.
"...That's it, see you later."
In ancient times, when she visited the thatched cottage three times, this restless master...didn't she ever think about possible developments such as 'how can a real man stay depressed and depressed for a long time'?
After flipping through the documents, it was a contract for commercial transportation assistance and escort. What Seve got was a transportation agreement, which said that he would use his mobile base as a tow to drag the container body to carry the goods...
It's very detailed. After contacting the mercenary support system and reporting the name, an identical document was immediately sent back... What the hell, why do you need a paper document?
The communication suddenly rang twice, and Tien's communication portrait appeared in front of him, followed by his usual loud voice:
"You seem to be curious about why I am sending you paper documents. Of course it is - what are you thinking about when you come out to show off! You have to pay attention to the city's image in this lousy job, otherwise your salary will be deducted!"
Very reasonable, very reasonable. Cypher picked up the bottle of wine she left at the door and decided to buy some rations for the road first.
After all, the basic salary in this contract is about the same as going to the city to fight in the vision, and the convoy is moving, so even a casual pirate will not feel uncomfortable.
The most important thing is that there is really no large-scale weapons trading market here in Node City. There is really no one. If you want to change cars or see the large-scale equipment that rich local mercenaries can buy, you have to go there.
By the way, Laika forgot to tell him that there is also a huge gap between mercenary equipment and mercenary equipment.
