Bai Zhi added some energy to the rattan that wrapped around the row house. The vine branches grow quietly in the night, twisting the door and door frame together, and blocking the light inside the house from leaking to the outside.
The small hanging lamp was hung up, and the dilapidated wooden house became brighter.
Bai Zhi was chatting with Zhang Tianzhao and Haifengqiu in the chat channel. In order to not look like she was in a daze, she took out a handheld game console and a pile of soft cushions, and lay down comfortably on the cushions to play games.
Xiao Shao was busy looking through his grandfather's notes when he accidentally looked up and found that Bai Zhi showed a girlish carefreeness and lightness that matched the face of the mask. He felt something was wrong but he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong. He hesitated for a while and asked, "Is the game so fun?"
I was happy because I was chatting with my senior sister, but I couldn’t tell Xiao Shao this. Bai Zhi still stared at the screen when she spoke, and said casually: "Of course the game is fun."
It's not easy for anyone to grow up to three thousand years old. Why is Xiaobai so easily distracted by games? Xiao Shao suddenly wanted to know Xiao Bai's growth experience. Now that there was no third person, he asked directly: "How did you break through and become three thousand years old?"
"When the star gate exploded, I happened to be on a nearby planet." Bai Zhi is very sure that Meng will follow Ji's footprints to investigate her. Based on her understanding of Mori and Ze, the information given by Ji and Feng The answer will only be that the star gate will be blown to pieces.
When the star gate is violently destroyed, there is indeed a chance that the energy blocks in the energy cabin will be converted into energy clusters and dispersed to be absorbed by a very few lucky people. However, no one in the 60th District dares to violently destroy the Star Gate. Legend has it that the Nine Ruins occasionally exist, but Xiao Shao has never had the good luck to encounter one.
Xiao Shao was really envious of Xiao Bai's luck, and asked: "So you came out to travel in search of opportunities for a third breakthrough?"
Bai Zhi nodded and said honestly: "I can feel that the opportunity for me to advance to nine thousand years old is likely to be somewhere in the 60th district."
Generally speaking, the Jiu Qian Sui who advanced in Jiu Xu are more willing to settle in Jiu Xu. The number of Jiu Qian Sui who advanced in Sixty District is far less than the Jiu Qian Sui who advanced in Jiu Xu. Xiao Shao really wanted to do it for him. His country attracted a nine-thousand-year-old man and immediately said: "Although the Feilongqi are easy-going and easy to get along with, they are loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If you want to become one of their own, it may take you hundreds of years. And our Tanggu Empire It’s different…”
Bai Zhi did not want to submit to the Tang Ancient Empire at all, but she was willing to maintain friendship with Xiao Shao. She immediately expressed her attitude: "If you can become the commander of Fei Hu Qi in the future, I will look forward to forming an alliance with you."
"I will definitely become the commander-in-chief. In other words, I have an ally who is almost nine thousand years old." Xiao Shao happily stretched out his hand to shake Bai Zhi's hand.
Bai Zhi smiled and shook hands with Xiao Shao.
"Ally, can you give me a copy of the written records and image records in Anthony's legacy?" Xiao Shao held Bai Zhi's hand with a little force, "When I return to the Tang Ancient Empire, I will give you something of equal value. exchange."
"Is it for you or for the Tanggu Empire?" Bai Zhi asked. She is not disgusted with Xiao Shao's fight for Anthony's inheritance. Anyway, the entire inheritance is in her hands. Whatever Xiao Shao wants must be exchanged with sincerity and something of equal value, and she will not suffer much.
Xiao Shao was stunned: "Is there any difference?"
"Of course there is a difference." Bai Zhi immediately withdrew her hand, "I haven't forgotten the mission your Tanggu Empire gave Xiao Meng."
Xiao Meng's mission is indeed a hurdle that cannot be overcome. Xiao Shao smiled wryly and spread his hands, "If Anthony's inheritance is handed over to the empire, it will not be a problem to change you to the title of earl. It is only my own benefit. I can only repay you in the future." It could be a personal friendship. But if business and personal relationships conflict... I can't choose personal friendship."
"You and I have similar views, and personal and official relationships may not conflict. Even if there is a conflict, I believe we can both respect each other and accept our differences." Bai Zhi reached out to him, because of the Langhua Orphanage and the orphans of Shata Star, Xiao Shao's own promise is more credible to her than the Tanggu Empire. She continued: "For me, the responsibilities and obligations that the title of your country must bear are far greater than the benefits that I can get, so I don't mind. I personally feel that your experience of becoming a nine-thousand-year-old is more important to me than directly handing over Anthony's inheritance. It’s better for your empire, and it’s better for you and your family.”
Xiao Shao has no way to deny that Xiao Bai's approach can maximize his interests. The most important thing is that Xiao Bai and Xiao Shan killed Anthony, and Xiao Bai also snatched the things back. What he said does not count what Xiao Bai said. . He smiled and nodded, shaking hands with Bai Zhi, "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
It was raining in the hilly area beside Chuantuo Lake. On a hill not far from the lake shore, dark green vines grew rapidly, covering half of the cliff at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Xiaoshan couldn't stand the wet weather and complained, "Why does it rain every day in this damn place?"
"In a tropical rainforest climate, it would be strange if it doesn't rain." Zhang Tianzhao squinted as he put on a camouflage case for the miniature monitor. On the only long table in the cave were a dozen boxes of monitor cases in the shape of water plants and dead branches. These small things He observed the plant forms in this area and drew the drawings, which he just printed out with a 3D printer.
Haifengqiu's eyes have been staring at the multi-frame screen. Although the newly installed software on Zhinao will always monitor and analyze the images, he still prefers to use his own eyes to see and his own brain to analyze these videos.
Xiao Shan unscrewed a bottle of milk and poured a glass for both brothers-in-law. He took the remaining half bottle of milk and sat next to Zhang Tianzhao and said, "Brother-in-law, I will do this work for you, and you can help me design a floor." There should be a base map with a castle and a manor, and a base underground.”
The naughty child was about to cause trouble when he was idle. Zhang Tianzhao rubbed his forehead and said, "We don't even have the address of the base yet. I can't draw the blueprint of the castle in the air. Just now your fifth sister said that if you have nothing to do, you can go back to Yangzhou and stay for a few days. Let's wait. Get rid of this man-eating tribe, and it won’t be too late for you to bring a team of people over to conduct surveys.”
"Go back now?" Xiaoshan really wanted to go home now, but he also wanted to stay on the same planet with Fifth Sister for a few more days. He made excuses for himself: "Fifth Sister and I robbed Nine Thousand Years Old together. My inheritance, if I don’t show my face, people will go to Fifth Sister, what kind of man am I if I hide?”
"You took all the items in front of many people, and there are people who have been keeping an eye on your fifth sister. You can be sure that Anthony's inheritance is not with your fifth sister. You are not on Mulan Planet, or even in the 60th District. Others really can't find it. You, let’s see how the situation goes and spread rumors to disturb other people’s attention, won’t it mean that your fifth sister will have nothing to do?” Zhang Tianzhao popped out a cigarette, bit it, and touched Xiao Shan’s head, “It’s not suitable for you to show your face now, so just go home and stay for a few days. Well. My nephews all miss you very much."
"Why do you have to go back? Why don't you move your family to Jilei Mountain? Wherever the fifth sister goes, Jilei Mountain is there and home is there, isn't it good?" Xiaoshan has long wanted to persuade the fifth sister to move, but now The opportunity was right.
Although "1" and "0" are too good to Bai Zhi, and everyone trusts these two "mother-in-laws", the life of nine thousand years old still has an end, but the life of electronics has no end. After Bai Zhi dies, will "1" and "0" still treat the humans living in the gang territory newly named "Jilei Mountain" the same way they treated Bai Zhi?
Even if the database of "1" and "0" is filled with the data of those old human intelligence hosts, will it still be friendly to humans? If mankind discovers that electronic life is coming back, will it reignite the war? What will they do then?
If these problems cannot be solved, it will be impossible to move their family to Jilei Mountain. They even have to secretly guard against "1" and "0".
Zhang Tianzhao gave Haifengqiu a cigarette, and Haifengqiu flicked a fireball to light the cigarette. The two of them puffed smoke rings silently without making a sound.
There must be a reason why the two brothers-in-law were opposed, so Xiaoshan stopped mentioning the matter. He took out all his space equipment, poured out the debris on the floor, and said, "I'll pick out the gifts for the nephews first. Wait. Brother-in-law, please take me back. This time when I go back, I will study administrative courses first, and then I will come back when this matter is settled."
Zhou Yidong rushed to the lake outside Muxi City and saw only broken ice that had not completely melted and a pile of bald mermaid corpses.
Owen's location is clearly located in Chuantuo Lake, but Muxi City is more than 9,000 kilometers away from Chuantuo Lake. In the past few hours, only one flying motorcycle has appeared near Muxi City. Apparently someone among the people who went to Chuantuo Lake with Owen could teleport.
It's stupid to run after someone who can teleport.
No matter who it is, they will not choose to stay on Mulan Planet after receiving a nine-thousand-year-old inheritance. So Zhou Yidong assigned two subordinates to pretend to be local
People went to Chuantuo Lake to look for Owen, and he simply lurked on Bilang Island, released dozens of detection and listening devices, and focused on the Mu Manor.
Colorful neon lights illuminate the night sky of Bilang Island. It is really difficult to observe with the naked eye that three spaceships landed at Mu's Manor at the same time.
Xiao Shao saw the logo on one of the spaceships clearly on the monitor screen and took out a communicator. While pressing the switch, he said to Bai Zhi: "Pack your things, let's get ready to leave."
"Where to go?" Bai Zhi took a screenshot of the logo and saved it.
"Go to Mu's Manor. My mother's spaceship is here to pick us up." Xiao Shao was a little nervous. He squeezed the communicator, "My mother may be in the nearby star field. If my mother wants to see you, you won't refuse, right?"
"It's my duty to visit my friends' elders." Bai Zhi politely agreed. From Shao's behavior since childhood, we can know the Shaw family's style of doing things. It is appropriate to treat the Shaw family with a lot of heroes and heroes with more respect.
"Well, if my mother tells you a truth, let it go in one ear and out the other. Please don't take it to heart."
"If I don't agree with what Auntie said, I will take it as a breeze." Bai Zhi pointed to the flashing green light on the communicator. The video call has been connected.
"Twenty-seventh brother?" A female voice came from the communicator.
"Sister Ninth!" Xiao Shao's reaction was a little frightened, "Why are you here?"
"Why can't I come?" Ninth Sister snorted coldly, "Hurry up to Mu's Manor and be quick!"
"Okay." Xiao Shao just responded, and the communication was quickly hung up by his ninth sister.
Mu's Manor is heavily guarded, with teams of armed bodyguards guarding the six entrances and exits. However, crowds ranging from a few thousand to over 10,000 people gathered near each entrance and exit. The excited crowd and the guards confronted each other, and the atmosphere was as tense as if a detonator was placed on a powder keg, and it would explode if a spark fell.
Xiao Shao and Bai Zhi circled around several entrances and exits. After confirming that they could not enter the manor quietly through the crowd, they decisively retreated to the townhouse.
Xiao Shao frowned and connected the communication to persuade: "Sister Ninth, less than half an hour after we landed, tens of thousands of people blocked the entrance of Mu's Manor. Those who organized the operation should have been prepared. If we show up, they will come together What should we do if they attack our spaceship? Even if no one of us is injured, the spaceship is broken and we can’t leave. Sister Ninth, you leave first and come back in thirty days. We have flying motorcycles on hand and I will contact you near Pigeon Lake City."
Sister Ninth was also decisive, answered "Okay" and hung up the communication.
If he had to leave on this small spaceship, he would have to expose his teleportation ability. But Bai Zhi has the backing of Ji Lei Mountain, and now she really doesn't care where to stay except for worrying about being "malnourished" and falling into a coma when she returns to the Chaos Star Belt. So she just let Xiao Shao's arrangements go.
Amid the blinding dazzling lamp posts, a spaceship quickly took off.
The other two spaceships haven't reacted yet, but the crowd surrounding Mu's Manor is already very excited. It is not known which side made the first move, and the dispute soon escalated into a full-scale violent conflict. Bai Zhi urgently released six monitors. By the time the footage from the monitor came back, the bodyguards guarding the manor had been completely defeated. The angry crowd rushed into the manor, a small number of people smashed and set fire everywhere, and the majority of the people surrounded the two spaceships that had not yet taken off. More and more people are flocking to Mu's Manor from the water townhouses and from all parts of the island.
The situation on Bilang Island got out of control because the foreign spacecraft suddenly left.
Because his own spaceship had flown away safely, Xiao Shao was a little gloating about the two remaining spaceships, saying, "If these two spaceships don't leave, the engines will be removed."
Bai Zhi sent a new command, and a monitor flew next to the branch to the tail of a spacecraft to take pictures. In the video sent back, several groups of people were violently dismantling the engine. Bai Zhi rarely does this kind of work herself, and seeing Zhang Tianzhao and the others working, she can see their experience. She was sure after just two glances, "All four engines are broken, what a shame!"
"Fortunately, my ninth sister left quickly." Xiao Shao was still frightened. "My ninth sister always feels that she is born to be useful. But, it doesn't matter that she finally became a superpower with great difficulty. She is still a wood type. What if? Lost her, I'm going
I will definitely be promoted to uncle in a month! "
"Usually people with super powers aren't that courageous." Bai Zhi felt that Xiao Shao was too exaggerated.
"Anyone with some skills is not an honest person." Xiao Shao felt that Xiao Bai was still too naive. "Usually no one would violently threaten wood-type women, but using some unscrupulous means such as drugging etc. , or simply play love at first sight, and it will be too late to find out later.”
"The world is really unfriendly to wood-type women." Bai Zhi muttered unhappily.
Xiao Shao corrected her sharply: "The world has never been unfriendly to those who cannot protect their own resources."
While they were chatting, the door of the spacecraft with the broken engine was opened from the outside. A group of people rushed in cheering. Another spacecraft barely lifted off less than a hundred meters, and was hit by super-large thunderballs coming from several directions at the same time. It hovered stubbornly and ejected a dozen escape capsules. The escape capsule jumped into the sky like a monkey, leaving behind a little bit of white smoke. Many people on motorcycles chased him through the white smoke.
"If this Lin's Manor couldn't protect the spacecraft that landed within his sphere of influence, it probably wouldn't have existed since your grandfather's time." Bai Zhi now has a deeper understanding of the decadence and chaos of Huangxing. experience.
"In a place like Huangxing, you never know why the locals will use knives on you in the next second, let alone when they will use knives on one of their own people." Xiao Shao shrugged, "Look at this chaos. Jin, maybe we have to pay the management fee again tomorrow."
The next morning, a few young men with blue-dyed hair came over to collect money. Xiao Shao handed over two strings of shellfish, and a young man put down the blood-stained machete with a smile, and tied a blue rope to the pillar of their house.
A neighbor who had moved in in the past two days had just paid the protection fee the day before, but now they couldn't get the money back. Under the threat of several machetes, the family cried and crowded into a canoe and paddled out to the sea.
There was an endless stream of fully loaded boats leaving on this day. The smell of the slums was already unpleasant, but it added the smell of blood and attracted some ferocious carnivorous sea creatures. From time to time, children and even adults were dragged into the sea from small boats, and the cries kept coming. stand up. .net
Xiao Shao stayed at home for two days. It was only on the third day that she decided to go find her fishing companions. Before leaving, she told Bai Zhi: "Don't use force if it's not a big deal."
It's not like we can't get things done without using force. Just sprinkle a little poison and it will cover a large area. Bai Zhi nodded without any pressure and pretended to be a child to send her brother off, "Brother, please pay attention to safety and go home early."
Xiao Shao's boat slid through the waterway in front, and Zhou Yidong's boat slid through the waterway next door. Besides him, there were two beautiful girls on his boat. The two girls looked very embarrassed, clinging to each other, looking at each other with frightened eyes.
Zhou Yidong rowed the boat to the door of Bai Zhi's house, stared at Bai Zhi's face, and waited until Xiao Shao's boat was far away before he spoke: "I heard Mr. Xiao Bai's voice over there just now. Did I recognize the wrong person?"
"No." Bai Zhi smiled at him, "Why are you still here? Your spaceship is not really broken, right?"
"The spaceship is not broken. Our spaceship is going to do something, but our team members encountered two family members who accidentally came to Mulan due to a stargate malfunction. I don't feel comfortable leaving them to others to take care of them. I heard this morning There is Fei Hu. Qi with his sister nearby, so I wanted to discuss with Fei Hu. Qi to arrange for their families together. I didn’t expect to meet you." Zhou Yidong was particularly respectful, "Please take care of our two family members for a few days. ,OK?"
"I have some friendship with Fei Hu Qi, but not with you Fei Whale Qi." Bai Zhi refused with a smile, "Besides, this place is owned by Fei Hu Qi, and I'm only temporarily staying there. I don't even have guests. I’m not even qualified. You’d better bring your family members and invite them first.”
Zhou Yidong explained with a wry smile: "If there was any other way, I wouldn't do it..."
Now that Zhou Yidong is out of business, the next step is to ask for a share of Anthony's inheritance. Bai Zhi didn't want to cause trouble for herself, so she closed the wooden door and simply ignored people.
"This... lady seems to have a bit of a temper..." a girl said.
"The house over here
They are all empty. We are also renting a room here. If Ms. Xiaobai doesn't take care of you, Feihu Qi will not just sit idly by when you are in trouble. "Zhou Yidong didn't think it was a big deal for him to fuck like this. He smiled and said, "Let's go, let's find a renter."
It's just a temporary place to stay, and it's not an ancestral treasure. You can change it at any time, okay?
Bai Zhi packed up the things in the house without hesitation. When the boat carrying Zhou Yidong slid a mile away, she installed micro cameras in several nearby townhouses, then came back and closed the door again.
In the evening, Xiao Shao came back and rowed his boat past Zhou Yidong's house. He saw Zhou Yidong holding his teeth and smiling enthusiastically at him. He was so angry that he almost kicked the bucket of clean fresh water on the boat into the river.
"How did this person find his way here?" Xiao Shao gnawed on Jiang's bones angrily.
"Listen to what he said, you Feihu. The informants riding on the island are also their informants. I feel that they are very unscrupulous in everything they do." Bai Zhi shook her head, not mentioning that she had installed a camera in the townhouse where Zhou Yidong lived. thing. Zhou Yidong was indeed Wang Chengpeng's backup. In the middle of the afternoon, he turned the two other people's family members into his own family members. Although she turned off the video in time, she felt like she would get a needle eye.
"Flying Whale Qi has always been so virtuous!" Xiao Shao took the green plum wine Bai Zhi poured for him and started to complain about Fei Whale Qi. By the way, he also didn't say anything good about Fei Long Qi.
Bai Zhi filtered Xiao Shao's words and told everyone in the chat channel: The three companies are of equal strength and have a certain degree of overlap in their scope of activities. It is normal for each company to find the other two distasteful. However, Fei Longqi was willing to cooperate with Feihu Qi but never ignored Fei Whale Qi. Feihu Qi always scolded and took the initiative to cooperate with Fei Longqi, but he was reluctant to talk to Fei Whale Qi. Fei Whale Qi's wishful thinking is that they are the only officially designated partner of Fei Hu Qi. If Fei Hu Qi does not help them, the people stationed at Fei Hu Qi's headquarters will cry.
Judging from the origin of the members, the members of the Flying Dragon Riders are mainly the children of the great nobles of the Zijin Empire, supplemented by the children of the middle-level nobles and the children of the nobles of the vassal countries of the Zijin Empire. The middle-class and above nobles voluntarily join the "Space Police" organization. Their advantage is that they are very particular about what they do and are willing to spend money. Their disadvantage is that they are dogmatic in their behavior. Their members live too luxuriously and tend to be liberal. They often disobey orders from their superiors. The Flying Whale Riders is a "space police" organization formed by an alliance of several republics. Its members come from complex sources, with different positions and interests. The administrative organization is bloated and prone to wrangling, so it is easier for people who do anything to achieve their goals to get ahead. The members of the Flying Tiger Cavalry are mainly graduates from major military academies in the Tang Dynasty. They join voluntarily. Members who have served for ten years can apply for reassignment to the Imperial Army at any time. Therefore, the discipline and treatment of the Flying Tiger Cavalry are equivalent to those of the imperial army. , extra money is basically hard to come by, running around all year round, the salary is very expensive, everyone is poor, and they are particularly jealous of the rich Feilongqi.
After reading Bai Zhi's summary, Yue Dongting was the first to say: What is the difference between the Tang Empire doing this and using its officers and soldiers as bandits? How shameless!
Yun Lai quickly agreed: If they want to lose face, can they send that man named Meng to entangle Bai Zhi?
Zhang Tianzhao has a slightly different point of view: Although we are more willing to deal with the gentlemen of the Flying Dragon Rider, from a development perspective, the Flying Tiger Rider can go further than the Flying Dragon Rider, and the Flying Whale Rider may be better than the Flying Dragon Rider. .
Haifengqiu said: Feihu.qi is more organized and disciplined. Although it is not as idealistic as Feilongqi, pragmatism brings efficiency. If we have a similar armed force, I think the one we should learn from most is Feihu. .ride. Bai Zhi, you did a good job in pushing Xiao Shao to become a nine thousand years old. Wang Zhiba and others will come to you later, so you leave it to Dongting. If we don't sell Anthony's experience at a good price, we will be scolded.
Yue Dongting replied: Xiaoqi is staring at the research institute analyzing the data. We don’t have enough researchers. The third brother originally planned to discuss cooperation issues with Ji Sen, but the orcs and bugs are currently fighting fiercely here. The Ji family plans to move the Ji family to the 60th District, so we can't take care of it for the time being.
Is the situation already so bad?
Bai Zhi asked: "Are the Feng and Kunwu families also moving?"
It took Yue Dongting a few minutes to answer: The Feng family has moved, should they move to Jiuxu?
I don’t know about the 60th district. Last month, senior Xu Xu showed up in Jutaoxing and summoned the Kunwu family's children. Except for Mubai, all the Kunwu family members who studied and lived in Tucheng returned to Jutaoxing. Wu Chudong had a long talk with his third brother when he came to pick him up. I am passing through the teleportation array, and I will ask the third brother about the details when I see him later.
After more than ten minutes, Yue Dongting continued: Senior Xu opened a small star gate in Tao Star, and all the Kunwu clan in Tao Star moved to the other side of the star gate. Wu Chudong told his third brother that there are about ten livable stars and about twenty resource stars on the other side, called Dongming Federation.
Yesterday, Xiao Shao shared the information in his brain with Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi found out that the Dongming Federation is located in the star field at the junction of Bingzi District and Dingchou District. It is quite rich in mineral resources, but it has long been proven that there are no energy mines. It takes more than a year to reach the nearest star gate with the fastest spaceship. , Selling mineral resources will only make a loss. The Dongming Federation was established three hundred years ago. After more than a hundred years of miserable operation, it still went bankrupt. It was sold to a guy named Zhuokeng fifty years ago. Because there is no money to be made in that place, no one has cared about what happened to the Dongming Federation after changing its owner in recent decades. There is no more specific information.
Now it seems that there is a high possibility that Zhenkeng is the Kunwu family. There is a reason why senior Xu attaches great importance to biodiesel technology.
Without energy, there is no future. It is impossible for the bugs and orcs to go all the way to occupy the Dongming Federation. Just in case orcs and bug-men show up, "space policemen" such as Feihu Qi will definitely not be absent. As long as the poor and weak countries are cute and weak, they will be too poor to provide any more benefits.
Without paying too much, the safety of people's lives and property is guaranteed. Bai Zhi is jealous of Wu Chudong after all the calculations. She also wants such a feng shui treasure land, okay?
Yue Dongting suddenly started to refresh the screen: Ji's envoy sent a message to the third brother, saying that the insect fleet was chasing the orc fleet near Mianchi. Ji's family will close the Shucheng Star Gate at any time, and Ji Sen persuades the third brother to abandon Tucheng and follow him. The third brother said that if he wanted to fight, he would definitely join the mecha unit, and he wanted to listen to everyone's opinions.
