As the saying goes: 10,000 road fools can find 10,000 roads.
Others say: There is no road in this world. If there are many road fools, there will naturally be a road.
Although Old Tang usually seems careless and heartless, he still has a very clear understanding of himself.
For example, the fact that I am actually a road idiot.
Old Tang would never deny this fact, and even when others asked him for directions, he would not self-righteously give them directions, but would tell them very apologetically that he actually did not know the way.
(Manual @roronoa zoro here)
So even though the navigation system initially informed him that the nearest store was only about 300 meters away, he did not follow the route marked on the map to find it. Instead, he resolutely chose to take a taxi.
There are two benefits to doing this.
First of all, taxi drivers are familiar with the terrain and absolutely know the local characteristics.
Secondly...Old Tang wanted to get familiar with the terrain.
That's right, Old Tang still hasn't given up on the great cause of finding the way, which is very difficult for him.
After all, every road idiot has a heart that refuses to admit defeat.
Old Tang actually has a warm heart. He also wants to list out several routes for others to choose from when they ask for directions.
(@roronoazoro again here)
The driver made many twists and turns and still sent Old Tang into a bad situation.
In fact, Old Tang knows this place. There is a similar store in Flushing, the largest Chinese community in the United States. I heard that the taste is pretty good, but Old Tang has never been there.
The reason is probably because Flushing is in Queens and Tang lives in Brooklyn. He was afraid that he would get lost and not be able to return home after eating.
In fact, there is a deeper reason.
Old Tang has no money.
The place where Old Tang lived might have been called an apartment, but in fact it was just a shabby tube building.
Many people may not understand the concept of Tongzilou, but another explanation should make it much clearer.
Barracks, student dormitories, government buildings from the 1970s and 1980s.
If this is still not clear, then you can go to see the movie "Kung Fu" by Master Xing. In it, the pig cage city of the charterer is a typical Tongzilou residential area.
The characteristic of this kind of building is that there are many rooms, but each room is small in area. There are no separate divided areas in the room. There is a long corridor outside the room, leading to the public toilet and bathroom.
People live bustlingly together.
High emotional intelligence: Increased relationships between neighbors.
Low emotional intelligence: productive farming where capital squeezes value.
A few decades ago, Tongzilou would have been a very lively, livable housing type with many advantages. But now, Tongzilou has only one advantage: it's cheap.
People living in such a place cannot be said to be rich, but can only be said to be extremely poor to a certain extent.
And Old Tang was such a poor man.
Bounty hunters are just like Internet writers. They are not a stable and legitimate industry, with extremely high upper and lower limits.
People who are capable can make millions of dollars from a single task. People who are not capable will be lucky if they don't risk their lives, regardless of whether they can make money.
As far as the past was concerned, Old Tang was one of the most incompetent hunters among the vast group of hunters.
But the King of Bronze and Fire cannot be said to have no ability. The only one who has no ability is Old Tang.
But Old Tang is lucky. He can make a living by doing some side tasks. He is also easily satisfied. He will not need to buy a car, a house, or prepare a dowry like a man and a woman who are about to get married.
In fact, he has been single for thousands of years.
Of course, it's not just him, the other Dragon Kings are also similar.
If the Dragon King can evolve into other species, then the eight on the Four Thrones may be renamed the Eight Single Dog Kings.
This does not include the Black King who was hacked to death by humans and the White King who was killed by the Black King.
So in our story, high bloodline will lead to excessive blood sorrow. This kind of loneliness caused by the second disease can easily make people unable to find a partner.
Ahem, I went astray.
Let's get back to the topic, Old Tang has no partner, no need to get married, and he doesn't have anything that he needs to spend money on. He doesn't need to show off and go to a nightclub or something like that and then say "Everyone's spending money" with a lot of money. Mr. Tang will pay the bill."
He just wants to live an ordinary life. He eats, sleeps and eats. When he has no money, he goes to do tasks. When he has money, he plays games at home. When friends come over, he may not be able to eat anything good, but hot dogs and Coke are enough. , he can also take his friends to travel around the United States in a Greyhound.
Under such circumstances, Old Tang naturally had nothing to offer, so Old Tang had only heard of "high-end" catering services like Juqi but had never been there.
He didn't know what Gu Bei thought. No matter which city he went to, he would eat all the local delicacies, but in fact, in his opinion, these things were no different from hot dogs and cola.
Except more expensive.
After the trip was over, Old Tang recorded it in his account.
I learned this from Gu Bei.
It can only be said that you should learn from whomever you want. Those who are close to red will be red and those who are close to ink will be black. Those who are close to Gu Bei will not learn well.
Walking out of the store holding his belly and picking his teeth, Old Tang looked at the traffic and suddenly didn't want to take a taxi.
Rentals in the capital are really expensive. I started at thirteen, and the roads were still jammed. If I had the time and energy to stretch my legs, I could get there in less than ten minutes.
It’s less than 300 meters, there aren’t many turns, and I was taken through it once by a car, plus I had the navigation in my hand…
Old Tang felt that he was in the right place at the right time and with the right people!
It’s impossible to get lost!
My Old Tang's wish is to use my legs to measure every inch of the land under my feet!
lets go!
Old Tang set off.
Half an hour later...
Old Tang stood in a completely unfamiliar building complex, staring blankly at the steel jungle in front of him, and asked a question from his soul: "Where is this?"
Yes, he was lost.
As for the process of getting lost...it's hard to describe.
After all, a person who has grown up in the United States, whether he is Chinese-American or Chinese-American, is unlikely to understand the 3D surrounding traffic situation in Beijing.
The designers of the roads in the capital are very good. This is a state of skill that is close to Taoism. Even if Gu Bei comes, he will have to do some fortune-telling to get out of this formation.
Not to mention Old Tang, he was almost dizzy going around in this circle. He just felt that every building looked like the same building, and he felt that every building looked different.
In desperation, we could only call in foreign aid to help.
"You said you can go back from here?"
Old Tang stood in front of the dark subway entrance, with disbelief in his voice: "I don't remember drilling a hole on the way. How could this be the way back?"
Norton's dragon soul turned into a small flying dragon the same size as Old Tang's head, floating next to Old Tang like emergency food: "My majestic King of Bronze and Fire will deliberately point you to a wrong path? You have to believe me, As a Dragon King, my intuition tells me that this road will definitely lead directly to the destination!"
"You can pull him down!"
Old Tang's voice was filled with sadness and anger: "You said the same about those roads just now, none of them are right!"
Norton, who was questioned, sounded a little dissatisfied: "What do you mean by that? We two are one body. Is it possible that I can trick you?"
Old Tang curled his lips: "I can't tell."
Norton: "...6."
"Since you can't trust me, why did you ask me to come out? You might as well find your own way."
Xiaolong swayed in the air twice, then plunged into Old Tang's body and disappeared.
Although Old Tang and Norton were separated into two souls, there was still an implicit connection between them, and both parties could vaguely sense each other's emotions and status.
Norton was indeed angry this time, and Old Tang felt that he had gone too far, so he quickly called out in his heart: "Norton! Norton! Boss Dragon King!"
no respond.
It seems that I can only rely on myself.
Old Tang turned his head and glanced at the subway entrance. It was pitch black and deathly silent. It was impossible to see what was inside from the outside.
Old Tang was hesitant to go in. After all, even though it was a shortcut to the destination as Norton said, from the scenery that Old Tang saw, it seemed that it was not a good place in recent years.
In fact, at this time, Old Tang wanted to grab someone from the side and ask for directions, but the strange thing was that Old Tang raised his head and there was not even half a person in sight. It was hard to believe that he was in the lively and bustling Wangfujing area. And such a remote place.
In fact, Old Tang felt that he might have traveled beyond the Wangfujing area in the past half hour and was getting further and further away from his destination.
Old Tang was having a battle between heaven and man in his heart, when suddenly a wind blew out of the subway. The wind was light and fluttering, and there was a hint of familiar smell in it.
Like an old friend.
The smell in the wind was exactly the same as the smell he smelled when he took a taxi in front of the hotel.
Old Tang was stunned for a moment, then walked into the station.
Maybe along this wind, we can find our way back.
At the same time, at Peking University, Xia Mi, who was taking Chu Zihang to experience working life, was suddenly stunned.
It was said to be a part-time job, but in fact it was not a very tiring or difficult job. Because both of them had good grades and abilities, they gave up the inefficient work of handing out flyers and selling at Chu Zihang's suggestion, and instead After taking the exam, I became a teaching assistant to a certain professor.
Now the two people are in the office helping the professor organize the materials to be used in the next class.
Xia Mi was suddenly stunned. Chu Zihang, who was thinking about how to show off with Xia Mi, naturally noticed Xia Mi's abnormality. He put down what he was doing and turned to look at Xia Mi: "What's wrong?"
Chu Zihang's voice brought Xia Mi back to her senses. She threw the materials in her hands on the table: "I have something urgent. Brother, please help me ask for leave for the professor."
After that, he quickly left the office without looking back.
Chu Zihang glanced at the direction Xia Mi left, and silently picked up the information Xia Mi left behind.
Xia Mi quickly left the school, found the nearest subway entrance and got in.
Urgent, very urgent.
She just felt something touching the border of Nibelungen.
She could probably guess what it was. After all, in the current capital, there were only a handful of people who could do this.
"Norton..."
——Time returns to the present——
August 22 at 9:00 am.
Chu Zihang drove to the front entrance of the hotel and dialed Gu Bei's number.
The call was not connected, and the passenger door of the Bentley was opened. Gu Bei threw the silver-white suitcase in the back seat and got into the passenger seat.
With the roar of the engine, the car started.
"What happened?"
Chu Zihang's voice still had no fluctuations, like a flat and boundless grassland, but Gu Bei was keenly aware that there was a little more impatience in it, like cattle and sheep on the grassland blown by the wind.
"Old Tang is missing."
While Gu Bei was talking, he fished in his pocket and found a few copper coins that he had polished with Qi.
Chu Zihang was a little dumbfounded: "Old Tang disappeared? When?"
"I don't know. I was away all day yesterday, but Old Tang didn't return to the hotel after at least two o'clock in the afternoon."
Hearing this, Chu Zihang's face also looked a little ugly: "There is one more thing."
"What's wrong?"
"Xia Mi has not shown up since yesterday afternoon until now."
Gu Bei was stunned for a moment: "I understand."
He knew what Chu Zihang meant. Xia Mi is the Dragon King, and Old Tang is also the Dragon King. The relationship between the Dragon King and the Dragon King is not like hello, me, hello, everyone. They have always regarded each other as prey. As long as they meet, they will It's a matter of life and death.
If only Old Tang was missing, then Gu Bei would at most think that this guy was lost.
If Xia Mi was the only one missing, then Chu Zihang wouldn't care too much, because it had only been half a day, so he might have been caught up in something.
But now the two dragon kings disappeared at the same time, and the time of disappearance was very close.
Gu Bei and Chu Zihang would not think that these two people had gone somewhere to play pretend to be drinking wine.
However, judging from the current situation, things have not yet reached the point of no return.
After all, there is no way that there will be no movement when two dragon kings are fighting.
But now the capital is still peaceful and quiet.
That meant that either Gu Bei and Chu Zihang had a different idea and the two had not met at all; or the two had met, but for some reason they had not yet started a fight.
But no matter that situation is only temporary, it would be better if the two of them don't meet. Once they do, it will still be without Gu Bei and Chu Zihang around...
The results speak for themselves.
The top priority now is to find these two people as soon as possible.
Gu Bei held a copper coin in his hand, with white Qi wrapped around it.
Gu Bei has not mastered the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, but there is a "sacrificial technique" in the prerequisite refinement method of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. The activation condition is to destroy an item contaminated with Qi, and the effect is to maximize the realization of related skills.
For example, if Gu Bei uses "Sacrifice Technique" to destroy a magic sword, then the magic sword will burst out with an extremely powerful slash; if Gu Bei uses "Sacrifice Technique" to destroy a shield, then the shield will block an attack of any strength. The attack shattered.
The copper coins that Gu Bei took out were those that he had polished with Qi for a long time. He once found the Eri clothes hidden in the Genji Heavy Industries building with these few copper coins. It can be said that they are very helpful for divination.
Gu Bei did not hesitate to activate the "Sacrifice Technique" on a few copper coins.
Where did Old Tang go?
After a jingling sound, the coins scattered.
Gu Bei took a closer look: "Kong Gua?!"
An empty hexagram means that there is no hexagram image and cannot be calculated.
It is also possible that the place where Old Tang is now represents emptiness, so it is shown as the divination of emptiness.
Gu Bei reached out and touched the copper coins. The moment he touched the copper coins, several coins made "kacha" sounds at the same time and broke into many pieces.
This is the "Sacrifice Technique". Sacrifice items in exchange for results. No matter whether you get the desired results or not, the sacrifices will not be returned.
Gu Bei doesn't feel bad about these copper coins at all. For him now, as long as he keeps strengthening the refining method, one day he will be able to master the Divine Machine Hundred Refining, and then he will be able to use the Heavenly Trigram Copper Coin, Money Treasure Trigram, etc. The magic weapons are all trivial.
Gu Bei was more concerned about the results.
Chu Zihang also knew that Gu Bei had some mysterious abilities and asked, "Is there any result?"
"No, drive slower."
Chu Zihang braked lightly and the car slowed down. Gu Bei said: "Protect me and don't disturb me."
Chu Zihang nodded.
Gu Bei adjusted his static skills and entered the interior scene.
The core of the interior scene was floating in the air, and Gu Bei suddenly felt like he was in another world.
The last time he went inside was to negotiate with Norton.
Now that I think about it, it was a year ago.
Gu Bei raised his head and looked at the quietly burning core: "Where is Old Tang?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge fireball like a meteorite crashed down.
