Border highway.
An unmarked black car temporarily separated from the main road and drove into a rest stop fifty kilometers away from the sixteen city-states.
"Mr. Zuo Dao, it's so lively here." Elsa sat in the passenger seat and looked around.
It has been four days since they left the previous gathering place.
The scenery along the way is nothing to talk about. If the scenery in Hecarim had not been specially modified, it would basically be a plain of loess and gravel. The ecological environment is relatively harsh. Fortunately, the climate is not severe. The main problem is related to water resources and forest resources. a bit less.
"Indeed." Zuo Dao replied without turning his eyes. He was circling around the rest stop looking for an empty seat.
The closer we get to the sixteen city-states, the more vehicles there are along the way, and wilderness racing becomes a phantom of yesterday.
At special times, there may be short-term traffic jams on the road.
This rest stop is even more difficult to find a parking space.
There are many small cars, but more often than not there are fleets of large trucks.
Judging from the tightly protected state and the appearance covered with traces of mineral soil, it is not difficult to imagine that it is a large company related to Hecarim minerals, delivering goods to the city-state for final purification and refining.
After many twists and turns, Zuo Dao finally found a parking space when he was almost knocked out.
Feeling a slight pause, Zuo Dao turned to look at Elsa:
"Elsa, go down for a walk and let her get some air?"
As Zuo Dao spoke, he looked towards the back row.
In the back seat, a young girl was sleeping.
Astonishingly, it was the "daughter" Mai Qingchun had introduced before: Mai Yuexia.
Mai Qingchun's matter came to an end after Zuo Dao and the others left.
However, it also left many unsolved mysteries in the hearts of the gathering place, the Boka Armed Forces, and the historian surnamed Luo, but these have little to do with heresy.
At that time, the girl was guided to the edge of the main road by the paper man to avoid danger. With the help of the paper man's information and the function of Ginseng Lishu, other people who wanted to find the girl missed her several times. Pass.
After Zuodao and the others set out, they officially rescued her, but what greeted her was a long sleep...
All this sleepiness is attributed to the technique: Sea of Twilight. God knows how a big killer was turned into a magical weapon by Zuodao?
But this is also a helpless move. The other party is just an outsider. If you hear too much that you shouldn't hear with them, it will be more troublesome to deal with it.
In Zuo Dao's friendly suggestion, she was given the choice of being stuffed in the trunk or sleeping unconscious in the back seat.
The other party chose the latter without hesitation——
Elsa heard Zuo Dao's inquiry, and she agreed very much:
"Yuexia sleeps most of the time, I agree."
Yuexia is naturally the girl in the back row.
Her name was indeed Yuexia, and Mai Qingchun did not lie on this point, but the other person's surname was not Mai, but Li.
Mai Qingchun may have been a little unscrupulous mentally, so he simply changed the girl's surname.
It's also possible that he was afraid that the girl's name would be changed along the way, which would slow down her response and arouse some people's suspicions, so he created this situation.
Mai Qingchun is indeed called Mai Qingchun, and there is no lie in this point. This is the report sent by Zuodao and Elsa to the third sequence, which is the intelligence reply from the old Queen Wen Yue. ….
What’s interesting is that the old lady later gave them a note that there was no need to worry about the follow-up matters and left them to her. The girl’s words were brought to the sixteen city-states and someone would properly resolve them. So far, read the left-field story at that time. Then I knew that someone had taken over the matter——
Seeing that Elsa had no objection, Zuodao snapped his fingers.
A magic circuit like a fire-colored glaze brand appeared on the girl's eyebrows, and it immediately collapsed under Zuodao's control.
The circuit of the technique dissipated, the girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, she was gradually waking up.
This is Zuodao's extended application of the technique: Sea of Dusk.
The Twilight Sea is known to be in normal condition
In this case, it has two effects: twilight slumber and physical intoxication. In actual analysis, you can choose to make people fall into a "rigid state" mentally or physically. However, depending on the level of proficiency, these two effects are also will have different effects.
The extended ability of Dusk Sleep has sub-functional hypnosis and imprinted sleep. Li Jia used to be more in-depth in the application of Dusk Sea. He could even use this technique to control other people's cognition. There is a certain degree of modification, which is something that leftists have not yet fully mastered.
Zuo Dao is currently able to skillfully perform the branding sleep, which not only places a certain amount of magical power on the opponent's body, forming a magical circuit, but also causes the opponent to enter a comatose state. When the power dissipates or the spell is released in advance, or someone Before it is destroyed, this ability will continue to exist——
The first thing the girl did when she woke up was to subconsciously shrink back a little. It was obvious that her previous experience and the slightly indifferent attitude made her faintly afraid.
Zuo Dao had no idea about this. He said with a dull face:
"Miss Yuexia, there is still a little distance from the Sixteenth City-State. We choose to take a short rest. You can get off the car and take a walk with Elsa next to you. Please don't walk too far. I will go to replenish some supplies and buy some food for you. you."
"Okay... no... thank you." Li Yuexia naturally did not dare to object.
In her opinion, when they rescued him, the young man named Zuo Dao showed her a certificate about a certain department in Huayu, but it was a certificate she had never heard of.
With many doubts, she chose Hutu Shifu for various reasons, and thus fell into a four-day journey with a total recovery time of less than four hours.
As for why she should be put into a deep sleep, Zuo Dao's reply was not modified, and he simply replied: confidentiality protection.
Li Yuexia's heart was automatically translated as: Girl, you don't want to be... by me just because you saw something you shouldn't see or heard something you shouldn't hear, right?
In this way, it seems that Li Yuexia is taking Elsa with her, but in fact it is Elsa who is sneaking around with Li Yuexia.
Zuo Dao went to the service area of the rest stop alone and walked in circles for nearly a quarter of an hour. He finally walked out of this steel jungle.
Looking forward, the buildings in the service area are mainly flat, short and spacious, with everything from restaurants and convenience stores to rest hotels and so on.
Zuo Dao didn't wander around. He seemed to have a goal and came to a restaurant called 'Wechsler Rice Noodles'.
When you open the store door, you can feel the noise of people inside. It's obvious that the business is very good.
Zuo Dao looked around and found someone to sit down near where the meal was served. ….
This store is a self-service ordering service. Each table has an operation screen. You only need to place an order and pay here. The operation software is thoughtfully available in multiple languages, which effectively alleviates the difficult requirement for waiters to master eight languages. , and significant expenses for the store.
Zuo Dao flicked his finger on the screen and looked at the menu. He seemed to be very skilled in ordering the dishes. Without exception, he chose to take away. It didn't take him long to finish the selection, but he left it when confirming the payment. A rather strange note - "It seems that the dishes are quite spicy. Let's see if it can be less spicy?" 』
After doing this, Zuodao closed the ordering screen and began to observe his surroundings.
Most of the people who eat in this restaurant are people with Chinese characteristics, followed by brown-skinned Mohadi people. Although this border land is not bordered by Mohadi, the Mohadi People in the domain are keen on doing business and traveling around the world, and they can be found basically everywhere.
Apart from these two, there are relatively rare people with the characteristics of the Aleman region. Regarding the characteristics of the people of the Aleman region, Zuo Dao directly compared the concept to Elsa, and then compared it to the Westerners in the past world. Plant on the body.
However, Zuo Dao knows that these are just skin color characteristics. Many of the people here are not actually people from a certain domain. Due to various personal reasons or historical reasons, they are just people without a domain wandering around various countries. .
Among them, those with obvious mixed-race characteristics have the highest probability.
Just as Zuo Dao was observing his surroundings, a waiter came out from the dining entrance holding a bag.
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Zuo Dao looked over, and the waiter showed a professional smile:
"Hello customer, we saw your comment and asked if it can be made without adding spicy food. We have specially adjusted the production method for you. I hope you like it."
The waiter said very politely and put the food on the table.
"Thank you for causing trouble." Zuo Dao said, picked up the food and left directly.
After the waiter finished delivering the meal and entered the kitchen, he said hello to his colleagues, turned around and entered the bathroom. The professional smile on the waiter's face disappeared instantly.
He took out the terminal and entered a piece of information:
"Feedback from the Sixteen City-State ████ site——
『1: Activated by sequence.
『2: The sequencer is in normal condition and no other assistance is needed.
『3: The serializer has been fed back to inquire about the status of the sixteen city-states.
『4: Our site has entered the expected high-risk period and is undergoing preliminary processing.
『5: Our site has officially entered independent operation. It is only responsible for the sequencer and the rest of the docking list has been removed. 』
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On the border highway, Zuo Dao and his party set off again.
The girl Li Yuexia fell into a comatose state again.
At this moment, Zuo Dao was communicating with Elsa in the consciousness space.
"Mr. Zuodao, why do we suddenly want to go to that site this time?" ’ Elsa asked.
The station Elsa mentioned was one of the intelligence networks that Mrs. Wen Yue had set up in these places over the years. The place Zuo Dao went to before was an intelligence station responsible for security inspections inside and outside the sixteen city-states.
Logically speaking, this fuzi should not be used when traveling to the sixteen city-states. ….
"We had different accidents along the way, especially people from the Mohadi region and people from outside Qisheng Medical. Both of these are unstable factors. Although Mr. Wen told us that everything was business as usual, it still It's better to be careful, after all, the content of the message was already four days ago.
"Let this check point help us confirm the security situation of the sixteen city-states, which will help us get there. After contacting that person, the source of intelligence will not be limited to him. If something happens to that person, it will be for us." Very troublesome. ” Zuo Dao replied.
In fact, Zuo Dao still had some reasons that he didn't tell Elsa.
For example...he discovered that these intelligence sites would enter an independent operation stage after being activated by sequencers.
The so-called independent operation means that these sites will abide by the regulations and only serve the people of this sequence.
During this period, even if Old Mrs. Wen Yue came over, they would just do what they should do like ordinary people, and then run away when they find an opportunity.
This means that even if someone with the 077 serial number of Zuodao and Elsa appears, they will not be able to take over directly and will not receive help.
In short, what Zuodao is doing invisibly is to turn all the resources from Hecarim to Bahamut into absolute assets that belong only to their 077 sequence.
Even if I, the King of Heaven, come to take over this place, I will have to go through a lot of trouble.
He wants to toss words and weight to the highest level.
Considering that Elsa was currently too young, passing too many thoughts like this would easily lead to bad effects, so Zuo Dao had no choice but to tell her using another euphemistic reason.
When people grow up, he will explain the reasons.
Try to find an absolute partner——
While they were chatting through consciousness communication, the car had arrived at the city-state toll station.
Yes, there are toll booths in the sixteen city-states.
Starting from the edge of the city, the city-state's leading forces and business associations will jointly send armed personnel to guard and conduct basic registration of all entries and exits. The stability of the city is naturally controlled by these people, but it is only stable. Don't expect to get it from them. There is security here.
Stop in the left lane according to the guidance of the toll station in front, and then roll down the window.
There are people outside the car at this time
Four armed men came forward. There was a very eye-catching sign on their chests and arms, called Heka Heavy Industry. A middle-aged armed man walked to the window at this time. He turned slightly to one side and saw a sleeping person in the back row. Li Yuexia asked calmly:
"What happened to the girl in the back?"
Zuo Dao put one hand on the car window and said calmly:
"I'm not feeling well. Let's rest first."
In this regard, the middle-aged armed man did not speak, but nodded. It seemed that he was responsible for the registration review and walked around the outside of the vehicle to look at it. Finally, he returned to the window and took it out of his breast pocket. I wrote and drew with pen and paper, then tore up a piece and handed it to Zuo Dao and said:
"Three people, 12,000 domain coins."
Domain currency refers to the mainstream currency between domains.
For example, the Huayu coins in the Huayu region, the Manyuan in the Alaiman region, the Modi in the Mohadi region, and so on.
In border lands and chaotic lands, they prefer these domain currencies, but do not value their own local currencies, preferring the primitive transaction state of barter. ….
However, the local currency cannot be said to be completely useless. At least within the alliance and the headquarters company, the purchasing power will still be guaranteed. However, no matter how much effort is made, it cannot offset the existence of the various domains. Therefore, their understanding is very clear and is limited to internal small range.
"It's normal, isn't it a thousand per person?" Zuo Dao asked the other party in a calm tone.
"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded and smiled slightly:
"If you want, little brother, you can do the same."
He said, looking away from the back of the car.
The meaning couldn't be more obvious.
They don't care about outsiders' security or disputes, because they have nothing to do with them.
But you can also maintain law and order when necessary, such as when you have money to make.
The atmosphere was a little depressing for a while, but Zuo Dao's next words broke the ice instantly.
"The former." Zuo Dao nodded, and the middle-aged man showed a friendly look.
No one seems to want to "make things big".
In this way, the vehicles on the left road were allowed to pass and officially entered the sixteen city-states.
After Zuodao and the others entered the place, Li Yuexia, who was sitting in the back row, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.
"Mr. Zuo, is this okay?" she asked cautiously.
Hearing this, Zuo Dao gave a gentle reply:
"Well done, thank you for your hard work.".
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