Embers Ad Infinitum

Frankly speaking, after reading the telegram, Jiang Baimian was a little confused, because this was not Lehman's first time smuggling arms, and he had a large network of connections in the First City, and he also had a group of men with good strength and powerful firepower. , his behavior could not be said to be high-profile, or even cautious. How could he suddenly be in danger for no apparent reason?

"What happened that made Lehman ask for help and gave him time to send this telegram?" Bai Chen expressed his doubts.

Jiang Baimian turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao and Gnawa.

The two shook their heads in sync:

"Insufficient information to analyze."

Long Yuehong saw this and said after careful consideration:

"Could this telegram be a fake? After someone caught Lehman, they tortured out our contact information and sent a special telegram to lure us in?"

Jiang Baimian nodded first and then said:

"It also shows that Lehman is in danger."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao said with a sad face:

"Our military exoskeletons and T1 robotic arms are also at risk."

For some reason, both Long Yuehong and Bai Chen felt that these words spoke to their hearts.

Gnawa analyzed another possibility:

"Could it be that our enemies have approached Lehman and the two parties have reached an agreement to deal with us?"

What he meant was that the telegram was a trap in another sense.

"Then there's no need to do that. You can directly choose our trading site." Long Yuehong can be said to have an active mind now.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"But when we make a deal with Lehman, we won't do exactly what he says. We will definitely take the initiative in our own hands."

She glanced at the telegram again and said no more:

"No matter what, go to Corne Street and take a look first. Just don't show up in a hurry. Mainly observe in secret."

"Yes, team leader!" Shang Jianyao was very concerned about this matter.

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Korne Street is located at the junction of Red Giant Wolf District and Golden Wheat Sheep District. It has the characteristics of good security and complex personnel.

After many rounds of secret observations, the "Old Investigation Team" initially confirmed that the apartment at No. 55 was not monitored by anyone.

——They used the "Blind Ring" to greatly increase Shang Jianyao's sensing range and confirm whether there is human consciousness in places that are relatively far away for monitoring and sniping.

After completing the work in this area, the "Old Adjustment Team" split up again. Bai Chen and Long Yuehong put on military exoskeleton devices and monitored the surroundings from a high point to respond at any time. Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Gennava directly Entered apartment 55.

Going up to the second floor, Jiang Baimian saw Lehman's two men at a glance.

——They and the four members of the "Old Tune Team" except Gnawa met at the Red Stone Collection.

"Long time no see!" Shang Jianyao greeted happily.

One of Lehman's men nodded seriously:

"Why did you come here suddenly? Haven't you decided the place and time of the transaction yet?"

Isn't your boss asking for help? Jiang Baimian moved his eyebrows slightly and said seriously:

"If we hadn't agreed to trade here, how do you think we would have known you were here?"

Lehman's two men both had confused and doubtful expressions, as if something was beyond their expectations and they didn't know how to deal with it.

"Where is Lehman?" Jiang Baimian didn't give them a chance to think.

"The boss is on the third floor." One of Lehman's men replied instinctively.

He immediately emphasized:

"But you can't go up there."

Jiang Baimian turned his eyes slightly and looked at each other with Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao immediately retorted:

"Why can't you go up?

"We are acquaintances with Lehman; we have agreed to make a deal; why can't we go up?"

Lehman's two men fell into deep thought, and after a few seconds they said:

"It can indeed..."

Shang Jianyao said no more and took the lead and passed between the two people in front of him.

Jiang Baimian and Gnawa followed closely behind.

There are six rooms on the third floor. Shang Jianyao wanted to shout "Lehman Lehman, where are you?" but was grabbed by Jiang Baimian.

"Let Lao Ge do the scan first..." Jiang Baimian said in a low voice.

Before she finished speaking, the wooden door of one of the two rooms farthest from the stairs opened with a creak.

Lehman, who looked like a simple and honest farmer, looked at them.

The arms dealer suddenly beamed with joy, waved his hands repeatedly, and said in a lowered voice:

"Here here."

Seeing that Reiman was safe but very anxious, Jiang Baimian led Shang Jianyao and Gnawa over and entered the room with a lot of doubts and guesses.

During this process, they did not relax their observation, sensing and scanning of their surroundings.

As soon as the three of them entered the room, Lehman glanced outside and quickly closed the wooden door.

"You are finally here!" The arms dealer from "United Industries" was obviously relieved.

"An arrow that pierces the clouds, thousands of troops and horses come to meet each other." Shang Jianyao spoke seriously in Huitu dialect.

Although Lehman could speak basic Hui dialect, he didn't understand what Shang Jianyao meant at all.

Jiang Baimian did not explain, and instead asked:

"Mr. Lehman, I think there's nothing wrong with you. Why are you asking us for help?"

Before speaking, she had looked around, taking in everything in the room.

This is an apartment with two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, complete with tables and chairs, a clean environment, and even a TV that can receive the only channel of the official TV station in the first city.

Lehman showed an expression of confusion and fear:

"Something weird happened and I felt dangerous."

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully, pointed to the floor and said:

"Your men rebelled?"

"I don't know if it counts as rebellion..." Lehman replied with a frown.

He further explained:

"Every time I come to the First City, I will not be careless. I will definitely bring enough people and hire trustworthy awakened bodyguards to ensure the safety of myself and my goods.

"This time too, well, it was normal for a while, but after moving to this apartment, some strange things happened."

Lehman once again showed a look of fear:

“First, Richardson looked at me strangely, as if I was a prisoner and he was not a bodyguard, but a jailer.

"He looked at me and wouldn't let me leave the room, saying it was for my safety.

"I admit that he has a set of self-consistent logic, but considering the identities of his employer and bodyguard, everything seems so absurd."

"He's crazy." Shang Jianyao gave the "answer" sincerely.

"No, no." Lehman shook his head and said, "I took advantage of him to go to the bathroom and found Rondal. He is one of my subordinates and I have known him for many years.

"When I told him that Richardson was abnormal, Rondahl actually said: 'Boss, Richardson is right, you should stay in the room.'"

When repeating Rondal's words, Lehman had a look of fear on his face, as if he still has nightmares about it now.

His tone suddenly became excited:

"Others have also changed, and they all have become strangers, leaving me trapped here!

"I don't know what will happen next, so I have to find an opportunity to steal the radio transceiver and ask for help from you."

Jiang Baimian listened quietly and said in a comforting tone:

“I can understand your fear, this kind of strange thing is indeed easy to scare people.

"Don't panic, do you still remember who Richardson came into contact with before the problem?"

Lehman had already thought about this problem, shook his head and said:

"Except for some pedestrians he met on the road, he had no contact with anyone."

Jiang Baimian nodded and said with a smile:

"Then let's go talk to Rondal and the others."

While speaking, she glanced at Shang Jianyao.

The reason why he didn't find Richardson first was because he was an awakened person, and Lehman wasn't too clear about his abilities and costs.

Long Dahl was one of the people who stopped Jiang Baimian and the others before. He was blond, blue-eyed, and dressed in black. He looked quite strong.

"The transaction is completed." Shang Jianyao walked over with a smile, "We have established a friendly cooperative relationship with Lehman; you are Lehman's confidants; so..."

Longdal and his companion both suddenly understood and said with a sincere smile:

"You don't need to see anyone. Is there anything we need to do?"

Shang Jianyao immediately asked:

"I heard that you won't let Lehman go out?"

"Yes." Longdal said matter-of-factly, "It's so dangerous outside, how can the boss get out so easily?"

He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with doing this at all, and he still placed himself in the position of Lehman's henchman.

Jiang Baimian frowned slightly after listening, thought for a while, and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Why does it feel a bit like yours?"

She was referring to the ability characteristics of the "reasoning clown".

"Really?" Shang Jianyao asked in an expectant tone.

At this time, Longdal looked at the door of a room on the second floor, smiled, raised his hand, and said hello:

"Richardson, are you awake?"