Embers Ad Infinitum

On the way to Antana Street, Jiang Baimian and others saw multiple temporary checkpoints.

Fortunately, they have the intelligent personality Nava, who discovered the checkpoint a long way in advance, allowing the Jeep to take a detour far away without being suspected.

On the other hand, the targets of these checkpoints are mainly vehicles and pedestrians coming from the direction of Antana Street, and are not so strict for those heading towards Antana Street.

Therefore, the jeep of the "old tune team" arrived at the area around Antana Street quite smoothly and planned a safe route back.

"Stop on the side of the road." Jiang Baimian glanced at the scene outside the car window and ordered Shang Jianyao, who was driving.

Shang Jianyao did not question it. He parked the jeep on the street and asked with a smile:

"Do you want to 'make' a friend?"

"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded gently and asked habitually, "Do you know what you will ask your 'friend' to do later?"

Shang Jianyao answered confidently:

"Be a shield."

"..." Han Wanghuo in the back seat was confused when he heard this, and the corner of his mouth moved slightly.

So in your mind, friends are equal to shields?

After Shang Jianyao parked the car, he turned sideways and smiled at Han Wanghuo:

“There are three necessities for venturing on dusty soil:

“Guns, knives and friends.”

Han Wanghuo could probably tell that this was a joke, so he didn't respond and asked instead:

"Why don't you just go to the parking lot?"

In his opinion, what he had to do was actually very simple - disguise himself to enter the parking lot that was no longer the focus, and take away the vehicle that no one knew belonged to him.

Jiang Baimian did not answer immediately, but said to Shang Jianyao:

"Choose a suitable target, try to choose a desperado who lives on Antana Street."

Of course, the desperadoes who hang out on Antana Street don't have corresponding descriptive words tattooed on their faces or placed on their heads so that people can identify them at a glance, but it is not that difficult to identify them. .

Their clothes are relatively not so shabby, they often have pistols hidden in their waists, and they often have a sinister look in their eyes.

It only took a few seconds for Shang Jianyao to find a candidate for his friend.

He changed his baseball cap into a peaked cap, put on sunglasses, opened the door and got out of the car, and walked towards the young man with a blue and black tattoo on his arm.

The young man saw such a guy approaching from the corner of his eye, and he immediately became alert and put his hand to his waist.

"Hello, I'd like to ask for directions." Shang Jianyao showed a kind smile.

The young man said with a cold face:

"Everything in this area has a fee."

"I understand, I understand." Shang Jianyao put his hand into his pocket and made a gesture of paying, "Look: we are all grown men; you make money with guns and skills, and I also make money with guns and skills; so …”

The expression on the young man's face changed, and he gradually smiled:

"Even if we are close brothers, we must have boundaries when it comes to money. Yes, boundaries is a very good word. Our boss often says it."

Shang Jianyao handed him an Ole note:

"I need your help with something."

"Put it on me!" The young man took the banknote with one hand and patted his chest with the other, vowing to do so.

Shang Jianyao quickly turned around and shouted to Jeep:

"Old Tan, come here."

Han Wanghuo was stunned in his seat, not knowing who Shang Jianyao was calling.

He intuitively thought that the other party was calling him, and turned his confirming gaze to Jiang Baimian.

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly.

Han Wanghuo pushed the door open and got out of the car, walking to Shang Jianyao's side.

"Tell him where the car is parked and what the car looks like." Shang Jianyao pointed to the young man with tattoos in front of him and said to Han Wanghuo, "Also, give him the car keys."

Han Wanghuo was suspicious, but he still did as Shang Jianyao said.

After watching the tattooed young man leave with the car keys, he walked towards the Jeep and asked sideways:

"Why call me Lao Tan?"

What's the connection?

Shang Jian Yao said earnestly:

"Your real name has been exposed. There is a certain risk in calling you Lao Han. And you once served as the sheriff of Hongshiji, where a large number of Gray Earth people are named Tan."

That's the truth, but you've gone too far... Han Wanghuo didn't say anything more, opened the door and returned to the jeep.

When Shang Jianyao returned to the driver's seat, Han Wanghuo looked at Jiang Baimian and said:

"You don't need to be so cautious, do you?"

You have to find a stranger to pick up a car.

Jiang Baimian laughed at himself and said:

"There are too many strange abilities in this world. You never know which one you will encounter. And with a force as big as 'Primordial City', there is definitely no shortage of strong people. Therefore, you must be cautious where you can, otherwise it will be easy." Suffer a loss."

The "Old Adjustment Team" has learned a lesson in this regard. If General Phocas hadn't had other plans, they would have overturned.

Han Wanghuo, who had been a peace officer in Hongshiji for several years and had long-term dealings with the vigilant sect, easily accepted Jiang Baimian's rhetoric.

No matter how cautious they are, how can they be wary of the exaggeration of those in the sect?

"Is that person worthy of trust just now?" Han Wanghuo was worried that the other person would drive away in his car.

As for betrayal, he didn't think it was possible, because Shang Jianyao and he were disguised, and the other party obviously didn't recognize them as one of the people wanted by the "Hand of Order."

"Don't worry, we are friends!" Shang Jianyao was full of confidence.

Han Wanghuo's eyes moved slightly and he closed his mouth.

…………

To the northwest of Antana Street, there is a six-story building.

A figure stood in a room on the sixth floor, looking down through the glass window at the parking lot not far away.

He was wearing a black robe that was retro even in the old world. His hair was messy and extremely fluffy, as if he had been hit by a bomb.

His face is slender, with prominent cheekbones, a lot of white hair on his head, and the wrinkles around his eyes and mouth also indicate that he is no longer young.

The old man always maintained the same posture and looked out the window. If his light blue eyes hadn't moved from time to time, he would have looked more like a wax figure.

He is Marcus's protector, the master of the "virtual world", Narcisse.

He learned from a certain "Enlightened One" from the "Crystal Consciousness Sect" who was good at prophecy that the target would return to this parking lot at some point today, so he made a special trip over to monitor it personally.

At this moment, this parking lot has been covered by the "virtual world", and everyone coming and going must be filtered.

As time went by, people continued to enter the parking lot and pick up their own broken or old vehicles.

They are completely unaware that their every move has been screened by the "virtual world", and they have no feeling that doing one thing requires the support of multiple "programs".

A young man wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt with blue and black tattoos on his arms entered the parking lot, waving the car keys and searching for the vehicle based on his memory.

His related information was immediately copied by the "virtual world" and a series of comparisons were made with several targets.

The final conclusion is:

no problem.

After spending some time, the young man finally found the black off-road vehicle that "he" had parked here for several days and drove it out.

…………

The gray-green Jeep and the dark black SUV drove out of the area around Antana Street one after another.

Although Han Wanghuo didn't know whether Jiang Baimian's caution had worked, seeing that the matter had been successfully handled, he stopped communicating about this issue.

Following a winding route without temporary checkpoints, they returned to the safe house in the Golden Wheat Sheaf District.

"What took so long?" Bai Chen asked.

She knew exactly how long it took to get back and forth to Antana Street.

"I stopped by to get my reward, exchange money, and get back the mechanical arm." Jiang Baimian said casually.

She turned to Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo and said:

"Take a rest today and don't go out anymore. Let's go to Xiaochong's place tomorrow."

Xiao Chong? Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo couldn't help but repeat this nickname in their hearts.

Who would it be that such a powerful team still wants to visit in a dangerous situation? Which force controls the city, and how powerful is it?

Moreover, judging from the nickname, he shouldn't be too old, definitely younger than Xue Shiyue.

…………

This is too young... Zeng Duo looked at the little black-haired boy sitting in front of the computer and almost couldn't believe his eyes.

The same was true for Han Wanghuo, and what made him even more surprised and confused was that part of Xue Shiyue's team was playing games with the little boy, part was busy in the kitchen, and part was cleaning the room.

This makes them look like a team of professional nannies, rather than a dangerous team that has tens of thousands of Ole bounties on their head, has done many great things, dared to fight against the "Hand of Order", and is wanted by the whole city.

Such a contrast left Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo stunned, unable to integrate at all.

The scene in front of them was so harmonious that it resembled the home life of normal citizens, full of sunshine and warmth.

Suddenly, Zeng Duo heard a "meow" cry.

And you have a cat? She subconsciously looked towards the balcony and saw a creature that only existed in nightmares:

The blood-red "muscles" are exposed, and the body is one meter long. There are clusters of white bone spurs on the shoulders. The tail is covered with a brown hard shell and has barbs, as if it comes from a scorpion...