Data Wasteland

After the conflict eased, the Huozui trio took Chen Xing and A Qiaomu to the high tower in the middle of the city.

On the way, they met a group of people with black skeletons, and the leader was the young man who called himself "Yang Ku" who had just shouted outside the stone house.

"Huozui, are you fooling the newcomer again?" Yang Ku looked at the two of Chen Xing and Aqiao, and said yin and yang strangely.

Huozui suddenly showed an angry face and cursed: "Speak nonsense again, be careful I tore your mouth!"

Perhaps knowing Huozui's hot temper, Yang Kupi smiled and hooked his mouth without a smile, and left with someone.

"Brother Chen, don't listen to him nonsense, he is a villain, and our Thunder Huo regiment has always been real." It may be that Chen Xing was afraid of misunderstanding, after Yang Ku left, Huozui explained.

"Yeah, the black skulls don't talk about credit." "It's not just about credit, it's terrible." The two companions next to them also followed suit.

"Needless to say..." Chen Xing waved his hand and said simply, "I believe you!"

"Hahaha!" Huozui laughed loudly, then asked with doubts on his face, "Did Brother Chen know us before?"

This sentence seems random, but it contains another layer of deep meaning. Although Huozui looks carefree, he is actually a careful person. Mercenaries walking on the edge of life and death never believe that there is unprovoked trust in the world. There may be cannonballs in the honey, a sharp knife may be hidden behind the smile, and any kind of unreasonable friendliness may be dangerous.

For Huozui's doubts, Chen Xing had already thought about his excuses. I saw his face as usual and said, "In fact, before you, several groups of people have come to us."

"But they just said that they were looking for a black puzzle. They didn't tell us that it was the key to the tower, and you didn't hide the truth, you told us directly."

"The other thing is, they only proposed an acquisition and never thought of bringing us in."

"So..." Chen Xing spread out his hands, "You are obviously more trustworthy than them."

"It turned out to be like this, hahaha!" Huozui patted his head, laughed, then put away his smile, and took a bit of seriousness, "Brother Chen, it seems that I still treat you like a villain. I’m pregnant, but don’t be surprised. We don’t want to harm others, but we don’t want to be harmed by others. After all, the environment here..." He sighed, looking a little helpless, "It's too complicated..."

"Understandable." Chen Xing said.

"Thank you then." Huozui said with a fist. At this time, A Qiaomu also looked over, and the two eyes met, both with distrust. Without saying anything, Huo Tsui straightened his face and turned to continue to lead the way.

After a short while, A Qiaomu deliberately fell behind a few steps, pulling on the corners of Chen Xing's clothes, and whispering in his ear, "I always think you have a lot of secrets."

Chen Xing glanced at her sideways, "Have you heard the story of curiosity killing a cat?"

"Don't treat the desert leopard as a cat, you will regret it." A Qiaomu said.

"We are allies now." Chen Xing reminded.

"Yes, I am reminding you that you have a very reliable ally." A Qiaomu said.

Chen Xing glanced at her again and praised, "Good eloquence."

"Thank you." A Qiaomu nodded in greeting.

"No thanks." Chen Xing said blankly.

"But I still think..." A Qiaomu insisted, "You have a lot of secrets."

"Whatever you think..." Chen Xing shrugged, and then his voice became low, "But I suggest you, it's best not to think about it, otherwise you will pay a very heavy price."

"Our sand people's world is very simple, unlike your yellow monkeys who love calculations." A Qiaomu said.

"I hope so." Chen Xing said.

The two chatted without a word. After touching for an hour and a half, Huozui led them through the large stone house and the wind.

The car mill and stable market came to the square in front of the tower.

Looking up, the spire of the tower towered into the clouds, blooming with bright green light.

The tower is conical in shape, with a small upper and a large bottom. It is divided into nine floors. Each floor has a circle of stone pillars. The architectural style is a bit like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. There are arched windows on the tower, but the inside is dark and nothing can be seen.

The entire tower was emitting a faint golden light, as if covered with a layer of golden sand.

Looking down, the square in front of the tower was filled with tents. There is a cross-shaped passage in the middle, which is obviously divided into four pieces, and the flags of different battle groups are inserted in the camp.

The one with the black skull and the sword should be the black skull, the one with the long sword passing through the heart should be from the Jiro group, and the one with the head of the ape with its mouth open should be from the great ape group.

The banner of Leihuo's regiment is the simplest, with two large white characters-Leihuo!

The font is vigorous and full, and the pen is sharp and atmospheric.

Except for the difference in the word "light", everything else is exactly the same as the one in the previous life, and it should be from the same person.

Walking into the camp of the Thunder Fire Regiment, the large and small tents stretched for hundreds of meters, and the number of people was at least two hundred. It is estimated that this is only the part of the exploration.

According to the practice of the mercenary industry, small-scale mercenary groups are called “gangs”, medium-scale ones are called “war groups”, and large-scale ones are called “legions”.

The number of the battle group is usually about five hundred to two thousand. There are independent reconnaissance teams, commandos, mecha units, logistics teams, and so on. However, there are definitely no mechas in the battle group of the Blackstone Continent, because they can't be bought.

The mercenaries in the camp were in groups of three or five, squatting together to smoke and chat, or play poker and bet money.

Chen Xing noticed that the bets beside the poker were all copper coins. The Leiguang regiment of the previous life had an unwritten rule. They could bet money among their peers, but only small bets, not big bets. Because Tienuo believes that betting on the conference will affect brotherhood.

The members of the Thunder Fire Regiment in the camp saw Huo Tsui, but they just nodded and did not stand up. This is also the practice of the Lei Guang regiment. Unless they are on duty, they don't need to stand up and salute when they see the chief, because everyone is equal.

"Hey, Huozui boss, last time you said you would add money to me, why hasn't it changed this month?"

When he reached the middle of the camp, a fifteen or six-year-old mercenary with a weak stature blocked Huozui's path.

"Go away, you didn't fine you during the last patrol, so I am embarrassed to say to increase the money." Huozui with a big hand, pushed the opponent away, and cursed as he walked.

"But I didn't make a mistake this month." The little mercenary followed up and said.

"Then add it next month." Huozui said.

"But, but..." The little mercenary looked a little cramped, "Xiao Ying is celebrating her birthday at the end of the month. I want to give her a potion."

The fire mouth stopped, and his face became a little gloomy. Perhaps because of a guilty conscience, the little mercenary shrank back.

"Why are you still obsessed with not realizing it!" Huozui frowned and looked like iron can't make steel. "You ran to steal things for her, but you were caught and exiled here, but what about the end?"

"In the end, for her fame, she didn't even come to see you off, pretending not to know you. There is nothing to miss for such a woman!" Huozui almost roared.

"Xiaoying, Xiaoying is also in trouble..." the little mercenary blushed and argued. I saw him holding his fist, his body trembling with excitement, as if his belief had been denied.

"Oh..." Looking at the little mercenary's persistence, Huozui sighed, waved and said, "Well, go and tell the accountant, I agree to give you a raise."

The little mercenary suddenly smiled, "Thank you, boss!"

"Thank you, the useless guy will die in the hands of a woman sooner or later." Huo yelled.

"Boss, haven't you heard of'Dying under a peony flower, and being a ghost is also romantic'?" The little mercenary asked with a smile on his face.

"Hurry up!" Huozui straightened his face, his eyes rounded, and he looked fierce and vicious.

"Boss, I'm leaving first." The little mercenary ran away with a smile.

Looking at the thin back figure that was gradually going away, Huozui sighed, "Poor little guy..."

"Yeah, I don't know if I was deceived." "At this moment, I don't know which rich young master's bed is, alas..." the two companions discussed.

Neither Chen Xing nor A Qiaomu were gossips, and kept silent without making any comments.

Chen Xing had heard a lot of this kind of "green tea bitch" in the past. He was not surprised, and he didn't feel sympathy. Anyway, one would like to fight and the other would suffer. There was nothing to say about it.

When he pursues a girl, as a man, he will definitely pay a few times first, but if the other party does not respond enough, he will turn around and leave, even if he likes it again, he will treat it wisely. Stalking is boring, and it won't last long to lower your body and humblely cater to you. It's better to give up early and find the next goal.

In his view, no one in the world is "must". Women each have their own beauty and their own good. They only appreciate one kind of beauty and hang on a tree, which is both sad and pitiful.

Usually this kind of person is also very narcissistic and feels that there is only one woman in the world worthy of him, so being abused is not unjust.

In his thoughts, Chen Xing followed Huozui to the command camp tent.

This command tent is five or six meters high and two semi-circular, a bit like a large vegetable shed. Huo Tsui opened the curtain and let Chen Xing in.

In the middle of the tent is a rectangular sand table. A man in a short-sleeved military uniform is facing the door with his arms folded, looking at the colored flags on the sand table.

The back is tall and strong, and the shoulders are wide and thick, giving people a sense of calm and sedateness.

"Boss..." Huozui stepped forward and whispered.

The man slowly turned around, perhaps because of the memory of his last life, Chen Xing's breathing could not help but stop.

The face is square, the eyebrows are straight, it is the man who is in the bar in Longshi Town, grabbing his shoulder and inviting him to fight the world with him.

"This brother is Chen Xing, the head of the master group." Huozui introduced.

"Good meeting." Tienuo stretched out a big hand, and Chen Xing shook it.

As in the memory, Tienuo's palm is broad, powerful and full of enthusiasm.

Looking over his thick shoulders, familiar faces appeared in front of him.

Thunder as strong as a buffalo, tall and thin rats, short and sturdy iron cannons, sturdy gongs, chubby bears...

He clearly remembered how each of them left. During the Battle of the Southern Highlands, Thunder Thunder took the lead, rushed to the highlands, and opened a **** path for the friendly forces with his own strength. Faced with hundreds of enemy troops, he was beaten into a sieve.

Tie Pao and Tong Gong are brothers, and Xiong Ben is their cousin. The three are called the trio and died in the seventh, eighth, and eleventh years of Chen Xing's joining the Lei Guang regiment.

Rat and Xiong Ben have a good relationship and like to do funny things to make everyone laugh. For example, he often jokes about big cats, saying that big cats are his natural enemies, and his feet tremble when he sees big cats. After Xiong Ben died, Rat was discouraged and left sadly.

Seeing all his former comrades-in-arms, Chen Xing only felt the blood surge, almost unable to control his emotions, and his eyes were red.

It was a young blue-blooded man who calmed him down.

He was tall and straight, with beautiful eyes, but his skin was a little sickly pale. Chen Xing did not know the other party, it is probably Shen Guangming mentioned before Huozui.

While Chen Xing was observing Shen Guangming, Shen Guangming was also observing Chen Xing. The eyes are calm and the temperament is restrained.

Smart people and smart people are often separated by only a layer of glass, and the same kind can be recognized at a glance.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Chen Xing quickly looked away.