Embers Ad Infinitum

The "Old Tune Group" made a special circle, crossed the Red River from another place, and returned from the southeast of the original city.

This was because they were afraid that the troops stationed at the forward camp had already reported that they had multiple military exoskeleton devices. Even if they had acquaintances, they would not be able to help them, causing a lot of trouble.

Compared with the north bank entrance, there were originally a large number of manors in the southeast of the city, and many citizens came and went every day, so inspections were relatively less strict.

In addition, the arrest of the accomplices of the assassination murderer in the Arena has been going on for several days, and the soldiers are definitely not as concerned as before.

After entering the city and returning to a safe house, Jiang Baimian glanced at the sky and said:

"Today's task is to rest and recuperate. There are three things to do tomorrow. One is to return the car for a replacement and change the Jeep back to its original paint. The other is to go to the Golden Wheat Sheep District to find Smith from the Mirror Sect. The third thing is the most important thing. Go Visit Xiao Chong.”

Whether it is to prevent the "King of the Heartless" from instinctively affecting the residents of the First City, or to ask him to help with certain things, it is necessary for the "Old Tune Team" to come and "have a chat" with him.

For Shang Jianyao, meeting friends is a very important thing in itself.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded Jiang Baimian's arrangement.

"Xiao Chong should be quite friendly to us..." Long Yuehong muttered in a self-comforting tone.

Bai Chen echoed:

"As long as we don't offend him and just obey him, nothing will happen."

At this time, Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Since it's a visit, do I have to bring some gifts, otherwise it would be rude?"

Long Yuehong was a little confused when she heard this, and subconsciously wanted to say, "It's not necessary."

In the ordinary employee class of "Pangu Biology", due to limited quotas, not many contribution points, and insufficient supplies, everyone does not have the habit of giving gifts during holidays and daily visits, and the interaction between each other is closer to the concept of visiting.

"Yes." Bai Chen agreed with the team leader.

Among the groups of wilderness wanderers and relic hunters, it is normal to be short of food and clothing, and it is not customary to bring gifts when going to other people's homes. However, the more insufficient materials are in the environment, the stronger the bribery effect will be. Bai Chen Occasionally, when I do something "illegal" and seek convenience, I will work with a few people to get some things together to bribe the guards or supervisors.

Gnawa has a rich "human gift-giving database" and asked directly:

"What should I give?"

Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and found that he was not interested in discussing this topic at all, and looked like he was a friend but not polite.

"Well, food?" Jiang Baimian retracted his gaze and said thoughtfully, "I remember Xiao Chong said that he can also eat food, but less, and he taught those 'high-level unintentional people' how to use fire, how to bake and cook."

"Bring a bunch of beef, canned food, and potatoes to Xiao Chong?" Long Yuehong was particularly excited when it came to this topic.

He felt that this was a gift that everyone on earth could not resist.

Of course, Xiao Chong may not be considered a "person".

"Isn't it a bit strange to let others do it themselves?" Jiang Baimian commented from a polite perspective.

"I usually give away things that are convenient to eat." Bai Chen recalled the past experiences, "Canned food is okay, but potatoes and beef are not necessary. They can be changed into bread. There is also the more unique pizza in the original city, and the bread is also the best. Choose the kind with cream, you can buy it on the better streets in the Red Giant Wolf District, and children prefer this kind."

"You seem to be very good at coaxing children." Jiang Baimian laughed.

Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds and said:

"sometimes will."

"Is this because they remind you of your childhood?" Gnawa asked without understanding.

You useless robot, pay attention to your emotional intelligence! You and He are about to form the second general of Hengha! Jiang Baimian couldn't stop him in time, so he could only curse Lao Ge in his heart.

Bai Chen pursed his lips and said after a few seconds:

"Um."

Her voice was low and not very clear, but she was not angry or annoyed.

Jiang Baimian quickly changed the topic:

"In addition to food, you can also consider Xiao Chong's favorite games."

"Give me a game card?" Shang Jianyao perked up and seemed to want to personally select Xiao Chong and play together.

Xiao Chong's old world game console uses a card.

"There are very few game cards that have been preserved. It's not easy to get good ones." As he spoke, Jiang Baimian laughed, "But we have a lot of computer games."

This is one of the old world entertainment materials they collected in Tarnan.

Seeing that Long Yuehong was still a little confused, Jiang Baimian added:

"Give Xiao Chong a latest model computer and install all kinds of games on him!"

From then on, the "King of the Heartless" was completely addicted to the game and no longer wanted to destroy the world... Long Yuehong had such an idea inexplicably.

Then, he subconsciously said:

"very expensive."

It is especially expensive in the original city.

"The latest model of portable computer here costs about 800 to 900 Ore, or even more." Bai Chen reported the number.

"Eight or nine hundred?" Jiang Baimian was shocked.

She knew it was expensive, but she didn't expect it to be so expensive.

In Tarnan, the "machinery paradise", a latest model portable computer only costs about 100 ores, and a slightly inferior old model can cost 50 or 60 ores.

"It's about the same price." Gennava confirmed Bai Chen's statement.

When the "Machine Paradise" delegation was trading with people in Weed City, they paid attention to the value of the corresponding electronic products in the surrounding area.

Jiang Baimian quickly calmed down and said thoughtfully:

"There are two options. One is to spend the applied funds on this. Anyway, the 'black shirt party' is almost the same as the final payment. If it is delayed for another week or two, they probably won't push it. The second is to start from the group. I’ll put one in there for Xiaochun, well, let’s use mine.”

"Use mine, yours has a lot of documents and data." Bai Chen suggested calmly.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian waved his hand pretending to be heroic, "I'll make it up for you later!"

After finalizing the matter, Jiang Baimian hesitated again:

“Isn’t it bad to give such an expensive gift in the first place?

“I don’t know if Xiao Chong has ever heard of the saying ‘If you show courtesy for nothing, you are either cheating or stealing’…”

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong looked at each other, thinking and said:

"You can send it the second time, but you can bring some food the first time. Just chat, don't mention what you need help with, and just deepen the relationship."

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"This plan is relatively safe."

"Team leader, would you like to bring a set of clothes with you?" Long Yuehong took the initiative to add, "I remember that when Xiao Chong left from the underground computer room, he only brought the game console and its accessories, but no clothes. "

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

“Not yet.

"I'm afraid that suit of clothes has some special meaning, and something terrible will happen if he changes it.

"However, when you said this, I remembered a situation. Xiao Chong wanted to eat tomato scrambled eggs very much.

"Well, we can bring some more tomatoes and some eggs, and we will decide whether to cook it for him depending on the situation."

"That's okay!" Shang Jianyao raised his hand and wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Then it's decided." Jiang Baimian breathed out and took out the radio transceiver.

Because they were only receiving and not sending out this time, they did not go to a special safe house.

At the appointed time, "Pangu Biology" responded to their report last night:

"As long as we don't enter the ruins of Wasteland 13 again, everything will be fine within three days."

"Then everyone will have to work hard for three days." Jiang Baimian shook the telegram in his hand.

Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief at the company's clear explanation.

…………

There was no talking all night, and no one in the "Old Tune Group" had any trouble.

They first returned the previously rented car, rented a utility vehicle from another company, and then bought the agreed upon food.

On the way, they also spray-painted their group's Jeep back to its original gray-green color.

After finishing these things, the two cars drove into the Red Giant Wolf District one after another and went straight to the street where Shang Jianyao had been in his dream.

Not long after, they arrived at their destination and found the small building on the street.

Step by step up to the fifth floor, Shang Jianyao ran to the door on the right and started banging.

This time, he didn't yell "Xiao Chong".

After dozens of seconds, the door creaked open, and what caught Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others' eyes was a terrifying feline creature with blood-red muscles exposed.

"Meow~" was not the sleeping cat, but Shang Jianyao.

He tried to greet each other in his new cat language.

The sleeping cat gave him a disdainful look and made way to the interior of the room.

Jiang Baimian glanced around and saw the large-screen TV, the black game console and the corresponding controller, and Xiao Chong, a black-haired boy wearing a yellow suit.

His red schoolbag was placed next to him.

"Xiao Chong!" Shang Jianyao shouted sincerely, "Have you eaten? I brought you some pizza and butter bread, as well as tomatoes and eggs. You can make tomato scrambled eggs."

Xiao Chong hesitated for a few seconds, pressed pause, stood up reluctantly and said:

"OK."

Gulu, he swallowed.