Embers Ad Infinitum

Tan Jie did not hide it from the guests, because the current arms business in Hongshiji was mainly in the hands of the Red River people and the "Underground Ark". If he wanted to help the "Salvation Army" raise a batch of military exoskeleton devices, he would have to go through Teresa. Mrs. or the Ark Management Committee.

——Xue Shiyue, Zhang Qubing and others are not only the honorary presidents of the Ark Management Committee, but they also helped Mrs. Teresa find out the cause of her husband's death, retrieve the lost arms in time, and help the lady to stabilize herself. power and channels.

In addition, Tan Jie also heard that they have a close relationship with Lehman, a large smuggler in the "United Industries" who focuses on the arms trade.

"A batch of military exoskeleton devices?" Jiang Baimian raised his hand and pressed the delicate monk mask on his face, "This is not a simple matter. Is the relationship between Hongshiji and 'United Industries' good enough? After so many years, Now, you have only obtained three military exoskeleton devices. Even if you add those that the 'Underground Ark' has gradually traded over the decades, you can definitely count them clearly with two hands."

If you want to get a batch of military exoskeleton devices in a short period of time, you have to go through the official trading model like "Prime City" and "United Industries".

Tan Jie has always had no expression, making it difficult to tell his emotions:

"What they mean is to establish contact first and complete the transaction of two to three units. After that, we don't need to take care of it."

Use Hongshiji's channels to make preliminary contacts, and after establishing a certain degree of mutual trust, start official smuggling trade? Jiang Baimian changed the topic thoughtfully:

"Captain Tan, please tell me that we would like to meet with them. The specific time and place can be decided by them."

——Even if the "Salvation Army" reaches a formal intention to cooperate with "United Industries", subsequent transactions will definitely have to be conducted through smuggling, because they are separated by the "Primary City".

If you choose to bypass the "First City", you must first go to the "Orange Company" and then use the "Gold Coast" to reach "United Industries".

Of course, before the old world was destroyed, this could be accomplished by sea transportation, and only the "Gold Coast" or the "Linhai Alliance" with many small forces would be contacted in the middle. But now, the major forces with ports cannot rebuild other industries. There is no time and lack of resources, so shipbuilding is naturally out of the question. Those currently active on the sea and on the route from the "Gold Coast" to the "Spirit Island" are all antiques in their seventies or eighties, and there are not a few who are over a hundred years old.

"Are we talking about military exoskeleton devices?" Tan Jie asked calmly.

Jiang Baimian smiled under the mask:

"No.

"You just need to tell them that we came to Hongshiji this time to visit the ruins of Tieshan City."

In the current era, going specifically to the ruins of Tieshan City itself is a strange and confusing thing.

Tan Jie didn't ask what this meant, he nodded lightly and said:

"I'll pass it on.

"I will let someone tell you the specific results through the Ark Management Committee."

After the exchange ended happily, Tan Jie got up and sent Xue Shiyue and others out of the police station.

He glanced at Shang Jianyao, who rarely expressed himself today, and said casually:

"You're not as active as you used to be."

Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a monkey mask, sighed:

"In order to show my identity as a strong man, I used too much force and consumed too much. I got a little dizzy again."

He didn't say why this happened.

"Identity of a strong man?" Tan Jie did not inquire into his secret.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"Awakened ones at the 'Soul Corridor' level should be considered strong, right?"

Tan Jie was speechless.

If he didn't know that this guy's mind was always abnormal, he would definitely think that he was deliberately showing off.

Since the establishment of the Red Stone Collection, except for the fearful bishop who occasionally comes to handle affairs, no awakened person has ever left the "soul corridor" level!

Tan Jie had heard some time ago that Dimarco from "Underground Ark" was suspected to be a strong man at this level, but he had already been killed by Xue Shiyue and the others and could not prove it to himself.

"Tsk." Jiang Baimian couldn't stand it and teased Shang Jianyao, "Are you showing off?"

The honest Shang Jianyao replied calmly:

"Don't you think this is exciting?"

As a price, Tan Jie's face would not show any expression no matter what.

Long Yuehong muttered in her heart:

In order to show off, self-destruction of strength, wouldn't it make the enemy on guard and unable to take him by surprise?

This is simply not worth the gain!

Thinking of this, Long Yuehong subconsciously stuffed her mechanical right hand into her pocket, trying to hide it.

Unfortunately, this is too obvious.

…………

In the evening, the sun was still hanging in the sky, making the clouds burn like fire.

As agreed, the "Old Tune Team" met a group of people suspected of being the "Salvation Army" in front of a prominent high-rise building in Hongshiji.

Because he suspected that the strong person at the "soul corridor" level of the other party had the friendly ability similar to Kangna, the owner of the foul-mouthed parrot, the mountain monsters unconsciously believed in them and entertained them warmly. Therefore, Jiang Baimian asked Long Yuehong and Bai Mian to Chen monitors the meeting place from the top of an abandoned building three hundred meters away in a straight line, ready to "awaken" himself and Shang Jianyao with snipers and bombings.

Gnawa was placed 600 meters away to prevent the actual impact of the opponent from being stronger than predicted by the "Old Adjustment Team".

They were like this, and the group of people suspected of being the "Salvation Army" were like this. Only the two people from before met Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, and the rest were scattered on top of buildings and in hidden places in the ruins at different distances.

The man with a Chinese character face and thick eyebrows, who looked to be in his late thirties, simply introduced himself:

"Xu Datong."

He then pointed at the young man next to him, whose eyebrows were as sharp as swords and his nose was as daring as ever:

"Li Shouyi."

Jiang Baimian nodded and gave his and Shang Jianyao's pseudonyms.

After the two sides completed the exchange of greetings, Shang Jianyao, who had slept for a while in the afternoon, asked with excitement:

"Are you from the Salvation Army?"

It's not like Xu Datong has never met people who love his own power so much, but most of them are over forty years old.

In the middle and late stages of the chaotic era and the first ten years of the New Calendar, human beings lived in darkness, suffering from "unintentional disease", distortion, famine, war, and disorder layer by layer on their bodies, making them unable to breathe.

At that time, the "Salvation Army", which was really doing this under the banner of "for all mankind", was an out-and-out dawn in the minds of many people, who felt that their various measures were necessary and could solve the problem. There are many problems currently.

Xu Datong looked at Shang Jianyao and asked thoughtfully:

"Is your father or ancestor related to our Salvation Army?"

"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head first, then took a step forward, pressed his left chest with his right hand and said, "For all mankind!"

Xu Datong was stunned for two seconds and responded with the same courtesy:

"For all mankind!"

Li Shouyi next to him saw this and reminded his committee members:

"He does not belong to our power."

Xu Datong laughed and said:

"You, don't have such serious prejudices.

"In times of chaos, as long as people are willing to fight to save all mankind and hold such ideals, they are our brothers and sisters, regardless of whether they have joined the Salvation Army or not."

"Yes, yes!" Shang Jianyao nodded crazily.

Jiang Baimian turned his eyes slightly and asked tentatively:

"You seem older than you look?"

"I'm almost fifty." Xu Datong, who was only thirty-seven or eighteen years old by visual inspection, said with a smile. "In the middle and late stages of the chaos, I was just a kid."

He didn't talk much about this aspect and started the topic:

"Are you also very interested in the ruins of Tieshan City?"

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"We went to visit the mountain monster and heard about you."

At this point, she decided to be more "direct":

"For that Buddhist holy land?"

Xu Datong was not surprised:

"So are you..."

"We came into contact with the five holy places of Buddhism when we were investigating the cause of the destruction of the old world and the origin of 'Wuxin Disease'. We suspected that there were clues hidden there." The person who blew himself up was not Jiang Baimian, but someone who considered himself a member of the "Salvation Army" Shang Jian Yao.

Jiang Baimian had no time to stop it and could only let it go.

Jian Shang Jian Yao treats others with openness and sincerity. Xu Datong felt that he needed to say more:

"We noticed the Buddhist Holy Land because we arrested several special correspondents of the Eighth Research Institute. You should know this organization, right?"

As expected of the "Salvation Army", having arrested so many special commissioners... Jiang Baimian asked instead without answering:

"What does this have to do with the Buddhist Holy Land?"

"The Eighth Research Institute has been preventing us from investigating the origin of 'Wuxin Disease' and some secrets of the old world, which may very well involve the truth of that great destruction." Xu Datong further explained, "We found that in addition to destroying some old world The world's secret laboratory kills those who possess the relevant information, and also deliberately wants to bury the Buddhist holy land, and among them, the only one they have the exact location of is the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company'."

The Eighth Research Institute actually attaches so much importance to the Buddhist Holy Land? Jiang Baimian immediately felt that there was really a problem here.

She pondered for a moment, pointed at Shang Jianyao and said:

"My companion once explored the psychological shadow of the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company'."