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Chapter 128 Entrustment: Doomsday Cult

The Soul Flame Divination Club opened in an alley.

Just like all gypsies' divination shops, there is a curtain at the entrance of the shop, and the curtain is a highly saturated red and blue floral pattern.

After entering the store, there is an incense burner, and a few steps in front of you are the counter and the divination table.

"Wait a minute, I'll call mom."

It was a little girl who received Lu Nansheng and Yan Yang. The girl looked unhappy, she left them at the door of the store and walked further inside.

Yan Yang whispered to Lu Nansheng:
"Yaya, is this place reliable? Don't go to the doctor in a hurry."

She looked at both sides of the divination club, and there was a Buddha statue on the right side of the door. Next to the lotus seat of the Buddha was a cyber wooden fish, which could be tapped according to the rhythm like a music game to accumulate merit.

The merit box is a projection on which the merit list is displayed.

The name of the leaderboard can still vaguely read the word "Rhythm Heaven", which shows that the electronic wooden fish was modified with a sound game.

The left side is a bit more powerful, it is a black stone statue with three heads and six arms. The three heads are all famous gods in the ancient earth era, namely Guan Erye, Jesus and Hatsune Miku.

Below the statue is a self-service exorcism talisman printer. Exorcism talismans of various patterns and styles can be printed by themselves after payment, and a note is attached to the side.

'Blessed by the gods, the effect is outstanding'

"Try first and then talk. If the content of the entrustment is not suitable, we will think of other ways."

Lu Nansheng comforted her friend, then walked to the divination table and sat down.

At this time, the gypsy fortune teller Homura who had met once came out holding the little girl's hand.

"Through the thread of fate, we meet again."

Yan smiled and spread out the Tarot cards in front of the table.

"Want to have a divination?"

Lu Nansheng shook his head: "You said you were a middleman, and we came to pick up the work."

The smile on Yan's face gradually faded away, Lu Nansheng always felt that this face was fake, and smiled on the surface.

Homura, who had hidden his smile, looked more imposing, calmly took out a lady's cigarette and lit it:
"Of course there are jobs, but 'Hero Rose'." Yan said after a pause: "I'll tell you the rules for picking up jobs because I just came to the downtown area."

"If you want to find a middleman to take over the job, you must first become famous, or submit a certificate of title, or directly verify the capital to confirm that you have the ability to repay the liquidated damages. Which of these three conditions do you think you meet?"

"Isn't the name 'Hero of the Rose' enough?"

Yan Yang tortured Lu Nansheng behind him.

Yan stared at her for a moment, then shook his head: "Not enough. The name of 'Hero Rose' is resounding, but in the eyes of middlemen, this title is not a word of mouth but a trouble. Who knows if getting in touch with you will offend the Interstellar Development Alliance big shot."

"And Hero Rose used to rely on a set of advanced mechas to fight... With all due respect, can you still get the same mechas now? How can I be sure that you are capable of completing these commissions."

Yan still wanted to take a puff of the cigarette in his hand, but found the little girl staring at her, so he had to snuff out the cigarette butt.

"All in all, I'm optimistic about your potential, but the current 'Hero Rose' is not enough. Maybe it's better to find a strip club on the street to sing and sing. I believe those idlers on the street are willing to spend their little savings to cheer .”

"you!"

Yan Yang suddenly took a step forward, but was stopped by Lu Nansheng.

"Don't go around in circles, just say what you want." Lu Nansheng looked directly at Yan calmly: "I will evaluate the content, and if the entrustment does not exceed my bottom line, you can submit a certificate or a liquidated damages contract."

As soon as the words fell, Homura pulled out a tarot card.

“[XI Fortitude]”

She sang softly in her mouth: "Only perseverance and fortitude can withstand hardships and tests."

A projection appeared on the surface of the Tarot card, and a detailed commission description appeared in an instant.

"40 years ago, there was a riot called 'Genesis' in Rose City. The riot ended with the return of the brave in the prophecy and the victory of the Crimson City omnic war. There is a saying that the world will end, that God's punishment will destroy the evil of the entire planet, and that riots are the beginning of it all."

Saying so, the Tarot card in Homura's hand turned over:

"The so-called doomsday is the third angel Gabriel who was invented in the Bible, and that riot was to welcome the hotbed of the angel's birth, a burning superstar 'absinthe'."

Seeing the inexplicable expressions of Lu Nansheng and Yan Yang, Yan finally stopped his nagging and said:
"The Doomsday Order has recently shown a tendency to revive in the lower city. I need someone to find the headquarters of this order and investigate their situation."

"Bringing the information here is considered a nomination certificate. Of course, I will give you the corresponding reward."

The projection dissipated in an instant, and the hut returned to an ordinary divination house.

Homura wanted to light a second cigarette, but thought that the little girl was still by her side, so she gave up and just held the cigarette between her fingers.

"The doomsday church may enshrine some cyber god, just like my 'Guan Ye Future' here, the bottom line is to get the real name and photo of the god, and if you copy the core data, the reward will be doubled. You don't need to kill people or break the law. Is it within your limits? Hero Rose."

Lu Nansheng nodded, this is indeed a good job.

The cult group are all dangerous people who talk about it, but as Ruyan said, this does not exceed her bottom line, and it is much better than other jobs that may involve killing and robbing.

"I took it, and I will come back after I get the information."

She got up from the chair in front of the divination table, and walked out together with Yan Yang.

"A small hint." Yan said mysteriously: "You can start with the people who witnessed the riots in Rose City 40 years ago."

"Thank you."

Lu Nansheng left without turning her head.

Homura smiled, narrowed her eyes, and reached out to hug the little girl next to her.

As a result, the little girl disliked the smell of cigarettes on her body and refused, leaving only a childish voice.

"I'm hungry~"

……

Walking out of the divination room and back to the streets of the lower city, the night is darker at this time, and no stars can be seen under the light pollution, only a deep blackness.

Yan Yang asked Lu Nansheng: "Why did you agree? Didn't you mean to think about it more?"

"Try to try."

Lu Nansheng explained: "The conditions of other intermediaries may be more stringent, and they may not be able to receive suitable commissions."

Yan Yang sighed tiredly:

"It's good that you know it in your heart. If you want to fight, I can't help you."

Lu Nansheng smiled and hugged her: "Thank you Yan Yang, you have done enough for me."

After letting go of her embrace, Lu Nansheng finally revealed her plan.

"I'm going to investigate first. The middleman said to start with the witnesses of the Rose City riots 40 years ago. Yan Yang, do you think Uncle Dog has opened a clinic here for 40 years?"

Hearing this, Yan Yang thought for a few seconds:
"Not sure, anyway, since I can remember, Uncle Dog has been like that, and the clinic hasn't changed much."

"Then let's go to him to find out if there is any information."

Lu Nansheng made a final decision.

The main reason is that she is not familiar with the place of life in the lower city, and the only contacts she knows are the delivery girl Shan Bao and Qiu Lin's gang leader Leng Chongyang.

Leng Chongyang had already helped her once, and if he visited again, he would owe him a favor; she didn't want Shan Bao to help her and get involved in any dangerous incident.

Thinking about it, the old dog is the only suitable person to inquire about. She had saved the old dog's life when cyber psychosis appeared at the clinic before, and he had no reason to refuse him.

The two of them rushed from the divination house on Scavengers Street to the Old Dog Clinic on Wildfire Street without stopping.

The signboard was still dimly lit, and the people inside didn't know if they were asleep or not.

Yan Yang was not polite to the old dog, and pushed the door open when he saw it was unlocked.

"Uncle Dog, are you here? I'm coming!"

The clinic is empty, and even the greasy computers that often play male and female action movies are not turned on.

"Uncle Dog?"

Yan Yang walked into the second room, Ding Yi's refrigerated life support cabin was still running and making noise, but there was no old dog in the two rooms.

"Will you go out?"

Lu Nansheng asked after looking around.

Yan Yang shook his head: "Uncle Dog is a little lame. Anyway, it is said that he has a neurological problem. Because the installation of medical surgical prostheses made the body load reach the upper limit, he did not change another prosthetic leg, so he usually does not leave the clinic, and buys parts for food and drink. Instant meal kit."

As she spoke, she continued to search:

"Uncle Dog? Where did he go?"

Soon Yan Yang found that the floor under the computer desk had been lifted up, exposing a dark secret passage. She remembered that the old dog had said before that this was the escape passage of the clinic.

Seeing this, Yan Yang poked his head out into the secret passage: "Uncle Dog?"

Suddenly, a head popped out of the dark passage, startling her.

"Shouting, shouting, what the hell are you shouting, sister, do you know what time it is at night?"

The old dog crawled out from the secret passage, carrying a full black garbage bag, and was covered in gray.

Yan Yang took a few steps back and folded his hands on his chest: "Hey, you have been robbing tombs in the middle of the night? What are you doing sneakily?"

"Clean up the garbage." The old dog sealed the secret passage: "This is my lifeline. If anything happens, there is only one way to run. If the road is blocked by dust and gravel, wouldn't I be blind?"

Lu Nansheng was a little surprised when he saw the bulging garbage bag.

How much would it weigh if it were all stones?

The old dog looked shriveled, but he didn't expect it to be so strong.

"Okay!"

Yan Yang didn't mind finding a place to sit: "We came to you to find out if you knew about the riots in Rose City 40 years ago."

The old dog was taken aback, and threw the garbage bag aside:

"Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"You really know!" Yan Yang's eyes lit up: "Ah... cough, Hero Rose received a commission to investigate the doomsday sect that was popular during the riots 40 years ago. Do you have any impression of this sect?"

After hearing the question, the old dog was silent for a long time.

Just when Lu Nansheng was about to think that there was nothing to gain, the old dog slowly said:
"The riots 40 years ago first originated in the military system of the Interstellar Exploration Alliance. At that time, the alliance fought against the omnics in the south and was defeated. They were almost beaten to Rose City by the omnics. The war hero Skaine was born Before, the trend of desperationism was popular, which directly caused the dissatisfaction of the alliance army."

"The soldiers thought that the big shots of the Interstellar Exploitation Alliance were going to use them as cannon fodder to exchange lives with omnics, so there was a sudden riot."

The old dog's thoughts quickly converged, and he said simply and directly:
"What do you mean by the Doomsday Cult? It was developed together with the military riots. At that time, the soldiers played the songs of the Doomsday Cult and went to the streets to march with the citizens. There was a lot of movement. The Doomsday Cult was liquidated together after the riot. Disappear."

"Song? Does the religious group still have songs?"

Lu Nansheng was surprised. In her impression, religions were all about gods and gods, and most of them were scriptures or classics.

The old dog obviously knew the reason: "The Doomsday Cult may be different from what you think. There are so many things that I can't explain. If you want to find the Doomsday Cult, you'd better go to the Union soldiers who witnessed the incident."

"Didn't it mean that the riots would be liquidated after the end? Are there any soldiers who survived?"

Yan Yang wondered, she knew the style of the Interstellar Exploitation Alliance, and it was impossible for any of the soldiers who participated in the riot to survive.

The old dog said: "Not all soldiers participated in the riots, and a small number of those who stood firm were rewarded afterwards. Only those who participated in the riots were liquidated, and many of the remaining people were members of the Doomsday Order .”

"Most of them now live in Rose City No. [-] Mental Hospital. In order to prevent post-war trauma syndrome from causing mental loss and turning into cyber lunatics, the Rebirth Army paid for them to be raised there."

Reborn for military use!

Lu Nansheng once again felt like eating melons at home.

Yan Yang patted his butt and stood up after listening: "So that's the case, thank you, Uncle Dog!"

Lu Nansheng also thanked: "Thank you Uncle Dog, then we will not disturb your rest, goodbye."

After Yan Yang added condensate to Ding Yi, the two left the clinic, discussing going to the mental hospital to continue the investigation.

Seeing them walking away, the old dog slowly shook his head and reached out to open the black garbage bag.

Instead of gravel, it was a pile of old objects.

Photos, records, eardrums, strings, and an old guitar... It seems that someone's faded past was buried in the ground and was accidentally dug up by an old dog.

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(End of this chapter)