Arknights is too real, right?

The next day, the sky in the east turned white, and the snow that had fallen all night finally stopped.

Xia Feng opened his eyes and rubbed his sore shoulders. He said it was the next day, but in fact it was only more than four hours since they arrived in E City.

Feeling Xia Feng's movements, Guigui, who was leaning against him, also woke up, and she poked her little head out of her coat.

"Brother Xia Feng, is it dawn yet?"

"It's not completely lit yet, but it's time to start working."

"oh."

The fire in the room had long been extinguished. Xia Feng took out the kettle and shook it. Fortunately, the water inside did not freeze.

As the cold water poured into his throat, Xia Feng suddenly felt a lot more energetic.

At this time, Vina came up from the stairs, and she didn't look tired at all.

"Xia Feng, clean up quickly, we are going to start working."

"good."

After Wei Na left, Xia Feng took a deep breath, and finally fixed his gaze on the cigarette butt in the corner.

Although the box of Hongmei in Xia Feng's trouser pocket was unpacked, there was still not a single cigarette missing. He was the first to go up to the second floor last night, and no one from the Glasgow Gang smoked anymore.

There is no doubt that this cigarette butt was left by outsiders. Apart from them, there are other people in Mandel City at this moment.

And Xia Feng didn't tell Wei Na about finding the cigarette butt last night. If you want to ask why, it's very simple.

Because he was too sleepy.

Maybe this reason sounds ridiculous and irresponsible, but that's what he thinks.

Not only him, everyone was exhausted after running around all day last night. If he told Wei Na about finding the cigarette butt, everyone might get up again and look for suspicious people nearby. In Xia Feng's view, this was meaningless.

To put it bluntly, they themselves are also "thieves", and with Brother ACE and the others responsible for guarding them, Xia Feng doesn't want to increase everyone's anxiety.

Maybe this is his selfishness. In fact, he just doesn't want to distract Wei Na from considering these dangerous factors. This feeling of not being able to help makes him feel quite useless to be honest.

Because of his existence, the direction of history has been changed. The future fate of everyone he has come into contact with is full of uncertainty. If there are irreparable consequences because of his concealment of Cigarette Butt, he may Regret it.

but.

Life is always full of choices, and everyone's choices are based on different life experiences. However, we may not need to rely on that kind of thing to make choices, because even if we make the choice that everyone thinks is the right choice, we still don't know what the consequences of that choice will be.

It's just a small cigarette butt. Maybe it seems like a trivial thing.

But if he had told Wei Na about this last night, she would probably have changed her action plan overnight, leading the course of history to another unknown ending.

Yes, Xia Feng knew that he was just an ordinary person, a completely ordinary person.

But his existence is extraordinary, because he is the only one who can change the direction of history.

Without him, the history of the world of Terra would develop according to the established trajectory, and all the operators he was familiar with would not die until the Chernobog rebellion occurred three years later.

And his appearance completely disrupted the historical process.

Yes, no matter whether Xia Feng chooses to talk about the cigarette butt's matter or not, the outcome is unknown on both sides.

So he chose not to say anything based on his own selfish thoughts.

Judging from the results, this choice did not have too extreme consequences, and everyone slept peacefully until dawn.

Everyone slept peacefully, but only Xia Feng knew how precious this night of peace was.

Due to the heavy snow overnight, the streets of E City turned into a vast expanse of white. Everyone packed their equipment and began to search for traces of Origin Stone Cluster in the area.

Soon, a gang member pushed aside the snow and discovered an Originium bush in the corner.

He put on heavy isolation gloves and took out a small, pointed hammer from his satchel.

This is a special tool for mining the Origin Stone Cluster. Although the Origin Stone Cluster looks crystal clear, it is actually very hard. In addition to the parts exposed above the ground, the Origin Stone Cluster also has a large part of its "roots" deeply embedded in the ground. .

The "rhizome" is connected to the source stone cluster, but this "rhizome" is not a substance of source stone, but a very hard mineral. Miners need to use tools to forcibly separate the part where the source stone cluster is connected to the ground with external force.

The source stone cluster has extremely high hardness, but its toughness is not high. In other words, if it is applied too much force, it will easily break into pieces. Once broken, the entire source stone cluster cannot be processed into an S-level source stone.

The Glasgow Gang did not have professional mechanical tools. If they mined manually, it would require the miners to have a lot of wrist strength and the ability to accurately control the force.

Thirty minutes later, Xia Feng sat down on the ground, feeling that his entire hand was completely sore.

Within half an hour, he knocked and hit an Originium bush, but the other party showed no respect at all, not even a small scum was removed.

"No, this job is not suitable for me."

Wei Na stood at the door of the building where she rested last night and waved to him.

Xia Feng held the small hammer and walked over dejectedly.

"Xia Feng, don't join in the fun. Leave the collection work to others."

Xia Feng squatted next to Wei Na, nodded absently, and then whispered.

"Vina, we should be absolutely safe now."

"Yes, Indra just sent a message. Until now, she has not found any other forces entering Mandel City, so we are absolutely safe now."

Xia Feng buried his face in his knees.

"Vina, would you be surprised if I told you that all our actions now may be exposed to someone's surveillance?"

Wei Na's expression was obviously stunned for a moment, but she immediately regained her composure.

"To be honest, I might not be too surprised. I feel that there are other things hidden in this city, but I don't want to delve into what they are. As long as those things don't come out to interfere with us, I am willing to choose to be a Deaf and blind fool."

Xia Feng raised his head, looked at Wei Na's calm look, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

It turns out that Wei Na has realized something. Maybe she also found something similar to the cigarette butt last night, but she chose to ignore those things. Wei Na seems to be just a young leader who is motivated and impulsive, but in fact, She is much more mature than she thinks.

Xia Feng stood up from the ground.

"Vina, we can return to Victoria after this operation is successful."

Vina smiled in the ice and snow.

"Of course, didn't we make an appointment before to have a party at my house? Well, then I will do what I do best for you."

As soon as Wei Na said this, Xia Feng felt flustered again. She had just settled the previous flag and now another one?

Before Wei Na finished speaking, Xia Feng immediately changed her words.

"Haha, no one knows what will happen in the future. Don't think so much now. We have to leave Mandel City safely now, haha. You think so."

"Yeah, that's right."

An unfamiliar male voice came from very close behind Xia Feng.

"Mandel City is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want, you greedy rats."

Hearing this voice, Xia Feng and Wei Na were stunned at the same time, and the same idea instantly came to their minds.

They have never heard this voice in their memory. There is no doubt that the owner of the voice behind it does not belong to the Glasgow Gang and the [Death] Team, and is an outsider!

Xia Feng froze in place, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

His worst fears finally happened.

The next second, without any hesitation, the hammer in Vina's hand drew an arc and hit her back hard.