I take skeletons to the apocalypse

A week after the meeting between Xia Xi and Jing Lan, she left the expedition station again and asked the pastry chef to meet in the new city.

This is Xia Xi's first time walking on the streets of the new city.When entering the city, there was only a glimpse through the car window. The last time I attended Jing Yunian's banquet, Zeng Ce followed, and Xia Xi never had time to go out by herself.He had been looking forward to this trip for a long time.

The new city feels like a pre-apocalyptic city, even cleaner and more beautiful than most pre-apocalyptic cities.

The bakery on the side of the road smells like freshly baked cakes.Candied chestnuts are steaming next to a stall selling candied haws.

The one next to it is a sales point for mutated crystals and materials.

Then there is an exclusive weapon and armor customization shop with the official logo.

On the road, there were children shopping with their parents, young men and women walking hand in hand, members of the mercenary team in uniform, and people hurrying to work.

The aroma of hand-ground coffee wafts from the bookstore on the corner.Through the retro glass windows, Xia Xi could see customers sitting in the store in twos and threes, well-dressed, holding books in elegant movements, and reading carefully.

What will the days of the future look like if mankind has conquered the end times?

Xia Xi also made some ideas in his mind, but he never had a clear concept.And when he was walking down this street that day, Xia Xi felt like he saw the future in a daze.

Although the doctor uses the mother plant of clover, conducts human experiments, captures outsiders as coolies, etc. Xia Xi does not agree with it, but walking on the streets of the new city, Xia Xi can understand that, at least for the people living here, The Doctor is the god who saves them.

Xia Xi pushed open the wooden door of the bookstore, and the bell above her head made a crisp sound to remind the guests of their arrival.

Half of the interior of the bookstore is old books before the end of the world, and half is a round table for people to rest.There is a long bar near the window where you can order some coffee drinks.The store is very quiet, except for the occasional sound of pages being turned.

Xia Xi took a novel casually, ordered another latte, and added an extra serving of sugar.

When the page turned a third, the person he was waiting for came.

Burning Snow's pastry chef, now the person in the shell is Xiang Lei.

"Talking here?" Xiang Lei felt uncomfortable as soon as he entered the quiet bookstore.As a reborn person, he hadn't been to such a peaceful and quiet place in ten years, and he couldn't even breathe less consciously.

"Go to the street." Seeing Xiang Lei's discomfort, Xia Xi handed Xiang Lei a cup of espresso black coffee, closed the pages of the book, and left the bookstore with him.

Two men walked side by side on the pedestrian street, one was wearing a mercenary uniform of Ranxue, the other was wearing a casual windbreaker, they were also tall and tall, and their appearance was particularly eye-catching.It is easy to become the focus of the crowd.

Xiang Lei pinched the coffee cup helplessly, he seemed even more nervous than when he was facing the mutant creature, so that when Xia Xi asked him a question, he was stunned for two seconds before he could react.

"what?"

"I'm asking, haven't you been out shopping in the new city these days?" Xia Xi repeated the question again.

"No." Xiang Lei took a big sip of coffee, and the bitter taste filled his mouth.Coffee is also provided at the base, and to Xiang Lei's surprise, Xia Xi was able to notice his favorite taste.After all, he usually has a dull temper and is not very good at dealing with interpersonal relationships.I haven't talked to Xia Xi a few times, and the private communication is basically zero.

"Don't like it here?" Xia Xi asked again.

"No." Xiang Lei paused, and explained: "This place is so good, it makes me feel unreal, and I don't feel at ease here."

"Yeah, this place is great. Except for the mercenaries in uniform, most people here seem to have never experienced the end of the world." Xia Xi looked in the direction of the city gate: "Go [-] kilometers from here, Outside the tall city wall is another world. But if you stay here for a long time, you will feel that everything you experienced in the last days is unreal, as if it is just a nightmare-like illusion."

Xiang Lei sipped his coffee and didn't speak. He was not good at chatting with people, and he didn't even understand what Xia Xi wanted to express.Do you like Xincheng or hate it?

Xia Xi noticed Xiang Lei's absent-mindedness, and turned back to the topic in a timely manner: "Has anyone asked you about my affairs in the past few days, or expressed the hope that you can take them to the biological cultivation base?"

Xiang Lei, who was talking about business, spoke more naturally: "Yes, a total of four people asked me face to face, one is the deputy team of Ranxue, you met at the banquet, he mainly wants to use you to catch up with Sheng Bai Relationship. I rejected it on the grounds that the timing was inappropriate. One is another third-level ability user from my team, but he didn’t say the specific reason, only that he wanted to see the world.”

"The other two are members of the Jingting City Management Committee, but because their ranks are too low, they cannot get the invitation letter for the New Year's Day visit to the biological cultivation base. They inquired from others that I might have a plan to get the invitation letter. , and ran to make friends with me."

"I vaguely heard a clue from their conversation. They seemed to believe that participating in that visit would gain a huge benefit."

"Big benefit?" Xia Xi became interested: "What aspect?"

"It seems to be related to the new medicine." Xiang Lei's tone was uncertain. He was not good at extracting information, and he only heard a few words, but he couldn't form a complete chain of clues.

"New medicine..." Xia Xi remembered the banquet that day, and someone also mentioned new medicine.The effect of the medicine sounds very powerful, and it can comprehensively improve people's comprehensive resistance, and the stronger the strength, the higher the bonus.

It's very tempting, but what Xia Xi is more curious about is: medicines generally have side effects, right?The stronger the drug effect and the more immediate results, the greater the side effects.Do you know the side effects of this new drug?

"This clue is very valuable. You should pay more attention to it in the future. Jinglan should have access to information about the medical center in the near future, and they can be connected in series."

"Well." Xiang Lei said again: "In fact, there are still some people who are also inquiring about your affairs, but they don't quite believe that Shengbai will really let you give away a few such important places at will."

"It's normal, after all, my identity is just a dodder-like lover next to Sheng Bai." Xia Xi said this without any psychological burden.

However, Xiang Lei felt a little uneasy about his conscience. Mr. Black Crow was pulled into the team by the captain, and now he was not only in danger to save the captain, but also made such a big sacrifice to take the mother plant of clover.

"Thank you, Mr. Black Crow."

"You're welcome, you don't owe me anything. I'm just doing what I want to do. We can be considered as helping each other." The two passed a bridge on a river, with clear river water under their feet, and the sun shining on the river With a long strip of light, Xia Xi stopped on the bridge, and the cold wind pushed his forehead hair back.After crossing this bridge, the area beyond the new city was reached, but as far as the eye could see, it was still clean and tidy, but it seemed a little deserted because no one passed by.

The off-road vehicle sent by Shengbai was waiting on the other side of the bridge to pick up Xia Xi back to the station.

"It's really a sweet dream that people don't want to leave." Xia Xi said goodbye to Xiang Lei, and said with hints: "I should go back. If there are other people who contact you later, you just need to treat it normally."

At night, Xia Xi returned to the base of the expedition team, and was called to the office by Sheng Bai without any surprise.

As soon as Sheng Bai met, he asked straight to the point: "The dessert chef, is there any news about the light-chasing team?"

"Team Sheng, don't be in a hurry, and someone who chases the light will not stick the word "chasing the light" on his face. The other party can hide for so long, he must act very cautiously. But as long as he comes into contact with the dessert chef, he will definitely leave traces." Xia Xi changed the subject and offered a suggestion: "Team Sheng might as well send one or two people to monitor the pastry chef's whereabouts, and focus on those who ask him out to meet alone. Maybe there will be unexpected gains."

"Do you think I didn't send anyone? I stared at it for a long time, but found nothing." Sheng Bai slapped the table vigorously, and Sheng Bai became angry when he said this, he was not a patient person at all, the bait went down, why? No fish come to bite the hook?

"There is no need to rush this matter. Those who are watching have to hide better. Once they show their whereabouts and are found to be a trap by the other party, the fish may run away." Xia Xi reminded: "In addition, most people are still waiting and watching. , Only when you have control of the cultivation base, will they truly believe that I have the ability to bring them in. Maybe the people in the Chasing Light team think the same way, why not take the next step first?"

"No, we have to wait until Zhuguang's whereabouts are confirmed before acting." Sheng Bai still hesitated about this matter.He can swing the butcher knife at those outside the refuge without hesitation, but Zou Qing is the doctor's subordinate after all.Even if he privately shelters the leader of a lost power, he is still considered his colleague.

Framing colleagues is a small matter, but deceiving doctors and making claims is a big matter.If he goes out with this move, he can't turn back.

Xia Xi lowered her eyes and half covered her eyes: "It's only half a month until New Year's Day."

Yes, only half a month.Sheng Bai couldn't help gripping the pen holder in his hand.After taking over the cultivation base, his people must be familiar with the environment, equipment, and various instruments inside, prepare for the New Year's Day celebration, and set up traps.

Next week at the latest, he will do anything.

Sheng Bai slapped the table and stood up, grabbed Xia Xi's collar a little rudely, and said in a hoarse voice like a cornered gambler: "You promise me, those who chase light will definitely take the bait!"

Xia Xi raised her head slightly, met Sheng Bai's gaze, and said firmly, "I guarantee with my life that they will definitely come."

"Okay." Sheng Bai let go of his hand, as if he had finally made up his mind: "I will start preparing for the matter of seizing control of the cultivation center, and for Xiang Lei, I will also let people watch carefully. At the latest, I will take to the control of the cultivation center."

A week after he separated from Xia Xi, Jing Lan was not idle. He borrowed Jing Yunian's computer, compared the storage slip and vehicle records, and found the time when the medical center went to the cultivation base to pick up medicine.

Every Tuesday and Saturday morning.

"24th." Xia Xi used the little skull to pass this date to Jing Lan, which happened to be the Saturday before New Year's Day.

According to Xia Xi's request, Jing Lan wrote a personal letter and sent it to Sun Zisu at the biological cultivation base.

There is nothing in it, only a time and place. "At noon on the 24th, ten kilometers away from the north-west direction of Jingting City, by the reed lake. The inscription is 'Lan'."

In order to prove his identity, Jing Lan is attaching a little condensed corrosion ability to the inscription. When his finger touches the name, his finger will be injured by the corrosion ability.Of course, it wasn't a very serious injury, it was just a prank at best.

Zou Qing will not check Su Zixun's letters, so Xia Xi is not worried that Jing Lan's letters will be exposed in advance.Given how paranoid Su Zixun is towards Jing Lan, she will definitely not give up on an invitation initiated by Jing Lan, even if she knows that there may be a trap in it.

She will be fully prepared, bring weapons and props that she thinks can suppress Jing Lan, and then happily go to the appointment.

Her departure will again be a signal for Sheng Bai to act.

On Sheng Bai's side, Xia Xi didn't make him too entangled. He asked Jing Lan to sneak to the construction site with his bone beads, and then the bone beads turned into skeletons, put on a pure black robe, wrapped his body from head to toe, and appeared Near the factory like a slave market in Jingting City.

This is a processing factory that makes artificial human bodies.However, it is not to make bodies for the real artificial humans in the research institute, but to use the waste left over from them to produce artificial human puppet factories.

This artificial human puppet cannot enter human consciousness, but can be remotely controlled by a machine. Although it is not as soulful as a real artificial human, it is good at fighting, but it can complete dialogue, audio-visual, and some basic action commands.

Artificial human puppets are very popular in Xincheng Commercial Street.With it, it is equivalent to having a real-time remote control avatar.Many mercenary groups bought it back to stand guard and patrol, transport goods, and transmit information.

Xia Xi cautiously did not use the money Sheng Bai gave, he directly stole a finished artificial human.When stealing, he deliberately "accidentally" exposed a corner of his robe under a monitor.

The next day, the artificial man swaggered at the door of the Burning Snow Mercenary Group and asked to see the dessert chef.

On the roof of the medical center building not far away, Jing Lan leaned on the railing and turned his head to see the miniature skeleton that was only about the size of a palm: "With Sheng Bai's suspicion, just based on the shadow of a black robe, he will think that it is the black crow who is contacting the dessert. division?"

Xia Xi, the little skull, was sitting on the railing, dangling his two bony calves, and said in a leisurely tone, "People always believe what they want to believe. Sheng Bai is going to act this weekend, and he can't wait, so he must be very eager to see what he wants to believe." A person of light appears. The black robe is the symbol of the black crow, and the black robe does not show his face, stealing artificial human beings to contact the dessert chef. For Sheng Bai, these traces of information are enough to support him to make up his mind to act."