My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely! - Chapter 540

[Chapter 534 Complicated situation, a balance between a dilemma!]

Feeling that the long winter is coming, the cold wind in the night is gone, and the waves are whistling, taking away the residual temperature in the day.

Because of the topography, the temperature of the depression is higher than that of the plain, but it is only minus four degrees below zero.

Out of the depression, to the outside.

Without the obstruction of the tree peaks and terrain, the temperature on the great plain in the Demon Soul Clan’s territory was already close to minus ten degrees below zero.

In addition, it will be very wet in the middle of the night.

Standing on the wall of Liberty City, you can clearly hear the screams in the refugee camp below, as long as the wind blows, there will be bursts of mourning.

It is different from hoping that the village has been heated for everyone.

On the Liberty City side, because of the lack of lord management checks and balances, the powerful parties in the city are all vying for benefits.

The people in the city still live a sensual life, with hot rice and hot water on the kang head, and occasionally they can go out to the entertainment venue to play.

The people outside the city could only live in ragged tents that were rustling in the wind, huddled tightly under their blankets, and prayed that the winter would end soon.

No one will care about the life and death of these weak people, and no one will pay attention to this group of ants who dream of speculating and living in the city.

Restricted by the imprint’s absolute sanction authority, the people in the city did not even worry that these refugees would “riot”.

After all, as long as the guards take out the “button” that controls life and death, and press it gently.

These refugees who bear the mark will immediately lose control of their bodies and become woods that are slaughtered by others.

Of course, allowing these people to live outside the city actually has another meaning.

On the premise that these people cannot be driven away, the people in the city have done their best to “use waste”.

Once the people of the Empire of Light come to attack, they will become the first wall of Liberty City, delaying enough time for the people in the city to react.

And this is the main reason why they can stay here.

From twelve o’clock to eight in the morning, the people on the city wall changed two shifts. Seeing that the sun was already high in the sky, the refugee camp below began to shout.

Then they reluctantly walked downstairs and began to prepare to open the city gate.

However, as soon as the door opened, the arrogant expressions on their faces instantly disappeared like white snow in the spring when they saw the people standing at the front.

Instead, it is the full of humility that comes with seeing the superior.

“Master Hal, you’re back, I’m really sorry, there are not enough people to open the city gate today, and the speed is a little slower, I’m really sorry!”

“It’s okay, I don’t have anything urgent, no delay, no delay!”

The short guard said, Soma has never seen it.

However, this did not affect the opponent’s image of the dwarf Howl deeply in his mind.

For these gatekeepers, combat effectiveness is not their strong suit.

Watch their words, and flattery is the biggest reason they can stand out!

“Master Ha’er, who is this?”

“Oh, he is a new apprentice in my exchange. He wants to do some business with me recently!”

According to the time, there are still twenty minutes before the refugees enter the city. .

But after Su Mo casually chatted a few words, seeing the other party respectfully let the door open, Su Mo was not polite and walked inside with Hao Qiang.

Om.

Om.

The familiar detection stone began to flutter from the ground, inspiring a faint blue light to start checking the mark.

On Soma’s body, the light only lasted for a moment and then passed by.

On Hao Qiang’s body, although he stayed for four or five seconds, he finally issued a pass command and a light yellow message.

“Hey, why did the door stone pop up the manual verification prompt?”

“Lord Hal, this.” The

door stone’s entrance inspection is only the first verification procedure in Liberty City.

Before the identity of the other party is completely determined, there will be a second manual inspection for auxiliary inquiries.

However, due to the fact that Su Mo had explained Hao Qiang’s identity in advance.

Seeing a trace of displeasure on Soma’s face, the two guards looked at me, I looked at you, and finally chose to nod and pressed their token on the door stone.

The water ripple-like light flashed, and the door stone, who had been a little restless before, stopped moving and returned to calm in an instant.

“Lord Hal, there seems to be some problem with your status as a follower. If you want to redeem the mercenary, you need to bring someone to do it in person.”

“Like you, there are some.”

“Lord Hal, you know, I’m not that one.” I mean, but it’s not easy for the brothers to deal with it too many times!” Seemingly mistaking

Hao Qiang’s identity as another situation, the two guards opened their mouths, slightly embarrassed.

In addition to legal principles, it is nothing more than human feelings.

For a race with full social attributes like the Demon Soul Race, in terms of these small details, it can be said that none of them have fallen behind.

Just a simple thought, they figured out the pros and cons.

In order to make it difficult to offend Soma, in the end, no matter whether the result of the identity check is good or bad, they will not get any benefit.

On the contrary, not only can he sell favors to the newly promoted God of Wealth in Liberty City, but he may even get some oil and water, which can be said to be a big profit!

Of course, Soma standing in front of them is also a “veteran” who has been in the workplace.

Very understanding, Soma slightly clicked on the mark.

When the application for the receipt of 2,000 contribution points sounded, the embarrassment of the two guards instantly turned into a surprise.

“Lord Hal, the brothers don’t see what happened today, please hurry up and register your identity for this brother.”

“If there is a similar incident in the future, you can also ask our brothers to keep you safe before entering the door. It ‘s done!”

“Okay!”

“If there is any trouble with you in the future, you will not be polite!”

Smiling with his hands behind his back, he nodded with the two guards, and with Hao Qiang, Su Mo’s figure disappeared. at the gate of the city.

However, the moment they turned their heads, the two guards who were still ecstatic about getting a huge sum of money did not notice the momentary shock on Soma’s face!

At the same time, they couldn’t see Hao Qiang forcibly suppressing it, but the details still revealed an unfamiliar temperament!

Until the vision changed, the darkness in front of him turned into the familiar bright.

Without words, the two of them quickened their pace with a tacit understanding, and stopped at the street corner they had agreed upon before.

“It’s very dangerous, it seems that the choice of imprints in the future should be more careful.”

“The lower-level imprints are not bad, and they can find ways to make their own brains confused. If the imprints on the purple high-level are used today, they will definitely It will be recorded, once a stranger appears, there must be a big problem!”

“Fortunately, I didn’t tear my face, otherwise it would be difficult!

”

After looking at the city gate without leaving any traces, and after confirming that no one was following and that there was an abnormality, Somo clenched his fist slightly, and then slowly let go.

“Let’s go, go back to the exchange first”

“I’ll be dormant for a few days, don’t rush to find out the news!”

Along the familiar road, he greeted people who were either familiar or unfamiliar along the way.

For this famous, black-and-white-take-all executive of the Xinghuo Exchange, everyone basically has goodwill.

In addition, the refugees have not yet entered the city, and soon, the sound and shadow of the two passed through several blocks and came to the side road.

Turning around the corner and seeing the sign of the exchange appear in his field of vision, Soma’s footsteps slowed down, and a touch of relaxation appeared on his face.

“There, is our exchange!” It was

early eight in the morning.

The door of the Xinghuo Exchange had already opened, and the tree man holding a broom was also diligently cleaning the ground at the entrance of the exchange.

Compared with the surrounding shops, the ground in front of the exchange was obviously dirty.

But this filth also just represents the “popularity” of the Xinhuo Exchange today!

Seeing Soma’s figure from a distance, the tree man was obviously a little surprised, but after reacting, it turned into a surprise.

Along the doorway, as he ran in, after a few seconds, Turner rushed out with a flustered face!

“Oh, my brother, you’ve finally come back!”

“Didn’t it take two days, you’re gone, it’s four days!”

“If someone hadn’t reported Alec’s death, I would You must think”

“Wait, who is this?”

Turner, who had not seen him for a few days, had obviously grown a lot. At least the moment he saw Hao Qiang, he put the conversation away and brought it on. Polite without losing an awkward smile.

However, Soma’s attention was not here at this time.

Through Turner’s occlusion, he could clearly see the mercenaries rushing out of the exchange, almost all with the same

shocked look on their faces!

As expected, these mercenaries who came for nothing were infiltrated cleanly, and they became someone else’s people inside and out.

“Hey, Turner, this is not the place to talk, let’s go in.”

“This is the shopkeeper I brought back at a high price from outside. In the future, the business of our store will depend on his performance!

” High price, please come back, shopkeeper, three keywords.

Turner was visibly taken aback, but after seeing Soma’s wink and the head sticking out from the other shop.

He stopped his doubts well again and took the lead to walk inside.

“Yo, our shop has been renovated again? This thing can be expensive!”

Different from the poor and sour before leaving, in the pawnshop today, the wooden cabinets have been completely replaced with jade.

With the light reflected from the jade, the whole house seems to be a little more noble, and it looks jeweled.

“After you left, the top ten exchanges sent people over, saying they were helping, and then renovated the entire yard for us for free.”

“Not only these, but they have renovated it!

” Unexpected surprise, Turner is clearly past the surprise period.

As he led the way, through the outer hall, the three came to the center of the courtyard.

Before here, weeds were overgrown, gravel and a little rubbish were scattered on the ground, looking disheveled.

Today, with the repairs, the bleak and dilapidated disappearances have disappeared, replaced by a small garden with exquisite shapes.

Inside, the three main houses have also been completely renovated.

From the walls, to the floor tiles, to the beds, cabinets, and other places that can be replaced, they have basically been replaced with unquestionably high specifications!

At first glance, this place is actually a bit more luxurious than the underground shelter.

“The house, have you checked it?”

“Checked, there is no problem!”

Looking at Soma who was looking in the window, Turner said so, but his hand vaguely pointed to the room in the middle.

“Huh?”

“Come to my room, a lot has happened these days after you left!”

Seeing that Soma didn’t avoid Hao Qiang behind him, Turner didn’t care either and pushed open the door of the room on the right. , walked in.

In the closet in the house, there is still a charcoal fire that has not been burned, exuding a roaring warmth.

On the table, there are also several plates of exquisite pastries, exuding a tempting aroma.

After using the system to verify that there was no problem, he picked up a plate of pastries, Somo jumped on the bed, sat down cross-legged and ate.

“Don’t avoid suspicion, this is my own person, just say something straight!”

“Okay!” He

also sat on the bed, opened the curtains and confirmed that no one was standing at the door, Turner opened the chat box.

“Hal, I suspect that these mercenaries have betrayed us, theirs”

“No doubt, they were indeed bought!”

Turner was stunned: “Huh?”

“Do you know how Alec died?”

Turner: “Huh?”

“I killed it!” He

handed the rest of the pastry to Hao Qiang beside the bed, took the water on the table and took a big mouthful.

Su Mo twisted his slightly stiff neck and spoke the truth very plainly.

“After I left the city, my news was told to Alec by these mercenaries, and then, using this news, Alec caught up.”

“And then I killed him~”

“When I came back just now, their The expression is obviously a bit unnatural, you know!”

Unlike Turner’s guess, after seeing the expressions of the mercenaries, Soma gave these people the death penalty in his heart.

In Liberty City, every mercenary is the owner’s private property.

Even if Soma does not have clear evidence that these people betrayed him, they can still decide their life and death.

Of course, when these mercenaries decided to betray their masters, they were already prepared.

They bet that Alec could chase after him and kill Howl.

According to common sense, their choice is not wrong. Killing a Tier 3 auxiliary occupation by a Tier 4 combat profession is indeed the same as killing a chicken.

But unfortunately, luck did not favor them.

If you bet wrong, you have to pay the price.

“I’ll recruit a few new mercenaries to come back tomorrow. Kill them all!”

“Okay!”

All around him were the enemy’s cronies.

Looking at the undisguised killing intent in Somo’s eyes, Turner nodded fiercely, obviously also with anger.

“What about the top ten exchanges?”

“They, in the past few days, have not done anything other than helping us repair the shop, and I heard that there seems to be friction between the guards and the top ten exchanges. , it was quite stiff.”

“The day before yesterday, the Demon Domain Exchange directly cut 30% of the share of weapons and equipment provided to the guards. As a result, their shopkeeper was taken to the high wall that day, and no one was able to come back until last night!”

” According to the guards, he was assassinated by the people of the Empire of Light!” After

giving a reason that even a fool wouldn’t believe, Su Mo could still accept it with a normal heart, but Hao Qiang, who was sitting beside him, couldn’t bear it. Stop, puff out the pastry in his mouth.

After drinking a few sips of water, he recovered and said repeatedly:

“Cough, cough, aren’t they breaking the rules of the game by doing this?”

“It’s just that the supply has been reduced by 30%, and they have to be silenced. This is too much. How dare you do business with them?”

It is different from the business battle in the simulated sandbox.

As soon as he heard that it was just reducing the supply, he was killed under such an excuse, and Hao Qiang’s head suddenly went up.

However, sitting across from him, Turner just shook his head slightly, and said with the same puzzled expression:

“It’s strange to say, I don’t know if they have reached any agreement, anyway, Demon Domain restored the supply to normal yesterday. ”

Even their shopkeeper got a new one. Speaking of which, this cake is a gift from the new shopkeeper!”

“By the way, no one from the top ten exchanges came out to resist, except for our private rumors .” In addition to being very stiff, on the surface, it is no different from the previous harmony.”

After saying this, the two of them turned their eyes to Soma very skillfully, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

Obviously, the situation in Liberty City has become completely complicated now.

Even if there is information to support, it is difficult for the two “newcomers” who have just entered the business sea to analyze what happened.

“Wait, are you saying that the rumors in private are very stiff? Who spread it? Where did you hear it?”

Without answering the two people’s questions directly, from another angle, Soma asked a new question.

Turner, who was sitting at the head of the bed, was stunned for a moment, and then said honestly: “It was said by the two escort members who stood guard for us yesterday to maintain order.”

“They also helped us maintain yesterday?”

“Yes!”

“Exchange first . Helping us build the yard, or the one the guards killed first?”

“The yard that was built first!”

Turner scratched the back of his head, wondering what Somo meant by asking these questions.

But Hao Qiang, who was sitting on the other side, reacted at once, with a sudden realization in his eyes.

“Boss, is this the guards who are using the hands of the shopkeeper of Demon Domain to beat us?”

“In a sense, maybe yes, but I didn’t expect that we can really stand on this balance point now!”

Before leaving, Soma didn’t make his position clear, thinking about using the trick to read first. It depends.

But no one would have thought that this delay really brought some results.

The front feet of the top ten exchanges announced that the Xinhuo Exchange had joined their camp by repairing the courtyard.

Then, after seeing that the guards did not respond, they reduced their arms holdings through the Demon Domain Exchange to put pressure on them.

And the escort team is also fierce, directly killing people with their hind legs, showing their sovereignty by force.

By the way, I warned everyone that the rules of the game must be obeyed.

But we are the ones who set the rules of the game!

In other words, the balance that Soma once sought to find has now been perfectly achieved.

But unfortunately, this balance point is a bit of a dilemma.

Now, no matter which side you join, you will completely offend the other side to death, and there is no room for manoeuvre!

(End of this chapter)