Less than ten minutes after receiving the reward, the 200 yuan coins were all exchanged for pure water, food and ammunition. William didn't plan to stay in this settlement for a long time, and after a brief supply, he was ready to leave. In the map in William's mind, this settlement is only a hundred kilometers away from Asmo, which is still a bit close. Although Sophia didn't mean to take his life, she was enough trouble. And William always had a bad feeling that she might cause him big trouble.
So William chose to leave.
Before leaving, William walked every corner of the settlement in accordance with his past habits. So in the map in his consciousness, there are all the details of what he saw. According to the coordinates, William named this settlement K7. When he had this idea, the mark of K7 appeared next to the sign of the settlement on the map.
The commander of the K7 settlement very much hopes that William can stay. The battle just now has shown that a sniper like William can completely influence the outcome of a battle. Of course, William's refusal was not beyond his expectation. Only big companies can keep people like William. The settlement of K7 is too small and too poor.
In the previous battle, the opponent was unexpectedly strong, and he was able to hire William for 200 yuan. The commander felt that he was lucky, otherwise the result might be completely opposite. Based on William's performance in the battle, the commander estimated that his worth was at least 500, but it was absolutely impossible for K7 to come up with such a large sum of money.
In the darkness, William left K7 and headed west.
Before leaving, the commander handed William a map with a location marked on it. There is the headquarters of a mercenary organization called Falcon. The leader of the Falcon was the commander's comrade-in-arms back then. The commander meant that if William was short of money, he might as well try his luck there. No matter where, a good sniper is always welcome.
Pendulum City ushered in the morning as usual.
As soon as the sky brightened, loud military songs echoed over the eastern district, and teams of soldiers began to run in the twilight morning light. Sophia stood on the rooftop of a five-story building, coldly looking down at the soldiers who were training below. She was standing on the parapet of the roof, and she would fall directly if she was not careful, and the wind here in the morning was particularly strong and unpredictable. Even fighters of the third rank in the Combat Domain would not dare to stand casually in such a place: if one falls down by accident, although they cannot die, breaking a few bones is inevitable.
The environment in Zhongbai Town is better than the surrounding areas, with relatively low radiation and pollution. Although these soldiers have not specially strengthened their body's resistance, they are all physically strong and can fully tolerate twice as much radiation. Different from the trend in the turbulent era that emphasized personal force, Sophia respected the old-age troop training methods, and paid great attention to the combination of arms and the quality of equipment. It can be said that 80% of the construction cost of the entire Roxland North Division was spent on Sophia's army. And the profits the division currently generates aren't even enough to feed Sophia's 50 people.
It was less than three months after the establishment of the Roxland North Branch, but Sophia had five hundred people under her command. Roxland sent almost half of its elite troops here, obviously not just for an N11 base. Under Sophia's command, the greater the number, the greater the power. There may be tens of thousands of armed refugees or mobs around Pendulum City, but Sophia's 500 elite can easily wipe them out.
In the Roxland North Division, Lucas controls all the agents in this area, while Sophia controls the armed forces. Of course, most agents actually have some powerful personal abilities, otherwise they would not be able to gain a foothold in the chaotic and bloody wilderness.
Unlike Asmo under the management of Payne Corporation, Pendulum City does not welcome outsiders, and the Northern Division does not plan to trade with foreign countries. After selecting Pendulum City as the location of the branch, Sophia led the army to clean up the entire city in half a month, and another half month to clean up the underground passages, blocking and blowing up all unused corridors. Then designate ten kilometers around the pendulum city as a no-entry zone. Of course, refugees cannot live there, and even members of other companies or settlements are not allowed to pass through. Within the 1000 km area, entry will also be refused without discrimination. Anyone who ignores the warning will be hit by the Roxland guards. And in the wilderness, strike often means extinction.
The morning light gradually brightened, and patches of smoke and dust were faintly visible in the distance. The sentry occupying the tallest building on the edge of the pendulum city noticed something strange. In the high-power telescope, one could faintly see a long convoy inside the smoke and dust, heading towards the pendulum city. The sentinel immediately opened the safety of the heavy machine gun, and at the same time notified the branch through the walkie-talkie.
It didn't take long for the sentinel to hear back that it was the head office's convoy.
The one who came this time seems to be a big shot. In the center of the convoy were three old-style black saloon cars, and the escort force consisted of two wheeled armored vehicles and soldiers filled with two troop trucks. In order to adapt to the wilderness with no roads at all, these RVs have actually been modified. If necessary, the chassis of the car body can be raised to more than one meter, and the strong horsepower can ensure that they can cross all terrains that wheeled armored vehicles can traverse. No matter in which era, style is guaranteed by material.
The convoy was still one kilometer away from Pendulum City, and Lucas and Sophia had both appeared outside the city to greet them.
The one who got out of the caravan was an old man with snow-white hair who had begun to gain weight. His light gray suit was ironed and his shiny black leather shoes were spotless. The old man seemed to always have a smile on his face, and just looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to have any special abilities. In this era of rapid change, in fact, most people still have no abilities.
Since ancient times, people have been gifted with distinctions, and this is also true in turbulent times. Most people do not have the talent to acquire abilities, and most of those who may develop abilities are limited to a specific field, and stagnant at the first level. Although genetic evolution potions can cause ordinary people without talent to generate evolution points and thus gain abilities. However, the expensiveness and rarity of potions are stricter restrictions and obstacles than talents. It is impossible for ordinary people to save enough money for a potion in a lifetime, but if they work hard and are lucky enough, they may evolve after a few battles point.
Perhaps these two rules have not changed since humans became intelligent. One is that people are born unequal. The second is that people can change this inequality through hard work. However, the irony is that throughout history, most of the time, this human effort and its effects have only exacerbated the overall inequality in society.
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Although the old man is incapable, Sophia and Lucas respect him very much. This old man named Fasser is one of the founders of Roxland Company and one of the current five directors. He is a real big shot in the company.
Behind Fasser, there were two dazzling young men. The two of them were wearing dark black uniforms of the same style, with two rounds of dark gold patterns on the cuffs. The color of the uniforms was quite different from other members of the Roxland Company around them, and they were much more luxurious. The material is not even worse than Fasser's suit. It seems that these two people are not members of Roxland, but belong to another organization.
Of course, outside the city is not the place to talk. A group of people boarded the car again and went straight to the branch building. After a while, they sat down in the large conference room on the top floor. All managers above the middle level of the branch were called back to participate in this meeting.
Surprisingly, the two young men who were obviously not members of Roxland were also sitting in the conference room. They sat quietly behind Fasser without saying a word.
The meeting was brief. Fasser expressed his satisfaction with the achievements of the North Division so far, and announced on behalf of the company's top management that this year's mid-term salary will increase by 30%. After the meeting, Fasser left Lucas behind, and everyone in the branch knew that there would be a secret conversation, so they dispersed happily, and even Sophia got up and left the meeting room. But the two young men still stayed in the conference room, sitting quietly in the back seat.
Lucas sat in front of the large conference table, for some reason, a little uneasiness floated in his heart. Unlike the relatively innocent Sophia, Lucas has been with the company for more than eleven years. He was well aware of the power of this always smiling, kind, slow-moving, harmless-looking old man in front of him. In this world, power has the right to speak, but in the face of wisdom, power is always difficult to gain the upper hand.
Those two young men were also curious to Lucas, and dangerous.
The young man on the left is tall and majestic, almost as tall as him, with broad shoulders and a body as thick as a sand barrier. His overall figure is very well-proportioned and full of strength. This young man looked to be in his twenties, with a nose like a knife and eyes like a pair of eagles. Under his expressionless face, there was some arrogance that couldn't be concealed.
The other was younger, looking to be in his early twenties, with strangely smooth gray hair, and his eyes were also of the rare grayish green. Different from his tall and flamboyant companions, this young man is extraordinarily quiet, even shy. He was also looking at Lucas curiously. Lucas suddenly noticed that there was a little light flickering in the depths of the young man's pupils. Almost at the same time, Lucas felt a stream of ice rushing over his body, and his intuition told him that it seemed that this young man had seen through him.
Fasser stood up, took a few steps back and forth, went over to close the door of the conference room himself, and went back to the conference table to sit down. He kept wringing his hands, and after a long time, he sighed heavily and said, "During this time, I'm very satisfied with you, but also extremely disappointed."
Lucas looked at the old man's actions and didn't say a word. He leaned back on the chair and asked casually, "What do you say?"
Fasser took out a few photos from his inside pocket, and with a slight push, the photos slid along the smooth tabletop to Lucas. With just one glance, Lucas' face changed, and he cursed fiercely: "This son of a bitch!"
On the green background, there are invaders and corpses of various cells everywhere, which is exactly what Lucas saw on the doctor's computer screen at that time.
Several photos are of this.
Fasser took off his glasses and wiped them carefully with a white handkerchief, but his already cloudy eyes looked at Lucas: "When I saw these photos, I was really, really disappointed. In the past two days, I This old guy didn't sleep well at all, and he kept thinking about it. You know, I have always been very optimistic about you, and I sent you to this position with my own hands. So now do you owe me an explanation, explain what this is What's going on. Because of ambition, or something else?"
Lucas did not answer, but looked at the two young men behind Fasser and asked, "Who are these two?"
Fasser moved his body, pointed to the two young men, and said, "Ha! It seems that I am really old, and I forgot to introduce. This is Mr. Laikner, and this is Mr. O'Brien. Both of them are members of the Black Dragonriders, and they came here specifically for this... about the invaders."
When they were called by Fasser, the two young men stood up and saluted Lucas slightly, showing good manners.
The gray-haired young man bowed slightly, and said in a melodious and melodious voice: "Private private of the Black Dragonriders, O'Brien."
Another person said: "Corporal of the Black Dragon Knight, Laiknar Fabregas."
O'Brien saluted earnestly, Laiknar was showing a faint arrogance, it seemed that he was especially proud of his family name.
Lucas doesn't know if there is such a family as Cesc Fabregas, but judging by Laiknar's expression, it must be a very prominent name. However, it doesn't matter what kind of family Cesc Fabregas belongs to. When he heard the words "Dark Dragon Rider", the corners of Lucas' eyes twitched violently. He originally wanted to light a cigarette, but he struck a match several times in a row, but failed to catch the fire.
Lucas stared at Fassel and asked, "If I'm right, your people should have started investigating the people in the branch, right?"
Fasser spread his hands and said: "There is no need to go to war, and no one else knows about it except you and Rothstein. Sophia is still a child, and I don't think she knows about it. If she's not infected with this... invader, there's no need to let her know."
Lucas kneaded the smoke that was not lit at all, and his voice was a little hoarse: "What do you want me to do?"
Fassle leaned back his slightly fat body, smiled and said: "That's right. You know the source of the invaders. What you need to do is to help the two dark dragon knights find the source. Oh, yes, I almost forgot to tell you that the most important thing to cooperate with the Dark Dragon Knight is honesty. In order to ensure that the honesty will not be destroyed, Sophia has been sent to the Dark Dragon Knight to receive a one-year free education. I can guarantee that, It is the formal basic training within the Black Dragonriders, and it is an opportunity that many families and companies can't get with a lot of money."
"Sophia!" Lucas' eyes widened suddenly, and his messy short hair seemed to stand on end! However, Fasil was always smiling, as if he didn't feel Lucas' aura at all.
The roaring lion was immediately discouraged and sat back down.
Fassle smiled and said: "That's right. One year in the Black Dragonrider will have countless benefits for Sophia's life, and she is already thirteen years old, and the mutated tissue on her body will become permanent if she doesn't receive treatment. The Black Dragonriders have already promised to cure her completely. You know, Roxelan doesn't have this kind of technology."
Lucas was hit in the vitals again, his face was contorted, his breathing was as heavy as a steam train, and he buried his head deeply between his hands. After a while, he raised his head and said in a low voice, "Let Sophia go."
Fasser laughed happily and said, "As I said, Sophia is still a child, and she is very talented. The company needs her."
At this time, Laiknar stood up, smiled and said, "I'm glad we can cooperate. Now, I need to know all the details of the intruder samples you obtained."
A moment later, there was a color sketch of William in front of Lucas. He had to admit that this portrait was really lifelike, especially the calm green pupil that seemed to hide a volcano, which made Lucas feel as if William was really standing in front of him.
This portrait was made by O'Brien. This quiet and even shy young private first class has extraordinary artistic talent. With only Lucas' dictation, a few colored pencils and a few corrections, he has drawn such an almost realistic portrait.
Laikner carefully looked at William's portrait, and said: "His appearance is very obvious, so it shouldn't be difficult to find. Mr. Lucas, we need to use your agent team, so that once they have news about this person, they will immediately contact you." Report back to us. Now, prepare some cars for us, and we will go to Asmo first."
Lucas looked at Laiknar, although the young man's arrogance made people feel a little uncomfortable, but his strength was undoubtedly strong, even if he just stood by his side, Lucas felt the dull pain in his skin being pricked.
"Do you need to call up some people? This William is difficult to deal with." Lucas said.
Laiknar glanced at O'Brien, and replied indifferently: "No need, we brought our own followers. No matter how difficult this William is, as long as we can find his whereabouts, O'Brien and I can handle it. You All that needs to be done is to provide vehicles and guides."
Half an hour later, Lucas drove his off-road vehicle away from the headquarters building, and drove out of the city along the road. Sitting on the side seat was Laiknar, and O'Brien occupied the position of the machine gun shooter, looking left and right along the way, looking at the pendulum city with great interest.
When the off-road vehicle drove through the west square of the city, Sophia was standing on a high platform, looking indifferently at the soldiers who were practicing under the stage, and her short flying chestnut hair was particularly conspicuous.
Laiknar stared at Sophia, taking every line of her into his eyes. From the first time they met, Sophia's slender and powerful legs gave Laiknar a very deep impression. It wasn't until the off-road vehicle rounded the street corner that Sophia was no longer in sight, Laikona looked back, smiled and said to O'Brien: "I really didn't expect there to be such a good girl in such a small place! Wait for it When you come back from work, you must find a way to fuck her once. But to be honest, one time may not be enough! How about it, are you interested? If so, I will let you!"
O'Brien frowned, he keenly felt a trace of imperceptible anger on Lucas. Regarding Laikner's question, he said calmly: "I have someone I like."
Laikner laughed and said, "Hey! Don't be so serious, you just relax when you come out! Well, well, let's not talk about this topic. But I really want to know who can tempt you."
O'Brien smiled peacefully, but did not answer this question.