It's no wonder that Xu Ran's heart jumped suddenly, very shocked.

Because the two items that the Fire Family wanted to find had actually fallen into his hands.

The hive of the Mother of the Sacred Heart had been discovered by him during his exploration of the temple from the idol of the main temple along with another part of the space key.

And the stone-like box that Huo Jianming described was closed by a strange magnetic field and could not be opened, that was when he was in the Western Capital, Ye Wudao entrusted his teacher Yang Weiguo to study, but Yang Xin was lost on the way to retrieve it, but it was coincidentally picked up by Xu Ran inadvertently and opened it for private experiments, and found the experimental object where the space key existed.

Not to mention the situation of the Sacred Heart Mother Worm, let's just say that the space key hidden in the box, Xu Ran got it, so that he gradually established the foundation, and only then did he have today's achievements, all of which are inseparable from the blessings and changes brought to him by the fragmented city.

But now through Huo Jianming's words, it is clear that the goal of the Huo family is also these two things, and it is no wonder that Xu Ran will be vigilant in his heart.

No matter how many secrets the Fire Family knew about it, but Xu Ran had already obtained these two things, he would never be able to reveal the slightest information to anyone.

Now coincidentally, after investigating him, the Huo family wanted to support him as Xia Cheng's partner and let him help search for clues about the two things, which made Xu Ran feel very strange.

It's just a matter of hypocrisy and wrongdoing.

Xu Ran didn't think too much about it, now he doesn't care about the matter of that mine, Xu Ran still feels that it is a hot potato, and the eight powerful families are eyeing it, if Xu Ran intercepts someone else's Hu, he will inevitably become the target of public criticism, the focus of attention.

Besides, even if the mine is worth a billion dollars, Xu Ran has the huge resources of the fragmented city, and there is not much demand for these, and if he holds a mine in his hand, then it can only be regarded as the icing on the cake.

Even though Huo Jianming showed Xu Ran the No. 33 confidential document, Xu Ran still refused the huge benefit that he wanted to give him in vain.

After hearing that Xu Ran still refused, Huo Jianming was not surprised, his expression was more appreciative, and he didn't say anything more to Xu Ran, so he asked Huo Sifar to send Xu Ran out of the room.

After leaving the room, Huo Sifa's beautiful eyes fell on Xu Ran's body from time to time to stare a few times, but there were countless doubts in his heart.

"What, do you think I'm getting more and more handsome and attracted to me?"

Xu Ran didn't turn his head, but just said such a thing softly, but Huo Sifar, who was peeping next to him, couldn't help but have two red glows hanging on his pretty face, which was extremely beautiful.

"Xu Ran, I don't understand why you want to refuse the gift of the third grandfather, in my opinion, it doesn't hurt you to get a mine?"

Huo Sifal changed the topic of inquiry Xu Ran had already expected, and said as he walked: "Your third grandfather is an extremely not simple character, he has to take ten steps to do things, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up with his rhythm, the steps are too big to tear off my eggs, this is a very painful thing for me......"

Huo Sifar didn't answer, and after glancing at him, he took Xu Ran to the hall and introduced those mercenaries exclusive to the Huo family, so that Xu Ran was familiar with them and acted in the same way.

Xu Ran just said hello to these people, and he didn't have any plans to get close to these people, these people are more dangerous, it's better to keep some distance from them.

When it was almost noon, the lunch in the restaurant was ready, very rich, all of which were prepared by top chefs, with a variety of Chinese and Western dishes, as well as high-end red wine drinks, which could meet the dietary needs of various races.

Xu Ran grew up eating hundreds of meals, even if he is rich now, he does not have much pursuit and enjoyment of food, after all, after so many years of habits, it is not something that can be changed in a short time.

Moreover, his appetite has increased greatly recently, and any dish here is more to his liking, so under the surprised gaze of Huo Sfar, he actually ate the food of three or five people by himself, so shocked that Huo Sifar almost dropped his jaw, and also surprised several nearby mercenaries.

It was just a little song, and after lunch, everyone rested for an hour or so, and then they were gathered in the hall.

The vehicle was already ready outside, and after everyone gathered, they went to the door and boarded a big bus.

In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, the car did not take the weapons and equipment that everyone had selected, and it would only be issued after arriving at the destination.

Xu Ran sat in the car and squinted at his mobile phone for a while, and then the bus departed.

He paid attention to the composition of the personnel who went on this adventure, probably the mercenaries that Xu Ran had seen in the hall, as well as the three experts, Xu Ran and Huo Sifar, and Luo Zhongyuan, as for the other experts, they did not go into battle in person, but only sent the most capable assistants to travel with the group, mainly to take specimens for them.

After politely leaving Xia City and arriving at Haisha Town, he stopped in Haisha Town again and didn't know what to do.

Anyway, after waiting for about an hour, the bus continued to drive towards the road with little traffic in Shagou Village.

But the destination was not Shagou Village, and the big passenger was led directly to the area of the desert thermal power project invested by the Huo family there through the two cars in front of him.

Although the year has just passed, the construction of the infrastructure works for the desert thermal power project here has begun again, and several steel-framed buildings can be seen not far away.

After coming to the area where the project was built, Xu Ran got out of the car and felt that the changes here were still very big.

He was standing in a square that had already been built, and when everyone had come down, the receptionist who had been waiting here for a long time greeted him, and then led the people towards one of the buildings that had been built in a hurry.

After entering this building, at first glance it looks like the building has only been built and has not been renovated, and there is nothing.

But there is a hole in the ground of this building, and it seems to be a secret base.

After going underground to the negative third floor through the elevator, the facilities in it have already been established, all of which are modern technological management models, and there are electronic doors with security properties everywhere.

After Xu Ran and the others were taken to a place where they could enjoy leisure and entertainment, the relevant person in charge here told them that they could move freely, but the premise was that they could not leave the construction area of the project and were not allowed to contact the outside world at will.

After Xu Ran came here, he directly chose a recreation room with a game console and played VR virtual fighting games there, and some others drank, some played cards, especially a few foreign girls were very open, and after looking at people, they went on an appointment.

They played the fighting game until about six o'clock in the evening, and after they had another meal here, they were notified that all the weapons and equipment they had selected had been delivered safely and smoothly, and they could go and prepare.

The so-called preparation is also the time to change clothes, after Xu Ran put on all the selected equipment on his body, the whole person was completely armed to protect his teeth, and the robot that looked like flesh was always guarding his side after being activated, which attracted a lot of contempt.

Xu Ran no longer cared what other people's eyes thought of him, after he familiarized himself with the weapons and equipment on his body, he waited for the moment to set off quietly.

At about half past seven in the evening, the expedition team officially set off in full armor.