Section 291 Initial investigation
It's not hard to find Thomas.
After all, it is a camp of more than 100 people, and because there is a large amount of equipment that is easily worn, the camp is in a small village. Or more specifically, on the edge of a small village.
In this location, there are several brick houses, which were used by the scientific expedition team as rooms for equipment. Of course, everyone else lives in tents or stays in the village.
It is important to note that this small village is also one of those villages that are "dying out". Almost all the young people have gone to the big cities, and the rest are either old or young. They are slow to respond to these variations. Even if you see those specimens or captured prey, you only sigh a few times, and you don't have a real sense of danger. However, many conditions were put forward for the accommodation requirements of the scientific expedition team. To put it bluntly, I just want to take this opportunity to make a profit.
In addition, because there were more than 100 foreigners who came in one go, many locals from other nearby villages were attracted to it, and some of the logistical problems were solved for the expedition team.
Of course, none of these problems were a problem for Thomas. Who said that there were many sponsors for this expedition? There is only one problem that is causing headaches at the moment.
The team's security captain, the captain of the PMC, is making a frantic protest against Thomas.
Everyone knows that the contracts for PMCs are not the same. There are so-called offensive contracts and there are so-called defensive contracts. The former is usually a mission, such as capturing someone, assassinating someone, or attacking a camp, which is more dangerous. A defensive contract is to garrison a certain important place, monitor a certain area, block possible enemies in a certain direction, or escort big people, and of course, transport supplies, etc. The difficulty and danger of the former and the latter vary greatly, so the former has always been more than three times more expensive than the latter.
However, this time, the captain thought he had a good opportunity to make money.
They came to the area because of another job. But once the work is done, as is normal, the dogs of war should leave here and look for opportunities elsewhere. But, how to put it, it may be because their previous work was done too perfectly, in short, the previous employer helped introduce a new job. That is, the task at hand – a task that seems even simpler – to provide security for an expedition team (literally a real expedition team) and to keep people and equipment safe.
In the opinion of the venerable captain, the reason for hiring this group of real mercenaries is entirely due to the notion of "overconsumption" by rich people. Because this group of scientists does not affect anyone's interests (or even they can only bring benefits), but also has a noble cause (which means that attacking them will have a very bad effect). They have to guard against the thieves, not the real armed forces. In this case, hiring a **MC as a security guard is simply a waste of money. This was confirmed after they met with Thomas. Thomas didn't understand the difference between offensive and defensive contracts, and when he saw them take out the contracts of his former employers, he immediately took a big stroke of his pen and hired them at the price of the previous "offensive contract". The bold and cheerful deserves to be a rich man.
From top to bottom, all the mercenaries were very happy with the contract - it was literally lying down to make money! Because they were sure that the team would not be in real danger, they did not make detailed rules in other aspects. For example, in casualty insurance and the like.
But the truth seems to be a joke. During a regular patrol (which, in the opinion of the PMCs, the biggest enemies of this patrol are poisonous insects and snakes), the entire team is attacked by unknown forces and the entire army is wiped out. The only survivor was rescued after a fluke shock, and had a nervous breakdown when he woke up.
Even in PMCs, such failures are uncommon. After all, in this kind of forest, it is not very difficult to completely annihilate a battle-hardened PMC team. What's worse is that even now, it's unclear who did it.
In this case, the price is at a loss!
But Thomas, don't look at the beginning, he was extremely refreshing, but he didn't understand the market at all. No matter what he says, he has been educated in capitalist society, and he will not give in to those things that obviously suffer losses. At least the captain's plans to increase casualty benefits and the like were completely unsuccessful.
But even so, his protest was a headache for Thomas. And he has repeatedly threatened to break the contract and evacuate. Of course, Thomas is not particularly worried about this, and PMC has also paid attention to a business reputation these days. It's a business after all, and like any business, it's really hard for people with no credibility to do it - but at the end of the day, you have to guard against people jumping off the wall and desperately.
This is the difference between being a leader and being a soldier. Thomas now feels more and more that it was a mistake to be the person in charge himself. Dealing with this kind of thing is really not what he is good at.
When Lu Wu arrived, Thomas was in a new round of negotiations with the captain, or in other words, a new round of quarrels. Because Thomas was adamant about the contract, the latter asked for an additional fee. His reasoning was that Thomas had not explained the various factors beforehand, and his men were ambushed by the enemy in a completely unprepared situation. This deliberate deception of intelligence is clearly malicious and unfair. Fortunately, the camp is very large (as mentioned earlier, a whole village), otherwise everyone would have known about it just by listening to his roar.
Lu Wu and Amber watched as the angry white man pushed the door open before entering the room. Thomas was overjoyed when he saw the two men coming. He and Lu Wu had taken risks together, so he knew that these two people all had supernatural abilities. In addition to his clever skills, Lu Wu also has a strong vitality, and can even be buried under the snow for a long time without dying. Amber's combat power is even more exaggerated, she has a power that far exceeds the range of a normal human.
In that small group of superpower cultivators, the two of them obviously acted as the forwards, dealing with those "accidents" specifically. Director Gao is the commander, coordinator, and intelligence support of the rear.
Although Thomas still couldn't figure out who had eliminated his security, he knew intuitively that it wasn't the warlords in the area, let alone the country's central government. This is the same as the situation encountered in Kunlun Mountain, this kind of thing involving different civilizations must be extremely dangerous. The horrible and spectacular scene of the entire collapse of the mountain is still fresh in Thomas's memory.
"Zhang Yao, did you really go alone?"
"It's nothing," Zhang Yao herself didn't care. "Senior sister, you still have to be the master of ceremonies when you go back, it's different on my side, anyway, I can't schedule my tasks in the school, and I have nothing to do before the new school starts. Don't worry, I'll be back before school starts. ”
"I mean...... You're ...... alone."
"What's wrong with a person? Isn't it all about 'a trip that you can go if you want to?'" Zhang Yao didn't care about this. After all, this country is also a big tourist country, and Chinese dare not say that it is everywhere, and it is no problem to meet three or five travelers per hour on average. And the security here is also passable, no more than the hellish place in India, where women are more respectful.
The battle on this cruise ship can be described as a fiasco. She originally thought that she could rely on her senior sister (as I said earlier, in fact, the senior sister doesn't talk about the inside, but she is actually a high-scoring beauty when she dresses up a little outside) to threaten the women who are obviously posted for money, but she really didn't expect it...... People dare to make a lot of money, and they really have enough confidence. Originally, I thought that it should be a beautiful figure, and a good figure should be average. But I'm afraid of comparing goods, and if I really meet and compare, they are all angel-faced devil figures, which can directly make ordinary women ashamed of themselves. Even if the senior sister is good-looking, it is only "good". Compared with this kind of beauty, it is a defeat without suspense.
X's, it can only be said that in this society, the rich people's Yanfu is really inexhaustible. Seeing that Lu Wu used to be an honest and honest person who never messed with flowers and grass, he didn't expect that he was now stepping on two boats. But both boats are still luxury yachts! Sure enough, men become bad when they are rich. Zhang Yao originally hated in his heart. Hey, she was worried about Lu Wu's situation in W City before.
But Zhang Yao was really unwilling, especially when she unexpectedly learned about Lu Wu's plan.
It's not hard to know about it...... Because during the cruise docking, those tourists who go ashore for a break usually go to the side to buy some local specialties or something, and they all go out empty-handed, but customs. Only Lu Wu and Amber left with suitcases. So it stands out in the crowd. He asked the ship's staff a little to find out. The two were indeed planning to leave the port. They didn't hide it, they told the people on board.
Lu Wu didn't plan to take a cruise all the way back to China, but got off the ship directly in this country halfway and left. Even a fool can feel that this arrangement is not normal. Obviously, her brother's affairs are not so simple.
Zhang Yao, who was already full of unwillingness, couldn't help but want to see what Lu Wu was up to.
In today's society, we are not afraid of problems such as "unfamiliar with life". After all, there is an Internet? Food, clothing, housing and transportation can be found directly through the introduction of the Internet. And she doesn't worry about money and time. Although it is only pocket money, it is not a problem to stay in a foreign country for a while. In terms of time, as I said just now, because of the scumbag, her original plan to stay in school has completely failed. She was originally qualified to attend a small-scale academic lecture and was listed as one of the welcome guests (because of this, she stayed in school for the New Year). But now, it's all over. What kind of welcome, emcee, reception, escort, lecture and so on, it is not her turn. Although the scumbag finally received the punishment he deserved, Zhang Yao had nothing to do before the new semester started. This is different from the senior sister.
"Zhang Yao, be careful. The senior sister reminded. Ever since she met the big Yanma named Amber, she has completely lost her self-confidence. There's really no way, not to mention that this mixed-breed Yanma has a good figure (as I said earlier, this is because of blood, Orientals really can't compare), this face is too beautiful. In short, in this competition, she rationally chose to quit and could not continue to cooperate with Zhang Yao.
"Don't worry, I'll follow him all the way!" Zhang Yao replied confidently. Tracking Lu Wu is a simple matter, but the characteristics of the girl named Amber next to Lu Wu are too obvious, and you can know it by asking.