Chapter 1: It's a Black Shop

The interstellar calendar is 276 years

The second stratum space of the new Qixing underground passage

The city of machinery "Noah" North District foreign trade trading market

October 7 at 14:40

It was past lunchtime, and the tavern, which had been at least twenty years old, had not yet reached the point of real business boom, and there were only two tables in the empty lobby. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The men had apparently had eaten their lunch here, and the utensils on the table had been cleaned up, leaving only a few drinking glasses.

There was a table of guests chatting, and a table of guests playing cards, all killing time.

At this moment, a person came in at the door of the tavern, which was quite noticeable in the relatively quiet environment at the moment.

This person was wearing a smoky gray overalls, which belonged to the common work clothes of Noah's intralogistics company. Ordinary clothes, at a glance, you can see that this is a tall, young and healthy woman.

At Noah, there are very few women working in trucking. The people who were paying attention to her couldn't help but take a few more looks.

She walked around the tavern for a few seconds before heading straight to the counter, pausing for a few seconds as most of the men who noticed the long-haired black woman dismissed the idea of accosting her.

Although she is beautiful, her aura is too powerful, and she is not like an object that can be provoked casually, especially at this time, she is angry, and the momentum around her body is even more respectful.

The waitress at the counter greeted her, the transparent blindfold on her face flashing with light, and when the biolaser scanned the guest's face, the customer's information appeared on the inner screen.

Yuan Xinran, female, logistician of Ideal City, second-level customer.

Verified passed. The waitress guides the client into the office at the back of the hall, shielding herself from curious eyes.

As soon as the logistician named Yuan Xinran entered the office, he raised his hand and pasted a round metal sheet on the door, then closed the door and locked it with his backhand.

Such a strange movement immediately aroused the hostess's alarm, but before she could move, she was kicked in the neck.

The waitress was kicked and flew a few meters, rolled to the ground, and after a few convulsions, stopped moving.

At this point, there were only two people standing in the room.

The man standing behind the luxurious desk looked at this scene, and his whole body was stunned.

"X708, call the police immediately." He trembled and fumbled through the drawers, screaming at the waitress who had fallen to the ground.

Yuan happily stepped forward and kicked the thick desk five or six meters away.

The legs slid across the floor, making a long, screeching sound and slamming against the wall.

The waitress who fell to the ground had her neck broken, milky white liquid leaking from her cracked skin, and several translucent nerves were exposed, but she was still conscious, and some distorted electric sounds came out of her throat.

"I'm sorry, the signal can't be sent, there's a powerful jammer in the house, now for the seventh attempt."

This waitress is a common service-oriented cyborg in Noah's City.

Yuan happily squatted down, gently straightening the neck of the cyborg, and speaking softly.

"Don't try again, my jammer can block the signals of the combat cyborgs, and save the energy for themselves to repair their bodies."

Yuan happily placed the cyborg and stood up to face the man, his voice was cold, and his attitude was completely different.

"In this room, all the devices are blocked out by me, and we need a quiet space to talk."

The middle-aged man standing against the wall was the owner of the tavern, and he noticed that he was breaking out in a cold sweat and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Miss Yuan, what happened ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, his collar was lifted, and his short and fat body was lifted off the ground.

Yuan Xinran's arm was very steady, and she couldn't tell that it was a man who was much heavier than her. She lifted the man to the chair and sat him down, and straightened her collar with her hand.

"I don't like to be suspicious of people, but that doesn't mean I'm cheating, what's going on with the 7 tons of red wine I ordered this time?"

The man was startled, and was about to stand up to defend himself, but his shoulder was pressed hard, and he felt like he had hit something, and he couldn't help but moan a few times.

Yuan happily stopped the man's action of getting up, dragged a chair with his hand, and sat opposite the man.

"I am against violence, it is the only way to do it after negotiations have failed. If you hadn't made me miserable this time, I wouldn't have come here in person. Didn't you think about the consequences before you did it? ”

"I, I don't understand what you're talking about......"

Yuan chuckled happily and kicked at the chair the man was sitting in.

The chair slammed the man into the wall. The man was knocked black in front of his eyes.

Yuan happily picked up the man who was about to slip and fall to the ground, and his voice didn't sound like a deterrent.

"We've also worked together a few times, I trust you, don't go to bottle testing, you're good, this time you dare to adulterate in wine. What do you think I won't be able to do with you if I don't admit it afterwards? Where does this self-confidence come from? ”

The short and fat man's face turned from red to white, as if his heart was weak, and his struggles were much smaller.

Yuan happily threw the man away. The man slumped in his chair and coughed.

Yuan Xinran took out a set of instruments that had been prepared and put it on the man's body, and clicked on the round metal located in the heart position.

"I don't like to go around in circles, let's save time to get it done. This thing will detect your signs and call you if it finds you lying. Come, tell me why you're cheating. Because what I'm more curious about than the loss is that your store isn't just open for three or five years, and you won't do business with other cities in the future? ”

The tavernkeeper remained silent.

Yuan happily folded his legs and shrugged his shoulders.

"Legally, I can't do anything with you. After all, you are operating illegally, I am operating illegally, and the laws of our two city-states do not apply. I thought about demolishing your tavern before I came, but now that I see you, I don't think it's reassuring to do so. ”

The tavernkeeper was immediately anxious when he heard that his subsistence nest might be damaged.

"It's a misunderstanding, I'm not in the wine...... Oh! He explained that he was just halfway through when he felt like he had been pricked by something, and he exhaled in pain.

Yuan happily shook his head.

"As I said, it will power you, and it will get stronger and stronger. Since the law here can't control us, then what I did to the goods in your warehouse, the insurance claim is useless. I don't think you're willing to take this loss on your own. ”

"Wait, I, I can explain......" The tavernkeeper's voice trembled.

Yuan happily curled the corners of his mouth and patted his hand.

"Okay, then I'll listen to your reasoning, and then think about what to do. Go ahead. Why is the wine I was given this time mixed with synthetics? ”

She tapped the metal piece on the man's chest, "Feel free to lie if you want to, the next time the power will be tripled." ”

With the painful lesson of the previous one, the tavern owner did not dare to hide it and confessed the reason for the fraud.

It turned out that ten days ago, the logistics association of Noah City notified all merchants engaged in foreign trade in a non-public way that they were not allowed to export large quantities of goods. The duration of the restriction and the reason for the restriction are not specified, but it is only said that if it is discovered, it will be fined heavily.

The tavern owner, who is not qualified to handle goods for export, received a notice from his peers that he found that the volume of goods in the purchase channel was also limited as a result. At this time, Yuan Xinran, an old customer from Ideal City, suddenly sent an order to order 7 meals of alcoholic beverages.

In the list of Noah Logistics Association, the export of alcoholic beverages shall not exceed five tons.

For the owner of this tavern, he was originally engaged in illegal exports, and the customer did not take the informal operation channel, so he didn't think too much about it at that time and still took the order. But after thinking about it, I felt that the informal announcement of the logistics association was too strange, and Noah and Ideal City fought more than ten years ago, and the trade between the two city-states had not been completely liberalized in recent years.

He estimated that Yuan Xinran would rush back to the Ideal City to participate in the celebration, and would not check every bottle of wine with an instrument. The annual celebration is just around the corner, and the wine will soon be consumed, and the tongues of civilians alone will not detect the problem. The only difference is that the nutrients in the wine are greatly missing, and the quality is reduced from A to C.

Generally speaking, these logisticians are reimbursed for the purchase amount with public funds, and they will not be so serious, but I didn't expect that after a few days, this Yuan Xinran actually ran back to settle the account.

The tavern owner secretly shouted bad luck in his heart, and scolded the logistics association that issued an inexplicable notice, justifying that he was a small ordinary person, and this time he was already committing a crime against the wind when he took the order, and he didn't have to do business in the future.

Yuan Xinran seemed to accept the explanation, and after listening to the boss's explanation, she untied the winding instrument on the boss's body, and patted him on the shoulder.

"From your point of view, safety is indeed more important than property and reputation. At least you didn't reject my order outright. I want to thank you for that. ”

The tavern owner nodded his head and said he didn't dare to be.

"It's just that I paid for seven tons of wine, you gave me five tons of goods, and you used fake wine mixed with synthetics to send me away, which is not in accordance with the rules." Yuan Xinran changed his words.

"Yes, yes, it's all my cowardice, I'll return the money to you immediately." Although the tavernkeeper was in pain, he had to calculate in his heart how much to return to show his sincerity.

Yuan happily waved his hand, took out a card and put it in the boss's hand.

"You don't have to return the money, you can prepare me 3 more meals of coffee beans." This is the new financial core card, and the money in it, plus what you owe me, is enough to pay off the bill. This is a citizen account from Noah, and you don't have to worry about exceeding the limit anymore. I want pure quality A goods, don't fool me with defective products. ”

"But this time ......"

"I know that the supply is tight during this time, and I will give you the time. After you have approved the order, I will go to the warehouse in the northern suburbs to pick up the goods. ”

The tavern owner hesitated to accept the card.

Yuan Xinran handed out the hand and did not withdraw it.

"If you still have any difficulties, please let me know."

Noah's financial card stubbornly rested between Yuan Xinran's fingers.

"I hope we have a good time together." Yuan Xinran smiled and waited for the boss's response.

The tavern owner accepted the card with a sad face.

Yuan happily shook the boss's hand.

"Thank you very much, nice cooperation."

The tavern owner shook his hand back, and said weakly that he wanted to get a friend to help move the inventory.

"I'll wait for you outside, let me know when the order is approved, then I won't disturb your work, goodbye."

Yuan happily took his leave. Before leaving, she removed the jammer from the wall, opened the door, and closed it gently.

The tavern owner wiped the sweat from his head and wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes. He walked up to the waitress who was lying on the ground and stomped the waitress's chest.

"Fool, get me up!"

More milky white fluid flowed from the cyborg's cracked neck, and electronic sounds came from his throat.

"The progress of the recovery is 75%, and we are temporarily unable to serve you. We're sorry, but please be patient. ”

The waitress blinked her beautiful eyes and her body twitched slightly.