Dawn has its own tone in the four cities of Zhongjing, the north city is the high-pitched and loud brass horn sound, the south city is the melodious music of silk and bamboo, the west city is the fine and dense noise of everything, and the east city is the deafening whistle.

Dongcheng is also known as the city of railways, and there are hundreds of train and freight stations in the city, which transfer all kinds of goods day and night. Each cargo station has its own unique transportation routes and cargo categories, just like the resident monster that swallows the river of golden dragons.

All freight stations are nominally run by officials and merchants, and each has its own owner behind it. The proprietors are divided into factions, and they cooperate and fight with each other, and they are all confused.

For the mortals who live by these cargo stations, they don't need to care who the owner of the cargo station is and what they have to do with each other. They only care about whether the owner abides by the rules and whether the money they give is enough.

Every morning when the whistle blows, every cargo station is crowded with these mortals. These people were all men, ranging from fifteen or sixteen to fifty or sixty years old. All gray pants and rubber shoes, shirtless, lean. They were holding hemp ropes on a flat pole, their skin tanned, and crowded in front of the iron gate of the cargo station, waiting for the old man behind the iron gate to report the work order for loading and unloading the goods.

The same is true in front of the iron gate of the East 40th Cargo Station, where a train slowly enters the station, and in the white smoke disperses, hundreds of "sticks" are making loud noises, competing for the work orders distributed by the tooth people.

"Something wasn't right today......"

In the distance of the crowd stood several men wearing hats, uniforms, handcuffs and long sticks around their waists. These men were the guards of the cargo station, and one said to the other, "Chief, there are quite a few outsiders here, and there is work to be done today." ”

"Where?"

The leader crossed his hands on his hips, so that the revolver hanging from his waist stood out.

"That, that, and that. The guard pointed out a few targets in the crowd, "It's not in tune with the people around you at all, it must be a single gang, it's really bold." ”

"Are you blind?" the leader looked at it fixedly, and scolded: "These people are running singles! Before the autumn has passed, they have put on their middle clothes, and their entire outfits, especially their shoes, are all new, and they are not on the work order, and they are not good at all!"

He shouted to his subordinates around him: "There are troublemakers coming, ready to do it! Drag them away one by one to clean up, don't alarm the owner of the goods inside." ”

The guards were about to make their move when they were stopped by a passerby reading a newspaper.

"Leave them alone," said the man in the far sea felt hat and dressed as a far sea man, "pretending not to see it." ”

The leader of the guards wanted to ask something, but the man pulled down his sunglasses and looked at him coldly, and the leader suddenly stopped talking. Beckoning his subordinates to retreat, continuing to assume a tired and lazy posture.

The man walked back to the bench facing the street and sat down, unfolded the newspaper and continued to pretend to be a passerby.

"The old club was still unwilling, and sent someone again. ”

Under the cover of the newspaper, the man whispered to someone through the intercom. "Although the new owner is chasing people, the cargo station will definitely not let go here, I think there will be a problem. ”

"Yes, yes, I understand," the other side should be the superior, and the man is submissive. "I will restrain the people below and never get involved. ”

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the guards retreating, and Gao De secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, as the organizer of the Secret Hand Blood Tower said, the "Bangbang Club" on the cargo station's side will ignore it even if they see something wrong with them.

Yesterday, the task team that tried to sneak into the Secret Hand Blood Tower, I thought it would take a lot of effort to forge my identity in the world, but I didn't expect that the other party just took him after a superficial investigation of the root of the demon's power, and also distributed the task on the spot. And the task is in a hurry, right today.

At that time, Gao De knew that the Secret Hand Blood Tower still had great power in Dongcheng. If the West City is their headquarters and base camp, the East City is their mine...... That is, the business area. A number of freight stations and warehouses, including the East Forty Cargo Station, are the industries of the Secret Blood Tower, and of course, there are also vests on the side.

The Sea Tower Society is taking advantage of the collapse of the Secret Hand Blood Tower to invade the East City in a big way, trying to swallow these industries in one gulp. Of course, this kind of encroachment is not like a mortal gang occupying the field and taking over the place, but also has to dig out the people under the tower who are actually in charge of various industries, either kill them or recruit them, and then carry out various changes on the surface.

However, the territory still has to be occupied, and some of the territory is either a secret stronghold or warehouse of the Hidden Hand Blood Tower, or there are secret facilities that cannot see the light, and it is difficult to transfer in a hurry.

The "mercenary group" that Gao De joined was not clear about the target, but he only asked him to report to the East 40th Cargo Station early this morning, and then he learned the details of the mission.

In the middle of the night, Gao De went out, avoiding Baiyin Juro and the others, and took the train to Dongcheng in disguise. That's right, he came alone, for a big man who vows to retreat behind the scenes to be a mafia and is really a mafia, this is like a bloody Hollywood plot, but Gaode has his own plans.

This line, which is based on the Gray Realm and lurks in the secret hand blood tower, he can't leak it out, even Wang Kunlun and Mao Mao can't know about it. And he didn't think about showing his might today, but secretly observed it. In the Wanwufang poison disaster before, there were many demon mercenaries on Shen Ze's side to help, and their professionalism of retreating from the difficulties was an example for Gao De to learn.

Wearing tattered cloth shoes with an inner height, the shoulder pads are wider, and two layers of soft armor make the body a lot burly. wiped his face with ginger ale and pasted a fake beard, and Gao De turned into a rugged man.

Speaking of which, his three-legged cat's disguise technique was taught by Old Man He, and he barely fooled people. Anyway, the demon mercenaries will hide their identities in the present world, and it doesn't matter how lame they are, as long as they can't see their original appearance.

The sticks around him were noisy and noisy, and under the leadership of their respective "sticks", they took away one work order after another, and Gao De looked at these strong men and sighed secretly.

When he was just the captain of the Jinyi Guard, he knew that Zhongjing's stick was a force of his own. Not only are there divisions between cities, but there are also a number of gangs in each city. These gangs were attached to the upper echelons of officials and businessmen, and often fought for turf, and were disparagingly called "Bangbang Club" by the court's tolerances. The "Bangbang Club" in the Middle East City is the most powerful, and it is said that there are millions of congregations, if it were not for the Ming Dynasty has entered the steam age, the East City Bangbang Club alone will raise its arms, and Zhongjing will be in danger of capsizing.

Now Gao De has a new understanding of the Bangbang Society, and these honest coolies still have the power of demons hidden behind them. They have a close relationship with industries such as cargo stations, warehouses, and trading houses, but they are relatively independent, and their position is quite delicate in this conflict between the Sea Tower and the Secret Hand Blood Tower. Seeing the movement of the guards going up and down just now, it was obvious that they wanted to stay out of the situation and watch from the sidelines.

"The maintenance warehouse needs someone to move the goods, four miles away, and I will pack a morning, and I will know how to do it. ”

Behind the iron door, a tooth man lifted the work order, which lifted Gao De's spirits, and the code appeared.

This kind of work is much more troublesome than the loading and unloading platform of goods, and the ground is far away, and the stickers in front of the door are not interested. Only occasionally squeezed in and muttered a few words to the tooth man, and then was put into the iron door.

Gao De looked at a few people and confirmed that these guys were all disguised demon mercenaries like him, so he squeezed through the crowd and approached the tooth man.

"I know how to handle fragile goods, and I've been working at the 13th Cargo Station for three months. "Gaode newspaper has a code, and everyone's code is different.

"Wait......" The tooth man flipped through the book, nodded and said, "It's you, let's go in." ”

Tear one off the ticket and hand it to Gao De, then open the door to drag him in. Gao De dodged sideways, avoiding exposing the soft armor and weapons on his body, and the tooth man didn't care, just waved his hand impatiently to urge.

Following the guidance, Gao De walked a long way along the platform, then crossed the railway to the opposite platform, and entered the stuffy tank car with a maintenance sign.

The lean and short middle-aged man accepted Gao De's note, looked him up and down, nodded and said, "Good look." ”

There were already six or seven people in the carriage, some leaning against the wall of the car in a daze, and some sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed. There was nothing abnormal on his face, he was an ordinary mortal. Seeing that there were still people pressing the felt hats low, and the ink on his face had not yet dried, Gao De was even more relieved.

A few more people, the lean man lifted the lantern, looked at the clock under the lamp, shook his head and said, "Don't wait." ”

Pulling the car door shut, the man rested the lantern on the huge wooden coal bucket, glanced at the faces with different expressions under the light, and began to give a briefing on the mission.

"You stay here, and in a quarter of an hour I'll take you to a place for a shift. ”

"The task is simple, hold that little building for twelve hours. Someone will bring you food, and the small building has a bathroom and a bed, and you can arrange it yourself. ”

"The above should explain to you clearly, you are a group of people, and if anything happens, there will be no distinction between who is right and who is wrong, and it will be dealt with as a group of people. Even if only one person runs away or has a problem, everyone is counted as a failed mission and is not paid. If there are serious consequences, you should know what will happen. Although there are some troubles above, it has nothing to do with survival, and you are just a few scattered people, and it is easy to clean you up. ”

This should be a cliché, and none of the twelve demons, including Gao De, reacted.

When the man left, this group of demons who met in Pingshui began to interact, and the first sentence made Gao De's heart tighten.

"Are there any new people?"

The short and fat man with a strange accent stood up, "It's a newcomer to speak quickly, and we can still give instructions." If we keep quiet, let us find out, the end is not good. ”

Another tall and thin man chimed in: "Everyone knows that newcomers are easy to get into trouble, and experienced teams are to kill newcomers first, and then think about how to deal with the enemy." ”

Everyone was still silent, and Gao De was not stupid enough to be a bird.

"I'm sorry, I forgot the rules. The short and fat man flipped his palms, and wisps of red light erupted from his palms, which quickly condensed into a blood-glittering claw. Each of the five claw blades resembles a large dog-legged knife, and everyone can see that they are secretly spitting.

"Heart-Eater Venerable Talon ......"

With a shake of his hand, he dispersed the bloody claws, and hugged his fists to everyone: "The old tower with a secret hand is down, and when you complete this work, you will be promoted to the appendage, I believe that there is no one among you who is more experienced than me." I accepted the captain's responsibility disrespectfully. ”

"The Blood-Eyed Venerable Fire-Eyed Yang and Lao Pang are brothers. The tall and thin man stared, and his pupils lit up with dazzling blood.

With this pair of brothers in the lead, the other demons have shown their abilities, as for whether they have left a hand, Gao De did not dare to rashly use the transcendent vision at this time, but there was no bottom.

"Red Flame Iron Fist King Invincible ......"

When it was Gao De's turn, he pushed the power of the Blood Demon to reveal the Demon Fist of the Blood Demon Pawn, and at the same time made up a nickname.

He was already exceptionally tall and strong, and with this nickname, the demon mercenaries paid a lot of attention. When they saw his Blood Demon Foot Pawn Fist, they all sneered, and their jealousy dissipated.

The so-called demon is actually a person with the ability to "turn the demon into himself", and what kind of demon he turns into determines the upper limit of the demon's ability and strength. A demon like Gao De who turns into a blood demon pawn is basically an ordinary commodity all over the street, and the contrast with the name reported is too great.

"The contemptible is indeed a newcomer......"

Gao De said in a cold tone, "But contemptible people do things without retreat, leaving no room for improvement." If someone dares to be unfavorable to the contemptible people, even if they let go of the soul pass to lure the demons into the world, the contemptible people will not hesitate to do so!"

It's a straightforward idiot......

The other demons exchanged such looks, this kind of words about turning himself into a demon and luring demons into the world is taboo for demons, but this stupid big man said it so naturally, it is better not to verify the truth of his words.

Including Gao De, seven blood demons, three plague demons, and two evil demons, this improvised team of demon mercenaries have some understanding of each other, which is a good start.

"It's ...... Time"

The carriage door opened, and the mercenaries were once again immersed in sunlight and walked towards the woods in the distance.