388 Old acquaintances
An hour later, a personable man in a suit appeared in a neighborhood on the very edge of Alvara's eastern district.
Several gray-walled apartment buildings stand in dilapidated gardens that have not been maintained. Unlike the city's lavish style, this place looks like a most ordinary kind of residential area, with no features in terms of architectural shape or layout.
- This kind of inconspicuous place is really good for those intelligence businessmen who need to keep a low profile.
At this time, Lin Chi had already put on the leather mask prepared in advance, and made himself look like a businessman through the disguise technique, and the bleeding of his broken left hand had already stopped, and he was also wearing a pair of black gloves that concealed people's ears.
He knew that it was possible that the other players had also learned the location of the Intelligence Merchant, and although he might not be able to meet them here, he still couldn't take it lightly.
While striding into the door of the building, Lin Chi did not forget to be wary of possible dangers around him, and waited in front of the elevator door for a while, after making sure that he was not being followed, he took out the newly bought mobile phone in his pocket and dialed the number provided by Darian again.
On the way here, he also tried to call this number a few times, but the answer to himself was always "the phone you are calling is off".
Hearing the familiar female voice prompt again, Lin Chi put down his phone, walked into the elevator that had just arrived on the first floor, and pressed the 13 button.
It seems that Darien should have already encountered the situation, and may have even been captured by Hoffman.
However, no matter how anxious you are now, it is completely useless. Realizing this, adhering to the principle of "energy conservation", Lin Chi did not continue to be nervous, but just raised his head and stared at the numbers displayed on the elevator LCD screen without blinking.
According to the information provided by the hotel operator, the intelligence merchant should be hiding in room 1315 of this apartment building, and the code to open the door was a routine that Lin Chi had used in the City of Chaos......
While he was thinking, Lin Chi had already walked through the corridor to the brown metal security door of Room 1315, stretched out his right hand and knocked on the door panel four times, and then waited patiently for a minute.
The security door silently opened outward, and a flat-headed man with an unusually pale complexion stood in the doorway, wearing a black jacket and dark blue jeans with holes.
"Looking for someone?" The guy's voice was a little old.
Lin Chi was about to nod, but when he saw the other party, his eyes suddenly widened:
That guy's sideburns were a little gray, and there were some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but despite this, Lin Chi would never admit that he was a certain intelligence businessman who had fought side by side with him!
As if to confirm his guess, a silver skull icon appeared next to the other party, as well as a line of text introducing his identity:
The listless Greck, the mercenary intermediary merchant, the special NPC, cannot be recruited.
Greck also noticed Lin Chi's strange appearance and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”
"It's okay, you look a bit like an old acquaintance of mine." Lin Chi stretched out his hand and scratched his head.
Lin Chi knew very well that with a disguised mask on his face, even if this "Greck" still had memories of his time in the City of Chaos, he would not be able to recognize himself.
"Did you take drugs?" Greck, who had become a lot of vicissitudes, frowned and looked at the "businessman" standing in front of the door: "I don't allow addicts to enter here. ”
"Nope." Lin Chi immediately shook his head: "If you don't believe it, you can check it." ”
"Come on, I don't have time to look this up."
Greck sighed, touched the top of his head, where his hair had begun to thin, turned to the living room, and said, "Come in, don't forget to close the door." ”
Lin Chi walked into the room and turned around and closed the door, and what greeted him was the humble living room, except for a table with a laptop, an old sofa, and an LCD TV hanging on the wall, there was nothing else in the room.
Recalling that when he encountered this thing in the City of Chaos, his "studio" was also like this, Lin Chi smiled slightly, sat on the sofa, and turned his head to look at the closed bedroom door next to him.
"So what do you want to ask, or do you want mercenaries?" The old cowboy sat on the single sofa opposite, frowning and staring at Lin Chi: "My intelligence fee here is 30,000 yuan, if you are a mercenary, 10,000 dollars for cannon fodder, 20,000 dollars for ordinary mercenaries, and 30,000 ...... for elite mercenaries."
Looking at the other party's serious appearance, Lin Chi smiled and said casually: "Your price has increased?" I remember that it used to cost only three thousand dollars to hire elite mercenaries from you. ”
As soon as these words came out, the old cowboy who was about to speak suddenly stopped, pressed the revolver holster on his belt with his right hand, and his voice also carried undisguised vigilance:
"You've seen me before?"
Lin Chi didn't know if this "Greck" was the person he had met in the City of Chaos. Even if it is confirmed that this person is the cowboy from the beginning, I don't know if he still has memories of the past.
But even so, Lin Chi still said slowly: "Calm down, I'm not here to find fault." I just need information, for the sake of my old customer, can you give me a discount? ”
"What old customer?"
Greck said and pulled out the silver revolver, the long barrel refracted the sunlight thrown from the window, and shook Lin Chi's eyes: "You'd better identify yourself, otherwise my gun may go off." ”
"Don't be so ruthless." Lin Chi laughed, recalling some of the conclusions that Frankenstein came to after investigating "Paradise of War".
The original words of the virus were: "Different worlds are connected by data channels to form a big net." And there are many parallel spaces. ”
According to Lin Chi's inference, the so-called "different worlds" should refer to different maps, and parallel space, most likely refers to each map, which has a large number of "replicas" running at the same time.
If it is said that every player will be assigned to a "space" in the first game, and then play in this space every time, the reason why Lin Chi always meets old acquaintances such as "Terminator" in the game can be explained.
- It's not because of a simple coincidence that I often meet that unlucky guy. Instead, at the beginning of each game, they are assigned a relatively independent "space" with all the maps!
If this is the case, the probability that the "Grec" in front of him is the same person as the cowboy in the city of chaos is undoubtedly a little bigger.
Now, it's time to test your guesses.
Facing the old cowboy with a solemn expression, Lin Chi suddenly raised his right hand and tore off the mask on his face.
Seeing his true face, Greck's eyes immediately widened, his face wrinkled, as if he had watched the jackpot winning lottery ticket fall into the sewer, his voice began to tremble, and his speech began to stutter:
"It's impossible, you, you're ......"
"That's right, that's me."
Lin Chi nodded: "Do you remember?" We used to attack the Lions' vaults together in the City of Chaos. ”