Volume 1: The Second Coming (Remastered) Chapter 36: Preparing for a Rainy Day
In a box of more than ten square meters, four people gather around a square table, and in addition to a few signature dishes of Lao Sheng Kee, there are more than a dozen empty beer bottles on the table. The messy wine table illustrates the fierceness of the battle, and even Yu Bin is a little drunk.
Yu Bin, who has not drunk alcohol since he was a child, does not drink well, and he can't compare with Chen Tao at all, this guy is said to have been practiced by his father on the wine table since he was a child, and now he is already able to pour a bottle of liquor without changing his face.
The door of the box was pushed open, and Chen Tao, who was holding a cigarette, walked in from the outside.
"Yo! That's what brought you down? I'd like to get another box from the boss! ”
The fat man Lei, who had a big belly but couldn't drink enough, pulled out an ugly smile and said, "Boss! I can't drink it anymore! If you drink it any more, you'll have to carry me back! ”
"Look at your bear-like appearance, it's not the first time I've carried you! You're not as big as a pig! Chen Tao pulled out a chair and sat down, flicking the cigarette ash, "Go, put a bubble in the toilet, and then blow it with me!" ”
When Lei Fat Man heard that he was going to drink, he was so frightened that he almost slipped out under the table, and seeing that Chen Tao was about to reach out for the wine bottle again, this guy rushed out of the box at a speed that did not match his weight: "Boss, you let Binzi drink with you first, and I'll go to the toilet to clean up the inventory in my stomach!" ”
"Wait for me! I'll go too! Yang Xu also ran out, although he didn't drink much, he also felt uncomfortable in his stomach, for fear of staying and becoming the next victim.
"Two rammers!" Chen Tao directly bit the cap of the beer bottle with his teeth, and blew a big mouthful on the mouth of the bottle, "Don't pretend to me, you kid!" Say, what do you want me to help with! ”
Although Yu Bin didn't hype it up, Chen Tao and several people knew Yu Bin's economic situation, even if Yu Bin, who lived on state subsidies and school grants, saved a few dollars, he had never invited them to eat as lavishly as today, and he was still in Lao Shengji, whose consumption level was not low.
Yu Bin didn't need to ask to know that Chen Tao had settled the account just now by taking the opportunity to go to the toilet, this Northeast man is such a person, don't look at the big grin on the surface and don't care about anything, but in fact, he is very careful.
"You suddenly moved out of the dormitory to rent a house outside more than half a month ago, and then suddenly transferred to the mechanical department, I asked the school, and you also advanced this year's state grant, this is not like your style!" Chen Tao didn't force to ask, and said to himself, "With what I know about you, you are not the kind of person who loves vanity. What allows you to do this is either something you don't want us to know, or something you don't want us to know! ”
Yu Bin shook the glass in his hand, the yellow beer swirling in the cup, he was thinking about whether to tell Chen Tao about the world of Entagri and them, if he said it, would it have an impact on his plan.
At this stage, the existence of the world of Entagre is still limited to the fact that only a few people know, most of the rings that came to the first batch fell in inaccessible corners, and very few could touch the rings, which was a full month after the first advent in the previous life, and only a hundred players entered the world of Entagre, and the triggering of the second advent can be forcefully explained. In this case, it is really difficult for Yu Bin to take the initiative to disclose the existence of the Entagri world to Chen Tao and what impact they will have on the subsequent development.
Human beings are a very difficult existence to control, when only one person knows a thing, he will often hide it for a long time, hoping to monopolize the interests of it, when this matter is known by the second person, the secret may remain for a considerable period of time, and then slowly spread out in the mutual suspicion of the two, and when the secret is known by the third or fourth person, it can no longer be called a secret, they will use various reasons to convince themselves, Then tell the secret to others without reservation.
"For the sake of everyone's good relationship, I told you about this, don't tell me about it!" "Only me and I know about this, don't tell anyone else!"
When you say something like this, you already have a premise when you say it, that is, the person who tells the secret doesn't really expect the other party to keep the secret. Otherwise, why would he tell this secret to the other party?
This is what Yu Bin is worried about. Although it won't be long before the existence of the Entagri world will gradually spread in reality because of the Second Coming, until then, Yu Bin at least hopes that as few people know as possible, not only because he needs time to establish a lead, but also to delay the arrival of the Second Advent as much as possible. At least until he finds Shen Tianyi!
"If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it! I'd rather you continue to hide from us than you lie to us! Seeing Yu Bin's hesitation, Chen Tao took the initiative to say, "Binzi, I don't know what you think of me, but I really regard you as my younger brother." This is by no means because of your background to pity you, I Chen Tao can't do such a shameless thing! ”
"I know! It's embarrassing to say it, but sometimes I do fantasize about how nice it would be if you were really my brother! ”
"Haha, that's right! In our Northeast, there is nothing that cannot be said openly among brothers! If you really don't want to tell me now, then wait until you are willing, we are still young and can afford to wait! Just don't spoil everyone's minds! ”
Yu Bin nodded: "I'm sorry, Brother Chen!" But I think it won't be long before I'll tell you about it! ”
"That's a good feeling! You said it wouldn't be long, I believe it! If the fat man said this, I would have to weigh whether I could afford to wait, that guy said he wanted to introduce me to a girl, and I haven't seen anyone until now! Chen Tao poured the beer in the bottle into his stomach in one gulp, and let out a long sip of wine, "I won't pursue your separation from the organization, I'll explain to the fat man and the old man!" Now tell me about you inviting me to dinner! ”
"What please you eat! You just went out and settled the food money, and if you want to say please, you will invite me! ”
Chen Tao shook his head: "It can't be counted like this!" Pay the money, that's my brother's understanding of you, it's not easy for you to save some money! But you said that you invited a few of our brothers to dinner, which means that you have this intention, and your intention cannot be in vain! Say, what's the matter! Mala, don't be so pretentious! I can't get used to seeing someone like me! ”
"Brother Chen, you know, I am an orphan, my parents died in a car accident, I grew up in an orphanage, and I have no relatives other than the nominal relatives on that ticket."
Chen Tao shook the wine bottle in his hand: "If you don't want to mention those white-eyed wolves, don't mention it, I can't wait to smoke them when I hear it!" ”
"Don't mention them! Actually, I have a loved one, my younger sister in the orphanage, and I have been taking care of her since she was a baby. But within a few years of my time leaving the orphanage, she was adopted. ”
"Alright, alright! Sensei said! Chen Tao put down the wine bottle, "You said it earlier!" Heartless! I used to be alone, and my days passed, but now I've met me, and I have a brother, which reminds you of my sister, right? I thought something was going on to make you scratch your heart and lungs, and it made me nervous! Isn't your sister my sister? If you have a photo, you can have a name if you don't have a photo, or give me the name and address of that orphanage, and I'll check it for you! ”
Yu Bin's face showed a smile, he had long known that Chen Tao would say this, and it was the same in his previous life, in order to continue to take care of these three "little brothers" after graduating from college, Chen Tao chose to stay in the magic capital to work, graduated from a third-rate university, and his major was not good, and his grades were not good, so he relied on odd jobs for a whole year.
After Yang Xu graduated and returned to his hometown in Jiangnan, I heard that his ancestor was a famous scholar, and his grandfather was the person in charge of a museum in Jiangnan.
And Lei Fatzi accompanied Yu Bin to continue fooling around in the magic capital, because the two couldn't find a job after graduation, and that was when the world of Entagri began to become known, the impulse of young people made the two of them impatient to devote themselves to the road of full-time players, if it weren't for Chen Tao's help from time to time, Yu Bin, who couldn't receive a state subsidy because of graduation, would have starved to death. In the previous life, the formal exchange system between gold and real currency was not officially established until three years after the full opening, and before that, the income of players was completely in the state of your own wishes, and the price gap could be very different even in the same city, and the players with low strength could only be reduced to the exploited class. This is also one of the reasons why Yu Bin in his previous life finally became a high-level player, if he wants not to be exploited by those high-level players or big guilds, then he can only become a high-level player!
So for Chen Tao's initiative to help, Yu Bin was not surprised.
"I don't have a photo, and even if I did, after so many years, my appearance has changed a lot! Her name is Shen Tianyi, and she was given by the family who adopted her, I don't know if she has changed it again! ”
"That's it! Then you have to start from the orphanage. Chen Tao thought about it for a while, "You should have asked the orphanage, right?" ”
Yu Bin nodded, in the days after he was just reborn, he had already found time to go to the orphanage, fortunately, most of those staff were still there, which made Yu Bin learn a lot of information.
It is said that it is a couple from Changchun, the husband is called Shen Linlei, and the wife is called Fei Yu. But I asked people to check the address recorded in the orphanage, and it was said that the family had sold the house and moved out a long time ago, so the clue was broken. ”
"Changchun! No wonder you're looking for me! "Chen Tao's father is the captain of the special police team in Harbin City, don't look at this position, but it is a powerful institution in the police system, and it is not difficult to find the police system in Changchun to investigate through this relationship." Don't worry, I'll leave it to me! ”
Although he felt that Chen Tao's character couldn't say big things, Yu Bin couldn't help but remind him that he had to find Shen Tianyi as soon as possible: "Brother Chen, if it's convenient, I hope you can help me find her as soon as possible." ”
"In a hurry?"
"It's urgent! It's best to find it within a week! ”
"Well-I don't know why you're in such a hurry, but I'll try my best, I can't pack a ticket for this matter!" Although Chen Tao was a little strange that Bin was so anxious to find his sister, he felt that this might be because the other party was eager to confirm Shen Tianyi's living situation, after all, abuse of biological children is not uncommon in this world, let alone an adopted daughter.
Yu Bin thanked Chen Tao: "Thank you, Brother Chen!" ”
"See you outside, don't you?" Chen Tao drank all the beer in his hand, stood up and said, "You wait, I'll go out and call my father, and by the way, go and see if the two rammed goods are drowned in the toilet!" After saying that, he opened the box door and walked out.
Yu Bin was the only one left in the room, and he was sipping the beer in the glass while thinking about his future plans. Although the contact with Chen Tao did not reveal too much this time, a seed had been planted.
Yu Bin can't fight alone in the world of Entagri forever, the lone hero sounds lofty, but the hardships inside are probably only known to himself, even if they are the top masters recognized by players in their previous lives, none of them have reached the top by themselves, and there is a huge force behind everyone to support their strength.
The simplest truth, if you want to become stronger, you need to upgrade, you need a lot of top-level equipment, you need a variety of props and potions to ensure daily consumption and replenishment, and no matter how energetic a player is, it is impossible to do everything, upgrading needs someone to help kill monsters, equipment needs someone to help make and maintain, props and potions need to be provided, which means a lot of money and manpower.
In addition, the more powerful the lone wolf, the more hostile it is to the big guilds, because this kind of player means uncontrollable danger, and strong strength not only means that the guild leader or the top can be easily killed in the world of Entagre, but also means uncontrolled and powerful force in the real world. For example, Yu Bin, when the degree of physical enhancement breaks through the limit and the strength exceeds 30 points, just a fist is enough to kill, which makes those government agencies and big conglomerates how can they accept it.
In this way, those powerful lone wolf players will either be hired by the Grand Guild and become high-level players under them, and will be controlled by various means while being trained in a focused manner, or they will become a thorn in the side of these powerful forces, not only will they be hunted down and persecuted in the world of Entagre, but they will even be investigated by various forces in reality, and eventually they will either succumb or become a corpse.
Yu Bin can't become a puppet in the hands of others, and he will not accept the miserable life of wandering around.
There is only one choice left, that is, to build a strong enough organization to protect themselves, and Chen Tao They are the first batch of key development targets in Yu Bin's plan, compared to other strangers who are unpredictable and do not know each other, at least for a short time, Chen Tao and they are all trustworthy candidates.
While thinking about this plan, which was still on paper, Yu Bin estimated the time he could use, it was not far from the second coming, if he was determined to pull up an organization, then he had to let Chen Tao get a ring when they came to the second coming.
At this time, the box door was pushed open, and Chen Tao and Yang Xu walked in with Lei Fat Man on their side.
"This guy is so bad! That's just a little bear-like! Chen Tao complained as he walked, and threw the fat man on the chair, "Binzi, I told my father about you, he will go to ask Changchun tomorrow, it just so happens that he has a comrade-in-arms who is the chief there." ”
"Thanks!" Yu Bin knew that Chen Tao was not happy to see him too polite, so he pointed to the fat man Lei who was slumped in the chair, "Do you want me to help?" ”
"No, you go first, and my wife and I can drag this piece of rotten meat back."
"Then I'll go first!" Yu Bin nodded in agreement, and motioned for Chen Tao to come out as he walked out.
"What's wrong?"
"Brother Chen, as for why I moved out to live, although I can't tell you now, but if you believe me, then from tomorrow, I hope you can urge the fat man and the old man to exercise well, at least ensure that they are energetic, and they can't be so lazy that they will even doze off in class like before."
Chen Tao looked at Yu Bin's serious expression, knowing that the other party must have meant something when he said this, but he finally couldn't bear it and didn't ask why: "Okay, I should do this, and I will train the two of them to death tomorrow!" ”