In the hall of a ring-shaped building not far from the city wall, the bustling flow of people is not stopped, take a closer look, these people are mostly dressed in costumes that are more suitable for wild adventures, and they act together in groups of threes and threes, fours and fives, dividing the appearance of a team, and there are even many people with terminal wrist machines on their arms, at least they are also card professionals.

Most of them exude a fierce temperament, even in the city is still very vigilant, doing their own things, few people communicate and talk, even if they say something, they are all cautious, as if they are afraid that others will listen, so even if the hall is crowded, the atmosphere seems a little depressing.

There is a circular screen hanging in the center of the hall, surrounded by four auxiliary square screens, on which rows of information are densely displayed, changing from time to time, and some people in the hall stand in front of these screens and look up intently; At the edge of the rotunda against the wall, there are windows distributed, and many people are queuing up to handle business, even though there are many windows, but there is a long queue in front of each window, which shows that it is overcrowded.

This is one of the Hunter Guild offices in the underground city of Azure Star T-11, which is responsible for accepting tasks in the city, and is also responsible for the task handover between card hunters and mercenary squads.

The people in this hall are undoubtedly mercenaries and card hunters who have come to take over the mission.

At the exit of the east gate of the hall, there is a group of men and women waiting there at this time, from the appearance of them are younger than most of the teams in the hall, one by one, the members of the team are young people in their twenties, the clothes and field adventure equipment on the body are also stronger and more high-end from the material point of view, all of them are full of energy, the face is either hearty or capable, and there are even a few women with beautiful faces, so that the people passing by look sideways.

However, although their group is eye-catching, no one dares to provoke them, and even most of them deliberately avoid them when they pass by, and they dare not look around and hide.

The reason is naturally because everyone is equipped with a terminal wrist machine, you know, the card hunters who can have this kind of thing are those old qualifications with good strength, and the high-level equipment that will only be purchased after accumulating a lot of family property, most of them are the captains of some well-known mercenary squads and even the core members of medium and large mercenary groups, even among these characters, many of them are second-hand goods. A team like them that is fully equipped with wrist machines is not many of their mercenary counterparts who take the interstellar route.

The hunters and mercenaries who lick the blood in these wandering and dangerous missions are all guys with vision, and it is natural to see that these people are all characters who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire, and they are by no means those rich young masters who have nothing to experience the life of mercenaries, they know that generally such teams are exclusive mercenaries raised by groups or large forces with backgrounds, or they are high-level mercenary teams of mixed interstellar routes, and they are by no means capable of being provoked by grassroots mercenaries who can only eat in the local area.

At this time, the atmosphere in this team is not too serious, the team members are checking the equipment on their bodies, or wiping the terminal wrist machine on their wrists, and exchanging a few words from time to time, but it is estimated that it is a matter of habit, even if they are in a state of preparation, they have always been upright, always maintaining vigilance around them, and appearing serious and dedicated, but there are always exceptions, one of the young men in his early twenties is not in shape, bored squatting on the smooth floor, a pair of clever fish bubble eyes glanced around, with a trace of impatience on his face.

This team seemed to be waiting for someone, and kept guarding the door, and after waiting for a while, the young man complained impatiently: "Boss, when will the other party come, we have been waiting for more than an hour, why haven't we come yet, actually let us wait, she is too big, right?" ”

The man known as the boss was a stout man in his thirties at most with a mature temperament and a thin mustache, and when he heard the young man's complaint, he only replied with a nonchalant expression: "You think too much, we came too early by ourselves, and the appointed time has not yet arrived." ”

The young man was obviously a chatter, and complained endlessly: "Boss, then why do we have to go to the lower part of the city, wouldn't it be better for her to come to us directly to the upper city?" How many delays have been made back and forth, and how many tasks do we still have? ”

This time, without waiting for the captain to speak, a beautiful female team member with short brown hair took the lead in angrily reprimanding: "Hua Xiaoji, can you not talk so much, the captain naturally has his reason for doing things, and you need to ask more questions as a newcomer!" Usually when you are assigned tasks, you complain and complain about that, you procrastinate when you are asked to do something, and now you have nothing to do and you are still idle and delayed, I said why do you have so many things? ”

Now the young man was not happy, and jumped up directly like a frightened old cat and shouted: "Yuna, why are you talking, don't I care about the team?" What happened to the newcomer? Can't newcomers give their opinions? Anyway, I'm also a member of the team, don't forget, I didn't save you from the group of fangs last time, you little conscienceless, don't look down on people so much! ”

The girl was also short-tempered, and immediately said, "You are embarrassed to say, if it weren't for your unclean hands and feet, would we be able to be caught up by those ghosts?" And battlefield aid was originally the task given to you that day, and you should save me, that is your duty! Just that time, you said endlessly, I have never seen such a small man as you are. ”

"Eh, I said you, it's not interesting to scold me all day long, I'm ······"

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel, don't let outsiders see the joke," Seeing that the pair of enemies had the intention of becoming more and more violent, the captain hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, it turned out that the captain was still very prestigious in the team, and when he heard his words, the two really stopped arguing, just glared at each other, and the captain couldn't control it.

He paused, and explained: "The other party is just a student, and he has not registered as a mercenary, so he asked us to pick her up in person, this time it is indeed my personal private matter, and it is also my negligence to let you accompany me, it would have been good for me to come by myself, sorry, but speaking of which, this matter also has something to do with everyone, although the person who entrusted me to take care of the other party is a descendant of one of my predecessors, but in fact, he is also one of the supporters behind our Starfall Mercenary Group, a direct member of the Derella family, we can't refuse this matter, And I'm here to make it clear that we have to do everything we can to keep each other safe, and I want you to keep that in mind. ”

In the end, his tone changed, becoming serious and solemn, and a momentum of not being angry and arrogant spontaneously appeared, which made the hearts of all the team members tense, and they nodded one after another, really taking this matter to heart.

I have to say that he is indeed a very capable captain, and the management of his players is relaxed and very good, but there are always exceptions······

Hua Xiaoji, a newcomer who had just joined the team, couldn't help but muttered after listening to his captain's order: "What, so which family's daughter wants to experience the life of a mercenary?" Or some boring trial? It's really ······, it turns out that the elite squad also has this kind of fucking mission to be a bodyguard? Hey~, the rich man's imp is the most difficult to serve. ”

"You, let's say a few words~"

A mature and intellectual big sister-type beauty in the team smiled and reprimanded him, but the young man listened to her very much, shrugged his shoulders and stopped complaining.

However, the mature female team member remembered something, and asked her captain curiously: "However, since you are the descendant of your elders and a direct member of the Jeanderella family on the Azure Star, could it be the rumored one?" ”

The calm captain showed a rare wry smile, and responded to her conjecture with a slight headache: "That's right, it's the young master." ”

"No wonder you are so solemn, I am a little curious about the legendary young master~"

"Actually, I'm also very helpless, I've always stayed away from things like family strife, I hope you don't get involved, but if I have the chance, I'll introduce you to you, Delia."

The two of them said to themselves what only they understood, and the other team members also knew that they shouldn't ask more, only the young man with fish bubble eyes asked with a little nervousness: "Captain, eldest sister Delia, who are you talking about?" ”

The captain looked at him with a smile and admonished: "There are some things in this world that it would be better not to know, because that means trouble and even danger, put away your curiosity, Xiaoji, or do you want to make a night sentry during the next mission?" ”

The threat of the last sentence was indeed very lethal, Hua Xiaoji hurriedly shook his head like a rattle, covered his mouth and honestly hid aside, not daring to say a word, for fear that the captain would really give him this kind of task that was worse than death for him.

After some discussion, time passed a little, and the appointed time had not yet arrived, but Yuna, who was sharp-eyed in the team, suddenly found a cute girl with an elegant temperament walking not far away, looking at the nearby crowd left and right, not to mention how panicked she was, but the petite body and my pitiful appearance were incompatible with the environment here, like a green lotus growing in the water of a sludge pool, which was particularly eye-catching.

"Captain······

Yuna reminded with a strange expression, which attracted everyone's attention, and looked in the direction she indicated, and the team members were also slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at each other;

Hua Xiaoji's eyes widened and shouted with an exaggerated expression: "I'll go!" It's too small, it's just a little girl! Well······ but it's kind of cute······"

The captain slapped his head and sighed speechlessly: "Geert, you are really going to make trouble for me, what do you mean 'maybe it may be your right-hand man', I will actually believe your words, it's ······"

Since this is already the case, the captain Reynolds can only take it hard, thinking that this time there is no way to take care of her at most, and next time he will not believe Geert's nonsense, and just finish the task as soon as possible and leave the Azure Star, so he walked to the girl in person.

"Hello, is it Miss Lin Qianyin?"

The girl was slightly stunned, and then nodded a little stiffly and said hello: "Hello, uncle, I'm Lin Qianyin, please advise, may I ask you what the senior said······"

Big ······ Uncle?!

The corners of Reynold's mouth twitched, forced a smile, lowered his voice as much as possible, and said softly in a gentle image: "If your senior's name is Geert, it should be us." ”

"Ah~! ,It's nice to meet you.,I'm very sorry to cause you trouble.,I'm really sorry not to go.,But please give me a lot of advice today! ”

Qianyin bowed politely again, Reynolds looked at her a little nervous but particularly pitiful appearance, and his heart was also soft, and at the same time thought, fortunately, at least the personality will not be too headache, this protection mission should not be so troublesome as long as you are careful, as for the good experience, hehe, who cares about these, such a cute girl still has to experience a ball, only Geert's heartless and brainless guy would come up with such a bad idea!

Captain Reynold, who directly tampered with the requirements of the mission, said with a pleasant face: "Don't be nervous, little girl, although we are mercenaries, we are actually very easy to get along with, come with me, I will introduce you to my team members, I hope you can get along happily today." ”

"Hmm~, I'm sorry for you, uncle~"

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An uncle turned around and looked like he wanted to cry without tears······

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On the other side, at the bottom of the stratum barrier passage, Qingyin drove the hovering sports car, slowly moving forward with the convoy in front of it queuing up to go through the ascent procedures.

If you want to go to the upper city through the ascending passage, you must first go through the formalities and then assign the specific passage according to the actual situation.

To put it simply, the ascent path used by a single person is different from that of a person driving a car, and of course, the charging standard is also different.

After waiting in line for a while, it was Qingyin's turn, and he drove the car to a guard station similar to a toll booth, and the formalities were handled by a girl in her early 20s in uniform, who looked good-looking, looked energetic, and had a hot and sexy body.

Seeing the cool hovering sports car, the girl's eyes lit up, and she whistled and boasted: "The car is good, handsome guy, do you want to go to the upper city or go out of the city?" ”

Qingyin handed over her federal citizenship card and asked, "Is there a difference between the two?" ”

The girl explained while going through the formalities: "Theoretically, no, but if you want to go out of the city, it may not be convenient to drive a hovercar, the outside air and ground environment are not as clean as in the city, and there is no energy-saving electronic track, the hovercar is more precise, it is easy to break down outside, if you go out of the city, it is recommended that you rent another outdoor off-road drive car in Shangcheng, otherwise it would be a pity to break such a good car." ”

After gaining knowledge again, Qingyin smiled and thanked: "Thank you for the reminder, beautiful young lady." ”

The girl handed back her ID card and an ascent pass and said with a smile: "You're welcome, the handling fee is 350, cash or card?" ”

"Swipe your card~"

"Okay," the girl who swiped the card handed back the bank card and pointed to a channel on the left-hand side to prompt: "The vehicle ascending intersection enters from the left, and the fixed updraft is activated every ten minutes, you remember to turn on the suspension mode, and this is my communication number." After the girl finished speaking, she didn't forget to tease him with her coquettish eyes, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Oh~, a surprise, there is no better gift than this, I have time to ask you to play together, I will say goodbye first, bye~"

"Bye~" The girl gave a coquettish kiss and watched this handsome guy who looked like he must be a rich second generation and couldn't be richer anymore drove a cool sports car into the corner of the passage and disappeared.

The use of the ascending passage is very simple, drive the car to the huge ascending passage of the internal space square, the square is a circular parking space, under the guidance of the staff, Qingyin will drive the car into one of the parking spaces, fasten the seat belt to open the suspension mode and get off the ground, and when the time comes, the ground and the surrounding area will begin to rise a strange air flow, enveloping all the vehicles in the field, slowly rising straight above the passage that cannot see the top, and then the speed gradually increases.

Qingyin can only feel himself and the driver's seat rising at a weightless but steady speed, and he does not feel uncomfortable, but there is a strange comfort in the light, although the external air flow can lift a huge weight, but it blows on the human body like a breeze; Watching the high-rise buildings not far from the exterior glass slowly be surpassed by his own height, and finally become smaller and smaller, he has to say that it is really a rare experience to give birth to a heroic sense of isolation in his heart.

As the height of the ascent increased, the speed became faster and faster, but after ten minutes, the eyes became dim, and the blue analog dome was no longer visible from the external glass, but it was replaced by deep darkness, only the dotted indicator lights installed on the inside of the walls of the passage emitted the only brilliance, because the speed was too fast, drawing a meteor-like line of light and shadow in the eyes, gorgeous and quiet.

It wasn't long before a bright light came from above the head again, and the speed at which the air was rising slowly slowed down until it was completely still when it was completely out of the passage.

At the end of the passage is a widened platform, the top of which is hollowed out only by a large transparent glass door, and bright sunlight shines down from above, and the scene in front of you is like the interior of a precision mechanical patio, with passages opening up on the walls around it.

Qingyin knew that she only needed to drive the hovercar into one of the passages to reach the outer area of the upper city.

In the empty space of the end platform, a mechanical prompt sounded: "The next batch of updrafts will arrive within five minutes, please get out of the lifting airflow within three minutes, after the time is exceeded, we will force the towing vehicle to leave, please abide by the order, thank you for your cooperation······"

"Remind again, the next batch of updrafts will arrive within five minutes, please get out of the lifting airflow within three minutes, after the time we will force the towing vehicle to leave, please abide by the order, thank you for your cooperation······"

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