Chapter Eighty-Seven: After Luang Nam
Lu Qianfan stood in front of the raging fire, silent. For him, the reality of saving millions of lives is far less intense than the grief in this dead city. This sadness is like a heavy boulder pressing on my heart, and I can't let go of it for a long time.
180,000 people died overnight, leaving behind only this dead city full of black crystal sand.
The black fog that enveloped the city cleared, revealing the starlight of the night sky, sowing the gospel of the dead on the dead city.
Aid teams from various countries gradually moved into the city of Luang Nam, and under the leadership of Jiang Weirong, began to recover the bodies of the deceased. The blazing flames reduced their bodies to ashes and sent their souls to heaven.
Lu Qianfan picked up a rag doll on the side of the street. He dusted the rag doll off and placed it in flames.
"I hope that the flames they incarnate will bring new light to this city." Xue Ding stood behind Lu Qianfan, looked at the burning flames, and said.
"Hmm." Lu Qianfan's deep eyes reflected the firelight, and he slowly clenched his fists. It wasn't until dawn that he left Luangnan with his back to the dawning sky. Every step he took was firm, and he seemed to carry a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
In just one day, Lu Qianfan seems to have grown a lot.
Although Tang Jie, Zou Kun, and Yun Jiu detoxified in time, their body organs were affected, especially Yun Jiu's life was already in danger. Therefore, they were sent back to China for treatment as soon as possible.
However, because Lu Qianfan killed Tath, he had to stay with Xue Ding for the time being, and accept nominal detention and interrogation.
"I can bring him back home, but it's not good to be too tough on this side. After all, the matter of Tath belongs to their internal contradictions. No matter how Lu Qianfan is, he is also an intentional murderer, and if we are too tough, we will be labeled as interfering in the internal affairs and justice of other countries. So, I hope you can help and mediate a little bit from this. β
Jiang Weirong gladly accepted Schrettin's request. "Don't worry, we'll definitely do our best to help," he said. If it weren't for Lu Qianfan and them, we would never have been able to control this disaster to this extent. β
With the arrival of the officially appointed person in charge, the black sand clean-up work that buried Langnan City was officially launched. A week later, the reconstruction of the once-dead city was on track, and Luangnam City gradually regained its vitality.
Seizing this opportunity, Xue Ding also returned to China with Lu Qianfan, nominally "escorted back to China".
When he breathed the domestic air again, Lu Qianfan couldn't help but stretch his waist, not at all like he was escorted back to China. As soon as he walked down the steps, he was surrounded by a group of black-clothed men hula in the center.
Xue Ding was also taken aback by this posture and hurriedly prepared to draw his gun.
"Don't be nervous." Out of the crowd came an old man with gray temples, much older than the last time I saw him.
Seeing Gu Wei, Lu Qianfan hurriedly straightened his waist and said, "Ancient, why do you still work hard for you to run all the time?" β
Gu Wei looked too lazy to take care of Lu Qianfan. He raised his hand to signal everyone behind him to relax their vigilance, and said to Xue Ding: "The old man is a standing member of the Order Management Committee, Gu Wei. β
The moment he heard Gu Wei's name, Xue Ding instantly became energetic. He saluted and said, "Good chief! The Southwest Theater Frontier Regiment of the Chinese Knights, Captain of the Airborne Rescue Team, Xue Ding! β
Gu Wei returned the salute and said, "The old man is no longer in the military, so there is no need to call the chief anymore." Like this bastard, just call me old. β
"Yes!"
Lu Qianfan stood beside him and asked suspiciously: "Standing committee member? Aren't you an honorary advisor? β
"It's not because of you! Recklessly ran abroad and poked such a big basket out of me! In order to protect you, the old man almost sold himself. Gu Wei slapped Lu Qianfan on the back of his head and scolded: "When you come back, you will treat me honestly, and you are not allowed to go anywhere until this matter is resolved." β
"Hey, hey, it's hard and old." Lu Qianfan rubbed the swollen bag on the back of his head and smiled wryly. If it weren't for Gu Wei coming forward, Lu Qianfan would have faced a lot of trouble even if he returned to China. If Gu Wei hadn't brought someone to pick him up today, he would probably have been taken away by a big man and would not see the light of day.
After handing over Lu Qianfan to Gu Wei, Xue Ding left. Gu Wei took Lu Qianfan to sit in the car and said to him: "You have been more careful recently, the Laos side does not dare to exert pressure, but it is inevitable that someone will secretly use some small means." β
"Lang Lang, broad daylight, a society ruled by law, a harmonious country, someone still dares to carry out assassinations?"
"Did you study in the propaganda mouth? How to set a set of small words. Gu Wei glared at Lu Qianfan and said, "Tath is just a pawn in the charge. However, the background of the Luangnan chemical plant is mostly related to some large domestic conglomerates. In order to protect themselves, they will inevitably not do anything drastic. β
Lu Qianfan nodded and said, "I understand, so I will hand over everything after that to Xue Ding to investigate." β
"Are you still planning to investigate further?" Gu Wei looked at Lu Qianfan angrily.
Lu Qianfan didn't expect Gu Wei to be so angry all of a sudden, and he shrunk his neck in fright. However, as soon as he thought of the blackness of the sky, Lu Qianfan was not allowed to retreat. He met Gu Wei's gaze and said, "There are 180,000 people in Langnan!" 180,000 people! He's dead! How can it be enough for only Tath to be punished? β
"You're not the one who should punish Tarth." Gu Wei grabbed Lu Qianfan's collar and said, "You've done enough." This is the end of the matter! After that, someone will be held accountable, so don't go any further. β
Lu Qianfan stared at Gu Wei's eyes and calmed down for a long time. "I don't want this to really turn into a Bhopal tragedy."
"If you want this to be over, I don't need to bother to protect you." Gu Wei said: "You still have your own things to do. Your going abroad almost made all our previous efforts in vain. β
"Uh, what's wrong?"
Gu Wei said: "Once the things you did abroad are exposed, your character in the gray pigeon will be untenable." Their movements have been getting more and more frequent lately, and we need your help to dig out the purpose of the gray dove. β
Lu Qianfan nodded. "I see."
Hearing that Lu Qianfan agreed without hesitation, Gu Wei couldn't help but look at him more. "I feel like you're different."
"What's the difference?"
"Normally, you should talk to me about the conditions, you can't agree so quickly."
Lu Qianfan asked, "Can I still make conditions with you?" β
"Of course not."
"Then what am I going to do?" Lu Qianfan flattened his mouth and said: "It's true, you help me with things, I help you work, it's very fair." If you don't let me pay the income I commissioned to Laos, it's all kind. β
"You're getting more and more self-aware."
"People are valuable in self-knowledge, and they can't be too cheap."
After spending three days under the shadow of Gu Wei, Lu Qianfan finally returned to Anjing City safe and sound. This kind of feeling of someone "wiping his buttocks", Lu Qianfan doesn't mention how comfortable it is.
At this moment, Lu Qianfan was walking on the street with a bag of baguettes in his arms. He gnawed on the baguette without any image, and glanced at the pedestrians in the street with a searching eyebrow. The appearance of the flow attracted the patrol officers on the road to frequently look sideways, and they recalled the photos on the list of fugitives, so as not to miss this street slicker who came from nowhere.
"I've been shopping for so long, and I've gained nothing." Lu Qianfan sighed. He tore a piece of the hard baguette and chewed it in his mouth.
"What are you looking for?"
Lu Qianfan looked at the patrol officer in front of him and said respectfully: "Police Shu Huang, I'm looking for someone." β
"Looking for someone? Who are you looking for? I think you're looking for someone, right? β
Lu Qianfan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chewed the bread in his mouth and swallowed it. Ignoring the choking sensation in his chest, he explained, "No, no. My employer's cat was stolen, and because the only clue was that he had seen the person who might have stolen his cat here, I came here to try to find a needle in a haystack to find a treasure. β
"Employers? Looking for a cat? β
Lu Qianfan took the remaining baguette in his mouth in his mouth, rubbed the oil in his palm on his clothes, and then took out a small blueprint from his pocket. "This is my certificate, a self-owned hunter registered by the Hunters Association, belonging to the Smile Shadow Private Office."
The patrol officer frowned, took Lu Qianfan's ID and looked at it, and immediately froze in place. The magic energy seal dedicated to the Hunters' Association on the cover represents the undoubted authenticity of this document, and on the electronic screen in the certificate, Lu Qianfan's title is clearly written - Quasi-Knight. "Quasi-...... Brigadier? β
This thief-eyed guy turned out to be a professional hunter, or a quasi-knight? Who will believe it?
Lu Qianfan took back the documents from the shocked policeman and said, "Police Shu Huang, if you are okay, I will slip away, no, go back first." β
How do you look like a thief!
Lu Qianfan walked into the Laughing Shadow Office with a baguette and said to Uncle Zhong at the bar, "Uncle Zhong, bring me a cup of hot cocoa milk." β
Tang Jie sat at the bar with his tablet and said, "Can you stop being so self-cooked?" β
"I'm not eating white food." Lu Qianfan put the baguette in the basket at the bar, and then took the hot cocoa milk handed by Uncle Zhong. "Isn't this a baguette?"
"You're swiping my card."
Lu Qianfan laughed dryly twice and said, "I am penniless now, and I can only rely on you to raise your noble hand for help for a while." Haven't I been frantically taking on assignments......"
Lu Qianfan was also helpless - according to Zuo Chen's research, although the awakening of Tianyuan's core was still incomplete, it only activated the ability of its stroke attribute, and the development of thunder, light, and shuttle attributes was not perfect, and it needed to be continued to develop in the later stage. However, the fact that the Heavenly Wolf's power furnace and the Tianyuan core had merged and entered the second stage was a real deal.
"The second-stage power furnace can hold a new core, but it is too difficult to awaken naturally, so I suggest you go to the market and buy one with the right attributes." Zuo Chen's words made Lu Qianfan spend his life exploring the ruins and hunting demonic beasts in Shenshan City, and the balance of two million saved by hunting demonic beasts instantly went to zero, and he didn't even leave the money for taking the bus for himself.
"The material cost of the skeleton upgrade alone is still two million, and it will take at least ten million to complete all the upgrades." Thinking of this price, Lu Qianfan also had a headache. Was he so cheating on Krypton when he was making games?
Although the materials for upgrading the wolf's skeleton and armament were sponsored by the Xia Group, if it weren't for the special ore obtained from the bottom of the wind cavern to provide evidence for Zuo Chen's research, Lu Qianfan didn't dare to guarantee whether the Xia clan would agree to Xia Bufan to continue to throw money at him.
The return he can bring to the Xia clan now is very small, and he can only hope that the technology of "using special ores to develop a magic weapon that automatically transforms magic energy" will be successfully developed, and then bring full benefits to himself and the Xia clan.
"Others travel to make money with future technology, and I travel to repay loans with future technology......" Lu Qianfan wanted to scold his mother. No matter how much you scold, no money is no money. He can now only rely on Tang Jie's commission here to make ends meetβsuch as finding cats.
"So, did the cat find it?"
"Where can I find it, the portrait of the cat given by the employer is a Picasso, I still haven't counted how many legs the cat has in the painting, you tell me how to find it?"
"Come on." Tang Jie showed a playful smile and handed the report of the Langnan disaster to Lu Qianfan. He said: "Although it cannot be made public for the time being, it is also one of your merits. You take a look, if there is no problem, I will hand it over to my grandfather to seal. β
Lu Qianfan opened the report and saw the column of the cause of the accident. Above the dense data, a paragraph of text briefly wrote: "The sewage equipment of the chemical plant is not perfect, and the concentration of magic energy discharged from the sewage exceeds the standard, and the magic energy is injected into the ore after seeping into the wind cave along the underground river, causing a large amount of wind attribute magic energy to accumulate in the pothole, forming a wind disaster, causing the leakage to enter the urban area of Luangnan." β
Lu Qianfan said thoughtfully: "The wind disaster that seems to have natural causes is also a man-made disaster in the end. Genius, do you say that the world will be destroyed in the end at the hands of Warcraft, or in the hands of humans themselves? β
Tang Jie said: "If you have time to worry about this kind of philosophical problem, it is better to worry about your wallet first." Humanity cannot be destroyed. β
"That's right." Lu Qianfan nodded and looked at his phone. A sudden change in look!
"Get to my office as soon as possible, there's a bug that you need to fix."
When he first saw the news of Le Ningyue, Lu Qianfan thought it was the news of which test group, but he quickly reacted, and rushed out of the office after drinking the hot cocoa milk in the cup in one gulp!
Is it finally time to get into the real main story?