Chapter 398: Soldiers are coming to the city
Qiu Xuan had actually come into contact with a few people like Tom before, and had even dealt with several of them for quite some time.
Such people are not so much outright egoists as careerists with majestic desires.
Everyone is born with a different pattern of seeing and grasping. Some people give it their all just to jump on it and see the world outside the well, and there are people who were born with everything but are pulled into the bottom of the well by an accident.
After seeing the whole world with your own eyes, you will not be willing to be imprisoned.
It's not that those who are content with the status quo are bad, but it's normal for everyone to have their own thoughts, and no one is qualified to dictate the lives of others.
Now when Qiu Xuan looked at the person standing in front of her, saying "We will open up a new world in another sense" with a hint of weird excitement, she had to admit that even if she didn't agree with some of the other party's practices, there was a moment when she was really touched by the terrifying ambition contained in it
"But why should I take this risk with you?" She said in a calm tone, "Mastering Blash's industry doesn't mean anything, you can't even get out of the underground black market." ”
"What are you going out for?"
Tom looked at her the same, "I don't need to go out. A human blood trading chain can't do anything, but if you add casino trading, plus human bone trading, plus illegal planting, black arenas, and organ transplantation...... Coupled with the industrial chain of most of the underground black market, can't it shake the so-called sanctimonious lords on the ground? ”
"Do you know what this terrible world is based on?"
He said, "Food, and people. To put it bluntly, these two things are essentially the same. Whether it is a lord on the ground or a 'rat' on the ground, they all rely on these two things to fill their stomachs. The above-ground world and the underworld seem to be distinct, but in fact they are inseparable from each other. ”
"I just need a chance." Tom suddenly rolled up his sleeve and handed the virus totem that looked a little faded to Qiu Xuan. "It doesn't matter if I give my life to someone else, I just need a chance that I can get back to my old life, so that I can ...... See a more complete picture of the world. ”
Of course, Qiu Xuan can't 100% believe the other party's seemingly high-sounding rhetoric - in essence, the underground black businessmen are not doing anything that no one can do, but after all, the background of the times is different, and it is impossible to use traditional moral rules to criticize anything from above - but it is undeniable that she really sees an "opportunity" from this statement.
Ever since she met the black merchant named Alecshan at the bazaar that day, she had been thinking about one thing.
Alecshan had deliberately guided her thinking, and she didn't know why, but the phrase "the left and right ends of the scales" gave her a whole new way of thinking.
If Alecshan deliberately led her to destroy the scales to end the famine, there may now be a better way to test whether the "scale-breaking" approach was the right one.
- Let the scales be unbalanced first.
Deliberately constrained by the laws of nature, the two ends of the beam, Drow and Auxer, have maintained an equal balance for many years.
If one of the trays is suddenly out of balance, the total population remains the same, but the distribution ratio is completely doubled. So how far can they do it before the rules are found and remedied?
From the very beginning, there was basically only one main problem. Of all the executioners who arrived at this trial ground, none of them had figured out what the "criteria" for completing the trial were.
Qiu Xuan can't be so arrogant that she thinks that these seniors in the same industry are all little garbage, and only she plays the role of a savior, and she is not so idle that she bothered to pave the way for others. So for so many years, no executioner knew the main line, and there is probably only one reason.
It's not that they can't guess, but they guess that there is no way to verify it.
For example, I guess that the trial is only complete if the source of the famine is found and the catastrophe of the world plane is solved, but I have no way to "validate" this idea.
On my own, with these fellow executioners who are nothing compared to the aborigines, we have no ability to end this catastrophe, and we can only find a way to survive in this world while relying on the accumulated resources to get as close to the "truth" as possible.
Qiu Xuan was sure that not to mention the executioners on the ground who seemed to be trying their best to stay alive in order not to starve to death, in this entire underground black market, more than one person was accumulating resources and abilities in his daily survival life, just to gather the last force to completely break through the confinement of the trial.
And now, as long as she agrees to Tom's seemingly "vain" ambition now, she will become one of the "currents" of these accumulated people.
It sounded quite enthusiastic, at least before she stepped on this dimensional land, she didn't expect this trial to be a hidden teamwork trial.
It was the same as the rebel armies from all over the country fought from all directions, and finally the troops came to the city and converged in the royal capital.
Qiu Xuan was amused by her own thoughts, so Tom's voice paused for a second, and he looked at her with some hesitation.
“…… I can't promise you anything. After a while, he said, "Well, if you want to say I'm delusional, then I'll accept it." I can't force anything on you, I just want a chance. ”
"I can give you this chance, but what you have to do is not to convince me, but to convince Renault."
Qiu Xuan retracted her facial expression and cut back to the topic. "Like you said, I'm not a professional businessman after all, and there are a lot of underground default rules and regulations that I can't even understand. If you really want to make a career underground, I can't help you with a lot of expertise, but Renault can. ”
"It's still what I said before, what you want to do, how you want to do it, I am not qualified to care about you. As long as you convince Renault, you can join forces with him, just like you did with Blash. I'll wipe the virus off you, and I'll ask for more, and I'll do everything I can to help, as long as you do your best to contend with the lords on earth to the best of your ability. ”
Tom's expression now seemed to be genuine, and he was not as surprised as he pretended.
"Why...... Why are you helping me so much? ”
"It's just win-win cooperation, and I'm not doing charity." Qiu Xuan glanced up at him as usual, and her tone still didn't fluctuate much. "But if you go down the old path of Brash...... As long as you move Renault, I will kill you. ”
"It's not a threat, but I do what I say."
She didn't care what the black businessman in front of her who was hit by an unexpected joy was thinking at the moment, it is estimated that in addition to various calculations, she decided that she was a love brain or something.
But this is an opportunity to come to your door.
Secretly preparing their own "rebel squads" and waiting for the final rendezvous with the large army is a way to clear the level, but it is too long. If she takes a path, it means that she will at least spend a few more years in this world, from the executioner who just came in to become the same "old man", and then wait for the newcomer to come and clear the customs together.
And now this road is not so much a shortcut, but a push directly behind the background of the world.
She didn't want to wait for others to join her, so she directly set the meeting place for the final "attack on the royal city" on her side.
After opening up the underground black market, all that is needed now is to disturb the water in the circle of power of the lords on the ground.
As she said, there are some professional things that Qiu Xuan can't do, theoretical knowledge is one thing, but if she really lets her go out to run the black businessman in person, it will probably be a chicken flying and a dog jumping. So the matter of the underground black market can be handed over to Qin Jiuyuan and Tom - Qin Jiuyuan will definitely agree, doesn't she understand, with the character of this guy generated in this world, he will not miss this opportunity to be a "villain" - Qiu Xuan himself can continue to lurk in the house of the lord on the ground.
At the mansion party, Beelzebub asked Gemma for help, but then she jumped out of the window and ran out.
I don't know what Beelzebub's attitude is now, but if he really wants to choose to be able to fight for it, Qiu Xuan thinks that it is more convenient to stay in the Jima family than in any lord's house.
Just kidding, after all, Jima is the "puppet emperor".
Everyone covets the food he holds in his hand, and everyone wants to replace it, and the title of "Jima Mansion" itself symbolizes the covetousness in the hearts of lords large and small.
All in all, if you go to Beelzebub, you can learn more about this man and the Beam Enforcement Team, but if you stay in the Gemma house, you will have access to the vast majority of the lords on the basic ground.
Qiu Xuan sat in the room and waited for a while, thinking about how to take a few steps, and drank the bottle of wine that Blash didn't have time to drink on the table.
Today she doesn't have to worry about alcohol intake anymore.
She calculated for a moment, pushed the door open and walked out.
At first glance, I saw Qin Jiuyuan's stinky face as if he was scolding Tom, but then he choked up and didn't make a sound, just moved his lips slightly towards Tom, and he didn't know what he was whispering.
Tom's face was a little ugly immediately, but he still thought about his glorious plan in his heart, and he couldn't help but talk back.
"I can give you 10 percent of the mobile industry I have now...... My sincerity has been put to the highest level, and I can't think of any other reason for you to refuse. ”
"Renault, really, cooperate with me, and no one will dare to say anything about it on the second basement floor in the future."
"If you think about it again, this is almost a pie-in-the-sky thing, and someone will vouch for you, and you will be able to earn a lot of money by lying at home in the future."
It wasn't Qiu Xuan's delusion, Tom's attitude and rhetoric towards Qin Jiuyuan at this moment were completely several percent more enthusiastic than when he talked to him before. It is also possible that he knows the familiar deception between his peers of the black businessman, so he has to put on a more sincere appearance to be able to impress this peer.
Or maybe Tom simply doesn't like women.
Seeing Qiu Xuan come out, Qin Jiuyuan finally turned around, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Were you talking to him about cooperating with me just now?" ”
"Part of it. The main thing is that I think it's a good thing to be mutually beneficial. ”
"Of course," she said immediately, "if you don't want to, just refuse him, no one can force you to do what you don't want to do, and I'm the same." ”
After Qiu Xuan said this, he silently counted in his heart, and before he could count twice, he heard the man hurriedly say, "I am willing!" I was completely voluntary, no one forced me, I was voluntary! ”
Tom: Haha, whatever you say, it's the same as the stupid X you scolded. It's all the same, haha.
"Then we'll have a good time working together!"
Then Tom stared at some people's nuclear eyes and said quickly, as if he was afraid that he would immediately regret it in the next second. "I'll be waiting for you at your paved spot tonight, and I'll come to me when you're done...... Of course, if you're in a hurry, it's okay to be late, no one can rush you, and I'm the same. ”
Qin Jiuyuan: "Oh, then I won't come back at night." ”
Tom: "......"
The black businessman's self-regulation ability is very good and strong, and he returned his face to the original one, and finally glanced at the two of them, and suddenly said: "By the way, everyone will follow the same path in the future, so if the unpleasantness before is a small accident, I will introduce myself for the first time." ”
Although Qin Jiuyuan's face clearly said, "Hurry up, get out, don't add drama to yourself here", but for some unspeakable reason, he couldn't scold him directly like this, so Tom didn't see it.
"I'm a merchant on the second floor of the underground black market trading center, mainly responsible for blood trading, and I also have resources for transporting human bones. I believe that by working together, we will be able to rebuild a new underground 'new world' on top of the original invisible rules, and you can call me in the future...... Tommy. ”
"Call me Tommy."
Qiu Xuankong glanced up at him, she didn't know if the name had any special meaning. She knew that the black merchant's name was Tom, and everyone around her, including Brash, called that, and the name she told them now was probably equivalent to ...... A nickname?
But no one between them is familiar to the point of being called a nickname.
She was only puzzled for a moment, and then she thought it was Tom's overly familiar personality and didn't pay much attention to it.
After talking a few more words, Tom turned around and went back to the underground, Qiu Xuan originally wanted to take this opportunity to also go and see which other executioners were preparing these matters underground, but he heard Qin Jiuyuan beside him cough lightly.