The Urals is a mining star that is becoming more and more silent, the planet is densely covered with erosion ditches, there are thousands of ravines, 19 large and small plains are lined up in 19 cities, becoming the settlement of surrounding mining workers and the storage and processing distribution center of minerals. With the depletion of mineral resources, the Union rated the Urals as an inferior mining star ten years ago, implemented a mandatory interest-bearing policy, and no longer funded large-scale mining projects, and the original nineteen cities inevitably declined, and now most people live in four cities, where there are still some sporadic private mining activities.

Barren and desolate, it was the only impression Scarlet got after watching the Ural scenery film on the starry sky shuttle.

Miners are idle, engaged in anything to make a living, and helping alien travelers to accompany them is the best industry in recent years.

There are very few flights to the entire Ural air port, and there are only two exit channels for passengers, one for local residents and the other for VIPs, for extraterrestrial visitors. After a very simple entry inspection, Scarlet was surprised, five steps and a distance are all robots, almost a sandwich welcome, as long as you walk, the ears will sound a cordial and urgent introduction: "Hello, a certain security company welcomes distinguished guests, our company belongs to the Ural Security Association of the first major organizations, dedicated to provide you with personal security tour guide services, reputation protection ......"

In the past, when I arrived at the pick-up area of the airport, there were many men wearing various bodyguard uniforms crowded and holding signs: "Do you need an escort?" …… All-day escort or one-way customization, choose at will...... The Ural Geocentric Cave is worth a visit, the itinerary is mysterious and exciting, and as long as the tourists start lightly, we provide luxury-level services. ”

Scarlet was secretly frightened, did not squint, and passed through the exit silently. The shouts of enthusiastic customers came and went.

"Miss Yan Feixuan?" A tall and strong man lined up a few people, walked directly in front of Scarlet, his eyes were a pair of Scarlet, but he no longer spoke, turned sideways slightly, and a woman appeared behind him, who looked bigger than Scarlet, but also well-proportioned, and said with a smile: "Hello Miss Yan, we are the personnel of Chloe Security Company, welcome to your arrival." ”

The faces of the people who were lined up were still a little angry at first, but when they heard the names of the two people report the company, they changed their expressions, and only looked at the scarlet owner with envy that the owner of the money was cut off by the largest security company in the Urals, but they didn't waste their tongues, and turned to follow the other passengers to reintroduce their own services.

Lawyer Qin seeks stability and perfection, and his style of doing things is quite appetizing for Scarlet, and he invited two bodyguards, a man and a woman, and Scarlet talked with them for a while, and most of his heart fell when he just looked at the situation of Ural Airport, and he was very satisfied with the two.

The male bodyguard is burly, doesn't talk much, and is very measured and separated from Scarlet by a hand, obviously trained in etiquette, while the female bodyguard is kind and lively, and she is very close to Scarlet, helping Scarlet introduce the customs and customs.

The town of Apricot is located on the outskirts of the Fourth City, on the slope of the foot of an abandoned mine, and the vegetation is basically destroyed. After taking the hovercar provided by Chloe to the city for a little overlook, the three of them arrived in the town at dusk.

There was little to say about the town, the roadbed of the main road had collapsed, the slate was crumbling and warped, there were few trees, and they were all brown canopies, looking like miscellaneous trees in the wilderness, which must not have been well maintained. The houses are all in tatters, and many of them have yellow, black, yellow, and black rainwater marks under the window frames, just like the most talented graffiti man who used the most ugly ink, which has not yet been evenly adjusted, and has been stiffly drawn one by one on those light-colored walls, making the already dangerous house look more ugly and thin in the twilight.

There were probably very few outsiders to the town, and when the black shiny security car of the Chloe company floated a few centimeters on the main road and walked slowly, the houses on both sides or the doors or windows poked out a few heads.

Scarlet turned his head sideways, and glimpsed the plaque of Mai's utensils shop through the car window, there were many small parts piled up under the front wall of the shop, and there were a few baskets rolling, a bald old man in overalls happened to step out of the door, looked up and stared at the car in a daze, his small eyes were embedded in the round fat face, and after a while, a greasy smile floated, and he raised his hand to greet the car inexplicably.

"Miss Yan, this is a remote suburb, it used to be a resting place for the mine, but now that the big mine is closed, it can usually only receive some mining teams, and if the mining team doesn't go down the mountain to repair, it will be deserted here."

"Why did that man beckon just now, he knows you?"

"I don't know, people who do business are like this, they have nothing to do and make money in anger."

Scarlet nodded, and looked ahead, the gray street was almost finished. "Are there any hotels in this town?" She asked.

The female bodyguard is going to check the information.

"It seems to be the one up front." The male bodyguard read a few words on the lintel, "Three hostels." ”

At the end of the street, there is a three-story gray house, the peeling walls have been repainted, showing two different gray backgrounds, and the words "three hostels" seem to have been sewn up.

The door was open, and there was a wooden bar inside, and there was no one behind the desk, and there were several old wooden round tables in the lobby, not even chairs.

"Miss Yan, this house is in poor condition, let's take a tour and go back to the city to find a hotel at night, it's safe and comfortable." The female bodyguard said thoughtfully.

"Let's see." Scarlet said noncommittally, and was just about to get out of the car, when she suddenly said, "You don't need to call me by my surname, it seems too rusty." ”

The female bodyguard smiled, put it on the scarlet wrist clothes attentively, and immediately changed her words: "Miss." She said, "Let Deno get out of the car first, our rule, the customer always walks in the middle to be safe." ”

Scarlet nodded, secretly reminding herself to take her steps slowly.

After getting out of the car, a group of three people entered the store. Scarlet glanced around, and saw more clearly, the arc and corners of the wooden bar were cracked, and the chairs that were not matched by the table were stacked against a wall.

On the left side of the bar, there is a staircase, the coating of the handrail shelves is almost peeling off, and on the right, there is a room with a hidden door and a plain half-curtain hanging on the door beam. Behind the bar, there is also a door, not closed tightly, through the gap, faintly visible yellow fluttering a bare field, holding a rope, swinging a pair of men's pants, the color is not gray, green is not green, the pants are facing the direction of the door.

Scarlet turned her gaze in disgust, and through the limited crack in the door, she could see that there was nothing behind the house but this field, and the twilight was connected to the wilderness, so that the tattered main street in front of the building was quite presentable.

"Anyone?" Qiaoli, the female bodyguard, shouted loudly and said to Scarlet, "Miss, there seems to be no one in this house, let's go." ”

There was a tapping sound in the side room next to the bar. "Who?" A hoarse voice sounded, and after a while, the door opened, and a hand lifted the half-curtain and pressed it against the door frame, revealing a person.

Scarlet looked sideways, the man had a bandage on his forehead, and there was a long black and red scab on the side of his cheek, slightly protruding on the skin, almost extending to the corners of his mouth, making people feel frightened when they looked at it.

"You ......" he looked at the three of them, looking back and forth at Deno and Qiaoli, and fixed his eyes on Scarlet.

"We stay in the hotel." Scarlet said, continuing to glance at the man, who was wearing a gray-colored home undershirt and blue-black wide-legged pants, and probably got up from the bed with a pair of old slippers on his feet, in Scarlet's opinion, this image was sloppy enough. She said quietly: "Are you the owner of the store?" ”

"Oh, sort of, my friend's shop, he went out on errands, and asked me to help him look after the store during this time." The man continued to stare at Scarlet, looking surprised, "You want to stay in a hotel?" ”

"Miss......" Qiao Li whispered.

"That's it, I'm tired today, I don't want to go anymore." Scarlet settled down, and said to the man simply: "Three rooms, are there any?" ”

"Oh, yes, yes." The man hurriedly walked out, raised his feet, and said a lame greeting word. "Coincidentally, there are only three small shops, but there are more than a dozen."

Only then did Scarlet notice that the man also had a problem with his feet and was walking with a limp.

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