Rayson had to pause.

Turning around, the silver armor was walking towards him, and he was also carrying a giant mechanical hammer, which combined with the already tall metal body, it looked extremely oppressive.

Could he really be from Devon? Recognize yourself? Rayson hesitated for a while, he didn't have that long knife with him now, and ordinary guns couldn't hurt the power armor, if he really clashed with this silver armor at this moment, he would be very passive.

What's more, there is an Ashley to protect; This situation is really not optimistic.

Silver armor stood in front of Rayson; Although the heavily armored metal body completely contained the wearer, and Rayson couldn't see the appearance of the wearer inside, he could still feel that inside the huge metal helmet, there was a sharp gaze looking at him.

Rayson didn't know what the other man was trying to do, but instinctively pulled Ashley behind him to protect him, and one hand sneaked towards the revolver placed on the side of his leg.

After a moment of silence, the wearer's muffled voice came from within the silver armor: "You have ...... Got an exoskeleton? ”

Rayson was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. The silver armor comes with an enemy analyzer, which will still detect it despite its own exoskeleton being covered by an overcoat.

Because of the silver armor, the people in the lobby who were originally watching the excitement looked at Rayson with curious eyes, and even the fat man in the front desk ran out to see.

Rayson is very unhappy with this situation, after all, letting people know that they have this kind of equipment will not only be looked down upon, but also invisibly, they will be more concerned and guarded against; After all, it's not a simple person who can have this. And now Rayson, he just wants to keep a low profile as much as possible.

"However, your exoskeleton is not very good, and the danger index is only level three." The silver armor made another contemptuous voice, and soon, it was confusion again.

"Your biohazard index ...... Can't be sure? ”

Rayson still didn't say anything, raised one hand to protect Ashley, and looked coldly at the silver armor; At this moment, Rayson only has eyes and eyebrows, and the lower half of his face is covered by a skull mask, and his gaze is even more cold.

"It's kind of interesting......"

The silver armor was not deterred, but chuckled for a while, and then became serious again.

"Introduce yourself, friend, I'm Roman, you can call me 'Chief'; It's the first time I've come here to see how you're dressed, so it's necessary to tell you about the rules here. ”

"I open the door to do business, and anyone who comes to stay is welcome. But as long as you live in, you can't make trouble here! The most important thing for me is to be pure. ”

"If you have a grudge against someone, you can come and live here, and I will guarantee the safety of everyone who stays here, of course, provided that you can pay for the room; In the same way, if your enemy is in the hotel, you can't do anything to him as long as he is in this hotel, and I don't care what happens when he goes out of this door, even if he is at the door. But in this hotel, follow my rules! Settle down! ”

"Friend, do you understand what I said?" Silver Armor said, demonstratively taking the mechanical hammer on his shoulder in his hand and checking it.

Rayson knew very well that the other party was warning him. But he was not so easily intimidated, and he did not respond to the warning of the silver armor, and only looked at him coldly.

It was Ashley, who walked up angrily: "What do you mean?" Are you saying we're going to make trouble? Or are you worried that we won't be able to pay for the room? Who do you look down on?! ”

"Hehe, it's just a routine, of course it's best not to make trouble. It's good for everyone. ”

With that, Silver Armor turned and walked back into the lobby. But the curious gaze in the lobby continued to wander over him and Rayson.

……

"You've lived in Sand City for so long before, do you know where that Roman just came from?" Leaving the inn, Rayson was born to ask Ashley.

Thinking of being able to shout a warning, Ashley was still indignant: "I don't know, I haven't lived there before, and I haven't heard of him." Look at his iron shell, he must be a member of the Silver Crusaders, right? ”

"Silver Crusaders?" Rayson frowned. Crusade? This name seems to have been mentioned once by Maurice when he first entered Devon; Later, Millaga's daughter Avina used the same power armor as the silver armor just now. It seems that there is indeed some kind of relationship between Millaga and the silver crusaders.

There is a lot of distance between these two places, and Rayson didn't expect that the same force would appear. It seems that this silver crusader is even more powerful than imagined.

Ashley thought for a moment, and then said to Rayson: "Uncle, we are being targeted by him, right?" That...... Are we going to live somewhere else? ”

Rayson shook his head: "No." ”

Although Roman was rude, the rules of the inn he established were very appetizing to Rayson. If he really has the ability to control the security inside the hotel, then at least when he is in the hotel, he doesn't have to worry about someone coming to trouble.

Rayson had a hunch that he would encounter no less trouble in Sand City than he did in Devon City. So he still has to stay in Roman's hotel, which can also ensure Ashley's safety to the greatest extent.

Ashley was puzzled by Rayson's decision, but didn't ask too much. She instinctively chose to trust Rayson, even if she didn't know what he was thinking.

Led by Anderley, the two come to an abandoned complex. It was full of homeless homeless people, their clothes were tattered, their faces were depressed, and their eyes were extremely empty, and when Rayson and Anderley passed by, they did not dare to look directly, but dared to hide and peek in fear.

Even the air here smells of decay, and in some corners, you can even see the corpses of starving people haunted by flies, and everything as far as the eye can see is an air of despair and sorrow.

"Uncle, that's Hassan's territory."

Ashley pointed to an abandoned construction site in the distance, Rayson looked at it from a distance, there were many people with guns patrolling the periphery of the construction site, and there was no concealment nearby.

The two immediately chose an unfinished building opposite the abandoned construction site, and there were many homeless people in the building, and when they saw the strangers who suddenly appeared, they all avoided and ran to an invisible place.

Rayson and Anderley climbed to the top of the 10th floor, where they could see the whole construction site opposite. Compared to the desolation and misery in the vicinity, it is like paradise inside.

At that site, there was also an unfinished building with only the main structure, but it was slightly shorter; There were many wicked men with high oxen and horses, armed with guns, and many scantily clad women, and there was a bonfire in the courtyard, around which several men and women sat and roasted meat and drank wine.

There are also many people patrolling the building, some places have sofas and mattresses, some of the periphery has ropes pulled, and women's underwear is hung to dry, and the men on patrol are bored, and from time to time they pat the buttocks of the women who walk by, causing a burst of charm and disgust.

Ashley narrowed her eyes and looked carefully, but after searching for a long time, she shook her head in disappointment: "I didn't see my dad, maybe not here." ”

Rayson frowned and asked instead, "Is that Maha, and Hassan, in there?" ”

Because of the not a short distance, Ashley squinted her eyes again for a long time, and after a while, she pointed to the top floor of the building on the construction site and said to Rayson: "That person...... It should be Hassan. I've seen him before, so I'm not mistaken. ”

Rayson's eyes narrowed as well; On the top floor of the building opposite, there was a middle-aged man talking to a young man next to him.

Of course, it is impossible to hear their conversation from such a distance, Rayson thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered something, took out the unilateral earphones and monocles of the exoskeleton from under the collar and put them on.

"AI, zoom in."

With Rayson's command, the vision through the monocle began to zoom in, narrowing the view towards Hassan.

Although he still couldn't hear their conversation, Rayson could read his lips and could still roughly tell what Hassan was saying when he zoomed in.

Compared to his idle subordinates, Hassan doesn't seem to be in a good mood at this time: "Why is the production so low recently? The people above already have an opinion! ”

The young man next to him was extremely awe-struck and bowed: "This ...... Recently there are fewer and fewer workers. If you really can't do it...... How much do we pay for us? ”

"No way!" Hassan immediately shook his head: "Those inferior people, what are they doing with so much food?" They are full, what do I eat? ”

"But now...... It's true that no one wants to come. The young man looked helpless.

After a moment of silence, Hassan's expression became grim: "It's really not good...... Just do it according to the previous discussion, and you must increase the output. ”

The young man hesitated: "But...... If you find out......"

"What if someone finds out?" Hassan spat disdainfully: "Do those inferior people still dare to fight me?" The things we dug up, but we have to give them to those people above, even if something really happens, they can't cover it, and those people above will carry it! Afraid of what?! ”

The young man woke up like a dream and patted his head: "The boss is right!" I'll do it right away. ”

Just as he was leaving, Hassan stopped the young man again: "Wait, where is my son? Why didn't you see him? ”

"This ......" The young man scratched his head and looked embarrassed: "Boss, you also know that the young master is unwilling to let us follow, as long as we follow him, he will definitely beat us." ”

"Humph! This stinky boy knows when he can do something serious with his fox friends and dog friends. Hassan thumped his chest and paused his feet, looking like he hated iron but not steel, and then asked the young man next to him: "Is he still holding that old man behind?" ”

"Well, the young master sometimes takes the old man to the western mines, as if to say, you must wait for the old man's daughter to come back to him, otherwise the old man will be locked up until death."

When Hassan heard this, he pursed his lips: "This kid, don't you think you don't have enough women?" ”

At this point, Rayson took off his monocle and headphones. It was now certain that Maha and Ashley's father were not here, and there was no need to stay longer.

To be on the safe side, Rayson asked Ashley again: "Maha and your father are not here, do you know where they might be?" ”

After trying to remember for a long time, Ashley still shook her head in frustration: "I don't know, I didn't want to talk to him before, and I don't know much about him." ”

Rayson sighed helplessly: "It seems ...... If you want to rescue your father, you have to go to work first......"

"Huh?" Ashley looked confused.

As he was leaving, Rayson took out half a pill of radiation and bought clothes for a homeless man.

Early the next morning, Rayson took off his exoskeleton and armament, changed into a nomad's clothes, changed into a rag mask, and made himself unkempt and looked like a nomad, before crouching outside the corner of Third Street.

Rayson was under an eaves, crouching on the ground against a pillar, and behind the pillar, Ashley.

"Uncle, are you really going to do this?" Ashley covered her nose as she said this, the smell of Rayson's clothes was so great that it felt pungent even from a pillar.

Rayson seemed to be unconscious, and said in a low voice: "You must first know where your father is before you can save him." Now there is no other news, so I can only try my luck at the mine. ”

As he spoke, Rayson moved his slightly numb feet and looked at the distance of the road: "Are you sure those people will come?" ”

There were indeed a few people in tattered clothes nearby, who were also crouching on the side of the street and seemed to be waiting for something, but there were not many of them, and Rayson was not sure whether they were idle vagrants or, like himself, waiting for the mines to come alive.

"It used to be called at this time, but now I don't know." Ashley said.

As soon as the words fell, the roar of the engine was heard in the distance. A truck quickly drove up and pulled right in front of Rayson.

A person got out of the back compartment of the car, and it was the young man Rayson saw yesterday chatting with Hassan. He was holding a cigarette in his mouth, a trumpet in his hand, and a swaggering style, but after looking around, he looked a little disappointed.

But he still picked up the horn and said loudly: "In the western mining area, there is work!" One day! Two cans! Get on the bus! ”

When the young man finished speaking, a few ragged men in the vicinity came over; But they all looked a little old, and judging by the young man's expression, he was obviously not satisfied, but he still let them get into the truck.

Rayson got up and told Ashley behind the pillar in a low voice, "Go back to the hotel, don't go out until I come back." ”

Immediately, Rayson walked over to the truck. When the young man saw the tall Rayson, his brows finally stretched slightly, but the next second he covered his nose, obviously unable to bear the smell of Rayson.

When Rayson got into the carriage, the young man shouted twice, but no one came up.

Helpless, the young man could only put away the horn. Because Rayson was there, he didn't climb into the back compartment again this time, and instead went to the passenger seat of the truck.

The truck quickly started and headed west of Sand City. Including Rayson, there were only eight people in the back carriage, and except for him, the others were all old men, and there was a middle-aged man who had lost a hand for some reason.

When they arrived at the mining area, the young man took the lead in getting out of the car and shouted again: "Get off the car, get off!" It's time to get to work. ”

"You three! Go to the Mine! The three of you! Go pull the cart! ”

The young man quickly finished his work, and finally looked at Rayson and the one-armed middle-aged man: "You two are the youngest, give you the easiest job, go to gravel." ”

This mining area is not small, but there are only a few miners, who say that they are self-loving, and it looks very depressed. What's even more ridiculous is that there are a few villains with guns around as overseers, and the number of overseers happens to be the same as the miners.

And the 'easiest' job that Rayson and the middle-aged man were assigned was actually the most tiring, which was to throw all the large stones that were transported out into the stone crusher and break them. But the entrance to the stone crusher is not very big, and almost all the stones have to be broken by Rayson and the middle-aged man, who use an iron pickaxe to knock them into small pieces that can be thrown into the stone crusher.

Rayson was fine, after all, his limbs were able, but the middle-aged man only had one hand, and he could only wave the iron pickaxe with one hand, knocking it on the stone one by one. Although it can be seen that he has tried his best, the efficiency is still very low.

With the scorching sun above his head and the wind and sand around him, Rayson and the one-armed middle-aged man experienced this ordeal together; Rayson originally wanted to talk to the middle-aged man, but after calling twice, the middle-aged man did not respond at all, so he had to give up.

At noon, a young man's voice came from the center of the mining area: "It's time to eat!" ”

The crowd stopped what they were doing and followed the sound to a table in the middle of the mine. There was a large plate of thin cornmeal batter on the table, and a few broken bowls, which was considered their lunch.

The first few people rushed over very quickly, grabbed the broken bowl and went directly to scoop the batter, for fear that the robbery would be slow, and the same was true for the people behind them; By the time the last Rayson and the one-armed middle-aged man arrived, the bowl was about to bottom.

The middle-aged man silently picked up the plate, poured two bowls of batter evenly, picked up one bowl himself and went to the corner, and ate it silently.

Rayson's face moved slightly, but he didn't say anything, picked up his bowl and went to the other corner.

The young man shouted and left. When he was far away, one of the overseers walked over and glanced coldly at all the miners.

Then, the overseer said in a cold voice: "Let me tell you one thing, what you eat now is also counted in the remuneration." Therefore, after the end of the work, there is only one can for one person. ”

Rayson was stunned for a moment, but the old miners seemed to have expected it and did not react.

But the one-armed middle-aged man stood up: "Counted in the remuneration?" What do you mean? When I came, I said it was two cans! ”

The overseer glanced at him, apparently too lazy to talk nonsense with the middle-aged man, and turned around to leave after a disdainful sneer.

"Wait! You stop! ”

The middle-aged man didn't give up, and rushed over to stop the overseer: "Obviously said that it was two cans!" Now I just said that there is only one, what do you mean by that?! ”

"Heh......" The overseer sneered contemptuously, and his expression quickly turned grim.

"It means that you inferior people must hand over a can of food to honor Lao Tzu! Otherwise, don't even think about it in the future! ”