The wide asphalt road is lined with a clear artificial green belt, and a large number of pipes have been erected more than three meters high, forming a huge spider web. Occasionally, a few pipes connected to the ground have eye-catching signs hanging on them: Advocate environmental protection, start with me.

Even if you don't look at the rows of painted production workshops in the back, just from these details that can be seen with the naked eye, you can guess that this is probably not the product of the place where Luo Ning lives.

"Go this way!" Gong Chen pointed to the corner in front of him and said, "I've explored the bottom of those houses, and they are all empty, and there is nothing." ”

Following the direction Gong Chen pointed, they came to a relatively remote corner. The innermost factory building was a little dilapidated, completely incomparable to the ones I had seen before, but it was shining brightest in this dark night.

Getting a little closer, Yu Siqi noticed that the production workshop seemed to be artificially abandoned. Because judging by the lush weeds around it, or the holes in the windows that are several meters above the ground, there must have been something going on in this place.

"Don't stand stupidly, let's go inside, there's more to tell on the inside than outside!" Gong Chen pushed Yu Siqi, who walked through the half-open iron door, stepped over the broken iron chain, and walked in.

The first thing you see is that there are tattered mechanical parts everywhere, and some of them are covered in rust due to peeling coatings.

Then he saw Luo Ning, who was standing in front of the pile of broken iron pipes in a daze, waving to them.

"How's it going, Ronin?" Gong Chen closed the door with both hands, and picked up a few thick iron rods from the ground and pressed the door against it.

The operation was complete, but the priest had to empty all her organs because of the neglect of the parasite's ability to reproduce. In order to ensure her survival, he is currently undergoing further treatment for her. Luo Ning jumped off the things with great agility, holding a large iron pipe as thick as two people in his hand.

"I'm obedient, can I still live when my internal organs are gone?" Gong Chen complained in a slightly mocking tone.

"Others may not be able to, but the body of the three pillars... Yes, you can. Luo Ning nodded firmly and said, "Because she is the god of our village!" ”

"Probably the weakest 'god' I've ever seen." Yu Siqi couldn't help but mutter.

"Excuse me, what are you talking about?"

Luo Ning used an obvious and non-rude way to deny Yu Siqi's view, which is because Siqi seems to be simple - pretending to be deaf and dumb. After glancing at each other, the two chose to remain silent. Yu Siqi watched him walk away from them against the iron pipe, and the curious Gong Chen followed him to the depths of the factory with his eyes and disappeared.

"What do you think he's doing?" Gong Chen touched his chin and said, "I have to take some time to shave, it's a bit prickly." ”

Yu Siqi looked at the slight stubble on Gong Chen's chin, and felt that it was better not to persuade Gong Chen, there was no need to mind your little hair too much.

So, he chose to pick up the previous question and replied, "I don't know, why are you interested?" ”

"Of course, since the priest is still working hard, we shouldn't bother him." Gong Chen looked at the direction Luo Ning left with a wicked smile and said, "But Luo Ning is different, this kid is mysterious, do you want to go over and have a look?" ”

"What do you say?" Yu Siqi was bored anyway, so he simply accompanied Gong Chen to have fun.

Gong Chen, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something, and then he took out half a bag of peanuts from his pocket and handed it to Yu Siqi and said, "Oh, that's right." The priest asked me to give this to you, take it and eat it, we have all tried it, it is not poisonous and it is fine. ”

Peanut? And it's still half a bag? Yu Siqi doesn't particularly like to eat this kind of ordinary cooked peanuts, he personally prefers to eat the kind of peanuts that have been fried. But that doesn't mean he will refuse any food that might satisfy his hunger, in the current climate. It's just that when he was peeling the peanut shell and walking forward with Gong Chen, he accidentally saw the production date on the bag with sharp eyes.

"Hey, isn't this peanut past its expiration date, and it's not chewy at all!"

"So what? Don't you still eat quite 'fragrant'! Gong Chen's expression was exaggerated and said: "Don't care, the priest said that there is such a thing as the expiration date, you can't ask too much for it without any food." ”

"But I remember you said you found a lot of 'food and medicine.'"

When Yu Siqi pointed this point pointedly, Gong Chen's hands flashed to the side and said, "There is indeed a lot of food, but this is probably the freshest kind." For other things, the warranty period is more ugly than this. You know, it's not been a day or two since this place was deserted. ”

"You can see it."

Yu Siqi knew Gong Chen's thoughts very well, and he suddenly felt that he was a little too aggressive, and he would be so mean to Gong Chen. After a little self-reflection, the spoiled peanuts in Yu Siqi's mouth were not as difficult to swallow as he had imagined before.

At this time, they met Luo Ning. He walked back and forth to the door of the innermost room, and the iron pipe in his hand was turned around on the ground. When he realized that Yu Siqi and the others had followed, he was a little surprised and asked, "Are you following me?" ”

"Don't get excited, Ronin. We're just curious about what you're going to do with such a thick tube. Gong Chen, who is very good at calming people, almost easily resolved this 'crisis of trust', and Luo Ning, who did not have any scheming, was silent for a moment, and then revealed his intentions and plates: "I found a locked room here, so I thought maybe I could open it while I had time to see if I could find something inside." ”

"Didn't you notice this room when you came before?" Yu Siqi was a little concerned.

"Of course not, there were all kinds of broken copper and iron here, and the road was blocked." Gong Chen yawned and said, "The priest and I probably don't think there should be anything here, so we don't bother to empty this place." Who knew that Luo Ning, your kid has a lot of strength! Well, if only the priest was as useful as he used to be. I'll tell you the truth, it seems to me that he's half a piece of waste right now. But he can't be blamed entirely, this series of battles is really hurting, especially since he hasn't slept well at all lately. Hehe, I think it's a miracle that he can actually breathe and walk normally. ”

"Then maybe I should really apply for a 'Guinness Book of Records'? After all, in your Gongchen's opinion, I am already creating a 'miracle'! Father An's voice came from afar, and his loud voice seemed to refute Gong Chen's slander.

"No, Father, why did you come here!" Gong Chen, who was 'slapped in the face' by seconds, immediately changed to a hippie smiling expression to greet Father An, but unfortunately the latter didn't seem to want to deal with him very much, so he strode directly to Yu Siqi and greeted him with a shush.

"It's boring!" Gong Chen, who was left out in the cold, muttered quietly, but in exchange for Father An's crisp cough.

"The tax officer... My lord, how is she doing? ”

Luo Ning asked eagerly, and even did not hesitate to interrupt the 'intimate communication' between Father An and Yu Siqi.

"Very good, or a little too good."

Father Ann was visibly unhappy at Ronin's interruption, so his words sounded a little harsh. Ronin wasn't a fool, and of course he could hear the priest's words. But given his current position, it would be of little benefit to him personally to have any conflict with the priest. So, he relentlessly asked, "What's a good law, priest?" ”

"You were born with a tendon, Ronin."

Father An is not a stingy person, in the face of Luo Ning's 'relentless pursuit', he simply gave an evaluation, and then explained the matter clearly: "While I was stitching up her wounds, your 'great tax collector' woke up and tried to strangle me, the 'life-saving benefactor', in front of her eyes with her weak arm strength. ”

"What?"

Gong Chen and Yu Siqi exclaimed in surprise, and Father An pressed his hand to the ground, signaling them not to be so loud.

"There's no need to make a fuss, isn't that a simple truth? We are enemies! ”

"I'm sorry, Father." Luo Ning sincerely apologized to Father An.

"You don't have to, Ronin." Father An said coldly to Luo Ning: "I don't accept your apology, rather than telling me this, or deliberately doing something 'stupid' that you are not sure of. I'd rather you look at your past and talk to that 'tax collector'." ”

"But—" Luo Ning looked up at Father An, and the stern eyes of the other party made him feel more dazzling than any other light, and he did not dare to look directly.

"Okay, I'll go." Luo Ning casually threw away the iron pipe in his hand, and walked away from them quickly in the rattling noise.

"What is this unfolding, Father?" Gong Chen asked puzzled.

"You'll find out later, but until then, let's move on to Luo Ning's unfinished business, how about we?" Father Ann pointed to the room.

"You're not going to let me do it, are you, Father?" Gong Chen's dissatisfied voice was quickly suppressed, and he quickly 'surrendered' under the attack of his master and apprentice in the face of Siqi and Father An.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Gong Chen reluctantly leaned to the door, took out a hairpin, broke it crookedly, and inserted it into the lock cylinder.