More than an hour later, Chen Xing and Aqiao Mu found a white tower. There was rubble in the doorway, and it could be seen that it was the remains of a gargoyle. The door was open, and it was obvious that someone had searched for it. Going up to the top floor, they saw an elaborate wooden box on the ground, exactly the same as the one where the puzzle pieces had been placed earlier.

"Someone has been here." Ajomu said something very unnutritious.

"You're right." Chen Xing praised.

Maybe it was because he was slow to react, or maybe he wasn't smart enough, but the other party didn't hear the mockery in his words, and continued to say unnutritious words, "The thing must have been taken." ”

"Yes, things must have been taken." Chen Xing echoed.

"You ......" Ajomu's eyes flickered, as if sensing his teasing.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xing asked with a blank expression. Of course, this is all pretended.

"Nothing." Ajomu shook his head, turned and walked downstairs. The expression was a little blank.

Chen Xing followed behind, looking at the trembling big ass in front of him, and the urge to "penetrate" arose.

That must be cool, right......

He couldn't help but think about it, but quickly shook his head again, banishing the thought from his mind. This female sand man is too dangerous, playing with her is playing with fire, so it's better to keep a little distance.

"Find a place to rest, I haven't slept in two days." Out of the tower, Ajomu turned back and said.

"What about the other puzzle pieces?" Chen Xing asked.

"It is estimated that it was found by others, a total of twelve pieces, and we have three of them, almost." Ajomu said.

Chen Xing didn't object anymore, after all, he had to have good physical strength to fight, and he also counted on Aqiaomu to attract firepower in front so that he could slowly accumulate energy. Subsequently, the two found a relatively clean house nearby, cleaned it up, and rested in it.

Ajomu sat down against the wall, one leg straight, the other bent, and the arm on the same side resting on his thigh. This position is known as the "female soldier sitting", and most female mercenaries prefer this position when they are resting.

Chen Xing is a standard "male soldier sitting", with his knees crossed and sitting against the wall.

"Is there any military rations, I want tomato-flavored ones." Ajomu said.

"Just potatoes, beef and chicken fillet with black pepper." Chen Xing said angrily. It's really picky to order food in this kind of place.

"Potatoes and beef." Ajomu said.

Chen Xing took out a self-heating ration from his backpack and handed it over, and then asked, "Tell me about the situation here." ”

Aqiaomu tore open the packaging bag and poured water into the kettle to heat up the chemical agent inside while explaining the situation to Chen Xing.

She's been here for more than ten days, and she's one of the first to come in. From what she's observed these days, it's a city ruled by shamans. They have created a large number of mechanical spirits that can be encountered in every corner of the city.

For unknown reasons, the world was destroyed.

By all indications, instead of dying immediately after the disaster, people here persisted in the dark for a long time until they ran out of food. In general, cannibalism happens in this case, but there doesn't seem to be one here. It seems that the wizards did not give up until the last moment.

The tower in the middle is protected by a very powerful magic array, and the people of the warband have loaded a lot of C4 explosives without exploding. The power source for maintaining the magic circle should come from the green light cluster at the top of the tower.

The spectrum of psionic energy is blue, changing from light to dark depending on the density. The other two forms of psionic energy, life energy is emerald green, and as its strength increases, it turns from emerald green to milky white, and chaos magic energy is dark green, from dark green to dark red. The color from the center of the green light cluster is dark, and it should be an extremely dense Chaos Demonic Energy.

The gate of the tower has a recessed circular puzzle, divided into twelve pieces, eight in the outer circle and four in the inner circle. Ajomu stumbled upon one of the pieces and guessed that it might be the key to the tower, so he searched around and found the other one. Later, I met Chen Xing.

"Why are there inner and outer circles?" Chen Xing suddenly asked. Such a design represents the difference in the meaning of the eight pieces of the outer ring and the four pieces of the inner circle, perhaps because of the difference in the identity and status of the holder, or because of the difference in function. In short, a detail worth paying attention to.

Ajomu shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know.

"Take it out and have a look." Chen Xing took out his own puzzle pieces, the outer end is one-eighth of the arc, and the inner end is the inner arc, which is obviously the puzzle of the outer circle. Ajomu also took it out, and it was also a puzzle piece of the outer circle.

"Have you ever seen the inner circle?" Chen Xing asked.

"I was the first to find out, so I didn't tell anyone, but they weren't stupid, they quickly found out about the problem and sent people to search everywhere as well." Ajomu replied.

"So you haven't seen any other puzzle pieces?" Chen Xing asked.

"Yes." Ajomu replied.

"You rest first, and then we'll continue looking and see how many towers there are." Chen Xing said.

"Okay." Ajomu nodded in response. At this time, the self-heating ration was also ready, and she ate it with the hard plastic fork that came with the ration. It didn't take long for her to finish eating, packing the garbage in a bag, throwing it in a corner, then leaning against the wall and resting with her eyes closed.

Chen Xing was in charge of the vigil, holding three pieces of the puzzle and studying it carefully. Ajomu seemed to trust him very much, not only gave him his puzzle pieces, but also did not have much defense, and soon there was a slight snoring sound, and he fell asleep deeply.

But this is not surprising, if Chen Xing wanted to kill her just now, he would have already killed her, there is no need to wait until now.

So, why did Ajomu trust him so much?

There may be two reasons, one is that Ajomu realized that he could not benefit from this expedition alone, so he took a risk. But anyone who is a mercenary has a gambling nature in his bones, just like himself, and he is also gambling now. The second is that Ajomu saw through his nature. He is the typical type of "if people don't offend me, I won't offend others, and if people offend me, I may not repay".

Because for a sane person like him, "revenge" also has a cost and a calculation. If the cost is too high, or the effort is too much, forget it.

To put it bluntly, the heart is not small enough, the heart is not black enough, the moral bottom line is not low enough, and the money in the pocket is not enough. This is also the reason why he was mixed for many years in his first life before he became a manager of a small company, and in his second life, he was a team leader after more than ten years.

The middle and upper levels of society were born with a golden key, and they can get a lot of resources left by their ancestors, and they have a solid foundation and will not affect their development if they are decent people. However, the bottom of the society is different, unless you are talented, or you are very lucky to meet nobles, it is difficult to develop quickly in the absence of basic resources.

There is no tuition fee for further study, there is no principal for doing business, everything has to rely on both hands, and the speed of development is very slow.

And, in the process of climbing up, other bottom layers will try their best to snatch other people's resources, fill their own gaps, or use others as stepping stones to climb higher. This has created a vicious circle, if you want to be on top, you must be ruthless enough and black enough.

And what's even more hateful is that some of the bottom are on top, and they immediately put on a villain's face, and their heads are raised to the sky, which makes people look disgusting, and they have to compete, otherwise they will be looked down upon and killed.

However, he was a human being, and some things still could not be done.

Although his parents don't have any big skills and are just small workers in ordinary third-tier cities, they have taught him since he was a child that he must have a conscience and that things can be done and things cannot be done, so he has been following his parents' teachings for so many years. Even if you don't be a good person, you never want to be a bad person.

After all, in this world, whether it is before or after crossing, it is too difficult for good people to live......

Maybe Aqiaomu saw through this, and he would sleep peacefully at this moment, without the slightest defense against him.

Of course, there are some benefits to being a person with a bottom line. As the saying goes, things gather like and people are grouped, and ruthless people will never have true friends, and even husbands and wives must be wary of each other, ready to expose each other's old bottoms at any time, and turn their faces and deny people.

Just imagine, who would want to make a friend who could cheat themselves at any time?

The reason is very simple, he can pit others today, and he can pit you tomorrow!

In the same way, who would want to be with a ruthless and unrighteous boss, isn't he afraid of being abandoned by the other party?

Who wants to marry one, or marry a person like this, with the wolf and tiger on their side, can they still sleep well at night?

So, there are always two sides to the story. Sow melons and get melons, sow beans and get beans, and plant what you cause and get results. If you want to grow quickly, you will have an unstable foundation. At least so far, Chen Xing has not encountered many things that he particularly regrets.

Perhaps it has something to do with his ambitions, he has always been a down-to-earth man without too many unrealistic fantasies. It's just that I was forced by the environment to have no choice but to climb up.

The cruelty of society lies in the fact that if you don't climb up, you will be eliminated, trampled on by villains, and life is worse than death.

After sighing for a while, Chen Xing's attention returned to the puzzle in his hand. The carving is very delicate, the lines are clear, and the picture is lifelike.

Wizards in robes and wooden staffs, thunder and lightning, giant mechanical golems, prostrate people, burning furnaces, poured molten iron, craftsmen polishing gears, chickens, ducks, geese and goats running around, a scene of medieval magical industrial civilization.

The material of the puzzle is neither gold nor iron, neither wood nor stone, and it feels cold to the touch, and I don't know what material it is made of. Heavier than steel of the same size, but not as heavy as Mithril and Adamantite.

"Click......"

Suddenly, there was the sound of shredded footsteps outside. Chen Xing frowned and stood up. He looked at Ajomu who was sleeping soundly, and was thinking about whether to wake up the other party, but a young man's voice sounded outside.

"Kazuki Nakamura, who is in Jiro's group, wants to exchange information with his friends inside."

Chen Xing didn't hesitate for too long, and shouted loudly, "Please speak." ”

Turning his head, Aqiaomu hadn't woken up yet, whether he was too tired, or trusted him too much, or was pretending.

"Inside friends, we are looking for a kind of black puzzle piece. If you have it, we can buy it at a high price. The credibility of our Jiro group has always been very good, so please don't worry. The man who called himself "Kazuki Nakamura" shouted outside.