Nan Xiao's gaze fell on Joel's left hand, and he naturally praised it: "The table is so beautiful." ”

Joel glanced at his watch and smiled proudly: "It was a birthday present from my daughter." ”

With a smile, the atmosphere suddenly melted a lot.

Now is the time! Seize the opportunity and do it in one go.

Nan Xiao began to use his words: "Do you want to go to New York together?" I can talk to Dr. Virginia about putting you and Tommy on the employee list. Your daughter is considered a family member, so it is justified. ”

Joel, however, refuses this arrangement.

He shook his head firmly, looking non-negotiable, "I'm sorry, but while I'm grateful for your and Ms. Virginia's help, we're not going to go to New York. ”

Sure enough, as with the game's premise, Joel is a very creative person.

Nan Xiao was silent for the time being, ready to listen to him.

Joel made his offer: "How about we go to the airport together and then go our separate ways?" I can protect you until you board the plane, so you don't have to worry about us. I'm familiar with Aocheng Airport, where there are a lot of private hangars, all of which are private planes owned by the rich. As long as the luck is not too bad, it is not too difficult to find the right one. ”

It can be seen that Joel is still wary.

Maybe he was wondering: why do you suddenly lend a hand when you don't know each other? Is there some intention?

Although I just brushed up on a wave of friendliness, it wasn't enough.

Do you want to agree to Joel's proposal to let the three of them go?

Of course not!

Nan Xiao intends to recruit Joel and them as teammates, which is a deliberate decision.

Along the way, Nan Xiao carefully recalled the world setting of the end of the rice country, and suddenly had a bold idea - the world of the end of the rice country is likely to be the same as the uncharted sea!

Evidence? Of course.

In Uncharted, the protagonist Nathan Drake and the first male partner, Uncle Sullivan, come to a bar in Pittsburgh and have a good fight. Interestingly, this bar also exists in the last plane of the United States.

Twenty years later, Uncle Joel brought Ellie to Pittsburgh. In order to escape the hunters, they once took refuge in an abandoned bar. Just look at the décor and know that it's where Drake fights in Uncharted.

In addition, inside the uncharted area, there is a newspaper on the bar counter of the bar. Just look at the title, it says that there is a deadly fungus in the world that scientists can't explain - isn't this the culprit of the destruction of the world in the end of the country!

Judging from the timeline, the end of the United States should take place years to decades after the uncharted. In other words, those ancient ruins that were collapsed by Drake in the uncharted sea can be found in the apocalyptic world of the United States!

That's right, the qualifier that was constructed before the crossing really works! There is indeed a sacred tree of life in this world, and the system is good, and there is no pigeon!

As for why the timeline jumped to the end of the United States, it may be the pot that later made a wish for "a large amount of gold and gems that are easy to obtain".

Compared with the uncharted sea where the order has not yet collapsed, of course, there is more ownerless gold in the spores-infested beauty plane. There are thousands of tons of gold in the underground vault of the Federal Reserve, and I am afraid that it will be able to blow up Mao Yuyu. The federal government is about to collapse, and gold is naturally on a first-come, first-served basis.

Thinking about it this way, it is really unjust to be thrown to the end of the United States.

Alas, the pit you dug yourself jumps by yourself, and you have to clear the customs with tears.

In any case, this crossing was not a failure. As long as it is done well, immortality is still possible.

Lost Shangri-La, I'm coming!

The Kabbalah Tree of Life, the Sage's Stone condensed from the sap of the tree, I am determined to obtain it!

To explore those lost ancient ruins, you can't go it alone, you must have a reliable partner.

Reliable partners are hard to find, and you can't just walk into a bar and recruit them. It has to be a very reliable person.

Ancient ruins are full of dangers. All kinds of traps, all kinds of Jedi that need to climb and jump. A difference of one centimeter can be the dividing line between life and death. Without the support of partners and 100% trust in each other, we can't go far.

It's useless just to have a reliable character and not enough strength. You need to be good at marksmanship, able to fight hand-to-hand, have to be particularly cold-resistant, have the ability to recover like Xiaoqiang, have your own solar power, and can last for days on a mouthful of dog food - you have to be such a person to be qualified to explore the ancient ruins of the uncharted sea.

Otherwise, it's better to wash and sleep, it's no different from giving away someone's head.

In this timeline, Nathan Drake, the protagonist of Uncharted, is probably an old guy even if he is not dead. And that person is mostly retired now, and he is not necessarily willing to help.

Pulling Joel as a teammate is definitely a very reliable choice.

Just look at Joel's performance in the game. An absolute strongman, with an amazing physique and amazing combat quality, he can fight his way out of all kinds of mortal situations. And he has a good character, especially protecting his teammates. As long as it is someone he agrees with, he will protect it 100% to the end.

This person's attributes are incredibly strong, especially his physique, which is as strong as the upper limit of human beings.

In the game, he was pushed down from the second floor by a scavenger hunter, and a steel bar was poked from the back waist to the front waist, and the whole piece was pierced. That's a steel bar that has been exposed to the wind and sun for more than 20 years, and it's full of yellow rust, not to mention how many germs.

With such a serious injury, most people would estimate that he died on the spot, but he didn't die. There was no medicine and no doctor, and he hung on for his life after lying in a cold abandoned house for several months. Ellie retrieved two shots of penicillin and immediately brought him back to life. And as soon as he woke up, he took a gun and slaughtered an entire hunter camp to save Ellie.

Can an ordinary Texan do such a thing?

Twenty years later, Joel was in his fifties and had entered a period of physical decline. Now Joel is only in his thirties, just in the prime of life, what kind of fierce man should he be?

Such teammates are so helpful. If you want to explore Shangri-La, you can't do it.

However, as soon as you look at Joel's attitude now, it is not easy to pull him into the team.

It can be seen that Joel has no idea of joining the team at all. Nan Xiao saved his daughter's life, he was grateful, but he was only grateful. This big guy is now probably full of how to get up. Take your brother and daughter to find a safe paradise to farm, hunt, and entertain yourself. To ask him to be born and die to explore those ancient lost ruins, I am afraid it is a dream.

So, how do you convince Joel to join the team?

Combined with the character design learned in the game, Nan Xiao conducted a psychological analysis of Joel.

It can be seen that Joel is a very creative person and has a very strong will. Such a person is getting stronger and stronger, and he can't force him to change his mind. The gun is useless on the top of the head, and it will even cause him to resist fiercely.

Deception doesn't work. Joel's ability to see through lies is high and he is very alert. Even if you can deceive him for a while, most of the time you have to wear a gang afterwards.

It's even worse to fool him. Sense of mission, sense of responsibility and the like, it is estimated that he will not be a bird. He said that he had been a soldier for several years, and he was very modest. In terms of skill, I'm afraid it's a delta or a seal, and at worst a ranger. Such a veteran has never seen anything. Talking to them about mission, responsibility, glory and so on is sometimes not only ineffective, but may even attract disgust.

So the question arises, how can you convince Joel?

Nan Xiao decided to put the breakthrough on Sarah.