Volume 1 The Beginning of Everything Chapter 25 Tracking
"Alright, go over there and sit down for a while, and I'll call your name later." A British naval officer took away the registration form handed by Liao Yu and guided him to sit in the waiting area.
Liao Yu sat down on the chair unhurriedly, looking back and forth at the temporary recruitment office on the outskirts of the barracks. Under the dual performance of intercepting pirates and saving people from the fire, those navies quickly accepted Liao Yu. After Liao Yu proposed to join the navy, the officer on the other side directly skipped the review steps and brought Liao Yu into the recruitment office to sign up.
"It used to be so convenient to go through the back door."
Liao Yu couldn't help but secretly think that in the 22nd century, with perfect artificial intelligence and various supervision agencies, the difficulty of going through the back door is much more difficult than in this era.
On the way here, Liao Yu inquired from the soldiers about what had happened, and a group of black pirates posed as slaves attacked the Marquis Statham's warehouse and looted the contents inside. Enraged, the Marquis Statham ordered the pirates to be sent to the gallows, and now many of them have been caught, but unfortunately their belongings have not yet been recovered.
Liao Yu thought about it for a while, but decided to come to the barracks to get first-hand information, and a lot of information can be deduced from the real-time status here. All the information is time-sensitive, and in contrast, Old Nick can wait until he is done with his work.
Looking at the wounded and busy priests, Liao Yu couldn't help but feel that this matter was getting more and more strange, and from the words of those soldiers, Liao Yu could deduce that the Statham family had been operating here for decades and were absolute lord-level figures. Two years ago, when the British Navy was not strong, these soldiers were still squeezed by many marquises, who would attack the Statham family in this place?
"Navigators, priests, merchandisers, naval soldiers."
The wooden sign hanging outside the door of the recruiting office simply and clearly wrote the profession recruited, and Liao Yu only selected the priest and navy soldier in the form. The other two professions seem to be easy for Liao Yu from the 22nd century, but Liao Yu clearly understands that this is a parallel world with a completely different side of his own world, and the original knowledge system cannot be completely applied, but may become his own shackles in future tasks.
In contrast, the structure of the human body in the two worlds is at least the same, and one's basic medical knowledge is still useful here.
Perhaps the explosion was so sudden that Liao Yu waited here for a full forty minutes before it was his turn to go in for an interview. Fortunately, there are other newcomers sitting here, and Liao Yu used this time to inquire about a lot of information about the world.
The interview process was not complicated, Liao Yu first cast a low-level curse on a piece of demonic beast fur taken out by the navy, and then purified the curse with the holy water that he "mixed himself". After gaining recognition, Liao Yu showed a little basic medical knowledge during the conversation, and quickly passed the test and was registered, just waiting for it to be reported to the responsible officer for review, and it can be considered as passing.
In addition, to his surprise, his evaluation of soldiers was actually excellent, looking at many off-target companions on the side, Liao Yu had a considerable sense of superiority in marksmanship for the first time.
"Except for the supernatural powers, the rest of this world is still very backward, so we should bring more supplies."
Liao Yu hesitated whether he should prepare a backpack before the next mission, it was really inconvenient to carry all the items in his pocket.
"Hey, that friend over there, can you get to know each other?"
Liao Yu followed the voice and looked at five people in modern clothes gathered there, led by a tall white man who was greeting him.
Liao Yu's mind turned quickly, but his face was silent, and he walked towards them without any abnormality.
"My name is Ted, and I just came here to try it out when I saw the recruitment." The man who called himself Ted deliberately emphasized the following in the two words just now.
"Sue."
Liao Yu replied with a cold expression, and as soon as his voice fell, his Yan Yin suddenly reacted. A serial number was sent.
"It seems that this is a way for explorers to confirm each other's identities."
Liao Yu thought about it as he sent his number, and at the same time he tried to send the code name Su over, but found that Yan Yin was within his authority, and it seemed that he could only send the number to show his identity.
Ted, who received the news, was unimpressed by Liao Yu's coldness, and still enthusiastically introduced: "Since everyone is in a group, it's better to get to know each other." ”
Hearing Ted say this, the three men and one goddess behind him suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Introduction, the lady next to me is Hill, and standing behind me are Sophie and Reilly, this man in a cloak is called Night, and it sounds very similar to your name Su, haha."
The man seemed to be familiar enough to introduce each other among everyone, while Liao Yu nodded to the four of them with a cold attitude as always, and greeted each other.
"Without further ado, since everyone didn't join in the excitement and lean on the Pirate King's side, it means that several of us may have to carry out tasks on the navy side in the future, and we have already agreed that we will act together later."
"Can you make sure we don't get separated?" Liao Yu adhered to the principle that if you say too much, you must lose, and did not directly mention that the tasks are different.
"Generally speaking, we new adventurers don't have a bad task, and there are special tasks that cannot be completed by one person. Only after completing the tasks given to us will we be able to return home with the glory of the Navy. ”
Liao Yu didn't say anything, and listened to the other party quietly.
"For those of us who are ordinary people, cooperation is the best way to survive. Later on, its ruthlessness will gradually be revealed. Even those old people will choose to live together, and if they don't get used to its rhythm beforehand, they are likely to die on the battlefield. ”
Concerned about the natives of the world around him, Ted's words were vague.
"I'll think about it." Liao Yu's cold face finally had a little more thoughtful expression.
Seeing this, the smile on Ted's face became more and more sincere, and he stepped forward and said, "It's okay, although the list has not come down at this stage, as long as you pass the test, you can generally complete this first step of the task." In addition, I have collected some information in advance, if you agree to cooperate, I can sell it to you at cost price, the price is transparent and open to all of you, and Tong Su is not bullied. ”
Hearing this, the disguise on Liao Yu's face almost failed to collapse. The bloody and hideous zombie scenes of the last world are still vivid, and I didn't think I could hear similar sales pitches from this strong man's mouth.
"If I pass the screening, I'll consider it." Liao Yu tried his best to keep his tone flat, as if he had long been accustomed to this.
At present, everyone's task has not yet been passed, so they naturally will not waste time in useless waiting. Liao Yu just appeared just before they left, and Ted said hello. The results of the recruitment were not known until the next day, and after a simple meeting the next morning, they left in a hurry.
As soon as everyone separated, Liao Yu had gradually sorted out the many information hidden in Ted's words in his mind.
Ted mentions tasks that cannot be completed by one person, which means that there will be team missions in the future, or in another case, the cold pond allows explorers to fight lone wolves, then this kind of mission is definitely not a necessary task, which means that there will be some hidden tasks in each world waiting to be dug up.
In addition, Ted mentioned that the treatment of explorers in the later stage of Hantang will become more and more cruel, and most people should still choose to fight in a group, as he saw when he first entered the world, so how to form a team must be taken to heart.
In the end, Ted claims to be a rookie explorer like himself, which means that if he completes his mission well, he should soon be able to get information about the next world in advance after the next few missions.
The few people on the other side never imagined that Liao Yu would accurately pick out the hidden information from just a few sentences of dialogue like a surgeon. However, after integrating the information, Liao Yu became more and more unable to understand what Hantang wanted to do, and there seemed to be an abyss hidden in the fog in front of him, and he could only piece together some scenes through these information fragments, but he still didn't know where the edge of the abyss was, so he could only passively sink all the way.
"When I came out of the recruitment office, I felt that someone was staring at me all the time, but I had deliberately detoured a few streets, and the feeling of being watched had not disappeared."
Although Liao Yu can't remember it, the passers-by behind him along the way have roughly remembered the appearance. After turning left and right a few times, using the mirror reflection everywhere or quietly turning back, he didn't notice a familiar face behind him, which means that no one was following him.
"Could it be...... Same as the last world? Or is it that there are multiple people taking turns watching me? ”
In either case, Liao Yu's current situation is very dangerous.
However, if it is really not in line with Liao Yu's style to go back to the Royal Navy barracks now, on the one hand, it is difficult to find a suitable reason to lie there, but it will leave a bad first impression, on the other hand, he has missed the explosion, if he is in the barracks again, I am afraid that he will be extremely passive in the whole mission process in the future!
After thinking about it, Liao Yu decided to speed up his pace and go to Old Nick's pharmacy, just now he had called himself an alien oriental sailor in front of those navies, pretending to mention Old Nick unintentionally, judging from their expressions, Old Nick seemed to be more mysterious and powerful than Liao Yu expected.
As for whether Old Nick will sit idly by, Liao Yu feels that he is still a little sure.