Chapter Twenty-Three: Colorado

The Colorado River lies silently on the ground, like a green streamer, embedded in the valley floor of the Grand Canyon, meandering and sparkling. This is the wilderness of the western United States, and it takes about dozens of kilometers to see a family, and on the edge of the end of the Grand Canyon of Colorado sits a small bar with a wild flavor of the classic American western cowboy, with a few wooden signs hanging crookedly, vaguely distinguishable from the mottled handwriting: ry, victory bar.

The waiter at the bar was quietly wiping down every bottle of beer at the bar, and his name was Carrot. Carrot has seen a lot of people of all kinds, people from different countries, and even many people who can't be called human. However, he had never seen a girl as pretty, graceful, sexy and wild as the girl at the table in front of him, which was a perfect match for the environment here.

However, whenever Carrot dared to squint his eyes and sneak a glance at the girl, the two giants beside her would glare at him with fierce eyes, so frightened that he quickly turned his head. These two guys are very strong, and they look a bit like illegal mercenaries, but it is strange why this girl would hire two mercenaries to come to such a dangerous and desolate place, you know, the mercenaries who are interested in making money themselves are the biggest insecurity.

"This is the most perfect work of art God has ever made, Lord," Carrot muttered inwardly, but with words in her mouth, "she must not be from an earthling, perhaps from another planet." It is said that the capital of the Great China Empire has the most beautiful woman in the entire solar system, and I think she must be from the capital. No, no, come on, Carrot, stop kidding yourself, how could the people of Beijing come to such a bar where birds don't, just to take a sip of the musty smell of *cheese that is characteristic of your bar? ”

From beginning to end, the girl's eyes never left the door of the bar, which were two old-fashioned wooden door panels, which could only cover the middle part of the doorway, which could be opened with a light push of the hand, and from time to time someone pushed the door in, and the sunlight also followed the opening and closing of the door, one bright and one dark.

"Miss Hanling." One of the big men spoke, his voice as small as a mosquito, completely inconsistent with his huge size, as if he was terrified of the woman, and his attitude was fearful and respectful.

"Say." The girl named Hanling replied softly.

"This is the Grand Canyon of Colorado, we can only escort you here, this kind of place is too dangerous for humans to go in."

"Didn't you say that people died for money?" Han Ling asked in a stiff and innocent tone, his eyes were very flat, and he didn't even seem to show disdain.

"Miss, if people die for money, then there is a chance to get money without dying, but the forbidden area for human beings is dead and lifeless, even if we get rich, we don't have a life to spend." Dahan said with an aggrieved expression.

"It's just the border with Los Angeles, isn't it?"

"Miss, don't you know, the radiation cloud there is too powerful, basically no one dares to approach within 50 kilometers of the periphery of the forbidden area, it is said that as long as you are irradiated for 1 hour, the whole person will become an idiot, no matter how strong the cosmic protective suit is, it is useless. That's why we dare to send you around here. ”

"I see, that's the end of it. It's been a hard work for both of you along the way, and I'll pay you the rest of the honoraria when I walk out of this bar in a while. ”

"Thank you, thank you, Miss Hanling!" The big man said flatteringly.

"Miss Hanling, let's give you another ride." Seeing that Han Ling was so sensible, another big man suddenly said righteously, "Ten kilometers further forward is the end of the Grand Canyon, let's send you there, this is already the limit of my ability." ”

"Oh, that's very good." Han Ling smiled, didn't say anything more, and drank the cup of royal punch on the table.

This time, he secretly came to the earth archaeology of the place of human origin without telling his father, but he risked being confined, Han Ling thought to himself, he couldn't just go back empty-handed, at least he had to see the reality of the legendary human forbidden area Los Angeles.

Just then, the door of the tavern was pushed open with a thud, and a dark shadow blocked the doorway, blocking the afterglow of the setting sun, and the golden light sneaked out from the edge of his form, outlining a tall silhouette that radiated a dazzling light.

The man took a step forward, and his figure became clear, his dirty clothes, long weedy hair, and the thick beard that spread down the corner of his lips and chin to the Adam's apple, obviously he hadn't shaved for a long time. When he raised his head, he could see a handsome and youthful face covered by emanation, with hard lines, and a kind of tenacity between his eyebrows, although covered with black dirt and dust, it could not hide the battle-hardened heroic spirit.

Suddenly, the eyes of the people around him were attracted, and there seemed to be a natural strange aura on the man's body, which made him look so different in the crowd, but everyone who saw him dressed up couldn't help but turn their heads.

The man walked to the table next to Han Ling, glanced at the two big men beside Han Ling, was slightly stunned, but didn't say much, and sat down directly.

Carrot frowned, shook his head and thought, is it a beggar? No, or wanderers, or maybe they lost their luggage in an accident while traveling, in short, such people can't go anywhere except to mix a glass of frothy, low-quality rum in this little bar.

This kind of person usually doesn't have the money to pay the bills, and if they cause trouble, it will affect the business of the bar, so it is the best option to send it away with a little sweetness. Carrot had seen a lot, so he skillfully "concocted" a glass of rum with spices, held the ear of the glass casually, came to the man's table, glanced at the man with disgust, quickly put the glass down, and said, "Let's go after drinking." ”

This glass of rum, Carrot secretly added some dirty things such as boogers and nail clippings, anyway, the other party was just a bum, Carrot comforted himself.

"Thank you." The man smiled and nodded, did not speak, and drank with his head bowed and gulped, as if he had not sung about the taste of wine for a long time.

Han Ling looked at the man curiously, is that kind of wine that good? Obviously it looks inferior, but this man seems to have tasted ganlin. Perhaps, it was the peculiar temperament of the man that attracted her? She shook her head, dispelled the thought in her mind, and waved her hand at Carrot, who immediately walked over respectfully. Han Ling whispered a few words in Carrot's ear, Carrot showed a look of confusion on his face, glanced at the man, then nodded reluctantly, returned to the bar, made a cup of Royal Punch like Han Ling, brought it to the dirty man, and then pointed to Han Ling's location, indicating that the beautiful woman on the side invited him to drink.

This is a cup worth 50 imperial gold, a top-notch cocktail, this beauty is good, but her mind is not very good, she actually invited such a guy to drink good wine, aren't you afraid of being relied on by this kind of hooligan? Carrot thought to herself, becoming more and more angry, as if she had forgotten that Han Ling still had two super bodyguards by her side, and she was not afraid of being entangled by anyone at all.

The man was stunned for a moment, then took the cup unceremoniously, and turned his head to give a bright toothy smile in return.