In a vacant lot not far from Delia's house, a medium-sized four-wheeled vehicle was parked, and another trader, also dressed in a black suit, sat motionless in the cockpit, like a sculpture.

Shure and the three of them boarded the vehicle, and without any communication between the two traders, not even eye contact, the driver started the vehicle, and after a slight roar, the vehicle slowly started and drove in the direction of the inner city.

The three of them did not speak again, and remained silent all the way, it was obvious that these ordinary traders obviously did not have too high knowledge authority, and communicating with them was just a waste of time, so it was better to have the energy left to deal with the upcoming challenges in a while.

The vehicle moved quickly along the city road and entered the inner part of the city, and the three of them intuitively understood how much impact the mechanical invasion had on the city in the past few days.

More than half of the buildings were damaged, a large number of buildings collapsed, and the roadside was littered with large pools of blood and broken arms everywhere, and large and small metal fragments and blood were mixed together, piling up the streets and alleys of the city.

Like the West Outer Ring Road, there are also a lot of corpses that have not yet had time to be disposed of, and twisted corpses loom in the corners of the walls, under the rubble, and some lucky ones may be able to re-emerge from the Living Archive, but it is clear that there will definitely be some unlucky ones who have just happened to have their brains destroyed and lost the possibility of resurrection.

Unlike the scene I saw that night not long ago, there are no more people on the streets now, and almost everyone is busy doing their part in the rebuilding of the city. Instead of the crowd, there were engineering vehicles that kept coming and going on the street, construction, transporting materials, transporting personnel, and cars coming and going.

After about twenty kilometers of travel, the vehicle even passed the location where the Shadow Chasers had first appeared, and the vehicle drove until it reached the entrance of a dark alley before coming to a silent stop. The trader got out of the car with the three of them, and the vehicle immediately drove away from the dark alley, without stopping for a second longer. However, the trader was accustomed to this, and did not even look behind his back, and made a gesture of invitation to the shadow chasers.

There is no fork in the narrow dark alley, and you can follow the road until you reach the end, where a narrow gate crosses the end of the road, and a neon sign hangs above the small door. The neon signs are not lit, the signs are a little old, many of the light bulbs have fallen off, and you can barely read the words, bullets and wine on the signs, maybe that's the name of this place.

The traders were the first to enter, and the shadow chasers naturally followed, and as soon as they entered, a strong bar atmosphere came to their faces. The bar, the wine tables, the dance floor, the entertainment corner, and the lights on the rooftop that turn into a rainbow of lights, I'm afraid no one will believe that this is not a bar.

However, maybe it's because the catastrophe has just passed, maybe it's daytime, there is not a single customer in the bar, not even a waiter, only a middle-aged man with a scar on his face is sitting alone at the table, playing with some neat stone chips with both hands, it seems that it should be some kind of entertainment prop popular in this world.

Although the middle-aged man's face was gloomy, he was obviously fundamentally different from those traders, and his expression and demeanor were not as rigid and rigid as the traders, and when he heard the footsteps, the middle-aged man glanced up at a few people, and bowed his mouth to a very inconspicuous door on the side, and continued to bow his head and play with his stone chips.

The trader's expression did not change, and he passed by the middle-aged man, and as Shul passed by him, a strong smell of gunpowder smoke and oil rushed into Shule's nose. Looking at his coordinated movements, as well as the weapons he had at his disposal, Shure felt that this man's profession had a sense of intimacy, and he should be similar to his own group.

The trader helped push open the last door, but had no intention of leading the way, stood at the door, bowed, made a gesture of inviting in, and remained motionless. Standing in the doorway and thinking about it, Shul chuckled a few times and led Moria and Mia into the inconspicuous room.

After entering, I found that although the space inside is not large, it is very exquisitely arranged, the light and shade are moderate, the color of the environment also looks very comfortable, the tables and chairs are heavy wooden furniture, and the furniture made of wood and sawdust in Delia's house cannot be evaluated together at all, there are several paintings hanging on the wall, according to Pavadiga's habit, these should belong to the oil paintings in the style of the embryonic period, Shul has no appreciation for artworks, well, only the ability to estimate, but Mia, when she saw these paintings, she naturally nodded, obviously affirming their artistry。

In the middle of the room, there is a long table that can sit at least a dozen people, according to the layout of the room, this should be a gaming table, but, perhaps specifically for Xiuer and his party, the gaming table has been removed and replaced by an ordinary long table, and there are some simple foods on the long table, well, it is simple, but compared to the food in Delia's house, both in terms of materials and workmanship, it is many times better.

At the end of the long table, a huge figure stood at one end, not because of his height, but because of his width, an obese old man who was extremely bloated, weighing at least two hundred kilograms.

The man looked like a sphere, with short limbs, his neck could not be seen at all, his chin was stacked in several layers, and the fat on his belly was piled up in circles, and when he moved slightly, the fat rose and fell like a wave.

Hearing the sound of entering the door, the obese old man raised his head, and it was such a simple action that made his forehead sweat. Smiled apologetically, the old man wiped the sweat from his forehead, made an inviting gesture to the three of them, and pointed to a few chairs next to him: "Please sit, please sit, everyone can sit casually, my body is really inconvenient to stand up, so I won't welcome the three." ”

The voice is soft and gentle, it sounds like a normal person, not at all as mechanical and rigid as other traders, and the smile is very sincere, no matter how you look at it, this is a normal human being.

"This is the president of the black market?" Shuer looked at the old man from a distance, nodded thoughtfully, pulled out a chair and sat next to the old man, the two ladies naturally sat on the other side of the long table facing each other, ready to deal with the abnormal situation, "To be honest, I was really a little surprised. ”

"I've heard Delia mention of the Elder before, she didn't say that the appearance of the Elder is so distinctive, I think, this is definitely not her ignorance, with the size of the Adult, even if she wants to ignore it, I'm afraid it's not so easy, so it seems that there is only one answer. Shuer smiled, "This is also one of the alternate bodies of the Elder Adult, it seems that the Elder is really vigilant at all times." ”

"There's no way, if you do this business, you're destined to be suspicious all the time, and you won't get peace for a moment. The obese old man did not deny the speculation of a spare body, "Some things always have to be paid." ”

"Oh, that's right. Shure nodded thoughtfully, "Now that we're here too, if the elder has anything to talk to us about, he can always tell us, right?"

"You're looking for me. The old man seemed to be smiling, and the smile on his chubby face looked very innocent, "From the very beginning, Mr. Shul has given out the signal that he wants to talk to me, and as a qualified businessman, of course I will not refuse." ”

"Oh, that's right, but my signal was just a release to what I understood at the time as the 'Black Market Boss', and now that the situation has changed significantly, I naturally have to think more about it. Xiu Er paused, and suddenly said with a self-deprecating smile, "Forget it, it's not over if it goes on like this, it's better for everyone to talk straight, there's no need to go around like this." I guess in the nature of the president doesn't like the subtle way of talking to humans. ”

"I think Mr. Scheuer has a misunderstanding. The president smiled and said, "Actually, I'm also a human being. ”

"Was it human or was it human?"

"Ever. ”

"I see. "It seems that the world is more complicated than I imagined. ”

"But Your Excellency is right about one thing, I really don't like going around in circles. The president's huge body moved and adjusted to a more comfortable position, "Well, in order to show sincerity, I'll ask my questions first." ”

"Where do we come from?"

"Yes. The president nodded, "What the hell are you? I hope you don't use excuses to perfunctory me, you are certainly not members of the black market in this city, and you are definitely not from other cities, I would like to know, what are you, where are you from, and what is your purpose?"

"Your Excellency is so sure?" said Shuer, tapping his thigh, in thought, "Is there any basis?"

"I'll show you something. The old man picked up a controller on the table and pressed it a few times, and a dark grid on the wall pulled upward, revealing a huge display screen behind the dark grid, and soon, a clear image appeared on the display.

On the crowded street, seven strange people suddenly appeared out of thin air, but the people around them were unaware and continued to do what they were supposed to do. Undoubtedly, this was the scene when the shield of divinity disappeared and the seven were exposed to this world for the first time.

"After listening to a few children talk about the existence of your lordship, I searched for the surveillance footage of the inner city before the mechanical invasion according to the physical characteristics of several of them, and finally determined that this was the scene when they first appeared. ”

"Because I couldn't find a video from an earlier time, I had to analyze this image in depth, until I compared this video frame by frame with other videos in the same place at the time period, and then I suddenly realized the problem, you ...... It seems to have appeared in the video out of nowhere. ”

"It's so strange, such a simple conclusion, I didn't even notice it before, you know, I've watched the video of these few minutes more than 30 times, and I didn't find any sense of disobedience, if it wasn't for my targeted investigation, I really had to ignore it, this feeling is like ...... Someone deliberately covered my eyes. I'm curious how you do it. ”