Chapter 191: Guide
"Sure enough, Goldfinger is a little different from before, it seems that its functions are more comprehensive and have been significantly improved."
Meng Lei followed Huo Ye and his party, constantly walking through the bustling crowd.
Everything you see in front of you has changed significantly from the past.
A cigarette, a wine glass, a coin, or even a hat......
As soon as he fixed his gaze on an object, the pale golden distorted text would soon emerge, giving a very detailed hint.
The change of the golden finger came very suddenly, which caught Meng Lei off guard, but it was full of surprises and surprises.
He didn't expect that something like a gold finger could be upgraded?!
"Yes, this change is not an exception, but a universal phenomenon, and it should be related to the mysterious white light."
Meng Lei groaned as he walked, remembering some of the things that had bothered him in the past, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face:
"Perhaps...... The change had already begun after the end of the last dream, and now it was completely stabilized, and this seemed to have shown some hints from the beginning of this voyage."
He vaguely remembered that since this voyage, he had been feeling a constantly.
The sonar display looks as if there is some kind of subtle change from before.
The change was vague and hazy.
He had observed for a long time, trying to find some specific anomalies from it, but he had never found anything.
Now it seems that the change in the golden finger has had some signs since the last time I dreamed of the white light cluster, but it is not so obvious.
Until they met the white light cluster again and vaguely touched the edge of the hyperspace realm.
Only then was Goldfinger completely stabilized and a mysterious upgrade was completed.
"Even ordinary items can give new hints, I wonder if there will be some other changes to the anomalies seen through the sonar display?"
Thinking of this, Meng Lei suddenly felt extremely curious, and couldn't help but want to verify it with his own eyes.
After all, the signs of change came from when he looked at the sonar display.
Now that Goldfinger's upgrade has completely stabilized, when he stares at the sonar display again, the content and scope of the prompt must be different.
However, now Modo City is completely closed and cannot be entered or exited.
It is impossible to return to the Sea Locust to verify his guesses.
"Forget it, let's take a walk around the city first, investigate the opportunity that Edith said, the upgrade of the golden finger should be of great help to grasp various clues.
Perhaps, it will help me find the source of the large-scale hallucinatory event in Modo City."
In the end, Meng Lei calmed down and suppressed the joy brought by the upgrade of the golden finger in his heart for the time being.
Get your mindset right and continue with the current investigation.
He followed the team quietly, and did not show too obvious emotional changes from beginning to end.
Coupled with the chaotic and noisy environment around him, no one noticed that at a certain time just now, his eyes continued to flow with a strange look, as if he was full of curiosity about everything.
Everyone shuttled through the congested dance floor and booths all the way, looking for Jia Quan's traces. ….
Finally, in the corner of the bar in the west area of the hall, I saw Jia Quan's figure.
"Commander, he's there!"
Huo Ye's eyes were good, and from a long distance, his eyes passed through the crowded dance floor, and he saw Jia Quan wearing the same black uniform at a glance.
"This guy drinks so much, he actually killed so many beers by himself! Is this for information or is it chic!"
"Huh? That's not right!"
"Why are there so many people around him, it seems to be very lively, what the hell are they doing?!"
Dazzling spotlights.
At this moment, on the bar in front of Jia Quan, a pile of wine bottles was neatly placed.
Without exception, the wine bottles were all empty, obviously drunk by Jia Quan, not a drop was left, and there was no fish farming.
Around him, however, was surrounded by a group of strange people in fancy costumes.
There are bounty hunters dressed in a strong punk style, as well as pirates and thugs who are covered in tatters and clearly leaned towards the dark style.
These people gathered around the bar, surrounded Jia Quantuan in the middle, and shouted loudly with great interest.
It's like I've found something particularly interesting, and I'm gathering crowds to watch the excitement.
"Let's go, let's take a look."
There was still no reply from Roger and Chen Yu on the tablet, and I didn't know what the other party was busy with.
Seeing this, Meng Lei put away the tablet and put it in his arms, and did not continue to wait for a reply.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, a suspicious look appeared on his face, waved his hand at the entourage, and walked towards Jia Quan.
"Smack!"
The transparent heavy glass, in close contact with the stone bar, makes a crisp crashing sound.
Jia Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he kept slapping the wine glass in his hand, and shouted at the bartender in the bar: "Waiter, serve the wine!"
In the air, the rich smell of ethanol was unbridled, spreading out with a large amount of smoke.
Jia Quan waved his hand drunken and shouted:
"I've said the last bottle, as long as Lao Tzu can finish drinking, you can give me the address of the old man! You can't cheat!"
Opposite side.
The bartender standing on the other side of the bar, with a professional smile on his face, nodded lightly and responded:
"No problem, sir, this is our rule, as long as you can drink ten bottles of Morton without throwing up within the time limit, we will provide you with free information about the guide that is currently free, and we will never cheat!"
"Okay, there's still two minutes! Hurry up and bring the wine!"
When the words fell, the surrounding crowd also shouted.
"Hurry up! This guy can't wait, the waiter serves the drink!"
"Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, ten bottles of beer still don't vomit, do you really think your stomach is a toilet?!"
"Ten bottles of beer is nothing, the rules only require no vomiting, and it doesn't say that you can't go to the toilet, there are more people who can do this, how many of the fleets that want to go to the colony of Barona haven't experienced it?!"
"Lao Tzu gave a hundred, and bet that he would vomit in the tenth bottle!"
"I'll pay two hundred, bet this guy won't vomit!"
……
A group of bounty thugs and pirates who watched the excitement were not a big deal, chattering around the bar, and even opened the handicap to bet on whether Jia Quan could hold on. ….
At this time, Meng Lei and the others also came closer.
Listening to the discussion of the surrounding crowd, Meng Lei couldn't help frowning, and leaned over to Hans's side and asked in a low voice:
"What's the situation? Does Soho Bar still have this rule? Drink for information?"
Hearing this, Hans was also puzzled, scratched his head, and said in wonder:
"I don't know, I haven't been to this Modo City a few times, when I came here in the past, things like finding guides were done by the captain and the first mate, so I only followed into the city for a stroll, and I didn't have anything like this."
After a pause, Hans turned around and grabbed a guy dressed as a bounty hunter next to him, and asked curiously:
"Man, what is the guy up front doing? What are you gambling on, count me in."
The man turned his head and looked Hans up and down.
Seeing that the outfits of Meng Lei and his party were very different from the general style here, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Dude, this is your first time in Modo City, right?"
Hans nodded, made up a reason, and continued to ask, "That's right, we have a mission to go to the colony of Barona, and we happen to be passing through here."
The bounty hunter kept his gaze wandering between Jia Quan and Hans and the others, and seemed to see something, and suddenly said:
"Follow suit
That guy is together in the wine?"
"Yes."
"Oh~"
The man let out a long sigh, turned his head suddenly, and said:
"Eighty percent of the people who settle in Modo City go to the colony of Barona, and if you want to get to that neutral city located deep in the caverns of the sea, you must find a guide who knows the route in Modo City.
Soho Bar is the largest gathering place for information in Modo City, and there are open channels for guidance.
As long as you pay a certain introduction fee, you can buy the guide materials that are currently available in Modo Castle and then come to your door to look for them.
It's just that the referral fee drawn from the Soho bar is quite expensive.
Because for most people, as long as they find a guide for the first time, the two sides will leave each other's contact information and become a fixed partner.
If you go to the Barona colony in the future, you can contact you directly and privately.
The referral fee drawn from the Soho bar can be said to be a one-shot deal, and there are very few repeat customers, so the fee standard is very high, and there is no possibility of bargaining!"
After a pause, the bounty hunter with square nails on his belt and leather jacket, and a strong punk style all over his body, took a sip of the wine bottle in his hand, then wiped his mouth, made a long wine gap, and continued:
"Of course, there are a lot of fleets that are not rich in their own right.
The submarine has been in disrepair for many years, the circuit is aging, the shell is damaged, and even survival is a problem, so it is naturally difficult to afford such a high introduction fee.
Soho Bar, as the iconic entertainment venue of Modo City, is unlikely to cut off its own wealth and keep such people out.
Therefore, the bar has set a rule for this kind of people.
If you drink 10 bottles of Morton beer in 10 minutes and don't vomit the whole time, you will be provided with a free free guide.
If you can't do that, just pay for the drink.
And if it really succeeds, compared to the high introduction fee, that little wine money is really nothing. ….
It's also a workaround, offering many poor people the opportunity to go to the colony of Barona and get rich overnight."
Hearing this, Hans nodded thoughtfully.
And Meng Lei, who was listening carefully and silently beside him, was looking at him at the moment, and his heart was very complicated.
Some are tangled, some are melancholy, and some are crying and laughing.
What kind of rules are these, maybe it's a little too weird, right?
Drinking ten beers in ten minutes doesn't sound like a particularly strong man's hard thing, not as hard as climbing to the sky.
But for the vast majority of people, it is almost impossible to do!
Although the alcohol content of beer is not life-threatening for 10 bottles of beer.
However, Meng Lei swept his eyes and saw that the empty wine bottles placed on the bar had a capacity of about 500.
Ten bottles of beer have a total of 5,000 bottles, and they all have to be swallowed in the stomach within ten minutes, and they are not allowed to vomit.
Meng Lei really didn't expect that this guy Jia Quan would be able to fight so hard in order to save him money!
And when they arrived, Jia Quan had already drunk nine bottles, and only the last bottle was left!
It's unbelievable!
"I didn't see it, this guy's alcohol is so exaggerated, it's hidden!"
Meng Lei muttered to himself, looking at Jia Quan's gaze, with a faint hint of shock, it was really terrifying.
Suddenly, the surrounding crowd erupted into an uproar.
"Come on! Come on! Drink it, don't throw it up, man!"
"Hahaha...... Sure enough, as expected, I couldn't hold on! Ten bottles of wine in ten minutes, the creeper's stomach can't hold it!"
"Gan! Lao Tzu has blocked 300 marks, don't let Lao Tzu's money go down the drain!"
"Hold on, swallow!"
……
There was a lot of noise in the crowd of onlookers
, I saw Jia Quan, who was standing next to the bar, holding the wine glass in his hand, making a gesture of raising his head to drink, his face was full of pain, and he seemed to be trying his best to suppress and endure.
The bubbles in the wine glass, which accumulate like snowflakes, sink slowly at a speed that is difficult to discern with the naked eye.
It can be seen that Jia Quan has reached the limit at this moment.
For him, every drop of wine in his stomach is a great torture.
Just when the onlookers, full of different expectations in their hearts, focused the eyes of the audience on him, ready to reveal the final victory.
At a certain moment, Jia Quan suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand and stayed in place in a daze.
His eyes glazed over, like a runner who had fallen before the finish line, and all his efforts had been lost.
The crowd of onlookers booed incessantly, and it seemed that they had seen the end.
But at this moment, Jia Quan suddenly opened his mouth.
"Hiccup~~~~~
Immediately, in front of everyone's eyes, there was a long hiccup for nearly five seconds.
The next moment, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank the remaining half of the beer with snowflakes directly!
"Holy!"
"Well done fellow, well done! Hahahaha......"
"Lao Tzu won, bring it with five hundred marks, don't admit it, haha, this guy is really interesting, it scared Lao Tzu!"
"Damn, how is this possible, I'm about to throw up, so I'm about to kick the door......
"Damn, Lao Tzu lost miserably, it's really boring......
In the crowd, some people were happy and some were worried, and the many gamblers and melon-eating people who were watching had different expressions on their faces, but they didn't have any angry emotions, they just joined in the fun.
At this time, Jia Quan slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table and raised his hand at the bartender opposite.
"Bring the stuff!"
The young bartender, still with a professional smile on his face, hunched behind the bar and wrote something.
After a while, he handed Jia Quan a note and said with a smile:
"Honorable guest, this is the guide information you want, please keep it."
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