This town has to change!

After simmering in the sand for nearly half an hour, Song Lan came to an important conclusion.

He finally understood the importance of those private interviews in the movie, and if he hadn't walked out of the gate of the 17th District himself, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to imagine that the people here would see this stuffy, dangerous and uncomfortable sand bath as a way to relax.

Care.

If he was a merchant going back and forth between the Neutral Kingdom and the Seventeenth District, he wouldn't want to have managed to cross the desert to reach the inn, and the dilapidated inn waiting for them would not even be able to take a shower.

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"There's another reason why we're using this as a starting point."

After returning to the hotel room, Lu Xiang said, "It's rare to come out once, I want to experience the life of a businessman, most of the people downstairs just now are mercenaries, and they are all here to find work." ”

With the power of a merchant alone, it is difficult to complete the transportation of goods alone, even by air.

The local criminals are extremely well-equipped, and they all have dealings with multinational arms dealers, and many of them are equipped with surface-to-air weapons.

If the transport plane were to be shot down by a criminal syndicate, the losses would be unimaginable.

For this reason, even merchants who have the financial resources to transport by air prefer to transport by land.

"This town is the starting point of the trade route, and many merchants usually come here to recruit mercenaries, in addition to dealing with criminal groups active on the line, there are also mutated creatures in the desert along the way, such as a mutated creature called the Death Crab by the locals, which looks like a crab and usually hides in the sand, and will attack once a convoy passes above."

Lu Xiang also popularized the knowledge of the "outside world" for Song Lan, "The size of the adult Death Crab is larger than that of a transport truck, and its strength can easily overturn an object weighing more than ten tons. ”

In addition to criminals, there are also huge monsters that can overturn a truck weighing more than a dozen tons?

Song Lan felt that Lu Xiang's understanding of "tourism" had a big problem.

Why don't they go home?

However, before he could speak, Lu Xiang continued to explain his plan, "We can go and apply for mercenaries, so that we can follow a caravan to the Twelfth Country." ”

When she proposed this plan, Song Lan refused from the bottom of her heart.

But Lu Xiang saw through his thoughts at a glance and added, "In this way, you can leave the desert area as soon as possible, and there is an air conditioner in the car, which is much cooler than staying in a hotel." ”

Song Lan had to admit that Lu Xiang could always accurately poke at his weakness, he now suspected that the sand bath experience was also a trick of the other party, he was too hot now, he really wanted to find an air-conditioned place to stay, if possible, he also wanted to leave the town as soon as possible.

Lu Xiang also mentioned "leaving the desert area", which means that this kind of humble town is not the norm, maybe out of the desert area, there will be elegant high-end hotels waiting for them.

This couldn't help but give him another glimmer of hope.

As not all places in the "outside world" were poor, as far as he knew, the Twelfth was the center of trade of neutral countries, and the princess could immediately solve the financial problems faced by their departments, and the construction there was probably much stronger than that of the Seventeenth District.

You must know that the urban construction of the 17th district belongs to the worst echelon in the entire coalition government, except for the downtown area where there are more wealthy people, the architectural style of other areas is not much more advanced than in 2020.

Since coming to 2166, Song Lan has not yet experienced the charm of first-tier cities.

After thinking for a while, he reluctantly agreed to Lu Xiang's plan.

However, two hours later, Lu Xiang, who was originally full of interest, returned to the hotel room, sat down on the bed, and the whole person fell into a state of low pressure.

In her original plan, they should have found the caravan to hire them by this time, and began to count supplies for the journey to the Twelfth Nation, but she ignored a fatal problem.

In order to hide people's eyes, she and Song Lan both adopted certain camouflage skills.

This did save them a lot of trouble, but it also had a consequence.

The head of the Seventeenth District's Law Enforcement Department, coupled with a strong combination of "zealous citizens", has repeatedly failed in the process of job hunting, and there is no caravan willing to hire them, even if she makes it clear that the price is not an issue.

Even if he gritted his teeth and offered a free escort, he was still politely rejected by the caravan.

If this continues, I am afraid that they will become the first unjust species to become mercenaries at their own expense.

And I'm afraid that no one will hire them to be mercenaries at their own expense, because it's too suspicious - how can a normal person be willing to pay to escort others, what's the picture?

Therefore, they have reason to suspect that these two suspicious elements who are self-funded mercenaries are headhunters planted into the caravan by the criminal group.

Traveling with the caravan was an important part of Lu Xiang's travel plans, as it allowed them to get up close and personal with the caravan and understand more intuitively the difficulties that the caravan might encounter on this trade route.

"I think that if they don't hire us, it shows that they are a sane team."

Song Lan sat down beside Lu Xiang and gently stroked her back to calm her emotions, "I don't have a gun, and I don't look like a ruthless character on the outside, you see that your arms are so detailed, and your skin is white, it doesn't look like you're constantly running around in the 'outside world' at all." ”

Of course, if there was a real fight, Song Lan conservatively estimated that Lu Xiang should be able to knock down those mercenaries on the first floor of the hotel within a minute.

"So what do you say you should do?"

Lu Xiang turned his face sideways, his eyes a little aggrieved.

"Must act with the caravan?"

"Hmm."

"Well, then, make them something that suits our appearance."

Song Lan saw Lu Xiang's rare pitiful expression, so she used her brain and said, "It is also necessary to limit ourselves to mercenaries, we can call ourselves an inspection team from large enterprises, and hope to travel with them, anyway, we don't expect to make money from mercenary fees, it's a big deal to share the cost of hiring with them." ”

"Expedition team?"

"The purpose of Tesla Technologies' biological expedition team is to collect biological information in this area for new household robots."

This explains why they chose to follow the caravan instead of taking the hovercaravan.

At first glance, they look like employees of a large company.

"You wait for me here, I'll go negotiate with the caravan in the town."

……

About a quarter of an hour later, Song Lan returned to the house.

"There's a caravan ready to set off right now, and they're happy to go with us."

"Or you have more options."

Lu Xiang nodded, his frowning brows relaxed, picked up the suitcase that had not yet been opened, and followed Song Lan's footsteps.