Chapter 66: Carnegie

As soon as they entered the gate, the soldiers behind them closed the door, and then one of the soldiers stepped forward and said, "All those who enter the city must first go and see Master Carnegie, and you and I will come." Several people looked at Chen Feng, Chen Feng nodded, and then followed behind the soldier while observing the surrounding situation.

The city feels quite strange, all the buildings are very old and dilapidated, there are not too many people walking around the streets, most of them stay in the rooms, and most of them are somewhat similar to the appearance characteristics of soldiers, it seems that this is the characteristic of standard evolutionary people, and there are a small number of people, both in terms of skin color and body type, they look like ordinary people. And the clothes on all of them were very dirty and shabby, but the weapons on the soldiers and some of them looked relatively clean, as if they had only been used for a long time.

I followed the soldier for about 20 minutes, and finally came to a villa that looked relatively new, stood at the door, and waited for the soldier to knock on the door, a man opened the door, this man looked very tall, and very strong, and his body was relatively clean. The soldier said a few words to the man, the man looked at Chen Feng and the others outside the door, and then nodded and entered the room, while the soldier stood at the door and waved to everyone. When Chen Feng and the others walked into the courtyard, the soldier waved his hand and said, "Only one person can go in." ”

Chen Feng didn't stop, and walked directly towards the house, while the rest of the people stood in place and waited. After entering the room, Chen Feng found that the place was still very tidy, and it didn't look like the street that gave people a very shabby feeling. The tall man who opened the door just now stood on the escalator on the second floor and said, "This way." ”

After going up to the second floor, in the living room on the second floor, Chen Feng saw a man and a woman sitting behind a relatively large desk, the man was reading a book, and the woman was responsible for pouring water into the man's water cup. Hearing Chen Feng's footsteps, the man took off his glasses, and then greeted Chen Feng seemingly warmly: "Oh, hello, foreign traveler." Chen Feng stood a few meters away from the desk, and then replied politely: "Hello, you must be Master Carnegie." ”

Carnegie waved his hand and said with a smile: "What adults are not big, you can call me Carnegie, can you tell me, where are you from?" Chen Feng said: "We are coming from the direction of the east, passing by here, and want to come in and change some food or something." "Where's the east?" Carnegie then asked. "It's from far to the east." Chen Feng really didn't know what to say, so he could only answer casually. "Oh, I see, it seems that you don't want to say it, but it doesn't matter, looking at your appearance, you should still be a primitive person, the original ecological people can't walk a long distance on foot in the current world, so, how did you get here?" Carnegie smiled, then continued.

"Yes, Master Carnegie, we were originally the original people of the same city, but we wanted to see the outside world, so we decided to leave the city, and we did meet some terrible guys along the way, and we also died a lot of people to deal with them." Chen Feng followed Carnegie's words. "Well, as you can imagine, in the outside world, there are many people who have not been brought together under a certain force, and those people have no fixed food and water sources, and can only find ways to rob the travelers on the road, or even eat the travelers." Carnegie nodded.

"Yes, you're right, Master Carnegie." Chen Feng replied. "So, what do you want in exchange for now? Food? Water? Carnegie asked. Yes, we want to trade our coats for some food and water, and we don't know if we can. Chen Feng nodded and said. Haha, of course, not only can you exchange it for supplies, but if you have something better, you can even exchange it for some weapons for self-defense. Carnegie said with a smile.

"I wonder what you mean by something better?" Chen Feng asked, "Books, you must have been to a lot of ruined houses to search for supplies along the way, have you ever seen books anywhere?" If so, please let me know, and I'll send someone to look it up, and if I can find a book, I'll be able to provide you with a pistol. Carnegie said, holding up the book on the table.

"This ..... We really haven't noticed, after all, you know, in this situation, it's good that we can eat food every day, and who cares about these things. Chen Feng thought for a moment, and then said with a sullen expression. Understand, I understand very well, but it doesn't matter, this deal is permanent, and when you leave the city, if you find a book somewhere, you can come back to me, a book, a pistol. If you can find a book with such a symbol on it, then you can have permanent residency here, you don't have to work, you don't have to go out, you can eat as much food as you like every day, and you can drink as much water as you like! As he spoke, Carnegie crossed his index fingers to make a cross.

Seeing Carnegie's movements, Chen Feng's mind suddenly buzzed, "This.... Didn't Mao Yuqiu do the same thing?!!! Could it be that the place Mao Yuqiu said is here?! "Sir? Mr?! Carnegie looked at the person in front of him and said again, raising his voice. Oh okay, I remember, if I come across a book like this, I will definitely find you as soon as possible. Chen Feng hurriedly replied.

"Okay". After saying goodbye to Carnegie, Chen Feng went out of the room, and then led a few people out of here, walking on the street, and the people on the street looked at a few people with strange eyes, making several people feel very awkward. "Looks like there are very few strangers here, right?" Lin Wenhao said. "I think maybe it's because we're dressed so differently from them, and it's like a person walking in the last days." Chen Feng shook his head and said. "This is also something that can't be helped, even if we have the captain's authority now, we can't know the next mission scenario in advance, so there's no way to prepare in advance." Wang Shutong continued.

"Well, anyway, when the next mission starts, don't forget to remind me that you must dress up and follow the customs." Chen Feng nodded, "I want to ask, what are we going to do now?" Pan Wen said softly. Judging from Carnegie's reaction just now, it should be that he has not seen Avery or has not yet known that Avery has the book. So we're going to find out where Ellie is first. Chen Feng said, and then Chen Feng asked again: "By the way, that Carnegie, made me a gesture like this, saying that there is this pattern on the cover of the book, do you know what this is?" Chen Feng made the same move that Carnegie had just made.

While everyone was thinking, Pan Wen said directly: "Isn't that the Bible?" "The Bible?" Several people looked at Pan Wen suspiciously. "Yes, if there is a cross on the cover of the book, that is the Bible, and the cross is the pattern of the cross?" Pan Wen said. "The Bible, the kind of pamphlet that foreign Christians have?" Yang Xin asked. "It's not a pamphlet, it's just a miniature version of the Bible, for Christians, there must be a Bible at home, and many big hotels will put a Bible in the table in the room, and our company's hotels have it." A hint of smugness appeared on Pan Wen's face.

"What does the Bible say?" Chen Feng didn't care about Pan Wen's expression either, and asked directly. "There have been many versions of the Bible since ancient times, but it mainly deals with the origin and doctrine of Christianity." Pan Wen said. "The Bible, Christianity.... The last thing Mao Yuqiu wanted to tell me was to have a biblical mission scene? Or is there a Christian mission scenario? Chen Feng recalled Mao Yuqiu's death message again.

"Shall we find someone to ask about the whereabouts of that person named Ellie?" Lin Wenhao interrupted Chen Feng's thoughts and said. "Well, yes, let's go find a store and change something casually, and then ask about the situation in the city by the way." Chen Feng nodded and said.

A few people came to a building that looked like a restaurant, and then followed Chen Feng in, there were many people sitting on the table eating and drinking in the room, it seemed that there should be no mistake, Chen Feng walked to the place that seemed to be the front desk, there was a woman standing there: "Hello, may I ask if we want to change some food and water sources, I don't know what to do." The woman glanced at Chen Feng and the people behind her and said. Your coat looks clean, a piece of clothing, you can change it for a glass of water, but you don't have a cup, if you don't have your own kettle, you need to add a piece of clothing. ”

"Then, then please help us change a jug of water." Chen Feng thought for a moment, then took off his coat and stretched out his hand at Pan Wen again. "For... Why me? I spent 3,000 yuan on this dress. Pan Wen said with some refusal. Chen Feng's brows furrowed slightly. Lin Wenhao hurriedly took off his coat and handed it to Chen Feng, Chen Feng took it and put the two clothes on the table, the woman put away the clothes and said, "Wait." He left here and went into a back room.

It didn't take long for the woman to come out of the back room, and at the same time she was still holding a very dilapidated kettle in her hand, the woman put the kettle on the table and was about to leave, Chen Feng quickly stopped her: "I still want to ask you about something." The woman didn't answer, but looked at Hua Tiantian behind Chen Feng. Hua Tiantian was inexplicably looked at, and she didn't dare to speak, Chen Feng followed the woman's line of sight, only to find that she was looking at Hua Tiantian's earrings, Chen Feng nodded his earlobe to signal Hua Tiantian, Hua Tiantian wiped her ears, and then understood what Chen Feng meant, and immediately took off the two earrings and handed them to Chen Feng. Chen Feng took the earrings and put them on the table.

The woman immediately took the earrings and began to put them on her ears, and said, "Ask." Chen Feng opened his mouth and said, "Have there been any other travelers who have been here besides us recently?" The woman took another earring and said, "There is another one, there was a man who came here alone the day before yesterday, but he left here yesterday." After saying that, the woman was about to leave, and Chen Feng spoke again: "Hey, I haven't finished asking yet." The woman turned her head to look at Chen Feng and said with a smile, "One item, one question." Chen Feng was speechless, and then looked at Yang Xin behind him, Yang Xin didn't have earrings or anything like that, so he had to take off a bracelet on his wrist and hand it to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng took the bracelet, the woman immediately walked back and reached out to ask for it, Chen Feng retracted his hand and said, "I just gave you two earrings, plus this, you have to answer me at least two more questions." "Okay." The woman happily agreed, and Chen Feng handed over the bracelet. After putting on the bracelet, the woman looked at Chen Feng and said, "Ask." This time, Chen Feng didn't speak in a hurry, he thought about it first, and then said: "Why are the people here dressed and eaten like that.... So casual, but the weapon looks new? "Chen Feng originally wanted to say words like shabby clothes, but he didn't think it was good." Are you sure this is a problem? The woman said curiously.

Chen Feng nodded, "Okay, maybe your city is different from us, all of us here need to work to get the resources to survive, and in this city, everyone has to work for Master Carnegie, and Master Carnegie owns a large weapons manufacturing factory. The woman said. Factory? But I don't think you have electricity here. Chen Feng asked suspiciously. Is this also a problem? And I don't know about this secret involving Master Carnegie, and if you don't have any other problems, I'm going to work. The woman shrugged.

"Okay, then let me change the question, what did that man do here?" Chen Feng asked, "Change some food, change a pot of water, it seems that Master Carnegie stayed overnight and left early the next morning." With that, the woman turned and left. Seeing the woman leaving, Chen Feng didn't continue to ask, but picked up the kettle on the ground and left the restaurant with everyone. "What are we going to do next?" Pan Wen asked. "I think it's better for us to get out of here first, I always feel like someone is watching us." Lin Wenhao said. "Oh, do you feel it too, I feel it too." Wang Shutong said. "Then let's get out of here first, even if we spend the night, we can't be here outside." Chen Feng nodded and said.

After passing through the whole city along the main road in the city, they came out of the gate at the other end, and guarded it in the same way as the gate that had entered the city at the beginning. The other party did not mean to stop Chen Feng, but watched Chen Feng and the others leave with a wicked smile. "Do you see the expressions on a few of their faces? That clearly means that sooner or later it will catch up with us?! After leaving the city gate, Pan Wen said with some concern. I'm a little worried too. Yang Xin agreed.

Chen Feng looked up at the sky, it was already more than 8 o'clock in the evening, but the sun had not completely set. "It seems that the alternation of day and night here is not the same as usual, and I don't know if the temperature difference at night is big. Let's go a little further, and when it's completely dark, we'll find a place to rest. After speaking, Chen Feng continued to walk forward. At about 10 o'clock in the evening, the sky completely darkened, and the wind began to rise, looking at the surrounding barren environment, and the sand and dust carried by the wind, several people had to cover their mouths and noses to reduce the inhalation of dust.

After walking a short distance, Chen Feng saw that there were several large cement pipes stacked on the side of the road, Chen Feng immediately decided to rest here at night, there are a total of three cement pipes here, you only need to lower your head slightly, you can walk in, there will be sand and dust blown in by the wind near the exit on both sides. For the sake of safety, Chen Feng first checked the three pipes, and inside one of the pipes, he found a pile of charcoal that had long been extinguished. Chen Feng let everyone enter a pipe, and then summoned nanoparticles to completely seal off one side of the pipe, so that the wind would not blow into the pipe from the other opening.

At the same time, Chen Feng also made a device similar to a lamp on the nanoparticle wall that sealed the entrance, and the inside of the pipe immediately lit up, and several people sat in the pipe and began to talk. Chen Feng took out the compressed food and compressed water exchanged for everyone from the space necklace, and then said, "We have walked around the city during the day, have you found anything?" Lin Wenhao was the first to speak: "I always feel that the people in the city seem to be very hostile to us, but they are not the kind of feeling that they want to rob or kill us. "I don't think there's any civilization here, just you and the restaurant, if that could be called a restaurant. It was when the woman was talking that I noticed that the people around me were basically eating with their hands, and their hands were dirty. Pan Wen said with a disgusted expression.

"As a woman, I can feel the lewd eyes of those guys, constantly roaming back and forth on a few of us!" Yang Xin also said depressedly. Wang Shutong's face flushed slightly, and then she said: "Well, it does make people feel very uncomfortable, and they have been stared at by that kind of gaze all the time. "I think that the people here are very direct in their words and actions, and they don't hide it at all. But it's really annoying. Hua Tiantian said.

"Yes, it's direct, they didn't hide their interest in the clothes on our bodies at all, and they didn't hide their obscene glances at a few girls, but they didn't act!" Chen Feng said. "I don't understand what you're trying to say." Pan Wen wondered.

What he wanted to say was, since there was no intention of hiding it at all, why not just do it? Unless there's something or a rule that prevents them from doing anything to us, maybe it's the rules of the city that can't do these things in the city, or maybe the Master Carnegie ordered us not to do those things. Lin Wenhao explained. Chen Feng nodded and continued: "Well, that's right, one more thing, according to the information we got at the beginning, there are a total of Carnegie, the pro-guards, the army, the foreign garrison, and the original human beings, if it is divided according to strength, the guys we met at the beginning belong to the human beings whose evolution is not complete, so their appearance is also very weird, they belong to the category of foreign garrisons, and the soldiers in the city are relatively better than most of the people we have seen. So they can fall into the category of people in the military.

But I didn't see any difference between the guards and the military around Carnegie, except, of course, the tall man. Well, if it weren't for the fact that the pro-guards were only stronger than the army and had the same physical characteristics, it would be that the pro-guards were somewhere else. ”

"What does that mean?" Pan Wen asked again. "As a city lord, where will the people of the personal guard not stay by the city lord's side?" Yang Xin said as if he didn't understand. "You mean that if the Guards weren't by Carnegie's side, they would be guarding something or someone more important?" Hua Tiantian replied tentatively. Snap, Chen Feng snapped his fingers, pointed at Hua Tiantian and said, "That's right, and if I'm not mistaken, the pro-guard team should be guarding the place where weapons are made." ”