"But I'm nearby, so it's not good to sit idly by. ”

Asuka looked at the smoke in the distance and thought, "Come with me." Let's go to another place. ”

"Where?" asked Lance, somewhat curious.

"Roddick City. Asuka explained: "It's a place of absolute neutrality, unlike Manhattan, which has become a new place for China. You said that there is something you need to ask me, and it seems that it is a more private matter, so it is more convenient to go there to talk. ”

"In New York City, although there are ruins everywhere, there are stealth drones belonging to Zhongxin Technology flying over at any time. Everything you do, including everything you say or do, can be videotaped and wiretapped. In fact, if it weren't for the very important thing, I wouldn't have been close to the territory of Zhongxin. ”

Speaking of this, Asuka couldn't help but laugh: "I see that your speed is also very fast, why don't we compare?"

With that, he suddenly jumped into the air, and his whole body was like a big bird soaring, and with the help of a mysterious air current, he quickly swept towards the north.

Lance smiled slightly, and did not panic, but adjusted his speed and easily followed.

Although the speed of the bird is fast, it is still too far behind in front of Lance, but it is impossible for Lance to expose his full strength at once.

The two went all the way north, but not in a straight line, but under the leadership of Asuka, they took a winding route.

Needless to say, Lance knew that Asuka had chosen this route only to avoid the powerful monsters of the Disorderly Lands. After all, in the post-quantum storm era, although human beings are strong. But he is no longer the only master on earth. Between Manhattan and Roddick City, there are countless monsters in the center.

It's also thanks to Asuka that he is familiar with the road and chooses the path with the fewest monsters.

In half an hour, when they arrived at their destination, Lance had already killed a group of rampaging zombies and three sulfuric wolverines with his own hands.

It's just that when the two of them arrived at their destination, Asuka looked at Lance with a somewhat strange gaze.

Lance was keenly aware that the slightest strangeness was due to awe.

Although Lance didn't use sorcery when killing the rampaging zombies and sulfur wolverine, the powerful physical element he displayed alone was enough to shock Asuka.

"Forgive me for taking the plunge. Are you a B-rank hero?" Asuka asked, a little awkwardly.

Generally speaking. There are very few B-rank heroes operating on the North American continent, and as he has many close friends in the intelligence department of the Aegis Bureau, he should have an impression of all B-rank heroes. However, this guy in front of him is so perverted. It has obviously undergone more than three transformations. He was not impressed.

Lance smirked, "I'm not a hero yet. ”

"What?" Asuka said in a lost voice, "How is this possible?"

"Why can't it?" asked Lance calmly, "You're an agent of the A.D.E.l.D. You should also know that not all superpowers are registered with the Heavenly Shield Bureau, right?"

"That's too. Asuka thought for a moment. He smiled bitterly: "Your strength is so strong, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Of course!" said Lance decisively, "I am not very familiar with this neighborhood, for now, can you tell me how I entered the so-called Roddick city of your mouth? ”

When Lance said this, the two were indeed standing on a desolate ruin. In the distance, there were long mountains, and there was silence all around, littered with decaying corpses of living beings, and small pools of water that glowed with a glowing green—the water was distinctly radiant so intense that even with Lance's physique, it would be uncomfortable to get closer.

"What's going on...... Asuka smiled silently, "Mr. Lance, maybe you're mistaken. Roddick City is not built on the ground - in fact, there are very few human strongholds that have bases on the ground like Zhongxin Technology, and only the three major companies with strong backing and technological protection systems would dare to do so. Most of the forces are still hidden beneath the surface. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly jumped under the wreckage of the OnePlus Boeing family of airliners, grabbed a piece of debris, and threw it away.

Lance leaned over and followed the bird through the hole behind the shard.

The interior of the airliner is still a mess, but a small path in the center can still be walked.

They walked from the tail to the center, and Asuka opened a strange electronic door and entered a serial number on it.

"Please take a retinal test. ”

A mechanical voice rang out.

With this sound, a robotic arm stretched out from above, and a glimmering instrument scanned Asuka's right eye.

"Dididi, verification pass. ”

"Identification: Benjamin/Asuka, Level 5 Combat Agent of the Heavenly Shield Bureau. The access permission is successfully obtained. ”

"Welcome to Roddick City!"

At this moment, the robotic arm pointed at Lance and said mechanically, "Please take the retina test." ”

With that, the thing slapped Lance's right eye without saying a word.

"Dididi! Retinal assay failed. Unidentified and unable to gain access!"

Lance looked at the birds.

The latter shrugged his shoulders and said, "ID Lance, the referrer Asuka re-applies for access permissions." ”

The mechanical voice sounded again: "More proof is needed for temporary passes." ”

"How dare a person of this level call himself an artificial intelligence?" Asuka smiled: "ID Lance, the referrer Asuka, a fifth-level agent of the Heavenly Shield Bureau, rewrite the referrer authority, and apply for access permission again." ”

This time, Na Muran's mechanical voice finally responded: "Dididi, Didi! Temporary access has been successful, Mr. Lance, welcome to Roddick City." ”

With that, there was a crunch of metal, and a door to their right suddenly opened.

It's a very clever lift.

Lance walked into the elevator and said, "At least this AI can tell my gender." ”

Asuka glanced at him: "No, no, no...... I'm guessing you're mistaken. This idiot has no concept of gender. Shouting that everyone is a gentleman. ”

Lance was dumbfounded.

......

The elevator descended slowly, and it took a full thirty seconds before it stopped.

When Lance stepped out of the dreary space, he saw a brightly lit and bustling scene.

It is a super-large human gathering point built underground.

It is said that before the Quantum Storm came, it was supposed to be a large nuclear war shelter built by the Roddick family, but the Quantum Storm came so suddenly that most of the elite of this powerful family died on the way to the shelter.

The entire Vault is made up of metal frames, a special metal that insulates radio and thermal scanning, and the entire base is located in an underground space six hundred meters below, so it's relatively speaking. It's still very safe here.

"Welcome to Roddick City. The birds on the side whistled. Chong Lance squeezed his eyes: "I know there is a place that is a good place to talk about things." ”

Tulip Restaurant.

In a position near the window, two men were constantly destroying the food on their plates.

Just two minutes later, the food that was so rich that it had piled up on the table was wiped out by the two of them.

Asuka had some frustration on his face: "I thought I could at least outeat you in terms of food...... Unexpectedly. ”

Lance smiled.

In fact. Just in that pile of food. At least two-thirds of them were dealt with by Reims. This is still the case when he deliberately controls the speed.

A waitress in the distance seemed to be familiar with Asuka. Seeing Asuka deflated, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It turns out that the combat agents of the Heavenly Shield Bureau will also meet opponents. ”

"Don't gloat, Caroline. Asuka looked a little embarrassed: "This gentleman is a big man. ”

"Just blow it. The hostess didn't buy it and said, "Didn't you say that you were a big man next to you that time?"

Let's talk about it. She glanced at Lance, who seemed to think that Lance looked unremarkable, and was eventually attracted to something else.

"Ignore her. An ignorant woman. Asuka tried to change the subject: "Now that I'm full, you can ask some questions, after all, you saved me, so I'll tell you as much as I can." ”

Lance smiled: "Turns out you like ignorant women. ”

Asuka's eyes widened, and before he could attack, Lance quickly said, "I want an intercontinental ticket." ”

"Intercontinental tickets!?"

As soon as these words came out, Asuka was suddenly a little dumbfounded: "Where do you want to go?"

"Asia. Lance said.

"It's a bit tricky. Asuka hesitated for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "It's not that I don't want to help you." Merely...... The price of intercontinental air tickets is too expensive. ”

"It's not before the Quantum Storm broke out, the world is full of monsters, and if you want to go to Asia, you can either become a Level 6 agent of the Aegis Bureau and have the privilege to fly in a [Turbo] stealth aircraft, or you can defect to the three major companies. The rest is to scrape together your own money to buy a plane ticket...... But that thing is expensive to death, after all, in the whole world, only Violet Airlines has mastered the civilian routes to the world. ”

"And the Violet Company is not open to everyone to buy tickets, in addition to having enough wealth, you must at least have a legitimate identity. ”

Lance was silent for a moment, then said, "For example?"

"For example......" Asuka thought for a moment:

"A registered hero of the Heavenly Shield Bureau?"

......

In the southwest of Roddick, a tall building stands out against a flock of low-slung houses.

"The division of the Aegis, my favorite division on the East Coast. Asuka enthusiastically pushed Lance open the door.

When the two of them arrived at Office No. 7, Asuka whistled, "Hey, Sophie, I'll introduce a new person to sign up." ”

The purple-haired woman behind the office raised her eyes and looked at Asuka and threw out a form lukewarmly: "Fill out the form first." ”

Lance shrugged, picked up his pen and wrote some information on the form, and then crossed the "whether to upload real photos", and the rest of the stuff was basically made up by him.

"Aptitude test, room six. If you want to become the lowest-tier D-rank hero, you'll need to show at least one talent that is beyond the average person. ”

Sophie glanced at Lance's form and quickly dropped a voucher to Lance.

The latter patted Asuka on the shoulder and walked to room six.

Behind him was the sound of Sophie and Asuka arguing:

"Don't talk to me, don't think I don't know, this time when you come back, the first thing you go to is that woman's tulip restaurant. ”

“...... Hey, don't do that, Sophie. You know I'm going to be very hungry after the fight. Asuka seemed to be trying to make a defense.

"You don't need to explain so much to me, after all, I'm just your ex-girlfriend. Now, please let me go, and don't interfere with my business. ”

......

Hearing these conversations, Lance also shook his head helplessly.

This guy Asuka is the first hero he has known since returning to Earth. This guy seems to have a good conscience, but he didn't expect to be so attentive in terms of feelings. When he ate at the Tulip Restaurant before, he could clearly see that he had a strong love for the hot-skinned hostess, and he also had an unclear relationship with the female teller in the office of the Aegis Bureau.

As he thought so, he soon arrived at Room Six.

A big, shirtless man walked out of the room, took the slip from Lance's hand, squinted his eyes and said, "Go in." ”

The room is large and has all kinds of props in it.

"What are your abilities?" asked the other party straight to the point.

"Speed. Lance replied succinctly.

"Get on the treadmill. The strong man pointed, "Start with 30 meters per second, this speed is okay, right?"

"No problem. ”

Lance happily got on the treadmill. He didn't want to show too much about his abilities. When he passed by the hall before, he took a look at the evaluation criteria of the hero system under the Aegis Bureau, and almost one of his abilities exceeded a certain standard for ordinary people, and he could become a D-level hero.

Lance was just trying to get an official identity.

So he ran decently on the modified treadmill for a while, and finally "tried his best" to give a maximum speed of 269 kilometers per hour.

This result is still far from the 489 kilometers per hour that the bird runs.

When Lance returned to the counter with his report card, Asuka took a special look at it, and it immediately became a little strange.

Sophie was naturally unaware, and with the transcript of passing the aptitude test, the next procedure became much easier.

Under the occasional bickering of a former couple, half an hour later, Lance got the registration certificate issued by the Heavenly Shield Bureau.

A D-class hero with a perk of speed, similar to a bird.

"Next, it's about making money. Lance said goodbye to Asuka for the time being, leaving the Aegis branch alone.

Throughout Roddick City, there is an air of hustle and bustle.

In such a place, there is always an opportunity to make money.

Lance silently made a note of the number Asuka had mentioned earlier—

60,000 quantum coins.

That's not a small amount. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter is 4,000 words, and today's 10,000 words have been achieved.