Lin Ran entered the lounge through the selection of psychological intimidation interest, and he was the first to pass, so there were only him and Wendy in the lounge.

Wendy propped up her glasses and asked, "I read a book about Nordson Forest before, was it fun?"

Is it a temptation?

In the village on the edge of the Nordson forest where Lacey lived before joining the Waste Harvesting Team, Lin Chao had already learned about this person's past, and when he heard Wendy's question, he thought that he had checked Lacie's past, and it was a very detailed kind.

Why is it so detailed, it shows that Lacey has entered the eyes of the Bert family.

If it's just a battle, Lin Ran's first place is not a problem, and there are other competitions that can't be said.

The most important thing is that he is not Lacey, he is pretending to be the Cangqi man who has died in the wild, if someone from the same village as Lacey appears, maybe you can find more suspicions about him.

Lin Chao thought to himself, and said slowly: "I don't like to play, I just want to be stronger." ”

Wendy pouted, "You're really boring, you are so serious about small talk." I heard that you were just silent before, but I didn't expect it to be bitter and hateful, could it be that the wasteland collection team has been being oppressed?"

Lin Lan didn't answer, but said, "I don't have anything to say, it's better to talk about you." ”

Wendy laughed, "Then what do I have to say?" ”

Lin Lan asked, "What level are you now?"

"It's so-so, I've just been promoted to level three. ”

There was an obvious show off in the words, which could be seen from the upturned corners of Wendy's mouth.

"Actually, my qualifications are not good, the potential value was less than 5 points at the beginning, and I have only been upgraded until now, but everyone says that my ability is good......"

Unexpectedly, Wendy talked a lot about herself after talking about herself, and Lin Chao had no place to interject, and he didn't want to interject, so Wendy told her ordinary but not bland, short and simple life.

The second person to come was Carter, with light steps and a face of joy and surprise, obviously not expecting that the so-called challenge to the second-level mutant beast was a disguise.

Wendy also asked Carter to sit down, but Carter didn't have the heart to eat, and looked at Lin Chao with a puzzled look.

He had the courage to enter only after receiving a hint from someone from the Bert family, and the other party had also received a hint.

Why did he receive a hint, Carter also understood that Albert was optimistic, and Effie's mother Greene was optimistic about Lewis, so who gave the hint to this bunker kid named Lacey.

Lin Ran ate the food in front of him and sighed.

Sure enough, there are still rich people, although the brotherhood claims to have a head and a face, but on weekdays it eats coarse tea and light rice, look at Bert's house, the hospitality is made of mutant beasts meatloaf, meatballs, sandwiches, etc.

Atmospheric, not bad money.

He slowed down his drink with the black tea, the best tea he had ever drunk since the Big Bang.

The small universe originally had 100,000 cubic meters, and countless items were placed, and there were food, clothing, housing and transportation in life, as well as tea, but the tea was not prepared, and it was all purchased in large quantities.

In the past, supplies were abundant, although mutant beasts invaded, who would have thought that most of the countries would disappear, and the past regional division would fail, and humans would have to rebuild well-defended cities to continue to multiply.

Wendy and Carter make small talk, and soon Lewis comes over.

He was direct, and as soon as he came, he asked Lin Chao, "How did you see the inside story of this challenge?"

Lin Ran said, "I came in to challenge the mutant beast. ”

"No way. ”

Lewis said firmly, and there was something to say next, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything more.

Everyone has entered the runoff, and there is no benefit in arguing here, it is more important to leave a good impression on the owner.

Carter followed the topic and said, "There are not many people who can pass this level, so why don't you ask Miss Wendy to make it clear, anyway, in the end, it will be a few of us who compete." ”

The sound of stumbling, another man coming in, is running over.

It was Ram, who looked a little embarrassed.

There were also footsteps behind him, and it was clear that there were more than a few warriors.

At the end of the day, only seven people would be able to pass this challenge, which was not dangerous.

Some people feel teased and can't calm down, while others are happy, and if there is no hint, they may be turned away, which is equivalent to picking up an opportunity.

Originally, there were 30 people competing, but after this joking test, only 7 remained.

Wendy said: "Congratulations to all of you for entering the runoff, from now on you are invited to settle in the manor arranged by the Bert family, your every move will be part of the score, a total of three days, three days later, there will be results." ”

When he came out of the lounge, Lin Chao deliberately felt it, Lewis and Carter paid the most attention, even Ram, who was lucky enough to pass the test, also had a few glances, and there were also people who looked at themselves, most of them swept their eyes and did not stay, and only one stayed for more than three seconds.

It was a woman in her thirties, and Lin Ran thought of her identity, not from the Bert family, but a teacher engaged in theoretical teaching, named Griffin.

Judging by her age and work, it is likely that it is Effie's colleague and friend.

Why is Griffin paying attention to me, is she watching me on behalf of Effie?

Effie has not yet appeared in public in front of the men who are competing to be her partner, and Lin Ran only said that the people who saw her in the photos were indeed quieter.

Thinking of working with Master Bert at the beginning, but now he has to compete for his daughter's husband, Lin Chao also sighed with emotion.

Now he needs a higher platform, at least higher than the Brotherhood, and the Bert family fits it perfectly.

Lewis asked, "Miss Wendy, is the person with the most points winning?"

Wendy sold a pass, "Maybe not by scores, but by other performances." ”

After getting in the car, Ram sat next to Lin Chao and found an excuse to chat, Lin Chao felt that he was doing useless work.

The Bert family even found out Lacey's birthplace, how could they not know that Lacey and Ram are from the Brotherhood, although he can't see anything special about Ram.

So Ram can't hide it from others if he wants to make some small moves, so why hide it and make people look down on him.

After arriving at the manor

The butler led the seven people to a large courtyard with more than a dozen rooms, each of which was assigned a room.

The housekeeper said: "For three days, you can show your strengths to your heart's content, everything that happens here is an assessment, don't worry about no one seeing." ”

Ram didn't expect to be one of the last seven, in fact, when he saw Lewis and Carter, he already knew that he was not playing, their backgrounds were better than him, and their external conditions were also good.

At this time, I just want to brush up on my presence more, and ask: "Mr. Butler, for example, if I go to play chess with others, it will be a plus?"

The butler said, "If you are good at chess, of course it is." ”

When the housekeeper left, and the seven of them were going back to their rooms, Lewis stopped everyone and said, "Although it is a competitive relationship, but we have an acquaintance, it is better for us to introduce ourselves first to deepen our understanding, and maybe there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future." ”

A man named Lausanne turned away without giving face, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested." ”

Lin ran into the room as well, much to Lewis's embarrassment.

Ram felt that he should have a good relationship with Lewis, and said, "You are so ungraceful, you must know that our every move is in the eyes of Mr. Albert, why can't we be honest and frank." ”

However, it was useless for him to speak, and more people left.

Lin Lan felt that this was a stupid shortage, whether it was as a direct competitor or a rival in love, who was sincere with you, not to mention that you were not sincere at all.

Upon entering the room, he spotted several cameras and smiled.

I swept around the bookshelf and saw a copy of Master Bert's book, "When Mutants Walked from Land to the Deep Sea", and took it down and read it carefully.

This book uses a large amount of data to put forward a point of view: humans and animals both originated in the ocean, and mutants can also go deep into the ocean and extract the material from the mutant beasts that allows the mutants to dive freely into the deep sea, opening up a broader living space for humans.

There are many examples in it, and there is a special mention of the mackerel around Lin Chao, which is a real case of mutants approaching sea creatures.

Seeing this, Lin Chao couldn't help but think of Qinghua, and didn't know where she was doing.

Since Master Bert gave this example, perhaps Qinghua became the subject of the experiment again, as Lin Chao did when he first saw her.

I don't know if her properties have been discovered by others, and if anyone will use her to explore nuclear radiation and find nuclear materials.

Speaking of nuclear materials, Lin Ran took the book and came to the map of Peacock City on the wall.

In the millions of square kilometers under the jurisdiction of Peacock Villas, there are several production bases of elements related to nuclear energy, and mankind has not given up this substance.

The Big Bang was clearly a conspiracy, a conspiracy against a master of mutants, and the use of so many nuclear bombs was to serve some people to seize power.

Lin Ran planned to wait for this matter to be over, and eliminate those production bases, so that the big explosion would become a loud noise.

Knock knock knock......

Lin Ran opened the door, it was Ram.

Ram looked at the book in Lin Lan's hand and asked, "What do you think of Master Bert's idea of mutants becoming amphibians?"

This guy has actually read Master Bert's writings, is it a temporary cramming, or is it a compulsory course in the academy curriculum.

Lin Chao didn't believe that Ram really wanted to discuss this kind of issue, and he knew what Ram was from Bella, so he said lightly: "What are you here for?"

Ram was tempted to find a way to help me stand out, but he couldn't, and said in a roundabout way, "Let's talk about this matter at hand, why do you want to be Miss Effie's partner?"

"It was the vice president who called me to participate and asked me to compete on behalf of the fraternity. ”

Lin Lan's answer was unexpected, "What I'm most interested in is becoming a strong person, and it doesn't matter whose partner it is." ”

Ram scolded in his heart, I am also from the Brotherhood, you are so good at saying this, it seems to be a hunting mission, as if Miss Effie is a mutant beast.

He said, "To change the question, what do you think of Miss Effie?" ”

Lin Lan said, "I don't know. ”

Ram was about to say what he thought of Effie, but Lin Chao said that he would rest and close the door, which made Ram angry, thinking that after he went back, he would first fire this kid and then teach him a lesson.

What kind of person, I don't understand my identity at all, just a little captain.

......

At night, just as Lin Chao was lying on the bed reading a book, there was an abnormal smell in the air, and shouts outside sounded.

There was a fire.

Is there such a coincidence, it seems to be a test.

Lin ran out in his pajamas and saw the courtyard a hundred meters away.

Others also appeared, Lewis immediately ran out, and the others followed one after another, but Lin Chao was the last, observing the surroundings and walking.

The housekeeper had already organized the extinguishing of the fire outside the burning yard, and when he saw them, he said, "The thief who set the fire has run away, don't let him do it again." ”

Everyone understood that it was a task, and Lewis said, "Give it to me." ”

Lin looked at it, in front of the mutants, the fire in the yard was easily extinguished, and he thought that the Bert family was really willful in order to find a son-in-law, and the house was burned when it was said.

Following the others behind, there were already a dozen people outside the courtyard, and Wendy was there.

Lewis asked, "Miss Wendy, did you notice that the housekeeper said there were thieves coming over here?"

Wendy said, "Yes, all the people here are here, we were about to go over there to help put out the fire, and we didn't see any thieves." ”

Lewis was puzzled, and Lausanne suddenly said, "This is a puzzle, and the arsonist is among you." ”

The others also reacted, and Wendy stepped aside, "There are thirteen people here, a few of them are coming out of the courtyard, and some are guards outside, if you want to find a thief, just ask, but you can't do it." ”

Sure enough, Lewis looked back at Lausanne, very dissatisfied with the man who took the lead in not giving face, and deliberately took a few steps back.

"Monsieur Lausanne, can you find the thief?"

Lausanne stepped forward with a calm face and asked the man on the far right, who he was, what he was doing, and how long he had been in the manor.

Ram whispered: "The competition is really all-round, and the case has to be solved, what does Lacey think?"

Then without waiting for Lin Chao's response, Lin Chao was moving around.

Lausanne stayed where he was and thought after asking, while the others watched with cold eyes.

Carter exclaimed, "We are both new to the manor, and we are not familiar with the people and buildings of the manor, and we can't get any results by asking. The thief sets fire, and there must be the smell of burning and ready-made dust on his body, see me to find him. ”

He walked past the thirteen people, sniffed them carefully, and felt that something was wrong, none of them met.

"Stretch out your hands. ”

The men did the same, but Carter still didn't find anyone who qualified, and he frowned and thought about it.

"I see, the thief is not here, he is still in the yard. ”

Lewis thought of something and immediately rushed into the yard to search around.

Ram couldn't wait to grab his hair, he still didn't have a clue, he didn't know when he watched Lin Chao wander around, so he didn't seem incompetent, and said: "Why can't you set fire to it from a distance, maybe the thief may be a mutant." ”

Carter whispered, "Even mutants shouldn't get rid of the smell cleanly." ”

Lin Chao turned to Wendy, and Wendy asked, "What did Mr. Lacey find?"

"I discovered the arsonist at his disposal. ”

Lin Chao's words surprised the others, and in a moment he could find out, Carter asked, "What method?"

"There was a small ditch around the yard where the fire was burned, and a long lead led from here to there. ”

Lin Ran pointed to a certain place on the ground.