Chapter 20: Old friends

It wasn't until Jiang Baimian and others were completely out of his sight that Bai Chen put away the "Orange" rifle and left the edge of the roof.
In the next second, she and Long Yuehong turned their heads at the same time and looked at the South Street Slave Market on the other side.
In the noise coming from the west, Bai Chen retracted his gaze and said to Long Yuehong:
"Let's go."
Long Yuehong nodded slightly, and followed Bai Chen back to the street.
Just when they were about to leave the area where the street light was broken, they suddenly saw a dark street, in front of a certain shop, a figure bending over, sneaky, not knowing what they were doing.
The man seemed to have noticed the appearance of Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, and turned around quickly and looked over.
In the next second, "he" ran away and quickly turned into a nearby alley.
"Thief?" Long Yuehong guessed suspiciously.
Bai Chen didn't answer him, walked to the place where the figure was just now, bent over and picked up a stack of paper.
…………
East Street, inside a warehouse, the light from outside shines through the glass windows, making some things barely show their own outline.
"How do you call it?" Shang Jianyao smiled and asked the intelligence officer standing at the junction of light and dark.
"Chen Xufeng." The intelligence officer answered calmly.
Anyway, he didn't give his alias in Yecao City, so don't worry about exposure.
"Jiang Baimian, see Yao for business." Jiang Baimian also briefly introduced himself.
Shang Jian Yao frowned slightly:
"The name is familiar."
Without waiting for Chen Xufeng to respond, he actively asked:
"Do you know Chen Xianyu?"
"Ah? My dad!" Chen Xufeng was quite surprised.
This really met an acquaintance!
Shang Jian Yao suddenly smiled and said:
"The 495th floor?"
"Yes. I'm the youngest of the old Chen family." Chen Xufeng asked amusedly, "You live on the 495th floor?"
Shang Jian Yao emphasized:
"I should have pinched your daughter's face."
"What?" Chen Xufeng was a little confused.
"It's meaty." Shang Jianyao expressed his feelings, "Almost two years ago, Grandpa Chen often took her to the ‘Activity Center’ to play. Later, she went to elementary school and didn’t see it much."
"Two years ago? Ah, at that time, when I was sent here, my daughter-in-law had to go to work usually. I guess it could only be taken by the older generation. As you know, the company's kindergarten was opened too early! "Chen Xufeng roughly understood the cause and effect.
Then, he "hately" said:
"How could you pinch her face? At that time, she was a five-year-old child."
"Grandpa Chen is also busy. If we are there, we will play games with her. Whoever loses will be pinched in the face or palm of the hand." Shang Jian Yao explained seriously.
"That's it..." Chen Xufeng smiled and said, "We are ten years old, right? Maybe I bullied you when I was a kid too.
The two chatted happily, and they felt that each other was trustworthy and must be trusted.
Although Jiang Baimian understood that Chen Xufeng had been away from home for two years, and couldn’t wait to learn about his parents’ health, his wife’s condition, and his daughter’s growth, he knew that business matters now, so he interrupted his "friend" who had met in his hometown:
"Brother Chen, have you figured out the reason for the disappearance of the previous group?"
"Eh, how can you call me brother? You are the leader of a group, why do you have to be D6? I'm still far behind." Chen Xufeng was a little flattered.
Jiang Baimian did not refute, and asked the venue very much:
"What level are you now?"
"D5, responsible for the intelligence network here, haha, there are not a few people." Chen Xufeng sighed with a smile, "When I have completed my life and transferred it back, I should be able to upgrade to another level."
"Pangu Bio" is still quite generous in sending out employees.
"That's not much worse than D6." Jiang Baimian said with a smile, "Let's talk about business first."
"Yeah." Chen Xufeng took out a stack of materials and said in a reminiscence tone, "Before the company notified me, I didn't know that such a group came to Yecao City. You should also know that we are two parallel lines. , No one cares about anyone."
"Yes, if we don't come with a mission, we want to ask you for help. We have to send a telegram to the company and ask the person above to give an order." Jiang Baimian nodded in agreement, "I remember the last thing the group sent to the company. A telegram said that it had arrived in the Weed City, hoping to find some old people who had experienced the destruction of the old world."
She suspected that the "old-tone group" was an accident after contact with an old man.
Chen Xufeng nodded gently:
"When I received the company's telegram, they had been missing for more than two weeks. Many clues had been broken and there was no way to investigate."
"However, there is still a bit of gain." He changed the conversation. "They are a five-person team, three men and two women. With the mentality of trying, I asked someone to ask various hotels and hotels in the city to see if there were any There is no similar combination to move in, and as a result, I really asked!"
"Can't the relic hunter have three men and two women?" Shang Jianyao asked rhetorically.
Chen Xufeng laughed:
"There must be a similar team, and we have more than one feedback.
"But after careful comparison and exclusion, I determined that the group stayed at the Miri Hotel, a very good one in Weed City. Their check-in time was exactly the same as the time the company received the last telegram."
Having said that, Chen Xufeng added:
"The people at the Miri Hotel are so impressed because the group of women is beautiful and the men are handsome, which are different from most relic hunters.
"Don't say, after the genetic improvement is popularized, when the young people of our company come out, it is really a beautiful scenery!"
"Have you done genetic modification?" Shang Jianyao asked suddenly.
Chen Xufeng was taken aback, and sighed long:
"Hey, I don’t know what’s going on. It may be that my father and mother were older at that time, or it may be a personal physique problem. The effect of my genetic improvement is not very good. The only advantage is that it is very common. It’s too easy to remember the face, um, also, some talent in disguising and tracking."
"At least 1.75 meters taller." Shang Jianyao said sincerely with relief.
Chen Xufeng is about the same height as Jiang Baimian.
Really a good friend of Long Yuehong... Jiang Baimian quietly rolled his eyes when no one was paying attention to him.
She interrupted the chat between Shang Jianyao and Chen Xufeng again, and actively said:
"The group chose to live in a place like the Miri Hotel, which shows that when they enter the Yecao City, they don't think there will be any danger, and they don't think there are hidden enemies."
Very relieved, very upright.
"I think so too." Chen Xufeng returned to the topic, "According to this inference, their follow-up actions in Yecao City should also be relatively public and have the opportunity to track down."
He took the stack of materials and continued:
"I contacted the insiders of the Hunter's Guild, and checked whether a similar group of five took over the task during that time.
"No feedback."
Since the "old-tuned team" did nothing to cover up their whereabouts, when they took up the task of the Hunter Guild, they would certainly not deliberately divide into two or three teams.
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian to question, Chen Xufeng took the initiative to say:
"But after finding out their registered hunter status, they are already'official hunters'.
"Hehe, guess how did you find it?"
"The real name is used." Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.
"..." Chen Xufeng was startled, "Yes! They are quite abiding by the rules."
"This shows that their actions have not caused any danger, or they have eliminated all the dangers and feel safe." Jiang Baimian gave his own opinion.
This made the team more likely to have an accident in Wild Grass City.
Chen Xufeng did not comment, but instead said:
"I spent some money and got the photos and all the tasks they completed when they registered as hunters.
"You can take a good look when you go back."
While talking, he handed the stack of materials to Jiang Baimian.
"Okay." Jiang Baimian reached out and took it.
Chen Xufeng recalled and said:
"There are still several clues I have investigated so far:
"One is that they have been to the Flying Bird Bar and clashed with a few guests inside, but it didn't make a big deal. This is what happened the night after they arrived in Yecao City.
"Second, they visited a certain senior member of the local Hunter's Association. I only asked about this matter yesterday, and who it is is to be investigated.
"The third is that they seem to have entered North Street. A servant of the City Lord's Mansion who often comes out to buy has seen a similar combination.
"four……"
Speaking of "four", Chen Xufeng's expression became quite solemn:
"According to the waiter at Miri Hotel, they are leaving the room by themselves.
"Two days before the company asked me to investigate."
"In other words, in the past two weeks, they were active in Yecao City, but they did not return the company's telegram? The true missing time was not as long as we thought?" Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully.
That "old tune group" is different from them. It has its own radio station. According to the rules, you have to contact the company almost once a week. In the last few days of the second week, the company took the initiative to send a telegram to ask about the situation.
"So it's strange." Chen Xufeng answered in the affirmative.
Then, he frowned:
"Recently, someone told me that they had seen people suspected of Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei in the city. Well, they are the top two photos."
Under the current lighting conditions, Jiang Baimian couldn't see the photo at all, so he didn't look at it, and thoughtfully "talked to himself":
"I don't know if it's more like strangers, or someone is pretending to be them, or they can move around freely?"
"Unsure." Chen Xufeng didn't judge blindly.
"Any other clues?" Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly.
"Not yet." Chen Xufeng shook his head.
Jiang Baimian let out an "um" and then asked:
"What happened to the library being burned at noon?"
Chen Xufeng said in a mocking tone:
"In the past two months, there have been more helpless guys in the city.
"It's the lunatics who preach that the old world was destroyed because of the pursuit of knowledge, and they violated taboos. They want to force everyone to stop reading books left over from the old world."
After talking about the main work and agreeing on the way of communication, Shang Jianyao told Chen Xufeng about the current situation of the old Chen family, and then the two reluctantly waved goodbye.
Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao around a quarter of the wild grass city, and finally turned back to the alley where the "Afu Gun Shop" was located.
After returning to the rented room ~EbookFREE.me~ they found that Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were looking at a stack of papers.
"What is this?" Jiang Baimian asked curiously.
"Leaflet." Bai Chen handed the paper in his hand to the group leader.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao looked at the paper at the same time and read the above:
"Thinking is a trap, knowledge is poison...
"Don't touch books anywhere...
"Can't repudiate the old world..."
The word "re-pour" is also drawn in a circle, leading out a line to indicate revision.
The revised words are:
"Heavy Rice"
"..." Jiang Baimian laughed blankly, "They really practice their ideas perfectly."