Chapter 828: The blizzard is coming (please vote for the big chapter)
Chapter 829 The blizzard is coming (please vote for the big chapter)
The brilliance of the morning sun shines on the white snowflakes and also on the young man in a tuxedo standing inside the door of the wooden house.
"This is the tea cup I made before,"
The bespectacled young man held a packaged iron cup and handed it over, "I originally said I would bring it to you when I visit you next time...I made it myself with a machine tool, but it wasn't done well..."
He Ao reached out and took the iron tea cup.
Compared with the assembly line tea cups sold on the market, this tea cup is obviously a bit simple, and the solder joints between the cup holder and the tea cup are also very obvious.
On the front of the tea cup, there is a pattern of a small crawler mining machine engraved with laser, which was Nell's favorite toy when he was a child.
"very nice."
Holding the teacup with both hands, He Ao answered with a smile.
"The temperature in the ice sheet has been very low recently. Are you cold there?"
The bespectacled young man looked at He Ao's thin tuxedo and asked carefully.
"not cold,"
He Ao shook his head. He reached out and picked up the gold-encrusted cane leaning against the door. "It's barely indoors. The wind and snow outside can't blow in."
"protect yourself,"
The bespectacled young man stared at his face, and after a brief pause, he said softly, "Pay attention to safety, we are already preparing as you said."
The tall young man standing behind the young man with glasses opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end when the words came to his mouth, they just turned into a soft, "Be safe."
"Um,"
He Ao nodded. He glanced back at the rising sun in the sky, put on his bowler hat, and raised his cane slightly, "Third brother, fourth brother, I'm leaving first."
Then he turned around, stepped into the white snow with his feet, and walked towards the distance.
The two brothers stood at the door, watching calmly as the young man slowly walked away.
The tall young man standing near the door frame took a deep breath, and the muscles in his chest tightened slightly. He seemed to want to say something, but he seemed not to know how to say it.
Finally, he stared at the young man's back and said slowly, "He left again."
His voice was very calm, and in this calmness, it seemed to have a slight vibrato.
Hearing these words, the bespectacled young man paused slightly. He took a deep breath and spoke slowly, as if he was preparing to comfort the brother beside him.
At this time, the young man in a tuxedo who had already stepped on the snow seemed to suddenly remember something. He turned around, raised the gold-encrusted cane in his hand, and said with a smile, "Third brother! Fourth brother! See you next time!"
The warm morning sun shines with its warm radiance on the young man's fair cheeks and gentle smile.
The thousands of words he had originally prepared turned into warmth in his chest and overflowed into a shallow smile. The bespectacled young man looked in the direction of He Ao, raised his hand, and slightly raised his voice, "See you next time!"
“See you next time!”
The tall young man next to him also raised his hand and said loudly, "Next time, fourth brother will bake you your favorite little cake!"
"When did you learn to bake cakes?"
The bespectacled young man looked at his younger brother beside him with some confusion.
"Haven't I always been able to?"
The tall young man also looked at his brother in confusion, "When my mother was too busy, I went to help!"
"ah?"
The young man with glasses seemed to remember something, "Isn't that what you are talking about..."
"Yes, the food I bake is delicious. My mother says I bake well."
The tall young man looked at the young man with glasses in confusion.
"If mom doesn't say your cooking is delicious, will you help her with the work?"
The bespectacled young man's gaze shifted slightly, "Fourth, how about we exchange a gift next time."
"Brother, you don't believe me?"
The tall young man's eyes widened instantly. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I have to show you my craftsmanship today."
"Goodbye, goodbye, we still have things to do. Your brother and I are still young and not married yet. I still want to live a few more years..."
The bespectacled young man quickly took his brother's hand.
Standing in the distance, He Ao watched the 'exchange' between the two brothers with a slight smile on his face.
Thick hot air breathed out from his mouth, turning into hazy white mist under the bright sunshine.
He turned around, stepped into the pure white snow, and gradually walked into the rays of the morning sun.
The mist formed by his hazy breath followed his back and dissipated into the early morning glow.
The bespectacled young man stopped what he was doing and stared at his brother's disappearing back.
Soft music sounded in the mine, and the miners who got up early yawned and walked to the canteen.
People greet each other with smiles on their faces.
"President, morning."
Several miners passing by the wooden house saw the bespectacled young man standing in front of the wooden house and said hello from afar with a smile on their face.
The miners' uniforms they wore were a little old, but they were very neat. They walked together in twos and threes with smiles, and their eyes were filled with brilliance.
"morning!"
The young man with glasses also smiled and waved hello to them.
When he looked away again, the young man under the distant glow had already walked away.
He watched the young man disappear into the depths of his field of vision, then raised his head and glanced at the sky, where the fiery red sun disk illuminated the clouds.
The sun is rising.
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When He Ao returned to the building, he found a heavy safe and locked the tea cup in it. Then he stood up and looked at the young man hanging in the air.
The young man spread his hands slightly, closed his eyes tightly, and hung high in the towering shaft, like a sleeping god.
At this moment, the use time of the character card has long ended, but after it ends, he still maintains control over this 'son', but he no longer has the power to 'supply' it to the heir.
As he had expected, this heir still maintained its existence for nearly an hour after the power supply was completely cut off.
He looked at the 'body' that had fallen into 'sleep', took off his tuxedo and hung it aside.
As the final strength was exhausted, the heir's body slowly disintegrated and disappeared.
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Winter City·Storm Area
"Iroh, what's wrong?"
Golden twin ponytails appeared in He Ao's field of vision, and Willie was looking at He Ao with her head tilted.
"fine."
He Ao shook his head and regained his composure. He raised his gaze and looked at the people surrounding the conference table, "How is the situation now?"
After the character card time ran out, he held a meeting here while controlling the body of his descendant in Rock City.
In fact, there were only four people attending this meeting. Apart from Heao, there were only Lena, Willy, and the young agent who was with Gaster. Each of them represented a force.
"The Security Federation has been encircled and suppressed several times by the United Industry, and now there are not many people left."
Lena stood opposite He Ao and said slowly.
"The FBI can select people, but the director said that no one at the headquarters can be fully trusted, which means they can't find anyone."
The young detective also followed suit.
"It's okay here at Twilight Club. We haven't been too involved in the incident before,"
Willy said slowly, "Including the mecha you drove before, we still have two mechas in the city, as well as some exoskeleton equipment. The members of the Twilight Society all have a grudge against the Eternal Secret Cult. The core part should be
All can be trusted.”
"The gap between our current strength and United Industries and Eternal Secret Cult is too great."
Lena looked at the holographic map in front of her and said slowly, "Last night they controlled the city defense forces to close the city gate in the name of temporary control. Now they can't pull reinforcements from outside, and time is too tight.
, even if the city came here recently, it’s too late now.”
She paused slightly, "If we can really win the support of some city defense troops, this matter may turn around."
"If you want to win the support of the city defense army,"
Willy lowered her head and looked at the location of the 'Mayor's Mansion' marked on the map, "We need to win the support of Uncle Endil, but United Industries has already anticipated this, and they directly surrounded the Mayor's Mansion.
."
"Perhaps we can wait for the internal strife between United Industries and the Eternal Secret Cult?"
The young agent thought.
"We can't wait any longer. We will most likely be prepared to face the combined forces of United Industries and Eternal Secret Cult,"
He Ao shook his head, raised his hand, and marked a new location on the map.
“The airport in Akko District?”
Lena raised her head and looked at He Ao.
"I got the news from Gast that at seven o'clock tonight, the investigation team from the FBI headquarters will arrive in Winter City,"
He Ao raised his head and glanced at the dim sunshine outside the window. It was already close to noon. Then he turned back and looked at the people in front of him, "This may be the only 'time' when we can make a comeback. If things don't work out, we
, and everyone in this city may die, and we need everyone to work together."
If, as he suspected, the Eternal Secret Cult completely controls United Industries, then United Industries' attitude towards the FBI investigation team will change drastically.
According to the information he asked about Gaster last night, the leader of the FBI investigation team is a veteran C-class with great experience and combat effectiveness, and he also carries high-end equipment.
United Industries should also know this.
So, whether it is to solve the investigation team or to control the investigation team, United Industries will most likely send the B-class mercenary group there.
In other words, of the only three B-classes left in this city, one B-class will appear in a fixed place at a fixed time.
And here is where you can make a fuss.
"There will be some weak factions within the Security Federation. Give me some time and I will deal with them."
Lena quickly understood what He Ao meant and said quickly, "If you have any arrangements, please tell me directly."
"There should be no problem with the Twilight Club,"
Willy took a deep breath and said immediately, "Our core members in the city will not have any other ideas."
"I···"
The young agent opened his mouth, "Me too!"
He Ao took a deep breath, glanced at everyone, and nodded slightly, "Now, the fate of this city is in our hands."
Then he looked at Lena and whispered, "According to the information I got from the Eternal Secret Cult Church, there are still a group of people from the Eternal Old Cult hiding in the storm area, and they are near the temporary main church in the storm area. There should be some among them.
Some elements of the old religion.”
"I see,"
Lena's eyes brightened slightly, and she understood what He Ao meant, "I will ask intelligence personnel to contact these old cult members. They can help us hold back part of the power of the Eternal Secret Cult."
"Um."
He Ao looked at the map in front of him and nodded slightly.
We still need some people and some arrangements.
He raised his head and glanced at the '5 Exchange Stars' in his field of vision.
The degree of freedom of the system becomes higher.
Before this, he actually tried to use half of the redemption stars to exchange for halved time, but all failed.
But this time it was successful. I don’t know if it was because of the previous ‘upgrade’.
This is not a new feature, but it greatly increases Heao’s ‘tolerance’ in using character cards.
It’s just that the current smallest exchange unit seems to be ‘half a star’, any less will not work.
The young man turned his head and looked out the window at the dark clouds covering the sky.
The curtains covering the city overlap like these dark clouds.
A snowstorm is coming.
——
Sunset on the west mountain.
Thick clouds covered the entire sky, and the sunset in the sky was never visible.
The light on the road became darker and darker, and only a few broken street lamps struggled to light up, flickering with a dim yellow light.
The howling cold wind blew through the streets, making the already sparse pedestrians even thinner.
Several bandaged figures walked carefully through the streets and slowly approached a somewhat crude-looking 'building'.
"is it here?"
The leading strong man turned around and looked at his companions behind him.
"Here it is,"
A strong man with a short sword said in a low voice, "The information given by the bar owner is here. The temporary church of those heretics is here. Their new bishop was injured by our adults before, and the injury has not healed yet."
"Why do people from the Security Federation suddenly show favor to us?"
A strong man in the corner said softly, "Is there some kind of conspiracy?"
"The proprietress of Dead Tree Bar has not cooperated with those heretics until now, and she is already wanted by those heretics,"
The strong man with the short sword whispered, "This guy most likely hates these heretics, and he doesn't have the ability, so he wants to use our hands to clean out these heretics, hehe."
He chuckled twice, "It seems that the leader is also in the city now. If we can get rid of this injured bishop, we will definitely be praised by the leader, and we will definitely be promoted."
"No heretic bishop is weak,"
The strong man in the corner whispered, "Even the injured bishop may not be something we can defeat."
"Are you scared?"
The strong man with the short sword sneered.
"I call this calmness."
The strong man in the corner said coldly.
"stop fighting,"
The leading strong man snorted coldly, and then asked, "The lady boss gave us time to take action?"
"Yes,"
The strong man with the short sword nodded, "I said we would start at seven o'clock in the afternoon."
"It seems they may have other arrangements,"
The leading strong man nodded slightly and glanced at the building in the darkness ahead, "Send a message to all brothers to prepare."
"correct,"
The strong man with the short sword suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "The boss lady also said..."
"Boss, my bracelet can't connect to the Internet."
At this moment, the strong man in the corner suddenly said.
"Um?!"
The leading strong man was stunned. He lowered his head and looked at his bracelet, and found that his bracelet also had no network.
"The boss lady also said that tonight, those heretics may use the forces they control to implement network control..."
The strong man with a short sword slowly finished his words.
——
"Network control?"
Lena, who was wearing a black tights, raised her hand and glanced at the bracelet, then she turned to look at the thin boy in a robe beside her, "Your judgment is right."
Then she looked up at the rumbling machines around her, "What are we doing in Novis District?"
"This way."
The young man did not answer her, but raised his hand and pointed deep into the street.
"good!"
Lena nodded and followed the boy's pace.
——
Aka District Airport
The howling cold wind blew up the collars of the mercenaries, and men in officer uniforms stood on the high platform, staring into the depths of the night.
A faint light appeared in the distance, and a huge roar of flight came from far to near.
The man in officer uniform raised his hand and glanced at the time on his bracelet.
18:58
“So on time.”
His eyes glanced at the staff at the corner of the airport, and then continued to raise his head, staring at the approaching light in the distance.
The howling cool wind carried some crystal snowflakes, which sprinkled on everyone's clothes and hats.
