The current situation is so frustrating. Lao Xia's life depends entirely on Jiang Yue's thoughts. No matter how unequal the conditions are, he has to hold his nose and accept it.
What's more, the conditions proposed by Jiang Yue were not harsh at all, and could even be said to be extremely fair. At least they did not put him at a disadvantage and force him to do things beyond his ability.
Jiang Yue chuckled: "Captain Xia, don't be so aggrieved. Sooner or later you will be glad of your decision now."
Team Xia sighed: "I hope so too. Brother Xiao Zhang, please don't let me down."
"Disappointed? What are you so disappointed about? If I hadn't appeared here, from the moment you took refuge in the strange tree, you would have given up hope. You have to go to the dark side, no matter whether the human camp wins or the
If the Geocentric Tribe wins, the final result will definitely not be optimistic for you so-called agents."
Lao Xia is still a little doubtful. Is it really such an exaggeration?
However, how could he argue with Jiang Yue at this time?
Jiang Yue seemed to be able to understand his psychology and smiled: "Don't believe it, you are called agents. Do you know what an agent is? In the Sunshine Age, there is a saying called agent war. What is an agent? To put it bluntly
They are tool people who will definitely be given up after using them. It’s ridiculous that you only see this little benefit in front of you and can’t even see through such an obvious situation.”
Jiang Qiao suddenly said: "This may be the result of the authorities' confusion. In this environment, they must believe what they want to believe."
This is true human nature.
Are you saying that none of these agents are sane? Do you mean that none of them are worried about their future?
There must be some.
But in this kind of environment, if the day is not guaranteed, who can have the luxury to make long-term plans? It's just living day by day.
Lao Xia was obviously touched. After being enlightened by Jiang Yue, his thinking also jumped out of the original limitations.
Objectively speaking, if the Inner Earth Tribe really completely dominates the surface world, it is obviously difficult for them as human beings to have an optimistic future.
Those who can end up like those tree demons and become the tools of the Earth Center Tribe are all lucky.
But even if he is the same as the tree demon, what is the point of living? He has almost lost his human thinking and basic human emotions, and lives like a walking zombie.
You don't even know that you are still alive, you can't feel your emotions, and your consciousness has no self-identity.
Does "living" like that really mean anything?
As agents, they have a large number of tree demons around them, all of whom were converted from fellow human beings. They have also seen too many tree demons being used like cannon fodder, being consumed in large quantities on the battlefield.
The walking corpses were actually just like them, they were all living human beings with human emotions and human joys and sorrows. They were born with parents, perhaps children, and family members and relatives.
But after they turned into tree demons, they were left with only one body, and all traces of humanity were completely erased. The identities they had in the past suddenly became meaningless.
When they fell like cannon fodder, as agents, as human beings like the past, it would be absolutely false to say that they didn't feel a little bit sad about the death of a rabbit or a fox.
Thinking of this, Lao Xia was also deeply touched.
He asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiao Zhang, I don't ask what you are going to do. I am just curious. Is there any way you can suppress the rise of the tree ancestor in the Western Region?"
"Team Xia, maybe in the eyes of your agents, the strange trees are invincible existences. The Earth Center tribe behind them is even more mysterious. However, I can tell you clearly that the human camp has not always been watching the fun. We are also
Be prepared.”
"I believe this. You can lurk here without being discovered. It shows that the human camp is indeed much stronger than imagined."
"What? Did you think that the human camp was weak before?"
"Haha, if he wasn't weak, how could he have allowed Master Shuzu to evolve to this level? To occupy such a large territory in such a short period of time, isn't this just the impression that the Western Frontier Region has given us?"
To say that the officials of the Western Frontier Region are indeed derelict in their duties, and can even be said to be incompetent.
If measures had been taken earlier, this strange tree in the Western Frontier Region would not have evolved so smoothly, let alone reached such a large scale.
"Okay, we don't need to argue about these. Our cooperation should seek common ground while reserving differences, and start with the details. The target of our next strategy is your college roommate. Team Xia, to be honest, your relationship with him is still the same now.
Was it that close before?"
No wonder Jiang Yue raised this issue, he was indeed a little worried.
The relationship between college roommates must be very strong. But judging from what Team Xia described before, the other party has always had an absolute advantage over Team Xia.
This is true in the Sunshine Age, and it is also true in the Strange Age.
The opponent has managed to become a top agent and is considered a powerful boss in this core area, while Team Xia is only a second-level agent, and he also has to lead the team to charge outside.
Judging from this treatment, we can see that there is a clear gap between the two.
Team Xia smiled awkwardly: "It's definitely unrealistic to say that it's the same as before. But if I go to him, he won't be able to avoid me. If I really ask him for something, he won't turn a blind eye."
"Oh, so I underestimated your importance in his heart?"
"Haha, I can't say whether it's weight or weight. But since he was in college, he likes to occupy that sense of superiority in front of me and likes to show off his sense of superiority in front of me. Now,
This guy’s bad taste has definitely not changed.”
This is not difficult to understand.
Those who are doing well in society do not have much room to show off to strangers, and others may not care about showing off their superiority.
Often the best places for them to show off their sense of superiority are their relatives, friends, classmates and old friends.
This is why in the Sunshine Age, many successful people are keen on organizing class reunions and showing off their strength inadvertently at class reunions.
Now is a strange era, the circle that the other party is familiar with has almost collapsed, and there are only a few people to show off to.
Old acquaintances like Team Xia are undoubtedly a good target to show off to. The sense of superiority gained from Team Xia is definitely much stronger than the feeling of satisfaction when facing others.
"Okay, very good. If you say that, I feel relieved. It's just him. If we take him down, we can get close to Professor Lu Jinwen and get more information about the core area. I understand that, is it okay?"
Team Xia smiled bitterly and said: "Theoretically, there is no problem, but do you know how risky it is to do this?"
"Team Xia, we are all dancing on the tip of a knife now, do you still think there are more risks?" Jiang Yue asked with a smile.
Team Xia sighed helplessly again.
He sighed as many times today as he did in the past three years.
Nowadays, it is really difficult to get off the tiger.
Once things fail, Team Xia knows what consequences he will face.
But if you don't cooperate, the consequences are imminent.
Even though this brother Xiao Zhang always smiles when he talks, he is definitely a ruthless person. If he really goes against his will, he will definitely kill someone.
"Brother Xiao Zhang, I still don't understand. How do you plan to conquer my classmate? He is very proud. It is not difficult for you to convince me. But if you want to persuade him to change his mind and cooperate with you, I think it will be extremely difficult.
It’s still big.”
"Don't worry about this. You just need to make connections, introduce me to him, and give me the opportunity to get close to him and deal with him. That will be your first achievement."
It sounds like the requirements are not high, but Team Xia still has a sad face.
"What? Are you having difficulty with all these things?"
"There are indeed difficulties." Team Xia nodded sincerely.
"First of all, he is difficult to convince and very proud. If most people want to make friends with him, he will not pay attention at all. If I am also a top agent and I introduce someone to him, he may be interested. Even if he is not big
If I'm interested, I'll definitely give him a bit of a thumbs down. But he always thinks he's superior to me. If I introduce someone to him, he won't be interested, and there's a high probability that he will just find an excuse to reject me."
"Second, even if I am a second-level agent, I can't just enter the core area if I want to. Everyone's territory is clearly divided. To enter, you must apply. The procedure is very troublesome. Unless he can come out.
, the procedure is relatively simple when he comes to my territory. However, with his identity and temperament, I think it is almost impossible for him to take the initiative to come to my place."
"You took the initiative to invite him, but he didn't come?" Jiang Yue asked with a frown.
"It's hard to say, it depends on his mood."
Jiang Yue disagreed: "Just do what he likes. He is not a saint, he will always have weaknesses."
"Haha, he is not a saint. In the Sunshine Era, he was very romantic. There were several young girls in the unit who were coaxed into bed by him. But we have no advantage in this aspect, and he has no shortage of resources at all. The one in charge of the women's camp
This person is our former common colleague, and we are loyal to him. Tell me, how can we make use of this?"
When it comes to female sex, there really is no other way.
There are many good-looking people in the Star City team, but it is impossible for Jiang Yue to use the Star City team members to perform a beauty trap in order to capture an agent.
What's more, this kind of person is suspicious by nature. It would be very frustrating for you to send a strange woman to her for no reason just to try to establish a relationship with him.
"What about other things? Can tobacco and alcohol be used to pry?"
"As for tobacco and alcohol..." Captain Xia glanced at He Tianxia and Wu Liangye on the table, and said seriously, "The reason why he can get along so well in the unit is because he has all five poisons. He eats, drinks, whores, gambles, smokes, etc.
So proficient and good at making connections.”
"Isn't this right? Didn't you say that he has a very arrogant personality? How can such a person be successful in the workplace?" Jiang Qiao raised his doubts.
"Haha, arrogance depends on who you are. Will he be arrogant towards those above him, those who are useful to him? He is arrogant towards those who are not as good as him, those below him." Captain Xia's tone was quite complicated.
It can be heard that he is not completely close to this old classmate and roommate, but there is still some resentment and a sense of dissatisfaction in it.
It can be seen that the other party may not take special care of Lao Xia. Even if it does, it may have exerted some negative emotional added value.
Jiang Yue caught this information and smiled: "Captain Xia, just tell me, besides the honey trap, is there any other way to pry him off?"
"Let me think about it, I will send some cigarettes and alcohol to explore the road first. According to my understanding of him, his life is still very corrupt, and his material requirements are still very high. But the current conditions do not allow him to squander resources.
After all, it is still limited. Therefore, it is not impossible to use absolute resources to leverage him. But..."
Having said this, Captain Xia gave Jiang Yue a meaningful look.
Obviously I want to ask, I don’t know if your material resources are sufficient.
"Don't worry about supplies. If you can let him come to our territory, or let me go in and meet with him, I will definitely give you credit for this achievement."
Team Xia thought about it for a while and finally made up his mind: "Okay, I'll give it a try right now."
…
An hour later, a short note from Team Xia and a generous gift were delivered to a certain big boss in the core area.
This big boss's name is Feng Dengfeng, who is Lao Xia's college roommate. He is now one of the several giants in the core area, a top agent, responsible for some work in the core area, and he is also a big shot in the core area.
For such a big shot, there will naturally be many people who fawn over him, and there will naturally be no shortage of gifts he receives every day.
Team Xia's gift was packed in a gift box. Feng Dengfeng glanced at it, opened the note casually, glanced at it casually, and threw it aside.
"Haha, this old Xia really doesn't want to talk to me. This time he lost the team and almost got me involved, but he still has the nerve to write me a note?"
Feng Dengfeng obviously mistakenly thought that Lao Xia wanted to curry favor with him.
If you're just flattering, why should you write a letter?
If others saw it, they would think that Feng Dengfeng was taking more care of Lao Xia. Feng Dengfeng really didn't want to get involved with a loser like Lao Xia, even if he was an old classmate or roommate.
Thinking of this, Feng Dengfeng glanced at the gift box on the table. He instinctively felt that Lao Xia, a lowly person like Lao Xia, could give him something good, let alone biscuits and instant noodles.
Although there is a shortage of materials in this strange era, Feng Dengfeng has no interest in these things. As a top agent, he does not lack this.
He casually pulled the gift box open, only to reveal a corner of the gift.
Huh?
This time Lao Xia seemed to be creative and gave something else? It seemed like cigarettes and alcohol?
Although tobacco and alcohol are not rare items, they are still much better than instant noodles and biscuits.
Feng Dengfeng became a little interested. He wanted to see what kind of cigarettes and wine this old classmate, who had never been able to stand up to the public, could give him.
After the gift was taken out, Feng Dengfeng was a little dumbfounded.
What world?
Wuliangye?
Feng Dengfeng's first thought was that Lao Xia, this grandson, wouldn't buy fake cigarettes and fake bars?
But he quickly saw from the packaging that it was definitely not fake, it was the real thing.
Oh? What does this kid want to do?
The short note that had been thrown aside before he had a chance to read it was also picked up again by him.