We are obviously the same age, but I may be a few days older than Yang Jia.
Why does she always seem so reliable most of the time?
Xiao Xiao was subconsciously thinking, maybe it was because Yang Jia had been in the world of strangers for a longer time?
From the perspective of the indigenous people, foreigners are all crazy.
That is, Yang Jia has been crazy longer than himself?
But in any case, after the long time just now, the depressed mood he felt when he just walked down the building was relieved a lot, especially since Yang Jia obviously knew that he was different from her, but he didn't
After asking too many questions, even being wary of himself, he actively agreed to help him take a look at the core of the city, which made Xiao Xiao feel a little relieved.
The feeling of emptiness in my heart is still there, but somehow I no longer feel so powerless.
"So……"
He considered it and said, "How should I look at it?"
"There are many ways."
Yang Jia looked at Xiao Xiao's empty eyes, which seemed to have some energy, and her mood was a little relaxed, and she said:
"But we need to discuss it carefully."
"As for you, you are now the owner of the city's lord contract. Within the scope allowed by the city's will, you have the highest level of authority among all the strangers in Black Gate City, but it also means that you are subject to more restrictions than other strangers.
People have more constraints.”
"And for me, essentially, I don't belong in Black Gate City."
"Now in Black Gate City, you can do some things and communicate with the city's will, but I am more like a temporary worker."
"If I were to investigate the core of the city, it would easily arouse the city's vigilance, and it might be regarded as an invasion."
"Perhaps, before I find anything, you guys have already received the order to expel me or hunt me down."
"..."
Xiao Xiao listened, his eyes flickered slightly, and suddenly said: "What about Mr. Ye?"
"Can he help us find out something?"
"..."
Suddenly hearing Xiao Xiao mention Mr. Ye, Yang Jia was slightly startled and saw something in Xiao Xiao's eyes.
For Xiao Xiao, this is a very simple matter.
Why did Yang Jia suddenly learn about his identity?
There is no doubt that Yang Jia didn't know this before. Otherwise, with her recklessness, she would not be able to pretend so well that she, an insight, would know nothing. Then, there is only one possibility for her to know these things.
, that is, when she was meeting her father and asking about these things, another person told her this, so she called herself immediately.
Judging from the current layout of Black Gate City, Mr. Ye is undoubtedly the most suspicious.
"His brain is still good after all..."
Yang Jia sighed inwardly.
Strangely enough, after hearing what Mr. Ye said, she thought she would be nervous or vigilant. After all, Xiao Xiao was in a state she had never heard of before. Every stranger was
The chosen one, involuntarily, unexpectedly appeared under the influence of external forces and entered the circle of strangers. This was as conspicuous as a duck squatting in a henhouse.
But after she really came into contact with Xiao Xiao, she couldn't muster that energy.
The reason why Mr. Ye told himself those things was to make himself mentally prepared in advance. Even if he found out some problems with Xiao Xiao, he wanted to keep himself from reporting it to Dante for the sake of the old president, and ensured that he would not report it to Dante.
Advancement of the Gate City Noah Project.
I was already wary in my heart, but now that I have met him, I can't be wary anymore.
Probably... no matter how you look at this guy, he has more of a twisted temperament than other strangers?
"Mr. Ye does know some things, but he probably doesn't know much more than you do."
Yang Jia thought about it and said slowly: "What is certain is that the Pioneer Project has the participation of the old president."
"But to what extent the old president was involved, even Mr. Ye didn't know. At that time, Mr. Ye had not yet been deeply involved in the old president's research and plans. Now he only knows about the black gate.
The investigation of the city core has been carried out since the time of the old president. Of course, the old president's investigation was not pleasant, especially before his death, he fell into deep confusion."
"..."
"Old president?"
Xiao Xiao was slightly startled when he heard this, and his brows furrowed momentarily.
Immediately, I thought of many things, such as the old butler I saw in that small building. He was originally a researcher of the Black Forest. Since the old president bought him as his butler, it does mean that the old president may have already
There is a connection with the Black Forest.
Moreover, many of the materials in the small building are also summaries and records of the aboriginal world by the old president.
Looking at it this way, the old president was indeed the first to start studying the core of Black Gate City.
However, until now, I have not had time to begin to understand things beyond the old president Noah's plan.
It seems that I still need to go to that small building a few more times...
"I can have a hunch that some of the things involved in Black Gate City may be far deeper than I thought before."
Yang Jia nodded slightly and sighed: "My teacher, the old president, has always been a stubborn person, but he is also very smart. Moreover, before he passed away, I had less contact with him.
I don’t know what he studied in the last few years. Perhaps all these questions require us to understand the things he left behind bit by bit before we can have answers, right?"
Xiao Xiao nodded.
I vaguely felt that this seemed to be a very difficult task, but Yang Jia was willing to help me, which made me feel a lot more relieved.
"Of course, in addition to the things left by Mr. Ye and the old president, there is another person who can help."
Yang Jia also thought for a while and suddenly smiled and spoke.
Xiao Xiao was surprised: "Who?"
Yang Jia said an unexpected name: "Lin Bo!"
"That poor guy?"
Xiao Xiao was a little surprised: "He hasn't left Black Gate City yet?"
"..."
Yang Jia really wanted to say that before you got the bet from the Hell Organization, you two were almost on the same level.
But seeing that Xiao Xiao had just experienced a heavy emotional blow not long ago, and now he seemed to be forcing a smile, he swallowed back the words and just smiled and said: "After all, I just helped, how can I be so...
The principle of driving people out quickly..."
Xiao Xiao shook his head and said, "Okay, why are you looking for him?"
"He belongs to the questioning school organized by Dante, which is also known as the theological school among foreigners."
Yang Jiadao: "One of the characteristics of the Fengshen School is to understand and explore all the irrational forces in this world from the perspective of the indigenous people. Moreover, maybe Lin Bo's performance in Heimen City... was average, but he also
Don’t underestimate him, he is one of the three great envoys of the theological sect of Dante’s organization, and his understanding of the world far exceeds even mine and Mr. Ye’s.”
"If you want to investigate the Black Forest, he should be able to give you a lot of suggestions."
"..."
"Oh well……"
Xiao Xiao nodded and agreed, but vaguely felt that this guy might not be reliable.
The two of them stood up from the bench, walked through two intersections, and hailed a taxi to leave. It was only then that the police officer squatting at the intersection next to him finally rushed over. While investigating seriously,
Report loudly to the person above:
"No one has escaped..."
"I know that the person who called the police just now said that there was a madman here with a gun in his hand, and he was shooting it into the sky, so he came immediately."
"But they ran too fast. When I came over, there was no one there."
"..."
"..."
When Xiao Xiao and Yang Jia arrived at the hotel where the Dante organization support team was staying, Lin Bo was squatting in front of the small coffee table and eating the pig's trotter rice bowl that his members had packed for him, while listening to this in silence.
Several members criticized themselves.
Suddenly he heard a knock on the door. He raised his head suddenly and stayed there for a few seconds. Then he jumped back to lie down on the sofa with a whoosh.
"Where is the Divine Envoy Lin Bo?"
Xiao Xiao and Yang Jia walked in, glanced at the unfinished lunch box on the small coffee table, and asked helplessly.
The woman, whose disheveled hair was caught in a clip, glanced at the sofa with disdain and said, "There."
"Still unconscious!"
"..."
Xiao Xiao took a look and couldn't help but frown: He was still holding the pig bone in his mouth.
Not to mention that he had already seen every scene in the room before he entered the door...
...By the way, didn’t I ask Xiaosi to entertain them before?
Why do you think this lunch box and their food are actually pretty good?
"It's nothing to be in a coma like this all the time..."
Xiao Xiao sat down on the sofa and said to several members of the Hell Organization: "What always happens in our Black Gate City, we can't just ignore it. Should we send him to the hospital and do an autopsy first?"
Come, find out why you were unconscious for so long?"
Several members of the Hell Organization were stunned for a moment, and suddenly they all said in unison: "I have no objection."
"You don't have to be so cruel, do you?"
Lin Bo suddenly sat up straight from the sofa, gave the bone in his mouth two hard blows, and spat it aside.
He said to Xiao Xiao with a grimace: "It's just a few dozen points, take it if you want..."
"But we are here to support this time, and the mysterious road guide..."
"..."
"I'm not here to talk to you about bets."
Xiao Xiao shook his head and said: "It's just a few dozen points, who can really take it seriously?"
"I came here to ask you some questions about...the logic of this world from an Aboriginal perspective!"
"..."
"consult?"
Lin Bo was stunned for a moment, then slipped off the sofa and squatted in front of the small coffee table to eat, feeling a little curious:
"Why would you, Black Gate City, think of asking these questions?"
"..."
Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said with a smile: "When you are in this city, you always have to understand the city better, right?"
The "Pioneer Project" they just learned about is the biggest secret. Although the impact of this secret cannot be seen yet, after learning these things, Xiao Xiao and Yang Jia both had the same idea, that is, they should not tell others.
, so we can only vaguely think about it. Fortunately, Lin Bo and his team members don't look very smart, so they shouldn't think too much.
"Know your city?"
Lin Bo really didn't think too much and instead laughed: "You also want to cross the line?"
"Crossing the line?"
Xiao Xiao glanced at Yang Jia subconsciously.
"One of the bad qualities of human beings..."
Lin Bo laughed, bright and confident: "Strangers all live under the gaze of the mysterious source. They are born with their own responsibilities and their own limitations. Logically speaking, as long as they live well under the will of the mysterious source
, you can walk outside the safe boundary, but whenever someone becomes powerful to a certain extent, they will subconsciously break through the original boundaries..."
"The mysterious source has many places where it relies on strangers, but there are also many forbidden areas that strangers don't want to touch."
"You said you want to know more about this city, which means you already have the idea of crossing the border."
"Because, you don't need to understand. Everything this city allows you to understand has already been placed in front of you."
"..."
Xiao Xiao had already heard similar words. At this moment, his heart moved slightly and he said: "Then how can we... cross the boundary?"
"If you cross the border, you need to offend the city!"
Lin Bo smiled and said: "Normally speaking, the three-stage strengthening of us strangers is the most comfortable distance from the city. Because we are too weak, there may be many problems for this city that cannot be solved.
, and if it is more powerful, it will have aroused the city's vigilance to a certain extent. Of course, even if it arouses the city's vigilance, there will also be different situations."
"At least now, if you want to know something that the city doesn't want you to know, you have to learn to offend him."
"Of course, the prerequisite for offending is that you have the ability to offend him."
"..."
He swallowed the last mouthful of rice in the lunch box, drank another large bowl of soup, and said with a smile: "A third-stage stranger, no matter what route you take, you have no ability to disobey the city. He can be easily eliminated."
He wants to erase you, or in other words, even if you risk being erased, you can't cross the restricted area and learn things he doesn't want you to know, so..."
"If you want to cross the line, the first thing you have to do is..."
"...find the fourth element!"
"..."
Something was vaguely touched in Xiao Xiao's heart, and he quickly turned his gaze to Lin Bo: "Speak more carefully!"
"Does this still need an explanation?"
Lin Bo rolled his eyes at Xiao Xiao and said proudly: "It's just common sense!"
Xiao Xiao couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
Lin Bo hurriedly said: "The fourth element is the key element that allows the stranger to complete the four stages of strengthening..."
"Each city has different strengthening routes, and the abilities and systems are all different. But one feature is that basically the strengthening elements in the first three stages can be easily redeemed in the city, as long as you have points.
.But beyond the third stage, these strengthening elements become scarce, even if you have...haha, one hundred thousand points!"
When he said this, he seemed to be gritting his teeth inexplicably: "It may not be possible to buy it."
Xiao Xiao was surprised: "What should we do?"
"Look for!"
Lin Bo said: "Go to other cities, even search in the foggy sea, or find it yourself, or offer a reward with points."
"Of course, you need to be aware of a problem."
"When you find the fourth element and even strengthen yourself, your personal power has actually threatened the city. The city will start to dislike you less and even be wary of you. And if your fourth element,
If you find and exchange it in your own city, it will be a little better. If you exchange it in other places, this kind of vigilance is especially serious."
"You can understand that you and the city were originally in a good honeymoon stage, but you used the information gap to trick the other party once, causing the other party to lose a big bet... So, even if he theoretically cannot punish you
, I will also feel unhappy."
"..."
Xiao Xiao directly ignored his metaphor.
Thinking of the previous chat with Xiaosi, I heard that he was saving points to exchange for a special element called "Princess Mononoke".
Xiao Xiao was not particularly unfamiliar with what Lin Bo was talking about.
He just asked a question with some concern: "So, where should I find the fourth element of the Insight Route?"
"This question is more difficult..."
Lin Bo chuckled and said: "The fourth element is limited, but the number of strangers strengthened in the third stage is quite large. Therefore, not all third-stage strangers can easily find the fourth element, especially
Insight, there are not many people who have not gone crazy after reaching the third stage of this route, and I have only seen one person who successfully found the fourth element to strengthen..."
"...She is a special researcher of our Dante organization. Her surname is Wu. She has a bad temper and is very difficult to get along with!"
"..."
"?"
Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, what are you talking about?
Lin Bo seemed to see what he was thinking and said: "If you want to find the fourth element, it's that simple..."
"Either do whatever it takes to find other fourth elements, or find a fourth-stage clairvoyant and kill her!"
"Snatch her fourth element and complete it yourself..."
"..."
"What is this guy talking about..."
Hearing him look so serious, Xiao Xiao was a little confused.
Yang Jia, who was beside him, couldn't bear to listen anymore. He coughed and said, "Don't take the opportunity to frame your colleagues."
As he spoke, he winked at Xiao Xiao, then looked at Lin Bo and said, "But that's why we came here to find you."
"The fourth element is a very rare thing. Unlike us branded people, who are born with the fourth element. Many third-stage strangers actually do not want to find the fourth element to help them continue to strengthen, but they simply do not know how to do it.
How to find it."
"Or maybe you have found your fourth element, but you are unable to redeem it."
"There are many people who know what their fourth element is, but don't know where to find it."
"This also leads to the fact that many foreigners can only exchange more and more powerful special things on the basis of the three stages to use them as their own weapons to improve their strength."
"However, for some people, finding the fourth element is not difficult."
"..."
"Such as you."
At this point, she looked at Lin Bo and said: "I know that you have many clues to the fourth element of the route in your hands."
"Say it!"
"..."
After hearing these words, Lin Bo was already beaming with pride. He cleared his throat and said, "It is true..."
"But, regarding this matter, shall we..."
"..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Xiao could tell that he was a bit arrogant and even wanted to take the opportunity to negotiate terms.
I was a little anxious at first, but after a slight movement, I thought of more. I simply leaned on the sofa and said calmly: "Unlike some people, I only have a few dozen points. I have enough points."
A hundred thousand dollars, from an aboriginal perspective, there is a nightclub where people can make money every night, and there are a large number of people who help me make money, so I believe I can find the fourth element."
"Of course, I'm looking for you just for convenience, but if you really don't want to say it..."
"..."
His voice paused slightly and he did not continue speaking. He just smiled slightly at Lin Bo with a friendly expression.
Lin Bo suddenly felt uncomfortable all over, and his Adam's apple rolled involuntarily.
Being stared at by this cold look, the terrifying shadow behind Xiao Xiao when the hell organization invaded suddenly appeared in his mind.
Soon a smile appeared on his face. After thinking about it, the smile became a little more flattering and he said cautiously:
"Just kidding..."
"You...can't be so incapable of taking a joke, can you?"
"..."
"Are you kidding me?"
Xiao Xiao gave him a friendly smile and said, "I actually like to joke."
"Do you want to keep driving?"
"..."
The temperature in the room dropped sharply, and everyone couldn't help but shiver.