A slightly dilapidated truck, making a little noise, stopped at a lively roadside.
Not far from here is Caishi Street. There are two shopping malls facing each other at the south intersection. To the north is a school. There are various signboards hanging along the street, covering catering, license application, massage, accommodation, clothing, gymnasium, etc.
Various stores.
It is where the population gathers, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going.
Cheng An, who was neatly dressed and incompatible with this old car, got out of the car.
"How long?" A hooded old man walked over quickly and asked cautiously.
"It should take more than three hours?"
Cheng An didn't know either, so he just kept it vague.
"If you park for more than three hours, pay the fare in advance, twenty copper coins, and five more coins for each additional hour." The old man stretched out his hand.
“Parking is so expensive?”
Cheng An frowned.
He doesn't have much money, and now that he has become an official priest, he naturally has to plan every penny carefully and keep it flowing. Otherwise, how will he go to Shenqi next time?
There is no way anyone would pay a huge sum of 10 million to provide him with it for free again.
The hooded old man pointed at Cheng An's dump truck and said with disgust: "You have taken up three times the parking space of others, and I only charge you twenty, which is already cheap. If you don't want to pay, just drive away."
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Cheng An wanted to drive away, but when he looked back, he found that other places on the street were also controlled by people, including some from the law enforcement team.
In desperation, Cheng An had no choice but to hand over two ten-dollar copper coins.
Although he had earned 150 crystals from his previous trip to the mine, which was equivalent to 150,000 copper coins, they were all in the form of crystals and stored in his personal registered account, and Cheng An had no intention of taking them out.
Those are all savings for the next divine revelation and cannot be easily used.
After collecting the money, the old man's attitude became much better and he pointed out: "Your big car should be parked on the industrial road outside. The area is open and the parking fee is cheap. It's not far from here. It's only a ten-minute walk away."
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"Then you didn't tell me earlier?" Cheng An was surprised.
"Hey, I see that you are a newcomer from out of town. I want you to spend money to teach me a lesson!" The old man was very straightforward.
Cheng An rolled his eyes, thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, let me ask you about a place. Do you know where No. 66 Lielangqi Street is?"
"No. 66 Lielangqi Street?"
The old man's eyebrows and nose suddenly twisted together: "Turn left at the intersection ahead, and go in for about a hundred meters."
"thank you."
Cheng An sincerely thanked him, turned around and went to the co-pilot to get a brand new backpack.
Inside were his information, including his pass, the emblem and priest certificate of the Church of the God of War, his account passbook, etc.
"62, 64, 66...here it is."
Cheng An turned into Lielangqi Street, counted the house numbers along the way, and found the location.
There are 6-story facades on both sides here, and there is a staircase facing the street in front, which leads directly to the upper floors.
"Star Washing Center..."
Cheng An glanced at the sign of the store on the first floor, and could vaguely see several girls inside, busy working and washing clothes while going back and forth between several huge washbasins.
"Obviously even super-civilized products like the Wraith Doll can be made, but the quality of life of ordinary people is appallingly low. No one has invented household washing machines, rice cookers and other convenient products. In this world,
The technology tree is a bit crooked..."
Cheng An's mouth twitched, he turned into the stairs, went up step by step, and reached the third floor.
He saw the small and not exaggerated sign written on the address Luo Yinde gave him:
"Abnormal incident processing center."
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Seeing the sign, Cheng An suddenly became confused.
The name of this signboard is really... so good that people can't complain about it, because it is so straightforward, and it shows what this place does in one sentence.
The people of the Church of God of War are really simple. The name is just right and not fancy at all.
Cheng An didn't hesitate, walked up and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, there was no response from the house.
Can't hear you? Or are they all out?
Cheng An was slightly surprised, and repeated it more forcefully:
Winter! Winter! Winter!
The door frame vibrated slightly.
After a while, I heard rapid footsteps coming from inside, and then a clear female voice, like a candy in her mouth, came out:
"It's coming! It's coming! Don't worry!"
The door clicked and then opened inwards.
A young girl with flaxen hair was wearing a short skirt, a black suit, a shirt, and an apron. She looked like a working woman and a maid. She was holding a kettle in her left hand and a towel in her right hand while opening the door. There was a mark on her cheek.
A few light freckles, cute and cute.
She looked at Cheng An, then looked into the stairs behind Cheng An, and then said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Who are you?"
"Cheng An, the junior priest of the Church of the God of War, was introduced by Father Luo Yinde of the Tasok Street Church and came to report here."
Cheng An said as he handed over his church ID to identify himself.
"Ah? Check in?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, looked at the ID a few times, then hurriedly piled the kettle, towels and other items on the coffee table, bowed and said with a flushed face:
"Hello, Priest, I'm sorry! I was busy just now! Please come in first and wait here for a while. I'll go ask the captain right away!"
After saying that, she quickly ran from the inner passage to the stairs and ran upstairs.
Um, why don't you get me a glass of water...
Cheng An looked at the hot water bottle she placed on the coffee table, and saw a stack of disposable water cups on the desk next to her. She felt a little thirsty, so she poured herself a glass of water.
While blowing the heat away, he looked at the layout of the place.
The layout at the entrance is very simple, with a desk for the front desk, a coffee table that should be used for reception, and three leather sofas.
In addition, there are several pots of green plants placed on the ground in front of the window.
There is a passage in the middle, with offices on both sides. You can see people using old-fashioned printers and computers, sorting out information one after another.
Um, computer...
Cheng An rubbed his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly.
It's really a computer, an antique with a square display like a big stone.
There are computers in this world?
Cheng An was quite surprised. He had not known about this before, and it was the first time he had seen it. It seems that computers in this world are something that can only be used by special departments, and their scope of effect is very small, basically only for recording data.
Moreover, he observed that those computer casings also looked quite dated, and it could be said that they were unearthed documents.
"It's quite strange..."
Cheng An clicked his tongue in surprise.
At the end of the passage is the staircase;
The stairs outside the door stop when they reach the third floor. It seems that the third to sixth floors belong to the church's site.
About five minutes later, the young girl with flaxen hair came down the stairs and said with a smile: "Priest Cheng An, the captain asked you to go up to her office. Come with me."
"Okay." Cheng An quickly drank the boiled water that had been cooled by him, stood up, and followed him upstairs.
The stairs were made of marble slabs. As Cheng An walked on them, the faint smell of blood lingered on his nose, and he couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.
Has anyone been injured? What has just been dealt with?
Sure enough, the job of a priest seems to be unsafe.
He didn't show it and followed him all the way.
The girl turned on the corridor lights that were switched on and off along the way, and said in a familiar and detailed manner:
"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Daisy. I am the front desk of the office here. I am responsible for handling some paperwork when your priests are out on missions, as well as the reception and registration of visitors.
"My brother is also a priest. Unfortunately, he died while performing a mission not long ago. If I guess correctly, you should be here to replace my brother. Please take care of me in the future."
Cheng An raised his eyebrows.
It turns out that the priest who died in the gang fight was this girl's brother...
Although her expression was sad, it was not very sad. She was missing her brother, but she had moved on from the past and faced the future bravely.
It has only been a little over a month for her to return to such a state. It seems that the church has done a pretty good job of comforting her...
"I'm sorry, your brother is a very brave and great priest." Cheng An said in a deep voice.
"Thanks."
After Daisy finished speaking in a low voice, she turned into the corridor on the fifth floor, walked to an office door at the end, and knocked on the door.
Dongdong!
"Captain, I have brought Priest Cheng An here."
"come in."
A serious adult female voice came out with a clear accent and some murderous intent.