"Surte? You have grown so old?" Rogge was very surprised by Surte's appearance, although the possibility of meeting former acquaintances in a place like Night City is much higher than in other areas. After all, there are many refuges here.
The density is the highest in the world, but it is still very rare to meet a 'celebrity' like Sirte.
Rogge, who has experienced an Apocalypse Day, sincerely hopes that superhumans like Surte and the Seven Deadly Sins will be buried in the old world. She doesn't know how the new order rebuilt on the ruins can restrain superhumans like Surte.
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What is chilling is that if Surte wanted, the Valentino he could replace today would become the literal emperor of Night City, and tomorrow he would start promoting slavery and make all the girls wear transparent plastic bags.
Dancing in the wasteland.
As long as he wanted to, no one could stop him from doing this, so Rogge could only sigh deep in his heart, not knowing when the end would come.
"I'm here to buy information." Surte said straightforwardly: "I want to know where Edward is now and whether he is safe. By the way, I will issue an open mission to find Tangji."
Hearing Tang Ji's name, many past memories emerged in Rogge's mind. People only realize how valuable they are when they go back. Just now, Rogge suddenly realized that superhumans have never changed. Those superhumans before the Apocalypse
They all abide by the order of human civilization. Apart from the nuclear threat, the biggest guarantee actually comes from Tang Ji.
When the most powerful superhuman individual known in the world still abides by the basic order of human civilization, others naturally dare not act recklessly.
"Edward is currently in the dormant warehouse of the Heywood Shelter. As far as I know, he is very safe. Or, as far as I know, there should be no forces that are adverse to Edward." Rogge suppressed his reaction to Surte.
The entrusted person was surprised and said very professionally: "For Tang Ji's sake, this information is free, but I don't know if anyone is willing to take the task you want to announce."
"It's NC-25 now. Our era has passed. The Afterlife Bar is no longer the Afterlife Bar that can control the mercenary circle. I can hang your mission here, but" Rogge smiled bitterly.
After a moment: "I don't even know if any of these people have the ability to leave Night City, let alone go on a mission like finding Tang Ji."
"Those old people who have seen Tang Ji's power are now too old to walk. The New Hope generation has no idea who Tang Ji is." Rogge entertained the two with wine from the old world that he had secretly collected.
guest.
Although she was very curious, Rogge would never take the initiative to inquire about the identity of the woman next to Surte. It was true that she was still working as an intermediary, but things related to Tangji were now more than just trouble.
As many people hope that Tang Ji is still alive, there are twice as many people who hope that he is dead. Rogge does not want to turn the Afterlife Bar into a target of public criticism.
"Well, it seems I came to the wrong place. I thought this was still the starting point of the legend." Surte shrugged his shoulders and smiled at Rogge, like a harmless sunshine boy: "Since
If so, then I will leave and wish you a happy retirement life."
After saying this, Soult stood up and left, and Anne could only follow him. She couldn't find a more secure supporter than Soult, so she relied on him now.
"Wait!" Rogge, an old gangster, was broken by Surte's few words. The reason why she left the safe refuge and risked offending the Valentinos was that she had no chance to gain a foothold in the Night City.
The danger of the land is that she wants to go back to the Afterlife Bar because she is unwilling to be buried in the sand of the times.
And Soult is right. If she doesn't dare to take risks, what's the difference between her current life and retirement?
"You said you wanted to give up the mission of finding Tang Ji? Then what kind of reward can you offer?" Rogge chuckled and looked at Surte with admiration: "In terms of your eloquence, you look more like Dr. Wu.
Bring up the kids."
"Thank you for the compliment, I feel the same way myself." Surte smiled again: "As for the mission report"
Soult frowned and thought for a long time. He accidentally saw Aunt Anna, who was exuding feminine charm unconsciously. He immediately thought about it, and Dr. Wu possessed him: "Anyone who can provide valuable clues can get one and seven
A chance to have dinner and even spend the night with the most mysterious and sexy lady in Original Sin."
"Huh?" Anna listened to Surte's words of tiger and wolf with some confusion, while Rogge instantly looked at the woman, his heart beating wildly.
How valuable is the news about the Seven Deadly Sins of Lust? Rogge didn’t even dare to think about it.
In the past thirty years, the Seven Deadly Sins of Jealousy have single-handedly caused the most sensational and largest mass death event in modern human history. He single-handedly controlled an entire country and ultimately led to the deaths of more than half a million people.
Furthermore, the Seven Deadly Sins of Gluttony caused the Toronto Massacre in the Northern Commonwealth, with over a million people dead, and the images circulated at the scene caused the collapse of human outlook.
Although there is no major event that can be explained separately in the Seven Deadly Sins of Greed, it is true that the Blood Potion of Greed has completely changed the pattern of the entire world. What's more, he himself is a monster who feeds on superhuman beings.
As for the rage of the Seven Deadly Sins, everyone can see what he did.
And the remaining three Seven Deadly Sins have been hiding in the dark side of the world, never seeing people with their true colors, or have they not awakened yet?
Rogge didn't want to explore the secret behind the Seven Deadly Sins, but if the woman in front of him was really the lust of the Seven Deadly Sins, and what Surte said was really effective, then I'm afraid Gusvota would be willing to use all the power of Valentino
, and try my best to find Tang Ji.
After all, according to Rogge's information, the relationship between Tangji and the Valentinos is not bad. In addition, Tangji rarely interferes in national affairs. Presumably the Valentinos don't mind giving such a living god to
get back.
"In this case, I will complete this mission." Rogge finally couldn't help but feel curious. After all, she had just been involved in the Seven Deadly Sins: "So Tang Ji is indeed still alive, right?"
"Of course." Surte looked like why would you ask such a stupid question: "We are all still alive, aren't we?"
"When did I say I wanted to spend the night with someone?" Annie asked dissatisfiedly after leaving the Afterlife Bar. As a lustful person and a former 'street girl', Annie was actually very open-minded about this kind of thing. She just
I feel a bit shameless.
Even though she lived in Mikkelsen's shadow every day in Vault Zero and had to bear the contempt from Wu Qianying, why was she still unable to stand up after leaving the Vault?
To talk about this, in the final analysis, we still have to blame Mikkelsen and Tangji for taking away the golden age of human civilization and taking away Anne's long-cherished ambition.
Her hard work in establishing the Church of Joy disappeared with the Apocalypse Day and the big storm. Not to mention that most of the members who were secretly influenced by her did not escape the punishment of the Apocalypse Day. The influence of the big storm alone left Anne completely untouched.
His temper is beyond words.
For more than ten years, Anne's dream power could not even spread outside the shelter, and she was completely reduced to a homebody, or a homebody imprisoned.
But now that she has finally regained her freedom, she finds that the outside world is not suitable for her, and the version is wrong.
"Pay attention to safety! If anyone dares to take off his helmet again, I will let him go into the sea to get kelp!" Captain Geraint, wearing an orange reflective vest, sat in an excavator while operating the huge machine to transfer sand, and he was excited
Yelled vigorously.
The roar of the excavator itself was somewhat muffled by the dust cover, and could not even be heard when the wind was strong. However, the noise was like heavenly music to everyone's ears, including his.
I never thought that I would have the opportunity to see this kind of engineering machine from the old era in my life.
That was what Tang Ji discovered during a resource recovery, a gathering point for industrial vehicles that was sealed in an underground car.
Although many parts were scrapped due to Shio et al., several vehicles were pieced together and some missing parts were made using the 3D printer on the Moonlight Gold. They restored and remodeled several engineering machines so that they could be used in
He resumed his duties in the wasteland.
Right now, they are excavating the ruins of a port.
With the addition of bulldozers and excavators, their speed has become faster than ever before. In the past, the unit was measured in months or even years, but now it is suddenly measured in days. Not only Geraint and the others are not adaptable, but also other survivors around them.
The group doesn't adapt either.
When they saw the Moonlight Gold, towed by the Pride, appear on the coastline, they thought it was a mirage. But when wasteland-style excavators and bulldozers drove off the ship, they began to clean up the port.
When in ruins, this sense of unreality becomes even more real.
Tang Ji and the others have been digging here for three days, mainly to determine whether the maintenance slipway at this port is still usable. After inspection, the oars of the Moonlight Gold are not just cracked, but are completely deformed.
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But Foreman did not feel any additional shocks. It should have been caused by the impact he received on Apocalypse Day and the deformation that slowly worsened over the next few years.
Outside the ruins of the port, a group of people carefully observed the situation in the port with binoculars. One of the men wearing leather shoes asked impatiently: "Did you see clearly? Is there that old guy Geraint?"
"Don't make any noise, I'm looking for it!" The person holding the telescope was looking at each person one by one. After more than 20 years of torture, the mirror of the telescope was worn out. He wanted to see clearly at a distance of three to four hundred meters.
A human face is almost impossible.
But he used to be a member of a sailor's family, and he dreamed of a big ship with Captain Geraint, but then he returned to life and now the big ship really appeared. They couldn't believe it was true. Compared to Captain Geraint, he had a dream of a big ship.
Lant is so lucky, they are more likely to be a wealthy man who survived the apocalypse and now becomes a pirate and comes to raid.
So the survivors from several nearby settlements united to see if that old bastard Geraint could be saved. If so, everyone would try desperately to rescue him.
This is not because the people in the East China Sea of Australia are simple and honest, but because there is a real ship on the sea now, a real big ship, and that bastard Geraint may be the last person on the east coast who has the ability to drive that big ship away.
His past stories are not just bragging.
"I seem to have seen Geraint." The man with the telescope carefully distinguished the blurry face, and finally determined from the expression that it was Geraint himself. His tone suddenly became excited: "He is directing other people, right away.
Yes, he was not kidnapped! He"
"He really succeeded!" The man's tone was a little dazed. He still remembered how he would go out to search for various possible parts day after day when he was at the Sailor's Home, just to make the Pride no longer
As for being broken into pieces in the wind and waves.
But those days were so difficult that he finally failed to persist and randomly found a survivor group to join.
Of course, this is thanks to the good reputation of the Seamen's Home, and people from there can easily join other survivor groups. In this dark age, people always look high on idealists.
But when you find out that the ideal you had left behind has actually been realized, but your story is not included in it, the regret and disappointment will almost instantly defeat this man who has no other support in his life.
The precious telescope slipped from his hand, and the man in leather shoes hurriedly caught it in mid-air: "Are you crazy! That is a valuable asset! What on earth did you see? Did Geraint really dig out that sunken ship? Fuck!
Now he has to let us drink some soup even if he eats meat, right?"
However, Geraint wants to give them more than just a little soup, Tanguy wants to restore order on the east coast.
Although Tang Ji didn't even know that there were people living in Australia before the Apocalypse, he always thought that this place had been completely deserted or turned into some kind of nature reserve. But Tang Ji felt that since he was here, he couldn't just leave.
"Sir, good news, Miss Carla has completed the final stage of treatment, and radiation sickness will no longer bother her." Forman walked onto the deck with a smile and said to Tangji.
As the steward on the ship, Forman had a certain understanding of Tang Ji. Even though he has lost his memory now, to Forman, Tang Ji is still the same Tang Ji. It has never changed. From the first time they met
When they met, although the other party looked fierce, he finally listened to his words and cleaned his shoes before entering the main control room.
That was the first request Forman made to him. From that day on, he knew what kind of person Tang Ji was, because the shoe polisher that suppressed Tang Ji had been there ever since he bought it and put it there.
It had never been used. Neither Frederick Sr. nor Frederick Jr. had ever considered using that shoe polisher to clean their shoes before entering the Moonlight Gold.