After the dizzy and uncomfortable feeling caused by the space shuttle faded from his mind, Li Xiao faintly woke up from his deep sleep and saw that he was in an office.
The soft carpets, the posters of young and beautiful blondes on the walls, the furniture and the decoration all look like the American style of the early 20th century.
At this moment, two white men walked over from the opposite side. One of them was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a vintage blue shirt and black suspenders. The other was wearing a gray waistcoat and blue jeans.
, the well-polished long shoes look like cowboys in Western movies.
"It's time to get off work. It's been another boring day. Xiao, why do you see your eyelids drooping and you look like you haven't woken up."
Burns, who was wearing suspenders, came over and clasped Li Xiao's desk with the back of his hand, saying hello.
Seeing Li Xiao's dazed expression, another person, Beni, came forward, patted Li Xiao on the shoulder and said: "Let's go, let's use alcohol to kill this boring time. The last treasure hunt was divided into
You won’t spend all the money you got so quickly, right?”
After saying that, he pulled Li Xiao outside.
"Money from treasure hunting?"
Li Xiao was a little confused. Could it be related to his professional status?
At the same time, his eyes suddenly shrank, his body swayed, and he instinctively tried to break away. But seeing that the two of them were not malicious and looked like colleagues, Li Xiao lowered his guard slightly and put on a smile on his face.
, followed the two people out of this magnificently decorated room.
The sun sets in the west, and the night outside is slowly falling.
Wandering on the wide streets of New York, you can see tall buildings standing on both sides of the road, either with pointed heads or rounded roofs, rising into the sky and piercing into the clouds.
The tram train runs through the intertwined elevated railways. On the sparkling Hudson River Estuary, the steamboats passing by whine their whistles, and a long queue of cars files in and out of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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However, Li Xiao soon discovered that this was only a superficial prosperity.
In the deep alleys and on the outskirts of the city, there are slums composed of crudely built wooden houses. Young children sit cross-legged on the ground and weave straw baskets with immature skills; unemployed people line up in a long line on the roadside, waiting for their jobs.
Relief; hungry women dug out rotten apples and half-eaten stale bread from the smelly trash cans to eat, and even elderly people slept on park benches in the open air; Grand Theater
During the song and dance performance, less than half of the audience was seated, and even the applause seemed sparse, and it was no longer as lively and popular as in the past.
"It seems that it is the United States that was in economic crisis at the beginning of the 20th century. That's why the shops look so depressed and unemployed workers are everywhere." Looking at what he saw along the way, Li Xiao felt in his heart
pondered.
"However, depending on the time, it should be the time when the red envelope system releases the task."
I was just thinking about it when I heard a systematic voice in my mind reply: "Welcome the host to the movie world of "The Mummy"."
"Task 1, get the Black Book of the Dead and the Sun Bible! 2, get the Holy Urn."
After digesting the incoming information flow, Li Xiao also felt a hint of enlightenment in his heart.
The synopsis of the movie "The Mummy" is mainly about the explorer O'Connor being hired by the Empire where the sun never sets, the librarian Evelyn and her brother formed an expedition team, and met an American expedition team midway.
The group of people came to Egypt to explore the City of the Dead by chance, and obtained the Black Book of the Dead that could resurrect the dead. After Evelin accidentally chanted the spell above, he released the mummy that had been cursed here thousands of years ago.
Immorton, and then unfolded a series of adventure stories.
However, regarding the system's mission, Li Xiao hesitated, and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: "The system assigned him to obtain the Black Book of the Dead and the Sun Bible that run through the plot of the movie, so that's fine. But apart from that, there are also
What the hell is it to get such a weird thing like a holy urn? You know, this is a jar that Immorton cut out and sealed after her death in order to resurrect his lover Ansuna. Could it be that there is something wrong with this system?
What kind of evil necrophilia hobby?"
Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but tremble all over.
There is another point that Li Xiao cannot understand. Since the system arranged for him to appear in the movie "The Mummy", what does it mean to arrange for himself to be a company employee? What about Burns and Benny, they have something to do with the movie.
What's the connection?
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Just as he was thinking about it, he followed Burns and Penny around a corner and arrived at the tavern they mentioned. When he pushed the door open, he was greeted by a pungent and sour smell.
The smell of alcohol permeates the air.
Under the mottled lights, a few people were sitting in the tavern, very drunk and shouting loudly. However, despite this, the tavern still seemed very deserted.
When he saw the three of them walking into the bar, the bartender, who looked panicked with his hand on his chin, suddenly brightened up, rubbed his hands, and came forward with a flattering smile and said: "Three of you are here, it's still the same today.
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"Well, be smarter." Burns nodded.
"It'll be ready soon, sir."
Although the bartender's action of throwing the bottle was extremely fancy, it did not catch his eye.
After a while, a red, yellow and blue margarita cocktail was pushed in front of him by the respectful bartender.
It seems that this should be the wine that the character in the movie likes to drink. With a trying attitude, Li Xiao picked it up and took a sip.
Judging from the quality and taste of the drinks ordered by the three of them, they were obviously better than those of the others in the tavern. This also meant that the status and wealth of the three of them were also better than those of the others.
This wine has a fresh fruity aroma and the special aroma of tequila. It is sour and sweet in the mouth and has a refreshing taste. Li Xiao drinks a lot of wine and tea, such as the heart-burning liquor from Longmen Inn and the tea from Tiexin Island.
Either strong or soft, each has its own characteristics. Although this margarita cocktail tastes good, it is too light. Could it be that the bartender cut corners?
"Why is this wine so weak?" Li Xiaowei frowned.
Beni, who was drinking with gusto, accidentally choked and looked at Li Xiao with surprised eyes: "Xiao, don't you know that after the prohibition of alcohol was promulgated, the alcohol content of the wine sold in the market
It’s generally lowered.”
Hearing this, Li Xiao sniffed lightly with his nose. Not only the wine in their glasses, but also the sour-smelling wine that others drank had a very light taste, which showed that the alcohol content contained in it was also very light.
Generally very low.
Only then did he suddenly remember a post he had seen on the forum before. The content of the post was that the United States had promulgated a prohibition on alcohol in the early 20th century. Alcoholism had caused many domestic violence problems. In order to retaliate against women,
To protect their rights, Prohibition was implemented. Its content is that it is illegal to manufacture, sell and even transport drinks with an alcohol content of more than 0.5, which is why the alcohol concentration is so low. However, it is ironic that the US government found that even if it promulgated
After prohibition was passed, they couldn't help it at all. Later, they simply repealed the amendment. It seems that in a year or two, they will be able to drink pure alcohol again.
And this too light wine was like tasteless food, it was a pity to throw it away. After taking two sips, he threw it away, and his eyes began to sweep around the tavern intentionally or unintentionally.
At this time, several women dressed boldly walked in outside the door. They had blond hair, blue eyes, plump buttocks, and looked very charming under their posing.
"Girl, you have such a hot figure, how about I accompany you tonight?" At this time, a ragged old drunkard, relying on his drunkenness and a squinting look, was about to make love to one of the blond men.
Now get started.
"Go away, you still want to play with me when you don't have money?!" The blond man pushed the drunkard away, his eyes full of disgust.
The drunkard staggered backwards, hitting the back of his head heavily on the table leg. He finally regained some consciousness, muttered a few words, and left the tavern in dejection amidst the laughter of the crowd.
Although these blond beauties are doing such things, there are powerful people behind them, otherwise they would not be so popular in New York.
After suppressing his anger, the blond-haired Da Nao blinked his eyes coquettishly again and cast a fiery wink at Li Xiao and others without concealing it.
Although the wine is not good, the Yangma is really not bad. Besides, when he first entered this world, Li Xiao also needed to find out some information, but these people were good candidates, so Li Xiao also had some thoughts in his heart.
Looking at Burns and Penny next to them, they already looked like Brother Pig.
But just as the swaying bar door was about to close, it was pushed open again. This time, a fat man with a bald head and a beard walked in. His body was enough to block half of the light from the door.
It was roughly estimated to weigh two hundred pounds. It moved as if the entire ground was shaking.
The drunkards in the tavern who were still ready to stir up because of alcohol suddenly stopped. Not only because of their fat bodies, but also because of the mottled blood stains looming in the thick stack of US dollars! Seeing this, even Penny
and Burns, have also recovered from the situation of Brother Pig, and have become serious and have no desires or desires.
During the era of the Great Depression in the United States, workers were making trouble in the streets, order became very unstable, the crime rate skyrocketed, and murders and murders were common.
And this strong man Jack was obviously a difficult character to deal with. After he had just made a robbery and had a good meal, the first thing he thought of was to find a few beautiful girls to vent his anger. At this time, who could
No one dared to touch his bad luck.
However, people were surprised to find that a man with a face as firm as a sculpture stood up from his seat at the bar, hugged two blond men, and without even looking at Jack, who was grinning, he wanted to go to the tavern.
Walk outside.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Jack rubbed his fist, his joints crackling, and he was about to hit Li Xiao with a heavy punch.
Before the punch came, Jack's eyes widened, and his body, as huge as a ball of flesh, shot backwards like a deflated rubber ball.
With a "bang", it smashed into the exhibition window of a clothing store across the street. The glass shattered to the ground. The whole person passed out on the spot and fell unconscious!
Then, with everyone's stunned and horrified expressions, Li Xiao continued to hug the two blond men with mouths wide enough to fit an egg in, and strode towards a nearby hotel.
Tuliubeni and Burns stared at each other with confused expressions on their faces.