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Chapter 70 River bottom, 06:59 pm
"Just a reminder, you can find a way to persuade me," Bai Shijin said, "instead of begging me. What you ask requires a lot of risk. I won't let my subordinates die because of a girl's whims."
"But Rosie has already helped God's Residence so much—well, maybe I should really change the way." Xue Nai raised her eyes to catch a glimpse of the other party's expression, and stopped begging wisely, and put on a rational attitude, "Since the rewardThe gold hunter's style is not to make a move if there is no benefit, Jin, I can explain three profitable reasons for you."
Her posture and tone attracted Bai Shijin's attention, and the girl in front of her seemed to have changed from water to stone, and her soft temperament solidified.
"Let's talk." He put a cigarette in his mouth, worried about Xue Nai's presence, so he didn't light it.
"First, first of all," Xue Nai was a little embarrassed, "Deng Huailing told me that he will also release bounty tasks on the dark web, and those who come to reinforce them will get twice the previous rewards, this is the first reason."
Shiraishi smiled and didn't speak, but knocked the ashes on the edge of the ashtray, motioning for her to continue.
"The second reason, just now I kept emphasizing what Rosie has done for us, now I understand that the past is not attractive to you, so let's look forward to the future." Xue Nai put her hands on the table, staring intentlystaring at each other.
"What he brought us is not as simple as 1.5 million credit points, nor is it just the construction of the school and the support in education. Education is just a lead. I believe he is the person who can bring about changes to God's Residence. We spentWith so much energy, what we do is just to let everyone survive, this harsh living condition is consuming people's hope, God's Residence needs a change."
After she finished speaking, the rock-like temperament dissipated a little, and she seemed to have no confidence in her words again, and her eyes wandered on Baishi's face.
"Don't look for approval from me." Bai Shijin saw through her mind, "When negotiating, the opponent will not write approval on his face. You must be extremely confident in what you want to say, if these reasons cannot convince yourself, needless to say; on the contrary, the words that come out of your mouth will be like engraved on a brass watch."
"I...understood." Xue Nai swallowed nervously, "The following is the third reason, last time I overheard you talking to Rosie, he pulled off the button as he owed you a favor. Hibiscus,There is only one explanation for this matter, that is, you think highly of him, and his identity is very important; otherwise, what's the use of specially asking for buttons?"
"Yes, he is very important, but not so important that it is worth the risk." Bai Shijin leaned back, "By the way, in response to your first two, first, I am not short of money, and second, God's Residence has RosieIt's better, but it won't die even without him, and none of your reasons are valid."
"Hin..." Xue Nai was stunned by his ruthlessness at first, then grabbed her hair dejectedly, admitting that the reason she gave was indeed very weak.But this is a negotiation where the outcome is decided. As long as it proceeds from reason, no sensible person will choose to help Rosie.
"However, I will still take someone to Bernau Bridge. It's up to me whether I can save him or not." Bai Shijin stood up, put on the coat draped over the back of the chair, and checked whether the gun in the mezzanine was fully loaded.The overly flashy crystal lamps in the custom shop refracted one by one, and the light shone on his white hair and the light blue stubble on his face, and the shadows portrayed him with a stiff outline.
"Why? Didn't it mean that my reasons are not valid?" Xue Nai stared at him blankly.
"It has nothing to do with those. Before you listed the reasons, I decided to go. The reason why I trained you is because you will encounter many dangers in the future. You can't expect to solve the problem by asking for help. Whether it is threat of force, grasp the negotiationOpportunities, rational analysis of the pros and cons for the other party, in short, can not be pleading."
Bai Shijin opened the doorknob, "You are the master of God's Residence, and everyone depends on your decision to make a living, so remember—don't beg."
Above the swaying dance floor, Rolla stood on the second floor with a glass of wine, overlooking the writhing crowd in the pool.
"It's a bit boring to stare at the same scenery all day long..." The lady proprietress of the HOPE bar stretched her arms and yawned, narrowing her eyes lazily.She was just about to walk back to the bedroom when the message glasses on the bridge of her nose dinged, and a new post from the dark web popped up on the transparent lenses.
What is not known is that Rolla is also one of the administrators of the Hunter Darknet, who maintains the order of the website's rewards on a daily basis, and occasionally cleans up hackers who try to attack the website.She often appears in hunters' chat forums wearing the administrator Sockpuppet/vest, and thus has gained a large number of fans.
She stared at the three words "Deng Huailing" in the column of the person who announced the new reward for a while.This is very rare. When these three characters are no longer receivers, but instead become publishers, it means that the person encountered is extremely difficult.
Rolla's thoughts flew, and she used the glasses connected to the brain wave to post another reward post, following Deng Huailing's post."Bernau Bridge's reward is an additional 300,000 heads. It is recommended not to go, you may die."
Within half a minute after the additional reward was released, there was a commotion on the dance floor, and the hunters began to push each other and fight each other, and even the most daring ones walked out of the door first.Then people cheered and left one after another, and the bar was almost empty. In the face of the five times the reward, the phrase "suggest not to go" is just a piece of foxtail to stir people's hearts.
Below the Bernau Bridge, the snow-like waves are rolling, and the whole river is like an insatiable stomach, slowly swallowing the burning bridge into its belly.Suddenly, a wave of water splashed high under the bridge, and a person fell rapidly from the air, falling into this greedy stomach.
Even with water under the bridge, a direct fall into the water from such a height can cause visceral hemorrhage.Rosie activated the black ring when he fell, and layers of wind barriers buffered the kinetic energy so that he would not fall too badly. Of course, more importantly, he could not trigger the mine. If he could not control the speed and hit a mine directly, everything would be destroyed.It's all over.
Fortunately, when Rosie sank into the water and looked around with the penetrating blue light, he found himself in the gap between four mines.
The detection areas of these mines are spherical, that is to say, if they are far apart, there will be blind spots that cannot be matched between the balls.The "skill" probably didn't have enough time to cast all the mines. Perhaps for ordinary people, there was an insurmountable restricted area in front of them, but in Rosie's eyes, it was full of loopholes.
But this is all based on his luck. If the landing point happens to be above a mine, close contact will undoubtedly kill him.
Rosie thought for a while, and finally recalled what he thought ten seconds ago. It seemed that he didn't have any difficult mental journey. Just because the thought of "can't kill Deng Huailing" flashed in his mind, he chose to take this risk.risk.
Deng Huailing—he was startled when he thought of this name, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at the water surface, trying to see the situation on the bridge, but the water surface was constantly turbulent with the fire, like a large piece of agar jelly poured with golden honey, what?Can't see it.
Rosie's thoughts drifted to the Bernau Bridge, though he seemed to be concerned about his situation.He absentmindedly checked the distances between the mines, mentally simulating their trigger zones, and swam through the gaps.
These gaps are high and low, like fire rings scattered one by one, without any rules at all.Rosie passed through smoothly at various angles, thanks to his long-term combat training, his body has always been soft, and he can perform many weird tricks to catch him unawares in battle.
He went down the current and crossed most of the minefields with ease. When he needed to take a breath, he stayed close to the surface of the water and used the black ring to pull a ball of air down for breathing instead of floating up.Based on Rosie's understanding of Victor, it is very likely that the other party has set up an observation post nearby. As soon as he looks out on the river, he will be shot through the head by a sniper.
Because of Deng Huailing's situation, Rosie moved quickly. He wanted to pass through the minefield as soon as possible and go ashore for help.Once he landed, there was no one to be his opponent, and everything that that brat couldn't handle could be handed over to him.
He was so confident that Rosie could hardly contain her surprise when she nearly strayed into the sensing range of a mine.He noticed that as he swam along, the gap between the mines gradually narrowed—the exquisitely designed hunting net allowed him to get into the largest mesh at first, and then shortened the distance between the mines a little bit, and Rosie would step into the maze of thinking inertia.
In the end, the mesh shrunk to the extreme, and the water in front of him was already covered with thunder, and there was no gap to pass through.He reacted in time and changed direction so as not to crash into it.
Rosie collected herself, looked at the dense mines, and seemed to see Victor's gloomy eyes emerging from the water.As his former deputy, Victor has grown a lot compared to ten years ago. He knows how to make the best use of limited resources, and he has also figured out his conceited psychology. He is a qualified commander.
However, it is only qualified.
This mine barrier seems inaccessible, but it is only effective against humans.They detect the heartbeat and body temperature of passing creatures in real time, and they will only be triggered when they match human characteristics, but Rosie is not just a human being.
In Victor's subconscious, from beginning to end, there is only "Rosie", an important opponent. He knows the existence of Rosie, but he does not take precautions against the particularity of bionics.Inductive sea mines are a piece of cake for bionics. Just activate the temperature control module, greatly reduce body temperature, and almost stop the heartbeat, so they will not be detected by sea mines.
Floating in the murky water, Rosie focused on pulling Rosie's consciousness out.He can influence the bionic person and regulate his body temperature when he occupies his body. The only difficulty is that Rosie doesn't know the current situation and won't be completely at his mercy.
When swimming through the minefield, even a slight error or omission is fatal. He needs Rosie's function as a bionic human being, but also needs his own judgment as a human being. To achieve this, he has to rely on frequent consciousness transformations.
Luo Xi didn't think there was any tactical goal in the world that he couldn't accomplish, but this was still a task that tested his will extremely.He pinched himself hard to stay awake, then switched to Rosie's state, turned on the temperature control module before Rosie woke up, and then switched back.
His brain suddenly seemed to be torn in two, and the piercing pain was like thousands of long needles, piercing the neurons and destroying those cells wantonly-it stands to reason that when Rosie dominates the body, he can't take the control at will, otherwiseThe nervous system will be violently attacked.
He did this twice before. Once at God's Residence, he announced to Bai Shijin that he wanted 100 Asian men; once on the Bernau Bridge, he threatened Deng Huailing to let go of his hand. It was all for Deng Huaispirit.
But this time, he was doing it for survival.The body temperature dropped to 31 degrees, and the headache and dizziness hit together. Rosie swam forward tremblingly, her vision was sometimes clear and sometimes dark, and she could hardly recognize the direction.
This is a sign of unstable vital signs. When he switches back to human consciousness, all the symptoms will gradually disappear as his body temperature rises, but it also means that he will be sensed by sea mines.So before the temperature rose to 33 degrees, he had to switch back to Rosie's consciousness again and adjust the temperature control module.
The journey through the minefield was long and icy. During the repeated switching, Rosie felt more and more severe nerve pain, and his body temperature was always kept in a low range, which made him almost faint.
For ordinary humans, 31 degrees is the body temperature that needs to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but the hospital is not open underwater, and there is no time on the battlefield for Rosie to be afraid of her situation.He could only do his best to adjust the temperature with all his waking consciousness, and continue to swim forward.
Hallucinations surround him, he floats with the current in a daze, and the whole journey is like a lucid dream.For a while, it was the cold and dark river bottom, and for a while, the happy meeting scene when he was in power in the second district appeared in front of his eyes. Then he passed by the arduous training at the military academy and the warm hands of his mother in the orphanage. He chased after him helplessly in his dream.Those hands, longing to be held for a walk again.
Rosie thought it was absurd, he had already seen the revolving doors of life, and what was even more absurd was that he saw Deng Huailing in the last scene, under the warm sunlight, the rebellious young man perched lazily on his waist.
In the afternoon when Deng Huailing slept on the bionic man, his consciousness inadvertently emerged, replaced Rosie, and stole this memory.At that time, he stared at Deng Huailing for a long time, and wanted to reach out and touch the other's hair, but in the end he didn't do anything. That should have belonged to Rosie's opportunity.
He gritted his teeth and swam furiously.Rosie couldn't accept that the last scene he saw was this scene. He had experienced so much, gunpowder and war, tricks and conspiracies, why did he remember Deng Huailing who was leaning against him to take a nap?No, it should never be like this——
Rosie slammed into the soft river bed, the minefield passed and a shallow shoal lay ahead.He stumbled and walked towards the beach in the sand and mud, and stayed in the bitingly cold river for nearly twenty minutes. Every part of his body kept shaking, his legs could hardly support his figure, and he slipped and knelt on the ground.into shallow water.
His eyelids gradually became heavy. After being extremely toiled and tired, he couldn't hold back the temptation. He simply collapsed on the beach and fell into a deep sleep, unable to move forward an inch.But he hasn't forgotten about the potential sniper, he closed his eyes and wrapped himself in the black ring to control the wind.
His mind was so weakened that the wind barrier he created was like a pale shell, barely keeping Rosie from being killed by a single shot.He just curled up quietly in the shell by the water, his long hair was lifted up by the curly waves and floated into various shapes.
Until the other hand wearing the black ring untied the shell and picked him up from the water.