MTL - My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely!-Chapter 531 Complicated situation, the balance point between advancing and retreating!

Feeling that the long winter is coming, the cold wind at night is gone, and it blows in waves, taking away the residual temperature in the day.

Because of the terrain, the temperature of the depression is higher than that of the plain, but it is only minus four degrees below zero.

Out of the depression, to the outside.

Without the obstruction of the peaks of trees and terrain, the temperature on the great plain in the Demon Soul Clan's territory was already close to minus ten degrees below zero.

In addition, it will be very wet at night.

Standing on the wall of Liberty City, you can clearly hear the wailing in the refugee camp below.

It's different from hoping that the village has been heated for everyone.

On the Liberty City side, because of the lack of lords to manage checks and balances, the powerful parties in the city are all vying for benefits.

The people in the city still live a sensual life, with hot rice and hot water on the kang head, and occasionally they can go out to the entertainment venue to play.

The people outside the city could only live in ragged tents that were rustling in the wind, huddled tightly under their blankets, and prayed that the winter would end soon.

No one will care about the life and death of these weak people, and no one will pay attention to this group of ants who dream of speculating and living in the city.

Limited by the imprint's absolute sanction authority, people in the city don't even worry that these refugees will "riot".

After all, as long as the guards take out the "button" that controls life and death, and press it lightly.

These refugees who bear the mark will immediately lose control of their bodies and become woods that are slaughtered by others.

Of course, allowing these people to live outside the city actually has another meaning.

Under the premise that these people cannot be driven away, the people in the city have done their best to "use waste".

Once the people of the Empire of Light come to attack, they will become the first wall of Liberty City, delaying enough time for the people in the city to react.

And this is also the main reason why they can stay here.

From twelve o'clock to eight in the morning, the people on the city wall changed two shifts. Seeing that the sun was already high in the sky, the refugee camp below began to shout.

Then they reluctantly walked downstairs and began to prepare to open the city gate.

However, as soon as the door was opened, the arrogant expressions on their faces instantly disappeared like snow in the spring when they saw the people standing in front.

Instead, it is full of humility that comes only when seeing the superior.

"Master Hal, you're back, I'm really sorry, there are not enough people to open the city gate today, and the speed is a little slower, I'm really sorry!"

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, don't delay, don't delay!"

The talking short guard, Soma had never seen.

However, this did not affect the opponent's image of the dwarf Howl deeply in his mind.

For these guards guarding the gate, combat effectiveness is not their strong point.

Observing words and expressions, being flattering is the biggest reason why they can stand out!

"Master Ha'er, who is this?"

"Oh, he, he is a new apprentice in my exchange, and he wants to do some business with me recently!"

In terms of time, there are still twenty minutes before the refugees enter the city.

But after Sumo chatted casually, seeing that the other party respectfully gave way to the door, Sumo was not polite and walked inside with Hao Qiang.

hum...

hum...

The familiar detection stone began to flutter from the ground, inspiring a faint blue light to start checking the mark.

On Soma's body, the light only lasted for a moment and then passed by.

On Hao Qiang's body, although he stayed for four or five seconds, he finally issued a pass command and a light yellow message.

"Hey, why did the door stone pop up the prompt for manual verification?"

"Master Hal, this..."

The entrance inspection of the door stone is only the first verification procedure of Liberty City.

Before the identity of the other party is completely determined, there will be a second manual inspection for auxiliary inquiries.

However, due to the fact that Su Mo had explained Hao Qiang's identity in advance.

Seeing a trace of displeasure on Soma's face, the two guards looked at me, I looked at you, and finally chose to nod and pressed their token on the door stone.

The water ripple-like light flashed, and the door stone, who was a little restless before, stopped moving and returned to calm in an instant.

"Lord Hal, there seems to be some problem with your follower status. If you want to redeem the mercenary, you need to bring someone to do it in person."

"Something like you..."

"Lord Hal, you know, that's not what I meant, but it's not easy for brothers to deal with it too many times!"

It seemed that Hao Qiang's identity was mistaken for another situation. The two guards opened their mouths, slightly embarrassed.

In addition to legal principles, it is nothing more than human feelings.

For a race like the Demon Soul Race with full social attributes, in terms of these small details, it can be said that none of them have fallen behind.

With just a simple thought, they figured out the pros and cons.

In order to find it hard to sin against Soma, in the end, no matter whether the result of the identity check is good or bad, they will not get any benefit.

On the contrary, not only can he sell favors to this newly-promoted God of Wealth in Liberty City, but he may even get some oil and water, which can be said to be a big profit!

Of course, Soma standing in front of them is also a "veteran" who has been in the workplace.

Very well understood, Soma clicked on the mark a few times.

When an application for 2,000 contribution points arrived, the embarrassment of the two guards instantly turned into a surprise.

"Lord Hal, the brothers don't see what happened today, please hurry up and register your identity for this brother."

"If there is a similar matter in the future, you can also ask our brothers to take care of it before you enter the door!"

"it is good!"

"If there is any trouble with you in the future, I will definitely not be polite!"

Smiling with his hands behind his back, he nodded with the two guards, and led Hao Qiang, Somo's figure disappeared at the gate of the city.

However, the moment they turned their heads, the two guards who were still ecstatic about getting a huge sum of money did not notice the momentary shock on Soma's face!

At the same time, they couldn't see Hao Qiang forcibly suppressing it, but the details still revealed an unfamiliar temperament!

Until the vision changed and the darkness in front of him turned into a familiar bright.

Without words, the two of them had a tacit understanding and quickened their pace, and stopped at the street corner they had agreed upon earlier.

"It's very risky, it seems that you need to be more careful about the choice of imprints in the future."

"The low-level marks are fine, and they can find ways to confuse their own brains. If the purple high-level mark is on today, they will definitely record it. Once a strange person appears, there must be a big problem. question!"

"Fortunately, I didn't tear my face, otherwise it would be difficult!"

After a night of rushing on the road, the faces of the two of them were a little tired.

After looking at the city gate without missing a trace, after confirming that no one was following and that there was an abnormality, Somo clenched his fist slightly, and then slowly let go.

"Let's go, go back to the exchange first"

"Hibernate for a while for the past few days, don't rush to find out the news!"

Along the familiar road, along the way, I greeted people who were either familiar or unfamiliar.

For this famous, black-and-white-take-all executive of the Fire Exchange, everyone basically has goodwill.

In addition, the refugees hadn't entered the city yet, and soon, the sound and shadow of the two passed through several blocks and came to the side road.

Turning around the corner, and seeing the sign of the exchange appearing in his field of vision, Soma's footsteps slowed down, and there was a trace of relaxation on his face.

"There, is our exchange!"

Early at eight in the morning.

The door of the Fire Exchange had already opened, and the tree man holding a broom was also diligently cleaning the ground at the entrance of the exchange.

Compared with the surrounding shops, the ground in front of the exchange was obviously dirty.

But this is dirty, it just represents the "popularity" of the Xinhuo Exchange today!

Seeing Soma's figure from a distance, the tree man was obviously a little surprised, but after reacting, it turned into a surprise.

Following the door, he ran in as he flaunted it, and after a few seconds, Turner rushed out with a flustered face!

"Oh, my brother, you are finally back!"

"Didn't you say it's only two days, if you're gone, it's four days!"

"If it wasn't for the news of Alec's death, I would have thought..."

"Wait, who is this?"

After not seeing him for a few days, Turner, who had been under heavy burdens, had obviously grown a lot. At least the moment he saw Hao Qiang, he stopped talking and put on a polite but embarrassing smile.

However, Soma's attention was not here at this time.

Through Turner's occlusion, he could clearly see the mercenaries rushing out of the exchange, almost all with the same face...

Surprised!

As expected, these mercenaries who came for nothing were infiltrated cleanly, and they became someone else's people inside and out.

"Hey, Turner, this is not the place to talk, let's go in"

"This is the shopkeeper I invited back at a high price from outside. In the future, the business of our store will depend on his performance!"

As soon as you hear the high price, please come back, shopkeeper, three key words.

Turner was obviously taken aback, but after seeing Soma's wink and the head sticking out from the other shop.

He stopped his doubts well again and took the lead to walk inside.

"Hey, our shop has been renovated again? This thing can be expensive!"

Different from the poor and sour before he left, in today's pawnshop, the wooden cabinets have been completely replaced with jade stones.

With the light reflected from the jade, the whole room seemed to be a little more noble, and it looked jeweled.

"After you left, the top ten exchanges sent someone over, saying they were helping, and they renovated the entire yard for free."

"Not only these, they have rebuilt it!"

Turner reluctantly spread his hands, for this unexpected surprise, Turner had obviously passed the surprise period.

As he led the way, through the outer hall, the three came to the center of the courtyard.

In the past, weeds were overgrown here, gravel and a little **** were scattered on the ground, looking disheveled.

Now, with the repairs, the desolation and dilapidation have disappeared, replaced by a small garden with exquisite shapes.

Inside, the three main houses have also been completely renovated.

From the walls, to the floor tiles, to the beds, cabinets, and other places that can be replaced, they have basically been replaced with unquestionably high specifications!

At first glance, this place is actually a bit more luxurious than the underground shelter.

"Have you checked the house?"

"I checked, there is no problem!"

Looking at Soma who was looking in the window, Turner said so, but his hand vaguely pointed to the room in the middle.

"Um?"

"Come to my room, a lot has happened these days after you left!"

Seeing that Soma didn't avoid Hao Qiang behind him, Turner didn't care either. He pushed open the door of the room on the right and walked in.

In the closet of the house, there is still a charcoal fire that has not been burned, exuding a roar of warmth.

On the table, there are also several plates of exquisite pastries, exuding an attractive fragrance.

After verifying that there was no problem with the system, he picked up a plate of cakes, Soma jumped on the bed, sat down cross-legged and ate.

"Don't avoid suspicion, this is my own person, just say something straight!"

"it is good!"

He also sat on the bed and opened the curtains to confirm that no one was standing at the door. Turner opened the chat.

"Hal, I suspect these mercenaries have betrayed us, their..."

"No doubt, they were indeed bought off!"

Turner was taken aback: "Huh?"

"Do you know how Alec died?"

Turner: "Huh?"

"I killed it!"

He handed the rest of the pastry to Hao Qiang beside the bed, took the water on the table and took a big mouthful.

Su Mo twisted his slightly stiff neck and spoke the truth very plainly.

"After I left the city, my news was told to Alec by these mercenaries, and then, using this news, Alec caught up."

"And then I killed it~"

"When I came back just now, their expressions were obviously a little unnatural, you know!"

Unlike Turner's guess, after seeing the expressions of the mercenaries, Soma gave them the death penalty in his heart.

In Liberty City, every mercenary is the owner's private property.

Even if Soma does not have clear evidence that these people betrayed him, they can still decide their life and death.

Of course, when these mercenaries decided to betray their masters, they were already prepared.

They bet that Alec could chase him out and kill Howl.

According to common sense, their choice is not wrong. Killing a Tier 3 auxiliary occupation by a Tier 4 combat profession is indeed the same as killing a chicken.

But unfortunately, luck did not favor them.

If you bet wrong, you have to pay the price.

"I'll recruit a few new mercenaries tomorrow. Kill them all!"

"it is good!"

By his side are all the cronies of the enemy.

Looking at the undisguised killing intent in Soma's eyes, Turner nodded fiercely, obviously also with anger.

"What about the top ten exchanges?"

"They, in the past few days, apart from helping us repair the shop, there is no other action, and I heard that there seems to be friction between the **** team and the top ten exchanges, and the quarrel is quite stiff."

"The day before yesterday, the Demon Domain Exchange directly cut 30% of the share of weapons and equipment provided to the **** team. As a result, their shopkeeper was brought into the high wall that day. Until last night, no one... could come back!"

"According to the guards, it was assassinated by... people from the Empire of Light!"

After giving a reason that even an idiot would not believe, Su Mo could still accept it with a normal heart, but Hao Qiang, who was sitting beside him, couldn't hold back and spit out the cake in his mouth with a puff.

After drinking a few sips of water, he slowed down and said repeatedly:

"Cough, cough, didn't they break the rules of the game by doing this?"

"It's just that the supply is reduced by 30%, so it's too much to kill people. Who would dare to do business with them?"

It is different from the business battle in the simulated sandbox.

As soon as he heard that he was just reducing the supply, he was forcibly killed under such an excuse, and Hao Qiang's head instantly went up.

However, sitting across from him, Turner just shook his head slightly, and said equally puzzled:

"It's strange to say, I don't know if they have reached any agreement, anyway, Moyu restored the supply to normal yesterday."

"Even their shopkeeper got a new one. Speaking of which, this pastry is a gift from the new shopkeeper!"

"By the way, no one from the top ten exchanges came out to resist. Aside from the rumors that we were in a deadlock in private, on the surface, it was no different from the previous harmony."

After saying this, the two of them turned their attention to Soma while they were very skilled, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

Obviously, the situation in Liberty City has become completely complicated now.

Even if there is information to support, it is difficult for the two "newcomers" who are just entering the business world to analyze what happened.

"Wait, you mean the rumors in private are very stiff? Who spread it? Where did you hear it?"

Without answering the questions of the two people directly, from another angle, Soma asked a new question.

Turner, who was sitting at the head of the bed, was taken aback for a moment, and then he said honestly, "It was said by the two members of the **** who helped us stand guard and maintain order yesterday."

"They also helped us maintain it yesterday?"

"Yes!"

"Did the exchange help us build the yard first~www.novelbuddy.com~ or did the guards kill first?"

"The first yard!"

Slightly puzzled, Turner scratched the back of his head, wondering what Soma meant by asking these questions.

But Hao Qiang, who was sitting on the other side, reacted at once, with a sudden realization in his eyes.

"So... Boss, is this the guards using the hands of the shopkeeper of Demon Domain to beat us?"

"In a sense, maybe yes, but I didn't expect that we can actually stand on this balance point now!"

Before leaving, Soma didn't make his position clear.

But no one would have thought that this delay would actually yield some results.

The front foot of the top ten exchanges announced that the Xinhuo Exchange had joined their camp by repairing the courtyard.

Then, after seeing that the guards did not respond, they reduced their arms holdings through the Demon Domain Exchange to put pressure on them.

And the **** team is also fierce.

By the way, he warned everyone that the rules of the game must be obeyed.

But we are the ones who set the rules of the game!

In other words, the balance that Soma once sought to find has now been completely achieved.

But unfortunately, this balance point is a bit of a dilemma.

Now, no matter which side you join, you will completely offend the other side to death, and there is no room for manoeuvre!