More than an hour later, Chen Xing and A Qiaomu found a white tower. There was rubble on the ground at the door, and it could be seen that it was the remains of a gargoyle. The door was open, and someone had obviously searched. When they went up to the top floor, they saw a gargoyle on the ground.

The exquisite wooden box is exactly the same as the one where the puzzle was placed before.

"Someone has been here." Ah Qiaomu said something very unworthy.

"Your judgment is very correct." Chen Xing praised.

Perhaps due to slow reaction, or perhaps not smart enough, the other party did not hear the ridicule in the words, and continued to say meaningless words, "The things must have been taken away."

"Yes, the things must have been taken away." Chen Xing agreed.

"You..." Aqiaomu's eyes flickered, as if he was aware of his teasing.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xing asked with a confused look on his face. Of course, this was all pretending.

"Nothing." Ah Qiaomu shook his head, turned around and walked downstairs. His expression was a little dull.

Chen Xing followed behind, looking at the trembling big butt in front of him, the urge to "penetrate" arose spontaneously.

That must be really cool...

He couldn't help but think about it, but he quickly shook his head and drove the thought out of his mind. This female sandminer was too dangerous. Playing with her was playing with fire, so it was better to keep a distance.

"Find a place to rest for a while. I haven't slept in two days." After leaving the tower, Aqiaomu turned around and said.

"Where are the other puzzles?" Chen Xing asked.

"I guess someone else found it. There are twelve yuan in total. We have three of them, so that's about it." A Qiaomu said.

Chen Xing did not object anymore. After all, you need to have good physical strength to fight. He also hoped that A Qiaomu would attract firepower in front so that he could slowly accumulate energy. Afterwards, the two found a relatively clean house nearby and cleaned it up.

Take a moment and rest inside.

Aqiaomu sat down against the wall, with one leg straight, the other bent, and the arm on the same side resting on the thigh. This posture is called "female soldier sitting", and most female mercenaries do this when resting.

Love this pose.

Chen Xing sat in the standard "male soldier sitting" with his knees crossed and leaning against the wall.

"Is there any military rations? I want tomato-flavored ones," Aqiaomu said.

"Only potato beef and black pepper chicken fillet." Chen Xing said angrily. It's really picky to have the thought to order in a place like this.

"Let's have potatoes and beef." Arqiaomu said.

Chen Xing took out a self-heating ration from his backpack and handed it over, then asked, "Tell me about the situation here."

Aqiaomu tore open the packaging bag and poured water into it from a kettle to heat the chemicals inside, while explaining the situation to Chen Xing.

She has been here for more than ten days, and she is among the first batch to come in. According to her observations these days, this is a city ruled by wizards. They have created a large number of mechanical demons, and they are in every corner of the city.

can be encountered.

For unknown reasons, this world was destroyed.

There are various indications that after the disaster, the people here did not die immediately, but persisted in the darkness for a long time until the food was exhausted. Generally speaking, cannibalism would occur in this case, but here

It seems not. It seems that the wizards did not give up until the last moment.

The tall tower in the middle is protected by a very powerful magic circle. The battle group installed a lot of C4 explosives but they did not explode. The power source to maintain the magic circle should be the green light group on the top of the tower.

The spectrum of psychic energy is blue, changing from light to dark depending on the density. As for the other two forms of psychic energy, life energy is emerald green. As the intensity increases, it changes from emerald green to milky white. Chaos magic energy is ghostly.

Green, turning from dark green to dark red. The color from the center of the green light group is darker, which should be extremely dense chaotic magic energy.

There is a sunken circular puzzle on the gate of the tower, which is divided into twelve pieces, eight in the outer circle and four in the inner circle. A Qiaomu accidentally discovered one of the pieces and guessed that it might be the key to the tower, so he searched everywhere

, found another piece. Later, I met Chen Xing.

"Why are there divided into inner and outer circles?" Chen Xing asked suddenly. In this design, the eight pieces representing the outer circle and the four pieces in the inner circle have different meanings, perhaps due to the different status of the holder, or perhaps due to differences in function.

In short, it is a detail worthy of attention.

Arqiaomu shrugged, indicating that he was not sure.

"Take it out and take a look." Chen Xing took out his puzzle piece. The outer end was an eighth of an arc and the inner end was an inner arc. It was obviously the outer circle of the puzzle piece. Aqiaomu also took it out.

The outer circle of the puzzle.

"Have you seen anyone from the inner circle?" Chen Xing asked.

"I was the first to discover it, so I didn't tell anyone, but they were not stupid. They quickly discovered the problem and sent people to search everywhere." Aqiaomu replied.

"That is to say, you haven't seen other puzzles?" Chen Xing asked.

"Yes." Aqiaomu replied.

"You rest first, and then we continue to search and see how many towers there are in total." Chen Xing said.

"Okay." Ah Qiaomu nodded. At this time, the self-heating ration was ready, and she ate it with the hard plastic fork that came with the ration. It didn't take long for her to finish eating, put the garbage in a bag, and threw it away.

In the corner, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to rest.

Chen Xing was responsible for keeping vigil at night and studied the three puzzle pieces carefully. A Qiaomu seemed to trust him very much. Not only did he give him his puzzle piece, but he also showed little defensiveness. Soon there was a slight snoring sound, and he fell into a deep sleep.

.

But this is not surprising. If Chen Xing wanted to kill her just now, he would have already killed her. There is no need to wait until now.

So why does Aqiaomu trust him so much?

There may be two reasons. First, Aqiaomu realized that he could not gain benefits from this expedition alone, so he took the risk. Anyone who is a mercenary has a gambling instinct in his heart, just like himself, he is also now

Gambling. Second, Aqiaomu saw through his true nature. He is the typical "I won't offend others if they don't offend me, and I may not repay if someone offends me" type.

Because for a rational person like him, "revenge" also requires cost and calculation. If the cost is too high or it takes too much energy, then forget it.

To put it bluntly, he is not small-minded enough, his heart is not black enough, his moral bottom line is not low enough, and he does not have enough money in his pocket. This is why he spent many years in his first life before becoming a manager of a small company, and in his second life

The reason why he is a squad leader is that he has been around for more than ten years.

The middle and upper levels of society are born with a golden key. They have access to many resources left by their ancestors and have a solid foundation. Even if they are decent people, their development will not be affected. However, the bottom of society is different. Unless they are gifted or very lucky, they will not be able to survive.

If you don’t have the right people, it will be difficult to develop quickly without basic resources.

There are no tuition fees for further studies, and no capital for business. Everything depends on hands, and the speed of development is very slow.

Moreover, in the process of climbing up, other people at the bottom will try their best to snatch the resources of others to fill their own vacancies, or use others as stepping stones to climb higher. This creates a vicious cycle. If you want to get higher, you must

The heart is cruel and the hands are dark.

What's even more detestable is that when some people at the bottom get promoted, they immediately act like they are a villain and raise their heads to the sky. This makes people look disgusting and they have to compete, otherwise they will be looked down upon and killed.

However, even though he has been a human being for three lifetimes, there are still some things he cannot do.

Although his parents are not very talented and are just small workers in ordinary third-tier cities, they have taught him since he was a child that a person must have a conscience and that there are things he can and cannot do. Therefore, over the years, he has always followed his parents' teachings. Even if it is

If you don't want to be a good person, you don't want to be a bad person.

After all, in this world, no matter before or after time travel, it is too difficult for good people to live...

Perhaps Ah Qiaomu saw through this and fell asleep peacefully at this moment, without any precaution against him.

Of course, there are some benefits to being a person with a bottom line. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and cruel people will never have true friends. Even couples must be wary of each other and be ready to expose each other's secrets at any time.

You old man, you turn your back on me and don’t recognize anyone.

Just think about it, who would want to make a friend who might cheat them at any time?

The reason is very simple, if he can deceive others today, he can deceive you tomorrow!

By the same token, who would want to be with a ruthless and unjust boss? Aren't they afraid of being abandoned after being used by the other party?

Who would want to marry a person, or marry a person like this, who can still sleep well at night with a wolf and a tiger by his side?

Therefore, things always have two sides. If you sow melons, you will get melons, and if you sow beans, you will get beans. If you want to develop rapidly, you will have an unstable foundation. At least until now, Chen Xing has not encountered it.

Something that made him particularly regretful.

Perhaps this has something to do with his ambition. He has always been a down-to-earth person without too many unrealistic fantasies. He was just forced by the environment to have no choice but to climb up.

The cruelty of society is that if you don't climb up, you will be eliminated, trampled by villains, and your life will be worse than death.

After sighing for a while, Chen Xing's attention returned to the puzzle in his hand. The carving process was very exquisite, the lines were clear, and the picture was lifelike.

There are wizards wearing robes and holding wooden staffs, surrounded by thunder and lightning, huge mechanical puppets, prostrate worshipers, burning furnaces, pouring molten iron, craftsmen grinding gears, chickens, ducks, geese and goats running around.

, a scene of magical industrial civilization in the Middle Ages.

The material of the puzzle is neither gold nor iron, neither wood nor stone. It feels cold to the touch. I don't know what material it is made of. It is heavier than steel of the same size, but not as good as mithril and fine gold.

"Chachacha..."

Suddenly, the sound of soft footsteps came from outside. Chen Xing frowned and stood up. He looked at A Qiaomu, who was sleeping soundly, and was considering whether to wake him up, when a young male's voice sounded outside.

"This is Kazuki Nakamura from Jiro's group. I would like to exchange information with my friends inside."

Chen Xing didn't hesitate for too long and shouted loudly, "Please speak."

Turning around, he saw that Ah Qiaomu hadn't woken up yet. Was it because he was too tired, too trusting in him, or maybe he was pretending.
Chapter completed!