Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 259 Chapter 256
Peicheng Railway Station is located in the northwest corner of the city, at the junction of the industrial zone and the embankment area.This is a dual-purpose station for passengers and goods. The intention of putting it here is obvious: to form the advantage of land and water transport and provide impetus for the industrial development of Peicheng.

Unfortunately, things backfired: as Peicheng and its satellite cities continued to grow, the city was increasingly developing in the direction of an isolated fortress.The industry in each city is controlled by the company, and the differences between cities are getting smaller and smaller, so the so-called competitive advantage or industrial advantage is reduced, and the division of labor and cooperation across cities is suppressed by the production capacity of the city.Cross-city transportation has become less and less a market, and has become an occasional thing.

Both water transport and rail transport have become half-dead, and the so-called land and water transport hub has become a mirror image.Trucks running on the highway have been able to meet most of the transportation needs, relying on their flexibility and speed, they have become the only survivors.The current demand for cross-city transportation will only occur when there is a difference in the speed of factory construction. This demand will soon be smoothed out by the urban industrial settings without personality. "Every city looks the same", this is what modern people complain about reality.

Passenger transportation has become the last straw for the continued survival of the railway system, but the profitability cannot increase, and the railway system does not have much ambition.The train that Famine Strangers rides on is still a model 30 years ago. Due to the disrepair of many parts, it can no longer provide the comfortable service it used to be.But Famine Stranger doesn't care, relying on dormant martial arts, all discomfort can be passed on.

"Master." "Master." Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao saw Master at the exit, and they hurried up to meet him and took the bag from Master's shoulder.Zhuang Xuteng didn't get the only bag, so he pretended to reach out to catch the master's long sword, but the master knocked his head with the hilt.

"What are you thinking? Silly boy." The Famine Stranger knew that Zhuang Xuteng was joking, so of course he would not use force when he struck. "Are you so anxious to become a big brother?"

"Yes, but I think Brother Dao is more suitable."

"Oh? Are you not seeking to make progress recently?" The Famine Stranger looked at the two of them, poked their backs with the hilt of his sword, and asked with a frown, "Have you crossed the fourth step?"

"Master, both of us have five flashes." Ge Gongdao laughed twice, and said while walking: "Four flashes and five flashes are Naike's breakthrough first, I guess he is very likely to break through to seven flashes first. The kid is very cunning, he clearly wanted to numb me, and then sneaked in front of me."

"No!" Zhuang Xuteng shook his head, then looked around, and said, "Master, let's talk in a secluded place."

There are not many people at the train station, but it is not a place to talk after all.The three of them got into the Gorgon Road van—it was more comfortable than the White Beast, more suitable for transporting important people—and galloped all the way back to the laundromat.The car drove out of the garage, and the three of them entered the new base of operations.

The decoration in the base is very simple, it looks like a classroom mixed with a dormitory.A six-person table and its matching chairs are placed in front of the whiteboard, besides the refrigerator and the locked container are two beds with bunk beds.Currently this base is only used by Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao, and they all sleep on the bottom bunk.In one corner of the room was a set of PCPD police car radios, bought on the black market, capable of monitoring PCPD channels.There is a large sofa next to it, and a small portable TV is placed on a low table opposite.

"It looks pretty good here." The Stranger of Famine reached out to touch the table, chairs and whiteboard, and then sat down on the sofa. "Nike, tell me. Why do you want Ge Gongdao to be your senior brother?"

"It's better this way." Zhuang Xuteng poured fruit juice for Master, and moved a chair across to him.

"It's that simple? Just because you think it's better?"

"Yes." Zhuang Xuteng said: "From the perspective of martial arts, Brother Dao is more suitable for sword dancing. The Qingquan long sword is also a huge weapon for Master, but Brother Dao is bigger and will be very easy to hold. And My ambition is not martial arts, but a mixture of martial arts and spells."

The Famine Stranger scratched the tip of his nose, smiled slightly, and said, "You know magic again?"

"I learned a little through some channels, and I think that's more suitable for me." Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand, and the invisible Wraith servant picked up the legion juice and poured it into a cup, and then brought it to Zhuang Xuteng.

"Through the wind, I can feel an invisible humanoid guy. Is this your spell?" The Famine Stranger raised his finger, and Ge Gongdao walked over curiously, and poked it with his hand.The Wraith Servant only has substance and emits power where the command requires. Now Zhuang Xuteng doesn't let it do anything, it is empty, like air.

"There seems to be something, the air pressure is different, it's amazing!" Ge Gongdao blew hard, and then waved his hand.His tactile sensitivity is lower than that of The Stranger, and he can only sense the presence of the Wraith Servant through direct contact. "No wonder you asked me about extraordinary spellcasters and spell implants a while ago. It turned out to be because of this. Why, you don't practice super calculation martial arts anymore?"

"I will practice, and I will not let go of such a good thing. Master, you are going to retire soon. We don't know when we will reach the seventh flash, but we will definitely reach it. Ge Gongdao is a senior brother, and he learned Qingquan And sword dance martial arts, it can be regarded as a worry. Once you reach Qishan, you can start practicing sword dance, seamlessly."

"It's a seamless connection, your real plan is not to go to me, right?"

Zhuang Xuteng nodded with a smile, and said: "Master has retired, and we are still working as mercenaries. It will only cause trouble if we go there again. If you need us, we will still show up; if you don't need us, it means that you are doing well." , we are also happy."

"Aren't you afraid of making me angry, and ended up breaking this contract?"

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "It's no longer a simple contract. You are our master and we are your apprentices, whether there is a contract or not."

Famine Stranger smiled, and casually threw Qingquan to Ge Gongdao.Brother Dao hurriedly caught it with both hands. When he was still surprised, the master said: "You will be a senior brother in the future. I will teach you sword dance martial arts in these two days. You are only allowed to learn by yourself, and you are not allowed to teach others. Unless you accept another apprentice. The sword dance martial skill can only be performed by relying on clear springs, and it is not applicable to other weapons, and it will even affect your learning of other martial arts. I will tell you the reason."

Ge Gongdao was stunned for a moment, quickly hugged the long sword, and said, "I... this is senior brother? Master, I'm holding a clear spring, what do you use?"

"Until the retirement ceremony is completed, I will still use the clear spring, and I will give it to you later. Even if you have learned the sword dance martial art, you will not be able to use it now. The seven flashes are the foundation of the sword dance." The Famine Stranger pointed to Zhuang Xuteng, and said: " This kid has a good brain, I don't know if he saw it or figured it out, he took his chance."

Ge Gongdao poked Zhuang Xuteng with his finger, and asked, "What did you think of?"

"No...why do I feel like I have a conspiracy?" Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "I just considered the conflict between us and the drug dealers, and the company started to access the blue wild man market. In the future, Peicheng will be an employee. The danger to soldiers is getting higher and higher."

"You're only five flashes, and you've already messed with the company? How did Lucy arrange tasks for you?"

"Sister Lucy takes good care of us. It's not our problem, but the company's outreach." Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand and said, "Master, what do you think I've thought of?"

"Hmph! What I'm thinking is: If you value the relationship of mercenaries, you will wait until Qi Shan to come to me, just like completing a task to get money. If you treat me as a master, how can the apprentice not ask the master for good things? The more you want it, the more it is a favor, not a task."

Zhuang Xuteng quickly shook his head: "I really didn't think so! I just thought that if I can get it, I'll get it, and if I don't, I'll be a fool. Brother Dao can be a senior brother with peace of mind, and I can practice martial arts and spells without distraction. It's a comfortable life like this .”

The Stranger of Famine nodded and said: "You are right, comfort is very important. I have carefully calculated that I can retire while I still have fighting power, so that I can live comfortably in the future. I want to reduce the use of implants, Take care of your body for a long time, keep your mind relaxed, so that I will suffer less when I am older. Implant side effects, especially combat implant side effects, it will always torture you. Humans can do it, It’s about being nice to yourself.”

Hearing this, Ge Gongdao hurriedly asked: "Master, are the side effects of implants stressful now?"

"I already have some feelings, but it is completely controllable in general. I will check the situation first. If the situation is calm, I will reduce the implants a little bit and replace them with fillers. Hehe, fortunately, there is a medical implant subsidy bill now. You can save a lot of money!"

"It seems that Master has already planned it." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and asked, "What about the retirement ceremony? What preparations do I want us to make?"

"You don't need to worry too much. This retirement ceremony is actually a task I sent to Lucy. She will take care of the details of the venue and the ceremony. As for the two of you, the main task is to accompany me to appear, and then it is estimated that there may be a A few games. The only thing left to resolve the grievances between mercenaries is to fight. Be careful at that time, although according to the rules, it is not life and death, but what if someone does something wrong? But you can reach five flashes, which is higher than I expected , I don’t think it’s a big problem. Four flashes may not be stable, but five flashes... There are not many mercenaries who can beat you.”

"Master, do you know Palovich? That guy seems to be very powerful."

The Famine Stranger shook his head and asked, "I've never heard of it. Is he a mercenary?"

"He used to go by the name Carter Ross and was a go-between for other cities."

"Oh, Carter Ross, then I know. I've asked him to help me on missions, and I've helped him back. He's kind of a guy, and he's easy to deal with. He's just a little hypocritical. The feeling in the air, I don’t know when it changed or ran away. He changed his name to Palovich now?”

"It seems that Master has not cared about the changes in the middleman and mercenary industry for a while." Zhuang Xuteng gave a rough account of how the middleman stepped across the boundary to Peicheng to grab business a while ago, and then talked about Palovich's gravity spell. "Master, we actually want to ask about combat spells. What types are there and how to deal with them."

"Okay, I will tell you what I know, and there is nothing I can do if I don't know. You will always encounter new enemies and new methods, the survival of the fittest, the new will eliminate the old, this is inevitable in every field It will happen." The Famine Stranger patted Zhuang Xuteng on the shoulder and said, "But don't be in a hurry to listen to the story. You go out to play first, and I will teach Ge Gongdao the sword dance martial arts. You will come back after I call you. "

Zhuang Xuteng got up immediately, gave Brother Dao a thumbs up, and said, "Brother, come on, study hard. If you don't learn well, the master will beat you up. I can't share the burden with you..."

When there were only two people left in the room, the Famine Stranger said to Ge Gongdao: "I can't say it in front of Naike, I really thought that if you come to me when you come to Qishan, there is a high probability that you will give me Cause some trouble. My best ending is to disappear, not stay in this line with the mercenary industry. Retired and then involved, generally not a good death. You have been in the industry for a long time, you should have heard this kind of thing Bar?"

Ge Gongdao nodded and said, "It's very difficult to retire safely, so I can fully understand your thoughts."

"Actually, I only figured it out recently. On the way out for investigation, I realized that my thinking was not right. Outside is a world where the strong bully the weak. The weak either endure it or revolt, but the latter often Failed because of the disparity in strength. If you are willing to be a weak person and lower your expectations, you can survive, because the strong also need a lot of weak people to set off, as long as you don’t be the weakest at the bottom. But retired mercenaries have strength , will not be willing to be a weak person. It is just that at this time, one thing must be recognized..."

Ge Gongdao frowned and asked, "What do you need to recognize?"

"When I was a mercenary, I didn't even draw my sword upwards at my peak. What qualifications do I have when I'm old and retired? If you want to retire safely, you have to be willing to be a weak person and hide from everything. .Then Qingquan stays with me and wastes it, and I feel wronged, so it’s good to leave it to you now.”

Ge Gongdao drew out his long sword, and immediately felt a burst of tingling pain from his wrist.He used dormant martial arts to divert the side effects, so that the clear spring could be stabilized.The side effects of this sword are twice as strong as all the implants in his body combined. If you don't continue to improve the level of dormant martial arts, I'm afraid you really won't be able to use it.

"Nike is right. Your body is suitable for this sword. It is too big for me to use. Fortunately, sword dance has both two-handed sword skills and one-handed sword skills. When I use it, I put more emphasis on two-handed swords, and you can Prefer one-handed."

Ge Gongdao tried the weight and feel of the sword, and his wrist started to ache again, so he inserted it back. "Since you have one-handed sword skills, why can't you just teach this part to Naike? Can't you teach them at all?"

"No. I'll tell you why."

(End of this chapter)