dark moon

Chapter 383 President
In an open space not far from Delia's house, a medium-sized four-wheeled vehicle was parked. Another trader, also dressed in a black suit, sat motionless in the cockpit, like a sculpture.

The three of Shuer boarded the vehicle. There was no communication between the two traders, not even eye contact. The driver started the vehicle. After a slight roar, the vehicle slowly started and headed towards the inner city. Drive away.

The three of Shuer did not speak anymore and remained silent all the way. Obviously, these ordinary traders obviously do not have a high level of understanding. Communicating with them is just a waste of time. It is better to leave the energy to deal with the upcoming events. challenge.

The vehicle moved quickly along the city roads and entered the city. Only then did the three of them intuitively understand how much impact the mechanical invasion had on the city in the past few days.

More than half of the buildings were damaged, and a large number of buildings collapsed. There were large pools of blood on the roadside, and broken arms could be seen everywhere. Large and small metal fragments were mixed with blood, filling the streets of the city. alley.

Like the West Outer Ring District, there are also many corpses here that have not yet been processed. Beside the corners and under the rubble, twisted corpses are looming. Maybe some lucky people can come out of the Life Archives again, but it is obvious that , there will definitely be some unlucky guys who happen to have their brains damaged and lose the possibility of resurrection.

Different from the scene I saw that night not long ago, there are no crowds on the streets now. Almost everyone is busy at their posts and doing their part to rebuild the city.Instead of the crowded crowds, there were engineering vehicles that kept coming and going on the street, carrying construction, transporting materials, and transporting people. The cars came and went, and they cooperated very well to cover up the vehicle that Xiure and the others were riding in. , so as not to be too conspicuous.

After driving for about twenty kilometers, the vehicle even passed the location where the Shadow Chasers first appeared. The vehicle drove until it reached the entrance of a dark alley and then stopped silently.The trader took the three people out of the car, and the vehicle immediately drove away from the dark alley without stopping for a second.However, the traders were accustomed to this, and without even looking behind them, they made an inviting gesture to the Shadow Chasers.

There is no branch road in the narrow dark alley. Follow the road all the way to the end. There is a narrow door at the end of the road, with a neon sign hanging above the door.The neon lights are not lit, and the signboard is a bit old. Many light bulbs have fallen off. You can barely read the words on the signboard, Bullets and Wine, maybe this is the name of this place.

The traders entered first, and the shadow chasers naturally followed. As soon as they entered, a strong bar atmosphere hit them.With the bar counter, wine tables, dance floor, entertainment corner, and the colorful lights on the roof that turn on when lit up, no one would believe that this is not a bar.

However, maybe because the disaster has just passed, maybe because it is daytime, there is not a single customer in the bar, not even a waiter. There is only a middle-aged man with a scar on his face sitting alone at the table, playing with his hands. Looking at some regular stone flakes, it seems that they should be some kind of popular entertainment props in this world.

Although the middle-aged man looked grim, he was obviously fundamentally different from those traders. His expression and behavior were not as rigid as those of the traders. Hearing the footsteps, the middle-aged man raised his head and glanced at a few people. He looked at the inconspicuous door on the side. He pursed his lips and continued to play with his stone.

The trader's expression remained unchanged as he passed by the middle-aged man. When Shuuer passed by him, a strong smell of gunpowder smoke and oil rushed into Shuuer's nose.Looking at his coordinated movements and the weapons he had at his fingertips, Shuuer felt that this man's profession was familiar and should be similar to that of his group.

The trader helped to push open the last door, but he had no intention of leading the way. He stood at the door and bowed and saluted, making a gesture of inviting him in, and then remained motionless.Standing at the door and thinking for a while, Xiu Er chuckled a few times, and led Moria and Mia into this unremarkable room.

After entering, I discovered that although the space inside is not large, it is very delicately decorated, the lighting is moderately bright, and the color of the environment looks very comfortable. The tables and chairs are all heavy wooden furniture, pieced together with the wooden boards and sawdust from Delia's house. The furniture cannot be evaluated together at all. There are several paintings hanging on the wall. According to Parvatija's customary name, these should be oil paintings in the style of the nascent period. Shuer has no appreciation of art. Well, he only has the ability to appraise. That's all, Mia, on the other hand, nodded naturally when she saw these paintings, obviously affirming their artistry.

In the middle of the room, there is a long table that can seat at least ten people. Judging from the layout of the room, it should be a gambling table. However, perhaps specifically for Xiure and his party, the gambling table has been removed and replaced with There was an ordinary long table, and there were some simple food on the long table. Well, it was simple, but compared to the food at Delia's house, it was many times better in terms of materials and workmanship.

At the end of the long table, a huge figure stood at one end. The huge figure did not refer to his height, but to his width. This was an extremely bloated and obese old man, weighing at least [-] kilograms.

This man looked like a sphere, with short limbs and a neck that could not be seen at all. His chin was stacked in several layers, and the fat on his belly was piled up in circles. If he moved a little, the fat would rise and fall like waves.

Hearing the sound of the door coming in, the fat old man raised his head. Such a simple action made him sweat on his forehead.Smiling apologetically, the old man wiped the sweat from his forehead, made an invitation gesture to the three of them, and pointed to the chairs next to him: "Please sit down, please sit down, everyone can sit wherever you want. With my body type, it is difficult to stand up." If it’s inconvenient, we won’t welcome you three.”

His voice is soft and gentle, and he sounds like a normal person. He is not mechanical and rigid like other traders at all. His smile is also very sincere. No matter how you look at it, he is a normal human being.

"Is this the president of the black market?" Xiure looked at the old man from a distance for a while, nodded thoughtfully, pulled out a chair and sat next to the old man, and the two ladies naturally sat face to face at the long table. On the other side, he is always ready to deal with abnormal situations, "To be honest, I'm really surprised." "I heard Delia mention the President before, but she never said that the President's appearance is so distinctive. I think, This is definitely not something she has ignored. With the size of the president, even if she wants to ignore it, I'm afraid it won't be that easy. From this point of view, there is only one answer." Shuer smiled, "This is also the president's fault. One of the spare bodies? It seems that the president is really always vigilant."

"There is no other way. If you do this job, you are destined to be suspicious all the time and never get a moment's peace." The obese old man did not deny the speculation about the spare body. "Some things have to be paid for."

"Oh, that's right." Xiuer nodded thoughtfully, "Now that we are here, the president can tell us what he wants to talk to us about, right?"

"It's you who are looking for me." The old man smiled half-heartedly, and the smile on his chubby face looked very honest. "From the very beginning, Mr. Seure gave out the signal that he wanted to talk to me. As a qualified person, As a businessman, of course I won’t refuse.”

"Oh, that's right, but my signal was only sent to the 'Black Market President' as I understood it at the time. Now that the situation has changed significantly, I naturally have to think more about it." Shulton paused and suddenly laughed at himself He smiled and said, "Forget it, it won't be over if this goes on. Why don't we just say it straight away? There's no need to go around like this. I think the president's nature doesn't like the cryptic way of talking among humans. Bar."

"I think Mr. Seul has a misunderstanding." The president said with a smile, "Actually, I am also a human being."

"Is it human or was it human?"

"once."

"So that's how it is." Xiu Er said after thinking, "It seems that this world is more complicated than I imagined."

"But you are right about one thing. I really don't like to go around in circles like this." The president's huge body moved and adjusted to a more comfortable posture. "Well, in order to show sincerity, I will raise my question first. .”

"What is our history?"

"Yes." The president nodded, "Who are you? I hope you won't use excuses to deal with me. You are definitely not black market members in this city, and you are definitely not from other cities. I really want to know, who are you? Where did it come from, what's the purpose?"

"Your Excellency, President, are you so sure?" Shuer tapped his thigh and said thoughtfully, "Is there any basis for this?"

"Let me show you something." The old man picked up a controller on the table and pressed it a few times. A hidden compartment on the wall opened up, revealing a huge display screen behind the hidden compartment. Soon, a screen appeared on the display screen. Clear image.

On the crowded street, seven strange people suddenly appeared out of thin air, but the people around them didn't notice at all and continued to do what they were supposed to do.There is no doubt that this is the scene when the divine shield disappears and the seven people are exposed to this world for the first time.

"After listening to several children talking about the presence of your Excellencies, I searched for the surveillance video of the inner city before the mechanical invasion based on their appearance, and finally determined that this was the first time they appeared. scene.”

"Because I couldn't find a video from an earlier time, I could only continue to analyze this video in depth. It wasn't until I compared this video frame by frame with videos from the same location in other time periods that I suddenly discovered the problem. , you... seem to have suddenly appeared in the video."

"It's so strange. I didn't notice such a simple conclusion before. You know, I have watched these few minutes of video more than 30 times, and I didn't find any sense of violation. If I hadn't been targeted If you want to check it, you really have to ignore it. It feels like... someone deliberately covered my eyes. I am very curious about how you did it."

(End of this chapter)