The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 673 Greed
1:15 in the morning, Shilong Village.

Liu Qingqing opened her eyes and woke up from the soft big bed.

The room was quiet and dim, with sufficient heating. Liu Qingqing was wearing a thin and smooth black silk suspender skirt, and her long silver-gray hair was spread messily on the pillow.

She sat up slowly, her palms and thighs making a "gauze" sound on the sheets.

The sensor lamp on the bedside table turned on, illuminating a corner. On the table were a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and a small photo frame. In the photo frame was a photo of the two of them.

The people in the photo are Ba Qiuchi and Liu Qingqing when they were students, both wearing youthful and beautiful summer high school uniforms.

Ba Qiuchi held Liu Qingqing's shoulder with one hand, held the Polaroid camera high in the other hand, and looked at the camera.

She has twin tails, a bright smile, vivid eyes, a pointed chin when she smiles, and is energetic and cute.

Liu Qingqing has short hair that reaches her neck. The ends of her hair are a little messy, as if they were cut off randomly. There is a band-aid with a strawberry pattern on the bridge of her nose.

The 16-year-old Liu Qingqing was not as charming as she is now, more like a tomboy.

Her face was green, her eyes were shy, and her expression and movements seemed a bit awkward and unconfident, but it was obvious that she was very happy at the time.

Of course I was happy, that was the first friend Liu Qingqing made in her life.

Liu Qingqing was in a trance looking at the photos. She couldn't help but open the drawer of the bedside table, took out a blue velvet gift box, opened it, and found two silver earrings in the shape of willow leaves.

Liu Qingqing's hands began to tremble slightly, and after struggling for a moment, she still didn't have the courage to pick them up.

"Snapped."

She closed the gift box and put it back on the bedside table.

Liu Qingqing touched the cigarette and lighter, walked barefoot to the floor-to-ceiling window, opened the window and walked out.

The cold wind of the winter night ruffled her hair and smoothed the wrinkles of her silk nightgown, revealing her plump and graceful body curves.

Liu Qingqing knew that there was a man hiding in the distance at this moment, looking at her with a telescope, but she didn't care at all.

She turned around, leaned against the cold balcony guardrail, held the lighter with both hands, lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, and the white air exhaled when she raised her head quickly dissipated.

The wind is so cold, cutting Liu's light skin like a blade.

In her heart, she felt much better.

……

At the same time, the children’s movie theater in [Sweet Dream].

The movie is still showing: Because of the girl's willfulness, the killer uncle and the girl were both kicked out of the hotel. The uncle was carrying a tool box and a "cello box", and the little girl was holding a potted plant and a bag of luggage. The two of them were looking depressed. Walking on the road.

"No." Gao Yang rejected Keyou's proposal: "I can't forcefully break into the White Lake Hotel and take you away."

"Only Xia...Zhuque and Yishi are looking at me." But he said, "I can whistle to disturb them, and you can take me away while you can."

"It's not that simple." Gao Yang said: "White Lake Hotel and Shilong Village are both the territory of the Qilin Union, and there are many eyes in the dark."

Gao Yang briefly explained the talents of Crow Shark, Luan Jian, Sen He and others, "You haven't gained the trust of the Qilin Union yet. The Union is monitoring you overtly and covertly. It's not difficult for me to take you away, but I want to leave you completely." If the traces are not traced, it will be difficult to tell.”

"What should we do?" Ke added.

Gao Yang thought for a while: "Tomorrow... no, this afternoon, the Baichuan Group and the Chinese Zodiac will hand over the runes at the Ten Dragon Village, and the Qilin Union will witness it. Is this true?"

"Well, Suzaku mentioned it." Ke added.

"Will you participate?" Gao Yang asked.

"It should be possible." But he added, "The witnesses are Suzaku and Qinglong. Suzaku always takes me with her to make sure that I am within her sight."

"Okay, when it's time to hand over the runes, I'll pick you up." Gao Yang said.

"Are you crazy?" But he was surprised and puzzled: "People from the three major organizations are here, you want to take me away in front of them?" "Yes." Gao Yang nodded and asked with a smile: "If you They are people from the three major organizations. When handing over the runes, people from Jiu Si suddenly broke in. What do you think they want to do?"

But he was slightly startled: "Grab the runes!"

"Yes, the people from the Zodiac and Baichuan Group will definitely protect the runes as soon as possible. The people from the Qilin Union should also help protect the runes, or deal with Jiu Si, and they have no time to take care of you."

But he squinted his eyes slightly, thinking about the feasibility of the plan.

"A small number of people is not necessarily a good thing. You are the protagonist. Jiu Si's intention of coming for you is too obvious, so it is not easy for him to succeed, and he may even fall into a trap."

Gao Yang further explained: "More people are not necessarily a bad thing. Everyone's camp has different positions, and the scene will be very chaotic. There will also be the smoke bomb of Rune Circuit. By then, you will be just an insignificant supporting role."

But Gao Yang persuaded him again: "Okay, what should I do?"

"You have a lot to do." Gao Yang said solemnly: "Next, I will tell you the detailed plan. Remember, every step must not be wrong, otherwise everyone's life will be in danger."

But he hesitated again and looked up at Gao Yang: "Aren't you afraid, am I lying to you?"

"Honestly, I'm a little scared." Gao Yang smiled bitterly: "But I believe in Edmond. He said that you are not a bad person."

But he sighed again: "So you are gambling."

"Aren't you also gambling? If you want to make it to the end in this foggy world, who is not gambling?" Gao Yang borrowed a sentence from someone.

But without saying anything, she lowered her head slightly, with a slight glint in her eyes.

"Don't worry." Gao Yang said half-seriously: "I have very good luck in gambling. Even if I compete with professional players who have been playing slot machines for more than ten years, I can still win by a narrow margin."

……

December 12, three o'clock in the afternoon, Xuanwu Building, Shilong Village.

In the bathroom, Ke stood in front of the sink again, looking at himself in the mirror.

She wore a double-breasted black trench coat and a silver unicorn brooch on her chest, which meant that she was already an elite member of the Suzaku group.

This afternoon, she will follow Elder Suzaku to witness the replacement of rune circuits between the two major organizations. This is her first mission.

She looked at the girl in the mirror. What an ordinary face, lackluster and featureless. Walking among the crowd, it was as if she had disappeared. Even if she really disappeared one day, I'm afraid no one would care, let alone No one will remember.

"Crack."

But the toilet cubicle behind him opened, and Suzaku, also wearing a black trench coat, walked out: "Let's go."

Ke nodded again, walked out of the bathroom with Suzaku, and headed to the large conference room on the second floor.

Within 10 minutes, everyone from the three major organizations arrived and sat down in the same position as the last meeting.

Qinglong and Zhuque sat at the main seats of the conference table, with Liu Shuang and Keyou standing behind them.

Sitting in front of the conference table on the left are Douhu and White Rabbit.

On the right are Huang Lian and Chen Ying.

"Okay, the rune replacement has begun." Qinglong announced.

Chen Ying glanced at Huang Lian. Huang Lian picked up the small suitcase made of black gold, put it on the conference table, and slowly opened it. There was a poison rune circuit embedded in it.

Douhu didn't have that trouble. He took out a piece of life rune circuit from his pocket and shook it in his hand.

When Suzaku saw the life rune circuit in Douhu's hand, his heart moved inexplicably, like an instinctive reaction.

Immediately afterwards, a thought flashed through her mind before reason: I really want to fuse with the runes to see what kind of ability the level 8 [Equivalent Exchange] will be and what kind of miracles it can create.

Suzaku was shocked and realized that he had developed a subtle greed.

(End of this chapter)