sleep forever

On the north side of Qingxi City, in a deep mountain about ten kilometers away, Hellesen and his subordinates were resting in it.The atmosphere of the whole team seemed very depressing. When we set off, there were 52 people in the team, but now, there are only 41 people left.Now that they have joined the army, life and death are normal, they are used to it, but they have to die for what they want, just like in the daytime, inexplicably smashed into a pulp by a tree stump, and die in a daze, as long as a normal person , are unwilling.

Because of the lurking assassination mission, they did not dare to start a fire in the forest, for fear of attracting enemies.

Although it is already early spring and the temperature has warmed up, the dense night fog in the forest makes it easy for people to catch a cold.Helaisen ordered a few of his subordinates to keep watch at night, while others picked some thick leaves and put them on the ground with dead leaves, and then huddled together to keep each other warm and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Hellesen, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly felt his body being shaken by someone. He was startled. His long years in the army made him wake up immediately. When he opened his eyes, it turned out that it was a soldier he had sent nearby for night duty.

"What's the matter?" Helaisen stood up, and from the branches and leaves above his head, the deluge condensed by the night mist came down, and then wiped it on his face, the cold feeling hit his forehead, and he immediately Sober up a lot.

"Boss, something is wrong." The soldier on duty at night lowered his voice: "There are many torches at the bottom of the mountain. It seems that they want to come up the mountain to inspect."

Hearing this, Hellesen immediately ran to the observation point and looked down the mountain. His face immediately became a little ugly, but in such a night, no one could notice it.

At the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen 'fire dragons' stretched, swimming from the direction of Qingxi City, and a few scattered to other places.Helaisen counted the number of torches, at least around five hundred. It is impossible for everyone to light up torches, so if you do the math, there are at least a thousand or more people.So many people dispatched at the same time, it was not a trivial matter at all, he didn't even need to think about it, these people definitely came to find his team.

"Could it be that the Spiritual Thinkers Association sent all the people from Qingxi City to look for us?" the soldier in charge of the night watch asked suspiciously.

"It's not like, the torch moves very fast, not an ordinary person." Helaisen can be the leader, and his strength is naturally much stronger than his subordinates: "It should be a mercenary from Qingxi City..."

"This number is too many."

Helaisen looked at the several teams moving down the mountain quickly, his face seemed to be integrated with the dark night, his tone was a little unwilling, and at the same time, there was a trace of fear hidden, but others couldn't hear it: "It's been a long time ago I heard that there are not many other things in the Soul Thinker Association, but a lot of money and a lot of people, and now it seems that it is as expected... For the sake of our 40 people, so many mercenaries have been dispatched, it is really a big deal."

"Go and wake them up, we are going to retreat."

The night watchmen led the order, and Helaisen looked at Qingxi City in the distance. In the dark night, he could barely see the outline of the city.Shadowy and shadowy, in the dark night, it gives people the illusion that they are moving around, as if a monster sawing in its own territory is staring at him.

It seemed that things were not going as smoothly as he had imagined. Originally, Helaisen's confident poisoning failed, but now that the other party was prepared and sent mercenaries against them, the situation was not optimistic.Because of discipline, mercenaries are less effective than soldiers with the same number of people, but now the gap in numbers is too large, and there is no possibility of a direct confrontation.

The only way for Hellesen to retreat now is to retreat back to Tachibana's country, but...before he set off, he himself issued a military order, and if he failed, he would go back with his head raised.Anyway, he is dead, so it is better to fight hard, at least for now, he has not reached the end of the mountain, and he still has a trump card that he has not used.

Chen Xiansong returned to the mercenary union after releasing the task.He slept peacefully all night, woke up the next day, and while he was eating breakfast, Balfe came up to report that someone was outside, saying that there were clues that three women had been killed, and he wanted to see Chen Xiansong in person.

"Please come in." Chen Xiansong interrupted the meal.

Bai Min stood aside, with dissatisfaction on his face.The body of the natural person is not as good as the new human and the biochemical person, and the irregular diet will bring some slight damage to the physical condition of the natural person.For new humans and biochemical humans who love natural people like babies, such things should be avoided as much as possible.

It's just that Bai Min also understands that now that Xiao Song is doing business, she shouldn't interfere.But I understand that I finally understand that for the first time in her heart, she felt disgusted with the whistleblower who came at an untimely time. You must know that life forms like biochemical humans rarely feel subjectively disgusted with a person or an event. .

A man came in outside, with average appearance, very shaved, wearing a light gray linen jacket with a few patches, and the cuffs were worn shiny, he should be an ordinary civilian who has been living on the poverty line.The association in Qingxi City is very rich and magnificent, and for ordinary people who enter this kind of place for the first time, it is very stressful.

"Untouchable Charles, I'm glad to meet you." Although he looked nervous, he could still speak fluently.

Chen Xiansong looked at him: "I heard that you know the clues to that murder."

"Yes, my lord." On Charles's face, there was a flattering smile and nervousness.

Chen Xiansong was a little excited, he didn't expect his big money strategy to succeed so quickly: "Can you tell me now?"

Charles quickly explained: "My lord, I don't know how to describe that clue, but it's in my home now, I think you should go and see it yourself, it's really inconvenient for me to bring it out."

It sounded like a big thing, Chen Xiansong nodded, and when he was about to get up, Bai Min suddenly pressed his shoulder: "Go after breakfast."

There was a hint of pleading in the girl's firm eyes, and Chen Xiansong's anxious mood suddenly calmed down. He started to gobble up the food in front of him, but he didn't eat a few mouthfuls. He suddenly remembered something, and then he was quite embarrassed. He said to Charles who was standing in front of him, "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry and forgot the etiquette. Have you had breakfast, let's have some together?"

Charles shook his head vigorously. In the dark age, the concept of hierarchy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if he had ten guts, he wouldn't dare to sit with a spiritual thinker.

Seeing the other party's pale face because of panic, Chen Xiansong didn't insist anymore.

The northeast area of ​​Qingxi City is the most crowded and poorest area.Chen Xiansong and Bai Min walked on the dirty and messy streets. At this time, the city did not have the concept of sewers, and the poorer the place, the less particular people were...so the streets of Sutiao are not only full of potholes, but also people and animals defecate everywhere. yes.

Looking at Chen Xiansong and Bai Min, who tried their best to avoid the unclean things on the street and kept covering their noses, who were out of place here, Charles sighed in his heart, feeling a little uneasy. Of course he knew that he should not bring the two nobles with him. He came to a filthy area, but what he wanted to show the other party was really inconvenient to bring directly to the association, not even to the door of the association.

There are many poor people around, but when they saw Bai Min, most of them lowered their heads and didn't dare to take another look. The reason is very simple. The untouchables were beaten to death because they took one more look at the beautiful noble woman. You can hear it in the last one or two months, it is not new.

Although Chen Xiansong looks gentle, but the six 'sinister' guards of Balfe behind him naturally exude an aura of 'stay away from strangers'. At this time, how dare ordinary people turn their eyes to He glanced randomly at that unbelievably beautiful girl.

Not long after walking, several people came to Charles' house.

This is a low adobe house, the thatch on the roof has grown moss, the wooden door at the entrance is old and rotten, and a decaying smell can be smelled when you get close.On the low, half-missing wooden sill at the door, a little guy with a yellow and thin face and a head bigger than his body was sitting with his chin propped up.

"Daddy!" The little boy jumped up and threw himself into Charles' arms.

Charles happily touched Mo's son's head, and then said to Chen Xiansong: "It's dirty and messy inside, sir, please wait here for a while, I'll go and push that thing out."

Chen Xiansong nodded. He really didn't plan to go in, because from the small house in front of him, there was a foul smell, like an unknown substance accumulated in the sewer for several months. smell.Not to mention him, even Balfe and the others were covering their noses with expressions of extreme disgust.

The only one who was not affected was Bai Min.She didn't cover her nose, and there was no expression on her face.It wasn't that she was used to the smell; the real reason was that she was holding her breath.Biochemical humans are very physically fit. They can fight at high intensity in an anaerobic environment for more than half an hour. If they just stay quietly, they can survive in an anaerobic environment for about six hours, and they can still maintain a clear consciousness.

When Charles entered the room, the little boy stood timidly outside the door. He looked at Chen Xiansong for a while, then at Bai Min, and finally seemed to be frightened by Bai Min's cold expression, and ran back The family hid behind the door, showing a small eye, staring at Bai Min quietly, seemed very interested, but also a little scared.Little boys always like big beautiful sisters, it's common for all children.

Bai Min ignored him, she put all her thoughts on Chen Xiansong.

Not long after, Charles pushed a flatbed cart out from the inside, with a few dirty wooden barrels on it, and the rancid smell became more intense.At this moment, Chen Xiansong finally knew why this place was so smelly. Shire should be a 'cleaner', who was responsible for collecting swill and feeding it to livestock.

Chen Xiansong didn't mean to look down on the cleaners, but he couldn't help but take a few steps back, the smell was really bad. In the 22nd century, in terms of urban cleanliness, the new humans have almost achieved the ultimate. Living in a clean environment since childhood, Chen Xiansong couldn't stand such a smell at all. He felt his stomach began to churn, and he wanted to vomit something. .

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I was really rude to you." Of course, Charles saw Chen Xiansong's face. He knew that his food tasted bad, and his heart became more and more disturbed. It would be bad if he offended the young nobleman. , but when he thought of the bounty of a thousand pieces, he suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and explained: "Your Excellency, the clue I said is in it."

Balfe stood in front of Chen Xiansong, and while covering his nose, he said angrily: "Don't talk so much, your place smells really bad, hurry up and get the clues out, if it's really useful, we will naturally I'll give you a thousand gold coins."

"Please wait for a while." Charles wiped the cold sweat off his head. Ordinary people usually feel great pressure when facing a fighter.He picked up a long wooden spoon from the carriage, then stirred it in one of the wooden barrels for a while, and finally picked up a ruddy elemental crystal stone from it, on which something seemed to be flashing vaguely The appearance of the object.

When Balfe saw this thing, his eyes lit up: "Oh, it's an exorcism stone? Go and wash it off."

Fished up together with the crystal stones, as well as leftovers in the swill, the color and shape of these things that have been placed for a few days have become quite strange, which makes people feel disgusted at first glance.Charles responded, not caring about the dirty swill, grabbed the small ruddy elemental stone, and returned home.

"Exorcism stone, what is it?" Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Xiansong asked Balfe.

Balfe immediately explained.It turns out that the exorcism stone is a kind of special pearl element crystal dug from the root of the element crystal stone. When there are fighters and magicians nearby using elemental energy, it will react and absorb the energy emitted by the nearby fighters and magicians. Elemental energy, record certain clips at that time, and then play it repeatedly until the energy is exhausted.

Chen Xiansong was greatly surprised: "There is such a thing! Then why is it called the Exorcism Stone? Wouldn't it be better to call it the Image Stone?"

"The images it records will disappear after the energy of the elements is exhausted." Balfe explained: "People who often live in dirty areas will inexplicably suffer from some unbelievable strange diseases, but a spiritual thinker discovered that, If you often stay with these exorcism stones, the chance of getting sick will be very small, so this stone has this name."

"Oh? Does it have a bactericidal effect?"

Bai Min said from the side: "There should be no bactericidal effect, otherwise the swill food would not spoil, and it would not smell so bad. I feel that the stone just now has a special energy field, which is very penetrating and can It has the effect of enhancing human immunity."

Chen Xiansong nodded, expressing his understanding: "It sounds very useful, so why I don't seem to have seen this kind of thing usually, it stands to reason that it is the best choice for everyone to carry a small piece of this kind of thing with them. "

Balfe smiled wryly: "Exorcism stones are generally used by those who dig out dung, or other low-level people. The nobles disdain to use the same items. They feel that they will lose face and be effective. Ordinary civilians also think that things are dirty. "

Chen Xiansong secretly scolded stupidity, the level of medical care in the dark age was not very good, it is rare to have such a good thing, but because of the so-called issues of dignity and status, it was left unused.He smiled and said, "Balfe, are there many such exorcism stones? Can you get some of them back for me later?"

"It's a lot, but master..." Balfe hesitated for a moment, and finally persuaded seriously: "If you carry this thing with you, you may be ridiculed by other nobles."

"Hehe, I have my own ideas. Just get them for me." Chen Xiansong smiled.

"But!" Balfe wanted to persuade him again, but at this moment Charles came out of the room, so he had no choice but to step aside. (to be continued) @.