Enforcer's Handbook

This town must change!

After sitting in the sand for nearly half an hour, Song Lan came to an important conclusion.

He finally understood the importance of the incognito private interview scenes in the movie. If he had not walked out of the gate of District 17 in person, it would be difficult for him to imagine that people here would regard such hot, dangerous and uncomfortable sand baths as relaxation. Way.

Compare your heart to your heart.

If he were a businessman traveling between a neutral country and District 17, he would not have had to cross the desert to reach the inn, only to find a dilapidated inn where they could not even take a shower.

“There’s another reason why we use this as a starting point.”

After returning to the hotel room, Lu Xiang said, "It's a rare opportunity to come out. I want to experience the life of businessmen. Most of the people downstairs just now are mercenaries, and they all come here to find jobs."

It is difficult for merchants to complete the transportation of goods alone, even by air.

Local criminals are extremely well-equipped and have connections with transnational arms dealers. Many of them are equipped with ground-to-air weapons.

If the transport plane is shot down by a criminal group, the losses will be unimaginable.

Because of this, even businessmen with financial resources for air transportation prefer land transportation.

"This town is the starting point of the trade route. Many businessmen come here to recruit mercenaries. In addition to dealing with criminal groups active on the route, you may also encounter mutated creatures in the desert along the way. For example, here is There is a mutant creature called the Death Crab by the locals. It looks like a crab and usually hides in the sand. Once a convoy passes above, it will attack."

Lu Xiang also popularized some knowledge about the "outside world" for Song Lan, "The size of an adult death crab is larger than a transport truck, and its strength can easily overturn objects weighing more than ten tons."

In addition to criminals, there are also huge monsters that can overturn a truck weighing more than ten tons?

Song Lan feels that Lu Xiang has a big problem with his understanding of "tourism".

Otherwise, they should go home, right?

However, before he could speak, Lu Xiang continued to tell his plan, "We can apply for mercenaries, so that we can follow a caravan to the twelfth country."

When she proposed this plan, Song Lan rejected it from the bottom of her heart.

But Lu Xiang saw through his mind at a glance and added, "In this way, we can leave the desert area as soon as possible, and there is air conditioning in the car, which is much cooler than staying in a hotel."

Song Lan had to admit that Lu Xiang could always hit his weak spots accurately. He now suspected that the sand bath experience was also a trap set by him. He was too hot now and wanted to find a place with air conditioning to stay. If there was one, If possible, he also wanted to leave this town as soon as possible.

Lu Xiang also mentioned "leaving the desert area", which means that this kind of simple town is not the norm. Maybe after leaving the desert area, there will be high-end hotels with elegant environments waiting for them.

This couldn't help but give him a glimmer of hope.

Because not all places in the "outside world" are poor. As far as he knows, the Twelfth Country is the trade center of a neutral country. A casual investment from its princess can immediately solve the financial problems faced by their department. The construction is probably much stronger than that in District 17.

You must know that the urban construction in the 17th District is in the worst echelon in the entire coalition government. Except for the downtown area with more wealthy people, the architectural styles in other areas are not much more advanced than in 2020.

Since arriving in 2166, Song Lan has never experienced the charm of a first-tier city.

After thinking for a moment, he reluctantly agreed to Lu Xiang's plan.

However, two hours later, Lu Xiang, who was originally very interested, returned to the hotel room, sat down on the bed, and fell into a state of low pressure.

In her original plan, by this time they should have found the caravan that hired them and started counting supplies to prepare for the journey to the twelfth country. However, she ignored a fatal problem.

In order to deceive others, both she and Song Lan adopted certain disguise techniques.

This indeed saved them a lot of trouble, but it also had a consequence.

The head of the law enforcement department in the seventeenth district, coupled with the powerful combination of "enthusiastic citizens", has repeatedly failed in the job search process. No caravan is willing to hire them, even though she clearly stated that price is not an issue.

Even though he gritted his teeth and offered free escort, he was still declined by the caravan.

If they continue like this, they may become the first wrongdoers to become mercenaries at their own expense.

Moreover, if you work as mercenaries at your own expense, no one will hire them, because it is too suspicious - how can any normal person be willing to pay money to escort others, for what reason?

Therefore, they had reason to suspect that these two suspicious individuals who worked as mercenaries at their own expense were headhunters placed by criminal groups in the caravan.

In Lu Xiang's travel plan, traveling with the caravan is a very important part, because it allows them to have close contact with the caravan and more intuitively understand the things the caravan may encounter on this trade line. difficulty.

"I think the fact that they didn't hire us shows that they are a sane team."

Song Lan sat next to Lu Xiang and gently stroked her back to soothe her mood, "We don't have guns, and we don't look like ruthless people. You see your arms are so slender and your skin is white. It doesn't look like you are always in the army." The way the 'outside world' is running around."

Of course, if there was a fight, Song Lan conservatively estimated that Lu Xiang would be able to knock down the mercenaries on the first floor of the hotel within a minute.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Lu Xiang turned his face sideways, his eyes a little aggrieved.

"Must we go with the caravan?"

"Um."

"Then let's make them some proposals that fit our appearance."

Seeing Lu Xiang's rare pitiful expression, Song Lan started thinking and said, "There is no need to limit ourselves to mercenaries. We can call ourselves an inspection team from a large company and hope to go with them. Anyway, we We don’t expect to make money from mercenary fees, so we can even share the mercenary fees with them.”

"Inspection team?"

"Tesla Technology's biological expedition team, the purpose of this trip is to collect biological information in this area for new home robots."

This also explains why they did not take the hover car, but chose to move with the caravan.

With their thin skin and tender flesh, they look like employees of a large company at first glance.

"Wait for me here while I go to negotiate with the caravan in the town."

…

About a quarter of an hour later, Song Lan returned to the house.

"There happens to be a caravan ready to set off right now, and they are happy to go with us."

"You still have more options."

Lu Xiang nodded, relaxed his frown, picked up the unopened suitcase, and followed Song Lan's footsteps.