After a few days, Xia Wan has become acquainted with the nearby Tara people.

Now she can blend into the small market opened by the Tara people without gaps, greet everyone, talk and laugh, buy some necessities at the best price, and sometimes even get small gifts, just For example, Ms. Granny quietly put an extra apple in the bag.

——It is not difficult to establish a good relationship with these ordinary residents. Even if they are Tara people, they will like a young woman who speaks the same language, has no pretensions, is kind and gentle.

In other words, it's really easy to handle.

With a bright smile on Xia Wan's face, she walked through the market, carrying more and more things in her hands, apples, potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, evaporated milk, even she didn't know where to use them A piece of unknown animal hide.

In short, buy first, and the life of the Tara people in these markets is very difficult. Every time they buy more things, they have a higher degree of affection for themselves.

It didn't take too long to go through the small market, but it looked a little funny to see all kinds of goods in her hands. Under the watchful eyes of these Tara people, she walked back tremblingly. I rented the house I rented—a small house next to it.

Here lived the landlord who rented the house to her.

"Grandma Colin, Granny Colin, are you up yet?"

Following Xia Wan's call, a Granny Feilin who was over half a century old and considered rare among the Tara people in District [-] opened the door, and said with some complaints: "Stop shouting, stop shouting, you Why is the girl so noisy every day?"

"Oh, isn't that afraid that you won't hear it?"

Xia Wan smiled slyly, squeezed in through the crack of Granny Colin's opened door, and then put all the things in her hands on a large table in the inner hall: "Grandma, I bought you some apples, potatoes, Cauliflower and evaporated milk, and this leather... feels like it would look good for a dress."

"Bought so many things again?"

Granny Colin looked at the piles on the table, and looked back at the pile of things that were still piled on the coffee table, the pile of things that Xia Wan sent over yesterday, and the kitchen... Her He sighed heavily, grabbed Xia Wan's hand, and said earnestly: "Girl, although I know you have good intentions, but mother-in-law, I really can't eat it all by myself, and neither can you." , buy the same thing every day and buy so much, save some money, use it as a dowry or as savings, whatever, don’t waste it on me, an old woman.”

There is no way, the Tara people’s bazaars only order so much goods every day, and it is impossible to spend money like water where they don’t need it when they are full.

So, Xia Wan deftly pulled her hand away from Granny Colin's, and replied with a smile: "Got it, Granny, I'm not watching you live alone, I think at least when I live here temporarily How about helping a little bit more? Well, how about I try to find a way to buy you some new things tomorrow?"

"What's the matter, I told you not to buy it! You didn't listen to me at all! You know it every day—hey, don't run so fast! Be careful of falling! Really, this girl... ...."

Looking at Xia Wan who ran out of the door in a hurry, Grandma Colin sighed helplessly again.

Among the Tara people who have a strong sense of grouping, once something, something new happens, it will soon spread throughout the streets and alleys. From the corner of the eye, he confirmed the attitudes of those Tara people he was not familiar with when they saw her, so as to determine how many people he had won the favor of.

The result was not bad. On average, one out of two or three Tara people would respond to her smile that seemed to be saying hello—three or four days, whether it was long or short, It is enough to create a weaker image.

If she works harder, all Tara people in District [-] will soon agree with her, and by then, they will be able to move towards their real goal.

While Xia Wan was thinking in her heart, she was walking towards her other goal. On the way, she also bought some Victorian pastries for breakfast.

The barracks located on the outskirts of Hill County, to be precise, is the artillery battalion of the Victoria City Defense Force.

In terms of the plot, it was this artillery unit that finally brought the fatal blow to Xiaoqiu County and completely pushed Victoria to the brink of division. The Tara people bombarded the settlement of the Tara people with shells filled with active source stones, which is the seventeenth district where Xia Wan now lives.

Although even without them, there would be other people to play the role of such a sinner through the ages, but if Xia Wan wants to interfere with this plot, only here is the one that cannot be avoided no matter what.

She hid in a dark corner outside the artillery camp, put on the black hood, used the power of the black box to completely eliminate her whereabouts, and then walked in through the main entrance of the camp openly.

Except for the first day when she first came to Xiaoqiu County, she would sneak in every day after that, mainly to make sure that the goods secretly transported by these soldiers had arrived.

Because of this, she already knew the structure of the camp like the back of her hand, and walked quickly through one armament warehouse after another.

"Well...an extra batch came out today. It seems that their plan is to break it up into pieces, and only ship one batch every day, and hide the rest in other places."

After visiting all the warehouses, Xia Wan wrote in the notepad in her hand the goods delivered to this camp today——some military Originium products that have not yet been disassembled, including weapons and ammunition.

Although she doesn't know the total amount, this record is intended for others to see.

What Xia Wan needs to do now is that simple. These source stone products will only become active source stones after being processed, so they can be used as dirty bombs by the Victoria City Defense Force. She has no intention of destroying these products now. There is no way to transport them away, and it is even more impossible to prevent their activation.

The damaged black box can only exert limited power now, so other methods must be prepared, and this method can only be used once, and Xia Wan has to wait until all Origin Stone products are gathered in a warehouse for maintenance before they can be wiped out.

Chapter 40 Invitation

The salary in Rhode Island is not low.

Of course, this is a horizontal comparison with other medical companies. She pays most of the combat operators———————The security department employees, the popular saying is that the salary of the security personnel can be said to be very generous.

But for what Rhodes Island actually does, their salaries seem to be limited. They go deep into the Originium spawn zone, transport and treat people infected with ore disease, deal with armed conflicts, etc. Only professional security companies, mercenaries, etc. Only the group will accept the business.

Therefore, as a combat operator in Rhodes Island, even if he was an elite operator, the salary that Xia Wan got from Rhodes Island this year cannot be said to be too much.

At the very least, it is absolutely impossible to support her to buy some commodities that need to use collective financial resources to buy, not to mention, even these commodities with sky-high prices are actually not in her eyes.

"Well, after all, it's a city-state that hasn't had a war for many years, so that's all there is to it."

Xia Wan is now walking through the black market in a corner of Xiaoqiu County. She hides her identity with a black hood and cloak, and walks slowly, carefully selecting the ammunition on the black market.

Every city-state has this kind of market in the shadows. The only difference lies in the commodities sold. Xiaoqiu County belongs to a relatively peaceful city-state. Most of the goods sold in the black market are toys. It's all just a joke.

This is not possible, what she needs is a powerful enough high explosive, or a large amount.

Where can I get it?

There are some in the warehouse of the Victoria City Defense Force, but the power of those explosives is a bit insufficient.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Wan began to miss the time when the black box was not damaged. At that time, such small things could be done by herself, so there would be so many problems.

"I can only go to the barracks to get some first, it's really troublesome."

The current concealment ability of the black box is actually not enough to support her to steal too many things from the barracks, neither the load nor the duration is enough, but there is no other way now—— without further delay, today Start by doing it a little bit every day, and it should add up to a good amount.

After shopping around the black market, she was immersed in her thoughts, talking softly to herself while walking on the street.

She didn't realize that someone she didn't really want to meet came from the opposite side.

"Huh? Miss Candlelight? Miss Candlelight——!"

The other party not only found her, but also ran over with a smile on his face, waving his hands, shouting so loudly that the passers-by would not know her name.

Hearing this call, Xia Wan raised her head, and the first thing she noticed was the brilliant blond hair shining with the afternoon sun.

"...What a coincidence, Jenny."

As a last resort, she could only force a smile in response.

In fact, it is not good to have too much contact with Jenny, who will be the Rhode Island operator Qin Liu in the future, in the past few days, even if Xia Wan goes to the market in the morning, she will deliberately stagger her haunting time point.

Of course, Jane didn't know what Xia Wan was thinking, so she happily ran up to her, looked at the way she came, and asked, "Yes, what a coincidence, Miss Candle, what are you doing?" Just got back from the museum?"

"museum?"

Xia Wan looked back suspiciously. The building behind her, if the record on the sightseeing map is correct, should be the museum in Xiaoqiu County. After all, if there is no Xiaoqiu County here, everyone will not live in Mobile When the city-state was on, it seemed to be the hometown of a very famous historical figure in Victoria.

"Ah, yes, that's right, I just finished visiting the museum."

She followed Janet's words: "It's really good, as expected of Xiaoqiu County."

Fortunately, when she left the black market, she was careful enough to put away the black hood and cloak, otherwise she would not be able to say that she went to the museum.

"I think so too. After I came to Xiaoqiu County, I went to the museum at least three or four times. The antiquities displayed in it must be very helpful for Miss Candlelight's research."

"Uh... indeed, I plan to visit more places in the future when I have time."

The two walked slowly down the street side by side. Facing Jane's innocent and childish kindness and affection that day, Xia Wan's fake smile was a little stiff.

Going on like this is not an option, and she can't continue to spread this kind of lie that is destined to be exposed. With a thought, she planned to hold the topic in her own hands: "By the way, Jenny, have you had lunch yet?"

"Ah, not yet. Speaking of which, it's almost past lunch time now, and I didn't even notice."

"That's just right. I'm hungry too. Do you have any recommended shops? I agreed a few days ago. I'll treat you."

"Hey?"

Before Jenny could answer, Xia Wan took her hand and quickened her pace a little.

Of course, in the end, Jane, who was familiar with Xiaoqiu County, led the way, and the two came to a fast food restaurant that looked very ordinary.

Although the appearance is better than the shop opened by the Tara people in the seventeenth district, to be honest, as long as it is fast food, it will be like that. Jenny must have chosen this small shop because she didn't want her to spend money.

Before going in, Xia Wan confirmed: "Is it all right here?"

"Well, I really like the fish and chips here." Jenny blinked, and asked in a daze, "Don't Miss Candle like this kind of fried food? Then we can change to another one. "

This child didn't understand Xia Wan's meaning at all.

"As long as you like it, I don't have any food that I hate."

This is also very good. After speaking, Xia Wan dragged her into the shop.

The two basically ordered the same meal, but it soon turned into that only Jane was eating alone, maybe feeling a little embarrassed, she stopped her hands and asked: "Miss Candlelight? Are you full yet?"

"Well, my appetite is a bit small, it's okay, you can eat."

"Then I'll be a little faster, Miss Candle is still busy with research next?"

As she said that, Jane was eating meals at a much faster speed than before. As expected of an elite-educated guard of honor, she could maintain her elegance even if she ate so fast.

However, these conversations are actually just paving the way for Xia Wan's next goal, she shook her head and replied: "No, I want to take a stroll in Xiaoqiu County today, is little Jane free this afternoon? "

"Huh? It's really nothing, but I'm going to wait..."

"That's good, can I ask you to be my tour guide temporarily this afternoon?"

Xia Wan interrupted Jane's speech in time, which made her a little embarrassed.

She planned to go to the office in Rhodes Island in the afternoon, but this was not something urgent. Compared with it, the temptation to visit Xiaoqiu County with Xia Wan was much higher.

After thinking for a while, she finally nodded in agreement.

Chapter 41 Inform

To be honest, there are very few scenic spots in Xiaoqiu County.

Speaking of sightseeing, in fact, apart from museums, the most worthwhile thing to see is the ubiquitous sense of historical precipitation in the streets and alleys-this is not enough to be called a feature in Victoria's mobile city-state.

Therefore, in fact, there is no difference in going anywhere, and Xia Wan itself is not that interested in sightseeing.

The reason why she lured Janie in the name of sightseeing was because what she was about to do in Xiaoqiu County would completely destroy the chance of this naive and ignorant Vaifan girl's transformation and awakening.

This is something that the former [Paradise] was unlikely to do. In the worst case, Janey may miss Rhodes Island.

It can be said to be compensation, or self-comfort.

Everyone knows that speaking a thousand words and ten thousand words in pale and feeble language is nothing compared to seeing with one's own eyes for a short moment, and one must experience something to grow—to put it cruelly, standing on the sidelines From the viewer's point of view, compared to Janie, an operable character in "Tomorrow's Ark", the only value of many ordinary people is to die. Similarly, compared to Rhode Island, a protagonist in "Tomorrow's Ark", many Nothing matters.

This is the path chosen by the former [Paradise], an absolutely safe path that will not touch the power of correction, and will not allow the situation to escape from its control.

But now Xia Wan is going to take a completely different road, and she expects that this road will take her to a completely different distance.

Hill County.

In the central square of the city-state, on the big clock tower that dominates the buildings in the city.

As the last sightseeing spot, it is obviously a good decision to choose to climb the bell tower at dusk. Xia Wan slowly walks up the steps, and through the spacious view above the bell tower, you will have a panoramic view of the small hills dyed orange. .

"It's so beautiful. It's just an ordinary Victorian city-state, but it also has such a glorious side."

In the distance, you can see people who are as small as ants busy and working for their lives. Beside them, there is smoke from the families, wives and mothers waiting for their husbands and children.

This ordinary beauty is ordinary but hits the soul directly.

"Yes, Miss Candlelight."

Jane, who was a little behind and came to Xia Wan, agreed with her emotion, and said with a soft smile: "Every time I come here, I always think that I choose to be a girl because of this ordinary and ordinary scene. A Victorian soldier, even though I'm only a ... honor guard, I'm also a Victorian guard of honor."

"The guard of honor is also a soldier, Jenny, your ideals are very good, which is rare among Victorian soldiers."

Xia Wan withdrew her gaze and looked sideways at Jian Ni. The sun cast a nice orange color on her gorgeous blond hair, just like the intertwining of morning and dusk, rebirth and decline coexist.

"If the sunshine that shines on Xiaoqiu County will turn into a raging fire, and everything you want to protect will no longer exist, will you despair?" She asked softly, watching the smile on Jenny's face change from stiff to Disappeared, and when he was puzzled and puzzled, he continued: "Hello, Jane Willow, let's get to know each other again. I am an operator belonging to Rhodes Island, code-named [Paradise]."

"Paradise...? Miss Candlelight, this is...."

"Please call me Paradise. The candlelight is just my disguise among the Tara people. Of course, so is the Linguist."

The doubt on Jian Ni's face did not disappear, but became more intense. He hesitated and considered, and asked tremblingly: "Le, Paradise...but why are you pretending?"

"That's just for my purpose, I have to be close enough to the people of Tara—don't be afraid, I'm not a monster who chooses to eat people, Rhode Island, are you familiar with it?"

Xia Wan was still smiling, and stretched out her hand to Jian Ni, but she was not held like before. Suddenly saying such a thing would definitely make people stunned, so she stopped her hand in mid-air like that, and said, "Little The end of Qiu County is already doomed, and many people will die, which is why I came here, but this is far from enough, Jane, this city-state needs every help, including you."

"Me? But what can I do... I'm just a guard of honor, I only have that flag..."

"You will be desperate, you will be at a loss, and even the world you have known so far will collapse, and all the goodwill will be fed back with resentment. You are just an ordinary Victorian soldier, but I need you, You need yourself, stick to the end in despair, recognize the way ahead in hesitation, never abandon or give up your ideals, hold the flag in your hand tightly, let it fly in the flames of war, and in the end, you will become an unstoppable hope , people will gather under the flag, which is Victoria's flag and your own flag."

The outstretched hand still hasn't been held. Jane needs time to understand these words, and also needs time to accept the doomed future. Now, let her leave the only remaining beauty.

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