Lu Taipan is the master of the snake cave, but at the same time he is indeed one of the venomous snake warriors - the most powerful and top venomous snake warrior.
In terms of grade, his rating is far higher than the second level required by regulations.
In principle, there is indeed no problem for a Viper Warrior who fully meets the requirements to accept the escort mission and accompany Su Liang to Area 48.
But once you really face the situation of "Snake Lord Lu Taipan accepting the escort mission", it still seems very strange no matter how you look at it.
"Any questions?"
Lu Taipan looked at Su Liang calmly and asked.
"No, I haven't."
Su Liang answered subconsciously, then sat stiffly into the transport spacecraft.
Strictly speaking, as an escort, Lu Taipan's professional level is indeed quite high. And just as the butler said, he was indeed quite good at driving all transport equipment. Transport spacecraft, due to their simple structure and small size, were usually much bumpier than large spacecraft during flight. However, under Lu Taipan's operation, the navigation of this transport spacecraft could only be described as light and smooth. It can be said that this was the most comfortable experience Su Liang had ever had riding on a transport spacecraft.
However, this was also one of the most unsettling experiences Su Liang had while riding the transport spacecraft.
He originally thought that he would be distracted throughout the entire flight because of Lu Zhizhao's strange behavior. However, the reality was that while sitting in his seat, he couldn't help but divert his attention to secretly pay attention to Lu Taipan beside him.
The Lord of the Snake Cave sat stretched out in the driver's seat, looking unusually tall and slender even in the crude transport boat. As he stared intently at the screen, a cold blue light shone on his face, making his eyebrows and eyes look unusually deep, and his stunning, almost demonic, handsomeness became more and more obvious.
Besides, this shouldn't be an illusion...
Su Liang could feel that someone was in a very happy mood at this moment. The space in the transport ship's cockpit was small, and because of this, the presence of the pheromones that Alpha had slightly leaked became stronger. At least that's the case for Su Liang. The usual cold smell in Lu Taipan's pheromones has faded a lot, but the strong and fiery fragrance of burning incense has become particularly strong.
Su Liang touched the back of his neck and the skin above the gland was slightly tight.
Then, perhaps because Su Liang's gaze lingered on Lu Taipan for a moment longer, the man suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Liang straightforwardly.
"What's wrong?"
The man asked in a deep voice
"nothing."
Su Liang quickly turned around and retracted his gaze.
He held his breath and looked ahead of him, his ears burning and his heartbeat completely out of control.
Compared with Lu Taipan's calmness, Su Liang felt that he looked so panicked and even a little embarrassed.
The boy felt a slight reluctance.
"I thought it would be Xue Yinhuan or Black Mamba who would come to receive the mission."
Su Liang suddenly spoke, speaking without any clue.
Lu Taipan looked straight ahead, his expression seemingly unchanged. Perhaps only the artificial intelligence that had been monitoring the condition of the spacecraft could notice that, at that moment, the Lord of the Snake Cave had applied a little more force on the driving joystick.
"They have their own tasks." Lu Taipan said.
After a while, he added another explanation solemnly.
"I am a member of the Snake Cave and a member of the Viper Warriors. I also have the obligation to carry out missions. Generally speaking, if there are people in the Snake Cave who are in a non-executing state like me, the mission dispatching system will dispatch appropriate missions to them based on the actual situation."
Of course, someone kept part of the truth from Su Liang.
As the Lord of the Snake Cave and a venomous snake warrior, he does have the obligation to carry out missions, but the last mission Lu Taipan received was to assassinate the Emperor of Canaan and end the war between the Earth Alliance and Canaan.
Of course, even if Lu Taipan deliberately concealed many facts, Su Liang is not an idiot.
Daily tasks like escort, which are not even marked in the system, would never be assigned to the Lord of the Snake Cave.
Unless someone actively threatens the artificial intelligence system and forces the innocent system to assign the task to himself.
Su Liang opened his lips slightly and was about to ask, but fell silent again.
Thinking of the overly frank words and deeds that Lu Taipan had shown to him before, Su Liang had no doubt that if he really asked, a certain Viper Warrior would admit without hesitation that he had abused his power for personal gain and deliberately accepted this task.
As for why someone would do this...
Su Liang turned his face to the window, looking at the dark space outside with flickering eyes, but the heat on his face was quietly rising.
Su Liang was silent for a long time.
But he didn't notice that while he was driving, someone was secretly glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing the young man beside him pursed his lips and said nothing, the man lowered his eyes and his eyes dimmed.
Maybe it was because I pushed too hard and made Su Liang feel pressured.
He still didn't find the chance to say the words that were originally on the tip of his tongue.
It was not until a while later that Lu Taipan suddenly heard a mosquito-like whisper coming from beside him.
"Thank you, I'm glad. If you were here... I'd feel at ease."
While speaking, Su Liang still kept looking out the window, his ears were red.
…
After a long moment, the Lord of the Snake Cave looked straight ahead and nodded as if nothing had happened.
"Um."
In the dim cockpit, a faint smile slowly appeared on the man's lips.
The time was much shorter than expected, and the transport spacecraft landed in Area 48 smoothly.
After leaving the spacecraft parking area, Su Liang's expression became much more tense.
Without any navigation, Su Liang walked through the intricate and dilapidated alleys of District 48 with ease, heading towards the location in his memory. Lu Taipan also fell silent at this time. His dark combat uniform almost made him completely blend into the night. He followed behind Su Liang like a hidden shadow.
Walking on the narrow path with a slight odor and dim light, Su Liang looked a little dazed.
Everything is just as I remembered, he thought.
What happened in the previous life suddenly became extremely vivid, as if Su Liang was still trapped here and had never left.
Su Liang walked past a small building with a dilapidated house number. There was only a faint light coming through the crack of the door, and a pungent smell of chemical raw materials could be smelled in the air. The boy's steps paused slightly.
"Xiaoliang?"
Such a small action attracted another person's concerned inquiry.
"It's nothing. I just remembered... I remembered that this kind of place was mentioned in the information. The place we passed by was a garbage disposal plant."
Su Liang came back to his senses and then said.
He didn't explain much, and there was no way to explain - the basement of the small building they just passed was an illegally set up garbage disposal plant. The toxic garbage would be packed up from other star districts and shipped to District 48, and then disassembled by the workers here to separate the useful electronic components and the remaining precious metals on the discarded circuit boards.
The environment in the processing plant is extremely bad, filled with poisonous gases, foul smells, and the gasping sounds of colleagues around due to serious illnesses.
With your hands soaked in chemicals, your nails will soon peel off, followed by the skin on your fingertips.
It won't be long before you can clearly smell a lingering stench even when you leave the factory and breathe normal air. It's as if when you're working, the smell has seeped into your body and can never be removed.
For people from other star regions, working in such a place is probably no different from living in hell.
But Su Liang managed to survive in the "garbage dump" of District 48 by working here.
Walking further, Su Liang passed by a neat and simple pink tent without looking around.
A group of handsome boys and girls were leaning against the door, joking and playing with each other boredly. When Su Liang appeared, they looked at him eagerly, but as Su Liang approached, those people shrank back with boredom, just glancing at Su Liang intentionally or unintentionally with the corner of their eyes, and then exchanged surprise and disappointment with each other with their eyes. ;
The young man who walked out of the shadows was so handsome that his beautiful face could almost make people lose their minds. People like this can never be their customers.
Instead, the man following not far behind the young man was more attractive.
The man's face was completely hidden behind the helmet, but just looking at his figure made people drool.
"Outsider?"
A brave boy suddenly stood in front of Lu Taipan and said to the man with a smile.
"There's nothing fun to do around here. Would you like to come and kill some time with us, sir?"
After saying this, the young man glanced at Su Liang not far away, and the smile on his lips froze for a moment.
In terms of looks, he was quite self-aware and he really couldn't compare to the person next to the man.
but……
With his keen eyes and keen observations from years of making a living in District 48, the boy did not have too many concerns about Su Liang's existence.
That was a beta, but the man behind him was a high-level Alpha. No matter how you look at it, the two of them should just be fellow travelers or mission partners.
Thinking of this, the boy did not have any psychological barriers.
Seeing the Alpha retreating silently, he felt that the business was about to run away, so he unbuttoned his clothes in front of the other party, revealing most of his chest.
The young man began to move weakly towards Lu Taipan.
"You have nothing to do anyway, come and play, it's okay..."
Then someone raised his hand and gently pushed him back to his original position.
"Feel sorry."
Su Liang had a stern face.
"We don't have time."
He said.
Immediately following him was Alpha's voice without any fluctuation.
"My time is very precious. I can't waste it on other things." After saying that, the man turned his head and seemed to glance at Su Liang, "And someone will be unhappy."
Su Liang: “…”
"Let's go."
Su Liang took a deep breath and said.
At this time, almost everyone in the "Pink House" turned their eyes over.
The young man who was soliciting business had a red and white face and wrapped his clothes tightly in anger.
"What are you doing? If you two are having an affair, why are you walking so apart? Are you trying to have fun here? Tsk, you're wasting my time—"
Su Liang hesitated for a moment as the boy cursed. Then he lowered his eyes and quietly took the man's hand.
Then he left the area quickly step by step.
In fact, he had no ill will towards those people in the "Pink House". In a place like District 48, life was indeed difficult for low-level Omegas and Betas. He had just arrived and was almost taken there. Fortunately, the landlord rescued him later, otherwise his fate might have been even worse than it actually was. After that experience, Su Liang knew better than anyone that even the people in the "Pink House" had their unspeakable difficulties.
Attracting customers is the skill they rely on for survival.
But tonight, for some reason, the people from the "Pink House" started to call Lu Taipan.
Su Liang suddenly began to feel uncomfortable for no apparent reason.
Even... a little angry. But even he himself couldn't tell whether the anger was directed at himself, the young man, or Lu Taipan.
"The boy has a scar on the back of his neck."
Lu Taipan suddenly spoke while standing beside Su Liang.
"I didn't dodge in time just to make sure of this." He held Su Liang's hand firmly, and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, I won't dare to do it again."
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