Chapter 195 "You...are definitely not fighting alone."
Jiang Yiji took a closer look and saw that the four investigation tasks chosen by Anson Deer were: 1. Investigation of the Island of Magical Beasts; 2. The whereabouts of the Dragon Sail Pirates; 3. Investigation of the Fantasy Christmas; 4. Observation of the Blue Flame Stone Statue Island.
[The following four investigation tasks have been confirmed and the most practical, efficient and shortest flight route is being planned based on the flight speed of the hot air balloon airship. ]
[The voyage has been decided, and the order of executing the tasks has been decided - first: investigation of the magical animal island; second: observation of the Blue Flame Stone Statue Island; third: the whereabouts of the Dragon Sail Pirates; fourth: investigation of the Fantasy Christmas. ]
"That's it then." Anson Lu said nonchalantly, "It can't be changed."
As the name suggests, the four investigation tasks correspond to the Blue Flame Stone Statue chess group, the Magical Beast chess group, the Dragon Sail Pirates chess group, and the Christmas Legend chess group.
There is nothing wrong with the latter three choices.
As for the choice of the first task, Anson Lu had some selfish motives.
In fact, according to common logic, he should not have chosen "Blue Flame Stone Statue". He should have avoided it when he saw the name - this is the original chess set, a set that Ansenlu said should have been eliminated by the times long ago.
However, if this investigation mission is completed, the ability of the Qingyan chess team can be strengthened, or the power of the "Queen's Stone Statue" can be improved alone.
Then Anson Deer can continue to use this chess set instead of letting it be buried by the changing times.
Even if we take a step back, with the extremely abnormal skill of "Blue Rainbow King Flash", as long as the value of the king statue is slightly increased, it can still be considered presentable.
Not to mention the Queen's statue, the "Thousand Kills" mechanism is very powerful in various situations - whether it is used to defeat grouped monsters; or to teleport away.
No matter what, Jiang Yiji has handed all the decision-making power to him - the captain of the Huaxia team said so, and the remaining two little brats will not question his choice.
[It is expected to arrive at the "Fantastic Animal Island" at 7 am on March 2 (one day later). Before that, players can explore freely on the hot air balloon airship. 】
The system prompt sounded and the door of the cab opened with a clang.
"Then, let's split up and explore?" Jiang Yiji looked at Anson Lu.
"All right," said Anson Deer.
Tong Muli's eyes suddenly lit up, and she stretched out her right hand and pulled the captain's sleeve.
Jiang Yijie smiled unhappily and said, "Then let's go together. I had a teammate who died after triggering a mechanism during exploration. Although it is unlikely that this spaceship is hiding danger."
In fact, even after the "Moscow rampage incident" occurred, many sequence players of the Chinese national team still had a good impression of Anson Deer.
The main reason is that although Jiang Yiji did not disclose the truth of the Moscow incident to the public, he has been trying to ease the atmosphere in private and tried his best to prevent his teammates from becoming hostile towards Anson Lu.
"Okay." Anson Lu walked out of the cab first, "Let's go."
In the corridor made of cold metal, whether it was the clean floor without a trace of dust, or the wall with the word "3F" engraved on it, they all exuded a cold silver-white luster.
"...So many rooms." Mo Xiaoyuan yawned, tears of fatigue welling up in his eyes.
Anson Deer swept straight through the rooms, came to the end of the corridor, and turned around the corner.
What came into view was still a corridor, but he saw a bulletin board with a map on it. The map showed the general structure of the hot air balloon airship.
The structure of the airship is similar to that of a large passenger ship. Each deck is equipped with many cabins that can be explored. However, the functions of the cabins are not introduced on the map, so players have to explore them themselves.
After this, after a day of exploration, a lot of things could be confirmed.
First, the deck for crew rest is located on the second floor of the airship. There is nothing special about this floor, and the rest cabins are not divided into noble and humble;
As for the other decks, Anson Deer also accompanied them in a tour of the things that needed to be explored, but they did not gain any substantial results in the whole day. It was even worse than the sea train - at least each carriage had small tasks, although the rewards for the tasks were very weak.
At the evening of that day, Mo Xiaoyuan and Tong Muli went to bed early, leaving only An Senlu and Jiang Yiji chatting in the billiard room.
Jiang Yiji held the pool cue, bent his upper body, stared at the billiard ball on the table, then moved to the hole at the corner of the table, and with one breath, he swung the cue out in an instant. The sound of the cue hitting the billiard ball echoed in the silent billiard room.
“Boom.”
The pale yellow sphere sped across the table, hitting the fence at the corner of the table repeatedly, and finally stopped outside the hole.
"It didn't go in, what a pity." Jiang Yiji stood up and smiled nonchalantly.
"It's a pity, it was just a little bit short." Anson Lu was playing with a handheld game console.
In fact, after becoming a player, it is very difficult to play this recreational sport. They must accurately control their strength to ensure that they do not break the cue or pop the billiard ball with one shot.
Jiang Yijie put the cue on the table and asked with a smile, "Have you ever played billiards?"
“Never.”
"Do you want to try it?"
“You can try.”
Anson Lu walked to Jiang Yiji's side, staring at the game console without raising his head, and took the pool cue with his other hand.
"Do you want me to teach you?" Jiang Yiji asked.
"No, just one look is enough."
Anson Lu didn't even move his eyes, but just swung the cue casually, and then the top of the cue hit the ball. The billiard ball bounced wildly on the table and finally fell into the hole accurately.
Jiang Yiji was stunned for a while before he coughed twice.
"You used the power of the chess pieces?"
"No, just playing around."
Anson Lu played with the golf club with his right hand while continuing to play "Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon" on the handheld game console with his left hand.
Jiang Yijie was silent for a moment, then picked up a billiard ball from another table and said, "Well, can you perform it again?"
"Okay." Anson Lu rode again, still without raising his head.
This time too, the ball rolled several times and fell accurately into the hole.
"Yeah!" Anson Deer suddenly shouted.
Jiang Yiji was stunned and turned his head, only to find that Anson Deer's cry was not about the goal, but on the handheld screen, the Poké Ball he had just thrown was shaking slowly on the ground, slowly calming down, and a cheerful sound effect was heard, indicating that he had caught the Pokémon - Pikachu.
"Done." Anson Lu took a deep breath, saved the game, and exited the handheld.
Jiang Yijie smiled and said, "Anson Lu, what game were you playing just now?"
"Pokemon, you can't have never played this game before. You really don't have a childhood at all." Anson Lu put the handheld game console back into his pocket and added, "Well, I haven't played it for a long time."
"and you……"
Anson Deer shrugged and explained slowly, "I'm helping my girlfriend catch a Pokemon called 'Pikachu'. I promised her that when we were in the dungeon, but I almost forgot."
"Um... girlfriend?" Jiang Yiji raised his eyebrows.
"Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Anson Deer changed the subject. He took another billiard ball from the next table, then pinched the cue between his index and middle fingers and swung it gently. The tip of the cue touched the ball and the ball flew out.
This time, the ball rolled more than seven or eight times and turned many times in the middle.
As a result, it fell into the cave at an unimaginable angle.
"I'm really curious." Jiang Yijie pondered, "How did you do it? This is not the first time you play it." After a pause, he added, "Oh no... Even those old hands can't do it."
"Intuition." Anson Lu let go of the club.
"Intuition?" Jiang Yiji repeated these two words in disbelief, thinking that Anson Lu's explanation was too perfunctory.
"I told you before that the principal is me from the future. He gave me many things, one of which is 'intuition that far exceeds human capabilities'."
"So that's how it is."
"Come on, I think this is nonsense myself. Are you really not questioning it from beginning to end?"
It was hard for Anson Lu to understand that, as an official dispatched by the Chinese government, Jiang Yijie really brought back the "time travel" rhetoric when he first visited him.
If he was the boss, he would have scolded Jiang Yiji directly.
"This world is already ridiculous enough." Jiang Yiji teased, "It's better to say that it's more than just nonsense. It would be more accurate to describe it as 'crazy' and 'absurd'."
“I can’t argue with that.”
"Besides, haven't you caused us enough trouble..." Jiang Yijie said unhappily, "Because of the good things you did in Moscow some time ago, we have been under a lot of pressure from public opinion."
"That's true..." Anson Lu smacked his lips, "I'm sorry."
But in this matter, he was really sorry to Hua, and there was no room for rebuttal.
After all, not only did he take on Lorenzo's crimes in Moscow, but he also disappeared without a trace afterwards. So there is no doubt that those who have always adopted a laissez-faire policy towards him will directly bear the unimaginable media pressure on his behalf.
However, it seems that their public relations have been pretty good in recent days. Although the discussion of the Moscow case is still high, the people's condemnation of the Chinese government's inaction has been reduced a lot.
"It's okay. You've kept me waiting for so long. Can you talk to me now?" Jiang Yijie stared at Anson Lu and said with a smile, "The rampage incident of the former chess player in Moscow."
"What's there to talk about? You already know the facts."
"After Yu Mingdao died, you immediately asked me to go to Yu Mingdao's room to help clean up the evidence and clues left by Yu Mingdao, so as to prevent the Moscow case from entering the public eye again."
"That uncle's investigation is all posted on the wall. His speculation was correct. It was Lorenzo who lost control in Moscow. I made a deal with this guy and saved his life and reputation."
Jiang Yiji took a deep breath, his eyes looking a little complicated.
Even though he already knew this absurd truth, he was still somewhat shocked to see Anson Lu admit it to his face.
At the same time, one cannot help but sigh at how ruthless Anson Lu and Lorenzo's methods were - in order to make the play realistic enough, Anson Lu said all kinds of cruel words and even directly tore off one of Lorenzo's arms.
"You are doing this not only for Lorenzo, but also to maintain the prestige of the law enforcement team in the eyes of the people and prevent the fact that they are covering up a crime from being fully exposed."
"Wow, it seems you have heard about Lorenzo's shit, too?"
"Of course, have you seen the 'Serial Interview Program'?"
“I have.”
"At that time, I already knew that he had killed a journalist while out of control, but the law enforcement team handled the aftermath and wiped out all the impact."
Anson Lu put his hands behind his head and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Do you also think that the Pope is too good at acting? His pretentious face made me almost vomit my dinner."
Jiang Yiji did not deny it. He was next to Lorenzo at the time. When the host asked Lorenzo questions, Lorenzo's expression was very natural from beginning to end, and there was no trace of flaw.
"So... you already knew that Lorenzo was not in good condition, so you asked me to arrange for Tong Muli to meet her?" he asked.
"Yes, otherwise what's the point of me saving him? I might as well let him die in Moscow."
Anson Lu said this, but in fact, even if Tong Muli was not there, he would go to save Lorenzo.
Jiang Yijie put his hand on his chin and laughed, "It's an exaggeration to say that he died in Moscow. The Pope is not stupid. He will use the travel voucher to leave. It will take a long time for the law enforcement team to catch him."
"Anyway, thank you for troubling me during this period, big brother of the national team."
Jiang Yijie hesitated for half a second and said, "In fact, before entering the dungeon, I considered it again and again and reported the truth of the Moscow incident to the higher-ups."
Hey, what kind of operation is this? You reported it to the country directly? I trusted you so much... Anson Lu was shocked.
"ha?"
"Don't worry, the top brass isn't as ignorant as you think. They won't disclose the truth to the public, but will use it to gain some substantial benefits."
"For example?" Anson Lu was skeptical.
Jiang Yijie thought for half a second and explained slowly:
"For example, Lorenzo is the second most powerful fighter in the world. His importance in this era is comparable to a 'nuclear bomb'. Therefore, unless it is irreversible, the top leaders of the law enforcement team, that is, the officials of various countries, will never give up on him.
So in this case, since we hold the truth of the incident in our hands, Lorenzo is also in our hands.
What's more, he needs Tong Muli to maintain his normal mental state. Tong Muli is a Chinese, which makes it easier to control him.
Since Lorenzo is controlled, it is equivalent to restraining the top leaders of other countries to a great extent.
In other words, through your incident, China's authority over the law enforcement team has been greatly enhanced. In order to preserve the overall situation, officials from other countries will never break this balance and will only succumb to us temporarily."
"Oh, is that so?" Anson Lu was not interested, but felt that what Jiang Yijie said made sense.
"Finally, Mr. Anson Lu, I want to say something to you on behalf of myself and those senior old men."
Jiang Yijie looked at him and said slowly with a smile:
"Anson Lu, no matter what decision you make, as long as it does not violate the interests of the people of the world, the Chinese government will unconditionally trust and support you. We will always be your strongest backing."
After a pause, he raised his eyes and said, "You...are definitely not fighting alone."
The corner of Anson Lu's mouth twitched, he raised his eyebrows, his eyes hidden by his black hair. To be honest, he had never had any patriotism since he was a child, but at this moment he was indeed somewhat moved.
Ever since the Moscow incident, he had been prepared to break with the authorities. He would not be surprised even if he could not get rid of the status of a "wanted criminal" until the end of the world.
After all, as a matter of fact, his self-willed behavior did cause great trouble to the top leaders of the country who trusted him so much - all the pressure of public opinion and the aftermath of the chaotic situation fell on the heads of the Chinese top leaders.
However, despite what had happened before, after learning the truth, the Chinese officials still chose to unconditionally trust him - a Chinese youth who had just turned eighteen years old.
At this moment, he felt the power and confidence of the great country behind him.
"Thank you, that sounds reassuring, but don't expect me to do anything for you," said Anson Deer.
"Just do what you think is right." Jiang Yijie said calmly, "Didn't I say it before? With your 'super intuition', the decisions you make should be more accurate than ours."
Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and asked nonchalantly, "Oh, can I go to bed now?"
"Of course, go ahead."
"Good night, Captain."
Anson Deer walked towards the exit of the billiard room, pulled his right arm out of his pocket, and waved without looking back.
Jiang Yijie was stunned for a moment, and said with a warm smile: "Have a good rest, there will be a lot of work tomorrow."
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