Chapter 651: The Great Tang Dynasty. Watching Children Fight
There is a circle of glass under the big screen, inside which stand a dozen two-meter-high self-service task-taking devices. The screen takes up half of the screen and it is a touch screen. There is a person in front of each device.
The glass fence is about one meter high, which can only keep out gentlemen but not villains. There is one entrance and one exit. There are two staff members sitting at the entrance, responsible for opening the door and registering, and there are two armed guards at the exit.
At this time, there were ten people lined up in the long queue at the entrance.
Their clothing and appearance were not outstanding; they were just low-level members who took on missions for the team.
Not far away, teams wearing various clothes are sitting on more than a dozen rows of long benches. The team leaders and main personnel will go in together when it is their turn. When accepting the tasks, they need to undergo facial recognition.
In addition to the place to accept tasks, there are three windows for submitting tasks on each side. There are not many people here, so only two of them are occupied.
Famous teams do not need to come here to hand in their tasks. They only need to report completion on an electronic device and then submit proof of completion. After evaluation by the evaluators, the reward will be automatically allocated to the team by the staff.
These are all explained in the notice board!
Chu An discovered that there was a second floor with a hollow well design and independent reception rooms on both sides. Some of the doors had signs saying "Guests Available" on them, and most of them had signs saying "Welcome In". You can go up by the stairs or elevator, but you can't see any more above that.
"Xiao An, the Yao family still has the task of finding the child." Gu Ye said.
Not only that, there are several more. One of them caught Chu An's attention. It was about finding a female hero who killed dozens of people in the cannibal village, and the reward was 50,000 points.
Isn't that her? There's a portrait behind her. Of course she doesn't look like her, otherwise she would have been exposed long ago.
Chu An didn't care. Since she had chosen to come to Sheng Tang and help Mou Ci, she would sooner or later be involved in the military and political struggles of Sheng Tang. All she could do was wait for Mou Ci's call, and she would be obliged to do so no matter whether it required manpower or material resources.
"Xiao An, you've been rewarded." Gu Ye also found this message, "But it seems to be a peace mission."
Peace missions do not involve bloodshed. If bloodshed occurs, the danger level is described by one drop of blood, two drops of blood, or up to seven drops of blood. This is different from the mission difficulty. Some peace missions are SSS-level, such as finding a drinkable water source.
No need to fight, but who can find it?
"Look at that portrait. It has been missing for a year or so." Old Chu was helpless. He wanted to go up and make some changes. The painting was too ugly.
The three of them exchanged glances and walked away separately, looking for Wang Shao and Sun Shao. Chu An did not find them in the lobby on the first floor, so he went to the second floor and found a hidden staircase leading to the third floor, which was guarded by someone. The third floor was an office area and was not open to the public.
Chu An returned to the lobby and asked Gu Ye to queue up to accept the task first. If nothing else, he should accept the task of finding himself. That would give him 50,000 points. He could wait until he left Sheng Tang or when the time was right... hehe.
She found a place with few people and waited there, just in time to see the entrance gate, and the children actually started fighting.
It was not a group fight nor a fight between two children. It was a 12 or 13-year-old boy who attacked a 7 or 8-year-old boy who had been lingering at the door.
Whenever the younger child came in, he would push him out, and twice he directly pushed him down.
The little boy was also stubborn. He would get up and go on after falling down. It was okay once or twice, but after so many times, his palms and knees became red and swollen, and there was a wound on his forehead, but it seemed to be an old injury and had not healed completely.
When he was pushed down for the eighth time, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore, pouted his lips and wiped away his tears.
Chu An counted the eighth time, after all, others were not as idle and bored as her.
“Little bastard, as long as I’m here, don’t even think about taking any missions. I wonder how long you can last.” The older boy held his hands up like a little bully.
"I...I'm not a little bastard, I'm your..."
"Shut up and don't say anything." The older boy glared at him, "I have nothing to do with you, don't try to get close to me."
The little boy pursed his lips to stop himself from crying. Before his mother died, she told him to stay with his brother, because only by staying with his brother could he survive.
He didn't understand what was good about living like this, but that was the last thing his mother wanted him to do, and he didn't want to disappoint her.
At this time, two men in patched clothes came in. One of them poked the forehead of the 12 or 13-year-old boy hard, "Bai Xi, are you bullying your brother again?"
The boy named Bai Xi was very displeased and waved his hand away, "Don't touch me, I'm not Bai Xi anymore, I'm Long Xi. He's not my brother either, he's a little bastard."
"Oh, you have quite a temper. You just accepted three missions from Team Dragon, but you don't even want to give up your last name?"
"Humph, you want to be named Long, but Uncle Long won't let you have that name."
Another man hurriedly dragged his companion away and said, "Don't worry about them. These kids are not easy to deal with."
The man sighed and left. He was also helpless, but he felt sorry for the little guy. He lived next to this family. Their parents were remarried and each had a child. The man died of a sudden illness three months ago. The woman was too sad and fell ill. She also passed away half a month ago.
But he remembered that Bai Xi also had a fever because his father left. The little kid begged for food everywhere and his head was broken. He would not eat even if he got food. He would go home and give the food to his mother and brother. He himself would often faint from hunger outside.
Alas, how did we become enemies in the blink of an eye?
When the little boy tried to go in for the ninth time, Long Xi finally lost his patience and pushed him out with force. As if he was still not satisfied, he went out and punched and kicked the kid who had climbed up. Both of them moved to the edge of the stairs.
Although the little guy had no advantage in weight and height, he was still quite strong. He almost pushed Long Xi down with a little force. Fortunately, he withdrew his hand in time and pulled him down again.
Long Xi didn't appreciate it at all, and became even angrier because he almost fell down. He called his friends to beat up the little guy together, hoping to kick him down the stairs.
The little guy was originally protecting his head, but when he saw that he was about to roll down, he reached out and grabbed the edge of the step tightly, where a piece had fallen off and there was a groove on the inside.
"stop."
The guard nearby finally couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop it.
The little guy almost fell down. He was gasping for breath, with a bruised face and nose, and his fingers that were pressing on the groove were covered in blood.
He wanted to reach out to Long Xi, but his whole body was in so much pain that he could only lie on the steps and sob, "Brother...Brother..."
Long Xi imitated the adults and spat at him, "You little bastard, don't call me brother anymore, don't come to me anymore, and don't snatch missions from me anymore."
Bai Xi…Oh no, Chu An now prefers to call him Long Xi. This child’s state of mind has turned light gray. If he can’t stop at the brink of disaster, he will probably die young.
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