North Star.

When Su Ziyu returned here again, he could hardly recognize the camp.

"Dad, we're almost there!" The little girl looked a little excited. She stood up and pointed at the chimney in the distance and said, "That's the Polaris factory."

The scale of this gathering place has expanded nearly five or six times compared to its original size.

Su Ziyu could see the reinforced concrete wall from a distance. If you didn't know, you would think it was a military fortress. Occasionally, you could see a convoy of scavengers on the road, but the supplies near the North Star had been collected almost completely. If you wanted to scavenge, you would have to go very far away. Many of these scavengers were wearing protective clothing, and they were most likely trying to get into the Southern Cross area.

It is an old world city, and you can find a lot of supplies if you look carefully.

As the distance got closer, the gate of Polaris gradually appeared in front of us. It was a heavy iron gate that was opened and closed by an electric motor. There were armed guards standing on the wall, all wearing exoskeleton power armor. There were about seven or eight of them.

But these people are not wearing helmets, so they must be feeling a bit stuffy.

"Dad..." The little girl who had just stood up happily was suddenly stunned for a moment, then shrank back and leaned close to Su Ziyu's ear and whispered, "I don't know any of those people up there."

Don’t know?

The little girl grew up in Polaris, so logically she should be familiar with everyone here.

Did something happen to the North Star?

Su Ziyu reached out and touched her little head, whispering, "Don't act rashly. Let's go in first."

The guards just took a quick glance and let him pass.

Su Ziyu noticed that there was a wolf head logo on their exoskeleton power armor, and the residents in the camp looked at them with a hint of disgust and fear. The entire road of Polaris has been rebuilt, and the outer area has also been replanned, but the inner area where the battle took place is still there, and Su Ziyu can see the wall inside as soon as he comes in.

Twelve years have passed.

There are still some traces of explosions left over from the battle with the super-aberrant monster.

Su Ziyu put a coat on the little girl and then took her to the hotel. He was quite unfamiliar with Polaris now and could hardly see any familiar faces. However, compared with the past, there were many more civilians dressed as workers. There were currently about five factories in Polaris, which were involved in food processing, weapons manufacturing, water purification and other projects.

The innkeeper was a white man. When Su Ziyu checked in, he looked at the two girls behind him curiously, then threw a key over and said, "10 bottle caps a day."

When the little girl was over nine years old, she was sent to college to learn knowledge. Many people here didn't know her.

And children grow very fast, and now she is much taller than before.

In the room.

Su Ziyu stood at the window and looked outside. He could see some guards patrolling with guns. The situation in the inner city was not very clear. It was originally a military fortress, and the situation inside could not be seen from here.

"My dear daughter. Tell me about the North Star." Su Ziyu sat down and said softly.

Understand the situation first and then decide what to do next.

It seems that the North Star has changed hands.

Pasha has been missing for such a long time. According to the nature of the wasteland world, there must have been ambitious people eager to replace her.

The little girl thought about it and quickly told what she knew.

But she was still too young, and she had been away from Polaris for a while, so she was talking about insignificant things. Pasha didn't let her leave the inner city much at first, mainly because she was afraid of being exposed to radiation pollution outside. But what surprised Su Ziyu was that he actually heard two familiar names from the little girl.

Bill and Zoe.

Bill was the leader of the scavengers at the time. He seemed to have a certain relationship with the Brotherhood. After killing the super deformer, he stayed to help Pasha rebuild Polaris.

Zoe was the woman who entered the Southern Cross with Su Ziyu and others.

Unknown identity.

She mysteriously disappeared after taking away a high-end bionic arm.

However, in the little girl's mouth, she was called Aunt Zoe, and seemed to be a technical consultant for Polaris. She didn't often stay in Polaris, but she would come to see her every year.

Su Ziyu quickly found a breakthrough. He thought for a moment and ordered, "You two stay in the hotel."

"I'm going to find out about Old Bill."

Old Bill's status now seems to be marginalized. His current identity is the militia captain, who is mainly in charge of the militia in the outer city. He is a person with neither much power nor little say.

"Yeah. Dad, be careful." The little girl nodded.

Su Ziyu smiled and patted her little head and said, "It's okay. I'll be careful. Just wait for me to come back."

After saying that, he walked out of the hotel directly.

Twelve years have passed.

Everything in Polaris was unfamiliar, but the garbage mountain in the slums was still there. It seemed that no one had the energy to clean it up, so they just built a wall around it. Su Ziyu soon found a man dressed as a militiaman, who was smoking in a corner, looking bored and doing nothing. These militiamen were supposed to maintain daily law and order, but now it seemed that someone else had taken over.

——"Strengthen mental suggestion!"

8 points of source power are consumed.

Su Ziyu walked over directly, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and he asked directly: "Where is Old Bill?"

Mental suggestion is a prerequisite for ability enhancement.

Whether it works depends on the target's willpower and the strength of Suziyu's psychic power. Its effect is roughly similar to hypnosis and charm spells, but it does not require advance preparation and can be launched directly at the target. If Suziyu continues to strengthen, it can also master the legendary mind-reading ability, but this ability is not very useful against monsters and is mainly used in daily intelligence collection.

"Who are you?..." The militiaman in front of him suddenly became dazed, and then the cigarette butt in his hand fell to the ground. He said with a slightly dull expression: "The old man is at the bar in the red light district."

It seems like I used too much force.

Su Ziyu's spirit was like piercing through a thin membrane and actually directly touched the other party's consciousness. In this case, let alone asking questions, he could directly control the other party's mind.

This ability is so useful?

"Pick up the cigarette butt." Su Ziyu said softly.

"Oh." The militiaman in front of him did it without hesitation, squatted down and picked up the cigarette butt, his expression still a little dazed.

Su Ziyu turned and left.

After he left for a while, the militiaman seemed to wake up, threw away the cigarette butt that burned his finger, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Why did I suddenly become dazed just now?"

"Did someone just talk to me?"

"Why don't you have any impression at all?"

The branch application of mental enhancement seems to be concentrated in the field of control. The sorceresses also master some charm spells, but they are not as domineering as Su Ziyu's. He feels that if he wants, he can directly control a person's thoughts and behaviors, but doing so is estimated to consume a lot of energy, and the possibility of failure is relatively high for people with strong will.

Red light district?

Su Ziyu looked around and saw some women in scantily clad clothes, then he found a pub. However, as soon as he pushed the door open, he couldn't help but lower his head slightly to avoid the gaze of the woman at the bar. He had an impression of this woman.

I don't remember the name.

The last time he came to Polaris, a thief stole his things. After being caught, this woman said she would break the thief's hand, but in the end she let him go. When the chaos broke out in Polaris, she and her gunman were trapped in the bar. The final outcome was not clear, but she should not have died at the time.

This woman looks much older than before.

Her face looked to be in her thirties, but she was dressed very charmingly. Su Ziyu remembered that one of her arms was missing, but now both of her white and slender arms are there, which is very likely a bionic transformation.

A quick glance.

Su Ziyu saw Old Bill.

His changes were not huge, except that he looked much older. At that time, Bill was probably in his forties, and now he should be around fifty-five. He has gained weight and fatter than before, and he no longer looks as strong and powerful as before.

Old Bill was sitting alone in a corner drinking, with two heavily made-up women beside him.

But he ignored it and just stared at the crowd with drunken eyes, distracted.

That's right.

Old Bill's son died.

He was the little boy who picked up the spiked cigarette butts from the ground and smoked them. Even with old Bill's protection, he still died many years ago. Since then, old Bill seemed to have lost his enthusiasm for power.

Su Ziyu picked up a prostitute and sat her opposite Old Bill.

"Who the hell dares to disturb me while I'm drinking..." Before the prostitute could get angry, Old Bill in front of him couldn't help but put his hands on his waist, as if he was ready to pull out his gun, but his fat body was not flexible, and he was even a little slow in turning around.

But the next second, his expression froze for a moment, and then he stood there in shock, muttering, "It's you?... No... This is impossible..."

Old Bill looked incredulous.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he waved his hand to send the two prostitutes away and said in a low voice, "Why are you back? We all thought you were dead!"

"You...you don't look any older..."

The changes in the perilla fish are very small.

If there is any, it is that the clothes he wore at the beginning are a little small. His height seems to have increased a little, and his body shape has not changed much, but his weight has increased to about 90 kilograms. He looks a little thinner than before, but his weight has increased by 25 kilograms.

"What happened to Polaris after Pasha disappeared?" Su Ziyu looked into Old Bill's eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Old Bill looked around carefully, his expression seemed a little excited, and whispered: "This is not the place to talk, follow me to my place."

After saying that, he stood up directly.

Su Ziyu followed closely behind, but just as the two of them left, the charmingly dressed woman at the bar looked at his back and frowned slightly, muttering, "Who is that man? Why does he look familiar?"

In the battle against the super-deformers, Su Ziyu left a deep impression on all the survivors.

If twelve years hadn't passed, she would probably have recognized it.

"You don't look old at all..." Old Bill's residence was rather remote, but the house was not small. He turned around and looked at Su Ziyu, a little incredulous, and asked, "You are a bionic man? Did you already undergo bionic transformation at that time?"

Su Ziyu did not answer his question, but said directly: "These are not important."

"Tell me what happened here first."

Old Bill moved his fat body and poured himself a glass of wine. He took a sip and said, "Would you like some? Oh, by the way. You don't like drinking much."

"They are from the Wolf Gang."

"After Pasha disappeared, they bribed many people. I had advised her not to go, but Pasha didn't listen. She also took away the core combatants of the camp. The entire exoskeleton armor formation disappeared. We were completely powerless to resist the invasion of the Wolf Gang."

As if he had thought of something, Old Bill looked at Su Ziyu and said, "Oh, right. You already have a lovely daughter."

"You probably don't know yet?"

Su Ziyu's expression didn't change at all.

"Could it be..." Old Bill reacted quickly and whispered, "Sakura is with you? You met her? Did you come back because of her?"

Su Ziyu stood up, looked into Old Bill's eyes, and said slowly: "I want to take back the North Star."

"Will you help me?"

Old Bill was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly whispered, "They have hundreds of gunmen and many exoskeleton armors. It seems that the Wolf Gang is supported by the academy's faction. You alone are no match for them."

Su Ziyu didn't say anything, but just looked at Old Bill quietly.

"Oh, right. You're a sharpshooter." Old Bill laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "You can even kill super-aberrant monsters. I guess you don't even care about these people."

"I can help."

"But the militia is poorly equipped, and only a few dozen people will obey my orders."

"Want to deal with them."

"We need stronger helpers."

Su Ziyu pretended to listen and said slowly: "What suggestions do you have?"

Old Bill's expression gradually became excited. He said in a deep voice, "Brotherhood."

"If you can convince them."

"It's not difficult to recapture Polaris. The Brotherhood has a branch nearby. It won't be a problem to mobilize at least one or two hundred gunmen."

"And Zoe."

Old Bill hesitated for a moment and said, "She is from the academy. But she seems to belong to another faction of the academy. Last time I saw her, she brought some androids here. If she can help, then everything will be safe."

"We don't need so many people." Su Ziyu pondered for a moment and said, "It should be fine if we have the Brotherhood to help."

"Do you have their contact information?"

"I'll go find them."

The Brotherhood still owes him a big favor. All the information that Southern Cross brought out was handed over to the Brotherhood. If they keep their word, there should be no problem in helping him this time.

"Yes. Follow me." Old Bill nodded.

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