Lu Ning's words instantly silenced the atmosphere in the room.
Tyrone looked at Lu Ning with some suspicion, then at Lin Xiao: "Old Lin, what's going on?"
Lin Xiao shrugged: "I told you he's special. He was the one who saw Mu Mu when she was about to get sick."
Talon's eyes kept changing, and he grinned: "If you hadn't brought this, I would have thought some kind of monster had infiltrated the base city."
Lu Ning calmly retorted, "I am a normal human being."
Lin Xiao rolled his eyes as he listened, then looked at Tyrone with some concern: "The pollution level hasn't decreased yet?"
Tyrone took a drag of his cigarette and smiled with a complicated expression: "I guess it's unlikely to drop any lower. Maintaining this level is already pretty good."
Lin Xiao fell silent, looking at Tai Long without saying a word.
Tyrone blew smoke at Lin Xiao, punched him in the chest, and laughed, "Don't look at me like that. Don't worry, I've already prepared a gun. When things get really bad, I won't cause you any trouble."
Lin Xiao's eye twitched suddenly. He took a deep breath and smiled, "You old geezer!"
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. What are you guys doing here? Are you here to show the newbies around? Or to issue missions?" Tyrone changed the subject.
"Both. Bring Lu Ning to see the black market, and give him a few missions while you're at it."
Tyrone raised an eyebrow: "You've been issuing more missions lately, haven't you? Are you short-handed?"
"Yes, the last mission resulted in significant losses, as you know, and things have been quite busy lately." Lin Xiao nodded slightly.
Tyrone nodded and didn't say much: "Tell me the mission details, and I'll send it to you later."
"Three tasks. The first is to find a man named 'Zhu Jianyi,' and here is his information. The second is to investigate a man named Li Yang, mainly to find out if he has any connection with Gao Tianlin from the Black Spade Gang. The third is to investigate a minor celebrity named 'Samantha.'"
Upon hearing the first two tasks, Tyrone simply nodded. But when he heard the third task, Tyrone grinned mischievously at Lin Xiao and said, "Why did you switch careers to become a paparazzi? I know Samantha, she's a pretty popular celebrity lately, and she is indeed very beautiful."
Lin Xiao rolled her eyes: "You think I'm like you? This celebrity might have some connection to a disease outbreak."
"Hey, just kidding." Tyrone grinned, not continuing to tease Lin Xiao.
"I've received the task. I'll send it to you later. As for the reward, it'll be the same as before."
"Okay, same as always, settle in Soul Crystals."
"Alright! Then go to the black market. Do you want me to show you around?"
"No need, you go about your business." Lin Xiao waved his hand.
"Fine, then I'll leave you alone."
After the three left the room, Lin Xiao led Lu Ning deeper into the corridor.
At the end of the corridor, there was a wooden door leading to a small room with only a downward staircase.
Lin Xiao led Lu Ning downstairs and soon arrived at a new room.
The room also has a small wooden door.
Lin Xiao opened the small wooden door and led Lu Ning out.
The space outside the door suddenly opened up to reveal a huge underground space with a diameter of over a thousand meters.
The space was paved with rocks on all sides, and incandescent lights shone from the ceiling, making the entire underground space very bright.
There are already dozens of people in this underground space.
Some wore masks and cloaks, while others, like Lu Ning and Lin Xiao, wore casual clothes.
Some people have set up stalls here, displaying various goods, while others are browsing the stalls.
Lin Xiao glanced around and said to Lu Ning, "We're a bit early; there aren't many people here."
"Are all of these free spirits awakened?" Lu Ning asked.
"Most of them are."
"There are quite a few Awakened in that base city."
"Not many. The number of Awakened is far too small compared to ordinary people. However, there are advantages to having fewer Awakened. If there were more Awakened, there would only be more disease outbreaks, and it would also be more difficult to manage."
Lu Ning nodded slightly: "That's true."
"Let's go, let's browse the street stalls and see if there's anything you want." Lin Xiao led Lu Ning to start shopping.
They soon arrived at a stall surrounded by seven or eight people.
The stall owner was a blond young man. His stall had about a dozen items on display, including watches, knives, and even toy water guns.
However, in Lu Ning's eyes, most of these items emitted a faint white mist, indicating that they possessed a certain degree of mental radiation.
Because the fog is very light, the radiation is not serious and has virtually no impact on awakened individuals.
"These are all antiques that our team collected from an ancient ruined city. They haven't been corroded by time, which means they're already Soul Weapon embryos. If we take them back, we can bring them on our future expeditions outside the base city and let them absorb more spiritual radiation. Maybe they can transform into Soul Weapons. Anyone who's interested can take a look!"
The customers nearby were examining the antiques, some even whispering among themselves, eager to try them out.
Lu Ning looked at Lin Xiao with some surprise: "Soul weapons can be created artificially?"
Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Soul Weapons come from many sources, but many low-risk soul weapons are transformed from ordinary items that have absorbed mental radiation. The higher the danger level of a soul weapon, the more mysterious its origin. Soul weapons of high-risk level and above are all discovered in the mist. What this young man said is not wrong. If these things are really antiques and can absorb mental radiation, then they can indeed be considered soul weapon embryos. After buying them, taking them outside the base city to absorb mental radiation might actually transform them into low-risk soul weapons."
Lu Ning nodded slightly: "How long will this process take?"
"Who can say for sure? Some might only need a few days, others might need years, or even decades." Lin Xiao shrugged, then said, "Let's not worry about that. Don't you have a Soul Weapon now?"
Lu Ning asked, somewhat puzzled, "Can a person only use one soul weapon?"
"That's not necessarily true. However, even if the mental radiation from a low-risk soul weapon isn't very high, the combined mental radiation from using multiple soul weapons can still pollute a person's mind..." Lin Xiao suddenly paused at this point.
He stared wide-eyed at Lu Ning, and after a long pause, finally managed to utter a single word: "Fuck!"
He opened his mouth as if to speak, then looked around and noticed that several people nearby were listening to them, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing Lin Xiao looking over, the awakened individuals immediately gave him ingratiating smiles.
"Captain Lin, you've arrived?"
Lin Xiao nodded to the group: "Mm."
He then pulled Lu Ning aside, his eyes gleaming with a hint of greed as he looked at Lu Ning: "I suddenly remembered, if you equip a lot of low-risk soul weapons, wouldn't the boost be comparable to that of a mid-risk soul weapon? And without any side effects?!"
Lu Ning looked at Lin Xiao with a puzzled expression: "...Otherwise, why would I buy other soul weapons?"
Lin Xiao looked utterly bewildered: "Damn, I'm so envious! It's so damn awesome that my mental pollution level doesn't increase!"
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