Chapter 67: Newcomer and old guy, verbal battle!
Park the bus securely in the Public Works Department parking lot.
Master Tian checked his clothes again and made sure that no part of his body was exposed. Then he quickly got out of the car, completed the handover procedures, and rushed straight home.
As a formal employee of the Public Works Department, he had been assigned an apartment a long time ago. Although it was also a tube-shaped building, it was slightly larger than Cheng Ye's.
Later, his daughter also joined the Civil Service Bureau. Coincidentally, the room next door was vacant, so the superiors allowed him to break through the non-load-bearing wall between the two rooms and transform it into a two-bedroom apartment.
Take the main road.
Master Tian looked up at the rolling dark clouds in the distance and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
But the amazing thing is that despite the bustling crowds of people on the roadside, his figure moved flexibly among the crowd like a fish without making contact with anyone.
Occasionally, a passerby would react and turn around to look, but they would only catch a glimpse of a dark shadow running quickly with its head down, and they couldn't even make out the face.
Not long.
Just after 6:45, Master Tian slowed down and turned into the Tianyun Mining Phase III staff housing compound.
"Lao Tian, why are you getting off work so early today?"
"I'm so envious. Your job is so comfortable and stable."
Two middle-aged men came over to say hello. Master Tian looked up and nodded cheerfully, "It's going to rain soon, and no one wants to take the bus, so I might as well call it a day."
"Hey, you're free. I just received an order. I think it's going to be a sleepless night tonight."
"Who says it's not? I have to work here until dawn too."
"What a coincidence! I also received the news. I'm going to have some fun tonight."
The three of them passed by each other sideways, tacitly keeping some distance from each other.
When they reached the door of the corridor, Master Tian couldn't help but turn around and shout, "Lao Sun, Lao Liu, you must stay alive."
"Don't worry, we won't die." Old Sun left with a smile without looking back.
Old Liu paused and waved his hand, "I'm a bachelor and don't have any worries, but you have a family, don't be silly."
foolish?
Master Tian didn't respond. He watched the two people hurried away before turning around and going upstairs.
When he reached the third floor, he knocked on the door lightly, in a rhythm of three long and one short knocks.
Wow.
The door opened, revealing the nervous face of a middle-aged woman.
"Old Tian, why are you back suddenly at this time?"
"Go inside and talk."
After glancing at the other rooms in the corridor, Master Tian walked into the door and locked it with his backhand.
Cough cough.
Coughing mixed with Tian Lei's voice came from the room, "Dad, are you off work?"
"Yeah, time to get off work."
Master Tian responded, turned on his defense channel, switched to the disaster module and handed it to the middle-aged woman.
In just a moment, the woman's face turned pale and the hand holding the defense pass trembled slightly.
"Shhh."
Master Tian made a silent gesture and lowered his voice, "Jingyun, I have to go out for a while. You watch over our daughter and don't let her go out and take risks."
"and you?"
Master Tian waved his hand and walked into the next room.
Three days later, although Tian Lei's high fever had subsided, she was still listless.
Seeing Master Tian come in, she forced herself to get up from the bed and forced a faint smile:
"Dad, are you going out again later?"
"No."
"Are you still pretending?" Tian Lei patted the bed, motioning for Master Tian to sit next to her. "I've been sick these past few nights, not deaf. I can clearly hear the noises you make sneaking out every night."
Master Tian was silent for a moment, then looked down at his calves, whose muscles had begun to atrophy.
The former top killer in the state of unity between man and nature, has he become so old now, just after passing the age of knowing his destiny?
Even my daughter, who has never practiced martial arts, is able to
"I cheated you."
Tian Lei burst out laughing and pointed to her head, "Dad, your martial arts skills aren't down, this is down. I told you to read more while you're driving and waiting for someone, but you always run away. Now you understand, don't you?"
"Well."
Master Tian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.
"My daughter worked so hard and devoted all her energy to the City of Sanctuary, but there are some pests who want to destroy her achievements."
His eyes suddenly darkened, "You say, can I endure it?"
"I can't stand it."
Tian Lei still smiled faintly, but her words were filled with murderous intent. "Dad, you have to kill them all. Kill them all. Don't leave any of them behind. We can't let these pests continue to plague our buffer zone after tonight and ruin Inspector Cheng's efforts and everyone's hard work!"
"Don't worry, Dad has already figured out how many nights he's gone."
Master Tian nodded and stood up.
He reached under the bed and pulled out a black backpack.
After unzipping the bag, neatly stacked inside were more than ten daggers shining with cold light, a short sword as long as a forearm, and three defense passes that looked exactly the same.
The light from overhead shone directly downwards, but the dagger did not cast any shadow at all. Only a faint purple light was flowing on the sword body.
"Tian Wuying."
The middle-aged woman Xu Jingyun walked in with a pile of pure black clothes, her eyes falling on the dagger in his hand:
"It's been 13 years, and everyone else is playing with guns. Can you still dance with your sword?"
"A gun is for self-defense, and a sword is for killing."
Master Tian took the clothes with a smile and said as he changed them, "Don't worry, I haven't done anything violent for a long time. Smart people always play with words."
"You can."
Seeing her husband shed his usual thin and kind middle-aged appearance and put on a tight black assassin's outfit, Xu Jingyun's eyes were slightly dazed, as if she had instantly fallen back to many years ago.
"I'm leaving."
Master Tian took the anonymous defense card and put it on his waist and breathed a sigh of relief.
"If you don't come home by 11, I'll come find you."
"Forget it, you're just a third-rate assassin. You haven't improved in all these years. You'll scare me to death if you go out."
Master Tian waved his hand and was too lazy to argue. When he closed the door, his body was still a little bloated and clumsy, but the next second he jumped out of the corridor window like a monkey.
The height of the third floor is nearly 10 meters.
He just used his fingertips to gently leverage on the drainage pipe, and his whole body fell to the ground as light as a feather.
Then, he started running along the corner of the wall at a terrifying speed that was difficult for ordinary people to understand.
What was strange was that when he was running in the shadow of the building, even if he passed by passers-by, they were unaware of him, as if his figure was completely hidden in the shadow.
"call"
"call"
From the urban area to the northern suburbs, Master Tian was running a little out of breath.
After all, he was old. After only running about ten kilometers, he already felt his strength declining rapidly.
I looked at the time on the defense communication and saw that exactly half an hour had passed since we set out.
Looking around, the northern suburbs, shrouded in dark clouds, exudes a heavy sense of oppression.
The dilapidated bungalows and winding alleys are like a maze, and it seems that once you step in, it is difficult to escape.
Master Tian took a breath for a while, picked a handful of leaves from the trees on the roadside, jumped onto the roof of the bungalow, and moved nimbly between the roofs of the shantytown like a civet cat.
Soon, he arrived at a position near the left side of the center of the shantytown. He stopped suddenly and squinted his eyes to look down.
In front of an inconspicuous small bungalow, someone was walking towards them pulling a cart.
There were four snakeskin bags stacked on the cart.
Master Tian reached into his pocket and took out the leaves he had just picked. With a flick of his fingertips, the leaves shot out like a flying knife.
Swish.
There was a crack on the two snakeskin bags at the back, and dark brown powder flowed out of them.
"Fuck, why is the bag rotten?"
The young man cursed loudly and shouted towards the bungalow in front, "The bag is broken! Come and help quickly, and we'll leave after we finish this job!"
Crash.
More than a dozen young people suddenly emerged from the originally silent bungalow area.
All the pots, pans, and anything that could hold powder were brought out, and they frantically collected the dark brown powder on the ground.
"Hey pests!"
A trace of terrifying murderous intent suddenly flashed across Master Tian's eyes.
A special crystalline powder is added to the starfish anti-epidemic powder.
Bloodworm powder.
This thing is one of the main ingredients in his secret medicine for life, and it can slightly enhance human immunity.
According to the market price, every 5g of red bloodworm powder requires 3 contribution points.
Through the distillation process, 20 kilograms of anti-epidemic powder can extract nearly 100 grams of red blood worm powder.
A total of 60 contribution points!
What these pests do is to buy anti-epidemic powder, exchange it for red bloodworm powder, and then smuggle it to other sanctuary cities in exchange for a large amount of supplies.
“Damn it!”
Master Tian growled and reached for his hand.
He picked up the Defense Communication app, turned on the camera function, and recorded the young man picking up the powder below.
Then his body flew backwards and his fingers tapped out quickly.
02110.
"Hello, this is the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Agency. I found a den in the North City area selling anti-epidemic powder. The video has been sent over. Um, um, it's located in the fourth row of bungalows, rooms six to nine."
"I don't know if they were sent by the surrounding cities of refuge. Well, you can investigate on yourselves."
"Don't thank me, I'm just a caring resident."
After hanging up the phone, Master Tian sneered.
After waiting for less than ten minutes, several vans came rushing in from the city.
At least forty armed guards came down and surrounded the shantytown at lightning speed.
After waiting for about ten minutes, a fierce gunfire was heard inside the shantytown.
Unfortunately, the resistance could not even last ten seconds before being suppressed by the violent firepower. All the pests involved in the resale were disposed of harmlessly on the spot without having to be captured.
"Old man, it's not your turn now."
Touching the sword hanging at his waist, Master Tian smiled carefreely and hurried to the next hideout.
He has secretly scouted many locations these nights.
Those trading points hidden in the shadows of the shanty towns, the workshops for distilling red bloodworm powder, and even the channels for transferring materials are all clearly known.
He can't take care of the pests above him, and there needs to be someone more powerful to take care of them.
But he won't let any of the following go.
"I am a concerned citizen and I am reporting it."
"The fourth warehouse in Xicheng District, a hidden compartment on the floor"
"The video has been sent, I will report it."
One den after another was uncovered, and the time soon came to 8:30 in the evening.
The wind was howling, sporadic raindrops were falling, and the air humidity was rising rapidly.
Faintly, gunshots could be heard from all over the buffer zone, as if sounding the clarion call for impending chaos.
Master Tian walked quickly forward, looking at the survival library in the distance. Just as he took out his defense pass, his body suddenly dodged backwards, and the sword at his waist automatically slipped into his hand.
Boom.
A crisp collision sound was heard as the purple dagger and the tool axe collided fiercely.
The tricky force came from the axe blade, and Master Tian almost couldn't hold the shadowless sword in his hand.
However, the superiority and inferiority of the materials became immediately apparent when the two were compared. The axe blade was instantly shattered by the sword blade, and wood chips and iron chips flew everywhere.
"Tianhe?"
"You too Tianhe?"
The two of them took a few steps back at the same time, looking at each other with fear in their eyes.
After taking a look, Master Tian immediately saw some clues.
Although the middle-aged man opposite had his face covered, he was wearing an inconspicuous coarse cloth shirt, and his muscles were as knotted and bulging as rocks.
Whether in terms of their attire or the strength they displayed, they did not look like those sneaky pests in the buffer zone.
"I didn't expect this buffer zone to be so full of hidden gems. Are you new here?"
"I've only been here a short time." The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and clasped his hands together. "Big brother, I've been eyeing this place for several days. Why don't you change your location?"
"Change it just like that?"
"You are old. Even if you have that sword, you can't beat me."
The middle-aged man spoke frankly, unbuttoning his shirt and preparing to use his fists to explain why he was so confident.
However, the next second, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
"Go on."
Holding the Buffalo combat pistol, Master Tian had a strange look on his face.
"What era is this? You don't even have a gun, and you're still out here engaging in this kind of violence?"
"I"
"What's my name?"
Master Tian hooked the safety with his little finger and twisted his body slightly. Although he did not make any big movements, he was like a fallen leaf melting into the wind, and his presence was instantly lost.
"Come, let's see which is faster, your fist or my bullet, in seven steps."
The middle-aged man stood there in a daze for a while, then slowly buttoned up his shirt.
If he were an ordinary person, he would be confident that his fists would not necessarily be slow.
But the opponent was also a Tianhe master, and his sixth sense told him that if he made even the slightest excessive move, he would definitely be shot in the head in the next second.
"say?"
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and slowly squeezed out three words, "Chu Yunfeng."
"Where do you live?"
"I"
"My patience is limited. Be quiet or wait for me to shoot?"
"Shanty town."
"You newcomers, you're always thinking about making money through crooked means instead of finding a proper job to support your family. Do you really think that just because there's Tianhe's strength in this buffer zone, you can just walk around like a sore thumb?"
Master Tian shook his head coldly, "Get out now, I don't want to say it a second time."
"no."
Chu Yunfeng said anxiously, "I need the reward for reporting, and I also need the weapons in their hands. Without these, my family and I won't be able to survive this wave of infection."
"Reward for reporting?"
Master Tian was stunned for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating, "Uh, you too."
"Times have changed. The institutions in Happy City are very sophisticated, far more advanced than many of the Sanctuary Cities I've visited. The money from the fighting isn't legitimate, and if there's no one on top, it can't even be spent. I've been keeping an eye on them for several days. This group used the library as cover to smuggle at least 500 kilograms of anti-epidemic powder inside, and they'll have another 300 kilograms soon. The reward for reporting them is at least 200 coins."
"How did you know about the infection wave?"
“Ask them everything you ask them.”
Chu Yunfeng pointed towards the library and sighed, "Ordinary people just don't know about it."
"This City of Sanctuary is already so rotten, how can it be called perfect and advanced?"
"rotten?"
Chu Yunfeng shook his head slightly.
Somehow, the first day he arrived in Happiness City suddenly flashed through his mind.
It's rotten, it's really rotten. Even the inspectors at the top of the buffer zone are cutting off fuel for ordinary people.
Good, it is good indeed, and there are also inspectors who are willing to help them free of charge and without any purpose.
And these days, he met so many good people who were trying their best to help him settle down in this city of refuge.
It's a pity that his luck is so bad.
Just when we were ready to do something big, we heard about the outbreak of contact infection.
"Big Brother, you may not have been to other sanctuary cities in recent years. Compared to those places, this place is truly a paradise. At least, the adults here, and some of the inspectors, truly treat us as human beings, not just tools, numbers, or victims of arbitrary testing mechanisms."
The words fell.
Chu Yunfeng wanted to say something else, but he saw Master Tian's hand tremble and he actually threw the gun at him.
When he caught it stupidly, the other party swung it again and threw the defense pass over.
"Big Brother, what are you doing?"
"Remember what you just said. Now that you're here, treat yourself like a human being. Stop using those tools' words and live your life with dignity and head held high."
Master Tian smiled carefreely, "This gun is for you, and this defense pass, anonymously. I've already reported six dens, but I haven't claimed any of the rewards. Do you understand what I mean?"
"this"
Chu Yunfeng was stunned, his eyes full of disbelief.
"No matter what happens, remember to go home before 11 o'clock. Your family needs your protection more than the buffer zone."
"But?"
"Don't argue with me. It's not your turn to eliminate the pests, newcomers. Your mission is to survive."
“This place.”
Master Tian paused and said, "At least for now, it's still the territory of us old guys!"
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