Chapter 190: Embarking on a New Journey
In the late autumn afternoon, Haizhou is still scorching hot under the dazzling sunshine.
The white mist outside the Spring City was dancing, and a group of slightly tired figures walked out slowly, wearing gas masks and their special protective suits were covered in blood stains.
The pioneer walking in front still stood straight, holding a rolled-up flag, breaking through all obstacles along the way.
And almost everyone in the back was injured, as if they had been in a fierce battle, and some were even lying on stretchers.
Finally, the burly giant was dragging a section of the truck bed that was removed from the truck. It was filled with a mess of huge corpses, several dismantled altars, and several unrecognizable corpses.
"It's already this time."
The person behind the captain looked up at the sky which was approaching dusk, took off his mask, and his long hair flowed down behind him like water.
"It's very groggy inside, and the time is all messed up."
Ji Xue sighed, "I thought I could make it in time for lunch, but now I'm starving."
"Hey, dinner isn't bad either."
Her twin brother Ji Liu was yawning behind her. "It was such a big thing, and it exploded directly, spilling all over me. It was so sticky, I just wanted to take a shower quickly.
Captain, do you want to join us?"
"You go ahead."
Tong Shan, who was walking in the front and holding the flag, took off his mask and said calmly: "Everyone, hurry up and have a good rest. After the supplies and equipment are replenished, we will try to explore all the previous areas."
"You want to go down to the cave again?" Ji Liu was shocked. "Brother, you've been in this place for half a month and you've already gone down to the cave four times. Don't you want to take a rest?"
But after asking, he regretted it. Just as he expected, Tong Shan calmly replied, "I have rested."
If the team members could still relax themselves during the intervals between entering the cave, then the captain Tong Shan would only have an average of less than five hours of sleep a day and a dozen minutes of leisure time between work...
In the workplace, people generally call this kind of person a "curly dog". However, everyone who has worked with Tong Shan finds it difficult to say anything bad about this captain who takes care of his teammates in everything, puts the collective honor first, fights bravely, even takes menstrual periods and emotional fluctuations into consideration, and even makes you brown sugar ginger tea and takes time out to listen to you scold your ex-boyfriend.
Really, I can't say it out loud. If I say it out loud, other colleagues will put a sack in my hand and beat me with a club.
This is a real male mom!
"You're the only one who talks too much shit."
Ji Xue kicked her brother on the butt, causing him to stagger. Then she moved closer and smiled sweetly, "Captain Tong, are you free tonight? My friend brought me a set of kitchen utensils. How about I make some soup?"
"Sister Xue, I want to drink the old soup too!"
The half-dead injured person on the stretcher grinned and said jokingly: "I'm lacking in nutrition, can you give it to me first?"
He was answered with an unceremonious middle finger.
"Get the hell out of here!"
For a moment, the whole team burst into laughter.
But soon, the atmosphere turned serious.
Right at the entrance of the outpost, someone had been waiting for a long time.
"Director?"
Tong Shan stopped walking and asked, "Why are you here?"
"The work arrangements are almost done. I'm worried about your situation. I'll wait here and see if there's any signal for help. But I'm afraid others will say I'm slacking off."
Lu Yingyue smiled slightly under the parasol.
She did not look old, her features seemed middle-aged, her smile was warm, and only a few strands of white hair were faintly visible from under the hairpin.
At this moment, seeing that everyone had returned safely, his smile became even happier: "How was the harvest?"
"Hard to say."
Tong Shan sighed and pointed at the wagon pulled by the burly man behind him: "There are a few big guys who can be put to good use. We followed the clues and busted a few dens, but we only caught four or five idiots who were brainwashed by the evil cult. They are of no use at all.
It was a wasted trip."
"It's good to come back safely."
Lu Yingyue patted his shoulder, looked at Ji Xue who was waiting beside him, and patted hers to show encouragement. Then the cheerful little girl ran away whistling.
It doesn't matter what the occasion is, but she doesn't mind.
"The Huaxie Cult has been infiltrating Quancheng for more than a day or two. During this period, manpower was drawn from all over Haizhou. After completely breaking the blockade, they naturally swept the city.
In the early stages of exploration, just try to understand the situation as much as possible, and don’t force yourself too much.”
Lu Yingyue paused for a moment and advised: "Don't let your personal emotions get into your work."
"I know, Chief, don't worry."
Tong Shan nodded calmly: "I just want to finish exploring the current block as soon as possible. There is not much left this time. I should be able to finish it in one go next time."
"That's the bad news I have for you."
Lu Yingyue shook her head slightly: "At present, Taiyi Ring has come up with a new plan, but there is still a big gap.
Currently, all craftsmen’s time and resources are already fully occupied, and it may take some time to repair equipment and replenish consumables.
You wouldn't go into the cave unarmed, would you? Or would you pay someone to do it quickly? I'm afraid the price those craftsmen would ask would be sky-high."
Tong Shan was stunned when he heard this.
However, he soon smiled, a rare performance, and seemed happy.
"It's okay. I know a good craftsman."
As he spoke, he took out his cell phone and looked at the news that had accumulated over the past few days. "I heard there was a big mess..."
He sighed, "I hope nothing will happen."
Something happened.
Since several days ago, the slaves who were assigned to work in the recycling department felt that something was wrong... To be more precise, it was like seeing a ghost!
When we first heard that a young master from a large workshop was kicked into such a miserable place because of a fight, everyone's heart sank and their anus tightened.
It's already hard enough to do the hard labor of picking up garbage day and night, but who can stand it when a master who does nothing comes along and rides on your neck and bullies you?
But you have to endure it even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it even if you can't tolerate it, just like these days, few apprentices who have no power, no one to rely on and can only do hard labor can keep their grooves tight and elastic.
Money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat. If this job is even a little bit good, it will not be the turn of these tool people who are mass-produced by the superiors. Real merits and contributions were hard to be obtained in the past. It is impossible to give up just because the environment is a little bad. Everyone is ready for a young master lying on a chair with five or six people to put pressure on themselves, but they didn't expect that a fucking curly dog who is even crazier than themselves would come!
He started laughing loudly since he entered the room and couldn't stop. He didn't show any enthusiasm when he saw them doing the hard labor. After asking them about the key points of the work, he rushed into the workshop as if he was risking his life.
From day to night, and from night to day.
I didn’t even bring a change of isolation clothing, and my supervisor was almost scared to tears - if you want to die, please go to another place. Brother, if you die here, I’m afraid even my ashes won’t be left behind, okay?
After destroying six sets of tools, he yawned and went back to sleep.
As a result, within a few hours, the person appeared in the workshop again, and began to suck in all the scrapped equipment at a speed and efficiency that no one else could match.
In just four or five days, he alone had finished two batches of hundreds of recyclable items. Not satisfied with that, he also took on other people's work.
This caused all the cattle and horses to burst into tears, and they almost set up an immortal tablet for him.
With such a big boss sent from heaven, a great man in the world, standing in front to relieve everyone's pressure, the coolies in the Recycling Management Department actually had a few rare good days. At least they had more time to eliminate the pollution of the evil aura on their own spiritual essence as much as possible.
Completely different from the notorious reputation of a lunatic, a madman, and a monster that the young masters and young ladies had heard of, all the lower-class people had only four words to describe Mr. Ji Jue.
——Reborn parents!
As for the follower who came after him, it seemed like he was also from some workshop?
Not sure.
Judging from his appearance, he is probably here to help, right?
"We are the stars of the village~ We have no feelings~ You said we need fortune telling to be together~"
The afternoon is a good time to work. At this moment, Ji Jue, who monopolizes the entire processing workshop, is hanging in the air without even a mask, directly exposed to the highly concentrated and polluted spiritual environment. He is skillfully dismantling and pulling the giant metal pillar in front of him that is more than two meters long.
The seemingly integrated giant pillar was disassembled by skilled hands, and the parts that were pieced together with almost invisible seams were taken out like rain.
Throw it into the furnace for purification.
The core structure that contained the spiritual circuits and many symbols of the Supreme Good was destroyed by the dissociation technique, and turned into ashes one by one. Only the fluttering metal dust remained, which fell on Lou Feng's numb face like snow.
It was like a shovel of dirt on a coffin.
"But the snow~ drifts into my eyes~"
"Stop singing!"
Lou Feng wailed and shook his head, trying hard to get rid of the dust pollution from his body, and to get rid of the mental pollution from his mind, almost begging:
"Master Ji, please, stop singing!!!"
If Ji Jue had a little taste, he wouldn't be so exhausted physically and mentally. If Ji Jue knew a little bit of singing skills, he wouldn't miss his psychologist so much!
There are no skills, it’s all about emotion!
I don’t know who Lu Feng is. The songs Ji Jue copied from him are all kinds of earthy DJ and dynamic folk songs…
As a result, when Ji Jue started, he almost sang out his entire sleep talk.
It’s only been a few days!
If this continues, he feels that by the time he returns home, he might be all blond.
When I give the car keys to the housekeeper, he might even remind me to be careful and not to scratch the will-o'-the-wisp I just bought.
When he thought of such a tragic future, he had the urge to die here.
There is no love in life.
"Probe, probe!"
Ji Jue waved his hands in mid-air, and shouted without lowering his head: "Lao Lou, don't just stand there, give me probe number eight!"
"Oh."
Almost like muscle memory, Lou Feng had handed over the tools before he could react. When he came to his senses, he was already holding the thermos to refill Ji Jue's kettle.
He couldn't help but burst into tears.
It’s over, I’m almost completely turning into Follower A!
How can we live our lives?!
A few days ago, as a witness of the 'Association Apprentice Massacre', Lou Feng didn't even have time to go back to sleep and comfort his wounded heart, but he was kicked into this damn place by his own teacher right after!
"Why?!"
Lou Feng was shocked at that time, "Aren't we at odds with the Chaosheng Workshop? Why should we care about it?"
"I've never had a problem with Ye, but during this meeting, did I raise any objections when she was speaking?"
Kong Qingyan asked back without even raising her eyelids: "If you seek a challenge, you naturally have to challenge the strong. If you hang out with trash, you will become trash sooner or later.
The same goes for finding teammates.
Although your talent can be called top-notch, if you have enough time, you may be able to obtain the title of master in the future. But you always hang out with a bunch of idiots, I guess I can't count on you to help me in my old age, and it would be good if I can't see you off.
Just think of it as a way to broaden your horizons and see how other people live.”
She said: "Even if you can't get rid of the influence of the Lou family label for the rest of your life, you can't live your whole life just for the Lou family. When you don't take the halo that others have given you seriously, then I, as your teacher, can look forward to your future."
"Strong?"
Lou Feng was shocked and annoyed: "What kind of person is Ji Jue..."
"you lose."
Master Kong interrupted him succinctly and told him: "Twice."
Maybe, more than twice.
But the building is sealed...
Kong Qingyan looked at her student and asked the question that had kept Lou Feng awake till now:
"...Do you still want to continue losing?"
So, just like that, Young Master Lou, with his head down, helpless, unwilling but gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, followed Ji Jue, carrying his bag.
Embark on a new journey towards the road of cattle and horses.
I recommend a book by an old friend, "Once You Hear the Truth, You Will Become an Immortal"
Seabird is also an old author. Friends who are interested can take a look. I believe you will not be disappointed~
(End of this chapter)