Chapter 71: Going home

The world that wakes up from the night is as chaotic, dirty, full of radiation and viruses as usual, the cold air and moist wind struggle to clean up the radiant dust remaining on the ground. It is a slow and difficult task, day after day, year after year, mechanically undergoing monotonous transformations, just to just want to see the tender green struggling out of the soil again.

The light gray uniform fits very well, as if it is specially made for Lin Xiang.

It is very light but very strong. Put the clothes close to you and you can see braided lines arranged in parallel like arrows. Below the surface covering layer, the threads that penetrate each other cross together. They are light and thin, as unbreakable as a perfect combination, adding enough flexibility to the fabric itself. The moment they come into contact with the skin, they will produce a very comfortable and smooth texture. The good elastic material gives them an ability to stretch beyond imagination. Even if the wearer's body suddenly increases exponentially, they will only be firmly wrapped and attached to the surface of the muscle without being broken by sudden expansion.

Lin Xiang has never seen such excellent clothes. Even the high-elastic combat uniforms of military special forces in the old era can only be slightly comparable to them. As for the new era... the clothes worn by Sosbian mercenaries are simply garbage goods that no one wants when thrown on the street.

Just a set of clothes is enough to make Lin Xiang feel the power and terrifying of the Skeleton Knights.

Unlike the old era when it died, the radiation-filled world lacks all resources for human beings to live on. The refugees living in the wilderness may not be able to imagine that there are such exquisite clothes in the world that are comparable to works of art.

As Hausen said before his death, the Skeleton Knights have the world's most advanced technology, the richest source of wealth, and the most powerful armed forces. All of these are put together and pieced together to form a behemoth that can rule the new era.

There are many places like Crescent City in the world.

As I approached the floor-to-ceiling mirror placed next to the wall, a young and handsome face suddenly appeared on the smooth reflective surface.

Compared with the old times, Lin Xiang's appearance has not changed at all. The passing law of time has completely lost the function of aging everything in him. The powerful viruses are shouting unscrupulously in the vibrant body. The reality that the eyes can see proves their terribleness.

Time is not the only eternal body that rules the universe. Only by constantly breaking through obstacles can the end of life become a starting point, and the birth will never stop and go on.

Looking at himself in the mirror, a trace of evil sneer as if mocking suddenly flashed through Lin Xiang's black eyes.

"The thousand-mile dike is broken into an ant hole... Hum! Let me, a small ant, pry this huge huge building of the Knights!"

As usual, Captain Sok's room was still crowded. Every time he received a mercenary who was eager to become a member of the Knights, two live-fire skeleton warriors had to accompany the other party to the entrance of the underground pipeline. The nature of this so-called "escort" is actually no different from escorts, and the number of personnel in the captain's office will not be reduced. New substitutes will always appear quietly from the door and join the vacant position standing side by side.

When Lin Xiang walked into the room, the captain was taking out the cigarette and lighter from his shirt pocket. The surface of the square cigarette box was printed with eye-catching red letters "marlboro". On the silver shell with beautiful patterns of the lighter, a line of italic "zippo" logo was highlighted.

The captain's brown eyes were staring at him, as if he was about to see through every corner of his body. After nearly ten minutes, he narrowed his eyes slightly and pointed to the metal folding chair opposite the desk to signal him to sit down. At this time, the cigarette he was holding in his hand had already been replaced with a second one.

"You are a lucky guy." The captain put the lit cigarette close to his mouth and took a deep breath, and said in a tone of curse or praise: "Although I don't like people with luck than strength, I have to follow the rules."

As he said that, he took out a neatly bound document from the wooden rack next to him and threw it on the desktop casually.

"Look at it yourself! If there is no problem, sign it."

This is an employment contract.

Lin Xiang looked at it for nearly an hour before he picked up the ink-filled pen from the table and signed his name at the end of the document in a fluent manner.

Captain Soke took the document and looked at the slightly sloppy but neat Chinese signature for a long time. Then he took out a credit card with a black skeleton logo from the drawer and threw it accurately in Lin Xiang's hand. He said in an impatient tone: "Go to the quarantine officer to collect the corresponding equipment. Get out of the way! Don't bother me again."

Lin Xiang argued, without saying a word, turned around and walked out of the room.

It was not until he disappeared into the heavy metal door frame that the captain opened the leather folder at hand, took out the blood sample test certificate marked 396, and the battle record evaluation was repeatedly compared and compared. After a long time, two thick smokes were sprayed out from his nostrils, murmured: "The fifth-level evolution standard, three people are buried with you... Hehehehe! It has a special ability to have hidden breath and can only be detected through blood. It is really interesting. This is indeed a guy with amazing luck, a dark heart, and a cruel person... But I like it!"

After leaving the office, Lin Xiang has been thinking hard about all the relevant items mentioned in the employment documents.

Like Sosbia, the Skeleton Knights' management of mercenaries followed the most basic common rule of the old era - money.

Mercenaries can choose the part that suits them according to the difficulty and rewards of the mission, and can also get more rewards and funds by helping the Knights complete certain daily affairs that require assistance. From this point of view, the mercenaries have a very high degree of freedom. For those mercenaries who have long refused to perform tasks or have a discomfort, the punishment given by the Knights is only to revoke their mercenary licenses.

This is actually a very severe punishment. Only those who have personally experienced the darkness of the underground world and fought desperately from the deep channels will truly understand the preciousness of the small card marked with their own name and black skull pattern. It is itself a recognition of strength. People who are incompetent or dreaming of being lucky will only become fresh meat in the mouth of a humanoid worm.

The Quartermaster is a very beautiful woman. Her fluffy blonde hair is tied behind her head, and her slender neck sets off a smooth facial contour. Her slender thighs stretch out from the bottom of the light gray military skirt, just showing the most seductive part, but also covering the tightly closed fabric of the key triangle area. The viewer can only complete the supplement of the missing part in imagination.

The so-called equipment only has two items - a new personal identity certificate, and a single-soldier calling system.

String the metal nameplate with the black skull logo into the necklace, and the identity logo on Lin Xiang’s neck became two pieces. This means that he was hired by both Sosbia and the Skeleton Knights.

This situation will not cause him any trouble. On the contrary, major institutions and companies are very welcome to mercenaries with multiple identities. This is a disguised recognition of identity holders. The more identity nameplates you wear, the stronger the strength of the mercenary himself, the richer the combat experience, and the higher the determination to complete the task.

This is somewhat similar to the way that we obtained certificates through various exams in the old era and used to represent personal abilities. But in essence, there is actually no difference between the two.

Lin Xiang’s identity card has a black “c” letter in standard printed form.

This is the mercenary level recognized by the Knights.

The individual call system is a miniature radio device. Mercenaries can rely on this thing to contact the Knights' Headquarters at any time. Of course, it is more convenient for the latter to accurately find the location of the mercenary.

"If there is nothing else, you can leave."

The quarantine officer's attitude was very cold. She didn't even want to look at Lin Xiang, and even responded with disgust and impatient response to the young man's gaze projected on her.

Her body emits a strong aura of up to level five evolution standards. Compared with Lin Xiang, who could not detect evolution or strengthening abilities, she is simply a savage and violent female tiger standing in front of the gentle cat squid.

It’s the same in both new and old times - women don’t like men who are weaker than themselves.

Being able to have the simplest conversation is already the limit of her patience. If it weren't for Lin Xiang's handsome face, she would even save the unnecessary conversation and throw out a note that is hundreds of pages, allowing the other party to wander like a headless idiot in the dense sea of ​​words.

"I want to change something." Lin Xiang didn't care about the other party's attitude at all. He took out a credit card with the Sosbia logo and placed it gently on the table.

Mercenaries recognized by the Skeleton Knights can freely purchase various equipment and supplies within the allowable range. Compared with similar supplies from other institutions, the items provided by the Knights are better quality and have a wider variety.

This was also an important inducement to his decision to join the Knights.

There are a lot of materials available for redemption on the list, including drinking water, food, clothing, electronic equipment, etc.

Lin Xiang went directly to the column with the "Equipment" label, marked the two sub-items "ak100 Assault Rifle" and "Ammunition", and then opened the classification of "Internal personnel special vehicles". After careful comparison, he carefully pointed to the name of "Military Hummer".

The beautiful female junket officer inserted his credit card into the card reader, looked at the green number representing the remaining amount on the screen, and unexpectedly turned his head and looked at him, saying meaningfully: "Redeem these things... are you sure?"

"Sure!"

The blurred mountain lines are highlighted at the end of the horizon, and the empty wilderness remains as quiet as death. Under the increasingly strong sunlight, there are few snow remaining on the ground, and wet mud can be seen everywhere on the black ground. Several plants growing from the cracks of the rock have already withered. When the wind blows, they are like being stimulated by electric currents, shaking violently in the direction of the attack of the airflow.

A broken road extends from a distance. Under the heavy cover of gray-yellow soil and snow, you can see several straight white lines that can barely be seen on the surface of the light gray road. Only from them can you find a little bit of the tiny breath left by the old era.

A vague black shadow appeared at the end of the road. It was actually not obvious against the background of the dim sky. It was only because the approaching speed was too fast that it seemed more dazzling and abrupt than other silent objects.

It was an off-road vehicle in military green paint.

"Swoosh--"

The thick and sturdy tires ruthlessly crush the water and snow on the ground. The scattered water splashed along the left and right sides. Compared with the savage and wild roar of the engine, the movements they made were simply pitiful and helpless moans. The rough-lined car body showed a powerful sense of movement under the fierce speed. It roared and ran on the road, flexibly bypassing the obstacles caused by the broken road surface, and the speed did not decrease at all. It was like a cheetah that had just taken out of the cage, enjoying the pleasure of free running in the open field.

Lin Xiang in the driver's seat was wearing a brand new pair of sunglasses. He controlled the steering wheel with his left hand to control the vehicle's guidance, and held the gear lever with his right hand tightly. The accelerator under his feet showed no sign of relaxation. The cold wind whistled past the window blew the short hair hanging from his head upwards, forming a curved arc.

This should be a new era product made using old-age technology. The powerful engine provides enough power and a strong body can withstand the impact of ordinary warheads. Of course, this is not a civilian car in the old-age sense. It is equipped on the top of the car body and can be remotely fired through the on-board computer. It has a heavy machine gun with up to 1,500 rounds, which has shown that it has been given a brand new role.

Looking at the cold expression covered by sunglasses in the back mirror, Lin Xiang's beautiful lips showed a faint bitter smile.

He is now a total pauper.

The cost of purchasing weapons, vehicles and various items emptied every child on him.

He finally understood why the beautiful female quartermaster made such an unexpected expression. Although there was a little surprise, more of it was gloating, sarcasm, ridicule... Maybe there was something else that he could not know at the moment.

An armed "Hummer" is not expensive. On the Knights' item list, the price is only 10,000 skeleton yuan, but a lot of promise terms such as "no private resale, abandonment, modification" and so on. If there is any violation, not only will the mercenary qualification be revoked, but a series of relevant penalties must also be accepted.

This is the method used by the Skeleton Knights to control the mechanical products they manufactured to be as low as possible and thus maintain an advantage that others cannot match.

Lin Xiang had no choice - if he didn't want to hike through the wilderness, he had to accept this inequality.

Human nature is actually very lazy, and he is no exception.

The sky in Yinyue Town seems to be bluer than other places.

Maybe it is an illusion, or a subconscious favoritism in the heart, but in Lin Xiang's fixed thinking, this is the conclusion.

The roar of the off-road vehicle engine broke the tranquility of Yinyue Town. Lin Xiang had tried his best to slow down the speed of the vehicle to reduce the resulting noise, but it still attracted the surprise and unexpected gaze of many town people.

"Hey! What a beautiful car-"

A strong young man with black hair struggled to squeeze into the crowd, staring at the car body with exaggerated and amazed eyes, and his hands groping back and forth on the smooth hood paint surface.

"This car is worth at least 200,000 Sosbian dollars." An old man leaning against the door post of his cottage with his hands in his arms shook his head enviously and gave the price he thought was the most suitable.

"If I could have such a car, I would be willing to live for ten years." An armed guard who was carrying an assault rifle and standing on the alert tower looked at the crowded crowd under the tower and kept stuttering.

Lin Xiang opened the car door and walked down. Looking at his well-textured high-elastic combat suit and the ak10 with a side-sided back on his shoulders, the crowd once again exclaimed envy and jealousy. When he moved his backpack and several boxes of goods from the car, the onlookers' eyes also moved with his movements, including women and children with excited expressions and enthusiastic expressions.

Taking off his sunglasses, Lin Xiang took out a handful of exquisitely packaged candies from his pocket and distributed them to the children who were ecstatic around him. This is a special supply of the Skeleton Knights, and only the staff and mercenaries are qualified to buy. Due to the limited output, although the price is not very expensive, each person can only purchase a small amount.

"It seems that you've been doing well during this period." A middle-aged man standing in front of the crowd, half-bald, smiled and stretched out his right hand, saying friendly: "Welcome home."

Everyone in Yinyue Town knows Lin Xiang. For this young man who often doesn't appear in the town but brings too many benefits to the town, the townspeople have long recognized his position in their minds.

"Thanks!"

Lin Xiang reached out and held the other person tightly, and smiled and said, "Where is Wang Biao?"

"I've seen you a long time ago. But you didn't see me." The scar-faced man with a thick voice separated the crowd and walked in, punched Lin Xiang a few hard punches, and shouted jealously: "How is it? All things are done?"
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