"Don't look at her too much, it will expose that we know her." Bai Chen only glanced briefly before retracting her gaze.

In Wildgrass City, unlike Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, she and Long Yuehong hadn't had direct contact with Christina. They had only encountered her twice, knew what she looked like, and later heard that the vice president was suspected to be an Awakened of the "Holy Desire" cult.

Therefore, she didn't want Christina to discover that she and Long Yuehong not only knew her but also seemed to have a deep impression of her. This would add a lot of trouble to the "Old Task Force's" mission in First City.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Chen added:

"You can look a little longer."

The instinct of men.

Not looking might instead make Christina suspicious.

During Bai Chen's previous life as a wasteland wanderer, she had encountered similar narcissists.

Long Yuehong coughed and withdrew his gaze:

"I noticed just now that those relic hunters with female companions didn't look much."

As he spoke, he felt satisfied with his noticeably improved observation skills.

His mental process just now had been like this:

No, I can't look too much, I'll be discovered—no, Shang Jianyao said that normal men would look at a beautiful lady for a while, and quickly looking away would only mean two things: either the other person has noticed your attention and is looking back, or you have something to hide—I have to pretend I just glanced casually, and then turn my gaze elsewhere—hey, why was that man pinched on the arm by his female companion—oh, he quickly withdrew his gaze from Christina and started to explain...

Bai Chen pondered for a few seconds and nodded slightly:

"That makes sense."

She immediately said:

"We know that's not the case, but Christina doesn't."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong was quite happy that his statement had been approved.

At this moment, Christina walked in their direction, passing by them and entering the stairwell.

She glanced at Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, but her attention was mainly drawn to the silver-black robot.

After the former vice president of the Wildgrass City Hunter Guild went upstairs, Long Yuehong looked back at the place where her figure disappeared and said with a self-deprecating smile:

"She even invited Shang Jianyao to her office, but to me, she was oblivious."

He originally wanted to say "us" to tease Christina, this suspected "Holy Desire" cult member, for being a standard "face-lover"—he had learned many Old World terms from Jiang Xiaoyue's related materials, but when the words came to his lips, he realized that it seemed like he was mocking Bai Chen for not being pretty enough, so he forcibly changed it to "me."

Anyway, he knew his place.

As soon as he finished speaking, Genaeva chimed in:

"I know the reason, you only have 1.75 meters after genetic modification, and you look ordinary..."

Long Yuehong's mouth gradually opened, forgetting to close it, and Bai Chen paused for two seconds before raising her hand to cover her mouth and turn her head away.

"Stop!" Long Yuehong came back to his senses and stopped Genaeva from continuing.

He asked anxiously and bewilderedly:

"Shang Jianyao taught you that?"

"Yes." Genaeva nodded honestly, "He said that whenever you deny yourself, repeat these words to stimulate you to work hard."

"I really thank him!" Long Yuehong turned his head slightly awkwardly, casting his gaze towards the large screen on the first floor.

It displayed currently available tasks:

"...Urgently needed water purification devices..."

"...Increased mutated creatures in the North Shore Wastelands, requiring a cleanup..."

"...A giant white wolf has appeared in the North Shore Mountains..."

"...Looking for companions to go to the Crimson Wasteland No. 9 Ruins..."

"...Hiring bodyguards..."

While Long Yuehong pretended to be looking for tasks, a team of five or six relic hunters came to their side.

The leader was a middle-aged Red River man with a small mustache, wearing an old-world cowboy hat, a linen shirt, and an old black vest, with a pistol inserted on each side of his waist.

"Let's get acquainted, my name is Carlo." The man greeted Bai Chen and Long Yuehong with a smile.

He used the Red River language.

"Qian Bai." Bai Chen skillfully gave a false name.

"Gu Zhiyong." Long Yuehong followed closely behind.

Carlo glanced at Genaeva's silver-black body and asked with a smile:

"Are you interested in teaming up to capture that white wolf in the North Shore Mountains together?"

Before Long Yuehong and the others could answer, Carlo lowered his voice and said softly:

"We have some connections in the guild and got a top-secret piece of information that contains detailed data about that white wolf..."

If I'm not mistaken, that piece of information should be the one we sold to the guild... Long Yuehong didn't know how to answer for a moment, only muttering to himself in his heart.

Seeing that this two-person team seemed to be hesitating, Carlo looked at Genaeva again and said with a smile:

"Trust me, our cooperation will directly lead to success, and the risk will not be too great."

Why does he keep looking at Genaeva... I get it, what they're really after is the robot that can resist charm, and Little Bai and I are just extras... Long Yuehong suddenly understood.

At this time, Bai Chen shook her head:

"We have other tasks."

"It can be done along the way." Carlo pleaded bitterly, "If you don't trust my team, you can ask the guild to witness our cooperation. We have already gained a foothold in First City and won't give up everything for profit."

Bai Chen shook her head again:

"We won't be leaving the city for a long time."

"Okay." Carlo looked disappointed.

Bai Chen thought for a while and reminded:

"That white wolf may be more dangerous than you think."

She and Long Yuehong no longer lingered in the Hunter Guild hall, "leading" Genaeva back to the street.

Long Yuehong had just breathed in the outside air when he heard Bai Chen ask:

"Did you find any tasks suitable for Su Na and Li Qiong among those tasks?"

The tasks of the Hunter Guild often reveal some business opportunities.

"Ah, no." Long Yuehong was embarrassed to say that he only glanced at a few of them.

Just as he was about to suggest going back to take a closer look, a loud noise suddenly came from a certain direction in the city.

Boom!

The glass windows of the surrounding buildings shook one after another, appearing fragile.

"What happened?" After the loud noise subsided, Long Yuehong looked blankly towards the approximate location of the sound.

Bai Chen frowned and replied:

"Sounds like an explosion."

"According to comparison, it is an explosion." Genaeva gave the analysis result.

Soon, deep black armed helicopters appeared in the air, flying towards the southeast area of Red Giant Wolf District.

After a while, someone finally sold information to the guild over the phone:

A vicious explosion occurred at today's citizens' rally!

When Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Genaeva drove to other streets, they clearly felt that the atmosphere in First City had become tense, and there were noticeably more armed personnel patrolling.

This forced them to give up the idea of ​​taking a stroll near the home of Olei's grandson, Marcus.

It was foreseeable that Golden Apple District must be in a semi-martial law state.

After preliminarily collecting information about which businesses were easier to do in First City, Bai Chen drove back to Iron Medal Street in Green Olive District.

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"An explosion actually occurred at the citizens' rally, this is no small matter..." Jiang Baimian casually chatted while driving back to Green Olive District, "The situation in First City seems to be in a certain degree of chaos."

She and Shang Jianyao learned about the explosion through the "Black Shirts" channel.

Before Shang Jianyao could respond, Jiang Baimian laughed to herself:

"This is not a bad thing, some chaos may help us find opportunities to contact Avia and Marcus."

"You're right." Shang Jianyao was very supportive.

Jiang Baimian glared at him and turned the car towards the road leading to Hugo Inn.

She and Shang Jianyao were going to pick up the case data of this "Heartless Disease" outbreak.

The "Old Task Force" paid a full 10 Olei for it.

The inn owner, Hugo, did not deceive them and really gave them a stack of information in a brown-yellow file bag.

"Thank you." Shang Jianyao was quite polite.

As he and Jiang Baimian turned around to leave, a figure suddenly darted in at the door.

The figure was a Red River woman with black hair and brown eyes, looking about thirty years old, but she had a lot of white hair on her head, and her skin was tanned and rough.

The woman held a simple wooden doll in her hand and shouted with a grin as soon as she saw someone:

"Don't be afraid, Phillip is very well-behaved! He won't kill people randomly even if he gets 'Heartless Disease,' he listens to me very well!"

While she was speaking, she kept pointing at the doll in her hand, her face full of ingratiating smiles.

As Jiang Baimian felt a little bewildered, she heard the inn owner Hugo behind her say:

"Her child is the second patient this time, just an adult..."

After a pause, Hugo looked at the woman's eyes, which were mixed with urgency and joy, and added in a low voice:

"She has gone mad."

ps: Recommending a book, Guo Wei Miao's *Leisure Players Can Have No Bad Intentions*--A salted fish with no pursuit in life entered the game world of *Ling Cage* as an escort player. Want to lie flat? No way. A online game novel based on the *Ling Cage* world view.