The roads in the Golden Apple District were wide, and the houses on both sides were not too tall, but they had enough distance from each other, just like where Genava lived in Tarnan.
Electric poles, street lamps, statues, and green trees were scattered around, adorning this area with peace and tranquility.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Long Yuehong would hardly believe that this place and the Green Olive District were in the same city.
The Red Giant Wolf District he had visited before, apart from having several high-rise buildings left over from the Old World, seemed only a little more planned and cleaner than the Green Olive District.
Jiang Baimian glanced at Bai Chen, who was driving, and turned her head to look at Shang Jianyao, who was lost in thought:
"What are you thinking about?"
She would rather Shang Jianyao join the discussion more, lead the topic astray more, than have him sit there quietly, not making a sound, which meant that it wouldn't be long before he would give you a big one.
Shang Jianyao answered while thinking:
"I'm thinking about which song to play that best represents my current mood and best complements the atmosphere here."
"What's your mood like now? I can help you do data filtering." Genava enthusiastically offered.
All of Shang Jianyao's songs and all his entertainment data had a backup with him anyway, and he had enough storage space—if it wasn't enough, Genava had multiple slots and could buy his own storage chips to expand.
Just as Shang Jianyao was about to describe his state, Bai Chen, who was driving, suddenly reminded:
"The target's residence is almost here."
The jeep was driving on Round Hill Street—named because it was located on top of a small hill.
The "Old Task Force's" target this time was Olei's granddaughter, Aviya.
As the vehicle moved forward smoothly, Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong and others saw the house corresponding to No. 14 Round Hill Street:
It was built with a very classical charm, with stone pillars supporting the roof, and blue vines winding along fixed tracks, bringing a bit of natural freshness.
Its overall shape was very different from the villas in Redstone Collection and Tarnan, and it had more of the temperament of the classical era of the Red River Basin. It had four floors, and the gate was very exaggerated. Even if only the lower half was opened, a giant man taller than two meters could pass through without lowering his head.
Obviously, unless welcoming guests of sufficient weight or holding grand banquets, only the lower part of the double brown doors was usually used.
"Don't look too much." Jiang Baimian, in the passenger seat, withdrew her gaze and reminded.
She imagined this place as a tiger's den and a dragon's pool, and would rather miss it than take risks.
Long Yuehong, Shang Jianyao, and Genava successively turned their gazes back to the car.
During this process, Long Yuehong caught sight of a woman:
She was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, close to Long Yuehong's height, wearing a white dress, with curly blonde hair, light blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and deep lines, with a classical beauty that was unforgettable.
The only shortcoming was that her nose was a little big, but this did not detract from her beauty.
Long Yuehong was stunned for a moment, and only after his gaze turned to the front row did a name flash in his mind:
Aviya!
Aviya. Ubis!
One of the two major targets of the "Old Task Force!"
"Team Leader, Aviya!" Long Yuehong hurriedly reported the situation to Jiang Baimian.
He had just glanced over casually and didn't pay attention to how many people were around Aviya, only knowing that there were quite a few.
Jiang Baimian immediately responded, saying in a deep voice:
"Don't look anymore."
She also only glanced at the rearview mirror and no longer observed Aviya.
Aviya's appearance meant that the protectors in the dark were nearby. If the "Old Task Force" showed any abnormal behavior, it would be noticed immediately, and then the trouble would be great.
Shang Jianyao expressed a different opinion regarding Jiang Baimian's instruction:
"As a normal man, with such a beautiful girl passing by, why wouldn't Little Red take a few more glances?"
"That's true." Jiang Baimian then realized that she was too tense and her reaction was a bit excessive. "Who doesn't like beautiful girls? I would take a few more glances if I encountered one."
As she spoke, she generously looked back at Aviya and her group of people, as did Long Yuehong.
Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen were on the other side and couldn't see, so they could only give up.
Shang Jianyao originally seemed to want to cross his body over Genava and Long Yuehong, forcibly sticking his head out of the opposite window to look at Aviya, but he ultimately didn't do so.
It was normal to take a few more glances at a passing beauty, but it was very abnormal to do such a thing to take a few more glances at a passing beauty.
The "Old Task Force" knew that his thinking was erratic and different from normal people, but the strong individuals who were secretly protecting Aviya and monitoring the situation around her didn't know.
If they investigated, they would find problems.
There are quite a few bodyguards... but I can't tell who is strong and who is weak... Long Yuehong didn't stare too much either, he knew when to stop and retracted his gaze.
Jiang Baimian did the same.
"Those people are all problematic." She calmly shared her observations.
At this time, the jeep maintained roughly the same speed and drove forward to an intersection.
Bai Chen turned the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to turn to the left.
This allowed Shang Jianyao to see Aviya and her group from his side of the car window.
"The problem is that those bodyguards aren't very good-looking?" Shang Jianyao immediately asked back.
"Uh, what's the logic?" Long Yuehong was a little confused.
Shang Jianyao seriously analyzed it for him:
"If I were Aviya, except for the strongest ones, I would definitely choose those who looked more pleasing to the eye when picking the other bodyguards."
Long Yuehong tried to refute, but had to admit that it made some sense.
"Maybe they were arranged by others, and she didn't have the right to refuse." Genava gave another explanation.
"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong then realized that he had been led into a ditch by Shang Jianyao.
After the vehicle drove away from Round Hill Street, Jiang Baimian looked at the rearview mirror and said calmly:
"The bioelectrical signals of those people are highly consistent, and their expressions are also very similar. Not enough effort."
"Ah, this..." Long Yuehong's pupils suddenly dilated.
His mind was in chaos, and he couldn't analyze what this meant in the short term, but instead, he thought of ghost stories.
Shang Jianyao then opened his arms, half-leaning back, and looked at the roof of the car and said:
"Everywhere is a dream, why take it seriously?"
Right... Long Yuehong suddenly woke up and blurted out:
"Hallucination!
"We just encountered a hallucination?"
Genava's eyes flashed red a few times and said:
"Very similar to that 'Higher Mindless' in Tarnan."
"The degree of reality is about the same." Bai Chen said what she felt.
She also saw Aviya and other "people" when turning.
Jiang Baimian laughed:
"Isn't this the harvest we wanted?
"At least one 'Mind Corridor' level powerhouse in the field of hallucinations is secretly protecting Aviya. Seeing that we are strangers, he casually created a hallucination to test us.
"Fortunately, we all behaved relatively normally."
Shang Jianyao said very excitedly:
"I wonder if he knows Zhou Guan, the abbot of the Zhou family."
"He probably doesn't know him." Jiang Baimian poured cold water on him. "'Mirage Dragon Cult' mainly prevails in areas where Ashlanders gather, and the information given by the company didn't mention any signs of 'Mirage Dragon Cult' activity in First City."
"She still owes us a pig-slaughtering feast." Shang Jianyao looked regretful.
Jiang Baimian let out a breath:
"It's not her who owes it."
She then said:
"Now we can confirm one thing: 'First City's' protection of Aviya and Marcus is indeed very strict, involving powerhouses at the 'Mind Corridor' level."
Providing protection within the city, armed personnel are definitely not as good as Awakened, unless they are embracing the mentality that they don't care how much damage will be caused.
"Are we still going to Crown Street now?" Long Yuehong's heart stirred and he asked.
The "Old Task Force's" other target, Marcus, was at No. 57 Crown Street.
"We're not going. It would be too coincidental to 'visit' Round Hill Street and then 'visit' Crown Street, which would easily arouse suspicion." Jiang Baimian had already made a decision. "Next time, we'll change cars and come in small teams of two or three people."
In order not to appear abnormal, Bai Chen drove the jeep, taking Shang Jianyao and others, and "visited" different streets in the Golden Apple District and the Red Giant Wolf District for a while, until noon before returning to the Ugo Hotel.
The streets here were sparsely populated, and many shops were closed.
"What happened?" Jiang Baimian pointed to the entrance and asked the owner, Ugo, "Why has it suddenly become so deserted?"
Ugo replied calmly:
"This outbreak of 'Mindless Disease' was too fierce. Many people didn't dare to stay on these streets anymore and chose to rely on relatives and friends for a temporary stay.
"As you know, most of the time, each outbreak of 'Mindless Disease' is limited to a certain area."
Those who remained were basically those who had nowhere else to go.
Before Jiang Baimian could ask further, Shang Jianyao raised a question:
"If all the people on these streets run away, then will this outbreak of 'Mindless Disease' be over?"
Jiang Baimian, who was the most knowledgeable about "Mindless Disease" in the entire "Old Task Force," opened her mouth, but didn't give an answer.
Ugo glanced at Shang Jianyao and showed a slightly sarcastic smile:
"It will spread to other areas.
"Therefore, those who have slaves have left their slaves behind."
Shang Jianyao nodded and asked caringly:
"Then why don't you leave? Aren't you afraid of being infected with 'Mindless Disease'?"
Ugo's eyes became quite strange, and then returned to normal.
He replied in his original indifferent tone:
"I've always been lucky."
Shang Jianyao looked at him with pity:
"That's because you don't know yet..."
He immediately felt Jiang Baimian put her left hand on his arm and obediently closed his mouth.
Jiang Baimian then mentioned that her employer wanted to obtain information on the cases of this "Mindless Disease" outbreak and hoped that Ugo could introduce them to the local security officer.
"10 Aolei, I'll give you the information tomorrow." Ugo answered by directly quoting a price.
"Okay." Jiang Baimian took out 10 Aolei and handed it over.
Then, she led all the members of the "Old Task Force" back to Room 202.
Long Yuehong stood by the door, hesitated for a moment, and asked without hiding his worry:
"Team Leader, are we going to move to another district?"
If anyone in the team got "Mindless Disease," there would be no way to save them.
And no one could guarantee whether or not they would get it.
ps: Oops, the timing was set wrong, I only found out when Uncle Chang looked for me.