Evening. With nothing to do, the "Old Task Force" decided to check out the bar in Tarnan.
On one hand, they hoped to gather some information. On the other hand, they didn't want to eat the canned food, biscuits, and energy bars they brought.
As long as the bar had normal food, they were willing to pay a premium. After all, the latest portable computers in the car were practically free, equivalent to exchanging a small amount of ammunition.
And if they couldn't even get food at the bar, they could choose other flavors of canned food, biscuits, and energy bars. In short, they were tired of the current ones.
Tarnan had two bars, diagonally across from each other, very close. Shang Jianyao stood between them, looking left and right before asking Long Yuehong:
"Which one do we pick?"
Although Long Yuehong had passed by here a few times, he hadn't observed carefully. Hearing this, he scanned the "Wild Pigeon" and "Green Grape" signs back and forth:
"Let's go to 'Green Grape.' It feels very refreshing."
"Okay, then we'll go to 'Wild Pigeon'!" Shang Jianyao said with relief.
"You're bullying Little Red again!" Jiang Baimian scolded with a smile.
Just as Long Yuehong felt comforted, she "hmm"-ed:
"I choose 'Wild Pigeon.' The name makes me hungry."
During their first field training, the "Old Task Force" not only caught rabbits but also shot birds and roasted them.
Hearing Jiang Baimian's words, Long Yuehong immediately recalled the experience, and saliva secreted instantly:
"Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Shang Jianyao muttering:
"There's a way to bullying someone..."
Before Shang Jianyao could finish, Jiang Baimian put her left hand on his shoulder and said with a smile:
"Let's go in."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao readily complied.
Long Yuehong followed behind the team speechlessly.
The door of the "Wild Pigeon" bar had two layers. One layer was open, and the other only existed in the middle, double-opening, brown-yellow, and purely wooden.
Breaking through the unlocked half-door, the scene inside entered Jiang Baimian's eyes:
The center was a dance floor, surrounded by round tables and chairs. At this time, no music was playing, and many people were sitting together, playing cards, dice, and mahjong.
Passing through the dance floor and walking towards the bar, there were pool tables, ping-pong tables, and other entertainment facilities on the left and right.
As a bar, "Wild Pigeon" was quite complete except for the lack of alcohol.
"It's really like what Little Bai said; it's more like an 'activity center'," Jiang Baimian said with a smile after looking around.
Shang Jianyao then hummed a song:
"You are my..."
"Stop!" Jiang Baimian stopped him. "First, find someone and ask if that relic hunter team has returned."
This referred to the team that went into the mountains to investigate the situation of the "Advanced Heartless."
Before Jiang Baimian could arrange it, Shang Jianyao walked directly to a table of card players.
He patted a young man with shaved sides of his head and asked familiarly:
"How is it? Did you win?"
The young man turned his head and found a strange face, but the other party was very enthusiastic, as if they were very familiar, which made him a little unsure if he had ever seen him before.
Because the question wasn't sensitive, he casually replied:
"Don't mention it; I'm about to lose all the gains from the previous exploration."
"Keep it up." Shang Jianyao thought for a while, twitched his body, and did a dance that resembled a burn injury. "May the breath of the gods bathe you."
There were many "Furnace Church" believers in Tarnan, and those who played cards were used to it.
Shang Jianyao asked seemingly casually:
"Have those hunters who went into the mountains before returned?"
"No." The young man playing cards shook his head. "I reckon something will happen to them."
Shang Jianyao nodded after getting the answer and watched the cards for a minute or two before slowly walking back to Jiang Baimian and the others.
At this time, at that card table, one of the gamblers asked the young man who was patted on the shoulder by Shang Jianyao:
"Shawa, who is he? I don't recognize him?"
The young man named Shawa recalled for a few seconds and said:
"I don't recognize him either..."
"Aren't you very familiar with him?" The other gamblers were surprised.
The two of them were like sworn brothers who had already bowed.
Shawa was confused and began to doubt his memory again.
However, with the card game in front of them, they quickly put this matter behind them.
While passing through the dance floor and walking towards the bar, Jiang Baimian scanned her surroundings and suddenly asked Long Yuehong:
"Do those people recognize you?
"Why do they look like they want to skin you alive?"
Long Yuehong looked in the direction Jiang Baimian indicated and found three men at a card table looking at him with resentment and hatred.
"Uh, didn't I mention it? I beat up some local people who were trying to extort me." This was Long Yuehong's first achievement during his solo mission, so he remembered it vividly.
"They don't seem convinced," Shang Jianyao said sarcastically.
He looked like he was saying, "Hurry up and do it again."
"It's normal for them not to be convinced, but they didn't come up to mess with me anyway." Long Yuehong had always been a good person.
Shang Jianyao immediately found a reason:
"They're looking at you, glaring at you!"
While the two were joking, the three people who had been beaten originally thought that there were many neighbors and card players here, so they were wondering if they should take this opportunity to get their revenge. But after looking at Shang Jianyao's height, appearance, and his female companion, they gave up on this idea.
They didn't look like easy targets.
At this time, Jiang Baimian and the others had reached the bar and saw the bartender who was bored and daydreaming.
With no alcohol and no one drinking, it meant he didn't need to do much.
"Where's your boss?" Jiang Baimian knocked on the bar counter.
The bartender looked up at her, and his expression instantly became lively:
"I am.
"Think about it, who would hire a clerk with nothing to do?"
He was in his thirties, wearing a dark blue thick cotton jacket, with his hair combed into a left-parted three-seven split, and his face showed signs of weathering.
"How do we address you?" Shang Jianyao asked politely, replacing Jiang Baimian.
"Just call me A'yi, Cai Yi." The bar owner said with a smile, "What do you want?"
"Do you have any normal food?" Jiang Baimian didn't hide her needs.
Cai Yi shook his head:
"I hired two people to farm, one to raise chickens, and one to raise pigs, and it's barely enough for my family to eat. Where would I get extra?"
Speaking of this, he revealed a smile:
"You guys are relic hunters, right?
"I have regular fighting competitions here. Whoever wins the championship, in addition to the deserved reward, will also receive a lavish dinner, a normal type."
Shang Jianyao shook his head before Jiang Baimian could speak:
"That's too much trouble. I have a simpler way."
"What way?" Cai Yi was a little curious.
Shang Jianyao said with a sunny smile:
"Kidnap you and have your family redeem you with a bag of flour, a bag of rice, a pig, four chickens, and a basket of cabbage."
Cai Yi instinctively touched his waist and then laughed:
"There are two problems with this idea. First, can you beat the robot guards, and second, can you catch me?"
He took this opportunity to boast:
"Back in the day, I was also a 'Middle-Level Hunter.' If I hadn't married a local girl, used my savings to open this bar, and concentrated entertainment methods from all over the graylands, I might already be a 'Senior Hunter.'
"What level are you guys at?"
"Official." Jiang Baimian wasn't embarrassed at all.
Hearing this, Cai Yi didn't continue this topic and instead asked:
"What do you want to eat? What do you want to play?"
Shang Jianyao took out a portable computer from his tactical backpack and said with a painful expression:
"You can arrange it."
Jiang Baimian quickly added:
"It's best to have less common flavors, and we'll take the extra away.
"We'll play pool."
Cai Yi took the portable computer, smiled, and said:
"You guys have quite the connections.
"No problem. I don't have much of anything here, but I have a lot of canned goods."
After completing the transaction, Long Yuehong asked curiously:
"Where do you guys raise livestock? I didn't see it."
Cai Yi laughed:
"In those houses in the uninhabited area. Everyone occupies their own. Anyway, the cheapest thing in Tarnan is houses."
The uninhabited area referred to the part of the city that was uninhabited.
Thinking of how "Pangu Biology" employees had to rack their brains and pay extra to make a family live a little better, Long Yuehong listened with a sigh.
Just as the "Old Task Force" was walking towards the pool area, Cai Yi suddenly stood up and looked towards the bar entrance with a slightly dignified expression.
A large group of people came in. There were fourteen of them, and the leader had blond hair and wore a bull-horned helmet.
This was the "Mountain Fox" bandit gang.
Cai Yi greeted them and said with a smile:
"Yo, haven't left yet?"
Although he was in Tarnan, he wasn't worried about being robbed by the "Mountain Fox" bandit gang, but such a large group of people was enough to make a mess of the bar within the limits of the regulations, so he still had to be cautious.
Being outnumbered always made people afraid.
Pannania, the leader of the "Mountain Fox" bandit gang, said with a smile:
"I have to let my brothers vent some steam first."
His gaze then turned to the stairwell of the bar. There were several sets of old sofas nearby, with several women of different races sitting on them.
Bars often had similar businesses associated with them.
"No problem. If you pay, you're a customer." Cai Yi said with a smile.
Just as Pannania was about to lead the way to pick someone, he was suddenly pulled on his clothes by a subordinate.
"Boss, over there..." The subordinate's tone was unusually solemn.
Hearing this, Pannania looked over and saw the beautiful woman, the tall and strong young man, the strong man who had beaten his bandit gang to near collapse, and their inconspicuous companion.
At this time, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and the others were all looking at them with smiles.
Pannania's mouth twitched, and he said to Cai Yi sideways:
"My stomach suddenly feels unwell. Let's talk about it next time."
After speaking, he immediately turned his body and prepared to lead the bandits to the bar across the street.
Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Shang Jianyao still staring intently at himself and the others.
Huff, Pannania exhaled and waved his right hand:
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Shang Jianyao responded with satisfaction.
Their interaction stunned the bar owner, Cai Yi.
Just as the "Mountain Fox" bandit gang was about to reach the gate, a gust of wind suddenly blew outside.
The wind brought out a whooshing sound, which made people feel a little uneasy.
Would there be such a strong wind on this side of the mountain? Jiang Baimian frowned in doubt.
In the strong wind, there was suddenly a loud knocking sound at the door.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
ps: Asking for double monthly tickets at the end of the month~