Squid Who Loves Diving
Chapter 838 Information Peddler?
"This task seems very difficult to complete.
"Can we really earn funds from it?"
The item was lost three years ago, and the floating population of Gesterburg is neither too much nor too little. The possibility of the clues being completely cut off is very real and not unlikely.
Not to mention the distant past, the task has been issued for two months, and the relic hunters have not found any useful clues, only made a preliminary investigation, and reported some results of corresponding personnel's oral statements and on-the-spot surveys as gains.
Therefore, although the fifty Great Knight gold coins are tempting, as far as the matter itself is concerned, it may just be a mirage, visible but never touchable.
The idea of making a fortune from this is closer to the life arrangement of trying to get rich by lottery in old world entertainment materials.
"For others, this is indeed hopeless, but for us, maybe we will be tripped over by clues as soon as we go out." Jiang Baimian moved her eyebrows.
"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao immediately echoed.
"Uh..." Dragon Yuehong didn't know if the team leader was joking with himself for a while.
Jiang Baimian didn't keep her face tight, and smiled:
"Okay, just kidding."
She said it was a joke, but in fact she did not rule out the possibility just now. After all, behind her and others, the figure of a certain existence loomed. If the Bodhi statue is really important and involves the struggle of the "New World", then the clues actively investing in the "Old Tune Team" is a kind of development.
Jiang Baimian continued to say to Dragon Yuehong:
"You have also seen that you don't need to really find the Bodhi statue. Providing real clues that are different from the previous ones can also get a certain reward.
"Besides, the guild doesn't only have this one task. Since we are here, let's look carefully to see if there are any commissions that are suitable for us and the reward is not low.
"Well, if it doesn't work, send a telegram to the company to ask if there are any intelligence personnel dispatched to Gesterburg who can provide us with some activity funds."
This time out, the "Old Tune Team" also has to investigate the matter of the Ruling Year raising humans. If it is not necessary, they don't really want to contact the company.
"Um, um." Dragon Yuehong agreed with this statement and focused on looking at the task information scrolling on the big screen.
These commissions include temporary employment from factories, someone looking for bodyguards, the acquisition of certain ice sheet animal furs, asking people to look for technical data of a certain type of special steel in the surrounding city ruins, large-scale cargo transfer needs, biological experiments soliciting volunteers...
In addition to local tasks, the Gesterburg Hunter Guild also has specific commissions from other forces and other medium and large human settlements, which mainly focus on hunting down certain targets, such as the Hunter Guild's bounty on a dark hunter, for example, the "Hand of Order" of Initial City's bounty on Xue Shiyue, Zhang Qubing, Gu Zhiyong, and Qian Bai.
Shang Jianyao said with emotion:
"If it weren't for the fact that it is very far from 'Initial City', and the bounty may not arrive for a long time, and I might have to go to Initial City to collect it myself, I really want to surrender.
"This way we won't have a financial crisis!"
Dragon Yuehong was startled and quickly looked around, finding that no one was paying attention here.
Of course, this is mainly because Shang Jianyao's voice was very low.
Bai Chen retracted his gaze from looking around and changed the subject:
"There is no task that can be accepted temporarily. Those few that are suitable for us all require starting today, and we have to wait until all the high-performance batteries are fully charged."
Jiang Baimian "um"ed:
"Then go and apply for the information on the Bodhi statue task and go back to study it carefully."
The corresponding information includes two parts, one is the information provided by the task publisher, and the other is the various oral statements and survey results brought back by the previous relic hunters.
"That's the only way." Dragon Yuehong stated before Shang Jianyao.
He didn't want to stay in the Hunter Guild for a long time at all.
Although Shang Jianyao was a little disappointed, he still obeyed the majority.
After getting the paper materials and paying the printing fee, the four members of the "Old Tune Team" left the Gesterburg Hunter Guild and returned to the "Fire and Iron" Hotel by the same route.
It is working hours, and there are not many pedestrians on the road, mainly relic hunters. From time to time, a team of "White Knights" soldiers wearing alloy breastplates, bulletproof helmets, and holding submachine guns and assault rifles patrols by.
These soldiers are also divided into different levels. The most eye-catching team all rides tall horses and are very majestic.
Shang Jianyao's eyes were full of envy.
Nothing happened along the way, and Dragon Yuehong took the lead in entering the hotel lobby.
The man at the front desk named Spante looked up at them and said casually:
"You're back so soon?"
"Do you know where we went?" Shang Jianyao took a step forward and asked "in surprise".
Spante, with blond hair and blue eyes, shrugged his shoulders:
"Isn't it the Hunter Guild?"
"Are you following us?" Shang Jianyao was emotional, "anxious" and "angry".
Spante curled his lips and explained:
"No need to follow. Isn't this obvious?
"You are carrying robots, and your strength doesn't look weak. Obviously, you are not here to work as workers. And it is not yet summer, so it is not suitable to go to the ice sheet. People like you can only go to the Hunter Guild to find something to do, or go to the city ruins to the south to explore. Hehe, you have only been here for a day, and you should not have enough understanding of the surrounding area."
In other words, there is only one possibility left, which is to go to the Hunter Guild.
Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded for Spante.
He didn't forcibly refute, but praised with a smile:
"Your logical ability is pretty good."
"So I'm still hesitating whether to strengthen my brain." Spante showed an embarrassed expression again, "It's already above the standard, and the basic model of the potion has limited improvement."
Shang Jianyao skipped this topic and instead asked:
"Didn't you say last night that you were going to the Hunter Guild to take on a task? Did you find one?"
Spante hesitated for a moment and nodded.
He paused and said:
"You didn't find a task, so you came back so soon?"
"There is no suitable task." Shang Jianyao emphasized.
Spante nodded and didn't ask any further questions, and started working on other things.
Seeing that he didn't intend to talk about the task in depth, Jiang Baimian smiled and changed the subject:
"In your place, who else can you find to get information besides going to the Hunter Guild?"
Although the waiter at the "Old Henry" restaurant had already mentioned one, the "Old Tune Team" certainly didn't want to put all their eggs in one basket.
Spante was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly.
"Haha!" Shang Jianyao laughed along.
"You, what are you laughing at?" Spante looked blank.
Shang Jianyao explained seriously:
"You are laughing, if I don't laugh, wouldn't it make me seem impolite?"
Spante was obviously choked, and said after a few seconds:
"I'm laughing because the person you want to find is my colleague, Jitis."
"Jitis?" Dragon Yuehong's mind flashed with the image of the honey-colored hair, gray-blue eyes, and sleepy female front desk.
Apart from her rather tough facial features, she really couldn't tell that she was an intelligence peddler.
Spante muttered:
"Actually, I don't quite believe it, but I have already bought several valuable pieces of intelligence from her.
"Don't look at her usually being distracted, often late, inattentive, and like to be in a daze, as if living in her own world, but she seems to have many secret intelligence channels and knows a lot of things that no one else knows."
"Incredible!" Shang Jianyao exaggeratedly expressed his feelings.
"Can't tell." Jiang Baimian was also a little surprised.
Especially Spante added a bunch of adjectives such as liking to be in a daze and being distracted.
Spante spread his hands:
"But the facts are already in front of us.
"I can only tell myself that she is late because she is busy with intelligence matters, and she likes to be in a daze, is inattentive, and is distracted because she has to think and analyze."
"Then why does she still come to work part-time at the front desk?" Dragon Yuehong couldn't help asking.
Spante said:
"I asked, but she didn't answer."
Jiang Baimian nodded:
"When we need it, we will look for her."
After saying goodbye to Spante and returning to the room, the four carbon-based members of the "Old Tune Team" plus Gena Va began to study the information on the Bodhi statue task.
As Jiang Baimian said before, there is not much valuable information. One is that a full three years have passed, and I don't know how many people have left Gesterburg, taking away useful clues. The second is that the deceased monk was an ascetic monk. He didn't stay in a hotel or enter a restaurant when he arrived in Gesterburg. He didn't have much contact with the residents here. If he didn't have to beg for alms to maintain his life, maybe no one would have any impression of such a monk.
The only valuable piece of information is that the monk's cause of death was illness.
Knock knock knock!
While the "Old Tune Team" was flipping through the information, someone knocked on their door.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao had a premonition, but they didn't expect someone to come looking for them.
Gena Va got up and opened the door, seeing Spante outside.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Baimian walked over, slightly surprised.
Spante glanced at Gena Va and piled up a smile:
"It's like this, I took on a very well-paid task last night, which can't be completed by one person alone.
"I originally had companions, but they had some problems and couldn't help me.
"I think your strength should be pretty good, do you want to join forces? Don't worry, you can register with the guild and request supervision of the distribution of the bounty.
"Well, you have official hunter badges, right? You will need to verify them then."