Chapter 172: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Anyone who has become famous in the wilderness basically has a nickname.
The north wind is just a name.
This is not the Commander's real name.
Most of the names of those mercenaries carry terrifying connotations, such as Lame Wolf, Blood Red, Skeleton, etc., which make the enemy feel that they are not easy to deal with.
In addition to having a name, you must also have corresponding experience.
It must be an experience that can shock countless people and be widely circulated in various pubs.
On Wang Teng’s profile, it says:
[I once fought a group of dead people in real hell]
[Climb out of hell and walk onto the throne made of countless corpses]
【……】
There is a greater than 90% chance that this record of experience was just bragging by him for the sake of fame.
Believe in science, there is no such thing as hell in this world.
The three of them took Coral City's special black office car and headed to the suburbs with the stamps needed for various agreements.
Before the car left the city center, Wu Zhonggui hurriedly stopped it and said to Su Xia, "No, you can't go in this outfit, change into something else!"
He and Sijidao were both wearing formal clothes, but Su Xia was wearing a casual sportswear, dressed like a student.
Last time, it was the mercenaries who came to the city to meet them, so they could be more casual, and wearing everyday clothes would create a sense of familiarity, making it easier to discuss things in a place like the club.
But this time they were going to meet the mercenaries, and they were the lower-profile party, so they had to be serious.
Su Xia spread her hands: "I don't have any."
"Then go buy it!"
Wu Zhonggui was a little anxious and immediately asked the driver to drive to the nearest clothing store.
In fact, he didn't want to take Su Xia out, but there was no other way. After all, Su Xia was the person chosen by Yu Tuo, and taking him with him could show his importance to this meeting.
In public occasions, Su Xia's face is much more useful than Sijidao's.
He doesn't have to say anything, just show his face.
More than ten minutes later, Wu Zhonggui used public funds to buy Su Xia a top-notch formal suit that cost tens of thousands of yuan, instantly giving Su Xia the aura of a workplace elite.
Outside of the game, Su Xia had never worn such expensive clothes.
He buys his winter and summer clothes at Walmart when they are on sale. A short-sleeved shirt in the summer costs 29 yuan each, and the price has never reached three digits.
"We'll meet in the afternoon. You don't have to say anything, just stand behind me!"
"good."
Su Xia looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly felt the joy of those players.
It feels so comfortable to buy things with public funds. No wonder such things happen every year on Earth.
Things seem to have gotten a lot better in recent years, and the work to combat corruption has been good.
Wu Zhonggui took the two back to the car and told the driver: "Drive quickly! We must arrive before three o'clock!"
"yes!"
The drivers who drive for the Coral City government departments are absolutely professional. They are either retired military personnel or are also racing drivers.
Hearing Wu Zhonggui's words, the driver stepped on the accelerator and the car shot out like an arrow.
The world outside the window was rapidly receding.
At 2:50 in the afternoon, the three arrived at a small town called "Bai Mu" in the suburbs.
The scale of this town is much larger than the several towns Su Xia has visited before. There is a logging site in the distance, as well as several temporary processing plants, providing a large number of jobs.
The Bikini Bottom team leveled up in the sawmill, helping the sawmill managers clear out the high-level monsters in the forest.
"Sir, we're here!"
The driver drove steadily and parked the car outside the town's reception hall.
The mayor and a group of town staff had already been waiting here.
"Sir, the gifts you asked us to prepare are ready." The mayor stepped forward respectfully and said to Wu Zhonggui, "Please take a look, I'm sure you will be satisfied..."
He had several large boxes brought in.
As soon as the box was opened, the glittering jewels almost blinded Su Xia's eyes.
According to records, Wang Teng had an extraordinary love for treasures. Many of the furniture in his fortress were made of gold and silver, and there were countless crystals, gems, etc.
In his eyes, wealth is also a manifestation of power.
Only creatures that are powerful enough can protect their treasures, just like the legendary dragon.
“Well done!”
Wu Zhonggui was very satisfied, with a smile on his face, and nodded, saying: "I will ask the HR department for you later. I think you have enough qualifications, and maybe you can be transferred to the city to work."
"Thank you, sir!"
The mayor looked delighted and respectfully invited the few people into the reception hall.
The hall is magnificent and many decorations are shining with gold. If you don’t know, you might think it is some royal place.
Now we just have to wait for the Mercenary King to come.
The message he sent said three o'clock sharp.
But time passed slowly, three o'clock passed quietly, and before I knew it, it was three quarter, and there was still no one.
"This person is really as the information says, confident and arrogant ."
Su Xia was not in a hurry. She had nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, and there were all kinds of fruits and vegetables in the living room that she could eat for free.
He picked up the grapes and ate them leisurely.
Wu Zhonggui and Sijidao are more anxious, but Wang Teng promised to get rid of the masked man, and their hope of completing this mission lies here.
The masked man acts casually, and no one knows whether he is carrying out the mission in particular.
"Sir, do you want to send him a message?" Sijidao couldn't help but ask.
"No hurry, wait a little longer..."
Wu Zhonggui took a deep breath and suppressed his anxiety.
When he was on the road before, he had been urging the driver, very anxious, fearing that he would not be able to arrive at the agreed time.
Now he has arrived, but the other party is still nowhere to be seen.
Did the other party do it on purpose?
Nobody knows.
While eating fruit, Su Xia habitually looked at the other town staff in the hall and read their personal information.
His eyes swept across one person after another, and when he swept over an inconspicuous cleaning worker, he was suddenly startled.
【Name: Wang Teng】
[Race: Human]
[Faction: Wilderness Mercenaries]
[Psychic level: ???]
【……】
Su Xia's eyes focused, and he quietly borrowed his complete level 4.4 spiritual energy from his main body.
He picked up a grape, seemed to be looking at the decorations in the hall, and then glanced at the employee again vaguely.
[Psychic Level: 4.9]
[Titanium particle level: Level 32]
[Psionic Active Skills: Psionic Shield, Fast Movement, Tearing Slash, ??? ...]
[Psionic Passive Skills: Fighting Will, Armor Affinity, ??? ...]
[Ordinary skills: Tiger Claw, Dragon Fist, Iron Mountain Backbone, Mountain Shaking Fist, ??? ...]
[Psionic Talent 1: Mountain-shaking Power]
[Psionic Talent 2: Undying Will]
[Character description: A terrifying felon]
[He is gifted and has demonstrated his ability to handle things far beyond his peers since childhood]
[After the war broke out, he made his first fortune by selling refugees' organs, and then embarked on a path of using blood and bones to achieve his own goals. No fewer than tens of thousands of people died in his hands, and he became famous in the southwest region of the mainland.]
[Lowly, mean, shameless, bloodthirsty... but lucky]
[He was lucky enough to have a third kind of contact, and fought with countless phantoms of dead people in the battlefield of hell, gaining powerful abilities]
【……】
Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Su Xia was stunned. In the popular sense, the third kind of contact refers to direct contact with aliens.
Even Su Xia, a cheater, has only obtained some alien items so far, such as the skeleton sword and Dr. Aigar's notes.
The record in Wang Teng’s profile that he had “been to hell” turned out not to be bragging.
The so-called hell battlefield is probably an imaginary area where aliens train, which contains the data of countless powerful warriors. Even if those warriors are dead, they can still train their successors in the virtual space.
"Level 4.9 psychic power, higher than what is recorded in the data." Su Xia thought to himself, "Is this guy disguising himself as a sweeper to observe Coral City's attitude?"
Even with Su Xia's current spiritual power, he was still unable to see through it completely.
Very strong indeed.
Once the war starts, without understanding the opponent, Su Xia is likely to fall into the hands of the opponent.
He ate the fruit in silence, keeping a relaxed look and pretending he noticed nothing.
Just like that, more than ten minutes passed and the time came to half past three.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
Wu Zhonggui kept looking at the time. They had been waiting for too long.
The anxiety in his heart was slowly fermenting.
But Sijidao was even more anxious than him. He could not sit still for a few minutes and had been standing at the door of the reception hall, looking around.
If this mission fails, Wu Zhonggui will at most be laughed at by colleagues in other departments, but Sijidao will face a very serious internal crisis of trust, and his own team may even be in turmoil.
That Master Lu had been somewhat dissatisfied with him for a long time, and seemed to have always wanted to seize power.
The presidents of several other united trade unions were also restless.
“Ke…Ke…Ke…”
The hands of the gilded clock ticked one by one, and the sound was very small, but in the silent reception hall it was like a heavy hammer hitting the two people's hearts again and again.
Another half hour passed, and it was exactly four o'clock.
The appointment at three o'clock in the afternoon seemed like a joke.
Wu Zhonggui felt a little humiliated. Even though the other party had not arrived yet, he seemed to be able to see the other party's arrogant attitude.
"This is too much!"
His expression remained unchanged, and he couldn't help but clench his right hand on the table into a fist.
As the top person in the Coral City intelligence department, Wu Zhonggui's status can be said to be second only to the others.
No matter how powerful the people in the wilderness are, they are just local tyrants after all. At the very least, you have to give people like him some face.
"Sir, why don't we send a message to ask?" Sijidao couldn't help it. "Maybe he was delayed on the way?"
"Wait! Keep waiting!"
Wu Zhonggui's face was gloomy. It was useless to be anxious now.
The other party obviously did it on purpose, and he had the initiative firmly in his hands before he even arrived.
I don’t think the subsequent discussions will be easy.
“Crack!”
Su Xia looked relaxed as she bit off a small piece of papaya .
The juice splashes everywhere, and the rich fruity sweetness instantly spreads between the lips and teeth.
He seemed to be in a different dimension from the two men, acting like he was just there on vacation and didn't care about the subsequent meeting at all.
