Chapter 329 Intelligence Gathering

"This city looks a bit scary..."

After Lu Xin, Chen Jing, and Gehu passed through the blockade, they arrived in front of the abandoned city. Considering the possible dangers in the city, the blockade of the central city was also set up three miles outside the city.

Looking forward, I found that the whole city had an indescribable gloomy temperament.

Perhaps it was because of the cloudy sky, the heavy leaden clouds pressed the sky very low, as if hanging over the city.

This city is very large, like many cities that were once abandoned, full of dilapidated high-rise buildings, like forgotten toys, standing alone on the edge of the city, and like a strong guard, protecting some unknown secrets in the city. The whole city is full of greenery, and many tall trees soar into the sky, covering every deep corner.

From time to time, crows fly up and circle over the city.

This city was once abandoned, but later many refugees from the wilderness gathered and began to live in it. It has not yet been officially recognized by other high-walled cities, nor does it have the defense measures of ordinary high-walled cities, and it does not even have a unified administrative agency.

This makes it easier for Lu Xin and his team to invade, at least they don't have to climb over the tall city wall.

...

"Okay, you can let us go now and follow us obediently."

"The battle does not require your participation, but remember to protect yourself."

Chen Jing said gently to the little monster, and the other party honestly loosened the tentacles that were wrapped around their wrists.

Lu Xin could clearly feel that an abnormal mental power was leaving his body quickly. Thinking of what Chen Jing said just now, he moved his wrist and deliberately looked away. When he turned his head again, he could not see it.

Even after he could no longer see the little monster, he also felt that he didn't want to think about it again.

And this feeling is gradually intensifying.

Maybe in ten minutes, I will really forget that there is such a little monster around me.

At this time, only Chen Jing can see it at any time.

Of course, if my sister stays with this little monster and holds it, I can also see it all the time.

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"Team leader, such a big city, where do you think we should start looking..."

"Team leader, do you think the people with abilities in the central city have come in?"

"Team leader, if you encounter danger, should I protect you first or shoot first?"

"Team leader, you are such a big leader, but you are still on the field with us..."

"..."

They entered the city from a low abandoned housing area and moved forward along the dilapidated path.

Gecko turned his head from time to time and looked at Chen Jing, looking very worried. .

"I was originally a field worker, what's so surprising?"

Chen Jing looked very relaxed, and although she was wearing an armed uniform, she walked like a cat: "Besides, we are just accompanying colleagues to visit relatives, so there is no need to think too much about insignificant things... Of course, people from the central city should be avoided as much as possible."

At this time, she had taken off her coat and was wearing a new combat protective suit. The soft material of the close-fitting suit made her tall and perfect figure stand out at a glance, and the armed belt around her waist and the gun bag on her legs added a bit of heroic spirit. Even her short hair was fixed with a pink headband. A pair of smooth legs seemed to be longer than Lu Xin and the gecko combined.

"Hey, are you thinking about the information in this forbidden laboratory?"

Gecko smiled and looked at Chen Jing, as if he had seen through everything: "The same goes for that poker-faced soft girl in the central city. The central city has dispatched so many people at once. Do you want to ensure that the information will be in their hands?"

Chen Jing said expressionlessly: "Your commission for this mission will be halved."

"Huh?"

Gecko panicked: "I protest?"

Chen Jing glanced at him and said: "If you protest, it will be halved again."

Gecko immediately closed his mouth, but just widened his eyes.

Chen Jing said: "In addition, if you look at me again under the pretext of talking to me, not only will your commission be halved, but you will also break a leg."

"Huh?"

Gecko and Lu Xin looked away at the same time.

Chen Jing was satisfied and said calmly: "Although we have made it clear that this is just a family visit, if possible, we also need to try our best to get the confidential documents or special parasites of this forbidden laboratory..."

"At least, it should not be monopolized by the central city."

"Do you understand?"

"..."

"Ah, I understand, grab the spoils..."

Gecko hurriedly agreed, glanced at Lu Xin again, and whispered: "It will be converted into rewards."

"Oh oh."

Lu Xin reacted: "I understand too."

Think about it carefully, this should be a business trip while visiting relatives, right?

Pretty good, the money for gifts for relatives can be earned back by the way.

...

Step by step, they slowly walked into the city, looking at the ruins.

Like other city ruins, the dilapidated and empty houses always give people a dark and depressing feeling.

Cities are man-made, but the emptiness of cities will give people a strong sense of fear.

People always seem to be afraid of what they create.

After passing through two streets full of broken copper and rotten iron, they saw human figures.

In the middle of the dilapidated and dirty street, there were several children dressed in black, some barefoot, some kicking a pair of pedals, happily playing football in the middle of the road. The ball they kicked was actually a ball of newspaper, crumpled together, and then tightly wrapped with yellow tape on the outside. But they still kicked it happily, and the sound of giggling came faintly.

"Oh my God, so weird..."

The gecko was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "What they are kicking is not a human head, right?"

Lu Xin shook his head slightly and said: "No, they are kicking a ball of newspaper."

The gecko immediately said: "How do you know?"

Lu Xin glanced at him and said: "I saw it with my eyes."

Chen Jing ignored the two of them and walked forward with her long legs. The gecko and Lu Xin hurriedly trotted to catch up.

When they got closer, they found that they seemed to have come to a place similar to a slum.

In addition to the children playing "ball", there were many other people on both sides of the road. There was a woman sitting in a pile of smelly cans to pick, and there was a man squatting in a newly cultivated small vegetable garden, pulling out bricks and cement blocks. On the flat ground, there was a layer of half-soft dried sweet potatoes, and in some houses, the aroma of corn porridge was wafting out.

This is just what a common gathering point should look like.

"Do you have any special feelings?"

Chen Jing, Lu Xin and Gecko walked through the vigilant and dull eyes of the people around them and asked softly.

Lu Xin really closed his eyes and felt it, but there was nothing.

Then he turned his head and looked at his sister. At this time, she was climbing on the wall of the building next to her, walking forward side by side with him.

She looked confused and didn't seem to have any special feelings.

So he had to shake his head.

Chen Jing smiled meaningfully and said, "It seems that you and that relative are not that close..."

Lu Xin explained awkwardly, "We haven't contacted each other for a long time."

"It seems that we can only think of some stupid ways. Without the help of intelligence agencies and information analysts, it is not easy to find a hidden laboratory in such a large city ruins, so we have to..."

She seemed to think silently for a while and looked at the street.

There, there were several half-grown children, staring blankly at Chen Jing's slender figure, and some even drooled.

Chen Jing hooked her finger at them, and the children were startled at first, and then rushed to catch up.

Chen Jing leaned down slightly, supported her knees with both hands, looked into their eyes, and smiled: "I came here to find a place. This place should be a little different from other places. I think there should be electricity there, and the roads around will be relatively clean. There may be vehicles approaching frequently, and there may be some people wearing clean clothes..."

Her voice was gentle and distant, giving people a sense of distance that gradually deepened, but it became clearer and clearer. It was as if when she spoke, all the noise around her was rapidly going away, and she was the only one talking in the whole world.

"Do you feel like helping me now?"

"The method is very simple. I need you to help me find someone familiar to ask, who knows such a place, or clues about this place. If anyone knows, let him come and tell me quickly, I will be very grateful to you..."

"Ask three people, and then forget about it, understand?"

"..."

Because Chen Jing had her back to him, Lu Xin could not see her eyes.

But he could hear that Chen Jing's tone was unprecedentedly gentle, as if she was narrating the most reasonable thing in the world.

Or, it is the thing that people are most willing to obey.

After saying that, he saw Chen Jing raised her hand, took the hands of the three children and shook them.

"Snap", "Snap", "Snap"

She snapped her fingers three more times, then smiled softly, "Go!"

...

After doing all this, Chen Jing stood up and said to the gecko and Lu Xin behind her: "At any time, intelligence gathering is the most important thing. The black table is very insidious. He chose to set up the laboratory here, and he used the people in this city as their shields, or even alternative experimental materials, but in this way, he would pay some confidentiality costs."

"As long as they are in this city, no matter how carefully they hide, it is inevitable that some clues will be seen by others."

"And I..."

She smiled and said, "What I am best at is intelligence gathering in this area."

"Everyone is happy to tell me what he knows!"