The waitress threw down a pen, indicating for Lin Xian to write on it himself.
Lin Xian thought for a moment, then wrote his request on the card. The waitress, upon seeing it, immediately frowned and gave Lin Xian an extremely strange look: "Are you sure?"
"Alright... alright then."
It was the first time the waitress had seen such a bizarre material request. Her eyes swept over the group repeatedly, then she walked to the bar to give instructions and entered a small door.
Soon after, another waiter brought up six glasses of chilled whiskey. Monica smiled as she picked up a glass and looked at it: "Not bad, it actually looks quite decent."
KIKI took a sip: "Hmm, not bad, it seems this guy has gathered quite a lot of supplies, even the drinks have so many varieties."
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"Those who come here have some understanding of the sand bandits. After passing Akse, there’s a large no-man’s land. Our train wouldn’t stop and would take at least a day and a night to reach Quan City, so a bit of caution is necessary here. Gathering some information or forming a team is better than blindly entering the no-man’s land, wouldn’t you agree?" Qian Deli analyzed calmly, arms crossed.
"Ah Bai." Lin Xian looked towards Ah Bai, who was silent, and asked: "The Dark Mark, did you sense it?"
Ah Bai put down the cup and nodded at Lin Xian: "Yes, many."
Hearing this, Ning Jing said: "Now that there’s a method to detect the Dark Mark, forming a team is not easy. People would check if your team members have the Dark Mark, or else you’d just invite trouble."
Qian Deli nodded: "Without the protection of a big convoy, you have to figure out how to handle the Dark Mark yourself."
"Not every convoy can be approached."
Lin Xian glanced at Monica, who was sipping her drink. While others had hardly touched it, she had already finished it in one gulp.
"Monica, can you keep an eye on a few people for me?"
"Oh~" Monica looked at him with interest: "Tell me, let’s see if it matches my guess."
Lin Xian replied, lowering his voice to tell her. Monica’s eyes lit up: "Bingo!"
"Captain Lin, what did you notice?" Ning Jing asked at this moment.
Lin Xian looked at her and gently spoke
Ning Jing immediately frowned.
In a secret underground room beneath the bar, brightly lit, with thick carpets covering the floor and piles of supplies in the corners, an old fan hummed as Hu Lushou, in shorts and shirt, was solemnly placing Mysterious Blood Essence into a metal box.
Hu Lushou grinned with his Big Gold Tooth, spat darkly, then quickly closed the metal box. Faced with so many Level 1 Blood Essences, he didn’t appear happy; instead, he wore a worried expression.
Several such metal boxes were placed in the underground room at that moment.
Hu Lushou anxiously paced back and forth, occasionally staring at a special communicator on a low table, but the light on it kept flashing red.
Bang, the heavy alloy door opened. This underground room was originally a small nuclear shelter, after all, Akse was once a nuclear testing town, with many atomic weapon test sites hidden in secret bases here.
The person walking in was none other than his deputy, Sun Chang.
Sun Chang’s mechanical arm seemed to have undergone systematic upgrades, with her entire body replaced with red armor parts, looking significantly stronger.
"Don’t bother me, I’m annoyed enough." Hu Lushou sat heavily on a messy sofa, his face rebellious.
"An acquaintance came looking for us." Sun Chang approached with her cold face, handing Hu Lushou a card with her mechanical arm.
Hu Lushou was somewhat puzzled by her words, taking a look at the card, and then grabbed it, examining it closely.
"Order 1000 Starfire 26 automatic tactical rifles? Which idiot..."
The word "idiot" hadn’t left his mouth when Hu Lushou’s eyes immediately sharpened. He looked up at Sun Chang, then back at the card in his hand.
"Who gave this to you??"
"They’re right outside, three men and four women, with very high Spirit Vibration Values. Though not at peak, just these 7 people alone could easily topple our bar." Sun Chang spoke with indifference.
Hu Lushou’s expression changed repeatedly, quickly shouting to Sun Chang: "Quick, quick, invite them all in!!"
Sun Chang gave him a glance, said nothing, and turned to leave.
Hu Lushou began pacing the room anxiously, intending to hide the boxes containing the Blood Essence, but after a moment’s thought, discarded the idea. Instead, he straightened his clothes, cleared the messy sofa, and fetched a fine bottle of liquor from his private cabinet, along with several glasses.
Soon, footsteps were heard coming down the stairs, and when Hu Lushou turned around, he saw Sun Chang leading Lin Xian and his group into the underground room.
"Wow, such a big space down here." KIKI looked around curiously upon entering.
Upon hearing this voice, Hu Lushou immediately recognized the visitor’s identity: "Captain Lin?"
Lin Xian removed his wind mask at this point, looking at the shorts and shirt-wearing Hu Lushou, couldn’t help but say: "Boss Hu, as expected of you, even doing business with the sand bandits."
The alloy blast door closed slowly. In the spacious underground room, Lin Xian, KIKI, Qian Deli, Monica, Ning Jing, and Ah Bai were invited to sit in the reception area by Hu Lushou. He quickly poured drinks for everyone, smiling broadly: "Captain Lin, oh my, it’s great, how did you all end up here?"