Chapter 176: Infiltrating the Investigation
There was no choice but to take off the only shirt he had on and put it on the girl.
The girl's petite body was wrapped with clothes with body temperature, which significantly weakened her tremor a lot. After a while, she fell into a drowsy state again.
The time in the game world is now 5:30 in the morning, which can be said to be the quietest time of the entire Iron City. Qi Lin walked on the street and found that there were many players who were drunk last night sitting and sleeping on the ground. At this time, even the number of Templars patrolling the streets was reduced by half.
Fortunately, 80% of the players in the Iron City are refugees who heard the news from all over the world. Therefore, Qi Lin is not particularly conspicuous even if he is shirtless. The cold wind blowing from the sea in the morning made him feel a little uncomfortable.
There were only a few people in the trading area of the Iron City at this time, but Qi Lin was probably lucky. He found a player selling clothes at a stall not far from the entrance of the trading area.
The stalls are all shoddy clothes and pants hand-sewn by military green canvas. The stitches are a bit thick, but the texture of the clothes is very strong and wear-resistant, making them very suitable for scavengers who struggle on the wasteland.
Qi Lin picked a piece of clothing with a similar figure to his and asked for the price. Such a piece of clothing actually costs 80 points, but if it is purchased by a member of the Mutual Aid Association, it only takes half of the 40 resource points.
Qi Lin understood why when he first came to the City of Steel, Lao Xuan advised him not to buy weapons in the Mutual Aid Association's store. Even clothes are like this, and the price of weapons is estimated to be about twice as different.
In addition to necessary supplies such as food and water, foreign players generally need to introduce buyers or sellers through well-informed guys like John. Although they charge a part of the agency fee, it is still much more cost-effective than the price at the Mutual Aid Association.
Of course, this kind of behavior of mutual aid is strictly prohibited on the surface. Once it is discovered, it is considered a good thing to be driven out of the city, the unlucky guy may be thrown into the referee directly. Therefore, any guy like John has some relationships in the mutual aid club. If there is no strong relationship, this bowl of rice will not be so delicious.
Qi Linliang picked up the mutual aid emblem he picked up, and bought this military green canvas jacket that was "ugly" based on the old standards at an "internal price" of 40 o'clock. He spent another fifty o'clock to buy a cotton vest from the old era.
Things like the old era are often more expensive than those of newly manufactured similar products - after all, in terms of workmanship, players' own handicrafts are definitely not as good as those produced in the factory assembly line of the old era.
Putting on her clothes, Qi Lin began to walk towards the South District according to the map provided by Cooper - since she was forced to cooperate with the mentally ill girl, either the necessary intelligence and investigation were absolutely indispensable.
The reason why I chose the South District was because Sendel was once an important confidant under the Secretary of the South District. Qi Lin killed Sendel, which was equivalent to cutting off one of Saman's powerful arms. In comparison, the South District is much weaker than the other districts.
The South District is located at the lower edge of the Iron City, and is the area with the smallest scope of the entire Iron City except for the aircraft carrier. The function of the old South District was to provide accommodation and barracks for officers and soldiers. Therefore, this is also the area with the most densely-built buildings in the old era of the Iron City.
As the sun gradually rises, the number of players on the streets begins to increase. The City of Steel is a little different from Thunder City, that is, the number of NPCs in this city is very rare. As a cheap and sufficient labor, those players who have just transformed from refugees into believers constitute the most solid underlying structure in the city.
To be honest, Qi Lin did not think that this mutual aid association must be an unforgivable organization. Just like the capitalism of the old era, countless people denounced them as the essence of exploiting workers. However, if these capitalists did not provide enough jobs for ordinary people, then human beings would probably still be in a backward state of farming civilization.
Even if we take a step back, without the rise of slavery and feudalism, humans might still be in a tribal period of slash-and-burn farming - just like now, those small settlements that live alone in a corner of wasteland need to worry all day long, the crop harvest and the movements of surrounding mutated creatures.
The emergence of Mutual Aid Association has indeed given these players a relatively safe "safe haven" - even in unknown places, this safe haven is full of filth and blood.
Qi Lin didn't know how much Ling Kui hated the Mutual Aid Association, but, in his opinion, even if they really completed the seemingly impossible task of overthrowing the Mutual Aid Association, the final result of the Iron City must have fallen into the control of the large consortiums that came to hear the news - their sense of smell was like a shark with blood smell in the sea.
"I really don't know if that mentally ill girl has considered the next thing..." Qi Lin sighed. He doesn't like dealing with people who are too smart, but it doesn't mean that a madman is easy to deal with. But that madman is not stupid and can easily crush himself with strength.
That's really a bad life...
Qi Lin easily bypassed the two groups of patrolling Templars and successfully approached the "Cathedral" where Cardinal Samantha lived.
This church was once a four-storey high-ranking military officer villa in the old era, but was later expanded by the Mutual Aid Association. Including various ancillary buildings and towers inside and outside, it is said to be a cathedral, but in fact, it is more appropriate to describe it as a small castle.
At the entrance of the main entrance of the cathedral, two RC117 power armors stood. This is an engineering armor independently developed by China in the old era. It is generally used to carry heavy objects and load and unload goods. However, many heavy steel plate armors were welded on these two RC117s. The hook claws and pliers at the end of the robotic arm were replaced with a single-tube lightweight small-caliber machine cannon removed from the tank.
The original characteristic of rc117 power armor is that it has great power, so after adding these extra equipment, it does not affect the mobility.
In addition to the two power armors, there is also a row of modified armed pickups parked under the exterior wall - a batch of such equipment. If one hundred well-trained warriors are added, the firepower will be enough to deal with mutated creatures around D-level.
It has to be admitted that the dozens of large and small arsenals in the entire military port area are really a fortune. Even Thunder City, the military strength of the city is probably not comparable to that of Iron City in a short period of time.
Qi Lin came to inquire about information, so it was impossible for him to break in. He had been waiting in the dark for nearly two hours before two other power armors came out of the cathedral to change the guards. Taking advantage of this gap, Qi Lin directly activated his dynamic camouflage skills and climbed into the courtyard wall in a few seconds.
But as soon as he landed, Qi Lin saw a white-robed priest who was smoking squatting beside him. He quickly held his breath and pressed against the wall tightly, and did not dare to let out the air.
Dynamic disguise is not invisible. Even if you use the naked eye, you can see the flaws as long as you are careful.
Fortunately, the white-robed priest seemed to be in a state of distraction. He did not notice Qi Lin, who had climbed over the wall, frowned while smoking the cigarette in his hand in big mouthfuls. Every time he sipped, the cigarette would burn a large part of it at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After smoking one, the priest pressed the cigarette butt on the cement floor and put his hand into his pocket, but the only thing he found was a shrunk empty cigarette box.
"md, I've smoked it all again!" The priest stood up from the ground with the trademark "Liqun" on the ground. At this time, he felt that something had just been swept away from the corner of his eyes. However, when he turned around and checked carefully, Qi Lin had already left the courtyard wall and ran behind the "cathedral".
This is a blind spot at the post, but if you look up, it just faces a window in the master bedroom of this building.
It is also possible that Bishop Samman didn't want his private space to be peeped, so there was no guard post arranged at the back of the cathedral. The high courtyard wall and the sharp broken glass on the top of the courtyard wall blocked the possibility of someone climbing over the wall outside. Of course, this does not include a second-level evolutionist like Qi Lin with super high agility attributes.
According to the information found by Cooper, the Cardinal Saman himself is also an evolutionist with great strength, and he also has a group of trusted Templars composed of pure white people. Although the Knights of this team of Templars, Sendel, has been killed by Qi Lin, the strength of this group of people cannot be underestimated.
Qi Lin knew very well that if he wanted to use violent overthrow of the Mutual Aid Association, the possibility would be too low. However, if the dirty activities of the top leaders of the Mutual Aid Association can be made public, he and Yan Kui will add fuel to the fire. It is estimated that the Mutual Aid Association will have chaos within it.
If the senior leaders of Mutual Aid Association were overthrown by people within them, the civil strife would probably happen quickly and end quickly. In this way, Mutual Aid Association and Iron City can also be retained in a relatively complete manner. After all, what Yanaku hates should be those senior players who use their power and the blind obedience of ordinary players and act recklessly.
The difficulty and danger of Qi Lin's method are similar to playing with fire, but the success is much higher than the direct battle with the mutual aid club like Aryu before.
Chapter completed!