Chapter 129 exposed (first update: He Mengzhu Youyou)
Because of the invasion of foreign enemies, the negotiations between Bentley and the mountain owner had to be temporarily suspended.
The final rough agreement was that Bentley would receive 41,000 silver dollars and the matter would be over.
The mountain owner felt really bad about this request, but he couldn't refute it.
In the end, he could only say with a wry smile, "Then can you tell the public that... you gave me a face and exposed this matter?"
Although he is low-key, he is a real scene person - the key is not to let Tiangong know the details, right?
Bentley looked at him like he was mentally retarded, "You want face, but we don't?"
"Then tell me," the mountain owner simply lay down, "what else do you want?"
Just when Bentley was about to speak, there was a noise outside, and the team of the Fallen was attacking the back capital.
So he only left one sentence, "I don't want silver dollars, I want cultivation resources."
Seeing him leaving in a hurry, the mountain master frowned and whispered, "Resources for cultivation..."
The number of Fallen attacking Houjing this time exceeded 3,000.
Unlike the degenerates in Hongzi District, the degenerates in Tianzi District are very well organized and quite large in scale.
This is a very good condition in the Tianzi District. The Fallen usually hang out among the crowd, but once activated, they must stay together as a group.
And their equipment is also excellent. There are more than 3,000 Fallen, and there are actually more than ten mechas.
However, this small amount of troops is still not enough in front of the behemoth Houjing.
The garrison and the city guards came out together, and other adventurers volunteered to come to the rescue. It took one day to eliminate this group of fallen ones.
There were estimated to be more than a hundred fallen ones, escaping piecemeal.
The management of Houjing was furious. This was the first time in recent decades that degenerates had attacked a big city like the four capitals.
Do you think we are easy to bully? Those degenerates who escaped must be captured!
A large number of city guards, garrison teams and volunteers were sent out to carry out a blanket investigation in the entire Houjing area.
Ordinarily, with their strength, Bentley and Qu Jianlei are definitely qualified to be volunteers, but neither of them participated in the battle or search.
Qu Jianlei actually wanted to go - when he was captured by the Fallen, other adventurers saved him.
However, Bentley said that there are too many people in Beijing who are qualified to participate, and we are strangers.
If a new face participates in this kind of battle, there will definitely be trouble, the cooperation will not be adequate, and the ability may be exposed.
On the night when the battle ended, the city guards inspected their residence.
At noon the next day, another wave of guards came to inspect the residence.
After two inspections, Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezi were completely exposed to everyone, and they couldn't hide them no matter what.
However, neither the city guards nor the garrison showed any hostility towards him. The reason... needless to say.
Seriously, some people were a little curious about his appearance and couldn't help but ask, "How old are you that you have such strong repair skills?"
Then someone immediately grabbed this person and stopped him from asking any more questions.
——Although he is young, he is at least a reformed warrior. How can you tolerate being so offensive?
Qu Jianlei's address was exposed, but... not many people came to ask for repairs.
A guy who thought he didn't have a lake came to ask for repairs, but was blocked by a flower scorpion - you go to Terry for this kind of thing.
This person didn't dare to persist, so he turned around and left.
Two days later, Qu Jianlei's residence underwent a third inspection, this time a joint inspection.
The leader is actually Starr, the boss of the defense team!
Starr's attitude was good, but he still asked, "With your strength, why don't you help destroy the fallen?"
Qu Jianlei's answer was straightforward, "Outside of the maintenance industry, I am a completely new person, which is not conducive to mutual trust and cooperation."
Starr nodded, approving the answer, "During the battle, some mechas were damaged. Can you help me take a look?"
"No problem," Qu Jianlei said simply, "Just give me a token amount of transportation fare...it can be considered as my modest contribution."
We should indeed have this kind of awareness when dealing with the fallen.
Starr asked with great interest, "Is there still a carriage fee?"
"This is respect for knowledge," Qu Jianlei only said this - he had no choice but to accept death.
Starr rolled his eyes and curled his lips silently.
When Bentley came back and heard that Qu Jianlei had agreed, he didn't say anything, but judging from his expression, he seemed a little disapproving.
The next day, Qu Jianlei actually went to the garrison. He only collected one hundred silver dollars for the carriage fee and was busy for two full days.
The reason why he has been busy for so long is that in addition to testing, he also took the initiative to do some maintenance work.
However, he feels that he has paid a lot, but others may not see it that way.
There were maintenance technicians from other houses who also participated in the maintenance. I heard that he earned one hundred silver dollars in two days, which made me feel unbalanced.
The maintenance engineer didn't get angry at him, but asked other guards, "Is this an A-level or B-level maintenance engineer?"
"Can an A-level person do this kind of work?" the defensive team member asked, "but this one...may not be rated."
They also heard that Xue Mantian from Tiangong had made things difficult for this person and wanted to see his ID.
"Then the price is too harsh, isn't it?" The maintenance man who asked the question was dissatisfied.
The damage to this batch of mechas was mainly due to the previous battle with the Fallen, and he had no intention of making much money.
But someone was asking for such exorbitant prices. He felt that he was too kind, so he found the Maintenance Engineers Association.
The Maintenance Engineers Association has heard of Jian Lei - in fact, Tiangong's A-level maintenance engineer is still the vice president here.
President Dai Xingyan didn't want to be troublesome, but when the maintenance technicians in the association reported problems, she couldn't just sit back and watch.
So she found Starr and asked him if he had checked Jian Lei's certificate and what the one hundred silver dollars meant.
Starr was also quite helpless. He said that he had not seen the certificate, but he felt that the fare was already very low.
Dai Xingyan's eyes lit up when she heard "respect for knowledge", "Did he really say that?"
"Aren't you asking for money?" Starr replied disapprovingly, "However, I heard that their cultivation is indeed very expensive."
"This is not a question of money at all!" Dai Xingyan said simply, "Maintenance engineers should have this kind of awareness."
"By the way, where does he live now? I want to visit him."
On this day, Bentley rarely went out because his cultivation method seemed to be working.
He was practicing cross-legged, with many sensors connected to his body, while Qu Jianlei was observing from the side.
While I was observing, someone knocked on the door. Not long after, Hua Xiezi came over and said, "A beautiful woman is looking for you."
"Beauty..." Qu Jianlei glanced at her helplessly. He was still in a precarious situation. How could he consider personal issues?
But he also knew that Hua Scorpion knew the importance of things, "I'm busy right now, what am I doing?"
"The president of the Maintenance Engineers Association," Hua Xiezi replied, "he said he has something to discuss with you."
Qu Jianlei thought about it and stood up, "Please help me keep an eye on it. If there is any abnormality, please call me."
He walked out of the room and opened the courtyard door. There was indeed a young woman on the opposite side, pushing a motorcycle. Her appearance looked... passable.
But he didn't think she could be called a beauty because she was relatively strong.
He felt that the aesthetics here in the wasteland were somewhat different from those in Blue Star - beauty was based on strength.
This may be related to the environment of the wasteland. The stronger the person, the easier it is to survive, but Qu Jianlei doesn't like it himself.
But since we are talking about serious matters, whether it is beautiful or not is not the important point. "I heard that something happened to the acting president?"
"Let's go in and talk," Dai Xingyan was not polite and pushed the motorcycle directly into the yard, "How old are you?"
Qu Jianlei didn't stop him. He closed the courtyard door first, thought about it and then replied, "Less than thirty years old."
Only eighteen years old, less than thirty...there's nothing wrong with me.
"So young?" Dai Xingyan glanced at him in surprise, then set up the motorcycle.
To be continued...