Before the collapse of civilization, kiss Mebius at the beginning

Chapter 139

The old man was buried in the grave, and the old man was buried.

While the asset liquidation experts headed by Tianshi Group were calculating the specific amount of losses caused by the collapse of Button City.

Button City, on the other side.

"Click."

Looking at the former American Economic City, now only the endless ruins are left, even the always lively Ailishiya is not happy at this moment. She just silently picked up the camera in her hand, took pictures of everything she saw, kept it, and remembered it.

Compared to Ailishiya, Xu Ziling and Ying's emotions seemed to be more peaceful.

After all, one of them didn't care about these things that had nothing to do with him, and the other had been operating in the dark for many years and had long been accustomed to this tragic scene of ruins.

"That should be enough..."

After checking the photos taken in Button City, Alysia looked back at Xu Ziling and Ying behind her, smiled sweetly, and said,

"Thank you for accompanying me on this trip. When the flights are restored and we return to Mu Continent, I will treat you to a delicious meal, how about it?♪~"

"Of course, I won't refuse."

Xu Ziling smiled and agreed.

Alysia looked at the time again. It was six o'clock in the afternoon in America. The dusk sunlight had begun to cover this continent, and the night was about to fall here.

According to the internal notice of the Fire Moth, the flights in the Americas will resume at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and someone will come to pick them up.

In other words, they still have one night and one morning to use freely.

"So... before leaving, is there anything else you want to do?"

Alysia said with a smile, and at the same time, she winked at Ying beside Xu Ziling without leaving a trace.

"......!"

Ying understood. To be honest, she was not a very expressive person. She was cold and silent. She would only open up when she mentioned her sister.

Originally, she was still worrying about how to naturally ask Xu Ziling, who was holding the Seven Thunders of Purification, to exchange swords. Now that Alicia was helping to make the connection, it would be much more convenient.

Thinking of this, Ying turned and looked at Xu Ziling beside her. After a moment of silence, she mustered up the courage to speak:

"That... Mr. Xu, you know my identity. After returning to Mu Continent, I am not sure if I can still spend time with you... In order not to leave any regrets, I have one more thing I want to ask you before leaving. I wonder if Mr. Xu has time?"

"Well~ Miss Ying, you don't have to care about so many etiquette when talking to me. Just say what you want to say."

After hearing Ying's words, Xu Ziling showed a helpless smile. To be honest, he had guessed Ying's little thoughts a long time ago. It's just that under Alicia's hint, he never said what Ying was thinking.

"Besides... we are already friends, aren't we? It's a bit strange to call you 'Mr.' at this time. You can call me Ziling like Miss Alicia, or call me assistant. Personally... well, I'm more used to the latter title."

"Ah... OK."

Hearing this, Ying's expression became a little strange, but she didn't say much after all. Instead, she followed Xu Ziling's attitude and continued,

"Then... Bishop. I saw you using a katana as a weapon a few days ago, and your strength is extraordinary... To be honest, my The weapon is also a katana. If possible, I hope to challenge you to a sword fight before we part, so as to hone my sword skills. "

"Of course."

Xu Ziling readily agreed, but his mind suddenly froze, and he subconsciously asked Ying,

"No...wait, Miss Ying, what did you call me just now?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Ying's expression became even more strange, and after hesitating for a moment, she spoke,

"Didn't you just say...you prefer others to call you "bishop"? ...Did I hear it wrong?"

"Hiss~..."

Hearing this, Xu Ziling took a long breath and then fell into deep thought.

It's not that he was surprised by Ying's address to him...after all, he had the experience of hallucinating "assistant" as "bishop" before, otherwise he would not have specifically changed his network ID to "assistant is not bishop".

It's just...it's okay when others say it. But Ying...I don't know why, when she called herself "bishop", Xu Ziling didn't hear

Why is it strange?

Yes... why?

He casually lifted his golden hair and lifted up his beautiful face. Xu Ziling was puzzled.

"... What's wrong?"

Ying saw that Xu Ziling had not responded for a long time and thought that he had said something wrong, so he asked hurriedly.

"Uh... cough, nothing."

Xu Ziling also recovered from his self-deprecating reverie. After coughing twice, he said,

"To learn kendo from Miss Ying... Of course I agree. Friends should help each other, right?"

Hearing this, Ying's eyes showed a hint of joy, but she quickly suppressed it. Then he looked at Xu Ziling seriously and said:

"Well, the bishop is right."

"...You should call me Ziling."

Xu Ziling, who was getting more and more confused, quickly stopped Ying from addressing him, then glanced around and said,

"Where is Miss Ying going to compete in sword skills? Right now?"

"Of course."

Ying nodded seriously, then took out the spare alloy sword she was carrying from her back.

Well...the reason why it's a spare is, of course, because the one she used before...has become a pile of scrap metal under the power of [Disassembly].

Luckily, Ying has the habit of carrying two swords in battle, otherwise she would have to go to the Poison Pupa Branch and take another customized sword as a combat weapon.

"Well~... Then let the lovely fairy lady be the referee of this sword competition♪~"

Alicea also stood up very actively, flicked her wrist, and took out a pink and white trumpet from her bosom, and said with a smile,

"Then, the referee is ready, and both contestants are requested to get into the state as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Xu Ziling's mind moved slightly, and he also took out the Seven Thunders of Purification, held it tightly in his hand, and took a standard fighting stance.

There are no redundant rules and restrictions, and no extra speeches. He and she both know that kendo competitions should be done with all their strength and at the same time. Xu Ziling does not use the power of the Seven Thunders of Purification, and Ying does not use her special ability of a moment. After both sides retreated fifty meters, Alicea gave an order, and the kendo competition between Xu Ziling and Ying started instantly.

"Ping!!"

The swords roared.

...

"Ping."

The wine glasses were mixed.

The Tianshi Group temporarily established a stronghold in the ruins of Button City.

The core member of the group in a black suit clinked glasses with the intelligence officer in front of him in a white suit, and said while enjoying the dinner in front of him:

"How is the recovery of that little girl named Wendy?"

"Reporting obligation, the accompanying doctor of the group has checked. The little girl named Wendy is fine, just some skin injuries. Under the top drug treatment of the group, she will be fine after a few days of rest."

The intelligence officer said while chewing the green onion in front of him with sauce,

"It's just that the little girl is very wary of strangers. She must have come to us because she is desperate... At present, she has not said any information except her name.

Think It will probably take a lot of effort to get the situation of Button City from her, a "survivor of Button City". "

"Don't worry, since there are still survivors in Button City, there is no need to worry about not being able to find out the specific situation at that time. Just take your time... but remember not to use force."

The key staff member took a bite of his duck steak rice and said,

"Last time I heard that the director of the European Fog City branch of the group privately recruited child laborers... As a result, the whole family was exiled to Syria by the chairman. Now that the Button City branch of the group has collapsed, you and I are at the forefront of the storm, and we can't make any mistakes, understand?"

"Understood, understood."

The intelligence personnel nodded repeatedly.

Seeing his subordinate so clever, the backbone staff was relieved and turned to look at the plate of scallion dip in front of the intelligence officer and said:

"By the way... Xiao Cao, I've seen you eating something for several days... Is this thing really as delicious as you said? Let me try it."

"Uh..."

Hearing this, the intelligence officer named Xiao Cao scratched his head awkwardly and said,

"Godfather, this is not a rare commodity... It's just the scallion dip from my hometown in Northeast China. I got used to it when I was a child, so I brought some here..."

"What you said, do you think I would dislike country food? When I was a child, my father made me grow up eating steamed bread... I don't care, let me try it."

"Brother Jie, don't..."

"Let me try it!"

"Don't... Brother Jie... There are children watching next to us..."

"If I don't eat your scallion, you're pushing me

What...wait, what child? ! "

The backbone staff member Liu Shaojie was stunned, then he turned around and saw little Wendy looking at this place with a subtle look...

"..."

At this moment, Wendy had changed from the tattered clothes in the ruins to a white hospital gown, but she looked at the conversation between the two people in front of her, and seemed to have grown up a lot at this moment.

After a pause, Wendy turned around silently and said:

"Sorry to bother you...goodbye."

"..."

"...Wo* (Shenzhou swear words)!"

The first to react, Xiao Cao, the intelligence officer, exclaimed, and rushed over to support Wendy's arm, laughing uglier than crying,

"No...girl...girl...aunt! If you have a problem with your health, just stay in the ward, why are you running around! If the chairman mistakenly thinks that I am exploiting child labor...I don't want to be sent to Syria!"

"Wrong! "

Key staff member Liu Shaojie also ran over and supported Wendy's other hand, saying,

"Employing child labor and exploiting child labor are two different things... The most we can do is to be assigned to Syria, but if the chairman mistakenly thinks that we are exploiting child labor... Damn it! We brothers must be sent to Antarctica! ... Girl, why are you running around instead of staying in the ward to recuperate? Also, don't tell anyone about what happened today, okay? Otherwise, both me and this kid will be killed by you!"

"..."

Looking at the young man in white and the uncle in black who were supporting her hands in panic, Wendy was silent for a moment and said,

"The medicine you gave me is very useful... The wound doesn't hurt anymore. But I think... your help should not be free, so... I came here. I... am I causing you trouble?"

"What the hell is putting on more clothes when it's cold? You are making us suffer! "

Intelligence Officer Cao said tremblingly with a smile that was uglier than crying,

"We first asked you about the specific situation when Button City collapsed, but we didn't ask you after you were covered in wounds! Go back to the ward quickly, we will talk about other things after the disease is cured..."

"...But my wound doesn't hurt anymore."

"It's not a question of whether it hurts or not...It's to prevent someone from making a fuss about this matter later...Anyway, go back to the ward first. We'll talk about other things when we get back to the ward..."

"Okay..."

After returning to the temporary medical shed built by Tianshi Group in the ruins of Button City.

Wendy, sitting on the bed, looked at the young man and the uncle holding a large fruit basket in front of her, and fell into deep thought...

To be honest... Wendy's mind is in a very confused state now.

As one of the countless tragic families in the Button City tragedy caused by Vishnu, Wendy first fell into a coma under the impact of a huge amount of Honkai energy. After waking up, she saw the Button City that had become a ruin again. …

In the ruins…she searched and searched…but she could not find her family and friends. Panic and fear spread in her heart. Looking at the ruined Button City, she realized that she might never find her family and friends again…

So she cried and even wanted to die…but her biological instinct forced her to live. For a girl who was less than fourteen years old, suicide seemed so unattainable.

So she walked and walked…walked and walked…and fell again and again, The wounds on her body were increasing one after another... Finally, before she almost fainted from thirst, she found the members of the Tianshi Group who came to settle the asset losses.

Wendy thought that if she was rescued by these people from the group... she would definitely be interrogated. They were unlikely to be interested in her broken body. For rich people, if they wanted to vent their physiological functions, they would have plenty of ways to do so, so they would not waste time on her.

Then what they wanted should be the information in her mind... Even Wendy herself was ready to be interrogated, as long as she could Just stay alive...

But...

Looking at the group members in front of her holding two large fruit baskets to apologize to her, Wendy suddenly felt that she didn't know this world anymore.

After listening to what Wendy had said, Xiao Cao nodded thoughtfully and muttered to himself:

"The unknown energy shock caused the coma... It seems to be the Honkai energy. As expected, it should be the end-of-law Honkai beast that caused the Button City tragedy... But, Wendy, are you sure you didn't see anyone after you woke up in the ruins?"

"No."

Wendy

He shook his head and told the truth,

"You...are the only living people I saw..."

Intelligence Officer Xiao Cao's face suddenly became long, but he was glared at by the backbone Liu Shaojie, and he quickly controlled his expression.

Sensing their emotional changes, Wendy raised her head again and asked:

"Does my answer... disappoint you? Sorry..."

"Uh... no, no! This is also expected, you don't need to blame yourself."

Intelligence Officer Cao waved his hand and said,

"But we do have one more thing to ask you... that is, little girl, do you have family in other places besides Button City?"

Wendy was silent for a moment again, and then tried to ask:

"If not... what will happen?"

Key member Liu Shaojie heard this and answered directly:

"If you are willing to sign a contract, that is, to join the Tianshi Group after adulthood and become a member of the Tianshi Group, then we will send you to a famous school under the group's enterprise for training.

On the contrary, if you don't want to join the Tianshi Group, we won't force you. We will send you to a welfare home on the land of Shenzhou. There, you can still experience a complete childhood... but you will definitely not be able to enjoy the group's educational resources, which is also inevitable, Please understand. "

"..."

Wendy thought for a moment and said,

"I have a grandma in Shenzhou..."

"Another grandma in Shenzhou? That's much easier."

Core member Liu Shaojie nodded secretly and said,

"So you want to go back to Shenzhou to find your grandma? No problem, but the schedule may have to be postponed a little. All the routes in America have been disrupted in the past few days. It takes time to replan and eliminate the interference source. During this period, the group will take care of your food and daily life... There is no need to have any Psychological burden, because the group will most likely use the fact that we saved you to make a fuss, and announce the charity event on the spot, which can bring the group much more income than what you eat, so just eat it without worry, there is nothing to be ashamed of. "

"... Yeah"

Wendy nodded silently, and then asked,

"That... I don't know your names yet..."

"Me?"

The backbone Liu Shaojie heard this and immediately became proud, but before he could say anything, his arm was grabbed by the intelligence officer Xiao Cao next to him.

"Well... godfather, in the novels I read... it seems that you can't casually reveal your name in front of these children who have just experienced great pain..."

Intelligence agent Xiao Cao scratched his face and said,

"Otherwise... it seems that you will be easily killed..."

"You have read too many exciting novels!"

Core member Liu Shaojie pushed Xiao Cao and looked at Wendy naturally and said,

"Girl, remember, I am the living Lei Feng from the land of China - Liu Shaojie!"

Intelligence agent Xiao Cao's face suddenly became long when he heard this, and he could only say:

"My name is Cao Haoren..."