Embers Ad Infinitum

"The biggest advantage of this hotel is that the boss doesn't ask anything." Bai Chen stepped on the brakes and pointed at "Ugo Hotel" and said, "And he has a good relationship with the sheriff in charge of these streets. We don't have to worry about being suddenly The door was kicked open and searched."

Long Yuehong subconsciously wanted to say that we wouldn't do anything bad in the room, but thinking of the two military exoskeleton devices, she closed her mouth again.

As long as the Sheriff finds those two items, even if they do nothing, they can't clear their suspicions.

Of course, the most likely scenario is that the Sheriff and his men will hold their heads and squat on the floor at the same time, not daring to say anything or ask anything.

As he spoke, Bai Chen released the brakes and drove the jeep towards the parking area on the side of "Ugo Hotel".

"I thought the parking lot here would be underground." Shang Jianyao looked disappointed.

Jiang Baimian understood his feelings very well, because in the old world entertainment materials viewed by the "Old Tune Group" during this period, parking lots in big cities were often underground, and this was the case with Hongshiji, where most of the area was in ruins.

But the First City, the largest dusty city, is still so simple.

Bai Chen parked the car and pointed to the east:

“There are underground parking lots in places like Golden Apple District and Red Giant Wolf District.

"When the original city was first built, part of it was based on the renovation of the original buildings, and part of it was built by the citizens themselves on the allocated land. There was no unified plan."

"No wonder the road conditions are not good, there are houses of all styles." Jiang Baimian sighed with sudden realization.

The Golden Apple District is located in the southeast corner of the original city, close to the suburbs, and is the area where nobles live; the Red Giant Wolf District is located in the center of the city, with the Senate, Government Affairs Office, Supervisory Council, Governor's Palace, banknote printing plant, mint, and energy supply. Centers and other institutions are the core of the original city. A large number of officials and citizens with certain status live in this area, and various businesses and companies are also favored here.

Entering the "Ugo Hotel", Jiang Baimian saw the boss sitting at the front desk having breakfast and dinner.

He looks to be in his thirties or early forties. His skin is a little tanned, and there are some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, forehead, and mouth, but overall he is not that old. His blond hair is still shiny, and there is no trace of paleness.

His supper was a simple dish of stewed beans and a piece of coarse black bread.

"Three rooms." Bai Chen stated the requirement in fluent Honghe dialect.

"Is there that kind? It's that kind." Shang Jianyao suddenly showed a coy look, "Five people can live together. How many small suites are there?"

There's nothing to be shy about... Long Yuehong muttered silently.

This is what he thinks too.

It’s safest for everyone to live together!

The boss named Ugo shook his head and glanced at the five members of the "Old Tune Team" with his light blue eyes:

“Only big hotels have suites.”

Tarnan's proprietress Aino really has a business mind... Jiang Baimian sighed secretly and said with a smile:

"Then three rooms next to each other."

"One ore per room per night, plus a deposit of 5 ores." Ugo replied calmly.

"Stay here for a week." Jiang Baimian took out a stack of banknotes and counted 26 coins.

The remaining money of the "Old Tune Group" was all used up when they were in Weed City. Now all the money Aore has comes from Shang Jianyao's good brother Xu Liyan, but there is not much left.

Ugo counted the banknotes, checked their authenticity, and took out three silver-white keys with labels on them from the drawer:

"202, 203, 204."

There was no elevator in this hotel. After Long Yuehong and others took the keys, they went up the stairs to the second floor and opened the corresponding rooms.

"It's pretty clean." Jiang Baimian nodded with satisfaction.

The layout of the house is the same as that of most hotels. Two beds fill most of the space. The rest of the room is filled with tables, chairs, and sofas, and there is also a small bathroom attached.

After a brief rest, Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and Gennava gathered in Room 202, where Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao lived.

"That boss's food is so bad. Is it so unprofitable to open a hotel in the first place?" Long Yuehong asked casually as he pulled up a chair and sat down.

That's someone who has a relationship with the Sheriff.

Bai Chen shook his head:

"Even if he can't eat meat every day, it's not a problem to eat it two or three times a week, but he is very frugal, to the point of being a bit masochistic."

For her who was born as a wanderer in the wilderness, this kind of frugality is almost abnormal.

"Maybe there was some psychological trauma..." Jiang Baimian touched his metal cochlea and made a simple guess.

She immediately clapped her hands:

"Let's hold a group meeting to unify our understanding for future actions."

Shang Jianyao applauded dutifully.

Unfortunately, no one cooperated with him.

Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

“Our main task is to find Maximian, the descendant of Aure in the ‘Primary City’, and see if he has left any clues.

"According to the information collected so far, Ole's only direct descendants who are still alive are a granddaughter, Avia, and a grandson, Marcus. They live respectively at No. 14 Yuanqiu Street, Golden Apple District and 57 Crown Street, Golden Apple District. Number.

“Our plan is simple, find opportunities to contact them and let Shang Jianyao make friends with them.

"The most important thing to note about this plan is that there may be great dangers lurking in the secret. There may be forces that are trying to obliterate all efforts to investigate the cause of the destruction of the old world or the origin of the 'innocent disease'.

"So, we have to be very cautious, very careful, and would rather miss than take the risk."

Hearing this, Gennava learned from Shang Jianyao and raised his hand:

"I have a question."

"What?" Jiang Baimian asked kindly.

"Since there are forces preventing all investigations into the cause of the destruction of the old world, why don't they just kill Avia, Marcus or others to completely interrupt the clues?" This is the final analysis analyzed by Gnawa. reasonable development.

"Indeed, the laboratory in the ruins of Marsh No. 1 was blown up by Qiao Chu." Jiang Baimian nodded.

Bang, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and hit his left palm:

"I know why!"

Seeing that everyone was turning their attention to him, he said calmly:

"Ole left no clues at all. Avia and Marcus don't know anything."

So what are we doing in the original city? Long Yue slandered.

Bai Chen considered it carefully and said:

"Maybe Avia and Marcus are closely protected by the Prime City, and that force cannot succeed."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"This may be relatively higher. In any case, the 'Primordial City' is the largest force in the dust. It would be too shameful to not be able to protect even two people.

"This also reminds us to be more careful. Our enemies are not only saboteurs lurking in the dark, but also the protectors of the Prime City."

Speaking of this, she smiled bitterly and said:

“Now let’s take a step-by-step approach, and we still have too little information.

"Okay, the second thing that needs to be done is to contact the Zhao family's liaison officer, go to the manor on the outskirts of the city to investigate, and try to raise a fund within this week.

"The third thing is to go to the local hunter's guild and sell them the information that the giant white wolf may have other abilities."

This will be supported by Qiao Chu's various performances at that time, which is full of gold.

"The fourth thing is to contact the company's intelligence agent in the original city. The fifth thing is to find Han Wanghuo, we still have to observe him. The sixth thing is to visit Bai Xiao and Lin Tong's team, they still owe us a meal Big dinner..." Shang Jianyao helped Jiang Baimian make up the rest of the arrangements.

Jiang Baimian said "ha":

"Everything you said is right!"

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from somewhere.

Shang Jianyao lay down at the window and looked outside, but because this was the second floor and blocked by many buildings and obstacles, he could only see people coming and going on the street.

As for vehicles, there are not too many, mainly bicycles.

"Go down and ask." Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds and said.

The five members of the "Old Tune Team" quickly returned to the lobby of "Ugo Hotel" and found that the boss was also standing at the door, looking into the distance.

"What happened?" Bai Chen stepped forward and asked.

Ugo said with a slightly complicated expression:

“In the past week, these streets have become the third ‘unintentional disease’.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the big speaker on the telephone pole outside suddenly came out with a voice:

"Due to water shortages, the water will be cut off after 7 o'clock tonight. It will come at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."