Chapter 176: Infiltrating the Investigation
There was no way, Qi Lin could only take off the only shirt on his body and drape it on the girl's body.
The clothes that still carried body temperature wrapped the girl's petite body, making her tremble significantly lessen, and after a while, she fell into a deep sleep again.
Now the time in the game world is half past five in the morning, which can be said to be the quietest time in the entire steel city, Qi Lin walked down the street and found that many bars had players who had drunk last night sitting on the ground and falling asleep, at this time, even the number of Templars patrolling the streets had decreased by more than half.
Fortunately, 80% of the players in Steel City were refugees from all over the world, so Qi Lin was not particularly conspicuous even if he was shirtless, but 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 Steel City at this time, but it was probably Qi Lin's luck that he found a player selling clothes in a stall not far from the entrance of the trading area.
The stalls are all some shoddy clothes and pants hand-sewn from army green canvas, with thick stitches, but the texture of the clothes is very strong and durable, which is very suitable for scavenger players who are crawling around the wasteland.
Qi Lin casually picked out a piece of clothing that was about the same size as him, and asked the price, such a dress actually cost 80 points, but if it was purchased by a member of the mutual aid association, only half of the 40 resource points would be enough.
Qi Lin understood why when he first came to the Steel City, Lao Xuan persuaded him not to buy weapons in the shops of the Mutual Aid Society, even the clothes were like this, and it was estimated that the price of weapons would be about doubled.
In addition to food, water and other necessary supplies, generally foreign players have any trading needs, through a well-informed guy like John to introduce buyers or sellers, although they have to charge a part of the intermediary fee, but compared to the price of the mutual aid club, it is still a lot more cost-effective.
Of course, this kind of behavior is strictly forbidden on the surface, and once discovered, it is okay to be kicked out of the city, and the unlucky guy may be thrown directly into the inquisition. Therefore, any guy like John has some connections in the mutual aid association, and if there is no strong relationship, this bowl of rice is not so delicious.
Qi Lin lit up the emblem of the Mutual Aid Association that he had picked up, bought this army-green canvas jacket that was "ugly" by the standards of the old era at an "internal price" of forty points, and spent another fifty-five points to buy a cotton vest of the old era.
Something from an old era like this is often a little more expensive than a newly-made product of the same kind - after all, in terms of workmanship, the player's own craftsmanship is certainly not as good as the products produced in the assembly line of the old factory line.
Putting on his clothes, Qi Lin followed the map provided by Cooper and began to walk towards the southern district - since he was forced to cooperate with the mentally ill girl, either the necessary intelligence and reconnaissance were indispensable.
The reason why the Southern District was chosen was because Sender was once an important henchman under Cardinal Saman in the Southern District, and Qi Lin killed Sendel, which was equivalent to cutting off a powerful arm of Saman, and the current Southern District, in comparison, is much weaker than the other districts.
Located on the lower edge of the Iron City, the Southern District is the smallest area in the entire Steel City except for aircraft carriers, and the function of the Southern District in the old era was to provide accommodation and barracks for officers and soldiers, so it is also the most densely populated area of the Old Era of the Steel City.
As the sun rises, so does the number of players on the streets, and one thing that makes Steel City different from Thunder City is that the number of NPCs in this city is very scarce, and as a cheap and abundant labor force, those players who have just been converted from refugees to believers form the most solid substructure in the city.
To be honest, Qi Lin didn't think that this mutual aid association must be a heinous organization, just like capitalism in the old times, countless people denounced their nature of exploiting laborers, but if these capitalists did not provide enough jobs for ordinary people, then mankind would probably still be in a backward agricultural civilization.
Even taking a step back, if it weren't for the rise of slavery and feudalism, humanity might still be in the slash-and-burn tribal period—just like now, those small settlements that live alone in a corner of the wasteland have to worry about the harvest of crops and the movements of mutated creatures around them.
The emergence of mutual aid associations 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 Ayakui hated the Mutual Aid Association, but in his opinion, even if they really completed the seemingly impossible task of overthrowing the Mutual Aid Society, the final result of the Steel City would definitely fall into the control of those big conglomerates who heard the news - their sense of smell was like a shark smelling blood in the sea.
"I really don't know if that psychopathic girl has thought about the rest of the matter......" Qi Lin sighed, he didn't like to deal with people who were too smart, but it didn't mean that a madman was easy to deal with, but that madman was not stupid, and his strength could easily crush him.
That's really eight lifetimes of blood mold......
Qi Lin easily bypassed the two patrolling groups of Templars and managed to approach the vicinity of the "Cathedral" where Cardinal Saman lived.
The church was once a four-storey villa for senior officers in the old days, and was later expanded by the Mutual Aid Society, and it is more appropriate to call it a cathedral and its practical little castle, including the various ancillary buildings and towers inside and out.
At the entrance of the main entrance of the cathedral, there are two RC117 power armors, which are engineering armor independently developed by Huaxia in the old era, generally used to carry heavy objects, load and unload goods, but these two RC117s are welded with a lot of heavy steel plate armor, and the hook claws and pliers at the end of the original mechanical arm have also been replaced with a single-barreled lightweight small-caliber cannon removed from the tank.
The RC117 Power Armor is originally characterized by its high power, so the addition of these additional equipment does not affect mobility much.
In addition to the two power armors, there was also a row of modified armed pickups parked under the outer wall - such a batch of equipment, if added to a hundred well-trained warriors, would have enough firepower to deal with the mutated creatures of the D-class or so.
I have to admit that the dozens of large and small armories in the entire military port area are really a windfall, even if it is Thunder City, it is estimated that the military strength in a short period of time cannot be compared with the Steel City.
Qi Lin is here to inquire about intelligence, naturally it is impossible to break in, he has been waiting in the dark for nearly two hours, only to come out of the cathedral two other power armor to change the guard, taking advantage of this gap, Qi Lin directly launched the dynamic camouflage skill, three times five divided by two into the courtyard wall.
But as soon as he landed, Qi Lin saw a white-robed priest squatting next to him who was smoking, he quickly held his breath and clinged to the wall, not daring to come out.
Dynamic camouflage is not stealth, even with the naked eye, as long as you are careful, you can see the flaws.
Fortunately, the white-robed priest seemed to be in a state of distraction, and he didn't notice Qi Lin coming in over the wall at all, frowning while smoking the cigarette in his hand, and with each puff, the cigarette would burn a large part at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After smoking, the priest extinguished the cigarette butt on the concrete floor and put his hand in his coat pocket, but all he could find was a deflated empty cigarette case.
"MD, it's pumping again!" Throwing the cigarette case printed with the "Liqun" trademark on the ground, the priest stood up from the ground, at this time, he felt that the corner of his eye just now seemed to have swept something, but by the time he turned around to take a closer look, Qi Lin had already left the courtyard wall and ran to the back of the "cathedral".
It's a blind spot for the sentry, but if you look up, you'll be facing a window in the building's master bedroom.
It is also possible that Bishop Saman doesn't want his private space to be prying into, so there is no sentry at the back of the cathedral, and the high courtyard wall and the sharp broken glass on the top of the courtyard wall block the possibility of someone outside climbing over the wall to enter—of course, this does not include a second-level evolutionary with super agility attributes like Qi Lin.
According to the information found by Cooper, this Cardinal Saman is also a powerful evolutionary himself, and he also has a team of Templars who are purely composed of white people, although the Knight of this team of Templars, Sendel, has been killed by Qi Lin, but the strength of this group of people cannot be underestimated.
Qi Lin knew that the possibility of overthrowing the mutual aid association by violence was too low, but if the dirty deeds of the senior management of the mutual aid association could be made public, then he and Aya Kui would add fuel to the fire, and it was estimated that there would be a big chaos within the mutual aid association itself.
If the high-level of the Mutual Aid Society is overthrown by people within them, it is estimated that the civil strife will happen quickly and end quickly, so that the Mutual Aid Society and the Steel City can be preserved relatively intact, after all, what Ayakui hates should only be those high-level players who use the power in their hands and the blind obedience of ordinary players to act recklessly.
The difficulty and danger of Qi Lin's method are similar to playing with fire, but the success is much higher than fighting directly with the mutual aid association like Aya Aoi did before.
And the most crucial problem in Qi Lin's whole plan is that he must obtain ironclad evidence that can subvert the divine and glorious image of the Mutual Aid Society in the hearts of those fanatical believers.