The next day, the eastern sky was white, and the snow that had been falling all night finally stopped.

Xia Feng opened his eyes, rubbed his somewhat sore shoulders, and said that it was the next day, but in fact, it was only more than four hours since they arrived in the E district.

Feeling Xia Feng's movements, the turtle leaning on him also woke up, and she poked her little head out of her coat.

"Brother Xia Feng, is it dawn?"

"It's not quite bright yet, but it's already time to get to work."

"Oh."

The fire in the room had long been extinguished, and Xia Feng took out the kettle and shook it, but fortunately the water inside did not freeze.

Cold water poured into his throat, and Xia Feng suddenly felt a lot more energetic.

.........

At this moment, Vina walked up the stairs, and she didn't look tired at all.

"Xia Feng, hurry up and clean up, we're going to get to work."

"Okay."

After Vina left, Xia Feng took a deep breath and finally fixed his gaze on the cigarette butt in the corner.

Although the box of red plums in Xia Feng's trouser pocket was unpacked, there was not a single cigarette in it, he was the first to go up to the second floor last night, and the Glasgow gang did not smoke again.

There is no doubt that this cigarette butt was left by outsiders, and besides them, there are other people in Mandel City at this moment.

And Xia Feng didn't tell Vina about the discovery of cigarette butts last night, if you want to ask the reason, it's very simple.

Because, he was too sleepy.

........

Perhaps this reason sounds ridiculous and irresponsible, but that's what he thinks.

It's not just him, everyone is tired from running around all day last night, and if they tell Vina about the discovery of cigarette butts, everyone may get up again and look for suspicious people nearby, which is meaningless in Xia Feng's opinion.

To put it bluntly, they themselves are "thieves", and with Big Brother ACE they are responsible for guarding, Xia Feng doesn't want to increase everyone's anxiety.

Maybe this is his selfishness, in fact, he just doesn't want to distract Vina from thinking about these dangerous factors, this feeling of not being able to help anything, to be honest, makes him feel quite useless.

........

Because of his existence, the direction of history has been changed, and the future fate of all the people he has come into contact with is full of uncertainty, and if he conceals the cigarette butt and causes irreparable consequences, he may regret it.

But.

Life is always full of choices, and everyone's choices are based on different life experiences. However, we may not need to rely on that kind of thing to make a choice, because even if we make what we think is the right choice, we still don't know what the consequences of that choice will be.

It's just a small cigarette butt, and maybe it seems like a trivial thing.

But if he had told Vina about it last night, she would probably have changed her plan of action overnight and led history to another unknown end.

That's right, Xia Feng knew that he was just an ordinary person, a completely ordinary person.

But his existence is not ordinary, because he is the only person who can change the direction of history.

Without him, the history of the world of Terra would have followed a predetermined trajectory, and all of the operators he knew with would not have died until the Chernobog riots occurred three years later.

And his appearance completely disrupted the course of history.

........

Yes, whether Xia Feng chooses to say it or not, the ending is unknown on both sides.

So according to his own selfish thoughts, he chose not to say it.

Judging from the results, this choice did not have too extreme consequences, and everyone slept peacefully until dawn.

Everyone slept peacefully, and only Xia Feng knew how precious the peace of the night was.

........

Because of the heavy snow overnight, the streets of the E city turned white, everyone brought their equipment and began to search for traces of the source stone bushes in the area.

Soon, a gang member cleared the snow and found a source stone bush in the corner.

He put on heavy isolation gloves and took a small, pointed-toe hammer from his satchel.

This is a special tool for mining the source stone bush, although the source stone bush looks crystal clear, but in fact its hardness is very high, in addition to the exposed part of the ground, the source stone bush is also deeply rooted in the ground A large part of the "rhizome".

The "rhizome" is connected to the source stone bush, but this "rhizome" is not the source stone material, but a very hard mineral, and the miner needs to use tools to forcibly separate the part of the source stone bush with the underground with external force.

The hardness of the source stone cluster is extremely high, but the toughness itself is not high, in other words, it is easy to break the whole with too much force, and once broken, the whole source stone cluster cannot be processed into S-grade source stone.

The Glasgow Gang does not have professional mechanical tools, and if they only mine by hand, it requires a lot of wrist strength and precise control of the power.

..........

After 30 minutes, Xia Feng sat on the ground with his buttocks, feeling that the entire hand bowl had been completely sour.

Within half an hour, he knocked and hit a source stone bush, but the other party didn't give face at all, and he didn't even drop a small slag.

"No, this job isn't for me."

Vina stood in the doorway of the building where she had rested last night and beckoned to him.

Xia Feng pinched the small hammer and walked over dejectedly.

"Xia Feng, don't go to join in the fun, leave the collection work to others."

Xia Feng squatted next to Vina, nodded absentmindedly, and then whispered.

"Vina, we should be absolutely safe now."

"Yes, Indra just sent a message, and until now, she has not found any other forces entering Mandel City, so we are absolutely safe now."

Xia Feng buried his face in his knees.

"Vena, would you be surprised if I told you that all of our current movements may be under someone's surveillance."

Vina's expression was visibly stunned for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Seriously, I might not be too surprised, I feel that there are other things hidden in this city, but I don't want to delve into what it is, as long as those things don't come out to interfere with us, I'm willing to choose to be a deaf and blind fool."

Xia Feng raised his head and looked at Vena's calm appearance, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

It turns out that Vina has realized something, maybe she also found something similar to cigarette butts last night, but she chose to ignore those things, Vina she seems to be just a willy, impulsive young leader, but in fact, she is far more mature than she remembers.

..........

Xia Feng stood up from the ground.

"Vina, when this operation is successful, we can go back to Victoria."

Vina smiles in the snow.

"Of course, didn't we make an appointment to come to my house for a party together, huh....... When the time comes, I'll do you my best ..........."

As soon as Vena spoke, Xia Feng was flustered again, and the last flag had just leveled her down, and there was another one?

Before Vena finished speaking, Xia Feng immediately diverted the conversation.

"Heh, no one knows what will happen in the future, don't think so much about it yet, we have to leave Mandel City safely first, hehe. You say yes. ”

"Well.... That's right, too. ”

An unfamiliar male voice came from very close behind the summer breeze.

"This place in Mandel City isn't for coming and going, you greedy stinky rats."

Hearing this voice, Xia Feng and Vena were stunned at the same time, and the same thought instantly appeared in their minds.

They had never heard this voice at all in their memory, and there was no doubt that the owner of this voice behind it did not belong to the Glasgow Gang and the [Grim Reaper] squad, outsiders!

..........

Xia Feng froze in place, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

His worst fears finally happened.

.................

In the next second, without any hesitation, the hammer in Vina's hand made an arc and smashed hard into her back.