After Zhang Heng got the trading location and time, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he declined Mr. G's offer of transportation and a lounge. Instead, he found a small hotel and changed his attire there.
By the time he left the hotel, his appearance had changed a lot. He had become a street performer with a beard, wearing a round hat, and carrying a huge piano case on his back.
Zhang Heng placed the metal bottle containing antimatter and the items that he might use later in the piano case. However, due to the limited size of the piano case, he could not bring the Pestilence Bone Bow and the Paris Arrow with him. In addition, Zhang Heng rented a pug from the pet shop to accompany him.
Now, he looked exactly the same as the wandering singers who sang in the square and at the station. Not only did he look similar, but his temperament had also changed.
After the trip to Rome, the makeup skills that Zhang Heng learned from the Deduction Deductive Reasoning quest had been integrated with the assassin's camouflage skills. Although he hadn't broken through to Lv.3, it was now difficult to see any flaws in his disguise.
After that, a man and a dog quietly blended into the commuter crowd.
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Zhang Heng arrived at the second level at 5: 42 pm.
One hour and three minutes before the trading would begin.
Unlike what he had imagined, when he arrived at the central shuttle station on the second floor, he found that it was not much different from usual. The number of security guards at the station had not increased, and there was no additional inspection of passengers entering and exiting the station. They were still walking around the waiting hall lazily, chatting about last night's drinking party and the female passengers with good figures that they had just seen.
Although Mr. G had repeatedly emphasized the strength of the emergency response team before they set off, there were only ten of them. Without a detailed transaction time and location, it was impossible for a single team to quickly locate the courier from the crowd. So, they must have the help of peripheral personnel.
With Shengtang Morgan Group's influence in New Shanghai 0297, they could easily mobilize the city's armed forces through the government. This was also the most powerful force in the entire second level. However, to Zhang Heng's surprise, the emergency response team that started with the number zero did not mobilize this force.
However, this was not necessarily good news because it likely meant that they had other means to identify the courier. At the same time, it also meant that they were confident in their methods.
If Mr. G was the uncrowned king of the first level, then the opponent that Zhang Heng was going to face this time was the real manager of the entire New Shanghai 0297. Not only did he have the trump card of the clone team, but Shengtang Morgan Group also had almost unlimited resources.
This was why Zhang Heng had to be cautious.
As soon as he left the station, Zhang Heng turned off his bracelet and put on a signal blocker on his wrist.
Zhang Heng had also asked Miss F about the feasibility of removing the locator without surgery and switching to a signal jammer. Unfortunately, according to Miss F, some awakened clones had thought of this method before. Hence, the locator was equipped with a self-melting function.
Once the signal transmission was blocked for more than eight hours, the locator would automatically melt, causing serious irreversible damage to the cerebral cortex. Hence, Zhang Heng's idea of using a signal blocker to block the locator in his brain was no longer possible.
But the good news was that the signal blocker could indeed make him untraceable for a short period of time. Eight hours should be enough for Zhang Heng to complete the transaction and return to the first level.
Zhang Heng had already checked the location of the Singularity Bar on the shuttle. It was some distance from the station, but Zhang Heng did not take a taxi because it did not match his current identity as a street performer. Fortunately, he still had plenty of time. So, Zhang Heng walked there with the pug. At the same time, he could also test if he was being followed.
It was rush hour, and there were a lot of people on the road, bustling with activity.
The second level was probably the most overlooked level in New Shanghai 0297. It was not as prosperous as the elite white-collar workers on the third level, nor was it as luxurious and mysterious as the fourth and fifth levels. At the same time, it was not as bad as the first level.
More than half of the residents living on the second level were blue-collar workers in the city. In the year 2077, there were very few blue-collar workers who simply engaged in repetitive physical labor. Most of them were in technical positions. Each of them basically had a skill, but once they left the company they belonged to, it was difficult for them to rely on their skills to make a living in society.
Just like this highly differentiated production process, everyone was an insignificant part of the machine, and when combined together, they would eventually form a precise production machine. Hardworking and highly obedient were probably the most suitable labels for the residents of the second level.
When Xu Qian first started working as a streamer, she lived on the second level for a while. In her words, it was an extremely boring space. The people here did not know how to entertain themselves. All they cared about was work, and they were no different from robots.
However, this statement was obviously not accurate. After work, the second level was still quite lively. Many people in work attire were also discussing where to relax later. Many of them liked to go to the first level to spend their money because the prices there were cheaper. If you were to ask any resident of the second level here, they would know the prices of many places like the back of their hand. And they would always be able to find the most cost-effective goods. This was almost the basic skill of the residents of the second level.
There was an old saying in New Shanghai 0297. If you want to know which store has the best and cheapest products, you just need to see how many residents of the second level patronized that store.
In addition to the young people who wanted to eat, sing, and play games together, there were also many middle-aged people who had married their families. They looked much more mature, and most of them rushed home as soon as they got off work, bringing small gifts for their daughters and sons.
Zhang Heng walked for a distance, but he did not find anyone following him. As for Shengtang Morgan's emergency response team, he did not even see a shadow of them. It was as if the latter had no idea that the courier had arrived at the second level. However, Zhang Heng did not think that the other party was only at this level.
Earlier, he accompanied Old Man Geng to meet Mr. G. Not long after they left the cinema, they were stopped by the biker gang. Moreover, they were in Mr. G's territory. With the intelligence that the other party showed, there was no reason that they did not receive any news before the transaction began.
However, when he did not know the other party's arrangement, Zhang Heng had no other choice but to go to the transaction location according to the established plan.
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