Lin Xue brought us to a small town not far from the base before we set off for the historical site where the expedition team had disappeared.
The town wasn't big, with only a few thousand people living there. However, the buildings along the streets were neat and modern. It didn't look like a desert town that was isolated from the rest of the world.
The people in the town didn't seem to have any reaction to our arrival. They only glanced at us, the outsiders, before continuing with their own business.
I didn't know why, but I had a strange feeling as I walked in the town.
"I didn't expect there to be a town like this in the desert." Looking at the people coming and going, Shallow Shallow couldn't help but be surprised. Although she knew that there were people living in the desert, the problem was that this was the center of the Taklamakan Desert! It was a deserted place with scarce resources. Even the most basic problem of drinking water couldn't be solved. How could she not be curious about the existence of a town in such a place?
Zheng Yiming seemed to be very familiar with the place. As he led the way, he introduced, "This town isn't just any place. In fact, this is a refuge. You can also call it a place of exile."
"What?" My gossipy soul was instantly ignited.
"The number one smuggler in the world, the arms dealer, the descendant of an exiled family, the reclusive experts who are being hunted by their enemies. There are even one or two metahumans who have committed crimes and are not allowed to leave this desert for the rest of their lives. Don't underestimate anyone here. Any one of them could shake the entire world if they were to walk out of this place."
"Ah!" Shallow Shallow exclaimed in surprise. She grabbed my arm tightly. The friendly desert residents seemed to have turned into ferocious thugs in her eyes.
"Don't worry." Lin Xue patted Qian Qian's shoulder comfortingly. "No matter who you are, once you're in the Town of Exiles, you'll have to behave yourself. There are a few rules here. First, no matter how big a mistake you've made outside, it'll be written off once you're here. In other words, you're 'dead'. Number two: Once you are here, no one is allowed to leave without the permission of the organization, unless you are confident that you can escape from the entire organization. Third, no one should even think about stirring up trouble here. No matter how arrogant you are outside, you are just an ordinary citizen here. Otherwise … Hehe, in short, something very disharmonious will happen. In addition, this town is not completely isolated from the outside world. Occasionally, there will be some outsiders who have obtained permission to come in, but they don't know the truth about this town. The only people who know the truth, other than the people in the organization, are special people like you, Chen Jun. "
"Impressive." I smacked my lips. "Why do I feel like you guys are a lawless terrorist organization?"
"Tsk — we are contributing to the world!" Lin Xue retorted out of habit. "Most of these people will cause harm to humans as long as they are alive. However, it would be a waste of their abilities to kill them, so we have adopted this method.
"The organization provides them with protection so that they won't be torn to shreds by their enemies or other people. In return, they will stay here obediently and use their abilities to serve the organization. Whether you believe it or not, there are examples of the people in front of you. They use the internet or other methods to control the flow of billions of funds in the outside world, just so that they can eat their fill here. That is why this is a refuge, but also a place of exile …"
Refuge … Place of exile …
I carefully pondered over what Lin Xue had said. Once again, I observed the seemingly ordinary residents of the desert.
From the outside, they looked like the most ordinary residents. However, when I observed them closely, I noticed the difference in their eyes.
Some were cold, some were numb, some were unwilling, and some were jealous of us.
However, they could only suppress these feelings deep in their hearts and work hard to become ordinary residents of the desert.
At that moment. "Bro, do you want a disk?" A familiar male voice came from not far away.
"Creak —" My body instantly petrified.
Accompanied by creaking sounds, I turned my stiff neck around. Then, the figure of an uncle with a knight's face dressed like the Hacker Empire came into view. He was selling pirated disks to passersby.
Sicaro, an outstanding commander of the Empire. On the 6th of December 2010, he was sentenced to death by the emperor of the Empire. His crime was too idiotic.
Just kidding …
But I really want to do that, bastard! Are you really the commander of the Xiling Empire? Are you really not an extra actor or a spy sent by the enemy to mess things up? Didn't you receive any intelligence officer training in the army? Can't you think of a better way to hide your identity other than wearing the Hacker Empire suit and selling disks?!
At that moment, I had no hope in the intelligence of this uncle with a knight's face.
"Huh? Why do I feel that this uncle looks so familiar? "Lin Xue, who had accidentally seen Sicarro's figure in the car, muttered to herself strangely.
That's not the problem, right? The problem is, how could there be an uncle buying pirated disks here?
"No, why would there be such a person here?!" Zheng Yiming was the first to react. "Catch him!"
"Wait!" I quickly stopped him.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xue asked me curiously. "Do you know this person?"
I'm so stupid. Why did I make a sound?!
Facing Lin Xue's probing gaze, I quickly organized the words in my heart. But how could I explain the relationship between me and the uncle who was selling pirated disks in Exile Town?
"He is my brother's friend," Pandora suddenly said.
Pandora, do you know that I am thinking of a way to distance myself from this suspicious uncle?!
"He is also a metahuman," Pandora continued to expose.
"What?!" Lin Xue, Lin Feng and Zheng Yiming exclaimed in unison. Are metahumans worthless these days? How can a suspicious uncle who buys pirated disks on the street become a metahuman?
At that moment, Pandora's voice came through the mental connection. "Sicaro is an Imperial Army officer who is very good at defensive battles. His own combat power cannot be ignored. I hope to let him join our later operation. I think this matter isn't that simple. It's always good to have an extra layer of insurance."
"Chen Jun," Lin Xue's voice interrupted Pandora and my conversation. "Do you know this person? Is he really a metahuman? "
"Mm … That's right!" I replied in a panic. Then, I suddenly had an idea. "He can heal!"
"Huh?"
A few minutes later, Sicaro, who claimed to be able to heal … cough cough, that is, heal, walked with us.
"Chen Jun, will this guy really be alright?" Lin Xue asked worriedly as she looked at the uncle who was selling pirated disks along the way. "Why did you suddenly let an unknown person join us?"
"I can guarantee with my integrity that he is absolutely reliable!"
"A metahuman who likes to travel accidentally got lost while touring the Taklamakan Desert. He mistakenly entered the exiled town that is heavily protected by the metahuman organization and ended up selling pirated disks for a living. Do you think I should believe him? Also, that weird name, Sicaro. It doesn't sound like a real name, right? " Lin Xue was still full of distrust towards the uncle who dared to sell pirated disks in the exiled town. In the end, she sighed and said, "Forget it. My instincts tell me that this person can be trusted. I hope that my ability didn't lie to me this time."
"Who are we going to look for?" Shallow Shallow finally couldn't hold it in anymore. "We are almost at the end of the town. When are we going to set off for the ruins? The later we are, the more danger my father will be in! "
"Don't worry." Lin Feng smiled gently. "The person we are looking for is extremely important. Without his help, I am afraid that we will also disappear in the ruins like your father."
"Who is so powerful?" I asked curiously. "Could it be a metahuman?"
Lin Xue shook her head and said, "No, he's just an ordinary old man, but he has something that's not ordinary. That thing has the power to stabilize the ruins. Unfortunately, the expedition team believed too much in the so-called modern science. Their disdain towards the mysterious power led to the accident."
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