Ming Xu didn't care about Dong Ling Lan's expression. She still played with the steam pistol until Li Xiang, who was wearing a coat, appeared from the periphery. She suddenly stopped the movement of her hand, put away the pistol, and stood up to carry the piano case.
"Brother Li Xiang!" Lu Yu's pouting mouth stretched a little after seeing Li Xiang. She threw herself from Dong Ling Lan's arms into Li Xiang's arms and affectionately rubbed her head against his chest.
Li Xiang's face changed, but soon returned to its original state.
"You are hurt." Ming Xu whispered behind him. Li Xiang faintly said "Hmm" and didn't say much. He led them to the steam station in the center of the city.
Hangzhou, as the number one super city in City 0127, was far more sophisticated than small places like Black City and Houcheng, both in terms of scale and infrastructure layout.
Up to now, the major forces had mastered countless resources, and as their base in the rear, these numbered cities and subordinate super cities were built into huge structures that integrated entertainment, fortresses, and residences.
Hangzhou had a more distinct layout. It was divided into a total of five staggered floors. The ground floor was the area with the most people and the most infrastructure. Looking up, one could see countless super commercial buildings and suspended buildings. Of course, these places were forbidden areas that many people would never set foot in in their lifetime.
Countless tracks and crisscrossed pipelines densely covered the vicinity of the super commercial building. Hangzhou has both intercity trains to other major towns in the 0127 city, similar to the Hangzhou Station of Heicheng Station, and the unique steam station of the numbered city.
What passed through there were civilian armored steam locomotives going to and from various numbered cities or military armored steam locomotives going to and from major military regions.
Li Xiang had only seen the models of these two steam locomotives in textbooks. They were known as the integration of attack, defense, and transportation. Generally, they were monopolized by Bai's Heavy Industry and Dong Ling Heavy Industry.
When they entered the magnificent Hangzhou Steam Courier Station and saw the ferocious behemoth-like civilian armored steam locomotive above their heads, Li Xiang was shocked for the first time.
The entire steam locomotive was nearly several thousand meters long. It was like a mechanical dragon lying dormant in the sky. Its head was in the shape of a distinct beast's head, which was why it was named. This steam locomotive was the famous "Chiwen" in various numbered cities. It was the oldest steam locomotive of the Bai Clan Heavy Industries.
The steam locomotives produced by Dong Ling Heavy Industries usually used Western magical creatures that were popular in Europe before the Catastrophe, such as vampires and werewolves.
To Li Xiang, who could see through all mechanical devices, the sight of the Chi Chi was even more shocking. He couldn't help but marvel at the uncanny workmanship of the designers and builders of the Bai clan Heavy Industries.
Countless mechanical components and all sorts of massive gears were constructed within them. Just recognizing them was already very troublesome, let alone replicating and imitating them.
Li Xiang's ability made him more aware of the hardships of this road in the future.
Just like the mysterious mechanical device that Maria had given him, there were also some areas inside the Chi Chi that he couldn't see through. Some special materials must have been used to block his senses.
After a moment of amazement, they followed the crowd into the Hangzhou Steam Courier Station. The central area of the Hangzhou Steam Courier Station was located in two giant towers welded together with metal and mechanical components.
These two towers were the famous Twin Lighthouses that the players had used to guide their companions and resist the disaster when they had just risen in Hangzhou after the Catastrophe!
Even though they were now abandoned, they were still the most exciting buildings in Hangzhou.
The construction of the Twin Lighthouses alone made people feel the infinite wisdom of the sages. The fact that they could now live a stable life here was because of the players who had risked their lives to fight for it.
The highest point of the two lighthouses was connected by a retro-style staircase. At both ends of the staircase was an ancient clock tower. The two mirror-like giant clock faces had one needle turning counterclockwise and the other clockwise, and the characters were still in ancient Roman numerals.
Every hour, the mechanical device in the clock tower would turn frantically. The gears would drive the heavy hammer, and the steam turbine below would discharge a large amount of steam and make a distant bell sound.
The Hangcheng Steam Relay Station was different from the crowded Hangcheng Station. Those who could afford to ride the Chi Kiss back and forth between multiple numbered cities were mostly the cream of the crop, people of high status, or wealthy businessmen. They dressed appropriately, which was a stark contrast to the messy Hangcheng Station that had all kinds of people.
The interior of the Steam Courier Station was divided into the waiting area of the upper and lower hall and the service area of various shops. The deterrence of the Army soldiers guarding here was obviously much higher than that of the Black City Army.
They stood solemnly one by one. In contrast, the Army soldiers in small cities like Black City and Houcheng were like a mixed army, while the Army soldiers here were the real regular army.
In fact, the Army covered seven continents, and the internal system was complex. Soldiers of the same level could even have a world of difference in strength. Of course, people like Li Xiang who had not been to the Military University of China and had not been to many cities naturally didn't know.
Seeing the degree of security here, Li Xiang felt a lot more at ease, but Ming Xu, who had been calm all this time, seemed to be a little excited. Her cheeks were slightly red, and she looked shy, but her every move was more like excitement.
Like a hunter who had found his prey, she kept stroking the long piano case in her arms.
There were many self-service mechanical devices in the service area. Li Xiang wanted to help Dong Ling Lan and her daughter buy tickets to City 0265, which was Lu Hai's hometown and the place where they met.
The Dragon Kiss was divided into six types of carriages, and passengers like Dong Ling Lan and her daughter who couldn't provide a citizen card or any other valid documents, not only were the ticket price ten times higher, but they could only stay in the last carriage.
Seeing that the ticket cost 20,000 Blue Astral Coins, Li Xiang's mouth twitched slightly. A month ago, he and his sister were still receiving 1,500 Blue Astral Coins a month, but now they were people who could spend tens of thousands of Blue Astral Coins at will.
Sometimes, fate was so capricious.
Dong Ling Lan and her daughter planned to go to the toilet before getting on the train, so Li Xiang bought the tickets first.
The mission should be over now. He waited for Dong Ling Lan's family to come over and hand over the mission. He could also send Dong Ling Lan and the others on the train. He just didn't know if Lu Hai's death would affect his score.
He and Ming Xu waited in the service area, but after half an hour, they still didn't see them.
A bad premonition slowly rose from the bottom of his heart.
Black Hawk's people wouldn't dare to make a move here. Could it be the military? But Wang Zhongyue said before that Hang City's military was not the same as Black City's military. The former's internal big shots wouldn't listen to a little major from the north.
If the Kuang Tie could influence the Hang City's military, then Li Xiang would have died without a burial place.
The only possibility was that Dong Ling Lan and her daughter escaped by themselves!
His face gradually became ugly, and he asked Ming Xu to go to the toilet. When she came out shaking her head, Li Xiang completely collapsed.
Why did they run away at the last step?
Li Xiang scratched his head, forced himself to calm down, and reviewed the events of these days bit by bit.
Suddenly, a strange idea flashed in his mind. Li Xiang looked at Ming Xu and found that she was also looking at him.
Speaking of which, since the two cooperated, he hadn't asked Ming Xu what mission she took. He just guessed that Ming Xu should also accept the mission of Dong Ling Family, probably to protect them and cooperate with him?
Because Ming Xu rarely took the initiative to talk to him, he felt that there was no need to ask other people's privacy.
"They ran away. What's your mission?" Ming Xu's voice was very light, without any emotion.
"Protect their family to the steam station." Li Xiang's face was dark. "What about you?"
"Get rid of the troublemaker who suddenly appeared." Ming Xu raised her head and stroked the long piano case. "The first mission was to kill you and their family. But someone intervened and the mission changed halfway. "
Li Xiang felt a chill run down his spine. Her expression didn't change. She looked at Li Xiang calmly and said that it was normal for her to say that she would kill them.
Then he understood. If it weren't for the fact that the Black City Station was attacked by a mysterious sniper, would he have met Ming Xu there?
"She's from the Dong Ling Family. Marrying someone from the Subcontinent District is against the law." Ming Xu's eyes were clear. "She will die."
Speaking of which, her eyelashes trembled.
So, that was it …
Li Xiang clenched his fists. Dong Ling Family never intended to let go of Dong Ling Lan's family from the very beginning. He was just one of the pawns in the game.
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