Life Dungeon Game

The only potential risk is whether Hai Xi, whom I've just met, is trustworthy.

Based on the entire charity gala and Hai Xi's demeanor during the final life-or-death chase, He Ao believes that Hai Xi is quite reliable and trustworthy.

After all, Heo had actually saved her life, and the two of them shared the same enemy, the Huiermei Medical Foundation. Moreover, capturing Thorne and dealing with the traitors in the shopping mall was also in Haixi's interest.

Although there were still some things about Hai Xi that He Ao was unaware of, He Ao keenly realized that Hai Xi was quite determined in her fight against the Huierme Medical Foundation.

What she did at the dinner party was risky, and as a qualified middleman, he shouldn't have gotten involved in those things himself.

Hashi's actions prove that she had reasons to get involved.

Moreover, judging from the ambush in the underground parking lot, the Huiermei Medical Foundation has been wanting to deal with her for a long time, which proves that there is likely a deeper conflict between the two sides.

This can serve as the basis for cooperation: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

After Heo tentatively expressed his needs, Haixi readily agreed, which proved that Heo's plan was also in her best interest.

So He Ao ultimately chose to believe her.

Last night's events proved that He Ao's judgment was correct.

Of course, if Hai Xi is unwilling to cooperate, or has other plans, He Ao also has other backup plans, but they are not as effective as this one.

While he was thinking, He Ao had already changed his clothes quickly. He put the pendant back in his clothes and then found the alloy dagger in the bedside table.

Hai Xi found him a simple dagger sheath to store the dagger, but perhaps because of the time constraints, the sheath didn't fit very well and was a little too big.

He Ao drew the dagger from its sheath, and with a crisp sound, his eyes were drawn to the cold alloy blade of the dagger.

He glanced at the slightly chipped blade of the dagger, then quickly looked away.

The dagger is broken; he needs to find a new, suitable weapon.

He sheathed the dagger, then put the sheathed dagger into the inside pocket of his coat, and opened the door.

At that very moment, a gust of wind carrying a fishy, ​​foul odor came towards them.

He Ao twitched his nose, his expression unchanged, and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

"Have you changed your clothes?"

With her back to the door, Hai Xi, who was standing in the hallway, turned around and looked at He Ao. Then she paused and asked, "Why didn't you bring that air-purifying mask?"

"This slight taste won't affect anything."

He Ao shook his head.

Although he doesn't rely heavily on his sense of smell in combat, in certain...

In any given situation, smell is also a very important source of information.

"I hope you can get used to the taste."

Hai Xi nodded. She knew that He Ao must have his reasons for not wearing a mask. Then she walked down the corridor and said, "I'll take you to see Thorne."

"Um,"

He Ao's gaze swept around.

He discovered that the location he was in was also a small building, but unlike the surrounding buildings that were mainly used to store garbage, this building had walls on all four sides, and the walls were painted, making it look more like a residence than a garbage factory.

At that moment, Hesy was leading him down the corridor.

Between these small buildings, there are also some 'sky bridges' made of rusty steel.

These connecting corridors link the various buildings, allowing people to walk between them without having to go downstairs.

However, these sky bridges do not seem safe. Only a few have roofs to shelter from the rain, most have only some rusty railings, and some don't even have railings. The narrow walkways connect the two small buildings like long, thin bridges.

Some children ran on it, their footsteps making a thumping sound as they stepped on the rusty steel plates.

What are the sources of income for the scavengers here?

He Ao turned his gaze away from the small buildings and connecting corridors, and asked casually as he walked forward along the corridor.

“Waste disposal,”

Hai Xi glanced at the densely packed garbage and said softly, "Much of this garbage that has been transported here is recyclable. The scavengers sort out the recyclable garbage and then process it into industrial raw materials using some rudimentary machines and methods."

"For example, the recycled aluminum cans are remelted and then cast into qualified aluminum ingots. Cleaning companies will come to collect these aluminum ingots, but they offer very low prices, only one-third or even one-quarter of the price offered by the factory."

“I’ve tried selling these aluminum ingots directly to factories before, but basically no factory is willing to buy materials directly from scavengers. In the end, I still have to sell these aluminum ingots to cleaning companies.”

"So cleaning companies can directly make two to three times the cost by reselling these aluminum ingots?"

He Ao glanced at the scavengers' tattered clothes. "What about all that trash that's useless after it's been processed?"

"Most of the trash here has a destination."

Hai Xi shook her head. "Only a small portion of the garbage is completely unmanageable. Cleaning companies will come and take away this garbage and charge the scavengers a cleaning fee."

Upon hearing this, He Ao paused for a moment, "This cleaning company... must be very profitable."

After all, the cleaning company in Witland had already collected cleaning fees from the residents of Witland once.

Moreover, the cleaning fee is not low, at least not lower than the cleaning fee in Dawn City.

However, the cleaning fee in Dawn City includes the cost of garbage disposal by the cleaning company.

The cleaning company in Witland only needs to transport the garbage to the Zarote neighborhood.

Compared to the cleaning companies in Dawn City, the cleaning companies in Witland save on the costs of maintaining the garbage disposal machinery and building garbage disposal plants.

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They can also make a profit from the raw materials that the scavengers have processed.

The most outrageous thing is that they even charge a fee for transporting garbage that scavengers can't handle out of the city.

In other cities, this cost is already included in the cleaning fees paid by residents.

He Ao didn't know where to begin his rant.

"The largest cleaning company in Witland is Witland Cleaning, a subsidiary of the Witland Healthcare Consortium,"

Walking ahead, Hai Xi led He Ao down the stairs on the exterior wall of the small building. "They formed a monopoly alliance with other small cleaning companies in Wetland, deciding all the garbage disposal matters in the entire city. Every year, they spend a lot of money lobbying city council members to push the city council to pass bills that are favorable to them."

Upon hearing this, He Ao roughly understood why the aluminum ingots made by scavengers couldn't be sold directly to factories: a huge interest group had cut off the scavengers' connection with the outside world.

He also vaguely understood the point of conflict between Hai Xi and the Huiermei Medical Foundation.

"We're here,"

Hai Xi stopped in front of a rather spacious warehouse door, reached out and pushed it open, revealing the pitch-black interior. In this chaotic darkness, a faint light could be seen from the depths of the warehouse. "It's dark inside, so it's probably a bit dark."

"It's okay, it won't affect you."

He Ao stared at the dark warehouse, the darkness appearing as clear to him as if illuminated by light.

He easily spotted Thorne sitting at the end of the warehouse.

Strictly speaking, this was his first meeting with Thorne.

He took a deep breath and stepped into the warehouse.

Chapter 553 The Mysterious Man's Arrangement (Happy New Year, Super Long Chapter, Seeking Monthly Comments)

[He Ao (Jess)]

[Privilege Level: Advanced Player]

Physical fitness: 1194 (579)

[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Super Memory (Soul Binding) (Rank C), Basic Firearms Mastery (Soul Part), Talent Sequence 72: Stealth Mage (Rank C) (Unusable)]

Mechanical modification: None

[Martial Arts: Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation (Rank C) (Partial Usability)]

[Character Skill: Talent Sequence 111: Terrorist]

The Fearful is a talent sequence that leans towards combat, and the ritual completed by He Ao was quite effective, instilling fear in three C-rank and dozens of D-rank individuals.

Therefore, after He Ao used martial arts training methods to absorb the power of the Fearless Secret Medicine to the maximum extent, his physical attributes directly increased from 127 to 579, an increase of 452.

At this moment, his physical abilities even surpassed those of his main world clone, 'Bandit Hu Wen'.

In addition to the improvement in physical fitness, He Ao also gained two abilities after being promoted to a terrorist.

The first ability is called 'Eyes of the Night,' a passive skill that automatically activates in low light or dark environments. With this skill, Heo can maintain clear 'vision' even in dim or dark environments.

The Night Eye works in a similar way to divine sense. It does not rely on the optical perception of the eyes, but instead projects the image directly into He Ao's mind and presents it in the form of vision.

However, unlike divine sense, divine sense has no blind spots and can be effective even with your eyes closed, allowing you to see the back of your own head.

The Night Eyes only works when your eyes are open, and you can only see the field of vision that your eyes can see in bright light; you cannot see the back of your own head.

From this perspective, the ability of Night Eyes may still have some connection with the eyes.

However, compared to the limited stock and the increased mental energy consumption as observation accuracy improves, the Eye of Night places almost no burden on He Ao's mind and is very useful for observation in the dark.

Besides observing inanimate objects, the Night Eye can also be used to observe life. In the Night Eye's field of vision, life is as fiery as flames, and the more powerful the life, the more brilliantly it burns.

This ability is somewhat like a weakened version of the super memory's ability to peer into souls. The Night Eye cannot see the souls of those beings, but it can roughly sense the strength of these beings.

Overall, Night Vision is a great ability, but it only works in low light or darkness. In other words, it's completely useless during the day when visibility is good.

Besides the Eye of the Night, the Terrorists have another ability: 'Spread Fear'.

This ability is somewhat similar to the 'warrior's' ability to instill fear in enemies, but it has a wider range of effect and is more difficult to control.

A warrior's ability only instills fear in his enemies, while the fear of a terrorist is indiscriminate. Anyone within the terrorist's field of vision, or nearby, and noticed by the terrorist, will be affected by the fear.

This kind of fear has no specific target; it affects everyone in the surrounding area who meets the conditions indiscriminately, regardless of whether they are enemy or foe.

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This is also a passive skill that will remain active indefinitely. The deeper the darkness, the more people the terrorists kill, and the stronger the fear they instill in those around them.

This fear can cause the weak to surrender outright, and even push some people on the verge of madness to the brink.

Similarly, as this fear takes effect, the terrorist's own mental state will also be affected, and he will become more and more fond of darkness and killing, eventually going completely insane.

This ability has a strong duality, but as long as one stands in a place bathed in light and does not engage in large-scale killing, this fear ability will not have a significant impact on those around Heo.

In a sense, both terrorists and missionaries are indeed successors to the 'giving person' innate talent sequence; missionaries give faith, while terrorists give fear.