Life Dungeon Game

She knew she was still doing the foolish thing of waving a stick at the windmill, but she was no longer charging blindly. Instead, she began to systematically find partners to cooperate with, genuinely wanting to take down the windmill.

She began to truly act like a 'knight'.

"Sir, I'll go and arrange for the disposal of the polluted monster over there."

After calming herself down briefly, she opened the car door and spoke to He Ao.

"Wait a moment."

This time, He Ao called out to her.

She looked at He Ao with a puzzled expression, gazing at this resolute and composed old man.

He raised his right hand from the briefcase, extended it towards her, and smiled, "Pleasure doing business with you."

Ishia gazed at the face etched by time, then reached out and grasped that hand, smiling gently.

"Pleasant to work with."

The sun was directly above the gap between the tall buildings, and golden sunlight shone through the narrow crevice into this dark corner.

The warm sunlight streamed through the sunroof, passing between their cheeks and falling on their tightly clasped hands.

Chapter 660 The Grain Producer (A super-large chapter combining two parts, please vote with monthly tickets)

Ishia got out of the car and walked out of the alley.

The brief sunshine was fleeting, and shadows once again enveloped the world.

Jiaxi leaned against the back of the passenger seat, watching Ishia's retreating figure through the car window until she disappeared into the distance.

Once Ishia had completely disappeared, Jiaxi took out a piece of foil wrapper for chewing gum from her pocket, turned around, removed the chewing gum from the top of the rearview mirror, revealing the miniature camera underneath that was pointed into the car.

"The camera obstruction has been lifted,"

A faint, mechanical female voice sounded inside the taxi.

"Kuaixing Transportation Group reminds you that the in-cabin camera is an important component to protect the rights of passengers. We will strictly protect the privacy of our customers. All video data is strictly encrypted. Please do not try to cover or damage the camera. If it is damaged, you may be liable for compensation."

"Grandpa, why did you stick these headphones on too?"

Ignoring the sounds coming from the taxi's main control computer, Jiaxi removed the miniature Bluetooth earpiece stuck to her chewing gum and asked with some confusion.

"Headphones are used to play high-frequency sounds to interfere with the operation of the microphone."

As He Ao took out a tissue and reached out to remove the chewing gum stuck to the microphone's sound hole on the back seat, he explained in a slow voice.

Eve had just been using Bluetooth headphones to interfere with the microphone next to the camera and the vehicle's sound system.

"Ow!"

Jiaxi nodded.

At that moment, the taxi shook and slowly started moving.

The driverless taxi will not start if the in-car camera or microphone is blocked, but it will still calculate the fare.

In fact, this is a 'loophole' deliberately left by the Kuaixing Transportation Group, allowing customers to cover the information collection devices inside the car for a short period of time, thereby turning the driverless taxi into a temporary 'secret room' for use.

The transportation fee is actually the usage fee for this 'secret room'.

Of course, this obstruction period cannot be too long. If it exceeds fifteen minutes, the Kuaidi Transportation Group may remotely issue an alarm.

The taxi slowly drove out of the alley.

He Ao sat in the back seat and glanced out onto the street. At that moment, a large truck was parked at the alleyway where he had killed the monster. This truck must have stopped there while he was chatting with Ishia.

The truck's rear end rammed into the alleyway, and the faint sound of large mechanical walls operating could be heard. This must be the truck towing the polluted monster that He Ao killed.

There were some pollution cleanup workers on the outskirts dispersing the crowd.

When He Ao emerged from the alley, the truck operation was nearing completion. The robotic arm had completely hauled the contents of the alley into the truck bed, and the whole process was very fast.

With a crisp click of the door closing, the huge truck started moving forward and turned into the street, while Ishia, who had been standing beside it, got into a black sedan.

Some of the pollution cleanup crew stayed behind to handle the aftermath, while most of them joined the convoy and headed east of the city.

He Ao instructed the taxis to follow the convoy at a distance.

He changed taxis several times during the journey.

They kept following the pace until they saw the entire convoy enter a towering building surrounded by glass.

The building didn't display any sign of any group or organization; it simply stood quietly in the shadow of tall buildings, resembling an ordinary office building.

He Ao and Jiaxi got out of the car not too close to the building. Standing where he got out, the building could still be vaguely seen, but it was mostly obscured by other factory buildings.

That building must be the headquarters of the Pollution Cleanup Department.

For the time being, Ishia should be safe.

He Ao glanced at the building, then found a roadside shop that was relatively crowded nearby and walked over.

After all this commotion, it got dark, and the surrounding streetlights turned on one by one.

"What to eat?"

He Ao stood at the entrance of the small shop, turned to look at Jiaxi, and asked with a smile.

This is a small shop that mainly sells large cheese bread.

This is a specialty of St. John's, where baked bread is split in half, stuffed with cheese, and then baked in the oven until the cheese is completely melted.

You can add your own toppings to the baked cheese bread; some have vegetable juice, some have jam, and some even have raw eggs.

Of course, the best-selling one is the one with meatballs.

Mix the synthetic minced meat with some spices and seasonings, shape it into large meatballs about half the size of a fist, fry them in synthetic liquid vegetable oil until golden brown on all sides, then bake them in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes until the outer skin turns a dark brown color, then take them out and use them as a side dish for cheese bread.

Because synthetic minced meat is a scrap of synthetic meat and is inexpensive, although the taste is not very good, it can still be chewy after being pan-fried and grilled. In addition, it is cheap and plentiful, so these pan-fried meatballs are very popular in St. John's City.

This is one of the few foods that allows ordinary people to quickly ingest a large amount of protein.

Large meatballs, along with cheese bread as the main dish, can barely satisfy the energy consumption of high-intensity work.

Most of the people dining at this restaurant are employees of the nearby Kaijet Group factory.

As a grain group, Kegete does not provide an affordable canteen for its employees, so employees have to eat at shops outside the factory or bring their own meals.

In contrast, the food prices in the surrounding shops were not cheap either; this shop was the cheapest one He Ao could find at a glance.

However, the same type of food at this store is priced about 15 percent higher than in the northwest area where Sito lives.

He looked up and glanced at the 'Kaijet Property' sign on the wall of the shop.

Clearly, the storefront is the property of the Kegete Group.

Having spent half his life in the grain industry, Sito has a certain understanding of the entire industry's upstream and downstream sectors. In the catering industry, rent is one of the most significant costs.

The reason why shops in this area are more expensive than in other places is probably largely due to rent.

These small price changes, reflected in the selling price of goods, may only amount to a difference of one or two federal dollars.

However, for grain factory employees who typically earn less than five federal dollars per hour and only around forty federal dollars per day, this...

A difference of one or two yuan directly determines whether they eat a large portion or a small portion, and whether they can eat their fill.

These factory workers, whose main job is producing food, often find it difficult to get enough to eat near the factory.

Most workers probably brought their own food.

But in reality, even if you cook your own meals and bring your own lunch, the cost of food in St. John's City is not low.

Due to high food prices, the per capita food consumption in the entire city of St. John is even on par with that of Dawn City, which has a much more developed economy and a much higher average price.

The income of St. John City is far lower than that of Dawn City.

"that,"

While He Ao was sorting out the impact of the Kegete Group on St. John City, Jiaxi, who had been thinking for a while, finally made a decision. She raised her little hand high and pointed to the roast meatball set meal, "Grandpa, I want to eat that."

How many servings do you want?

He Ao glanced at her and asked softly. If he remembered correctly, the girl's digestive ability was also very good because she had been exercising since she was a child.

Yes, they have a big appetite.

However, to prevent her child from overeating and getting sick, Sito usually only lets her eat a little more.

"what?"

Jiaxi's eyes widened, slightly bewildered.

Then she hesitated for a moment, and after a brief thought, she looked at He Ao and tentatively asked, "Grandpa, can we have three servings of the one with five extra meatballs?"

"can."

He Ao smiled and nodded.

Then he led Jiaxi to the store entrance and ordered five meatball cheese breads.

Jiaxi got three portions, and he got two.

This large meatball cheese bread set meal is not cheap; a single serving costs 16 Federal Dollars, and five servings cost Heo 80 Federal Dollars.

In terms of energy alone, this serving is basically enough for an adult's daily food intake.

While waiting for the meal to be prepared, He Ao opened the small briefcase that Ishia had given him and took out the bracelet that was linked to his black market account.

Instead of directly opening the black market software, he used short-range file transfer to transfer an Eve remote control terminal to the bracelet for installation.

This way, even if he doesn't wear the bracelet, Eve can remotely control the information on the bracelet to project onto his own bracelet.

Through this terminal, Eve can also run some tasks that require information retrieval in the background, without having to search for it herself.

With the control terminal installed, He Aocai then opened the software labeled 'Black Market'.

This is also the only non-system app on this bracelet. The app's icon is quite interesting; it's a closed eye.

This reminded Heo of the 'wizard'.

Wizards are a collective term for a group of people who pursue truth and power during the Great Cataclysm. Their representative emblem is the 'Eye of Truth', which is usually depicted as an inverted triangle with a closed eye, signifying the 'pursuit of truth'.

Of course, this emblem was later 'usurped' by Death, and the inverted triangle with an open eye, signifying 'the truth has been revealed,' became the emblem of Death.