Chapter 325: ideal and reality
Of course, Panda and Cold Wind couldn't finish a roasted whole camel - they were full after eating fish, goose and sheep, and the camel didn't move at all - thanks to the fact that Panda is a big-bellied man with an extraordinary appetite, If there was only a cold wind, maybe he couldn't even finish the goose.
After the meal was full, the two packed the camel, and the cold wind did not swallow it alone, but divided it equally with the panda. It is really unreasonable for a camel to eat alone.
From the "Iron Wolf Hotel" in the golden section of the Golden City back to the grocery store in the cold wind that has almost reached the edge of the city, it gives people the feeling that it is a little bit from the bustling into the desolation, and when you reach the grocery store, you can already See the yellow sand in the distance.
"You are really poor enough." Panda looked at the yellow sand separated by trees such as jujube in the distance, and couldn't help sighing, "If the wind blows, will the house be filled with Sand?"
"Almost, just get used to it." Han Feng said nonchalantly, "Anyway, for me, the grocery store is just a decoration, and the important thing is the research institute behind."
"What are you researching recently? I heard people say that you are tired of grassland creatures and want to study aquatic products - why did you come to the desert?"
"There are a lot of things to study in the desert." Han Feng said, "Before I crossed, I lived in a coastal city, and I have never seen a desert in my life. So I plan to live here for two years, enjoy the desert scenery, and study by the way. Study several special monsters here."
"What special monster?"
"Sandworms and desert slimes, the former has the ability to turn soil into sand, I want to see if I can analyze it, and then make adjustments, so that the wasteland can be turned into fertile soil relatively quickly; the latter is The most drought-resistant of all slimes, I want to see what method this colloid creature uses to ensure that the water in the body does not lose." Speaking of his most important research project, Han Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, "Slimes have many advantages, such as excellent blunt resistance, the ability to deform freely to a certain extent, and strong digestion... But its shortcomings are also very significant, fear of water and drought, gelatin The body will dissolve if it is soaked in water for a long time, and it will be dehydrated if it is dry for too long, which is its fatal injury.”
"Desert slimes have a strong ability to resist drought. I hope to find out the key reasons for this ability through research on it, and then introduce this ability into other slimes to create more powerful, ability A more comprehensive slime."
Panda asked curiously: "What's the point of that? No matter how powerful a slime is, it's just a slime after all. Could it be that you want to artificially create a king slime?"
"King Slime?" Cold Wind smiled disdainfully, "It's just a piece of **** with a boss template attached! What I want to create is a creature with comprehensive resistance, free change of body, and quite intelligent creatures. In the plan, they will be used as external biological armor, as long as you get one such slime, even ordinary people can transform into brave warriors, enough to fight against elite soldiers."
Panda was shocked. He didn't expect his goal to be so lofty. He couldn't help asking, "Then how far have you studied?"
"...It's still very early." Cold wind smiled bitterly, "I've only made a little progress in slime's 'transformation', and the rest are basically blank. Scientific research is a very difficult thing. A little achievement requires a long time and a lot of manpower and material resources. The problem of money may be easy to handle, but the problem of time, but no one can do it.”
"Aren't you going to find an assistant?"
Han Feng shook his head: "I don't trust ordinary people. My guild companions... You also know my research style, and I don't get along well with everyone. So I can only study it slowly, there is no way."
Panda sighed, the cold wind was right, and he couldn't think of any solution.
While talking, the cold wind had already opened the locked door, and the two were about to enter when they saw a group of people approaching not far away. The man in the lead had a sturdy back and a hideous scar on his face, which looked truly ferocious. Seeing that almost all of them are wearing weapons, they know that they are definitely not good men and women.
"Boss Walter! You haven't paid the protection fee for this month!" A fat man with a loud voice shouted in the distance, "You have the money to eat at the Iron Wolf Hotel, but you don't have the money to pay the protection fee, do you understand? It's the rules of the rivers and lakes!"
The panda was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh a little - the transmigrators were all powerful, and if the cold wind was not the most powerful group among them, at least they were not weak. But he didn't expect that he would actually get mixed up to the point where a few gangsters at the bottom of the rivers and lakes demanded protection fees on the street.
Knowing today, I wonder if he will regret leaving the castle?
But the panda didn't notice that, although Han Feng had a wry smile on his face, there was a cold, cold light in his eyes.
After a while, the group of people walked in front of them, and the fat man with a loud voice said, "Boss Walter, it's been almost a month since you opened this store. According to the rules, you must pay the protection fee after three days of opening. This is too long in arrears!"
"Small business, I haven't been able to make any money yet, please be sure to give it a few days." Han Feng squeezed out some smiles and said in a polite tone as possible. It's just that he was born with a cold face, no matter how much he smiled, he still didn't seem to laugh, he didn't look kind at all, but rather gloomy.
"Boss Walter, what you said is too inauthentic. Don't say that your shop is an adventurer's business, and it is very profitable. Even if you really don't have much profit... If you can go to the Iron Wolf Restaurant to eat, you will still eat whole roasted food. You really can’t afford to pay for the protection of camels?” The fat man sneered and said, “For a shop like yours, we Sha Tuo help a shop only charge ten gold coins a month, and pay for one year at a time. If so, one hundred gold coins is enough. If you eat a roasted whole camel, you can calculate how many years of protection fees you can pay? I'm afraid it will be fine until your son grows up and takes over."
The cold wind frowned and said nothing.
"Do you have any basis for charging protection fees?" Panda asked, "You can't just draw a circle, you can charge as much as you want."
Facing the panda, Fatty obviously did not dare to neglect, and immediately replied: "We charge protection fees, mainly to rescue injured adventurers and clear the road dust. Our site and the standard of protection fees are also fourteen in the city. The gang and the twenty-six chambers of commerce have jointly discussed and approved it, of course not our empty words."
As he said that, he took out a piece of parchment from his arms. On the parchment was written the sphere of influence of the Sand Camel Gang, as well as the charging standards for protection fees and related social responsibilities. At the end of the parchment, it was the signature and seal of the "City of Gold Alliance". There was a faint magical light on the seal, which was clearly the real thing.
As a result, Panda was a little embarrassed. He never imagined that this seemingly insignificant low-level gang was still a formal "official organization", and the fees were paid according to the standard.
Cold wind's ideal is so lofty, but the reality is... He is already poor to the point where he has to work hard to deny the protection fee of ten gold coins.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart.
It's really a penny to kill a hero!