Chapter 42 You Shouldn't Have Such an IQ...

On a stable carriage.

Xu Nan opened the curtains to let her eyes get used to the sunshine in the snow field that she hadn't seen for a long time.

Wildfire City seemed to be peaceful as usual, but in fact, unknown turbulence was secretly surging.

People gathered in groups of three or four to talk about the interesting things that happened recently, and the people in the snowfield seemed very excited, as if they had been aroused by something to talk about; in stark contrast to the activity of the human beings, it was the hounds that looked a little nervous and wildcats.

These pets who have always gotten along well with the people in the ice field all looked a little panicked.

They seem to sense some impending danger.

Xu Nan closed the curtain silently, pretending to close her eyes to rest.

In fact, he was checking the task rewards for this [Ten Days in a Brothel].

Since the distortion of his shame, his traits have been blocked, and he is still in a state of [abstinence].

Fortunately, this state does not prevent him from doing tasks to earn shame points.

As explained before, the brothel was successfully completed in ten days, and Xu Nan was given 100 shame points, which made him feel quite happy; besides, the agreed optimization of a random second-ring spell also made Xu Nan feel happy. Nan's spirit shook.

[Selected optimized spell: Bileg's Trembling Palm]

[Optimization successful! 】

[You have mastered a new spell: Super Tremor Palm! 】

[Super tremor palm: the super-optimized version of Bileg's tremor palm, which has a powerful tremor effect, and even has an instant lethal effect on ordinary people and humans; of course, for some strong alien species, it can be used to xxx...]

Xu Nan was a little puzzled: "When did the Paradise Lost system also introduce the masking word mechanism?"

"For the strong alien species, what can the super tremor palm be used for?"

But he didn't dwell on it. Bileg's trembling palm is not Xu Nan's most common offensive method, because he dislikes that it is not as simple and crude as mixed doubles or group fights.

But after the upgrade, there must be a new application space. In just a few seconds after the optimization was successful, Xu Nan had already thought of an excellent application space.

Thinking of this, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Of course it's for... demolition!"

Well, the Super Trembling Palm can not only be used against life forms, but also has a very significant effect on illegal buildings.

For Xu Nan, who is determined to control Wildfire City, he will have a new solution when he encounters a nail household in urban planning.

...

The carriage of Sebalon's family quickly sent Xu Nan and Gray to the castellan's mansion.

But as soon as he got out of the car, Gray was keenly aware of something.

His nostrils fluttered slightly, then he frowned and said:

"There was a fight here just now..."

"There are bloodstains..."

Xu Nan nodded, saying that there is no need to worry.

As long as Barnes hasn't gone completely crazy now, it shouldn't pose much threat to him.

After all, he still needs a puppet city lord. In this regard, Xu Nan is still very conscious.

Led by the guards, the two of them walked through the obviously fortified mansion of the city lord until they arrived at the city lord's bedroom.

This is where Xu Nan came before, and the treasure chest of the city lord is hidden here.

When Xu Nan entered, Barnes just sent out a few familiar local faces smiling.

When those people saw Xu Nan, they still calmed down a little with their terrified expressions on their faces. They actually lowered their heads and saluted Xu Nan. According to the custom of the Ice Plains people, the etiquette is clearly required for those with higher status than themselves.

Gray raised his eyebrows, and said to Xu Nan in a low voice, "It seems that Master Barnes has already taken care of the rest of the Icelanders."

However, his eyes were still full of puzzlement.

Gray can be regarded as a personal participant in this turmoil of wild land development, but these days, he always feels that the truth is covered by a thick layer of fog.

How on earth did Barnes do it?

He was also very curious.

Xu Nan knew very well in his heart that, just as Gray said, since Barnes invited him over at this time, it meant that he had already dealt with the rest of the Icelanders, at least on the surface.

He also keenly noticed that among the leaders who had just left representing the local forces in Wildfire City, there were no members of the second force, the Blackwater Gang.

The answer seems to have been half revealed.

For the remaining half, you have to ask Barnes himself.

Under Gray's apprehensive gaze, Xu Nan walked into the room calmly.

It was evening at this time, the sun was setting, and the burning clouds in the sky hung straight on the window. Barnes seemed to be admiring the scenery.

He turned around slowly when he heard footsteps behind him, and a sincere smile appeared on his resolute face:

"Good evening, my Lord City Lord."

After all, he handed a heavy copper order to Xu Nan.

Gray held his breath for a moment.

Xu Nan checked the copper token carefully, and then gently inserted it into the treasure chest of the city lord.

There was no sound, and the treasure chest opened automatically. There were many documents, diaries, and the seal of the city lord piled inside. It seemed that they were indeed the relics left by Sir Barton.

Barnes smiled quietly and said nothing.

Xu Nan pondered and said:

"Can you tell me how you did it?"

Like Gray, he didn't understand the ins and outs of this matter, and he felt a little bit pained in his heart just to become the puppet city lord with such a dazed face.

Barnes glanced at Gray, who looked a little stiff, but under Xu Nan's gesture, he left silently.

It's just that the look in his eyes when he left was clearly warning Xu Nan that he must tell him the ins and outs of this matter.

Xu Nan pretended not to see it.

"It's nothing too complicated."

Barnes rubbed his temples, and gently placed a contract on the table:

"It's just that there are a few more jumping clowns that make things a bit complicated."

Xu Nan took a look at the contract, and the content in it was basically a previous agreement between Xu Nan and Barnes: an agreement on the production and sale of Seron wine in Wildfire City.

He tapped the contract lightly with his fingers, pretending to show a hint of displeasure:

"I don't want to be used in a daze, or to be poisoned again."

Barnes' expression became slightly stern:

"I promise, there will be no more poisonous killings. It was just an accident."

"But if Mr. Su is so interested in the ins and outs of this matter, I don't need to hide it."

"Actually, the focus of all this is on the real Wilderness Exploitation Order."

Xu Nan's eyes lit up.

Under Barnes' quick narration, the strange turmoil in Wildfire City finally revealed a corner of the truth.

...

During the competition for the Wilderness Exploitation Order, there were actually shadows of the royal capital's spies all the time.

But there are only two real contenders: Ceballon and the Blackwater Gang.

As for the others, Xu Nan, Gray and the others were actually just passers-by who appeared by accident and added some variables to this turmoil.

According to Barnes' news, some time ago, a drunkard strayed into the swamp of living corpses, found the ruins of the mage's tower, and somehow brought back the real wilderness development order.

The members of the Blackwater Gang took the first step and bought or snatched the Wilderness Exploitation Coin from the drunk. Barnes thought it was more likely the latter, because the drunk was found dead in a stinking ditch not long after.

So far, it seems that Cook, the boss of the Blackwater Gang, has taken the upper hand in this battle for the city lord.

However, at this time, very coincidentally, the secret agents of the capital began to spread rumors about the wilderness development order. After initial contact, the members of the Blackwater Gang seemed to have a misunderstanding. False; it may also be that they wanted to test the attitude of the Sebalon family, so they used various methods to sell an imitation of the wilderness development order to the second lady in Quicksand.

That copper order is the one in Xu Nan's hand.

Then, after Xu Nan arrived in Wildfire City, in order to create a conflict, the members of the Blackwater Gang threw out a second fake Wilderness Development Order, trying to get Barnes to take the bait. They thought that because the young Barnes would not be cautious, After confirming that Xu Nan's one is fake, he will mistakenly think that his own one is real, and then get involved in the position of the city lord.

But Barnes refrained, and he carefully tested the authenticity of the token, thus bankrupting the plot of the Blackwater Gang.

After that, he carried out rigorous investigation and bribery, and finally determined that Cook of the Blackwater Gang was the spoiler behind all this, and the secret agents of the capital only played a role in fueling the flames.

Cook is a suspicious and cautious person, and he is not 100% sure. He dare not stand up and announce to others the wilderness development order in his hand; The copper order was actually forged by the people of the capital.

The power of the Blackwater Gang was not as strong as that of the Sebalon family. Barnes had been staring at them all these years. Cook didn't dare to act rashly. He had been waiting for an opportunity.

Waiting for the real wild land development order to appear, Cook can stand up, open the treasure chest of the castellan, and order the rest of the ice field people to fulfill their oath.

But what he didn't know was that the Blackwater Gang had been deeply infiltrated by Barnes, who had insight into all this at a speed that Cook could not imagine.

Barnes began to arrange a small plan: at the same time Gray was going to the zombie swamp, he sent his own adventurer team under the banner of exploring the mage's tower, and deliberately leaked the secret to the Blackwater gang.

As a result, Cook became a little anxious.

For him, if Barnes got the real Wilderness Reclamation Order, he would be doomed. The Blackwater Gang never had a chance to surpass Cebalon again.

If this is the only way, Cook probably will endure it, but Barnes threw out a bigger bait.

He blatantly "leaked" the second piece of information, which showed that Zeppola's team had received a real order to open up the wilderness in the mage's tower!

He also deliberately told his entourage that once he became the lord of the city, he would definitely kill Cook.

This time, Cook couldn't sit still.

He sent his elite scout Elliott to attack Zeppola's team on the way. In fact, these adventurers who seemed to have just returned from the swamp of the living corpses had been instructed by Barnes one day in advance to carry a The fake Wilderness Reclamation Order happened to be the one thrown out by the Blackwater Gang through the homeless.

Barnes knew that Elliott was good at swapping and stealing, so Zeppola's team's tokens were swapped.

Because of the delay in information transmission and the urgency of the situation, Barnes concluded that the fake token that Elliott used to switch must be the real token in Cook's hand.

And it turns out that's the case.

Cook succeeded, and he got the token that the Zeppola team "hardly found" from the mage's tower as he wished; Barnes also succeeded, and he got the real token from Cook without bloodshed.

After that, everything seemed to be in order.

Forced to have nowhere to go, Cook decided to put all his eggs in one basket. He was convinced that the token that Zeppola's team brought out from the swamp of living corpses through "hard work" was real, so he stood up and wanted to compete for the position of the city lord.

Just this afternoon, Cook held the token and wanted to open the Santo's treasure chest. Unfortunately he failed.

Well-prepared Barnes staged a not-so-bloody catch-in-the-urn. Cook died, Elliott fled, and the rest of the Blackwater Gang quickly chose to surrender.

The real Wilderness Exploitation Order quietly came to Xu Nan's palm.

...

The above is the information Xu Nan learned from Barnes.

The operation of exchanging fakes for real looks really cool, but there are still many unresolved doubts:

For example, Xu Nan knew that the real Ms. Su was actually killed by people from Wildfire City. The person who killed her was most likely a member of the Black Water Gang. So now, does it mean that the original Ms. Su Did you buy the real Wilderness Reclamation Order?

Another example, who poisoned Xu Nan at the banquet when he first came to Wildfire City?

Another example, how did Zeppola and others find the Mage Tower? How can Barnes believe that the token in Cook's hand must be real?

Xu Nan showed a pensive expression, obviously, Barnes concealed something very important.

For example, the poison might have been poisoned by him himself.

Barnes looked relaxed:

"Except for a few details, that's pretty much it."

"After signing this contract, you can be your city lord. From now on, no one will tell you what to do. In Wildfire City, you can have a life that cannot be satisfied in Quicksand."

"Together, we will restore the glory of this ancient city."

Xu Nan smiled, and said solemnly on the surface, took out a pen from his pocket, and signed Su Tumeier's signature.

Barnes saluted solemnly:

"I have seen the Lord City Lord."

The flames of the setting sun danced in Xu Nan's eyes, as if he was shocked by Barnes' flawless resourcefulness:

"I feel like I'm listening to a legend. How did you come up with this strategy? Can I ask a private question? What is your intelligence? I'm afraid even Stephen Sand's wise men are no more than that."

Barnes froze for a moment, and smiled shyly:

"I was tested many years ago, and my intelligence was around 14 points, not particularly outstanding."

Xu Nan exclaimed superficially: "Sure enough, he has very high intelligence!"

In my heart, I silently added:

"Grass, I haven't even arrived with three-quarters of Lao Tzu."

"You shouldn't have such an IQ..."

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