"A legitimate job? God! Is there a more legitimate job than this?" The burly man, seemingly afraid Gao Jianfei would change his mind, jumped off the truck and grabbed Gao Jianfei's hand. "Alright, buddy, if you're sure you're serious, you can talk to my boss!"
In fact, the burly man was attracted to Gao Jianfei's simple and honest appearance.
Gao Jianfei currently wears a mask with the face of a dark-skinned Asian man, dressed simply and unpretentiously. At a glance, one can tell that he is a hardworking and resilient man who has long been engaged in physical labor!
Gao Jianfei dressed like this to avoid attracting too much attention and arousing the suspicion and deliberate scrutiny of the US military. Unexpectedly, by sheer chance, he caught the eye of this burly man at first glance.
"Boss?" Gao Jianfei choked.
At that moment, the front window of the truck was rolled down, and Gao Jianfei saw an elderly man's profile. He had white hair and wore glasses.
"Buddy, let's talk in the car!" The old man turned his head slightly and gave Gao Jianfei a smile.
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei's body trembled slightly when he saw the old man's face. The reason was simple: the old man's appearance gave off a sharp, mean, and strange feeling… He was extremely thin, and the pupils behind his glasses were yellow, like a cat's eyes. In fact, his features were merely unusual; the reason for his strangeness was his eyes… lewd, sinister, and selfish! These were the things his eyes conveyed.
In addition, he had a sunken pit on his forehead and a scar on his face.
Just looking at this person's appearance, even Gao Jianfei, who often dealt with ghosts, felt a chill run down his spine.
"Buddy, please get in the car," the old man emphasized. As he spoke, the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, giving him an extremely ferocious look.
As Gao Jianfei hesitated, several fully armed American soldiers approached from a distance.
"Phew! He's just a weird old man, what am I worried about!" Gao Jianfei was embarrassed, then pretended to be timid and got directly onto the truck.
Inside the truck, besides the strange old man, was a young and stunningly beautiful Caucasian woman. She was strikingly beautiful, yet possessed a cold and aloof air. Her posture, with her eyes downcast, gave Gao Jianfei a very peculiar feeling! Gao Jianfei even sensed an aura emanating from this woman similar to that of a master of ancient Chinese martial arts!
Gao Jianfei's heart tightened, and he secretly wondered... this strange old man was probably not a simple person.
After getting on the bus, the Caucasian woman stepped aside, allowing Gao Jianfei to sit between her and the strange old man. Faintly, Gao Jianfei could smell a rich floral fragrance wafting from the Caucasian woman's body.
"Buddy, you can call me Dr. Blank!" the strange old man said to Gao Jianfei with a sinister and arrogant tone. At this moment, Gao Jianfei glanced out the car window and saw that the burly man who had been speaking through the loudspeaker had run over and was negotiating with the approaching American soldiers. It seemed the American soldiers were somewhat hesitant; after a brief exchange, they left without inspecting the truck.
"As expected! This strange old man... uh, this so-called Dr. Blank, is truly no ordinary person! In this chaotic time of war, the American army doesn't even check his truck!" Gao Jianfei sighed inwardly. At the same time, he became even more certain of one thing... to leave the United States safely, perhaps, this Dr. Blank really was an opportunity!
Therefore, Gao Jianfei took the initiative and said, "Uh... Doctor, hello! It's like this, I need a job. I'm from country Z, I'm an ordinary migrant worker, I don't have a US green card, but I want to live in this country..."
To demonstrate his sincerity, Gao Jianfei deliberately revealed some of his personal information.
Of course, what he said also fits his current clothing, appearance, and temperament.
Blank didn't seem to care about these issues. He simply said, "Very good, very good! I can offer you a job! I am a great explorer, and my research team is known as one of the best Arctic research teams in the world. My next stop is Barrow, and I need to hire a lot of workers. Hmm, you're quite strong, so if you're willing, you can get this job right away! $120 a day. We'll leave tonight."
“120 US dollars?” Gao Jianfei’s eyes deliberately lit up for a moment, then he swallowed hard. “Dear Mr. Blank, you must know that the Arctic is currently experiencing its coldest time of year… this…”
“$150 a day, I can pay you a month’s salary in advance.” Dr. Blank’s facial muscles twitched again. It seemed to be a subconscious, habitual action of his.
“Well! Alright then!” Gao Jianfei’s voice trembled with excitement. After a pause, he said, “Dear Mr. Blank, I have a few companions, all of them, all of them came to the United States with me looking for work. They are all currently unemployed… You see…”
“First, you have to make sure they’re as strong and sturdy as you are,” Brand said, waving his hand.
“Of course! They’re all tough guys!” Gao Jianfei assured him.
“K, listen up, I’ve hired you!” Blank said cheerfully.
Afterwards, both of them, with smiles on their faces indicating that they had gotten what they wanted, agreed on a meeting place.
At 8 p.m., Dr. Blank's car arrived at this place, where Gao Jianfei was waiting.
Once the matter was settled, Gao Jianfei jumped out of bed and headed towards the apartment.
On the truck.
Blank snapped his fingers, and the beautiful white woman immediately lit a cigar and handed it to him.
"Alright, we've finally recruited some laborers, we can begin our adventure! Hahaha!" Blank let out a cry like a night hawk.
"Doctor, I feel that the Asian man we just saw was a bit... a bit strange," the Caucasian woman said, frowning.
“Strange?” Blank shrugged and smiled nonchalantly. “Nicole, what do you think is strange about him?”
"Doctor, this is just my feeling." Nicole didn't say anything more.
"To me, he's just a laborer, and he'll likely die in the Arctic. That's all." Blank exhaled a smoke ring. "Speaking of weirdness, who can blame me more than Blank! Hahahaha! I just happen to need a lot of laborers, that's all!"
In fact, Gao Jianfei did not know the names of "Doctor Strange", "Doctor Bloody", and "Doctor Who" Blanc before this.
He is the world's greatest, most outstanding, and also most mysterious Arctic scientist and adventurer.
He comes from an ancient American family. Legend has it that his family is related to the mysterious Inuit. Of course, that's not important. What is important is that Blank, as an outstanding Arctic research expert, leads a large, professional research team comparable to an army. A research team with military capabilities.
Logically, such an expedition team should have had many laborers accompanying them. Recruiting laborers shouldn't have been so difficult for them. However, there's a crucial point... Every time Blank seemed to return from an Arctic expedition with a full haul, but every time, the accompanying laborers and porters would die unexpectedly! In other words, the mortality rate for such insignificant laborers who accompanied Blank on expeditions was extremely high.
Well… of course, Blank had a substantial fortune, and the compensation he gave to the bereaved families afterwards was enough to shut people up.
However, by this point, it had become extremely difficult for Blank to recruit enough laborers. Even in recent years, when he focused on recruiting vagrants, gamblers, and thugs, he was still unable to find enough laborers to his liking.
Today, by sheer chance, Gao Jianfei walked right into his line of fire.
Blank didn't care about Gao Jianfei's background. In any case, having another laborer was always a good thing for his adventure.
Gao Jianfei returned to the apartment and told Song Ying and Li Yun the news, then told them to get ready to meet up with Blank that evening.
Immediately, Gao Jianfei flashed into the ghost den and found several dark-skinned, rugged-looking Asian human skin masks. At the same time, several level 1 ghosts responsible for keeping watch on Blanc also quickly returned to the ghost den. They told Gao Jianfei everything they had gathered.
Dr. Strange!
Arctic expedition!
The mortality rate is extremely high!
From the messages returned by the Level 1 ghost, Gao Jianfei summarized these three keywords.
However, Gao Jianfei was not afraid of this at all... Compared to dealing with the whole of the United States, Gao Jianfei would rather choose to be with this "eccentric doctor" Blank.
"Well, at worst, we can just kill this PhD. What's there to be afraid of?" Gao Jianfei chuckled.
After saying that, he took the eight carefully selected human skin masks, found a few sets of miserable migrant worker clothes, and left the haunted house.
"Come on, girls, put on makeup and change clothes! We're going to the Arctic tonight!" Gao Jianfei called out with a smile.
Chapter 478 Baro Town
Chapter 478 Baro Town
Gao Jianfei handed over the human skin masks and costumes he had carefully selected for Song Ying and the others, telling them to change into them quickly.
In fact, Gao Jianfei didn't want to take these women on this adventure... Firstly, the Arctic was simply too cold. Especially for people like Gao Jianfei, Li Yun, and Song Ying, who had never been to such a cold, glacier-filled place in their lives, adapting would definitely be a problem; secondly, Gao Jianfei believed that 'eccentric Dr. Blank' wasn't exactly a saint either. Going to the Arctic with him this time was truly unpredictable.
However, if we don't take these women to the Arctic, are we going to leave them here to be captured and tortured by the US military?
Seeing Gao Jianfei's worried expression, the young woman Li Yun comforted him, "Jianfei, why do you seem so down? Heh, it's nothing, it's just going to the Arctic. Although it's cold, for those of us who have cultivated internal energy, even sub-zero temperatures are nothing! It's just... Xiaoying, she..."
"It's nothing! I've never been afraid of the cold since I was a child," Song Ying said bravely.
“Hmm.” Gao Jianfei nodded heavily. “In short, let’s leave the United States first, then we can talk about other things. At 8 pm tonight, we will meet up with an Arctic research team and then go to a small town called ‘Barrow.’ This research team has a lot of influence; even the US military gives them face. Therefore, joining the research team is currently the only effective way to leave the United States!” After a pause, Gao Jianfei continued, “Also, after joining the research team, try not to speak as much as possible. Leave everything to me. Those people on the research team aren’t exactly good people either.”
"Um!"
The women answered in unison. Then, they began to change clothes... applying masks, binding their breasts, and changing into men's clothing. They also used a special "potion" to mask their unique female body odor.
After finishing everything and having dinner, it was almost 8 o'clock. Gao Jianfei led the disguised women out of the apartment.
Nine men, dressed simply and with dark skin, resembling rural men from China, walked together out of the apartment building.
Gao Jianfei was very cautious along this stretch of road, fearing he might encounter patrolling American soldiers. But strangely, apart from a few pedestrians, the road was unusually deserted, with no American soldiers patrolling or questioning him. It was a stark contrast to the tense atmosphere of the daytime!
Gao Jianfei was puzzled, but he couldn't very well stop a pedestrian and ask, "Why aren't there any police or soldiers patrolling tonight?"
The group of nine walked quickly. In no time, Gao Jianfei, Li Yun, Song Ying, and the others arrived at the place where they had negotiated with Dr. Blank during the day.
Looking up, I saw a dozen large trucks crammed onto this stretch of road under the streetlights!
Hundreds of burly men, armed and wearing cotton overcoats, guarded the large truck.
Dr. Blank, the white woman, and the burly man who had been shouting through a megaphone during the day stood by the roadside, pointing and gesturing, looking ready to go.
At this moment, Gao Jianfei also saw that from all directions, some people dressed in tattered clothes and shivering from the cold walked to the trucks, picked up a cotton coat from one of the trucks, and then climbed onto another truck.
"Hmm? These guys are also laborers recruited by Blank?" Gao Jianfei's heart skipped a beat.
At that moment, the burly man who had been shouting during the day spotted Gao Jianfei. He waved to Gao Jianfei in a seemingly friendly manner, "Hey! Buddy! Over here!"
"Attention everyone, come with me. Remember, don't speak. I'll handle everything!" Gao Jianfei solemnly instructed Li Yun, Song Ying, and the others before leading them timidly toward that direction.
"This is your companion?" Blank's face contorted as if in a frenzy, then he squinted at Gao Jianfei and asked.
"Yes, Dr. Blank, they are all my partners," Gao Jianfei stammered. He looked every bit the part of someone from the lower rungs of society.
"Hmm. Not bad. Including you, there are nine of you." Blank waved casually and went over there to collect the advance payment of one month's salary and cotton coats.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Doctor." Gao Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief. Dr. Blank didn't ask for any identification or conduct excessive questioning; as soon as he arrived, he could immediately receive his money and clothes. Very straightforward.
So Gao Jianfei said no more and took the women to the relevant person to collect the salaries for the nine people. Each person was paid $150 a day, and with a one-month advance, that was $4,500, which added up to nearly $4,000, a considerable sum.
The clothes they received were of very good quality and extremely warm. Gao Jianfei instructed the women to put them on.
After receiving their belongings, several burly men with guns ordered Gao Jianfei and the others to get into a truck.
Climbing onto the truck, Gao Jianfei saw that there were seven or eight men inside wearing the kind of cotton overcoats that had just been issued. These men all seemed a bit strange; some were clutching large wads of banknotes and muttering to themselves, while others were constantly puffing on cigarettes.
They all emanated a strange odor. It was a musty, garbage-heap smell.
In fact, the people in this carriage were all homeless people recruited by Blank in New York. They were now serving as Blank's laborers.
Gao Jianfei and Li Yun found seats and sat down, then began to wait.
As Gao Jianfei waited, he peered out of the car. He saw more and more men with miserable looks joining in. Jeeps also drove up, carrying the same type of men. There were even some robust women.
"Damn, this Blank is really something. He organized an Arctic adventure and recruited so many laborers. What exactly is he going to do in the Arctic?" Gao Jianfei wondered.
However, he is highly skilled and daring, unlike when he was tricked into selling his kidney and had no choice but to endure the danger.
If any unfavorable situation arises, Gao Jianfei will not hesitate to capture the leader and eliminate Blank directly.
It wasn't until 9:30 p.m. that Blank jumped onto a truck. The hundreds of armed men also got into jeeps.
It seems everyone has arrived.
The convoy of trucks began to move.
Dozens of trucks and many jeeps began to drive along the main road in Queens.
Once outside the area, Gao Jianfei noticed that there were still a large number of US military personnel and police checking vehicles on the streets, and helicopters were roaring overhead. However, Blank's convoy proceeded smoothly without any harassment or checks.
Gao Jianfei felt much more at ease, so he shrank back into the carriage, closed his eyes, and dozed off.
The convoy had been driving for an unknown amount of time. Gao Jianfei woke up several times, only to fall asleep again. He was quite exhausted these past few days, so he slept very soundly, his head turned to one side, lying next to Li Yun's bound but still soft breasts. This made Li Yun blush, but she didn't dare to wake or disturb Gao Jianfei.