Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian turned around upon hearing this, and looked over.

At the same time, she quickly pulled out the "Ice Moss" gun that used 9mm bullets.

Jiang Baimian observed carefully for a while, and asked:

"Did you see what that figure looked like?"

Shang Jianyao replied while guarding:

"The clothes are ragged, but they are thickly worn, like a groundhog."

Jiang Baimian was not nervous, and blurted out in surprise:

"Do you know what a groundhog is?"

If she remembers correctly, Shang Jianyao left the company for the first time and came to the surface, and within the company, the only place where groundhogs appear is the "research area", which does not match Shang Jianyao's status as a fresh graduate from university.

The only reason she could think of was that there were pictures of groundhogs in the textbook, and Shang Jianyao made a judgment based on this, but it is difficult for people who have never seen the real thing to have such an association.

Shang Jian Yao pointed to the other side of the river with his other finger without a gun:

"There's one right there.

"Like the picture in the textbook."

"..." Jiang Baimian followed Shang Jianyao's fingers and looked over, and sure enough, he found a highly nervous marmot.

The groundhog squeaked and went back into the burrow.

"Kind observation." Jiang Baimian held back for a long time before giving his evaluation.

Bai Chen looked up at the sky:

"In this season, at this point in time, we are dressed so thickly, and there is only one person, who should be a wanderer in the wilderness. Don't worry too much, we are many people, we have weapons, and he dare not approach.

"The only problem is that he may be connected with some bandit groups, which will cause some trouble, but we won't stay here for long, and we will leave soon."

"If there really is a gang of bandits, I'll let you practice your skills!" Jiang Baimian looked away, looked at Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong and said with a smile.

Long Yuehong's heart trembled and said:

"Team leader, aren't you worried that the bandit group has a lot of people and fierce firepower?"

Jiang Baimian laughed and said:

"It's not too far from the company, and the security department often sends teams over for training and exercises. The bandit group with so many people and fierce firepower has been eliminated long ago.

"Also, many bandit groups on the dusty soil may not be what you imagined. They are closer to the state of homeless people huddling together to 'keep warm' in order to survive. There will not be too many guns and there will not be too many people. , because they couldn't get enough supplies. Sometimes, the weaker guys in the bandit group were the food reserves for other people.

"Of course, those famous bandits are not so easy to deal with. They have all found a way to keep themselves alive for a long time."

Reserve food... Long Yuehong was inexplicably terrified:

"Team leader, how can you describe such a cruel thing in such a flat tone?"

"When you stay on the dust for a long time and see it a lot, you will get used to it." Jiang Baimian looked down at the kettle on the solar charging board.

Shang Jianyao is still guarding the surroundings, but this does not prevent him from asking questions and mastering knowledge:

"Why do you call the people in the settlement also wilderness wanderers? The one just now is the real wilderness wanderer."

Bai Chen pulled the scarf around her neck, said with a slightly solemn expression:

"Because settlements are never stable.

"Changes in water sources, quality of land, good or bad weather, and monster migration all affect whether a place can be used as a settlement. Once the environment changes, people will wander again and look for new settlements.

"Among all the factors, the one that has the greatest impact on them and makes them migrate more frequently is whether they have been discovered by the big forces."

"Why?" Long Yuehong asked curiously.

Bai Chen glanced at him:

"Above the dust, the most notorious ones are not the biggest bandit groups, but the 'slave catchers' of the 'First City', they often break through settlements, capture people back and serve as slaves.

"In the mines occupied by the 'Original City', in the factories built, countless slaves turned into corpses."

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly, and added:

"Some bandits will do the same, especially the ones that own mines."

"If it wasn't for the 'slave catchers' from the 'Original City' who would have taken the bandits back, I think the most active industry in the dust is the slave trade." Bai Chen didn't know what he recalled, so he briefly mentioned it and changed the topic I went back, "In addition, the production of many settlements cannot fully feed all the residents. They must often leave the settlements to find fruits in the wilderness, hunt wild animals, and pick up various items to exchange for what they need. From this In terms of perspective, they are still wilderness wanderers."

As Long Yuehong listened, she thought of herself.

Although in the past so many years, he could only eat meat once a week and often woke up hungry in the middle of the night, at least basic food and clothing were not a problem.

Compared with those wilderness wanderers, he seemed to live in paradise.

"It's so pitiful..." Long Yuehong said with emotion.

Bai Chen glanced at him:

"It's really pitiful, but when you meet wanderers in the wilderness, it's best not to be too soft-hearted. The only difference between them and robbers is how hungry they are, how your weapons are, and whether they are alert enough.

"When I was wandering in the wilderness, I was often attacked and attacked others. In the eyes of wanderers in the wilderness, there are no good people or bad people, only living and dying."

She didn't say these few words too loudly, it took Jiang Baimian a lot of effort to barely hear them.

The ponytailed "Pangaean creature" D6 employee shook his head:

"It can't be so absolute. I have met many wilderness wanderers who know how to be grateful and are willing to respond to kindness with kindness."

"For example?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Jiang Baimian showed a bright smile:

"For example, Bai Chen!"

Bai Chen was silent for a long time and said:

"Leader, the water is boiling!"

Jiang Baimian nodded, and said to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:

"Go to the car and get all four water bladders."

After replenishing the water, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong began to learn how to drive the jeep.

Because the road is wide, there are no other vehicles, and there is no need to park the car within a fixed range, and the two of them are the new generation who have received genetic modification, and their concentration, reaction speed, and hand-foot coordination are all excellent, so , Mastered the skill of driving almost effortlessly.

"It feels like flying." Long Yuehong reluctantly gave up the driver's seat to Bai Chen.

Shang Jian Yao nodded in agreement.

If it wasn't for the soft road here, and the getting closer to the big swamp, the situation started to be complicated, and he could drive the car into the air.

"It's getting dark, be careful." When Long Yuehong sat back in the back row, Bai Chen stepped on the accelerator and said, "There is an abandoned building complex in front, which is said to be a rest stop next to the old world highway. We'll camp there tonight."

Jiang Baimian took the opportunity to teach Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:

"The reason why we don't continue to drive after dark is not because there may be more and more dangerous creatures appearing at night. Basically, we will encounter them during the day. The main reason is that after dark, there is insufficient light to see Clear range is greatly reduced.

"This will make it difficult for us to detect the potholes and swamps ahead. Similarly, we will not be able to detect the approach of dangerous creatures in advance, which is very fatal. You should remember that most of the beasts and monsters, as long as they can be detected in advance , for humans with sufficient firepower, it is not a big problem, our most dangerous enemies are more of the same kind and diseases."

Bai Chen, who was driving, interjected:

"I once encountered distorted mosquito swarms, each of them was as big as a finger, and the number was incalculable. When they gathered together, they were like a large cloud flying from the sky, blocking all sunlight.

"Their bite releases a terrible toxin that paralyzes the body and slows the mind of humans and animals alike.

"At that time, dozens of homeless people were densely covered by them, sucking all the blood.

"Whether it is a pistol, a rifle, a machine gun or a bazooka, it is difficult to cause too much damage to them.

"Fortunately, we picked up a few flamethrowers that could still be used that time. Relying on them, one-third of the people survived in the end."

Long Yuehong's scalp tingled when she heard this, and she became a little more afraid of the wilderness.

Shang Jian Yao's eyes moved slightly, as if he was thinking about what else could be suitable to deal with this kind of monster.

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:

"In this case, the company's 'weed bomb' is a good choice."

While the four were talking, the jeep drove to a small ruin.

Most of the buildings with no more than three floors collapsed, and the surface was covered with dense creepers, and the original walls could hardly be seen, as if they were submerged by green waves.

In front of these buildings, there is a large open space, piled with large or small stones, and there are many cracks in the ground, and clumps of plants burst out of it.

After Bai Chen parked the car, he scanned around and said:

"No new traces of human activity...

"Rest here tonight, there is a clean water source nearby."

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong got out of the car one after another, followed Jiang Baimian's teaching, collected wood, made a bonfire, and used the charging boards that had been in the sun for a day to recharge the high-performance battery of the jeep—unless you know the wilderness well , know where there are settlements or corresponding ruins that can provide gasoline, otherwise fuel vehicles can only move within their own sphere of influence, or have enough and full oil barrels, and "Pangaea" is quite short of oil resources .

As for the tent, they didn't prepare it, because they could sleep directly in the jeep-two people kept watch, and two people took turns to rest.

Soon, the fire light illuminated the gradually dimming surroundings, and Jiang Baimian took out a few military cans and started to heat them up.

Shang Jianyao, who ate an energy bar first, carried a company-made assault rifle nicknamed "Berserker" and patrolled around to guard against accidents.

Suddenly, he felt something, and looked up at the collapsed buildings that were swallowed by creepers.

At the topmost edge of those buildings, a black shadow passed by, then was blocked by obstacles and disappeared.

Seeing that Yao was not panicked, he said to Jiang Baimian, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong as if nothing had happened:

"Hurry up and eat."

"Ah?" Long Yuehong looked puzzled.

Shang Jianyao said calmly:

"It seems like something is approaching."

PS: In the early morning, we will update in advance to ask for recommendation tickets~