Embers Ad Infinitum

Hearing Bai Chen's reminder, Jiang Baimian, who was half-turning his body to communicate with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, cast his gaze forward.

On both sides of the rotten road are unusually sparse forests. The left side has some characteristics of a swamp, dark, muddy, and many mosquitoes. The right side is overgrown with weeds. A black car full of mud spots is parked in the open space.

With Jiang Baimian's knowledge, it is not difficult to recognize that this is an off-road vehicle, and it has obviously undergone many active or passive modifications, and the color tone and feeling of many places cannot be unified.

There were three people standing outside the off-road vehicle, either wearing old cotton jackets, or wrapped in nitrated fur, or wearing a crumpled, obviously short black woolen overcoat.

They held crude cigarettes directly wrapped in brown tobacco leaves in their mouths, and held different styles of weapons in their hands, including "United 202" pistols, submachine guns nicknamed "Heavy Rain", and rifles from the old world.

Next to these three people are two heavy motorcycles, which are black and painted with red patterns, giving people a sense of wantonness.

A man was sitting on each of the two motorcycles. They were wearing helmets with their masks not pulled down, and each carried a miniature submachine gun.

"What can you see?" Jiang Baimian didn't panic, but seized the opportunity to ask Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong.

Shang Jianyao, who had already lowered the car window and looked forward with his probe, replied immediately:

"Eat very well."

"..." Looking at the windshield, Long Yuehong wanted to express her own judgment, but was disturbed by Shang Jianyao, and for a moment she forgot what she was going to say.

Jiang Baimian did not criticize Shang Jianyao, but nodded:

"Good eyesight."

The five people's facial skin was very rough, but they didn't look yellow and thin.

This shows that they can at least guarantee food and clothing at ordinary times.

This distinguishes it from ordinary wilderness wanderers!

At this time, Long Yuehong finally regained her train of thought, and hurriedly said:

"Good equipment!"

Whether it's off-road vehicles, heavy motorcycles that have been modified many times, or the clothes on their bodies, and the weapons in their hands, they all show the difference between those people and ordinary wilderness wanderers.

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:

"It can be preliminarily judged that they are a team of relic hunters who are doing well, or a group of wilderness bandits who are doing well, and there is sometimes no difference between the two."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Chen added:

"The way the buggy was modified meant it was burning oil.

"It means that those people know the area well, know where to get gas, or have the confidence to get out of the wilderness before the gas burns out."

Seeing that the two sides were getting closer, Jiang Baimian didn't say any more, picked up the grenade gun and said:

"You pick up the 'Berserker' and put it in the window so that they can see it at a glance."

Long Yuehong was suddenly a little nervous:

"Team leader, will there be a fight?"

"Who knows?" Jiang Baimian smiled and said, "Ah yes, remember that in the wilderness, showing your muscles is a kind of friendly expression. Justice, fairness and communication only exist at the point of a gun."

Bai Chen echoed:

"We call it 'respect is only for the strong'.

"Many wanderers in the wilderness once expected that there would be strong people who are kind, kind, full of love, sympathetic to the weak, and willing to help themselves, but unfortunately, this is closer to fantasy. Maybe there are such people, but certainly not many, it is difficult Encounter, rather than expecting them, relying on yourself is more effective."

"The 'Salvation Army' used to be really counted, but now..." Jiang Baimian's voice gradually dropped.

"Show us that we are difficult to deal with, and they will show a friendly side..." Long Yuehong nodded thoughtfully, understanding what the team leader and Bai Chen said.

He immediately had new doubts:

"Why do I have to do this? They can only see Shang Jianyao."

Before Jiang Baimian answered, Shang Jianyao laughed:

"Can you play hide and seek?

"Does it mean that no one is hiding there?"

Jiang Baimian followed with a smile and said:

“It’s a nondescript metaphor.

"Long Yuehong, you pick up the 'Berserker' and get ready, in order to frighten the enemies that may be lurking on the other side of the swamp, and to protect Bai Chen who is concentrating on driving.

"Also, if you don't do this, even if there is no enemy hiding on the side of the swamp, the other party can guess that the people in the car lack enough experience and are prey they can try to deal with."

Long Yuehong suddenly realized:

"I understand!"

He immediately picked up the assault rifle and set it on the partially retracted window of the car.

On the other side, Shang saw that Yao had set up "Berserker" long ago, and eagerly asked:

"Team leader, can you judge the situation and shoot yourself?"

Jiang Baimian snorted:

"It's quite bold, those people in front are obviously not easy to deal with.

"Well...you can shoot in three situations. One is when I give the order, the other is when they continue to approach us and the stop fails, and the third is when they show signs of aiming."

While talking, the gray-green four-door jeep was less than ten meters away from the black off-road vehicle and heavy motorcycle.

Of the five people over there, the three with simple cigarettes in their mouths have raised their guns, and the remaining two are lying on the heavy motorcycles, holding the accelerator handle in one hand and a miniature submachine gun in the other.

If it weren't for the muzzles of grenade guns and assault rifles protruding from the car windows here, they might have changed positions and launched an attack.

Since the black off-road vehicles and heavy motorcycles are not parked on the "main road", but in the open area of ​​sparse woods, although the two sides are getting closer, there is no danger of bumping into each other at all.

During this process, Bai Chen lowered the speed of the car and asked the jeep to move a little bit, so as not to cause the other party to overreact.

Suddenly, Jiang Baimian shouted loudly:

"Do you know what happened to the anomaly in the depths of the swamp last night?"

Wearing a crumpled black wool overcoat and holding a "rainstorm" submachine gun, a middle-aged man in his thirties spat out the simple cigarette in his mouth, and responded loudly:

"It's too far away, I don't know!"

Jiang Baimian shouted again:

"What are you doing here?"

"Winter is coming, so hunt more wild animals to prepare!" The middle-aged man's eyebrows were messy, and there was an old scar at the corner of his right eye.

His whole temperament is fierce, like a brown bear wearing human clothes.

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian to shout again, the middle-aged man asked back:

"What are you doing here?"

Jiang Baimian responded:

"We are relic hunters!"

"Ruins hunter..." the middle-aged man whispered, then suddenly laughed, "A few months ago, news came from the depths of the swamp, saying that a city ruin that had never been recorded before was found there, ah, maybe, yesterday The anomaly in the depths of the late swamp is related to this matter! Although the two events have been separated by several months, who can deny it? Hunters, do you want to know the approximate location of the ruins of the city? It can be exchanged for food!"

He roared so loudly that everyone in the jeep could hear him clearly and clearly.

Shang Jianyao focused on the outside, as if a short burst would come at any moment.

Suddenly, he asked:

"Team leader, he yelled too loudly and hurt our ears. Do we need to shoot to stop him?"

"...No need." Jiang Baimian first replied to Shang Jianyao, and then raised his voice, "We have military cans, energy bars, and compressed biscuits. You can make a price!"

The middle-aged man moved his eyes slightly and said:

"Sixty military cans!"

"Forget it!" Jiang Baimian didn't seem to think about bargaining at all, but just perfunctory the other party.

At this time, the jeep had passed the location of the black off-road vehicle, and the distance between the two sides gradually widened.

The middle-aged man didn't insist, and responded loudly:

"I hope there will be a chance to trade next time!"

After speaking, he maintained a guarded posture and watched the jeep drive further and further, beyond the shooting range.

"Boss, why didn't you shoot?" At this moment, the thin young man next to him, wearing an old padded jacket, held a simple cigarette in his hand, and asked anxiously.

"Yes, boss, although their firepower is not weak, but we have that thing!" Lying on a heavy motorcycle, the unshaven man straightened his body and pointed to the trunk of the black off-road vehicle, "Their supplies Definitely a lot!"

The strong man shook his head:

"No matter what, our loss will not be small.

"It's not worth it, it's not worth it."

Wearing an old padded jacket, the young man holding a "United 202" pistol said puzzledly:

"Boss, people die for money and birds die for food!

"Besides, isn't it just to see who is ruthless and fierce in the wilderness? Anyway, he may die inexplicably tomorrow, why not fight today!"

The strong man glanced at him coldly:

"In the wilderness, only ruthless and fierce ones can't live long.

"There are not many pure prey here. Most of them are both hunters and prey. If we are not afraid of damage, we will soon be weak enough to become the prey of others.

"Look at those ferocious beasts. When they are full, they will not attack forcibly when they encounter almost powerful beasts. They know that once they are injured, they may become the prey of others, so unnecessary hunting should be reduced.

"Are you not as good as beasts?"

The other man wrapped in animal skins, holding an old world rifle, and a simple cigarette in his mouth, the slightly older man echoed:

"Boss is right, and, haven't you noticed? The food for those people just now is military cans, energy bars and compressed biscuits!

"Don't you know what this means?

"Normal relic hunters are only in this state when they first set off from a certain border town in a certain city of a major force, and there seems to be no market town or city of a major force that we know of nearby."

Another man on the motorcycle muttered:

"Maybe they just found an old world military depot?"

The leading man let out a breath and said:

"Okay, let's stop arguing."

He immediately smiled:

"Didn't you find out that they are likely to pass through that place? There are not many routes available for vehicles in this area, and there are not many people who know what happened there.

"Get in the car, this distance is almost the same, let's follow up quietly, and when they encounter that big trouble and fight to the limit, we will clean it up together!"

The rest of the men suddenly showed surprise on their faces:

"Yes, boss!"

They got on the dirt bikes very aggressively and launched the heavy motos.

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