My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely!

After leaving the water community, the air around seemed to be much fresher, making people no longer feel dizzy.

The survivors who were still rushing to the Golden Eagle at night were very curious about the rare retrogrades, and from time to time someone rowed over to ask about the situation.

At first, Lao Zhang was still thinking about answering a few words, but there were more people surrounding him, and he lost his patience.

"Don't ask, and you won't tell me. Will you die if you go and see it yourself?"

Seeing Lao Zhang's strange look, the survivors couldn't help but mutter and could only disperse the encirclement.

Damn, they were just asking about the situation, not preparing to rob money, why did they have such an attitude.

However, everyone overlooked one thing. Even if Lao Zhang told them the true situation of the Golden Eagle now, what would it matter? Now that they were here, would they choose to leave?

There were only four days left before the disaster, and the sampan was not a guerrilla boat, and it didn't have the ability to travel hundreds of kilometers a day.

Even if the situation inside was bad, they would not give up unless they went to see it themselves.

After waiting for a long time, the sampans of the survivors who surrounded them finally dispersed. Lao Zhang simply changed his direction and walked along the shore. This time, he would not be noticed again.

About five kilometers away, there were scattered abandoned buildings on the shore.

Because it was once built by the Golden Eagle, the overall building looked very complete, and it was basically a brick house.

If this kind of house was placed in the Star Alliance, in the Grid Territory, or in any small territory, it would definitely be a hot commodity.

But if it was placed next to the Golden Eagle territory, even if it was free, the survivors passing by did not even have the slightest desire to occupy it.

"Keep going forward and go to the abandoned village we saw during the day."

Su Mo took a look and decided to keep some distance from the Golden Eagle.

After all, what he was going to do next was definitely unprecedented, not to mention that there would be no successors.

Continuing forward from the abandoned building, the sampan floated on the water for more than four hours and stopped more than 60 kilometers away from the rear checkpoint.

Old Zhang skillfully pushed the sampan to the shore and stopped it at the dock of the abandoned village.

"This is really a luxury. Such a good dock is abandoned just like that!"

The scale of the dock is ten times the size of the previous grid territory. There are hundreds of pillars for tying the sampan alone, stretching for nearly two hundred meters.

However, after landing, it can be seen from the damage of the wooden boards on the dock that this place has been abandoned for a long time. No one has come here for at least two months.

"Hey, it seems that this place is not entirely built by survivors. Instead, it looks a bit like a tribe of wanderers."

Several people explored separately, and Su Mo soon discovered the strangeness of this abandoned village.

Many of the buildings look too old, and the architectural style is very consistent with the aesthetics of wanderers.

Big is beautiful, rough is beautiful!

Any house made of stone can easily accommodate thirty people, and the supporting pillars are five or six meters wide.

More importantly, these houses are almost all independent, with traces of defensive facilities.

This is also consistent with the characteristics of wanderers who lack a sense of security and will build their houses into fortresses.

After walking along the gravel road in the village for more than ten minutes, several people met at the other end of the village.

Overall, the area of ​​the abandoned village is not large, and it can accommodate tens of thousands of people at most.

"Are we going to stay here and survive the disaster?" Lao Zhang said, "When we passed by during the day, it looked quite desolate here. I didn't expect that there were actually quite a few people living in it."

"Of course, with hundreds of thousands of people, there are always some people who don't want to queue up or be used as cannon fodder."

Su Mo was not surprised, and looked up at the huge black shadow in the distance under the moonlight.

That was a stone mountain that stretched for several kilometers.

The steeper sunny side of the stone mountain was relatively flat, but there were obvious signs of mining on the shady side, as if it had been bitten by Pac-Man.

It is not difficult to guess that some of the stones used by the Golden Eagle to build various buildings came from here.

There was no vegetation on the mountain, and after the moonlight fell, the stones reflected a faint cold silver haze.

Luo You was the first to react when he noticed that Su Mo had been staring at the mountains: "Are you going to go up the mountain?"

"I have this idea..."

Su Mo raised his hand and measured the slope of the mountains with his fingers.

They are basically around 30 degrees. In ancient times, it was a natural terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Lao Zhang, go to the village and ask the people here if there is anyone familiar with these mountains. Let him take us to see the way."

Lao Zhang nodded and hurriedly returned along the original route to ask someone in the bright light in the village.

In less than half an hour, two vigilant strong men followed.

At a distance of four or five steps, seeing Luo You, the cripple and the two children, the two men relaxed slightly.

"Brother, can you tell me now? What do you want to do in the mountain?"

Seeing Lao Zhang stop, one of them asked hurriedly.

"Why are you asking so many questions? I'll pay you. Why don't you just take us up there for a walk?"

"It's easy to say, but it's late at night in this wilderness. Who knows if you want to..."

"What do you want to do?"

Old Zhang turned his head. It must be said that his big beard looked quite intimidating.

Coupled with a big bald head and a burly figure, the two strong men were frightened and took three or four steps back.

"Oh, such courage... No wonder you hid here."

"In a word, if you want to get paid, don't ask anything. If you're scared, go back now. I won't stop you."

Naked ridicule, the two people's expressions changed back and forth, but in the end they did not dare to say anything.

Just by walking around the mountain, they can get a small half bag of salted fish, enough for them to eat for a week.

This reward really gives people a reason to take risks.

"Let's go, which mountain do you want to go to?"

Pointing to the stone mountain in the distance, the man on the left said: "The Golden Eagle mined here for a period of time before, but the stone mined later was too difficult to transport, so it was abandoned. The two of us worked as miners here for a period of time. As long as there are traces of mining, they are basically familiar.”

"Hey, you were miners here before?" Sumo suddenly came in.

The man who spoke nodded, glanced at Lao Zhang but showed no reaction, and quickly started talking to Somo.

It seems that I can't get any useful information from Lao Zhang.

But this middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance should seem quite kind.

"What do you call brother?"

"The last name is Ji, and the single character is dragon."

"Hello, brother Ji Long, my name is Niu Dan, and this is my brother Niu Shuang." Patting the shoulder of the man next to him, Niu Dan continued: "We mined here a few months ago, and we are definitely familiar with these stone mountains. terrain.”

"That's strange. It stands to reason that when the Golden Eagle moved... you didn't go with it?"

"No, people like us can't afford those blessings."

Niu Dan showed a bit of sarcasm: "People outside think that the Golden Eagle is a paradise and the last hope of mankind. They will understand when they get in..."

"What do you mean, do you think the golden giant eagle is bad?"

"No, we never said anything like that."

Niu Dan immediately smiled and denied it: "Brother Ji Long, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. If your words are heard by some survivors, I'm afraid they will fight you on the spot."

"What are you talking about? If you have something to say, say it. If you don't have something to say, just hold it back. No one will treat you like a dead person."

Lao Zhang interrupted at the right time and glared at Niu Dan.

"Ji Ling... If Brother Ji asks you, if you know the answer, then answer it honestly. If he is satisfied, I will give you an extra salted fish for each question."

"really?"

"Is that still fake?" Lao Zhang curled his lips and simply took out a hard candy from his pocket and threw it over.

"This is a deposit, or what I said, it's up to you whether you believe it or not."

"Damn it, you still have such a good thing in your hands."

Niu Dan reached out and took it, looked at it like a treasure, and became energetic.

When he looked at Somo again, his longing eyes were completely different from before.

"Now you can tell me, why are you unwilling to go to the Golden Eagle?"

"Of course. In fact, it's not a glorious thing. It's just that our brothers couldn't bear the hardships and left during the relocation. Then we didn't go anywhere to settle down, so we continued to live in the village."

Niu Dan scratched his head and said awkwardly: "The golden giant eagle doesn't support idle people. If you don't accept the terrifying workload or fail to finish it, no one will even look at you even if you starve to death on the road... And we are mining here. When I was there, I had to dig for at least fourteen hours a day. When I went to the other side to rebuild, the workload increased, and I was afraid it would take sixteen hours to lay the foundation. I heard that many people died of exhaustion while digging. "

"Then...why haven't I seen anyone mention this issue on the World Channel?" Luo You asked with a frown on the side.

Niu Dan subconsciously looked at Lao Zhang and asked with his eyes. After getting confirmation, he left and replied:

"What's the use? The World Channel is for communicating about everyone's beautiful life in the wasteland, not for you to complain about the human gathering place. If you don't believe me, go and post the real situation of the golden giant eagle. You How many people do you think will take advantage of you?”

"This world is a worse world. Everyone will only envy you for living a happy life, and will not feel any sympathy for the suffering you have experienced. Everyone will only believe what they want to believe, and will not believe what you say." "Reality", not to mention that if people know that the Golden Eagle has to work for fourteen hours before resting, believe it or not, those small and medium-sized territories will immediately increase the working hours to fifteen or sixteen hours!"

"In the end, the Golden Eagle will still be a super territory that everyone envies and wants to go to."

Something seemed to have broken again.

Sumo glanced and found that the expression on Luo Xiang's face became more complicated.

"Then what are you going to do in the future?" Luo You asked again.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Life is much easier now than before. We can survive for a while with the materials accumulated through work. We can make other decisions after this disaster is over."

This time it was Niu Shuang who answered: "I don't think you are bad people. You are all quite innocent. It's a miracle that you are still alive today."

"It's truly a miracle."

Luo You shrugged nonchalantly and sat on a big rock: "My legs and feet are inconvenient, so I won't follow you up the mountain."

"Okay, I'll let Luo Jiao stay and take care of you."

Luo Jiao was arranged to take care of Luo You, and the three of them followed the Niu brothers towards Stone Mountain.

Because there is no vegetation and it has been mined, this road is easy to walk even at night.

The sky was just getting slightly brighter, and several nearby hills were surveyed by Somo, who basically understood the situation.

"This is your reward."

Back at the place where they met in the evening, Lao Zhang took out enough salted fish as promised and handed them over.

Su Mo thought about it and told Lao Zhang to give them a handful of hard candies as an extra reward.

Besides, the Niu brothers took them for a whole night, and they walked up and down the mountain for 40,000 to 50,000 steps without complaining. Just looking at this performance, it is definitely not like what they said, that they can't bear the hardship of miners.

Choosing not to move with the Golden Eagle must have other hidden reasons.

"Brother Zhang is really a real person. If there are other people who need our help in the future, just ask. We still have some face in this Stone Village."

Niu Dan and Niu Shuang were very excited. Counting leading the way and answering questions, the harvest of one night was far more than what they earned in a week as miners before.

"How many people are there in Stone Village?"

"About a thousand people, not fixed, some people leave every day, and some people join."

Niu Dan thought about it and gave a detailed introduction to the situation in the village.

Without anyone taking the lead in development, there will not be too many idle people staying in Stone Village.

Moreover, the terrain here is not suitable for farming, and the soil fertility is far inferior to other places in the southern fire region.

Some of the people who choose to stay here now are former miners from Stone Mountain, who are used to living here.

Another part is because they are survivors who have escaped in a line, and they are also planning to join the Golden Eagle after the famous disaster.

"Going downstream along the river, there are many villages, which were once established by the Golden Eagle to collect resources, but the people in Stone Village should be considered large."

"It's okay, you go, we will find you again if we need you."

Say to the Niu brothers to leave, Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, unscrewed the kettle and drank a few sips.

After staying up all night and trekking six mountains, he felt a little tired.

Lao Zhang and Luo Xiang were even more tired, sitting aside, slurping warm water.

After drinking, Lao Zhang thought for a while and came over and said, "Lord Ji, why do I feel that the Niu brothers don't speak much truth?"

"Oh? Tell me?"

"He said that the miners who stayed here were those who couldn't stand the hardship, but I don't think it's true. If they can't stand that kind of hardship, how many people in this wasteland can stand it?"

"Then what do you think is their purpose of staying here?"

"Could they be looking for something?" Lao Zhang guessed randomly, "It's okay to say that he is familiar with one mountain, but he is familiar with every mountain and can clearly remember the leverage points on those complex and steep cliffs. Could it be that the mining locations were randomly arranged every day before?"

"You guessed right." Su Mo gave a thumbs up. Lao Zhang is really a talent.

His delicate mind and rough appearance once again proved that you can't judge a person by his appearance.

But thinking of this, Su Mo suddenly smiled and said, "I want to discuss something with you?"

"You say." Lao Zhang stood up quickly and made a loyal expression.

He transformed from a humble fisherman to a man feared and respected by ordinary survivors.

He knew clearly that all these changes in status were given to him by Su Mo.

"I plan to establish a territory on the mountain, and then you will be the lord, how about that?"

"What?"

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