Chapter 18 The transaction failed (asking for referral votes)
Hearing Bai Chen's reminder, Jiang Baimian, who was communicating with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, turned his body halfway around and turned his gaze forward.
On both sides of the soft road were unusually sparse woods, with some swampy features on the left, dark, muddy, and mosquitoes, overgrown on the right, and a black car full of mud parked in the open area.
With Jiang Baimian's knowledge, it is not difficult to recognize that this is an off-road vehicle, and it has obviously been modified many times, either actively or passively, and the color and feeling in many places cannot be unified.
Three people stood outside the buggy, either wearing old padded jackets, or wrapped in nitrified fur, or wearing a wrinkled, obviously short black woolen coat.
They hold simple cigarettes directly wrapped in brown tobacco leaves in their mouths, and hold weapons of different styles, including the "Union 202" pistol, the submachine gun nicknamed "Rainstorm", and the rifle originating from the old world.
Next to these three people were two heavy motorcycles, which were black and painted with red patterns, giving people a flamboyant and wanton feeling.
On the two motorcycles sat a man wearing an undrawn helmet and each carrying a miniature submachine gun.
"What can you see?" Jiang Baimian did not panic, but seized the opportunity to ask Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong.
Shang Jianyao, who had pulled down the car window and looked ahead, immediately replied:
"Eat very well."
"......" Long Yuehong looked at the windshield and wanted to express her judgment, but was disrupted by Shang Jianyao, and forgot what she was going to say for a while.
Jiang Baimian did not criticize Shang Jianyao, but nodded:
"Good eyes."
The five people had rough facial skin, but they didn't feel yellow or thin.
This shows that they can at least ensure food and clothing.
This is different from the average wilderness wanderer!
At this time, Long Yuehong finally regained her mind and quickly said:
"The equipment is good!"
Whether it is an off-road vehicle that has been modified many times, a heavy motorcycle, or the clothes on the body, the weapons in their hands show that those people are different from ordinary wilderness wanderers.
Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:
"It can be preliminarily judged that they are a team of relic hunters who are mixed well, or a group of wilderness bandits who are mixed well, and there is no difference between the two at times."
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Chen added:
"The way that off-road vehicle was modified shows that it burned oil.
"This means that those people are familiar with the area and know where to refill their gasoline, or have the confidence to get out of the wilderness before the gasoline burns out."
Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and 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 suddenly became a little nervous:
"Team leader, will you fight?"
"Who knows?" Jiang Baimian smiled and said, "Ah yes, remember that in the wilderness, showing your muscles is a sign of friendliness, and justice, fairness and communication only exist under the muzzle."
Bai Chen echoed:
"We call this 'respect only among the strong'.
"Many wilderness wanderers have also hoped that the strong will be kind, kind, loving, compassionate to the weak, and willing to help themselves, but unfortunately, this is closer to fantasy. There may indeed be such people, but there are definitely not many, it is difficult to meet, and it is more effective to rely on yourself than to expect them."
"The 'Salvation Army' in the past can really be counted, but now......" Jiang Baimian's voice gradually lowered.
"Only by showing our difficulty will they show their friendly side......" Long Yuehong nodded thoughtfully, understanding the words of the team leader and Bai Chen.
He immediately had new doubts:
"Why should I do the same? They can only see Shang Jianyao's side."
Before Jiang Baimian could answer, Shang Jianyao laughed out loud:
"Can you play hide and seek?
"Does it mean that no one is really hiding over there?"
Jiang Baimian smiled and said:
"This metaphor is nondescript.
"Long Yuehong, you picked up the 'Berserker' and prepared it to deter the enemies who might be lurking on the other side of the swamp and protect Bai Chen, who was concentrating on driving.
"Also, if you don't do this, even if there are no enemies hiding in the swamp, the other party can guess that the people in the car lack enough experience and are prey that can be tried and dealt with."
Long Yuehong suddenly realized:
"I understand!"
He immediately picked up his assault rifle and hung it on the window that was not fully retracted.
Shang Jianyao on the other side had already set up the "Berserker" and asked eagerly:
"Team leader, can you judge the situation and shoot by yourself?"
Jiang Baimian snorted:
"It's quite bold, those people in front of you are obviously not very easy to deal with.
"Hmm...... You can shoot in three situations, one is that I gave the order, the second is when they continue to approach us and the stop is ineffective, and the third is when they show signs of aiming."
As he spoke, there was less than ten meters of straight-line distance between the gray-green four-door jeep and the black off-road vehicle and heavy motorcycle.
The five people over there, three with simple cigarettes in their mouths, had raised their guns, and the remaining two were crawling on 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 grenades and assault rifles sticking out of the car windows here, they might have changed positions and launched an attack.
Since the black off-road vehicle and heavy motorcycle are not parked on the "main road", but in the open area of the sparse woods, although the two sides are getting closer and closer, there is no danger of encountering them at all.
During this process, Bai Chen lowered the speed of the car and let the jeep move little by little to prevent the other party from overreacting.
Suddenly, Jiang Baimian shouted loudly:
"Do you know what happened to the anomaly in the depths of the swamp last night?"
A middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a crumpled black tweed coat and holding a "Rainstorm" submachine gun, spat out the simple cigarette in his mouth and responded loudly:
"It's too far apart, it's not clear!"
Jiang Baimian shouted again:
"What are you doing here?"
"Winter is coming, so hunt more beasts to prepare!" The middle-aged man had messy eyebrows and an old scar on the corner of his right eye.
His whole temperament is fierce, like a brown bear in human clothes.
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian to shout again, the middle-aged man asked rhetorically:
"What are you doing here?"
Jiang Baimian responded:
"We are relic hunters!"
"Ruin Hunter......" The middle-aged man whispered, and suddenly smiled, "A few months ago, news came from the depths of the swamp that a city ruins that had never been recorded before were found there. Although the two things are months apart, who can deny it? Hunters, do you want to know the approximate location of the ruins of that city? You can exchange it for food!"
He roared loudly, so that everyone in the jeep could hear it clearly and clearly.
Shang Jianyao stared intently outside, as if he would shoot a short burst at any time.
Suddenly, he asked:
"Team leader, he yelled too loudly and caused damage to our ears, do we need to shoot to block it?"
「…… No, I don't." Jiang Baimian first replied to Shang Jianyao, and then raised his voice and said, "We have military cans, energy bars, and compressed biscuits, you can make a price!"
The middle-aged man's eyes moved slightly and said:
"Sixty military cans!"
"Forget it!" Jiang Baimian didn't seem to think about bargaining at all, he just perfunctory the other party.
At this time, the jeep had driven past the location where the black off-road vehicle was located, and the distance between the two sides gradually increased.
The middle-aged man didn't insist either, and responded loudly:
"I hope there will be a chance to trade next time!"
After saying that, he maintained a guarded posture and watched the jeep drive farther and farther away, beyond the shooting range.
"Boss, why don't you shoot?" At this time, the thin young man next to him in an old padded jacket held a simple cigarette in his hand and asked hurriedly.
"Yes, boss, although their firepower is not weak, we have that thing!" Lying on a heavy motorcycle, the man with a beard straightened up and pointed to the trunk of the black off-road vehicle, "They must have a lot of supplies!"
The middle-aged man shook his head:
"No matter what, our losses will not be small.
"Not cost-effective, not cost-effective."
The young man wearing an old padded jacket and holding a "United 202" pistol said puzzled:
"Boss, people die for wealth and birds die for food!
"Besides, isn't it just about seeing who is ruthless and fierce enough in the wilderness? Anyway, I may die inexplicably tomorrow, so why not fight today!"
The middle-aged man glanced at him coldly:
"Those who only talk about ruthlessness and fierceness in the wilderness will not live long.
"There are not many pure prey here, and most of them are both hunters and prey. If we are blindly not afraid of injury, then we will soon become weak to the point of becoming prey to others.
"Look at those beasts, when they are full, when they encounter almost powerful beasts, they will not attack forcibly, they know that once they are injured, they may become the prey of others, so they should reduce unnecessary hunting.
"Aren't you inferior to beasts?"
The other man wrapped in animal skin, holding an old world rifle, and holding a simple cigarette, echoed:
"The boss is right, and didn't you notice? The only food for those people just now was military cans, energy bars and compressed cookies!
"What does this mean, don't you know?
"Normal relic hunters are only in this state when they have just set out from a certain border town in a certain city of a major power, and there seems to be no market town or city of a large force nearby that we know."
Another man sitting on the motorcycle muttered:
"Perhaps, they just found a military warehouse in the old world?"
The middle-aged man at the head exhaled and said:
"Okay, let's not fight."
He immediately smiled:
"Didn't you notice that they were likely to pass by that place? There are not many routes available for vehicles in this area, and there are not many people who know that something has happened there.
"Get in the car, this distance is almost there, let's follow quietly, and when they encounter that big trouble and fight to the limit, we will clean it up together!"
The other men suddenly showed surprise:
"Yes, boss!"
They got on the dirt bike very actively, started the heavy motorcycle.
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(End of this chapter)