Chapter 45 The third night (Monday for recommendation votes)
The sun gradually sets in the west, the sky is golden red, and on the gray and black wilderness, trees may appear, standing straight.
Long Yuehong looked at several figures marching north in the distance, and asked quite puzzled:
"Why do some relic hunters rely purely on foot?
"Isn't this not catching up with the previous batch?"
Since separating from Wu Shoushi and others, they have encountered several groups of relic hunters going north of Yuelu Station on their way to Black Rat Town.
Some of these hunters drove modified vehicles, some used roaring motorcycles, some relied on bicycles, and some rode tamed horses.
Bai Chen, who was driving, glanced at it and said simply:
"This is all about picking up bargains."
"What do you say?" Long Yuehong asked.
Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger position, was maintaining his pistol and said without raising his head:
"They deliberately walked and did not want to be the first to reach the ruins of that city.
"In this way, the relic hunters in front can help them step on the mines and eliminate many dangers.
"Although this also makes them lose the right to get first-hand information and select precious materials, it is safer. As long as they don't drill into the center of the city, they may survive, anyway, in such a big city, even if there is a team of big forces in front, they can't empty all the marginal areas at once, and they can't guard all the roads."
Long Yuehong first suddenly realized, and then had doubts:
"But they can't move many things like this, they can definitely afford very little with just carrying it on their shoulders, so it's better not to go."
Jiang Baimian raised his head and sneered:
"It seems that you really have no concept of the ruins of the city.
"There are a lot of scrap vehicles there, there are many parts, as long as you can repair it, you can go there and then 'prepare' the transportation, hehe, this in itself can be regarded as one of the gains.
"In fact, compared to those who drove by, they gained more and more in quantity."
Long Yuehong thought about it carefully and found that it was really like this:
After reaching the ruins of the city, if they can avoid or solve the danger, they can get up to three vehicles and four carts of supplies, and no more can be taken away.
If the four relic hunters were only on foot, carrying only tents and weapons, they would get up to four vehicles and four carts of supplies.
Shang Jianyao thought for a while and said to himself:
"Isn't the biggest role of driving to be in a hurry and maintain physical strength?"
"Yes, so these people must have to rest for more than a day when they arrive at Yuelu Station, anyway, they don't have to be in a hurry." Jiang Baimian hung the "United 202" pistol back on his belt and pointed to the group of people in the distance and said.
She then looked left and right:
"It's almost evening, and it seems that we won't be able to make it to Black Rat Town today.
"Let's find a place like a dirt slope to set up camp and wait for dawn before leaving."
"Okay." "Okay." Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others responded one after another.
It didn't take long for them to find a small earthen bag in the gray and dark wilderness, and set up a tent in the leeward area.
Jiang Baimian looked at the rising bonfire, clapped his hands, and turned his eyes slightly:
"Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, your task at noon has not been completed yet!"
"Huh?" Long Yuehong was a little confused.
It took him a few seconds to remember that there were still unfinished tasks in the ruins of the steel mill - one was to find some food on his own, and the other was to draw a layout map of the ruins of the steel factory.
"But our exploration was interrupted by the pure method, and now we can't go back and get Black Rat Town." He hurriedly defended.
Shang Jianyao next to him didn't speak, just smiled and looked at Jiang Baimian, as if he understood that the team leader was "deliberately looking for trouble".
Jiang Baimian glanced left and right, and said with a smile:
"So, I have to give you a task that can be completed now."
She then looked down at the black electronic watch on her wrist:
"Before dark, complete a hunt, and the size of the prey is not limited."
After saying that, she raised her head and said to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:
"Show me the part of the map that has been drawn."
Shang Jianyao immediately handed over the page that only drew the hospital and radio station areas.
Jiang Baimian stretched out his hand to take it, unfolded it, and his expression suddenly became a little strange:
"Why mark a toilet? That won't work anymore."
Team leader, your words are also very strange...... Long Yuehong didn't dare to say what was in her heart.
Shang Jianyao responded seriously:
"Meticulousness and truthfulness are my requirements for mapping."
"Have you drawn a map before?" Jiang Baimian was a little curious.
"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head calmly.
"Then tell me ......" Jiang Baimian swallowed the word back into his stomach, shook his hand and said, "Go hunting."
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong did not delay, each carrying an assault rifle, walked to the top of the small earthen bag, and looked around.
The weeds on the wilderness gently undulated in the evening wind, complementing the gray-black earth and various stones.
At a glance, even the trees are only dozens or hundreds of trees, not to mention active animals.
This means that Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong couldn't even find a target.
"Which way to go?" Long Yuehong asked habitually.
Shang Jianyao glanced at the creek around the earthen bag:
"Follow it and find the river, there should be fish there."
"Yes." Long Yuehong's expression relaxed.
He hesitated and said:
"But can this be considered hunting?"
"In terms of purpose, it definitely counts." Shang Jianyao replied indifferently, "The only question is, how far do you have to go to find the fish."
「…… Why don't we hunt other animals by the way?" Long Yuehong suddenly had a strange idea, "Shang Jianyao, do you think you can use the ability of 'reasoning clown' to deceive the prey back?"
Shang Jianyao looked Long Yuehong up and down:
"First, you have to make them understand me, and second, you have to make them stop and listen to me."
「…… too." Long Yuehong opened her mouth, as if she wanted to ask something, but in the end she didn't speak.
He thought for a moment and said:
"We can't hunt so blindly, let's ask Bai Chen for advice first."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao didn't mind, turned around directly, and walked towards the jeep near the campfire.
Long Yuehong looked at his back, was silent for two seconds, and sighed softly.
"Bai Chen, where could there be prey nearby?" After approaching the jeep, Shang Jianyao asked bluntly.
Bai Chen pointed to a place with sparse trees:
"You can go over there and take a look, there should be rabbits.
"Take care to distinguish between footprints and feces......"
She briefly talked about rabbit hunting skills, and finally said:
"If you are an ordinary person, I would suggest making traps and using tools, but your marksmanship is enough, as long as you can stay calm and not be in a hurry."
"Hmm." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao were a little looking forward to it.
…………
An hour later, when the afterglow of the sun was still struggling to slide, Shang Jianyao and Long Yue returned to the campfire position with red and gray faces.
The former was holding a hare with gray fur in his hand, and blood was dripping down.
"You used it for so long, and you only caught one rabbit?" Jiang Baimian, who was comfortably roasting the fire, stood up.
"Rabbits are too sensitive, they run fast, and there are many ...... caves" Long Yuehong put on a difficult pose.
Jiang Baimian smiled and added for him:
"And there were too many people passing by today, and those rabbits were frightened, making it even more difficult to catch."
"Yes, yes!" Long Yuehong hurriedly responded.
Shang Jianyao thought for a moment and said:
"We still despise rabbits too much, and we think we can catch them."
"Yes, if you have experience this time, it will be easier to handle in the future." Jiang Baimian pointed to the bonfire, "Take off the hair, clean the blood, and roast it."
Soon, the rabbit was strung to a thicker branch and rolled around at the top of the crimson flame.
Bai Chen sprinkled salt on the rabbit from time to time, making the surface gradually turn golden, and a fragrance that Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong seemed to have never smelled before filled the air.
"It looks like it will be delicious......" Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao said in unison.
Jiang Baimian smiled and shook his head:
"I can only say that I will do it.
"There is no oil to brush, no spices to sprinkle, and the rabbit meat is relatively woody, so I can barely eat it."
"What a luxury." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong responded subconsciously.
When grilling, you have to brush oil while grilling, what a waste!
Jiang Baimian kept staring at the small rabbit and did not look up:
"Sometimes, there is no container for boiling oil, so we have to solve part of it on the spot.
"In the wild, you must know how to adapt to the environment."
As soon as Jiang Baimian finished speaking, he raised his head abruptly and looked at the side of the small earthen bag:
"Two people are coming."
Long Yuehong, who was already on guard, immediately raised the muzzle of the berserker's "assault rifle", and Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen also looked over.
A few minutes later, they saw the two men.
This is also a combination of a man and a woman, the former is less than 1.8 meters tall, in his forties, wearing long black hair, and a very temperamental beard on his mouth, even if he is nearly middle-aged, it can easily be seen that he was once a beautiful man.
The woman is in her early 1.7 meters, with blonde hair and blue eyes, deep facial features, and very beautiful.
What they both have in common is that they both wear loose, rare robes, one dark black and the other gray and blue, and the latter has various strange, abstract symbols on its surface.
Jiang Baimian moved his eyebrows and asked loudly:
"What are you two doing here?"
The woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a gray and blue robe, immediately stopped, wrapped her right hand with her left hand, raised it to her eyebrows, bent down and saluted:
"Fusheng Infinite Heavenly Venerable."
She used the gray language that was well-written, not the Red River language she seemed to be able to use.
The middle-aged man smiled and said:
"I am not familiar with her, and I smelled the fragrance here not long after we met, and I thought about coming over and trying my luck to see if anyone was very kind."
"Maybe you can't be kind." Jiang Baimian calmly pointed to the small rabbit on the bonfire.
"Then since we met, wouldn't it be good for everyone to chat?" The middle-aged man kept smiling, "It's not that I'm boasting, everyone I met praised me for being knowledgeable and well-informed."
Hearing this, Jiang Baimian made a hidden gesture to Shang Jianyao and the others, asking them not to let their guard down.
She then smiled and said:
"Okay."
PS: I will send it at two watches today, asking for a recommendation ticket~
(End of this chapter)