Before it was completely dark, the "Old Tune Team" arrived at the "Rootless" camp.
From a distance, the first thing that caught their eye was one huge vehicle after another.
These vehicles are several times larger than jeeps, with longer and taller cabins, and different paint jobs, either brown and white, or black blocks on a white background, or stripes against silver and gray.
"These are all RVs?" Jiang Baimian had long since stopped wearing sunglasses, slowed down the car, and carefully discerned for a few seconds.
"Hmm." Bai Chen nodded, "The RV is the home of the 'rootless', and every car represents a family."
"That's right......" When Jiang Baimian looked at the camp again, he had already seen more details.
The vehicles in the camp are mainly RVs, at least a few dozen, maybe even close to a hundred.
Among them, the RVs with the largest bodies were parked at the edges, forming a circle of steel walls, leaving only an opening for vehicles to enter and exit.
Through the gap between this circle of "walls", you can see that the cars inside are neatly parked, and there seem to be several larger vehicles in the core area.
"What is an RV?" Long Yuehong asked if he didn't understand.
Shang Jianyao took the initiative to help explain:
"It's the vehicle that puts the house in the carriage."
"Have you seen it?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.
Everyone is a person with the same education and the same experience of going out, why have you seen an RV but I haven't?
Shang Jianyao shook his head:
"I haven't seen it.
"I guessed."
At this time, Jiang Baimian laughed:
"What Shang Jianyao said is not a big problem.
"An RV is a vehicle that turns a carriage into a residence, with a bedroom, a toilet, a kitchen, and even a living room and a dining room."
"Luxury." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong made comments at the same time.
Such a room can only be assigned to D7 or above within the "Pangu Creature", or both husband and wife have reached D4.
Bai Chen explained:
"It is said that the original 'rootless' came from the Old World RV camps, which were camps for those who went out in RVs."
Although she didn't understand why the Old World had to do this, she retold what she had heard at that time.
Fortunately, Shang Jianyao did not raise any objections to this.
Bai Chen looked at the afterglow of the sunset shining on the car window and continued:
"You also know that at that time, there was an outbreak of heartlessness mainly in big cities, and places like RV camps were fine, and there were no attacks against them.
"Therefore, they are all lucky to survive the destruction of the old world, but they will not be able to return to their hometown.
"They may have tried, I don't know, but judging from the results, it must have failed in the end.
"In the chaotic era after the destruction of the old world, they thought it was better for everyone to get together, and there were many people and great power, and then they also found a place to settle and farm, but they were again caught up in wars, attacked by monster tides and a large number of heartless people, and driven away from the original settlement by the changing weather and environment.
"Later, they got used to life in the car, and they were used to wandering in such a large team, and they no longer settled down, calling themselves 'rootless people', well, we prefer to call them 'rootless people'."
Shang Jianyao asked a very serious question:
"Then what do they eat?"
"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong said that she also wanted to ask the same question.
Not settling means not being able to cultivate and not having a fixed harvest.
Bai Chen looked at the entrance of the camp that was getting closer and closer, and his speech speed increased slightly:
"Their initial state is closer to that of the Remnant Hunters, obtaining fuel, food, weapons, high-performance batteries, and various supplies from the ruins of the city after the mass death of the 'Heartless'.
"At that time, every city ruin was a bonanza.
"When the chaotic era ended and big forces were established, their large convoy quickly became the target of use. They also took the opportunity to change their identities and became armed caravans that traveled between various forces, undertaking the transportation of goods and changing hands."
"Why don't the big forces do these businesses themselves?" Long Yuehong remembered that there were many large vehicles in the company's parking lot, much more than the "rootless" camp.
Hearing his question, Jiang Baimian, who was driving, joked:
"How can the company have so many people?
"Even a newcomer like you can get the 'old tune group', you know how tight the manpower is.
"We are not a 'mechanical paradise', we have neither the resources nor the technology to produce so many intelligent robots."
Long Yuehong suddenly realized.
Bai Chen casually added:
"For many big forces, materials that are not particularly important do not like to send their own people to escort them.
"There was a relatively large settlement before, because the leader sent a large number of guard members out to deliver goods, but the interior was empty and was served.
"Moreover, in many sensitive areas, it is easier for neutral caravans to pass through."
Seeing that Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao no longer had problems, she said again:
"As long as you have fuel, food, high-performance batteries, and all kinds of better vehicle accessories, you can hire a group of 'rootless' people to deliver for you.
"They claim to be living in a chaotic environment.
"When the weather cools down and the trading volume decreases, the 'rootless' will migrate to similar camps, using the food they had previously stored to survive the winter, and at the same time, they will also take some transportation and trading in the area around the camp.
"This is the largest group of 'rootless', and the reason why they often choose this camp is because there is a water plant nearby that can still be used."
As he spoke, the jeep had already arrived at the entrance of the "Rootless" camp.
Seeing this, Bai Chen quickly emphasized a few more words:
"After entering, you must remember that you cannot damage other people's vehicles.
"For the rootless, the vehicle is their most precious possession, and a person who has no car and no other 'rootless' family will only be abandoned.
"Also, they have been born in cars for nearly three generations, grew up in cars, and have a unique affection for vehicles, no longer seeing them as objects, but as family.
"If you hurt their family, it will definitely not be good."
Jiang Baimian was very interested, slapped the steering wheel and said:
"It is indeed a relatively unique custom and habit."
At this time, the guards standing at the front of the two large RVs raised the muzzle of the submachine gun in their hands and signaled the visitors to stop.
Bai Chen pressed the car window, poked his head out and said:
"Let's do business."
The one with a beard among the guards took a closer look, his eyes lit up and said:
"He looks good, has a great figure, this jeep is good!
"What motivation?"
"It uses high-performance batteries." Bai Chen replied truthfully.
The bearded guard became more and more interested:
"Do you want to change your wife and leave it?"
"We are true love!" Shang Jianyao poked his head out at some point and replied loudly.
The bearded guard gave a thumbs up:
"Have an eye."
He immediately lowered his gun and pointed his chin into the camp:
"Go in.
"Stop according to the instructions, otherwise we can't blame our wife for losing it."
When the jeep passed through the entrance, Long Yuehong in the car said to himself in surprise:
"It's that simple?"
There was no acquaintance certificate, and no weapons were confiscated, so the "old adjustment team" was allowed into the camp.
Jiang Baimian looked in the rearview mirror and said with a smile:
"For the 'rootless' caravan with abundant firepower and sufficient personnel, only outsiders may not dare to enter, afraid to enter but unable to get out."
"It's ...... too" Long Yuehong thought for a moment, "Then we have to be vigilant and can't fully trust these people."
"Hmm." Jiang Baimian followed the instructions and moved slowly on the marked road, while turning his head to Shang Jianyao and saying, "Next, you have to play well!"
"I'm not a car." Shang Jianyao was a little "embarrassed".
"Yes, our little Baichen is so beautiful that they don't even look at it, they just patronize and look at this jeep." Jiang Baimian teased.
Bai Chen originally wanted to say that he was older, but after looking at Jiang Baimian's height, he silently gave up this plan.
With the help of the guide, they quickly parked the car and got out of the jeep.
With a glance, Jiang Baimian found that the behemoths parked in the deepest part of the camp were dragging silver-gray giant metal cans.
"Tanker...... No wonder it is protected tightly." While she sighed, she heard the sound of an engine roaring from a blue and white painted RV next to her.
And a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap stood in front of the car, touching the hood and listening to the movement.
When the engine roared stopped, he nodded thoughtfully.
"What are you doing?" Shang Jianyao didn't know when he had jumped over and asked curiously.
The middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap was medium in stature, with a slight dark skin and a little oil stains on his clothes.
Hearing Shang Jianyao's question, he stretched his eyebrows and eyes, which were originally slightly fierce, and said:
"The big guy has a temper, I have to hear what dissatisfaction he has."
Seeing that Long Yuehong and the others didn't seem to understand, he touched the slightly old blue and white paint of the RV, and said with a smile:
"The big guy has been a member of our family since my grandfather, and now that he is older, his temper has become a little worse, and he is so coaxing.
"Haha, you also have old people in your family, right? It's all about coaxing."
Shang Jianyao took a step back, took a closer look at the RV, pointed to the headlights and said:
"Its eyes are so beautiful."
"I've done this twice, I look better when I'm young...... The middle-aged man seemed to have found a soulmate and said endlessly.
Seeing this, Jiang Baimian said to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong in a "low voice":
"Sometimes, I really think Shang Jianyao has the talent to make friends."
They chatted for a while, and the young man in his twenties in the driving position came down with a toolbox, opened the hood with the middle-aged man, and skillfully started repairing it.
Shang Jianyao immediately retreated, followed Jiang Baimian and the others, passed through RVs, and walked to the most lively place in the camp.
Bai Chen glanced back at the place just now, and said with a shallow smile:
"If any of you have very good car repair skills, you can even marry a few wives here."
(End of this chapter)