As the jeep followed the trajectory illuminated by the yellow lights in the deep night, driving towards the southeast area in the city full of abandoned buildings, Long Yuehong's heart slowly lifted involuntarily.
Although he is no longer a newcomer to the gray soil, this is the first time he has experienced this kind of thing directly on the "front line".
This is different from the riot in Wild Grass City, and it can barely be called a regular war.
Just when Long Yuehong quietly took a deep breath to soothe the tension in her heart, Shang Jianyao held the steering wheel in one hand and took out the small speaker with a black face on a blue background from the tactical backpack with the other.
After he pressed it a few times, a passionate melody echoed inside the jeep.
This time, the music was not mixed with vocals, but Long Yuehong was a little excited, as if he had become a lone hero, about to defeat a hundred.
"What is this music called?" He turned his head sideways and asked curiously.
Compared with just now, he was obviously much calmer.
"I don't know, pure music." Shang Jianyao swayed his body and replied with a smile, "You can call it the expedition song."
Long Yuehong felt the enthusiasm and excitement brought by the music, while watching the earthy yellow all-terrain vehicle in front of him moving steadily through the ruins of collapsed buildings and damaged roads, and couldn't help but sigh:
"The team leader asked us to drive around the Red Stone Market before, which is really useful......"
Although it was impossible for them to clearly grasp the condition of each road in such a short period of time, after all, the scale of the ruins of this city was not small, but they still had a clear understanding of the location of buildings and common roads in the main areas.
Coupled with the map provided by the alerter Song He, even if it was midnight at this moment, they could go to their destination more easily.
Hearing Long Yuehong's emotion, Shang Jianyao glanced sideways at him and said suspiciously:
"I thought you should have understood the importance of familiarizing yourself with the environment in Weed City."
"That time it was mainly Bai Chen leading the way, I didn't have a deep experience." Long Yuehong explained quite honestly.
Shang Jianyao expressed his understanding and seriously suggested:
"Hide and seek is the best way to familiarize yourself with the environment, and I will take you to a vigilant sect mass next time."
You want to participate yourself, right? Long Yuehong didn't say what was in her heart.
He stopped chatting and tried to adjust his condition.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Baimian gave an order through the walkie-talkie:
"Turn off the lights, slow down, and turn on the stereo."
They had already arrived at the Al Supermarket and the Sixth Day Mall, but they did not hear the gunshots and gunfire one after another.
Shang Jianyao immediately rolled down the window, adjusted the content played on the small speaker, and turned the volume to the maximum.
Soon, a high-pitched male voice came from inside the jeep, which seemed to blend into the darkness:
"We are the relic hunter team, entrusted by the warning Song He to send arms!"
"We are the relic hunter team, entrusted by the warning Song He to send arms!"
Because the sound was turned on too loudly, Long Yuehong's ears in the passenger seat were buzzing, and these words echoed in his mind.
He opened his mouth and subconsciously wanted to say something, but the words he spat out were drowned out by the sound waves.
In the earthy yellow all-terrain vehicle in front, Bai Chen's expression in the driver's position became a little strange.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Baimian noticed her change and asked loudly.
She manually closed all the windows, reducing the "pollution" of Shang Jianyao's voice to a level that did not affect the conversation.
Bai Chen took a breath and said as if he didn't know whether to laugh or cry:
"When I used to wander around the gray earth, I used to drive to different settlements to exchange items.
"Sometimes, in order to make it easier and less troublesome, I will make a loudspeaker and keep shouting what I want."
Jiang Baimian asked curiously while observing the surroundings:
"For example?"
Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds, looked ahead and said:
"Rice, flour, canned kitchen knives, pistols, bullet casings and all kinds of metal items."
Jiang Baimian sneered:
"Aunt Nan's 'collection of bad pistols, bad rifles, and bad submachine guns' at their door, did you think of them for them?"
Bai Chen pursed his lower lips and said:
"Every wanderer who has had a similar experience will say a few words."
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian to respond, she said in a deep voice:
"Team leader, you're almost at your destination, pay attention to your surroundings."
"Oh, I'm angry......" Jiang Baimian "muttered" very relaxedly.
"Not angry." Bai Chen looked ahead and responded quickly.
"That's embarrassing?" Jiang Baimian asked with a smile.
Bai Chen stopped talking.
Jiang Baimian accepted it when he saw it, and while sensing the electrical signal, he kept looking at the buildings and ruins on both sides of the road through the moonlight outside.
In less than a minute, she picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"You can turn off the stereo and keep a sufficient distance from us."
Every muscle in her was slightly tense, ready to deal with the unexpected.
After a few tens of seconds, two figures came out of a collapsed building in front of the side.
With assault rifles, they followed the cleared road and went down to the all-terrain vehicle that had stopped voluntarily.
In the surrounding darkness, I don't know how many guns were aimed at this side.
The two figures were wearing animal masks and hoods, making it impossible to tell at a glance whether they were Red River people or gray whisperers.
After looking for a while, the woman wearing the bull mask said in gray language:
"Are you the relic hunters who took on the mission of Hervig?"
"Yes, we have recovered Hervig's arms and want to sell our own parts to the town guards, I don't know where Captain Han is?" Jiang Baimian was not at all uneasy about being pointed at gunpoint, and explained with a smile.
"Got it back?" The woman wearing a bull mask was a little surprised.
Jiang Baimian said "hmm":
"Song can testify."
The woman wearing the bull mask was silent for a few seconds, picked up the walkie-talkie, and reported the matter to Han Wanghuo.
It didn't take long for the sheriff to take the initiative to come here.
He was dressed in black and did not wear a mask.
Han Wanghuo, who had checked Hevig's arms and the supplies of the "Old Adjustment Team", was carrying a rifle and two "Joint 202s" on his back, and asked directly:
"What do you want to exchange?"
"The military exoskeleton device of the Town Guard." Jiang Baimian, wearing a handsome monk mask, replied calmly, "One can be delivered after this war is over."
Seeing Han Wanghuo frowning, she added with a smile:
"Anhebas has repented in the church and is willing to contribute more to the Redstone Collection against the Second Man.
"When the situation calms down, you should be able to get a new military exoskeleton device through him. It may take a year and a half, but you can afford to wait, and we can't."
Han Wanghuo was silent for a while and said:
"I can't agree directly, I'll discuss it with others."
Jiang Baimian, who knew that he couldn't make the decision in Hongshiji, expressed his understanding:
"Okay.
"But please hurry up, we can wait, the fish-man mountain monster won't wait."
Han Wanghuo nodded slightly and walked to the side.
After a few steps, he turned around and asked:
"Aren't you afraid that the town guards will forcibly requisition, or even kill people and rob goods?"
Jiang Baimian laughed.
But before she could give an answer that matched her identity as the "ultimate villain", Shang Jianyao, who had already driven the jeep over, shouted loudly:
"We believe in you!"
Han Wanghuo was stunned for a moment, and after a while he said slightly bitterly:
"There are some things that I can't stop."
He stopped speaking, walked to the side of the collapsed building, and used the walkie-talkie to communicate with several real power figures in the town guard.
After a full ten minutes, he walked back to the all-terrain vehicle and said to Jiang Baimian and others:
"Deal."
"Happy cooperation." Jiang Baimian wanted to stretch out his right hand and shake the other party, but considering the folk customs of the Red Stone Collection, he gave up this plan.
Although she knew that Han Wanghuo was not a believer in a vigilant sect and that shaking hands was not something to worry about, the surrounding people in Hongshi Market believed in "Yougu".
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case!
Han Wanghuo exhaled and talked about the specific plan:
"You hand over the arms and supplies to me first, distribute them, and after repelling the Fish-Man Mountain Monsters and severely injuring them, we will hand over an 'AC-42' military exoskeleton device to you."
"No problem." Jiang Baimian did not hesitate at all.
Han Wanghuo was a little uneasy, and asked considerately:
"Aren't you afraid that we will lose the war with the second person, and even those two exoskeleton devices will fall into their hands?"
What he really wants to ask is, are you not afraid of defaulting on your debts afterwards?
Shang Jianyao replied first:
"We'll get it back."
He said with great confidence.
Jiang Baimian laughed and helpfully added:
"We can arm debt collection."
Seeing that the other party was so confident, Han Wanghuo began to notify the members of the town guard from all over the defense line, asking them to come in groups and time slots to receive new supplies.
This is not to say that they are now without guns and bullets, but they must be ready to break it into pieces and fight for a long time with the ruins of the city.
During the distribution of materials, Han Wanghuo looked at Jiang Baimian and others:
"Do you have anything else?"
Jiang Baimian had already planned and asked with a smile:
"Do you want to hire mercenaries?
"Just give a week of food, the main thing is that we have to look at our property and not let it be lost."
She wanted to take this opportunity to give the group a new tempering so that they could have experience in dealing with similar situations in the future.
Han Wanghuo picked up the walkie-talkie again, walked to the previous position, and discussed with several nominal subordinates.
This time, he quickly returned, nodding and saying:
"Okay.
"You just follow me."
As soon as he was hired, Jiang Baimian immediately entered the state.
She glanced southeast and said:
"Captain Han, don't you think it's strange?
"The fishman and the mountain monster haven't attacked yet, how long has it been?"
They all arrived here from the vigilant church in the north of the city, and the supplies they brought were almost distributed.
Along the way, they did not hear obvious gunshots or artillery sounds.
"That's why I hired you." Han Wanghuo said with a solemn expression, "The team that first discovered the fish-man mountain monster never came back."
The southeast corner of the city ruins was extremely eerily silent.
(End of this chapter)