More than a week later, the military green jeep drove on a scorched land.
Collapsed houses, eerie deformed plants are everywhere, and only the occasional bizarre beasts and ruins hunters using various means of transportation pass by.
"This area was the most damaged place when the Old World was destroyed." Bai Chen, who was in the passenger seat, looked out the window and sighed, "But it is near this area that mankind has established the first city in the new calendar."
In the textbook of "Pangu Creatures", it is only mentioned that the original city was the first city built by humans based on the ruins of the old world, but it did not say that its neighboring area was the most severely damaged, which made Long Yuehong a little fascinated and said to himself:
"They must have suffered a lot and paid a lot of ......"
But it was not defeated.
"Well, no matter what the 'original city' has become now, it is worthy of our appreciation that they were able to persevere from the apocalypse and rebuild a civilization that belonged to mankind." Jiang Baimian, who was driving, echoed.
Slapping, Shang Jianyao applauded directly.
"What's there to applaud about this?" Jiang Baimian was a little annoyed and angry.
Shang Jianyao replied truthfully:
"What you just said reminded me of the teachers in school."
"Are you allowed to applaud during class?" Jiang Baimian responded angrily.
Shang Jianyao glanced at her side face:
"In addition to classes, there are also court meetings."
He looked like "have you never been to school".
Jiang Baimian grinded his teeth and turned his gaze forward.
As the jeep drove fast, a river wide enough to amaze Long Yuehong appeared in front of their eyes.
Red River.
The longest and widest river on the gray soil.
Its water waves don't look so clean, and from time to time green floating algae and all sorts of garbage float over it.
On the other side of it, there are densely packed buildings with low buildings, chimneys towering one by one, spraying thin, gray, or rusty gas upwards.
This made the entire sky look foggy, and even before evening, the light was quite dim.
A noisy sound came, and two dark helicopters flew past in mid-air.
A little further away, drones hovered back and forth, patrolling the territory.
This made Long Yuehong hold her breath.
This means that they arrived at the capital of the "First City", the First City.
After leaving Wild Grass City, the "Old Tune Team" spent most of the time in the wasteland wilderness, except for going to a wilderness wanderer settlement on the way to replenish food.
Although the "First City" claims to be the largest force in the gray soil and has the largest population, it can only control large and small settlements, places that can be called cities, areas around them that can be cultivated or have mineral resources, and transportation arteries.
For wilderness, mountains and forests, swamps, and ruins, the "First City" is also beyond the reach of the whip, so the "Old Tune Team" has only encountered many ruin hunter teams along the way, and has never encountered the regular army of the "First City".
Now, they are finally about to officially come into contact with the largest force in this gray earth.
In the jeep, in addition to Shang Jianyao unabashedly showing his excitement, Jiang Baimian and others also showed a certain sense of anticipation to a greater or lesser extent, and even the intelligent robot Gnawa also followed the results of the program analysis to make itself look more excited.
After driving downstream along the Red River for a while, the rows of chimneys gradually became scarce, and high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete rose from the ground.
There are a large number of ordinary buildings between them, which together build a real city.
Even compared to the ruins of Swamp No. 1, it is not much inferior.
"How many people can live here?" Long Yuehong asked with emotion.
"It is said that there are hundreds of millions of people." Bai Chen couldn't give an exact number, because the statistics department of "Original City" couldn't figure it out.
Moreover, there are many hunters and caravans coming and going here, and the floating population is the largest in the gray soil.
As he spoke, the "Old Tune Group" saw a bridge.
It can accommodate eight vehicles in parallel, connecting the wasteland, mountains and original city on the north bank of the Red River.
At both ends of the bridge, a heavily armed regular army was stationed, each with about a hundred people.
They wore dark gray helmets, uniforms of the same color, and multiple machine guns, and used several dark green armored vehicles to piece together a simple fortification at the bridgehead, leaving only a gap for only two ordinary vehicles.
Every car and every person passing through the gap has to stop and undergo a very strict inspection.
According to the information provided by the company before the team's departure, Jiang Baimian knew that light weapons could be brought into the city, heavy weapons would be confiscated, and the same would be true for other contraband.
Unfortunately, military exoskeleton devices are military-controlled items.
Of course, the "old tune team" can also choose to take a detour to the south bank of the Red River from other places, but the original entrance to the city in Chengbetsu was also garrisoned by troops, and there were various aircraft in the sky to monitor this area.
Long Yuehong was not nervous about this, but glanced sideways at Shang Jianyao.
There are "reasoning clowns", where can't you get in?
The military green jeep continued to move forward and quickly entered the queuing passage.
Jiang Baimian stepped on the brakes while looking out.
On the surrounding scorched ground, there were many humans squatting or standing with old clothes.
Some of them are the standard Red River race, with sunken eye sockets and eye-catching hair color, while some have dark brown skin color and black eyes, thin and strong.
The latter is a branch of the Gray Earth people who migrated to the Red River Basin, called the Red Bank People.
In the "First City", most of them have citizenship.
Seeing Jiang Baimian roll down the car window, a Hong'an man with a maximum height of 1.65 meters stood up and walked towards the "old tune team".
His black hair had obvious natural curls, and his dark brown face had a flattering smile:
"How many of you, do you want to help?"
He spoke pure Honghe dialect.
Pure refers to the original city accent.
Jiang Baimian raised his eyebrows and did not answer.
The Hong'an man glanced left and right, and said in a low voice:
"I have a way to let you enter the city without being inspected, but I need you to give me some compensation."
He made the action of counting banknotes with his index finger and thumb.
Jiang Baimian thought for a while, then turned around and made eye contact with Bai Chen and the others.
Then, she said to the guy outside the car window in Honghe dialect:
"What do you call it?"
"Jadi." The Hong'an man replied with a smile.
"How much do you need?" Jiang Baimian continued to ask.
"50 Ore." Judy reported the number, "This is very cheap."
Jiang Baimian pretended to be thinking, and said after a few seconds:
"What should I do?"
Judi's smile became even more obvious:
"You follow me, go somewhere else and wait for a while."
Jiang Baimian got behind the wheel and asked the jeep to follow the "guide" and drive slowly towards the ruins on the bank of the Red River.
There were not many people here, so it seemed very quiet.
Judi pointed to a fairly intact roadside room and said:
"You sit and wait, I'll discuss with the guards when to enter the city."
The room was filled with tables, chairs, benches and other utensils.
Jiang Baimian glanced at both sides of the room and opened the car door without any doubt.
Judy smiled sincerely and watched the members of the "Old Tune Group" come down one after another.
When Gnava's tall silver-black body came into his eyes, his expression changed instantly.
At this time, Jiang Baimian pointed to the roadside room and said:
"You can let your companion out."
Judy struggled to squeeze out a smile:
"What are you talking about? I don't understand what you mean."
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Yuehong had already opened the trunk, carried a single combat bazooka, and aimed in the direction Jiang Baimian pointed to.
After a short silence, four or five people came out of there, all of whom were dark brown-skinned Hong'an people, holding slightly old assault rifles and miniature submachine guns in their hands.
"You are very enthusiastic." Shang Jianyao said with a smile.
Judi forcibly explained:
"This is just a little protection for our own safety."
Shang Jianyao walked over, relied on his height advantage, stretched out his hands, helped Jia Di squeeze his shoulders, and asked in a very friendly tone:
"Is it comfortable? Do you want to use more force?"
This made the corners of Jiang Baimian and the others' mouths move slightly, not knowing what kind of illness this guy has or what old world entertainment materials he has read recently.
Judy felt fear inexplicably, and could no longer control himself, shouting loudly:
"Put down the gun, put down the gun!"
Those Hong'an people slowly bent down, put down the guns in their hands, and raised their hands.
Shang Jianyao continued to massage Jia Di's shoulders, and asked in a soft voice:
"What are you going to do if we don't enter this ruin?"
"Just help you buy those guards and let them just check your car." Jadi replied tremblingly.
Shang Jianyao smiled and asked again:
"How many people do you usually rob like this?"
"No, not much, most people don't fall for it, but come." Judy said with a mournful face.
At this time, Jiang Baimian asked:
"How much Ore does it take to buy the guards?"
"20 to 30 is enough." Judy replied in fear.
Shang Jianyao's face changed suddenly, he kicked this guy down and took out the pistol from his waist:
"You want us 50.
"You profiteer!"
Seeing that the muzzle of the black muzzle was aimed at this side, Judy almost couldn't control his bladder and peed on his pants.
"We, we only rob, we don't harm anyone." He quickly cried out for justice.
Shang Jianyao suddenly smiled again, pulled him up, and patted the dust on his body:
"Don't be afraid, we are very kind, but I still want to ask you some questions."
Watching this, Jiang Baimian couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his face.
This guy has a lot of drama!
Judi glanced at his companions who were staring at him by the robot, and smiled hard:
"Please speak."
"Are the guards here easy to bribe?" Jiang Baimian "helped" Shang Jianyao asked.
Judy nodded quickly:
"As long as it's not a big problem, they all like Ore more.
"Anyway, what contraband was seized is also a benefit from the above, and Ore is real to them, ordinary citizens."
PS: As I said yesterday, there is only one update today.
(End of this chapter)