The jeep drove forward along the road with uneven potholes and high cliffs on one side for a while, and arrived at a valley.
In the valley, the clean stream made a clear sound and flowed happily forward, nourishing a large area of fertile soil.
It is not deep, or even a little shallow, and the jeep of the "old tune group" can directly run over the pebbles at the bottom.
The road is disconnected here and continues on the other side, with a small settlement made of reinforced concrete in the middle.
On the high walls of the settlement, several men in black uniforms of the "Salvation Army" held semi-automatic rifles, assault rifles and other weapons, staring sharply at Jiang Baimian and others.
In the farmland surrounded by streams, some men and women dressed as soldiers were working.
Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger seat, nodded slightly, knowing that this was a border military stronghold.
In similar strongholds, soldiers take turns on duty, patrolling, farming and hunting, and are barely self-sufficient except for ammunition, clothing, etc., which need to be supplied regularly from the rear.
At the same time, Jiang Baimian swept his eyes and experienced found some traces, based on which he judged that there were still many members of the "Salvation Army" lurking on the cliffs around the valley.
"This is a stronghold to guard against the attack of awakeners at the 'Spiritual Corridor' level, and a powerful long-range firepower is arranged a few hundred meters away...... Jiang Baimian thoughtfully retracted his gaze.
She turned to smile at the team members and said:
"It's getting dark, so I'll set up camp by the stream tonight."
"Okay!" Shang Jianyao's answer was simply neat.
He slammed the door and got out of the car, facing the military stronghold, stretched out his right hand and pressed his left chest, and shouted loudly:
"For all mankind!"
The members of the "Salvation Army" on the walls of the settlement were a little dumbfounded for a while.
They decided to ignore the guy one after another, as long as he didn't take any further action.
Jiang Baimian, who got out of the car with him, curled his lips behind Shang Jianyao's back, pretending not to know him.
Seeing that the "old tune group" did not have the idea of entering the settlement, but camped at a certain distance, those "Salvation Army" members were quietly relieved.
"They are still good!" Shang Jianyao sighed to Long Yuehong and others when he saw this.
Long Yuehong was a little puzzled:
"Why do you say that?"
Shang Jianyao replied confidently:
"When we meet a few of us outsiders who seem to have a lot of oil and water in such a remote and uninhabited border stronghold, shouldn't normal soldiers find fault to satisfy their greed?
"And they were relieved that we didn't do anything.
"What a sign of kindness and kindness this is!"
Regarding Shang Jianyao's words, Bai Chen expressed his agreement:
"Similar things have happened in many wilderness strongholds in the 'First City', and later, relic hunters and smuggling caravans would rather take the risk of encountering robbers, 'heartless people', aberrant creatures and accidents to forcibly bypass those places."
If you really want to be targeted by the soldiers in the wilderness stronghold of the "First City", it is still a good thing to lose property, but you are afraid that you will not even be able to save people.
Moreover, if you fight back and injure and kill a few regular soldiers, unless you directly silence the whole audience so that people can't find out afterwards, otherwise you will definitely be wanted by the "First City".
Jiang Baimian ruthlessly pierced Shang Jianyao's beautiful fantasy:
"Maybe it's because our resume is so brilliant."
Being wanted again and again by the "First City" layer by layer, with a bounty of ten thousand Ole, and still running around, it really doesn't look like a team to mess with.
Seeing that Shang Jianyao's expression collapsed, unabashed, as if he was still a child, Jiang Baimian sighed silently and added two more sentences:
"No matter how much the outside world says that the 'Salvation Army' has fallen, I think they should still retain some bottom lines and will not do anything to innocent people at will.
"Hmm...... If it were a military stronghold in the "First City", how could it be that the soldiers worked part-time as farmers and took turns farming? They will 100% catch wild wanderers as slaves and do these things for themselves."
"Yes." Bai Chen nodded.
At present, only some areas of the gray soil have restored a certain order, and the border or wilderness strongholds are obviously not within this range.
Shang Jianyao smiled again, hummed a song, and volunteered to go to the stream to test the water quality.
Just as the "old tune team" was collecting firewood, lighting a bonfire, and preparing dinner, the steel gate of the military stronghold opened.
What came out was a man and a woman, the woman was 1.65 meters tall, around 30 years old, mature and charming.
She has black hair and brown eyes, thick eyebrows, facial features are not ugly, and her skin color is close to Jiang Baimian's, all of which are healthy wheat colors, but she is a little darker.
She has clean and refreshing short ear-length hair, wears a black uniform, and her body is neither fat nor thin, quite standard.
At this time, although this woman was walking side by side with the young man, both her temperament and attitude showed that she was the leader.
——The man looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a faint fluff on his lips, and he looked ordinary, looking quite green.
After getting close to the "old tune group", the young man who still retained a bit of youthfulness took the initiative to introduce the lady next to him:
"This is Captain Ding of our border settlement."
"Ding Ling." The lady smiled and stretched out her right palm, frankly.
Hearing this slightly accent self-introduction, Jiang Baimian laughed:
"Are you the one who warned us with the radio just now?"
She also stretched out her right palm and shook each other lightly.
Ding Ling nodded:
"This is the duty of our border settlement and we cannot let suspicious people pass.
"Xue Shiyue, right? Although I know that you are mostly a pseudonym, it doesn't matter, the name is just a code name."
Then, she casually introduced the young people around her:
"Zeng Ping'an."
"Good name!" Shang Jianyao clapped his hands, making the young man a little embarrassed.
"His parents have good expectations for him." Ding Ling explained briefly.
Jiang Baimian then introduced his team members.
Of course, she reported all pseudonyms.
As for Gnava, now he plays an ordinary robot with no name, only a code name and no introduction.
After the two sides finished exchanging pleasantries, Shang Jianyao asked Ding Ling responsibly:
"If the 'First City' chooses to use this as a breakthrough, can you really stop such a small settlement with dozens of people?"
He acted like a senior member of the Salvation Army.
At this moment, Ding Ling felt like she was being inspected by her superiors.
Can we stop your business? She smiled slightly and said:
"It definitely can't be stopped.
"We mainly do early warning and use several different methods.
"Last year, this settlement encountered a raid from the 'First City', and after we gave an early warning, we directly abandoned this place and withdrew into the mountains in groups, and then looked for opportunities to interfere with the enemy along the way and slow down their advance.
"As long as people are still there, new settlements will definitely be established."
Ding Ling answered in more detail, mainly because he wanted to tell the team on the opposite side that the "Salvation Army" settlement had mature plans for different enemies, so that they would not take risks.
"It must be difficult and dangerous to withdraw into the mountains, right?" Shang Jianyao looked concerned.
Ding Ling was stunned for a moment before saying:
"Yes."
Her expressions fluctuated with Zeng Ping'an next to her, as if recalling all the hardships and dangers at that time.
After a few seconds, Ding Ling took the initiative to ask:
"Why do you want to go to the ice field?"
I felt like you were a little concerned about the ice field before...... Jiang Baimian organized the following language and said:
"Before the destruction of the Old World, part of the ice field was still a place with relatively normal weather, with many human cities, and later, the climate changed drastically, and the ice sheet expanded and swallowed up those areas.
"Because of the climate restrictions of the ice field, there is little land to cultivate, there are not many wilderness wanderers and relic hunters there, and many urban ruins are still in relatively good condition, allowing us to return with a full load."
"That's true." Ding Ling nodded, "Even if we are the 'Salvation Army', most of the time we only organize teams to collect resources in the summer, well, you are all the way now, just in the middle of summer."
She opened her mouth, hesitated to speak, and hesitated after a while before saying:
"When you arrive at the ice field, can you help me keep an eye on someone?"
"Who?" Zen Master Pudu, who is compassionate and willing to help others, asked.
Ding Ling lowered her head and smiled:
"My husband, his name is Ji Qiang, a scientific researcher.
"We could have met twice a year, but the year before last, he joined an expedition team and went to the ice field, saying that if he could succeed, he would be eligible to transfer me back to northern Wubei and reunite as a family, but since then, I have lost news of him, and his unit has been hindered by confidentiality regulations and cannot give me a detailed answer."
Maybe she didn't expect the captain to say it in such detail, involving the assignment and transfer of work, and the young man Zeng Ping'an next to her was a little embarrassed.
"That's right......" Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said, "It's okay to pay attention, it's just a matter of raising your hand."
Ding Ling showed a sincere smile:
"I have a picture of him here.
"We just got married, and we will take pictures in northern Wubei."
Wubei is one of the most core cities of the "Salvation Army", where Wubei 6 and Wubei 7 are quite common pistols on gray soil.
(End of this chapter)