Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 18 Unsuccessful transaction (recommendation ticket)

Hearing Bai Chen’s reminder, Jiang Baiman, who was talking with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, turned his attention to Ahead.

There are unusually sparse woods on both sides of the rotten road. The left side has some features of swamp, it is dark and muddy, with many mosquitoes, and the right side is overgrown with weeds. There is a black car full of mud spots on the open. car.

Based on Jiang Baiman’s insight, it is naturally not difficult to recognize that this is an off-road vehicle, and obviously it has been modified many times, either actively or passively, and the tone and feel in many places cannot be unified.

There were three people standing outside the off-road vehicle, either wearing old padded jackets, or wrapped in nitrified fur, or wore a wrinkled, obviously short black woolen coat.

They have simple cigarettes directly wrapped in brown tobacco leaves in their mouths, and they hold different styles of weapons in their hands, including the “United 202” pistol, and the submachine gun nicknamed “Rainstorm”, which originated in the old world. Rifle.

There are two heavy motorcycles next to these three people. They are black as the base and painted with red patterns, giving people a feeling of ostentation.

A man was sitting on each of the two motorcycles. They were wearing helmets with no hoods, and each carrying a miniature submachine gun.

“What can you see?” Jiang Baiman didn’t panic, but seized the opportunity to ask Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong.

The window has been lowered, and the probe looks at Shang Jianyao in front of him and immediately replied:

“Eat very well.”

“……”Long Yuehong looked at the windshield and wanted to say his own judgment, but Shang Jianyao disrupted his thoughts, and for a moment he forgot what he was going to say.

Jiang Baiman did not criticize Shang Jianyao, instead he was nodded:

“The eyes are good.”

The skin of the five people is very rough, but they are not yellow and thin. a feeling of.

This shows that they can at least guarantee food and clothing.

This distinguishes it from the average wilderness wanderer!

At this time, Long Yuehong finally found his way of thinking, and quickly said:

“Good equipment!”

Whether it is a cross-country vehicle that has been modified many times, a heavy-duty The motorcycles, the clothes on the body, and the weapons in the hands all show the difference between those people and the average wilderness wanderers.

Jiang Baiman nodded gently:

“It can be preliminarily judged that they are a good mix of relic hunters, or a good mix of wilderness bandits, and these two In some cases, there is no difference.”

She tone barely fell, Bai Chen added:

“The modification of the off-road vehicle shows that it burns oil Yes.

“This means that those people are familiar with this area, know where to add gasoline, or are confident to get out of the wilderness before the gasoline runs out. “

Seeing that the two sides are getting closer, Jiang Baiman didn’t say much, picked up the grenade gun and said:

“You put the’Berserker’ up, put it in the window, let them Can be seen at a glance. “

Long Yuehong suddenly became a little nervous:

“Team leader, will you fight?” “

“Who knows?” “Jiang Baiman smiled and said, “Ah yes, remember one thing, in the wilderness, showing one’s muscles is an expression of friendliness, justice, fairness and communication only exist under the gun. “

Bai Chen echoed:

“We call this’respect only in the powerhouse’.

“Many wilderness wanderers have expected powerhouse to be kind, kind, caring, compassionate to the weak, willing to help themselves, but unfortunately, this is closer to fantasy. Maybe there are such people, but It’s definitely not many, it’s hard to meet. It’s more useful to rely on yourself than to expect them.”

“The previous’Salvation Army’ can really be counted, now…” Jiang Baiman’s voice gradually became lower.

“Show our bad dealings, they will show the friendly side…” Long Yuehong looking thoughtful and nodded, he understood the words of the team leader and Bai Chen.

He immediately had new doubts:

“Why should I do this too? They only see Shang Jianyao.”

Jiang Baiman Before answering, Shang Jianyao laughed out:

“Do you know how to play hide and seek?

“If you don’t find out, does it mean that no one is hiding there? ? “

Jiang Baiman followed said with a smile:

“This analogy is nondescript.

“Long Yuehong, you picked up the’Berserker’ and got ready to frighten the enemies who might be lurking over the swamp and protect Bai Chen who was driving intently.

“Also, if you don’t do this, even if there is no enemy hidden by the swamp, the other party can guess that the person in the car lacks enough experience and is a prey that can be tried to deal with. “

Long Yuehong suddenly realized:

“I understand! “

He immediately picked up the assault rifle and set it on the window of the car that was not fully stowed.

On the other side, Shang Jianyao had already set up the “Berserker”. be eager to have a try asked:

“Team leader, can you judge the situation by yourself and shoot? “

Jiang Baiman chuckled:

“It’s pretty bold. The people in front are obviously not very easy to deal with.”

“Well… you can shoot in three situations. One is that I ordered it, the other is that they continue to approach us, and the stop is invalid, and the third is that they show signs of aiming.”

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While speaking, the four-door jeep in gray and green is less than ten meters away from the black off-road vehicle and heavy motorcycle.

Of the five people over there, the three with simple cigarettes have raised their guns, and the remaining two are crawling on the heavy motorcycle, holding the throttle handle in one hand and the miniature in the other. Submachine gun.

If it weren’t for the grenade gun and assault rifle muzzle sticking out of the window here, they might have changed positions and launched an attack.

Because the black off-road vehicles and heavy motorcycles are parked not on the “main road”, but on the open area of ​​sparse woods, although the two sides are getting closer, there is no danger of encountering them.

In the process, Bai Chen lowered the speed of the car and made the Jeep move a little bit to avoid an overreaction.

Suddenly, Jiang Baiman loudly shouted:

“Do you know what happened to the anomaly in the depths of the swamp last night?”

Wearing wrinkled black? The 30-year-old man in his thirties who made a coat and held a “torrential rain” submachine gun spit out the simple cigarette in his mouth, and responded loudly:

“Too far apart, I don’t know!” p>

Jiang Baiman yelled again:

“What are you doing here?”

“Winter is coming soon, I will hunt more wild beasts!” The mature man has messy eyebrows and an old scar at the corner of his right eye.

His whole temperament is fierce, like a brown bear wearing human clothes.

Without waiting for Jiang Baiman to shout, the middle-aged man asked back:

“What are you doing here?”

Jiang Baiman responded:

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“We are the relic hunters!”

“The relic hunters…” After a whisper, the mature man suddenly said with a smile, “From the depths of the swamp a few months ago The news said that there was a city ruin that had never been recorded before, ah, maybe, the anomaly in the depths of the swamp last night was related to this matter! Although the two things were separated by several months, who could deny it? Hunters, do you want to know the approximate location of the ruins of the city? You can exchange it for food!”

He roared so loudly that everyone in the jeep could hear clearly, perfectly clear.

Shang Jianyao stared at the outside intently, as if there would be a short shot at any time.

Suddenly, he asked:

“Team leader, he roared too loudly and caused damage to our ears, do we need to shoot to stop it?”

“…no need.” Jiang Baiman answered Shang Jianyao first, and then said in a loud voice, “We have military cans, energy bars, and compressed biscuits. You can make a price!”

The middle-aged man’s eyes moved slightly:

“Sixty military cans!”

“Forget it!” Jiang Baiman seems to have never thought about bargaining, just perfunctory other side.

At this point, the jeep has passed the position of the black off-road vehicle, and the distance between the two sides gradually increased.

The middle-aged man did not insist, and responded loudly:

“I hope there is a chance to trade next time!”

After finishing speaking, he kept With an alert posture, he watched the jeep go further and further, beyond the shooting range.

“Boss, why don’t you shoot?” At this moment, the thin young man next to him, wearing an old padded jacket and holding a simple cigarette in his hand, hurriedly asked.

“Yes, boss, although their firepower is not weak, we have that thing!” The man with a shaggy face straightened up on a heavy motorcycle and pointed to the black SUV. The trunk, “They must have a lot of supplies!”

The man shook the head:

“No matter what, our loss will not be small.

“Not cost-effective, not cost-effective. “

The young man wearing an old padded jacket and holding a “United 202” pistol said puzzledly:

“Boss, human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food !

“Besides, isn’t it just to see who is ruthless and fierce in the wilderness? Anyway, tomorrow my unfathomable mystery may be dead, so it’s better to fight today!”

Glancing at him coldly:

“On the wilderness, we only talk about cruelty and fierceness. They can’t live long.

“There are not many pure prey here, most of them are both. Hunters are prey again. If we are not afraid of injury blindly, we will soon become weak enough to become the prey of others.

“Look at the beasts. When they are full, they will not attack by force when they encounter a beast that is almost powerful. They know that once they are injured, they may become prey of others, so they must Reduce unnecessary hunting.

“Aren’t you better than wild beast? “

The other man wrapped in animal skins, holding an old world rifle, and holding a simple cigarette, echoed:

“The boss is right, and you Didn’t you find it? The food for those people just now was military canned food, energy bars and compressed biscuits!

“Don’t you know what does this mean?

“Normal relic hunters are in this state only when they have just set off from a certain city or border town of a major power , And there seems to be no big power market town or city we know of nearby. “

Another man sitting on the motorcycle mumbled:

“Maybe, they just found an old world military warehouse?” “

The leading man sighed out:

“Okay, don’t fight. “

He smiled immediately:

“Didn’t you realize that they are likely to pass by that place?” There are not many routes available for vehicular traffic in this area, and there are not many people who know that the mutation has occurred there.

“Get in the car, this distance is almost the same, we quietly follow, when they encounter that big trouble, fight to the limit, we will clean up together!”

The other men Suddenly their faces were surprised:

“Yes, boss!”

They got on the off-road vehicle very actively and started the heavy motorcycle.

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(End of this chapter)