Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 27 Shuiwei Town (recommendation ticket)

Bai Chen immediately slowed down the speed of the heavy motorcycle and looked forward.

A hundred meters away, there is a reddish-brown wall, which extends to the sides as far as possible, and turns to the rear at the end of Bai Chen’s line of sight, as if to be enclosed together.

Most of the bricks of this wall are mottled and old, but a few of them look very new, as if they were fired in the last year.

There is a rusty barbed wire on and outside the wall, and there is only one road through it.

Between the barbed wire and the wall and on the wooden shelves erected behind the wall, there are guards with dirty clothes and chaotic styles on patrols with guns.

The one who warned Bai Chen was the guard standing on the tallest wooden frame. He was wearing a yellow and stiff shirt inside, and he was wrapped in azure, suspicious-padded, bloated clothes that looked very puffy. .

The guard is carrying an automatic rifle and holding a pen-like black item in his hand.

This item emits red light and shines in front of Bai Chen, forming a small dot.

Bai Chen stopped his motorcycle, took off his helmet, and tried to close the short hair that had just passed his ears back.

She is deliberately showing her female identity.

This is not to fascinate or seduce someone, but to relax the other person a little bit and not be so nervous.

She is very clear that above the earth, where there is not much order, even if guns can bring the harm of men and women to the same level, they cannot really smooth the gap between the two sides in this respect.

In terms of physique and aggressiveness, men are more dangerous than women.

A stranger being a male is far more scary than a female.

In the years when Bai Chen wandered in the wilderness, she always showed two different states: when she needed to explore the ruins, hunt in the wild, cross more dangerous areas, and trade with certain bandits , Will hide her long hair, darken her face, change her attire, and make herself look like a man; when she is close to a settlement with a certain order, or dealing with relic hunters from large forces who care more about intelligence and old world information, she will Show the identity of women.

When she was absorbed by the “Pangu Creatures”, with confidence, she could finally cut a haircut that was not long or short according to her own preferences.

After placing the helmet in front of him, Bai Chen asked the heavy motorcycle to move forward slowly.

During this process, the red light spot swayed in front of her and fell on her motorcycle from time to time. This means that the opponent has taken aim and has not taken care of it.

When the distance between the two parties was reduced to 30 metres, Bai Chen tilted his motorcycle and supported the ground on one foot, shouting loudly:

“I’m looking for Mayor Tianer Hetian!” “

She repeated it twice, she stopped speaking, and waited patiently.

The guard on the wooden frame separates one, and descends along the diagonally laid wooden planks.

Five or six minutes later, an Elderly appeared on the wall.

He wore a furry deep blue hat, as if he had buckled a bowl on his head.

He has very obvious white hair at the temples, sunken eye sockets, skinny face, and wrinkles where wrinkles can grow, and he looks very old.

However, his dark brown eyes are still bright, and his spirit is awkward. It is Tian Erhe, the mayor of this settlement.

He is wearing a white and yellow T-shirt, a crumpled suit full of patches, and a green army coat that is too large and long and obviously does not fit his figure.

His lower body is deep yellow woolen trousers. I don’t know how many other trousers are stuffed inside, which looks very bloated.

Tian Erhe looked at Bai Chen and carefully distinguished for a few seconds.

“Ah…” He seemed to recognize the other person, but when he wanted to say hello, he found that Bai Chen was too far away, and he could no longer yell as casually as before.

He quickly turned his head and said angrily to the guard next to him:

“Give me my horn!

“Really, not smart at all ! “

The guard responded grievously:

“Your speaker has run out a long time ago, and recently I can’t change the battery of the same type.”

“I, I can help you shout…”

Tian Erhe thought for a while and said:

“Help me shout: Bai girl, this Where did you die in the year? I thought you were eaten by a wild beast!”

“Bai girl…” The guard suddenly realized, “Is the Bai Chen who used to come before?”

“Who else could she be? I’m a little older in 70, and my eyes are getting worse and I can recognize it. How come you guy in your early twenties is like a blind?” Tian Erhe glanced at the guard At a glance, he cursed.

Everyone in this settlement has become accustomed to Tian Erhe’s temper. The guard didn’t care about the scolding just now, just muttered a few words:

“She looks much better than before… …I can’t recognize it if I don’t look carefully…”

Before Tian Erhe stared at him, the guard opened his throat and shouted:

“White girl, this year Where are you dead? I thought you were eaten by a wild beast!”

Bai Chen’s expression softened unconsciously, she responded loudly:

“Go somewhere else .

“Mayor, let me change something! “

This place is called “Shuiwei Town”. Bai Chen heard from Tianerhe that the name of the town comes from the old world annihilation, and it was named after the surrounding four waters.

After the destruction of the old world, long-term melee, and multiple geological disasters, the nearby water flow has become a part of Great Swamp, which provides a natural defensive wall for Shuiwei Town and brings enough concealment.

Only the residents of Shuiwei Town and the guests they have invited can find those seemingly mud-covered roads in Great Swamp and arrive here in a labyrinth-like environment.

In comparison Those settlements that often have to migrate, Shuiwei Town with clean water sources and a lot of arable land have been here since the old world annihilation.

Tian Erhe wanted to talk loudly, but he hasn’t really spoken yet. , My throat is already itchy, I can’t help but cough twice.

“Come in, come in. He waved his hand helplessly.

The guard next to him immediately shouted:

“Come in! come in!

“Give the gun to the man at the door!”

pa! Tian Erhe patted him:

“Who asked you to add the last sentence? ?

“The white girl is someone you can trust! “

“But she hasn’t been here for a year.” “The guard struck his neck in response.

Tian Erhe was silent for two seconds, without saying anything, and turned and walked off the wooden frame.

Bai Chen did not resist, and took the guns, The pistols in the armed belt, together with the heavy motorcycle, were all handed over to the guard at the gate.

The iron black gate that was opposite opened immediately.

Tian Erhe was already waiting. There, I looked at Bai Chen up and down a few times, said with a laugh:

“It seems that I have been doing pretty well recently. I used to be a mud girl. “

Bai Chen instinctively closed his eyes:

“A team took me in.” “

Tian Erhe, looking thoughtful and nodded:

“Not bad, not bad. “

He did not continue this topic, and asked casually:

“Where is your robot?” Call, call 35. “

Bai Chen’s eyes drooped slightly and said after a second:

“It’s broken. “

Tian Erhe fell silent for a moment.

After a few seconds, he took a breath and asked as if he hadn’t communicated with anything just now:

“What are you going to exchange? “

“Some car parts…” Bai Chen replied as usual.

“Stop! Don’t tell me exactly what it is, I don’t understand it, I will take you to have a look and pick one. “Tian Erhe smiled and interrupted Bai Chen’s words.

He turned around and led Bai Chen to the depths of the town.

This town is not big It is completely different from the town in the old world concept.

Bai Chen glanced at it, and the first thing he saw were three three-story buildings in the distance. The buildings were not high, but very long, each floor They are separated by many rooms.

The three houses are not parallel, but are inverted and inclined with the word “Pin”.

According to Bai Chen, I live here. Inside, there are private or floor toilets, all members of the town guard and their families. At the same time, people with important skills can also be assigned to rooms, for example, those who know how to repair firearms, for example, those who have mastered the old world agricultural technology .

On both sides of the word “品”, there are two large public toilets, one vertical and one horizontal; in front of the word “品”, there is a small square made of cement, and the small square is three side by side, rammed earth. It’s not Grand Plaza at the bottom.

There is a row of bungalows on the left and right sides of the square. They are not far from the wall. They belong to the original residents of Shuiwei Town. There are members of the town guard, otherwise it will not be enough to maintain the town guard.

On the four squares, there are innumerable, chaotically built houses towering there, including mud houses, brick houses, and others Tents.

These buildings come from the wilderness wanderers absorbed by Shuiwei Town over the years, or the original members who violated the law.

At this time, the sun is still in the sky, and the evening is far away. In the future, part of the residents of Shuiwei Town will still work in the fields behind the town, and the other part will go out hunting in small groups. Only a few people stay in the town.

They are densely packed. When they walked out of the house together, they cast their eyes from behind the panes of glass. The common points are: the face is not very clean, the hair is dry and greasy, the clothes are not complete, and they may not fit the body shape, but the eyes are better than Bai Chen in other places. The wilderness wanderers are more energetic.

“Mayor, you, how are you doing? “Bai Chen didn’t care about the gaze of others, opened his mouth, and asked not too skillfully.

Tian Erhe said with a smile like self-deprecating:

“It’s okay, that’s it. I’m getting more and more afraid of the cold. You see, winter hasn’t arrived yet, so I have to wear so much. Oh, I don’t know if I can survive this winter. “

“Definitely. “Bai Chen followed Tian Erhe, and walked along the road between the chaotic houses to the three buildings in the shape of the word.

Her answer was very sure, but her tone was a little erratic.

“Don’t comfort me. “Tian Erhe touched the remaining white scum on his chin, “I’m 77!” How many people who have experienced the old world annihilation can live to this age? Besides, my children are all passed away. Even if they wait for a few years and find New World, it doesn’t make much sense to me. Hey, if Nan Nan is still alive, she should be about the same age as you…”

“…at least a look at New World. “Bai Chen was silent for a while.

From the corner of her eye, she swept over the chaotically built houses around, and saw plastic bottles, glass bottles, old cardboard, buttons, and Rags, parts from unknown sources, long or short cables, metal bottle caps, handles with incomplete buttons, cracked mirror boxes, bullet shells, sights, rusty spectacle frames, etc., are just like garbage Field, recycling bin.

Tian Erhe “he” sighed:

“New World…who knows where…

“youngster can believe , At least there is hope, we are Old Guy, forget it.”

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(End of this chapter)