Embers Ad Infinitum

Regarding Chang Haijiang's question, Shang Jianyao shook his head honestly:

"I don't know, I'm not them."

Chang Haijiang didn't expect the people opposite him to answer. He simply expressed doubts to prove that the behavior of that group of people was really strange.

He spread his hands and said:

“Maybe some of the materials in their fleet cannot be seen by others, or they may be subject to confidentiality regulations, and they must minimize contact with non-related people.

"Anyway, I'm not that curious, so I didn't explore it at the time. According to the regulations, I checked the passes and collected enough receipts. Then I prepared the cooked food and supplies they needed and handed them over to the person who was sent."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly and said:

"Which direction did they go after that?"

Chang Haijiang recalled it, pointed to the northeast and said:

"I remember going that way."

To the northeast... Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and others all felt moved.

Their destination, Taicheng, is also in that direction.

"Have you noticed anything else?" Jiang Baimian didn't see the rabbit, so he took out two plastic bills and displayed them in his hand as bait for questions.

Chang Haijiang suddenly smiled and said:

"I am a mid-level officer in the Salvation Army. I strictly abide by discipline and will never accept bribes."

Uh... Jiang Baimian didn't expect to meet such a pure "Salvation Army" soldier in the ice field.

There are not many such people left in Wubei!

Judging by his age, Chang Haijiang is only in his thirties, and he is definitely not the group of people from the late chaotic era and early New Year era.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

This made Chang Haijiang a little embarrassed:

"I usually barter and earn a lot of supplies. There is no need to accept bribes without conscience."

"Can I barter here?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.

He also thought that it was the same as inside the "Salvation Army", which mainly focused on bill transactions, supplemented by small amounts of currency.

Chang Haijiang waved his hand lightly:

"sure!

"Being in the ice field, the above has given me a lot of extra powers. On the premise of ensuring the supply of materials for internal personnel, the rest point can be open to relic hunters, scientific research teams, and wilderness wanderers from other places, allowing them to exchange materials for supplies. "

"So, you can come in without a pass?" Bai Chen recalled Chang Haijiang's previous performance.

He was not at all keen on checking passes.

"Yes." Chang Haijiang nodded, "No matter what the purpose of coming to the ice field is, it is not easy for everyone. It is relatively difficult to supply supplies here. As a 'Salvation Army', I will help as much as I can. Anyway, it is not free. There is still money to be made.”

Having said this, he brought the topic back on track:

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Do you still remember what the three people sent by the team to replenish supplies look like?" Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully.

Chang Haijiang shook his head:

"If you have photos, I might recognize it, but let me think about it, it's been two years, who still remembers it?

"Well, I didn't pay attention to other situations either."

Hearing this, Shang Jianyao sighed unabashedly, with a look of regret on his face.

Jiang Baimian suspected that the direction of this guy's regret might be different from what everyone thought. It was not because Chang Haijiang couldn't remember the clues, but because he didn't get the items in the "Final Man" or "Bodhi" fields, so he couldn't ask Chang Haijiang for help. It’s a pity that Haijiang opened the memory “search” permission.

"What do you want to eat and what supplies do you want to replenish?" Chang Haijiang said, pointing to the cardboard booklet in front of him.

Shang Jianyao took the booklet very enthusiastically and looked through it. Jiang Baimian asked habitually:

"What specialties do you have here?"

Chang Haijiang smiled and said:

“Does the fish in Bei’an Lake count?”

Bei'an Lake... Long Yuehong muttered.

Bai Chen asked directly:

"That big lake in the south?"

"Yes." Chang Haijiang was very calm.

Jiang Baimian frowned:

"The fish in that lake are severely deformed."

She spoke quite tactfully and did not directly address the issue of pollution.

Chang Hai Jiang Hun smiled nonchalantly and said:

"The pollution of the fish in Bei'an Lake mainly exists in the internal organs and heads. If these are removed, there will be no big problem."

Seeing "disbelief" written all over Long Yuehong's face, Chang Haijiang added:

"This is not what I said. It was said by several agricultural experts from our Salvation Army. They came to do on-site research and took many samples back for analysis. Finally, they told me which fish have better meat quality and can be sent to Pinghai regularly every summer. It is supplied to cities such as Nannan and Wubei.”

The agricultural experts of the "Salvation Army" are very good... Long Yuehong praised them heartily.

In his opinion, experts who pay attention to food, study food, and analyze food must be good experts.

Jiang Baimian remembered something and asked thoughtfully:

"Will you organize your own fishing team?"

Chang Haijiang shook his head again:

"If someone else is doing this, we can just trade fuel, cold-proof cloth and other supplies."

"Those deformed ones?" Jiang Baimian had just guessed.

Chang Haijiang looked her over:

"Did you see it too?

"They are short of fuel and supplies to fight the cold, and we don't have the manpower to fish. It's a win-win situation."

Chang Haijiang did not show even a hint of condescension or mercy.

Shang Jian stood upright on the ground, stretched out his right hand, pressed his left chest and said:

"For all mankind!"

Chang Haijiang was stunned for two seconds and his expression became serious.

He then raised his right hand and pressed it on his left chest:

"For all mankind!"

After ordering cooked food, mainly fish and game, the "Old Tune Team" randomly found a table and sat down.

The other team of relic hunters in the hall did not come to strike up a conversation. After all, they were in a desolate ice field and they might not be able to meet anyone even if they drove for several hours. They chose to be careful and cautious without any discussion but quite tacitly understood, not wanting to be targeted by someone who was interested.

Moreover, there are many unexplored city ruins buried in the ice sheet, which can satisfy all the teams of ruin hunters who come here, as long as they can find them. Therefore, on the premise that they have some information about the corresponding locations, they can also There is no need to exchange information.

As for the coveting of men and women, if you look at the appearance of the other genders in that team, they will naturally give in.

"I have a feeling." After sitting down, Jiang Baimian looked around and said, "Chang Haijiang may have been squeezed here."

Stationing on the ice sheet seems to be free, and you can also profit from material transactions, but this place is far away from human settlements and is akin to exile.

"He doesn't look like someone who would be complicit." Long Yuehong nodded in agreement.

He felt that this was someone who truly inherited the spirit of the "Salvation Army". He did not shout slogans in vain, and implemented things in a practical way according to local conditions and without following conventions.

Shang Jianyao was not disappointed that Chang Haijiang might have been pushed to the ice sheet, so he said righteously:

"As long as the spirit has not withered, as long as the fire is still there, sooner or later the sun will rise."

Bang bang bang, Jiang Baimian clapped his hands expressionlessly.

Seeing Long Yuehong and others looking at her, she smiled and said:

"I played drums for Lao Ge. If he were here and heard what he just said, he would definitely applaud.

"Well, let's liven up the atmosphere."

This is what she really thinks.

Shang Jianyao expressed disbelief:

"Don't explain. To explain is to cover up. To cover up is to confirm the truth."

"Hey." Jiang Baimian was too lazy to talk to this guy and ended the topic with just one modal particle.

She looked at Bai Chen with a smile:

“Do you two want to do this?

"While waiting for the meal, you have to hold your free hand."

Nowadays, the seating situation of the "Old Tune Group" during meals has quietly changed. Bai Chen and Long Yuehong are in a row, and Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao are in a row.

Long Yuehong coughed immediately, because he took the initiative to hold it, and Bai Chen didn't express his intention to be so sticky.

Bai Chen calmly responded to Jiang Baimian:

"Didn't you agree with Ding Ling's words before, there is no tomorrow in the dust like today?

"I think it's good to hold him a little longer when he can."

She did not put the blame on Long Yuehong.

"..." Jiang Baimian didn't know how to respond to such words.

Shang Jianyao opened his mouth and made a strong voice:

"Woof woof woof."

At this time, the well-informed Bai Chen was stunned, let alone Long Yuehong.

The other ruin hunter teams eating in the hall subconsciously turned their heads and looked over, all with surprised expressions on their faces.

For some reason, Jiang Baimian always felt that the way they looked at him and Bai Chen gradually changed from doubtful to strange.

At this time, several more people came in from outside.

There were six of them, all wearing patched and dusty clothes. Their hair was shaved very short, as if it was originally bare and had just grown a thin layer.

"Aren't you cold like this?" Chang Haijiang, who was at the counter, saw this and asked.

Although it is summer now, in the peak summer of the ice field, the evening temperature is close to the early autumn in Wubei, which is cool and a little cold.

Among the group of people, the leader was an older man from Hong'an. He had few but obvious wrinkles on his face, and the thin hair on his head was white at the roots.

Upon hearing Chang Haijiang's question, he clasped his hands together and said in gray dialect with a distinct accent:

"Namo Ayodoro Samyak Sambodhi, the benefactor's good intentions, the poor monks and others accepted it, but we have become accustomed to this."

The eyes of the Buddhists... Jiang Baimian and others moved slightly and turned their gazes to the door one after another.