Embers Ad Infinitum

The "Old Adjustment Team" stayed in the outer area of ​​the ruins of Tieshan City for another day, but still did not wait for the special "High-Level Heartless". Then they broke camp and headed north to the Prime City to explore the Huo Huo in the ruins of Wasteland No. 13. Tom Reproductive Medical Center prepares.

After driving around various polluted and dangerous areas for nearly two days, Gnawa took a look at the wilderness outside:

"There is a homeless settlement nearby. Do you want to go over and replenish some supplies?"

This is the place he passed before when heading south from the original city.

Bai Chen was not familiar with this wilderness because she had never been there before.

Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger seat, thought for a moment and said:

"Can."

Although the Jeep of the "Old Tune Team" has been modified to have a wider trunk, three military exoskeleton devices and two bionic smart armors still occupy a lot of space, plus bullets, grenades, grenades, and rockets , high explosives and spare weapons, there is not much room left for other supplies.

With the help of real "intelligent navigation", the Jeep passed through a small forest and several hummocks, arriving at a settlement built on the terrain and ruins of the old world.

When the vehicle was more than a hundred meters away from the destination, Shang Jianyao suddenly sat upright:

"There's no one inside."

"They migrated?" Bai Chen guessed as he slowed down the car.

This is a very common thing on the gray soil. Every few years, or even shorter, wilderness wanderers will change their prey range due to location information exposure, drastic weather changes, environmental problems, aberrant creatures and "careless people", etc. The reason is to leave the current settlement and move to a safer place.

"Impossible." Gnawa answered in the affirmative, "When I passed by before, they were farming in the farmland behind the settlement."

Humans who are about to migrate will not do such a waste of resources.

The honest Shang Jianyao immediately retorted:

"Perhaps in the past few days, they were discovered by the slave-catching team of the 'Primary City'."

Had to move hastily.

As one carbon-based person and one silicon-based person communicated, Jeep approached its destination.

"There is indeed no human bioelectrical signal." Jiang Baimian confirmed Shang Jianyao's previous discovery.

The gate of the settlement is made of pieces of wood. At this time, one side is ajar and the other side is open.

Bai Chen glanced around and said in a deep voice:

"There's blood in the ground."

Her observation position is better than that of Gennava, Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao, while Jiang Baimian is focusing on sensing.

Several members of the "Old Tune Team" followed the sound and saw several pools of dark red and black blood outside the gate.

This gave Long Yuehong a bad feeling.

He remembered what happened to Black Rat Town.

"Being attacked?" Jiang Baimian asked the jeep to stop.

She pushed out the door with a grenade gun and a personal combat rocket launcher.

Shang Jianyao and others followed closely behind and entered the settlement one after another.

Some of the houses here originate from the old world and have been restored to a certain extent, while some are newly built from wood. The mixture of these two styles brings a unique charm.

Just like what Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian sensed, there are no humans here anymore, but obvious blood stains remain in many places.

They are either splashed on the wall or splashed far away on the ground, and can be seen around almost all houses.

A massacre... An idea popped into Long Yuehong's mind.

During the subsequent search, he accumulated some doubts:

Since a massacre is suspected to have occurred, why is there not a single corpse here, and only fingers, rotten flesh and other things can be found occasionally?

It's impossible that all the wilderness wanderers who settled here were blown to pieces, right?

Even if this is indeed the case, the amount of remaining flesh and blood does not match it!

Moreover, all weapons in the settlement were missing, including items such as wood cleavers.

In addition, quilts, blankets, clothes and various foods also disappeared without a trace.

——These must have existed originally, otherwise the wilderness wanderers in the settlement would not have been able to survive the winter.

However, each house also contains metal artifacts accumulated for trading other resources, as well as two fuel-fired generators.

After checking, Bai Chen pursed his lips and said:

"The initial judgment is that they were attacked by a group of 'unintentional people'."

Seeing Long Yuehong's puzzled expression, she simply explained:

"If it's a bandit group or a slave-catching group, generators and metal items will not be left behind, and these are sometimes more valuable than the slaves.

“If it is an aberration or other wild beast, weapons, clothes, quilts and blankets will not be taken away.

"Only an attack by a 'careless' group would leave such a scene."

Speaking of which, Bai Chen concluded:

"Many wilderness wanderers believe that the 'Heartless' who lack food in winter are the most aggressive and dangerous. In fact, the 'Heartless' in spring are the same. After a long winter, the 'Heartless' who can survive are often exhausted. We need food and need to replenish it urgently.”

Jiang Baimian had only experienced a few attacks on human settlements by groups of "careless people" while serving in other brigades of the Ministry of Security. With their help, those settlements that relied on "Pangu creatures" had successfully survived the crisis. , did not encounter the current disaster.

At this time, she sighed and said:

"The wanderers who can survive in the wilderness will not relax on this kind of thing. It seems that they have been crushed by strength..."

"It's also possible that there wasn't a strong group of 'unintentional people' here originally, but a group suddenly migrated here after spring." Bai Chen recalled the situations he had encountered and heard about.

Jiang Baimian glanced at the silent Shang Jianyao and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Now, what should we do?" Long Yuehong asked.

It was obviously impossible to exchange supplies. What he wanted to ask was whether to rest here and start again tomorrow, or to continue on the road while it was still early.

Shang Jianyao suddenly turned his head and asked Gnawa:

"Are there any other wilderness wanderer settlements nearby?"

"There are three more within twenty kilometers," Gnawa replied.

Bai Chen followed closely and said:

“They probably haven’t been attacked yet.

"The food harvested from here is enough for those 'careless people' to survive for a long time. In this case, their aggressiveness will be reduced a lot."

This is like many beasts that are too lazy to attack people after they have eaten enough.

Moreover, hunting too much in one go will not be able to be stored for a long time, which will cause great waste. For the "unintentional people" whose IQ is slightly higher than that of wild beasts, it is better to continue to "freeze".

Shang Jianyao laughed and proactively suggested:

"Should we eliminate that group of 'unintentional people'?"

"With the strength they have shown, if they launch an attack, the other three settlements should not be able to withstand it..." Jiang Baimian pondered for a while and said, "You can try, but you can't be reckless."

For the current "Old Tune Team", this is something that can be done easily and will not be too difficult.

…………

Towards evening, when the clouds in the sky were still red, after Gnawa and Long Yuehong collected, compared and analyzed environmental information, the "Old Tune Team" tracked down the target group.

They were hidden within a larger hill, occupying a secluded cave.

Gennava put on the "Chameleon" bionic smart armor, sneaked closer, and made a careful observation.

"There are four 'careless men' who serve as guards at the entrance of the cave. Their weapons are shotguns, rifles, shotguns and submachine guns." Gnawa returned to the jeep and began to report.

"Their weapons are not weak...the harvest from looting the previous wilderness wanderer settlement?" Jiang Baimian said half puzzled and half emotional.

Bai Chen pursed his lips and said:

"This is one thing. On the other hand, judging from the previous scenes, their own firepower is not weak."

Gennava continued:

"From time to time, a unique aura leaks out of the cave, making the four 'Heartless' who serve as guards tremble with fear."

"Trembling with fear?" Jiang Baimian muttered to himself.

"A 'high-level unintentional person'?" Shang Jianyao was a little excited.

Long Yuehong suddenly realized:

"No wonder they were able to crush that former wilderness wanderer settlement."

This group of "careless ones" is not only full of firepower, but also has a leader who is equivalent to the awakened ones!

"It seems that there may be some problems with their origins." Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully.

The number of "high-level Heartless People" is quite small. Only in large city ruins, "Heartless People" can appear in the tens of thousands. And the "Heartless People" in this cave, according to Gnawa's observation, will not appear. More than fifty.

Of course, there are exceptions to this kind of thing, and no matter how small the probability is, it means it may happen.

After a brief pause, Jiang Baimian issued the order:

“Wear your gear and be prepared for the unexpected.

"Xiao Bai, enter the sniper position; Xiao Hong, you and Lao Ge rush in front, I will support you; hey, you exert influence at the end and control the whole field."

After a lot of work, Bai Chen, who had put on the military exoskeleton device, followed Gennava to the sniper spot he had just found during the reconnaissance.

This is located on top of a half-dead tree, and the four "unintentional ones" guarding the cave entrance can be seen nearly 300 meters away.

PS: I recommend a book, "No. 13 Mink Street" by Xiaolong. It still has a familiar style and a familiar taste.

The introduction is: I like to sit on the deserted streets at night, listening to "their" whispers and enjoying the hustle and bustle of "them".