The sun was gradually setting in the west, and on the horizon was a golden-red, gray-black wilderness, and trees occasionally appeared, standing upright.
Long Yuehong looked at the figures in the distance heading north, and asked in a puzzled way:
"Why do some relic hunters rely solely on walking
"Wouldn't this catch up with the previous batch?"
Since they were separated from Wu Shoushi and others, they have encountered several groups of relic hunters on the way to the black rat town north of Yuelu Station.
Some of these hunters drive modified vehicles, some use roaring motorcycles, some rely on bicycles, and some ride tame horses. Although the means of transportation are all kinds of strange, but at least there are.
Bai Chen, who was driving, glanced at it and said simply:
"It's all about trying to get cheap."
"How do you say?" Long Yuehong asked.
Jiang Baimian in the co-pilot position was maintaining his pistol and said without looking up:
"They were deliberately walking, not wanting to be the first to arrive at the ruins of the city.
"In this way, the relic hunters in front can help them step on the mine and eliminate a lot of danger.
"Although this also makes them lose the right to obtain first-hand information and select precious materials, but it is safer. As long as they don't drill into the center of the city, they may survive. Anyway, such a big city, even if There is a team of major forces in front, and there is no way to evacuate all the marginal areas at once, and there is no way to guard all the roads."
Long Yuehong first suddenly realized, and then had doubts:
"But they can't carry much things like this. Just by carrying the handbags on their shoulders, there must be very little they can afford. It's better not to go."
Jiang Baimian raised his head and sneered:
"It seems that you really have no concept of urban ruins.
"There are a lot of used vehicles and various parts. As long as you can repair them, you can 'prepare' vehicles when you get there. Haha, this is one of the gains in itself.
"Actually, compared to those who drove by themselves, they gained more and more in quantity."
Long Yuehong thought about it carefully and found that it was really like this:
Wu Shoushi's team of relic hunters had a total of four people and drove a gray off-road vehicle. After they reached the ruins of the city, if they could avoid or solve the danger, they could get up to three vehicles and four vehicles of supplies, no more. It was taken.
If the four relic hunters simply walked there, carrying only tents and weapons, they could get four vehicles and four vehicles at most.
Shang Jianyao thought about it and said to himself:
"Isn't the biggest function of driving to rush time and maintain physical strength?"
"Yes, so these people must rest for more than a day when they arrive at Yuelu Station. They don't have to hurry anyway." Jiang Baimian put the "United 202" pistol back on his armed belt, and pointed to the group of people in the distance.
She then looked left and right:
"It's almost evening, it seems that we won't be able to reach Black Rat Town today.
"Let's find a place like a dirt slope to camp and wait until dawn before leaving."
"Okay." "Okay." Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others responded one after another.
It didn't take long for them to find a small dirt bag in the dark gray wilderness and set up a tent in the leeward.
Jiang Baimian looked at the rising bonfire, clapped his hands, and turned his eyes slightly:
"Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, your noon task has not been completed yet!"
"Ah?" Long Yuehong was a little confused.
It took him a few seconds to remember that there were still unfinished tasks in the ruins of the steel mill—one was to find some food by his own abilities, and the other was to draw the layout of the ruins of the steel mill.
"But our exploration was interrupted by the purification method, and now we can't go back and get Black Rat Town." He hurriedly defended.
Shang Jianyao, who was next to him, didn't speak, he just smiled and looked at Jiang Baimian, as if he had understood that the team leader was "deliberately looking for trouble".
Jiang Baimian glanced left and right, and said with a smile:
"So, I have to give you another task that can be completed now."
She then looked down at the black electronic watch on her wrist:
"Before dark, complete a hunt, the size of the prey is not limited."
After speaking, she raised her head and said to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:
"Show me some of the maps that have been drawn."
Shang Jianyao immediately handed over the page that only drew the hospital and radio station area.
Jiang Baimian reached out to take it, unfolded it, and his expression suddenly became a little strange:
"Why mark a toilet? That won't work anymore."
Team leader, what you said is also very strange... Long Yuehong didn't dare to say what was in his heart.
Shang Jianyao responded seriously:
"Detailed and authentic are my requirements for mapping."
"Have you drawn maps before?" Jiang Baimian was a little curious.
"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head calmly.
"Then tell me..." Jiang Baimian swallowed the last word abruptly, and said with a flick of his hand, "Go hunting."
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong did not delay, they each carried their assault rifles, walked to the top of the small bag, and looked around.
The weeds on the wilderness undulate gently in the evening wind, complementing the gray-black soil and various stones.
At first glance, even the trees have only a few dozen or so, not to mention active animals.
This meant that Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong could not find even a single target.
"Which way to go?" Long Yuehong asked habitually.
Shang Jianyao glanced at the stream around the earthbag:
"Follow it and find the river, there should be fish there."
"Yes." Long Yuehong's expression relaxed.
He hesitated and said:
"But can this be considered hunting?"
"In terms of purpose, it definitely counts." Shang Jianyao replied indifferently, "The only question is how far you have to go to find the fish."
"...How about we hunt other animals by the way?" Long Yuehong suddenly had a strange idea, "Shang Jianyao, do you think you can use the ability of 'reasoning clown' to deceive the prey directly?"
Shang Jianyao looked up and down Long Yuehong's eyes:
"First, you have to make them understand me, and second, you have to make them stop and listen to me."
"... Yes." Long Yuehong opened her mouth, as if she wanted to ask something, but she didn't speak in the end.
He thought about it and said:
"You can't go hunting so blindly, let's ask Bai Chen for advice first."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao didn't mind, he turned around and walked towards the jeep near the bonfire.
Long Yuehong looked at his back, silent for two seconds, and sighed softly.
"Bai Chen, where could there be prey nearby?" Shang Jianyao asked bluntly after approaching the jeep.
Bai Chen pointed to a place with sparse trees:
"You can go over there and see, there should be rabbits.
"You have to pay attention to distinguishing footprints, feces..."
She briefly talked about the techniques of hunting rabbits, and finally said:
"If it's an ordinary person, I would suggest traps and tools, but your marksmanship is enough, as long as you can keep calm and don't be in a hurry."
"Well." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao suddenly looked forward to it.
…
An hour later, when the afterglow of the sun was still struggling to slide down, Shang Jianyao and Long Yue returned to the bonfire position with shame.
The former held a gray-furred hare in his hand, blood dripping down.
"It took you so long to catch only one rabbit?" Jiang Baimian, who was comfortably roasting the fire, stood up.
"Rabbits are too sensitive, they run fast, and there are many caves..." Long Yuehong posed difficulties.
Jiang Baimian smiled and added for him:
"And there were so many people passing by today that those rabbits were terrified and even harder to catch."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Long Yuehong responded hastily.
Shang Jianyao thought about it and said:
"Or we despise rabbits too much and feel that we can catch them."
"Yes, with the experience this time, it will be easy to handle in the future." Jiang Baimian pointed to the bonfire, "Take off the hair, clean the blood, and bake it."
Soon, the rabbit was strung on a thicker branch and rolled to and fro on the top of the crimson flame.
Bai Chen sprinkled salt on the rabbit from time to time, making the surface gradually golden, letting a scent that Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had never smelled.
"It seems to be delicious..." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao said in unison.
Jiang Baimian smiled and shook his head:
"It can only be said in the near future.
"There is no oil to brush, no spice to sprinkle, and rabbit meat is relatively woody, so I can barely eat it."
"It's so extravagant." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong responded subconsciously.
When grilling, you have to brush oil while grilling, what a waste!
Jiang Baimian kept staring at the small rabbit without raising his head:
"Sometimes, there is no container to hold the boiled oil, so part of it has to be solved on the spot.
"In the wild, you need to know how to adapt to the environment."
As soon as Jiang Baimian finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the side of the small bun:
"Two people came over."
Long Yuehong, who was already on guard, immediately raised the muzzle of the Berserker's "assault rifle", and Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen also followed.
A few minutes later, they saw the two men.
This is also a combination of a man and a woman. The former is less than 1.8 meters tall and is in his forties. He has long black hair and a very temperamental beard around his mouth. Even if he is almost middle-aged, he can make people It's easy to see that he used to be a handsome man.
The female is in her early seventies, blonde and blue-eyed, with profound facial features, and is very beautiful.
What they both have in common is that they both wear loose, rare robes, one dark black and the other gray-blue, and the latter has all kinds of strange, abstract symbols on its surface.
Jiang Baimian raised his eyebrows and asked loudly:
"What are you two doing?"
The woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and wearing a gray-blue robe immediately stopped, wrapped her left hand with her right hand, raised it at the eyebrows, bent over and saluted:
"Blessed Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."
She's speaking in the slangy gray tongue, not the Red River language she seems to know.
The middle-aged man smiled and said:
"I'm not familiar with her. Not long after we met, I smelled the fragrance here. I thought about coming over to try my luck and see if anyone would be kind."
"Maybe I can't be kind." Jiang Baimian calmly pointed to the little rabbit on the bonfire.
"Since we met, wouldn't it be nice for everyone to chat?" The middle-aged man kept smiling, "I'm not boasting, everyone I met praised me for being knowledgeable and knowledgeable."
Hearing this sentence, Jiang Baimian made a hidden gesture to Shang Jianyao and others, telling them not to relax their guard.
She then smiled and said:
"OK."