After putting off the emergency signal flare, Shang Jianyao and the four drove their jeeps back to the hill where Black Rat Town is located, and camped in a hidden place on the mountainside - this way, they could monitor the grove from a commanding height, See if there are relic hunters and wild wanderers passing by, near the entrance of the cave.
After Long Yuehong, who had removed the exoskeleton device, set up the tent, she could not hide her doubts and asked loudly:
"Team leader, there is something I don't understand."
"What?" Jiang Baimian was happy to answer questions for novices.
Long Yuehong frowned and said:
"Why did those people have to attack Black Rat Town? When they just discovered a ruined old world city, they have an easier way to obtain more resources, and there is no need to attack Black Rat Town, which has relatively abundant weapons. You Didn't you say it? Now is a special environment where relic hunters and wilderness wanderers can live in peace and even form an alliance. After all, everyone hopes to have more helpers to deal with the dangers lurking in the ruins."
Jiang Baimian first nodded, then smiled:
"Good question.
"However, although the main premise is correct, the specific situation still needs to be analyzed in detail. I have read an old-world book before, which rigidly applies existing principles, concepts, and situations, and does not analyze changes, developments, and Behavior corresponding to particularity is said to have committed a 'dogmatic' error.
"As for the Black Rat Town, there are two main differences:
"First, as we have analyzed just now, the raider team is either at least 30 people or more, or has seven or eight core, elite members with a large number of vassals. No matter what the possibility is, they are absolutely It can be said that they are strong, coupled with the weapon configuration and ammunition situation that can be seen on the scene, they can completely distinguish them from the ordinary relic hunter team and the wilderness wanderer team.
"Second, Black Rat Town, as a subhuman settlement, will definitely not explore it when a large number of humans flock to the newly discovered ruins of the city. At most, it is more than collecting intelligence from the periphery, and it is impossible to become the cannon fodder that the attacker team wanted.
"Under such circumstances, if the attacker team has the confidence to deal with the residents of Black Rat Town with little or no loss, and get a lot of resources, then they have every reason to create such a massacre.
"In this way, even if the ruins of the city are too dangerous and the raider team dare not approach, they will have enough gains, and they will not come here in vain."
Seeing Long Yuehong nodding frequently, Jiang Baimian added:
"Moreover, there are many additional possibilities. For example, the attacker team is full of hatred for all the next people due to their past experiences, and would rather suffer losses than kill them. There was a strange roar from the north, so I came here. I don't know that a new old world city ruins have been discovered there. For example, Black Mouse Town was the first to detect the abnormality due to its location close to the area north of Yuelu Station. Someone was sent to investigate, and they found something that made the raider team willing to take the risk."
Long Yuehong's head was dizzy, but she had to admit that the team leader was right.
Under the premise that all aspects of the situation have not been investigated clearly, there are indeed too many possibilities.
Jiang Baimian didn't explain any further, looked around, thought for a few seconds, and said:
"For the next few days, we'll be a team of two, taking turns.
"The people at the camp are responsible for guarding the jeep and monitoring the cave area, and those who go out are investigating whether there are signs of murder or other clues nearby.
"Well, this time, I'm with Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen is with Shang Jianyao."
"Why?" Long Yuehong blurted out.
Shang Jianyao smiled:
"Because you are weak.
"Isn't that obvious?"
"..." Long Yuehong felt like she was punched but couldn't fight back, her whole body became a little slack.
Indeed, the reason for the re-formation is not hard to see:
Shang Jianyao has shown the ability and calmness of the awakened person, plus the physique, energy, skill and talent of the genetic improver, in the "old tone group", the strength can already be ranked between the second and third - close range He is undoubtedly stronger than Bai Chen, beyond a certain range, the experienced Bai Chen who is good at sniping is still a little bit stronger than him.
In this way, Jiang Baimian, the strongest team in the group, and Long Yuehong, the weakest team, can not only ensure the survival of the latter, but also make the strength of the two teams more even.
Hearing Shang Jianyao's ridicule, Jiang Baimian glanced at him and shook his head helplessly and slightly.
At this time, Bai Chen, who was in charge of guarding the surrounding area, interjected:
"Team leader, it's not necessary. I haven't been able to use the jeep for the past few days. The solar charging pad can charge the spare battery. Don't worry about the exoskeleton device's power consumption is too fast, and it can't be used at critical moments."
"Yes." Jiang Baimian smiled and said to Long Yuehong, "You continue to be in the team with Bai Chen, remember to wear the exoskeleton device when you go out, hehe, with such an operation, you have become the strongest in the group. , people, the most important thing is equipment, I remember an ancient article said: A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things."
Long Yuehong's spirit recovered quickly, but what the team leader said was very reasonable.
Shang Jianyao is more concerned about another point:
"Why haven't I learned this ancient text?"
Bai Chen had never even heard of it.
Jiang Baimian recalled and said:
"Extracurricular readings, extracurricular readings."
Thinking that Jiang Baimian had said that he had a biologist father, and that this was at least a D9-level employee who was only one step away from the management. any question.
Jiang Baimian immediately looked up at the sky and determined the position of the sun:
"It's still early. Bai Chen and Long Yuehong are staying in the camp, monitoring the Black Mouse Town area. Shang Jianyao and I went out to search for a while."
"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong and Bai Chen answered loudly at the same time.
Without delay, Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian left the shelter and walked towards the bottom of the hill.
They carried two pistols each, as before, then one carried an assault rifle and the other a grenade.
After exiting the hill where Black Rat Town is located and coming to the hilly area with dense vegetation, Shang Jianyao suddenly said:
"Team leader, why do we have to wait for people from the company to come, instead of taking action ourselves to track down the group of attackers?"
Jiang Baimian slowed down, turned halfway over his body, and said quite directly:
"For your safety."
"We have an exoskeleton device and enough firepower to deal with that attacker team without too much danger." Shang Jianyao said with a serious expression.
Jiang Baimian looked into his eyes and responded calmly:
"I know, you have some anger in your heart."
She paused and exhaled quickly:
"I have that too.
"But in battle, bullets don't have eyes, and they won't avoid you because you're handsome and you're a novice. On the contrary, they prefer such people.
"Besides, how can you be sure that the raider team doesn't have the ability to deal with military exoskeleton devices? They can all get thermobaric bombs, and some other powerful equipment, I wouldn't be surprised at all."
"We can track and scout first, and then consider whether to attack after confirming the situation. If it can't be done, we will withdraw and wait for the company's people." Shang Jianyao still did not give up.
Jiang Baimian turned around and said as he walked forward:
"Don't talk about tracking and reconnaissance as simple as that.
"In the security department, the staff with reconnaissance duties must be some of the best people on the corresponding team.
"If you and Long Yuehong have enough experience, then I really want to try it, but now, can you guarantee that you won't be found during reconnaissance and won't detonate the battle on the spot
"In a mature team, it's not that everyone can't make mistakes, it's that when someone makes a mistake, the other members know how to make up for it.
"When Bai Chen and I make a mistake, and you and Long Yuehong can quickly remedy it, our 'old tune group' can try something similar."
Having said that, Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao, who quickly caught up:
"Aren't you still fighting Long Yuehong just now, wanting him to lose his self-confidence, fail the assessment, and quit the 'old tune group'
"Aren't you worried about the danger to him of tracking down the attacker now
"Ah, I understand. What you're thinking is that when the time comes, you will wear an exoskeleton device, rush into the attacker's team, and make a big kill, so that Long Yuehong can only watch."
After talking, Jiang Baimian laughed:
"Don't you want to save all mankind? How can you take such a big risk at such a time? If you die on the spot, who will take on that sacred mission?"
"...Team leader, don't talk about greed for life and fear of death in such a grandiose manner." Shang Jianyao was almost taken in.
Then, he said sternly:
"There will be latecomers."
"Uh... I don't know if you're joking." Jiang Baimian turned and said, "I have to be responsible for you. You and Long Yuehong are not married yet, and they have not given birth to children. If you just die like this, it's too bad. It's worth it, hehe, and it's not good for the company."
"Then do you have children? Don't you often take risks?" Shang Jianyao asked eagerly.
Jiang Baimian glared at this guy:
"No.
"When the marriage was unified, I was lying in the hospital, and I could die at any time. Later, I relied on being a volunteer and received genetic modification to survive. Hehe, I would die if I didn't do it anyway. Lucky.
"In the future, because the situation of genetic modification is still unclear, and it is uncertain what hidden dangers there are, it needs to be further observed and more convincing data from various experiments, such as the stability of heredity, so it has been Not involved in the marriage."
Jiang Baimian suddenly frowned:
"What do I tell you about this? Can we be in the same situation? Most of the time, I still have a lot of confidence in taking risks."
She didn't want to continue this topic, and diverged:
"You are because..."
She pointed to her head:
"That's why you gave up on unified marriage?"
Shang Jianyao replied calmly:
"Although I do have issues with this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Baimian asked in a funny way:
"You know it yourself?"
Shang Jianyao ignored her and continued:
"But a large part of the usual abnormal performance is actually intentional."
"Why?" Jiang Baimian asked.
Shang Jianyao's eyes flickered, and he looked sideways into the distance:
"I don't want children, and I don't want a woman to worry about."