The jeep drove for a while along the road with bumps and cliffs on one side, and arrived at a valley.
In the valley, the clean stream made a clear sound, flowing happily forward, moisturizing a large area of fertile soil.
It's not deep, even a little shallow, and the Jeep of the "Old Key Group" can drive directly over the cobblestones at the bottom.
The road breaks here and continues on the other side, with a small settlement made of reinforced concrete standing in the middle.
On the high fence of the settlement, several men in black uniforms of the "Salvation Army" were holding semi-automatic rifles, assault rifles and other weapons, staring sharply at Jiang Baimian and others.
In the farmland spread out around the stream, some men and women dressed as soldiers are working.
Jiang Baimian, who was in the co-pilot position, nodded slightly, knowing that this was a border military stronghold.
In similar strongholds, soldiers take turns on duty, patrolling, farming and hunting. Except for ammunition, clothing, etc., which need to be regularly supplied from the rear, they are barely self-sufficient.
At the same time, Jiang Baimian glanced and found some traces with experience. Based on this, he judged that there were still many members of the "Salvation Army" lurking on the cliffs around the valley.
"This is to prevent the 'Spiritual Corridor' level Awakeners from attacking the stronghold, and a powerful long-range firepower is deployed a few hundred meters away..." Jiang Baimian retracted his gaze thoughtfully.
She turned to the team members and smiled:
"It's getting dark, so we'll be camping by the stream tonight."
"Okay!" Shang Jianyao replied simply and neatly.
He slammed the door and got out of the car, facing the military stronghold, stretched out his right hand and pressed his left chest, and shouted loudly:
"For all mankind!"
The members of the "Salvation Army" on the settlement wall were a little silly for a while.
They successively decided to ignore the guy as long as he didn't take further action.
Jiang Baimian, who followed to get out of the car, pouted behind Shang Jianyao, pretending not to know him.
Seeing that the "Old Tune Group" did not intend to enter the settlement, but kept a certain distance to camp, the members of the "Salvation Army" were quietly relieved.
"They're still pretty good!" Shang Jianyao sighed to Long Yuehong and others upon seeing this.
Long Yuehong is a little puzzled:
"Why do you say that?"
Shang Jianyao replied confidently:
"In such a remote and uninhabited border stronghold, when we meet a few of us who seem to have a lot of oil and water, shouldn't normal soldiers find fault and satisfy their greed
"And they were relieved that we didn't do anything.
"What a show of kindness and kindness!"
Bai Chen agreed with Shang Jianyao's words:
"There have been many similar incidents in many wilderness strongholds in the 'First City'. Later, relic hunters and smuggling caravans would rather risk encountering robbers, 'mindless', aberrant creatures and accidents to force their way around those places. ."
If you really want to be watched by the soldiers in the wilderness stronghold of the "First City", it is a good thing to lose property, and I am afraid that even people can't be saved.
Moreover, if they fight back and injure and kill a few regular troops, unless they are directly silenced in the audience, they will not be able to find out afterward, or they will definitely be wanted by the "First City".
Jiang Baimian ruthlessly pierced Shang Jianyao's beautiful fantasy:
"Probably because our resumes are so brilliant."
Being wanted time and time again by the "First City", the bounty reached 10,000 ore, and they are still running around, it really doesn't look like a team that is easy to mess with.
Jiang Baimian sighed silently and added two more sentences when he saw Shang Jianyao's expression collapsed, and he made no secret of it, as if he was still a child.
"No matter how the outside world says that the 'Salvation Army' has fallen, I think they should still keep some bottom lines and will not do anything to innocent people at will.
"Um... In order to be the military stronghold of the 'First City', how could the soldiers be part-time farmers and take turns to farm? They will 100% capture the wilderness wanderers as slaves and do these things on their behalf."
"Yes." Bai Chen nodded.
At present, only some areas of the ash soil have restored a certain order, and the frontier or wilderness strongholds are obviously not within this range.
Shang Jianyao smiled again, hummed a song, and volunteered to go to the stream to test the water quality.
Just as the "Old Tune Team" collected firewood, raised a bonfire, and prepared dinner, the steel gates of the military stronghold opened.
A man and a woman walked out. The woman was 1.65 meters tall, about 30 years old, mature and charming.
She has black hair and brown eyes, thick eyebrows, not ugly facial features, and her skin color is close to Jiang Baimian, the healthy wheat color, but she is a little darker.
She has clean and refreshing short ear-length hair and wears a black uniform. She is neither fat nor thin, quite standard.
At this time, although this lady walked side by side with the young man, her temperament and attitude showed that she was the leader.
- The man was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a touch of fluff on his lips, he looked ordinary and looked rather green.
After approaching the "Old Tune Group", this young man who still retains a sense of youth took the initiative to introduce the woman beside him:
"This is Captain Ding of our border settlement."
"Ding Ling." The lady smiled and stretched out her right palm, openly.
Hearing this slightly accented self-introduction, Jiang Baimian laughed:
"Are you the one who warned us on the radio just now?"
She also stretched out her right palm and shook it lightly.
Ding Ling nodded:
"It's our duty as a border settlement to not let suspicious people pass by.
"Xue Yueyue, right? Although I know that your name is mostly a pseudonym, it doesn't matter, your name is just a code name."
Then, she casually introduced the young people around her:
"Zeng Ping An."
"Good name!" Shang Jianyao applauded, making the young man a little embarrassed.
"His parents have good expectations for him." Ding Ling explained briefly.
Jiang Baimian immediately introduced his team members.
Of course, she reported all false names.
As for Genava, now he is playing an ordinary robot, without a name, only a code name, no introduction is needed.
After the exchange between the two parties was over, Shang Jianyao asked Ding Ling with a sense of responsibility:
"If the 'prime city' chooses to use this as a breakthrough point, how can you really resist such a small settlement with dozens of people?"
He acted like a senior member of the Salvation Army.
At this moment, Ding Ling had the feeling of encountering an inspection by a superior.
Can't we stop your shit? She smiled slightly:
"Definitely can't stop it.
"We're mainly doing early warning, in a few different ways.
"Last year, this settlement encountered a raid on the 'First City'. After we gave an early warning, we just gave up here and retreated into the deep mountains in small groups, and then looked for opportunities to interfere with the enemy along the way and slow down their advance.
"As long as there are people, new settlements will definitely be established."
Ding Ling answered in more detail, mainly because she wanted to tell the opposing team that the "Salvation Army" settlements had mature plans for different enemies, so that they should not take risks.
"It must be difficult and dangerous to withdraw into the deep mountains, right?" Shang Jianyao looked concerned.
Ding Ling was stunned for a moment before saying:
"right."
Both her and Zeng Ping'an's expressions floated, as if recalling the various difficulties and dangers at that time.
After a few seconds, Ding Ling took the initiative to ask:
"You guys, why do you want to go to the icefield?"
I felt that you were a little concerned about the ice field before... Jiang Baimian organized the following language:
"Before the destruction of the old world, part of the ice sheet was still a place with relatively normal weather, and there were many human cities. Later, the climate changed drastically, and the ice sheet expanded and swallowed up those areas.
"Because of the climate limitation of the ice sheet, there is very little arable land, and there are not many wilderness wanderers and relic hunters there. Many urban ruins are still in relatively good condition, allowing us to return with a full reward."
"That's true." Ding Ling nodded, "Even if we are the 'Salvation Army', most of the time we only organize teams to collect resources during the summer. Well, you guys are going all the way now, just in the middle of summer."
She opened her mouth, hesitated, and hesitated for a while before saying:
"When you arrive at the icefield, can you help me keep an eye on someone?"
"Who?" asked Zen Master Purdue, who was merciful and happy to help others.
Ding Ling lowered her head and smiled:
"My husband, his name is Ji Qiang, a researcher.
"We could meet twice a year, but the year before last, he joined an expedition and went to the icefield, saying that he would carry out a secret mission. If he succeeded, he would be eligible to transfer me back to Wubei. After that, I lost his news, and his unit has been unable to give me a detailed answer due to confidentiality regulations."
Maybe she didn't expect the captain to say so in detail, and the young man next to her, Zeng Ping'an, was a little embarrassed when it came to the assignment and transfer of work.
"Is that so..." Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said, "It's okay to pay attention, it's just a little effort."
Ding Ling showed a sincere smile:
"I have a picture of him here.
"We'll take photos in Wubei when we just got married."
Wubei is one of the core cities of the "Salvation Army", and the Wubei 6 and Wubei 7 produced there are quite common pistols on the dust.