Chapter 45 The third night (Monday)
The sun gradually sets in the west, and the sky is surrounded by golden red and gray-black wilderness, and trees may appear among them, standing upright.
Long Yuehong looked at the figures moving north in the distance and asked in confusion:
“Why do some remains hunters rely solely on walking?
"Isn't this going to catch up with the previous batch?"
Since they separated from Wu Shoushi and others, they have encountered several groups of ruins hunters north of Yuelu Station on their way to Black Rat Town.
Some of these hunters drove modified vehicles, some used roaring motorcycles, some relied on bicycles, and some rode tame horses. Although the means of transportation were strange, at least they all.
Bai Chen, who was driving, glanced at him and said simply:
"This is all about getting a bargain."
"What do you mean?" Long Yuehong asked.
Jiang Baimian, who was in the passenger seat, was protecting his pistol and said without raising his head:
“They deliberately walked and didn’t want to arrive at the ruins of that city in the first place.
"In this way, the ruins hunters in front can help them step on mines and eliminate many dangers.
"Although this also makes them lose the right to get first-hand information and select precious materials, the advantage is that they are safer. As long as they don't go to the center of the city, they may survive. Anyway, in such a big city, even if there are teams of large forces in front of them, they cannot empty all the edge areas at once and guard all the roads."
Long Yuehong first realized it suddenly, and then became confused:
"But they can't move much stuff like this. Just carrying the carry on the shoulders will definitely be very little to bear. It's better not to go."
Jiang Baimian looked up and sneered:
“It seems you really have no idea about urban ruins.
"There are many used vehicles and various parts there. As long as you know how to repair them, you can go there and 'prepare' transportation. Haha, this is also one of the gains.
"In fact, compared to those who drove by themselves, they gained more and more in number."
Long Yuehong thought about it carefully and found that this is true:
Previously, Wu Shoushi's team of ruins hunters had a total of four people driving a gray off-road vehicle. After reaching the ruins of the city, if they could avoid or solve the danger, they could obtain up to three cars and four cars of supplies, and they would not be able to take them away if there were more.
If the four ruin hunters were walking over and only carried tents and weapons, they could get up to four cars and four cars of supplies.
Shang Jianyao thought about it and said to himself:
"Is driving the biggest function not to hurry up and maintain physical strength?"
"Yes, so these people will definitely have to rest for more than a day when they arrive at Yuelu Station. They don't have to hurry up anyway." Jiang Baimian hung the "United 202" pistol back on his armed belt, pointing to the group of people in the distance and said.
She then looked around:
"It's almost evening, and it seems that I can't get to the Black Rat Town today.
"We will find a place like a dirt slope to camp and wait until dawn."
"Okay." "Okay." Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others responded one after another.
Not long after, they found a small bales in the gray and black wilderness and prepared a tent in the lee.
Jiang Baimian looked at the rising bonfire, clapped his hands, and turned his eyes slightly:
"Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, your mission at noon has not been completed yet!"
"Ah?" Long Yuehong was a little confused.
It took him a few seconds to remember that there was still a task in the ruins of the steel factory - one was to find some food based on his own ability, and the other was to draw a layout diagram of the ruins of the steel factory.
"But our exploration was interrupted by the Pure Dharma, and now we can't go back and get the Black Rat Town." He hurriedly defended.
Shang Jianyao next to him didn't say anything, but just looked at Jiang Baimian with a smile, as if he understood that the team leader was "intentionally looking for trouble."
Jiang Baimian looked around and said with a smile:
"So, I have to change you a task that I can complete now."
She then looked down at the black electronic watch on her wrist:
"Before dark, I complete a hunt, and the prey size is not limited."
After saying that, 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 of paper that only drew the hospital and radio station areas.
Jiang Baimian reached out to take it, and when he opened it, his expression suddenly became a little strange:
"Why do you need to mark a toilet? That won't work anymore."
Team leader, your words are also very strange... Long Yuehong didn't dare to say what he was in his heart.
Shang Jianyao responded seriously:
“Detailedness and truthfulness are my requirements for drawing maps.”
"Have you drawn a map before?" Jiang Baimian was a little curious.
"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head calmly.
"Then say..." Jiang Baimian swallowed the word behind back and shook it and said, "Go to hunt."
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong did not delay, and each carried assault rifles, walked towards the top of the small earthblock, and looked around.
The weeds in the wilderness undulate gently in the evening wind, reflecting the gray and black soil and various stones.
At first glance, even the trees are only a few dozen or a hundred, not to mention active animals.
This means that Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong can't even find a target.
"Where to go?" Long Yuehong asked habitually.
Shang Jianyao looked at the stream around the earthblock:
"Follow it and find the river, where there should be fish."
"Yes." Long Yuehong's expression relaxed.
He hesitated and said:
"But can this be considered hunting?"
"From the purpose, it must be counted." Shang Jianyao replied indifferently, "The only question is how far you have to go to find the fish."
"...Or why should 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 the 'reasoning clown' to trick the prey back directly?"
Shang Jianyao looked up and down at Long Yuehong's eyes:
"First, you have to make them understand me, and secondly, you have to make them stop and listen to me."
"...so." Long Yuehong opened her mouth, as if she wanted to ask something, but in the end she didn't speak.
He thought for a while and said:
"We can't hunt so blindly. Let's ask Bai Chen for advice first."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao didn't mind, so he turned around and walked towards the jeep near the campfire.
Long Yuehong looked at his back, silent for two seconds, and sighed softly.
"Bai Chen, where is there any prey nearby?" Shang Jianyao asked bluntly after approaching the jeep.
Bai Chen pointed to the place where there were sparse trees:
"You can go there and have a rabbit.
"You should pay attention to distinguishing footprints and feces..."
She briefly talked about the skills of hunting rabbits, and finally said:
"If it's an ordinary person, I would recommend getting traps and using tools, but your marksmanship is enough, as long as you can keep calm and not be rushing."
"Yes." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao were immediately looking forward.
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An hour later, when the sun was still struggling to decline, Shang Jianyao and Long Yue returned to the bonfire position with red and gray faces.
The former was holding a hare with gray fur in his hand, and his blood was ticking down.
"You have used it for so long and only caught one rabbit?" Jiang Baimian, who was feeling comfortable and roasting the fire, stood up.
"The rabbit is too sensitive, runs fast, and has many caves..." Long Yuehong made a difficult move.
Jiang Baimian smiled and added for him:
"And there were too many people passing by today, and the rabbits were frightened and it was even harder to catch them."
"Yes, yes!" Long Yuehong responded hurriedly.
Shang Jianyao thought about it and said:
"We are still too contemptuous of rabbits and think we can be very good at it."
"Yes, this time I have experience, it will be easier to deal with in the future." Jiang Baimian pointed to the bonfire, "Fail the hair, clean the blood, and bake it."
Soon, the rabbit strung on a thicker branch and rolled around at the top of the red flame.
Bai Chen sprinkled salt on the rabbit from time to time, making the surface gradually turn golden, and a fragrance that Long Yuehong seemed to have never smelled before spread.
"It seems to be delicious..." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao said in the same voice.
Jiang Baimian smiled and shook his head:
"I can only say that I will settle.
"There is no oil to brush, no spices to sprinkle, and rabbit meat is relatively firewood, so I can barely eat it."
"So luxurious." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong subconsciously responded.
When grilling meat, you have to brush oil while grilling, which is so wasteful!
Jiang Baimian kept staring at the small rabbit without looking up:
“Sometimes, if there is no container to fill the oil, I have to solve some of it on site.
"In the wild, you must 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 earthblock:
"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 looked over.
A few minutes later, they saw the two people.
This is also a combination of a man and a woman. The former is less than 1.8 meters tall, in his forties, with long black hair and a very elegant beard on his mouth. Even if he is close to middle age, it can easily be seen that he was once a handsome man.
The woman is over 1.7 meters tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes, deep facial features, and very beautiful.
What they both have in common is that they both wear loose, rare robes, one dark black and the other gray and blue, and the latter has various strange and abstract symbols on the surface.
Jiang Baimian moved his eyebrows and asked loudly:
"What are you doing?"
The blonde woman in a gray-blue robe stopped immediately, wrapped her right hand with her left hand, raised it to her eyebrows, bent down and saluted:
"Blessed blessings bring great fortune to the heavenly master."
She used the gray-eared and earth-like language, rather than the Honghe language she seemed to be able to use.
The middle-aged man smiled and said:
"I'm not familiar with her. I just met her and smelled the fragrance here not long after I met her. I thought about coming over and trying my luck to see if anyone is very kind."
"Maybe I can't be kind." Jiang Baimian calmly pointed to the little rabbit on the bonfire.
"Since I met, wouldn't it be nice to chat with everyone?" The middle-aged man kept a smile. "It's not that I'm 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.
She then smiled:
"OK."
Chapter completed!