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"There are still quite a few." The hotel manager replied honestly, "Some of them are cross-border trade merchants. Although our 'Salvation Army' has rebuilt the industrial system, due to resource and technology problems, there are still some problems. There are some shortcomings that need to be imported, such as coal, mechanical arms, some electronic equipment, solar charging panels, high-performance batteries, etc., and some are relic hunters, who hope to formally settle and become one of us."

"Oh." Shang Jian Yao nodded frequently.

The hotel manager said casually:

"You can also try to apply. According to the law promulgated by the 'Materials Coordinating Committee', as long as you can settle in the territory for three years, you are eligible to submit an application and accept corresponding inspections. The pass rate is quite high.

"However, it is impossible for you to be assigned to work in the past three years. You must support yourself. Most of the similar people choose to continue to be relic hunters."

"Didn't you say that you can save as much as you can?" Shang Jianyao felt a little lost again.

"This is an old calendar!" The hotel manager laughed, "Resources are limited."

Bai Chen, who had been listening quietly, asked a question:

"Are the city ruins and various relics in your Salvation Army open to outsiders?"

Would this be too generous?

This is an external place, the hotel manager can be said to be well-informed, he heard this and said with a smile:

"A large part of it is outside our actual control area, and the corresponding resources are not enough for us to dispatch troops to guard it. You have come from the 'Original City', and you should have seen many similar situations."

This is the norm on the dirt.

As strong as the "Salvation Army", it can only actually control the various settlements along the repaired road and a part of the surrounding area.

Seeing that Xue Shiyue and others nodded, the hotel manager continued:

"There is still a part in the actual control area, but the resources are scarce, and there is no need for large-scale exploration and collection. It is a better choice to hand it over to the relic hunters.

"Hehe, most of the things they retrieved were traded to us ordinary people. Our Salvation Army can only guarantee that everyone has a stutter, a place to live, quilts to cover in winter, and clothes to wear. Due to the lack of resources and the different direction of the production center of gravity, the items cannot be manufactured, or the quantity produced is too small to meet the demand. It has to be made up for by the harvest of the relic hunters. My family now has three umbrellas, all three are exchanged from them.

"For them, officially becoming a member of us means stability. They don't have to worry about finding food and shelter this winter, but next winter they may have nothing."

Stable food, housing and clothing are enough, this is the dream of many wilderness wanderers... Jiang Baimian didn't ask any other questions, and watched the hotel manager leave the room.

She then sighed to the group members:

"Let me just say, on the gray soil, many times if you don't cause trouble, things will come to you.

"If we are unlucky and happen to be near the batch of lost military supplies, we might not even know how we died!"

So go forward with fear, until the dawn comes in this long night.

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and others deeply agree with this.

As expected by the hotel manager, the "Old Tune Group" was not searched, and it ushered in the dawn smoothly overnight.

Not long after they briefly ate the yellow buns provided by the hotel, Ding Ling reappeared.

This group of people is more dangerous, and she brought them here. She had to start well and finish well until they left Wubei.

Before she could speak, Shang Jianyao took the initiative to ask:

"What is that batch of military supplies that can get the whole city into martial law?"

Ding Ling looked at the closed door, hesitated for a moment, and said after deliberation:

"Looks like a, a nuclear warhead."

"..." Jiang Baimian didn't know how to respond for a moment.

1Chapter 17 问询

As an employee of "Pangaea", Jiang Baimian is no stranger to such things as nuclear warheads. He knows that several major forces have them, left over from the old world, and they themselves seem to have mastered the corresponding maintenance technology.

However, for so many years, except for the record of the use of nuclear bombs in the chaotic years, after entering the new calendar, this kind of weapons of mass destruction in the true sense made by humans in the old world has never appeared again, and only exists for deterrence. stage.

The intelligence personnel of "Pangaea" once wondered whether as the years passed, the nuclear warheads left over from the old world gradually became invalid and could no longer be used, and neither the "Original City" nor the "Salvation Army" lacked the ability to regenerate. manufacturing capacity.

Now, when he suddenly heard the term nuclear warhead, and it appeared in the current city, Jiang Baimian was inevitably a little dazed.

"Nuclear warhead?" Long Yuehong was also startled.

In his impression, this is a weapon that can destroy the world. Many cities in the old world became ruins because of them.

Among all the rumors about the destruction of the old world, this is the source of nightmares alongside "no heart disease".

Once someone detonates the nuclear warhead, the whole of Wubei may be affected, and the "Old Tune Group" in this city will most likely not be able to survive alone.

Bai Chen also blurted out:

"How much equivalent?"

As far as she is used, talking about bombs without mentioning the yield is playing hooligans, except for those who take the responsibility of creating radiation or chemical pollution.

Shang Jian Yao looked curious:

"With uranium, plutonium, or, er, hydrogen isotopes?"

For a moment, he forgot how to write that word and what its pronunciation was.

Ding Ling shook her head:

"I don't know much about it, I just heard such a rumor.

"I told you mainly to remind you, lest you complain about being stuck in the hotel and unable to go out."

"I don't have any complaints now, I just want to run away." Shang Jianyao replied honestly.

Yeah yeah!Long Yuehong shouted frantically in her heart.

All he wanted to do now was to leave Wubei and escape the range of nuclear warheads.

Hearing this, Ding Ling comforted her and said:

"Don't believe those rumors in the wilderness. The power of nuclear warheads is not that great. A single one cannot destroy a city. Moreover, the nuclear warheads that can be stolen must be miniaturized, and the yield is estimated to be only a fraction of the original. "

But the current Wubei is also incomparable with the big cities in the old world. Whether there is a tenth of the size is a question mark... Jiang Baimian muttered something in his heart, but did not say it.

Like the original city, Wubei was rebuilt on the ruins of a relatively well-preserved city, but the population here is quite different from that of the original city. Currently, only the part of the ruins near the Moonscale River is used.

Seeing the silence of several members of the "Old Tune Group", Ding Ling added:

"When I met a member of our Wubei Materials Coordination Committee today, if you are willing to accept a stricter inspection, I can take you out of the city early.

"Don't worry, I have reported the matter of the military exoskeleton devices and bionic smart armor, and there is no problem."

Long Yuehong was about to say "Okay, okay", when Shang Jianyao suddenly said righteously:

"no!

"How can you run away? There are hundreds of thousands of humans here!"

Ding Ling was speechless for a moment.

You say bad things, and you say good things, so what do you think?

Jiang Baimian hurriedly cleared his throat:

"You members of the Wubei Materials Coordinating Committee want to see us?"

"Yes." Seeing that the topic had returned to the right track, Ding Ling quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "He is in charge of the statistics and distribution of military supplies, and wants to know more about your experiences in the wasteland No. 13 ruins."

Uh, why is he seeing us?We will not contribute military supplies to him... Long Yuehong was a little surprised for a while.

Jiang Baimian, who had a deep understanding of the old world, understood what was going on.

The combination of "military" and "statistical" probably means intelligence agencies.

Well, the name is often just a code name.

"No problem." Shang Jianyao answered Jiang Baimian in a tone of politeness as if everyone was one of them.

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes at him, took a breath and said:

"Let's go now?"

"Yeah." Ding Ling nodded, "You can't bring military exoskeleton devices and bionic smart armor, uh, it's better to leave two people here to watch, although our 'Salvation Army' security is still good, theft cases Not many, but many of the hotel’s residents are foreign relic hunters, and you should be very clear about their behavior style.”

Most relic hunters often work as bandits when they are in the wilderness, and become thieves when they enter larger settlements.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while, and said to Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Gnawa:

"You stay here to guard the supplies. Hey and I followed Captain Ding to meet the committee member."

In fact, she intended to let the awakened one on each side to prevent accidents, but she was also worried that Shang Jianyao's brain would twitch and he would go out to help find the lost nuclear warhead and save the entire Wubei residents, but no one could restrain him.

Bai Chen and the others immediately agreed.

……

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao didn't drive their own jeeps, but got on Ding Ling's green mountain bike. After turning around, they saw the Wubei Management Committee building they had been to before.

This time, Ding Ling did not stop, but chose to make a detour and arrived at a quiet courtyard in the next street.

In the depths of this courtyard stands a small three-story building, and a vertical plaque hanging at the door reads "Wubei Materials Coordination Committee" and other words.

After being inspected by several soldiers on duty at the gate and handing over their weapons, Ding Ling drove the green mountain bike in and parked in a corner of the courtyard after registering.

Then, she led Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao to the west wing of the small building, and exchanged a few words with a young man in the black uniform of the "Salvation Army".

The young man turned around and disappeared at the corner of the corridor. He came back after a few minutes and said to Ding Ling:

"Committee Huang is in the reception room, you guys come with me."

After passing through three sentry posts, either bright or dark, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao followed Ding Ling into the reception room with the door ajar.

In the reception room, there was an old man in the main seat. He also wore the black uniform representing the "Salvation Army" soldiers, but did not wear epaulettes.

Ding Ling respectfully pressed her left chest with her right hand and bowed:

"For all mankind!"

Shang Jianyao wanted to follow suit, but his right arm was quietly grabbed by Jiang Baimian's left hand, and he couldn't move at all.

Ding Ling then said:

"Committee Huang, Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing are here."

Commissioner Huang is not too tall, probably less than 1.7 meters, but he is full of momentum. When he is not moving, he is as calm as a deep, and people dare not speak in the blink of an eye. It looks like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood rushing over.

His white hair was combed fairly neatly, he stood up without airs, first responded to Ding Ling with the same courtesy, then pointed to the sofa opposite him and said:

"sit down."

After Ding Ling signaled Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao to take their seats, she exited the reception room and closed the door.

Commissioner Huang sat down again, the sharpness of his eyes had not diminished due to his age.

He laughed and said:

"Don't be nervous, we all came from different places back then, how can we be locals and outsiders?"

After sweeping his eyes, he said:

"The older I am, the more impatient I am, so I don't want to be verbose, so let's get straight to the point.

"How did you find out that there is a 'New World' node in that secret laboratory?

"Not to mention normal people, even the awakened ones, most of them can't detect it."

Jiang Baimian turned his head sideways and looked at Shang Jianyao.

This is indeed one of the few holes in her previously selective account.

Shang Jianyao tacitly took off the tactical backpack, and took out the string of ordinary-looking silver angel pendants.

"We have such a prop." Jiang Baimian explained before him.

This is the real big truth, but not the whole truth.

Commissioner Huang narrowed his eyes slightly, as if sensing the breath in the "Angel of Life" necklace.

"Do you need to take it for inspection?" Shang Jianyao asked kindly.

Commissioner Huang opened his eyes and glanced at him, and replied with a full manner:

"it is good."

He wasn't worried at all that this was a trap.

Shang Jianyao stretched his arms and jumped towards Commissioner Huang.

one foot.