Embers Ad Infinitum

Long Yuehong glanced sideways at the corpses and injured on the ground and found that Bob's companions were also dead.

In this regard, he didn't know whether to feel lucky or sad.

At this time, Jiang Baimian's instructions reached his ears through the intercom.

He immediately asked Long En:

"What did you do for a living when you were following that giant white wolf? I mean, what did you eat?"

Long, who had greasy and dirty brown hair, recalled:

"We will help him hunt, and whatever he eats will belong to us.

"However, this kind of time usually doesn't happen often. The number of prey we can get each time is limited, and there are many of us.

"Most of the time, we follow the white wolf into a cave. There is a lot of food deep in the cave, all from the old world. There are canned food, luncheon meat, biscuits, puffed food, and all kinds of other things. .

"Although they are basically expired, they can still be eaten without any problems..."

That cave contains a lot of human food from the old world? The more Long Yuehong listened, the more confused she became.

This is too abnormal, or rather, too unnatural, too weird.

He turned to ask:

"Do you know how many exits the cave has?"

"There are many, more than one anyway. We have walked through three of them." Long En replied thoughtfully, "They are located in different places in the mountains. Haha, that cave is really big. Maybe there is a passage that can be directly accessed." Get out of the mountain.”

Long Yuehong quickly reported the situation to the team leader.

He originally wanted to ask in detail where the other two exits were, but Long En was a new relic hunter to the mountains on the north coast and was not very familiar with this area. It was possible to find him by asking him to lead the way. He said it with his mouth, it was really There's no way to describe it.

Therefore, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others arrived faster than the rescue team advancing to the camp.

When Long En and other lightly injured people saw Bai Chen wearing a military exoskeleton device and Gnawa wearing a black military uniform, they were all stunned and speechless.

The configuration of the "Old Tune Team" was beyond their imagination!

——During the previous battle, they were still in an abnormal state, and their observation of various situations was not that profound. And Gnawa did not entangle with them and went straight to the white giant wolf, so they subconsciously ignored such a situation. A robot.

As for the military exoskeleton device on Bai Chen, they believed it had been transferred to Long Yuehong.

This is still acceptable.

It is not unusual for ruin hunters or even bandit gangs who have deep connections in the "First City" to obtain an old model of "scrapped" military exoskeleton device.

Now, what they saw were two military exoskeleton devices and a robot, and the models were not too old.

With this configuration, you can storm the advance camp and easily capture it!

Of course, the premise is that they have a certain tacit understanding and reached some kind of agreement with those powerful loners.

"You can take down the equipment to save electricity." Jiang Baimian gave a casual instruction, looked at Long En and said, "Are you willing to accept employment and help us find another exit from the cave?"

Long En nodded hurriedly:

"Yes, no problem!"

Not to mention hiring him, even if he was asked to work for nothing, this is the only answer he dares to make now.

He immediately showed a pained expression:

"Can you let me recuperate for two days? I can't even walk without it now."

"No problem, we have to take a break and observe the situation." Jiang Baimian expressed understanding.

She turned her eyes slightly, looked at Long En again, and said with a half-smile:

"You didn't see those two military exoskeleton devices just now, right?"

Long En shuddered suddenly and blurted out:

"No! I didn't see anything!"

In fact, Jiang Baimian didn't care that much about this matter, otherwise she wouldn't have warned Long En herself, but would have asked Shang Jianyao to try to "persuade".

At the advanced camp, it was no big deal to reveal the "secret" that he had two military exoskeleton devices. Could anyone else come to snatch them?

Even if someone has this idea, they still have to weigh whether they and their team have the strength.

As for those powerful loners, as long as they are not the type that can restrain robots, they will not conflict with the "Old Tune Team" because of greed.

There are so few people who can restrain robots. They also have to think carefully about whether the team with two military exoskeleton devices and the robots following them has other hidden strengths and a strong background.

Therefore, if this matter is leaked, it will gain more respect and awe from others.

There are only two things that the "Old Tune Team" needs to be wary of: first, the elite squad from the regular army of "Prime City" happened to go into the mountains and heard about this; second, those loners united together for the sake of wealth.

The former can provide early warning, while the latter can be contacted through Wang Fugui.

After receiving Long En's repeated assurances, Jiang Baimian glanced at the other slightly injured people and considered letting Shang Jianyao do the job, so as not to tarnish his own image and look like a villain.

The next second, those who were slightly injured shuddered and shouted urgently:

"I do not know anything!"

"I didn't see anything!"

…

Jiang Baimian heard the corners of his mouth move slightly and slowly exhaled.

She did not specifically deal with the companions of the deceased who were still alive.

Are there many similar things happening in the dust?

With the current strength of the "Old Tune Group", are we still afraid that they will take revenge?

She asked the team members to cooperate with her and provide further treatment to the injured, lest they fail to wait for medical rescue from the advancing camp. After all, the mountain road was difficult to travel, and it would take a while for those people to get here.

When the rescue team arriving at the forward camp arrived, they were shocked to see corpses on the ground and red soil.

Jiang Baimian discovered that there were Wang Fugui and Waite, who claimed to be frightened.

She said first:

"We rescued these people who were bewitched by the white wolf."

Wang Fugui raised his eyebrows and raised his thumb.

Waite was stunned for a moment, and then started looking for his missing companions, but only found two bodies.

He quickly found an acquaintance and asked about the rest of his companions.

The ruins hunter who was also controlled by the giant white wolf sighed and said:

"They were all eaten by white wolves."

Waite's face darkened again and he stopped talking.

When cleaning the scene, the injured took away their weapons and belongings and left everything else to the "old rescue team". The same was true for the rescue workers in the forward camp.

This is considered the trophy of Jiang Baimian and others.

…………

After returning to the advance camp, Jiang Baimian did not interfere with the treatment of the injured. He summoned the team members to discuss the situation at the parking place.

"I can now understand why Waite was able to escape." Jiang Baimian sighed and said, "The giant white wolf can 'charm' each time, or it can control a limited number of people, well, but the total amount seems to be very large. It’s so big that it’s almost forming a small servant army.”

Long Yuehong said after careful consideration:

"According to Long, he seemed to be 'charmed', but also a little different. He didn't have such a strong possessiveness and, uh, desire to mate with the white wolf, but surrendered to its charm."

"Maybe it's a kind of mind control." Shang Jianyao raised his hand and touched his wig, "It's a pity that I'm not bald, otherwise I could compete with it."

Jiang Baimian could not understand his train of thought this time, so he nodded and said:

"Fortunately, it was discovered early. There seems to be a certain deviation in our preparations."

The cognition they had previously strengthened with the "reasoning clown" was focused on not being attracted to the giant white wolf.

Bai Chen hurriedly added:

"In addition, some survivors said that they loved the white wolf too much, so they chose to do things for it and please it."

"Maybe 'Charm' and 'Control' are available at the same time? Just like human awakeners, who have more than one ability?" Jiang Baimian whispered to himself.

No one could answer her, only Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and hit his left palm:

"Such a waste!"

The overlap between these two abilities is too high.

After speculating about the situation of the giant white wolf for a while, Jiang Baimian turned to the biggest question:

"That cave is very big. The other exits may be several kilometers or even ten kilometers away. There is also a large amount of human food stored in it. What does this remind you of?"

What? Long Yuehong couldn't think of an answer for a while.

At this time, Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"company."

Almost at the same time, Bai Chen also said:

"Underground Ark."

"Yes." Gnawa agreed.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently and said:

“Could the cave be a shelter, or a secret base, that humans created for themselves before the destruction of the old world?

"Where will its other exits lead..."

With this guess, Jiang Baimian suddenly had new inspiration and continued thoughtfully:

"Could that white wolf not be a naturally aberrant creature, but the product of an experiment?"

That experiment may have taken place deep in the cave or in a secret base connected to one of the cave's exits.

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao opened his mouth and responded:

"Ouch!"

Jiang Baimian's expression was dull for a full two seconds before he figured out what this guy meant:

The giant white wolf has a similar feel to the monster in the secret laboratory in the Swamp No. 1 ruins.

"Huh, judging from the ruins of Marsh No. 1, there may be secrets involved in the destruction of the old world." Jiang Baimian gradually became excited as he spoke.

This is the main task of the "old tune group".

Team leader, I'm so scared when you look like this... Long Yuehong felt a little nervous when she saw Jiang Baimian's excited face.

Gnawa seemed to have a sense of mission, moved his metal neck and said:

"When Long En is healed, we will find another entrance and exit."

Jiang Baimian was waiting for a response when he suddenly noticed someone approaching.

The man was thin and dark, wearing a long-sleeved black T-shirt with patch marks and dark blue canvas pants.

Wang Fugui.

Wang Fugui came to the "old tune group" and smiled in a casual tone:

"Would you like me to help dispose of the items harvested this time? I don't think they are of any use to you."

Before Jiang Baimian could respond, Shang Jianyao looked at Wang Fugui with sympathy and said:

"Don't you have any clothes to change into?"