Volume 2 Chapter 67 Mysterious Camp
What Uncle Baichuan said made a lot of sense, and Xiao Jinzi nodded, not squeaking.
"How is it better than the black market?" Ma Tao put down the work in his hand, thought about it, and asked.
"You've been to the black market?" Baichuan and his wife were very surprised, and glanced at each other, it seemed that they had indeed underestimated this young man named Ma Tao.
"By mistake, I was fortunate enough to go to one," Ma Tao said after glancing at Su Lanxi in the distance.
"It seems that we are overly worried" Uncle Baichuan didn't say anything, and the two retreated to the cement room, intending to close the door.
"Uncle Baichuan!"
"Anything else?"
"Can you tell me where the most dangerous place you've ever been?"
"The most dangerous place?" Uncle Baichuan pondered for a moment, and then said, "It should be the Hell Gate, but I haven't been to the other side of the Hell Gate again."
"Hell Gate again... Is this door really that scary? Ma Tao was slightly disappointed when he heard Uncle Baichuan's answer.
"Boy, I advise you not to go to the Hell Gate easily, the reason why it is called the Hell Gate is because it is the grave of the gold hunters, and the gold hunters who died there are simply countless, without the strength of the legendary level, it is impossible to survive" Uncle Baichuan's wife, the middle-aged woman finally spoke the first sentence after a night of grief.
The pain of losing a child is heart-wrenching, which can be felt from Uncle Baichuan holding her shoulder all the time.
"Thank you"
Ma Tao nodded, watched the dilapidated cement door close, and lifted the things under his feet back to the chariot.
Leaving this small isolated island, the two chariots went south at a speed of sixty or seventy according to what Uncle Baichuan said, and sure enough, more than ten kilometers later, a looming sandy road appeared in front of them.
On the green meadow, a yellow sand road gradually emerged, although after a hundred years of wind, frost, snow and rain, this former highway has long lost its original appearance, but the foundation is still there, the previous plate oil should also be laid thick enough, resulting in not easy to grow weeds, even if there is, it is also grown in those broken places, many protruding pavements are covered by wind and sand, a gust of wind blows, forming a small sandstorm.
"Did you see that? On the left, where is there a bridge? Little Kaneko was excited about the discovery, and drove the jeep with a flick of the tail and rushed over.
"Little gold, slow down, I can't keep up with your speed" Su Lanxi saw the jeep running away like a smoke, and hurriedly called out to him with his watch.
"Okay, I see..."Xiao Jinzi, who had just rushed out not far away, had to reduce his speed when he heard this.
It's so troublesome for women to drive! If Brother Tao drove, he would be able to keep up with me no matter what, alas...... The little gold in the jeep sighed and began to talk to himself.
After leaving the island of the Baichuan couple, Ma Tao was forced to rest by Su Lanxi to the back compartment of the chariot, and there was no situation where he had to fight, and Su Lanxi would not wake him up.
"It's... This is the blown up bridge we saw at the giant gun position, right? ”
Looking at the turbulent blue water under the cliff and the broken bridge in front of you, and then the familiar land on the other side of the sea, Su Lanxi asked the exit.
"You're right, it's the death zone on the other side," said Xiao Jinzi, who had already opened the jeep door and got out of the car, and observed the situation on the other side with his monoculars.
"I thought there would be a new discovery, Bai was happy......" Xiao Jinzi put away the binoculars in frustration, took out the rifle on his back, and fired two shots towards the other side of the sea, venting his dissatisfaction.
"It's okay, it's not bad to know the way" Su Lanxi looked at him and shook his head helplessly.
Xiao Jinzi is still a child's character, and he will lose his temper like a child for blows, and he just wanted to hurry away after comforting him a few words, and the C device of the 01 tank called the police.
Mechanical birds, cyborg monsters, no eyes, relying on ultrasonic waves to perceive flying monsters around them, light yellow bird feathers look very beautiful, but its sharp claws and spear-like head are deadly weapons, and mechanical birds with air superiority can pierce people entirely.
"Little gold! Don't be melancholy! Come to life! Su Lanxi hurriedly reminded Xiao Jinzi, who was still standing outside, that the long heads of the four mechanical birds that flew in looked still terrifying.
"What's that?" Xiao Jinzi was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw the four mechanical birds flying closer and closer.
"It's good to come! I'm having fire and nowhere to sprinkle it! Delivered to the door... Sister Lan Xi, you can rest for a while! Leave it to me! As soon as he opened the jeep door, Little Gold turned into the jeep and adjusted the secondary cannon to fire at the four mechanical birds that were still in the air.
Sudden Sudden Rush!
The gunfire was deafening, the tongues of fire continued, and the gunfire of Green's machine gun rang out for a while, and Xiao Jinzi, who thought he could destroy these four stupid birds in one round, was surprised to see a few mechanical birds that could still fly.
"Is my secondary cannon broken? Still didn't hit? That's not right! I hit?! Little Gold hurriedly checked the C unit of the 02 jeep and found that there was no problem.
Monster attack, loss of armor piece 4
Monster attack, loss of armor piece 4
………
Four times in a row, all of them launched an attack on Xiao Jinzi's jeep, and the sharp claws of the four mechanical birds directly shattered sixteen pieces of armor.
"You did hit, but it wasn't powerful enough," Ma Tao's voice came through his watch.
"Brother Tao! You're awake! Xiao Jinzi just showed a smile, but when he thought that he was unfavorable in the first battle, he immediately turned into a bitter gourd face, but fortunately, Ma Tao couldn't see it.
"I've woken up a long time ago, I can't hear the sound of such a big gun, so I don't have to be a hunter, how can I need help?"
Ma Tao looked at the four mechanical birds hovering around the jeep on the screen and asked with a smile.
"No, you don't! I don't believe I can't even kill a few birds right now."
After Xiao Jinzi finished speaking, he once again controlled the Grimm cannon to shoot at the four mechanical birds in the sky.
The bullets from the Grimm cannon could be seen sparking when they hit the mechanical bird, but unfortunately, it couldn't be completely penetrated.
"!"
Little Gold was quite dissatisfied with this result.
Twenty-two pieces of armor were paid, among them, there was also a mechanical bird that hit the shit luck, and actually grabbed the twelve pieces of armor of the little gold with one claw, and it was not until the third round of strafing that the four mechanical birds were knocked down, which was considered to have solved these four monsters.
"It seems that the shell of the monsters on this continent is much stronger than that of Seoul."
Ma Tao got out of the tank and chariot, kicked the wreckage of the mechanical birds on the ground with his foot, pulled out their chip G, and came to a conclusion.
"Brother Tao! I want to change cars, I want the main gun..."Xiao Jinzi's eyes were about to fire when he looked at the 01 tank, and he was absolutely envious and jealous.
His jeep didn't have a main gun, and now the Grimm cannon wasn't as powerful as it used to be, and now it was so hard to even shoot a few birdies that he was on the verge of collapse, and how many good hunters died without a handy weapon.
"Yes" Ma Tao didn't say a word, and agreed directly.
"Forget it, I'd better drive the jeep first" Xiao Jinzi thought about it, and didn't want to change it again.
"Then hurry up and find the town of Odo, maybe it can change our current situation" Ma Tao put away the G's of the four mechanical birds and returned to the 01 tank.
"I hope there's a mechanic who can make an eye..."Little Gold pouted, started the 02 jeep, and followed Ma Tao.
"I'll open it, are you sleeping for a while?" Su Lanxi, the co-pilot, looked at Ma Tao, who was concentrating on driving, and felt a little sorry for him.
"No, if I'm tired in a while, you'll be driving" Ma Tao didn't even turn his head, and answered her directly.
"Will you be tired?" asked Su Lanxi again.
"No!" Ma Tao replied very simply.
Su Lanxi snorted and laughed, "You think you're a robot?"
Ma Tao also smiled and did not answer.
The convoy returned to the road, which had been somewhat buried by wind and sand, and because the road was so weathered that the chariots could easily sink if they pressed on, the convoy chose to head east along the edge of the road.
After driving dozens of kilometers, this road hidden by the wind and sand disappeared when it reached the seaside, and you can vaguely see a continent on the other side of the sea, and even some vague buildings, but unfortunately, the distance is really too far, even if you use a monocular telescope of small gold, you can't see the specific situation.
There were dozens of nautical miles in the middle, and they couldn't cross it anyway, so they began to move along the coastline, and the effort paid off, and the convoy driving southeast along the coastline saw the yellow sand road again.
Through a section of the link between the two continents, Ma Tao and his convoy set foot on another continent.
"There must have been a geological change here, causing the sea level to get higher and higher in the north, maybe in a few hundred or decades, this connected plate will also be submerged," Ma Tao looked at the faulted mountains in the south and lamented the changes in nature.
"I guess I can't see it, I can't wait a few hundred years to hang up, unless I go to Noah, but that's impossible, I don't want to become those immortal monsters" After Xiao Jinzi finished speaking, he probably thought of the scene where he became a monster, and he felt a chill in his heart, but he had a car by himself, and no one made fun of him.
"The woods in front of you are a bit weird, why is there a road in the middle?"
As soon as I drove on this piece of small gold on the continent, I found that the woods on the right side of the convoy were a little strange.
"yes? It really looks like there's a road in the middle of that woods, sort of? …… It's a bit like Uncle Baichuan's method of hiding his seat," Su Lanxi said, looking at the situation in the woods.
"Go and see, the chariot can also pass, what are you afraid of" Ma Tao kicked the accelerator, the chariot turned directly, and rushed to the road in the woods.
The road in the woods is not very long, only about a kilometer or two.
"It seems that this place is indeed inhabited," Ma Tao had already noticed that there were traces of other chariots running over the ground.
"Isn't it that we're almost there?" asked Xiao Jinzi excitedly.
"Please, little gold, why did you suddenly become stupid, didn't the Baichuan couple say, Otto is a city of ruins, built on the ruins of the old world, the trees here are really lush, there will be no city ruins" Su Lanxi began to make fun of Xiao Jinzi.
"Wasn't I in a hurry to install the main cannon on the chariot, I didn't think about it," the little gold in the jeep scratched his head and mourned for three seconds for his suddenly declining IQ.
"I didn't see the main gun or anything, but Xiao Jinzi, you really don't have a sense of familiarity with such a geographical environment," Ma Tao asked Xiao Jin with a communication watch.
The road in the woods turned directly to the left in front of it, it was simply a right-angle turn, and if it wasn't for the chariot driving inside, looking from the outside, the road would be a dead-end road, and it would not be seen that the road had turned at all.
After the turn, the road became narrower and narrower, and Ma Tao had to reduce his speed.
"Familiar? What is familiar? I haven't been here again........." Xiao Jinzi has been following Ma Tao, and he doesn't understand what Ma Tao means by saying this.
"You really don't know such a place? Or haven't heard of it? Ma Tao had already seen what was in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.
"Where do I know? ……… Wait a minute! How is this layout hidden? … Be...... Mystery Merchant Camp! This is a merchant camp!! This Grandpa Uli said that this is always a trick!! There must be a merchant camp here!! Xiao Jinzi reacted suddenly, before he knew Ma Tao, he had heard Grandpa Uli talk about the merchant's camp, and he didn't expect them to meet today, he was so lucky.
"You've finally reacted," Ma Tao replied.
At the end of this path, that is, in the depths of the dense forest, a small pool appeared, and it should be the existence of a spring to create such a magical place.
Two tents are set up behind the water source.
Different from the simple tents that Ma Tao and his family carried, these two tents are built with pure leather, which are sturdy, rain-resistant, and sun-proof.
There is also a loess house to the east of the two tents, but there is not a single person to be seen outside.
"I can't imagine that there is such a paradise hidden in the depths of this dense forest, it's so beautiful!" Su Lanxi jumped out of the chariot and said as he stretched out his arms and felt the breeze blowing on the water
"It's really beautiful, the green forest and blue waves, it's beautiful, but why don't you see people?" Ma Tao looked left and right, but he really didn't see a single figure, and he was suspicious.
"It's all in the house" Su Lanxi blinked his eyes and said an innocent word.
"No, the camp can't even be guarded," Ma Tao said, looking around carefully.
"Then you are a layman, the merchant camp, secrecy and security are the first criterion, now there is no one, maybe there are already a lot of pairs of eyes staring at us, there is no specific code word between the merchants, who knows if it is a bandit or a robber, in case it is Noah's monster, it is not terrible, before we determine our identity, you will never see a person appear in front of you" Xiao Jinzi explained triumphantly, seeing that the two did not take care of their embarrassment.
"Hey! I said, are you listening to me? ”
Ma Tao and Su Lanxi actually began to have concubines on the edge of the pool, which made Xiao Jin angry.
"You say, let's listen" Ma Tao didn't look back at Xiao Jinzi, and continued to watch the scenery on the water with Su Lanxi.
"Look! There are still fish here," Ma Tao was as excited as he was to discover the new world, and pointed to the place where the fish popped out of the water to Su Lanxi.
I'm! The two of them seem to have come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and they are not listening at all!
"Alas, you keep talking, why stop, don't stop" Ma Tao saw that Xiao Jinzi was silent, turned around and said, and continued to watch the scenery with Su Lanxi.
I finally remembered myself, this dog food is unavoidable.
"The mysterious merchant camp has a unified code language, the merchant has a way between the merchants, and the guests have a way between the guests, if there is no familiar person to lead the way, any mysterious camp will not buy you materials, because you can't enter at all, and this code language is also divided into high-level and low-level differences, each level of division, enjoy different treatment, don't underestimate these small merchant camps, they are all connected with the nearby large bases, otherwise, so many of their goods would have been remembered, of course, ......" Little Gold continued to talk.
"Okay, okay, we know a lot about you, let's just say it, let's be in a hurry, can you say in code?" Ma Tao hurriedly stopped him, and asked him to introduce him, but he was afraid that he might not be able to finish it when it was dark.
Think about the merchant stories that Xiao Jinzi has listened to with Grandpa Uli for several years, how can the big and small things be finished in a while.
"Yes" Xiao Jinzi saw that Ma Tao was impatient to hear it, and he didn't dare to say more.
"Isn't this over, it's simple and clear, let's do it" Ma Tao was also speechless about Xiao Jinzi's behavior of liking to show off.
"Oh, good," said the little gold and ran back to the jeep.
After a while, he took out his money bag containing G and threw it on the ground, and then went to Ma Tao's tank car and took out Ma Tao's money bag, which was also still on the ground, adding up to 1,500 G.
These G's are all contributed by the scattered monsters they have eliminated along the way, and they haven't had time to put them in the identification card and store them, and now they are all poured out of the small gold.
"What? Planning to set up a stall? Ma Tao was stunned, he really didn't understand what Xiao Jinzi meant.
"The mysterious merchant camp only accepts G again without identification cards, it has been like this for a hundred years, no one knows why, putting money on the ground is a representation of our sincerity, they feel that our capital is enough, and we can cooperate before it appears, otherwise, even if we say code words, people will not bother us" Xiao Jinzi looked at the two bulging money bags on the ground, and secretly looked around.
"If you don't have enough money, you can also use stones instead, and get through the tricks first, so that you can buy something higher" whispered beside Ma Tao secretly, Xiao Jinzi smiled.
"You put stones too?" Ma Tao asked.
"I didn't prepare in advance, where will I find a stone here, it's all real G," Xiao Jinzi said with some regret.
"Forget it, I'll have experience next time"
The money was ready, and while everyone nearby could see it, Xiao Jin took out a small wooden plaque carved with some kind of pattern.
"This is the letter card that Grandpa Uli used to do business, and I want to come" Xiao Jinzi shook the wooden card in his hand triumphantly.
"It wasn't stolen, was it?" Su Lanxi looked at him with a snickering expression and asked.
"How do you call stealing, Grandpa Uli has long stopped being a businessman, and this letter card is useless, and it's a pity to lose it, so ...... Okay, okay, I'm borrowing" The more Xiao Jinzi said that his confidence became weaker, and finally he pouted and changed it to borrowed, but the voice was small.
"I really guessed right, you have to return this in the future, and we will have it in the future," Su Lanxi shook his head when he saw that he had guessed correctly.
"Forget it, we'll talk about it later, and then what should I do?" Ma Tao asked.
"Leave it to me" Xiao Jinzi finished speaking, came to the pool, held up the small wooden token, and then shouted loudly to the surroundings, "There are gods three feet above your head, and the words of the letter in troubled times are all over the world?" ”
Holding the letter card and waiting for a while, no one answered him, Xiao Jinzi took back the letter card and looked at it, made sure that he didn't take it backwards, and shouted again.
"I said you can't do it, is that brand really fake?" Ma Tao was also confused by him.
"It's true! Grandpa Uli won't lie to me! Xiao Jinzi bit his lip, looked at the letter card in his hand, and shouted in a louder voice than before: "There are gods in the three feet of your head, and the letter in troubled times is all over the world!! ”
"If you are a merchant token, why do you have guest etiquette? Are you really weird? ”
Finally someone answered, Xiao Jinzi jumped three feet high excitedly, turned to look at Ma Tao with the letter card, and said excitedly to the two, "It's true, Brother Tao, Sister Lan Xi, you see, I said it's true, I didn't lie to you, someone replied, and the mysterious merchant replied......"
As they spoke, several people stood up on the grass on both sides of the pool, all with weapons in their hands, and a few of them stood up a few meters away from Ma Tao and them, and roughly swept them, afraid that there were no less than twenty people.
"Welcome to the Mystery Merchant Camp, the camp always welcomes friends from afar, I am the owner of this camp, my name is Han Bang" A man with camouflage on his face and an automatic rifle on his back came down to Ma Tao and the three with a few men, smiling and stretching out his hand.
"Ma Tao, Su Lanxi, this is Jinbao, we just came out for a short time, and we don't know a lot of rules, so you can laugh" Ma Tao reached out and shook his hand and said, introducing Su Lanxi and Xiao Jinzi.
"Why do I need to shout three times before you come out" Xiao Jinzi was still struggling with this question, and when he saw that the main lord was coming, he hurriedly asked.
"You have a merchant card, you just need to shout a code word, but you have made such a guest behavior as putting the money bag on the ground, which really confuses me about your identity."
"So that's the case, little gold, you have made a big fuss"
Han Bang looked at Xiao Jinzi and the wooden sign he held in his hand again, and said, "That letter card is not yours, right?" ”
Xiao Jinzi saw Han Bang asking about the letter card, knowing that he had been seen through by others, scratched his head, smiled, and said embarrassedly, "This... This is my grandfather's."
"I mean, it looks a little old, it's been a long time since anyone used this kind of letter" Han Bang nodded, and then smiled
"There are a lot of good things in our camp, let's spend as much as you want, I'll let you change a new letter card in a while, please enter the camp below!!"
Han Bang stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and with his movements, the trees on the edge of the pool began to float like ripples, and then shook for a while, revealing a road for chariots to pass.
"I thought the woods were real, but it turned out to be a virtual projection," said Kaneko.
"Falsehood, truth, truth and falsehood are the mysterious principles of the merchant camp," Han Bang said and continued, "I still have something to do, so I won't send you in, please!" ”
"Stay! Thanks a lot! ”
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he took Su Lanxi back to the chariot and drove into the mysterious camp, followed by Xiao Jinzi's jeep.
"Chief, how strong are they?"
After Ma Tao's convoy entered, a hunchbacked subordinate beside Han Bang whispered close to him and asked.