Chapter 47: The Northern Passage
There was a faint sound in the distance of the alley, Zhang Le was about to evacuate quickly, suddenly thought of something, turned around and pulled the finger of the tattooed man, wrapped it in leaves on the side of the road, and then disappeared into the darkness. This kind of strange biological sample, Ouyang Ji must be very fond of it, and if he returns to China one day, he may have a chance to give it to him.
Zhang Le returned to the dormitory, but Adam had not returned. There was only one person in the room, that is, the thin middle-aged white man with a scruffy beard, who had not seen him for a day, and his beard was longer, this guy didn't look at the photo today, but looked at the bottom of the upper bunk bed in a daze, his eyes glazed.
Three bunk beds, two on one side and one on the other, one at the head of the bed is a long oak table with some daily necessities. Zhang Le's bed is in the upper bunk on the side of the two beds, Adam is in the lower bunk on the side of Zhang Le, and the middle-aged white man is in the lower bunk on the side of the single bed.
Zhang Le saw that this person ignored him, and he looked like he was not approaching, so he didn't bother to come up. Zhang Le walked to the public restroom in the room, washed up, and then came back and went to bed directly. The upper bunk bed is about 1.9 meters high, and there is a wooden escalator at the foot of the bed. Of course, Zhang Le didn't have to work that effort, he jumped easily and went to bed.
Zhang Le's easy way of getting into bed attracted the attention of the man below, and when Zhang Le lay down, a voice floated from below: "Hello, I'm Bailey, are you an agile mutant?" ”
Zhang Le looked down suspiciously, and found that there was no one else, only to be sure that it was the middle-aged white man below who was talking.
"Call me James, and so are you?" It's too early, Zhang Le doesn't want to sleep, and it's not bad to have someone to chat with. When Zhang Le came to the town, he claimed to be a power mutant, but now, at least Ms. Jesse of the Postal Union and Hank, the captain of the Barbarian Hunter Squad, know that they are "agile mutants", so Zhang Le does not intend to hide it. Anyway, as long as you are a normal human being, the small town within the sphere of influence of this super human alliance will not be ostracized, and the stronger the strength, the more free you will be.
Bailey hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, I'm also an agility mutant, but my base agility value is not high, so ...... The combat effectiveness is average! Zhang Le nodded to show that he understood, and Zhang Le also understood the grading system of mutants after coming to this town, the level represents the multiplier of different levels, and the basic value represents the original value. A person with very low physical fitness, even if he is a mutant, his strength is only average, of course, if it is a second-level or third-level mutant, even if the base value is low, after the multiple bonus of horror, he is also a master.
"Oh, so what are you doing now?" Zhang Le asked.
"I ...... It's fast food, and my job is to deliver lunch and dinner to various institutions in the town every day. Bailey's conversation was a little more intense.
"Oh, I'm a security guard at the ranch." Zhang Le didn't know what Bailey wanted to say, so he could only find something to say.
"I know, I want to ask you,......, do you still have Fallout friends?" There was a hint of hope in Bailey's voice.
"Fallout friends? Well, I guess there's one. "I don't know how, Zhang Le remembered Clara, she must be a radiation person, but she was cured by Ouyang Ji, but it is not wrong to say that she is a radiation person, at least it used to be, looking at this Bailey's state, if he said no, I'm afraid the chat will not be able to continue.
"Do you still want to meet this Fallout friend?" Bailey continued.
Zhang Le originally planned to say that he didn't want to, indeed, Clara really has nothing to see, that woman is a chatterbox, thinking about it hurts her brain, but feeling Bailey's emotional state, Zhang Le said against his will: "Yes, although it is a radiation person, it is a friend after all!"
Bailey stood up, looked around, and whispered a warning, "Jaime, you are a true friend, but you can't say that outside, the town and the Radiant are mortal enemies right now. ”
Zhang Le said indifferently: "I understand, but radiation people are not born to be radiation people, before the nuclear war, aren't everyone the same people?" ”
Bailey nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, yes, that's the truth, it's all to blame for this damn war." Friend, I've been thinking about coming back to my family lately, they're all Fallouts, but I've always wanted to go back to them! ”
"You can go if you want, but will the Radiant people reject you?" Zhang Le said to Bailey's rhythm.
"No, the dominant mutants are a privileged class within the Radiant people, and to be honest, life has a lot more status than here." Bailey smiled self-deprecatingly, sat back on the bed, and continued: "I was also dizzy at the beginning, believing in the propaganda of the Human Supremacy Alliance, believing that they are the way forward for humanity, so I joined the Human Supremacy Alliance regardless of the dangers. ”
"You mean ......?" Zhang Le smelled an unusual smell.
"I didn't think it had anything to do with me where humanity was going, I just wanted to live my life, so I decided to go back to my family."
"Then go back directly, won't the town let you go?" Zhang Le said strangely.
"I'm not alone, we have a group of friends, none of whom want to go to war with the Radiant people, and don't accept the town's pure-blood superior mutant human concept, but also don't want to become enemies with the town, just want to leave quietly and come to a place where Radiant and normal humans can live in peace. But at the same time, he left for fear of being thwarted by the Super Human Alliance. Bailey said sadly.
Zhang Le had no interest in either force, and of course if this happened in China, Zhang Le would support Bailey's view. But Zhang Le also feels that the concept of the Super Human Alliance is actually not bad, the dominant mutant humans and their descendants are definitely more in line with the future direction of this world, all species are mutating and evolving, and if human beings want to maintain a competitive advantage in this world of biological evolution, they must consciously and actively choose the direction of evolution.
"Mr. Bailey, I don't think there should be much of a problem, the town is free to come and go, and there are hundreds of free hunters who come in and out every day." Zhang Le asked lazily, anyway, it's none of his business, Zhang Le's mentality is transcendent.
"The other routes are not safe, there are too many mutated creatures, and we want to take the Postal Union trade route controlled by the Super Human Alliance." Bailey finally spoke out about his final problem.
"Postal Union business, what is this?" Zhang Le had only been in Rock Town for two or three days, and he really didn't know much about the Postal Union's business routes, but he felt as if he had heard this statement somewhere, yes, Catherine, the captain of the hunter squad that Zhang Le met on the west side of the Drakens Mountains, once said that the northern passage had been opened.
Bailey felt very strange when he saw that Zhang Le didn't know about the business of the Postal Union, but he still patiently explained.
The Postal Union Business Route is a commercial and secure passage between the European and African continents to deliver supplies, letters, and of course small quantities of people. It was based on the original railway system, which was destroyed in the nuclear war, but most of the tracks remained. In the later stages of the nuclear war, the newly developed electrically powered miniature monorail became the new means of logistics and transportation. Where the railway is interrupted, manpower or gravity slides are used to connect the goods. This postal union trade route is secured by the Super Human Alliance, which patrols and cleans up threatening mutated creatures on a daily basis.
Zhang Le's eyes lit up, this is really sleepy someone sent a pillow, he has been busy for the past two days, he has not been very idle, and there is no progress in returning to China, and now he actually got such a useful piece of information.
"That's a good idea, but I guess the Alliance won't agree, and you might be able to follow the trade route, which is much safer than anywhere else." Zhang Le said casually.
"Yes, how did I not think of that, dear Mr. James, thank you for your idea, I will contact you, and if it is successful, you will be the most credited!" Bailey jumped for joy and swept away his decadent gesture.
"I ...... What a genius! It's just that my head convulses from time to time! Zhang Le didn't know whether to accept Bailey's praise or not, and watched Bailey rush out of the door like a whirlwind, a little convinced that this guy was indeed an agile mutant.
"My greatest credit?" Zhang Le pondered the meaning of this sentence again, and always felt a little frightened.