Chapter 577: Changing the Academician for the Pot Camel Machine
Elder Joseph was a staunch defender of the refuge, and his impassioned speech reunited and cohesive his soldiers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 But when the scene calmed down, he felt worried.
"The enemy is more cunning than we think, and the people they have exchanged are the social elites of the past, while many ordinary people are not leaving."
"I think they have a very strong purpose, they are not random bandits, but like some kind of government organization. But they are very different from the previous ones who came to the Brotherhood of Steel, and it is difficult to understand their specific purpose. ”
"But I think we should stick to the bottom line, not be easily affected by the other party's strange behavior, as long as we ensure that the refuge is in our hands, everything will not be too bad."
In a private discussion with the Presbyterian Church, Elder Joseph firmly stated that he would fight for the benefits of the sanctuary as much as possible, and then he led more than 500 people to the makeshift camp of the armed convoy.
True, there were more than five hundred people. This number far exceeded Elder Joseph's expectations, and even annoyed him. He had only planned to take one or two hundred people with him, but many people in the shelter volunteered to leave.
His Excellency the Elder can appease the soldiers of the Vault, but the soldiers are not the lowest and most miserable class of the Vault. Among the more than 4,000 people in the vault are also a large number of low-value people who are considered to be incapable of doing much, and these people are living a little better than the abandoned waste groups.
Word spreads in the Vault that another force is willing to recruit manpower, and many people who feel that the Vault will have no future wants to try. Elder Joseph felt that it would be good to save some food consumption, so he ran out with this huge team.
"If the other party really swallows so many people, then it can also speed up its material consumption, and just eating it can make the managers unbearable." Your Excellency Elder.
And after the temptation of the day, this large-scale human trade took place at night. Under the darkness, it is impossible to see the whole picture, and only the crackling torches illuminate the way. Everyone walked slowly.
Many of the frail people were exhausted after walking two kilometers, and when they first arrived outside the makeshift camp, everyone's eyes widened and they looked dazed - when did such a modern place come out near the shelter?
Elder Joseph was also a little confused, he only saw the lights of this temporary camp last night, but he didn't expect that after only another day, this place was actually transformed into a small community. The clean roads and lights alone have a huge visual impact and amaze everyone who arrives.
"How did you do that?" Elder Joseph pointed to the high-powered lights hanging around the camp and asked the butchers who had come to trade, "Where do you get the electricity?" Where do you get the fuel? ”
It's been almost a year since the end of the world, and the fuel that can be collected has long been exhausted. Due to the lack of fuel, heating in the shelter was a problem, the diesel generators were long gone, and the lighting system was in a state of disuse. This is also the reason why it is difficult for people in the shelter to take a bath, so everyone can only carefully burn some wood stoves to keep warm, and they also have to worry about ventilation.
"We have small pot camel generators that burn wood to generate electricity." The butcher only said a vague word, so he would not tell others that he could take a bath at will, use electricity at will, and drive around casually because the regiment commander carried a 'nuclear fusion battery' with a power of 1,500 kilowatts and non-stop power generation.
This battery is a big killer, ensuring the energy supply of the team, so that everyone has the ability to move around.
However, when he heard that someone else actually had a pot camel generator, Elder Joseph wanted to cry with envy. In order to generate electricity, they modified the electric motor transformer in the shelter, and let people ride sports bikes to charge the batteries.
But even if the cyclists are exhausted to death, there is only a little power supply, which can only meet the work of external communication and a small number of electronic equipment, and a large number of other power equipment are all shut down.
"Pot camel generator, what an old thing!" Elder Joseph sighed, the pot camel machine is indeed ancient, a broken thing more than a hundred years ago, but it is practical! No picking, simple operation, easy maintenance, very great stuff.
It was astonishing to see the bright presence of this camp last night, and now that it was a pot and camel engine to generate electricity, Elder Joseph immediately wanted to ask for one. Anyway, it's better to burn wood than to burn oil. He asked tentatively, "Do you sell your pot camel machine ......?" ”
When these words were asked, His Excellency Elder had already prepared the words of rejection in his heart. Although the pot camel machine is not a high-tech thing, it can never be made without some mechanical processing ability. If this thing is in the shelter, it is a proper militaristic weapon, and it is not easy to show people.
"Hahaha...... want it? No problem, just allow us to borrow it in your shelter for a while, and we'll give you one. The butcher said happily, very generous.
Bastard......!
His Excellency Elder almost nodded in agreement, but fortunately his consciousness was clear and firm. He thought to himself: These guys of unknown origin are really 'immortal', racking their brains to enter our shelter, which is resolutely unacceptable.
...... hum, Elder Joseph seemed to see through the trick used by the other party again, and arrogantly threw out a nasal voice and said, "Let's talk about the 'population for medicine'." ”
For this disguised refusal, the butcher is not annoyed. With a wave of his hand, the guards of the camp let in more than 500 people one after another, and then screened them one by one. Useful stay, useless send away.
If they were all left behind, the people who were exchanged might be really worried about whether they would be eaten as food. However, this apparent distinction makes joining a makeshift camp a precious opportunity.
Instead, those who were excluded were extremely depressed and wailed and asked to join. And the people who were chosen to stay were also full of joy, although they didn't understand why they were left behind.
For those who want to enter the camp in a riot, the team does not hesitate to kick them out. Elder Joseph felt very uncomfortable about this, and in his opinion, the shelter was the best, safest, and happiest living area in the world right now. There was only a situation where he ruthlessly kicked others out, but he didn't expect that there were still people crying and shouting to break away and join another organization.
It's disgusting!
In this large-scale human trafficking, the task force took in more than 300 people, some of whom were even elderly and infirm women. These were often the early members of the shelter, and Elder Joseph did not kick them out for the sake of order and fairness.
But these people are often unable to do anything, and have become a heavy burden in the shelter. If the past group had asked to leave, His Excellency the Elder would have breathed a sigh of relief. But now seeing these people being solemnly contained, or even protected, he felt inexplicably weird.
Elder Joseph saw with his own eyes that several of the people who were traded were given preferential treatment as soon as their identities were confirmed. There were special doctors who rushed out to check their bodies, and even immediately assigned servants to take care of their change of clothes and wash their bodies. Such preferential treatment often leaves those who suffer with gratitude.
And again, those who are grateful even include Elder Joseph himself. A young Asian man ran out of the camp, took the initiative to hold his hand, and said very seriously: "Elder Joseph, I have just learned that your shelter is hosting several members of the National Academy of Sciences.
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you for all that you have done to protect these famous scientific researchers, which will have a great effect on the continuation of scientific civilization in the future. You just mentioned that you want a pot camel machine, no problem, I decided to give you one. ”
Elder Joseph had a strange look on his face.
The pot camel machine is changed to academicians, no matter how you look at this deal, it is a big loss! (To be continued.) )