Chapter 32: The Sunset Hammer
"What should we do?"
At the edge of the forest, Lin Curtain and Filina hid behind a large tree, peering out into a human colony in the distance.
A few rows of low-rise buildings across from a lush farmland landscape. Men and women, a large number of them, were working in the fields, and vehicles and motorcycles were entering and exiting through a gate guarded with guns.
The entire settlement is surrounded by a rattling iron grid, which is even covered by the top. This is a well-defended human settlement, the only question is how to get in?
"Let's be honest, they're supposed to let us in!"
Every car that came in and out was interrogated by the guards, and he could probably guess that this was supposed to prevent people with bad intentions from sneaking in.
"Let's go! We need to know what the world has become like now! ”
Without further hesitation, he walked out of the forest first. Behind him, Felina stamped her foot and finally trotted after her.
"Who are you?"
In front of the gate were two armed guards, dressed in patched clothes. It was a black man who was questioning, and he glanced at the neat clothes of the two of them, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
"We've escaped from the city over there, can you let us in?"
With a pretending of fear and dazedness on his face, Lin Mu trembled and pointed to the south, which was the direction of the City of Death.
Hearing his words, the eyes of the two guards widened, and one of them, the man who was smoking heavily with a pipe, coughed violently.
"Ahem...... Where did you say you escaped? How is this possible! That monster didn't tear you apart? ”
Deathclaws!
Lin Mu immediately understood what the monster in this person's mouth meant. He feigned a look of fear on his face, and said in a trembling voice: "All the people in that city are about to be killed by it, we are the last two, if it hadn't left there, we would have died at its hands!" ”
"Boy, you have no talent for lying at all."
Suddenly, the man with the pipe in his mouth laughed. He shook his head as he poured out the burned tobacco from his pipe, "Deathclaw doesn't leave its prey to leave unless it's dead, it seems that the three bounty hunters who passed by here a few days ago killed it." ”
"What a bunch of lucky guys! It seems that that deathclaw can only be a primary mutation, if it is a secondary mutation, hehe......"
Unlike the black-faced man with a cold face, this gray-haired man was a talker. In the short conversation, Lin Mu and Filina received a lot of useful information.
Among them, the man repeatedly said that the corpse of the deathclaw was very valuable, and the people of Silver City would exchange it for a considerable amount of food. He felt that those three people would not have to worry about food for a few years.
Then there is the Silver City, which does not refer to a city, it is the name of a large force. No one knows where the base camp of Silver City is, but everyone knows that the people of Silver City are not easy to provoke.
Anyone who dared to go against it is gone, and anyone who succeeds in trading with them makes a lot of money.
"You're lucky to have come out of Boston alive! cough cough cough ......"
With a violent cough, the guard stopped talking. He waved his hand casually and pointed to the town behind him.
"Welcome to the Sunset Hammer! You can exchange things in there, or you can live here at a cost, as long as you don't get into trouble! ”
After thanking him, Lin Mu and Filina entered the town through the open gate. Behind him, he faintly heard the disgruntled voice of the black man.
"Old Peele! Just let them in? You know I can knock something out! ”
"They're desperate enough to live in that kind of place, we should give them some hope!"
**
Dirty buildings, dirty crowds, excrement everywhere in the corners. Similar to post-apocalyptic human settlements in most movies. Wooden plaques in English hang on the buildings of various heights on the roadside.
"Bar! Restaurant! Grocery store! And hostels! There are so many people here! ”
Filina's little face was flushed, and her steps were very fast, and she seemed to be quite excited.
"Ahem, don't be obtrusive!"
Patting her on the head, Lin Mu's eyes swept around. Most of the pedestrians on the road were staring at him and Philina, and he even saw many people with malicious expressions.
Clothes!
With a simple thought, he knew why. Most of the people here wear clothes that are patched and patched. The brand-new sweatshirts on himself and Filina obviously caught the attention of these people.
"Let's go find a hotel first!"
He felt the need to change his lower outfit. His eyes swept over the hotel that Firina had just pointed to, and he grabbed Felina's arm and strode towards it.
A small wooden two-story building with a plaque depicting a bed in addition to English. The iron door of the hotel was wide open, and there was a small room behind the empty front desk.
Bite! Bite! Bite!
A few times the bell at the front desk was struck, and there was movement in the small room. A moment later, a burly bearded man with yellow teeth and chewing something in his mouth came out.
"There's also a spare room, half a box of any caliber for a night, and of course, if you have food!"
Removing the key from the wall behind him, the bearded man slapped it on the table, his eyes fixed on the forest curtain. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Mu reached into his pocket and took out a vacuum-packed compressed biscuit from it.
"I've got this, okay?"
Seeing the compressed biscuits, the bearded man's eyes lit up. He first glanced at the date of production, then looked at the logo and Chinese.
"The 2017 stuff, the packaging is fine, if you're lucky, you should still be able to eat, this compressed biscuit can keep you for two days! The room was at the end of the corridor on the second floor! ”
Reaching out to pick up the key, Lin Mu and Filina walked down the back aisle. Behind them, there was the faint voice of a bearded man in confusion.
"Chinese? Where did you get this thing? ”
**
Creak!
Pushing open the old wooden door, there was a musty smell in the room. Lin Mu covered his nose and opened the window, so that the smell in the room would not be so choking.
"What a black-hearted boss!"
Looking around the room, he couldn't help but darken his face. The empty room, except for a bed, had only two creaky wooden chairs and a square table with a missing leg.
The most important thing is that this bed doesn't have any cushions, only black shiny wooden boards!
"Didn't you bring that mattress? Spread it out! ”
Firina sat down in her chair and stretched. With a sigh, Lin Mu took out the mattress from the storage space, the shabby mattress in his room in the building!
"Let's go out later, rest for a while!"
Pulling out the old clothes that needed to be changed from the storage space, he lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
Boshton, Boshton......
He had an impression of the name, which, if memory serves, is supposed to be a city on the Atlantic coast of country M, and a center of higher education and health care in the northeast.
Find a special medicine around here, or buy it from someone else, there is a good chance of success!