Chapter Seventy-Three: Flying Machines, Camping, and Cooking
"Toot! Honk! Honk! ”
Suddenly, a sharp and piercing buzz sounded in the sky, and the four of them, including Sophia, who was still crying bitterly, hurriedly raised their heads and looked up.
When he saw what was in the sky, old Karl exclaimed, "My God! ”
In the thick radiation cloud, a huge spaceship loomed, with a very streamlined shape, bright blue corners, and most notably in the center of its bottom, where there was a huge pattern of blue light, a triangle surrounded by a ring.
Lin Mu couldn't tell how big the ship was, as there was no obvious reference in the sky.
But just by virtue of the memory in his mind, he judged that this thing that could be called a spaceship was definitely much larger than the so-called large planes of the original plane.
There was a suffocating sense of oppression, and the four of them didn't speak for a while, and even Sophia, who was crying bitterly, stopped crying.
After a long time, David wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cursed in a low voice: "Damn salvation technology, you actually made this kind of thing!" ”
That's right, the blue ring triangle is representing the old redemption technology and the silver city that is now entrenched in McPhellan in the south. Among the few people, the only one who didn't know it was probably Sophia, who had just left the shelter.
"Let's go! Let's get out of here as soon as possible! ”
With a slight movement of his ears, Lin Mu patted the armored reconnaissance vehicle. He heard that the forest that had been silent had begun to stir, and that Silver City had hired people to capture him, and he felt that this was no longer a place to stay for long.
Lin Mu, David, and Old Carl all got into the car, and only Sophia stared at the firelight in the distance, and some kind of fire seemed to burn in her eyes.
"I'm going to get stronger!" Muttering to herself, she showed a resolute expression on her face and resolutely turned around and got into the armored reconnaissance vehicle.
Since leaving the shelter, the world in her eyes has been very different from what she remembers, and although she is still a little unclear about these changes, she has understood one thing.
Only the strong are qualified to protect what is dear to them.
In the dark of night, the armored reconnaissance vehicle pulled the trailer and moved slowly at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. In order to avoid attracting the attention of that thing in the sky, and already having a certain night market ability, Lin Mu chose to turn off the lights and drive it himself.
I don't know if I didn't notice them, or if I didn't care about them at all, the spaceship of the silver city in the sky had been hovering above the sunset hammer, as if it was quietly waiting for something.
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In the early morning, when the sun rose, the armored reconnaissance stopped on the side of the road that was almost buried, and the four of them got out of the car, and the mushroom cloud could still be seen in the distance on the edge of the sky.
After a sleepless night, several people were a little depressed. Especially Lin Mu, because he has not had a headlight, he must concentrate on checking the road conditions while driving. Now, he's yawning, and the only thing he wants to do is get some good sleep.
"Old Karl, do you know where this is?"
Hearing him ask, old Carl first looked around, then picked up a sign from the dust on the side of the road, wiped off the dust on it, he looked at it carefully for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "We have passed by Holioke, continue along this road, and probably reach Albany in the afternoon!" ”
Holyoke? Albany?
Lin Mu's mind was at a loss, and he coughed lightly, he shook his head and said, "I want you to tell me, if you want to reach Helena, the place where you guessed Evra, do you know how to go?" ”
"Of course, I'm old, but I won't forget Helena in Montana!"
As if feeling that Lin Mu was doubting himself, Old Carl snorted lightly, took out an old map from his backpack, and spread it out on the ground.
"Here we are!"
He pointed to the northeast corner of the map, then to a point in the northwest of the map, and said, "Here, if I'm right, Evra is most likely near Helena, and of course it is possible to be near Olympia further northwest!" I think ......"
"Stop for a moment!"
Seeing that he was about to start a tirade, Lin Mu hurriedly stopped. As soon as he waved his hand, stoves, tents, brooms, vegetables, mineral water, and even a set of folding tables and chairs appeared out of thin air next to the armored car.
And, of course, the portable grid defense system, and a couple of electric locomotives that act as energy sources.
"David, you and Sophia set up the grid defense system first! Then make some breakfast and eat it! We're camping here for the time being! ”
After explaining, he turned around and set up the folding table and chairs, spread the map on the table, and motioned for Carl Sr. to continue.
On the other side, David just moved the central controller of the power grid defense system at will, and he roughly understood how this thing was going to operate, so he waved his hand and said, "Little girl! Help me get them around! ”
The two of them were busy for a while, with the armored car as the center, all the sub-devices of the power grid defense system were placed, David tapped the central console a few times, and with a faint buzzing sound, the power grid defense system was activated.
He picked up a rusty metal bar from the ground and threw it out, the metal bar had just flown parallel to the sub-device, a flash of fire, accompanied by a 'crackling' sound, the metal bar was bounced back, and David immediately whistled.
"Little girl, I don't know how to cook! The cooking is up to you! ”
With a yawn, David pulled out the chaise longue and blanket from the things Lin Mu had taken out, stretched and began to sleep.
"Cooking?"
Sophia had a blank expression on her face. Before the disaster struck, she was only eight years old, and in the shelter, she also ate synthetic food directly from the machine, where did she cook?
Ask someone for help?
Couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lin Mu and Old Carl, only to see the two sitting at the folding table facing each other, discussing something.
"If we continue down this road, we will go through Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland...... If you're lucky, you'll probably be able to get to the vicinity of Zhijiage the day after tomorrow. ”
Listening to Old Karl's words, Lin Mu looked at the map, if Boston is the starting point and Helena is the end, then Brother Zhijia is almost half of the road.
It is naturally a good thing to be able to walk half the road in two days, but as Carl Sr. said, everything depends on luck when traveling in the wasteland.
Sighing, he closed the map, shook his head, and said, "You decide how we go, but I suggest it's best to avoid places like cities." ”
He was very impressed by the large number of deformed people in the barracks. In a place with a concentrated population such as a city, if it were not attacked by a nuclear bomb, it is very likely that a rather terrible number of deformed people would gather.
What if there are three or four phases in it? It's going to be a bit hard to run for your life!
"Sir!"
There was a sudden call behind him, Lin Mu turned his head to look, only to see Sophia holding a big white radish in her hand, and said ashamedly: "I don't know how to cook!" ”
"The lucky ones of the Vault!"
Before he could speak, old Carl stood up, set up the set of gas and kitchen utensils in a few moments, and while washing the vegetables in the basin, he shook his head and said: "Fresh vegetables and normal meat, I almost forgot how many years I haven't eaten them!" ”
"You go wash the dishes! I'll steam the rice! ”
Hearing this, Lin Mu patted Sophia on the shoulder and began to wash rice and steam rice. Sophia also hurriedly began to clean the dishes.
In a few moments, a pot of fragrant broth and a pot of hot rice are out of the pot.
"What does it smell like?"
David, who was sleeping on the chaise longue, sniffled, and suddenly woke up, and found that old Karl had brought a small pot to the table, and he quickly got up and followed, reaching out like a hungry ghost to grab it into the pot.
"Damn it! Do you want to ruin this pot of soup? Old Carl pushed him, and then, in David's muttering, picked up a small bowl and filled him with a bowl of broth, and said angrily: "I hope you will burn your tongue off!" ”
Sophia stood at the table at a loss, smelling the strong fragrance that didn't exist in her memory, and her throat twitched slightly.
Although she was a little unfamiliar with the current world from the shelter, the whipping and intimidation of her slave traders had made her fully understand the meaning of the word 'slave' in just over ten days.
You can't do anything you shouldn't do without the master's instructions!
Suddenly, a small silver bowl appeared in front of him, filled with white flowers. She turned her head sideways, only to see Lin Mu smile faintly: "As my slave, at least you don't have to be hungry!" ”