"Plans for the future?" Hao Ren turned his head to look at Ulanov, technically at the other party's sleek helmet mask, "I really didn't think about it. Let's take one step at a time, and find a place where we can settle down. ”

Ulanov muttered a few times in his throat and asked in a low voice: "Where did you learn your fighting skills?" ”

He originally thought that Hao Ren was just a normal civilian, a rich man who lacked common sense in the wasteland, but after seeing the other party's combat skills, he still became interested in Hao Ren's origins. Without the improvement of various biochemical modifications and electronic auxiliary devices, it can have combat effectiveness beyond that of regular soldiers, which is very rare even in the impossible zone. Feeling the curious gaze of the other party from behind the mask, Hao Ren turned his head slightly: "I have fought before, don't ask the reason." ”

"Mercenaries too?" Ulanov glanced Hao Ren up and down, "Your temperament doesn't look like a regular army. ”

"Sort of," Hao Ren muttered under the pretense of helping the blonde girl beside him comb her hair, ending the topic, "I don't really want to talk about the past." ”

Karl, who was sitting across the car and was silent, suddenly reminded in a rough voice: "Ulanov, there are too many words." ”

The armored truck made its way through the barren and vast wilderness, and the traces of man-made structures finally appeared in front of them again. Hao Ren saw through the side window that both sides of the road had turned into concrete floors, and the crooked and incomplete street lamps and telephone poles flashed out of the window from time to time, and a feeling of returning to human society came to his face. A screen in front of the carriage suddenly lit up, revealing the scene directly ahead, and at the end of the road there was a series of shadowy, factory-like buildings. Huge smoke-emitting chimneys can be seen between the buildings, and between the tall buildings are a large number of simple blocks of housing.

The entire complex was shrouded in a haze. Smoke rose from above the market town to the same gray ceiling, as if the whole world had been blackened by the factories. Seeing such a scene, Ulanov subconsciously coughed twice: "Ahem...... It's really uncomfortable to watch it several times. ”

"Can you still feel the smog in your throat right now?" The mercenary who was traveling with him laughed. "They've been replaced with plastic a long time ago, right?"

"Vanessa, no one will treat you as a dumb person if you don't speak," Ulanov glanced at the other through the mask, and then turned to Hao Ren, "Ahead is part of the Black Street, which is basically sustained by these factories - they provide electricity and products to Zero City, and the coolies of the Black Street exchange it for food and life-prolonging medicine. To be honest, this place is not suitable for rich people like you, and it is better for you to go to Zero City. After all, you are not short of money. ”

"Stay in the black street, and soon you won't even have money and your life," the unrestrained mercenary named Vanessa teased Hao Ren with a big grin, "No matter how good you are, you can't prevent the 'rules' of the black street, just a simple-minded guy like you, those gangsters have 10,000 ways to plot against you." ”

Hao Ren shrugged, it seemed that his image in the eyes of this sister was basically a model of a person who was stupid and rich, but he didn't explain anything, just looked at the buildings in front of him that were getting closer and closer: "Black Street...... Isn't it a neighborhood? ”

"Of course not." Ulanov shook his head, "But many first-time visitors will misunderstand and can't help it." Black Street is a large market town, almost the size of a city, only because it was originally expanded from a block. People here are used to calling it Black Street. Before the Great War, this place was called Xinzhou City...... However, there are not many people who still remember the name of this place. ”

"Only an old man remembers such a thing," Vanessa leaned back in her seat with her arms outstretched, looking up at the carport. "Xinzhou City, Rift Valley City. Pearl City ...... Anka New Town, which can only be seen in history books. And I don't know when even the 'history books' will be extinct. Who cares about this now. ”

"Zero City and Black Street are not far away," Ulanov said to Hao Ren, "our station is on the edge of Black Street, and we can piggyback near the checkpoint of Zero City." After that, it's up to you. ”

Hao Ren didn't answer immediately, thinking about his own affairs in his heart, but at this time, Nolan's voice suddenly came from the front: "If you have nowhere to go, you can go to us for the time being." ”

"Huh?" Hao Ren looked up at Nolan's back in the cab suspiciously, "Let me join the gang?" ”

"Zero City is safer, but it may not be for you," Nolan said lightly, "You will be confiscated all your property in exchange for a few years of 'citizenship', and then you will have to rely on working as a cow and horse for the city committee to survive, that place is indeed safe, but there is nothing but security." I see you like this...... You probably won't like this kind of life, otherwise you wouldn't have run away from the comfortable natural man city-state. ”

After discovering that Hao Ren was actually a fighting man, the mercenary leader became interested in recruiting, which was a normal reaction, especially when her team was in dire need of new recruits. However, although Hao Ren wanted to investigate the situation in this world, he didn't plan to join any group to restrain his actions, so he politely declined: "Forget it, I'm not interested in being a soldier." ”

"Oh, yes." Nolan said casually, and then there was no follow-up.

"But I really don't have a place to go for a while," Hao Ren thought for a moment, feeling that he needed at least a place to stay, "Shall I settle down with you for the time being?" Of course, I pay. ”

When he said this, he thought that the mercenaries might not be willing to let people into his station, but Nolan agreed very happily: "It's okay to stay for a few days, and I don't need your money - you saved my life, so I should repay it." ”

Hao Ren was a little surprised: "The place where you stay is considered a military station, right?" No need to vet the identity information of outsiders or anything like that? ”

Nolan raised his hand and shook it near the front window of the carriage: "Do you want to live here?" ”

"Of course."

"Do you want to kill me?"

"Why should I kill you?"

"It's done."

Hao Ren: "......"

"How do you think it's going to be censored?" Nolan's voice was still flat, but this time with a slight banter, "Write a stack of identity forms?" Check your documents? Looking for your criminal record in the civic system? Save it, forget about it, it's a place where you can't get it, it's a lot of people who are trying to survive in groups, and no one cares what you used to do, as long as you don't plan to stab me in the back - even if it's temporary. ”

Hao Ren was stunned, and found that he had settled in this world in a short period of time, and it was a little unreal.

Nolan didn't say anything more, just continued to drive with peace of mind. Soon, the armoured trucks arrived at the checkpoint of the Black Street, and after a few sentry posts in Guò, they came to an old barracks.

Hao Ren picked up the number of terminals (corpse state) beside him, jumped out of the car behind the mercenaries, and coughed as soon as he came out: the air quality in this place was even worse than the previous city ruins, as if the entire black street was wrapped in a cloud of smoke and dust, he smacked his lips after coughing, and he actually felt that the air in this place was quite chewy......

The open space between the barracks was strewn with soldiers strewn around, and the facades of some buildings were painted with inferior paint with the insignia of the gray fox, where Nolan's small army was stationed. Despite the sentry posts surrounding the camp, there is still no hint of any tension and severity in the area of a "military stronghold", and it is more of an armed refugee camp than a military base.

When fighting is no longer a distant thing, but becomes everyone's daily life, it will probably be the scene that will be in front of you.

Two mercenaries who looked like commanders came up to greet Nolan, who casually talked to them, mentioned the ambush and damage they had encountered today, and then had Heaton's body dragged out: "Dry him, hang him at the intersection outside, and spray the gray fox's mark more prominently." I don't want any more Rangers to be bribed - even if it's to join other mercenary groups, there's nothing more stupid than that to join the Rangers. ”

The two officers immediately ordered the soldiers to go to work, and before Heaton's body could be pushed away, Nolan bent down and regretfully muttered to the traitor, whose face had been shattered: "What a pity, you were once a poet, and this time you have become like this......"

Hao Ren had just been taken aback by Nolan's ruthless trait at a young age, but at this time he became strange: "Are there still poets in this era?" ”

Ulanov explained sullenly: "The boss occasionally says something inexplicable - Heaton grew up in the slums, how can he write poetry? ”

Hao Ren sighed, and Nolan also happened to turn his head: "Okay, go back and rest, you ...... Hao Ren, you go with Ulanov, there is a room next to him, it used to be Heaton's, and now it's for you. ”

Hao Ren nodded, turned around and prepared to leave, but Ulanov couldn't help it: "I don't mind the multiple people in the next room, but...... It's not the same with multiple corpses. ”

Hao Ren: "......"

He looked down at his arms, and the number of corpses he had turned into was still the same lifeless appearance, with no sign of regaining his vitality.

Of course, biologically speaking, it is indeed impossible for "she" to move in this situation. (To be continued......)