8 Northwest Growing Area
(I'm in a good mood, I'll add a new chapter today.) There is another chapter at 21:00 in the evening, and there are three chapters in total today. )
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Leaving the hospital and walking out of the double doors, the sky was overcast.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the precious sunlight was gradually eaten away, and it seemed that it was about to rain. In front of the statue of Celine in the hospital courtyard, a small young blonde boy stood beside him, wearing a black cloak like a magician and a cloth hat crookedly.
Lorne walked in, only to find that the boy's face was full of tiny freckles, which made people feel a strange feeling in their hearts, maybe this was what Erin said about pockmarked Jack.
"You're Lorne?" the boy raised his lightly pigmented eyebrows, and his tone was a little unkind, looking up and down.
Lorne frowned, this guy gave his first impression was a little annoying, but he didn't show it, smirked and stretched out his hand: "Lorne Green." ”
The boy didn't mean to shake hands, his hands were under the cloak, and his neck was tilted: "My name is Jack." After saying that, his eyes fell on Erin on the side, and he walked up and down, showing a smug smile.
Erin didn't seem to have a good impression of him, and deliberately stood closer to Lorne. Jack's expression was a little unnatural, and he snorted, "Cut, let's go! It's going to rain, and I don't want to come back wet." ”
Samuel couldn't do anything with him, after all, they were all hunters, and they had to act together, so he had to lower his hat and go straight out of the courtyard. Lorne felt a little upset, and when Jack's lewd gaze looked at Erin, he felt as if he was defiling the angel's holiness.
Erin leaned into Lorne's ear and whispered, "I don't like him, I hate him." ”
"Don't worry, I won't let him touch you. Lorne replied in a whisper.
Outside the iron gates of the hospital, a heavy horse-drawn carriage is parked on the street. The horse at the front of the carriage wears an iron hood on its head, and its four hooves and tibia belly are protected by light iron armor, perhaps to protect it from being bitten by monsters.
"Samur, why are we going in this weather?" asked Erin suddenly.
Samuel replied: "The arranged time cannot be modified casually, otherwise the rest of the plan will be disrupted." The centurion said he would give us extra serum and food for this mission, so let's go and get back quickly. ”
The back of the carriage is equipped with several heavy iron nets, several large bamboo baskets, as well as welding guns, fixing glue and other tools. This time, the task was to collect crops, repair the cordon, and contact the pilgrims of the northwest planting area.
The three of them got into the carriage, and Erin and Lorne sat together, deliberately close together, so that Jack sat across from him alone. Jack's eyes were a little red, but he was pretentious and noble, and he didn't want to lose his demeanor because of this incident, so he had to say nothing with a gloomy expression.
The horse neighed, and Samur sat down at the front of the cart, which slowly picked up speed and drove out of White Sails. It was only ten minutes after entering the wasteland, and the sky was even darker, and thunder was heard from time to time.
Lorne held his chin and looked out the window at the wasteland, but the rest of the light kept falling on Jack's face. The thought of having to carry out the mission of the supply team with this stinky guy in the future gave him a headache.
Forget about the stinky face, Jack seems to have something wrong with Erin. Lorne secretly swore that he would never let this freckled guy move.
There was a slight muffled sound from the roof of the carriage, and when I looked out the window, raindrops as thin as silver needles had begun to fall. A flash of lightning streaked through it, and the rain began to grow heavier.
"It's terrible. Samuel said as he lit his pipe, took a puff, and sped up. The carriage drove along the avenue next to the cordon and turned towards the high slope to the northwest.
Within a few minutes, the carriage had made a few detours and descended uphill to a lower hinterland. The hinterland is vast, with a variety of plants growing in it, and a few hundred meters to the west is the border of the cordon, and behind the border is the mountain range and woods that once belonged to the human Nokmar territory.
The carriage slowly stopped, and the four men got out of the car, each carrying a large bamboo basket on their backs, and putting on the hood of their raincoats. The rain was heavier, and her vision was a little blurry, and Erin was scared and said, "Let's do it quickly." ”
A flash of light flashed in Samur's eyes, and he activated Hawkeye's abilities. Eagle Eye can make his vision limit range farther, and the field of vision angle is wider, but the disadvantage is that the night vision is poor, and it will be a little difficult to distinguish the direction due to the change of perspective when Eagle Eye is activated.
He scanned the planting area and saw that many of the crops near the cordon had been destroyed, and only half of the grass roots had shriveled in the heavy rain and turned black.
He also saw the broken cordon in the distance, and he was a little shocked. The damage to the warning net was even worse than he had imagined, and a huge hole could be clearly seen from a few hundred meters away, and there was more than one, which was not quite what the report said.
"The crops in the north are polluted, so they are collected nearby. Lorne, you and Jack go with the wire mesh and tools to check on the cordon, and Irene, and Irene. Samuel gave the order, "Don't go too far, report the situation in time." ”
Lorne breathed a sigh of relief, at least Erin wouldn't be acting with the pockmarked face. He looked at Jack, who was not good-looking, and hooked the corners of his mouth: "Let's go." ”
Jack didn't answer, snorted, and walked one step ahead.
Samur and Irene put down their bamboo baskets, put on linen gloves, and selected uncontaminated crops in the planting field, including food and herbs, which were urgently needed supplies for the base area. Nearly a third of the crops were destroyed and contaminated, and the harvest was poor.
Lorne and Jack came to the cordon a few hundred meters away, and looked at a hole in the iron fence that was nearly two meters high and one meter wide, and Lorne was a little frightened. The broken corners of the iron mesh are very smooth and neat, as if they have been cut by a sharp weapon.
But who did it? Monsters? How could monsters cut through the iron fence with a weapon? Could it be that the pilgrims did it? But as hunters, why did they destroy the cordon?
Lorne didn't have a clue, but saw Jack clasping his hands in front of his chest, looking very nervous, and ordered in a low voice: "Hey, your ability is brute force, right? Hurry up and fix the iron mesh, and I'll weld it." ”
Lorne was disgusted by him, and if Samuel and Erin weren't there, he would have wanted to punch the pock-faced garlic nose in the head. But now that the weather is bad and the rain is not abating, he wants to finish his work early, so he can only take a deep breath, pick up an iron net with one hand, and press it against the hole.
Jack didn't want to stay in this place for long, rainy days are the worst, and monsters will be as active as they are at night when there is no sun. The longer you stay, the greater the danger, and beyond the holes in these warning nets are unknown mountains and forests, full of dangers.
He quickly applied fixing glue around the wire mesh, picked up a welding torch and sprayed fire, and it took about a minute to fill the first gap. But looking to the sides, there is much more to the gap.
The collection was also underway, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and the pale rain curtain blurred the vision. Erin ran over and said, "Sheena has entrusted us with some sickle grass, and we'll ...... We're going to cross the cordon and see. ”
"It's better to go back early in this weather. Lorne replied, "I'll do it again tomorrow." ”
"Let's ask Samuel for his opinion. Erin said and ran back. Lorne wanted to say something and followed, leaving Jack alone at the cordon.
"Hey...... Hey!" Jack was stunned for a second before he reacted, looking at the two people running away in the rain, he was a little panicked, and he opened his legs and was about to chase after him, but he tripped over the iron net stacked together and fell to the ground. The freshly patched iron fence behind him suddenly made a sharp noise, fell off again, and slammed down on him.
Lorne and Erin asked Samur about the plantation, and Samur thought for a moment and said, "Let's come back tomorrow to collect, the weather is too bad." ”
The rain fell down the raincoats of the three people, and the three of them were stunned for a few seconds at the same time, and Samur's eyes widened: "What about Jack?"
He was answered by a piercing scream.