"So.... What if a new plague broke out again more than a hundred years later? ”

David pinched his temple.

"What else? The plague was raging for many years, affecting everyone in the entire SA, and the SA government was still in existence at that time, driving the violent agencies to arrest and isolate any infected people and those who were not controlled.... Even then, the epidemic in the city was brought under control without a vaccine, but today? ”

David held up a hand and looked out.

"Who do you expect to go? Those chaotic people outside don't understand anything, and if something happens, it will only lead to chaos in the world, and they will run around even harder to spread the virus farther..... The best national organization I know of is the NCR, but they've run away, hiding far west of the Hoover Dam and won't come back. ”

Hearing this, Andy couldn't help but think of his own questions along the way.

"I've wanted to ask the local insider why this place is called an abandoned fortress? Why are all the NCRs running here? ”

David touched his beard and adjusted the angle of the gas mask, which didn't seem to fit his size too well.

"I guess you're new here, otherwise you should know..... Since the NCR's eastward expansion, the two-headed bear has expanded from Liberia in the west to the east, whether it is the army, the merchants, or the civilians who have come to try their luck, in short, a large number of people have rushed to the east, they have run across the Mojave Desert and onto the Hoover Dam, and after that it is not enough, they are still looking forward to the land further east beneath our feet. ”

"I'm kind of a local..... Before the war, it was called Arizonsan, but now..... There's really no one to give me a new name.... There are so few people who can be called civilized, many of whom ran into the countryside to escape the disaster before the war, and now they have become indigenous tribes..... Those guys with big knives and spears and some inarticulate things are looting around, which is the so-called natives.... So you can imagine how happy we are to see the NCR here, and we desperately need a strong and civilized order to help us deal with the bandits and natives and maintain our peace. ”

David gestured to the ground where he and Andy were stomping.

“..... As you may have seen, this place was originally a pre-war SA military base.... When NCR troops arrived, they took over the area, repairing the base and renaming it Fortress Ashd..... I've heard that the name is due to the fact that the first president of the new Republic of California was called Ashid, and the NCR plans to use the railroad here as a conduit for the transportation of soldiers and supplies, and gradually incorporate the large area around it. ”

Andy thinks back to the yellow-clad GIs he saw when he was locked up in an unknown prison, and it was estimated that it was crowded with NCR GIs at that time, and with their equipment and organizational discipline, it didn't seem too difficult to control the area, but the fact was that they abandoned this important military stronghold and retreated west back into their territory.

"I've seen those NCR soldiers, they definitely don't seem to be a small group of bandits or natives who can compete with them, now that they have control of this place, who has the ability to make them go home in embarrassment?"

"That's the crux of the matter."

David leaned forward and asked a question.

"Have you heard of an organization called Caesar's Legion?"

Andy was stunned, some of the memories in his mind really contained this word, but all he could think of was some stage plays or certain ..... Film and television works? Book?

"You mean the kind of concept that is mentioned in some books about the Old World? I don't really understand that someone has formed a real-life organization out of those things? ”

"Yes, it's true..... To be precise, Caesar's Legion is a concept that originated in the Old World, and it represents a unique political, military, economic, and cultural rigor system.... This information would have been silent forever in the pile of old papers, but by mistake... Someone found an opportunity to resurrect them in the wasteland. ”

David narrated in a low tone, sounding a little jealous and irritated.

Andy notices that something is wrong with David.

"Wait, David, I've actually noticed it a long time ago, why do you know so many things? Even in the NCR, there are a lot of illiterates, and since there are people everywhere here, there should be more education cut off, but you are obviously a local, where did you get this information? ”

David looked up, as if caught in a memory.

"I was an orphan when I was a child, and then I met a man who taught me a lot .... I heard him say that he was from an organization in NCR called the Followers of the Apocalypse, and that group of people seemed to go around doing good deeds for free and helping anyone in need.... Later that guy went to Hoover Dam, and I stayed here as a doctor. ”

Hearing this, Andy's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, he had heard the name of that organization, which originated within NCR..... In a sense, the Followers of the Apocalypse are a large humanitarian organization within the NCR, similar to a group of social workers with a church nature, although they have been helpful in the establishment of the NCR and have monopolized the resources of the NCR's domestic advanced education and advanced medicine, but they have no interest in politics, and are very willing to civilize the barbarians.

"So, you learned this knowledge from him..... It's really in line with their philosophy, they always like to do these good deeds with selfless dedication. ”

David spread his hands.

"Looks like you know about their organization... I'm not very familiar with those things on my side.... But I still want to make more money, maybe when I have less desire for money, I'll go with him and go to that strange organization..."

David scratched his head, trying to get back to his topic.

"Where did we go? .... Oh yes, Caesar's Legion..... He told me that the guy who founded this group was once a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse, and that it was with those pre-war books that he had painstakingly preserved that he was ready to fulfill his Roman dream in this wasteland, and that it was terrible that he was still doing a good job so far..."

"A year ago, the army of Caesar's legion, after several provocations, finally launched a general assault on the NCR's fortress of Alashid, which was fought in the dark, we have never seen a battle of that level, it can already be called a war, bullets, shells, bombs.... Explosions rang out in the sky and on the ground, and the NCR defenders retreated with more than half of their dead and wounded, and the legions suffered the same heavy casualties, occupying the place, slaughtering all the prisoners and burning the fortress of Ashid..."

"Since then, this abandoned place has become an abandoned fortress in our mouths, and only a few passers-by and a very small number like me will stay here."