Chapter 39: Atlantis Beneath the Sea of Sand
"What do you mean by just walking in?"
Andy couldn't figure it out.
"Let me tell you this, we don't know why, we can see some moles and ghouls all the time.... Of course it's not me, it's the brain-broken ones you've seen before, and the lizards and scorpions that come and dig holes in the wreckage of Atlantis every now and then. It seems that something below is attracting them down, so over time, the tunnels they have dug along those crevices and holes have grown bigger and bigger..... There are a lot of things we can go on at the moment. ”
"Is this kind of hole reliable? What should I do if the road collapses halfway? ”
"So be careful to discern what you can and can't go.... Some of the caves were dug along the wreckage of the concrete ruins of the Atlantis Mansion underground, not pure sand caves.... The sand here is more akin to sand and is less fluid. ”
With that, Cito looked around and pulled Andy into a corner.
"Are you sure you want to go along? Although it may be easier to find the way with your beep boy, we will also go deeper, and no one has ever gone down there, and no one knows what the situation is below..... You should be in your twenties, it doesn't matter if you're scared, just run away while no one is watching. ”
Andy shook his head, thinking that he wouldn't be here if he ran halfway through.
"The poor can't even open the pot, so it's a matter of running like this."
Cito nodded.
"Also, those who came here were desperate or wanted to get rich quickly, and the two people you didn't talk about were also guys with unique skills, don't look at Xiao Bangbi's face all day long, she has a lot of blood on her hands, I heard that she borrowed money to gamble in the west and lost all of them, and was chased and killed by a gang of loan sharks and then ran here."
As he spoke, he looked up and saw Johnson not far away explaining something to the two men who had been following him silently.
"You have to be careful Johnson, Andy, he's not a good guy..... Some people say that he used to have a bad reputation with the NCR, and he was forced to come here out of desperation. ”
"Huh?"
Andy didn't see that Johnson was such a person at all, and looked at Cito suspiciously, but the other party just turned around and left.
At Johnson's beckoning, everyone gathered, and Andy noticed that the two Johnson's henchmen didn't seem to plan to go down, and the two drivers just continued to lie in the cab, so there should be only six people, including Johnson, who were dressed up and ready to go on the treasure hunt.
"Ladies and gentlemen, with Andy on board, we will have more security after we go down, and this time we can't just try it... The first two times I went down to explore just two simple turns brought me more than 10,000 bottle caps, I can definitely say that there are definitely more good things below, if you want to make a fortune.... We're going to have to work together. ”
Andy asked Sito quietly.
"What good things did you bring back the first two times?"
Cito grinned.
"Below, we saw well-preserved high-end pre-war equipment, weapons and ammunition, high-end pre-war decorations that could be sold at a high price, various circuit components, and even some rare jewelry....."
After asking Sito, Andy looked around and around, there were two people standing around him besides Bombi he had seen before, one of them didn't look very old, with black hair and rough skin, and he smiled kindly when he saw Andy looking at him.
The other seemed to be an old man, not smiling, just standing there with his arms crossed and listening to Johnson.
Johnson uttered a moment of inspiring nonsense, explaining that the two guys and the driver, whom Andy guessed were his cronies, were out there keeping a good eye on the fortune and not being destroyed by monsters or stolen by some wandering unknown figure.
The six of them walked into the distance, and it didn't take long for Andy to see a huge sand dune appear in the distance, and if you look closely, it is not a simple sand dune, and the edges and corners of some concrete building residue stick out of it.
After a few more moments, Andy shuddered.
When the so-called sand dunes were mixed with the ruins of buildings, it was revealed that they were densely packed with holes of all sizes, and the whole ruins looked like nests dug by some burrowing insects that lived underground.
The small holes are probably only accessible to small children, while the larger ones are more wide, with a diameter of two to three meters.
"Where did we walk in from?"
Seeing Johnson poking at a pole-like thing there, Andy couldn't help but ask about Sito.
"The holes we walk through are different every time, generally speaking, the bigger the hole, the deeper it is, and those small holes will collapse not long after they go in."
"Then why don't you just go through the biggest holes?"
"No.... The big holes were actually dug by some very horrible guys, and the first time we went down, we chose a big hole, but after walking for a while, we heard a strange roar from far away, and some people said it was the cry of deathclaws, and everyone ran out. ”
Sito gestured to Andy with his hand.
"The Atlantis building should not have completely sunk into the ground in the first place, we have found some ambulance wreckage buried under the sand before, judging by some clues found inside, this building may have had a serious subsidence accident before the outbreak of the war, but I don't know why the news was blocked..... The aftermath of the war completely destroyed the building, causing the Atlante Tower to collapse and sink completely into the ground, leaving only the collapsed area of the roof on the surface, and finally completely eroded and swallowed by the wind and sand..."
Johnson in front of him talked to the old man for a while, and finally settled on a medium-sized tunnel mouth.
He looked back at the crowd and waved.
"Andy is new, I have to tell him again about the precautions, you also listen, after going down to three meters below, there will be radiation, the more you go down, the stronger it becomes, so you must make sure that your protective clothing is in good condition and there can be no problems, if something goes wrong, I want some anti-radiation and then run to the ground..... We may encounter some monsters after we go down, but those monsters don't seem to be very conscious, and if they see it, they will shoot and kill them if they are really in the way, otherwise they should not be seen.... The structure below is not too stable, and if you can, you don't shoot. ”
Johnson walked over and shook Andy's hand.
"This time we have to go deeper, after going down to a certain depth, how to go depends on your instructions, we have not encountered any major danger twice before and have gained a lot, this time it will definitely be worth the trip.... Sito is well-informed, and the two of you work together to figure out what to do next and where to go. ”
He turned his head to look at the others.
"Bombby, Lucas, Asley, the three of you are in charge of keeping the perimeter ready to fight..... Throw the large item to the little donkey and let it carry it, and you will see the goods in your hands. ”