The old man showed a tattoo on his arm, although this tattoo was also a black snake tattoo, but it was obviously different from the Ouroboros tattooed on most Hecate hounds, which seemed to be a black venomous snake tattoo with an S shape.

"It's a sign of our culture, of course... Now that it's been replaced, you surely know it. Andy looked at it for a while to show that he understood, it turned out that the hounds of Hekat still had such a source.

"You don't really feel like it.... You know that, right? The old man grinned.

"Oh, of course. In the beginning, my grandfather was just a hapless ghost who had been captured and survived the terrible ritual, and they asked him to complete an assault, which he did beautifully, and was accepted and respected by the vipers. Although he could not return to his old life, he tried his best to pass on his knowledge to the next generation. Andy was expected to do this, if what the old man said was true, then he obviously had a higher quality than the other natives, and there were few people in the wasteland who were interested in history, and could think about the trajectory of history from an objective point of view, and there would be no reason for this.

"So, how exactly did your ancestors kill the leader of the metal men in the first place?" The old man also had a confused expression on his face.

"I don't know the specifics, only some vague descriptions, the ancestors were united under the inspiration of the great snake and were not afraid of death, but they should not have a way to break through the defenses of those guys.... I don't understand, maybe it's really the snake apparition. Andy thought about it, with the fighting ability of the viper tribe described by the old man, they may not even have too advanced hot weapons, at most they have some long guns, short guns or explosive grenades, then the most deterrent thing in their hands is the primitive snake venom, a powerful mixed neurotoxin that can kill people in a moment as long as the dose is enough.

But in order to inject snake venom into the enemy's body in battle, it is necessary to attach the snake venom to the weapon.

Bullets are definitely not good, high temperatures will make snake venom deteriorate, only attached to cold weapons can kill and injure enemies, and cold weapons with long-range lethality are only throwing knives and blow arrows.... But even if this kind of thing were thrown out in the thousands, it would not be possible to penetrate the power armor plates made of special steel ingots before the war.

So what if the throwing knife accidentally pierced into the gap in the armor? It also seems almost impossible.... The airtightness of the power armor is very strong, although Andy did not have the opportunity to touch a power armor, but with the combat power of the rumored soldiers of the Iron Brotherhood, it can also be inferred that the strong defensive ability of this thing is impossible, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for the natives to have the ability to penetrate it, even if it is a relatively fragile gap in the armor.

After a moment of confusion, Andy thought of two possibilities. One is the Death Defiance Vipers who use improvised bombs to launch a suicide charge, recklessly besieging an enemy, finally blowing up a piece of armor by chance, and then using throwing knives or blow arrows to hit the exposed body, causing it to die instantly.

Another possibility.... It was the vipers who took advantage of the fact that the enemy was in a state of detachment from the power armor to launch a surprise attack, and the fighting style of the vipers made them proficient in the skills of concealing themselves to launch a deadly sneak attack, and the driver in the power armor was still a person, and people needed to eat, drink, and Lazar, and they couldn't always solve everything inside.

However, this is really very unbelievable, how could the Brotherhood of Steel, as the organization that is most familiar with power armor other than the enclave, among the known groups in the wasteland, make such a mistake, and according to the old man, it is still one who died

"Chief". All in all, I'm afraid it's not really the big snake that has appeared.

"So, will those metal men give up chasing you after the leader is dead?" Despite this question, Andy also knew in his heart that with the style of the Brotherhood of Steel, I was afraid that things would become endless.

The old man had a sullen expression on his face.

"No, the viper was almost extinct that time, and more and more metal people were showing up from everywhere, and the only option was to leave far east... The ancestors left behind the corpses of countless companions and sacred shrines. High Priest Asp found a way to continue east on a pre-war map, and some were reluctant to leave New California, preferring to continue wandering away from other great powers. But most of them followed the High Priest to the desert of eastern New California, where we subsequently lived for a while, near a pre-war road known as 95. ”

"They were confused there, the serpent had completely cut off contact with them, and it was impossible to return to the pit and pray for the serpent to protect us again. People began to gradually abandon their original cultural practices, forgetting many, many things except symbolic things, and repeatedly degenerating. Andy listened to this story, and Xiao Hei woke up and fell asleep for a while, but in short, it was not very stable.

As the temperature around him got colder and colder, the poisonous snake had already coiled back on the old man, looking sluggish.

"Something must have happened to keep you going?" The old man drank the last sip of hot water and casually put the canned box aside.

"It was many years later, and people with the two-headed bear emblem began to enter the desert, and the two sides quickly clashed because of the hatred of the past.... By that time, however, the Viper had all but given up his faith, and when he realized that he was defeated, he could only continue to flee eastward, and the High Priest Asp performed one last ritual in which he prophesied that a powerful god had appeared in the Far East, and that only He could re-protect the Viper. ”

"The people were divided again, the high priest was dead, and none of us were as obedient as he was. Some people believe that the NcR is stronger than us, but they lack the determination and perseverance to completely destroy us, and they do not have a high level of control over this desert, and if they are dispersed and act stealthily, they can continue to survive here. ”

"The other group thinks that the last prophecy left by the High Priest is infallible, and that we should leave here and continue eastward in search of the prophesied new God, who will be blessed and reborn." Andy understood that the vipers who had decided to leave had finally reached their destination and joined Hecate as her armed force to conquer the many tribes of Colorara and Arizosan.

"I thought you'd still be obsessed with NcR, after all, they're expanding their power to the East now." The old man took out his pipe and lit the tobacco mixture.

"I told you, didn't I... The Vipers are no longer the people of pure faith, those metal men have left a deep imprint on our hearts, and they told the Vipers to understand that if they provoke disputes with powerful groups, it is likely to lead to complete destruction, which is why we did not choose to fight the NcR head-on to the death in the desert in the first place... As a result, we later ignored everything that NcR had done since he took possession of that huge, pale pre-war structure. We just want to avoid them, at least until we are sure that our strength surpasses them. Andy nodded, this is the reason why there are two groups of people in this land now, NcR started from the Hoover Dam and established a network of strongholds centered on Fort Alashid, although the coverage is very poor.

Large swaths of land still belonged to the savage native tribes, and the NcR clearly lacked the ability to push the depths of their rule, especially after the fall of the fortress of Alashid.

In this way, the NcR of the Hoover Dam and the Hekate of Ouroboros became two forces, and the water from the well did not interfere with the water of the river.

But is this what Hekate wants to see? Andy threw the question out.

"So did your goddess agree with you treating NcR like this? Would she also like not to engage with the NcR until your strength continues to grow? The old man looked left and right to make sure there was no one else around.

"The woman is actually a madman.... Or rather, the mad god? All right.... All in all, if she had listened to her command at that time, Ouroboros Village would not have existed today, and she very much hoped that we could go all out to attack the NcR's stronghold and caravan, but we knew what the NcR was capable of... Thankfully, another group of people came from the east and calmed her down. ”

"Who?" The old man stroked his beard and drew a pattern on the ground with a stick, and although the drawing was ugly, it was still clear that it was a bull, but only with a head.

"Bulls, or perhaps Caesar's Legion, as soon as Hekate heard that they had returned from the east to Blackfoot and were stationed, he was so frightened that he demanded that we act covertly... Of course, I later understood why she was so scared, and it didn't take long for the group to storm NcR's territory, and our scouts were incoherent after watching the battle. ”