When Andy finally left Hoover Dam Hospital, his face finally looked better, but his expression was still solemn.

Although Dr. Yuri cured Andy as he had promised, his fees had almost drained Andy's bottle cap deposit, and his wealthy family was now too much for him to check his balance.

Walking in the wasteland, although the stored food is enough, but without the bottle cap, it is still difficult to move an inch, and you can't rob the path like those marauders....

"Ugh-" With a long sigh, Andy decided to try his luck at the military headquarters to see if he could get direct access to the Dodge mayor, and before leaving the hospital, he also used the matter to consult with Dr. Yuri, who showed that he was interested in Hope Fruit, probably because he felt that he had found a new business opportunity.

Dr. Yuri said that the absolute control of the Hoover Dam is still the Dodge Mayor, because the troops stationed here still follow his orders, and the leaders of the Hoover Dam Branch, the followers of the Apocalypse, cannot take over this kind of big thing alone, in short, this matter must be discussed with the Dodge Mayor before it can be done, and the question is how to meet him.

The recent assassination of the Brotherhood of Steel assassins has led to the over-the-top protection of Mayor Dodge that continues to this day, and Dr. Yuri believes that it will be difficult to meet him as a stranger who has just arrived at Hoover Dam at this juncture, unless Andy can increase his reputation until someone is willing or willing to introduce Mayor Dodge.

Andy decided to go over and take a look first, and if that didn't work, then think about anything else. He walked towards the south gate of Hoover Dam City, where the military headquarters was not far to the east of the south gate, and it was precisely because of the location of this building that the vast majority of the previous attacks by the Brotherhood of Steel had been launched from the south.

It was as full of guarded soldiers as ever, the automatic turrets and the military rifles in the hands of the NcR soldiers silently intimidated everything around them, and anyone who dared to make a mistake would be quickly shot into a sieve, so the wastelanders rarely even looked that way.

He walked straight over, and this behavior immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Hey, stop me, what's the matter?" The guards guarding the gate immediately raised their guns. Andy raised his hand and stopped.

"I have something to ask to see Mayor Dodger, something very important, about everybody at Hoover Dam." The soldier had no intention of putting down his gun.

"Where are you from? Who are you? ”

"Coming from the East, just a normal person, but I brought something very important, which must be seen by the Dodge mayor."

"What's that?"

"Something that cures the plague."

"Plague? Did you say the disease that caused people to grow blue blisters before? Isn't that all in the past? The soldier took out a bag of black ointment from his pocket.

"If you're bringing this thing, then you'd better hurry up and stay where it's cool, we already have it. It itself was invented by Dr. Goddard of our NcR, and since the ointment we had it, the disease has been gone. Andy took a look, it was indeed a tonic ointment produced by the Great Dome, since the Hoover Dam and the Dog City railroad was reopened, it was inevitable that this thing would circulate to the city of Hoover Dam, but looking at the current situation, it is estimated that the connection between Hoover Dam City and the east is still in a state of unbroken state.

"That thing is a palliative, not a cure, and if you rely on that alone, it won't be long before the plague will come back again!" He tried to explain the situation to the soldier, but the soldier guarding the door hesitated, he put away his gun and turned to explain to the soldier beside him.

"Look at him, I'll go to Major Fleming and ask what to do about this situation..."The soldier nodded at first, and then suddenly seemed to think of something, and wanted to call him, but the door of the military headquarters suddenly opened, and a young female soldier came out.

The female soldier looked no more than in her early twenties, and even through the military uniform, she revealed a lively and beautiful energy, but the expression on her face could only be described as bitter and mean at the moment, and her sharp eyes swept away, making the soldier who was about to go in to report the situation freeze in place, neither advancing nor retreating.

"How many times have I said that? Are you a pig? Or are you not even as good as a pig? She stood at the gate of the military headquarters with her arms crossed, watching the soldier open his mouth and scold, and her mouth stinked outrageously between her words.

"Every day, all three and four want to come over to see Mayor Dodge, who wants to see Mayor Dodge? Yes? Are you deaf? Do you remember the last time you put the guy who said he came in to fix the water pipes, and what was he doing now that Mayor Dodge was almost killed? He's looking at the train station to the east! It's getting better day by day, what? Are you tired of being here and want to get some fresh air outside? I don't know what the use of asking you every day is! A few more dogs at the door are stronger than you! The terrible girl stood at the gate for five minutes, and the soldiers guarding the gate were numb and seemed to be used to it.

When she finally turned to go in, the soldier waved at Andy helplessly.

"You hear me, don't you? Get out of here, you're not qualified to see Mayor Dodger, that's not what I said. Andy was driven out of the gate of the military headquarters, and some people watching the excitement on the side pointed and pointed for a while and dispersed, but just when he was depressed, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

Ralph smoked a cigarette and looked at Andy silently, and pulled the cowboy hat on his head with one hand.

"We met again so soon, I heard that there was a commotion at the entrance of the military department, but when I looked at it, I realized that it was actually you...."He casually threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, stopping Andy's explanation.

"The two of us are also a bit fateful, I won't ask you why you want to meet Mayor Dodge, in my opinion, you probably don't want to be a spy of the Brotherhood of Steel or anything, whether you want money or a half-job, it has nothing to do with me. I'll just ask you one thing, do you still want to see Mayor Dodger? Andy nodded affirmatively.

"Of course, I do have important matters to see him, Sergeant Ralph, can you tell me what to do?" Ralph took off his cowboy hat and dusted off his hands.

"I'm kind enough to tell you some news, you can choose for yourself.... Frankly speaking, as you saw just now, those soldiers are now all soldiers, and even if Doris, the smelly receptionist just now, happens to be not there, Major Jack Fleming, who is in charge of the army, will not risk letting people get in touch with the Dodge mayor again. If you want to change this, you have to have a guarantor who breaks the game.... This guarantor has to be weighty, and I don't have enough weight for the one I mean. You know, there's only three groups in Hoover Dam right now that keep everything running. ”

"One is the NcR Army, which is dominated by Mayor Dodge and Major Fleming, and you don't have much chance of getting close to them, so you'll have to choose the other two. The second is the Followers of the Apocalypse, who are responsible for the maintenance of equipment, water and electricity, health care, children's education, etc. throughout Hoover Dam City. Finally, there are the caravans, which circulate supplies from all over the place to supply the citizens of Hoover Dam and even the military consumption. ”

"All three of them are indispensable, and the disappearance of any one of them will collapse this place." After listening to this, Andy had a deeper understanding of the situation at the Hoover Dam.

"So, speaking of which, the Followers of the Apocalypse and the caravan have been in need of help with something lately, right?" Ralph began to speak.

Pierre LaBelle, who runs the water station managed by the Followers of the Apocalypse, said that Lake Mead, upstream of the Hoover Dam, had recently risen in pollution levels for some unknown reason, and that the Hoover Dam water purifiers were no longer able to cope with it. The water produced may be barely enough for watering flowers and vegetables, but it is not suitable for people to drink, and if the reserve water is used up after a while, everyone will have to buy clean water brought from the east by the caravan at a high price to drink. ”

"I heard that he has recently been looking for someone to help him go outside to find the blueprints of a more advanced pre-war water purifier, and he is also looking for a talented mechanic, if someone can help him, it will solve the urgent need of the entire dam, and it will be very easy for you to meet with Mayor Dodge at that time." Andy thought for a while, he was not a mechanic, and it was a long time to find a needle in a haystack to find a water purifier drawing, so he denied this option at the moment and continued to listen to Ralph talk about a second chance.

"Otherwise, you'll have to go find a caravan, there are two caravans at Hoover Dam, one is the Crimson Caravan, and the other is the Three Brothers Caravan. I advise you to go to the Crimson Caravan, they are doing very well now, and they want more money.... And from my personal point of view, I advise you not to come into contact with the people of the Three Brothers Caravan. He paused and explained why.

"The owner of the caravan of the three brothers, those three guys have a very bad background, as far as I know, the three of them were a theft gang that committed crimes in New California, and they were caught and imprisoned for several years. These three guys who steal chickens and dogs must have bad intentions in business, and most of the time they came to the Hoover Dam because they couldn't get along in New California, I have seen a lot of this kind of ex-convict, and dogs can't change their, hum-" Andy nodded approvingly on the surface, but the complaints in his heart kept surging up.

Fortunately, no one can recognize him now, and I don't know if he is a fugitive, otherwise Ralph would not have come to his side to help inform him of the situation, but would have taken him back to the police station for interrogation indiscriminately..... Ralph stopped.

"Okay, let's not talk about those three guys, anyway, the caravan is not doing well right now. Raids by the Brotherhood of Steel seem to have slowed down lately, but caravans are still being attacked on the road. The bands of marauders roaming from the Mojave to the east, the savage natives to the east, and the abundant variety of monsters, the caravans' two-headed cattle needed to be protected along the way, and they were all very important supplies for the city of Hoover Dam. This kind of work must be familiar to you, if you do it a few times and do it well every time, you will naturally become a trusted person. Andy listened carefully to Ralph's words and thanked him.

"No thanks, if you can really understand these good things that are important to everyone, I will thank you instead." The sheriff put on his hat and left in style.