The two drove the oxen back on the Hoover Bridge in the direction of the Hoover Dam. The poor mad ghoul had his leg broken, and the faint sound of an explosion could be heard in the distance after they had already gone far away, which was also a relief for the walking dead.

Miloro said that the ghouls who were punished by the endless banishment were put on special explosive collars that could not be closed or removed, and then the guards would shoot him to force him out of the settlement, and the victims would have to stay on the march for fear of the collar exploding.

During this time, until the signal is out of range, the communication device built into the collar will be constantly insulting and ridiculed, and there is even a remote electric shock device inside, all to satisfy the abuser's deep bad taste.

The people who designed this punishment clearly had a strong sense of malice, and it wouldn't be long before the ghouls who had to start roaming the wasteland would be on the verge of going berserk due to their extreme circumstances, and then attacking anything living indiscriminately.

After losing their minds, whether they finally stop moving or are knocked down by attacking passers-by, the collar will begin to explode in a stationary state and the countdown will begin to explode.

To make matters worse, radioactive bombs can also bring intense radiation contamination after they explode. Miloro didn't seem to want to talk more about the eastern ghoul colony where he once lived, and the two didn't discuss it again.

Finally, the city of Hoover Dam appeared in front of him again, and it was clear that only a few days had passed, and Andy felt as if months had passed.... They returned to the Crimson Caravan's shop with the oxen, and word soon spread that a large crowd of people of all sorts surrounded them.

"Adich is dead?"

"Yes."

"God, how could this be? Adich is an old captain, and he has rarely made a mistake after so many years... And you're just going to a small tribe that doesn't go deep into the east, right? Could it be that the natives in that tribe suddenly turned their faces and didn't recognize people? ”

"No, we didn't even get to that little tribe before we had an accident." Andy looked at the large group of people in front of him a little helplessly, some of whom were friends of Adich, who first seemed to be saddened by Adich's death, and then seemed to have some doubts about his death.

"That's it! Don't crammed it all here! The bearded guard and a few other gun-wielding Crimson Caravan guards dispersed the crowd, and some of the Crimson Caravan Company's in-house employees came over to carry out the aftermath almost with ease, some took away Adich's corpse, which already smelled of rot, and others began to open the cargo boxes on the two-headed cow to count the supplies.

The dark circles beckoned the two into the room to explain the situation in detail, and as soon as they entered, Andy saw several men in black suits sitting behind the table next to him.

"Don't be nervous, just follow the contract and the procedures stipulated by the company, and I hope you will explain everything truthfully." Then, the very complicated cross-examination began.

"Have you ever picked up the company's goods?"

"No... Adich's key to the cargo box is still on him, and we haven't touched it. ”

"How did Captain Adich die? What about the rest of the team? ”

"Accident.... We encountered monsters on the ship, and everyone else died from the monster attack, but the bodies were no longer found. The people in the room were talking to each other in a serious way, constantly writing and drawing on the paper, and the atmosphere could be said to be extremely tense.

Subsequent inquiries became more targeted.

"There's no other witness or evidence to corroborate this other than the two of you've spoken, right?"

"So to speak, but it happened so suddenly, and we didn't have a chance to leave evidence."

"Why did you take an unfamiliar route to the north? The record of passage on that route is extremely scarce, and Adich has always been steady and has no reason to take this route rashly, and as you have said before, he was seriously wrong in his judgment of the boatman... By the way, is the boatman still alive? ”

"I don't know.... The route was changed by Adich himself, he said that he would arrive faster by walking this way, and the boatman was also found by him, and we were not in the mood to care about the bastard when we left, and it was estimated that he was either starving to death in the bilge or had already been fed to the fish. ”

"In other words, there is no proof of complete death?" Milolo crossed her arms and taunted.

"Whatever you may guess from a vicious point of view, everything we say is true, it was all accidental, and it is quite good that we are still willing to abide by the contract and take a long detour to send the goods back intact in this situation, I think I have a clear conscience." The two were placed under house arrest by the Crimson Caravan and were not allowed to go out, during which the Crimson Caravan's doctor examined Adicki's body, and the merchant in charge of counting the goods also determined the condition of the goods according to the stubs of the trade documents.

Dark circles rubbing the temples and looking irritable.

"Look at it, this is the accident investigation report.... Adici had died of an intracranial hemorrhage from a blow to the back of the head, and no less than 5% of the cargo had been judged to have lost value, and this breach of the contract would cause damage to the caravan's hard-built foreign trade relations, so in general..."Milolo interrupted him.

"Less nonsense, we can't manage so much, I've read every article in the contract, if the goods are returned after a serious accident, and the loss rate of the goods is less than 15%, you can still get paid, right?" The dark circles put down the paper in his hand and groaned for a while.

"You're right, there is indeed a clause in the contract.... However, there is a point to be added later: in exceptional circumstances, the Crimson Caravan has the power to flexibly adjust the specific amount of remuneration based on the gains and losses and the completion of the mission, and this adjustment depends on the calculations of the Crimson Caravan's internal actuary. ”

"I am here to tell you, what your final reward will be.........................." Andy and Milolo were finally allowed to leave after a day of detention, and Sergeant Ralph of the police station was involved in the record-keeping, but thanks to his help, they were able to regain their freedom so quickly.

In this way, the two of them only got 50 bottle caps, which alone exceeded the number of bottle caps for the treatment needles and other drugs used on the road, not to mention the bullets fired and the physical strength spent along the way.

"Hell, I thought I could give at least 100 caps, but I didn't expect to give me even 100." Milolo complained helplessly, and then stopped to say goodbye to Andy.

"Let's leave it at that, although it's not very suitable to go to Mojave now, but it's not too much of a problem for me with a special physique and experience, and it doesn't make sense for me to stay here anymore, goodbye." Andy said goodbye to him peacefully.

The Crimson Caravan concludes with a statement that they will send a few men to investigate where they pass, and that they will not be able to continue to sign the Crimson Caravan's temporary caravan escort contract until everything is concluded, which means that the Crimson Caravan will no longer trust them for the time being, and such an investigation will usually last for several months.

He stood at the top of the dam, thinking to himself what to do next, since the Crimson Caravan was no longer working, he would either follow Sheriff Ralph's advice and go to the Followers of the Apocalypse to exchange the water purifier drawings for a guarantee, or he would have to use the train of thought that Miloro had told him earlier and cooperate with the money-hungry doctor to achieve his goal in some less elegant way.

Back at Pablo's, his shop still had no customers, and he threw the hard-earned 50 bottle caps to Pablo to help make some fresh meals, and Andy lay in his room exhausted and fell asleep.

When he woke up again, Pablo walked in with food. The two chatted for a while, and Andy told him what happened on the road, and Pablo sighed for Andy's bad luck after hearing it, but he himself was unlucky enough, and his shop was not far from closing down if it continued like this.

After a night's rest, Andy got up and went to the shore of the dam crest again, this time to the headquarters of the Followers of the Apocalypse's sphere of influence, where he hoped to meet with the leader of the Followers of the Apocalypse's branch here.

To the north of Dr. Yuri's hospital were two buildings, one with a sign for the Ministry of Engineering, and the other was, according to what he had heard, the head of the Followers of the Apocalypse branch lived, which was formerly the school and library of the Hoover Dam and was now devoid of any students.

This is due to the fact that it has also been hit by past Brotherhood of Steel attacks, and parents of children have refused to send their children to school for fear that their children will be affected by the fighting during the school day.

He walked to the door, explained his intentions to the mercenary guards, and walked in with permission. It's tidy up, there are good tables, chairs and benches everywhere, blackboards on the walls, and all kinds of books on the shelves next to it.... This is relatively rare, and there are only a handful of places in the wasteland where there are so many books that can still be read, so the vast majority of wastelanders are illiterate or semi-literate who are self-taught on a few broken books.

A follower of the apocalypse led Andy into the second floor of the building, and if the first floor looked like a school, then the second floor was a real library, filled with huge bookshelves filled with books.

The familiar old man with glasses appeared on the second floor, Alidean was stepping on a rickety ladder and shoved a book from the top of the shelf, and below a woman with withered yellow hair was holding the ladder and looking up to remind him to be careful.

"Ms. Candace, this gentleman has come to you and said he has something important." The follower of the Apocalypse who led the way returned to the first floor after speaking, and the woman turned her head, although she could be described as beautiful, but from some of the details on her face, it could be seen that she was probably in her early forties.

"Hello... I.." As soon as he said a word, Alidean accidentally fell off the ladder because of the sound of his head, and immediately there was confusion again.

After finally sending the waist-holding Alidean away to recuperate, the two finally sat down at a table between the bookshelves and officially began to talk.

"Hello, I'm Candace Morris, the head of the Eastern Division of the Followers of the Apocalypse. You can call me Candace or Candace Teacher, as you can see, my main occupation is a teacher, and of course I've been very idle lately. ”

"Andy, an ordinary traveler." The hands of the two were clasped together, and it seemed a little disproportionate.

"I'm here this time... There's an important thing I would like you to help me with. ”