The farce is over at the moment, and it seems that although the environment in the central area is obviously safer than that of the dam crest area, it is completely opposite to the dam crest in terms of maintaining order.

"Doesn't Ralph know what this deputy is doing?" Andy curiously asks Mark that in his contact with Sheriff Ralph, this man can be said to be experienced and discerning, and even dares to claim to be able to recognize most of the people who live at Hoover Dam, and his reputation among the residents is quite high.

But why did he allow such a low-level deputy to operate in the central district? Is it really dark or is there another reason?

"It was widely believed that he didn't know, and some people thought it was Ralph's nostalgia for the old days of the autonomous settlement, and even some more outrageous speculations, but I think he not only knew it, but also did it on purpose. Because the central area is the most special area of Hoover Dam City, it is not like the overhead dam crest area that is always facing the threat of attacks that break out at any time in the east, west, north, south, and middle, and the environment is relatively closed, so it is a relatively relaxed place in the city of Hoover Dam. A gaffe laugh came from not far away.

Mark glanced with a slight disdain at a very lively shop over there, which clearly read on the sign

"Dusty's Desire".

"You know, those NcR soldiers are far from home and lack of constraints, and the pressure of being alone at Hoover Dam is very high, and Mayor Dodge is known for his kindness and benevolence, but it doesn't make sense to stop those hot soldiers just by relying on this.... What they ask for is simple, that is, to vent the desires of their hearts. ”

"So, the situation here is tacitly agreed, everyone knows it, but everyone tacitly treats it as not knowing." Mark led Andy to the west, and a door appeared on the concrete wall not far away, and two NcR GIs stood in a crooked manner.

A person's lips are white, his eyes are bloodshot, and his arms are still trembling slightly, afraid that something has done too much; There is also a person with an abnormally rosy complexion, and dark circles occupy a large proportion of his face, as if he will fall asleep on the ground in the next second, and he doesn't know what he is doing every night.

Although the NcR soldiers at the top of the dam can't be said to be well-disciplined and neat, they look much stronger than the common marauders in the wasteland, but if the two people standing guard in the central area take off their yellow military uniforms and cool helmets, it is really difficult to say whether others can recognize their military identities.

"Hello, I'm—" Mark walked over and said a few words, when one of the guards waved his hand to let him in, and Mark and Andy didn't waste any time when they saw this, and walked in.

This is supposed to be one of the facility maintenance rooms inside the Hoover Dam, the space is not too big but there are all kinds of pipelines and control panels everywhere, and the most conspicuous thing in addition is the huge equipment of unknown purpose and a lot of scrap metal waste and waste electronic waste that have been piled up in a pile, I am afraid that the consumable materials are recovered from the outside, Andy guesses that the salvage workers in Dog City should have contributed a part.

Hearing footsteps, a young woman in light-colored overalls turned her head, she was probably no more than thirty years old, with a large brown goggles on her face, her brown hair haphazardly combed into a ponytail, and some glass containers containing unknown liquids on the table.

"Who are you? What's the matter? The woman spat out a dry, low voice, and her expression looked a little abnormally numb.

Mark hurriedly stepped forward to introduce his intentions.

"We've heard from Pierre that there's a problem with the water purifier at the Hoover Dam and we need help, so we're here to find out more about it with Otto, and he's supposed to be here, right? Are you a staff member here? The goggles woman didn't reply until three seconds after listening to Mark's words, acting like a wooden man or a robot.

"Diane, I'm Otto's assistant. He's right here, it doesn't look like you're a scoundrel looking for trouble.... So if you want to see him, just keep walking inside, and if you see a fork in the road, go to the left, he should still be squatting at the water purifier and studying it endlessly... I hope you don't mess with anything. She uttered the words word for word, and then seemed to go back to her own business.

The two continued inside, and it didn't take long for Diane to find their target, which was crammed into a narrow compartment with two strangely shaped machines, some thick and some thin, filled with various types of tubes.

A machine was humming, seemingly injecting something through a tube and then discharging it through a jar on the other side; Another machine is attached to this one and looks like a giant metal cylinder.

In the narrow gap between the two machines, which was stained with oil and made an alarming noise, there was a guy in a brown overalls crouched there.

"Excuse me.... Are you Otto? Andy glanced at the thin back, and although he was mentally prepared, the guy who was squatting with his back to the two slowly turned his head

After "looking back and smiling", I was still shocked. He was, of course, a ghoul, and as such, his face was full of traits common to ghouls, such as the absence of half a hair, the skin that seemed to be badly peeled, and the punctuation of a dark red flesh mixed with gray veins and white bones, twisted connective tissue, and a vanished nose and lips.

More to him

The "plus" is that all the hollows or crevices on his entire head that can be inserted are all put into metal tools, such as screwdrivers, wrenches, etc., so when he turns his head with this head tool and smiles horribly, it is really dark for people's eyes.

"Oh, hello, I'm Otto, Otostide. I guess you were introduced by Pierre? That's great, I've been telling him about this for a long time, and I'm asking him to help me find someone who can come over...."A foul smell mixed with engine oil hit his face, causing Andy to suffer a mental blow and then a sense of smell.

"Well, I haven't had time to meet Pierre yet, but I've come to talk to you about water purifiers. I know you need someone to help you find the blueprints of the pre-war high-end water purifiers, because the current water purifiers can't handle the pollution anymore, right? Otto patted the huge metal cylinder beside him.

"Look at this, this thing is the collection bucket of pollutants that have been filtered out, the pollutants that are currently filtered out of the sewage upstream of the Hoover Dam are basically potassium nitrate and sulfur, the poor old water purifier has long exceeded its design ceiling every day, and now the water it spits out is a little bit toxic.... Still tasty for me, but for slippery skin .... Well, it may not be so tasty to humans, and I don't know what the specific problems will be if you continue to drink a lot of it, but it certainly doesn't meet the general safety standards. ”

"This can't be blamed on the old water purifier, the people who designed and manufactured it never imagined that one day it would face this level of sewage, in the past so long it can produce drinking water that meets the standard has been the result of my little remediation, but now this step is only limited to the original framework can no longer make it surpass itself, I need some other ideas." Andy nodded at the two machines that weren't impressive, but were actually important to the city of Hoover Dam, and saw Otto's expression of wanting to speak.

"I'm a traveler, I'll go find you a drawing if I have the chance, is there anything else you need help with?" Otto had an embarrassed expression on his face, which was so indistinguishable from the lack of his skin and the concealment of the tools.

"Actually.... I've been here for a long time as an engineer for the Central District, and when I arrived here on my last day, Mayor Dodge had been here for less than a year. I was almost killed by the GIs as a ghoul, but luckily Mayor Dodge was passing by and heard my cries for help, and he asked Dr. Yuri to heal my injuries.... I can't repay him, and I've volunteered here as an engineer until now. However, I'm really a little tired, and even a ghoul can't stand staying here all day.... So I have an idea. ”

"When the water purifier problem is solved, I plan to leave my job and go outside, and I am most interested in the facilities and equipment left over from before the war. As for my job, Diane is already up to the task, and I guess a lot of people are more than welcome to get out of here, haha.... Don't underestimate that girl, she used to be a member of the 5th Engineering Company of the NcR, not only did she learn engineering at an astonishing speed, but she also helped me fight off a lot of gangsters who were looking for trouble. The beep boy shook.

[New Mission: Otto's Will] [Description: If you fulfill Otto's request and help him complete the handover, then Otto will join your team] Mark coughed, and Andy thought that there was one more thing for them to come here.

"Oh, by the way, Otto, there's something I'd like to ask you. Do you think the recent sudden increase in pollution is normal? Could there be a possibility... For example, what did someone do with it? Otto's eyes rolled.

"Well, in fact, I'm just hearsay and speculation. Lake Mead upstream of the Hoover Dam is a huge lake, and in the north of it there are some guys who are half-merchant, half-bandits, and sometimes the Crimson caravans will agree with them to carry out some trading activities, these guys are actually active predators on the water, as long as they are given money, they will do anything.... Pierre told me that he had obtained some information from the terminal inside the Hoover Dam, and that the SA government seemed to have discovered some unidentified contaminants in the depths of Lake Mead before the war, and that they had taken measures by releasing a huge collection device underwater to collect the pollutants, but I don't know exactly what the state of those devices was after the war. He moved his neck, and some of the tool parts stuck in the crevices made a horrible sound as they collided with his mutilated tissue and sticky oil, but he looked unconcerned and unfazed.

"Even ghouls don't dive and swim in Lake Meade, there are some vicious monsters down there, but if it's some crazy man who has been promised a big reward and has been drugged all day.... You know what I mean, right? Andy gestured that it was enough, he already had an idea.