Coming out of the toad's lair, Andy has already obtained his promise to stop smuggling Jericho bottled water and illegal drugs in the future, and the bottle cap that has been owed to the Crimson caravan for a long time is also asked by Andy this time.

Although the toad complained about this, including all kinds of minor problems in the quantity and quality of the goods supplied by the Crimson Caravan, he also had to admit that his current business was developed by relying on the original principal.

Andy also asked him why he didn't pay it back since he was willing to pay it back, and Toad just smiled and replied: "They can't even find me, why should I pay it back?" ”............................ The three of them walked in the central area, the whole central area is roughly a semi-circular space as described before, like a north-facing C, most of the residents are concentrated on the west side, and the end of the east side is almost inactive because of the poor environment, except for the toads entrenched here and opened a black market.

"Is there any place in Hoover Dam that I haven't been?" Andy looked at the two local teammates and asked.

Mark touched his chin and said what he knew.

"Most people only know about the crest area outside the Hoover Dam and the inner center area, but I've heard that there are several other floors of space below the center, and the environment of those spaces is too bad for humans to adapt to, so in a sense it's not much different from not existing." Beatrice scratched the drops of water on her head and brought up a word that Andy had heard before, a group that Andy hadn't been exposed to yet.

"Dusty..... I heard her say...... Further down ..... Cavemen..."Hearing Beatrice mention the cavemen, Andy suddenly remembered these guys, these people are a group of mysterious hermits, and they are also the true natives of Hoover Dam City.

It is said that the cavemen who settled inside the Hoover Dam from shortly after the Great War to spend a long time with the dam were said to have lived with the dam for a long time, compared to the people who moved to the top of the dam frequently.

Mark also remembered the guys he had subconsciously ignored.

"Yes, I almost forgot about them, so to speak, legend has it that they don't like to live in the outside world, but now that there is no sign of them in the center, then they should live in the lower spaces inside the dam. However, I have never been interested in them, and I have not known anyone where they live on a daily basis. He turned to Andy with advice.

"I advise you not to bother to go to that group of people, they have a bad reputation, and the connotation of the term cave man does include a kind of stereotype against them compared to the new name albino that has been promoted, but the style of that group of guys is the direct cause of this. Rumors say they're just a bunch of mutants who have been severely degraded by living inside the dam for a long time, and I don't think they can communicate, didn't Dusty say something similar before. Andy nodded approvingly, though he was a little curious about why Mary Jo, the caveman leader's daughter, worked in the small room in Dusty's shop, but that curiosity wasn't enough for him to drive him to do anything, there were so many things to do.

He thought to himself, the new plague will indeed pose no threat to the Hoover Dam for a while, and the water shortage is the sword that now hangs over the heads of all the citizens of the Hoover Dam, maybe he really has to go to the far north to see, and find a way to bring back the blueprints of the high-grade water purifier before the war for the Hoover Dam to completely solve the water problem here.

If he can do this, I believe that Mayor Dodge will definitely meet and thank him, and then everything will be logical.

At this moment, Andy suddenly felt that the scene around him was a little familiar, and he was now in the east-central part of the downtown area of the Hoover Dam, which was gradually populated, and many randomly built sheds, shacks, and even tents were scattered in the open space.

There's no such thing as a city reorganization, so if you can convince people not to violently interfere with your stay, and if you don't provoke the police and military to break the law, then you can live in whatever you want.

Among the chaotic self-made buildings, there is a metal shack of very good quality, which can be seen by passers-by at a glance, and there is a sign hanging on the door, but the neon sign on it has been damaged by the water dripping from the top, and it can no longer emit attractive light.

Andy stopped to look, and the sign read

"Bob's Pawnshop". A man with a sad face was coming out of it, wearing only a beggar suit that seemed to be made of rags, and carrying a small bag in his hand.

"Have you been here?" Andy pointed to the pawn shop. Mark shook his head as a matter of course, he was not interested in pornography, gambling and drugs, and he hated the weak law and low-quality people, so he mainly stayed in the dam crest area on weekdays.

Beatrice seemed to know something about the store, but she still couldn't speak.

"Bob.... Collect things.... I owe Dusty a debt.... Come here..."Andy listened for a moment to Beatrice's slurred words, and guessed that what she was going to say probably meant was that the drunkards, prostitutes, and addicts who spent their last bottle caps on Dusty's desires had to come here and pawn the last of their belongings in exchange for bottle caps to pay off their debts.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of fighting and arguing not far away.

"You should have returned the bottle cap to the garbage guy!" A fierce guy dressed as a mercenary with a scar on his face dragged the guy who walked out of the pawn just now at this moment, and demanded that he return the money with a fierce face.

Andy looked at the mercenary a little familiar, he should be one of the people hired by Dusty, the last time they met and chatted in the store, because he was standing behind Dusty to escort him, so he was kind of a relationship.

"Wait.... Please give me a little more time, and I will find a way to repay the debt immediately..."The man in the beggar's costume tried to win the sympathy of the other party with a bitter face and tears, but of course the mercenaries who have done this kind of thing will not fluctuate in their hearts, not to mention that Dusty promised them that if the account is successful, they can discount a part of the repayment as their debt collection reward.

So the mercenary pushed the scrawny creature to the ground and began to search his body, and immediately found the small bag, which was opened to reveal the bottle cap.

"Isn't that a bottle cap? Let me see.... The amount is just right, okay, remember not to keep in arrears in the future! Next time you won't be so lucky, some of my colleagues are more ruthless than me! The mercenary put the bottle cap bag into his pocket, and the poor man who was lying on the ground moaning immediately hugged his thigh and did not let him leave.

"Wait! Give me back the cap! This is left for my family to buy medicine, if you take it away, they won't be able to live, you can't do this! Give me some more time and I'll find a way to get the bottle cap back to Dusty, you..."

"Get out of here!" The mercenary's face was hideous, and after pulling out his pistol and pressing it at the other party's head with a messy hair and threatening to shoot but without receiving the slightest effect, he immediately hit the beggar on the head with the butt of his gun, his anger not only came from the other party's obstruction, but also from the indescribable fierce sour smell on the other party's body, and the terrible smell made him want to vomit.

The blood flowing from his forehead dripped onto the damp concrete floor, Andy and the three of them watched this scene in silence, and in the scattered tents and shacks around them, some people poked their heads out and stared motionlessly with wooden eyes, but everyone seemed to be dumb and did not make the slightest sound.

Just as the mercenary was about to go crazy with the smell and try to pull the trigger, a hand slapped him from behind.

"Who?!" The mercenary was taken aback, but when he turned around, he saw Andy and the three.

"You..... It's you, what are you doing? If there's something to tell the boss, wait for me to get rid of this. Andy shook his head and pointed at the guy who seemed to have lowered his head as if he had been knocked unconscious, but still clung to the mercenary's thigh.

"How much does he owe Dusty?" The mercenary glanced at him and lowered the pistol in his hand, rolled his eyes, and said a number.

"200 caps, what? Do you want to be kind? Without waiting for Andy to speak, the beggar holding the mercenary's thigh suddenly raised his head and refuted the mercenary.

"You... Nonsense .... I only owe 100 of them..."The mercenary was furious, and as he cursed angrily, he tried to smash the pistol in his hand into the beggar's head again, but was caught by a powerful hand on the wrist.

Mark stood in front of him and looked down at the mercenary with a cold face, the terrible murderous aura made the mercenary swallow a mouthful of saliva, the hand that grabbed his wrist was like a cold iron tong, cold and hard, as if it was about to crush his arm.

"It's disgusting...."He stared at the mercenary like that, making the mercenary sweat all over his head.

"You, what are you doing here? It is natural to repay debts, what is there to disdain? This guy owes 200 bottle caps and insists that he owes 100, this kind of slippery head is like this to run the train with his mouth full, do you think.... Do you think I lied on purpose? The mercenary squinted at the beggar who was still holding him and threatened.

"You hopeless fool, if you dare to talk nonsense again, you will definitely regret it later!" The beggar whimpered, and suddenly did not dare to open his mouth again.

Andy sighed and patted Mark gently for him to stop.

"Okay.... Let's take a step forward, and I don't bother to care who is right and who is wrong, so I'll give you 150 bottle caps, and that's the end of it. If Dusty is not satisfied, I will tell her personally when the time comes, what do you think?

The mercenary looked at Mark with a cold face and the super mutant behind him who was eager to try, and finally took out the beggar's bottle cap bag from his arms and threw it to the ground, and the beggar immediately let go of the mercenary's thigh like a vicious dog pounced, and pounced, holding the bottle cap bag in his arms. Taking Andy's 150 bottle caps, the mercenary's face softened slightly, but he smelled the smell of his body and suddenly his face was full of disgust again, looking at the beggar on the ground who was counting the bottle caps, he wanted to go over and beat him up, but in view of the fact that several people next to him were still there, he could only turn around and leave without saying a word.