Unscrew the switch and some music plays.

There shouldn't be any signal to be received in the wasteland, but it's not, and apart from the so-called "Mr. New Vegas" playing music, there are also some quirky folk radio enthusiasts or some self-proclaimed dJ guys doing pirate radio on pirate radio, who can sometimes be an idealist who wants to have a charisma, and sometimes a complete lunatic.

There was a hissing sound over the radio, and the signal seemed to have been hijacked suddenly.

"Hey..... Yes.... I see some here.... From the ground .... Daoxi, repeat, just in the new mS Daoxi..."

Andy turned the knob to turn off the broadcast, but the beep boy vibrated a few times.

Andy glanced at the beep boy a few times, feeling a little inexplicable, but at the moment he was not yet "free".

The car drove west, quickly leaving the valley where the pre-battle bunkers were hidden, but when he returned to the small tribe he had passed by, he suddenly found it empty.

Andy looked at it suspiciously, because it was already close to the hottest noon, and the way back to Hoover Dam was not too far anyway, so it was better to go down and see what was going on.

The village is made of simple huts made of hay and wood, with cattle pens and cattle cows, barren farmland and a small well, which are the basis for the survival of this small village.

But what about people?

The village was empty, and there was not half a figure walking, Andy inadvertently approached the cattle pen to look inside, and saw a terrible scene, originally he thought that the cows were just lying on the ground at noon with the help of the shade brought by the roof, who would have thought that in fact these cows were already dead.

They lay on the ground in all directions, their bodies looking extremely dry in the hot sun, as if there was no moisture, such as the nose and eyes, which have a high moisture content, have completely sunken into the body, and the degree of shriveling of the corpse can be seen at a glance as complete dehydration, and the original flesh and blood have become shriveled paper-like things clinging to the bones.

However, unlike the common dried corpses, the shriveled flesh and fur are relatively well preserved, and this "drying" seems to have been completed in a very short period of time, rather than being naturally formed after long-term exposure. There are several irregular breaks on the roof of the cattle pen, and the cow corpses lying on the ground are also very strange, some with their feet facing the sky and some twisted together.

Andy took two looks, noticed that the dried cow carcasses were incomplete, and immediately opened the door of the cattle pen, opened the cattle pen, and walked near a dead cow.

The two-headed cow in front of him is missing a head, and the other head has a half-cut tongue in its open mouth, and the eye on the other side seems to have been neatly gouged out after turning its head over, and the udder of the belly of the two-headed cow and some genitals and rectum have disappeared together, and the cut part is very smooth, without burrs, tear marks or charred black, if it is a knife cut, the wound is mostly round and very deep, and it seems that it is difficult to rely on ordinary knives to cut out this kind of wound.

A gust of wind blew, and Andy looked left and right, feeling that the empty village had become a little suspicious for him.

Suddenly, there was a voice from a wooden house on the side.

Andy immediately turned his head and jumped over the fence and rushed over, opening the door to see a young Buraku lying on his bed dying, who seemed to have overturned the table next to him, and the water glasses and debris on it were spilled on the ground.

The outstretched wizened arm was covered with blue blisters.

At this glance, he knew that he was infected with a new plague, and by looking at his groggy appearance, he knew that this person was terminally ill, his face was red from high fever, and he moved his limbs freely because of pain in a daze, and he touched the table next to him and made a noise.

Andy looked at the blue blisters on his body and estimated that this person probably had only a few days left, so he took out half of the Hope Fruit and threw it into a cup to mix with water, and then gave it to the tribesmen.

After drinking the water, the buramen with a painful face finally relaxed, and the sweat-beaded face was no longer tense.

Seeing that he seemed to be dying, Andy left the house and went around the village, convinced that he was the only one left with the strange dead cows in the pen, and that the rest had all died, many in their thatched huts.

There were still a lot of corpses that had not had time to be buried in a place that should have been the village cemetery, and when I opened the shroud, I saw that I had also died of the new plague, and the blue blisters on the corpses had ruptured and leaked pus, in order to prevent further infection, Andy grabbed the shovel next to him and began to dig a pit, and then buried these corpses deep in the soil.

When he was in the nursery before, he had heard that some of the mutants of the new plague had become zoonotic, allowing two-headed cattle to be infected, but this time he didn't have to deal with the dead cows because of the mysterious death of those two-headed cows.

After this operation, Andy only felt that it was extremely hot, and he dropped his shovel and returned to the house of the tribesman from before.

About an hour later, the tribesmen woke up and were startled when they saw Andy.

"Nest! Who is contrarian? What is the silence of Ni remote sensing? ”

After some difficult communication, Andy learns from the tribesman that a villager who had been out of town had returned to the village and suddenly fell ill, and soon after developed terrible blue blisters all over his body, began to have a fever and cough, and was eventually bedridden. The chief of the tribe, the same old man whom Andy had asked him for directions, tried some of the usual tobacco and earth medicines, but these attempts were meaningless, except to induce vomiting.

Within a few days the patient was dying, the village was poor but attached great importance to funerals, they believed that the abnormal death of a person was a very serious matter, and if it was not treated with caution and followed a fixed process, then the ghost of the deceased would soon begin to haunt relatives and friends, in order to avoid this, the body of the deceased must be embraced by all the close villagers, and even suggested to cry and kiss, the organs of the corpse must be taken out and buried separately, and people must eat what he liked to eat around the body of the deceased, In this way, the souls of the deceased can be appeased.

It stands to reason that the deceased who died of illness should also be considered a "natural" death, but no villager had ever seen such a horrific death, and after the death of that person, the corpse of the person had huge blue blisters all over his body and cracked and flowed out a blue foul-smelling juice, which in the eyes of the tribesmen could no longer be explained by their general knowledge, and could only be attributed to some kind of occult invasion, such as the possession of evil spirits, the anger of gods, and the like.

The foul-smelling funeral was barely completed, and the villagers thought that the comforted deceased would return to dust, but after the funeral, the relatives and friends of the deceased who participated in the funeral fell ill one after another, and the condition was exactly the same as that of the deceased.

Although the Buraku people had no concept of "virus" and "infectious disease", they also understood the obvious connection between the two, and after the efforts of a supposedly effective shaman from a nearby tribe worked hard to cast a spell, nothing changed, and those with blue blisters soon died, and it was time for a funeral again.....

In short, the last person who is still alive is the one in front of him.

This explains why the village perished, but what about the cows?

"The cows in your village are also sick and dead? Have you dealt with the dead cows? ”

Hearing him ask, the young tribesman had a strange look on his face, and after some questioning he said his opinion: the cattle were not infected, they were abandoned in the cattle pen unattended after the people were all incapacitated, and while the young man was delirious because of his illness, he heard a strange sound in the sky, and he struggled out to take a look, but saw a scene that could not make him believe it.

A blue light shot down from the sky, and a two-headed cow seemed to lose its weight and slowly rose, and after a while, it fell straight to the ground.

"Blu-ray?"

Andy didn't understand what it was, and when he asked, the young man only replied that he was not in a good state at that time, and after watching it for a while, he felt very frightened and quickly fled back to the house, whether it was a hallucithing or delusion caused by a fever, and he couldn't tell whether it was a hallucination or delusion caused by a fever.

After saying goodbye to the young Buraku, Andy cleaned up the rest of the bodies that night and drove out of the village the next day.

He thought silently in his heart, the southeast of the Great Southwest Federation is actually the most desolate area in this wasteland at present, there are no civilization settlements of the level like Hoover Dam City or New Canaan, and there are no big tribes like Blackfoot or Ouroboros that cause regional influence, here is a plate of scattered sand and desolate everywhere, except for the mysterious settlement that does not know the specific and has a slight reputation for relying on equipment trade, the most powerful organization known is the Brotherhood of Steel, it seems that I will talk to them about this matter when I go back, With their power to contain a new plague outbreak in this part of the region.

Continuing westward in the Atomic Humvee, he saw the familiar scenery again the next day.

Crossing the Hoover Bridge and entering the city of Hoover Dam amid the salute of the soldiers standing guard, Andy felt relieved.

He quickly rushed to the Hoover Dam City Military Headquarters, where the security pressure was significantly reduced after the Assassins had been dealt with, and the soldiers guarding the gate were no longer so difficult to speak, not to mention that Andy had made a name for himself, so he was quickly allowed to enter.

It wasn't long before Mayor Dodge summoned him, along with Major Fleming.

"Did they agree?"

Mayor Dodge looked expectant.

Andy handed over Elder Bullixley's letter, and after reading it, Mayor Dodge leaned back in his chair.

"Oh my God, it's been more than two years, and this feeling of high pressure that wraps around the Hoover Dam has been going on for more than two years, and now it's finally a head."

Major Fleming took the new home and began to look at it, and Mayor Dodge began to make small talk with Andy about his feelings.

"You don't understand how I've been here in the past two years, it's so torturous, I'm tired of this war for a long time, two years feels like twenty years, our supplies have been running out, our equipment can't be repaired, and a string in our hearts has not dared to relax, it's really painful."

Andy sensed a temporal contradiction.

"Is it just two years? I thought.... Things probably started in 2242. ”

The Dodge Mayor gave an explanation.

"When I say two years, I'm referring to the siege of Hoover Dam, and the Brotherhood of Steel raids were indeed reported as early as 2242, but that didn't work out, and they have been testing with low-intensity attacks, as if trying to assess the disparity in strength between our two sides. This temptation continued until 2251, probably because the complete severance of contact with the West at that time made them feel that we were starting to weaken, so the Brotherhood of Steel hastily launched a number of frontal assaults to destroy the city of Hoover Dam, and most of the traces of terror on the main gate were left during that period. ”

"Thankfully, Fort Alashid was able to rely on each other at the time and Hoover Dam to successfully defend ourselves from that series of onslaughts, but you know what happened in 2252, Fort Alashid was suddenly destroyed by a group of barbarians, who fought all the way to the east of Hoover Dam City, causing serious damage there."

"We had to shrink all our forces to Hoover Dam City, originally I thought that the Brotherhood of Steel would never let go of this opportunity and would definitely intensify their attack on Hoover Dam, but they stopped launching a frontal assault for nearly a year since then, and even reduced the frequency of the blockade of caravan trade.... Until recently. ”

Major Fleming put down the letter, some suspicion on his face.

"They say that all the attacks from a year ago until the last one were not carried out by them, but by a group of people who betrayed them, the so-called 'Ring of Steel'? Really? ”

Mayor Dodge waved.

"It can only be true, peace is the most important thing now, and it is time for the city council to convene next week, and since Andy has come back smoothly, I think McLoufdie's strategy has not succeeded, right?"

Andy confirms this to him, much to the delight of Mayor Dodge.

"Very good, she's going to be deflated at the meeting now, she's been spreading rumors lately that the Crimson Caravan has solved the Brotherhood of Steel threat, and a lot of citizens are clamoring for me to release the control of access to and from Hoover Dam City, and that's okay, of course I'll grant their wishes, after the next City Council meeting."

Major Fleming picked up the letter and read it for a moment, then put it down again.

"They also invited us to send troops to attack this so-called 'Ring of Steel'? Is this a trap? ”

Andy stood up and told him about the Iron Ring's attempted assassination attempt to assassinate Fort Maxson's Supreme Commander, Elder Blixley, and then informed him that the Iron Ring was most likely in collusion with the Crimson Caravan.

As soon as these words came out, Mayor Dodge and Major Fleming were shocked.

"Are you serious? Is there any evidence? ”

"Fuck, I knew that bitch wasn't doing good things!"

Andy pulls out a ledger, an important item taken from Quartermaster Devon's bedroom safe in Fort Maxson.