Martin's brief "rest" lasted only a short moment, and he rose from the ground, his body staggering, and under this constant heavy fatigue, the man's spirit looked as shaky as his body.

Andy looked at him and felt that Martin, who could survive for five days in this situation, was also very powerful.

"Did you survive on the food and water you brought for five days? Have you ever found water to drink or food to eat? ”

Martin thought for a moment and mentioned something.

"I couldn't stand it before, probably because of the mental pressure here, and I felt like my head was going to explode... That's when I noticed a lot of weird things starting to come close to me or pop up near me. I don't know if I was going crazy, for example, I saw a few windows on one of the walls, but when I got close to one of the windows I saw a dark shadow on it that was clearly not made by me, and the black shadow kept whispering to me to get closer to it, and I was so frightened that I ran away. ”

"And then I saw glowing eyes and a mouth in the darkness, and I.... I don't even know if I've lost my eye. ”

"Then I was followed by a strange black humanoid, and I ran and ran until I got to a place where I couldn't run, and then I saw a cup suddenly appear in the corner of the wall. It's green with a bit of matte material.... Well, it doesn't matter, but for the first time I've seen something unusual here, it's very abrupt compared to its surroundings. At that time, I hid there to avoid the monster's pursuit, and when I was nervous to death, I subconsciously unscrewed it and took a sip of the water. ”

Martin's eyes lit up as he spoke.

"I really can't forget the taste of the water for the rest of my life, it's very sweet, very, very sweet, it's as sweet as an energy drink, I feel the whole person is refreshed when I drink it, and the mental discomfort that bothers me disappears in an instant... I really, I really wanted to take another sip, and even after I drank the whole bottle I still didn't think it was enough, it was the best water in the world. The composition of the water must have been wrong, because I didn't feel hungry or thirsty for days after that. ”

Andy listened quietly, wondering what an "energy drink" was? Some kind of fuel doesn't work? Or is it something to drink? Why such an outlandish name?

Martin said that his mouth was dry, but he was out of water, and he looked at Andy with a pleading gaze, and then looked disappointed to see him shake his head.

"I'm sorry Martin, I didn't have anything on me."

Andy said this, muttering to himself that the strange water Martin said was probably a necessity to survive in this strange place, and if everything Martin said was true, then a bottle of strange water could go without eating or drinking for several days, and even boost the spirit, which was amazing.

He looked around, not noticing anything resembling a "cup", the space around him was still a hair-making dead silence and emptiness, sound only the hum of a large number of incandescent lamps, and the color only the strange yellow of those walls in the light.

"Martin, how long can we rest here?"

Martin, a tired bearded man, glanced at the wall and replied casually.

"Probably.... A few hours is not a problem, you have to keep an eye on the color changes of those walls, if they suddenly turn green, you have to move immediately, if they are gradually turning green, you can carefully look for yellowish areas close to the past, if they remain in their current state, then they are still safe. ”

The two of them stayed here for a while, because they really didn't know what they were going to do somewhere else after leaving here, and the environment here seemed to imply a kind of malice towards outsiders, which itself was constant and unmoving, which caused Andy to feel like he had fallen into the stomach of a huge beast after entering it, and could be killed by the stomach acid it secreted or the cells it sent out at any time.

After a moment of silence, Martin began to talk about how he got here.

"I'm a... Sort of an engineer, I was going to go on a hike that day, so I drove to the park, and I carried some simple supplies and necessities like a compass, a map, a satellite phone and so on, but I didn't have much, I thought it was just a short trip that would be done right away, who knew that I fell down the hill and fell into a hole, and then I woke up and saw that the surroundings had become what it is now. ”

At first, Andy thought that Martin must be a member of some highly developed urban settlement in New California, after all, there is no need for "engineers" anywhere else except there, and if you want to build a house, you can only rely on your own wisdom more often, but when he heard the back, he couldn't help it, and his brows furrowed deeply.

Martin said that he drove a car, and although it was rare to have a car in the wasteland, it was not uncommon, for example, he himself was a representative. Compasses and maps are also essential items for long trips in the wasteland, and the reason Andy never needed them was because the Pip-Boy had integrated the functions of those items and was able to do more stable and excellent things, so he didn't need to take a compass with him.

But what is a "satellite phone"? The term, like "energy drinks," is unheard of by Andy.

In addition, the matter of short hikes is even more incomprehensible to Andy, although he does not know what the "park" in Martin's mouth is, but in terms of previous experience, all places that were once called so are now inaccessible and wild and terrifying places in the wasteland..... It seems that only the stupid melon of the stupid melons can do it.

What if you get lost and don't have enough food and water? What if you encounter a robbery by Buraku or marauders? What if you encounter a monster attack? What if you go back and find that your car has been stolen by thieves or vandalized by waste pickers? He doesn't even seem to be carrying a weapon, which is like telling those who wander the wilderness and the edges of humanity that he is a fat sheep to dispose of at will.

If he ran into a slave trader, he would be stripped naked, put on a collar, dragged away with a rope, and then stripped of blood and sweat on a farm or shack until he was reduced to an emaciated corpse. Even those so-called "hunters", once they find an opportunity, will turn into bandits and robbers in the blink of an eye, killing people and taking goods.

Martin noticed the change in Andy's expression and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you Andy?" Is there anything wrong? ”

Andy saw him ask like this, and simply said what he thought.

"Martin... Did you come out without weapons? ”

Martin was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed the two big irons on Andy's body, and his eyes changed on the spot, and he stepped back slightly.

"Oh, this, you say this... Well, personally, yes.... As a relatively moderate person, I often go to community volunteering, so I have a more positive view of the world. Can I ask? Andy, are you a lone star? ”

Andy's brow furrowed even more as he listened.

"What? Lone Star? No, no, I don't know where it is, but I'm not, you say you go to community volunteering a lot? Uh, were you there in the boneyard before? ”

Martin's brow furrowed.

"What? Boneyard? Is that.... What terrible place is that, and why such a terrible name? ”

The communication between the two began to unravel, and both looked at each other, and the more they looked at it, the more they felt that something was wrong.

The suspicion in Martin's eyes grew and grew like this, almost overflowing.

"Andy, you answer me honestly, do you have some.... Non-mainstream religious beliefs? The Temple of Humanity? The Great Scientology? Listen, I'm absolutely in favor of everyone's freedom of belief, as long as you're really willing and I don't have any prejudices, you know? ”

In Andy's ears, this sentence is like the vernacular of the crypto tribe, every word can be understood, but it is a secret language when it is connected together.

"I.... I don't have faith, I don't believe in weird things. ”

Martin breathed a sigh of relief at this answer, and then he moved on to the next question.

"Andy, one more thing I ask you, do you use some medicine regularly? You know what I mean by medicine, and you tell me if you're really useful? ”

Andy hesitated this time.

"At least I'm not using it to the point of addiction, hey, Martin, what do you mean by that? Do you suspect that there is something wrong with my head? ”

Martin seemed to be sure of something all at once, and the vigilance on his face became even stronger.

"Listen to Andy, we'd better separate...."

When Andy heard this, he suddenly felt a nameless fire in his heart, and he couldn't understand why.

"Martin! What do you mean clearly? Were you born in some pampered place? How can there be any clean people who have come out to mix these years, and we are all in this kind of place now, can't we help each other in the same boat? Everyone should..."

The other party was taken aback by Andy's sudden outburst, and the stubborn prejudice that had been erected in his heart seemed to be immediately stronger.

"Enough, you poisonous worm! I hate you the most, haven't you noticed that your head is no longer clear? What are you trying to do with your hand so close to the gun? Do you want to do it because I'm exposing you? I know what your plans are, and you'll be on your way after I let my guard down.... Oh my God, are you human? ”

Martin stepped back and forth, Andy only felt the fire in his chest grow stronger, and even his head began to ache faintly, he couldn't figure out why, but the emotion was churning to the point that he was almost unable to keep his sanity.

"What's wrong with my mind? It's clear that your mind is not clear! What bastard talk have you been talking about? I ask you, what is the name of your country? ”

Seeing Andy get closer and closer, Martin stumbled to the ground and hurriedly got up.

He took out a short folding knife from the side of his shoe, took it apart, held it in his hand, and his arms trembled.

"My country is...."

Martin's face was flushed, and the whole person looked scared, which made Andy calm down a little from the confusion, after all, he was equipped with weapons and the other party was unarmed, from the other party's point of view, he may indeed be a great threat, after all, Martin is the first living person he has met since entering this strange place, and he really shouldn't push things out of control.

"The name of my country is, of course, SA! Great SA! ——”

He yelled, as if to embolden himself.

"If you get out, you guy, I can call all the police and lawyers in any state with a phone call! You will be prosecuted by a lawyer for a hundred crimes, squatting in prison until the chrysanthemum is abolished! If you dare to compare with me like you are now, the police will empty the magazine at you without saying a word! I'm the president of Thomas & Co., an existence you could never have imagined in your life, you ass! Don't come! Keep your hands away from the gun! ”

Andy was struck by lightning and didn't even know what to say for a moment, except for the words he didn't understand, the man still seemed to have some kind of strange perception of SA, which was undoubtedly extremely rare in the wasteland.

He thought about it and thought about it, but he just thought of a possibility.

"You.... Are you from the enclave? ”

Martin spat out.

"Save your nonsense! What enclave, is there something wrong with you? Get away from me! Don't think I'm here to take you out of the question, let me tell you, there's one more thing in my bag that could easily kill you, don't think I'm lying! Stop where you are now and don't go any further! ”

Andy held back the emotions in his heart, he really couldn't help but kill him, but his sanity controlled his actions, and killing an unarmed person just because of a little quarrel was not something he would do.

He looked at Martin, who was getting farther and farther away, and finally shouted.

"Don't you believe that SA has been destroyed?"

Martin didn't look back, only a voice came.

"Maniac!"

The two were completely separated, Martin was nowhere to be seen, and a living man he had just met parted ways after only a few hours.

Andy stood in place, not only was the emotion in his heart not suppressed, but boiled vigorously, which made him finally roar and slam the punch against the wall next to him.

There was a loud bang, and a large hole was smashed into the wall.

This also frightened Andy, he had come into contact with the materials of the buildings here, and it was definitely not something that he could easily destroy to this extent with his bare hands, but it was indeed the result of reality in front of him, why was this?

The beep boy suddenly made a sound.

"External signal input detected, identity confirmed, connecting.... The connection is complete, and the system upgrade begins.... The system upgrade is complete, and the reboot is underway..."

After a series of changes that Andy had never seen, an image suddenly appeared on it, it was a beanie-eyed villain, with an explosive Mediterranean hairstyle, wearing glasses as heavy as the bottom of a beer bottle, and wearing a white coat, his expression at the moment was extremely crazy, almost like a psycho in a wild laugh.

"Haha! I found it anyway! ”

Andy looked at the man suspiciously.

"Are you Lao Fan? How did you become like this? Where am I? How do I get back? ”

The weirdo shook his head exaggeratedly.

"No, no, no.... I'm not him, you can call me.... Scientists, hahaha! I've upgraded your Pip-Boy system to make it work here, but it may not be fully restored. Okay, just keep looking at the taskbar for the rest, we're a bit busy right now..... Bye! ”

With a snap, the video communication was turned off.

The screen of the beep boy jumped up and down a few times and then opened smoothly, Andy quickly opened the inventory to get things out, but the embarrassing thing was that most of the things inside were marked with a big cross, and the interaction was not helpful at all, only some food and sundries could be taken out, but this amount was really pitiful.

"Isn't your upgrade a bit useless?"

Andy took out a piece of his favorite mole jerky and stuffed it into his mouth, silently complaining.

On the other side ....

Three beanie-eyed figures were standing somewhere in what they called the subspace, surrounded by a large number of strange tall and unidentified creatures with colorful balloons in their hands, their hands were very long, their heads were like a square paper bag, their skin was as rough as leather, the color was as colorful as those balloons, and their faces had a simple smile that resembled those drawn out of blood, and the surface of their skin was oozing many bloodstains.

Some of the unidentified creatures also wore strange cone-shaped colored paper caps on their heads, colorful confetti were scattered on the floor, and some delicious-looking cakes were placed on the tables around them, with delicate small candles on them.

The beanie-eyed figure in a blue bodysuit gestured to listen, and there was indeed a strange and cheerful music that had changed its tune on a loop, and the unidentified creatures around it were swaying up and down to the rhythm of the music.

"Paddle your boat.... Should I say that you are very good? ”

He muttered, turning to the two next to him.

"I need a moment to interfere with the rules here."

The other two beanie-eyed figures stepped forward, and a long white strip of white flickering and erection slowly emerged above the blue tights standing still.

The self-proclaimed scientist mad bean-eyed villain holds up a handful of pieces of electronic waste in his hand, while the soldier smokes a cigar and looks unmoved.

"I prefer ABCD, can you change it?"

The unidentified creatures in front of them did not respond to the scientist's suggestion, but the music suddenly stopped, and they all stopped swaying to the music.