"Those guys again... What's so special about this monster? ”

Andy first pulled out his gun, and then felt a little risky, the monster in front of him didn't know what means, since those hellbeasts couldn't see the stationary target before, did this monster in the same place also have the same habits, and he didn't act rashly at this thought.

Frank thought the same thing, so he didn't move.

"This thing was originally rare... I don't know very well. ”

The original reason in his words came from the change of scene in front of him, after the first outcropping Moloch, two monsters of the same kind came over, so now the two of them stood awkwardly and looked at the three-headed monster not far away.

However, instead of howling and wandering around like the previous hellbeasts, these monsters clearly could not see the state of the two of them, but stood there strangely and stood opposite the two of them.

Compared to before, these guys have strange flesh mushrooms, and the ends of all of them have become very shiny, with green fluorescence coming through them.

"It's not an option to stand like this all the time."

Andy looked at the monsters over there through the helmet of the radiation suit, only to feel a growing sense of threat, and he couldn't help but raise the pistol in his hand, while Frank looked a little hesitant.

"But... If they can't see us clearly, they may leave on their own in a moment. ”

Andy was about to respond when Hull's voice suddenly came from the back of his neck.

"There is an enemy in the rear~"

V mode was immediately turned on, and Andy saw that a Moloch appeared not far behind him, and a slender neck longer than an arm stretched out from its headless neck, and the end was like a snake with a mouth full of fangs, but there was nothing like eyes on it, and this mouth quietly pounced on it, if it weren't for Hull's reminder, it was almost attacked.

Andy was shocked and angry, as a result, these guys can't see stationary targets like hellbeasts, they may just stand there and wait for their kind to surround the two of them in the rear, this kind of monster is not brainless, but has a certain intelligence, I really don't know where their heads are placed, not on their necks, is it in their stomachs?

"Bang! ——”

The python fired, its mouth exploded in the air, and its slender neck immediately retracted, and the mollock let out a scream from the depths of its body, and then the fleshy mushrooms that glowed green swelled up.

Pulling Frank, who hadn't reacted yet, the two hurriedly hid behind a stone not far away, and a stream of green juice sprayed over rapidly, and these green juices bubbled up as soon as they touched the stone, which was obviously very corrosive, and as soon as it got on those coals and tar, it exploded with a bang The green flames and sparks exploded, and they burned violently for a while, I don't know what the composition is and what the principle is.

"Damn, these monsters can also squirt acid water."

Andy saw that the dodging stones began to become brittle, and saw that the Moloch who had stood not far away and stopped from a distance had already opened their legs and pressed over at this moment, knowing that the situation was critical at this time, and the radiation protection suits on their bodies were not able to reach the bites and acid sprays of those monsters, and if they were hit, they would be troubled by the radiation here.

Just when he was about to activate the V mode to fight to the death, those Agricola robots not far away suddenly reacted, in their opinion, these Moloch seemed to be setting fire, so they turned off the battle suppressor and began to attack these monsters, the powerful drill and laser cutter with a blow easily chopped through the hard skin on these Molok as if they cut stones, and the cryogenic gas ejector used to extinguish the fire was even more effective, The concentrated spray of several robots can completely transform a moloch into a hard flesh sculpture in a minute, and then be smashed on the spot by a mechanical arm.

With the cushion of these robots, Andy used the beep-boy to find a way to escape while shooting, Frank followed Andy away from the battlefield between those robots and monsters, but suddenly another Moloch rushed out in front of him, but the monster ignored Frank who was speeding by, and instead tore straight at Andy, who was standing there watching the beep-boy.

"Andy!"

Frank shouted, and without being reminded, Hel had already informed him of the situation.

Two bullets were fired, shattering its hideous head mouthparts that stretched out far away, and another bullet hit its abdomen, but it had no effect, and a small hole was healing quickly, it seems that the bodies of these monsters are not sensitive to bullet shots, and their physique is similar to that of ghouls, they can absorb radiation from the environment to help themselves heal their injuries quickly, and they are almost immortal in this environment at the moment, unless they are brutally torn apart or frozen into frozen meat like robots.

The monster suffered from the loss of its mouthparts, and the meat mushrooms all over its body swelled up and wanted to squirt acid.

Andy turned on the V mode again and fired repeatedly, the bullets burst some mushrooms, so that the acid sprayed towards him was a lot less, he nimbly dodged left and right, and tossed and turned between the unknown liquids in danger, and finally finally successfully left the danger and came to Frank's side.

At this moment, Frank, who had been observing for a while, had an idea and suddenly thought of the key.

"Andy Run, those monsters' senses seem to be the opposite of hellbeasts, they can see still things but not moving things, and when they run, they can't see us!"

Andy was stunned for a moment, then felt justified, and the two ran all the way towards the exit of the mine, and sure enough, the passing Moloch all ignored the two of them, and were only attracted by the sound and ran in the direction where the robots were.

As they got closer to the ground, the flames rose again, and it seemed that the water pumped from the pumps did not completely extinguish the flames of Burnham Spring, but only created a lot of new safe zones, similar to what Frank had deduced.

When the old ghoul saw it, he was not only not depressed, but a little happy.

"That's the way it is... But those robots are a problem, they are now in fire mode, there are monsters down there, and we can't go back to the shelter to shut them down, so if they continue to work underground to extinguish the fire, wouldn't they be able to extinguish the fire in Burnham Springs once and for all? ”

Andy asked Frank a little strangely.

"Isn't that a good thing? Burnham Springs has been burning for years, dust covers the sky and the earth, and I don't know if the ground here will be completely collapsed into a big crater by the underground fire in a few years, and so many monsters have been burned; In order to make a living, you can only go to the dangerous mines every day to fight against the fires, poisonous smoke and those monsters, and live by scavenging, if the fire is completely extinguished, not everything! ”

Frank shook his head, his tone a little frustrated.

"You don't understand, Andy, even if this little ruined town is rotten like this, there are natives who come to attack it, and if the fire here is brought under control, they will not be the only ones coming, this is what you said before. If you think about it, if the environment here is only improved to a certain extent, and this is still a hellish place that no one wants to care about, the three of us can continue to rely on some traps and cooperative trade to make Burnham Springs self-governing... But what if the fire is completely extinguished? Is this the same place again? ”

When Andy heard this, he thought to himself, if the fire in Burnham Springs was completely extinguished by those robots, Burnham Springs would once again become an important location in terms of transportation, trade, and resources, and the people who used to avoid this place would definitely make a comeback, and the Frank trio's perseverance would become a joke, and the traps they laid would attract the hatred of those who came after them, and... What about the NcR who didn't have much interest here in the past? What will they think of this place then?

"You have a point, Frank, I didn't think this far ahead... But it's also something that can't be helped. Your two companions are about to be unable to hold on, and in a few years, there may only be one of you left here, and you won't be able to last long if you rely on you alone, so the two of us have to come down, and when we come down, we find that the shelter is trapped and we have to start the firefighting procedures of those robots in order to survive, which is like fate, what can be done? NcR over there... I'll intercede with Mayor Dodge at that time, and let their official forces intervene later. If the fire is completely extinguished after a while, you should go down to the mine and collect valuable items, and get out of here in time. ”

The two chatted and walked out of the fire cave shortly after.

I believe that the underground will be lively for a while after that, and I don't know if the cold air spray of those robots is superior, or the acid sprayed by those moroch can win. In the case of the former, the robot that cleaned up the hostile target would certainly continue to extinguish the fire until the fire in the Burnham Springs mine was completely extinguished; If the latter were the case, Burnham Springs would remain roughly unchanged for a long time to come, with the fire cracking the rocks on the surface, the ashes rising into the sky and falling back to the earth, and the monsters howling and roaming the ground.

None of this is up to people.

Seeing the sun again, Andy took a deep breath after changing his armor, the air outside was not fresh, but it was much better than in the mine.

The two climbed the rope up the cliff and returned to the ruins of Burnham Springs.

Luke ran over and asked if the materials and components he provided would come in handy, and Frank eagerly communicated with him, after all, it would be the New Canaanites who would come to Burnham Springs first to do business.

Seeing Luke talking there, Andy also knew that when he went to mention Dante to him, he would only claim with a puzzled face that he had never been such a person, Dante disappeared in that bizarre encounter, completely disappeared, whether it was the future or the past, it was a terrible power.

Frank begins to talk to Luke about the new monsters they saw in the mines.

"You can't believe it, we've encountered that rare monster underground, or a lot of them! It's the legendary Moloch, and in the past, almost no one came up alive to tell us that there was such a monster in the mines, except for one of you in New Canaan, who was the first to name this monster, and we used to think it was just a legend, but now it seems that he is simply too lucky. ”

Luke's face turned pale with fright when he listened, especially when Frank talked about the two monsters underground, one could only see the moving target, and the other could only see the stationary target, he only felt fear when he was in it, if he was besieged by two monsters at the same time, it was really neither moving nor moving, in the collapsed mine full of flames, there was no way to go to the sky, and there was no way to go down, so he could only wait to be killed by one of them.

"Oh my God! My God! Why are there so many demons born in the world! ”

Frank asked Luke curiously.

"What are the allusions to the names you have for these monsters?"

Luke explained as he drew the cross.

"The scriptures record a place called the Valley of Hinnomzi, where the demons appeared in the past, and where the valley was originally used to burn the dead, and after a long time, a wicked demon king named Baal appeared and asked the kings of the nearby people to worship and believe in him. The king of the devil made a statue of him, and he also took the child as a sacrifice to the valley of Hinnomzi to burn.... It was so cruel and vicious that a new devil was born in the flames there, named Moloch, who was specially fond of bathing in the blood of children and the tears of mothers, and would appear as soon as a child was brought there as a sacrifice. ”

"For these reasons, the Valley of Hinnon is also regarded as a synonym for hell."

......................

At Phil's instructions, Andy used a pickaxe to pry out a basement that was buried under the rubble, inserted the key, opened the basement door, and jumped.

As soon as I entered, I smelled a foul smell and an extremely cold feeling echoed.

Andy turned on the Pip-Boy's light and looked at it, and there was a chair at one foot of the room, on which a rotting skeleton was handcuffed, and judging by the marks and scattered props around it, it was not very peaceful.

The hangman jumped down and immediately noticed the scene, walked over and observed it for a while, and then picked up a bloody nail scattered on the ground and was amazed.

"The technique is okay, but it can be seen that it is a little tender, this piece should have been pulled out several times before it was pulled out, hum... Hesitating when he exerted himself made him more miserable. ”

Andy only thought it was bizarre, this was supposed to be the place where Colonel Frontier secretly investigated the truth of the matter after the explosion of Burnham Springs, how could a person be tortured to death here?

He walked over to the dusty table next to him, trampled a few radroaches running around, and picked up several documents neatly placed on them, one of which still had some blood stains, and wrote them down while tortured.

The general content of these documents is that the rapid rise of the Explosives Gang in Burnham Springs is not accidental, including the sudden military movement and the important information that the Explosives Gang has obtained from somewhere, and the generous people actually come from within the NcR, that is, the NcR National Counter-Terrorism Agency.

However, after the explosives gang really became a trend, the iron brotherhood in Maxson State suddenly attacked, and the National Anti-Terrorism Bureau suddenly had enough major work in New California that made them anxious and had no time to take care of it. Falsely claiming that Colonel Frontier ordered grenades to be thrown to force the members of the Dynamite Gang hiding under the mine to surrender, the story ends with the destruction of everything, which is also the task assigned by the Counter-Terrorism Bureau to send agents for him.

Andy broke out in a cold sweat when he saw it, this kind of self-respecting and self-respecting, and then in order to cover up the truth at any cost, it was really terrible, just for this kind of funny reason, the residents of Burnham Springs, the soldiers of the Fifth Engineering Company all paid extremely tragic casualties, and the entire town was completely destroyed, and even the strategic layout of the NcR Eastern Special Administrative Region Government in the northwest of the Great Southwest Federation was terminated, and the black cauldron was completely detained on the head of the frontier colonel, no wonder he was still indignant about it for so many years.

So the soldiers in the back have been discharged and disappeared, and the frontier major himself faked his death, and it is estimated that he kidnapped the relevant people and went here to torture to extract confessions, but the truth was so heavy that he was completely disappointed in NcR, so he locked everything here, and then followed Kohlezinge to the Prester side to do things, and dedicated' The result of the New World Project is that the number of terrorists who have endangered the public security of the NcR for many years is skyrocketing under the efforts of the NcR.

Andy carefully put away the papers, if there was anyone else who could have made it out of the light now, it was Mayor Dodge...

He was a little wandering in his heart, but if he didn't give it to Mayor Dodge, this document would really be just a piece of waste paper.

The hangman rested beside the hideous skeleton as if no one was around, and he muttered with some dissatisfaction as he watched Andy look through the papers for a while.

"How long are you going to watch... Things are coming to an end here, and I'm going to check out somewhere else. ”

Andy carefully confirmed that he had not missed anything, and turned back in surprise.

"Where else do you want to go now? You can't stay in the west, I guess your head is already on the bounty hunters' union bounty list, and the NcR won't let you go. ”

The hangman waved his hand indifferently.

"Then I'll go to the east and find a native tribe to start all over again, I've done a lot of this kind of thing... The natives are stupid but not proud, and when they see power and wisdom beyond their understanding, they are really willing to bow down and obey, and this is the difference between them and you people. Caesar could have been a captive in the dark, transformed into a war chieftain, and then an emperor, why can't I? Give me some time, I can do the same thing... If I succeed, I'll prepare a noose for him. ”

Andy listened to this, thinking that it would be a good thing to have one more enemy in Caesar's army in the future, so he didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, but since he had to separate, he had some questions to ask.

"I've known you for so long, I don't know what your name is, what kind of person you used to be, and now you answer me, were you a member of Caesar's legion?"

The hangman shook his long hair and casually raised his hand.

"Oh hey, be faithful to Caesar! Haha, I probably don't have the right to do it anymore. That's right, I was a centurion named Curius, and it was I who led my soldiers to conquer the proud fortress of Alashid while the NcR fought with the Brotherhood of Steel and the marauders financed by the Brotherhood's weapons, turning it into an abandoned fortress... Got it? NcR should have been chasing me. ”

Andy wasn't too surprised by the result, but he just wondered why the hanger had been sentenced.

"So, the NcR doesn't even know that you did it, you won the battle for Caesar and almost collapsed the Eastern District of the NcR, who is going to hang you?"

The hangman grinned and showed some hatred.

"It's just that I didn't follow his orders in a single way, and he asked me to go to the Blackfoot garrison to guard the place where the legion originated, and look for an opportunity to recruit more new blood and establish a more solid fulcrum for the legion in the west than the seasonal stronghold of Dog City... But it wasn't until I arrived that I realized what an amazing thing the NcR had done in this place, the iron roads and the smoky iron-wheeled cars. The Two-Headed Bear is about to take the whole place under their control, and if the NcR is allowed to develop, what will they talk about? ”

"I have to say that I underestimated my opponents at the time, in the past we were always at war with the tribesmen, and sometimes there were some well-armed hostile groups, but they were nowhere near as many as the NcR... My army suffered heavy losses, and I thought that after taking Fort Arrashed, the NcR would have no more strength to resist, but who knew that they continued to retreat west into the Hoover Dam, which left me powerless but to retreat. ”

"When the news came back to the east, he actually sentenced me to be hanged! I've done so much for him in the East, and this time it's not even a failure, because of this I'm going to be stripped of my armor and hanged in front of the soldiers, and lose all my honor..."

Andy listened to these stories, and only felt that the madman in front of him deserved to suffer, because he was in the west, he saw the situation more thoroughly, and found an opportunity for NcR and the Iron Brotherhood to fight infighting to give the core of the Eastern District a fatal blow, but this was not the level of the Legion that destroyed the Horde in the past, and NcR's counterattack and subsequent defense at Hoover Dam were not the extent that he could cope with it.

If it was as he expected, he completely expelled the power of the NcR from here in one fell swoop, maybe he could really succeed, at that time Hekate's reputation was not obvious, and many other tribes were vulnerable, and Fort Maxson would laugh at the failure of the NcR in the Eastern Special District, and the other forces had either not yet gained momentum or had already had dealings with the Legion, and if time came by absorbing the tribesmen to restore their strength, the Legion would have completely gained a foothold here.

But there was no if, and in Caesar's opinion, this contact beyond his control was itself the most unforgivable sin.

Andy couldn't help but think, after so many years, to what extent has the legion that has been growing and growing in the east reach?