On the Atomic Hummer, Andy conceived the route out of his mind.

The closest locations to Bloomfield include Hoover Dam, Fort Maxson, and the Grand Canyon, where the followers of the Apocalypse are led by the Candace branch president, who had known Andy and had been informed of the conspiracy of Prest's gang for a long time, and with her character, it should not be a problem to convince her to lead two scientists to help, and only hoped that things would not go out of the way.

Diana said that some useful materials might be found in the ruins of Denver, and that she could ask the NcR to use its railroad to quickly transport them from the Dog City Salvage, and that she had no choice but to let the Dodge Mayor coordinate it, and now that he seems to be facing an investigation again, I really don't know if I can help.

If he can help, it can save a lot of time, and if not, Andy will have to choose to drive himself.

As for the Grand Canyon, it is also a must-visit, although Podonk has become a radiation zone, but the north shore is still normal, he plans to ask Santiago about their materials, if necessary, he will not be stingy with his bottle caps, even if he buys them with a lot of money, he must buy them all...

There is also the cpU of .m.b-002, and after a long time, I actually have to go down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon again.

The last thing is to have some relationship with the people of the Brotherhood of Steel, and there are some things that have to be guarded against, think about it... The collected materials and the Hermes rockets themselves, everything was stirring their nerves.

It would have taken time to get all of this done, but it was only a small part of the list of tasks that could not be seen at a glance, in addition to the southwestern region of the Great Southwestern Federation, there was Vault 70 and Nursery in the northwest, Dog Town and the Great Dome in the northeast, the reservation in the southeast, and even Mesa Verde, because Vault 29 was there...

Thanks to the early resolution of ZAx's memory problem, he didn't need to make another trip to Burnham Springs... No, if it's safe to do so, it's better to make a trip, as the scavengers there also have some garbage stockpiles, and the pre-war shelter under Burnham Springs uses Vault-Tec's modular building materials.

I can't run away from any of them, and the more I think about it, the more troublesome it becomes...

Andy opened the map of the Pip-Boy, looked at the geo-marked signs on it that he had personally walked on, and hastily formulated an action plan in his mind.

Next, he had to go to the Hoover Dam to inquire about the situation, and see if he could use the power of the Dodge mayor to mobilize the NcR's rail system to the northeast to transport materials and energy to Bloomfield, and if not, at least get some other help, and the followers of the apocalypse should also have some inventory, they have some independence, and they will not unconditionally look down on the NcR government.

After receiving the Apocalypse Followers Scientist at Hoover Dam, he had to go east to Fort Maxson to find the Iron Brotherhood dignitaries, and the ideal person was naturally the Iron Brotherhood scribe 'Isaac', followed by the Iron Brotherhood scribe Pierre, who had worked at the Hoover Dam for a while, and it didn't matter who would make up the rest of the numbers.

But the question is, is this man saying he wants to come? Will they be able to settle down when they come?

He could only pray that his chivalrous knighthood would have such a big face.

Before he left, String told Andy that after communicating with the Dome, Dr. Goddard and Dr. Agnes were negotiating with the driver who drove them to the Dome in the first place, Maddy "Mustang" Eddie, to drive his armored truck to bring the Dome Scientists and his party from the northeast, of course, this was an alternative, and if NcR could send a train to the northeast, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

After these three groups of people arrived in Bloomfield, the manpower of the ground control center was almost assembled, and the rest of the two things, except for collecting materials, the main thing was to go to the nursery to get the maintenance robot and go to the reserve to get the security code, but the problem is that these two places are far from each other, and a line is drawn diagonally in the north and south of the Great Southwest Federation, and there is no shortcut to use...

With that in mind, Andy thought about one last thing as he drove toward Hoover Dam to the north.

Find someone to go into space with him.

The Hermes 13 rocket could carry six astronauts, and it would take five more to throw him out, one of whom had recently been booked for a seat, and the remaining four places were still uncertain.

Theoretically, it is enough for the accompanying technicians to have one string, she is not only a member of the Great Dome Scientists, but also once studied pre-war techniques with Diana in the nursery, and is definitely a first-class talent, so the rest of the candidates are better to be trustworthy and have excellent combat strength.

Along the way, many people or non-people have traveled with Andy for a long time, and in the process have established a deep tacit understanding and friendship, if you want to take someone with you, it is best to choose from these people.

With the exception of String, Gillian and Big Bear, who were already in Bloomfield, the rest were scattered around.

As the chief of the Blackfoot Tribe, Kuresu had no reason to leave her tribe at all, she hadn't even seen her when she went back to the Blackfoot tribe last time, and whether it was technology or combat, taking one with her was better than nothing, so she could rule it out first.

Dog meat... Or the former demon, this animal friend who helped Andy a lot when he was just wandering in the wasteland, now has greatly reduced his combat effectiveness after the rabies treatment is completed, and it is difficult to continue to serve as a war dog, and there is no suitable position and conditions for it to ride on the rocket, so it is better to continue to leave it in the big dome, rule it out.

Beatrice is a super mutant, although the bear is more than a little stupid in comparison, but she is definitely a good hand in combat, and she also has a tacit understanding with Andy, but unfortunately her whereabouts have been unknown since the battle of the secret laboratory inside the Hoover Dam, and she has not been found so far, so she can only rule it out.

Mark, like Beatrice, disappeared after the Battle of Hoover Dam, the difference is that he is not missing, but took the initiative to mention that he has other things to do and needs to leave, at that time he made it clear that he may not have the opportunity to witness Andy to the last moment, and now he can't know where he is, this is also Andy's most regretful candidate, Mark is proficient in pre-war technology, especially some technologies in the military field, and is also a strong combatant, so he has no choice but to exclude him first...

Handyman, that robot, Mr. Skillful Prototype, who is not small, let it stay in Dog City and be the company of those three mechanical dogs.

Xiao Hei, as in the case of dog meat, or even more fragile in comparison, must also be ruled out.

Measles, it should have been dead, or was killed by his own hands, rule it out.

After eliminating all of this, Andy realized that he had no options left.

The hangman guy is also very strong in combat, but he is now obsessed with being a chief, and his personality is very strange, it is difficult to convince him that it is a little difficult, and if he really can't do it, he still needs to use force, he can read this language, but if he becomes uncontrollable after going to space, it is really better not to bring it.

Chrissy, or Christina, an NcR corporal, can be seen during her time in Dogtown that her qualities as a soldier are still good, but that's about it... Maybe it was possible to convince her, but was it really necessary to take her?

Battery, a Buraku of the crypto tribe, the new Nemonek of the tribe, is not bad in terms of technology, and he is also a qualified warrior in terms of combat, which seems to be more suitable, looking at his original attachment to the water purifier in Jericho Town, it is estimated that telling him to take him to see the pre-war 'big iron arrow' is enough to convince him.

Alexandra, a resident of New Canaan, a bounty hunter with top-notch marksmanship and a strong personality... Other than that, there didn't seem to be anything else unique, and the situation was similar to Chrissy, and it shouldn't be a problem to convince Jericho to get involved with the bonds he had formed from that battle.

Others, if they insist on gathering numbers and pulling cannon fodder, they may be able to pull a few strong tribesmen from the Blackfoot Tribe and the Iron Line Tribe over, but they may not even understand the language, the communication is not smooth, and they may have a narrow vision because of their background, and after going to space, they will make a fuss and do nonsense, and in the end they will only help...

Which four people to choose?

It was in this constant crankiness that the Hoover Dam gradually came into view.

Andy's mind was interrupted by the scene of people coming and going, and he shook his head to put the unclear questions behind him for a while.

At the east gate of Hoover Dam City, some merchant caravans came and went, and Brahmin two-headed oxen carried heavy cargo boxes from the eastern tribal areas with all kinds of medicinal herbs, vegetables and fruits, meat pieces, dairy products, leather, water purification and other scarce agricultural and animal husbandry goods produced by various civilized areas to trade here.

The mainstream of the merchant group is obviously the people under the Red Caravan Company, these people can be distinguished from those individual caravan companies or individual wandering merchants at a glance, their cargo boxes and armor are sprayed with the company's logo, the two-headed ox carries the largest number of goods, and the quality of the guards' equipment is also close to that of the regular NcR soldiers, in the individual escort captains, you can see good equipment that even the NcR officers can't have.

Other merchants, thanks to the reopening of the western and eastern routes, many small caravan companies traveled east from New California, through the Great Dividing Range and the Mojave Desert to Hoover Dam and into the eastern region to try their luck and try to make a lot of money, these caravan companies have a variety of names that no one remembers, some may really make a name for themselves, but many more will be used as sheep by wild beasts, marauders and tribesmen in the dangerous east.

The abundance of this trade even attracted some eastern Buraku people, after all, it was much more profitable to organize caravans to sell goods to the west than to wait for merchants to come to the door at the place of origin to buy goods at a lower price.

Therefore, Andy can also see the shadow of some Buraku businessmen, those who have been engaged in this business for a period of time have changed their past crotch cloth clothes, and their identities can only be distinguished in some details, while those who have just been businessmen for a short time are very eye-catching and exposed, such Buraku people are also regarded as potentially dangerous elements by the Hoover Dam side and are more interrogated, openly and secretly discriminated against.

As Andy passed by, a tribeague man carrying a burden was ridiculed for his inability to speak fluently to answer the cross-examination of the NcR soldiers, and although he couldn't understand what the soldiers were saying, he could understand the mocking expressions on their faces and the pointing on their hands, and he felt humiliated and threw the burden on his shoulders to the ground, and the wild vegetables and eggs rolled out, he didn't take care of his cargo, but just pulled out the machete at the waist of the NcR soldiers with a solemn face and made a duel stance.

The NcR soldiers were startled and raised their rifles directly.

The tribesman thought it was just some kind of metal spear, and he didn't understand what he was up against, and he screamed to defend his honor to the death.

Andy immediately honked the horn, which made the people around him look at him.

He got out of the car, and his handsome face and muscular body caused all kinds of people around him to stop.

Walking between the tribesmen and the soldiers, he first took out his documents and let the two soldiers go away, leaving the tribesmen to dispose of the tribesmen, and then he walked up to the tribesmen and stretched out his hand to grab his knife, and under the pressure of irresistible force, the tribesmen reluctantly returned the knife in their hands to the scabbard.

Even so, he was still very hard-mouthed, and shouted that he would continue to fight to the death with those who insulted him.

After being questioned by Andy about his reason for coming here, the tribesman seemed to suddenly wake up, his red eyes regained their clarity, and he even began to choke for a while.

Andy patiently helped him pick up the farm goods scattered on the ground and took them aside.

After careful questioning, the tribesman told Andy in a half-baked lingua franca that he wanted to exchange these things for antibiotics to cure his son, and the tribe's shaman said that he had two choices, one was to seek medicine from the daughter of Hekate, and the other was to go to the westerners to exchange a metal lid for medicine, but their tribe had previously refused the request of Hecate's daughter, and even had some conflicts with Hekat hounds...

Therefore, there was no other way for him.

Andy glanced at the burden, the contents were either yellow or stinky, maybe at first these things were the good goods he had painstakingly collected from the dangerous woodland and mountainous areas, but all the way to the west on foot, these things had long been broken, and he knew that he could not sell them at all, and bartering was not valid.

He sighed, took out some bottle caps, estimated that there should be enough to buy medicine, and handed them to the tribe man.

"You take these to change the medicine, don't throw them away, this is currency, not garbage."

Worried about whether the tribesmen would be able to buy medicine in Hoover Dam City, a follower of the Apocalypse approached him, and he looked at Andy with admiration on his face.

"Mr. Andy, leave him to me, don't worry, I'll do my best to help him... Don't stay here for long, things are getting a bit complicated at Hoover Dam lately, so I suggest you get over to the Candace branch president first. ”

Andy nodded, said goodbye to the buraku who kept stumbling and thanking him, and walked straight to the Candace branch president.

It was when he was helping the Buraku people that some people who were hiding in the shadows saw Andy's arrival, and these people left the bustling East Gate of Hoover Dam City with dark eyes, and Andy also didn't notice that there were some joint posters posted on the wall near the East Gate, asking the citizens of the Hoover Dam to unite to denounce Mayor Dodge for concealing the fact that everyone was digging up concrete building materials in the east of the Hoover Dam in exchange for funds.