Embers Ad Infinitum - Chapter 125
Early the next morning at nine o’clock in the morning, Bai Chen drove the disguised Jeep, carrying the other three members of the “Old Tune Team” and the leader of the “Rootless” camp Fei Lin, followed by a group of five or six vehicles. The caravan headed towards Ye Cao City.
I don’t know if it’s because of the rush to work or trying to be real. The colors of the repainted Jeep are not very coordinated in many parts, but it is generally seen as a military green camouflage.
This is very similar to most jeeps running on the dirt-once they bump, there is either no place to repair, or just casually repair, not paying attention to so much.
The reason why Fei Lin didn’t take the car of his own business group was because he felt that when he arrived in Yecao City, he would be separated from his good brother Shang Jian Yao, and he had to hurry up and chat for a while.
This caused the Jeep to squeeze three big men in the back row. Fortunately, this car is spacious and will not affect the riding experience.
After leaving the camp and going to the other side, Long Yuehong finally saw the most important facility in this area: the
water plant.
It is surrounded by green trees, the environment is quite good, and it seems to be “taken care of” very well.
After passing the water plant, the ruins of a city gradually unfolded in front of all the members of the “Old Tune Team”.
Almost all the tall buildings here have collapsed, or the gray or brown “mud” and the stubbornly branched rusty steel bar are piled together in a mess, covered by withered creeper leaves and various plants, only faintly revealed section.
It’s like countless people buried alive, finally poking out their hands before they die, trying to grab something.
Compared to the ruins of the city deep in the swamp, the original appearance of the old world is completely invisible here.
Even the relic hunters gave up here.
——The remaining things are either difficult to collect or worthless.
If you haven’t entered the depths of the swamp or seen the silhouette of the old world, Long Yuehong would at best sigh for such a scene, but now, his mood is extremely complicated, inexplicably heavy and sad.
”Hey…” Jiang Baimian in the passenger seat “softly” sighed.
Fei Lin sat between Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, looking out the window and said,
”My grandfather was still alive, tell me what kind of tourist city this is.
”Otherwise, they wouldn’t drive over in their RV. . “
Suppliers see Yao did not answer the charges incumbent forest, towering, he said:
” I want to put the song. “
Remember the past song?” Jiang Baimian asked quite understandingly.
Shang Jianyao nodded his head:
”Yes. “
Forget it, it affects the mood.” “Jiang Baimian waved his hand, “This road is already difficult to drive, so don’t interfere with Bai Chen.” “In
this completely abandoned city ruin, due to the collapse of buildings and the subsidence of the ground, many roads were either buried or interrupted, making it impossible to pass. Vehicles can only constantly change routes and move forward little by little.
Fortunately, no matter it is. Bai Chen, Fei Lin, and the “rootless people” who led the way in front of them are still familiar with this place, so they won’t get lost.
”I am really grateful to the relic hunters for taking away the cars stuck in the road. Otherwise, just It would take too much time to get around the ruins of this city. “In the process, Jiang Baimian sighed with emotion.
”This is also our credit.” “Ferlin smiled and touched the gray beard beside his mouth. “Our business group got many cars from here, and now they are all of the grandfather’s generation.” “
During the chat, the convoy spent more than an hour slowly passing through the most severely damaged area of the city’s ruins. The road conditions gradually improved. You can even see the mid-air road supported by gray and white pillars, which is extremely empty. The damage is not obvious, but there are many withered weeds.
After another unknown time, the convoy arrived next to “Zhuohe”.
The flowing water here is tumbling with a yellowish color, and it seems to be mixed with a lot of sand.
Because it is winter, many parts of the riverbed have been directly exposed to the air, full of silt.
Diagonally in front of the convoy, a medium-sized bridge supported by a pair of piers spanned both sides.
After waiting for this new bridge and driving forward for ten minutes, a gray-white city wall several meters high came into the eyes of everyone.
”That’s Weed City.” Fei Lin introduced.
”Is there a city wall?” Long Yuehong asked surprised and curiously.
He remembers it was written in the textbook that the cities in the old world are no longer like those in the ancient times. They have to build tall and strong walls, at most schools and other places. For the convenience of management, they would build a circle of low walls.
If it was built after the destruction of the Old World, what a huge project it would be!
Fei Lin smiled and said,
”Here are the accessories of the ruins of the city just now.
”Before the destruction of the old world, it was said to be an ancient city. “
” Tourist attractions? In order to restore the style and features of the ancient times, the city wall was preserved and repaired? “Jiang Baimian speculated based on his own knowledge.
Fei Lin
said, “I heard that at the earliest meeting, when many survivors were preparing to establish settlements, they considered the ruins before, but the damage there was too serious.” There is a city wall and its own water plant, and it is also close to the hydropower station. “
Speaking of which, he chuckled and said:
”Although the city wall cannot defend against cannons or bombs, it can at least block beasts, monsters and’unintentional people’, giving everyone a more sense of security.” While
talking, the convoy arrived at the gate of Wild Grass City.
There is a bit of congestion here, and the speed of the Jeep is very slow.
Long Yuehong pressed the window of the car, looked out, and found a crowd of people crowded in front of the city gate.
They wore ragged or old clothes, their faces were pale in the winter wind, and their lips were a little blue.
These people are mostly young and middle-aged men and women, followed by children, and none of them are elderly.
Their expressions were more or less numb, and they moved forward along the team mechanically.
”This is?” Long Yuehong looked back at Fei Lin.
Fei Lin half propped up and took a look at the city gate.
He quickly sat down again and sighed:
”These are all wild wanderers who don’t have much food for the winter. Come to Yecao City to try your luck.”
”Can you find a job here?” Long Yuehong asked in the habit of a company employee. Tao.
Fei Lin laughed like self-deprecating laugh:
”The one with the best luck was taken in or bought by the Hunter’s Guild and cultivated as a direct line.
”The one with inferior luck is regarded by the nobles and becomes a servant.
”The one who is worse, was taken to the surrounding manors to be a serf.
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” Unlucky, he was bought back by a skin and meat business.
”The worst luck is to be a miner…”
After hearing Felin’s description, the jeep became extremely quiet, and no one spoke for a long time.
Long Yuehong watched the vehicle surpass those people little by little, but didn’t know what she could do.
He retracted his gaze and glanced at Shang Jianyao, only to see that his friend looked solemn.
Finally, Jiang Baimian broke the silence and repeated a word like a mocking:
”Noble…”
”Isn’t this learned from the’First City’? Anyway, it is also a member of the’First City’.” Fei Lin was not at all about that. Very concerned.
Long Yuehong picked up her mood and continued to ask:
”Why do they have to line up at the door?”
He remembered Bai Chen mentioned that the Wild Grass City is quite open and there is no entrance tax.
”With so many vagrants, who knows if there are any infectious diseases? At this time, a basic check must be done, or everyone will be finished together.” Fei Lin is quite familiar with similar procedures.
”Yeah.” Long Yuehong nodded and asked instead, “Hey, why are there no old people…”
Before he could say anything, he suddenly woke up:
”I understand.” In
such a cold season, he lacked food and clothing. Those who are a little bit older will definitely not be able to go to Yecao City, so it is better to sever oneself and concentrate resources on future generations.
This may even include their bodies.
Such cognition made Long Yuehong feel uncomfortable.
Fei Lin immediately patted Long Yuehong on the shoulder:
”Hey, get used to it, this is dust.
”When the first snow falls, the situation will get worse. “
Speaking of this, he looked at the north:
”I heard that it was already snowing in the black marsh wilderness…”
”Snow disaster…” Bai Chen, who was driving, remembered something.
Jiang Baimian immediately comforted her:
”Fortunately, Shuiwei Town doesn’t have to worry about these problems.” After
moving slowly for a while, the convoy finally passed the inspection and entered the wild grass city.
Long Yuehong looked outside subconsciously, and found that the road was paved with blue or gray stone bricks, which appeared to be very regular, but they were all a bit narrow and could barely pass two cars.
The buildings on the roadside are not too high, at most only five stories, and the tops are all in the shape of eaves.
On the ground floor are rows of rooms facing the street, which are very similar to the ruins of the city deep in the swamp.
Similarly, they all hang their own signs.
Long Yuehong glanced at it, and saw the names of “old-brand noodle restaurants”, “Axiu Non-staple Food”, “Zhangji Cereals and Oils”, “First City Office” and “Shooting Internet Cafe”.
Even the telephone poles beside the road are pasted with sheets of white paper with words such as “specialize in treating intractable diseases”.
In addition to these, Long Yuehong also saw a lot of signs written in red river script.
This includes words such as “restaurant”, “club” and “bread”.
It was not until this time that Long Yuehong deeply realized that “Wild Grass City” was a part of “First City”-among the pedestrians on the road, there were nearly half of the black-haired and brown-eyed people, but only half. The rest have blond hair, brown hair, blue eyes, and green eyes.
Of course, because it was winter, the wind was biting and there were not too many passers-by outside.
”It looks very lively.” Long Yuehong said with emotion.
”That’s not counting, the car hasn’t been able to drive in the first two months.” Fei Lin said with a smile, “The road here was originally not designed for vehicles, it is narrow and easy to crush.”
”So…” Long Yuehong nodded and looked out the window again, just like Shang Jianyao.
On those telephone poles, various lines were pulled to different places without any plan, which seemed very messy, as if dividing the sky.
As the vehicle moved forward, Long Yuehong saw another sign:
”South Street Slave Market”
Long Yuehong fell silent for a moment.