After a five-and-a-half-day journey, the airship finally arrived at its destination—Cold Spring Harbor on the northwest edge of the Green Continent.
Cold Spring Harbor is the only town on the Green Continent and the only safe zone. It is named after a cold spring located on the northwest edge of the Luoyu Mountains.
Looking down from a high altitude, you can see the endless tropical rainforest. Towering trees and reborn shrubs look like a dark green ocean.
The equator passes here, and the climate is hot and rainy, with lush vegetation, humid and muggy.
During the Great Cataclysm, the Green Continent was also the hardest hit area and was wiped out by nuclear bombs from beginning to end.
But unlike other areas - it became desolate under the influence of radiation. The plants in the Green Continent have mutated, and their growth and reproduction abilities have become extremely powerful.
The crazy growth of plants has become another kind of disaster, occupying most of the living space, and is also unsuitable for human habitation.
Therefore, the hunter also has other names, namely "New World gardener" and "lawn cutter". These mutated plants have the ability to attack and prey on animals, the most common of which is the "man-eating fig". The vines are like pythons, capable of entangling prey and gradually absorbing nutrients from them until they become a withered skeleton with only skin.
People stationed here must cut grass and cut trees regularly to prevent too many plants from encroaching on the limited living space.
After getting off the airship, a dark green came into view. There are dark green tents everywhere, of different sizes and shapes.
It is said that because they are often attacked by large mutated creatures, they dare not build reinforced concrete buildings to avoid being destroyed and having to rebuild, which would increase investment.
In the middle of the large tent, there was a tall stone statue. The lines are simple and the workmanship is slightly rough, but it can be seen that it is a mighty middle-aged man, facing the southeast, with firm eyes and standing tall, as if resisting intruders.
This is a statue of a rotating watchman, and because it changes every year, the workmanship cannot be very good.
In order to reduce the casualty rate in the development of the Green Continent, at the strong request of the Human Survival Committee, a small king-level strongman will be stationed at Cold Spring Harbor every year, and this strongman will be guarded by various countries in turn.
If you come to the foot of the stone sculpture, you can see the name of the person on duty and the country represented behind it - Li Yafan, Xichuan Kingdom - engraved on the stone plate.
However, why use a tent when there is a legendary strongman sitting in charge?
Not to mention whether the legendary strong men have the noble spirit to sacrifice for others and the necessity of sacrifice. Each of them is a strategic resource of their country and must not be lost easily.
It is extremely unethical to use moral kidnapping to force others to sacrifice. Therefore, the Human Survival Committee has clear provisions. If the watchman on duty feels that there is danger, he can retreat without taking moral responsibility.
"Wish ya'll good luck!"
The crew of the aerostat moved the cargo down and said goodbye to Chen Xing and others.
Human-operated carts are lined up outside the open space, waiting to transport these goods to various warehouses.
At a glance, there are warehouses everywhere, including spire-shaped granaries, bread-shaped resource warehouses, and heavily guarded ammunition depots.
Coming out of the open space and past the queues of manned trolleys, you can see the temporary hospital with a red cross hanging on it.
On both sides of the gravel road are stalls with tattered sunshade cloths, selling various supplies and weapons.
"Master, would you like some rations? The best military rations, from Great Wall Industrial in the Eastern Continent, fried noodles flavor, barbecue flavor, all available." A vendor pointed at the military rations in his hand and kept selling them.
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Son, do you want a silver star? It's 80% new and can kill a cow with one shot. "A vendor held a silver pistol high and peddled.
"Wild mushrooms, wild berries, wild strawberries, three copper coins per bag. I have tried them. They are delicious and absolutely non-toxic." A vendor ate blue strawberries and gestured to the passersby.
If you often buy things, you will find that the prices here are much more expensive than outside. Basically, when things from the Red Earth Continent come here, the price will double by more than 200%.
The people who got off the airship kept walking forward, and it was quiet until they were near the stone sculpture of the watchman.
"Brother, where are you going?" Xiao Xu asked reluctantly. After these few days of getting along, he has established a good relationship with Chen Xing.
"You and I happen to be on the same road, let's go for a while together." Chen Xing also liked this simple young man very much, so he just did something good and sent them back to their base.
Anyway, it's a smooth ride. On the way here, he had studied the map. Spirit World No. 39 is about four hundred kilometers northeast of the human-controlled area, in the same direction as the uncle and nephew's station.
The human-controlled areas of Greenland are divided into grid-like areas of several sizes. Each grid on the map ranges from three square kilometers to eight square kilometers. Vacant areas will be assigned to groups of patrolmen who can be stationed for three years. Get title to the land.
"We live in the same place, so we can walk together so that we can have someone to look after us on the way." Sister Xiong said to Lao Xu. They were in district nw3790, and Lao Xu was in district nw4128. The two places were not too far apart.
Lao Xu happily agreed and even offered to treat everyone to a drink at noon. The rainforest is dangerous. Even under human control, there are still many mutant creatures. One more person means more insurance, which is not a bad thing. Moreover, the Xiong sisters are fellow villagers of Qingguo, so the possibility of stabbing them in the back is relatively small.
Both Lao Xu and Sister Xiong had animal-drawn carts stored in Cold Spring Harbor. After lunch, everyone loaded the goods onto the trucks and started heading northwest.
"Brother, you only brought this little ration, is it enough?" Xiao Xu asked worriedly when he saw Chen Xing carrying a lightweight military backpack.
Such a small backpack can only hold more than ten days of rations, which is not enough to eat.
"It's not enough for hunting anymore." Chen Xing said casually. There are two cubic meters in his storage space, filled with various cans and military rations, enough to last for several months.
"When we get to the camp, I'll ask my uncle to get you some more." Xiao Xu said, still worried.
After a while, the team left Cold Spring Harbor and entered the rainforest.
According to unwritten convention, they will walk along the edge of two hunting areas. The roads are relatively easy to walk as there are often people walking around. The local hunter will also regularly clean up the plants on the roadside, so it is relatively safer than no man's land.
Although there are occasional vicious incidents/incidents of murder and robbery, most of the time it is safe. The hunter hunters are all mercenaries with fighting ability. It is really not worth it to fight for some worthless food and equipment. If the matter is revealed, they will be deprived of the ownership of the land, which is not worth the loss.
The real value here is the land ownership. If you keep it for three years, you can get a lot of money.
As for women, there is no need to use violence.
Ninety-nine percent of the women who can appear here are female mercenaries. Female mercenaries are essentially the same as male mercenaries. They lick blood with their swords and never know whether they will be alive tomorrow. In addition, this world is technologically advanced and contraception is very simple, so most female mercenaries are relatively open-minded. As long as both parties can see it, it is very common for couples to have sex overnight.
The food is not valuable, it is not difficult to sleep with a woman, and he has a gun. A hard bone without much meat that few people are willing to chew.
It was extremely hot in the tropical rainforest at noon, and everyone was sweating profusely after walking for a while.
"I'm starting to miss the frozen soda." Xiao Xu said while wiping the sweat from his head. However, he saw that Chen Xing didn't sweat at all. His whole body was clean and refreshing. He was suddenly curious, "Brother, why didn't you sweat."
"Maybe it's because I don't drink enough water." Chen Xing said casually. He would not tell the other party that he was a man with "First Blood of Fire Demon", and he was immune to fire. Even high-temperature flames could not feel the temperature, not to mention the sultry heat.
He is afraid of cold but not hot. To him, this environment is like turning on the air conditioner at 23 degrees, which is very comfortable.
The poor little mercenary was deceived again and consciously reduced the amount of water he drank. As a result, he became dizzy from the heat and stuck out his tongue like a little yellow dog chained under the scorching sun.
"laugh!"
While no one was paying attention, Chen Xing took out two cans of soda from the storage space and handed one to Xiao Xu.
"Wow, orange soda!"
Xiao Xu drank it down and made a sound, feeling comfortable all over.
"Brother, where did you get the soda?" Xiao Xu looked up and down, scratching his head, wondering where the soda came from.
"I just bought it at Cold Spring Harbor." Chen Xing said while drinking orange soda.
"Oh..." Xiao Xu had a simple personality and believed it easily.
"There seems to be someone in front?" Lao Xu and Sister Xiong who were walking in front suddenly stopped.
"Brother, relax, we are the hunter patrols here." Two mercenaries came out of the bushes one after another, with their guns pointed upward, indicating that they meant no harm.
"A spider demon came here a few days ago. We have run out of bullets for our rifles. Do you have any small-caliber ones, 5.56, please give us some." One of the mercenaries said. Hunters who lack supplies and have no intention of going back will wait for passing mercenaries on the roadside and trade with them.
"Are you sand people?" Lao Xu asked. Their skin is brownish-red, which is the signature skin color unique to the Sand People.
"Yes, we are both from Da Fangzhou." The two admitted.
"I can only give you five boxes of thirty rounds of rifle ammunition. We advocate industrial production, and the price will be based on Cold Spring Harbor." Old Xu said.
"Can I give you twenty boxes?" asked the Sand People mercenary.
"No." Lao Xu refused. If he is a fellow villager, he will sell more, but if he is a sand citizen, it will be good if he can sell it.
"Ten boxes, good people will do it to the end." The Sand People mercenary retreated and settled for the next best thing.
In the end, Lao Xu traded eight boxes. After all, it is not easy to work outside.
"Thank you, you can come to our camp as a guest when you have time." Sha Min said, bringing a small bag of dried plants to Lao Xu, "The happy flowers we grew ourselves are very exciting to smoke."
The so-called happy flower is the poppy. There is no other entertainment during the long watch, and many hunters will smoke this to pass the time. In addition, it can also be used to relieve pain when you are injured, which is quite popular.
After walking forward for a while and getting away from the two sand people, Old Xu threw away the bag of Happy Flowers. He even ran back and told Xiao Xu seriously, "Don't learn to smoke this, or I will beat you on behalf of your father."
"Yeah..." Xiao Xu nodded repeatedly.
However, out of the corner of Chen Xing's eye, he saw one of the pretty girls following the Xiong sisters sneaking over and stuffing the bag of happy flowers into his pocket.
Lao Xu also saw it, but said nothing. After all, everyone has their own choice.
