"Your dad?"
Ma Tao looked at Su Lanxi in his arms, then looked at Gangzi and asked, "Has he been to the north?"
"My father used to travel around and kill a lot of monsters. Later, because of something happened, he settled here and opened this weapons and equipment store. It just so happened that the old man didn't go out to play chess with others at home today. My wife will be back soon. Yes, I’ll take you upstairs to ask.”
The talkative Gangzi tidied up the counter, took the supplies that his other brother bought and packed for Ma Tao and said.
"came back!"
A good rush is worse than a good rush. As Gangzi was talking, a middle-aged woman wearing a plaid coat and carrying many tools opened the door and walked in.
"Guilan, you and my brother will take care of the store. I'll take this young couple upstairs to ask dad something."
Gangzi greeted the middle-aged woman named Guilan. The woman looked at Ma Tao and her husband, nodded, said "Go ahead", took off her plaid coat and held it in her hand. The tools went sideways into the counter to pack things.
"follow me"
With the consent of his wife Guilan, Gangzi smiled kindly at the two of them, stepped out of the counter, and led Ma Tao and Su Lanxi to the second floor first.
"Brother Gangzi, thank you very much"
On the stairs, Ma Tao looked at Gangzi walking in front and was grateful.
"It's okay. I see you have a lot of equipment. You should be hunters, right?"
Gangzi turned back and took a deep look at Ma Tao, and then said, "There are not many hunters who know how to be polite these days. It's rare that I can meet one. It's not easy..."
"Brother Gangzi is someone who has experienced a lot of things at first glance. He has seen through them all and takes them lightly. It doesn't matter anymore."
Su Lanxi beat the snake and put it on the stick, and quickly said a few nice words to Gangzi.
"Alas... I'm getting older, and I don't care about fame and fortune."
Gangzi sighed and came to a half-open door.
"Bounty hunters are crucial to mastering information. Some information can save people from taking a lot of detours, and can even save lives at critical moments."
At the door Gangzi looked back at Ma Tao and Su Lanxi beside him again and then knocked hard on the door.
"Father? Are you asleep? There are two young hunters who want to come and see you."
After Gangzi whispered at the door, there was a response in the room.
"It's Gangzi, cough...you said there are hunters looking for me?...Bring them in"
An old voice came from the room with two coughs.
"Come with me"
After Gangzi finished speaking, he immediately led Ma Tao and the others into the room.
The sun was shining brightly in the room. The first thing that caught the eye were several old wardrobes. There was a square table and a wooden bed near the window. An old man with gray hair was standing in front of the window to soak up the sunshine. , seeing Ma Tao and the others come in, they slowly turned around and sat in front of the square table.
"Old man, stay healthy"
As soon as Ma Tao entered the door, he cupped his hands and performed a small courtesy with a smile on his face.
"Sit down, you are such a young bounty hunter? Are you brother and sister?"
The old man stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to find a place to sit. Because Ma Tao and Su Lanxi did not hold hands or make any more intimate movements when they entered the room, the old man thought they were brother and sister.
"Old man, we are lovers"
Ma Tao and Su Lanxi looked at each other and answered to the old man together. In fact, it was Ma Tao who took the initiative to let go of Su Lanxi's hand when he entered the room. There was no other intention. Ma Tao just felt that it was too inappropriate to show affection in front of the old man. Even if you are polite, it is better to be dignified and steady.
"oh"
The old man nodded.
"Father, the two of them planned to go to the north. They bought a lot of things in my son's store. They were also very polite. I overheard your previous deeds and were very willing to hear the details. So I took it upon myself to bring them here to see you. you"
Gangzi respected his elders more in front of his father, smiling and speaking in a tone that was neither humble nor overbearing.
"So that's it. It was all many years ago. It was all old sesame seeds and rotten millet. I can't remember many of them. Excuse me, are you willing to listen?" After listening to his son's words, the old man asked Xiang again. Ma Tao and Su Lanxi.
"Senior experience, junior ear cleaning, how can it be called trouble? Old man, is the far north really that dangerous? What...is there in that place?"
Ma Tao paused and asked solemnly.
This matter is related to his future future, so Ma Tao has to be cautious and serious.
"What's to the north? It's dangerous..."
Gangzi's father pondered for a moment and then said, "The north is not the most terrifying place. It's just shells whizzing by. There are no monsters. For those with chariots, if you dodge carefully, you can escape with your body intact. There will be no battle." Cars, don’t even think about it. The farthest and most dangerous place I went to when I was young was to the east. There was a cross-sea bridge there, and there was an old factory on the other side of the bridge... Sigh..."
The old man closed his eyes helplessly, as if he didn't want to think about memories.
"Abandoned factory?" The two of them looked at each other in unison.
"Old man...what's in that abandoned factory?"
Su Lanxi, who was sitting next to Ma Tao, asked curiously and fearfully with her big black eyes wide open. Her weak breathing and plump breasts rising and falling showed that she was a little nervous at the moment.
The old man opened his eyes, looked at her, sighed, and continued, "That should be an old garbage disposal plant. It is full of machines specially used to kill people. All my teammates and companions were killed, and only one of my teammates was left." I escaped with my life, but lost an arm forever. I owe all my brothers and sisters a life..."
The old man didn't tell me that Ma Tao and Su Lanxi really didn't realize that the left sleeve of the old man's clothes was a metal prosthesis.
The two of them looked at the metal prosthetic limb and showed different expressions. Su Lanxi was very nervous, her little cherry mouth half-opened and her face was pale, while Ma Tao was solemn, showing the kind of thoughtful worry.
All this was seen by the old man, and he couldn't help but secretly admire Ma Tao. He was calm in dealing with things and did not panic when encountering difficulties. This was an essential psychological quality for a good bounty hunter.
"What's in the abandoned factory?"
Ma Tao squinted his eyes and listened carefully, and asked again the question that Su Lanxi had asked before. Su Lanxi was stunned when he heard this, while Gangzi's expression changed, and he looked at Ma Tao with some admiration in his eyes.
"Children can be taught"
The old man's wrinkled face showed an appreciative smile.
"The cross-sea bridge must be very long. There must be something particularly attractive in the place where people still want to enter."
Ma Tao thought for a long time, and this was the only conclusion that could be established, because no bounty hunter would go to such a dangerous area for hunting, so there must be something hidden in that factory.
"You are the quickest thinking young man I have ever seen. Yes, it is said that that factory has things that all bounty hunters dream of."
The old man answered Ma Tao's question with a smile.
"Dream, weapons...or...chariots!"
Ma Tao thought for a moment and looked at Gangzi and his son.
"Yes, a highly mobile Jeep attracts people to die."
Gangzi looked at his father's metal arm and added.
"Can the factory enter the tank?"
Ma Tao thought about it and felt that this was crucial.
"You can't go in, you can only walk,"
The old man stared into Ma Tao's eyes and gave Ma Tao the answer he least wanted to hear word by word.
"If it were possible to get into the tank, someone would have rushed in long ago. Even today, except for my father, no one has ever been heard of coming out of the factory across the sea-crossing bridge."
After Gangzi finished speaking, he slowly stood up. Ma Tao knew that this meant the end of the conversation and hurriedly stood up.
"I'm sorry to bother you, please forgive me. Senior, please let me know. I'm very grateful. Junior, I won't bother you anymore."
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he led Su Lanxi to stand up and say goodbye.
"On the cross-sea bridge, there are monsters more terrifying than factories. We were lucky and didn't encounter them last time. I hope you have good luck..."
The old man was still sitting at the table near the window watching Ma Tao leave. When Ma Tao was about to leave the house, he suddenly thought of this.
Ma Tao stopped and after listening, he said thank you again and was led downstairs by Gangzi.
After taking the supplies they purchased, Gangzi enthusiastically delivered them to the door of the weapons and equipment store, and then they left.
"Do you really want to go to the factory?"
Ma Tao and Su Lanxi held hands and walked out of the weapons and equipment store. Su Lanxi saw that there were fewer people around, so he sneaked close to Ma Tao and asked in his ear.
"Let's see, I heard another news at the bar before," Ma Tao put his arm around Su Lanxi's waist and said with a smile.
"What news? Oops! Tell me quickly."
Su Lanxi looked at Ma Tao's pretense, pouted and lost his temper.
"It's nothing, I just heard in the bar that there should be a big, big town in the southeast."
Ma Tao stopped teasing her and told her directly about the hunter conversation he overheard in the bar.
"You are really good. We have been playing, and you have been trying to find out the news. Isn't your head always busy?"
Su Lanxi held Ma Tao's arm with some distress.
"Why am I not idle? Doesn't this make you idle?"
Ma Tao was stunned and asked Su Lanxi. The latter rolled his eyes at him, his face was slightly red, he pretended to be angry, and pretended to pinch his waist hard. Ma Tao also pretended to be in pain and avoided it. Playful and affectionate.
After finding a small shop, eating something, and finally packing up everything, Ma Tao and Su Lanxi arrived at the entrance of the village. Because they had to cross the mud swamp, Su Lanxi changed into a camouflage uniform to make it easier to resist getting dirty.
Looking at the mud outside McKee Village again, recalling everything that happened the day before, as if it was still before her eyes, Su Lanxi looked at the two pairs of water floats left, and thought of her sister Su Lanyu who left without saying goodbye, and couldn't help but think again. There was a burst of sadness and loss, but there was nothing I could do. Life had to go on, the enemy was still at large, and I had to become stronger. The road ahead was still very long.
Ma Tao put on the leather armor and hat for Su Lanxi, and personally loaded the gunpowder for Su Lanxi to hold in his hand. After filling the Type 95 holster with bullets, she was fully armed. , looked up and down, made sure there was nothing missing, and then put her clothes on with confidence. Then he checked his equipment again, loaded the rifle in his hand with bullets, gave Su Lanxi an encouraging look, and the two set off. , left McGee Village.
The two of them moved southward all the way. Although they were slow, what Ma Tao didn't expect was that the musket in Su Lanxi's hand made a great contribution here. Although the attack speed was slow and reloading was laborious, it could deal with the enemies flying in the sky. The rifle birds, as long as the distance is enough, can really be shot one at a time. It is very clean and easy to use. And for the biological earthworms, the power is also good. If fired at close range, the biological earthworms hit directly will be broken into two sections.
Although the musket is not accurate at long distances and the attack speed at close range is too slow, it can be aimed at neither far nor close. The effect of one shot is absolutely awesome. However, neither of them picked up the G for all the monsters they killed. Firstly, because Falling into the mud would be too embarrassing. Secondly, Ma Tao was afraid that Su Lanxi would be attacked by a sneak attack when he went to pick up those Gs. The swamp must be boiled and bubbled first, which can be regarded as a reminder to others. Ma Tao is not a gentleman and will wait for it to appear, and just kill it with one shot.
The two of them supported him all the way, and when they came across a small forest in the swamp, they leaned over to rest and recuperate their strength, not daring to go deep into the forest in case of an accident.
After identifying the direction, we continued to set off. The way back was much more convenient than when we came. After all, the weapons and equipment were much stronger. The two people wearing leather armor could withstand the frontal attack of the rifle bird for a while. The rifle bird The bullets could not penetrate the leather armor's defense, but the pain was unavoidable.
We left Maiji Village in the morning and walked for about two hours. We finally emerged from the swamps surrounding Maiji Village for several kilometers. Ma Tao could already see the black V letter on his tank.
With a bang, the familiar sound of the engine meant that the tank started again. The two people who returned to the tank were relieved and threw their packages one by one on the single bed in the rest cabin behind the tank. At this moment, Ma Tao also Finally I knew what was in Su Lanxi's backpack.
Good guy, after getting into the chariot, the first thing Su Lanxi did was to change clothes. He took out a male combat uniform and brand new cloth shoes from his bag and threw them to Ma Tao, because he and Ma Tao had already had a relationship. Even his relatives did not shy away from him, so he took off his camouflage uniform in the chariot, and even changed out of his underwear that smelled of swamp.
Ma Tao looked at the muddy cloth shoes on his feet and couldn't stand it anymore. To be honest, with the stench all over his body now, if he really drove a chariot directly, then the seat of the chariot would really no longer be there. There was no way to sit with anyone else. Thinking of this, Ma Tao suddenly felt that Su Lanyuhua's 300G was not so useless, but what Su Lanxi brought out next completely drove Ma Tao crazy. They were all kinds of gold and silver jewelry. There are even cosmetics like lipstick and pencils in it.
You know, in this world, the price of a lipstick is enough for an ordinary family to live frugally for a month. However, Ma Tao also saw a few boxes of cigarettes among Su Lanxi's things. These are also luxury goods. Now, the cigarette factories in this world have long since disappeared, and the ones that have been handed down are all top-notch products. These few boxes of good-quality cigarettes are probably worth a lot of money.
"What did you all buy?"
Ma Tao was stunned. He looked at Su Lanxi taking out the same things. To be honest, apart from being expensive, there were really not many useful ones. The only one that was useful was that they also bought two ginseng pills. , it’s not a complete waste of 300G, the rest is mostly women’s clothing.
"It's nothing. They're all women's belongings. Go and drive. Aren't you going to a town in the southeast? Let's go quickly."
Su Lanxi pushed Ma Tao to the driver's seat of the chariot and prevented him from looking at it, but Ma Tao still peeked at the corner of the lace women's underwear in his backpack, and he was filled with reverie.
The chariot set off, following the edge of the swamp all the way east. Finally, the swamp disappeared, replaced by green grass and the endless mountains to the south. The tracks of the chariot crushed the green grass, lifting the belt. A piece of soil. Fortunately, the soil under the grass is very solid. The track structure of the tank will not make it easy to fall down, and the speed along the way is quite fast.
Ma Tao didn't dare to slow down. When he encountered slow-attacking monsters such as piranhas, he just drove the chariot and ran away. This was all because he had never replenished the chariot with supplies since he destroyed the water monster. The main gun of the chariot was Now there is only one shell left. It is still unclear whether we can find the town in the southeast, so this shell is very important. Along the way, we will encounter the armor piece of the tank that is really unable to escape and use the 07 machine gun. Tutu did not use the only cannonball.
"Ma Tao! There are tanks ahead!"
Su Lanxi, who had put on a female combat uniform and leather armor, gave people a different kind of beauty. At this moment, she was looking at the orange tank on the screen that was getting closer and closer.
"Really, are there other hunters? I'll stop the car and ask him if he has any 45-gun shells."
Ma Tao also saw the tank in front of him. It was all orange and was larger than his own tank. The whole tank was in tatters and was rusty in many places. It was not repaired, as if it had been scrapped or had just returned from the battlefield. It feels strange as it came down, but it is undeniable that the chariot can still drive on the vast grassland.
Perhaps they discovered the tank belonging to Ma Tao and the others. The orange-yellow, tattered king-like tank turned around and rushed towards Ma Tao and the others.
"Wait, I'll go ask!" Ma Tao opened his seat belt and told Su Lanxi, the co-pilot, to get out.
"Wait a minute! Something's wrong!!!"
Su Lanxi looked at the orange tank that was getting closer and closer. Not only did it not slow down, but it pointed its black barrel at him. An ominous premonition just appeared. He only had time to shout to Ma Tao, and the attack from the opposite side almost there.
boom! ! Ma Tao's tank was hit by a shot directly in the front. Good guy, basically all the armor on the tank's front was knocked off. The tank shook violently. Ma Tao couldn't stand still and sat down on the ground. Even a fool would know that he had encountered a monster. It was ridiculous that Ma Tao actually wanted to borrow cannonballs from the monster.
"01! Counterattack!"
As soon as the buzzing in his head stopped, Ma Tao, who had just straightened up, the first thing he did was to order the C device to fight back. Before 01's mechanical female voice could respond, a whistling sound broke through the air, and then, with a bang, there was another sound from the opposite side. One shot.
