What Uncle Baichuan said made sense. Xiao Jinzi nodded and said nothing.
"How is it compared to the black market?" Ma Tao put down what he was doing, thought for a while, and asked.
"Have you ever been to the black market?" Baichuan and his wife were surprised and looked at each other. It seemed that they had indeed underestimated this young man named Ma Tao.
"I was lucky enough to visit one by accident," Ma Tao said, glancing at Su Lanxi in the distance.
"It seems we are worrying too much." Uncle Baichuan didn't say anything. The two of them retreated to the cement room and planned to close the door.
"Uncle Baichuan!"
"Is there anything else?"
"Can you tell me where is the most dangerous place you have ever been?"
"The most dangerous place?" Uncle Baichuan pondered for a moment, then said, "It should be the Hell Gate, but I have never been to the other side of the Hell Gate before."
"It's the Gate of Hell again... Is this gate really that scary?" Ma Tao was slightly disappointed when he heard Uncle Baichuan's answer.
"Boy, I advise you not to break through the Hell Gate easily. The reason why it is called the Hell Gate is because it is the tomb of the golden hunter. There are countless golden hunters who died there. Without legendary level strength, it is impossible to survive. "Come down." Uncle Baichuan's wife, the middle-aged woman finally spoke her first words after a night of grief.
The pain of losing a child was heartbreaking, and this could be felt from the way Uncle Baichuan kept holding her tightly on her shoulders.
"Thanks"
Ma Tao nodded, watched the dilapidated cement room door close, picked up the things under his feet and returned to the chariot.
Leaving this small island, the two chariots followed Uncle Baichuan's instructions and headed south at a speed of sixty or seventy. Sure enough, after more than ten kilometers, a looming sand road appeared in front of them.
On the green grass, a yellow sand road gradually emerged. Although after a hundred years of wind, frost, snow and rain, this former road has long lost its original appearance, but the foundation is still there, and the previous suet should have been laid thick enough, causing It is not easy for weeds to grow, and even if they do, they grow in broken places. Many protruding roads are hidden by the wind and sand, and a gust of wind blows through, forming a small sandstorm.
"Did you see it? There is a bridge there on the left?" Xiao Jinzi was very excited about this discovery and drove the jeep in a swerve and rushed over.
"Xiao Jinzi, please slow down, I can't keep up with your speed." When Su Lanxi saw the jeep running away, she quickly called him with her watch.
"Okay, I understand..." Xiao Jinzi, who had just rushed out not far away, had to slow down after hearing this.
It’s so troublesome for women to drive! If Brother Tao drives, he can keep up with me everywhere, ugh... Xiao Jinzi in the jeep sighed and started talking to himself.
After leaving the island of Baichuan and his wife, Ma Tao was forced to rest in the back compartment of the chariot by Su Lanxi. Su Lanxi would not wake him up unless there was no need to fight.
"This...is this the blown-up bridge we saw at the giant gun emplacement, right?"
Looking at the rough blue water under the cliff, the broken bridge in front of him, and the familiar land across the sea, Su Lanxi asked questions.
"You are right, the opposite side is the death zone." Xiao Jinzi had already opened the door of the jeep and got out of the car. He used his monocular to observe the situation on the other side and said sadly.
"I thought there would be new discoveries, Bai was so happy..." Xiao Jinzi put away the telescope dejectedly, took out the rifle on his back, and fired two shots towards the other side of the sea to vent his dissatisfaction.
"It doesn't matter. It's good to know the way." Su Lanxi looked at him firing the blank gun and shook his head helplessly.
Xiao Jinzi is still a child, and will lose his temper like a child when he is hit. Just when he was about to comfort him with a few words and then leave, an alarm came from the C device of the 01 tank.
Mechanical bird, a semi-mechanical monster, has no eyes and relies on ultrasonic waves to sense flying monsters around it. The light yellow bird feathers look very beautiful, but its sharp claws and spear-like head are deadly weapons. It is a machine with air superiority. Birds can impale people whole.
"Xiao Jinzi! Don't be melancholy! Come to life!" Su Lanxi quickly reminded Xiao Jinzi who was still standing outside. The four mechanical birds flying in with their long, gun-like heads still looked very scary.
"What is that?" Xiao Jinzi was stunned. He looked up and saw the four mechanical birds flying closer and closer.
"Well done! I've got nothing to do with my anger! It's coming to my door...Sister Lanxi, take a rest! Leave it to me!" Opening the door of the jeep, Xiao Jinzi went into the jeep and adjusted the secondary gun. The four mechanical birds that were still in the air opened fire.
Chuchuchu!
The sound of gunfire was deafening, tongues of fire continued, and the gunfire of the Gatling cannon rang out for a while. Xiao Jinzi, who thought he could eliminate these four stupid birds in one round, was extremely surprised to see a few mechanical birds that could still fly.
"Is my secondary gun broken? Still no hits? No! I hit?!" Xiao Jinzi hurriedly checked the C device of the 02 Jeep and found that there was no problem.
Monster attacks, loses 4 armor pieces
Monster attacks, loses 4 armor pieces
………
Four times in a row, they all attacked Xiao Jinzi's jeep. The sharp claws of the four mechanical birds directly shattered sixteen pieces of armor.
"You did hit it, but it wasn't powerful enough," Ma Tao's voice came through his watch.
"Brother Tao! You're awake!" Xiao Jinzi just smiled, but when he thought about his unfavorable first battle, he immediately turned into a bitter look. Fortunately, Ma Tao couldn't see it.
"I'm already awake. If I can't hear the sound of a machine cannon, then I don't have to be a hunter. Do you need help?"
Ma Tao looked at the four mechanical birds circling the jeep on the screen and asked with a smile.
"No need! I don't believe I can't even kill a few birds now."
After Xiao Jinzi finished speaking, he once again controlled the Gatling cannon to shoot at the four mechanical birds in the sky.
When the bullets from the Gatling Cannon hit the mechanical bird, electric sparks can be seen everywhere. Unfortunately, it cannot completely penetrate.
"Damn it!"
Xiao Jinzi was quite dissatisfied with this result.
Another twenty-two pieces of armor were spent. Among them, one mechanical bird was lucky enough to snatch away twelve pieces of Xiao Jinzi's armor with one claw. It was not until the third round of strafing that the four mechanical birds were killed. After defeating them, these four monsters were finally eliminated.
"It seems that the shell of the monster on this continent is much stronger than that in Seoul."
Ma Tao got off the tank, kicked the remains of the mechanical birds on the ground, dug out their chip G, and came to a conclusion.
"Brother Tao! I want to change the vehicle, I want the main gun..." Xiao Jinzi's eyes were on fire when he looked at the 01 tank, absolutely envious and jealous.
His jeep does not have a main gun, and the power of the Gatling Cannon is not as handy as it used to be. Now it is so difficult to even shoot a few birds, which almost brings him to the verge of collapse. How many excellent hunters have died without a handy gun. arms.
"Okay." Ma Tao agreed without saying a word.
"Forget it, I'd better drive the jeep first." Xiao Jinzi thought for a while, but didn't want to change.
"Then hurry up and find Odo Town. Maybe our current situation can be changed there." Ma Tao put away the G's of the four mechanical birds and returned to the 01 tank.
"I hope there are mechanics there who can see..." Xiao Jinzi curled his lips, started the 02 jeep, and followed Ma Tao.
"I'll drive, are you taking a nap?" Su Lanxi, the co-pilot, looked at Ma Tao, who was concentrating on driving, and felt a little sorry for him.
"No, if I get tired later, you can drive." Ma Tao answered her directly without turning his head.
"Are you tired?" Su Lanxi asked again.
"No!" Ma Tao answered simply.
Su Lanxi laughed out loud, "Do you think you are a robot?"
Ma Tao also smiled and did not answer.
The convoy returned to the road that was somewhat buried by the wind and sand. Because the road was severely weathered, the tank could easily get trapped if it pressed on it, so the convoy chose to move east along the edge of the road.
After driving for dozens of kilometers, the road covered by wind and sand disappeared again when it reached the seaside. On the other side of the sea, you could vaguely see a continent and even some vague buildings. Unfortunately, the distance was really It's too far away, and even using Xiao Jinzi's monocular telescopic telescope can't see the specific situation.
There were dozens of nautical miles in between, and they couldn't get through it anyway, so they started to move along the coastline. Their hard work paid off. The convoy driving southeast along the coastline saw the yellow sand road again.
Passing a section connecting two continents, Ma Tao and his team set foot on another continent.
"There should be geological changes here, causing the sea level in the north to get higher and higher. Maybe in a few hundred or decades, this connecting plate will be submerged." Ma Tao looked at the several buildings with structures to the south. The faulty mountains lament the changes in nature.
"I guess I can't see it anymore. I can't wait a few hundred years before I die. Unless I take refuge with Noah, but that's impossible. I don't want to become one of those immortal monsters." After Xiao Jinzi said this, he might have thought of himself becoming a monster. The scene turned into a monster, and he felt a chill in his heart, but he was alone in the car and no one made fun of him.
"The woods ahead are a bit weird. Why is there a road in the middle?"
As soon as we drove onto this little piece of mainland China, we noticed something strange about the woods on the right side of the motorcade.
"Really? There really seems to be a road in the middle of that forest, a bit?... It's a bit like Uncle Baichuan's method of hiding his position." Su Lanxi looked at the situation in the woods and said.
"Let's go and have a look. The chariot can pass by, so what are you afraid of?" Ma Tao stepped on the accelerator, and the chariot turned directly and rushed towards the road in the woods.
The road in the woods is not long, only about one or two kilometers.
"It seems that there are indeed people living here." Ma Tao had already discovered traces of other chariots running over him on the ground.
"Are we almost at Odo?" Xiao Jinzi asked excitedly from the watch.
"Please, Xiao Jinzi, why did you suddenly become stupid? Didn't the Baichuan couple say that Odo is a ruined city, built on the ruins of the old world. The trees here are really lush, so there must be no ruins of the city. "Su Lanxi began to tease Xiao Jinzi.
"I was in a hurry to install the main gun on the tank. I didn't think about it." Xiao Jinzi in the jeep scratched his head and mourned for three seconds of silence for his sudden decline in IQ.
"I didn't see the main gun or anything, but Xiao Jinzi, you really don't have any familiarity with this geographical environment." Ma Tao asked Xiao Jinzi pointedly using his communication watch.
The road in the woods turned left directly in front, it was simply a right-angle turn. If the chariot had not driven inside, from the outside, this road would have been a dead end, and you would not have seen the turn at all.
After the turn, the road became narrower and narrower, and Ma Tao had to reduce his speed.
"Familiar? Is there anything familiar? I've never been here..." Xiao Jinzi has been following Ma Tao and doesn't understand what Ma Tao means by this.
"You really don't know about such a place? Or haven't you heard of it?" Ma Tao had already seen the things in front of him, and he couldn't help but smile.
"What place do I know?...Wait! How to hide this layout?...It's...a mysterious merchant camp! This is a merchant camp!! Grandpa Uli said this was always a trick!! There must be a merchant camp here! !" Xiao Jinzi suddenly realized that before he met Ma Tao, he had often heard Grandpa Uli talk about the merchant camp. He didn't expect that they would meet today. He was so lucky.
"You finally came to your senses," Ma Tao answered him.
After twists and turns, at the end of this path, deep in the jungle, a small pool appeared. It should be the existence of a spring that created such a magical place.
There are two tents set up behind the water source.
Different from the simple tents carried by Ma Tao and the others, these two tents are made of pure leather. They are strong, resistant to rain, and sun-proof. Their dark appearance is particularly concealable, and they look like they were made by experienced hands.
There is another loess house to the east of the two tents, but no one can be seen outside.
"I never imagined that there is such a paradise hidden deep in this dense forest. It's so beautiful!" Su Lanxi jumped off the chariot, stretched out his arms and felt the breeze blowing on the water.
"It is indeed beautiful. The green forest and blue waves are so beautiful, but why don't you see anyone?" Ma Tao looked around and saw no one, and he became suspicious.
"They're all in the house." Su Lanxi blinked and said an innocent sentence.
"No, there can't be a camp without even one person on guard duty," Ma Tao said, looking around carefully.
"You are just amateurs. In a merchant camp, confidentiality and safety are the first principles. Now that there is no one around, maybe there are many pairs of eyes staring at us. Without a specific code word among the merchants, who would know that the bandits are coming? He's still a robber. What if it's Noah's monster? That wouldn't be too bad. Before our identities are confirmed, you will never see a person appear in front of you." Xiao Jinzi explained triumphantly, seeing the two I was so embarrassed that people didn't pay attention to me.
"Hey! I asked you, are you listening to me?"
Ma Tao and Su Lanxi actually started flirting with their concubine by the pool, which made Xiao Jinzi very angry.
"You tell me, we are listening." Ma Tao dealt with Xiao Jinzi without looking back, and continued to watch the scenery on the water with Su Lanxi.
"Look! There are fish here." Ma Tao was as excited as he had discovered a new world, pointing to the place where fish jumped out of the water to show Su Lanxi.
I'm furious! The two of them seemed to be out touring the mountains and rivers, but they weren't listening at all!
"Hey, keep talking, why did you stop? Don't stop." Seeing that Xiao Jinzi had lost his voice, Ma Tao turned around and said, and continued to watch the scenery with Su Lan.
I finally thought of myself, eating this dog food was simply unavoidable.
"Mysterious merchant camps all have a unified code word. Merchants have their own ways between merchants, and guests have their own ways between guests. If there is no familiar person to lead the way, no mysterious camp will buy you supplies, because you can't get in at all. In addition, this code is also divided into high-level and low-level. Each level is divided and enjoys different benefits. Don't underestimate these small merchant camps. They are all related to nearby large bases. Otherwise, so many of their goods would have been taken care of by others, of course..." Xiao Jinzi continued to talk.
"Okay, okay, we know you know a lot. Let's make it simple. We are in a hurry. Do you know code words?" Ma Tao quickly stopped him and asked him to continue the introduction. He was afraid that it would be dark. I must be able to finish it.
Thinking about it, Xiao Jinzi had listened to Grandpa Uli’s stories about businessmen for several years. How could he explain all the big and small things in such a short time?
"Yes." Seeing that Ma Tao was impatient, Xiao Jinzi didn't dare to say more.
"Isn't this the end of the world? Just one simple word, let's get it done." Ma Tao was speechless at Xiao Jinzi's behavior of showing off.
"Oh, okay" Xiao Jinzi agreed quickly and ran back to the jeep.
After a while, he took out his own money bag containing G and threw it on the ground. Then he went to Ma Tao's tank and took out Ma Tao's and his money bags, which were also still on the ground. Together, there was a As many as 1,500 gigabytes.
These Gs were all contributed by the scattered monsters they killed along the way. They didn't have time to put them into the identification card to save them, but now they have been freed up by Xiao Jinzi.
"What are you doing? Are you planning to set up a street stall?" Ma Tao was stunned and really didn't understand Xiao Jinzi's intention.
"The mysterious merchant camp only accepts G-Zhonglai without identification cards. It has been like this for hundreds of years. No one knows why. Putting money on the ground represents our sincerity. They think that we have enough capital and can cooperate. Otherwise, even if we say a code word, people will not pay attention to us." Xiao Jinzi looked at the two bulging money bags on the ground, and then secretly looked around.
"If you don't have enough money, you can also use stones instead. You can get through it first, so that you can buy something higher." After whispering secretly next to Ma Tao, Xiao Jinzi laughed.
"Did you put stones in there too?" Ma Tao asked.
"I wasn't prepared in advance. Where can I go to find Shizizi? There are all real G's here," Xiao Jinzi said with some regret.
"Forget it, I'll have experience next time."
The money was ready, and after making sure that everyone nearby could see it, Xiao Jinzi took out a small wooden plaque engraved with a certain pattern.
"This is the sign that Grandpa Uli used to do business. I want it here." Xiao Jinzi shook the wooden sign in his hand proudly.
"It wasn't stolen, was it?" Su Lanxi asked, looking at his delighted expression.
"Why do you call it stealing? Grandpa Uli has stopped being a businessman a long time ago, so this letter plate is useless. It would be a pity to lose it, so... ok, ok, I borrowed it." The more Xiao Jinzi said, the weaker his confidence became. , finally curled his lips and changed it to borrowed, but the voice was too low.
"I really guessed it right. You have to return this in the future, and we will have it in the future," Su Lanxi shook his head when he saw that he had guessed correctly.
"Forget it, let's talk about this later. What should we do next?" Ma Tao asked.
"Leave it to me," Xiao Jinzi said. He came to the pool, raised the small wooden token high, and then shouted to the surroundings, "There are gods three feet above your head. Can you believe in the world in troubled times?"
After waiting for a while while holding the letter plate, no one answered him. Xiao Jinzi took the letter plate back and looked at it to make sure that he had not held it backwards, and then shouted aside.
"I asked you, are you okay? Is that brand really fake?" Ma Tao was also confused by him.
"It's true! Grandpa Uli won't lie to me!" Xiao Jinzi bit his lips and looked at the letter sign in his hand, shouting louder than before, "There are gods three feet above your head, and words of faith are everywhere in troubled times!" !!”
"Since it's a merchant's token, why do you have to be a guest? Are you really weird?"
Finally, someone answered. Xiao Jinzi jumped three feet high in excitement. He turned around and looked at Ma Tao with the letter in hand. He excitedly said to the two of them, "It's true, Brother Tao, Sister Lanxi, look, I said this is It’s true, I’m not lying to you, someone has replied, the mysterious businessman has replied…”
As he was talking, several people stood up on the grass on both sides of the pool, all holding weapons in their hands. A few who could get in stood up a few meters away from Ma Tao and the others, and did a rough sweep. I'm afraid there will be no less than twenty people.
"Welcome to the mysterious merchant camp. The camp always welcomes friends from afar. I am the owner of this camp. My name is Han Bang." A man with camouflage on his face and an automatic rifle on his back came to Ma Taosan with several men. Smiling and extending his hand in front of people.
"Ma Tao, Su Lanxi, this is Jinbao. We just came out not long ago, and we don't understand many of the rules, which makes you laugh." Ma Tao shook hands with him and introduced Su Lanxi and Xiao Jinzi. one time.
"Why do I need to shout three times before you come out?" Xiao Jinzi was still struggling with this question, and when he saw the real owner coming, he quickly asked.
"You have a businessman's letter. All you need to do is shout out the secret code, but you behave like a customer by putting your money bag on the ground. It really makes me confused about your identity."
"So that's it, Xiao Jinzi, you made a big mistake."
Han Bang looked at Xiao Jinzi and the wooden plaque in his hand again and said, "The letter plaque is not yours, right?"
When Xiao Jinzi saw Han Bang asking about the letter plate, he knew that someone had seen through it. He scratched his head, smiled and said sheepishly, "This... this belongs to my grandfather."
"Let me tell you, it looks a bit old. No one has used this kind of letter sign for a long time." Han Bang nodded, then smiled.
"There are a lot of good things in our camp, so spend as much as you like. I'll have someone replace you with new tokens later. Please come into the camp!!"
After Han Bang finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation. As he moved, the woods beside the pool began to float like ripples, and then shook for a while, revealing a road for the chariot to pass.
"I thought that forest was real, but it turned out to be a virtual projection," Xiao Jinzi said.
"False and false, true and false are the mysterious rules of the merchant camp." After Han Bang finished speaking, he continued, "I have something else to do, so I won't send you in, please!!"
"Stay! Thank you!"
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he took Su Lanxi back to the chariot and drove into the mysterious camp, followed closely by Xiao Jinzi's jeep.
"Chief, how strong are they?"
After Ma Tao's motorcade entered, a hunchbacked subordinate next to Han Bang approached him and asked in a low voice.
