Chapter 388 (1/2)
Johnson sneezed and rubbed his nose, red with the cold wind.
It's eight o'clock in the morning. Although it's already bright, the weather is not warm because of the arrival of the day in the cold winter season. Sunlight is the product of the old era, but in the new era, people can only enjoy the sky light from the thick radiation cloud to the earth.
Looking around, outside pavaric is a vast white world. The radiation clouds piled up on the road and turned the whole land into a snow field. The branches and leaves of the abnormal tall Chinese fir trees have been stripped, leaving only the yellowish brown epidermis. Without branches and leaves, Chinese fir trees will not have to bear the heavy pressure of radiation snow. The nearly kilometer long fibrous roots allow them to absorb water in some flowing underground water, waiting for the opportunity to grow branches and leaves in the next spring.
Looking at the almost boundless silver frost forest outside parvallich, Johnson could not help shivering. Under the quiet forest, if someone digs underground, he will find a country full of fibrous roots. In that country, you'll see mountains of bones. After all, the plants in the new era no longer only rely on sunlight and rain to survive, they have become some bloodthirsty existence.
So Johnson was glad he lived in parvallice, even though it was a place where no shit happened, even though he would be on guard in the tower before five o'clock every day. But at least in this small town, Johnson has a job and can support his wife and children. With the efforts of mayor Mensa and several important figures, pavalic's life is getting better and better day by day.
In addition to Chairman Fred's hunter trade union, which generates huge profits from the small town's fur revenue every year, it also has an important customer. Johnson couldn't help looking at the dense forest in the southwest of the town, where a group of magical lives lived. They built a grand underground city and controlled a seemingly limitless oil well.
Oil!
One of the most scarce things in the new era is that those living underground use this kind of fuel called ”black gold” to barter with pavaric. This business alone has benefited the whole town. Naturally, most of the interests are in the hands of big people. Ordinary people like Johnson only get a little dividend every year. But that's the bonus. It's three months' salary for Johnson!
In this cruel age, there is bread to eat and pure water to drink every day, and doctors can ask when they are sick. Johnson believes that for many people, pavalic is already paradise.
It was so cold that Johnson rubbed his red hands. He felt an itch on the back of his hand and scratched it with his fingers. On the back of Johnson's hand, there was a cocoon that was not too thick. The cocoons are spiral in shape, with dark red silk threads running through them like capillaries. Looking at the cocoon, Johnson thought he had to go to the hospital sometime.
It's a kind of ”skin disease” that almost every ordinary person living in the surface town will suffer from. The existence of mutated tissue will make people like Johnson resistant to the surface radiation, but they are two-sided blades. In addition to improving the radiation resistance of ordinary people, they will also try their best to absorb the vitality of ordinary people, so that they will have a shorter life than those who live in underground cities and have good environmental protection.
Fortunately, the only small hospital in pavarichiri is qualified for the operation of variant tissue resection. It's just that there's no way to eradicate it completely. The residents of the town have to do this operation almost every three years to prolong their life.
Thinking about whether his savings would be enough to pay for a resection, Johnson suddenly heard about the car engine. In some surprise, he looked out into the snow outside the town. At first, it was just a black spot, but a moment later. A modified Jeep smashes the snow on the ground through the snow removal system and sprays it from both sides, so that it can drive out of the silver frost forest and come straight to pavaric.
There seems to be a cargo hopper behind the jeep, which is covered with tarpaulin. I don't know what it is.
It was only after the initial surprise had passed that Johnson regained his composure. He couldn't see anything suspicious except the car. He thought it should be adventurers, though they are rare in this season. But there are also some undesirables who rush through the wilderness to make huge profits when the roads are closed in winter and the prices are rising.
There are two or three of them in pavalic every winter. And usually, the next year will rarely see those who dare to take risks face. Wilderness is not safe, especially in winter. The road is difficult to pass the environment, if in distress is difficult to get rescue. However, this is also the reason why venture businessmen make huge profits.
After all, profit always goes with risk.
Know to know, but Johnson still faithfully perform the duties of a gatekeeper. First, he informed the guard with his walkie talkie to keep the soldiers of the city defense team on guard. Then he took an old-fashioned firearm and rifle, pointed it at the approaching vehicle under the tower, and said in a loud voice, ”Hey, stop, man!”Three times in a row, the car stopped in the snow hundreds of meters away from the entrance. The door of the jeep opened and a man jumped out of the car. From the body shape, it should be a man, tall and tall, but the body shape is not very strong, on the contrary, it has a kind of delicate feeling. The man wrapped himself in a hooded cloak to keep his temperature.
He stretched out his hand under his cloak and lifted his hood to reveal an Asian face. From the appearance, this man is very young, facial features are also very handsome, people will see a good impression. It's just that he's wearing an eye patch over his right eye, which somehow makes him uncomfortable.
The young man said in a clear voice, ”Hello, we are adventurers from the far south. I heard that your fur is of high quality, so I want to buy some. Besides, we bring some goods that you should be interested in. ”
Johnson nodded. The introduction of Zhonggui Zhongqi was nothing special. He pointed the barrel at the bucket and said, ”Sir, please uncover the tarpaulin on your bucket and accept our guard's inspection.”
”No problem.” The man was very cooperative. He waved to the car, and two more figures jumped down.
From the figure, it should be a man and a woman. Although he couldn't see her face because of her hat, the curve of the woman's figure occasionally revealed from her cape made her throat dry.
At this time, the alloy gate of the town was separated from both sides with the help of hydraulic machine. Four or five guards quickly ran out of the town and jumped on the cargo bucket for inspection. A moment later, a guard called out to Johnson on the tower, ”no problem, it's mostly food, and two boxes of rifles. It's wrapped in tarpaulin. It looks like it's first class. ”
After the guard jumped out of the car, the young man shook hands with him, as if saying thank you for letting him go. Johnson laughed and put away his rifle. If the guard is lucky, he will get a tip if he meets a generous businessman. Of course, the city guards like them, even if they get tips from generous businessmen, are usually equally divided.
Johnson no longer takes charge of the affairs under the city, but informs the gate to let it go. He did not know that the guard did get a tip, and a lot more.
The guard felt something hard in his palm. When the young adventurer took back his hand, he found that there was a small piece of yellow gold in his palm. There was a burst of joy in his heart. This small piece of gold was almost equal to his half year income. Just when he was happy, he heard the young businessman say in a gentle voice: ”I don't know which shop in the town has the best reputation. You see, we have a lot of business to do. We have to find a reliable business to cooperate.”
The guard secretly hid the gold and nodded: ”when it comes to credibility, naturally we have to find owl business. Their boss is the chairman of the chamber of Commerce in our town. Credibility must not be said.”
Then the young businessman said, ”would you please tell me where this firm is?”
The guard took the advantage of others and saw that the young man was very polite. He patted his chest and said, ”well, I'll take you there.”
”That would be great.” The young man said with a smile.
When the guard left, the young man and two other companions got back on the bus. On the back seat of the carriage sat a petite girl, a total of four people driving in the car, swaggering into pavalic under the guard. These people, of course, are zero, belien, Su and a Ryukyu. As early as last night, the linkage team of the three giants of asgat arrived on the other side of the silver frost forest. It is now in the cold winter, and the road is blocked by heavy snow. There are no pavalic townspeople at all. Even the hunters in the town are at rest at this time, so the motorcade is not afraid to be discovered by the people in the town.