Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

"In this weather, if there is no special reason, no one will go out. They will specially go to the town of Hummingbird to stay outside. This must not be a coincidence." Celeste continued to move forward without changing his expression. Go, answer Marth in your head, "Someone knows that the problem with the power grid is outside, and knows that today I will come out to fix the power grid. Obviously they are after me. I want to see what they want to do."

"Master, I don't think I need to remind you, you also know the risk behind curiosity." Masi said in his brain, "What if the other party has malicious intentions? Although you have the perfect skill of shooting with a single shot and quick recovery The ability, and I, the almighty butler, is protecting you, but you will still encounter some unhandy situations. I once said-ah, I didn’t say that, but there must be someone who once said safety first. Although it's good to have an adventurous spirit, don't take unnecessary risks, hey, hey, master, listen to me!"

Under Masi's endless dissuasion, Celeste still walked through the corner of the city wall, and he looked expressionlessly at the few people who quickly surrounded him.

These people are all heavily armed men, carrying the luggage needed for long-distance treks. They seem to have been waiting in the wild for a long time, and some of them have ice on their eyebrows. The young man with sunglasses and a big red scarf pulled up the corner of his mouth and smiled at Celeste: "Hi, you little genius from Hummingbird Town."

Celeste looked up at the city wall. The member of the garrison who was supposed to be on duty at the top of the city was nowhere to be seen. He looked back at the member of the garrison who escorted him out: "Why are you a traitor?"

This was not questioning or blaming, but pure doubts. The guard put down the copper wire and tools he was carrying, and smiled awkwardly: "This town has no future, I think it's better for you to go with them."

"He is a smart man, I hope you are so smart. Well, let me introduce myself, my name is Kars, and I am the president of the country of Kars." Kars gave him a dramatic courtesy with exaggerated movements, "I I've been wanting to see you for a long time."

"Just tell me if you have anything to say." Celeste looked at him expressionlessly.

"I like this straightforward character." Kars smiled at him, "I heard that you have repaired the hydroelectric generator in Hummingbird Town, what about the wind generator, will you repair it?"

"I will," said Thelister, "for the right price."

"Price?" Kars repeated in surprise, and the strong men around him laughed wantonly.

Kars coughed lightly, and those people stopped laughing. He said to Celeste, "Fix the wind turbine for me first, and everything else can be discussed."

Celeste understood what the other party meant to coerce him into doing nothing: "What if I refuse."

"If you're smart, you won't refuse. I don't want to be tough." Kars said, turning the rifle on his back forward, and it took less than two seconds to load it. The threat was self-evident.

Celeste secretly estimated the gap between the two sides. They were all strong and professional fighters. He couldn't beat any of these people by hand-to-hand combat alone. He left the pistol with Fu Yunlan, and even if he With a gun in his hand, he can only shoot one or two people in time at most, and then he will be beaten into a hive by the opponent.

Masi once told him that although medical robots can cure most traumas and intractable diseases, if he is hit in a vital part such as the heart or brain, even medical robots will not be able to save him in time.

"Mars." Celeste called out to his artificial intelligence system in his mind, "Can you attack them with infrasound?"

"It's okay." Marth said, "But the infrasound waves used to attack humans and the infrasound waves used to attack mutants are not of the same frequency. If I use the infrasound waves to attack humans on them, you will suffer the same damage, Master. How can I hurt you, so..."

Celeste interrupted him: "You can fix me with a medical robot."

"That's right, but the decay distance of infrasound is very, very far, and everyone in Hummingbird Town will suffer the same damage. Master, are you sure you want to use it?"

"No." Celeste refused without hesitation when he thought of Fu Yunlan who was not yet ready.

These brain exchanges took place in just a few seconds. In Kars' view, Celeste was only frightened for a while, and agreed in a timely manner: "I'll go with you."

"That's right," Kars said. "We've wasted too much time. Let's get on the road."

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If anyone still has the leisure to count the days, it should be January now. Not long after New Year’s Day, the temperature in the field is still more than minus 20 degrees, and the strong wind blows fine snowflakes and ice balls. Do not walk in single file to minimize wind resistance.

Since he didn't expect to be out for such a long time, Celeste didn't wear much, and he could only put his hands under his armpits, hugging himself to keep warm, while looking around for opportunities to escape.

Kars, who was breaking the wind at the front, suddenly turned back. He came to Celeste, took off his thick down coat and put it on Celeste: "Put on this, don't put our The little genius was froze."

Celeste stretched out his hand in silence and cooperated to put on the down jacket. Kars walked backwards beside him and said to him: "What's the matter, you look reluctant, are you so unhappy?"

"Of course," said Thurlist.

Kars shrugged and said innocently: "Don't look at me like that, I have no choice but to take you away in this way, otherwise why would you be willing to go with us."

"If you need me to fix something, you should come to me with a reward and trade instead of kidnapping me directly."

"Trading?" Kars smiled, "If you have paid any attention to the relationship between the various forces in the wasteland, you should have heard that the Kingdom of Kars and Hummingbird Town have long been at odds. I came here to negotiate a 'deal' with you, I'm afraid I was pushed out and killed as soon as I stepped into the gate of Hummingbird Town."

"Lan won't do such a thing." Celeste said with certainty.

"You mean 'Hurricane Wolf' Fu Yunlan? He may be an excellent mercenary, but he may not be a competent leader. You can see that he has made himself into such a virtue not long after he took over the mercenary group. Unlike me, who is getting more and more powerful and has more and more subordinates, you will have a better future if you hang out with me than with him."

"You are far worse than Lan." Celeste's tone was as if he was stating a simple fact like 1+1=2.

"I understand that you must hate me very much now, and you don't like me anyway, but when you arrive in my Kingdom of Kars, maybe you will change your mind." Kars said to him with a pleasant face, "Hurricane Mercenary There are only a few residues left in the regiment, and they are looking for a dead end to get a mutant back and lock them in a cage, not to mention that so many people will freeze to death and starve to death this winter. Even in the warming season, Hummingbird Town will not be able to recover. Yes. The town is doomed. Even if you fix the generator, it will only delay the doom a little bit. But our kingdom of Kars is different, our mines are warm and safe, and there is enough food After eating for several years, when you repair our generator, I will make you...the Minister of Technology. Follow me, eat meat and sleep with girls, it’s much better than staying in that frozen coffin.”

"...The pit is more like a coffin."

"It seems to be the same, but don't care about such details..." Kars was still walking backwards, because he was only talking, he suddenly stepped on the ground, and grunted from a slope with a series of "Ouch, hello" Gollum rolled down.

The subordinates quickly slid down the slope to help him: "Boss, Boss, are you okay, Boss!"

"How many times have you said, you want to call me 'Mr. President'!" Kars knocked on the head of one of his subordinates, and struggled to get up while clutching his painful arm.

"Okay boss!" The subordinate responded quickly.

When Kars climbed up the slope, he found that all his subordinates on the slope were standing on the side of the road watching him, and Celeste had disappeared.

"What are you looking at me for, man!" Kars roared angrily.

Only then did the subordinates realize that Celeste took the opportunity to run away.

Due to the low visibility in the field due to the wind and snow, they could no longer see Celeste at the moment, but it was easy to find his traces on the permafrost where a thin layer of snow had just fallen .

Kars led his men to chase for a short distance, and found something was wrong: "He didn't run in the direction of going back, what is he doing here?"

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There was a down jacket over Celeste's cotton coat, and he felt as bloated as a fat mushroom, but he didn't dare to take off his clothes and throw them away in the snowy weather of minus 20 degrees.

After running panting for a long distance, he had to slow down and move forward.

"How far did they chase?" Celeste asked Marth in his mind.

"There are still 1.2 kilometers away from you. According to the current speed, we will catch up in half an hour. However, if the master continues to move forward at the current walking speed, he should have entered the radiation zone within half an hour."

"That's good." Celeste stopped running, and continued to walk forward at a constant speed, "You are right, I shouldn't take risks, but I still feel reconciled, don't I have nothing to use? Attacking superpowers or secret weapons, how can I protect myself when I am in danger?"