Three days after Tie Zha left Gray Tower Town, a group of vendors were walking slowly on snow in the wilderness of the south side of the sewage. There were about thirty of them, men and women, and they drove more than a dozen fire mule carts full of goods and covered with tarpaulins. Most of the men in the team wore simple protective suits made of tempered plastic and animal hide, helmets and assault rifles of varying lengths.

Judging from their attire, this was a group of common gray-earth vendors in the southern cemetery. Their leader was Wade, 62 years old this year. Everyone in the team liked to call him Wade’s father. At this moment, the old man was sitting cross-legged on the cart in the middle of the team, drowning in sleep with his head lowered.

The wheels rolled in the snow, making a faint friction sound.

“Father, father” In a blur, a slender, fair-skinned young man ran over from the front.

“Xiao Yu, what’s wrong?” He slowly opened his eyes and asked. The young man in front of him was called Shao Xiaoyu. He had just joined the caravan two months ago. He was quite diligent, but he always liked to make a fuss. Sometimes, it was annoying.

“There’s a very big eagle flying over in front of us …” Shao Xiaoyu said as she spread out her hands to gesture.

“That’s not an eagle, it’s a cemetery scavenger bird.” Father Wade said without raising his head.

“What is a cemetery scavenger bird?” Shao Xiaoyu asked curiously. He hadn’t been in the southern cemetery for long and was curious about many things. A few months ago, he was still a reporter for the Silver City Times, but during a routine medical examination, he was found to have a mutated bug gene in his body, so he was immediately sent to Twin Towers Town to work as a propagandist. Although he wasn’t accustomed to leaving Central Silver City, he was originally a casual person. He didn’t feel unhappy when he came here.

However, the good times weren’t long, and the exiled nobles didn’t lack people with unusual preferences. When a local exiled noble saw his delicate skin and tender flesh, he asked him to go over and locked him up in the cellar, ravaging him in all sorts of ways. Three months later, he really couldn’t stand this kind of life, so he took advantage of the gap between the exile of the nobles and sneaked out. Coincidentally, he met Wade’s father who was recruiting in the bar and immediately joined. Perhaps the exiled noble was tired of playing and didn’t send anyone to chase after him. Not long after, he left Twin Towers Town with the caravan.

“The cemetery scavenger bird is a big bird that eats corpses.” Although Wade’s father found it annoying, he patiently answered the questions of the curious reporter.

“Where did so many corpses come from? It’s so big, how much meat does it eat at a meal? And why are its feathers black?” Shao Xiaoyu asked.

“It caught you in the air and threw you down. Isn’t there a corpse?” Facing Shao Xiaoyu’s endless chatter, Old Father Wade finally exploded.

“Oh” Seeing that Old Father Wade was getting impatient, Shao Xiaoyu ran back to the front of the team.

Watching the former leave, Father Wade muttered to himself, “A boy speaks so much, how can he marry a wife in the future …” However, not long after he closed his eyes, Shao Xiaoyu ran back.

“Father, father” Shao Xiaoyu cried out in panic.

“So what?” Father Wade asked painfully.

“Someone came in front and asked us if we should go to Blackwater Stronghold. If we go, we should go together.” Shao Xiaoyu said.

“Tell him we’re not going. Let him find someone else.” Father Wade said. He didn’t want strangers to sneak into the caravan.

“But …” “But what?” “I… I’ve already told him that we’re going to Blackwater Stronghold. You!” “Sorry, I slipped up.”

“Sigh” Father Wade sighed and helplessly said, “Alright, take me to see.” With that, he got out of the car and went with Shao Xiaoyu to meet the stranger who asked to join.

From afar, the stranger was pushing a motorcycle and walking in front of the procession. When he approached, he saw a young man in his twenties, dressed in a grey robe and covering part of his face. His temperament looked rather calm, and his entire body emitted a dangerous aura.

“Hello, I’m Wade, an old grey earth merchant.” Father Wade stepped forward and introduced himself. Humility and respect for cemetery lone wayfarers is a compulsory course for every grey-earth merchant, otherwise their lives would be short.

“My name is Zhang Tie. I’m from the Far East Continent. I’m going to Blackwater Stronghold to find a friend.” The young man said.

‘”Mr. Zhang Tie, we’re just ordinary grey-earth merchants” Wade was about to refuse the other party’s request when he was interrupted.

“I will provide you with some necessary protection.” As he spoke, the young man casually raised his hand and lifted the entire motorcycle.

Father Wade immediately determined that the Great Wall Company’s cavalry, along with the supplies and spare fuel tanks, weighed at least 500 kilograms. Watching the other party easily lift the motorcycle over his head, Old Father Wade secretly took a deep breath. Although most insecticides with ant-like muscles could do this, the fact that their skin did not turn red meant that they were likely to be a traditional evolutionary with an evolutionary rate of more than 50%. In addition, he might be an insecticide, otherwise he would not have gone to the Blackwater stronghold located deep within the high radiation zone.

Thinking of this, Old Father Wade said respectfully, “If Mr. Zhang Tie doesn’t dislike us, please accompany us. Our next stop is the Long Horned Grand Canyon.”

“Alright.” The young man named Zhang Tie nodded his head and pointed at Shao Xiaoyu without being polite. He said, “Help me find a cart and prepare some food and a place to rest.”

“Wait …” After that, Shao Xiaoyu ran away.

A moment later, Tie Zha, who had changed his name to Zhang Tie, got on the cart pulled by the fire mule and ate the hot noodles.

“Big brother, from your accent, you should have lived in the Western Continent, right?” Shao Xiaoyu, who used to be a reporter for the Silver City Times, was knowledgeable, so she could naturally hear the accent of a Silver City noble in his tone.

“Yes.” Tie Zha did not deny it, because denying something too obvious would raise suspicions. In the past six months, the people he had come into contact with were mostly Silver City nobles, so it wasn’t surprising that they had an accent.

“My name is Shao Xiaoyu. I used to be a reporter for the Silver City Times.” Shao Xiaoyu introduced herself.

“Shao Xiaoyu?” Tie Zha frowned. He seemed to have heard of this name before, but his impression of it was not deep. Then, the other party told him what had happened in the past six months like a pouring of bitter water. When he spoke of excitement, tears flowed down his cheeks, and he felt incomparably bitter.

However, after eating the noodles, Tie Zha listened and fell asleep …

Five days later, the caravan entered a grand canyon and arrived at a large-scale insecticide gathering place. There weren’t many buildings here. They were basically tents filled with patches. In front of the tent, there was usually a fire surrounded by stones with pitch-black iron pots hanging from it. As the caravan passed, figures emerged from the tents. They are men and women, old and young, generally ragged and rough-skinned.

“Sir, do you want a woman?” A neatly dressed woman in her thirties followed the caravan and chased after Shao Xiaoyu.

“No.” Shao Xiaoyu took a few steps back and hid behind Tie Zha.

“Sir, do you want it?” The woman turned to ask Tie Zha.

“Not for the time being, thank you.” The reason why he didn’t refuse was because he had the habit of inquiring about information from the local Liu Ying. Compared to the crafty bar owners, the things that the Flowing Warblers said were much more true.

After entering the assembly area, Old Man Wade first visited the local administrators. After obtaining permission, he set up a tent on an open space specially prepared for ash traders and began to sell things. Their goods are food, dried meat, clothing and all kinds of daily necessities, as well as cold weapons, hot weapons, explosives, fuel oil and so on; The items he collected were atonement coins, crystal cores, mutated creature fur, and so on.

As the temporary guard of the caravan, Tie Zha moved a canvas backrest and sat behind the stall. According to Ethan’s map, the rules here were actually the Universal Convention. In the southern cemetery, it could be said to be feathered phoenix horns, which was quite rare. The stability here is “extremely high”, the leader is called “Star Shepherd”, the evaluation is good-natured. In addition, Ethan drew a small dot on the Star Shepherd’s markings. This was the sign of the Glorious Sacred Flame, implying the faith of the Star Shepherd.

From the relaxed expressions on the vendors’ faces when they entered the stronghold, it could be seen that this was a safe place.

Not long after, the surroundings of the stall became lively. There were men in warrior attire, young women in robes, old women with messy hair, and children running around in the crowd. The goods of the caravan seemed to sell well, and in a short while, more than half of them were exchanged.

“Move aside! Move aside!”

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out from behind the crowd. Following the sound, the crowd surrounding the stall separated left and right, crowding together to make way for a path. A tall, sturdy, and fat man walked over with a dozen fierce-looking youths.

This fatty was the leader of the large hunter team, the Black Pig King.

“Good morning, Mr. Hei.” Seeing this person, Old Father Wade hurriedly left the stall to welcome him.

“Selling fake goods to deceive people again, get lost!” The moment the Black Pig King met him, he shouted at the former.

Father Wade was shocked and instinctively took a step back. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. “This … this is …”

“Half of the ammunition was dumbfounded last time, killing two of our brothers. How should we settle this debt?” The Black Pig King crossed his chest and glared angrily.

‘”No … impossible! We checked it again and again when we got the goods …” Father Wade argued.

“Don’t talk about those useless things. You killed our two brothers. You must give us an explanation!” The Black Pig King said impatiently. With a wave of his hand, the young man behind him immediately rushed forward and surrounded the stall. From the looks of it, they were ready to rob him.

Right at this moment, a grey-robed man covered with a hood and unable to see his appearance stood up and walked slowly to the Black Pig King. He said one word in a low voice.

“Fuck off.”