The silent eyelids moved gently.

Consciousness gradually returns.

Opening his eyes, the blood axe shook his groggy head and struggled to get up from the ground. The rifle fell not far away. He stumbled over, picked up the rifle from the ground, supported the ground with a butt, and stood firm against the wall.

The black cave was unable to see his fingers. He grinned and cracked the corners of his mouth. He took out a red burning rod from the backpack behind him, tore open the seal, lit it with a lighter, and threw it forward fiercely.

The orange-red flames drew a trajectory in the air, rolled to the ground, illuminating the entire space.

With the flashing fire, the blood axe narrowed his eyes and wandered around.

The steep cliff was like a cage, imprisoning him in darkness and despair. From time to time, a few strands of fine sand falling from the sky were like veils passing through the dry ground, dragging out rustling sounds on the ground. In front of them was a dark cave, which seemed to be the only way out at present, but I don’t know where to go...

"Where is this fucking?" cursed, and the Blood Axe opened the ep on his left wrist. Like most survivors, his ep was equipped with a radio map surveying chip, which could simply map small-scale terrain without relying on satellites. However, this was useless. The length of the cave in front of him was obviously more than 100 meters, and the end of the map was still dark.

"Damn it!"

He punched the rock wall hard, and a trace of despair appeared on the Blood Axe's face.

He has begun to regret...

Just a month ago, he took on the mission from Zhou Guoping. The yellow man promised him that if he found NATO's nuclear arsenal, he would be awarded the status of a Nac-level citizen and rewarded him with a whole box of canned food.

For mercenaries serving the colonies, the identity of a legal citizen is almost what they dream of, even the blood axe, the plunderer leader, is no exception, let alone become a top citizen in one step.

Becoming a top citizen means that you will never starve to death. Even if you do nothing, you can enjoy the minimum level of protection. If you work harder and make some military achievements in the army, it is not impossible to become a glorious knight.

However, now I think this is nonsense. If you can't walk out from here alive, what's the difference between being a knight or a raider?

Looking at the only way out, the Blood Axe hesitated for a moment, loaded the automatic rifle, walked forward, and picked up the burning rod from the ground.

Staying there will definitely be a dead end. Now there is only one way in front of him, that is, keep moving forward.

No matter where he leads to heaven or hell, even if the one waiting in front of him is a dead claw or other alien nest, he can only continue to walk.

In the end, the desire and desire to survive in my heart overcome the fear of darkness and unknown.

"Fake! Fake!"

He sweared a few times, as if he was cheering himself up, and the blood axe squirted hard to spit on the ground. He made up his mind and clamped the butt under his right arm, held the burning rod as a torch in his left hand, and carefully groped into the depths of the cave.

...

The black skeleton was thrown into the colony prison and should be sentenced to death according to the law of NAC. However, Jiang Chen gave him a chance to atone for his sins. If he could explain something useful, it would be impossible to spare his life.

As for the plunderers, they were all demoted to slaves. The survivors who were originally compiled at Santa Monica Airport were immediately handy, and they were taken by the supervisor Han Yue, pointing the rifle at the plunderers and watching them work on the construction site.

All the two hundred immigrants detained in the colony were rescued and were temporarily placed in the colony's collective dormitory together with the more than 1,000 survivors of the shelter. Before the reason for the disappearance of the colony residents, Jiang Chen had no job to arrange for them.

He is thinking about a question now.

If the disappearance of the colony's residents was caused by human factors, then now that NAC has recaptured the colony, will a disaster happen again?

For this concern, Jiang Chen did not immediately disband the mercenaries in the fortress.

A personal guard who had worked in the logistics department was sent to the warehouse. Jiang Chen arranged the work of counting materials and distributing spoils. Then, through the watch's four-dimensional communication chip, he sent a brief message to Sun Jiao and the others, asking her to notify the airship of the Expeditionary Force that he could set off.

In order to restore the colony's operation as soon as possible, he also instructed Sun Jiao, asking her to speak to Wang Qing and to draw a group of "civil servants" from the logistics department. The military government is still very attentive in talent reserves. Although such a big change occurred in the colony, it is not enough to hurt the bones.

Most of the more than 30,000 missing people were bought slaves, and less than one-tenth of them immigrated from NAC. What is really a pity is just the fifty power armor and the more than 500 soldiers who lost.

However, Jiang Chen felt that they were most likely alive.

Because there are more than 30,000 people, even if you kill 30,000 chickens, you can't kill them silently.

Outside the Governor's Mansion, it was already dark.

"Thank you for saving us from the hands of those robbers... To be honest, I thought everything was over when I was put on my head with their guns. Fortunately, I really don't know how to thank you for yours."

Standing in front of Jiang Chen was the supervisor of the shelter, a white man named Matthew Hall, about forty years old. Judging from his temperament and words, this supervisor was very similar to the upper class American people he had met in Los Angeles in the present world, but it was very different from ordinary politicians and businessmen.

If you have to find a reference...

It is probably very similar to those artists who are committed to public welfare.

"No need to thank me," Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "Since you have appeared on NAC's land, then according to NAC's laws, we need to provide you with minimum protection. What's more, the Black Skeleton Gang is our enemy."

Just two hours ago, Matthew had learned about the situation in this world from Zheng Shanhe, who was responsible for explaining the situation to them, the blue skins. Although he had reservations about the political and physical aspects of the Nac Military Government, Matthew had to admit that it would not work on this wasteland to use the pre-war arrangement.

What's more, the people of NAC saved them. Without better removal, he agreed to NAC's invitation on behalf of all the residents of the shelter and decided to settle in the town of Forbidden... that is, NAC's colony in North America.

"No matter what, I still have to thank you! In addition, there are some things in the shelter that we prepared for post-war reconstruction. I want to take a few people back and get the things locked in the warehouse back. If it is convenient, I hope to borrow three trucks because there are so many things." Matthew said.

"This is OK. I will send dozens of mercenaries to follow you."

"Thank you!" Matthew said sincerely.

"You're welcome."

He waved his hand and Jiang Chen said with a smile.

What's there to be polite?

Anyway, no matter what good things you are going to get, they will be used in my colony.

After explaining to Zheng Shanhe, Jiang Chen ordered him to send dozens of mercenaries to drive the trucks he had stolen, escort Matthew and several other refuge residents back to the shelter, and then turned around and walked towards the Governor's Mansion.
Chapter completed!