At the agreed time, "Pangu Biology" sent back a telegram.
This time the content was very short, and Jiang Baimian quickly completed the decoding, wrote it on paper, and showed it to Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen:
"Closely monitor this matter and collect as much intelligence as possible."
This matter refers to the "Initial City" conducting secret experiments in the North Anheford area of the wasteland.
The company is as steady as ever... Long Yuehong found that "Pangu Biology's" reply was similar to what he had expected.
In fact, anyone could have guessed that when only remote command is possible, a responsible superior would definitely choose the most stable plan and delegate more discretionary power to frontline personnel.
"What other information can be collected?" Shang Jianyao asked with a "difficult" tone.
Regarding the matter of First Spring Town, the "Old Task Force" has collected all the information they should and could collect.
Jiang Baimian ignored this guy, looked at Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo, and said to herself:
"First, report the military situation of First Spring Town."
She planned to submit the information currently in the hands of the "Old Task Force" to the company in several batches, making it seem like they were doing something.
"Hmm... also, explain that we will be divided into two groups, one group will stay in the wasteland to monitor the secret experiment, and the other group will return to the Initial City to try to complete the mission." Jiang Baimian quickly outlined the telegram in her mind.
As for how the groups were divided, that was a minor detail that didn't need to be described.
After replying to the telegram and putting away the machine, she walked to Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo and said with a smile:
"By the way, keep a copy of your blood samples."
Without waiting for them to ask why, Jiang Baimian took the initiative to explain:
"After returning to the Initial City, we will ask someone to find a good medical institution or corresponding laboratory to check your problems again."
"I can feel that my heart condition is indeed not optimistic and is getting worse over time." Han Wanghuo responded calmly, indicating that there was no need for further examination.
"You misunderstood Da Bai's meaning." Shang Jianyao forcibly interjected, "What she wants to say is that the severity of the illness is definitely correct, but we need to figure out how many months you have left to prepare in advance."
Preparation for mourning? Long Yuehong muttered in his heart.
Jiang Baimian also "tui"ed:
"What do you want to prepare for?"
"Um." She turned to Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo and said, "Maybe after testing and analysis, we can find more effective drugs to help you live another year or so.
"For others, this may not be useful, but if you can survive until winter, there may be good changes in the matter of rescuing First Spring Town."
Zeng Duo was moved by the last sentence and said without hesitation:
"Okay."
As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves, revealing veins for blood to be drawn.
She behaved quite openly in this matter.
In her own words:
Anyway, I can't live for a few months, so what am I afraid of?
Seeing this, Han Wanghuo also suppressed his vigilance and prepared to cooperate.
"Don't worry, we'll draw it tomorrow morning." Jiang Baimian smiled and turned her head, looking at Genava, "At that time, Lao Ge, you can take a few more pictures for them."
Genava has a wealth of detection modules, many of which can be modified to examine the human body.
The next day, after finishing the collection of blood and transmission of inspection images, Jiang Baimian said to Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo:
"The first thing you need to do is get another radio transceiver. Although Lao Ge can also take on this task, it's inconvenient to charge in the wasteland, so let him save a little energy."
To charge Genava, Jiang Baimian even gave them the solar panel of the "Old Task Force."
Anyway, the remaining power of the jeep plus the two spare high-performance batteries was more than enough to return to the Initial City.
At that time, they could charge the batteries on the one hand and try to buy new solar panels on the other.
"Okay." Han Wanghuo nodded steadily.
Waving goodbye to them, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong got into their jeep.
Under Jiang Baimian's watchful eyes, Shang Jianyao didn't go all out this time and only changed the paint of the jeep to a sapphire blue.
In Jiang Baimian's words:
"It's quite fashionable."
...
After watching Xue Shiyue and others drive to the Red River bank, Han Wanghuo asked Zeng Duo for her opinion:
"Where to next?"
Although he had also ventured around the Initial City, he believed that he did not know the North Shore Wasteland as well as Zeng Duo, who was born and raised there.
"Go towards the mountains." Zeng Duo had an idea, "Many settlements there can trade, and they are quite wary of the 'Initial City'."
Han Wanghuo rubbed his eyebrows and breathed a sigh of relief:
"Okay."
He turned to Genava and said:
"Do you have any supplements?"
This was a habit Han Wanghuo had developed when he was the security officer of Redstone Town and the captain of the town guard—to be as thorough as possible so that everyone felt noticed.
Genava moved his metal-forged neck from side to side:
"Not for now.
"However..."
He looked at Zeng Duo, and the red light in his eyes flickered a few times:
"I am working on a rough map of the North Shore Wasteland and need your input."
Zeng Duo and Han Wanghuo were stunned. They didn't expect a real intelligent robot to be so proactive.
...
Unlike their escape, the "Old Task Force" did not encounter any trouble on their way back to the Initial City.
The bridge checkpoint was more concerned with those leaving the city, maintaining only a routine level of vigilance for entering vehicles and pedestrians.
In other words, they could be bribed with money.
After handing over a stack of Ore when opening the window, the "Old Task Force," whether it was the people in the car or the weapons in the trunk, received preferential treatment from the "Initial City" soldiers—they turned a blind eye.
They passed through the bridge along the familiar road and entered the main urban area. Long Yuehong's mentality was very different from before.
To be more precise, he had become numb and no longer had the excitement of coming to the largest city on the Greylands.
Bai Chen turned the steering wheel and drove the vehicle into the Green Olive District.
Their base this time was another room that Han Wanghuo had previously rented.
He and Zeng Duo had only stayed in it for a few minutes, without exposing this safe house.
After driving for a while, Long Yuehong looked out the window and suddenly said with emotion:
"'Wolf Den' ah..."
It turned out that the "Old Task Force" had passed by the place where they had previously rescued those Greyground prostitutes.
The fast food restaurant on the first floor was still open and doing quite well. Although Su Na and others were busy, their faces were filled with hope.
Since the real "Father" incident, the "Old Task Force" had not come to them again. This was to avoid implicating them and causing their hard-won new life and the future they had built to suffer unwarranted disasters.
From the current point of view, the "Old Task Force's" original intention has been achieved.
--Their relationship with Su Na and others only has two places that can be traced: one is the line of Terence, the second boss of the "Blackshirts," and the other is the source of the ingredients for Su Na and others' fast food restaurant.
The manor involved in the latter has been transferred twice. For the security officers, after investigating and clarifying that Xue Shiyue's team had converted the manor obtained from completing the mission into Ore, there was no need to investigate further. As for Terence's side, Shang Jianyao would visit regularly to consolidate "friendship" until they completely left the Initial City and there was no value in being investigated.
"Seeing them as they are now, I feel that what we did at the beginning was not in vain." Jiang Baimian said with a smile from the co-driver's seat.
Shang Jianyao on the other side of the back row also smiled:
"This is the joy of saving all mankind."
"..." Long Yuehong was stunned for two seconds and couldn't help but mutter:
If you changed the big and empty slogan of "saving all mankind" to "helping others," it might be more convincing.
While speaking, the sapphire blue jeep drove past the original "Wolf Den" and headed for another street.
Suddenly, seven or eight people walked out of an alley.
The leader wore a black suit, was slender, with graying temples, and was a handsome middle-aged man.
Most of the people behind him wore the grey-blue uniforms of security officers, and two of them were holding a man.
The man was wearing a mottled leather jacket, with emerald green eyes, soft features, and long, messy black hair.
This... Bai Chen and Long Yuehong's pupils dilated.
The "Old Task Force" knew the man being held.
He was the suspect in the Citizen Assembly bombing, an accomplice of the assassin in the arena assassination, a member of the Order of Behaviors, and Demis, who liked to mislead the security officers by covering his mouth with a scarf!
This "performance artist" had been caught!
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong looked over and found that Demis, who often came out to play with the security officers, had a dull expression, empty eyes, and obvious confusion remaining on his face.
He was clearly not unconscious, not wearing handcuffs or shackles, and not being pointed at by a gun, but he was like a puppet, with no intention of resisting.