"Are you going to deliver munitions to the Town Guard?"

After hearing Jiang Bai Mian's words, Watcher Song He looked quite surprised.

His room was simple and plain, about the same size as the lodge camp that Shang Jian Yao and the others were staying in. There was no extra furniture, only a bed, a few chairs, a set of cabinets, a bookshelf, and a desk with paper and pens on it.

The most distinctive feature of his role as a clergyman was on the wall opposite the bed, depicting the holy emblem of "The Silent Nun" – a white door ajar, with a dark abyss behind it, as if hiding a faint female figure.

This layout made Long Yue Hong's scalp tingle, because he couldn't help but imagine the scene when he was sleeping:

The Year Guardian hides in the darkness, quietly watching you.

Fortunately, the holy emblem was on the opposite wall, not on the ceiling, otherwise there would be no way to sleep! Long Yue Hong muttered to himself, while Shang Jian Yao answered on behalf of Jiang Bai Mian:

"Not delivering, trading."

Song He understood what he meant, didn't mind at all, and said with a smile:

"When I said delivering, I meant escorting, not giving."

"I misunderstood." Shang Jian Yao admitted his mistake.

Even without a mask, he didn't care about these things.

Wearing a black robe, Song He immediately nodded and sighed softly:

"Anyway, I can feel your kindness.

"I would like to thank you in advance on behalf of the residents of Redstone Town."

He didn't waste any more time and said directly:

"From the current situation, the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters are trying to break through from the southeast direction of the ruins. Han Wang Huo should have organized most of the Town Guard members to reinforce that area."

As he spoke, he walked to the desk, took out a map, and unfolded it:

"Han Wang Huo's plan is to set up a new defensive line in the area around Air Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall to block the enemy.

"A large area here has severely damaged roads and many collapsed buildings. If the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters don't want to take a long detour, they can only force their way through that position."

Jiang Bai Mian listened quietly and reminded:

"Mountain Monsters are good at climbing cliffs, this kind of terrain can't stop them."

"Yes, Han Wang Huo has considered this point, and he wants to use this to create a trap." Song He said that this was indeed a problem.

Jiang Bai Mian turned to look at the surface of the desk:

"Is this a map left over from the Old World?"

The city layout was very clear.

Song He gave an "Mm" sound:

"I found it when I first came to Redstone Town. It's the city's own tourist map. You see, the park where the town is located was called Redstone Park in the Old World. That's why it's named Redstone Town."

"'Why the reason' is a bad sentence." Shang Jian Yao pointed out.

Song He smiled dumbly:

"I'm used to saying it that way."

Jiang Bai Mian looked at the map and asked curiously:

"You've made a lot of marks on it."

There were many marks on the map, some were red crosses, some were black circles, and various symbols were different.

The blank area next to it was written with the meanings corresponding to different symbols.

"I marked which buildings have collapsed and which roads are impassable." The old man, who had been in Redstone Town for forty or fifty years, suddenly said with some melancholy, "When more and more marks are made, and then look at the original map, it really feels like it's hard to write anymore."

He withdrew his gaze and said with a sigh:

"My parents were survivors of the Old World, but neither of them survived the war years.

"They once taught me a phrase called '沧海桑田(Cānghǎi sāngtián, literally 'the blue sea turned into mulberry fields')'. I can understand the meaning, but I don't feel it deeply until I started making these maps and doing on-site surveys..."

Jiang Bai Mian pursed her lips and said with a self-deprecating smile:

"The reason I asked so many questions just now was that I wanted to borrow this map from you, but now I can't bring myself to ask."

Song He was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said:

"Take it, it's not like I only have one copy."

"Ah?" Jiang Bai Mian was a little stunned.

Song He explained casually:

"I don't make maps purely for myself. Sometimes, the residents of the town also need this thing."

Jiang Bai Mian suddenly understood:

"Then I won't be polite."

You've never been polite... Long Yue Hong slandered the team leader in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

Shang Jian Yao looked at Song He and said sincerely:

"Thank you."

Seeing that they had put away the map, Song He smiled and instructed:

"If the enemy's offensive is fierce, you don't need to hold on, evacuate as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, the Town Guard will do the same."

In the midst of Long Yue Hong's surprise, Jiang Bai Mian asked thoughtfully:

"What exactly do the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters want to achieve by attacking Redstone Town?"

Song He gave her an admiring look:

"They want to destroy the town, kill all the local humans, or drive all the humans out of this ruin, so as to occupy this place."

"I see..." Jiang Bai Mian didn't ask any more questions.

Song He added:

"Once the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters break through the defensive line, they will definitely go to Redstone Town first and destroy it.

"Destroy it, so be it. There aren't many supplies there, and no one lives there at night. When we repel the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters, there are still several underground shopping malls and air-raid shelters in the ruins that can be used to rebuild the town.

"Everyone, heh heh, is used to hiding all the time. It's not easy to find our own people, let alone the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters? At that time, we can rely on our familiarity with the environment, in groups of seven or eight, taking turns to attack the enemy, making them exhausted.

"Unless the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters can quickly destroy the entire ruin, they won't be able to solve this problem in a short period of time."

Hearing Song He's words, Long Yue Hong was first surprised, and then he completely understood one thing - why the residents of Redstone Town are so respected and loved for hiding, even if the "hide-and-seek ritual" seems so absurd, it does not affect their piety.

This is indeed one of their skills for survival!

When listening to Jiang Bai Mian's analysis before, Long Yue Hong initially understood the local customs and knew its inevitability.

And now, the Sub-humans' attacks have nakedly revealed the reason behind the folk customs, without the need for extra speculation:

As long as you hide well, you can escape the attack, you can find opportunities to fight back against the enemy, and you can have the last laugh.

In the case where the city ruins are very large and the number of enemies and allies is not large, this is one of the best ways to deal with an invasion!

At this moment, Long Yue Hong remembered some of the words that the team leader had said before:

Behind all absurdity, there are its realistic factors.

…………

In the southeast corner of the city ruins, Tan Tian En, Gao Di, and She Le hid behind a collapsed building, listening to the Fishmen and Mountain Monsters not far away communicating in a strange language that mixed various dialects, and listening to them walking towards them step by step.

After they escaped from the high-rise building that was bombed and about to collapse, they thought they could rely on their familiarity with the terrain to create distance and return to the predetermined defensive line. As a result, those Fishmen and Mountain Monsters seemed to know where they were hiding and where they would pass, and they blocked them here.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Tan Tian En lowered his voice and said:

"We can't go on like this."

This time, he used Red River language.

Gao Di was silent for a moment and said:

"It's a bit strange, we have to report this situation back."

Based on vigilance, they didn't let "Mechanical Paradise" come to Redstone Town to build a local base station, and they could only rely on remote communication through walkie-talkies.

And now, the distance between them and Air Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall clearly exceeded the corresponding range.

After hearing this, She Le gritted his teeth and said:

"Draw someone to lead them away, and the other two go to where the car is parked."

With a car, they can quickly create distance and return to the area around Air Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall.

"Okay." Gao Di took out a silver coin from "First City", "Everyone tosses it once, whoever gets the different side goes out."

This made She Le suddenly feel a little dazed, and he remembered many past events.

——The Vigilance Church would organize children of about the same age to play together to cultivate their ability to hide until they came of age, and a coin like this was often used to decide who would seek and who would hide.

"I'll go first." Tan Tian En took the silver coin, tossed it casually, and then put it directly into his pocket.

He said in a deep voice:

"I lost."

"Tian En?" Gao Di blurted out in astonishment.

She Le opened his eyes wide in surprise, as if he was meeting Tan Tian En for the first time.

Tan Tian En turned his head to look at them, took a breath, and said:

"After I rush out, you immediately run in the opposite direction."

Speaking of this, his eyes fell on She Le's face, with a straight face, he roared:

"Who told me to like your sister!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his body, picked up his automatic rifle, and rushed out from his hiding place.

Da da da! He fired while moving to another direction.

Although he was bait, he was still trying hard to survive.

Seeing this scene, Gao Di and She Le ignored their emotional turmoil, bent down and, with the help of cover, ran madly towards where they parked the car.

Da da da!

Just as Tan Tian En was about to roll over and enter the building opposite, everything he saw suddenly "pulled away" from the real world.

It was like the feeling he had when he almost drowned while learning to swim before. The scene in front of him degenerated into a series of shaking, rippling images, and the surrounding sounds seemed to be coming from the horizon.

Tan Tian En's thoughts gradually drifted away, and his whole person seemed to be slowly sinking in the water, unable to breathe anymore.

Before his vision returned to darkness, he saw a Fishman.

This Fishman was very tall, his eyes were not so protruding, he wore a laurel wreath made of twigs on his head, and the gray-black scales on his body seemed to be flowing with water under the moonlight.

…………

After leaving the Vigilance Church and moving the batch of munitions to the khaki-colored all-terrain vehicle, Jiang Bai Mian thought for a moment and said using their full names:

"Long Yue Hong, you and Shang Jian Yao drive the Jeep."

This time, she didn't fill up the co-driver of the all-terrain vehicle either, but transferred the corresponding boxes to the back seat of the Jeep.

"Yes, Team Leader!" Long Yue Hong didn't ask why, while Shang Jian Yao couldn't wait to open the door of the Jeep.

Jiang Bai Mian turned to Bai Chen, who was beside her, and said:

"You drive, I'll monitor the surroundings."

Because she had to observe the movements outside the range of her perception, she had to try to stay focused.

"Okay." Bai Chen took the gun and got into the driver's seat of the all-terrain vehicle.

Jiang Bai Mian followed and got into the car, took out the walkie-talkie, and said:

"You can turn on the lights to light the way now. When you get close to the battle zone, listen to my command.

"Let's go!"