With Jiang Chen's permission, Matthew picked out three trucks from the garage and replaced them with new nuclear fusion cores. Then he selected a few fallout shelter residents who could drive. Escorted by two guards and fifty mercenaries, they drove to the fallout shelter.
Jiang Chen returned to the Governor's Mansion and walked straight into Zhou Guoping's office.
The room was filled with the rancid smell of oil. Empty cans were thrown everywhere. The only thing that looked clean was the chair. Obviously, Black Skull didn't cherish this new home. Perhaps he didn't plan to stay here for long.
Jiang Chen walked to the desk that originally belonged to Zhou Guoping and sat in his chair. He reached out and swept the empty cans and some strange medicine boxes on the table to the ground. Just then, he suddenly noticed that the corner of the table was engraved with a capital letter D by a knife or something sharp.
“D？”
Jiang Chen looked at the letter and thought for a moment. He put it aside for the time being and reached out to open the drawer of the desk.
The documents in the drawer were neatly stacked together. Since they weren't thrown into the corner as waste paper, there was a high probability that no one had touched them.
Jiang Chen reached out and took out the document, gently flicked the dust on it, opened the title page, and read the line of words.
It was a financial statement that detailed every import and export order between the colony and the North American survivor settlements in August and September. It was obvious that Zhou Guoping had made some achievements and wasn't just wasting his time in North America. Every line of large financial expenditures had detailed notes and Zhou Guoping's own signature.
Jiang Chen tried to find some clues from this, but unfortunately, apart from the trade volume, as of the end of September, the relationship between the colony and the "National Guard" and the "Minutemen", the two major local forces on the West Coast, was quite good. He couldn't find any more clues.
The only thing he could be sure of now was that Zhou Guoping might have provoked someone he shouldn't have, or he might have discovered something that caused that person or force to spend so much effort to destroy the entire colony and even block the radio communication between the West Coast and Pan-Asia.
If those people really intended to hide something, then it was likely that before Black Skull walked into this office, valuable information would have been disposed of.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
After receiving Jiang Chen's permission, Zheng Shanhe pushed the door open and walked in.
Under Jiang Chen's instructions, he just went to the colony's dungeon and interrogated the leader of the raiders named Black Skull. Originally, he thought it would take a lot of effort and even prepared a torture plan. He didn't expect this guy to confess so easily and spill everything he knew. He only begged NAC not to kill him because Outpost Town really wasn't conquered by him. At most, he could only take advantage of the situation …
"So fast?" He threw the financial report on the table and looked at the captain of his guards. "Did Black Skull confess?"
"Yes, we didn't even use torture tools. He immediately told me everything after seeing me. He even told me the locations and electronic locks and passwords of several shelters in the Nevada desert … This is?" Zheng Shanhe looked at the document on the desk and asked curiously.
"The colony's financial statement for September. The last financial expenditure is shown on September 25th. If there is no problem with this financial statement, then we can conclude that Zhou Guoping probably made a mistake at this time. Let's not talk about this. First, tell me what you found out, "Jiang Chen said.
Zheng Shanhe nodded and reported the interrogation to Jiang Chen.
"Your guess is correct. The colony was indeed not conquered by the Black Skull Gang. Black Skull's own confession is basically consistent with Rodney's. They were preparing to sell the slaves they had just captured to Outpost Town, but they found that no one came out to trade with them. In order to avoid offending NAC, they waited outside the fortress for three days before sending people in to investigate. Only then did they confirm that the entire fortress was empty. "
"Is there any other information?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask, "Such a large fortress became an empty city. They just live here without any qualms. Don't they find it strange at all?"
"I specifically asked about this," Zheng Shanhe smiled bitterly. "He originally thought that NAC gave up the colony and withdrew. When NAC's cargo ship arrived at the port, he began to wonder if there was a problem. But when he saw the cans on the cargo ship, he immediately put all doubts behind him. "
"…"
"AS Order will arrive in about two weeks. I suggest we stay put during this time." Looking at the speechless Jiang Chen, Zheng Shanhe cautiously suggested, "If those people hiding in the dark really have the ability to make the entire colony disappear without a trace, there is no reason they wouldn't do the same thing to us."
"If they could, they would have done it a long time ago." His index finger gently tapped on the table, Jiang Chen sorted out the clues in his mind, and said, "From the moment I hired the two Chinatown scavengers to go to Liberty City and Steel City to spread the news, I was wondering if those people hiding in the dark would make a move. However, the result was beyond my expectations. They didn't pay any attention to us at all. From the time we gathered mercenaries to recapturing the colony, everything went so smoothly. "
When Zheng Shanhe heard Jiang Chen's statement, cold sweat began to form on his forehead.
Until half a minute ago, he still admired Jiang Chen's decision to recapture the colony without sacrificing a single soldier. Now, he could more or less understand why Captain Lu, who drank with him after the transfer of the position of captain of the Guards, looked relieved …
"Then what should we do now?" Zheng Shanhe gulped and asked, just in case.
He was really worried that Jiang Chen would do something dangerous again.
It didn't matter if something happened to him, the military government would take care of his family.
But if something happened to Jiang Chen …
It was difficult to say if his family in Wanghai could see the sun the next day.
"Wait for the third person I sent to come back, and in the meantime, stay put," Jiang Chen said emotionlessly. "Blood Axe is a key person. Before the colony disappeared, he appeared in the pharmacy in Chinatown with the colony's permit to purchase supplies. If I remember correctly, he was going to help the colony find something. And in addition to nutrient supply, he also purchased a large amount of anti-radiation. "
When Zheng Shanhe heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He also agreed to stay put for now.
In any case, waiting for the expeditionary force to land in North America was the safest choice.
After Zheng Shanhe left, he was the only one left in the office, and it returned to its previous silence.
Jiang Chen's eyes once again turned to the capital "D" engraved on the corner of the table. He frowned slightly and connected the clues in his mind together.
The predator named Blood Axe.
Radiation.
D。
Is there any connection between them?
There was also the intelligence brought back by the two Chinese scavengers from the National Guard and the Minutemen. Whether it was Steel City or Liberty City, the frequent presence of troops was releasing the signal of war.
Who are they guarding against?
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