Sitting in the office, Jiang Chen looked at the warm sunshine outside the window and suddenly said.
"Old Zheng."
"What's wrong?"
"In October of the previous years, it should have snowed in Wanghai, right?"
Zheng Shanhe paused for a moment and thought about it carefully. It did seem to be the case.
He hadn't been in North America for long, and he really didn't notice this detail. It was already mid-October, but the first snow hadn't fallen at this time. It was indeed a bit unreasonable.
"Could it be because of the climate?" Zheng Shanhe asked.
"Impossible, the nuclear winter should be global," Jiang Chen shook his head. "And even if we put aside the nuclear winter, due to the influence of the Pacific Rim monsoon, the climate phenomenon that occurs west of the Rocky Mountains is likely to be brought to the other side of the Pacific Ocean by the monsoon."
The reason why he suddenly thought of this problem was mainly that when he was on a video call with Sun Jiao yesterday, Jiang Chen found that it was already snowing in Wanghai.
At that time, Sun Jiao pointed the camera at the sky outside the window. The white snow was like layers of ripples. Under the effect of gravitons, it slowly receded along the edge of the Holy Shield toward the horizon.
It was indeed a model of urban defense systems. In the face of the nuclear winter, the Holy Shield System played an obvious role. Most of the temperature-bearing medium was blocked outside the barrier formed by gravitons. The only thing that caused heat loss was the gas exchange and thermal radiation from the inside to the outside, which almost retained the fleeting autumn.
The orange-yellow shield was like a greenhouse, dividing the inside and outside of the city into two distinct worlds. People inside the shield did not feel the cold of previous years at all. Jiang Chen was also quite gratified to see this scene.
The problem that had been plaguing the development of NAC was finally solved perfectly.
For the survivors living on the wasteland, snowfall was simply a disaster. Not only because of the shortage of fuel, mutants, lack of materials, etc., but the snowfall through the radiation dust itself carried a high amount of radiation. Every winter, the consumption of anti-radiation, anti-radiation, and iodine and other materials was quite alarming.
In the video, Sun Jiao told Jiang Chen a piece of good news. According to the statistics of the Administrative Department, there were many survivors who came to Wanghai for the winter this year. Most of them were businessmen from Shangjing and the south, as well as mercenaries who came with the caravans.
After this winter, many people would choose to stay, and NAC would welcome a new wave of immigration. With the benefit of the population growth, the military government's new round of expansion plans for the Sixth Street could also begin ahead of schedule.
Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze from the window, put the climate problem aside for the time being, and focused on the report in his hand.
The progress made in the past two days was astonishing.
Through the investigation of the Mud Crab breeding base, his guards found the abandoned freighter stranded on the shore, as well as an action memo backed up in a knight's EP terminal. It was confirmed that when the colony encircled the Mud Crabs, they found a container with abnormal radiation values in the freighter.
These boxes were placed together with a bunch of containers filled with toys, and the toys were all Disney dolls. On the outside of the containers, there was a large letter D written in black paint.
The clues matched up.
Next, as long as he followed the source of those containers, he would definitely be able to find something. It wasn't difficult to find out where the cargo ended up. Whether it was the port authority or the shipping company, they should have backup copies of the cargo.
At this moment, the signal light on his watch flickered and interrupted Jiang Chen's thoughts.
He pressed the connect button, the screen flickered, and turned to the front door of the colony. The sentry on duty at the door saluted to the screen and reported to him.
"There is a scavenger named Gris outside. He claims to be hired by you and is here to report to you."
"Let him in," Jiang Chen said immediately.
"Yes!"
Soon, Gris was let in.
Accompanied by two recruits, he was taken to the governor's office.
"Where is he?" Jiang Chen looked at Gris standing there alone and asked.
"I tried to find him," Gris said, "but he is not on the West Coast."
"So, you found nothing?" Jiang Chen asked with a sly smile.
Seeing that the rich employer's tone wasn't friendly, Gris didn't bother to keep Jiang Chen in suspense and quickly added, "It's too much to say that I found nothing. Although I didn't find him, I did inquire about his whereabouts in the West Coast area! After leaving Chinatown, he took about 20 men and walked along the road from California to Nevada into the desert. Along the way, they suffered heavy losses. Not only did they encounter mutant scorpions, but they also encountered a mutated human tribe … "
"So, you mean, he is dead?" Jiang Chen asked.
"No, it's the opposite," Gris shook his head vigorously. Griss shook his head vigorously. "There's a high chance that he's still alive, and with the last few gunmen, he took a detour around the suburbs of Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam and headed towards the Grand Canyon."
"What is he doing in the Grand Canyon?"
"Rumors, just rumors!" Gris said immediately, "I heard a long time ago in a tavern in Liberty City that NATO built a concentration camp in the Grand Canyon before the war to detain Pan-Asian immigrants accused of espionage. But the truth is that there is no concentration camp at all, and those Pan-Asian immigrants did not commit any crimes. Instead, they were forcibly recruited by NATO Strategic Weapons Force to the Grand Canyon to build a secret military facility! "
"What facility?" Jiang Chen frowned.
"No one knows!" Gris shook his head. "Maybe it's a superweapon? Or maybe it's a military base of NATO Missile Force? No one will go to the Grand Canyon for no reason. Almost half of the Death Claws in Nevada and Utah will go there to give birth. It's not a Grand Canyon at all, but a veritable Death Valley! "
Jiang Chen touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The office suddenly quieted down. Gris swallowed his saliva, and his heart began to beat like a drum.
After a while, he tentatively opened his mouth and asked.
"Then … what about my reward?"
"Oh, sorry, I almost forgot about this."
Jiang Chen smiled, opened the drawer, took out a box of bottle caps, and slapped it on the table.
Gris was overjoyed when he heard the crisp sound. He took the bottle cap box and thanked Jiang Chen repeatedly. After getting permission from Jiang Chen, he turned around and left the office.
As soon as the office door closed, the smile on Jiang Chen's face gradually turned cold.
He looked at Zheng Shanhe standing next to him and ordered directly.
"Take a team to follow him."
"Do you suspect that there is something wrong with him?" Zheng Shanhe's eyes suddenly sharpened.
"It would be strange if there is nothing wrong with him." Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed into a line.
He was already outside of California, but he still dared to come back without finding the person. And the most critical point was that Jiang Chen really didn't know how this guy knew the whereabouts of Blood Axe so clearly. With such limited clues, even if Sherlock Holmes were to come here, he would most likely be blinded by the situation.
There was only one possibility, that was, an "insider" directly told him this information that could not be investigated.
And this person, there was an 80% chance that he was the person behind the abduction of the colonial residents!
"I'm going now!" Without further ado, Zheng Shanhe immediately turned around and walked out of the office.
"Remember to find a few people with strong anti-reconnaissance abilities, and they must be familiar with this area. There should be experts in this area among those mercenaries. Don't be stingy with the reward." Jiang Chen casually reminded the captain of the guards as he walked out.
The office door closed again, and this time Jiang Chen was left alone in the room.
He got up and walked to the window. Looking at the figure outside the window in a hurry, a sneer gradually appeared on Jiang Chen's face.
You dare to collect money from both sides?
I hope you don't regret it.
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