At the end of the battle, other than White who surrendered, no other prisoners were captured. Therefore, White's testimony could not be verified.
After the enemy retreated, Chuck's performance improved a lot.
He gathered and pacified the crowd, counted the number of casualties, and made everyone do their jobs to prepare for the migration. Chuck was very efficient when doing this.
"46 of us died, 31 of us were heavily injured. They don't have a chance to live, and 22 of us are lightly injured. They might survive, but they won't be able to participate in the battle in a short period of time. We have to split up a lot of people to take care of the lightly injured."
Chuck looked at Gao Qi carefully and said in a low voice, "We can only migrate again, and we have to be fast. Otherwise, when the City of Sin sends out more troops and genetic warriors, we won't have a chance to escape."
Escaping was fine, or to put it nicely, migrating. But where to migrate to next was a big problem at this moment.
Gao Qi was looking at a map. He had marked the approximate area of the City of Sin on the map, but he felt that there was nowhere to go.
The map was an old map, only the old city. The City of Sin was located between the old Sacramento and San Francisco, and the current location of the Hellfire was between the Giant Fir Forest Park and a small city called Porterville. It was about 300 kilometers away from the City of Sin.
From this distance, it was too close. The City of Sin was still expanding, and it looked like it was going to continue south along the Central Valley until it completely occupied the entire Central Valley.
Now, the range of a city's influence depended on the range of its military power. Heavy firepower was the biggest advantage of a city compared to the wilderness, so the absolute control of a city was the range of its heavy firepower.
After the City of Sin obtained a mobile controllable nuclear fusion powered tram, the combat range of the City of Sin's army was greatly increased, and so was their combat ability. It seemed like hiding anywhere was not safe.
It was a simple logic. If the City of Sin's army had a combat range of 300 kilometers, then the Hellfire would be safe as long as they were 400 kilometers away from the City of Sin. But now, the City of Sin had a combat range of at least a thousand kilometers. Even the City of Angels was within the range of their firepower. This meant that any place where humans lived was a danger zone.
It was unrealistic to go head to head with the City of Sin. There were two reasons why they were able to win this time. One was that Gao Qi was willing to help, and the other was that the City of Sin wanted to capture everyone from Hellfire as slaves.
If the City of Sin only wanted to exterminate the Hellfire and had no intention of capturing them alive, then even if Gao Qi was willing to help, he wouldn't be able to save so many people.
Therefore, they had to escape. Once the City of Sin attacked again, they might not have the intention to capture any more slaves.
After staring at the map and thinking for a long time, Gao Qi finally sighed and said, "The entire Central Valley, or even the entire West Coast, is no longer safe. If we want to ensure that the City of Sin doesn't find us and attack us, there are only two choices. One is to go into the mountains, and the other is … to move to the vicinity of the City of Angels."
After speaking, Gao Qi looked at Chuck, then at Wang Ming Yuan. Finally, he raised his chin at Chuck and said, "What do you think?"
Chuck was definitely someone who could see the situation clearly. He said with a troubled expression, "In the mountains … there are many mutated beasts. There's no way to grow crops, and we can't feed hundreds of people by hunting. So, we can only move to the City of Angels. It's further south. I don't think the City of Sin would dare to provoke the City of Angels."
Gao Qi shook his head and said in a low voice, "They wouldn't dare to provoke the City of Angels? That's possible. But the problem is, if the Hellfire were to move further south, how would they survive?"
Chuck said in a low voice, "Farming …"
Gao Qi pointed at the City of Angels and said, "Look carefully, the City of Angels basically overlaps with the old city of Los Angeles. Moreover, most of the City of Angels has no walls. Do you think the City of Angels can tolerate a gang of a few hundred people operating within a few dozen kilometers?"
"Uh, it's better than the City of Sin, right?"
Gao Qi said without hesitation, "The City of Sin keeps slaves, and the City of Angels will only kill you all. What's better about that?"
After speaking, Gao Qi continued, "What's the biggest advantage of the Central Valley? It's the geographical environment that facilitates agriculture. What's the City of Sin's biggest source of income? It's also agriculture. The City of Angels is an industrialized city, but the level of industry isn't high. They need very few workers, so the City of Sin and the City of Angels don't compete directly. The City of Angels can also tolerate the City of Sin occupying the entire Central Valley."
Chuck said in a low voice, "What does that have to do with anything?"
Gao Qi said without hesitation, "Of course it does. Once you leave the Central Valley, you won't have the foundation to survive. If you're too big, you'll be killed by the City of Angels. If you're too small … the local barbarians will also kill you. If you want to rob, you have to at least have someone to rob."
Right now, the Central Valley was severely sparsely populated. The Central Valley had an endless amount of excellent farmland, but once you left the Central Valley and reached the City of Angels, it would be a barren semi-desert. At least, it wasn't suitable for agriculture.
It wasn't easy for a few hundred people to survive. If they wanted to rely on robbing, they would have to survive for at least half a year before they could reap any harvest. They also had to consider where the seeds would come from and how to cultivate the land. In short, there were countless troublesome matters to deal with. Wanting to be self-sufficient wasn't something that could be solved with a few words.
Moreover, whether they could even escape to the City of Angels was a problem.
Chuck's face was sorrowful. He muttered to himself, "Is there no place in this world where we can survive?"
Gao Qi sighed. "If you want to live, you can't just run away. If you run away today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, where can you run to in the end? The Central Valley is a suitable place for humans to live. If you can't survive here, can you go somewhere else? "
Chuck sighed deeply. Gao Qi said calmly, "You can't expect me to protect you all the time, right? I'm only here to make it convenient for my research. Now that I'm almost done, I can leave at any time. But where can you all go? Can you leave the Central Valley? "
Chuck thought for a long time and finally said, "You're the one who said we're going to leave. Boss, what do you mean? Should we fight to the end or run?"
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