Chapter 1251 The Lonely City in the Setting Sun Is Full of Worries
"Sir, we found supplies."
As dusk approached, Banner and his party had settled in the city they expected smoothly.
This is a small city on the south coast of India. The city is not big, that is, an area of more than ten square kilometers. It can be seen from the low bungalows and old streets everywhere that the life here is still maintained in a relatively backward state. And the potholed loess roads, as well as the pitifully rare tricycles and cars, also show that the people here may not live so well.
This is the case in most small Indian cities. Although the Indian government always says that its economy is taking off, its economic growth rate has reached the world's top level, and it will soon catch up with those economically powerful countries. However, such a thing is based on the weak economic foundation of the Indian government.
A person who could only earn 20 yuan a day can suddenly earn 40 yuan a day, so the economy has taken off. But if the 40 yuan is put on someone who can earn 2,000 yuan a day, can this be considered an economic take-off? Certainly not.
India is now in this embarrassing state. Its economic take-off is entirely based on the driving of the national economy by big cities like Mumbai and Delhi. Except for the IT industry, light and heavy industries, which symbolize the basic strength of a country, have not made any obvious achievements. And naturally, those remote small cities can only remain the same as before.
Old and backward, everything was the same as Banner and the agents remembered. The only difference is that there are not so many people here.
India has a population of more than one billion, and it is even said that it has a huge chance of becoming the world's most populous country in the next few years. On this basis, even the most ordinary small city should have many people living here. But now, this is not the case. Because Banner and the others haven't even seen a single person since they entered the city.
This is not normal, because judging from the situation in this city. It is not the hardest-hit area of a nuclear explosion. Even if it is affected by nuclear radiation, it will definitely not cause any instant fatal bad effects on the residents here. And judging from the residual traces that can be seen everywhere in this city, there should indeed be a large number of residents gathered here. But now that they were gone, not even a corpse could be seen, which was somewhat unreasonable.
Reminiscent of his previous ominous premonition, Banner has quietly woken up in his heart. However, even so, he did not intend to tell the bad prediction in his heart.
Because he is a commander now, his every move now is related to the lives of his subordinates. In this kind of operation that goes deep into the enemy's base camp, a good attitude is a very critical factor. If there are any psychological problems among the agents because of his paranoia,
Then he is to blame.
Banner didn't want to do that, but he couldn't do nothing. So he could only say this to the agent who reported.
"Stay there to protect the safety of the materials. I will arrange two other teams to cooperate with you. In short, I have only one request, to protect the safety of the materials and yourselves."
He didn't dare to tighten the nerves of every agent, keeping them in a state of tension throughout the night. So he can only provide them with enough rest time and security protection by increasing the guard strength. This will certainly disperse the strength in his hands, but he still insists on doing so. Because he didn't want any unnecessary casualties on the first day.
The ominous premonition was like a big stone pressing on his heart, making him seem to be covered in a shadow. He didn't dare to tell those ordinary people about this kind of thing, so he could only call the little spider to his side and whispered to him.
"I have an ominous feeling that this city doesn't seem to be as simple as we imagined. It's so weird, it seems weird like a beast's lair here."
"You also have this premonition?" Speaking of premonitions, the little spider is naturally more sensitive. And he obviously has a similar understanding to Banner in this regard. This made the look on his face serious. "I have it too, and I can feel that there is chaos and sin in this city, but there are too many and too complicated, and I can't find the exact source of this smell."
"Is your ability useless?"
Hearing this, Banner couldn't help but frown. Spiderling's Ghost Rider abilities are no secret here. Everyone knows that he has vision on the level of the soul and the ability to feel evil. In many cases in the past, this ability has played a big role, so Banner also hopes to listen to the help of the little spider to create another layer of insurance, but now it seems that this idea seems a bit too ideal. Because the little spider's answer was obviously a little helpless.
"The sun hasn't set yet, and I can't turn on my soul vision. And to be honest, even at night, I don't think it will help. The atmosphere here is so chaotic, it's almost like being in In a hellish environment. And in this hellish environment, evil is not such a prominent thing at all."
Here is hell? Hearing these words, Banner subconsciously wanted to question. But soon, he gave up this idea and figured out why the little spider said that.
The nuclear explosion, in the final analysis, is because of that damn nuclear explosion. Such a small city may be backward, and may be full of many feudal customs that people criticize. But this is a human city after all, and the basic laws of human life prevail. Under such laws, no matter how bad the environment is, it is absolutely impossible to turn this place into a hell on earth. If this is really the case, then it can only be a possibility that some powerful external force completely broke the original order here and plunged this place into a chaotic state of disorder.
What force can break the human order? Only catastrophe, the most terrible catastrophe. The nuclear explosion is undoubtedly a member of this terrible disaster.
Although the city did not suffer the most direct damage from the nuclear explosion, it must have been inevitably affected to some extent. Radiation, the impact of explosions, and chaos in anarchy are all fatal factors, especially for the complex ecological system of human society.
However, this process was so fast that it was beyond Banner's imagination. You know, it has only been a few months since the nuclear explosion. How could it be possible for a few months to cause the human order in a place to collapse and fall into a hell-like atmosphere. And most importantly, what about people? What about those people? Even if they are crazy, they should exist.
Banner, who couldn't figure it out, could only keep this confusion in his heart, and with such a mood, he began to carefully plan for tonight's arrangements.
"It's better for us to pay attention. I have already arranged the manpower for the supplies, and there shouldn't be any major problems. I originally wanted them to conduct a thorough investigation of the city. But now it seems that, It’s better to let this kind of thing go temporarily. Our staff can’t be too scattered, especially in the special situation of night. So, let’s get together first and make a temporary station.”
"Where are you going to find a place to station. We have a lot of people, it's better to choose a safer environment."
"There, we will spend the night there tonight. At dawn tomorrow, we will start investigating here, and we will take the lead to ensure everyone's safety."
Rubbing between his brows, Banner pointed his finger at a tall building not far away.
This is one of the few high-rise buildings in this city. It is said to be a high-rise building, but in fact it is only a dozen floors high. Now there are hundreds of people under Banner's command, and they may have to wrap up several floors of the entire building to completely accommodate so many people. Of course, judging from the current situation, this may be the most appropriate way.
Because only by placing the position in such a place, they can avoid many unnecessary dangers. If it is on flat ground or in areas with complex buildings, then if something unexpected happens, it may really be too late for rescue.
From this point of view, Banner is indeed worried about his subordinates. However, his intentions were not acceptable to these subordinates, because in their opinion, Banner was too much of a troublemaker.
Because every agent present is an elite, and as an elite, they naturally have their own pride in their hearts. Although this kind of operation deep into the enemy's rear is dangerous, they have long been commonplace. And in this case, they certainly don't think Banner's repeated tossing is a good thing.
Transferring sounds simple, but it is complex in action. Each of them has a heavy burden on them, and they have traveled such a long distance. If it is really tossing and tossing, it will be a test for their physical strength. So right now, some people are already complaining in private. In the face of such complaints, Banner took a rare and tough attitude.
"I am the commander of this operation. In this operation, you can only follow my orders. If you want to complain, then go to the military court and complain. I don't mind the gendarmerie for violating troops Discipline, contradict your boss and drag you to the trial seat."
When he said that, no one else would dare to make irresponsible remarks. So soon, the whole team dragged their tired bodies and headed towards the place designated by Banner. And at this moment, the sun finally set on the mountain.
Night has come quietly.