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The communication ended. Ye Han got up and took a look. The outside was still the same as before.

Looking at the time, it has been more than half an hour. It is said that the insect swarm should have arrived. From the satellite images, the distance between the insect swarm and the enemy's nest is not far, but for some reason, the insects just don't go this way. Hiding miles away.

Forget it, it’s better to come here!

Ye Han couldn't figure out what was going on with the insect base, so he simply put the problem behind him and didn't think about it anymore.

Sitting on the box against the cave wall, he suddenly remembered something, so he immediately said on the radio: "Liu Xingguo, are you there?"

"Chief, I'm here!" Liu Xingguo immediately replied.

"Let that person, the leader of the resistance army, come to me!" Ye Han ordered.

Not long ago, Ye Han issued an order. When anyone mentioned the returning bugs, they were not allowed to say bugs. They had to use the word "resistance army" or other appropriate names instead!

This was done mainly to take care of the Insect Man's emotions. Being captured by aliens for such a long time, the word "Insect Man" was an indelible shame for every returning warrior.

Most bug people say they don't care about the title issue, but Ye Han believes that bug people can not care, but other people can't just ignore it just because bug people don't care.

When it comes to treating returning bugs, even if it is superficial, the military's respect for returning bugs must be reflected in the details.

This is not just an attitude issue, but also a governance issue!

Another thing is that there are so many bug-men on the alien side. If they are not distinguished, it will be very easy to confuse them together. There is indeed a need to unify the caliber.

After receiving the order, Liu Xingguo agreed. After a while, a bug man silently came to Ye Han: "Chief, you are looking for me!"

Ye Han pointed to another box: "Sit down, don't be so restrained."

The insect man sat down slowly, his eyes flickering and his expression a little uneasy.

Ye Han smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, I'm here to ask you a few questions."

"Chief, please ask!" The insect man straightened his back and placed his palms on his knees.

"Don't be so nervous,

Just relax, just relax! "Ye Han emphasized several times in succession, until the insect man relaxed a little, and then asked in a chatty tone: "What's your name? "

"Reporting to the chief, my name is Tao Chengyu, a former diver of the 16X Brigade of the Marine Corps."

Ye Han was really helpless: "Relax, just have a casual chat."

Tao Chengyu said nothing, but smiled cautiously.

Ye Han stopped trying to persuade him. After thinking about it, he turned around and gestured to Daniel. Daniel knowingly handed over a box of cigarettes. Ye Han opened his mask and lit one. The smoke rose, followed by a burst of pyrotechnics. spread.

He doesn't smoke himself, but sometimes, cigarettes can bring two strangers closer and help relieve tension, so he has to hold one in his mouth to show off.

Ye Han held a lit cigarette and shook the cigarette case without any trademark at Tao Chengyu: "Will you?"

Tao Chengyu nodded, with an unusual expectation in his eyes.

Ye Han handed the cigarette to him. The latter took out a cigarette, put it under his nose and sniffed it. He did not light it as Ye Han expected, but put it away with great care and handed the cigarette case back. .

Ye Han smiled: "Take it, I'll give it to you!"

"No, no, no..." Tao Chengyu quickly declined, "It's too precious!"

This is by no means nonsense. A box of cigarettes was indeed nothing before the war. However, after the war for more than ten years, a box of cigarettes is now worth as much as gold. No matter where it goes, it is an absolute hard currency.

It is an irrefutable truth that things are rare and valuable no matter when.

Take cigarettes, for example. For old smokers, they are almost a lifeblood, but non-smokers not only don’t need them, but also reject them very much.

There is so much arable land in the world today that it is not enough to grow food. Since tobacco is not a necessity, no matter how valuable it is, it is impossible to use precious arable land to grow tobacco leaves. The only way to obtain tobacco is to collect wild tobacco leaves.

Wild tobacco leaves are not a common thing. Usually, tobacco leaves are accidentally found after leaving the city, collected and processed, and then traded privately.

If you think about the number of smokers before the war, you will know how huge the tobacco market is. The occasional wild tobacco leaves cannot satisfy the huge demand of old smokers.

Wild tobacco leaves are rare, and not only the output cannot be guaranteed, but the quality is also uneven. The result is that no matter what kind of cigarettes, there is no market, and many old smokers have no smoke to smoke, forcing them to come up with all kinds of unscrupulous methods. Dried leaves, hay, dry moss, hay roots, anything that can be rolled up and smoked will not escape the poisonous hands of the old smoker.

But do these alternatives compare to real cigarettes? Of course not!

In order to obtain valuable cigarettes, professional tobacco pickers have emerged all over the world who specialize in searching for wild tobacco leaves. This is a very dangerous industry. Every year, a large number of professional tobacco pickers are killed by the insect. Many people regard the tobacco pickers as Seen as a high-risk occupation that is as dangerous as professional soldiers.

However, driven by huge profits, a large number of people invest in the tobacco mining industry every year, and even large tobacco fields have appeared in insect-occupied areas that are beyond the control of the governments of various countries.

Fortunately, although there are few tobacco leaves, tobacco plants are also affected by the puffing virus. The taller the plant grows, the bigger the leaves become. The largest tobacco leaf found so far is more than five meters tall, as thick as a person's arms, and heavy. More than sixty kilograms!

This tobacco plant was so big that the lucky picker could comfortably enjoy the harvest from selling it for half a year!

Due to the huge benefits, it is a very profitable industry. Countries have had black interest chains surrounding the cigarette industry. However, in extraordinary times, countries have unprecedentedly strong control over the country. The black interest chains were quickly eliminated by all countries, but cigarette mining However, the profession of human beings has to be preserved... There is no shortage of old smokers among the top leaders of various countries. They cannot occupy cultivated land for planting. There is no problem in picking wild tobacco leaves, right?

In this way, the tobacco industry has recovered in recent years, but the global annual output is not much. That is, special units such as the special service team, and encountering a non-smoking officer like Ye Han, can give cigarettes as gifts. courage.

Ye Han saw that Tao Chengyu couldn't bear to smoke, so he simply handed his own over: "I'll give this to you too!"

"No, no, no need!" Tao Chengyu quickly refused.

"It's okay, I'm not that addicted, I just smoke one occasionally." Ye Han said.

Da Niu, who was hiding aside, almost cried, thinking to himself, boss, if you don't smoke, do it to me!

Tao Chengyu's craving for cigarettes has been aroused. After hearing Ye Han's words, he finally couldn't help but take the cigarette, put it to his mouth and took a puff. The smoke penetrated into his lungs, and he immediately held it. Breathe, reluctant to spit it out.