Chapter 1,397 The only Clue

With Jiang Chen's permission, Matthew picked three trucks out of the garage and replaced them with new nuclear fusion cores. Then he picked a few shelter residents who could drive, and with two personal guards and fifty servants, he Under the escort of the soldiers, they drove towards the shelter.

After turning back to the Governor's Mansion, Jiang Chen walked straight into Zhou Guoping's office.

The room was filled with the rancid smell of oil, hollowed out cans were scattered everywhere, and the only thing that looked clean was the chair. Obviously, Black Skull did not cherish this new home, and perhaps he did not intend to stay here for a long time.

After walking to Zhou Guoping's desk, Jiang Chen sat on his chair. He reached out and swept the empty cans and some strange pill boxes on the table to the ground. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that a capital letter D was carved on the corner of the table with a knife or other sharp object.

"D?"

After thinking about the letter for a moment, Jiang Chen put it aside for the time being and reached out to open the desk drawer.

The documents in the drawer are neatly stacked together. Since they have not been thrown into the corner as waste paper, there is a high probability that no one has touched them.

Jiang Chen reached out and took out the document, flicked the dust on it, opened the title page, and read along the lines.

This is a financial statement that lists in detail every import and export order in the colonies and North American survivor settlements in August and September. It can be seen that Zhou Guoping has achieved something, and he is not just messing around in North America. Every line of large financial expenditures has detailed notes and Zhou Guoping's signature.

Jiang Chen tried to find some clues from this, but unfortunately, in addition to the trade volume, as of the end of September, the relationship between the colony and the two major local forces on the west coast, the "National Guard" and the "One Minute Man" It was no exception, and he couldn't see any more clues.

The only thing that is certain now is that Zhou Guoping may have messed with someone he shouldn't mess with, or he may have discovered something so great that that person or force wasted so much effort and destroyed the entire colony. , and even blocked radio communications between the West Coast and Pan-Asia.

If those people really wanted to hide something, then it was likely that valuable information had been disposed of before Black Skull walked into this office.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

After getting Jiang Chen's permission, Zheng Shanhe opened the door and walked in.

Under Jiang Chen's own instruction, he had just gone to the dungeon of the colony to interrogate the leader of the raiders named Black Skull. Originally, he thought it would take a lot of effort and even prepared a torture plan, but he didn't expect this guy to be so straightforward in his recruitment. He poured out everything he knew and only asked the NAC people not to kill him, because he really wasn't the one to attack Qianshao Town. The best he could do if he came down was to take advantage of the situation...

"So soon?" Jiang Chen threw the financial report on the table and looked at the captain of his personal guard, "Has the black skeleton been recruited?"

"Yes, we didn't even use torture instruments. He immediately handed over everything after seeing me, even the locations of several of their shelters in the Nevada desert and the passwords for electronic locks... What is this?" Looking at the document on his desk, Zheng Shanhe asked curiously.

"In the colony's financial statement for September, the last financial expenditure shown is September 25. If there is no problem with this financial statement, then we can conclude that Zhou Guoping probably made a mistake at this time.

Instead of talking about this, first tell me what you asked about there. "Jiang Chen said.

Nodding, Zheng Shanhe reported the interrogation situation to Jiang Chen.

"Your guess is correct. The colony was indeed not brought down by the Black Skull Gang. The Black Skull's confession basically matches Rodney's. They were preparing to take out the newly captured slaves in Outpost Town, but found that no one came out to fight with them. They traded. In order to avoid offending the NAC, they waited outside the fortress for three days before sending people to break in to inquire about the situation. It was only then that they confirmed that the entire fortress was empty."

"Do you have any other information?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask, "Such a big fortress has turned into an empty city, and they live here with such peace of mind, don't you think it's strange at all?"

"I specifically asked about this," Zheng Shanhe said with a wry smile. "He originally thought that the NAC people had abandoned the colony and evacuated. After the NAC cargo ship arrived at the port, he began to wonder if there was something wrong. But when he saw Cans on a freighter, he immediately threw all doubt out of his mind.”

"..."

"The Order will arrive in about two weeks. I suggest that we stay put during this period." Looking at the speechless Jiang Chen, Zheng Shanhe suggested cautiously, "If those who are hiding in the dark People are really capable of making entire colonies disappear silently, and there’s no reason why they wouldn’t do the same to us.”

"If they could, they would have done it long ago." Jiang Chen tapped his index finger on the table. After sorting out the clues in his mind, he said, "Since I hired the two scavengers from Chinatown, go to Liberty City and When Steel City started spreading the news, I was wondering if those hiding in the dark would take action. However, the result was beyond my expectation. They ignored us at all. From the time we summoned mercenaries to the time we retaken the colony, everything was like this. It went smoothly.”

Hearing Jiang Chen's speech, cold sweat broke out on Zheng Shanhe's forehead.

Until half a minute ago, he had admired Jiang Chen's decision to retake the colony without a single blow. But now, he could somewhat understand why the army captain who took him to drink with him after the handover of the post of captain of the Guards. The expression on his face was relieved...

"Then what should we do now?" Zheng Shanhe swallowed and asked just in case.

He was really worried that Jiang Chen was secretly planning something dangerous again.

It doesn't matter if something happens to him, the military government will take care of his family.

But if something goes wrong with Jiang Chen...

It was hard to say whether his family in Wanghai City would be able to see the sun the next day.

"Wait until the third person I sent out comes back, and stay still in the meantime," Jiang Chen said calmly, "Blood Ax is a very key person. Before the colony disappeared, he had appeared in the pharmacy in Chinatown with the colony's license. Purchasing supplies, if I remember correctly, he was preparing to help the colony go out to find something. And in addition to the nutritional mixture, he also purchased Radiantin."

After hearing this, Zheng Shanhe breathed a sigh of relief.

He also agreed to hold his troops on hold for now.

No matter what, waiting for the expeditionary force to land in North America is the safest choice.

After asking Zheng Shanhe to retreat, the office where he was the only one returned to the previous silence.

Looking at the capital letter "D" engraved on the corner of the table again, Jiang Chen frowned slightly and connected the clues in his mind.

A marauder named Bloodaxe.

radiation.

D.

Is there any connection between them?

There was also the information that the two Chinese scavengers brought back from the National Guard and the Minutemen respectively. Whether it was Steel City or Liberty City, the troops frequently on duty were sending out signals of war.

Who are they guarding against?

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