Star of Civilization

In her eyes, the entire human settlement is like an abandoned garbage dump, with countless dirty things in every corner, and a strong smell that is revealed all the time. This was a far cry from what Joyner had imagined before, and it made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

When the convoy approached the city gate of Hidden Sand Castle, Joyna's expression changed from disappointment to a momentary vigilance.

She saw that not far below the city wall, a ditch was wide and deep, extending out for an unknown distance. The ditch seemed to be the moat of the Hidden Sand Castle. Joyner guessed that there should have been water in there before, but the water had long since dried up, and now it was a chaotic pile of corpses.

She turned her head indifferently and looked in the other direction. Behind the trench was a defensive fortress surrounded by bricks and earth for several hundred meters. Hundreds of fires were lit around the fortifications, burning something constantly, and there were people around. Visiting posts.

On the other side of the high wall are several small camps that appear to have been inhabited for a long time, both as barracks and as permanent outposts for the hidden sand castle.

There are also some wooden "elevators" stationed beside the high wall, which go up and down by thick cables. The huge winches pushed by six or seven people make the "elevators" work, and make a harsh "creak" sound, which is hundreds of times. It can be heard from meters away.

There were still many people standing on the wall stacks, all of them holding torches. Next to it, there are a few dark shadows. This shadow looks strange, but it doesn't move, guessing it should be some kind of facility.

Joyna took a long time to see that it was some kind of giant crossbow mechanism, probably a heavy weapon used to deal with vehicles.

The city looked so strange. Not only were there a large number of guards, but the wasteland outside was full of spears. The skeletons on the spears seemed to indicate the fate of the rebels, which made people shudder.

Joyna couldn't understand why this gathering place of human beings that once carried hope has become what it is today?

Is life so worthless?

It seems that in order to truly understand the customs of a region, it is impossible to find the correct answer in books and stone tablets. She pondered in her heart that she must go deep into the market and ask those guys who are running around to survive. Their words are definitely sharper and more accurate than knives.

Joyna's eyes radiated a faint light, swept across the night, silently remembering everything she saw.

She was finally able to see the charred corpse up close, and she soon felt a pang of discomfort in her stomach. I wondered what the situation in the city was like, it couldn't be worse than the savage wilderness, right?

A stench and smoke of burning corpses drifted past, and the crackling sound brought her thoughts back to reality. The truck slowed down in front of the ditch, and was only a few dozen meters away from the row of refusing horses.

"Stop!"

With a loud shout, some swaying figures appeared on the right side.

"Whoever is in the car, let me down for inspection!"

How unlucky!

Joyner frowned and spat.

She was about to turn her head away, pretending to be calm, when she suddenly saw a few guards raise their weapons at the convoy, and the current big man shouted, attracting the attention of everyone nearby.

"Che, these guys came very fast..." The bald brother muttered and waved his hand outside.

Joyna was stunned when she saw that the weapons in these people's hands looked strange, black and stubby.

This weapon is small and can be held steady with one hand. It seems to be some kind of firearm, but it is obviously not a firearm.

What the **** is that?

Then she saw clearly - it turned out that they were hand-made crossbow arrows.

According to Joyner's knowledge of the crossbow, the most important feature of this weapon is the silent firing and super-fast speed.

It seems that each crossbow arrow is about 20 mm saw, and it should rely on machinery to launch marbles or crossbow arrows. In the hands of experts, the power of the crossbow arrow is huge, and the kinetic energy in a short distance can be comparable to the precision of the sniper rifle.

According to the standards of the pre-civilization era, the arrow speed can reach a maximum of more than 100 meters per second. People who don’t understand this thing will feel very slow. , The average person shoots an arrow at a distance of 100 meters and then dodges, it is already impossible to dodge, and it is no problem to completely penetrate a ten centimeter thick tree trunk within a distance of 100 meters.

If you are equipped with a bladed arrow, you can easily hunt large animals like bears, and even ordinary soft body armor can't resist.

Joyna was not far away, just in time to carefully examine everyone's appearance, weapons, and various equipment on their bodies.

I have to say, although these people look like bloodthirsty thugs.

I don't know how good they are, but in Joyna's eyes, no matter how good they are, it's useless. Because that is to compare with ordinary people, after all, there is still a big gap compared with his own skills, which is not a cause for concern.

She can also see from the cold weapons worn by these people that I am afraid that the means of combat in this era still relies on martial arts and melee combat most of the time.

"My own people! Are you all blind, you motherfuckers, can't you recognize them?"

The bald-headed brother stuck his head out of the window and shouted a few words, and the younger brother who was driving ahead immediately stopped his motorcycle and walked over, looking back as he walked.

"Is it Lao Bai?" The head guard responded with a loud voice.

"Damn, who else could it be if it wasn't me?"

After the people on both sides met each other, the younger brothers and the guards stood and chatted together. Joyna saw that the two sides had known each other for a long time.

Lao Bai seems to be the name of the bald brother. He also jumped out of the car at this time, and before leaving, he turned his head and told Joyna to stay in the car safely and wait for him to come back.

Joyna seemed to obey, biting her lip lightly and nodded.

But at the last moment~www.readwn.com~ she still keenly captured a subtle change in the bald brother's eyes. It was a look of incomparable greed and wanting to hide—Joina was no stranger to this look.

When she saw the bald-headed brother walking over with carefree steps, he was dragged by his six relatives, and she felt amused in her heart. It seems that only by walking in this way can he show a certain quality of him.

The huge bonfire kept burning, enveloping the restless atmosphere around.

Joyna watched carefully in the flickering firelight, estimated the number of guards here, and tried to imprint everyone's every move in her mind.

This is already a personal habit of Joyna, who is very good at finding some kind of body language connection in everyone's posture, the position of her hands, the angle of her head tilt, and even small unconscious movements.

Sure enough, after just a few minutes, she noticed something strange.

Old Bai, who seemed to be standing sideways to speak intentionally or unintentionally, his head was constantly tilted to his side, but his hand was not pointing this way, Joyna instantly understood, which showed that he did not want himself to see his actions.

Not good!