Standing on the edge of this desert with only gravel and ferns, the peacock felt as at ease as if he had returned home.
Compared with the Night City, which is full of advanced technological products, Peacock found that he still liked the bad land.
Although the air here has a choking smell, the air here is free, unlike Night City, where every breath of air exudes the stench of big companies.
After walking about 2 kilometers east, Peacock can see the fallen Kang Tao speedster with a telescope.
Since the terrain here is mainly sandy, the flying car that fell from the sky only dug a big hole in the ground and did not cause an explosion.
Against the background of yellow-brown sand all around, the speeding car that was emitting white smoke looked quite eye-catching.
"Wouldn't they all fall to death?"
After looking around with a telescope, Peacock found no signs of human activity near the wreckage of the flying car.
"Sandra, nothing has been discovered yet. I will continue to move forward, over."
After informing his companions about the situation, Peacock was ready to move forward.
Although he hasn't seen anyone alive yet, he has already increased his vigilance. This is also the only way to save his life in this bad land.
After adjusting the belt of the assault rifle, Peacock pulled the rifle to a position where he could lift it up and shoot at any time. Then he lowered his waist and trotted towards the crash site of the speeding car.
On the edge of this desert, there is almost no decent vegetation on the ground.
The ferns around here are only higher than an adult's knees at most, and they don't offer much concealment.
In order to hide his whereabouts as much as possible, Peacock deliberately walked around the back of the speeding car, and then he continued to move forward.
Kang Tao's flying car was now lying in the sand pit that it had knocked out. When the peacock climbed to the edge of the sand pit, he could clearly see the situation below from his high position.
When he saw those guys in the pit who were already dizzy from their work, Peacock couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Peacock was taught by Dick's father step by step. His teacher was a fierce man who had won the Medal of Honor, the highest military medal in the United States.
Father Dick was an all-round scout, and the peacocks he taught were naturally not weak either. So when the peacock quietly touched the top of the pit, the people below the sand pit didn't notice it at all.
If the peacock continues to remain quiet, he knows that he will never be discovered by anyone below.
But human life was at stake, and if he didn't care anymore, someone would be killed next, so he had to take the initiative to expose himself.
"Cough cough cough!"
Following the peacock's coughs, the three people in the bunker reacted immediately.
Two of them raised their weapons in panic, and the third one originally wanted to draw her gun, but after a moment's hesitation, she still didn't stop what she was doing.
"Wanderer! Don't move! If you dare to move again, we will shoot!"
Peacock turned a blind eye to the two gun barrels pointed at him. Looking at the third person who was still doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he shook his head slightly.
"Hey, the one below, if you press it randomly like this again, the unconscious person will definitely suffocate to death before his heart can beat again."
Looking at the girl who never stopped giving first aid, Peacock's accusation was merciless.
"Ah! What do you mean?"
Hearing that the young wanderer above was so sarcastic about her efforts, the girl immediately opened her eyes with a very unconvinced expression.
She was a beautiful girl in her mid-twenties, with fairly three-dimensional facial features and a healthy bronze skin.
She must have been performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a period of time. At this moment, her face was covered with thin beads of sweat, but she still did not slow down her movements.
"The 4C principles of battlefield first aid, have you ever learned the 4C principles?"
"What?!"
After Peacock reminded him again, the girl and the two uniformed soldiers all looked at the wounded man on the ground.
As soon as he saw the bruised face of the injured man on the ground and the girl wearing a leather rover jacket, she knew she had made a big mistake.
First aid is a skill that can save lives in critical moments, so everyone who wants to wander around in the bad land will learn how to use it.
Just learning first aid and being able to actually save people are two different concepts.
Many people only learn how to use first aid spray to plug the wound and then put a bandage on it. They don't even know the correct bandaging method, let alone more advanced techniques.
The girl with chocolate skin can use CPR correctly, which is very rare, but she obviously lacks experience.
For injured people who require cardiopulmonary resuscitation, it is of course very important to stimulate the heart to resume beating.
But before that, first aiders must first ensure that the casualty's airway is unobstructed, and this is the first of the 4C rules of first aid.
According to this golden rule, the girl should first fix the injured person's head sideways instead of letting the person lie on his back.
Otherwise, the wounded person's vomit or blood congestion will block the trachea. In this way, he will be suffocated to death without waiting for his heart to resume beating.
Before teaching the peacock how to kill, Dad first taught the peacock how to save people.
As a veteran who has served in the special forces for 10 years, what Dad Dick teaches Peacock is all real knowledge.
First aid skills are the knowledge that Peacock is most willing to learn, so he has a very solid grasp of them.
Just looking at the injured man's face that was already bruised from holding back, Peacock knew that the beautiful lady below had made the most easily overlooked mistake.
He couldn't bear to watch the person who might have been able to save his life being suffocated to death, so he couldn't help but show up. Even if he exposed himself, Peacock didn't regret it.
As the first lesson in first aid, the young lady in the pit and the two soldiers both learned the 4C principles.
It's a pity that they had completely forgotten this principle just now. Now after being reminded, they finally reacted.
"Quick! Help me open his mouth. Don't use so much force, you will break his teeth!"
Because she had to continue performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the young lady could only instruct the two soldiers to help her clear the injured man's trachea, which immediately stumped the two soldiers.
The young lady asked them to open the officer's airway immediately, and they took action immediately.
But how to safely open the wounded man's mouth is beyond their ability, and this is only the first step.
"How about, let me try?"
Looking at those busy guys, Peacock couldn't bear it anymore.
"Okay! Okay! Come down and help. Wanderer, we will reward you heavily."
When Peacock recommended himself, the two soldiers and the young lady were all relieved.
Taking off the assault rifle from his chest, Peacock placed it at his feet. Then he raised his hands and slowly slid down from the top of the pit.
Seeing that this was obviously a gesture of goodwill, the two soldiers who had been nervous before also relaxed a lot.
In order to show goodwill to the peacock, the two of them not only put away their weapons, but also opened their masks.
"They are all Asian and they are all young. Are they 20 years old?"
When he saw the two young faces of a man and a woman, Peacock couldn't help but be slightly startled.
When these two soldiers hid everything behind heavy armor, who would have thought that they were probably just over 20 years old.
"Don't all stay down there. Send one of you up to stand guard. Don't let anyone kill us all."
"Yes, sir……"
Following Peacock's instructions, the young male soldier reflexively saluted Peacock with a military salute.
His move immediately drew the eyes of his female companion. She grabbed the male soldier's right hand and prevented him from completing the salute.
It wasn't until his companion grabbed his arm that the young male soldier came to his senses. In the next moment, his face turned red.
Although they knew they were embarrassed, the two Kangtao soldiers had to admit that Peacock was right.
Ever since the speeding car lost power, the situation here has become increasingly chaotic. Ever since their commander fainted, the chaos has reached its peak.
Just now they let the young female wanderer break in, and just now another male wanderer came.
Fortunately, the two wanderers before and after did not have any malicious intentions, otherwise they would have become corpses long ago.
After a brief discussion, the two Kangtao soldiers made a division of labor. The male soldier climbed up to the top of the sand pit to keep watch, while the female soldier continued to guard the wounded below.
While the male soldier was climbing up the pit, the peacock had already started his work.
"I saw everything above. You handled it well before. Now let us cooperate with each other and try our best to save this person."
Before the official start, Peacock first cheered up the beautiful young lady.
Just looking at the young girl's clothes, Peacock guessed that she was not with those Kangtao soldiers.
This young lady is dressed in a typical wanderer style - she wears a leather jacket suitable for activities in the badlands and sturdy overalls at the bottom.
On the ground at her feet lay an SPT32 Icestorm sniper rifle.
Except for the multifunctional sight on the gun's upper magazine, the rest of the gun was tightly wrapped in thin strips of cloth, which was also a typical wanderer's style.
"You are very professional, so tell me what I should do and I will follow your orders."
After glancing at Peacock, who was already checking the condition of the wounded, the young female wanderer happily handed over the initiative.
"Okay, let's start now.
You can continue to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him, and you can use more force. His bones should be strengthened, so you can press with confidence, his ribs are very strong."
After quickly touching the wounded man's body on the ground, Peacock first came to this conclusion.
The unconscious man was about 40 years old, and he was also a standard Asian.
Because he needed first aid, they stripped off his armor, so now the man was only wearing a close-fitting combat uniform.
Looking at this man's collar badge, Peacock's heart skipped a beat.
Although Peacock was not very familiar with Kang Tao's military rank, this man's collar badge had both horizontal bars and stars, so he was obviously of a higher rank than the two soldiers.
"Isn't this person at least a mid-level officer?"
As soon as such a suspicion arose, Peacock tried his best to get rid of distracting thoughts and put all his attention on dealing with the injury.
Now he is a medical soldier who saves lives and heals the wounded. Regardless of whether the person is an officer or what his status is, he will treat them equally and do his best.
Gently holding the wounded man's head, Peacock first lifted it up, and then quickly twisted the wounded man's neck to tilt his head to one side.
While signaling his temporary companion to continue working hard, Peacock took out a silicone tongue depressor from his first aid kit.
With just a pry and a pull, Peacock opened the injured man's clenched teeth. He then lightly patted the man on the back, and then a ball of blood sprayed out from the injured man's mouth.
Peacock's measures were almost immediate and had an immediate effect.
As the mouthful of congestion vomited out, the injured man's originally painful expression gradually softened, and the young lady's heart massage finally took effect.
"Okay, he has a heartbeat!"
After noticing the numbers appearing on the vital signs monitor, the young female wanderer became more motivated.
She continued to sweat and persevere while reporting the good news to the peacock.
With the close cooperation of the two men, the condition of the injured improved rapidly.
When she noticed that the officer's chest had begun to rise and fall slowly, the female soldier who had been watching from the side could not help but cheer.
Once the injured person is breathing on his own, the next thing will be much simpler.
Although Kang Tao's flying car was knocked down, the body of the car was still intact, so the two first aid kits in the car were intact.
After giving the injured a dose of cardiotonic injection to stabilize the heartbeat, chitin was administered.
As these first-aid medicines were injected into the body, the injured man not only quickly regained consciousness, but he was now able to sit up against the wreckage of the speeding car.
"Sir, this is the situation.
We were lucky enough to meet these two very friendly wanderers. Without them, we don’t know what would have happened.”
"Yes, we are really lucky. Something like this can happen, and we haven't been tricked to death yet."
While secretly cursing like this in his heart, the middle-aged man who had just woken up cheered up and expressed his gratitude to the two wanderers who rescued him.
"You don't need to thank me, anyone in the bad land may encounter trouble.
It is only natural that you should help anyone you can help.
Although you are awake now, it is all because of those first aid medicines.
Your injuries are serious, and if you want to survive, you must receive further treatment immediately."
After listening to Peacock's warning, the female soldier who had just smiled suddenly turned into a sad face, but the injured person himself had a calm look on his face.
He was seriously injured due to the crash of the flying car, but speaking of it, he was not the most unlucky.
There were a total of 5 soldiers who followed him on the mission today, but the only ones who are still intact are the two young recruits.
In the previous fall, three other people including the driver of the speeding car were unfortunately killed.
Compared with those three dead ghosts, he was not only alive, but also had someone to give him first aid, so he was definitely lucky.
In fact, Peacock didn't need to tell him, he knew that his injury might be very troublesome.
He can talk to people now because he is holding on. Because he knows that he is the backbone of the two children now, and he must not fall down at this time.
In recent years, the company has been saying that the situation is great, but the company's investment in various branches in Mizhou has been decreasing.
The direct impact of this contractionary policy is that each branch in Mizhou cannot receive adequate supplies, and various resources, including manpower, are increasingly stretched.
In order to alleviate the crisis, the Mizhou branch once again lowered the starting age for compulsory military service this year.
Now, all settlement residents who are over 19 years old must participate in the selection of compulsory soldiers, and their service time has been increased from three years to three and a half years.
In addition to the age of soldiers getting younger and younger, the training time for company soldiers is also getting shorter and shorter.
Because of these various reasons, the quality of the soldiers currently affiliated with the Mizhou branch is deteriorating. This is completely different from what it was ten years ago.
It is precisely because of this situation that he only brought five people to perform important tasks today.
With Kang Tao's organization, five men were only half an infantry squad, so such an action was completely ridiculous.
After finally surviving the mission and returning to base, they were attacked by a sneak attack just as they took off.
Because of the crash just now, he lost his only two veterans, and now the only ones who can still listen to his orders are the two recruits who just learned how to shoot.
"You two, I haven't introduced myself yet, it's really rude.
My name is Chu Xuan, and I am the fourth-level political commissar of Kangtao in Macon.
Thank you both for your help, Kang Tao will definitely repay you."
"What? He is actually Kangtao's political commissar?"
When they heard Chu Xuan announce his identity, both Peacock and the female wanderer showed surprised expressions.
In this apocalyptic era, the governments of great powers in the traditional sense have collapsed, and have been replaced by trust complexes that have hegemony in various fields.
There are currently three overlord-level conglomerates recognized around the world: Military Technology, Arasaka International and Kangtao Industrial.
Because each has a different background, these three overlords are also very different.
Military technology is closest to the large multinational companies of the previous life. Arasaka International has a strong family business style, while Kangtao retains the style of integrating military and government.
The Motorcycle Brotherhood used to mainly operate in the northern part of the country, so Peacock rarely had contact with the three overlords. His knowledge of big companies basically came from those veterans.
Unlike Arasaka, who set foot on Mizhou during the nuclear war, Kang Tao only established a foothold on this continent during the corporate war.
It is also because of this that those old guys are more familiar with Arasaka than Kangtao, so Peacock only knows a general situation at best.
Based on his past life experience, Peacock believed that the title of political commissar should be regarded as a senior official.
Just looking at the expression of the young lady next to him, Peacock felt that he would not be wrong.
The young female wanderer was seen to be operating around here. This was considered a peripheral area controlled by Kang Tao, so she must know what the fourth-level political commissar meant.
"What do you have to doubt? Besides Kangtao, where else would there be political commissars?
Please tell me quickly, how is Political Commissar Chu’s current injury?”
Seeing that the two wanderers didn't seem to believe it, the female soldier standing aside couldn't help but interrupt.