Chapter 135 A Visitor From Afar

  The northern suburb of Qingquan City.

   Stepping on the snow buried in the calf, five black power armors walked under the abandoned elevated road and bridge, heading towards Qingquan City.

   "...Radio activity detected, approximately four kilometers ahead, signal activity is low and cannot be resolved."

   "Can you identify the other party?"

   "Obviously not, we don't know anything about the situation here... I suggest finding a nearby native to ask about the situation."

"good idea."

  Looking past the street signs marked with place names, Lu Yang looked up at the dead city in front of him, his eyebrows frowned under his helmet.

   "Is this Qingquan City?"

  Qingquan City is located in the southern part of the River Valley Province. As one of the important hubs of the central urban agglomeration, hundreds of millions of people once lived here.

   As for now, the people living here are probably not a fraction of what they used to be.

  Lu Yang stretched out his index finger, tapped lightly on the side of the helmet, and quickly retrieved the geographic information image of the Qingquan area from the database.

  Compared to the good times before the war, today it is like hell, only desolation, ruin, depression and death.

   "This **** war..."

  Lu Yang confirmed the map, waved his fist forward, and took his four small team members to continue along the wreckage of the viaduct.

   It's not just Qingquan that has become this ghost. If they want to remember the past, they can remember from the horizon to the Kuiper Belt.

   But there is no point in doing so.

The reason why they came here from the east coast is neither for archaeology nor for filming documentaries, but to continue to move forward, all the way west, into the wilderness, to find the last hope of human civilization - the legend Vault 0.

   As for why it stopped here…

  To be honest, Lu Yang didn’t want to either.

   Unfortunately, however, their transportation was in a bit of a mess.

  To get it fixed as soon as possible, you can only ask for help from nearby survivors.

   He didn't want to waste months here.

  According to the experience of the trip, once they stop for more than a month, there will be a series of troubles coming to the door.

   "Captain, a drone is watching us."

   The marines walking on Lu Yang's left raised their heads, looked at the airspace directly ahead, and continued in a playful tone.

   "It's a cute little guy... I don't have a matching model in my database, but if you just look at the appearance, it should be modified from a civilian drone before the war. It's hard for it to fly so high."

   Another Marine said lazily.

   "It seems that there should be a sanctuary nearby. Great, I don't have to deal with the natives anymore."

"How do you know it's not aboriginal people who live in the Vault? Did you forget the blue jacket we saw last time? He kept claiming he was from Vault 117 and then swallowed the chewing gum I gave him. ."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

   As he spoke, uncontrollable laughter came from the communication channel.

   Obviously, they didn't take that little guy in the sky to heart.

   "Don't interrupt, others are watching us."

   pulled out the jamming gun stuck in his waist, and the marines walking on the outermost side cast an inquiring glance at their captain.

   "Need me to get it off?"

   "Not necessary."

  Lu Yang gestured to his comrades beside him to stop, and then waved to the sky, indicating that he had discovered it on his side.

   "Friends from afar, we have no ill intentions. If it is convenient, can we talk?"

  Lu Yang wasn't sure if the drone had a sound acquisition system, so he turned on the speaker on the power armor helmet and expressed his friendliness with a loud voice.

The sound of    echoed in the ruins.

   Maybe he heard his voice, maybe he realized that he had been found, and the drone dropped the altitude and flew in front of them.

   It was a silver-white sphere, surprisingly small, the propeller blade was made of unknown material, and it was silent when flying.

  Lu Yang watched it stop in front of him, circled around him, and then slowly floated towards the wetland park in front of him.

   The team members on the side exchanged glances.

   "Is this a friendly gesture?"

   "Probably, it seems to be inviting us over."

   "Captain, shall we go over?"

  Lu Yang thought for a moment and said.

   "Wang Yi stayed and looked for the commanding heights nearby to observe, and the rest followed me."

"Yes!"

  …

   Outpost, the third floor of the sanatorium.

   Looking at the four people entering the wetland park through the screen on his arm, Chu Guang's face showed a little solemnity.

   Power Armor!

   He had only heard of this thing from the mouths of the survivors, but now he saw it for the first time, but he didn't expect it to be more exaggerated than he imagined.

  The thick full protective armor covers every inch of their skin, and the rectangular modular rifle in their hands exudes a cold light.

   They are daunting like humanoid tanks coming out of a sci-fi studio.

  Chu Guang even had some doubts, what was the difference between a normal caliber bullet and a scratch on them.

The   heavyweight armor and gear didn't affect their mobility in the slightest, at least judging by the ease with which they navigated the jungle, jumping over obstacles seemed like a lot of fun to them.

   Chu Guang roughly estimated that the equipment of these people is at least 1.5 tons or even more than 2 tons, and it should be driven by fusion batteries.

   Just now he was operating the "Hummingbird" and flew around the power armor in front of him, but he didn't see any obvious fuel tank or battery structure. If it is powered by fuel cells such as solid hydrogen, although the fuel density can be made very high, it cannot be so high.

  Obviously, the power armor these people are wearing are high-quality goods!

   If there is a conflict, it is estimated that the entire outpost, only the hammer behind him can pose a certain threat to their armor.

   Compared to these people, the green-skinned muscle guy on 76th Street is a crumb.

   "Little Qi, go back to the ground first."

  Xiaoqi tilted the camera, looked at Chu Guang and asked.

   "But Master, it's only afternoon."

   "It has nothing to do with the time. I'm not sure if the people outside are enemies or friends. If there is a conflict, I'm afraid I won't care about your side. It's safer to go down first."

"Although the master said that Xiao Qi is very happy, but Xiao Qi will not leave the master and hide alone. Also, you don't need to be too nervous, those people probably came out of a shelter, shouldn't you? It will be too difficult for us."

  Chu Guang glanced at it in surprise.

   "Can you see this?"

   Xiaoqi said.

"Well, not necessarily, but the electromagnetic rifles in their hands do look like the models of pre-war standard weapons. And after they discovered our drone, they didn't shoot down my drone, Instead, they took the initiative to show kindness to us... If they came with hostility, they always felt that there was no need to do so much. What do you think, Master?"

   "Me? I don't know, but I generally don't pin my hopes on the kindness of others."

   After thinking for a moment, Chu Guang weighed the EMP grenade in his hand and shoved it into his pocket.

  I don't know how effective this thing is for power armor, but it's better than nothing.

   Even if you can only disable the opponent's electronic equipment for two seconds, you can buy yourself two more seconds to deal with it.

  Chu Guang will control the negotiation distance within 3 meters.

   In this way, even if there is an accident, he can still use the nitrogen power hammer in his hand to teach the opponent a profound lesson.

  …

   North gate of the outpost.

   Looking at the four iron lumps coming from a distance, the players in the market at the north gate showed expressions they had never seen before.

   "I giao! What is that?"

   "Could it be the power armor on the official website!"

   "Where did these NPCs come from?"

   "After a rational analysis, this game should have a setting to hide the degree of prosperity. When the degree of prosperity reaches a certain level, it will attract wild NPCs to visit!"

   "Their guns are so handsome... Honestly, I want to buy them!"

   "The price is at least 100,000 silver, buy it."

   "Gee!"

   The Qiu Cao Qiu Ye sisters who were sitting in the market stall also noticed the situation outside the market.

   Looking at the four iron lumps coming towards the north door, Qiuye blinked curiously.

   "Sister, what is that? I think their armor is prettier than the manager's."

   "I don't know... it seems to be called power armor," Akica nervously took her sister's hand and took her into his arms, "Don't stare at them."

   Apparently, these guys don't know the blue coats around them.

   A group of strangers with guns and ammunition suddenly appeared at the door of the house. No matter the circumstances, it cannot be assumed that they came with good intentions.

  Are you going to tell the patriarch?

   Akica thought nervously.

   Just then, a figure appeared at the north gate.

   The administrator, who was carrying a long-handled warhammer, walked out of the outpost surrounded by a few blue jackets.

   Looking at the man walking towards this side and following a marine next to Lu Yang, he couldn't help but tease in the communication channel.

   "Did you see the hammer behind him? I've never seen such a strange weapon...Is it a weapon?"

"To shut up."

   gave his teammates a warning glance, Lu Yang put the weapon in his hand behind his back, raised his index finger and tapped the side of the helmet, and put away the mask covering his face as a gesture of friendship.

   "Are you from the Refuge?"

   "The manager of Vault 404, Chu Guang," stopped in front of the man, Chu Guang stared sharply at him and said, "Who are you? Why are you here."

   "Lu Yang, an employee of the company, works in the First Pioneering Corps of the Overseas Business Department of the 'Silver Wing Group'. We come from the far east coast and are looking for something in the west. We have no ill intentions, we just happened to pass by here."

  The word "enterprise", Chu Guang had heard of it, was said to be a large survivor's stronghold on the east coast. Its predecessor is said to be Vault 6, and some people say it is Vault 66. Their sphere of influence is very large, and it is said to include an entire province on the east coast.

   However, due to its special expansion method, the company has very weak control over the "branch companies" within its sphere of influence, and the assets truly controlled by the "enterprise" may be a survivor stronghold that is larger than the Boulder City.

  Many caravans that are clearly not companies, or even traders from the East Coast, like to do business in the name of companies.

   As for the Silver Wing Group, it is probably a branch of the "enterprise". Maybe they just established it to achieve a certain purpose. Anyway, Chu Guang has never even heard of it.

  The straight-line distance from the east coast to the river valley province is thousands of kilometers. If the actual distance is farther, it may be tens of thousands of kilometers.

   With such a long distance, any news that gets here may change the taste.

   In short, no matter who they are loyal to, the equipment and strength of this group should not be underestimated!

   Although he was very curious about what the "enterprise" was going to look for in the west, Chu Guang knew that even if he asked, this person probably wouldn't tell him, so he didn't take the liberty to speak.

   stared at Lu Yang for a while, then Chu Guang asked.

   "Is what you're looking for in Qingquan City?"

  Lu Yang shook his head and said.

   "Of course not. The River Valley Province can only be regarded as the middle of this continent at most, and what we call the west is a farther place than here."

   paused for a moment, he looked at Chu Guang and continued.

"Open the sunroof and tell the truth, our main force is stationed in an open area about 10 kilometers away from here. If we can, we don't want to stay here, but unfortunately our pioneer ship has a small situation and can only come here. Seeking help."

  Chu Guang: "What is the Pioneer?"

"You can think of it as our vehicle, which was originally four SC-500 tracked transport platforms, but we've modified them a little bit, linked them together, and added some modular facilities for long-distance travel. As for what it looks like..." Lu Yang didn't know how to describe it, so he could only roughly gesture with his hands, "It's huge!"

   "Crawler transport platform?"

   Confused by his general description, Chu Guang couldn't help frowning, "Can you be more specific? For example, length, width or tonnage..."

  Lu Yang thought for a while and said in a positive tone.

   "If the tonnage is about 12,000 tons!"

  “???”

  What? !

   Twelve thousand tons? !

   Chu Guang, who heard this number, was stunned on the spot.

   If he remembered correctly, the Gustav train gun was only 1500 tons, right?

   Even the crawler transport platform used to transport the giant rocket "Saturn 5", the total weight is only 3000 tons, and the total load is only 8000 tons...

   Twelve thousand tons!

  Is this driving the cruiser to land?

  Chu Guang did not ask whether the 12,000 tons was the net weight or the maximum carrying capacity. Anyway, no matter what it was, this number was beyond his understanding.

   It's hard to imagine how such a big guy "sails" on the wasteland.

   Anyway, definitely not burning oil.

  Recovered from the shock, Chu Guang took a deep breath, looked at Lu Yang who was looking forward to it and shook his head.

   "Sorry to disappoint you, although there are some engineers in our shelter... But the kind of thing you said is obviously beyond their ability, I'm afraid I can't help you!"

   Not to mention that it is beyond the scope of ability.

   This kind of tonnage means of transport, for his little players, I am afraid that it can only be understood by the game settings.

  Chu Guang was suddenly curious, what exactly does this thing look like.

  If possible, he would like to take a photo and post it on the official website.

   Seeing that the manager had misunderstood what he meant, Lu Yang quickly waved his hand and explained.

"No no no, my friend, you misunderstood! We are not asking you for technical help, we have our own engineers and production tools, and we know how to fix broken parts. The problem is that we are not staffed enough. , the reserves of materials and energy are also bottoming out.”

   To sum up, is there a shortage of people, lack of minerals and electricity?

   But I am also short of it!

  Chu Guang looked at him and asked cautiously.

   "So what is your proposal?"

Lu Yang said in a sincere tone: "We hope you can lend us some people to help us collect nearby resources. In addition, we also need a guide who is familiar with the terrain in this area! We know that we should Where can we find what we need! Of course, we won't let you help us for nothing, we'll pay for it."

   Hearing the word reward, Chu Guang finally became interested in his topic.

   And listen to him, they seem to know where to find the fuel for nuclear fusion?

   That is a good thing!

   With a happy smile on his face, Chu Guang stretched out his right hand.

   "Of course no problem, my friend, helping others is the noblest virtue!"

   "But the snow seems to be getting bigger and bigger. If it's convenient, please come in and talk with me."

   (end of this chapter)