Chapter 146 The Bombers and Unexpected Casualties

   "I swear...this is the most delicious noodle I have eaten since I left my hometown!"

   "It's so delicious! Is this really made of our noodles??"

   "It turned out to be a flavor that the seasoning package doesn't have! It's incredible, how did this happen?"

   "What the **** did they put in the soup? Damn, why is the soup so delicious... I want to drink another bowl!"

   "Hot hot hot hot, hiss...I'm hot to death!"

   "What are you doing?"

"queue!"

   "Are you not driving anymore??"

   "No hurry, I'll make another bowl, hehe!"

   A group of NPCs in gray coats were squatting next to the camp and sucking noodles. It was as funny as it could be, and the players next to them were dumbfounded.

   "Is it so delicious?"

   "Seems... okay?"

   "After all, it's the skill of the scrambled eggs, and it's a batch that is performing normally!"

   "It smells so good~~ I miss Boss Ya's grilled mushrooms."

   Seeing how delicious the NPCs are eating, the players feel that the noodles in their hands are even more delicious.

  Old Luca counted the money, a total of 80CR, his wrinkled face was full of joy.

  Sold 20 set meals, not only provided the food for the players, but also made a small profit. Not far away came two more queuing, maybe they could earn 100CR for this morning meal.

   If you let adults know, you will be very happy!

  He can't wait to tell his master the good news!

  At this time, Lu Yang, who was wearing a power armor, and Section Chief Li of the logistics department were getting off the elevator of the Pioneer.

  Looking at the crew members squatting at the gate of the camp in blue coats sucking noodles, both of them were stunned.

  Lu Yang walked over and asked.

   "What are you eating?"

  The marine soldier squatting on the ground immediately stood up, holding the bowl in his right hand, and reported at attention.

   "Captain, we are eating noodles!"

   "What kind of noodle is this?"

   "I don't know, but it's really delicious! I suggest you try it too, it only costs 4CR, it's very cheap, and there's a lot of it."

   4CR a bowl?

  Lu Yang looked bewildered and didn't quite understand what he heard. Li De, who was standing beside him, understood something, and his brows twitched violently.

   But he didn't say anything.

   It doesn't hurt to start a small business, and he is not stingy enough to limit where the employees can spend their money.

  As long as you don't delay the business.

   But speaking of which, these guys are real dogs... I don’t usually see them willing to go out to work, but today one or two went to line up next to the elevator.

   Li De glared fiercely at several old acquaintances from the logistics department who were squatting on the ground, and left without saying a word.

  …

   Around 9:00 am, a blizzard suddenly fell on the outpost.

  The north wind was blowing so loudly that it almost knocked off the roof of the granary.

   Fortunately, Chu Guang borrowed a bottle of foam spray from Luo Hua, and reinforced the roof of the granary, saving the crumbling granary.

  Looking at Chu Guang who was blown into a snowman and came in from outside the barracks, Luo Hua said helplessly and sympathetically.

   "To be honest... the conditions here are too simple, don't you put some production tools in the shelter?"

  Chu Guang patted the snow hanging on his body, put the bottle of foam spray on the door of the barracks, and said indifferently.

   "It is estimated that the shelter is half built and has no budget... Are you feeling better?"

   "It's much better... By the way, did I say something strange last night?" Luo Hua said nervously.

  He still has self-knowledge about his mouth, and he can't control it normally, and it's even more unreasonable when he drinks.

  Of course Chu Guang would not tell him that he had drawn more than 200 key points on the VM, so he made up a story to explain it perfunctorily.

   "No, you just told me the story of your android companion in your hometown—"

   "Okay, okay, please stop talking." Luo Hua hurriedly stopped Chu Guang from continuing, and at the same time glanced at Ai Si beside him.

   Seeing that she didn't look this way at all, she was relieved.

  The space on the Pioneer is so big, he doesn't want his private affairs to be reported back and become the laughing stock of his colleagues.

Huh?

  Chu Guang looked at him unexpectedly.

   Really?

   Chu Guang, who didn't pay much attention to it, suddenly became curious.

  At this time, Ace looked up.

   "The captain will come later. When I contacted you just now, I told him about your drunkenness. You'd better think about how to explain it to him."

   "What does it mean to be drunk? I call it entertainment!" Luo Hua tried to quibble, citing all the words that Chu Guang taught him.

   Ace was taken aback for a moment, collected himself, and said expressionlessly.

   "You can explain to the captain."

  Hearing this sentence, Luo Hua immediately closed his mouth like a deflated ball, and stopped talking.

  Chu Guang patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and gave him a friendly smile.

   "Don't worry, my friend, I will explain it for you!"

  Luo Hua looked over with a moved face.

   "Thanks, you're such a nice guy!"

  Chu Guang smiled and said.

   "You're welcome, after all, you've helped me a lot... Cough, I mean, I'll have to trouble you to contact your section chief in the future."

  It's great to work with such a simple-minded guy.

  Luo Hua didn't notice it at all, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to say it's troublesome, that's my job! If there is any trouble in the future, as long as I can help, please feel free to come to me!"

  Chu Guang: "Definitely!"

  Ace: "…"

  …

   The snowstorm lasted for about an hour, and it didn't stop until half past ten. At this time, a group of people came to the north gate of the Wetland Park.

   Lu Yang, wearing power armor, led 4 marines to the north gate of the outpost, followed by a four-legged mechanical dog carrying a large box.

  The configuration is different from the last time I came.

  In addition to the power armor that Captain Lu himself was wearing, only two of the four marines it brought were wearing power armor and holding powerful Gauss rifles.

  As for the other two, they wore light mechanical exoskeletons. One holds a small, lightweight assault rifle, while the other holds a light machine gun.

  In addition to the supplies on the mechanical dog, they all carried large and heavy backpacks behind them, and they seemed to be ready for a long journey.

  Chu Guang released the mission through VM, brought four small players with iron-pipe rifles, and greeted the allies in the direction.

  Looking at Chu Guang approaching, Lu Yang said with a smile.

   "...we ran into two mutated brown bears on the way here, and we were delayed for a while."

   "You are so lucky that you can meet both ends at the same time."

  What about the bear?

  Aren’t these people retrieving their prey?

  Chu Guang glanced at these people, but did not see the shadow of the bear.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand and clicked on the VM a few times, and sent a message to Xiao Qi, asking him to help edit the task, and sending two perception players to follow the footsteps of this group of people to the north to see if they could get those Two mutant brown bears were found.

  The weight of the mutated brown bear can reach more than 1000 kilograms. In Chu Guang's eyes, it is all meat.

  There was a snowstorm just now.

  If you are lucky, you should be able to find it.

   "Maybe it's a male and a female," Lu Yang smiled heartily, looked at the fully armed Chu Guang and asked, "It seems that you are ready?"

  Chu Guang said with a faint smile.

   "We can do it anytime."

  Lu Yang: "So are we! Then please lead the way!"

  Chu Guang nodded, and gestured towards the four little players who couldn't wait behind him.

"Set off!"

  …

   Players have never been to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, but Chu Guang has been there a few times, but that was all in autumn, and snowy weather is another situation entirely.

   But it doesn't matter, there are a lot of waste pickers on Beit Street, and they live off the resources around the Fifth Ring Road.

  Chu Guang took people to Beit Street, found Yu Xiong, the captain of the guard, and planned to borrow a clever young man from him to help.

  After listening to Chu Guang's words, Yu Xiong said immediately.

   "There was a heavy snowstorm just now, and that kid Yu Hu happened to be at home, why don't I get him to help you too, he is familiar with the Fifth Ring Road."

   "No, we only need a guide. Let him stay at home in this horrible weather. There is no good work around the Fifth Ring Road."

  Yu Xiong smiled and said.

   "Okay, if there is anything you need, just ask, I will help you solve it!"

   After bidding farewell to Yu Xiong, Chu Guang took the young man from the guard out. When walking outside the town, he casually asked

"May I have your name."

  The young man had obviously seen him stepping into the castle, with an expression of awe, he said respectfully.

   "Zhao Yang, my lord."

  The name is interesting.

   "Who is Zhao Shu from your family?"

  Zhao Yang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "He is my younger brother!"

  Chu Guang nodded, finished the pleasantries and started talking about business.

   "For a while, your job is to be our guide. Do it well, and I will give you 5 silver coins when it is done."

  The wages of NPCs are much lower than that of players. The guards on Beit Street only cost 60 silver coins a month, which translates to only 2 silver coins a day.

  Hearing that there was a reward of 5 silver coins for a trip to the side of the Fifth Ring Road, Zhao Yang was immediately excited, and quickly patted his chest to reassure him.

   "Don't worry, my lord, I will do the work you entrusted to me with my heart!"

  Chu Guang smiled.

   "Then I look forward to your performance."

  Meeting with Captain Lu Yang and his party, Zhao Yang was so shocked that he could hardly speak when he saw the three powered armors and the two shiny exoskeletons.

  Of course he doesn't know what the Pioneer is, and he doesn't know what the company is. He only knows that the neighbors in the Wetland Park actually have powered armor? !

   While being shocked in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

   It seems that the old mayor's loss was not wronged.

   With this equipment, let alone the Bloody Hand clan, the entire northern suburb of Qingquan City may not be able to find an opponent.

   I have to tell everyone about this big news in a while!

  With the help of the guide, the group entered the Fifth Ring Road smoothly, without wasting too much time on crossing the ruins.

  The towering skyscrapers are like tombstones, and there are countless floors at a glance. The streets are full of fallen maglev cars and construction waste, the cracked road reveals buried pipelines and maglev roadbeds, the east-west streets have even turned into forests, and the shadows are covered with vegetation and moss... But at this moment All covered with ice and snow.

  The four little players looked at everything in front of them, with stunned expressions on their faces.

  Makabazi: "Damn... have you ever played Meimo?"

  The mole on the run in the canyon: "One thing to say, this is much more shocking than that."

  Midnight Kill Chicken: "2077 U.S. Last Edition?"

  Elf King Fugui: "Okay, there is an inner taste."

  The exploration team of the Pioneer had a clear goal. With the help of Zhao Yang, they quickly followed a rugged alley to the punctuated area on the map.

  The first floor of the office building is a bank, and the sign hanging at the door can barely make out a few words. Chu Guang was suddenly curious about whether gold could be found in the bank's treasury, so he secretly sent a side mission to the four little players using VM.

  【Sub-quest: Find a bank vault】

  【Reward: 10 silver coins】

   "It's here."

  Compared with the AR image in the field of vision, Lu Yang tapped the side of the helmet with his index finger, and then looked at Chu Guang next to him.

   "According to our calculated intelligence, the carbon dioxide trap should be on a certain floor between the 20th and 30th floors."

  Chu Guang: "How are you going to get up there?"

   "Get to the area on the 20th floor from the safe passage, and then push up layer by layer from there. If you are lucky, you should be able to find it."

   "Is there no way to spy from the outside? I have a drone."

   "It's not that simple, that thing is not an external air conditioner," a marine next to him interrupted with a smile, "You can find someone after you go in."

   "Yes," Lu Yang nodded, looked at Chu Guang and asked, "Do you want to come together? Or you can wait for us below."

   "Then I'll wait for you... By the way, if it's convenient, can you help us clear the aliens on the first floor? Let's find out if there are any similar blueprints or building structure drawings."

   "No problem, but I don't think you need to count on that."

  Captain Lu Yang smiled and gestured with his teammates.

  The large box behind the mechanical dog unfolded, and two quadrotor drones with gun barrels suspended flew out murderously, followed by three powered armors and two light infantrymen.

  Intensive gunshots rang out, and the orange-yellow ballistic trajectory almost lit up the space in the lobby on the first floor. The nibblers wandering in the ruins were torn to pieces before they could react.

   It was a completely one-sided massacre!

  The four little players looked envious, and the iron-barrel rifles they held in their hands suddenly became unsatisfactory.

   "The drone is too strong."

   "The chug chug group of nibblers just lay down."

   "I really want to make a set."

  Listening to the conversation of the four young players, Chu Guang smiled understandingly.

   Don’t say you think about it, I think about it too.

   Just bear with it.

   Work hard, maybe in two versions you'll have everything.

  …

  Chu Guang found that the marines on the Pioneer were not only strong in street fighting, but also strong in attacking buildings.

  Of course, a large part of the reason is also the problem of equipment.

  A piece of exoskeleton can suppress the gun without recoil, and the power armor may have auxiliary aiming, coupled with the supporting firepower of the drone, Chu Guang thinks that if he is given the whole set, he may not be able to do it.

  However, even with strong firepower, it still took more than half a day to advance from the 20th floor to the 30th floor.

   The alien species in the Fifth Ring Road are not just eaters.

  They were attacked by creepers from the twentieth floor.

In addition, there is also a kind of alien species called "Martyrs". Its back has sarcoids full of spores. It is usually stationary like a plant, with average vision and hearing. However, once it is stared at by them If they go up, they will immediately rush up and explode themselves.

  If the constitution is lower than 10, inhaling spores has a high probability of poisoning, coma, or even being corrupted by slime mold. Even if the constitution is above 10 points, it is not advisable to overdose, after all, there is a dose for everything.

   Of course, if you wear a gas mask, you will be fine.

   Just don't get blown up.

   On the other side, Chu Guang's little players found a facility that looked like a treasury in the deepest part of the lobby on the first floor.

  However, the door of the alloy has been opened, and there is only a pile of banknotes that no one cares about, and there is no shadow of gold.

   It can be seen that in the early years of the Wasteland Era, precious metals such as gold were still relatively valuable. It was not until later that everyone discovered that this thing was not edible, and it was not rare at all, so it was gradually marginalized.

   The players wandered around in the hall, somewhat unwilling to find anything good. Chu Guang found a firmer place to sit, quietly waiting for the battle upstairs to end.

  After waiting from noon to three o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Yang finally brought people down from upstairs.

  Unfortunately, the building does not have the CO2 trap they are looking for. Although the air purification system in the building also has spare fusion batteries, neither the model nor the specifications match the kind of fuel rods they need.

   And there is not much power left in that battery, only 8%.

   Lu Yang felt a little heavy, but he was not discouraged.

  In fact, he didn't expect to find it on the first day. After all, he got acquainted with the nearby terrain, which was quite rewarding for him.

  Although he vaguely guessed the result, Chu Guang still asked.

"How is it going?"

   "It's not ideal, but my intuition tells me that I should be able to find it near here."

  Lu Yang sighed and looked at Chu Guang with apologetic face.

   "I trouble you to stay with us for so long, but we found nothing. By the way, we found this battery upstairs, although the power is not enough... take it if you need it."

   Is there such a good thing?

  Chu Guang accepted with a decisive smile, and took over the battery.

   "It's okay, what I promised, I will definitely help you find it."

   Please be sure to look for more!

   If he could find such a good thing every time, Chu Guang wished they would run away a few more times.

  Lu Yang was about to say thank you, but at this moment, a mournful roar suddenly came from the side of the hall.

  The martyrs!

  Lu Yang was taken aback, and quickly turned around to go to help, but it was still a step too late.

   There was a bang!

   No reaction time at all!

   A group of people quickly supported the past and rushed into the archive room where the explosion sounded.

  The room was turned into a mess, all the cabinets were open, and almost none of them were left open.

  In front of the last standing cabinet, a shelter resident was lying crookedly, his whole body was bloodied, and his face could no longer be seen clearly.

  The air was deadly quiet.

  No one expected that there would be casualties at this time.

  The marine soldier wearing an exoskeleton holds a light machine gun in his hand, and the face under the helmet is full of shock.

   "The Bomber... Fuck!"

   "Impossible, I clearly passed here!"

  Looking at the **** corpse on the ground and the cabinet whose door was blown off, Lu Yang's Adam's apple twitched.

   "Obviously, it was hidden in the cabinet... the moment the door was opened, it exploded."

   There was another dead silence.

   Guilt was written on everyone's faces.

  Especially Captain Lujan.

   Turning around and looking at Chu Guang, he lowered his head slightly and said in a heavy tone.

   "Sorry... I promised you that I will keep you safe."

  Chu Guang did not speak, and fell into a long silence.

   After a while, he sighed softly, with a tired expression on his expression.

   "A person will die. The moment he came out of the shelter, he was ready to give his life and loyalty to rebuild our civilization. However, I didn't think...why it was him."

  Lujan: "He..."

   "He is a very cheerful and optimistic young man who just got married last month," Chu Guang looked aside with melancholy eyes, "I promised his wife that I would take him back."

  Several marine soldiers glanced at each other, then looked away in silence.

  Lujan: "...Can I see her? I will personally apologize to her."

"In what capacity? I believe she won't want to see you. Your apology will not make her feel better, it will only make her more sad. Besides, I am the one who made the promise to her. After all, this matter needs to be I will face it... This is the fate of managers, you should understand."

  "I can understand, and I have promised their families that I will let them go home with victory and honor..."

   Putting his hand on Chu Guang's shoulder, Lu Yang was silent for a while, then continued.

   "Although I know this is not enough to make up for our mistakes, at least let us pay his pension."

   "At least materially, I hope his family can live better."

  Chu Guang was silent and did not speak.

   At this time, it would be too vulgar to say an amount suddenly, and it would spoil the atmosphere a bit.

  He knew very well that even if he didn't say anything, the captain who kept his word would definitely contact his logistics section chief after returning to let Li Delai discuss the pension with him.

  At that time, as long as you don’t make too much demands, they should be negotiable.

   Like money.

Another example…

   Open several trading varieties.

  Chu Guang is very clear that it is not realistic to buy their production materials, but it is not a problem to use their modular workshop to help him with a few more useful machine tools, right?

  They obviously have the ability to do it, it's just more troublesome.

   Or better yet, send an engineer over and help them build two production lines.

   It doesn’t take much, and the two major types of cement and steel are dealt with, which can solve at least 60% of the problems.

   No, I’d better think about this after I go back.

   At this time, I still think about sad things.

  Looking at the heavy-hearted manager, and the silent NPCs around, the three disheveled young players looked at each other in blank dismay.

   "What are they grieving about?"

   "Isn't it just three days for OB... It's not the first time that Makabazi died. The last time was much worse than this time. This time, at least a whole body was left. Uh, it should be counted as a whole body."

   "But having said that... at this time, OB is afraid that he will miss the next shift completely."

   "My giao! When you say that, I suddenly feel sorry for him."

  (end of this chapter)