Chapter 175 New Gathering Point and Steel Factory Relocation

  In order to avoid trouble, after discussing with the wrench for a while, the old Luca finally decided to separate the two groups.

  30 young and middle-aged laborers recruited from the refugee camp were assigned to the construction site of the cement factory, under the supervision of a player with a background in civil engineering [Daoxia Liuren] and 4 foremen selected from the brick factory.

  These foremen are all wearing VMs, which can translate the player's language into easy-to-understand phonetic symbols.

   Having worked in the brick factory for such a long time, they are already familiar with how to work with those "blue jackets". As long as there are translation tools, communication is not a big problem.

  [Retain people under the knife] Responsible for directing the construction, the foremen are responsible for leading people to work, with a clear division of labor, each performing its duties.

  The other 25 prisoners of war were escorted by two guards and walked along the elevated road out of the city to clear the obstacles on the way from Changjiu Farm to Linghu Wetland Park.

  If it is some gravel, throw it to the side of the road with a shovel. If it is an abandoned vehicle, use tools to disassemble it on the spot, put it on a trailer, and transport it to the south gate of Changjiu Farm.

The Pioneer crew did not take all the equipment away. They left two hydraulic presses in the warehouse for Shelter 404, which can press rough-cut garbage into cubes that are easy to transport and send it to the steel plants to re-smelt them into useful materials.

  It is a full 10 kilometers from Changjiu Farm to the outpost. Due to the frequent activities of players, this area has formed a relatively safe area.

  While repairing the road, Chu Guang plans to plan a heavy industry base on the road, relocate the No. 81 steel factory, and build related supporting industries nearby.

  Such as bullet production line, gun production line, etc.

  After all, due to the terrain of Linghu Wetland Park, large vehicles cannot drive in at all, and there are trees all around. The only open-air parking lot that can recycle metal resources.

  There were not many resources in that open-air parking lot. After the players took turns to search, now let alone the rusted car frame, even the railing next to the parking space has been pulled out.

  If you want to expand the production scale, you still have to be closer to the resource point, and then the transportation is convenient. It would be better if there are ready-made buildings that can be used.

  Combining these factors, Chu Guang immediately thought of the old nest of the Bloody Hand Clan—the abandoned tire factory.

  There is not only a complete fence, but also a fairly spacious warehouse, the kind that trucks can drive in directly from the main entrance.

  Geographically, this tire factory is just a short distance away from the elevated highway out of the city, and it is located in the middle of Linghu Wetland Park and Changjiu Farm—and it is closer to the Wetland Park.

  Because there were not enough manpower and it was too far away from the resurrection point, Chu Guang simply gave up the stronghold, and asked the players to set fire to it before leaving.

   Now that the number of NPCs and players has increased, it can be used again.

  The only trouble is that the place is probably full of mutated cockroaches and mice at the moment, and I need to find a few players to go in and clean it.

  But this is nothing to Chu Guang.

   It can just be thrown to the newcomers who entered the game in Alpha0.8 version to practice and get familiar with the gameplay of this game and the fighting skills with aliens.

   "I should have bought a nutrient cream synthesizer from the merchant in Honghe Town."

   I heard that the nutrient cream made from mutated cockroaches and mutated mice is quite popular in Honghe Town.

  Chu Guang thought it was a pity in his heart, stretched out his index finger and clicked twice on the screen of vm, and placed a mark on the map.

  【Mission: Eliminate the alien species in the abandoned tire factory (located 4 kilometers north of Linghu Wetland Park)】

  【Requirement: Kill at least 10 mutant mice or mutant cockroaches, this task can be received repeatedly. 】

  【Reward: 10 silver coins, 20 contributions】

   After a while, he will send a guard to the entrance of the "monster's lair". As a task-related NPC, he will be responsible for issuing tasks and confirming completion, which is equivalent to supervising the players' work.

   "I heard that the tail of the mutated mouse seems to be edible, but I don't know if it's true or not."

  Although the players don't eat, the refugees don't mind.

   This thing is all meat.

   Who cares what it got it from?

  …

  4 kilometers north of the Wetland Park, at the fork connecting the elevated highway out of the city and the urban area.

  A young guard with an "Arbiter" rifle on his back was stepping on the snow on the ground, walking towards the abandoned tire factory.

  His name is Lu Bei, and he is the youngest member of the outpost guards.

  Although he has been on the job for less than a month, his loyalty has already been recognized by the manager.

  Just now, the Master Manager personally gave him the task, and asked him to go to the front line to supervise the residents of the refuge to eliminate the alien species in the abandoned tire factory.

   Lu Bei still remembers this place.

   After all, just over a month ago, he was a captive of the marauders here.

  That was really an unbearable memory.

  Although the predators here have been wiped out, when he returned here again, he still couldn't help trembling instinctively.

   "Come on... Lu Bei, you have to cheer up."

   Patting himself on the face hard, the 14-year-old boy took a deep breath of the cold air and overcame his fear with loyalty.

   "This is a task entrusted to you by the manager himself!"

   Gathering up his courage again, Lu Bei took off the heavy rifle on his back, walked to the gate of the abandoned tire factory and stood still.

   Didn't have to wait long.

   Soon, several refuge residents in hunting suits with long and short cold weapons approached.

  Even in this horrible weather, their faces are still full of sunny, confident and optimistic smiles, but they don’t have VM on their arms.

  In the words of the manager, they are all "newcomers", and they need to accumulate credit to obtain proof of identity.

  Thinking of this, Lu Bei couldn't help but feel a little proud, because he happened to be carrying such a "identity certificate" on his arm.

   The players walk up to him and ask.

   "Hello, are you here to collect the task?"

   "Big brother, we want to do the task of clearing out the alien species in the abandoned tire factory, do we need to go through any procedures?"

   "Gan, where is the task pop-up window?"

   "You 484 are stupid, where did the task pop-up window come from, and user information is integrated on the VM, and you can only spend money to buy it after the citizen level!"

   "Damn, this game is too real, the user interface actually costs money!"

   Lu Bei couldn't understand what they were talking about.

   But it doesn't matter.

  The manager has explained to him that he only needs to follow the prompts on the VM, do the things he should do step by step, read the lines that should be read, and then supervise their work.

   "You are finally here."

   After paying a military salute to these people, Lu Bei stood up straight and said in a sonorous voice.

   "The abandoned tire factory is occupied by a group of alien species, we need to clean them out."

   "Your task is to kill at least ten mutant mice or mutant cockroaches. After completing the task, I will report your results to the captain."

Although Lu Bei himself didn't know what he meant by what he said, but after the players heard it, they rushed into the abandoned tire factory excitedly, and fought with the aliens wandering in the building. stand up.

   It is hard not to admire those figures who bravely kill the enemy regardless of their own safety.

  Although they did not wear VMs, their bravery did not lose to anyone.

   Lu Bei looked at their backs, admiring them, but feeling a little ashamed.

   A few minutes ago, he almost didn't dare to approach here because of a bad memory.

   "Sure enough, I haven't exercised enough..."

  Looking more determined, Lu Bei tightened his grip on the rifle.

  In order not to embarrass the VM worn on the left arm, and to be worthy of this proof of identity, I have to be more loyal!

  …

While the newcomers were wielding axes and mallets to clean up the mutated mice and cockroaches in the abandoned tire factory, Commander Quanshui, now equipped with new equipment, was leading two familiar players to attack the village located in Changjiu Farm. Abandoned school in northern urban area.

  The size of this school is not very large. It was probably a community college before the war.

  Last time, he and a veteran of the perception department found an abandoned military camp here, as well as traces of the survivors' life.

  Intuition told him that he should be able to find some good things here.

   Gunshots rang out one after another, breaking the silence here.

   Breaking into the abandoned teaching building, his two teammates used automatic weapons in their hands to continue harvesting the nibblers wandering in the hall on the first floor.

  Raising his hand and swiping down the three rushing eaters, [Battlefield Atmosphere Group] shouted excitedly at the teammates next to him.

   "Hahahaha, brother, it's not me showing off, this 'sickle' is so **** easy to use!"

   It is indeed a CF joint weapon!

   This chug-chug sound is much more refreshing than the cough-like sound of an iron-pipe rifle!

   "+1!" With the flames jumping from the gun's muzzle on his flushed face, 【I'm the darkest】 shouted excitedly, "I'm **** explosive!"

  Compared with the sickle assault rifle, the 5mm revolver he used before is simply a water gun!

  At this moment, Commander Quanshui, who is wearing an exoskeleton, is still holding a crowbar in his hand.

  Seeing his teammates wasting bullets on the Eater, he couldn't help cursing.

   "Gan, you should save some ammunition, one bullet costs one silver coin!"

  Originally he also planned to buy an LD-47 for fun, but he gave all the money in his pocket to Mosquito.

   Fortunately, Brother Mosquito finally got it right. He really didn’t lie to him. He actually got him a set of armor that was exactly the same as the manager.

  The suspended armor basically protected all the vital points of the body. Without affecting the mobility, the original mining exoskeleton was directly upgraded to the armor of the heavy infantry.

   It would be perfect if it could be paired with a hammer!

  The only pity is that he didn't even have a copper coin in his pocket, and he still ate at his good brother's place for dinner yesterday.

   If you get nothing this time, you will have to drink the northwest wind in the future.

  Battlefield atmosphere group: "Don't panic, the money you earn is spent!"

  I said with a black smile: "That's right! If you don't spend money lavishly in the game, what's the difference with salted fish!"

  Battlefield atmosphere group: "Brother, I don't seem to have many bullets, can you average me a little?"

  I am the darkest: "Halo, brother, you should have said earlier, I am almost out of bullets."

  Battlefield atmosphere group: "Damn! Why don't you save some."

  I am the darkest: "You have the nerve to call me!"

  Spring Water Commander: "..."

   That is to say, after going deep into the building, the two of them still stopped.

  A magazine costs 30 silver coins. Thinking about it, it still hurts a bit. The battlefield atmosphere group put a bayonet on the bottom of the gun barrel, and the darkest thing I showed was the ax hanging on my waist.

   Playing around is playing around, and when you should be cautious, you should be more cautious.

  This kind of narrow terrain can be solved with melee weapons, it is better to use melee weapons as much as possible.

   Go through the hall and into the hallway.

  The three of them obviously felt that the atmosphere here was not natural.

  I am the darkest: "This should be the laboratory building."

  Battlefield atmosphere group: "Reason?"

  I am the darkest: "I don't know, maybe it's full of liver smell."

  Spring Water Commander: "..."

   "It's serious, no kidding," I frowned the most, my eyes fluttering around alertly, "I feel something is approaching us."

   Perception series LV4, 10 points of perception attribute, still weaker than the bosses, but insight into general danger is still enough.

  Dare not take it lightly.

  Commander Quanshui switched the crowbar from his right hand to his left, and then took out a ten-handed pistol from his waist with his right hand.

  However, almost at the same time, above the half-collapsed ceiling in front, there was a mournful roar.

  The three of them were startled, and quickly raised their guns, only to see a creeper sticking his head out from behind the gravel tile, and ran towards the three of them with a roar.

   "Fuck! Creeper—"

   Commander Quanshui standing in the front row was the first to bear the brunt, and was bumped into by the rushing creeper.

  Things happened too suddenly.

   So that everyone didn't react at all.

  Thanks to the breastplate hanging on the exoskeleton, Commander Fountain's blood surged for a while, but he was not seriously injured.

  The pistol was thrown out, and Commander Springs and the creeper rolled back five or six meters away, hitting the wall firmly behind them.

  Seeing the creeper bite it off, he almost instinctively set up the crowbar to block the blood spurting from the bite, and pressed his hands forward desperately.

"Roar-!"

   Stained teeth are close at hand!

  The spring water has even smelled the bad breath emanating from its mouth.

"Grass!"

  The steel pipe was gradually bent, avoiding the spring water dripping with saliva and cursing, continuously increasing the output power of the exoskeleton, pushing out the right hand that was clenched into a fist, and finally aimed at the head of the beast.

   "To Lao Tzu—"

"go to hell!"

  The moment the voice fell, there was a bang.

  As the fist-thick copper shell was thrown from the outside of the arm, a steel nail as thick as a thumb was shot out from the front end of his arm, nailing through the creeper's head fiercely.

  Black blood splatter.

  The creeper, whose head was hammered off, struggled for a while, and finally fell heavily next to Commander Springs.

  The two people who came to support, including the spring water himself who was pressed by the creeper, were all taken aback by the power.

   "Damn, what kind of equipment is this?"

   Wiping the blood on his face, Commander Springs spat and said.

   "I don't know... Mosquito said this thing is called a nail shooter, and said that if I want to, I can also call it a steel nail 1.0."

  The principle seems to be that the nitrocellulose is compressed and ignited to push the steel nail in the left arm nailer to shoot out. According to the mosquito himself, it can penetrate a 20mm steel plate at a close distance.

   Like the one hanging on his chest.

   "It's so easy to use..." I looked envious, and picked up the hot bullet casing on the ground, "Why don't you use electric drive? Don't you have a battery on you?"

  Spring Water Commander: "The mosquitoes say this is more fierce."

really.

   Explosive propulsion is much more powerful than electric motors. The only disadvantage is that you have to reload the charge if you want to poke it a second time, and it cannot continue to output like a pile driver.

  However, it doesn't seem necessary.

  The creeper had half of his head blown off...

  The battlefield atmosphere team reached out and pulled the spring water up from the ground.

   "Brother, are you okay?"

   "I'm fine, but my stomach hurts from being hit."

   Shaking his head, Quanshui picked up the tenor pistol that had been dropped from the ground, and led the two teammates to continue exploring.

  The previous creeper seems to be the last boss.

  The ones I met later were all stupid eaters, and they were easily resolved by sticking them in melee combat twice, without any effort at all.

  Beside a laboratory, a group of people found an entrance to a basement.

  The door to the basement was open, and the dark passageway was eerie.

  Commander Quanshui swallowed, and said nervously.

   "Want to go down and have a look?"

   This is obviously nonsense.

  They've all been here, and they can't leave empty-handed.

  If the following is the entrance to a maze, or some hidden experimental institution, that would be great.

   But now the problem is...

  Who goes down first?

  I am the darkest: "I always feel that there is something bad in it... spring water, I leave it to you."

  Spring Commander: "Gah! You said something bad and let me go down!"

  I am the darkest: "Otherwise? You are the most frank, if you don't go to the front, why don't you let me go to the front?"

  Commander Quanshui anxiously argued: "Is this really a matter of frankness!"

  Seeing that his teammates were becoming more and more unreliable, the battle field brother sighed and stood up bravely.

   "Let me do it."

  Commander Quanshui looked at him excitedly, and put his right hand on his shoulder.

   "Good brother, come on! I leave it to you!"

  I, the darkest, also put my hand on his shoulder and cheered him up: "Go brother, we are waiting for your news on the official website!"

  Battlefield atmosphere group: "???"

  Luckily, my darkest instincts didn't come true this time around, and the passage to the basement was free of deadly radiation, traps, and dangerous monsters lurking.

   is only relative, the end of the passage is also not a relic of pre-war civilization, the entrance of the underground labyrinth, and it is not a mysterious experimental institution.

   However, they did not make a trip in vain.

   In the spacious basement, ten low-temperature dormancy cabins were neatly arranged. The hatch was open, judging from the ash on it, it should have been open for a long time.

  The battery has been taken away, maybe some scavengers have been here, or those who woke up from the hibernation pod took the battery away.

   Fortunately, although the battery was removed, the electrical equipment behind the dormant cabin was intact, not even a scratch!

  According to the purchase price offered by the outpost warehouse, an undisassembled abandoned dormant capsule, the parts inside can be sold for at least 50 silver coins, and the highest can even reach 100 silver coins!

   And here, there are ten seats!

  The three of them held their breath in unison. Especially Commander Quanshui, whose pocket was cleaner than his face, clenched his fists even more excitedly at this moment.

   Awesome!

   Directly a wave of fat!

  Field Commander: "There is only one problem now, how should we move so many things back?"

  Commander Quanshui said excitedly: "It's simple, we can rent a truck and drive outside the city. I've consulted about the price, and it's about 10 silver coins per kilometer."

  It is about 20 kilometers from here to Linghu Wetland Park. Just search for it, and it is very easy to earn back the travel expenses.

   "By the way... this sign looks familiar." Standing beside a desk, I held a metal box that was turned out of a drawer in my darkest hand.

  The whole body of the box was pitch black, and the material was unknown. It was impossible to tell what it was for, and there was no mechanism or button that could be opened.

  Only the back of the box is printed with an inset circular LOGO.

   "Let me see."

  Walking to my darkest side, Quanshui took the black box from his hand, and stared at the LOGO for a while.

  On the outside of the big circle, surrounded by a small dot, it looks a bit like the earth and the moon, and also a bit like a hydrogen atom.

   so familiar...

  I always feel that I have seen it somewhere.

   Spring frowned.

   At this moment, the man in the field who was standing on the sidelines suddenly interrupted.

   "I've seen this! It's in the document updated on the official website database yesterday!"

  Quan Shui suddenly came back to his senses, and blurted out.

   "Academy!?"

  The three people who reacted were stunned for a moment.

  Damn it! ?

  Is this going to trigger the plot? !

  (end of this chapter)