Chapter 175 The new gathering point and the relocation of the steel plant

  In order to avoid trouble, after discussing with Wrench for a while, Old Luca finally decided to separate the two groups of people.

  30 young and middle-aged laborers recruited from refugee camps were assigned to the construction site of the cement factory, under the supervision of the civil engineer [Kaoxia Liuren] and 4 foreman selected from the brick factory.

   These foremans are wearing VMs and can translate the player's language into easy-to-understand phonetic symbols.

   After working in the brick factory for so long, they have long been familiar with how to work with those "blue jackets". As long as there are translation tools, communication is not a big problem.

  【Leaving people under the knife】Responsible for directing the construction, the foremen are responsible for leading people to work, with a clear division of labor and each performing their own duties.

  The other 25 prisoners of war were escorted by two guards along the out-of-city elevated road to clear obstacles on the way from Changchang 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 Changchang Farm.

The pioneers did not take all the equipment away, but left two hydraulic presses in the warehouse for Vault 404, which can press the rough-cut garbage into easy-to-transport squares and send them to steel. The factory re-smelts into useful materials.

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

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

   Such as bullet production lines, firearms production lines, etc.

   After all, due to the terrain of Linghu Wetland Park, carts can’t go in at all, and there are trees around, so there is only an open-air parking lot that can recycle metal resources.

  The resources of the open-air parking lot were originally not many. After the players searched in turn, not to mention the rusted car frame, even the railing next to the parking space was pulled out.

  If you want to expand the production scale, you still need 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 lair 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 directly from the front door.

   This tire factory is geographically separated by a short road from the out-of-city elevated road, located in the middle of Linghu Wetland Park and Changchang Farm - and is closer to the Wetland Park.

   At that time, because there were not enough manpower, and it was too far from the resurrection point, Chu Guang simply gave up the stronghold, and let the players 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 it is estimated that there are mutated cockroaches and mice crawling there at the moment, so you have to find a few players to go in and clean it.

   But this is nothing to Chu Guang.

   It can be thrown to the new people who enter the game with Alpha 0.8 to level up and get familiar with the gameplay of this game and the fighting skills against aliens.

   "I should have gotten a nutrient paste synthesizer from a trader in Honghe Town."

   I heard that the nutritional paste made from mutant cockroaches and mutant mice is quite popular in Honghe Town.

  Chu Guang secretly said a pity, stretched out his index finger and tapped twice on the vm's screen, placing a marker 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 quest can be claimed repeatedly. 】

  【Reward: 10 Silver, 20 Contribution】

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

   "I heard that the tails of mutant mice seem to be edible, but I don't know if it's true or not."

   Although the players don’t eat it, the refugees don’t mind.

   These things are all meat.

  Who cares what it came from?

  …

   4 kilometers north of Wetland Park, at the fork where the city elevated and the urban area are connected.

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

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

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

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

   Lu Bei still remembers here.

   After all, just over a month ago, he was still a prisoner of the looters here.

   It was an unforgettable memory.

  Although the predators here have been eliminated, when he came back here again, he couldn't help but instinctively tremble.

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

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

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

   regained his courage, Lu Bei took off the heavy rifle on his back and walked to the gate of the abandoned tire factory to stand still.

   did not wait long.

   Soon there were several refuge residents wearing long and short cold weapons and hunting outfits approaching.

   Even in this ghost weather, their faces are still filled with sunny confidence and optimistic smiles, but they do not have VM on their arms.

   In the words of the administrators, 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 have such a piece of "identity certificate" on his arm.

   The players approached him and asked.

   "Hello, are you here to pick up the quest?"

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

   "Hey, where is the task popup?"

   "You 484 stupid, where is the task pop-up window, 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 to buy!"

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

   But it doesn't matter.

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

   "You are finally here."

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

   "Abandoned tire factory is occupied by a group of aliens, we need to clean them out."

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

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

   Those who disregard their own safety and bravely kill the enemy are hard to not admire.

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

  Lu Bei looked at their backs, and in addition to admiration in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

   A few minutes ago, he almost dared not come near here because of a bad memory.

   "As expected, my exercise is not enough..."

  's eyes became firmer, and Lu Bei tightened the rifle in his hand.

   In order not to embarrass the VM on his left arm, and to be worthy of this proof of identity, he has to be even more loyal!

  …

Just as the rookie players were wielding axes and clubs and cleaning up the mutant mice and cockroaches in the abandoned tire factory, the spring water commander, who had put on new equipment, was bringing two familiar players with him. The strategy was located at Changchang Farm. Abandoned school in the northern suburbs.

  This school is not very large, it was probably a community college before the war.

   Last time, he and an old iron from the perception system found an abandoned military camp here, and the traces of the survivors' life.

   Intuition told him that something good should be found here.

  The sound of gunshots rang out one after another, breaking the silence here.

   broke into the abandoned school building, and his two teammates, with automatic weapons in their hands, continued to harvest the gnaws wandering in the hall on the first floor.

   raised his hand and swept away the three gnawing rushers with a shuttle, and the [Battlefield Atmosphere Team] shouted excitedly towards the teammates next to him.

   "Hahaha, brother, it's not me showing off, this 'scythe' is so easy to use!"

   It is indeed a CF joint weapon!

   This chug chug sound is much more enjoyable than the coughing sound of an iron-barreled rifle!

   "+1!" With the flames jumping from the muzzle on his flushed face, [I am the darkest] excitedly shouted, "What a blast!"

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

   At this moment, the spring commander wearing an exoskeleton is still carrying a crowbar in his hand.

   Seeing that his teammates were actually wasting bullets on the gnaw, he couldn't help but curse.

   "Hey, you should save some ammunition, each bullet is worth a silver coin!"

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

  Fortunately, Brother Mosquito is finally reliable. He did not lie to him. He really got him a set of armor that is exactly the same as that of the manager.

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

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

   The only pity is that he didn't even have a copper plate in his pocket, and he still rubbed it 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 Team: "Don't panic, money is used to spend!"

   I grinned the most and said, "That's right! What's the difference between spending money in games and salted fish!"

   Battlefield Atmosphere Team: "Brother, I don't seem to be running out of bullets, can you balance me out a bit?"

  I am the darkest: "Halo, brother, you said it earlier, I'm almost out of bullets."

   Battlefield Atmosphere Team: "Fuck! Why don't you leave some."

  I'm the darkest: "You're too embarrassed to talk about me!"

   Spring Water Commander: "..."

   That being said, after going deep inside the building, the two of them still stopped.

   A magazine costs 30 silver coins, which is a little distressing when you think about it carefully. The battlefield atmosphere team inserted a bayonet under the barrel of the gun, and I showed the axe hanging from my waist in the darkest.

   Playing is a joke, and you have to be cautious when it is time to be cautious.

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

   Go through the hall and into the hallway.

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

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

   Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Why?"

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

   Spring Water Commander: "..."

   "Seriously, no kidding," I frowned the darkest, my eyes fluttering around with alertness, "I feel that something is approaching us."

   Perception Sequence LV4, 10 points of perception attribute, weaker than the big guys, but enough insight into general dangers.

   dare not take it lightly.

  Commander Izumi changed the crowbar from his right hand to his left, and then with his right hand he took out a ten-man pistol from his waist.

   But almost at the same time, a shrill roar suddenly came from above the half-collapsed ceiling ahead.

   The three of them were startled in their hearts, and they quickly raised their guns, only to see a crawler sticking out its head from behind the gravel tile, and running towards the three of them with a roar.

   "Fuck! Creeper—"

  The spring commander who was standing in the front row bore the brunt and was hit by the rushing creeper.

   Things happened too suddenly.

   so much that everyone didn't react at all.

  Thanks to the layer of breastplate hanging on the exoskeleton, Commander Springs was hit with a burst of qi and blood, but it didn't matter.

The    pistol was thrown out, and Commander Fountain and the creeper rolled back five or six meters together, and slammed into the wall with a solid back.

   Seeing the crawler bite down, he almost instinctively set up a crowbar to block the blood spurting that bit down, and pressed his hands forward desperately.

"Roar--!"

  Stained teeth are within easy reach!

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

"Grass!"

  The steel pipe was gradually bent, avoiding the saliva dripping spring water and scolding, constantly increasing the output power of the exoskeleton, the right hand clenched into a fist pushed out, and finally aimed at the beast's head.

   "To Lao Tzu—"

"go to hell!"

The moment the    voice fell, there was a loud bang.

   As the copper shell as thick as a fist was thrown from the outside of the arm, a steel nail as thick as a thumb was driven out from the front of his arm, and pierced through the head of the creeper.

   Black blood splatters.

   After struggling for a while, the crawler whose head was blown out by the hammer finally fell heavily beside Commander Fountain.

   The two people who came to support him, including Quan Shui himself, who was pressed by the creeper, were all taken aback by this power.

   "Damn, what kind of equipment is this?"

   wiped the blood from his face, Commander Quan Shui pouted and said.

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

The principle of    seems to be the compression ignition of nitrocellulose, which pushes the steel nails in the left arm nailer to shoot out. According to Mosquito himself, it can penetrate a 20mm steel plate at a close distance.

   is like this piece hanging on his chest.

   "It's also very useful..." With the darkest expression on my face, I picked up the hot cartridge case on the ground, "Why don't you use an electric drive? Don't you have a battery on your body?"

   Spring Water Commander: "Mosquitoes say this is more aggressive."

really.

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

   However, it doesn't seem necessary.

  Half of the creeper's head was blown off...

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

   "Brother, are you okay?"

   "I'm fine, it just hurts my stomach."

   shook his head, Quan Shui picked up the Ten Commander pistol from the ground and continued to explore with his two teammates.

   The previous creeper seems to be the last BOSS.

   The ones I encountered later were all dull-headed eaters, and it was easy to solve them with melee combat and no effort at all.

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

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

  Commander Quan Shui swallowed and said nervously.

   "Want to go down and take a look?"

   This is obviously nonsense.

   They have all come here, and they can't come home empty-handed.

   If the following is the entrance to a maze, or some hidden experiment facility, that would be cool.

   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'll give it to you."

  Commander Quan Shui: "Hey! You said something bad and let me go down!"

  I am the darkest: "Otherwise? You are the most frank. If you don't go ahead, do you want me to go ahead and carry it?"

  The spring commander argued anxiously: "Is this a problem with frankness!"

   Seeing that his teammates were more unreliable than each other, Brother Battlefield sighed and stood up bravely.

   "I'll do it anyway."

   Commander Quan Shui looked at him excitedly and put his right hand on his shoulder.

   "Good brother, come on! It's over to you!"

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

   Battlefield Atmosphere: "???"

   Fortunately, my darkest instincts didn't come true this time, and there were no deadly radiation, traps, or dangerous monsters lurking in the passage to the basement.

   is only relative. The end of the passage is also not a relic of a pre-war civilization, the entrance to the underground labyrinth, nor a mysterious experimental institution.

   However, they did not go all in vain.

  I saw ten low temperature dormancy cabins neatly arranged in the spacious basement. The hatch was open, and judging from the ash falling on it, it should have been open for a long time.

  The battery has been taken away, perhaps by scavengers who have come here, or by those who woke up from the hibernation pod.

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

  According to the purchase price from the warehouse of the outpost, an undisassembled abandoned dormant cabin can be sold for at least 50 silver coins, and even up to 100 silver coins!

   And here, there are ten seats!

   All three held their breaths in unison. In particular, Commander Quan Shui, whose face was cleaner than his face, clenched his fists even more excitedly at this moment.

   Awesome!

   A wave of fat!

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

  The spring water commander said excitedly: "This is simple, we can rent a truck and drive it outside the city. I consulted the price, and it looks like 10 silver coins per kilometer."

   It is about 20 kilometers from here back to Linghu Wetland Park. It’s easy to get back the toll by just searching for it.

   "By the way...how does this mark look familiar?" Standing beside a desk, my darkest hand was holding a metal box turned out of a drawer.

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

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

   "I'll see."

   Walked to my darkest side, Spring took the black box from his hand, and stared at the logo for a while.

  I saw a small dot on the outside of the big circle, a bit like the earth and the moon, and a bit like a hydrogen atom.

   looks familiar...

   I feel like I've seen it somewhere.

   Fountain frowned.

   At this moment, the battlefield man standing on the sidelines suddenly interjected.

   "I've seen this before! Yesterday's official website database updated the document in it!"

  The spring suddenly came back to his senses and blurted out.

   "Academy!?"

   The three who reacted were stunned for a moment.

  I rely on it! ?

   Is this going to trigger the plot? !

   (end of this chapter)