Chapter 257 Expedition to Honghe Town!

  Nine o'clock in the morning.

  The caravan set off on time.

  The steep exhaust pipe emitted black smoke, and ten tracked trucks loaded with munitions started in unison, heading towards the eastern wilderness.

According to the plan, after leaving Jiujiu Farm, the caravan will travel eastward along the inter-provincial highway, cross the deserted highway town and battery factory, divert to the southeast, draw a V-shaped broken line on the map, and bypass the In the area controlled by the Bonechewer Tribe, after reaching the Garbage City area, head north to Red River Town.

  Because the car is full of goods, people can only walk beside the truck.

   But there is no difference.

  Even if there is still space in the car, no one wants to sit at all.

  After getting off the inter-provincial highway and heading east, there is no complete section of the road at all. Even if the track's off-road performance is good, it can't stand the road itself.

  In addition, all the trucks were loaded with ammunition, the driver didn't dare to drive too fast, and they all crawled on the ground in low gear.

   Even if these shells are generally safe, who can guarantee that every bump is normal?

   If you don’t want to cause major problems, you can only be careful.

  In addition to the bumps on the road, the biggest threat is the birds, beasts, insects and snakes lurking in the forest and mud.

  Whether it is a burly monster or a myriad walking close to the ground, it can pose a substantial threat to the caravan guards who mainly use light weapons.

   In addition to these "dangerous species", there are also flies with the size of washbasins and mosquitoes with long arms. These mutant creatures that seem to have no fighting power should not be taken lightly.

  Some red-headed and green-headed flies have even evolved the ability to attack at a long range—they can spray white eggs as thick as a thumb. These eggs usually carry a large number of germs. Although the direct damage is not high, if they hit the wound by chance, the wound will become inflamed at the slightest, and maggots will grow on the wound at the worst. If it is not treated in time, it is easy to lose your life.

   Only God knows how many dangers are hidden in this wasteland.

"...After the snow field in front, there is a deserted wilderness." Walking beside the convoy, Mole picked up the binoculars and looked towards the southeast. "It was probably a small town before, but there The houses are basically reduced to concrete scum, and all that remains is a half-collapsed opera house... We encountered a deathclaw there earlier, and there were bones on the ground, whether they were marauders or mercenaries."

  The snow has almost melted, leaving only a thin layer on the ground.

  Many places have simply turned into puddles, and a few pinches of green shoots have emerged from the mud.

  The life on this planet is far more tenacious than people imagined.

   "Will we meet?" The elf king Fugui said eagerly.

   "How could it happen? We're here to deliver goods, not to hunt," Mole put down the binoculars. "We'll avoid it in a while, unless the beast takes the initiative to find it, but this possibility is very small."

  Death Claw's IQ is much stronger than that of monsters, and his intuition for danger is far stronger than that of ordinary aliens.

  Unless it is intruding into its territory, Deathclaws rarely take on a large group of people as opponents.

   There is a high probability that both parties will live in peace.

  With a radius of one kilometer around Deathclaw's lair, there is a high probability that there will be no particularly dangerous carnivorous species.

   Hearing that they would not meet each other, several nearby players showed regretful expressions on their faces.

  Irena: "Speaking of which, I haven't eaten the meat of Deathclaw yet...Of course, it's not that I want to eat it, but I'm just curious about what it tastes like."

  Big Eyes in Debt smiled and said, "Stone Hammer, a wasteland gourmet, is indeed Lao Na!"

  Irena: "Fuck off."

  Lian Lian looked down at the sky with big eyes, looked at the clouds in the sky, and sighed.

   "One hundred kilometers... how long does it take?"

   Isn't there such a thing as a portal?

   Or you can hurry with one click.

  Mole turned on the VM and glanced at the map, pondered for a while and said.

   "If it is not a detour, it may take two or three days to arrive. It is estimated that it will take five or six days to go around this circle."

  The construction site boy and Brick protested: "Why don't we just kill them? I think it's totally fine!"

   Big eyes in debt: "+1, it's just a group of defeated generals."

   Glancing at the two people who were inflated with confidence, they couldn't help but complain when they were paddling on the edge of the water.

   "Okay, we are here to deliver goods, not heads."

   There is not just one thousand-man team on the opposite side, but three whole teams, and the total number may be five or six thousand. Even if five or six thousand chickens stand in a row, they still have to be killed for a while, let alone five or six thousand bandits with guns.

These looters came all the way from the middle of the River Valley Province, and there may not be awakened commanders, let alone the commanders of the legion. Some difficulty.

   A trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of the edge paddling.

   A close fight?

good.

   It's on fire!

  Dayan in debt and the boy on the construction site glanced at Brick, and the expressions on their faces were suddenly a little subtle.

   "Are you panicking?"

   "I didn't panic at first, but now I do."

   "By the way, if we go back dead... wouldn't this journey be in vain?"

   "Fuck! Is it too late to change teams?"

   "Why don't you ask the Mole if they still want people?"

   edge paddling: "???"

  …

  It was just after noon.

   Less than four hours after the caravan headed for Honghe Town set off, the caravan returning from Boulder City arrived at the south gate of the outpost.

   It happened to come back from the task, looking at the bandaged Feng Feng and Ye Shi, with a surprised expression on his face.

   "I'll go, why did you two lose the lottery?"

  Old Bai smiled and said: "When I came back, I was targeted by predators. There were about twenty people, but it's not a big problem."

  Although Lao Bai said that the problem is not serious, but looking at the expressions on the faces of several other NPCs in the caravan, it is obviously not as easy as he said.

  The team leader named Qian Lai still has a terrified expression on his face.

   And the guard next to him is even more colorful. Quit smoking remembers that before he set off, his arm was wrapped with a bandage, and now the other arm is also wrapped.

  Smoking Quit's face is full of weirdness: "Damn it, those predators can still ambush you?"

   Fang Chang said.

"It can't be counted as an ambush. We found them a long time ago. They obviously knew it and followed us all the way. We can't move fast with the goods, and we can't get rid of them. They may not be sure about our strength, nor Dare to get too close, never make a move, just follow behind to find opportunities."

   "When we got to the edge of the Fourth Ring Road, maybe we felt that we would have no chance if we didn't make a move, so we finally couldn't help but make a move, and then we fought a real battle in the alley."

   Excited to quit smoking.

   "Exciting! How many did you kill?"

   "Half of it, they ran away halfway through the fight," Lao Bai smiled and raised his chin, pointing to the back of the team, "here, we caught two more."

  Beside a two-headed ox, two dejected men in animal skin clothes were tied by chains and hung on the two-headed ox.

  Another cow not far away was hung with seized equipment. Except for a few iron-barrel rifles that were never used by newcomers, there were actually two assault rifles and a grenade launcher inside.

  Two caravan guards watched from the side, monitoring their actions.

  Ye Shi, who had a bandage on his shoulder, said cursing.

   "MMP, I suspect there are looters in the slums! As soon as I go out, that feeling comes!"

  Guangfeng said calmly.

   "Don't doubt it, if I were a person in the slums and saw a group of chubby merchants passing by every day, I would definitely find a way to get some money from them."

  Different from Ye Shi, he was shot in the thigh, but the opponent used a steel-core bullet, which passed directly through his leg, so it was not a big problem.

  Fang Chang nodded in agreement with what the two teammates said.

   "Indeed, those looters probably came out of the slums. I can even boldly guess that when we entered, they might have already set their sights on us."

  Where did the raiders in Clear Springs come from?

   It is impossible to pop out of the cracks in the rocks.

  As the largest settlement of survivors in the southern part of the entire River Valley Province, Boulder City absorbs people from the entire province and even neighboring provinces.

  It is impossible for so many people to flood into the city, and there are not so many places in the city to accommodate so many people, let alone so many jobs.

  The vast majority of people can only build a shed outside the city and do some jobs that the city people don't want to do. Over time, slums are formed.

  The sprawling slums are a hotbed of chaos and crime, where not only mercenaries, cannon fodder, and scavengers abound, but also looters.

  I heard that the gangs in the slums even have a business of selling stolen goods for looters, and the black market there can always buy some things that are not common in the city. Helping to keep an eye on some bully-looking fat sheep is naturally no problem for those people.

  Why doesn't Boulder City care?

  This question is asked with a broad perspective, but it is somewhat unearthly.

  From the standpoint of Boulder City, you can also ask back—

  Why should we manage?

"Anyway, it's finally here safely." Lao Bai looked at Ye Shi, "You and Kuangfeng go back to the shelter to save a file, his injury is fine, and you have to go to the infirmary for a minor operation on this injury. "

  The training cabin has the effect of accelerating recovery. Generally, small wounds with small wounds, even those in the intelligence department, will heal after lying down for a few hours, which is exactly the time to save a file.

  As for some non-disabling serious injuries, usually you will lie down for a day or two. If it exceeds three days, most players will choose to save a file first, and then make up for themselves.

   A mere shot is nothing, just take out the bullet.

  In the beginning, Lao Bai planned to use alcohol to disinfect Ye Shi, and imitated those NPCs to help him take out the bullet.

   But helplessly, the position of the bullet happened to get stuck on the subscapular joint.

  Old Bai took the tweezers and pulled it off, but he didn't get it off. He didn't dare to use too much force to turn a small problem into a big one, so he wrapped it with a bandage.

   It was the NPCs who didn't know much, who were made a fuss by the behavior of the two.

   But no wonder.

  One was rummaging over the wound with tweezers, and the other was impatiently urging it to be faster, the key is that no anesthetic has been used yet.

  Such a ruthless behavior, even if placed on an awakened person, is somewhat outrageous. Up to now, several caravan guards looked at the two of them with some admiration.

  Ye Shi nodded.

   "Okay, what about you and Fang Chang?"

  Old Bai said with a smile.

   "We still have to deliver the things you ordered, and we have to go to the warehouse manager to hand in a task later."

  Thanks to the great sales of Fujiteng's products in Boulder City, they didn't make a trip in vain this time, and they also made a lot of money.

  After some discussion, instead of exchanging the 2,000 chips they earned for an exoskeleton, they bought a second-hand hydraulic breaker at the auction house.

   This thing can be used to process the coarse material of cement, and it can also be used to break up concrete block waste. If you order from the factory, you need at least 5,000 chips, and if you can buy it with 2,000 chips, it's a mistake.

  It has a magnetically confined plasma cutting machine tool that can produce some sophisticated instruments, but the inert gas used as the cutting fluid and the fusion battery for energy are not cheap after all, and some heavy equipment outposts are still very scarce.

   Exchange the chips into commodities and ship them back to sell to other players.

  Currently, the demand for building materials in the outpost is soaring, and the answer to what is the version is obvious.

   Together, several members of the cattle and horse team immediately decided to add a new cement production line on the basis of the original brick production line, and at the same time produce recycled cement bricks made of concrete waste.

  I heard that the cement factory in Boulder City uses the concrete waste that can be found everywhere on the waste soil. They have already mastered the technology of recycling construction waste.

   Next time I go to Boulder City, Lao Bai intends to search in the talent market to see if he can catch a leak and hire someone who understands cement aggregate recycling technology to come back.

   It is said that the office can entrust recruitment now, and applications can be made at Luka or the warehouse manager, and the salary can be settled in silver coins, which is very convenient.

  In addition to the things they bought themselves, there are about 2,000 chips belonging to other players. Some of the chips have been exchanged for things for them, and some of them are left over.

   For example, the share that belongs to the rich woman Fujiteng.

  Including a 220 kg sewing machine with its own electrical box and intelligent components, and 21 chips.

   "Delivery to Fujiteng Hut?" Ye Shi's eyes lit up, and he laughed, "Bring me one, and I'll help too."

   "Help me a hammer," Kuang Feng rolled his eyes, "Look at how swollen your arms are."

  Ye Shi: "Hey! It doesn't matter in the game, it doesn't hurt anyway!"

  While talking, Fujiteng had already arrived at the south gate.

  Seeing the caravan parked next to the unloading point, she walked up and was about to ask if the goods she ordered had arrived, when she saw the bandages wrapped around Kuang Feng and Ye Shi, she couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Are you guys OK?"

   Before the wind could speak, Ye Shi next to him called out.

   "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah

  Fujito: "Ah?! Then, go to the infirmary quickly..."

"That's enough, stop pretending," Lao Bai rolled his eyes at Ye Shi, looked at Fujiteng who was at a loss, took out 21 chips from his pocket and handed them over, "Your things are in the two hands. A cow is on its back, it weighs more than 200 kilograms, you can’t move it, we will send it to you later.”

   "Thanks! It was a great help!"

  Fujiteng nodded gratefully, but he didn't have the nerve to take the chips. He glanced at Kuang Feng and Ye Shi next to him, and said in a low voice.

   "I don't want the rest of the bargaining chip... just treat it as medical expenses."

   "Take it."

  Old Bai stuffed it into her hand involuntarily, and said with a hearty smile.

   "Don't listen to those two guys, it doesn't hurt to get hurt in this game. Besides, we should say thank you, if it weren't for your artwork, we wouldn't be able to afford the big guy in the back."

"But…"

   "We have already received the agreed remuneration, as much as it should be," Lao Bai shook his head and said, "We don't do such immoral things as extra charges."

  After hearing what he said, Fujiteng stopped insisting, whispered a thank you, and silently accepted the 21 chips.

However…

  All the coercion was done by Lao Bai alone, and Ye Shi immediately became unhappy.

   "Damn! What do you mean it doesn't hurt at all! It also feels a little bit, okay?!"

  Guangfeng continued with a blank expression.

   "I have an objection, only Ye Shi pretended to be in pain, but I didn't call out."

  Old Bai smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head.

   "Uh, this... I didn't pay much attention, mainly because Ye Shi's acting skills are too exaggerated, and I am too upright, I can't stand him bullying a little girl."

  Ye Shi: "Get out! I think you just want to pretend! Bah!"

  Gust: "+1"

  Old Bai: "???"

   Looking secretly at the three noisy people, Fujiteng's cheeks felt slightly hot.

  I always feel…

   They seem to have a very good relationship.

   It's knocked, it's knocked!

   Didn't notice the unnatural expression on Fujiteng's face, Chang Fang asked strangely when he saw that she had changed into a light leather armor.

   "Are you planning to go out?"

  Hearing the voice from the side, Fujiteng who said "ah" came back from his mind, nodded with a blushing face, and said shyly.

   "Well, I'm going to visit Boulder City!"

"Task?"

"That's right, but it's mainly for inspecting the market!" Having said that, Fujiteng's eyes lit up, and he continued excitedly, "The cultural characteristics and dressing style of Boulder City are different from those of any other country in reality. There are some things that you can’t see from a photo, but I’m going to see it with my own eyes!”

  Fang Chang nodded in agreement.

   "Indeed, the content that can be written in the guide is limited after all. No matter how many guides are read, it is better to play it by yourself... But, how do you plan to go?"

  The road to Boulder City is not easy.

   On the way back, in addition to the predators, they were also targeted by a group of cave-dwelling beasts hiding in the sewer.

  Although it will not overturn, it is still a hard battle.

   Before Fujiteng could answer, a nimble figure came out from behind her.

   "The mercenary tail is here!"

  Sisi, who was wearing body armor and a steel helmet, also walked over from the side and pushed up the helmet that covered his eyes.

   "Oh! And Sis!"

  Looking at the energetic two, Fang Chang froze for a moment.

   "Are you also going to inspect the market?"

   "That's right! Tail wants to be a mercenary!"

  Speaking of this, Tail sighed old-fashionedly, shook his head and said, "Damn it, it's all because the spring water is so useless, luck is all used in the lottery! Didn't go to Honghe Town, mad!"

  Sisi glanced at her.

   "But thinking about it from another angle, could it be because we lowered the team's score?"

   Tail retorted immediately.

   "How is it possible! The tail is also an awakened one!"

  The two of them woke up half a month ago.

  After all, it’s been a while since I joined the game, and my development speed is considered quite satisfactory, and my strength is not considered weak, and I can be considered a T2 player if I work hard.

but…

  Fang Chang looked at the girl next to her with a pair of cat ears.

  This should be a newcomer, right?

"The same to you?"

  The cat ears on the top of the head shook slightly, and Aoao Sesame, who was staring at the ears, nodded a little embarrassedly.

   "I, I haven't awakened... I'm almost there."

"I'm not asking this. Awakening is not the key. What I mean is, are you planning to go with them?" Fang Chang kindly reminded, "The road to Boulder City is still quite dangerous. Look at that By the way, those two idiots are also people of more than ten levels, and they still hurt themselves."

   Aoao Sesame Paste nodded vigorously.

   "It doesn't matter! I, I am also a person who has been on the battlefield!"

  Although I just reported a letter to everyone offline, it also played a key role!

  At least, she is confident and won't panic.

   Seeing the firmness in those eyes, Fang Chang nodded with a smile and said approvingly.

   "Hmm! Not bad, very energetic! Come on girl!"

   Games.

  Just be happy, there is no need to think too much.

  Even if you die, you’ve only been on the forum OB for three days, and it’s not a big problem. Everyone comes from the rookie stage.

   Besides, the manager didn't say that newcomers can't do tasks, did they?

  As long as there is that determination, anyone can contribute to the revival of the People's Federation.

   "Wait a minute, Fujiteng, is it really okay for you to bring only a few bodyguards?" Ye Shi said nervously, "Why don't I go too? At least I can be an eye."

  Fujito repeatedly waved his hands and declined.

   "No, no, no need to be so troublesome, you should take good care of your injuries, our team has perception department."

  Ye Shi just wanted to ask who it was, when that sharp voice with a hint of dullness came from the side, accompanied by the sound of clanging and powerful steel clashing.

   "Exactly!"

  Everyone looked there one after another, and saw an "iron can" covered with steel plates, striding over here on a meteor.

   "Hmph, Perception level 12, here is the Awakened! Looking at my equipment, who dares to say that I can only pick mushrooms! Huh?"

  The four members of the cow and horse team were stunned, and the caravan guards and guards not far away were also stunned by her exaggerated appearance.

  This plate armor...

   At least three hundred kilograms, right?

  Tail eyes are shining.

   "Oh! That's great! Si, we won!"

  Sisi froze for a moment, fell silent for a while, and muttered something in a voice that only she could hear.

  “…It will be very troublesome to recycle the VM.”

  Old Bai swallowed, and asked cautiously.

   "Is this...KV-1? Or Miner I?"

   It is completely invisible only from the outside!

   "KV-1!" Yaya proudly said with the sharp-edged breastplate, "It cost me a lot of silver coins to build this plate armor! How about it, isn't it amazing?"

  Old Bai's expression was a bit subtle, and he was embarrassed to speak.

  Fang Chang coughed dryly and said.

   "I blindly guessed it was a mosquito, only that stupid thing would make this thing. By the way, he didn't remind you...the problem with battery life?"

   Yaya blinked.

   "Battery? What's that?"

  Fang Chang: "..."

  Old Bai: "..."

  Gust: "..."

   Ye Shi said anxiously.

   "Battery! Have you ever driven a new energy vehicle? Originally, the battery life of the naked KV-1 exoskeleton is only about one day, and you directly carry a load of 300 kilograms! Can your battery last until the afternoon?"

   One thing to say, this turtle shell is even worse than the manager's previous set!

   Don't these people play games with their own thinking?

   Learn a hammer from an NPC!

   "No problem! I'm fully charged!" Yaya said confidently, "It's only twenty kilometers, and this distance is still enough!"

   "I think you should not be too optimistic about the twenty kilometers," Fang Chang said tactfully, "Twenty kilometers is a straight-line distance, and the actual distance cannot be calculated at all."

  Old Bai nodded, agreeing with this sentence.

   "Indeed, you will never be able to fly over. Anyway, I feel that the road from here to Boulder City is no less than going to Yuanxi Town. Feel it for yourself."

   "Ah?!" Yaya was stunned for a moment, the expression on his face became less confident, and he whispered, "Is it so far?"

   "Well," Lao Bai nodded silently, "so I didn't wear an exoskeleton."

   Yaya froze for a moment, and said anxiously.

   "Then... what to do then."

Lao Bai: "If you are of the strength department, it is not a problem to walk directly wearing 300 kilograms of heavy armor. After all, most of the weight is on the exoskeleton. When you need mobility, just turn on the power. If you are from other departments …I don’t know, anyway, I don’t recommend it.”

  Tail looked at her: "Why don't you wear it for Si? She is a physique!"

  Sisi gave her a sideways look.

   "I don't wear that kind of thing."

   It is too late to change the equipment temporarily.

  After unloading the camel machine, the caravan at the gate will start again in two hours at the latest.

but…

   Yaya did not give up.

  Everyone also agreed that looking for Boss Xia should be able to rescue him.

  Watching off the group of people walking towards the base, Ye Shi couldn't help looking at Lao Bai.

   "Can they do it?"

  Old Bai was silent for a while, then shrugged.

"I have no idea."

  Ye Shi said hesitantly.

   "How about... I'd better follow?"

  Gust gave him a sideways look.

   "You are not someone else's father, why do you care so much?"

"But-"

  Fang Chang patted Ye Shi on the shoulder.

   "Don't worry too much, the three awakened ones, the problem is not big."

  It doesn't matter if the problem is big.

   Only three days.

  When this hand touched the bandage on his shoulder, Ye Shi trembled all over.

   "Gah! Don't touch me so much, my arm is almost swollen!"

  Old Bai rolled his eyes.

   "Then why don't you go for surgery soon."

   "If you drag on until your arm is useless, then you will have to be mended!"

  (end of this chapter)