Chapter 257 Expedition to Red River Town!

   Nine o'clock in the morning.

  The caravan set off on time.

   Black smoke spewed from the steep exhaust pipe, and ten crawler trucks loaded with munitions launched in unison, heading towards the eastern wasteland.

According to the plan, after leaving Changchang Farm, the caravan will travel east along the inter-provincial highway, cross the deserted highway town and battery factory, and then divert to the southeast. Draw a V-shaped fold line on the map to bypass In the area controlled by the Bone-chewing tribe, after reaching the garbage city area, head north to Honghe Town.

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

   But it doesn't really make a difference.

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

   After getting off the inter-provincial highway, if you go east, you can't find a complete road at all. Even if the off-road performance of the track is good, the road itself cannot be held up.

   In addition, the trucks were all loaded with ammunition, and the driver did not dare to drive too far, and he was all crawling on the ground in a low gear.

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

   If you don’t want to have a big problem, 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 forests and quagmire.

  Whether it is a burly monster or a multi-legged beast running fast on the ground, it can pose a substantial threat to the caravan guards who are mainly light weapons.

   In addition to these "dangerous species", there are flies the size of basins and mosquitoes with long arms. These mutant creatures that seem to have little fighting power cannot be taken lightly.

   Some red-headed and green-headed flies have even evolved the ability to attack remotely - they can spray white eggs as thick as a thumb. These eggs usually carry a lot of germs. Although the direct damage is not high, if the wound happens to be hit, the wound will become inflamed, and the wound will grow maggots. If it is not handled in time, it is easy to lose life.

  Only God knows how much danger is hidden in this wasteland.

"...After the snow field in front, it's an uninhabited wilderness." Walking beside the motorcade, Mole picked up the binoculars and glanced in the southeast direction, "It was probably a small town before, but The houses there are mostly concrete waste, except for a half-collapsed opera house... We encountered a death claw there before, and there are bones on the ground whether it is a marauder or a mercenary."

  The snow was almost melting, and only a thin layer remained on the ground.

  A lot of places have simply turned into puddles, and a few green shoots have been drilled out of the mud.

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

   "Will we meet?" The Elf King Fugui said eagerly.

   "How could it possibly 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 comes to find it, but it's very unlikely."

  The IQ of Death Claw is much stronger than that of youkai, and his intuition for danger is far stronger than that of ordinary aliens.

   Unless it's breaking into its territory, Deathclaw rarely picks a large group of people as opponents.

   There is a high probability that both parties will be at peace with each other.

  Death's Claw's lair has a radius of one kilometer, and there is a high probability that it will not encounter particularly dangerous carnivorous species.

   Hearing that they would not meet, the faces of several nearby players showed regretful expressions.

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

   Debt-eyed big-eyed hehe smiled: "Shizui, a foodie in the wasteland, deserves to be Lao Na!"

  Irena: "Go thick."

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

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

  Is there no such thing as a portal?

   or just one key to hurry.

   Mole opened the VM and glanced at the map, thought for a while and said.

   "If you don't want to detour, you may arrive in two or three days. After this circle, it is estimated that it will take five or six days."

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

   Debt and big eyes: "+1, it's just a group of defeated soldiers."

   glanced at the two people whose confidence was inflated, and couldn't help but spit out a word.

   "Okay, we're here to deliver goods, not people's heads."

   On the opposite side, there is not only one thousand-man team, but three, and the total number is probably five or six thousand. Even if five or six thousand chickens stood in a row, they would have to kill them for a while, not to mention five or six thousand bandits with guns.

These plunderers came all the way from the middle of the river valley province. There may not be any awakened ten commanders, not to mention the commanders of the legion. If these people do not reveal their flaws, the survivors of Honghe Town want to defend their own territory. Some difficulty.

   A flash of excitement flashed in his eyes as he stroked the water on the edge.

   A close fight?

good.

   is on fire!

   Debt Big Eyes and the construction site boy and Brick looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces were suddenly a little subtle.

   "Are you panicking?"

   "I didn't panic at first, but now I'm a little bit."

   "Speaking of which, if we go back to death... Wouldn't this road be in vain."

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

  "Or...you go and ask the Mole if they still want people?"

   Edge stroke: "???"

  …

   It was just after noon.

   It was less than four hours before the caravan to Honghe Town set off, and the caravan returning from the Stone City followed and arrived at the south gate of the outpost.

   happened to come back from the mission, looking at Gu Feng and Ye Shi who were bandaged, a surprised expression appeared on the face of quit smoking.

   "I'm going, why did you two get lucky?"

   Lao Bai said with a smile: "When he came back, he was targeted by the looters, probably around 20 people, but it's not a big problem."

  Although Lao Bai said it was not a big problem, looking at the expressions on the faces of the other NPCs in the caravan, it was obviously not as easy as he said.

   That leader named Qian Lai still had a lingering expression on his face.

   And the guard beside him even added another color. Quitting smoking, he remembered that before he set off, his arm was bandaged, and now the other arm is also wrapped.

  Quiet's face was full of weirdness: "Damn, those predators can still ambush you?"

   Fang Chang said.

"It can't be considered an ambush. We found them a long time ago, and 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 of our strength or not. If you dare to get too close, you have never made a move, so you 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. Finally, we couldn't hold back our hands. Then we fought a real fight in the alley."

  Excited to quit smoking.

   "Exciting! How many did you kill?"

   "Half, half of the fight they ran away," Lao Bai raised his chin with a smile and pointed to the back of the team, "Hey, we caught two more."

   Beside a two-headed cow, two men wearing animal skin clothes with dejected expressions were tied by chains and hung on the two-headed cow.

   On another cow not far away, there were seized equipment hanging on it. Except for a few iron-barreled rifles that were no longer used, there were actually two assault rifles and a grenade launcher inside.

   Two caravan guards watched and monitored their movements.

  Ye Shi, who had bandages on his shoulders, said cursing.

   "MMP, I suspect there are looters in the ghetto! As soon as I went out, that feeling came!"

   Gu Feng said calmly.

   "No doubt, if I were in the slums and watched a group of fat traders pass by in front of me every day, I would definitely try to get some oil out of them."

   Unlike Ye Shi, he was shot in the thigh, but the other party used a steel core bullet and passed it directly through his leg, which 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 went in, they were already eyeing us."

  Where did the looters in Qingquan City come from?

   It's not always possible 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 absorbs populations from across the province and even from 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, and there are not so many jobs.

  The vast majority of people can only build a shack outside the city and do some work that the city people are unwilling to do. Over time, a slum is formed.

  The sprawling slums are a breeding ground for chaos and crime, not only for mercenaries, cannon fodder, and scavengers, but also for 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 stalk some fat sheep who seem to be bullying is naturally not a problem for those people.

Why doesn't   Boulder City ignore it?

   This question has a very broad perspective, that is, it is somewhat inhumane.

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

  Why bother?

"Anyway, I've finally arrived safely," Lao Bai looked at Ye Shi, "You and Kuang Feng should avoid the refuge and save a file. His injury is fine, and you have to go to the infirmary for a minor operation. "

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

   As for some non-disabled serious injuries, under normal circumstances, they only need to lie down for a day or two. If it is more than 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, learn from those NPCs, and help him take out the bullets.

   But unfortunately, the position of the bullet was stuck on the subscapular joint.

  Old Bai took a pair of tweezers, but he didn't get it off, and he didn't dare to use too much force. He turned a small problem into a big problem, so he wrapped him with a bandage.

   On the other hand, those NPCs who didn't know them were surprised by the behavior of the two of them.

   But no wonder.

   One was tumbling over the wound with tweezers, and the other was rushing impatiently. The point was that the anesthetic had not been used.

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

   Night Ten nodded.

   "Okay, what about you and Fang Chang?"

   Lao Bai said with a smile.

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

  Thanks to Teng Teng's products being sold in Boulder City, they didn't make a trip in vain this time, and they also made a fortune.

   After some discussion, they did not exchange the 2,000 chips they earned for an exoskeleton, but bought a second-hand hydraulic breaker at the auction house.

  This thing can be used to deal with the coarse material of cement, and it can also be used to break up concrete block waste. If you place an order at the factory, you will need at least 5,000 chips. If you can buy it with 2,000 chips, it's considered a miss.

   As a magnetic confinement plasma cutting machine, it can produce some sophisticated instruments, but the inert gas as the cutting fluid and the fusion battery for power supply are not cheap after all, and some heavy equipment outposts are still very scarce.

   If you exchange chips for commodities and ship them back to other players, it is a one-shot deal, and at most you will make a difference in price, but if you buy production equipment and ship it back, it will be a steady stream of income!

   At present, the demand for building materials in outposts has skyrocketed, and the answer to what is the version is obvious.

   The Niu Ma team, together, decided to add a 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 seen everywhere on the waste soil. For the reuse technology of construction waste, they have already researched the perfection.

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

   It is said that the office can now entrust recruitment, and you can apply at Lucca 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 them, and some of them have been left over.

   For example, the share belonging to the rich vines.

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

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

   "Do the hammer a favor," Gu Feng rolled his eyes, "Look at how swollen your arm is."

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

While    was talking, Fujiteng had reached the south gate.

   Seeing the caravan parked next to the unloading point, she was about to ask if the goods she ordered had arrived when she saw the bandages wrapped around Gu Feng and Ye Shi, and she asked in a low voice.

"Are you guys OK?"

   Before Gu Feng could speak, Ye Shi called out next to him.

   "Woooooo, it's not good at all, I was shot in the shoulder, it hurts to death."

  Tengto: "Ah?! Then, hurry to the infirmary..."

"Okay you, what are you pretending to be?" Lao Bai rolled his eyes at Ye Shi, looked at Teng Teng who was at a loss, took out 21 chips from his pocket and handed them over, "Your things are in the double room. The head of the cow is carried on its back, it is more than 200 kilograms, you can't carry it, we will send it to you in a while."

   "Thank you! Great help!"

  Teng Teng nodded gratefully, but didn't have the embarrassment to take the chips, glanced at Gu Feng and Ye Shi next to him, and whispered.

   "I don't want the remaining chips... just treat it as medical expenses."

   "Take it."

   Lao Bai shoved it into her hands involuntarily, and said with a hearty smile.

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

"But……"

   "We have already received the agreed payment, it's as much as it should be," Lao Bai shook his head and said, "We don't do anything immoral like charging extra."

   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 suddenly became unhappy.

   "Hey! What do you mean no pain at all! It feels a little bit better?!"

   Gu Feng replied with a blank expression.

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

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

   "Uh, this... I didn't pay much attention to it, mainly because Ye Shi's acting skills were too exaggerated, and I was too upright to watch him bully a little girl."

  Ye Shi: "Fuck off! I think you just want to pretend! Bah!"

   Gale: "+1"

  Old Bai: "???"

   Peeking at the three noisy people, Fujito's cheeks were slightly hot.

   Always feel...

   They seem to have a good relationship.

   Knock it, Knock it!

   did not notice the unnatural expression on Fujiteng's face, Fang Chang could not help asking strangely when he saw that she had changed into a light leather armor.

   "Are you planning to go out?"

   Hearing the voice next to him, Fujiteng, who let out an "ah", came back to his senses, blushed and nodded, and said shyly.

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

"Task?"

"Forget it, but it's mainly to investigate the market!" Speaking of which, Fujiteng's eyes shone brightly, and he continued excitedly, "The cultural characteristics and dressing style of Boulder City are different from those of any country in reality. There are some things you can't tell just from the photos, and 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 you read, it is better to play it yourself... But how are you going 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 beasts hiding in the sewers.

  Although it will not overturn, it is also a hard fight.

  Tengteng hadn't answered yet, a nimble figure rushed out from behind her.

   "The mercenary tail is here!"

   Sisi, who was wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet, also walked over and pushed up the helmet that covered his eyes.

   "Oh! And Sis!"

   Fang Chang was stunned when he looked at the energetic two.

   "You also went to investigate the market?"

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

   Having said this, Tails sighed old-fashioned, shook his head and said, "Damn, it's all because the spring water is so useless, luck is all on the lottery! I didn't go to Chenghonghe Town, angry!"

  Siss glanced at her.

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

  Tail immediately retorted.

   "How is that possible! The tail is also an Awakened!"

   The two woke up half a month ago.

   After all, it has been a while since I joined the game. The development speed is quite satisfactory, the strength is not weak, and hard work is considered a T2 player.

but……

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

   This should be a newcomer, right?

"You too?"

   The cat ears on top of his head swayed slightly, and he nodded embarrassedly at the ooh ooh sesame paste staring at the ears.

   "I, I didn't wake up... It's almost."

"I'm not asking this, it's not really the key to awakening. I mean, are you planning to go with them too?" Fang Chang reminded kindly, "The road to Boulder City is quite dangerous, look at that. By the way, those two idiots are in their teens, and they still hurt themselves."

  Ooh, sesame paste nodded vigorously.

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

  Although I just went offline and sent a letter to everyone, it also played a key role!

   At least, she is confident and will not panic.

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

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

  The game.

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

   Even if he died, he was only on the forum OB for three days, and it wasn't a big problem. Everyone came from the stage of a rookie.

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

   As long as they have the determination, anyone can contribute to the great cause of the revival of the People's Federation.

   "Wait a minute, Fujiteng, is it really okay for you to bring these bodyguards?" Ye Shi said nervously, "Why don't I go too? I can be an eyewitness anyway."

  Teng Teng waved his hands again and again to refuse.

   "No, no, no need to be so troublesome, you still need to recover from your injury, we have perception department in our team."

  Ye Shi was just about to ask who it was, when there was a dull voice in the sharpness, and it came from the side with the sound of a strong steel collision.

   "That's right!!"

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

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

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

  This plate armor...

   Less than three hundred kilograms, right?

   Tail eyes sparkling.

   "Oh! That's awesome!! S, we won!"

  Siss was stunned for a while, then muttered in a voice that only she could hear.

   "...Recycling VMs will be troublesome."

   Lao Bai swallowed and asked cautiously.

   "Is this... KV-1? Or Miner I?"

   You can't see it from the outside at all!

   "KV-1!" Holding the angular breastplate, he said proudly, "It cost me a lot of silver coins to build this plate armor! How about it, amazing?"

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

   Fang Chang said with a dry cough.

   "I blindly guessed that it was a mosquito, only that stupid thing would do this. In other words, he didn't remind you... the problem of battery life?"

   Raven blinked his eyes.

   "Endurance? What is that."

  Square length: "..."

  Old Bai: "..."

   Gale: "..."

   Ye Shi said anxiously.

   "Electricity! Have you ever driven a new energy vehicle? Originally, the battery life of the naked KV-1 exoskeleton was about a day, and you directly loaded 300 kilograms of load! Can your electricity 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 without thinking of their own?

  Learn a hammer from NPC!

   "No problem! I'm fully charged!" Yaya said confidently, "It's only 20 kilometers, and this distance can still be sustained!"

   "I don't think you should think too optimistic about these 20 kilometers," Fang Chang said euphemistically, "20 kilometers is a straight-line distance, and the actual distance cannot be calculated at all."

   Lao Bai nodded and agreed with this sentence.

   "Indeed, it's impossible for you to fly over. Anyway, I feel that the journey from here to Boulder City is no less than going to Yuanxi Town. Feel it yourself."

   "Ah?!" Ya Ya was stunned for a moment, the expression on her face began to be less confident, and she whispered, "Is it so far?"

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

   Ya Ya was stunned for a moment, and said anxiously.

   "Then... what to do then."

Old Bai: "If you are in the power system, it's not a problem to walk directly wearing 300kg heavy armor. After all, most of the weight is on the exoskeleton, so just turn on the power when you need mobility. If you are in other systems I don't know either, but I don't recommend it."

  Tail looked at her: "Would you like to wear Si? She is a physique type!"

  Siss gave her a sideways glance.

   "I don't wear that."

   It is too late to temporarily change equipment.

   After removing the pot machine, the caravan at the gate will set off again in two hours at the latest.

but……

  Raven did not give up.

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

   Watching the group of people walking towards the base, Ye Shi couldn't help but look at Old Bai.

   "Can they do it?"

  Old Bai was silent for a while, then shrugged.

"I have no idea."

  Yaju said hesitantly.

   "How about... I'd better follow?"

   The gust of wind gave him a sideways glance.

   "You're not someone's father, so what are you doing?"

"But--"

   Fang Chang patted Ye Shi on the shoulder.

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

   It doesn’t matter if the problem is big.

   Three days only.

   When this hand touched the bandage on his shoulder, Ye Shi felt a shock all over his body.

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

   Lao Bai rolled his eyes.

   "Then why don't you have surgery soon?"

   "If you drag it on and wait until your arm is worn out, you will have to make up for it!"

   (end of this chapter)