In this life, He is no "honest man," Not to mention the rapid development of firearms, During the two World Wars, he also learned to sell arms like overseas countries, Although not as rampant, still not exactly honest!
The Ministry of War found it could make money, One after another, officials eagerly produced various firearms for sale, In terms of quality, Naturally, it was below that of the active military, But not by much!
Surely they couldn't sell weapons from a hundred years ago~!
"Could this shelter be the result of the Ministry of War selling a batch of firearms to foreign countries?"
"I wonder if there's anything else, tsk, such bold moves! Or should I say, those officials are too greedy!"
"They dare to meddle in national trade!!"
Sam shook his head slightly.
By the modern era, The physical constitution was chaotic, and the debate between imperialism and democracy was endless, with people arguing and cursing at the drop of a hat.
From the courts to the public, Everything was very chaotic.
However, After the great disaster struck, The voice of democracy became much quieter, The kind of troublemakers in the "Frostpunk" era are only needed in games, wise people know which system works best during a disaster.
Sam began to wander in his thoughts, drifting off to somewhere.
When he snapped back to reality, Several minutes had passed, A few armed personnel had cleared the surrounding snow and were vigilantly watching their surroundings.
They were preparing to return!
At that moment!
Sam realized the time had come!
Three hours after he saw the mission! Not a second off!
"What will happen?"
Sam's heart pounded furiously.
The next moment, A sudden change occurred.
From Xu's shattered corpse, wisps of gray-white "spores" flew out, turning into a gust of gray-white particles, Driven by the heavy snow and cold wind, they blew into the shelter!
The "spores" were too small, Even smaller than snowflakes, The armed personnel did not notice this scene, Only Sam, who had been paying attention, saw it and his expression changed!
Bang—!
The door, Closed.
The spore wind also got inside.
"Those things..."
"Really are contagious."
Sam felt a chill down his spine, He wasn't afraid of mutated rats, even if bullets couldn't penetrate their keratin layer, But armor-piercing rounds, bombs, could always kill them!
But those mysterious "spores," Gray-white scales, explosions, eye-like appearances, breathing...
"What are they, exactly?"
Sam touched his arm, made up his mind, he wouldn't leave without making an exoskeleton armor!
Outside the shelter, It became quiet again, The snow continued, Wind and snowflakes slowly covered the corpses and bloodstains, turning this place back into an endless white expanse.
"Gone?"
Sam smacked his lips, feeling like he had just watched a movie.
"Let me see..."
He opened the "Daily" mission panel!
The [Dawn's Disaster]mission, now showed as "Completed"!
"Time to claim the reward!"
Sam smiled, he liked these not-too-difficult missions!
Of course, Saying it wasn't too difficult, Was mainly because of the drone, If it were him going there, Black-skinned rats, the shelter's armed personnel, those exploding corpses, terrifying spores, would all pose a serious threat to him!
But for an advanced drone that could hover in mid-air, All these troubles could be ignored!
"Comfortable!"
Sam lay back in his chair, opened the player on his phone, Played a metal music track, Tapped his foot, And claimed his reward!
...
+500 Points!
Received the blueprint for the "Dawn1 Exoskeleton Armor"!
The next moment, A pile of blueprints appeared out of nowhere, hitting Sam on the head!
"Damn!"
Sam rubbed his head and picked up the blueprints.
Quite a lot, At least fifty or sixty!
"The InfiniteShelter Upgrade System, are you kidding me? Just blueprints?"
The InfiniteShelter Upgrade System: "Yes, blueprints."
"That's not what I mean!"
Sam explained: "Not these blueprints, but the kind that manufacturing stations can make themselves, like bullet blueprints that you can manufacture once they're unlocked."
The InfiniteShelter Upgrade System: "It's not that kind, but the overt kind of blueprints."
Sam: "Damn it..."
Despite the frustration, The exoskeleton armor was still very appealing!
Sam flipped through the blueprints and after a while, thoughtfully and quite amazed...
Not really!
"How come it's so complicated!"
Sam slammed the blueprints down on the table!
That was frustrating!
Even with the super-dimensional gene chip, With his personality, dealing with such complex stuff, he might as well study "Chinese Language Code"!
"Good thing I have the super-dimensional gene chip!"
Sam sighed, feeling drained.
Frustrating, mushroom~!
"Wait!"
Sam suddenly thought of something,
Why study it himself!
Liuli, Han Xiaowu both had the super-dimensional gene chip!
Why not let them study it?
"I really am a visionary!"
Sam smiled, giving himself a pat on the back!
Sam gathered the blueprints and placed them on the edge of the table.
He glanced at the computer screen, wherein the scene, heavy snow was falling, everything had already returned to normal!
"Come back directly?"
Sam pondered for a moment, thought about it, and still decided to control the drone to make a round.
He still had 2 low-level reward tasks to complete!
Though 10 points might seem little, a mosquito is still meat no matter how small!
Moreover, one of the tasks was quite simple, just squat for 10 hours and go out.
The second task was more troublesome, Sam wouldn't kill the innocent just for 10 points. Thinking about it, he wanted the drone to check the situation within the city, If there was anyone he found displeasing to the eye, "one, two, three", just kill them on the spot.
Thus, he controlled the drone to leave the vicinity of the shelter and flew towards the shopping mall!
As the most glorious and bustling area of the Third Satellite City once, the shopping mall had many high-rise buildings.
Unfortunately, now they had become buildings of snow.
The heavy snow continued to fall, and the cold wind howled in mid-air!
The drone flew through the wind, and what it saw was a picture of total desolation, devoid of life.
Some of the shorter buildings were even buried under the snow layer, making it impossible to tell what they used to sell.
"Is there nobody here?"
"I remember, the shopping mall had a lot of materials and a complete variety of goods!"
"People wanting to build shelters wouldn't miss this place, right?"
Sam stroked his chin, When building the shelter, he also thought about building around the shopping mall area, as it would make collecting materials easier later on.
After all, even the largest shelters have their limits, A lot of materials would be abandoned by their owners, who would instead take away those easy to preserve and convenient for survival.
Moreover, places like shopping malls, many things are not considered "survival materials",
such as glass crafts, toys, and so on.
Unfortunately, the shopping mall was in the city center, where the land was too expensive.
If Sam had bought the land there, the shelter could probably only have been a toilet.
Then, the catastrophe broke out, real estate was immediately locked down, transactions were halted, and it became impossible to buy.
The drone made a round over the shopping mall, and also looked around the various high-rise buildings, but on the screen, not a single figure could be seen!
No, it should be said that there was no sign of shelters!
In the snowy weather, it was normal for people not to come out, but it was surprising not to see any shelters!
"Could it be that they, like me, built theirs underground?"
"That would at least be a billionaire's doing."
Sam was somewhat speechless, turned around, and gave up on this place, controlling the drone to fly towards the southern district.
Compared to here, the southern district was a bit quieter, mostly hospitals, elementary schools, kindergartens, and also a bus station.
But similarly, the heavy snow had buried everything, from the screen, Sam couldn't distinguish one building from another.
Then!
From a distance, he saw a few small dark figures!
"People!?"
Sam's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly controlled the drone to descend!
Soon, he saw the figures of those few dark shadows.
Indeed, they were people!
Coincidentally, they were the three people who had been kicked out of the Dawn shelter earlier!
They were quite unlucky, having eaten mutated rat meat, which led to the detection of heavy radiation in their bodies. The shelter gave up on treating them, didn't give them clothes, and threw them out of the shelter!
At the moment, the three of them had found a women's clothing store and draped themselves in a mishmash of women's clothes, even wrapping their heads and wearing top hats, heading towards the hospital!
"They're going to the hospital to find medicine in order to survive!"
Sam nodded slightly, understanding the trio's intentions.
Currently, they hadn't died or contracted grey-white scales, Despite the radiation exceeding safe levels, they still had a chance to live.
If there's a chance to live, who would choose to die?
"We're almost there!"
The man with the eyes spoke up, his voice heavy, his eyes bloodshot, and the blood vessels clearly visible.
"Damn! Finally there, I'm dead tired!"
The irritable guy wrapped in a bunch of women's clothes, including a leather jacket and long socks, looked quite ridiculous.
But the three had no intention of mocking each other, just showing a relaxed expression as they ran towards the hospital!
"Hope the hospital has the medicine we need!"
"Before the catastrophe struck, due to the detection of solar flares, countries around the world were producing radiation protection suits and medicines, so in any city, these two items were abundant!"
The man with the eyes spoke up, saying, "According to the official shelter's suggested supply list, it's unlikely they took everything from the hospital!"
"Just hope that no other survivors have scavenged this place..."
He shook himself, stepping forward briskly!
The other two were also invigorated, speeding up significantly.
"Interesting!"
Sam watched this scene, unable to help but want to grab some popcorn.
Suddenly!
On the screen, a black shadow popped its head out from a building not far from the three...