"I swear... this is the most delicious noodles I've eaten since I left my hometown!"
"It's so delicious!! Is this really made with our noodles??"
"It's a flavor that the seasoning packet doesn't have! Incredible, how did they do that?"
"What on earth did they put in the soup? Damn, why is the soup so delicious... I want another bowl!"
"Hot, hot, hot, hiss... It's scalding me to death!"
"What are you doing?"
"Queue up!"
"You're not getting out of the car?"
"No hurry, I'll get another bowl, hehe!"
A group of NPCs in gray coats squatted next to the camp and slurped noodles. They looked so funny that the players next to them were dumbfounded.
"Is it really that delicious?"
"It seems... okay?"
"After all, it's the skill of the scrambled egg guy, and it's stable when it works normally!"
"It smells so good~~ I miss the roasted mushrooms of Mr. Duck."
Seeing the NPCs eating so deliciously, the players felt that the noodles in their hands smelled even better.
Old Luca counted the money, a total of 80CR, and his wrinkled face was full of joy.
Selling 20 sets of meals not only solved the players' meals, but also made a small profit. Two more people lined up not far away, maybe they could make 100CR from this morning meal.
If the adults knew about it, they would be very happy!
He couldn't wait to tell his master the good news!
At this time, Lu Yang, wearing power armor, and Chief Li of the Logistics Department were getting off the elevator of the Pioneer.
Looking at the crew members squatting at the entrance of the camp in blue coats slurping noodles, both of them were stunned.
Lu Yang walked over and asked.
"What are you eating?"
The Marine soldier squatting on the ground immediately stood up, holding the bowl in his right hand, and reported at attention.
"Captain, we are eating noodles!"
"What kind of noodles is this?"
"I don't know, but it's really delicious! I suggest you try it, only 4CR, very cheap, and a lot of it."
4CR a bowl?
Lu Yang looked confused and didn't understand it very well. Li De, who was standing next to him, understood something and twitched his eyebrows.
But he didn't say anything.
It's harmless to do some small business. He is not stingy enough to restrict those employees from spending their money.
As long as it doesn't delay the business.
But these guys are really dogs... Usually they are not willing to go out on field work, but today they all lined up next to the elevator.
Li De glared at the old acquaintances from the logistics department squatting on the ground, and left without saying a word.
…
Around 9 o'clock in the morning, a heavy snowstorm suddenly hit the outpost base.
The north wind was blowing, almost blowing off the roof of the granary.
Fortunately, Chu Guang borrowed a bottle of foam spray from Luo Hua and reinforced the roof of the granary, which was considered to be a rescue of the crumbling granary.
Looking at Chu Guang, who was blown into a snowman and came in from outside the barracks, Luo Hua said with helplessness and sympathy.
"To be honest... the conditions here are too simple. Don't you have some production tools or something like that in the shelter?"
Chu Guang patted the snow hanging on his body, put the bottle of foam spray at the door of the barracks, and said indifferently.
"I guess the budget ran out halfway through the construction of the shelter... Are you feeling better?"
"Much better... Did I say something weird last night?" Luo Hua said nervously.
He was self-aware of his mouth. He couldn't control it normally, and he was even more out of control when he drank.
Chu Guang certainly wouldn't tell him that he had drawn more than 200 key points on the VM, so he made up a story to perfunctorily answer.
"No, you just told me the story of your relationship with your android partner in your hometown--"
"Okay, okay, please stop talking." Luo Hua hurriedly stopped Chu Guang from continuing, and glanced at Ai Si next to him.
Seeing that she didn't even look at him, he was relieved.
The Pioneer was so small, he didn't want his private affairs to be spread back and become a laughing stock among his colleagues.
Huh?
Chu Guang looked at him unexpectedly.
Really?
Chu Guang, who hadn't taken it seriously, suddenly became curious.
At this time, Ai Si raised his head.
"The captain will come over soon. When we contacted each other just now, I told him about your drunkenness. You'd better think about how to explain it to him."
"What do you mean by drunkenness? That's called socializing!" Luo Hua tried to argue, using all the words Chu Guang taught him.
Ai Si was slightly stunned, then calmed down and said expressionlessly.
"You can explain to the captain."
Hearing this, Luo Hua suddenly shut up like a deflated ball.
Chu Guang patted his shoulder comfortingly and gave him a friendly smile.
"Don't worry, my friend, I will explain for you!"
Luo Hua looked over with a touched face.
"Thank you, you are such a good person!"
Chu Guang smiled and said.
"You're welcome, after all, you have helped me a lot... Well, I mean, I will have to trouble you to contact your section chief in the future."
It's great to work with such a simple-minded young man.
Luo Hua didn't notice it at all, and said with a smile: "I dare not say that it is troublesome, that is my job! If you have any trouble in the future, as long as I can help, please feel free to come to me!"
Chu Guang: "Sure!"
Ai Si: "..."
…
The snowstorm lasted for more than an hour, and it was not until half past ten that it stopped slightly. At this time, a group of people came to the north gate of the wetland park.
Lu Yang, wearing power armor, led four marines to the north gate of the outpost, followed by a four-legged mechanical dog carrying a large box.
Different configuration from the last time.
Except for the power armor worn by Captain Lu himself, only two of the four marines he brought wore power armor and held powerful Gauss rifles.
As for the other two, they were wearing lightweight mechanical exoskeletons. One of them held a small and light assault rifle, and the other held a light machine gun.
In addition to the supplies placed on the mechanical dog, they all carried large and heavy backpacks behind them, and it seemed that they were ready for a long journey.
Chu Guang issued a task through VM, and brought four small players holding iron pipe rifles to meet the allies.
Looking at Chu Guang who was walking towards him, Lu Yang said with a smile.
"...We encountered two mutant brown bears on the way here, which delayed us for a while."
"You are so lucky to encounter two at the same time."
Where are the bears?
Don't these people recycle their prey?
Chu Guang glanced at these people and didn't see any shadow of the bears.
Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand and clicked a few times on the VM, and sent a message to Xiao Qi, asking him to help edit the task and send two perception players to follow the group's footprints to the north to see if they can find the two mutant brown bears.
The weight of the mutant brown bears can reach more than 1,000 kilograms, and in Chu Guang's eyes, they are all meat.
There was a blizzard just now.
If you are lucky, you should be able to find it.
"Maybe a male and a female," Lu Yang smiled heartily, looking at the fully armed Chu Guang and asked, "Looks like you are ready?"
Chu Guang smiled faintly.
"We are ready anytime."
Lu Yang: "So are we! Then I'll ask you to lead the way!"
Chu Guang nodded and gestured to the four little players behind him who were already impatient.
"Let's go!"
...
The players have never been to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, but Chu Guang has been there a few times, but that was in autumn, and snowy days are completely different.
But it doesn't matter, there are a lot of scavengers on Beth Street, who live on the resources on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road.
Chu Guang took people to Beth Street and found Yu Xiong, the captain of the guard, and planned to borrow a smart guy from him to help.
After hearing Chu Guang's words, Yu Xiong said immediately.
"It was a big snowstorm just now, and Yu Hu happened to be at home. How about I ask him to help you? He is familiar with the Fifth Ring Road."
"No need, we only need a guide. Let him stay at home in this horrible weather. There is nothing good to do along the Fifth Ring Road."
Yu Xiong smiled and said.
"Okay, if you need anything, just tell me, I will definitely help you solve it!"
After saying goodbye to Yu Xiong, Chu Guang walked out with the young man from the guard team. When walking out of the town, he casually asked
"What's your name."
The young man had obviously seen him when he stepped into the castle, and said respectfully with a look of awe on his face.
"Zhao Yang, sir."
This name is interesting.
"Who is Zhao Shu to your family?"
Zhao Yang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "He is my brother!"
Chu Guang nodded, ended the greetings and talked about business.
"Your job will be to serve as our guide in a while. Do a good job, and I will give you 5 silver coins after the task is completed."
NPC wages are much lower than players. The guards on Bet Street only make 60 silver coins a month, which is only 2 silver coins a day.
Hearing that there is a reward of 5 silver coins for a trip to the Fifth Ring Road, Zhao Yang was immediately excited and patted his chest to guarantee it.
"Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to do the work you give me!"
Chu Guang smiled.
"Then I look forward to your performance."
Meeting up with Captain Lu Yang and his group, Zhao Yang was shocked and almost speechless when he saw the three power armors and two shiny exoskeletons.
Of course, he didn't know what Pioneer was, nor did he know what Enterprise was. He only knew that the neighbors in the wetland park actually had power armor? !
In addition to being shocked, he couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that the old mayor did not lose unjustly.
With the equipment, let alone the Blood Hand Clan, there might not be an opponent in the entire northern suburbs of Qingquan City.
I have to tell everyone about this big news later!
With the help of the guide, the group entered the Fifth Ring Road smoothly and did not waste too much time on crossing the ruins.
The skyscrapers that towered into the sky were like tombstones, and it was impossible to count how many layers there were at a glance. The streets were full of landed maglev cars and construction waste, and the cracked roads revealed the buried pipelines and maglev roadbeds. The east-west streets even turned into forests, and the shadows were covered with vegetation and moss... But at this moment, all of this was covered with ice and snow.
The four little players looked at everything in front of them, and their faces showed stunned expressions.
Makabazi: "Damn... Have you played The Last of Us?"
Canyon Escape Mole: "To be honest, this is much more shocking than that."
Midnight Killing Chicken: "2077 The Last of Us version?"
Elf King Fugui: "Yes, it has the flavor."
The exploration team of the Pioneer had a clear goal. With the help of Zhao Yang, they quickly followed a rugged alley to the punctuation area on the map.
The first floor of the office building is a bank, and the sign hanging at the door can barely recognize a few words. Chu Guang suddenly became curious whether he could find gold in the bank's vault, so he secretly used VM to send a side quest to the four little players.
[Side Quest: Find the Bank Vault]
[Reward: 10 Silver Coins]
"It's right here."
Comparing the AR image in his field of vision, Lu Yang tapped the side of the helmet with his index finger, then looked at Chu Guang next to him.
"According to the intelligence we calculated, the carbon dioxide collector should be somewhere between the 20th and 30th floors."
Chu Guang: "How do you plan to get up there?"
"Go to the 20th floor area from the safe passage, and then start pushing up layer by layer from there. If you're lucky, you should be able to find it."
"Is there no way to scout from the outside? I have a drone."
"It's not that simple. That thing is not an air conditioner outdoor unit," a Marine next to him interrupted with a smile, "You'll have to find it after you go in."
"Yes," Lu Yang nodded, looked at Chu Guang and asked, "Do you want to come together? Or you can wait for us downstairs."
"Then I'll wait for you... By the way, if it's convenient, can you help us clear out the aliens on one floor? Let's see if there are any drawings or building structure diagrams or something like that."
"No problem, but I don't think we need to count on that too much."
Captain Lu Yang smiled and gestured to his teammates beside him.
The big box behind the mechanical dog unfolded, and two quadcopters with gun barrels hanging from their backs flew out with murderous intent, followed by three power armors and two light infantrymen.
Intensive gunfire sounded, and the orange-yellow trajectory almost lit up the space of the first-floor lobby. The gnawers wandering in the ruins were torn into pieces before they could react.
It was a completely one-sided massacre!
The four little players looked at it with envy, and the iron rifles in their hands were no longer attractive.
"That drone is too powerful."
"The group of gnawers fell down with a bang."
"I really want to get a set."
Listening to the conversation of the four little players, Chu Guang smiled knowingly.
Don't say you want it, I want it too.
Be patient.
Work hard, maybe you will have everything after two versions.
…
Chu Guang discovered that the Marines on the Pioneer were not only strong in street fighting, but also strong in attacking buildings.
Of course, a large part of the reason was the equipment.
An exoskeleton can suppress the gun without recoil, and the power armor may also have auxiliary aiming. With the support firepower of the drone, Chu Guang felt that if he was given a set of equipment, he might not be able to do it.
However, even with strong firepower, it still took most of the day to advance from the 20th floor to the 30th floor.
The aliens within the Fifth Ring Line are not just the Gnawers.
They were attacked by crawlers from the 20th floor.
In addition, there is a kind of alien called "Martyr". It has a tumor full of spores on its back. It usually stays still like a plant, and its vision and hearing are very ordinary. However, once they are targeted by them, they will immediately rush up and self-destruct.
If the physique is less than 10 points, there is a high probability of poisoning, coma, or even corruption by slime mold after inhaling spores. Even if the physique is above 10 points, it is not advisable to inhale too much, after all, everything is about dosage.
Of course, it will be fine if you wear a gas mask.
As long as you don't get blown up.
On the other side, Chu Guang's little players really found a facility that looked like a vault in the deepest part of the first-floor hall.
However, the alloy door has been opened, and there are only a pile of unattended banknotes left inside, and there is no trace of gold.
It can be seen that in the early years of the Wasteland Era, precious metals such as gold were still relatively valuable. Until later, everyone found that this thing was not edible and was not rare at all, and it was gradually marginalized.
The players wandered around the hall, and they were somewhat unwilling to find anything good. Chu Guang found a sturdy place to sit and waited quietly for the battle upstairs to end.
After waiting from noon until 3pm, Lu Yang finally came down from the building with his men.
Unfortunately, there was no carbon dioxide collector in the building. Although the air purification system in the building also had spare fusion batteries, the model and specifications did not match the fuel rods they needed.
And the battery had little power left, only 8%.
Lu Yang felt a little heavy-hearted, but he was not discouraged.
In fact, he didn't expect to find it on the first day. After all, he was familiar with the terrain nearby, which was a gain for him.
Although he vaguely guessed the result, Chu Guang still asked.
"How is the situation?"
"Not ideal, but my intuition tells me that it should be found nearby."
Lu Yang sighed and looked at Chu Guang with an apologetic face.
"Thank you for accompanying us for so long, but in the end we got nothing. By the way, this battery is what we found upstairs. Although the power is running low... take it if you need it."
There is such a good thing?
Chu Guang accepted it decisively and took the battery.
"It's okay. I will definitely help you find what I promised."
Please keep looking!
If they can find such good things every time, Chu Guang would like them to run empty a few more times.
Lu Yang was about to say thank you, but at this moment, a shrill roar suddenly came from one side of the hall.
The martyr!
Lu Yang was startled and turned around to support, but he was still a step too late.
There was a loud bang!
There was no time to react!
The group quickly supported and rushed into the archive room where the explosion sounded.
The room was turned upside down, and all the cabinets were open, with almost no cabinets falling.
In front of the last cabinet standing, a resident of the shelter was lying crookedly, his body covered in blood and flesh, and his face could no longer be seen.
The air was as quiet as death.
No one expected that there would be casualties at this time.
The Marines wearing exoskeletons held light machine guns in their hands, and their faces under the helmets were full of shock.
"The martyr... Shit!"
"Impossible, I clearly swept here!"
Looking at the bloody corpse on the ground and the cabinet whose door was blown away, Lu Yang's Adam's apple moved.
"Obviously, it was hidden in the cabinet... The moment the cabinet door was opened, it exploded."
Another dead silence.
Guilt was written on everyone's face.
Especially Captain Lu Yang.
Turning around and looking at Chu Guang, he lowered his head slightly and said in a heavy tone.
"Sorry... I promised you that I would keep you safe."
Chu Guang didn't speak and fell into a long silence.
After a long while, he sighed softly, his expression showing a little fatigue.
"People will die eventually. The moment he came out of the shelter, he was ready to sacrifice his life and loyalty to rebuild our civilization. However, I didn't expect... why it was him."
Lu Yang: "He..."
"He is a very cheerful and optimistic young man. He just got married last month," Chu Guang looked aside with a melancholy look in his eyes, "I promised his wife that I would take him back."
Several Marines looked at each other and looked away in silence.
Lu Yang: "...Can I see her? I will apologize to her in person."
"In what capacity? I believe she doesn't want to see you. Your apology will not make her feel better, but will only make her more sad. Besides, I am the one who made the promise to her. I need to face this matter after all... This is the fate of managers, you should understand."
"I can understand it. I also promised their families that I would let them go home with victory and honor..."
Putting his hand on Chu Guang's shoulder, Lu Yang was silent for a while and continued.
"Although I know that this is not enough to make up for our mistakes, please at least let us pay his pension."
"At least in terms of material, I hope his family can live better."
Chu Guang was silent.
It would be too vulgar to suddenly say a sum at this time, and it would also ruin the atmosphere.
He knew very well that even if he said nothing, this captain who always kept his word would definitely contact his logistics chief after returning and ask Li De to discuss the pension with him.
At that time, as long as he didn't make too much demands, everything should be negotiable.
For example, money.
Another example...
Open a few more trading products.
Chu Guang knew very well that it was not realistic to buy their means of production, but it would be okay to use their modular workshop to help him make a few more useful machine tools, right?
They obviously have the ability to do it, but it's more troublesome.
Or it would be better to send an engineer to help them build two production lines.
Not too much, just solve the two major products of cement and steel, which can at least solve more than 60% of the problems.
No, I'd better think about this after I go back.
At this time, I should think more about sad things.
Looking at the heavy-hearted administrator and the silent NPCs around him, the three dusty little players beside him looked at each other.
"What are they sad about?"
"Isn't it just three days of OB... It's not the first time that Makabazi died. The last time was much more miserable than this time. At least he left a complete body this time. Well, it should be considered a complete body."
"But then again... OB at this time, I'm afraid he will miss the next shift change."
"Fuck! Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel sorry for him."