In the distance.
The flying snow and dozens of gunshots added a touch of sadness to the funeral.
The three dead Marines were sent to the freezer, and the crew of the Pioneer held a simple funeral for them.
In order to prevent the bodies of their comrades from being eaten by alien species, they would freeze the bodies and store them in the morgue, and bring them back to Ideal City for burial after the expedition.
There were 100 people when the Pioneer set out, but now there are only 90 people left, and three people are lying in the medical cabin for treatment, waiting for the implantation of prosthesis.
Looking at the remains of his comrades, Lu Yang felt a little heavy, and even a little confused.
He did not doubt the decision of the company's top management, nor was he afraid of dying on the way to find Shelter No. 0, but what made him sad was that he didn't know how many more people would die if he continued like this.
He had only arrived at the Valley Province, and the staff had been reduced by 10%.
If we continue to go west into the wilderness...
At this time, his adjutant Yi Hai walked up to him and whispered.
"We should increase the reserve of weapons, at least another 500 tons. The further west we go, the greater the possibility that we will encounter the Legion's forces. I'm worried... there will be new situations by then."
Lu Yang nodded.
"I discussed this issue with Chief Li of the Logistics Department last night. On the one hand, we need to increase the reserve of weapons, and on the other hand, we need to actively obtain reinforcements from the corporate headquarters. I plan to help the residents of Shelter No. 404 strengthen their base of operations. If reinforcements from the corporate headquarters arrive later, they can get supplies from them."
It's not just for this factor.
What Lu Yang is worried about is that General Kras of the Expeditionary Force learned that Shelter No. 404 won the title of "Enterprise Permanent Partner" shortly after his thousand-man brigade was lost.
That undoubtedly told them that Shelter No. 404 played a decisive role in the outcome of the war.
Perhaps General Kraus would not lose his mind for a centurion and forget why he came to the River Valley Province.
But it is hard to say whether they will take other retaliatory actions.
After all, those plunderers are the "number one fans" of the Legion. Many of the plunderers' organization and slave taming skills are simply copied from the Legion.
Yi Hai nodded gently.
"I think so too."
...
The sky was getting light.
In the distant action camp, the hardworking residents of Shelter No. 404 have started to make fire and cook.
Sitting in the camp, Fang Chang's left arm was wrapped in a bandage, and he was holding a bowl in his hand. He drank a mouthful of noodle soup and said with emotion.
"Hey, luckily Brother Chaodan is still alive, otherwise I can't eat this noodle."
Both the bow and the life were saved.
The only pity is that the Night Ten brothers were sacrificed, Lao Bai had something to do and couldn't go on board today, and Brother Kuangfeng lost an arm and was receiving treatment on the Pioneer.
He can only sit here and eat this bowl of noodles alone.
"I am also a physical system after all, how can I die so easily," Brother Chaodan, who was in charge of the cooking, shouted with a plaster on his face, "Next one."
Although more than a hundred people died last night, the living people did not seem to be affected. They just sighed occasionally during the chat, as if they felt sorry for the victims.
Leaning against the waterwheel and eating the buns he had just bought, Yuan Hao looked at the white smoke floating in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.
"Perhaps we should learn from their optimism."
"Yeah..." Witt nodded, his eyes full of admiration and emotion, "Maybe, this is why they can survive in this miserable world."
"Speaking of which, today's soy milk is good."
"Indeed! To be honest, I really want to leave the planting cabin to them... It's a waste to let the freeze-drying workshop and mobile kitchen handle those precious ingredients."
At this time, a black transport plane flew from the direction of Linghu Lake in the south.
Its appearance resembles a dolphin, with a wide nose and a slender fuselage. The two engines located in front and behind the bottom of the cabin sprayed enchanting blue arcs of fire, pushing the fuselage forward.
The electromagnetic point defense on the top of the Pioneer aimed at it, followed its outline and moved slowly for a while, and then fired two mass bombs as a warning.
The explosion that broke through the sound barrier stopped the plane, and it stopped moving forward and slowly landed in the open area south of the Pioneer.
The engine was turned off, and four men wearing exoskeletons jumped out of the cabin neatly and walked towards the Pioneer from a distance.
Many players in the action camp saw this scene, and their faces showed surprise.
"What the hell?"
"A helicopter without propellers!"
"That engine with blue light is so cool..."
"It would be nice if I could buy one!"
"One million silver coins a piece, go buy it."
"Shut up now, what if the planner hears it?"
Although the Pioneer did not sound the alarm for this group of uninvited guests, it also entered the first-level combat readiness stage. The staff of the logistics department took the elevator back to the fortress, and four marines in power armor came down from the elevator instead.
Walking forward with three teammates, Captain Lu Yang stared at the four people in front of him and frowned slightly.
"Who are you?"
The man in the lead stepped forward and said politely.
"We are from the Boulder City Militia, my name is Li Hua."
Lu Yang stared at him.
"Silver Wing Group's First Pioneer Corps, Lu Yang, explain your purpose."
"We don't want to interfere in your conflict, but this conflict happened on our territory after all..."
Li Hua raised his hands helplessly when he saw the fixed-wing drone taking off from the top of the fortress. "Don't be nervous, my friend who has come from afar. Anyway, your fight is over. How about stopping here? Why don't you give us the prisoners? We can pay a ransom for them... Anyway, it's useless for you to keep them, right?"
"Are you here on behalf of the legion?" Lu Yang's tone sank.
Li Hua said.
"As a neutral third party, of course, if you refuse, we won't say anything. After all, he is your prisoner, and you have the right to deal with him."
Lu Yang said after a while of hesitation.
"I can't make the decision on the prisoners alone. I have to ask our allies for their opinions."
"Allies?" The man was stunned for a moment, exchanged surprised glances with his teammates, and finally looked at Lu Yang, nodded helplessly, "Okay... We can wait."
Someone dared to interfere in the affairs of the Legion?
What a warrior!
Watching those people return to the plane, Lu Yang also returned to the Pioneer with his subordinates and called Chu Guang.
When the call was made, Chu Guang happened to be at the office and took the pension payment list from Luo Hua.
117000CR and a magnetic confinement plasma processing machine tool.
Yes, the latter is free.
After this battle, the head of the logistics department changed his previous attitude and decided to repair the machine tool for them for free as a reward for the help of Shelter No. 404 in that encounter.
However, the machine tool technology is relatively complicated, and it will take about a week to completely repair it, so he needs to wait patiently for a while. Luo Hua assured Chu Guang that he would definitely deliver the thing to them before leaving.
Chu Guang certainly didn't mind waiting, and he was not in a hurry.
Saving 100,000 CR is simply a blood profit, okay?
The price he paid was only 117 active substances. Due to the more than 2,000 corpses left by the clones, it was rounded off to no cost.
In addition, there is a pension of 117,000 CR, which is very good whether it is used to buy guns or food, okay?
Of course, since the amount of materials involved in tens of thousands of CR is too large, Luo Hua also reminded Chu Guang that the production capacity of the Pioneer is limited. If you need to purchase a large amount of materials, it is better to place an order in advance. Their inventory will not be stored much, and it takes time to arrange production.
For example, assault rifles.
For example, agricultural products.
If they can't deliver before departure, they can only give them the money and let them buy from the enterprise's caravan.
Of course, these problems are not a problem for Chu Guang.
If Shelter 404 becomes a permanent partner of the enterprise, it's okay even if the CR is not used up. It will be used one day.
Chu Guang was very happy at the moment, but he couldn't show too much excitement at the moment. He felt that all his 16 points of strength were used to hold back his laughter.
However, he didn't feel happy for a while, and soon he received a call from Lu Yang...
"Bullish City? Are they going to redeem the people?" After hearing what Captain Lu said, Chu Guang was stunned.
Two days ago, he was still talking about why the people in the Big Stone City hadn't made any movement for a long time, but they came here early this morning.
"Yes." In the holographic image, Lu Yang nodded, "Their people just arrived in the northern suburbs."
Chu Guang asked immediately.
"How did they get here?"
Such a heavy snow!
The road from the northern suburbs to the Third Ring Road was completely blocked. This was not a matter of just 10 to 20 kilometers, but a matter of climbing over several mountains and drilling several holes!
The most important thing was that they did not pass through the northern elevated road out of the city. The hummingbirds hovering in this area did not even see their figures at all.
Could they have passed through the lake?
Lu Yang: "It was a twin-engine rotorless helicopter."
Chu Guang: "..."
Okay.
He wasted his expression.
However, since they could afford to take a plane, they were probably not ordinary mercenaries or hired armed forces. They were probably from the Boulder City Militia.
Looking at Lu Yang's holographic image, Chu Guang's expression became serious, and he did not even know how much the ransom was, so he spoke.
"We can't take this ransom!"
Lu Yang looked at Chu Guang and asked.
"We didn't agree to them. Before deciding how to deal with the prisoners, I want to know your opinions."
Opinions?
What opinions can there be?
If the prisoners were released and the expeditionary forces in the north knew that they had ruined their plans, it would be a lot of fun.
Although the expeditionary forces of the legion would sooner or later know that it was them who did it, the consequences of knowing the same thing in different ways would be completely different.
If Vanus hadn't gone back, even if the general of the expeditionary force knew the inside story, he might not have sent people to the south to search for a stupid loser.
The march was slow in the heavy snow, and the Pioneer would have disappeared by the time the snow stopped. It was not worth crossing 500 kilometers to beat up a group of country bumpkins.
If too few people went, they would just give away their heads, and if too many people went, they would not even get their money back.
But if Vanus was allowed to go back alive, it would be hard to say.
What if this guy convinces his general, gathers another thousand-man team, and comes back to seek revenge?
It's not completely impossible.
Considering the connections of this centurion in the legion and the expeditionary force, and the possible family relationship, Chu Guang can list at least four completely different possibilities.
Lu Yang asked after a little thought.
"Then how do you think it's better to deal with it?"
"If you don't plan to take him with you when you leave, then hand these captives over to us," Chu Guang said sincerely, looking at Lu Yang in the holographic image, "After the northern expeditionary force is defeated, I will give him a chance to redeem himself, but not now."
It's definitely not okay to let him go, and it's not appropriate to kill him. It's best to keep him until the expeditionary force withdraws from the River Valley Province, and then decide based on the specific situation whether to deal with him or give him a chance to redeem himself.
The legion's centurions are all slave owners, and they can always find ways to squeeze some benefits out of them.
If it doesn't work, it will be the same if we sell it to Boulder City.
At least during the period when the Legion's expeditionary force is still in the River Valley Province, Chu Guang cannot let this unstable factor go.
Lu Yang probably thought of this and nodded.
"Okay, actually I don't agree to let him go now. At least before we set off, we have to control him and make sure he doesn't run around. Since we have the same idea, I will deal with those messengers from Boulder City."
Chu Guang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gently.
"That's great."
...
The pitch-black helicopter took off again and headed back to the Boulder City on the edge of the Third Ring Road of Qingquan City.
Looking at the Pioneer that was getting farther and farther away, Li Hua's face was filled with regret.
The militia soldier sitting next to him couldn't help asking.
"Sir, are we just leaving like this?"
Li Hua glanced at him.
"Otherwise? Do you have any better ideas?"
The soldier immediately shut up and stopped talking.
What good ideas could he have.
He was just worried that the regiment commander would blame them for their failure.
But speaking of it, these country bumpkins from the northern suburbs were really brave enough to get involved in the dispute between the legion and the enterprise.
Are they planning to dance in the minefield?
I don't understand.
The action camp not far away.
The players who originally thought there would be some new plots dispersed with little interest and went about their own business.
"What on earth are these people here for?"
"I don't know..."
"Who do you think those people are?"
"The equipment looks different from that of the enterprise... Could they be people from Boulder City?"
"It's possible."
At 12:00 a.m. in the game, or 12:00 noon tomorrow in real time, a loot auction will be held on the official website.
From the pictures posted in the announcement, there are many good things on the auction list. Many online players have decided to make some money during this time, so that they can take pictures of the equipment they like when the auction comes.
At the same time, on the Pioneer.
Kuangfeng, lying on the medical bed, looked at his right hand in surprise, with disbelief written all over his face.
It was a mechanical hand.
The shiny steel shell looks quite strong and heavy, but it does not affect its flexibility at all.
To be honest, it does not look like a prosthesis at all.
It is just like it grew out of him!
At that time, he was lying in the trench, and he thought he was about to go down to accompany Ye Shi OB, but he did not expect that a soldier wearing an exoskeleton rescued him, yelled a lot, and then carried him on a stretcher.
In short, he who was not repaired seemed to be the only seriously injured person who survived.
In order to save him, the Pioneer carried him to the operating table and injected him with anesthetics... and then Kuangfeng was offline.
In reality, he spent an ordinary afternoon. At night, Kuangfeng originally put on the helmet with the mentality of giving it a try, but he did not expect that he was successfully connected.
And when he woke up from his coma, he found himself like this.
At this time, the door of the infirmary opened.
A doctor in surgical gown walked in.
"You're awake, how do you feel?"
Kuangfeng: "..."
What is this person talking about.
There are no subtitles.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the doctor sighed softly and continued.
"Sorry, we have tried our best. More than 90% of the tissues in your right hand have died, so we can only amputate it. Later, we checked your nervous system and found that the neurons were unexpectedly active, which just met the conditions for prosthetic implantation, so we installed this mechanical arm for you."
"Compared with bionic prostheses, this kind of mechanical hand may not be very convenient in life, but it is still quite convenient to carry heavy objects and operate equipment. We don't have the conditions to manufacture bionic prostheses here. If you expect the same feeling as the original one, you can pay attention to the company's caravan... If you are lucky, you should be able to buy it."
Kuangfeng didn't understand what the doctor was saying. He just thought that this new arm was so awesome that he wanted to run and show off to his friends right now
Oh no, it should be good news!
This wave is more than a loss.
It's a big profit!
After the doctor finished speaking, Kuangfeng nodded sincerely.
"Thank you!"
The doctor smiled. Although he didn't understand what he said, he could still tell the patient's expression.
"You're welcome. This is what we should do!"
...
Taking the elevator down from the Pioneer, Kuangfeng returned to the action camp and happened to hear the conversation of the players around him.
"It seems that there is one more collection task... Go to the construction site in the northern city to move stones. What is this for? Are we going to burn cement again?"
"I don't know, who cares! Anyway, the task income is quite high. Just go and see."
After this battle, the game seems to have been soft-updated. Although the bugs of the expansion pack have not been solved, a lot of new tasks have been added, so that there is a shortage of workers in the action camp.
In addition to the task of recycling garbage, Old Luca also issued some tasks for collecting stones and driving trucks.
Two trucks that were previously seized from the legion were distributed to the action camp. The ally's fortress also seemed to have made new moves and deployed a modular production tool next to the action camp.
From the materials piled next to it, the module seemed to be used to produce cement?
However, Kuangfeng still didn't quite understand what these people wanted cement for. Did they plan to build a permanent fortification here?
At this time, Fang Chang came over and was about to say hello when he saw his arm.
"Fuck?! What's wrong with your arm?"
A sultry smile appeared on that sultry face.
"I don't know either. I was like this when I woke up."
"Let's go!" Fang Chang excitedly reached out to pull him.
"What are you doing?"
"It seems that a group of mutant snow wolves have appeared on the battlefield in Yumu District. I don't know where they came from. Anyway, they have affected our recovery of cloned corpses," Fang Chang stuffed a bag of javelins into Kuangfeng's hand and said with a smile, "It just so happens that I have accepted a task to drive away the mutant snow wolves. Why don't you try it?"
Kuangfeng also had this plan and wanted to try the power of this mechanical arm. He weighed the javelin bag in his hand, which was as light as a feather, and nodded.
"Okay... When do we leave?"
"Now! The truck to Yumu District is about to leave. Let's go and get a ride. Ten kilometers is not far!"
The engineers and logistics staff standing next to the cement production workshop looked up at the backs of the two players.
"...Are they going hunting?"
"It seems so."
"I always feel that the man holding the javelin looks familiar."
"I remember him, the one who was rescued from the battlefield yesterday. One of his arms was blown off, leaving only a half-hung sleeve attached to his shoulder! Chief Li personally arranged a prosthetic implant surgery for him. He should be awake now..."
As they talked, both of them showed admiration on their faces.
Just after coming down from the operating table, he went out hunting with a weapon.
This is too awesome! -