In order to avoid trouble, Old Luca finally decided to separate the two groups after discussing with Wrench for a while.
30 young and strong laborers recruited from the refugee camp were assigned to the cement factory site, managed by the civil engineering player [Knife Leave People] and 4 foremen selected from the brick factory.
These foremen all wore VMs, which could translate the player's language into simple and easy-to-understand phonetic symbols.
After working in the brick factory for so long, they have long been familiar with how to work with those "blue jackets". As long as there are translation tools, communication is not a big problem.
[Knife Leave People] is responsible for directing the construction, and the foremen are responsible for leading people to work. The division of labor is clear and everyone has their own duties.
The other 25 prisoners of war were escorted by two guards and cleared obstacles along the elevated road from Changjiu Farm to Linghu Wetland Park.
If it is some gravel, throw it to the side of the road with a shovel. If it is an abandoned vehicle, it will be dismantled on the spot with tools, loaded onto a trailer, and transported to the south gate of Changjiu Farm.
The pioneers did not take all the equipment away before, and left two hydraulic presses in the warehouse for Shelter No. 404, which can press the roughly cut garbage into blocks that are easy to transport and send them to the steel plant to be remelted into useful materials.
It is 10 kilometers from Changjiu Farm to the outpost base. Due to the frequent activities of players, this area has formed a relatively safe area.
While repairing the highway, Chu Guang plans to plan a heavy industrial base on the road, relocate the No. 81 steel plant, and build related supporting industries nearby.
For example, bullet production lines, gun production lines, etc.
After all, the terrain of Linghu Wetland Park is so large that large vehicles cannot drive in, and there are trees all around. There is only an open-air parking lot where metal resources can be recycled.
The resources in that open-air parking lot were not many. After the players' rounds of looting, now let alone the rusted car frame, even the railings next to the parking space have been pulled out.
If you want to expand the scale of production, you still have to be closer to the resource point, and then the transportation is convenient. It would be better if there are ready-made buildings to use.
Combining these factors, Chu Guang immediately thought of the Blood Hand Clan's nest - the abandoned tire factory.
There is not only a complete wall there, but also a very spacious warehouse, the kind that trucks can drive directly into from the main gate.
In terms of geographical location, this tire factory is separated from the city viaduct by a short section of road, located in the middle of Linghu Wetland Park and Changjiu Farm - and closer to the wetland park.
At that time, because there were not enough people and it was too far from the resurrection point, Chu Guang simply gave up the base and asked the players to set it on fire before leaving.
Now that the number of NPCs and players has increased, it can be used again.
The only trouble is that it is probably crawling with mutant cockroaches and rats, and a few players have to go in to clean it up.
But this is not a problem for Chu Guang.
It can be thrown to the newcomers who enter the game in Alpha 0.8 version to level up and get familiar with the gameplay of this game and the fighting skills with aliens.
"I should have gotten a nutrient paste synthesizer from the merchants in Honghe Town."
I heard that the nutrient paste made of mutant cockroaches and mutant mice is quite popular in Honghe Town.
Chu Guang secretly said that it was a pity, stretched out his index finger and clicked twice on the screen of the VM, placing a mark on the map.
[Task: Clear the aliens in the abandoned tire factory (located 4 kilometers north of Linghu Wetland Park)]
[Requirement: Kill at least 10 mutant mice or mutant cockroaches, this task can be claimed repeatedly. ]
[Reward: 10 silver coins, 20 contributions]
He will send a guard to the entrance of the "Monster Lair" in a while, as a task-related NPC, responsible for issuing tasks and confirming completion, which is equivalent to supervising the players to work.
"I heard that the tails of mutant rats seem to be edible, but I don't know if it's true or not."
Although the players don't eat them, the refugees don't mind.
This stuff is all meat.
Who cares what it comes from?
...
4 kilometers north of the wetland park, at the intersection where the elevated road out of the city connects to the urban area.
A young guard carrying an "Arbitrator" rifle is walking on the snow on the ground, heading towards the abandoned tire factory.
His name is Lu Bei, and he is the youngest member of the outpost guard team.
Although he has been in the job for less than a month, his loyalty has been recognized by the administrator.
Just now, the administrator personally gave him a task and asked him to go to the front line to supervise the residents of the shelter to clear the alien species in the abandoned tire factory.
Lu Bei still remembers this place.
After all, just over a month ago, he was still a captive of the predators here.
That was really a memory that I couldn't bear to look back on.
Although the looters here have been cleared, he couldn't help but tremble instinctively when he returned here again.
"Come on... Lu Bei, you have to cheer up."
Patting his face hard, the 14-year-old boy took a deep breath of cold air and overcame his fear with loyalty.
"This is the task assigned to you by the administrator himself!"
Regaining his courage, Lu Bei took off the heavy rifle on his back and stood at the door of the abandoned tire factory.
It didn't take long to wait.
Soon, several residents of the shelter carrying long and short cold weapons and wearing hunting clothes approached.
Even in this ghost weather, their faces were still filled with sunny, confident and optimistic smiles, but they didn't have VMs on their arms.
In the words of the administrator, they are all "newcomers" who need to accumulate merits to obtain proof of identity.
Thinking of this, Lu Bei couldn't help but feel a little proud, because he happened to have such a "proof of identity" on his arm.
The players walked towards him and asked.
"Hello, is this where I get the mission?"
"Brother, we want to do the mission of clearing the aliens in the abandoned tire factory. Do we need to go through any procedures?"
"Fuck, where is the mission pop-up window?"
"You are 484 stupid, where is the mission pop-up window? User information is integrated in the VM. You can only buy it with money after reaching the citizen level!"
"Damn, this game is too real. The user interface actually costs money!"
Lv Bei couldn't understand what they were talking about.
But it didn't matter.
The manager had told him that he only needed to follow the prompts on the VM, do what he should do step by step, read the lines he should read, and then supervise their work.
"You are finally here."
Saluted these people, stood at attention, and said in a sonorous voice.
"Abandoned tires are often occupied by a group of alien species, and we need to clear them out."
"Your mission is to kill at least ten mutant rats or mutant cockroaches. After completing the mission, I will report your results to the captain."
Although Lu Bei himself did not know what he meant by these words, after hearing them, the players rushed into the abandoned tire factory excitedly and fought with the alien species wandering in the building.
It is hard not to admire those who disregard their own safety and bravely kill the enemy.
Although they did not wear VM, their bravery was not inferior to anyone.
Lu Bei looked at their backs, and he could not help but feel ashamed while admiring them.
A few minutes ago, he almost did not dare to approach here because of a bad memory.
"Sure enough, my training is not enough..."
With a more determined look in his eyes, Lu Bei tightened the rifle in his hand.
In order not to shame the VM worn on his left arm, and to be worthy of this identity certificate, he had to be more loyal!
…
Just as the new players were wielding axes and mallets, cleaning up the mutant rats and cockroaches in the abandoned tire factory, the Fountain Commander, who had changed into new equipment, was leading two familiar players to attack the abandoned school in the northern part of Changjiu Farm.
The school was not very large, and it was probably a community college before the war.
Last time, he and an old friend from the Perception Department found an abandoned military camp here, as well as traces of survivors who had lived there.
His intuition told him that he should be able to find something good here.
The sound of gunfire broke the silence here.
Breaking into the abandoned teaching building, his two teammates, with their automatic weapons, continued to harvest the gnawers wandering in the lobby on the first floor.
Raising his hand and sweeping down three gnawers that rushed up, the [Battlefield Atmosphere Group] excitedly shouted to the teammates next to him.
"Hahahaha, brother, I'm not showing off, this 'scythe' is so damn useful!"
It's worthy of being a CF co-branded weapon!
This thump thump thump sound is much more pleasant to listen to than the coughing sound of the iron rifle!
"+1!" With the flame jumping from the muzzle reflected on his red face, [I'm the Darkest] shouted excitedly, "I'll shoot it!"
Compared with the sickle assault rifle, the 5mm revolver rifle he used before is simply a squirting gun!
At this moment, the Fountain Commander wearing an exoskeleton was holding a crowbar in his hand.
Seeing his teammates wasting bullets on the gnawer, he couldn't help but curse.
"Fuck, you guys should save some ammunition, one bullet for one silver coin!"
Originally, he also planned to buy an LD-47 for fun, but he gave all the money in his pocket to Mosquito.
Fortunately, Mosquito finally trusted him for once and did not lie to him. He really got him a set of armor that was exactly the same as the administrator's.
The hanging armor basically protected all the vital parts of the body. Without affecting the mobility, the original mining exoskeleton was directly upgraded to heavy infantry armor.
It would be perfect if it could be equipped with a hammer!
The only pity is that he didn't even have a penny in his pocket. He had to eat at his good brother's place yesterday.
If he gets nothing this time, he will have to starve in the future.
Battlefield atmosphere group: "Don't panic, the money is earned to be spent!"
I am the darkest and said with a smile: "That's right! If you don't spend money lavishly in the game, what's the difference between you and salted fish!"
Battlefield atmosphere group: "Brother, I don't seem to have many bullets, can you give me some?"
I am the darkest: "Oh, brother, you should have told me earlier, my bullets are almost gone."
Battlefield atmosphere group: "Damn! Why didn't you save some."
I am the darkest: "How dare you say that to me!"
Fountain commander: "..."
That being said, after going deep into the building, the two people who were shooting and slamming stopped.
A magazine costs 30 silver coins, which is a bit painful to think about. The battlefield atmosphere group inserted a bayonet under the barrel, and I showed the axe hanging on my waist.
Playing is playing, but you still have to be cautious when you need to be cautious.
This kind of narrow terrain can be solved with melee weapons, so it is better to use melee as much as possible.
Cross the hall and enter the corridor.
The three people clearly felt that the atmosphere here was not natural.
I am the darkest: "This should be the experimental building."
Battlefield atmosphere group: "Reason?"
I am the darkest: "I don't know, maybe it's full of liver smell."
Fountain commander: "..."
"Seriously, no jokes," I am the darkest frowned, his eyes alertly wandering around, "I feel something is approaching us."
Perception system sequence LV4, 10 points of perception attribute, still a little weaker than the big guys, but it is enough to perceive general dangers.
Don't dare to take it lightly.
The commander of the fountain switched the crowbar from his right hand to his left hand, and then took out the centurion's pistol from his waist with his right hand.
However, almost at the same time, a shrill roar suddenly came from above the half-collapsed ceiling in front of them.
The three of them were startled and quickly raised their guns, only to see a crawler sticking its head out from behind the rubble and running towards the three of them with a roar.
"Fuck! Crawler——"
The commander of the spring water, who was standing in the front row, was hit by the running crawler.
It happened so suddenly.
That no one could react at all.
Thanks to the breastplate hanging on the exoskeleton, the commander of the spring water was hit and his blood was boiling, but he was not seriously injured.
The pistol was thrown out, and the commander of the spring water and the crawler rolled back five or six meters, and hit the wall hard from behind.
Seeing the crawler bite down, he almost instinctively raised the crowbar to block the blood spurting out of the bite, and held forward with both hands.
"Roar--!"
The stained teeth were close at hand!
The spring water could even smell the bad breath emanating from its mouth.
"Fuck!"
The steel pipe was gradually bent, and the spring water dodged the dripping saliva and cursed, constantly increasing the output power of the exoskeleton, and pushed out his right hand, which was clenched into a fist, and finally aimed at the beast's head.
"Give it to me--"
"Go to hell!"
The moment the voice fell, there was a bang.
As the copper shell as thick as a fist was thrown out from the outside of his arm, a steel nail as thick as a thumb was hit from the front of his arm and pierced the head of the crawler fiercely.
Black blood splattered.
After struggling for a while, the crawler with a broken head finally fell heavily next to the commander of the spring water.
The two people who came to support, including the spring water himself who was pressed by the crawler, were all shocked by the power.
"Fuck, what kind of equipment is this?"
Wiping the blood off his face, the commander of the spring water spat and said.
"I don't know... Mosquito said this thing is called a nail shooter, and said that if I want, I can call it Steel Nail 1.0."
The principle seems to be that nitrocellulose is compressed and ignited, pushing the steel nails in the left arm nail shooter out. According to Mosquito himself, it can penetrate a 20mm steel plate at a close distance.
For example, the one hanging on his chest.
"This is so easy to use..." I was so envious and picked up the hot shell on the ground. "Why don't you use electric drive? Don't you have batteries on you?"
Commander of Fountain Water: "Mosquito said this is more powerful."
Indeed.
Explosive propulsion is much more powerful than electric motors. The only disadvantage is that you have to reload the gunpowder if you want to stab it a second time, and you can't continue to output like a pile driver.
However, it doesn't seem necessary.
Half of the head of the crawler was blown away...
The battlefield atmosphere team reached out and pulled Fountain Water up from the ground.
"Brother, are you OK?"
"I'm fine, I just got a stomachache from the collision."
Shaking his head, Quanshui picked up the Centurion Pistol that had fallen from the ground, and continued to explore with his two teammates.
The previous crawler seemed to be the last BOSS.
The ones they encountered later were all stupid gnawers, which were easily solved by close combat, without any effort.
Next to a laboratory, the group found the entrance to a basement.
The door of the basement was open, and the dark passage was chilling.
Commander Quanshui swallowed his saliva and said nervously.
"Do you want to go down and take a look?"
This was obviously nonsense.
They were all here, and they couldn't return empty-handed.
If there was an entrance to a maze or a hidden experimental institution below, it would be great.
But the question now is...
Who will go down first?
I am the darkest: "I always feel that there is something bad in there... Fountain, I leave it to you."
Fountain Commander: "Fuck! You told me there is something bad, but you still let me go!"
I am the darkest: "What else? You have the highest tankiness. If you don't go in front, do you want me to go in front?"
Fountain Commander anxiously argued: "Is this a tankiness issue!"
Seeing that his teammates were more unreliable than each other, the old man in the battlefield sighed and stood up bravely.
"Let me do it."
Fountain Commander looked at him excitedly and put his right hand on his shoulder.
"Good brother, come on! I leave it to you!"
I am the darkest also put his hand on his shoulder and cheered him up: "Go brother, we are waiting for your news on the official website!"
Battlefield atmosphere group: "???"
Fortunately, this time my darkest intuition did not come true. There was neither deadly radiation and traps nor dangerous monsters ambushing in the passage leading to the basement.
But comparatively, the end of the passage is also not the remains of pre-war civilization, the entrance to the underground maze, nor the mysterious experimental institution.
However, their trip was not in vain.
In the spacious basement, ten cryogenic hibernation capsules were neatly arranged. The hatch was open, and judging from the dust on it, it should have been open for a long time.
The battery has been taken away, perhaps a scavenger has come here, or those who woke up from the hibernation capsule took the battery away.
Fortunately, although the battery was taken away, the motor equipment behind the hibernation capsule was intact, without even a scratch!
According to the purchase price offered by the warehouse of the outpost base, the parts of an undisassembled abandoned hibernation capsule can be sold for at least 50 silver coins, and even up to 100 silver coins!
And here, there are ten of them!
The three of them held their breath at the same time. Especially the commander of the spring, whose pockets were cleaner than his face, clenched his fists excitedly at this moment.
Awesome!
A wave of fat!
Battlefield Commander: "There is only one problem now, how can we move so many things back?"
Commander Quanshui said excitedly: "This is easy, we can rent a truck and drive it outside the city. I have consulted the price, and it is only about 10 silver coins per kilometer."
It is about 20 kilometers from here to Linghu Wetland Park. It is easy to earn back the road expenses by just looting.
"By the way... why does this mark look familiar?" Standing next to a desk, my darkest hand held a metal box that he had turned out from a drawer.
The box was completely black, and the material was unknown. It was impossible to tell what it was used for, and there was no mechanism or button that could be opened.
Only the back of the box was printed with an indented circular LOGO.
"Let me take a look."
Walking to my darkest, Quanshui took the black box from his hand and stared at the LOGO for a while.
I saw that the outside of the big circle was surrounded by a small dot, which looked a bit like the earth and the moon, and also a bit like a hydrogen atom.
Looks so familiar...
I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.
Quanshui frowned.
At this moment, the man from Zhandi, who was standing by and watching, suddenly interrupted.
"I've seen this before! It's in the document updated in the official website database yesterday!"
Quanshui suddenly came to his senses and blurted out.
"College!?"
The three people who reacted were stunned for a moment.
Damn! ?
Is this going to trigger the plot? !