Chapter XXVII
When Ling Qi and Sasaki appeared in front of everyone again, everyone looked at the "beautiful" man behind Sasaki in surprise. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The two of them instinctively sensed that he had a deeper change, but they felt that they were in the clouds, as if they were covered by that handsome mask.
"What's wrong?"
Ling Qi asked lightly at Tang Xiao, who had the most exaggerated expression.
"Uh~ah~no~ It's nothing! It's just, I just think that the boss you, probably, can probably transform from a powerful faction to an idol faction!"
Don laughed and danced with gibberish, which made everyone else laugh, including the cold-faced Boone, a man who had a better opinion of college students than the others.
"Hehe, I think so too~"
Ling Qi rubbed his face with a smile, and when the ten fingers covered his eyes, the pair of eyes that were as beautiful as the crescent moon suddenly revealed a few wisps of scarlet light. And when he put his hand down, he still had a sunny look, really like the male god next door in an idol drama.
"Eh~ Boss, don't laugh~ You smiled, I didn't see that the souls of several ladies were taken away, hahaha-"
Li Qiang also had the audacity to joke about Ling Qi, he felt that his captain seemed to get along better after this operation.
"Phew~Dead fatty! What nonsense!"
Liu Yun's face was flushed by Li Qiang's teasing, and Veronica's fist had already hammered into the fat guy.
Li Qiang immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively and harmonious, and Sasaki, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but show a trace of envy.
Boone and Kara's hands were clasped together, and Ling Qi looked at them lightly, as if there was no place for him in them...
Dr. Sasaki eventually drained 100cc of Ling Qi's blood, saying that it was to be kept for research, and the price was the cap of the leather suitcase.
Ling Qi finally knew why some unlucky guy would yell at the female doctor about the cost of the experiment, regardless of whether she had other extravagant behavior, just this could tell that this was really not a master who could run a house.
The group left the New Vegas Medical Center, and Sasaki in the monitoring room looked at the picture of them leaving, and saw Godzilla who greeted his master happily, but he didn't show the slightest surprise.
This time, it only took half a day, and Ling Qi and his party were led by Boone to a huge city ruin.
No, it shouldn't be said to be ruins, at least at the far end of the view, there are a few well-preserved buildings that stand out from the crowd over the whole of Nevada!
They are like pearls surrounded by a pile of gravel, and no amount of dust can stop the glittering brilliance!
"This is the former Las Vegas! The central area is the casino district, the real heart of New Vegas City! The whole Nevada, no, the only paradise left in the entire Western continent!"
Boone explained to everyone with a little emotion, and the high-rise buildings that happened to be carrying the sunset suddenly became more eye-catching.
The founding of New Vegas dates back to the beginning of nuclear war more than 200 years ago!
At that time, because the celebrity "Mr. House" in Las Vegas was prepared in advance, almost all the nuclear bombs that fell over the city were shot down in advance, and this was the prototype of New Vegas.
Because of this, the closer you are to the casino, the better the buildings will be.
I have to admit that this is indeed an old-world atmosphere that no amount of money can buy. It's no wonder that many people yearn for life in New Vegas, perhaps this is not only material superiority, but also a kind of nostalgia for the old world.
Ling Qi looked in that direction thoughtfully, and the scout went on to say that they had come too early. It is only after dark that they can enjoy the best view of the city that never sleeps.
Unlike the excitement of the natives and newcomers, the silent Ling Qi didn't come to enjoy the wonders of the wasteland, he had his own plans!
"I wonder if Benny has returned to Las Vegas!"
A faint sentence directly calmed down the untimely excitement of the newcomers, and this place may not be a good place for them.
Benny's matter Ling Qi has long been mentioned to Veronica and Boone, and of course the version has been changed to the more righteous kind, he has become an old friend of the xx postman who was killed by Benny, and this time he came to Las Vegas, which has the meaning of seeking justice.
The Postman in the Wasteland is a high-risk business, so any vicious attack on the Postman, especially to steal goods, will be rejected by all forces.
Of course, in private, what organization would dare to say that no one has ever done such a thing?
Boone immediately said that he would stand by Ling Qi, and he still had a sense of justice after retiring from the NRC. Veronica thinks that it's okay to have a fight, as long as you don't fight the fraternity, you can fight anyone.
In the course of the exchange in the past few days, Veronica, who couldn't hide her words, had already revealed the "secret" that she was a member of the Brotherhood of Steel. Fortunately, the people gathered together were unorganized and faithless free people, and there was no one who was too hostile to the Brotherhood, including Boone, who has retired from the NRC, even if his old club was one of the Brotherhood's old enemies.
As for Ling Qi's decision to deal with Benny, Kara was probably the only one who was worried. Because listening to Boone's description, Benny's power is obviously not small. As one of the major clubs in the New Vegas casino and the person in charge of the "Shanghaojia" entertainment city under the name of the President Gang, Benny's reputation is not obvious, but the armed forces under his command are definitely not weak!
Of course, no matter what, they are coming, and the casino still has to enter, and everyone has a unanimous awareness of this.
To enter the New Vegas casino, you must pass through Liberty City and first step on the ruins of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, once the largest city in Nevada, USA, and a resort mecca famous for its gambling industry, is now left with a lot of ruins.
Today's New Vegas City has been preserved by Mr. House with great painstaking efforts, but even if you include the outer Liberty City area, the total area is probably less than one-tenth of what it once was. This is the inevitability of the general trend, and it is not transferred by manpower.
Entering the ruined area outside New Vegas, the road immediately becomes more difficult to navigate.
As the saying goes, Wangshan ran away from the dead horse, and saw that the towering buildings were erected in front of him, but until the sunset of the West Mountain, everyone turned on the searchlights, and it was still dark around them, and only a few directions came from the firelight.
It seems that this place is not yet Liberty City.
Godzilla's sheer size saved them a lot of trouble from their journey, and there weren't many good people living in the ruins.
It is said that the security in the Liberty City is not good, but in fact, the security outside the city will only be worse and more chaotic!
Think about it, in the first period after the outbreak of nuclear war, it was really called hell on earth, and the law of the jungle was the strong.
More than 200 years have passed, although there is still no new and unified order, but at least there are no real sheep in the wasteland, and the seemingly fat sheep are probably wolves in sheep's clothing!
"Hey~ Boss, have you noticed that Godzilla's footsteps have become softer recently. ”
The college students didn't seem to be used to walking in the silent ruins, probably because the atmosphere was more eerie, and they deliberately leaned over to talk to Ling Qi.
"Oh, yes, isn't that great?"
Ling Qi has a far more adaptable ability to the changes in the things around him, which in Tang Xiao's opinion is too coarse nerves.
How would he know that when a person has experienced the transformation of life is worse than death, and then from death to life, he will either have a mental breakdown and become a madman, or he will become very arrogant and happy with what happens.
Ling Qi... Probably somewhere in between.
"Uh~Okay~"
Seeing that the conversation failed, Veronica didn't dare to provoke, and the other two newcomers were less secure than himself, Tang Xiao had no choice but to pester Boone.
Then, after another hour of walking, facing the brightly lit building, everyone finally arrived at the gate of Liberty City!
You can't imagine what the whole city looks like when it is surrounded by cement blocks embedded with steel plates, looking at the tall, ten-sized man-made stacked wall, Tang Xiao and a few people can't help but be speechless, this makes the city like a prison, what do you want to do!
Only Ling Qi silently looked at the large section of the separation wall that seemed to be very strong, frowning slightly.
Can this level of defense really block the enemy's invasion?
If it's just to stop the mutated creatures, it's too much trouble! If it's to block outsiders, then you should pull up a power grid and set up a sentry or something!
The protection of Liberty City is obviously far worse than that of the New Vegas Medical Center, and it is useless!
First, there are no patrol posts, and second, there are no fire suppression units, so any team of bandits can enter from the outside.
He had even thought about running this place as a wartime base!
War! Stronghold Confrontation! Group Confrontation!
This was Ling Qi's thoughts!
From the beginning of understanding the role of platinum chips and the entanglement of local forces, Ling Qi had some immature speculations about this follow-up main quest!
With his current strength, he can be evaluated as a task of average difficulty, and in the current plane, it will definitely not be a few months of wandering in the field with a chip!
Nedahua, the three major forces, Mr. House, robot upgrades, and it is not difficult to guess with your fingers, and these reincarnators will inevitably usher in an unavoidable war in the near future!!
Is it a war of aggression, a war of independence, or a war against foreign enemies?
And what is the most important thing in war? It is people! It is resources! It is equipment! It is also a stronghold!
His biggest advantage at present is his own strength, the power of his pet! But this is far from enough to win a modern war that has not yet sparked, but has already shown its signs!
"Don't you think this defense is flashy?"
Boone came to Ling Qi's side, and it seemed that he had the same thoughts as Ling Qi.
"Well, after all, there are no sentry posts, not even thorny spikes, and it is not difficult to turn over them. Moreover, if it is connected in this way, it looks bluffing, and there must be omissions. ”
Ling Qi's eyesight in the dark was ten times stronger than in the daytime, and he had already found some openings in the iron wall a few hundred meters away.
"Hehe, don't bother, Liberty City, no outsiders can enter-"
Boone chuckled, not knowing whether it was emotion or mockery:
"That's why it's called Liberty City!"
"Mr. House is not as mysterious and powerful as some people think, his power is actually quite limited, even if he gathers the strength of several major families and gangs in the casino, it is quite difficult to live between the NRC and the legion. ”
"Las Vegas and the New Vegas Medical Center are the only places he can control, and his mechanical legion is not as endless as outsiders think. ”
"Liberty City is actually a piece of armor he prepared for the casino, and those second-rate families and gangs who think they have taken advantage of the advantages entrenched in Liberty City are the armor pieces that fill this armor, including those hooligans and thugs who 'settle down' in Liberty City, and they really think that happiness is within reach!"
"Also, as an being who has lived from before the war to the present, unless he is really a god, an idiot can guess what his current situation is!"
"Either that, like the zombie who is lucky enough to retain consciousness, has been irradiated into an ugly monster, which is why he can live that long. And more likely, he probably soaked his brain in the nutrient solution, just like those brain-controlled robots, so he can still make his own 'voice' from time to time to this day!"
It seems that there are not many fools in this world, except for those who are confused by the legend of Mr. House, any sober bystander, a member of a hostile organization, can guess his actual situation!
Some people even suspect that he has transformed himself into a brain-controlled robot, which is why he hides in the Lucky 58 casino all day and never lets people in!
Otherwise, why would he send heavy troops to protect a place like the New Vegas Medical Center, whose geographical location is not important!
He probably still hopes to be able to turn into a human body!
In many cases, with enough clues and a clear mind, you can speculate on the answer. Even if it's not the truth, it's not far from the truth.
Ling Qi could clearly feel that Boone did not have a good impression of "Mr. House", and others called him Mr. respect, but in Boone's mouth, it became a kind of sarcasm.
Recently, under the infection of Tang Xiao, Boone's personality has changed a lot, and it may also be because the smile on Kara's face is increasing day by day, and his mood has also improved.
Leaving Godzilla outside, the group followed Boone into an equally legendary place.
As soon as they entered the city, a bearded man in a black leather jacket ran over next to him, and Mao recommended himself to be their bodyguard and guide, only to be kicked over by Boone, who was full of sneers!
"What are you doing!"
Before the bearded man could speak, a few scavengers who were originally picking up garbage suddenly surrounded him, and these people were obviously in a group!
Although Ling Qi and his party are overwhelming, there are three beautiful women in it after all, and Godzilla is not there, and some people are probably blinded by lust!
Before Veronica could do anything, Boone's sniper rifle was already on the mustache's head, and several newcomers were revealing their weapons, brand-new semi-automatic assault rifles!
The firepower of the two sides was completely disproportionate, and before the fight began, those scavengers with knives, axes, and box cannons in their hands directly withered!
"What are you doing? Lao Tzu is doing you bastards! Who is in charge of the underground world of Liberty City now? Pompeii, Helen, or the one in the Colosseum!"
"Lao Tzu is Boone, you bastards probably haven't heard my name, but you should always know Elvis Presley! Even the Elvis Presley gang doesn't dare to mess with me, and you also want to break ground on Tai Sui's head?!"
Knocking and beating, the Liberty City thugs and wasteland vagrants were all timid, and the man with the sniper rifle against his boss's head gave out a long list of names that they hadn't even heard of. But only a few familiar words, such as the Elvis Presley Gang, such as the Colosseum, are no longer the big forces they dare to provoke!
"Hey~ It turned out to be a few miscellaneous fish, then you are unlucky!"
Boone saw the dazed and fearful looks of the men, and then flashed a bloodthirsty smile.
Bang!
At the sound of the gunshot, a large cloud of blood burst out at Boone's feet, and Veronica leaped out and smashed one person away with a punch, which slammed into the wall and became a meatloaf.
Sudden protrusion ~ protruding protrusion protruding ~
The newcomers took the last few lives, and if this kind of trivial thing couldn't be done well, they would have been chopped up and fed to the dogs by Ling Qi.
Looking at Veronica, who was still unsatisfied, coming back, while still shaking the blood-stained power fist gloves in her hands, Ling Qi couldn't help frowning and said:
"Don't you have a laser gun, why do you always pounce on it for hand-to-hand combat, it's dangerous!"
Ling Qi said with concern, he just didn't want the thugs who came for nothing to be damaged inexplicably, and the good steel had to be used on the blade.
"Ahh
Veronica replied in a mock dazed manner, the violent factor in her body had reduced her fairly good intelligence to single digits.
Ling Qi touched her head and said with a smile:
"Wait until I prepare a set of power armor for you, and then you can fight in your own way. Now, in the face of ordinary enemies, it is necessary to use a laser gun. If you don't obey again, all the conditions I promised you will be null and void. ”
didn't scold or annoy, Ling Qi said calmly, but Veronica was like a cat with her tail stepped on, and immediately shouted:
"You're a man! Men have to talk! I'm going to give my future child the same name as you~ My beautiful clothes! My EPG-III type!"
"Huh~ What do you seem to have promised me again?"
Veronica's reflex arc is obviously different from others', sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes like an autumn wind sweeping leaves, sometimes like frost for nine days, which is elusive.
"Oh, yes, power armor! That's what you promised me! Well, I'll calculate how much you promised me..."
Ignoring Veronica, who was standing in the pile of corpses with her fingers crossed, Ling Qi and his party were already looking for a place to settle down under the leadership of Boone.
The immigration process in Las Vegas is not so easy, it doesn't mean that you can hand over a thousand bottle caps to the robot guarding the door or hack it or get a fake certificate in someone's weapons shop, and it is not so simple to forge a diploma.
Liberty City has a special external service department under Mr. House, but it only works from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Along the way, after expelling several groups of Freecity thugs who wanted to take advantage of the autumn breeze at night, Ling Qi and his party finally came to the entrance of a comprehensive service hotel called "Atomic Cowboy".
According to Boone, this store may not have the best service in Liberty City, but its reputation is absolutely top-notch!
The store has its own security guards and guards, and no one can attack anyone after entering, otherwise it will be considered hostile.
Don't underestimate what's so great about being hostile to a hotel, wherever you can report your name in Free City, there are basically big or small backs, which are second-rate families and forces united under several major families and gangs in New Vegas!
The second-rate people referred to here are all relative to the super-first-class Caesar's Legion, the NRC, and the Brotherhood of Steel that has fallen to a first-class large power!
The so-called Liberty City, the so-called independent New Vegas casino, is actually a pyramid-like trapezoidal structure.
The power class at the top is undoubtedly the mysterious Mr. House, followed by several major families and gangs in the casino and entertainment city in the casino, and then some families and forces in the free city.
For example, behind the "Atomic Cowboy", there is the Garrett family. And the "Silver Impact", which specializes in selling all kinds of energy weapons, is followed by the Van Graff family.