The battle was over quickly, and it wasn't as close as the last time they encountered mutants.

None of the thirty infantry who burst into the town were killed, except for one unlucky guy who was shot in the leg by a recalcitrant mutant. The bullet happened to pass through his artery, and although the blood sprayed was a little scary, the medical soldiers rescued him in time, and the guy was out of danger.

A total of 35 mutants were killed, of which 29 were killed by the mass bullets of the electromagnetic cannon and 6 by rifle or sniper. Five were captured, and while mutants rarely accept the shame of being captured by humans, the instinctive fear of the creatures prevailed over the ridiculous pride under that overwhelming firepower.

A total of 721 human captives were rescued. If the corpses hanging outside the town were all the dead, the population of the town would have been 779 before the mutants arrived.

Large bullet holes can be seen everywhere on the buildings on the outskirts of the town, and collapsed cement houses can be seen everywhere. Half of them were destroyed by the attack of mutants

The infantry at the Fishbones base is maintaining discipline in the queue, registering all the freed townsfolk and then handing out the nutrient concoction that is rightfully theirs.

The five Tiger Hunters did not drive into the city, but stopped at the bridgehead of Zhufeng Highway. Several foot soldiers carried cement bags and set up five improvised bunkers

This move is intriguing.

There was a thought in the minds of all the townspeople of Shenxiang Town, could it be that these people wanted to stay here permanently?

They always have a sense of foreboding

Yunzhi-51 landed in an open space about half a kilometer outside the town, and Jiang Chen, who was wearing a mechanical exoskeleton, jumped from it. Cheng Weiguo had already brought the former mayor of the town to greet him, and after seeing him, he gave him a military salute cleanly.

"Have you counted all the people?" Jiang Chen asked straight to the point.

"It's over. Cheng Weiguo handed over a tablet to Jiang Chen and gave it to him.

Swiping down the screen, Jiang Chen glanced at the statistical results roughly.

It has a population of 721 and 5 mutants are captured.

24 machine guns, 72 rifles of various types, and 100,000 rounds of ammunition were captured. One shoulder-fired missile launcher and five Flying Sword anti-aircraft missiles. 5 recoilless guns. 40 rounds of ammunition. There were 40 sets of armor made of C-shaped steel, although most of them were smashed.

Looking at this batch of munitions, Jiang Chen was secretly speechless.

Good fellow, this arms reserve is almost equal to all the belongings of the Fish Bone Base.

You can see it. These mutants have invested a lot in this outpost, but now these things are all owned by Jiang Chen.

The munitions were left here, and the armor was ordered to be shipped back. Although these iron bumps are very bad for humans, it is still good to remove them and return them to the furnace. The C-shaped steel fish bone base is still very short, with these more than ten tons of steel. It is not a problem at all to change two more armored vehicles to come out.

There are also hundreds of pickled corpses of mutant creatures, which are at first glance the rations of mutants, and only mutants can eat such poisonous things. However, in the spirit of not wasting it, Jiang Chen still ordered Cheng Weiguo to throw all these things into the organic refining furnace to make a nutritional mixture. According to the calculation that a mutated creature can refine a hundred nutrient mixtures, it should not be a problem to refine a total of 10,000 nutrient mixtures.

Counting the 30,000 nutrient mixtures in the inventory, he didn't have to worry about the rations of these more than 700 people for the time being.

What excites him the most is the seized building materials. The mutant left behind a large amount of cement and steel in the warehouse, which was originally used to build the outpost, but now it is in his hands.

With this batch of ready-made building materials. Jiang Chen could completely open a reinforced concrete defense line on the shore to defend it.

returned the tablet to Cheng Weiguo, and after a few words, he quickly took the order and left.

Then, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the mayor who had been standing there and smiled at him kindly.

Seeing Jiang Chen looking at his side, the town mayor hurriedly bowed, and then said, "Dear Mr. Jiang Chen, the leader of the Fish Bone Base, on behalf of all the survivors of Shenxiang Town, I would like to express my highest respect and gratitude to you. ”

"You don't have to say it, what's your name?"

"Deng Bin. ”

"Okay, Mr. Deng Bin, I want to go to the town office now. I wonder if you're free to take me there?"

"It's a great honor. Deng Bin bowed again.

To be honest, the actions of these "rescuers" after taking out the mutants made him, the mayor, very uneasy. However, at this moment, others are holding guns, and the town's combat power is basically wiped out when the mutants attack. He didn't know what to say, so he just followed Jiang Chen's side resignedly.

Keep your hands in your pockets. Jiang Chen looked at the buildings around him while walking on the road leading to the town office.

The smell of blood lingering on the tip of the nose lingered even after most of the day.

Along the way, he didn't say anything, which made Deng Bin feel a little bottomless.

After hesitating for a moment, Deng Bin glanced at Jiang Chen. Still tentatively asked.

"In just three days, they slaughtered more than 60 of us. Thank you very much for the survivor forces from Qingpu, and if there is anything we can do to help you, we will definitely help. ”

"I've already said it, you're welcome. However, Jiang Chen didn't answer, just said a brief sentence and stopped talking.

Just when Deng Bin was worried in his heart, unconsciously, the two had already walked to the front of the town office.

To his surprise, the leader of this mysterious force did not seem to have any intention of going in, but just stood downstairs in the town hall.

Is it a government building? It is indeed beautifully repaired, and judging by the degree of damage, it is also the only building in the whole town that can be called complete.

"Speaking of which, has a person named Lin Chaoen ever been here with you?"

Deng Bin was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Jiang Chen to suddenly ask this irrelevant question.

Frowning, he replied with a careful recollection.

"There seems to be such a person, he came from Jiashi. ”

"Didn't he tell you anything, like mutants are coming or something. Jiang Chen asked casually.

Looking at Jiang Chen blankly, Deng Bin shook his head and said, "No." He just stayed in our town for one night and then left in a hurry. ”

Didn't say anything?

This is unusual. If they were desperate to stop the mutants from going to Wanghai City, there was no reason why they wouldn't have alerted the people here to prepare in advance. At least build a fortification to resist something or something.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, staring carefully into Deng Bin's eyes.

That dazed didn't seem like it was faked.

"How do you remember him, I mean, is there anything about him that deserves your attention?"

"Hey, hey, this one. Because the people who pass through the Zhufeng Highway are often scavengers from Jiashi, who pick up some chips or parts removed from military equipment, and these things are sold well anywhere in the mainland. No matter how bad it is. They will also go to Liuding Town to buy a few boxes of canned sea fish and bring them back, and the price can at least double. But only that Lin Chaoen came back empty-handed. ”

"Has he only been here once?"

"Yes, when he entered Wanghai City, he probably took a different path. ”

He nodded thoughtfully. Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

Deng Bin, who was standing on the side, pondered the expression on Jiang Chen's face, but he couldn't read the slightest bit of useful information. He didn't understand why Jiang Chen suddenly asked about the lone traveler, was there any deep meaning in this?

However, just as he was speculating, Jiang Chen spoke again, but this time he asked something else.

"Change the subject. What do you do for a living?"

More than 700 people, which is not a small number. It's not an urban area, and there aren't many zombies that provide organic matter that can be used to refine nutrient mixtures. Although there are a lot of xenomorphs, they are often also strong fighters. If it's hunting xenos, they don't look like a group of survivors with high combat effectiveness.

"We grow some crops on a farm outside the town to refine the nutrient mixture. Deng Bin looked at Jiang Chen's eyes and said cautiously.

The fruit of the mutated plant cannot be eaten, but it is good as a raw material for refining nutrients. Many survivor groups in Qingpu also plant these crops on the rooftops of buildings and take them to the sixth block to exchange for crystals or nutrient mixtures.

"Oh, what is the level of soil pollution here, and what is the radiation value?"

Seeing that Jiang Chen did not show greed for the nutrient mixture in the warehouse. Deng Bin breathed a sigh of relief and replied in a low voice: "It seems to be 9 and 20." ”

He didn't have much to lie about that. Those two data are very easy to measure, the radiation value can be measured with EP, and the soil pollution degree only needs to take a sample and then drop two drops of reagent.

"9? Very good!" Jiang Chen suddenly smiled, then reached out and patted Deng Bin's shoulder, "From today onwards, the farm will be handed over to you to be in charge." ”

Deng Bin was stunned and looked at him confused. Didn't understand what he meant.

"Farm?me?"

"That's right, who else could there be?" Jiang Chen said as he looked at him with a smile.

Swallowing and foaming, Deng Bin asked puzzledly, "If you want those mutated fruits, we are willing to pay you tribute-"

Those things are simply not worth anything. Not to mention the fact that the price of organic matter is now falling. Even according to the price two months ago, one ton of fruit can refine a hundred nutrient mixtures to exchange for ten points of subcrystal. And the Ripper rifles they were holding in their hands were all twenty crystals, and they didn't look like they would care about this little profit.

Jiang Chen raised his hand to interrupt him.

"You are mistaken, we are not uncommon with the rotten fruit you planted. ”

That's the truth, the fish bone base doesn't need a nutrient mixture at all.

"What do you mean—"

"Wasn't that direct enough? Mr. Former Mayor. I need you to take care of my farm for me. There are two words that Jiang Chen bites very hard, that is, "former mayor" and "mine".

Hearing this, Deng Bin's face turned pale, and he stared at Jiang Chen with wide eyes, "You, do you want to occupy our homeland, you can't do this-"

"And yet we can. Mutants were going to cross the river, and I didn't allow it, so here we were. ”

"But they're dead now," Deng Bin said with difficulty.

Jiang Chen glanced at Deng Bin strangely, and smiled: "Did you misunderstand something? Do you think we dared to come to the rescue? I'm sorry to tell you, we are just fighting mutants, and this is just an outpost that we have taken from them." Also, according to the rules of the wasteland, I saved you, and you are all my captives. ”

Deng Bin's lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word. He originally thought he was saved, but he didn't expect that it was just a change of ownership.

Seeing that he didn't react, Jiang Chen didn't care.

"They're back, and they're coming, but I'm going to guard it. ”

After a pause, he pointed to his feet.

"Relatable. From now on, this is my colony. (To be continued.) )