790 Doomsday Shelter - The End
In the dangerous war zone, it took an hour to cover the remaining five kilometers, and Lin Chi and his team, under the leadership of the engineer, finally arrived at what the guy called the "doomsday shelter".
"This is it?" Woods' voice was unabashedly skeptical.
- The high-tech buildings that everyone imagined or the apartments that stood in the ruins and did not collapse did not appear. What caught my eye was a blackened newsstand......
Isn't that shabby?
Although Lin Chi also had some doubts in his heart, he didn't say it. If you really want to build a doomsday shelter, choosing such a seemingly inconspicuous location is actually the best choice.
A small newsstand in a corner of the city. It will never be the first target of the enemy, and it is indeed very safe to move important people to such a place.
However, what Lin Chi was more concerned about now was the mysterious company that helped build this shelter.
Before the engineer opened the door, the SOG soldiers searched the neighborhood and found no trace of the enemy. It wasn't until he was completely confirmed that there was no ambush nearby that Lin Chi said to the somewhat nervous engineer, "Open the door." β
"Wait......"
The engineer stood in front of the newsstand, taking deep breaths and shaking his hands. Seeing his appearance, Darian asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" β
"The initial code for this door ......" the engineer lowered his voice, "If I open the combination lock and enter it incorrectly, I will be directly electrocuted into a barbecue ......"
As soon as these words came out, everyone else nearby took a few steps back. The engineer scolded in annoyance, "Are you all cowards? β
"Military personnel should learn to minimize losses in the event of an accident." Lin Chi said seriously.
Seeing that everyone else looked approving of each other, the engineer let out a long sigh and fumbled around the metal door of the newsstand, only to see that a poster on the door suddenly disappeared, and the metal code disk floated up with a click, and the number arrangement was similar to that of an old-fashioned telephone.
"Hmmm......"
The Engineer reached out and wiped his glasses, then touched his forehead, his right hand trembling towards the cipher disk, but he never dared to press a button.
Lin Chi knew that if another engineer who knew the password entered first and changed the password, the engineer would turn into coke the moment he entered the password. But now, it's no longer time to hesitate.
"Hurry up, the enemy is coming soon, you don't want to die outside, do you?" He urged.
"I ...... Can I go to the toilet? The engineer said with a shudder.
"How about going into the shelter, there's a little girl here." Lin Chi pointed to Darian who was standing aside.
His last reason was also exposed, and the engineer reluctantly returned to the cipher disk, and under the watchful eyes of a group of "macho men" and a girl, he slowly put his right hand on the cipher disk, and began to try to enter the initial password:
β0-3-0-7-1-3-9γβ
After entering the password, the engineer slowly extended his index finger to the "OK" button in the lower right corner of the password disk, but he couldn't press it for a long time, and he still didn't dare to act. Crazy Ivan, who had been holding his arms, finally couldn't help it, and rushed forward and roughly pushed the engineer aside:
"You're going to be shot in our house like that!"
Before Crazy Ivan could speak, he had directly pressed the OK button on the cipher disk, and everyone present suddenly became nervous, and the engineer, who had no time to escape, was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
And then...... The metal door of the newsstand suddenly opened, and a metallic female chime sounded:
"Welcome to the evacuation facilities provided by Vault Tec, please enter the elevator."
"Is it so advanced?" Lin Chi glanced at the engineer.
"That's not how we built it...... Maybe Vault-Tech was later transformed, right? The engineer was also confused, completely unaware of what was going on.
"I don't think it's safe inside." Woods spoke his mind.
ββRushing into an unknown high-tech facility does feel a bit unreliable. But the safe house in this game should be obtained in this way, and under the gaze of a large number of viewers watching the live broadcast, even these AIs in "War Paradise" should not make any moths like before.
Thinking of this, Lin Chi also entered the somewhat cramped newsstand with the others around him, and everyone suddenly huddled together, and there was no room for even their bodies to move.
"This entrance...... Can't you make it bigger......" Darien grumbled.
"There was no way, we had limited funds at the time, and besides, it was just a graduation project, and we didn't really want to build a large shelter." The engineer, huddled in the innermost part of the vault, pressed his right hand to a poster affixed to the inner wall of the newsstand as he spoke.
Then, a faint female voice came from under the paper:
"Identity confirmed. Now open the downward elevator for you. β
Then, suddenly, the newsstand was much more "spacious".
The bookshelves, tables, chairs, and other things on the side of the wall made a "click" sound similar to the transformation of a Transformer into the wall, and the wallpaper on the inner wall suddenly flashed twice, and then suddenly disappeared as if it had evaporated.
The next thing that came out was the extremely thick black metal wall, which was densely inlaid with many circuit board-like things, revealing an inexplicable sense of heavy oppression.
In the center of the wall facing Lin Chi, there was a line of silver text:
Vault-Tec (Vault Tec).
The newsstand then turned into an elevator and began to sink into the ground at breakneck speed, making a dull humming sound as it moved.
"Can a student of the School of Architecture really make something like this......" even Mason couldn't help but complain.
"This elevator is supposed to have been improved by Vault Tech, and all we built was a secret door that opened the staircase going down." The engineer's voice sounded confused, and he clearly didn't expect this to happen.
The elevator ran for about a minute, and finally slowly stopped, and as the elevator door opened again, the people who had been crowded inside finally got a chance to breathe and immediately rushed out of the elevator.
The three soldiers of the SOG instantly drew their rifles, and their lines of sight covered all areas where the enemy might appear in front of them. The underground shelter was pitch black, and the night vision devices were still functioning, turning everyone's vision dark green.
What came into view was a metal passage leading straight ahead, and the walls on both sides also appeared to be made of alloy, which could not be easily broken.
While everyone was observing, a cylindrical robot resembling a real-world housekeeping robot moved through the passage in front of it.
"Please don't fire, I'm not an enemy." The robot made a raspy and hoarse voice and waved its hands made of wires, as if to say hello:
"I'm the shelter's welcome robot, Mr. Bang Bang. Welcome to Vault 137, friends! β
"I always feel like it's getting unsafe here." Lin Chi complained calmly.
"This can't be a science fiction movie, right? Are we brainwashed? Woods stared at the robot with wide eyes, and the other two SOG soldiers were equally surprised.
- for this unit, which was active in the sixties and seventies of the last century. The "welcome robot" is something that is beyond their understanding of technology. Mason turned his head to look at the bewildered engineer and asked, "You made this too?" β
"Are you kidding? We can't make such a robot. The engineer shook his head decisively: "The Vault was not so big before, it should be that the Vault Technology Company renovated it......"
"This 'Vault Tech' is so weird." Darien's slender eyebrows furrowed, and a confused expression appeared on her burned little face.
"Can you hack into the Vault's computer systems?" Lin Chi gave instructions to the super hacker.
"There's no Wi-Fi here, so I have to use a cable to connect to the terminal." Darien shook her head, "If you can take me to the computer terminal here, I might be able to make a successful invasion?" Probably......"
Since the vault was a bit weird, Darien's tone was a little suspicious, not as confident as usual. At present, the guy who is still very energetic is left, and only Crazy Evan is left:
"It's a bit like the hospital I used to live in!" The bald one-eyed man looked around with great interest.
"It's a mental hospital." Woods coldly corrected the other party's words.
"Vault 137 is committed to providing you with the most comfortable living environment possible, please don't use a hospital analogy." The robot named "Mr. Bang Bang" retorted solemnly: "Please come in with me." β
"Okay." Before Lin Chi could finish speaking, he suddenly took out the Tyrannosaurus Rex shotgun from his backpack and fired at the wall diagonally in front of him.
Bang!
The earth-shattering loud noise continued to echo in the corridor, leaving a long echo, and the metal wall was suddenly bombarded with holes, and the originally smooth wall suddenly turned into a potholed "saline-alkali ground".
Everyone else was taken aback by his actions, and the robot's voice immediately rang out: "Please don't destroy the interior of the vault. β
"What are you doing?" The engineer clutched his almost deafening ears and shouted, not noticing that he was speaking three times as loudly as usual: "I'm scared to death!" β
"It's okay, I'm just trying, let's keep walking." Lin Chi smiled.
- If this shelter were to be considered a safe house, it would be completely indestructible inside, and it would not have been possible to be bombarded like this by a gun.
It seems that this shelter is not yet a safe house, and there may be unknown dangers hidden inside.
Thinking of this, Lin Chi did not let his guard down, and together with the others around him who were also vigilantly observing the surroundings, he slowly followed Mr. Bang Bang and entered the interior of Vault 137.
Since the other SOG soldiers were not able to take the elevator to reach the underground shelter, now that there is a battle, there are only three SOG soldiers left on this side, Woods, Mason, and Wivell, and their combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.
"Attention."
Lin Chi reminded the soldiers around him in a weak and inaudible voice, and the three SOG soldiers nodded slightly to indicate receipt.
Darien, from New York in 2050, wasn't too surprised by the robot, she stood next to the robot and looked at it, then asked curiously, "Well, I want to know what Vault Tech is." β
"Vault Technologies, Inc., dedicated to providing safe shelter for American residents in the apocalypse, our buildings are built with the worst-case scenario in mind. Even if a nuclear war breaks out and the world is reduced to a radioactive wasteland, you can survive in the shelter without worrying about the end of the world above! "Mr. Bang Bang's introduction was very emotional, and it sounded a bit like a TV direct marketing host.
"Is it to let people hide underground during a nuclear war?" Crazy Ivan snorted disdainfully: "If there is really a nuclear war, I will definitely watch the mushroom cloud up close!" β
"A normal person wouldn't do that, Soviets." Woods interrupted him coldly: "In addition, this kind of shelter is generally for the protection of important personnel, not for a madman like you. β
Hearing this, Mr. Bang Bang immediately corrected, "In the eyes of Vault Technology, all human beings are created equal. All residents of our shelter are welcome to enter, as long as you fill out the form provided, you can enter even if you don't fill it out in time of war or emergency! β
"Uh, okay......" Woods shook his head in embarrassment, and Crazy Evan laughed.
Everyone followed Mr. Bang Bang through the cold metal tunnel, and as they went deeper and deeper into the inside of the shelter, Lin Chi's doubts began to deepen:
The scale of the Vault is clearly beyond what the engineers call a "small Vault", and it looks like it has been completely renovated by Vault Technologies and transformed into a large building.
Now the question is, why did Vault Tech build such a shelter? Any company is born out of profit, and he doesn't believe that this so-called "Vault Technology" would really secretly build such a large Vault in order to save the lives of its residents.
- Could this place be hiding boss fights or other dangers?
Lin Chi clenched the cold grip of the ACR, ready to fire at any time, and followed Mr. Bang Bang to the inside of the shelter along with the others who were also confused.
Passing around the corner of the hallway, the soft lights lit up in front of them, and after everyone took off their night vision devices, they saw that the metal walls on both sides were also sprayed with the name of Vault Tec and a funny-looking cartoon character.
It was a man with blonde hair and a blue uniform, giving a thumbs up as if he was complimenting. At the bottom of the screen, there are several lines of small black letters:
You are welcome at Vault 137, which has a built-in noise sensor, so please refrain from making loud noises to avoid triggering the alarm. Let's have a great day here!