Chapter 726: Arriving at the Destination
After assigning a new mission, the group provided Qi Lin with very few things, including a new ID, a Saug P226 pistol for self-defense, more than twenty rounds of nine-millimeter parabellum rounds, and a 28-bit authorization key composed of numbers and letters.
The food on the train wasn't tasty, but it was much better than compressed biscuits and synthetic food, Qi Lin scooped up a steaming spoonful of mashed potatoes mixed with diced beef, and the aroma of the food made his stomach twitch slightly—he had been hungry for dozens of hours, and he hadn't been able to eat anything since he returned to the organization's headquarters, so he was sent to the train after reporting on the mission, rinsing briefly, and changing his clothes.
Fortunately, there was a small dining room on the train, which was stacked with two boxes of canned food that had not yet expired and a small electric stove for heating food, otherwise, Qi Lin would even suspect that he would faint from hunger before he could reach the so-called "Sixth District".
While chewing on the pieces of meat, Qi Lin leaned his face to the side of the window, and the scene outside the car could be vaguely seen along the sharpness of the protective steel plate, which was an underground track left over from the old era, and with the sporadic light from the train lights, Qi Lin could also see the white and faded advertising posters on the tunnel walls on both sides.
"Please note that we will arrive at our destination in five minutes, please be ready to get off the bus." The voice of the car commander and the driver, who was also the driver, came from the loudspeaker overhead, and there was only one passenger in Qi Lin on this train, so this passage was naturally specifically addressed to him.
"......So fast," Qi Lin said silently in his heart, judging from the speed of the train and the travel time, this "Sixth District" was not far from the headquarters of the organization, if it was divided according to the territory of China in the old era, maybe these two places were within one province.
While thinking like this, Qi Lin sped up the movement in his hand, and a 450-gram canned beef mashed potato was quickly eaten by him all in his stomach, and even a little bit of scrap on the wall of the can did not fall.
The speed of the train slowly slowed down, and Qi Lin had already waited at the position of the door, and when the train stopped completely, the door immediately opened to both sides, and a dazzling red light immediately enveloped Qi Lin's whole person inside.
"Credentials."
Dozens of gendarmes in black leather uniforms aimed their guns at Qi Lin, and as long as Qi Lin made the slightest move, they would not hesitate to pull the trigger.
"Do you even have to be inspected on this special train?" Qi Lin glanced at the female flight attendant standing behind him and asked.
"Our mission is only to get you here, we will not enter the Sixth Ward and will leave immediately, and if you want to enter the Sixth Ward smoothly, it is better to cooperate with the inspection procedures of the gendarmes." Although the female flight attendant has a good posture, it is a pity that there is no expression on her face, and her tone of voice is as blunt as that of a robot.
"Okay." Qi Lin took out the plastic certificate and threw it at the group of gendarmes.
A gendarmerie captain took the document and scanned it with a code scanner before returning it to Qi Lin.
"Follow me, we'll escort you to the Executive's side" The gendarmes put away their weapons, and a junior officer led Qi Lin towards the inside of the "Sixth District".
It was more appropriate to be an escort than an escort, and in addition to the officer who led the way in front, the other four gendarmes followed Qi Lin in front and behind, and caught him in the middle—as for his P226 pistol, it was taken away from the beginning.
He has not yet passed the verification, the certificate is only the first level, and the string of permission keys is the most important means of identification.
This key is actually a string of verification codes, but only the executive can confirm whether this verification code is correct or not, so Qi Lin is still an "unidentified outsider" now.
The level of secrecy in the Sixth Sector is very high, and with the exception of the person from the "Special Emergency Unit", the entire Sixth Sector is under the full authority of the gendarmerie, and no one is allowed to trespass - even if a member of the organization enters the Sixth Sector without permission, the gendarmerie have the right to open fire on him, and without prior reporting.
The outskirts of the Sixth District are all unused buildings, which used to be a residential area, but now that the residents have moved away, all Qi Lin can see on the streets is the black-clad military police patrolling back and forth with weapons.
"I'm about to enter the 'quarantine zone', and I'm kind enough to remind you that although this will be where you will work for some time to come, it's best not to look around and don't ask questions until you're officially hired."
The escort of Qi Lin walked to a barbed wire fence, and the officer turned to Qi Lin and said.
"I know." Qi Lin nodded—in fact, without entering the quarantine area, he had already guessed what it was like inside.
The strong smell of blood had already permeated the periphery of the quarantine area, and even the pungent disinfectant could not cover this smell of blood, combined with what he had encountered in Vault 444 before, Qi Lin almost already knew what this "Sixth District" was used to deal with.
"Genetic collapse."
The floodgates opened, and several people continued to walk inside—just as Qi Lin expected, the empty square was filled with black and gray plastic body bags, and dozens of staff in white coats were busy carrying these things, and on their clothes, the black and hard blood stains had been cemented into lumps, apparently they had not been washed for a long time.
"Oh? Is this my new assistant? ”
An abrupt voice sounded behind Qi Lin, and the footsteps of several people stopped, and the military police officer immediately gave a standard military salute: "I have seen the executive officer." ”
"Ahem...... Don't call me an adult, I feel so old......"
The young executive waved his hand, walked in front of Qi Lin, and circled around Qi Lin.
"Hmm...... It feels good, or at least it looks good. ”
"Executive Officer...... Executive, this person has not been authenticated, please be careful. The gendarmerie officer reminded in a low voice.
"It's okay, I've read his information several times, it's just that he's right, you guys go back first." After dismissing the group of gendarmes, the executive officer suddenly put his face in front of Qi Lin and stared at Qi Lin's eyes-
Looking at the other party's bottomless eyes as deep as obsidian, Qi Lin did not turn his gaze, but looked at the other party very calmly.
This kind of staring didn't last long, and the other party took the initiative to take two steps back, and then asked with interest, "I heard, you are the only one who came out of Vault 444 alive?" ”
"It's supposed to be the 'Hostage Rescue Team', and when I left Vault 444, there were at least a few thousand Coalition soldiers from the Organization and the Edas Consortium there." Qi Lin said.
"I'm afraid you don't know, not long after you left Vault 444, the Coalition stronghold at the mouth of the tunnel was overrun by the parasites, and now the organization has completely closed all access to Vault 444."