"Hey, hey, Cooper, can you hear me?" Through the communicator connected to the power armor, Qi Lin called Cooper for the first time after leaving Base 404.

“…… Hiss...... Can be heard...... Hiss...... However, due to the closure of most of the facilities of the base...... The signal I'm getting now isn't very good......"

"How long will this last?"

“…… Hiss...... After repairing part of the reactor, I ...... Hiss...... Priority is given to the signal amplifier and receiver tower...... Hiss...... It will take about a week......"

"Okay, I got it." Qi Lin turned off the communication, and then, wearing power armor, slowly looked around.

Now that Thunder City has been besieged by the beast tide, although those mutated creatures cannot attack Thunder City, the entrance to Thunder City will also be destroyed, and if you want to return to Thunder City, you must go around in a big circle and bypass that abyssal rift.

However, Qi Lin didn't plan to return to Thunder City now, it was very dangerous to stay in the city besieged by the beast tide, and no one knew that one day the beast tide would swallow the entire city - whether it was bypassing the gap or from some other route.

In the game world of Level 2 difficulty, no one knows how high the AI of these mutated creatures has become.

Therefore, Qi Lin's next destination is a coastal bay not far from here, and the name of that bay is famous in the old days

"Hangzhou Bay". During the war, the entire Hangzhou Bay was transformed into a giant military port, and in the Wasteland Survival Code, the players gathered in this port relied on a firmament-class supercarrier stranded there in the old era

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang" has established a city no less than Thunder City.

The "Jiangsu-Zhejiang" supercarrier is one of the largest Cangqiong-class aircraft carriers in China in the old era, known as a mobile fortress on the sea, with a length of more than 1,000 meters and a maximum displacement of more than 400,000 tons...... And the city built on the basis of this abandoned supercarrier is named by the wasteland players -

"City of Steel"! Within a week of its establishment, the City of Steel had gathered more than 100,000 players, and for no other reason than the fact that the City of Steel was actually controlled in a place called In the hands of the organization of the "New Era Mutual Aid Association". This one

The New Era Mutual Aid Society is said to be a religious organization founded by an English priest in China.

The main purpose of this organization is similar to that of the old church, which is to proclaim the existence of a supreme God, and to require the members of the mutual aid society to treat everyone lovingly, equally, kindly, and honestly under the premise of maintaining absolute piety to the Lord God.

The Mutual Aid Association advocates to open up a pure land in the wasteland, so that every player, whether rich or poor, can have equal status and rights, so that everyone can have the guarantee of survival in the wasteland.

It is precisely because of this that in just a few days, the mutual aid society has gathered a large number of fanatical believers - in this wasteland where many people cannot see tomorrow and hope, a religious organization that suddenly appeared can naturally make up for the confusion and emptiness in the hearts of these people.

The two cities of Steel City and Thunder City are also the two cities with the largest scale and the largest number of players on the southeast coast of China at present.

And, judging by some of the player's chats on the World Broadcasting Channel, some ships have already been repaired on the Iron City side, and it won't be long before the sea route can be opened.

Although the radiation has also affected the creatures in the sea to some extent, the powerful marine mutants are almost always in the deep sea area, and in this case, it is much safer to sail along the coast than on the ground.

…… For this

The true face of the "New Era Mutual Aid Association", Qi Lin still has a somewhat skeptical attitude, in the wasteland, if such a person really exists, then it is simply the reincarnation of the Holy Mother...... But no matter how you look at it, Qi Lin feels that this mutual aid association is definitely not as simple and simple as it seems.

Regardless, at least on the surface, both the City of Steel and the New Era Mutual Aid have played a righteous role in the wasteland, at least not like some other cities that use high-handed tactics to rule the city, turning most of the players in the city into slaves without human rights.

After packing up his equipment briefly, Qi Lin quickly found a van truck that could still be driven in an abandoned town a few kilometers away.

Lifting the power armor into the cargo hold, Qi Lin got into the cab - although this car is not even comparable to the Hummer he just lost, and even the off-road vehicle he snatched at the beginning, but it can be regarded as a means of transportation, otherwise, Qi Lin can't wear a power armor and go across most of the Soviet Province.

However, before Qi Lin drove a few kilometers, he found a large group of ragged clothes, carrying all kinds of large bags and small bags, holding wooden sticks, farm tools and other simple things

Refugee player of "Weapon". There are about twenty or thirty of these players, the oldest of whom is already gray, and the youngest is only in his early teens.

According to Vault Law No. 153, children under the age of 8 are not allowed to enter the game, so this is almost the youngest player Qi Lin can see.

Hearing the sound of the truck, these players all turned their heads one by one, and several of the younger and stronger players were waving their arms at Qi Lin with all their might, muttering something loudly in their mouths.

Qi Lin drove the truck closer, but he didn't stop, just gradually slowed down the speed of the car, at this time, a person who looked like the leader of this team of players quickly ran over, panting and said to Qi Lin: "Hey, brother...... Brother, can you give us ...... Hitchhiking? We...... OK...... Get paid! ”

"Hitchhiking? Where are you going? Leaning against the window, Qi Lin glanced at him and asked a little nonchalantly.

"Steel...... City of Steel! Do you know! It is said to join the mutual aid society there...... That's it...... That's it...... There is food and shelter...... And also...... And also...... Clean hot water...... You can take a bath! Seeing that this player was about to run out of breath, Qi Lin finally stepped on the brakes.

"Food and shelter? Can you still take a shower? Where were you before? And who told you this information? ”

“…… Call...... Huh......" The other party first held his hands on his knees and gasped violently for a while, and then said: "We have trekked from the high-ranking official road of Hui, and our settlement and land have been destroyed by mutated creatures, more than a hundred people, and there is only so much left after coming here...... As for the Mutual Aid Society, it was told to us by a man who called himself a 'missionary' who passed by our settlement. "Settlements?

Qi Lin looked at the person's clothing, but did not doubt what he said - in the game, not all slum players gathered in big cities like Thunder City, but more often established large and small settlements in the wilderness with low radiation concentrations, and lived by hunting some low-level mutated creatures and planting some crops that were easy to feed such as potatoes.

In a settlement like this, which basically has no combat power, often a few mutated creatures that are less than F-rank can be easily destroyed.

But that

"Missionary", but Qi Lin was a little interested...... Could it be this

Does the "New Era Mutual Aid Society" really want to develop into a religion like the old Christianity?

"How can you be sure that the preacher is telling the truth?" Qi Lin asked.

"Someone in our settlement has unlocked the World Radio Channel, and we've been paying attention to it, and it's all true! As long as you join the mutual aid society, your life can be guaranteed, and you don't have to worry about food and mutated creatures! As if he was afraid that Qi Lin would not believe it, this player said loudly and excitedly.

"Oh? So are these all gratuitous? Did the missionary say that if you join a mutual aid society, what do you need to do? Qi Lin continued to ask.

"This ......," the other party recalled, and then said,

"First of all, to maintain devotion to the 'Lord God', and secondly, to unconditionally obey the demands of the president of the Mutual Aid Society, that is, the 'archbishop'...... Other...... The others didn't seem to be the one who said. ”

"And what if the archbishop wants you to die? Are you also obedient? Qi Lin's question made the man stunned for a moment, and then the man immediately laughed: "Brother, don't be joking, the archbishop is a saint, how can he let us die?" I think you must have unlocked the world radio channel too, just open your brain and take a look, now there are more than 100,000 people in the Iron City, almost all of them have joined the mutual aid association, and those more than 100,000 people can't be stupid! ”