According to the paint on these power armors, Qi Lin can know that these power armors belong to the private armies of several consortia.

At the end of the war, the resources of many countries were exhausted in fierce battles, and at this time, most of the world's resources were held in the hands of those large corporations that were usually inconspicuous.

Out of the urgent desire for the distribution of benefits after the war, these big conglomerates formed their own private armies for various reasons, and participated in politics in the form of mercenaries (for fear of being harmonious, sensitive words are replaced by pinyin, which should be understood, and this is basically the reason for all subsequent situations. Among the armies.

In return, the government will open up more authority to these consortia in exchange for the combat power and resources held by the consortia.

Many people will feel that war is a means to promote human progress and development, although it is bloody, but it is necessary...... It's just that when there are no longer enough resources on earth for humanity to continue to squander, both sides of the war, no matter which side wins in the end, will only end at the end of the road.

Not all of them are red-eyed, but everyone is tied to their respective chariots, businessmen are chasing profit, politicians are chasing power, small people are trying to keep their jobs and families, and big people are trying to keep their own foundation and wealth......

After this war was fought, almost every year, a large number of small and medium-sized countries perished, annexed and divided by various interest groups, and among them, it was not those countries that benefited the most, but those giant consortia that had been busy making war profits.

This is why, in the post-war era of the Vault, most of the countries were basically gone, and except for the central masters of the Vault, who were given the highest management authority, the major conglomerates had become the most powerful among the survivors.

Merely...... These are the afterwords after the end of the war, in the war years, the main force of the warring parties is still the regular army of the government, since this 404 base is so secret, it takes so much effort to even cross the road, then how did these private armies of the consortium appear here?

Qi Lin went to check the corpses that were not wearing power armor, and found that these corpses were divided into two kinds of people - one was the infantry wearing the uniform of the private army of the consortium (the uniform of the private army was basically the same as that of the regular army, except that the badges, markings and the like were different), and the other was wearing a white combat uniform of a special material, with the word 404 on the armband of the combat uniform.

"It's ...... Consortium private army attacking this 404 base? Both sides are doomed? ”

Judging from the markings and uniforms, those consortium private armies were all employed by the old Chinese Republic, and on the airtight door of the 404 base, there was also the emblem of the republic...... So...... Is it infighting? Or did one of the two mutiny?

Although the private army of the consortium is purely for profit, as long as the employer has not completely destroyed or reached the point where he cannot afford to pay the commission, these "businessmen" will still continue to fight according to the spirit of the contract, and turn against the employer and the like—at least at that time, it has not happened in the Huaxia Republic, one of the few remaining giants in the world.

As for the details of the 404 base, Qi Lin didn't know anything about it.

"Hey, that AI, what's going on here?" Qi Lin's voice echoed in the huge underground space, but the AI system seemed to disappear again, without making a sound.

“AI？ System? Are you there? ”

……

"Could it be that the AI is only responsible for this area of the metal corridor?" Qi Lin was a little puzzled in his heart, and retreated to the Yongdao, but at this time, he found that the lights in the Yongdao had all been extinguished, and the system AI couldn't be called out.

“…… It can't be that there is no power, right? ”

Qi Lin kicked the metal wall hard, but there was nothing but the dull sound of the gummy boot hitting the metal.

"Okay, you win."

Qi Lin gave up the idea of continuing to search for the AI and returned to the square full of corpses.

Since there are so many power armor, Qi Lin naturally plans to make a set to wear through, although the T-46 armor is not a little worse than the Red Dragon Type 6, but at least it is also power armor, with the firepower that comes with it, a T-46 is still very easy to deal with dozens of infantry without heavy weapons.

However, Qi Lin searched for several power armors in a row, and found that these power armors had either been completely destroyed, or the core part had suffered an irreparable blow, and none of them could still be used.

And as Qi Lin checked the more power armor, the more doubts he had about this 404 base - except for the two strange armors at the beginning, most of the power armor was killed by various strange methods, at least a small part of it was destroyed by conventional guns.

If there are a large number of evolutionaries among those troops belonging to Base 404, then the traces of destruction on such power armor are easy to explain, but ...... The evolutionary is the "new human" that appeared after the outbreak of a full-scale nuclear war due to various factors such as radiation, mutated serum, etc., and this battle in the 404 base obviously took place in the old era before the full-scale nuclear war, at that time, where did the evolutionary come from......

"I always feel ...... This base is getting weirder and weirder......"

Qi Lin gave up his plan to find a set of power armor, went straight through the square, randomly chose a small house located on the edge of the square, which looked nothing special from the outside, pushed open the door and walked in.

It was supposed to be an ordinary single apartment, with a metal folding bed, sheets and bedding scattered on the floor and dust, three skeletons in the house, two of which were scuffled together until death, and a perfect twenty-inch display on the wall opposite the bed.

Qi Lin pressed the power button under the display, but the display did not light up, it should be because there was no electricity.

Qi Lin took another look at the simple furnishings in the house—a decoration style that resembles the future human dwelling in science fiction movies of the old era: the style is simple and straightforward, the functionality required for daily life is highly concentrated, and at the same time, a lightweight material between plastic and ceramic is used extensively.

If you take this to the old era and use it as a studio for shooting science fiction films, it is probably no problem.

There was nothing of value found in this house, Qi Lin habitually glanced at the environmental detection on the brain, the temperature, humidity, oxygen content and the like tended to be normal, only the red radiation dose value made Qi Lin frown slightly.

Although the structure of this underground base is basically the same as that of the real shelter, or even more high-end and luxurious, in this 404 base, the average radiation content is as high as about 70 to 80 points, which can almost be regarded as a "dead place" for normal people.

But it also shows a problem, the radiation source is likely to come from the inside of Base 404!

No wonder the AI would say that Qi Lin is the only living person in the current 404 base, according to this radiation dose, even if there are survivors in the base, it is estimated that he will not live long.

"Could it be...... Is this a nuclear base? Qi Lin thought of the "404 City", which was once used as a tourist destination by explorers in the old days, that is, an abandoned nuclear city, and all the living facilities in it were to support the scientific researchers and their families who were researching nuclear weapons back then...... So, will the role of this 404 base be the same as that of 404 City back then?