Chapter 772: Clues

Perhaps only the size of the mutated king squid can compete with this giant wild boar - but the king squid is originally a deep-sea creature, and before it mutated, it already belongs to that kind of troll, which is also the result of the different living environments of the two.

In many cases, size is not indicative of strength...... However, when the size is really large enough, even a harmless rabbit with a docile personality can easily cause extremely terrifying damage.

The tonnage of this wild boar has definitely reached more than five figures, and the running movement seems clumsy, but the speed is not slow at all, and each step leaves a deep hoof print on the ground.

If it hits it head-on, Qi Lin estimates that the entire all-terrain off-road vehicle will be directly smashed to pieces!

"Turtle Turtle ...... It's really a 'big' guy......" Qi Lin couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, "You guys...... Have you seen this before? ”

"I've never seen ......," Gao Hong's head shook like a rattle.

Not to mention Gao Hong, Qi Lin has never even heard of a wild boar that can grow to such a big size - whether it is in the real world or in the virtual game world.

"Class B...... Wrong...... In terms of body shape alone, A-level is not too much......" Qi Lin took a deep breath and said, "Let's wait for it to pass......"

Gao Hongshen nodded approvingly.

Provoking this kind of guy is no different from using a mantis arm as a car, it is simply an act of looking for death.

The giant wild boar ran over more than two hundred meters away from where the two were hiding, and the dust raised by its movement alone covered Qi Lin and Gao Hong with a dusty face, but the two of them didn't even dare to come out.

The tremors gradually faded away, and Qi Lin and Gao Hong stood up from behind the boulder and patted the dust off their bodies.

"By the way, what is the scope of your hunting in general?" Qi Lin asked suddenly.

"Hunting range? I haven't paid attention to the specifics, but generally it doesn't take more than a day and night to go back and forth, and this still counts the time spent setting traps and waiting for prey. ”

"Then according to a 15-hour turnback, this should be about the same."

"Almost, the farthest place I went was from morning to noon, almost more than seven hours."

"Stiff...... Ah no, the walking speed of the mutant is no different from that of ordinary people, based on one hour and five kilometers, that is, a distance of less than forty kilometers......"

Speaking of this, Qi Lin suddenly stopped talking, and a trace of unease appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" Gao Hong looked at Qi Lin's appearance and was a little puzzled.

"This giant boar is something you haven't seen before, which means it's not a mutant creature living nearby."

"yes, but what's the matter?"

"If it's not for the mutated creatures that live nearby, then this giant boar is clearly not here for the territory of the man-eating flower...... I was a little flustered when I saw it...... It seems to ...... It's on the run......"

“…… Desertion?! Gao Hong was a little shocked, although he also felt that something seemed wrong with the giant boar, but fled...... What kind of existence would make a mutant creature of this level flee into the wilderness?

"You also said that no one in this vicinity has ever seen this big boar, so further north...... Eighty km ...... 100 km ...... Or rather, a hundred and fifty kilometers away! ”

"You mean...... Leshan City Ruins?! What do you mean...... This wild boar ran out of the ruins of the city of Leshan City?! ”

"Not necessarily......," Qi Lin shook his head slowly, "Even the ruins of the city may not be able to hide this guy who looks like a small mountain, its size is too obvious, it can be seen at a glance from a distance of more than ten kilometers, at least in the information I have, this big wild boar was not there a few months ago, or it didn't become so big at that time." ”

"That......" Gao Hong had just spat out the word "that", and suddenly his eyes widened - the eye sockets of the living dead were already very cracked, and he did this, those two cloudy eyes looked as if they were about to fall out of their sockets, and they looked quite terrifying.

"Yes, you're right...... I'm not sure if the boar came out of the ruins of that city, but there must have been something in that direction, the 'thing' that made it flee here in a panic, and according to my guess, the 'thing' that scared the boar should be where I was going right now. ”

"Goo-" Qi Lin wasn't sure if there was such a thing as saliva in the body of the living dead, but he could clearly hear the sound of swallowing saliva coming from Gao Hong's throat.

After a few seconds, the other party held back a sentence in a somewhat difficult tone: "Then you...... Still going there? ”

"I'm going." Qi Lin nodded without hesitation.

No matter what exactly was there, Qi Lin had to go.

It's all come to this, and there's absolutely no reason to turn back.

"Isn't this going to die......" Gao Hong sighed, he didn't care, anyway, according to the original plan, he would be separated from Qi Lin a hundred kilometers ahead, Qi Lin went to the ruins of Leshan City alone, and he planned to continue to go east.

Although Sichuan Province was one of the most populous provinces in China in the old era, Gao Hong's area also belonged to the kind of relatively backward and poor rural areas, and those densely populated large cities were all in the east, and the more populous the city, the greater the chance of being taken care of by nuclear bombs.

What Gao Hong is looking for is the kind of radiation zone that has been baptized by nuclear war - within a distance of dozens of kilometers from the explosion point, the radiation concentration will be maintained at a high level for ten years, which can provide him with an ideal living environment, and because of the existence of radiation, after the people in the shelter return to the ground, these radiation areas are often rarely set foot in, at least, before the radiation dissipates, ordinary people will not choose the settlement in the radiation zone or the edge of the radiation zone, This also provides a layer of protection for the living dead like Gao Hong and them in disguise.

In fact, when Qi Lin returned to the surface, didn't he also want to find such a heavy radiation area to improve his strength...... It's just that time is limited at the moment, and the task of finding clues to Cheng Yanqiu must be put in the first place.

"It doesn't have to be a death...... Since the unknown existence can scare this big wild boar away, it can be seen that the strength should still be above this big wild boar, and these powerful existences often ignore our small 'ants', if I don't take the initiative to disturb or get close to that existence, the other party shouldn't come out to trouble me......

For example, if the mutant king squid that attacked the destroyer lurks at the bottom of a shallow sea, and the big boar swims over the surface of the sea (assuming the big boar can swim), there is a good chance that there will be a fierce battle between the two sides, but if Qi Lin swims over the head of the king squid, it is likely that nothing will happen.

One is that with Qi Lin's body shape, he can't make the king squid feel threatened, and the other is that Qi Lin's target value is too small, so small that it can be completely ignored.

Even if the king squid discovers Qi Lin's existence, it will not necessarily take the initiative to attack - this bit of meat on the human body is not enough for the king squid to stuff his teeth, and it is not even enough to replenish the energy consumed in the hunting process, unless Qi Lin takes the initiative to bump into the mouth of the king squid, then it will definitely swallow Qi Lin in one bite without mind.

And this law is also completely applicable to those who dominate the wasteland overlords, most of the high-level mutant creatures have rats and bugs in their territory, and those high-level mutant creatures are completely disdainful of digging up bugs to feed their stomachs.

For the existence that can scare the big wild boar away, Qi Lin is basically no different from an insect.

"Since you're so insistent, I won't say much, but I don't want to go near there." Gao Hong said.

"Hmm." Qi Lin nodded and took out a map of Sichuan Province from the old era.

Although the scene in the wasteland is very different from before the war, one thing will not change, that is, the location of the city - even if the nuclear bomb destroys the entire city, the location of the city ruins on the map will not change in the slightest, and some small villages and towns may be directly "evaporated" from the ground, but the big cities are not so easy to erase, unless they are directly sunk by land like the Kowloon Peninsula.

"We're pretty much in that position right now." Qi Lin pointed to the coordinates of Yuexi Town on the map, although this town can no longer be found, but the wide road northwest of the town is not buried by the yellow sand, the name of this road is G5 National Highway, also known as the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, is one of the largest traffic arteries in Sichuan Province, and it is also an important landmark on the wasteland.

One hundred and sixty kilometers northeast from Yuexi Town is the final destination of Qi Lin's trip - the ruins of Leshan City.

"Then we'll separate from each other in this position, and this distance shouldn't be too dangerous." Qi Lin pointed to a location about fifty kilometers away from the ruins of Leshan City. "There are quite a few villages and towns around here, and if they are not completely destroyed, you may still be able to find some useful supplies."

"No, no, no, I think it's safer to do this." Gao Hong himself chose a point on the map, which was farther away from the ruins of Leshan City, about 80 kilometers away, right in the middle of the road.

The only drawback is that it's a wooded area...... Of course, this was a forest area in the old days, and now it is estimated that it has become a desert under the influence of the wasteland environment, and there is no residential area, which means that there are no materials left over from the old era.

"Okay, it's your own decision anyway...... Okay, I think the big boar should run away, and we should move on......"

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After thirty minutes of separation from Gao Hong, the outline of the ruins of Leshan City finally appeared on the horizon in the distance, and Qi Lin gently stepped on the brakes and slowly slowed down the car.

Finding a shallow beach full of rocks, Qi Lin hid the ATV and hiked along the dry riverbed towards the ruins of the city.

He didn't go far before the corner of Qi Lin's eyes swept to a reflection peculiar to a metal object that seemed to flash under a pebble, and he immediately stepped forward and squatted down to lift the pebble.

It was a cartridge case, and judging by the diameter of the cartridge case, it was supposed to be a large-caliber assault rifle ammunition, which was not available in the old days as a fully automatic weapon, and it was clear that it had come from an underground shelter.

Qi Lin pinched the bullet case with his index finger and thumb and flipped it over, only to see that the label on the bottom edge of the bullet case was 023-695223, this string of labels Qi Lin was too familiar with as a member of the organization and the Thunder Falcon team, the six digits behind were the production line codes, and the front 023 was the twenty-third Vault.

Vault 23 is one of more than a dozen super-large vaults controlled by the Order, and this Vault 23 is also the largest arms production base of the Order, and all weapons and equipment produced in this arms production base will have the prefix "023" in their designations.

Even almost half of the ammunition on Qi Lin's body has a production mark starting with "023".

Qi Lin recalled the information he had read before he came out, according to the surviving ghost face report, Cheng Yanqiu's team had an accident when they were investigating the Leshan Giant Buddha - the team encountered a biochemical snake attack, and had to descend from the cliff rope to the river beach, and fought and retreated, and it was also at this time that the ghost face responsible for the broken ghost face and Cheng Yanqiu separated.

Qi Lin raised his head and saw that the magnificent Buddha statue was in the direction of eleven o'clock, about ten kilometers away.

"So it sees...... This should be the battlefield where Cheng Yanqiu's team and the snake group fought fiercely, and this bullet shell is also the ...... they left behind."

In order to buy time for Cheng Yanqiu, he chose the opposite direction of retreat to Cheng Yanqiu, and the recovery force went directly to the ruins of Leshan City after saving him, which they had never been to before.

It stands to reason that as a battlefield that has not been cleaned, it should be full of corpses and bullet casings, but except for this bullet casing that was crushed under the cobblestones, Qi Lin found nothing.

"This battlefield ...... Already cleaned? ”

Thinking of this, he vaguely felt as if there was a cool wind blowing behind him...... At the beginning, due to the urgency of time, the organized troops did not come to the river beach, so there was only one one who would clean up this battlefield......

Mastermind!