Chapter 86, The Black Tower of the Plague
Everyone turned back, only to see what looked like a metal spire glistening in the sunlight in the middle of the sand dunes in the distance where Madeleine fingered. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Zode remembered the rumors about the hidden stronghold, slapped his thigh and said, "I'll go, it won't be so coincidental!" ”
The discovery of a man-made structure of unknown purpose in a place that may have been hidden in the direction of the stronghold is undoubtedly a necessity to investigate. After discussing for a while, the six decided that Bing'er would drive the motorcycle that Zode rode to send Wenjie back to the town's medical station first, while Lu Pingchuan, Zhu Yaoming, Zode and Madeline formed a new temporary team and went to the building behind the dunes to check on the situation.
The landmarks in the desert seem to be not far away, but they really kill people in minutes when they walk under the sun - the four of them walked slowly for about 40 minutes before they gradually saw the outline of the whole building: it was an oval all-metal structure "tower" shaped building between sand dunes and rocky hills, and due to the choice of dark metal material color, it looked like an all-black "tower" up close. It is surrounded by barbed wire, and there are several smaller buildings scattered around, and there seem to be people shuttling through them.
"Can't be wrong, a building of this scale can be built in such a place, and the only thing that can be built is the hidden stronghold of the black sheep!" The unexpected discovery made the four of them excited, Zhu Yaoming looked at the black spire shining in the sunlight in the distance, and sighed: "I really didn't expect that Xiao Lizi's fall was just right, if we hadn't gotten off in that place, we really wouldn't have imagined that there would be a stronghold here." ”
"Yes, when the robbers are all focused on the train, how can they pay attention to the situation around them." Zode wiped the oil and sweat from his forehead, grinned and patted Lu Pingchuan's back and said, "Every time I meet you, I can always catch up with good things, you are really Lao Tzu's gospel angels!" ”
"No, don't be in a hurry to be happy yet, I'm not sure if it's a stronghold." After making up the image of the gospel angel holding a lily described in the Bible, Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but get goosebumps again. The four of them walked for nearly half an hour, and when the sign that read "Search for the Missing Persons at the Handover of Missions" finally appeared in front of them, the four of them were so excited that they couldn't even speak.
"I didn't run this road in vain." Looking back at the continuous footprints on the sand dunes, Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but feel palpitations.
The "Search for the Missing" mission site is located in the desert surrounded by small sandstone hills, and there are many sand dunes in front of it, so it is extremely difficult to find on the tracks of a train. In addition to the main building "Black Tower", there are also many supporting facilities such as supply points, maintenance points, mission handover offices, and small medical stations scattered around the mission point, which can be regarded as complete. After resting for a while in the outer mission handover to replenish their water and strength, the four of them geared up to go to the Black Tower, becoming the first uninvited guests to visit this unknown stronghold.
"The Black Tower has four floors, each of which consists of a large U-shaped cloister and many rooms. Before entering the corridor, which serves as the main dungeon's sphere of activity, you can choose the simulated weapons that suit your preference in the preparation rooms on each level. After the break, the four of them followed the prompts to the Q&A at the junction, and the person in charge of introducing them to the stronghold and the follow-up plot was a foreign old man in a white coat. After briefly identifying himself as an NPC, he began to gush about the situation inside the Black Tower, "In the middle of the tower is a hollow patio, and there are many covered bridges connecting each floor...... Each floor of the tower will be set as a research space for a deadly infectious virus, and each of you will need to bring this special VR headset glasses before entering, which can simulate a completely simulated game space according to the real scene in the Black Tower: for example, the 'Black Death' space you are about to enter, the VR glasses will generate virtual infected rats, cats and dogs and other small animals to attack you on the basis of the real scene, and you need to use realistic weapons to kill a certain number of infected creatures to clear the next floor... …”
“…… There will be a number of enclosed rooms around the cloister that you can open with your ID card - some of them will provide you with supplies, some will be empty, and some will be filled with infected creatures...... If you get attacked too many times by infected creatures, your virtual health bar will also reset to zero, so think twice before opening the door......"
“…… Of all the rooms, only one room hides the 'hostages' you're looking for: you don't have to bring them out, you just need to scan them with the system watch face to record their status...... In addition to the 'hostages', you also need to find the only boss of your stronghold hidden in one of the rooms, 'Handel', the evil medic 'Handel', and you can only get out of the Black Tower by defeating it. Of course, if you haven't been able to find or defeat it for more than two hours, we'll go in and bring you out, but doing so will be tantamount to failing the mission, and there will be no experience or reward to ......."
Although the NPC old man said it, his eyebrows fluttered and his mouth frothed, but among the four people, except for Lu Pingchuan, his mind had already flown to the side of the Black Tower. In line with the good habit of "asking questions if you don't understand", Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but raise his hand when he heard the NPC introduce the BOSS, "May I ask what type of BOSS is 'Doctor Handel'?" Real or virtual? ”