58. Sewers
The mercenary union is roughly divided into two parts, namely issuing tasks and receiving tasks, of course, in addition, the employees in the union will also earn a little gray income by buying and selling information, which can be regarded as an unspoken rule.
Ding Hao found a window that looked relatively leisurely.
"Hello, do you need anything?" The usher looked at Ding Hao and said with a smile. At this moment, Ding Hao is wearing a handsome black combat uniform, and he knows at a glance that he is not a simple guy.
"I'm looking for someone." Wearing a gas mask made Ding Hao's voice a little dull: "Have you heard of Kuaishou Jack?" ”
"Of course, please wait." The usher crackled and tapped on the keyboard, and then looked at Ding Hao with an embarrassed face: "I'm very sorry, Kuaishou Jack is currently on a mission, and I can't reveal his information." ”
"Then what task he has taken, give me a copy too." Ding Hao flicked his fingers, and a green crystal nucleus suddenly fell into the pocket of the usher's shirt.
Looking down at the crystal nucleus in his pocket, a smile appeared on the waiter's face: "Of course, please show your mercenary certificate, as well as your title." ”
"Bloody Hand Magician." Ding Hao said the name that was enough to make a large group of people tremble in the game before the crossing, and handed over his mercenary badge.
The usher quickly printed out a document and handed it to Ding Hao.
Exterminate Mission: Water Ghosts in the Sewers
Recently, the number of water ghosts in the sewers has increased dramatically, and there have been a number of wounding incidents, which pose a great threat to the residents of the shallow water port, and now mercenaries are needed to exterminate these monsters, and the dorsal fin of the water ghost can be exchanged for a reward, a dorsal fin can be exchanged for 20 yuan, and a minimum of 20 dorsal fins can be paid at one time.
Note: It has been determined that the sewers are inhabited by dangerous carnivorous amphibians, and mercenaries are advised to go in groups.
The document is followed by a map showing the sewer entrances near the shallow water port.
Ding Hao took the document and looked at it, signed his title, nodded to the usher, and then turned around and left the mercenary union directly.
The shallow port is just the port of Astoria, and the sewer is the sewer of the whole Astoria, so in addition to the area under the shallow port, there is also the underground space of the entire Astoria ruins, which is very large.
The entrance shown on the map is on the levee on the south side of the shallow water harbor and is a sewage pipe. The pipe is thick enough for a car to drive in, but to get into it, it's best to clean up the water spirits that have gathered around the mouth of the pipe.
Looking at the water ghosts who were gnawing at the corpses in the distance, Ding Hao silently took out the Super Blade Compound Bow, and then pulled out an arrow from the quiver.
Water ghosts are a variant of ghouls with gills on their jaws and fins on their bodies, and they are good swimmers. It likes to lurk in shallow water and mud to sneak up on prey, and its slippery skin is covered with hard scales, which can effectively resist or deflect attacks.
To put it simply, if a bullet or arrow hits the skin of the water ghost diagonally, it may bounce off, so you must grasp the angle of attack.
Ding Hao drew a full bow and shot an arrow at the head of the water ghost, and the hunting arrow flew out at a speed of one hundred and twenty meters per second, accurately hitting the head of the water ghost 50 meters away, and the sharp arrow pierced through the gap in the scales, and simply pierced through the head of the water ghost.
The water ghost's head was raised high, and he fell directly to the ground without even wailing, killing him on the spot.
This time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the surrounding water ghosts jumped up furiously, looking for the enemy who was sneaking up, but Ding Hao, who was hiding in the distance and releasing cold arrows, was in a state of hiding at the moment, and the whole person was completely a transparent shadow, and these water ghosts would see the hell if they could see it.
Taking advantage of the moment when these water ghosts fell into chaos, Ding Hao quickly pulled his bow and shot, and every arrow must have a water ghost killed, in less than ten seconds, 6 water ghosts fell one by one, and the last one also found Ding Hao's position, and rushed over like a beast.
Looking at the ferocious and tyrannical water ghost, Ding Hao threw the compound bow back into the interface space, and then drew out the Nepalese saber.
"Roar!" Running to a distance of five meters away from Ding Hao, with a furious roar, the water ghost struggled to leap forward, its sharp claws flashing in the late autumn sun.
Ding Hao flashed to the left, and with a wave of his right hand holding the knife while dodging the water ghost's attack, the water ghost's claws were cut off instantly. Then he turned around, and a white light flashed in mid-air, and a half-meter-long crack suddenly opened in the back of the water ghost, and it took half a second for reddish-brown blood to flow out.
The water ghost in the flutter couldn't stop and rushed out more than three meters before stopping.
"Whew!" One of them was severely wounded, and the water ghost let out a cry of pain, then turned around to continue the attack, but saw a cold white light.
Burst! With the sound of flesh tearing, the wide head of the Nepalese saber suddenly slashed into the head of the water ghost, although it was hit so hard, the water ghost was not yet killed, and scratched in the direction where Ding Hao was waving the sharp claw that was intact. Ding Hao shook his hand, pulled out the saber, and then slashed down, directly chopping off the head of the water ghost.
"Cool!" Ding Hao snorted, then flicked his wrist, shook off all the blood stains on the saber, and then inserted the saber back into the scabbard.
After killing all the ghouls at the entrance, Ding Hao began to examine the corpses on the ground. There were a total of 13 corpses on the ground, and in addition to the 8 killed by Ding Hao, 5 had been eaten beyond recognition, but from the intact part, you could see very obvious gun holes.
"5.56mm caliber, that's the power of the M4 or M16." Ding Hao first checked the bullet hole in the front of the water ghost, and then turned over the remains of the ghoul, and found that the fatal wound was a dented wound in the back, the cross-section of the wound was the size of a fist, and the surrounding tissues were wrinkled. Judging by the location of the bullet holes, this shot should have broken the heart of the water ghost. "Hmm, this is the wound caused by the .44 Magnum bullet, is it because the primary weapon has run out of magazines, and then the secondary weapon has made up the knife?"
Kuaishou Jack's name comes from the fact that he is good at using the .44 Python Left Wheel Gun for rapid fire, but .44 Magnum ammunition is scarce and expensive, so mercenaries will basically use AR or AK series firearms as their main weapons. Based on this, Ding Hao judged that these water ghosts should have been killed by Kuaishou Jack, so he should be in the sewers.
After checking the equipment on his body and opening the filter canister of the gas mask, Ding Hao slowly entered the sewer with the M4A1 assault rifle.
As soon as he entered the sewer, the Geiger counter built into the tactical terminal on his wrist emitted a high-pitched alarm sound.
For 80 years, the rain washed away the radioactive dust on the surface, causing it to all collect in the city's sewer system, so the concentration of radioactive material in the sewers is very high. Ordinary people will get fatal acute radiation sickness if they stay here for 18 hours without protection, and Ding Hao has been injected with permanent anti-radiation drugs to ignore this level of radiation at the moment, but staying for a long time will still make the body weak, so it is best not to delay here for too long.
At the same time, because of the radiation, the sewer is overgrown with all kinds of fluorescent plants, these aquatic plants, fungi, and mosses are everywhere because of the abundant energy, covering almost the entire wall, making the sewer very bright and not dim at all.
Of course, this environment also greatly reduced Ding Hao's concealment skills, as long as he was invisible, he could see a halo of shadows, how weird it looked.
In order to prevent attracting creatures in the sewer, Ding Hao turned off the alarm and gave himself a shot of radiance just in case.
Passing through the 20-meter-long metal pipe, behind it is a relatively wide hall, where a water ghost is turning meaninglessly, looking at Ding Hao coming, the water ghost immediately stopped and let out a demonstrative roar, and then pounced on all fours.
In the next second, there was a bloody hole in the water ghost's head, and the corpse slid all the way to Ding Hao's feet.
Stepping over the corpses on the ground, Ding Hao began to inspect the area. The sewer was built when the city of Astoria was first built with the most basic masonry, and although almost 200 years have passed, the solid structure still makes it work. The expansive environment also allowed the sewer to be used as a temporary shelter, or as a place for some homeless people.
The corpses wrapped in sleeping bags in the corners are also a good confirmation of this.
Ding Hao looked around and found that there was another water ghost corpse lying in the corner of the wall, and the gun hole on the corpse showed that this water ghost was not killed by other mutated creatures. In addition, there are a series of obvious footprints on the ground, Ding Hao stretched out his feet to check them, the footprints are slightly larger and deeper than his own feet, which indicates that the owner of the footprints is a large man with a height of 190 and a weight of 180 pounds.
Following the footprints deep into the sewer, after wandering around the sewer as complex as a maze for more than half an hour, Ding Hao suddenly found two corpses lying in the passage in front of him, and ran over to see that the blood on these two corpses had not even coagulated, and it was obvious that he had just died.
"This wound ......" Just as Ding Hao was about to examine the corpse, he suddenly heard the sound of flesh and body colliding not far away.
"Do you hear that? No, don't! ”
"Please, please don't do this!"
The voice sounded like a young boy, as if there was some special deal going on here. Ding Hao immediately turned on the rifle safe, lowered his body and walked slowly towards the place where the sound came from, and when he was only a corner away from the place where the sound came from, Ding Hao rushed forward, and the muzzle of the rifle reached forward.
However, what appeared in front of Ding Hao's eyes was not an inappropriate scene for children, but a young man covered in blood who was giving a heart massage to a person on the ground.