Just after noon, it was still very hot in the wilderness, even though the sun was always hidden behind the clouds.

In the fairly flat wilderness, two dilapidated trucks roared and struggled to crawl forward. They are not much faster than a human walk. The truck compartment was full of people, and even two people sat on top of the cab, armed with AK rifles that had been in fashion for more than a hundred years, and scanned the seemingly endless wilderness with alarm. The truck was followed by more than 30 people, fat and thin, dressed in everything, and armed with all sorts of weapons, even gunpowder that could only be used to shoot birds. Their eyes glazed over, they walked mechanically forward in the sweltering heat.

The two trucks are at opposite ends of the line, with the front opening the road and the rear pressing the formation to prevent the middle people from escaping.

Su held the eye-catching modified rifle in his arms, leaning against the baffle of the carriage, and couldn't help shaking as the vehicle moved. He sat in the back of the truck and took a decent seat. There were a few other people in the car who were on the side alone, like him, and they were all vicious guys. As for the rest of the people in the car, they had to huddle together. Those fierce-looking guys were all warriors with first-order abilities, and it could be said that no one in this improvised team wanted to provoke them. And Su, who is much thinner, can also get the same treatment, because of the modified rifle in his hand. These veterans who have survived many battles know that in the heat of battle, snipers can often save their lives. They don't want to let the sniper's stamina be wasted on the road.

So Sue didn't have to do anything, she could sit in the truck and rest with her eyes closed.

Sue's body was completely relaxed, but his mind didn't stop, he was thinking about his body repeatedly. The battle with Leigh almost allowed him to gain two full evolution points, and even the fierce hand-to-hand combat that lasted for a full hour at the end provided him with some evolutionary energy. After a battle that almost exhausted the last of his strength, watching the powerful Rei collapse again and again under his impact, that feeling of conquest mixed with physical pleasure brought Su an unparalleled shock.

Could it be that too strong stimulation can also cause evolution?

Sue was thinking seriously about the question. In all matters of evolution, Su is as precise and serious as a machine, and there will never be any emotional fluctuations. He now has six evolution points, and as long as he gets two more, he can start evolving infrared vision. Only after having infrared vision can you become the real king of the night.

But before you can get evolution points, you have to have money. Sue was already destitute, and the coin he paid to Liz was the last bit of money on him. Of course, there is no such thing as ammunition or ceramic armor pieces. Seriously speaking, these things are treasures that only a poor mercenary like Su would cherish, and people like Ru Li, who are at the top of a large company, can't look down on them at all.

Sue finds a large settlement where she has been and takes on a mission to clean up the mob. Mobs abound, and seem to be increasing, in the wasteland, never to be cleared. The remuneration for this task is very meager, and a soldier like Su who brings his own professional equipment and has the ability to get the first level of remuneration, which is only 100 yuan. The armed vagrants who walked between the two trucks, with nothing but weapons and a relatively strong body, would be the first line of charge on the battlefield, and their remuneration would be no more than twenty yuan. But there were still several times more people who signed up than needed, and most of them only had wooden sticks and steel bars as weapons. The leader of the settlement had chosen only thirty armed displaced people, and his budget was very limited.

The meaning of money is different for everyone. For these homeless people, twenty yuan means that they can not worry about food for a month, and as for housing, they can sleep everywhere in the wilderness. Some of the settlements are sheltered from the wind and rain. And a hundred yuan for Su is only the price of twenty modified bullets. Even if he is not on a mission, when Su wanders alone in the wilderness, he will consume dozens of bullets a day.

Sue was now completely poor, and could no longer return to Asmo to take on the task, so he took on this mission, which was ridiculously poor.

Almost from the time he can remember, Sue knows that his body is different from others. In turbulent times, everything is mutating, and even the couples who live together will have very different genes after more than ten years, but Su knows that his body is different from these mutants.

This body is nimble and agile, and he can command almost every part of his body with ease. Those radiation doses that were lethal enough for mutants, Sue could fully bear them. After surviving in various extreme harsh environments for a long time, the body will respond accordingly and become more resilient. During the days of wandering alone, as Su's knowledge of the ability domain increased, he judged that although his body did not carry out any ability enhancement in the fighting domain, it had at least the strength of the first order of various abilities.

Su slowly adjusted the state of his body, his breathing, heartbeat, and body temperature began to slowly decrease, and he wanted to save every ounce of physical strength. Since arriving at the settlement, he has not replenished his food, and his water has long since been empty. Only after this battle will there be money for food and water. Sue hadn't raided the mob in the wasteland, but it didn't include colonies that would become employers. Perhaps in this day and age, survival is the only principle. But when she has spare energy, Su is still willing to stick to some of her principles, for example, paying after being with a woman. In this chaotic and power-first era, women are particularly vulnerable. Sue's money may be able to allow them to survive for a little longer.

Except, of course, Leigh.

After three hours of travel, the terrain began to become rugged, with a collapsing highway not far away, and deserted country houses could be seen from time to time. After marching for so long, there was no sign of the mob at all, even the soldiers in the trucks became listless, and the armed displaced people walking on their own feet were close to exhaustion.

Sue suddenly opened her eyes!

His heart was beating vigorously, his body temperature rose rapidly, and in just a few seconds, Sue was fully awake from his near-hibernation state and into his pre-battle state. Several veterans in the same car were also old birds who had repeatedly struggled on the line of life and death, and when they saw the change in Su, they immediately became alert and looked to both sides.

Click! Suddenly the sound of a dull and impactful gunshot rang out. Immediately, there were several fist-sized holes in the body of the truck that hit the head, and a large dark red liquid was splashed on the glass of the cab, and the bloody air came to the nose. The armed displaced people in the center of the convoy also fell in rows.

The commander of the team jumped out of the cab of the truck behind him, fell to the ground, and shouted: "Damn it! Heavy machine guns! Get down, bunnies, get down! Sniper, take out that damn guy for me! ”

Before the end of his shouting had completely died down, a brutal gunfire echoed over the convoy, and the heavy machine gun spitting tongues of fire in the deserted villa a hundred meters away stopped.

The effect was so good that the commander could have imagined it best, and he slammed the ground hard and shouted, "Well done! ”

Gunfire rang out incessantly from the houses on both sides of the road, with at least a dozen guns firing wildly at the convoy, and the frantic shouts of the mob were louder than the dense gunfire. Bullets rained down, and the armed forces in the settlements couldn't lift their heads at all. With the exception of a few veterans who deftly found cover between the door and the hull of the car and began to return fire with force, the rest simply closed their eyes and flirted as they pulled the trigger while praying that the bullet would happen to hit an enemy. As for where the enemy is, the devil knows.

Su crouched on the ground, his earthy yellow cloak very close to the color of the ground. But in a battlefield where bullets are flying, this does not guarantee safety, luck is the real guarantee.

The muzzle of the rifle erupted again, and one of the most ferocious assault rifles in the house immediately fell silent. The sound of Suna's rifle was so shocking that each shot would silence all the others. And as soon as the guns go out, one of the enemies must lose their lives. And the frequency of this gunfire one after another does not at all look like the rate of fire that a sniper rifle should have, as if this sniper does not need to aim at all. The morale of the armed personnel in the settlement was greatly boosted, and several veterans even jumped up from the ground, seized the opportunity of the holehole in the opponent's fire network, and outflanked the mob's hidden houses from both sides, preparing to wipe out the other side.

One enemy after another entered Sue's crosshairs and left one by one, their expressions different. And Su Bise's gaze is stable and calm, witnessing the passing of life one by one.

Click! The dull and panicked sound of heavy machine guns rang out again, and the two old birds that rushed in front immediately froze in the middle of the road, and several blood fountains erupted from their chests and backs. The others were once again pressed to the ground by the barrage of bullets, unable to lift their heads at all.

Sue moved the muzzle of the gun almost as soon as he heard the heavy machine gun, and put the shooting glove behind the window into the crosshairs. However, the finger he pulled the trigger did not press down in the first place.

Manning the heavy machine gun was a little girl who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, with a delicate face rarely seen in the mob, and large eyes with undried tears. She bit her lower lip as wisps of blood gushed down between her teeth, and the muzzle of her heavy machine gun lit up her hateful little face. From this little girl's face, Sue seemed to vaguely see another face, a little girl he almost thought he had forgotten.

In just a few seconds of Su's hesitation, another scream sounded on the battlefield, and a soldier lying on the ground was swept by a string of heavy machine gun bullets, and several blood fountains immediately spurted out.

Sue's pupils contracted into a doji again, and with a slight swing of the muzzle, he pulled the trigger. The modified bullet flew directly into the muzzle of the heavy machine gun with a tongue of fire with a huge kinetic energy!

The roar of the heavy machine gun stopped suddenly. Then it exploded, and the red-hot parts splattered in all directions!

The little girl stood for a few seconds, then fell backwards. On her forehead, a heavy machine gun was deeply embedded in it.

Sue buried her face heavily in the gunpowder-smelling dirt.

The battle was soon over.

This settlement is the settlement of this mob. The fighters of the colony began to search from house to house, and all the mobs, whether resisting or not resisting, adults and children, turned out to be only one, killed, and not taken prisoner. It was the practice of the wilderness, and the capacity of any one settlement was kept to the maximum extent that food and water could be supplied, and no excess share was given to the captives. The young women in the mob may still be useful, and the men are simply a burden. Because most of the settlements do not have any productive capacity, there is no need for surplus labor. As for the children of the mob, that is a source of hatred, and it is even more impossible to stay.

Sue leaned alone on the truck, smoking the last cigarette on her body. He did not participate in the search for mob settlements and did not need to. In the battle just now, he has completely proven himself. If he hadn't knocked out the heavy machine gun twice, I am afraid that the entire army would have been wiped out by the armed forces of the settlement. Now even those old birds with empty eyes were full of respect for Su, and they knew that the continuous gunfire just now could not have been hit by a first-order sniper.

The commander walked up to Sue's side, saw that his cigarette had reached the end, then handed over another cigarette, lit it for Sue, and asked, "Feeling unwell?" ”

"I'm a little tired."

The commander was close to fifty years old, and it took more than a dozen years of fighting to establish the settlement. He had already inspected the heavy machine gun position just now, and he somewhat understood Su's current mood. After all, this mob was a little different from the past, they had very little decay on their bodies, and their appearance was no different from that of other humans. In fact, more than ten years ago, the commander led the people who were looking for a place to stay, and this is the group that is today.

The wind ruffled the commander's gray hair, and there was a perceptive smile on his weather-scarred face, the corners of his mouth downward.

Looking at the residential quarters, where gunshots were still occasionally ringing out, the commander exhaled smoke and said, "You behaved really well today. I doubt you're really just a first-order sniper? Hehe, you don't mind, I don't want to know anything. When you go back, your remuneration will be 200 yuan. I don't think anyone will object to this. ”

Su reluctantly smiled and said, "This is the best news I've heard in the past few days." ”

Within ten minutes of receiving the payment, the 200 yuan coins were exchanged for pure water, food, and ammunition. Su didn't plan to stay in this settlement for long, and after a simple supply, he was ready to leave. In the map in Sue's mind, this settlement was only a hundred kilometers away from Asmo, which was still a little close. Although Leigh didn't want his life, she was in trouble enough. And Sue always had a bad premonition that she might cause herself big trouble.

So Sue chose to leave.

Before leaving, Sue walked through every corner of the settlement according to his previous habits. So in the map of his consciousness, there was all the details of what he saw. According to the coordinates, Su named the settlement K7. When his idea came to him, the mark of K7 appeared next to the sign of the settlement on the map.

The commander of the K7 colony wanted Su to stay, and the battle just now had shown that a sniper like Su could completely influence the outcome of a battle. Of course, Sue's refusal did not surprise him, only large companies can keep people like Su, and the K7 settlement is too small and too poor.

In the previous battle, the opponent was unexpectedly strong, and he was able to hire Su for 200 yuan, and the commander felt that his luck was not bad, otherwise the result might be diametrically opposite. Based on Sue's performance in battle, the commander estimated that he was worth at least 500 or more, but K7 would never have been able to come up with such a large sum of money.

In the darkness of the night, Sue left K7 and headed west.

Before leaving, the commander handed Su a map with a location marked on it. It was the headquarters of a mercenary organization called Falcon. The leader of the falcon was the commander's comrade-in-arms back then, and the commander meant that if Su was short of money, he might as well try his luck there. No matter where you are, a good sniper will always be in demand.

Pendulum City ushered in the early morning as usual.

As soon as the sky was brightened, the loud military songs echoed over the Eastern District, and groups of soldiers began to exercise and run in the twilight morning light. Rei stood on the rooftop of a five-story building, staring coldly down at the warriors training below. She was standing on the breastwork of the rooftop, and if she didn't pay attention, she would fall straight down, and the morning wind here was particularly strong and unpredictable. Even a third-order warrior in the Fighting Domain didn't dare to stand in such a place casually: if one accidentally fell, although they couldn't die, it was indispensable to break a few bones.

The environment of Pendulum Town is a little better than the surrounding area, with lower radiation and pollution. Although these soldiers have not particularly strengthened their physical resistance, they are all physically strong and can fully tolerate radiation that is twice as strong. Unlike the trend of the turbulent era, which emphasized individual force, Li admired the old way of training, and paid great attention to the combination of arms and the quality of equipment. It can be said that 80% of the construction funds of the entire Rockland North District were spent on the Li's army. And the current profits generated by the branch are not even enough to feed the 50 people under Li.

Less than three months after the establishment of the Oxland North Branch, Leigh had 500 men under his command. Roxserland has sent almost half of its elite troops here, apparently not just for an N11 base. Under Li's command, the more people there are, the more powerful they will be, and there may be thousands of armed outcasts or mobs around Pendulum City, but Li's 500 elites can easily sweep them away.

Within the northern branch of Roxland, Rigore controlled all the agents in the area, while Leigh controlled the armed forces. Of course, most agents actually have some strong personal abilities, otherwise they would not be able to gain a foothold in the chaotic and bloody wilderness.

Unlike Asmo, which was under the Penn Company, Pendulum City did not welcome outsiders, and the Northern Branch had no intention of trading with the outside world. After selecting Pendulum City as the location of the branch, Li led the army to clean up the entire city in half a month, and then spent half a month to clean up the underground passages, blocking and blowing up all the unused corridors. Then the 10 kilometers around Pendulum City were designated as a no-go zone, and the homeless people were not allowed to live, even members of other companies or settlements were not allowed to pass, even if the mercenaries and hunters with the licenses issued by the Roxerland Company would be denied entry without discrimination if the mission area was not within this 10-kilometer area. Anyone who ignores the warning will be hit by the Roxyland Guard. And in the wilderness, a blow often means extinction.

The morning light gradually brightened, and flakes of smoke and dust were faintly visible in the distance. The sentinels occupying the tallest building on the edge of Pendulum City noticed something unusual, and in the high-powered telescope, a long motorcade of smoke and dust could be faintly seen heading towards Pendulum City. The sentry immediately turned on the heavy machine gun safety and notified the branch by walkie-talkie.

It didn't take long for the sentry to hear back, and it was the convoy of the head office.

This time it seems that he is a big man. In the center of the convoy were three old-era black RVs, and the escort was two wheeled armored vehicles and soldiers loaded with two troop carriers. In order to adapt to the wilderness with no roads at all, these motorhomes have actually been modified, and the chassis can be raised to more than a meter if necessary, and the horsepower ensures that they can traverse the terrain that a qiē wheeled armored vehicle can traverse. No matter what era it is, the style is guaranteed by the material.

The convoy was still a kilometre away from Pendulum City, and Rigore and Liz had already appeared outside the city to meet them.

Getting out of the RV was an old man with snow-white hair, a light gray suit that was crisp, and his shiny black leather shoes were spotless. The old man seemed to have a smile on his face all the time, and he didn't seem to have any special abilities just by looking at his appearance. In this era of rapid change, in fact, most people still have no special abilities.

Since ancient times, people have been gifted with distinctions, and this is also true in turbulent times. Most people do not have the talent to acquire ability, and it is possible to develop ability, and the vast majority are confined to a specific field and stagnant at the first order. Although the Genetic Evolution Elixir can also cause ordinary people who are not gifted to generate evolution points, so as to gain abilities. However, the high and rare nature of potions is a stricter restriction and obstacle than talent, and it is impossible for ordinary people to accumulate enough money for a potion in a lifetime, but if you are willing to work hard and are lucky enough, maybe you will get evolution points after a few battles.

Perhaps these two rules have not changed since humans became wise. One is that all people are born unequal. The second is that people can work hard to change this inequality. Ironically, however, throughout history, for the most part, this human effort and its effects have exacerbated the inequality of society as a whole.

Although the old man was incapable, Rei and Rigore's attitude towards him was very respectful. The old man, named Fastel, is one of the founders of Roxyserland and one of the five current directors, and belongs to the real big names in the company.