Chapter 209: Black Cat Team Leader

Heavy metal John asks the crowd if they are the Chosen One and asks them to answer one by one. As it was not clear what John's intention was in this question, everyone was apprehensive and inexplicable.

After John finished asking Will, it was Lin Zaishan's turn.

"Forgive me, dear Mr. John, but can you explain for us a little more about the definition of the Chosen One?" Lin Zaishan made a respectful and polite appearance.

"The so-called Chosen One is the one who is chosen by a mysterious force from above to save the last days. The Chosen have a transcendent temperament, they possess extraordinary abilities and perform miracles wherever they go. Their light may be temporarily obscured, and they may not even be aware of the mission they are taking, but anyone who has been around him for a long time can feel his strangeness. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

"Then answer me, are you the Chosen One?"

"I've never believed in the myth of the Chosen One." Lin Zaishan resolutely replied: "I firmly believe that the fate of the world is determined by the efforts and struggles of us ordinary people. ”

Heavy metal John was noncommittal when he heard this, and his eyes turned to Jimmy, who was behind Lin Zaishan. Jimmy said: "I wish I was a chosen one, but there has never been a miracle in my life, except for a failed jewelry theft before the end of the world, which allowed me to escape while being chased by 10 police cars." I'm glad I wouldn't have met your great heavy metal John otherwise. ”

John smiled and nodded slightly, and went to ask Robert again. The clumsy Robert shook his head and said he wasn't.

"I feel like I'm supposed to be the chosen one." A tall, well-limbed servant replied, "Because I always dream that God is talking to me." ”

John and the robed gentleman beside him looked at the servant with interest. Lin Zaishan couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen, wondering if the other party often encountered black and white shadows in his dreams like himself.

"What is the god of your dreams?" The robed gentleman asked in a hoarse voice.

"She is a beautiful goddess with full breasts and straight hips, and she speaks pillow words pleasantly."

The robed-kun retracted his gaze in disappointment. John then asked for the next one.

In this way, it took more than half an hour to finish questioning all the slaves. John said to the robed king, "What do you think, Fritsch the Wise?" ”

The robed gentleman named Fritsch shook his head.

"Then I'll decide." John suddenly launched several sonic attacks in succession, killing all three of the servants who claimed to be the Chosen One, including the big man who claimed to be "dating" the goddess in his dreams every day.

The slaves learned their lesson this time, and they all stood still, and none of them dared to shout.

"Listen, all of you, on my territory—and I'm talking not just about this castle, but of all of Los Angeles, not just now, but also in the future—there is absolutely no such thing as the Chosen One. Whoever thinks he is the Chosen One, or worships the Chosen One, will be put to death without mercy! Did you hear it all? ”

"Clear!"

"Very well, go down and obediently fulfill your obligations as slaves." Heavy metal John jumped out of his seat and walked away.

Fritsch the robe scanned the audience with his reddish-brown eyes shining under his hood, his gaze lingering on Lin Zaishan for a second, and then as John left.

"I got it right again." Jimmy muttered softly to himself.

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After receiving John's "admonition," the slaves were scattered and taken to various parts of the castle. Lin Zaishan was taken by the staff to a basement in the northern fortifications of the castle and handed over to the black cat, the leader of the pipeline team of the maintenance department, to manage.

"There are a few planks and a few nails on the processing table, and you use them to assemble a stool in the shortest possible time." As if talking to the air, the black cat only glanced at Lin Zaishan, and continued to sit on the pedals and drink water.

Lin Zaishan didn't talk nonsense, picked up the tools, flipped with both hands, and assembled the stool in more than ten seconds, looking stable and sturdy.

The black cat's eyes couldn't help but light up, he had never seen anyone with the hand speed of 1051 in front of him. He didn't know that this was actually the result of Lin Zaishan deliberately slowing down when he only had thirty percent of his strength.

"Looks like you've got some talent." The black cat pointed to the wall behind him, "The wires on it have just gone out of order, and some tools that need power are unusable, you can fix it." ”

Lin Zaishan concentrated his breath and quickly found out what the problem was, he pretended to test back and forth, and finally neatly cut off the problematic line segment and replaced it with a new one. As soon as he finished connecting, one of the lights on the wall lit up.

"1051, I forgot to tell you, the power is not off." The black cat's wrinkled face had a sly smile on it.

Lin Zaishan thought secretly: "Fortunately, I have an ability to detect the state of the power supply, otherwise another person may have been electrocuted if he accidentally operated with electricity." This guy knows that he just doesn't remind me, he deserves to be called a black cat, it's really black! ”

"Congratulations 1051, you have passed the job interview. From today onwards, you will be able to work in the maintenance line group. The black cat asked, "1051, do you consider yourself a lucky one?" ”

"No, on the contrary, I'm an unlucky one."

"Then remember, if you want to survive in L.A., never hope that Lady Luck will be a concubine with you."

"Thanks for the reminder."

"The pipeline team of our maintenance department is the fifth highest paid among all departments and types of work in the entire heavy metal kingdom, second only to John's expert consultants, hunting department, R&D department and defense department. With one day off a week alone, we can dump eight streets from others. You know why? ”

Lin Zaishan said: "Could it be that we are all senior titles?" ”

"Because of our high mortality rate!" The black cat sighed: "The underground pipelines of the last days are not very peaceful, and there are all kinds of dangerous animals lurking everywhere: mice are frequent visitors, spiders, cockroaches, centipedes, snakes, etc. are commonplace, and occasionally mutant cats and weasels come to make cameos. ”

"Are there any slugs, please?"

"What is a slug?"

Lin Zaishan gave a brief introduction.

The black cat shook his head, "Los Angeles hasn't heard of that terrible creature yet. Actually, we've never heard of the alien Zerg you're talking about. ”

Lin Zaishan secretly thought: "Isn't there a Zerg in the United States?" Is the Zerg actually my exclusive 'treatment' in Huaxia? ”

The black cat continued, "The various animals in the underground pipes are agile in their own right, and they are more likely to raid under the cover of darkness. Once given the opportunity, they will not hesitate to bite off your peanut seedlings. ”

Lin Zaishan said with a smile: "Are all animals in the last days so obscene? ”

"They're so indecent, they're shameless! Their favorite attack tactic is sneak attacks, and they are especially adept at ripping out their ans. The black cat said and grabbed Lin Zaishan on the buttocks, scaring the latter into a pain.

"Then why don't we go down in our mech?"

"The underground environment is complicated, and in many places, mecha personnel can't get through it at all." The black cat paused, took off a set of heavy shorts from the wall, and said proudly, "So, I recently invented a protective gear specially for underground pipeline workers, the Superman Pants. Although it will weigh 10 pounds when you wear it, you can at least avoid being bitten by hateful animals in the first place. However, I only have one set at the moment. If you want to get such superman pants, either buy them from me or make them yourself, and I will not complain that you infringe my patent rights. ”

"I'll make it myself, I'm still a penniless pauper."

"You have 30 minutes to prepare, and the tools and materials in this room are at your disposal. We had a routine inspection of the underground pipeline right away. ”

"There's one thing I don't quite understand." Lin Zaishan said: "Since the underground is so dangerous, why don't we fill the pipeline?" ”

"In fact, John has ordered a lot of pipes to be filled. However, there were a few pipes that had to be kept in place to get clean water from the nearby water plant while keeping the sewage flowing, as well as providing a zombie-free access to all parts of Los Angeles. ”

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Thirty minutes later, the black cat came back from outside and asked Lin Zaishan, "What equipment did you prepare for yourself?" ”

Lin Zaishan showed off a rope around his waist, a grappling hook, a homemade mace, and a small crossbow-bow and a bucket of crossbow arrows in his hand.

"Looks like you're good at crafting weapons, so go back and help me build a set of long-range and short-range weapons." The black cat commanded. He pointed to the hat with a headlamp hanging from the wall and the shoulder with many pockets, "These two things are necessary for us to get down the pipe." ”

The two put on their hats and shoulders, and stuffed hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, scissors, electroscopes, and spare fuses, wires, and flashlights into their pockets. The black cat didn't forget to put on his own superman pants.

"Carry at least 30 kilograms of common equipment, not including weapons. John had a rule that slaves were not allowed to carry firearms or other weapons, but your little crossbow could be carried when going to the pipes; And I was escorted by my faithful old friend Root. The black cat said and took out a special pistol from his waist and lit it up in front of Lin Zaishan, "Lut is powerful, low noise, fast rate of fire, reliable performance, loaded with 20 rounds of magazines, equipped with high-quality armor-piercing bullets, which can shoot through the skin and flesh of level 5 plus zombies and mutant rats." My life depends on it. ”

Lin Zaishan smiled slightly, no matter how powerful the guns were, he could use his qi to silently destroy their firing mechanism at close range and make it ineffective. If he regains his strength in his prime, the firearms within a 50-meter radius can be controlled as he pleases.

"Black cat, I remember you reminded me not to trust my luck."

"Yes, compared to the ethereal and mysterious luck, we Mi people believe in the weapons in our hands more."

"I'm afraid sometimes weapons are not reliable."

"If even the weapon in your hand betrays you, you can die without regrets."

The black cat led Lin Zaishan out of the maintenance room, through several clearings, to a heavily guarded basement entrance. The guards put a slave collar on Lin Zaishan to prevent violent destruction, and then let him go.

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The two of them entered the underground passage along a narrow entrance, and the damp, rancid smell of it filled their noses.

"I smell rats, they're nearby." Lin Zaishan reminded.

"Rats are always near us, and they may have been on the sidelines when we were born; They may still be eyeing us when we burp. ”

"Our task this time is to routinely inspect the water pipeline, and we will go more than 1 kilometer along this tunnel to reach the water supply plant by the river. There chatted with Ramos and farted until 5 p.m., then returned on the ground in a changing vehicle. If it goes well, the whole process takes 3 hours, and vice versa takes a lifetime. ”

The black cat turned on his headlamp and commanded, "1051, I will tell you an unwritten rule of tunneling: the two of us take turns to strike in front of us every 1 minute, and the distance between each other is not more than 10 meters. Do you remember? ”

"Sounds like a lot of work. If you encounter a large group of rats, whoever takes the lead is a dead end. ”

"There shouldn't be a large swarm of rats, John sends out a hunting party every week to clear the tunnel; In addition, the water pipes and many important locations were smeared with paint and sap that disgusted rats. Normal rats won't stay here for long. ”

"Well, let's hope we're all mentally sane rats."

"Ladies first, 1051, you take the lead."

Lin Zaishan was ridiculed as a monkey, and now he is nicknamed a lady, he shook his head helplessly and walked to the front.

As the black cat walked, it tapped the water pipes rhythmically with the small hammer in its hand and listened intently to the sounds.

Lin Zaishan has a bright ear and a high IQ, and after only a few minutes of observation, he has learned to distinguish a lot of useful information from sounds, especially whether the nearby water pipes are structurally intact, whether there are foreign objects, blockages, or abnormal flows.

Every 100 meters or so in the tunnel, there are crystal energy lamps nailed to the ground, and these lights have become popular with the mass production of crystal energy batteries. For low-power lamps, a first-class crystal is enough to illuminate for more than a week.

"What is this?" Lin Zaishan pointed to a special stain on the water pipeline, and said to the black catwalk, which was the turn to start in front of him.

"I just checked and there are no problems." The black cat replied disappreciatively.

"But I smelled a highly corrosive substance, most likely left over from a high-level mutant beast." Lin Zaishan vigilantly probed up and down, "If there is enough of this corrosive substance, it may penetrate the water pipeline and pollute the water source." ”

"You're not going to think of some ordinary rust spots as corrosive, are you?"

"Rust spots don't smell like this." Lin Zaishan touched the pipe with his plant ability, "It contains complex organic matter, not rust spots." ”

"Ha, 1051, do you think you are a top student who went to college? Even if it is, it's better to keep a low profile, people who are too eager to show themselves won't live long. ”

As soon as the black cat's words fell, Lin Zaishan suddenly shot a crossbow arrow at the top of his head. The bolt grazed the black cat's headlamp and landed on the tunnel, followed by a strange scream behind the black cat's head.

The black cat hurriedly squatted down, dodged a big step, and then drew his pistol and looked back, only to see that a centipede more than 1 meter long was twisting and wriggling on the tunnel wall, and the centipede's neck was nailed to the tunnel wall by Lin Zaishan's crossbow arrows. Lin Zaishan's hand kept moving, and he fired two crossbow arrows in a row, nailing the huge centipede to death.

Where the centipede's body is pierced by a crossbow arrow, a special liquid oozes from it, which snorts onto the water pipes below.

"Hell! When did the centipede in the tunnel swell to this size? The black cat dipped a stick of wood in the centipede's bodily fluids and sniffed, "1051, you're right, this guy really has the ability to get through our water pipes." It's thankfully reinforced. ”

As the black cat spoke, he was about to reach the centipede, which had stopped struggling, and Lin Zaishan stopped him, clamped the centipede's head with big pliers, pulled it off, and the centipede immediately twisted its body to attack him. With his other hand, he firmly clamped the centipede's tail, and used his plant ability to absorb the centipede's life energy, and after more than ten seconds, the centipede died completely.

Lin Zaishan loosened the pliers and threw the centipede's corpse into the corner, and said to the black cat: "In a critical situation, the weapon in his hand is really reliable." ”

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After the incident just now, the black cat's understanding of Lin Zaishan has changed greatly, and he no longer regards the latter as a rookie and a burden, but a veteran and even a right-hand man.

The two of them went on a further mile, and there was an intersection in front of them, and the tunnel that turned left horizontally was tightly blocked, and the section that turned right appeared at the end of a large hole, and there was a faint sound of rat agitation in it.

"I didn't expect the rats to dig through such a sturdy place." The black cat cautiously examined the black hole, "It looks like it will only take two or three days for the rats to nest in our main tunnel." The water pipes can't withstand their repeated gnawing. ”

"Why don't we close this hole now?"

"We can't stop the rats with our hands."

Lin Zaishan said: "If we go into this hole and block a few more places, it should be able to alleviate the infestation of rats in the main tunnel." ”

"You're thinking a good idea, but you're risking our lives. Do you think we are immortal? What if you enter a cave and are besieged by hundreds or thousands of rats? Greet them with your ass or liver? ”

Lin Zaishan also studied the habits of rats, and knew the seriousness of the nature of this newly dug cave, so he immediately said: "In this way, I will go to the cave alone to block the tunnel, and you are here to help me control the wind." ”

"I won't stop you if you want to be a hero, but the ugly words are ahead, if I hear something blowing, I will immediately slip away, and I will definitely not wait for you for 1 second more."

"Sounds legitimate." Lin Zaishan didn't expect these people to become friends of life and death.

He took a deep breath and burrowed into the cavern, his figure quickly vanishing.

The black cat held his Lute tightly in the palm of his hand, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the hole. In his opinion, it was too dangerous to fill such caverns, and 1051's actions could be described as reckless; But this matter is the responsibility of the black cat team, even if he doesn't bury it today, he has to come over tomorrow, and no one will complete it for him. It is possible for the hunting party to kill the rats that rush into the tunnel, but it is as difficult to get them to do some physical work to block the cave unless John himself supervises it.

Due to the above considerations, the black cat did not go all out to stop Lin Zaishan's impulsive move, in fact, he also hoped that Lin Zaishan could complete the task, so that he could save a lot of things; But wouldn't it be unrealistic to expect an emaciated Asian monkey to do a task on his own that even an elite squad wouldn't dare to take on easily?

Time passed by a minute, and it had been 10 minutes since Lin Zaishan entered the cave, and he had not yet returned, nor had he even made any noticeable sound.

"1051, how are you?" The black cat couldn't help but whisper.

Suddenly, the shrill cries of rats came from inside the cave, sounding like they were either being bitten or biting other creatures. The rat's noise became more and more intense, followed by a burst of fierce footsteps, and a figure jumped out like a leopard, it was 1051.

"There's 1 high-level rat in the back, hurry up and fire!"

Before Lin Zaishan's words fell, the huge head of a sixth-level mutant rat appeared at the mouth of the cave. The black cat didn't need to be reminded, and immediately fired 4 shots in less than 1 second, each of which accurately hit the head of the sixth-level mutant rat.

With a "boom", the sixth-level mutant rat fell into the cave and died.

"Good marksmanship." Lin Zaishan smiled and praised. The black cat appears to have the ability to shoot quickly and accurately.

Seeing that there were no new mice following behind, the black cat put away his weapon with confidence and asked, "How is your cave filled?" ”

"I have buried at least 4 joint points in it, and it is estimated that the rats will need at least 10 level 4 and 3 days and 3 nights in a row if they want to come here again."

"Impossible! How could you possibly complete such a huge project with your bare hands? ”

"I'm just using a little bit of engineering mechanics and the principles of building structures." Lin Zaishan shrugged.

"Okay, then you can use your scientific knowledge to fill in this cave mouth for me to see."

Lin Zaishan collected some materials in the vicinity and then began to fill in the landfill. The black cat can't read the doorway, but it can feel that the method of blocking the cave with 1051 is indeed difficult to break.

"That's it, if the rats don't move when we come back tomorrow on patrol, you've succeeded for the time being."

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The two walked for another 20 minutes and finally arrived at the water purification plant. The water purification plant is surrounded by heavy fortifications, heavily firepowered, and manned 24 hours a day, making it one of the safer areas in the whole of Los Angeles except for John's Castle.

The two of them drilled out of the deep underground passage and reached the open-air courtyard of the water purification plant.

The black cat breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "We finally survived another day. Before he could finish his exclamation, a fourth-level python burst out of the weeds in the courtyard and wrapped around him.

"Ahh The black cat struggled and cried for help.

Lin Zaishan immediately picked up the black cat and landed on the ground, and shot 5 shots without hesitation. The python's body relaxed, and the black cat hurriedly broke free from the restraints, hid behind Lin Zaishan, and looked at the python's corpse in horror and only gasped. “Fuck，fuck！”

At this time, the militants guarding the water purification plant heard the movement and came to check on it.

"Black cat, where did this python come from?" Ramos, the captain of the guard, asked.

"What more do I ask you? This damn snake almost swallowed Lao Tzu alive, how the fuck are you on duty? ”

"Ha, brothers, there is snake meat to eat tonight, hurry up and prepare to peel the skin!" Ramos left the black cat aside and focused on his own supper.

The black cat cursed a few words and took Lin Zaishan to take the convoy back to the base. There were 2 cars on the return trip, Lin Zaishan boarded the second car, the black cat was originally at odds with a certain squad leader in this car, but when he saw Lin Zaishan getting into this car, he hesitated again and again, and finally followed.

Halfway through the procession, a crumbling building suddenly collapsed, smashing the first car to pieces and killing everyone on the spot. The second car was half a beat slower and just escaped the catastrophe. The survivors in the car only took less than 10 seconds to mourn their fallen companions, and then began to high-five, congratulating themselves for not dying. This kind of unsympathetic performance made Lin Zaishan dumbfounded.

The black cat patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It won't take a week for you to get used to it." ”

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At 18 o'clock in the evening, the convoy returned to the base. The black cat and Lin got out of the car in the mountain, and the former said: "1051, I'll take you to dinner next, I'll treat you to dinner today." ”

Lin Zaishan thanked him, he was now penniless and couldn't afford dinner. And John gave nothing to the new slaves except a uniform. Lin Zaishan will not receive his first salary until at least tomorrow, and after that, he will be paid weekly.

The minions' dining halls are with the ordinary staff, but there are two levels of windows. The restaurant is large and can accommodate hundreds of people at a time. Many of the slaves dressed in uniform similar to Lin Zaishan's also came to dine, but there were hardly any survivors of the island, except for Caroline.

She was already in a doctor's uniform and apparently had a successful surgical interview.

"Zha Lin, how are you?" Caroline greeted Lin Zaishan happily when she saw her, and asked with concern.

"I inspected the tunnel with the leader of the black cat team of the pipeline group of the maintenance department for an afternoon, and encountered several dangers, but I was lucky not to die."

"Zha Lin, you have to be careful. I'm sure you'll make it through! ”

"Thank you! What is your career like as a doctor? ”

Caroline was about to explain when another staff member in a doctor's uniform shouted to the side, "Caroline, come here, you can't talk to the slaves about our work!" ”

Caroline said sorry and went back to the doctor's team.

The black cat looked at Caroline's sexy back and teased: "1051, pay attention to class differences." There's a whole distance between you, a slave, and the doctor. ”

"I just wish her the best of luck."

The black cat bought two meals, and the so-called meals were actually porridge made of some cereal, flour, etc., plus the meat of the mutant beast. The currencies traded are bullets, and bullets are graded according to power, cost, etc.

After dinner, Lin Zaishan was about to ask where to stay at night. The black cat said, "1051, I guess you don't have any special arrangements tonight. ”

"I guess so, can I enjoy any nightlife as a slave?"

"The pipeline team doesn't have to work night shifts, so they can move freely in the common areas of the castle at night. The main entertainment venue at night is the casino. I'll take you out for a walk and have some fun. ”

"Thank you. By the way, don't you believe in luck, why go to a casino? ”

"Of course I don't believe in luck, but I'm starting to believe in something else."

"What's that?" Lin Zaishan asked curiously.

The black cat didn't answer, and looked at Lin Zaishan with a smile, full of affection and ambiguous eyes that made the latter shudder.