"It's only September, and I'm freezing to death." Simon rubbed his ears red from the cold lake wind, closed the door, and Adolfina sat cross-legged in front of the fireplace, snorting: "This is the north, the winter in the north will come as soon as September arrives, do you think it is still your time, build a snowman and skate in December?" It's a matter of course. ”

Simon picked up a few pieces of chopped wood and threw them into the fireplace of this abandoned country house, the fire suddenly burst into flames, driving away the cold in his bones, he sat next to Adolfina on her wool cloak, the red-haired girl hid in Simon's arms, and said softly: "The ruins of the old city are no smaller than the steel city, you have time to regret it now, Hydra has a specimen of a living corpse, I can buy one for you on credit, but the effect is not so good." ”

"You said it yourself." With a warm red hair in the air, Adolfina's body has no trace of temperature, how does she feel the temperature change? Simon was slightly curious, "There are many situations of resignation, mixing and waiting for death is one, complacency is one, steel city does not raise idlers, Hydra does not raise idlers, what about you, you will not raise a waste person." ”

"Maybe?" Adolfina gathered her spacious, warm cloak, a coat that was too large every time she went out, "In light of your recent behavior, I have decided to forgive your debts as appropriate. ”

"How much?" Simon smiled and glanced at the AK100 that was within reach, the assault rifle had an extremely fast three-shot burst rate, and the three shots could be seen as almost the same straight line, and the shooter would only feel the recoil after the shot. This setup makes the AK100 invincible in street combat, and blind fully automatic shooting is a novice behavior, and true veterans will save every bullet, whether it is sufficient or not.

"A thousand." Adolfina flicked the tip of Simon's nose, "I didn't bring a dime, how can you claim the remaining 199,000?" Simon teased, and the red-haired girl said to her bright brown vertical pupils, "Come back alive this time, and the debt between us will be written off." ”

"Sometimes I don't know what you're for." Simon was noncommittal, "Jealous for the sake of other women." Adolfina said half-jokingly, half-seriously, Simon looked at his watch, he hadn't activated AATS for a while, but one more way to respond to the enemy was one more chance to save his life. Let's rest, I'll take a look at the mission briefing. Simon kissed the girl on the forehead and pulled out the task of cleaning up the living corpse's lair in the Old City.

Hearing that Simon was going to take on the A-level task of cleaning up the lair of the living corpses, the administrator who had a little impression of Simon immediately looked at him with the attitude of a fool, but after paying the full bond, the steel residents have the right to take any task, provided that they can complete it, otherwise they will be deprived of this right if they reach the penalty standard.

The $2,000 deposit was exchanged for an engineering plastic briefing with the outline of the mission's objectives printed on it, but no other hazards were marked. This is a secret, and the expedition report that cost countless lives, financial and material resources is naturally impossible to give adventurers to read in vain, and everything in the city is valuable. However, Simon compared to another map of the old city, densely packed with red dots. This was taken by Adolfina from Hydra, she was an official member of Hydra, and assisted the reserve members in completing the bloodline ceremony, on the basis of which Hydra provided all the help within the prescribed range, and there should have been another Hydra member to join the team, but Hydra seemed to be carrying out an extremely important operation, and all the personnel were emptied, and the Glatheam Tavern was empty, so that only Adolfina's request for assistance was granted.

It is true that the early Iron City relied on the ruins of the pre-war city, but the founders had to take into account the sheer number of dangerous creatures in the ruins, which had taken over the city after the verdict, and it was undoubtedly foolish to clean them up one by one. After isolating the industrial area on the outskirts of the city, the city builders used this as a basis to build around the imposing and solid outer wall, which is now the black wall. As the Steel City grew, the Old Town became a citizen-only area. After the vacant land was set out, the outer city wall was built, and every time the old city was cleaned, the outer city wall was built there. In other words, Simon and Adolfina were also pioneers who swore to serve the Iron City at this time.

Before Simon left, he handed over the rest of the money to Peter, and with Peter's skills and Jonathan, it was more than enough to shock Marco, Ramirez and other mercenaries who did not recognize people. Now they should be out of the city on a mission to rid them of the bandits, Simon thought. Jonathan thought twice and decided to take over the K82 cluster, Simon was naturally very supportive, he spent money to check the K82 harvest over the years, and there was no problem in feeding hundreds of people. So Simon used the right of first refusal to lease the K82 for ten years. I thought it was expensive and there were people bidding, but except for a few civilians who couldn't get along in the shy city, there was no one to get in the way. Out-of-town settlements are often raided by unknown mobs and wasteland creatures, making output not only a matter of year, but also of luck, and Steel City is at war with the Scarlet Crusaders. The Crusaders dared to run rampant fifty kilometers from the city, and there was no guarantee that they would not sweep through the fat and oily towns and settlements outside the city.

In the previous Collins house, the elder Collins was quite jealous of the group of living corpses entrenched in the ruins of the old city, and would rather escape into the guild for the rest of his life than face it again. Simon looked at the atlas of dangerous creatures attached to the briefing, the living corpses were in the first sequence, and they belonged to high-risk mutant creatures. This is not a slow and intelligent carrion like the zombie movie, but a nocturnal mutant similar to a vampire, with a pale complexion, extremely sharp movements, and an extreme thirst for blood that makes living corpses launch unending attacks when they smell human blood. It doesn't matter if you fall headlong, after all, the bullet can be knocked down if it hits the right place. The problem is that living corpses are social creatures, and once one head is alarmed, hundreds or thousands of living corpses will attack the entire area within minutes. In the steel forests of pre-war cities, living corpses that have evolved night vision are the undisputed regional overlords.

Simon rolled up his sleeves and had a spotted red spot on his elbow, as early as three days ago, Simon began to inject the anti-cadaver vaccine. Living corpses carry mutant viruses, and any contact or bite of the wound will make the victim a living corpse within half a month at the latest, but few people can survive this purgatory-like three weeks. Simon looked at the turquoise serum in the test tube, which was injected into the body as the needle was advanced. A feeling of dizziness flooded into his mind, and the tide of sleepiness spread, but Simon's steel-blue pupils were always burning and shining.

It was His first Promised Land.