Chapter 24 Water Purification
The land was shattered by the war, and the connections between regions became extremely thin as people's livelihood technology fell to the lowest point...... As a result, there may have been a town-like human settlement here, and there may still be a group of wild people jumping around and screaming beyond a hill without clothes.
Having an organization in the wasteland can change that, and with the skill level of the Enclave and the Brotherhood of Steel, the transportation problem is not too difficult to overcome, and most mutants under power armor are vulnerable, unless they are unlucky enough to run into deathclaws in hunting...... It's a pity that the Enclave didn't treat the other people living in the wasteland as human beings at all, and the goal was to completely destroy these [subspecies], so they naturally didn't have the need to integrate the various tribes, and the Brotherhood of Steel has always been a conservative and even selfish organization that plunders technology for its own use, and it doesn't care about this kind of thing, so the world that could be changed theoretically decades ago has been stagnant.
This situation is very good for Liz, compared to "the good things in the world are in the treasure trove of the final boss, let's just find a way to kill him", he is more willing to accept the setting of "good things are scattered on this land, you won't know if you don't set foot on it yourself", well, it can't be said that he is vicious and evil-minded, it is just that it is not his business to hang high.
However, it is obviously a lot of work to step on all the landmarks on the Pip-Boy's map one by one, trigger the mission, and loot the equipment, and even collecting the scattered three-person Gauss rifles, super power hammers, flame knives, and power fist gloves is not an easy task, so the people who still remember Dad Poole's great "Water Purification Project" choose to return to Rivet City first.
After a wave of supplies, especially the ammunition 'packets' for the most critical Gauss rifles, everyone went to the laboratory at the bottom, only to be told by the scientists who stayed there that Dr. Li and the others had gone to the water treatment station under the Jefferson Memorial to conduct tests, and they followed...... By the way, whether you go to Rivet City or the Jefferson Memorial, you can use the system's 'fast travel' function, which is easy and fast~
"Leeds ......! Are you all here? Since Leon and Ada had been walking around the lab a lot, their arrival did not surprise the people from Rivet City, and they found Poole, who was studying behind his father, led by one of the suspected miscellaneous employees.
"yes, I came over after snatching the Enclave's power armor and completing the training on my own." Although they were happy to see that their friends were safe and sound a few days ago, they were still more interested in the so-called water purification device at this time - even if it seemed to them to be a bunch of electronic boxes with traces of 200 years of unmaintained traces.
“???” It is said that it robbed the power armor...... And what about power armor......?
“…… I haven't seen each other for just ten days, and it feels completely different. Kraussa asked with some strange curiosity as he looked at the young man from the vault who had been his disciple for a few days.
Poole's ugly blue 101 Vault suit had been replaced, and the bandit-style armor similar to the tires used as goggles had been replaced with regular metal armor, but Krausa was not referring to the appearance, but to the smell of Poole's warrior...... It's not the berserker's eyes that kick around, it's the feeling of having too much blood on your hands and ignoring the lives of both the enemy and the enemy.
Well, in a sense, Poole is more of a warrior now, and of course, it has something to do with the fact that Leeds has always been a weirdo who sees combat as part of the game.
"All sorts of things happened." Poole smiled wryly.
Mutants, rampaging zombies, super mutants, bandits, and even a man who calls himself the 'Cockroach King' who leads a large group of cockroaches, Poole's journey to find his father is not as smooth as before...... Fortunately, he has already understood the rules of survival in the wasteland, and he no longer waits for the enemy who will inevitably come to the door to attack, and uses the sniper*rifle* rifle that Leeds gave him to try to reduce the number of enemies before the battle breaks out, and then rely on the real combat level to solve it, which can be regarded as killing all the way through without danger.
The baptism of blood is on the one hand, and the human sensation that is obtained inside the 114 Vault on the other. Arriving at Vault 114, Poole found his father, James, unconscious, lying in a sealed life-support device, and in order to wake him up, he had to sit on the device and enter a virtual world where everything was manipulated by the Vault's administrator, Dr. Brian...... Well, the specific process that can make people grow up quickly is skipped, as long as you know that James exists in the form of a 'dog' in that virtual world, you can know the degree of the doctor's bad taste.
All in all, Poole has now grown to be a man who can live in this wasteland.
"--You are what my son calls the strange 'overseas tourists'?" On the other side, a middle-aged man who had never seen it before walked over.
How to describe him? Perhaps because he was a top technician in a certain field, even if the beard on his face was neglected, the wasteland aura on his body was much lighter than that of others. If you put in the data of the beep boy, this is probably a middle-aged man with a great charm of 8 or more, right?
"Well, it's us~" Just using the word 'strange' to describe it is already considered to give face, "You are the rumored father who advocates for the benefit of all people?" ”
"You've won the prize, I'm just a stupid dad who almost killed his own son...... James, thank you for taking care of Poole along the way. James still regrets leaving his son with such a mess, especially Jonas (his assistant in the shelter) who lost his life because of it.
"We're just coming to this wasteland and doing nothing, just find someone who looks pleasing to the eye and follow us," It's not about protecting anyone in the first place, and Leeds doesn't accept this favor, "Then again, I'm a little interested in your "Water Purification Project", can you introduce me...... After all, given my experience in the wasteland, it's hard to imagine anyone who doesn't act for personal gain. ”
"I also have 'self-interest'......"
"Huh?"
"My wife's wish was for the water of life to flow again on the wasteland, so that everyone could drink clean and radiation-free water...... This wish has been delayed for 19 years, and my wish is to fulfill the wish of my deceased wife. ”
“…… That's what he said," Liz exchanged attitudes with his partners behind him, "Well, although we don't know anything about the technology, we still have some confidence in terms of combat power, like what is the task of this information and that part to cross the wasteland to get it, just ask us~!" ”
"You ......!"
"As I said, it's just four 'overseas tourists', 'overseas tourists' who are brave and brave."