Chapter 8: The Hunt for the Walking Dead
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Hong Yi didn't waste time, but returned directly to the No. 7 gathering place, and there was no danger along the way, and when he saw the tall and majestic metal wall and the battle robot with a big mouth, Hong Yi felt a sense of security.
Mercenary Society.
A staff member is examining the body brought back by Hong Yi for evaluation.
"Werewolf mutant, the head was hit hard by a gunshot, less than half remained, there are bullet holes in the back, a sharp weapon wound on the chest, eighty-two percent integrity, congratulations, young mercenary, your mission is accomplished!" The evaluator saw that Hong Yi was a novice, so he praised him.
Hong Yi received his reward, eight hundred dollars, a little mercenary contribution points, and in addition, the skin plucked from the lizard-shaped mutant was also sold for three hundred dollars.
S$1,100, this is the cash income of Hong Yi's first mission, compared to picking up garbage, this speed of making money has increased by leaps and bounds.
In addition to the excitement, Hong Yi knew that he could complete this task so quickly, mainly because of the mechanical dog, otherwise he and those two broken guns, not to mention werewolves, would not be able to defeat ordinary hungry ghosts and walking corpses.
However, Hong Yi also knows that the mechanical dog can only be an auxiliary, just like this time, the control antenna of the mechanical dog was damaged, and he was almost bitten to death by the werewolf.
Since you have chosen the path of mercenary, it is normal to have risks, and if there is no risk, how can you earn the money that others have worked hard for a month to earn in one day?
Only by constantly improving their own strength is the last word.
Hong Yi didn't immediately pick up his second mission, he needed time to digest the experience of field battles, and he also had to repair the mechanical dog.
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The office building of Shuguang Company in the affluent area is a very high-tech, and sturdy fifteen-storey building, which is definitely a landmark building in the No. 7 gathering place where every inch of land is at a premium.
Decades ago, the founder of Dawning invented the cross-era technology product of Adjutant Brain, which allowed humans living under the threat of mutants to regain the initiative, because Adjutant Brain gave birth to many powerful star evolutionaries, and thus Dawning became the largest company in the human world in the new era.
At this moment, in a certain office in the Shuguang Company Building of the No. 7 gathering place, a middle-aged man wearing a white coat and a badge on his chest was operating on a machine, and soon he turned back to a few people standing behind: "Confirmed, this is just an ordinary adjutant Zhi Brain, produced in 32 years of the New Era, is the oldest batch of adjutant Zhi Brain, the hardware is backward, and lithium batteries are needed to drive, and it has long been eliminated now, and the memory is full of some ordinary encrypted files, and there is nothing we are looking for." ”
"Understood, Section Member Wang, I hope you will call me next time when you are sure, I don't have a good impression of people who waste my time!" An old man said to a person behind him in an unkind tone at this time, and then threw up his sleeves and left.
The Wang clerk in his mouth is naturally Wang Haibo.
At this moment, Wang Haibo's face was not good-looking, it was his immediate boss Professor Jin who left just now, and he originally wanted to stammer with the other party, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating.
"How could it not be, it shouldn't be!" Wang Haibo hung his head, five years ago, Hong Yi's father was his boss, who was in charge of an extremely important secret research, but at the critical moment, Hong Yi's father disappeared, and the prototype data of the research project was also missing.
At that time, someone who peeked at this data used the relationship for the first time, modified the Hong family's asset certificate, turned them into stowaways, and even called several combat robots to seize the Hong family, and drove Hong Yi, who was only twelve years old at the time, out of the rich area as a stowaway, and then searched the Hong family inside and out, but did not find the prototype data.
No one knew who was instructed in this matter, and no one complained about the Hong family.
Wang Haibo has been paying attention to this matter, just a few days ago, he suddenly thought that Hong Yi had an old-fashioned adjutant brain, so he came up with an idea, maybe the crucial data was hidden in the adjutant's brain by Hong Yi's father.
That's why he forged the IOU, went to the slum to find Hong Yi to snatch it back, and scanned it before that there was some encrypted data in it, thinking that this time the bet was right, so he found Professor Jin and read the data in person, but the result was that the bamboo basket was empty.
"Grass, bad luck, I'll just say, how can such important data be put on Hong Yi, and make Lao Tzu happy in vain." Wang Haibo scolded, went home, and told Wang Xinyi about it, and the latter was relieved: "Dad, if you don't have it, there will be no more, and we have nothing to lose, but what are these data that Shuguang Company is looking for, and why are they so important?" ”
"I don't know, my level was not enough at that time, only Hong Yi's little bastard and his father could touch it, but I heard that it is related to star evolutionaries and skills, in short, it is very important." Wang Haibo said a word, and then didn't think about it, and went back to the bedroom to rest alone, only Wang Xin was thoughtful.
Hong Yi spent less than a hundred Singapore dollars to buy a brand new control antenna, as long as he went back to replace the mechanical dog, the mechanical dog can return to normal.
He figured out that since he wanted to improve his strength, the best thing was to use his strengths, that is, the hunter skill tree in the first data package, kill the mutants to gain experience points, and unlock skills.
The current XP is 5 points, which is 45 points away from unlocking the first skill.
Hong Yi knows that the stronger the mutant can contribute more experience, but the risk is also great, so Hong Yi has a plan, he wants to hunt the easiest hungry ghosts and walking corpses to kill, these two mutants are not strong in defense, ordinary firearms can cause a lot of damage, relying on the pistol and shotgun in his hand, as long as he adds some bullets, he believes that it will not be too difficult to hunt these two mutants with mechanical dogs.
When you think about it, do it.
Hong Yi first went to the weapon store under the Mercenary Association to buy more than 100 rounds of pistol bullets and dozens of shotgun bullets, and spent more than 400 Singapore dollars, no way, in the gathering place, the price of weapons is the most expensive, mercenaries make money quickly, but they also spend money quickly.
In addition to bullets, Hong Yi also bought himself a tactical vest, the fabric is special, has a certain defensive ability, and there are small fish scale steel sheets and steel nets in the mezzanine, which can resist bullets with weak penetration or the minions of ordinary walking corpses.
The multi-purpose pockets on the vest can hold a lot of things, in short, this is the standard equipment of mercenaries, if you have money to buy it, you must buy a set to wear, this vest has cost more than 500 new dollars, and most of the harvest of the first mission has been spent, Hong Yi once again felt the economic pressure.
Early the next morning, Hong Yi, who was ready, first went to pick up a mercenary mission, and then single-handedly went to the field again.
The Walking Dead are the lowest mutants in the wild, not even as hungry ghosts, they basically retain human characteristics, but they have been eroded by viruses and turned into rotting walking corpses.
There are a lot of walking corpses, they are ragged, their faces are rotten and distorted, wandering in the wild without purpose, perhaps because there is a trace of human consciousness left before death, walking corpses like humans like to act in groups, and when they encounter other creatures, they will attack desperately, and they can often encounter dozens to hundreds, or even thousands of walking corpses in the wild.
No one dares to provoke a large group of walking corpses, even if it is a large mercenary team or a powerful mutant, a large group of walking corpses, that is the power that can devour everything on the ground, but small groups of walking corpses are the favorite prey of mercenaries.
The walking corpses are mutants, and it is also possible that they have brain crystals in their heads, although most of them are the most common white brain crystals, but even white brain crystals are very valuable.
Hong Yi searched for more than an hour, avoiding some dangerous mutants, and found a small group of walking corpses.
There are only dozens of walking corpses, and they are very scattered, as long as the tactics are right, they can be hunted one by one. But obviously, Hong Yi is not the only mercenary who is eyeing this small group of walking corpses.
Not far away, a mercenary team had been following this small group of walking corpses, probably discovering Hong Yi, so they immediately approached.
This squad is very well equipped, they have a modified jeep, the body is reinforced with steel bars, open-top, which is more convenient for shooting, there are five people sitting in the car, four men and one woman, fully armed, at this moment the car is parked not far from Hong Yi, the co-pilot and a person jumped down from behind, and walked towards Hong Yi.
Hong Yi put his hand on the pistol on his waist, just now he used the adjutant brain to scan the other party, the weapons used by the five people are much more advanced than the ones he used, once there is a conflict, his winning rate is zero.
There are people in the car with guns pointed at Hong Yi, in the wild, even if they are human beings, they must beware of each other, there is no order here, there is no moral constraint, killing people is just commonplace.
"Alone?" A man in his twenties asked at Hong Yi, and after speaking, he looked around, and his eyes focused on the mechanical dog beside Hong Yi, with a trace of solemnity and jealousy in his eyes.
There are not many mercenaries with mechanical dogs, although this thing is powerful, but the price is too expensive, and maintenance also requires a lot of money, unless it is the kind of person who is proficient in mechanics and electronics to maintain it himself, otherwise once damaged, especially in the wild, it will become scrap metal.
It's no wonder that he is careful, mercenaries rarely go out alone to carry out tasks, how much they need to have a companion, he saw that Hong Yi was only one person, and he should have thought that the other party still had companions around.
Hong Yi didn't speak, and before he knew what the other party was going to do, he naturally couldn't reveal his details. The man saw that Hong Yi was silent, and he also knew what the other party was guarding against, so he simply said directly: "This group of corpses was discovered by us first, and if we want to hunt the walking corpses, go north, there are a lot of them over there." ”
This is to drive Hong Yi away, obviously these people want to wrap up this small group of walking corpses.
Hong Yi sighed, when encountering mutants that are easy to hunt, everyone wants to compete for them, and at this time it is time to compete for strength. There are five people on the other side, and they are all experienced veterans, whether they are weapons, they are relatively weak, and when they encounter this kind of thing, they can only give up their prey to the other party.
Hong Yi was very simple, didn't argue, turned around and left.
After walking less than two kilometers to the north, there were some wandering walking corpses scattered around, and the man was not lying, but obviously the value of these wandering walking corpses was not as valuable as the small group of walking corpses just now.
However, for Hong Yi, a lone ranger, it is safer to deal with this kind of wandering walking corpse.
The hunt begins.
With yesterday's experience, Hong Yi has no initial nervousness, dealing with the walking corpse, it is best not to use the mechanical dog, because the battle will accelerate the power consumption of the mechanical dog, at a distance of twenty to thirty meters, Hong Yi can easily kill the walking corpse with a pistol or shotgun by relying on the electronic crosshair.
A female walking corpse smelled the breath of a living person in the air and began to run in the direction of Hong Yi, a low roar from her fangy mouth.
The walking corpse can run, and it's not slow.
And Hong Yi had already aimed at the head of this female walking corpse and pulled the trigger.
At a distance of thirty meters, a headshot, the walking corpse is the lowest level of mutants, and the damage of the firearm to them is still very large, the bullet penetrates the left eye of the female walking corpse, and the back of the head is shot, bursting out of the mouth of the bowl.
"Kill a low-level walking corpse and gain 1 experience point."
Adjutant Zhi Brain gave Hong Yi this hint.
Next, Hong Yi used a pistol and a shotgun to hunt the walking corpses in this area with mechanical dogs, this area is relatively open, even if the sound of gunfire attracts other mutants, it can be found at the first time, but in addition to the walking corpses, there are no other mutants here, so Hong Yi turned out to be a particularly smooth hunt.