"Boss, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Su's face turned pale in an instant, Li Gaolei asked with some concern.

Su shook her head and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, I'm fine." But his face was still as pale as paper. Su looked at the old mutant who had fallen to the ground and sighed slightly.

Rena's knife was extremely deadly, and the old mutant had no breath at all. It should be said that she is very talented in martial arts, and her melee fighting skills are improving day by day, and she can be fatal with a single knife just by understanding the body structure of mutants. But her knife cut off important clues.

Seeing that Li was a little nervous, Su smiled and said, "It's okay, this qiē is a good stab." But next time, remember to cooperate more, and don't always act alone, which is dangerous. ”

Rei nodded vigorously, and her heart settled down slightly. She had already noticed Sue's strangeness and wanted to ask, but the woman's intuition made her choose to be silent. The metal ring was supposed to be a very important thing to Sue, but it was enshrined by mutants. Thinking of humanoids, intelligent and even human language mutants, Lee's preference is to believe that the difference between them and humans is like the difference between blacks and whites, but that they are just two subcommunities of the same species. But she couldn't, and didn't want to, associate Sue with these mutants.

Sue didn't want to associate reality with those blue dreams.

He knew that he often had strange dreams, and those dreams were so real that he couldn't even tell where the dream was and where the reality was when he was in the dream. But as soon as you wake up, you will forget the content of the dream completely, and only the feeling in the dream will still stay in the bottom of your heart, as clear as if etched into your genes. Now Su knows that he has not actually forgotten the content of those dreams, but is very reluctant to face it, so he selectively buries it in a corner of his memory, trying to ignore it permanently. But every night, these memories would flood back from the depths of his consciousness, stubbornly reminding him of the images he did not want to face.

Su stroked the metal ring, and as his fingertips slid across the inner wall, the string of numbers slid through his heart like flowing water. The numbering itself was meaningless, mainly because the fonts that made up the numbering touched the deepest secrets of his consciousness.

That dream was like the deepest beast, and once it was completely released, Su knew that the entire trajectory of his life might be changed. Recent facts have partly proven that great power is the only way to this dream. Sue raised her head, just in time to meet Medirli's blue and serene eyes, and in the corner of her eye, you could still see Li's obvious concern and Rigore's seemingly calm face. And in the place where the eye can't see, there is a seemingly happy Persephone.

Ability......

The abnormal paleness on Su's face quickly faded, put away the metal ring, and then said with a smile: "Okay, now there are no mutants in this base, let's go separately to check the situation of the internal facilities of the base, and meet here in half an hour." ”

From the already abandoned equipment, Su found this base number: 69. The main power room of the base is still largely intact, but it has just run out of energy. The auxiliary power room is still in operation, which is powered by two old diesel generators. Next to the power room, Sue unexpectedly finds a warehouse full of gasoline and diesel barrels. These oil drums are of different models and origins, and it seems that they are supposed to be some materials looted by mutants. The mutants even made some modifications to the backup power room, converting one of the generators into a hybrid generator, so that they could use the various fuels they had recovered.

At the equipment factory, Sue saw another surprising scene. It's very neat and tidy, and the equipment is well organized and well maintained. The shelves along the walls are neatly stocked with parts of weapons and equipment, and they are clearly and systematically classified. The environment of the entire equipment factory is completely clean and does not resemble the area inhabited by mutants, and in terms of the variety of parts, this factory can produce not only all kinds of ammunition from the old era, but also wear and tear parts for weapons such as multi-barreled machine guns.

The most surprising thing is that the mutants actually set up a biochemical room, which is full of all kinds of instruments, which is quite large. Su is no stranger to the biochemical laboratory, and looking at the use of these instruments, most of them are related to ability changes and generation. Could it be that the purpose of these mutants in setting up the biochemical reality room is to research the ability formula suitable for mutants? Sue was extremely surprised, but she also knew that anything could happen in this hellish age.

There are more than 200 individual living rooms in the base, half of which are deserted and dusty, and the other half are used by mutants. Luckily, with the support of a backup energy system, the site's ventilation system is still operational, but it will take a long time to clean the base.

The biggest good news is that the water recycling chip at the base is basically intact and can continue to be used after minor repairs as long as the energy supply is restored. The abundant mountain groundwater sources are not particularly polluted, and if the chip is fully functional, it will be able to produce large quantities of unpolluted clean water.

This will be a very valuable asset!

Clean water and food, like weapons and ammunition, are hard currencies, and bartering is the usual form of trade unless a region with stable rule and absolute authority such as the Bloody Council can issue a unified currency.

Midnight City has been able to achieve its current status thanks in large part to its large water treatment capacity. Although the vast majority of the water produced is slightly radiated, it is sufficient for agricultural irrigation. Supported by the food and water trade, Midnight City was able to build a deterrent armed force that would be used as a basis for the largest entertainment industry in the western Great Lakes region.

The site's core energy supply is a small nuclear generator that has long been shut down due to lack of fuel. The box of nuclear fuel rods brought by Su would still be enough for the base to operate for a few years if it were used sparingly.

This mutant group has lived in the base for more than ten years, and the dirt, filth, and garbage left behind are not bad, and the removal of the unbearable body odor is by no means a small task. Moreover, the escape route that each base will have is connected to a natural cave in the belly of the mountain, which is now used as a garbage dumping place by mutants, and the passage is tightly blocked. I don't know how long it will take for the garbage accumulated over more than ten years to be cleaned up.

But even if it's just for the water treatment unit, it's worth the price.

The base patrol was soon over, and when the four men came out of the base and breathed fresh air again, they all felt like they were reincarnated. Now, even the wind mixed with dust and radiant dust looks so delicious!

Standing at the door of Base 69, Sue sent a message to Quinn, asking him to join the surrendered warriors. At the same time, he also took out a black telecompass and connected to the communication with Victor.

Looking at the intercom in his hand, Su felt more personally the gap between the western region of the Great Lakes and the Bloody Council. This gap is not only in the high-end ability people who stand on top of the world, but also in a series of technologies from the everyday to the cutting-edge. Su has become accustomed to using the portable brain with sound and image, and near the core control area, the communication traffic is abundant to the point that even the use of 3D virtual images is allowed. And now, Base 69 is less than 200 kilometers away from Midnight City, but even the sound transmission is a little reluctant.

"My dear Sue! Let me guess why you chose to call me at this time...... Well, after capturing Marwarves and Hoddle alive, the more exciting news should be the capture of Base 69. What the! Have you already killed those damn mutants? Even with a lot of noise, you can hear Victor's voice getting more and more excited.

"Mutants are easy to deal with." Sue replied with a smile. Although it is impossible for Victor to see his smile, it is believed that it can be heard in a gentle voice.

Victor laughed and said, "That's what will be easy for you!" Eliminating even a few lone mutants tends to cost me a dozen well-trained fighters. With this mutant army cleared, our line of communication to the west will be much safer, and the route can be shortened by tens of kilometers, which means less time, fewer guards, and more profits. These profits will drive the merchants crazy! ”

Sue listened to Victor's hearty laughter as she walked until she came to a steep slope that was almost like a cliff. He stood on the edge of the cliff, quietly listening to Victor tracing his grand blueprint.

Maybe it was too excited, but Victor said it for a long, long time before it came to an end. It was only then that Su said flatly: "I want this base." ”

"Of course......" Victor's excitement didn't seem to subside, and he immediately replied, but after only one word, his voice stopped abruptly! After a few seconds of silence, his voice sounded again, this time with helplessness, reluctance, and surprise that could be heard: "...... No problem. ”

As you can imagine, on the other end of the telecom, Victor's expression must be very exciting.

After a few more seconds, when Victor's voice sounded again, it had already recovered to normalcy at a great distance: "According to our agreement, 69 is yours." However, it is difficult for humans to survive in places where mutants have lived, and since you have eliminated all the mutants, you should understand what I mean, it takes a lot of manpower and time to clean up. Dear Sue, can you sue me what made you so determined to get 69? ”

"Because the water treatment unit at the base is still usable." This time, Sue had no intention of lying.

So the other end of the telecomic was silent again.