Chapter 53: District 21
Although the materials could not be directly exchanged for nuclear bottle caps, the materials that Chen Mo brought from the survival world were not useless.
He can hire a large number of manpower with materials, or he can exchange materials for the highest level of treatment from a technician. The more you bring, the more useful you will be!
Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but sincerely thank Iron Fist for his generosity. If it weren't for Iron Fist contributing the space watch, so that Chen Mo could bring enough supplies. At this time, Chen Mo, who was only carrying a backpack, estimated that he really wanted to start calculating the use of even one cigarette.
"It's kind of weird. Chen Momo rubbed his chin and frowned in thought. If the mission is only to collect 10,000 nuclear caps, it is not an impossible task for the challengers. And with a full year, even if you manage slowly, you can make up this number. But why would the world have such a simple task?
The reality is that this mission world is a killing world for the challengers. Challengers can directly kill each other, and at the same time, they can also snatch the nuclear cap in each other's hands!
The more nuclear caps you have, the higher the rewards and ratings you will receive when you complete the mission. Moreover, the survival world is also foreshadowed here, and the nuclear bottle cap has other uses. A purpose that will make challengers crazy!
This mission world seems simple, but in fact it is very cruel.
The survival world is like raising Gu, throwing challengers into this world to fight each other for something. If you want to become strong, you must kill other poisonous insects to monopolize the benefits, this is the birth of the Gu King.
The world of survival has never been a paradise!
After wandering around in the sewers as complex as spider webs for a long time, Chen Mo finally came to an entrance sealed with a manhole cover under the leadership of Old Jack.
"This is a secret passage into Area 21. Old Jack boasted to Chen Mo: "Only I know this way." ”
Chen Mo smiled secretly in his heart, and did not expose Old Jack's cowhide. When Old Jack took him to hang around in the sewer before, Chen Mo had already sensed that this old guy was going around in a circle for him.
Chen Mo is not a fool, when he comes to a strange world and meets a group of strange people, he will unconditionally believe in others. He's not going to be so stupid.
When he was in the sewer before, Chen Mo left special marks at various intersections along the way, just because he was worried that he would be betrayed by these people. After wandering around for a long time, Chen Mo found that at least half of the distance was going around in circles.
Regarding the tricks of Old Jack and others, Chen Mo had no intention of debunking them. He still needs the help of these local snakes to figure out the environment here, and now is not the time to turn his face.
After walking a long distance, Chen Mo's eyes suddenly brightened.
It's a large open area, and it's unbelievable to have such a large area deep underground.
According to Old Jack, there was a huge subway system and drainage system under the Big Apple. In the decades since the nuclear war, these survivors have been desperately digging holes to avoid the fallout, and have almost hollowed out the entire underground of the Big Apple.
Old Jack told Chen Mo that there were more than 20,000 survivors living in District 21 alone. There are even more people in other districts than in District 21.
There weren't so many survivors who hid underground after the nuclear war, but the survivors who had lost everything in the modern world and survived underground had no other entertainment. In addition to the constant search for food in order to survive, the creation of man was their only pastime.
As the decades passed, the population here naturally swelled rapidly.
Chen Mo was very curious about what kind of survivors lived on? In the decades since the nuclear war, it is estimated that the remaining materials on the ground have been searched countless times, and everything that can be eaten has long been eaten. What do so many people in the underground depend on to survive?
Old Jack's response made Chen Mo frown. The most basic food supply here is the kind of large rat that Chen Mo encountered before. Extremely tenacious rats breed in even more terrifying numbers than humans, and they have become an important source of food for the survivors of the underground.
In addition to rat meat, survivors often go to the ground in search of supplies. At the beginning, you can still find a lot of supplies, but as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer things that can be found, and the value naturally increases.
There are also a large number of mutated creatures on the ground, which are also prey for the survivors. Even, they eat that kind of mutant!
In addition to these, there are also some survivors who choose to return to the surface after the nuclear war. People who have survived the radiation have begun to build buildings on the ground, grow food and even raise livestock. These above-ground survivors are also targets for underground survivors.
In Jack's words, there's no such thing as waste. If a person dies, at most one night's work will disappear without a trace, leaving no trace.
The dead were initially stripped naked and any foreign object, and even the bodies disappeared by the dawn of the past night. There is nothing that a hungry person dare not eat, and he has seen all the people who eat their own flesh in order to be able to live!
"It's a cruel world. Chen Mo shook his head slightly, human beings who have lost everything will become crazy under the stimulation of hunger. All the morals and things that were previously taught in the civilized world have been forgotten, and all that remains is the biological instinct to live!
Chen Mo took out a cigarette and threw it to Old Jack: "Help me find a place to live." ”
Old Jack gathered around like a treasure, sniffing the cigarette with his nose. The scent of nicotine made several people close their eyes and their faces were full of intoxication.
Decades have passed since the nuclear war, and under the perseverance of the survivors, the materials left over from the previous world have long been looted. At this point, things that are not worth mentioning in the original world can become crazy here.
"You've found a supply point, haven't you?" said Old Jack's eyes, flashing with a sly glintle, "You're a lucky man." ”
Chen Mo squinted his eyes and glanced at him without speaking, this old thing actually came to set his own words. It seems that he has not received much education, and this superficial method is as ridiculous as a kindergarten child in front of Chen Mo.
Chen Mo didn't answer, and Old Jack retreated and walked towards the settlement with Chen Mo.
Old Jack did have other thoughts, and the survivors of this world were practically the same. In order to be able to survive, you can do whatever it takes. Morality or something has disappeared along with the mushroom cloud after the nuclear war, the good people have long since died, and only those who do not compromise can survive.
Chen Mo was able to come up with so many supplies, and Old Jack naturally thought that he had found a pre-war material point. And this kind of material point is like a treasure to the survivors, something that any survivor can only dream of.
If you can find a supply point, you will be able to enjoy real life in the settlement. Don't worry about what to eat at every meal, don't worry about the endless taxes and extortion of those committees. You can enjoy the best life and sleep with the most beautiful woman!
For the survivors who are almost on the verge of degrading to primitive life, enjoying the pleasure of oppressing others and having beautiful women is their last pursuit.
And all of this needs to be supported by sufficient materials. There is nothing that cannot be done in order to be able to get supplies.
Chen Mo had roughly set out all the information he wanted along the way. There are now roughly more than thirty underground settlements throughout New York. Each region varies in size, with populations ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands.
Each region has its own committee that exists as management, levies materials and manpower, and so on. Those who did not obey the orders of the committee were either killed or driven out of the settlements and became vagrants.
Monsters are rampant on the ground, and deadly nuclear radiation is everywhere. Expulsion from the safety of settlements means almost certain death. Therefore, basically no one dared to resist the orders of the council, which had the most powerful armed forces and forces in the settlement.
As for the nuclear bottle cap, Old Jack said that ordinary people don't have this kind of thing, and they can't use it. Most of them are used as payment for goods when transactions are made between different regions. And it's not a lot in terms of quantity. The common currency in the settlements is all kinds of goods, especially bullets and munitions, which are the most valuable. Even bullet casings are very important materials.
Most people still live a primitive barter lifestyle.
"What's the use of asking for bullet shells?" Chen Mo asked aloud, "Is there a factory for reloading?"
"We have factories here in the committee that are able to reload bullets. Little Jack tried his best to show his value in front of Chen Mo, "I've heard that there are more factories in some large settlements that can produce a lot of things. ”
"What kind of production is used?" Chen Mo is not surprised that there is a factory, after all, after a nuclear war, the world will definitely have some useful things, and it is not difficult to get the equipment of a small factory. But where do the raw materials come from, and where does the more important electricity come from?
At this time, Chen Mo and his party had already entered the outer area of District 21, where there were rows of disorganized, tent-like dilapidated buildings. Many yellow-skinned, skinny people were lying or sitting, looking at Chen Mo and his party with all kinds of strange eyes. And what surprised Chen Mo the most was that there was actually an electric light on the top of the passage here!
"Electricity is all done by generators. Old Jack kicked out a beggar who was crawling forward to beg, "I heard that there is a factory in the seventh district that can produce generators. As for the fuel for generating electricity, I heard that a refinery was found on the ground. ”
"Oil refinery?" Chen Mo shook his head, "If there is an oil refinery, there must be crude oil, otherwise what will be used to refine the oil and air?"
"That's not something that the rest of us can know. Old Jack laughed, "Maybe the higher-ups of the committee will know." ”