In fact, there is no choice at all.

Xia Yan knew very well that with only one leg left, it would be difficult for him to even get out of this street, let alone go back to Boulder City.

How much more can you go back?

Although she has been a mercenary for a long time, she has basically not saved any money, and a better neuron-linked bionic prosthetic can easily cost tens of thousands of chips, and a less mechanical transmission prosthetic can also cost thousands of points.

The price is comparable to that of a chemically powered exoskeleton.

Even if I sold her, I couldn't afford it.

Either go with these people, or wait here to die.

The choice is not that hard.

Sitting on the edge of the rickety wooden cart, bouncing up and down with the stacked sacks, Xia Yan sighed silently in his heart.

Perhaps this journey will be the last time I have a little freedom.

She really couldn't think of any use she could have for the man in front of her, except for taking herself back to have a baby.

Skills?

Job?

Ha ha.

After thinking about it, I only have this body left, and it still has a little value.

I heard that it hurts, but I don't know if it's true......

"We're here."

The voice from the front interrupted at least 200,000 words of non-existent brain supplement.

Coming back from his daydream, Xia Yan suddenly looked up and found that he had been taken to a grove by the group at some point.

In the middle of the jungle is a clearing of wooden stakes, and an unfinished concrete wall stands in the clearing.

Next to the concrete wall are kilns with green smoke, followed by pits for bacon and fish racks.

The smell of barbecue fills the air, and the sound of tinkling and clanging rings in your ears.

Some pound stones with hammers, others operate bellows to blow air into furnaces, and others carry stones, build walls, or cut down trees.

It's like a big construction site.

Raw and busy.

These people ...... All his men?

Looking at all this in front of him, Xia Yan's pale face was full of surprise. She counted them roughly, and found that there were quite a few people here, and there were more than a dozen or twenty of them just as far as she could see, wearing uniform blue uniforms.

And the moment she saw the clothes clearly, it only took her less than a second to guess the identities of these people.

Shelter dwellers!?

I didn't hear of a shelter nearby.

But......

What are they doing?

Xia Yan was a little confused.

Shelters in Qingquan City are not uncommon, some have been opened for years, and many are still in lockdown, waiting for the unlocking period to arrive.

Those shelters that mix well can occasionally be considered a force, and those that don't mix well basically become rations for mutants or xenomorphs.

Xia Yan remembered that there seemed to be a shelter not far from Boulder City, but the survivors who lived in it were relatively xenophobic, reluctant to come into contact with people outside, and were quite reluctant, let alone building on the surface, and rarely came out of the shelter.

Does it make sense to say that this kind of wall?

Sturdy is indeed quite familiar, bullets should not be able to penetrate, but no matter how strong the wall is, can it be stronger than the gate of the shelter?

That thing can't even pass through gamma rays.

“…… Are you the people of the Vault? ”

"Yes," Chu Guang said, glancing at the wound on her leg, "I thought you had fainted." ”

She was honest all the way and didn't make any moves.

And Chu Guang's attention was basically scattered around, and he didn't pay much attention to her, thinking that this person had fainted from excessive blood loss.

I didn't expect to be awake.

"I'm not that vulnerable."

Xia Yan raised her chin, her eyebrows and expression were as stiff as lead, she felt that this might make her look a little backbone.

At least not to appear timid.

Unfortunately, no one cared about her pretending to be tough, or even noticing.

"I can see it," retracting his gaze from the bloody broken leg, Chu Guang said casually, "Your wound healing speed is indeed a little faster than that of ordinary people." ”

Using the attribute template of Vault 404, this guy's constitution is at least 8 points, and the error is about ±1.

In other words, even if there is no excessive blood loss, he will pass out with a high fever at this time.

However, this guy was still able to hold on, only with a sweat on his forehead, a pale face, and a lack of consciousness.

Of course, it may be due to "talent".

The survivors of the wasteland are more or less associated with the word mutation, and it is not surprising that there are some unusual traits in their bodies.

Chu Guang looked at the two players and commanded.

"You send the grain to the 'scrambled eggs with tomatoes' and let him keep it safe."

A few days ago, Chu Guang told Brother Scrambled Eggs to build a granary that could store grain and meat.

If nothing else, it should have been built by now.

Whether it is dried and put into storage, or directly piled the whole bag into it, I believe that this chef is more professional and reliable than himself.

Since there are players, Chu Guang doesn't bother to worry about these trivial matters.

Last time, I tossed him enough just to get bacon, and let myself plan the granary, but I was afraid that if I couldn't eat it, I would get moldy or be gnawed by rats in winter.

Hearing the manager's instructions, Fang Chang and Ye Shi nodded in unison and took over the task.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Chu Guang didn't say anything.

I saw him reach out and pick up the mercenary who was slumped on the cart, and despite the latter's exclamations, he carried her on his shoulders like a sack.

Then, with his other hand, he reached out, grabbed the backpack that Yashi had licked from the other three mercenaries, and strode towards the sanatorium.

Ye Shi and Fang Chang watched from the side with admiration.

This big bag of equipment plus a living person, to say the least, adds up to hundreds of kilograms.

Pick it up with both hands and go, it's too strong!

Looking at the manager who was walking towards the sanatorium, Lao Bai, who noticed the situation here, quietly leaned over.

"What's going on? Who is the person our boss carrying? ”

"You ask Fang Chang, just after he finished watching the plot, I watched it lonely." Either licking the bag or being a hostage, Ye Shi felt like a tool man, and his face was depressed.

Fang Chang made a helpless expression.

"Don't look at me, there is no subtitle in this game, and I can't understand what the NPCs are saying to each other when I go through the plot...... You can understand her as a new NPC. ”

I guess I can guess a rough idea, but it's a bit difficult to tell it completely, so let's wait for the official website to update.

Lao Bai was stunned.

"Okay...... But then again, why did she hurt so badly? ”

"Hey, don't say it's badly injured, it's almost gone," Yajuchi said with a sigh, "You don't know what we encountered on the way back." ”

"What did you encounter?"

"Creeper!"

"?" Lao Bai looked at Ye Shi with a surprised face, and hurriedly asked, "Have you met a creeper?" What does that thing look like? ”

There is information on the creeper on the official website, but there is no description of its combat prowess other than a few abstract text descriptions.

There is no illustrated book to refer to.

Lao Bai only remembered that this thing seemed to belong to the same category as the gnawers, both of which were symbiont xenomorphs born under fungal infection, and it seemed to be related to biological weapons, and it was impossible to trace its ancestors.

Originally, he still thought that this thing was probably a monster in the setting, and the game company might not have made the model yet.

I didn't expect these two to meet!

"Strangely ugly, with four old arms, lying on his stomach about half a person tall, standing up is estimated to be two meters. Not only is this thing outrageously powerful, but the key is that it is also very fast! We fired three shots once, but we didn't hit a single shot, and then the manager was, picked up the steel pipe, and stabbed it to death in a few strokes. ”

Yashi vividly describes the situation at that time, although this abstract narrative style basically does not explain anything.

Lao Bai looked at Fang Chang pleadingly, and the latter sighed.

"I can't tell for a while, but basically, just like Ye Shi said, that gnawer is a bit outrageously strong."

"I reckon the new expansion will not only update the in-game activities, but also add more xenomorphs, new NPC factions, and missions related to them, and we'll talk about this when it's offline...... The manager asked me to send the cart to the scrambled egg brother, and I went to hand in a task first. ”

Although he really wanted to communicate with Elder Brother Fang about his new discovery, there were only three hours left before dark, and there was really no time to touch the fish.

Lao Bai sighed and nodded.

"Okay, you go first...... I'll think about the blast furnace for steelmaking again, and you'll help me when you're done! ”

"Well, see you later."

……

On the other side, inside the sanatorium.

The players, who were working on the scaffolding, noticed the manager returning from outside.

Of course, he also noticed the woman he was carrying on his shoulder.

"Damn, look at it, the manager has a person on his shoulder!"

"Who is that man???

"New NPCs?"

"It's still a girl!"

"Finally a new NPC! Brother Meng, we are one step closer to the closed beta! ”

"Oooo

As soon as I thought that I was one step closer to the internal test, the players were like being beaten with chicken blood, and they moved bricks and plastered harder.

Xia Yan, who was carried by Chu Guang on her shoulders, felt like a fire burning on her cheeks, not only because of her posture, but also because of the sight that made her feel like a mang on her back.

She couldn't understand what they were saying, but she didn't have to.

You can guess it, it's nothing more than trash talk like the eyes of these men.

She could imagine them being like hyenas in the wasteland, flattering and complimenting the male who was the leader, hoping to get a bone or a mouthful of broth after he had eaten his prey.

Obviously, he is the tender and delicious lamb.

The more Xia Yan thought about it, the more frightened she became, her clenched teeth couldn't help fighting, and her eyes were even a little wet, even dripping.

She suddenly regretted that instead of being humiliated and thrown to the wolves to share the food, it was better to make a self-break and die a little backbone.

But the body didn't listen to her.

The elevator goes down.

Arrive.

Chu Guang strode through the door of the shelter, through the buffer room, into the resident hall, tossed the package stuffed with equipment aside, and then threw Xia Yan, who was carrying it on his shoulder, on the chair.

"Hey, you tap...... What are you doing? ”

Gasping in pain, Xia Yan stared nervously at Chu Guang who was approaching.

"Be honest."

Too lazy to pay attention to her, Chu Guang casually opened the drawer, took out a silver-white metal round pipe from it, flicked off the plastic cover with his thumb, and flicked his index finger habitually.

"It shouldn't hurt, you bear with it."