The northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

Stepping on the snow buried in the calf, five jet-black power armors walked under the abandoned viaduct and headed in the direction of Qingquan City.

“…… Radio activity was detected, about four kilometers ahead, and the signal activity was low and could not be interpreted. ”

"Can you identify the other party?"

"Obviously not, we don't know anything about the situation here...... I suggest first asking a nearby native. ”

"Good idea."

Looking past the street sign with the name of the place, Lu Yang looked up at the dead city in front of him, his eyebrows furrowed under his helmet.

"Is this Qingquan City?"

Qingquan City is located in the southern part of the province of Ha Gu. As one of the important hubs of the central urban agglomeration, hundreds of millions of people once lived here.

As for now, the number of people living here is probably not enough for a fraction of what it was back then.

Lu Yang stretched out his index finger and tapped lightly on the side of his helmet, and quickly called up the geographic information image of the Qingquan area from the database.

Compared to the good old days before the war, it is now like hell, with nothing but desolation, ruin, depression and death.

"This damn war ......"

Lujan glanced at the map, swung his fist forward, and continued along the wreckage of the viaduct with four of his squad.

It's not just the city of Kiyosen that has become this ghost, if you want to remember the past, they can remember it from the horizon all the way to the Kuiper Belt.

But there's no point in doing so.

They came from the East Coast not for archaeology or documentary, but to move on, all the way west, deep into the wilderness, in search of the last hope of human civilization, the legendary Vault 0.

As for why stop here......

To be honest, Lujan didn't want to either.

Unfortunately, however, something went wrong with their vehicles.

If you want to fix it as soon as possible, you can only ask for help from nearby survivors.

He didn't want to waste months here.

Based on the experience of the trip, once they stop for more than a month, there will be a series of troubles coming to their door.

"Captain, there's a drone watching us."

The Marine, who was walking to Luyan's left, raised his head and looked out at the airspace directly in front of him, and continued in a playful tone.

"It's a cute little guy...... I don't have a matching model in my database, but if you just look at the appearance, it should be a civilian model of the drone before the war, and it's hard for it to fly so high. ”

Another Marine said lazily.

"Looks like there's a shelter around here. It's great, I finally don't have to deal with the natives. ”

"How do you know that the people living in the vault aren't natives? Have you forgotten that blue coat we saw last time? He kept claiming to be from Vault 117 and swallowed the gum I gave him. ”

"Hahahaha!"

As he spoke, uncontrollable laughter came from the communication channel.

Obviously, they didn't take the little guy in heaven to heart.

"Don't interrupt, people are watching us."

Pulling out the jamming gun stuck in his waist, the Marine, who walked on the outermost side, cast an inquiring glance at their captain.

"Do you need me to get it off?"

"Not necessarily."

Lu Yang gestured to his comrades next to him to stop, and then waved his hand to the sky, indicating that he had found it on his side.

"Distant friends, we have no ill will. If it's convenient, can you talk about it? ”

Lujan wasn't sure if the drone had a sound capture system, so he turned on the speakers on his power armor helmet and used a loud voice to show his friendliness.

Voices echoed over the ruins.

Maybe it was because he heard his voice, or maybe it was realizing that he had been discovered, and the drone dropped in altitude and flew in front of them.

It was a silvery-white ball, surprisingly small, the propeller blades didn't know what material was used, and it was silent when it flew.

Lu Yang watched as it stopped in front of him, circled around him, and then slowly floated towards the wetland park in front of him.

The team members on the side exchanged glances.

"Is this a gesture of friendship?"

"Probably, it seems to invite us over."

"Captain, should we go over?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment and spoke.

"Wang Yi stayed, looking for a commanding height nearby to observe, and the rest of the people followed me forward."

"Yes!"

……

Outpost, the third floor of the sanatorium.

Through the screen on his arm, looking at the four people who entered the wetland park, Chu Guang's face appeared a little solemn.

Power Armor!

He had only heard of it from survivors before, but now he had seen it for the first time, but he didn't expect it to be even more exaggerated than he had imagined.

The heavy all-protective armor covered every inch of their skin, and the rectangular modular rifle in their hands exuded a cold light.

They're like humanoid tanks out of a sci-fi studio, and they're intimidating.

Chu Guang was even a little suspicious that a bullet of ordinary caliber hit them, what was the difference between tickling and tickling.

The heavy armor and equipment didn't affect their mobility in the slightest, at least judging by the ease with which they navigated through the jungle, jumping over obstacles was like a joke for them.

Chu Guang roughly estimated that the equipment of these people was at least 1.5 tons or even more than 2 tons, and it should be powered by fusion batteries.

Just now, he operated the "Hummingbird" and flew around the power armor in front of him, and he didn't see any obvious fuel tank or battery structure. If a fuel cell such as solid hydrogen is used for energy, it is possible to make the fuel density very high, but it is not possible to do so much.

Obviously, the power armor these people are wearing is high-end goods!

In the event of a conflict, it is estimated that the entire outpost, and only the hammer behind him, can pose a certain threat to their armor.

Compared to these people, the green-skinned muscle guy on 76th Street is a crumb.

"Xiaoqi, you go back underground first."

Xiao Qi tilted the camera, looked at Chu Guang and asked.

"But master, it's only afternoon."

"It doesn't matter what time it is, I'm not sure if the people out there are friends or foes. If there is a conflict, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of your side, so it's safer for you to go down first. ”

"Although the master said this, Xiao Qi is very happy, but Xiao Qi will not leave the master and hide alone. Also, don't be too nervous, those people are likely to come out of a shelter and shouldn't be too bothered. ”

Chu Guang glanced at it in surprise.

"Can you see that?"

Xiaoqi said.

"Well, not necessarily, but the electromagnetic rifle in their hands does look like a model of a pre-war standard weapon. And after they found out about our drone, they did not shoot down my drone, but took the initiative to show us friendliness...... If they had come with hostility, it didn't feel the need to do so much. What do you think, host? ”

"Me? I don't know, but I don't generally pin my hopes on the goodness of others. ”

After thinking for a moment, Chu Guang weighed the EMP grenade in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

It's unclear how much this thing will do for power armor, but it's better than nothing.

Even if you can only paralyze the other person's electronic device for two seconds, you can buy yourself two more seconds to respond.

Chu Guang will control the distance of the negotiation to within 3 meters.

In this way, even if an accident occurs, he can use the nitrogen power hammer in his hand to teach the other side a profound lesson.

……

The north entrance to the outpost.

Looking at the four iron bumps coming from a distance, the players at the north gate market showed expressions on their faces that they had never seen the world.

"I'm giao! What's that? ”

"Could it be the power armor on the official website!"

"Where did these NPCs come from?"

"A wave of rational analysis, this game should have a hidden prosperity setting, when the prosperity reaches a certain level, it will attract wild NPCs to visit!"

"Their guns are so handsome...... Truth be told, I want to buy it! ”

"The price is at least 100,000 silver, buy it."

"Gan!"

The Akikusa and Akiba sisters, who were sitting in the market stalls, also noticed the situation outside the market.

Looking at the four iron bumps walking towards the north gate, Akiba blinked curiously.

"Sister, what's that? I feel that their armor is more beautiful than that of the manager. ”

"I don't know...... It seems to be called power armor," Akikusa nervously took her sister's hand and pulled her into her arms, "Don't stare at them." ”

It was clear that these people did not know each other with the blue coats around them.

A group of strangers with loaded guns suddenly appeared at the door, and no matter what the circumstances, it cannot be assumed that they came with good intentions.

Are you going to tell the patriarch?

Akikusa thought nervously.

At that moment, a figure appeared at the north gate.

The Administrator, who was carrying a long-handled warhammer, walked out of the outpost, surrounded by several blue coats.

Looking at the man who walked over and followed a Marine next to Lu Yang, he couldn't help but tease in the communication channel.

"Do you see the hammer behind his back? I've never seen such a strange weapon...... Is that a weapon? ”

"Shut up."

Glaring at his teammate next to him warningly, Lu Yang tucked away the weapon in his hand behind his back, raised his index finger and tapped on the side of the helmet, and retracted the mask covering his face as a gesture of friendship.

"Are you the people of the Vault?"

"The manager of Vault 404, Chu Guang," stopped in front of the man, and Chu Guang stared at him sharply and said, "Who are you?" Why come here. ”

"Lu Yang, an employee of the company, worked in the 1st Pioneer Corps of the Overseas Division of the 'Silver Wing Group', and we came from the far east coast and went west to find something. We had no ill intentions, we just happened to pass through here. ”

Chu Guang had heard the word "enterprise", which was said to be a large survivor stronghold on the east coast. Formerly known as Vault 6 or Vault 66, it was said to have a very large sphere of influence, and it is said to encompass an entire province on the east coast.

However, due to its special expansion method, the enterprise has very weak control over the "branches" in its sphere of influence, and the assets that are truly completely controlled by the "enterprise" may be a survivor stronghold larger than Boulder City.

Many caravans, even those who are not from the East Coast, like to do business under the banner of business.

As for the Silver Wing Group, it is probably a certain branch of the "enterprise", maybe they just established it to achieve a certain purpose, anyway, Chu Guang has never even heard of it.

The distance from the east coast to the river valley province is thousands of kilometers in a straight line, and if the actual distance is even farther, it is possible to tens of thousands of kilometers.

At such a distance, any news that reaches here is likely to turn sour.

In short, no matter who they are loyal to, if they can travel from the east coast to the river valley provinces, the equipment and strength of this group should not be underestimated!

Although he was very curious about what the "enterprise" was going to look for in the west, Chu Guang knew that even if he asked, this person would not tell him, so he did not take the liberty to speak.

Staring at Lu Yang for a while, Chu Guang then asked.

"Is the thing you're looking for in Qingquan City?"

Lu Yang shook his head and said.

"Of course not, the River Valley Province can only be regarded as the middle of this continent at most, and what we call the west is a place that is farther away than here."

After a pause, he looked at Chu Guang and continued.

"Open the skylight and speak brightly, our large army is stationed in an open field about 10 kilometers from here. We wouldn't want to stay here if we could, but our Trailblazer had a little trouble and had to come here for help. ”

Chu Guang: "What is the Trailblazer?" ”

"You can think of it as our vehicle, which was formerly a four-SC-500 tracked transport platform, but we modified it a little bit and connected them together to add some modular facilities for long-distance travel. As for what it looks like...... Lu Yang didn't know how to describe it, so he could only roughly compare it with his hand, "Anyway, it's big!" ”

"Crawler transport platform?"

Completely misty by his general description, Chu Guang couldn't help frowning, "Can you be specific?" For example, length, width, or tonnage......"

Lu Yang thought for a moment and said in an affirmative tone.

"In terms of tonnage, it's about 12,000 tons!"

“？？？”

What the hell?!

Twelve thousand tons?!

Chu Guang, who heard this number, was stunned on the spot.

If he remembers correctly, the Gustav train gun is only 1500 tons, right?

Even the tracked transport platform used to transport giant rockets like "Saturn 5" has a total weight of only 3,000 tons and a total load of only 8,000 tons......

12,000 tons!

Is this to drive the cruiser to land?

Chu Guang didn't ask whether the 12,000 tons was the net weight or the maximum load capacity, anyway, no matter what it was, this number was beyond his cognition.

It's hard to imagine how such a big guy "sails" on the wasteland.

Anyway, it's definitely not burning oil.

Recovering from the shock, Chu Guang took a deep breath and shook his head as he looked at Lu Yang, who looked expectant.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we have some engineers in our vault as well...... But the kind of thing you are talking about is obviously beyond their capabilities, and I'm afraid I won't be able to help you with this favor! ”

Not to mention beyond the scope of ability.

This kind of tonnage of transportation, for his little players, I am afraid can only be understood by the game setting.

Chu Guang was suddenly a little curious, what did this thing look like.

If he could, he would like to take a picture and post it on the official website.

Seeing that the manager had misunderstood what he meant, Lu Yang hurriedly waved his hand and explained.

"No, no, no, my friend, you are mistaken! We're not looking to you for technical help, we have our own engineers, we have production tools, and we know how to fix broken parts. But the problem is that we don't have enough manpower, and our reserves of materials and energy are running out. ”

To sum up, is there a shortage of people, mines, and electricity?

But I don't need anything!

Chu Guang looked at him and asked cautiously.

"So what is your proposal?"

Lu Yang said in a sincere tone, "We hope that you can lend us some manpower to help us gather the resources that can be used nearby." On top of that, we need a guide who is familiar with the terrain of the area! We know where to find what we need! Of course, we won't let you help us for nothing, we'll pay you. ”

Hearing the word reward, Chu Guang finally became interested in his topic.

And listening to him, they seem to know where to go to find fuel for nuclear fusion?

That's a good thing!

With a pleasant smile on his face, Chu Guang stretched out his right hand.

"Of course, my friend, helping others is the noblest virtue!"

"But this snow, it looks like it's getting heavier, if it's convenient, please come in with me and talk."