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Crow, who had just come off the production line, immediately rushed in.

"Big news!! That piece of paper with 100CR written on it can actually be exchanged for money! Guess how much I changed? (*≧▽≦)”

Night Ten: "Huh? Say Cao Cao Cao is here? (Funny)"

Irena: "(funny)"

Raven: "Hey! Don't bother, you still want to know! (; ｀O´)o”

Sis: "I guess 10 silver." ”

Fang Chang: "You said that." ”

Less pulling the calf: "That's it!" Don't sell it! ”

Tail: "GKD!" (｀∀´)Ψ”

Raven: "Hehe, listen to me, I was selling mushroom soup when suddenly a sneaky NPC came running over, pulled out a piece of paper, and tried to take my pot away!" Then, just when I didn't know what to do, the manager suddenly appeared! Anyway, the manager's new armor is so handsome duck, I don't know if I can buy that skin. (✧◡✧)”

The mole on the run in the canyon: "Gan! You're talking about the point! ”

Fujito: "??? (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻”

Raven: "100! 100 credits! The administrator took the piece of paper and gave me 100 silver coins! I was about to say, don't rush. QAQ”

The whole post was silent for a moment.

Subsequently, dozens of floors were instantly brushed out below!

Lao Bai: "?! ”

Tempest: "......"

Night Ten: "? ”

Fang Chang: "100??? ”

Crow: "Don't swipe the screen, it's actually 200 ...... to be exact." Because of the 100CR ticket yesterday, I also caught up with the manager and exchanged it. The manager also complimented me, saying that I was a good boy, hehe. (=´ω｀=)”

Irena: "¥@#!" ”

Two pots of mushroom soup for 200 credits!

This luck can't be described as the Emperor of Europe!

The players on the forum are envious of the quality wall separation, and even the ticket to the Early Access expansion is not fragrant......

……

On the other side, the reception room of the outpost.

"Burp~ This wine is good, the fruity aroma of grapes is mixed with the aroma of oak, even in the enterprise...... I'm afraid it's also a rare treasure. ”

"You still know this?"

"Of course, my father had a wine cellar with a lot of his collection, and he would go there every day for a while, and he wouldn't drink it, just to feel the atmosphere, and I suspect that if it goes on like this, all the wines will turn into vinegar...... Hey, I really want to go home. ”

There were a few empty wine bottles on the table, and Luo Hua was so drunk that she leaned back in her chair and burped, babbling non-stop.

Chu Guang responded perfunctorily, and took the time to glance at the VM, which listed the information that Xiao Qi had helped him sort out.

[155. This man has a well-to-do family and holds a middle-level position in the First Pioneer Corps, and it is speculated that the crew of the Pioneer are all middle-level and high-level employees in the "enterprise", and their status is not low. 】

He got all this information in exchange for a table of barbecue, a pot of soup, and a full six bottles of wine.

If it were usual, Chu Guang would definitely not have eaten so luxuriously.

But all of that paid off paid off.

From the mouth of the person in charge of the office, Chu Guang asked a lot of interesting things.

First of all, the company is located in the easternmost province of the Central Continent, which is the mouth of two tributaries of a large river, and is also the political, economic and cultural center before the era of prosperity, with four strategic areas, three metropolitan areas, two industrial centers, and an ancient urban agglomeration with a "long history".

As for the company's headquarters, it is located on the site of the industrial zone between Ungoshi and Unhashi, and above Vault No. 6, there is a place called "Ideal City".

There are huge walls like dams, towers that touch the clouds, flying machines that fly through the streets but not far, people are crowded in "cities" of less than 500 square kilometers, the vast majority of people live in the underground without windows, and a few can see the clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Chu Guang listened to it, and always felt that this "ideal city" had a bit of a "city that never sleeps", and he didn't know how true or false this guy's mouth was.

In addition, unlike the information from Xia Yan's hearsay, the company is not full of factions and serious internal strife, but they themselves are not the kind of organization that the mercenaries in Boulder City understand.

For example, there is no ruler in the strict sense of the word, only a corporate board of directors with a strict organizational structure and a clear division of powers, and most of the members of the corporate board of directors are composed of the chairman of the branch, and there are smaller subsidiaries under the branch, which are nesting dolls.

Some of these branches produce steel, some produce cement, some make guns, cannons, drones, and sell clones or android companions. Silver Wing Group is only one of the larger ones in terms of "market capitalization", but the market value is changing every day, and it is difficult to say who is the largest.

Ten years ago, the company did send an expeditionary force inland, but the target was not the city of Qingquan in the southern part of the river valley province, but the Great Rift Valley in the north.

People always like to take credit for themselves, and as long as the mouths of two people pass through the mouths of two people, more than three versions of the same thing may evolve.

And in the end, most of what has been handed down is not the final truth, just because this version is the most talked-about, and people prefer to believe that it is like this.

However, according to Luo Hua, it is true that the expeditionary force did fail, because for a period of time, I could often hear about the good news from the front from various sources.

But suddenly, one day on, no one ever mentioned it again.

Except for those investors who bought "war bonds" who stood on the rooftop, many never returned, and everything seemed to happen as if nothing happened.

In a sense, the "Pioneer" is also similar to the existence of the expeditionary force. In order to build this magnificent land fortress, Silver Wing also issued a considerable amount of "bonds", and most likely promised some benefits to the wealthy people who bought the bonds.

However, the second half is Chu Guang's speculation.

Maybe it was because his ideological realm was not enough, Chu Guang felt that if he lived in such an environment, and he happened to have a large amount of money in his pocket, he would definitely not take the money to waste.

In addition, from Luo Hua's mouth, Chu Guang also learned that the goal of their trip was to go to the west to find a place called Vault 0.

Legend has it that it was the birthplace of a grand plan, where the pioneers of the Age of Prosperity, the pioneers of great shipping routes, and the immortals of countless glories were laid to rest.

It is seen by some as the last hope.

“…… If you have such advanced technology, why should you put your hopes in the legendary existence? You don't even know where it is, right? Chu Guang poured Luo Hua a glass of wine and asked, "And I listened to your description, since you can build a fortress on the ruins, why do you ...... Well, haven't thought about doing it all over again? ”

Luo Hua sighed and waved his hand drunk.

"I've heard this argument too much...... My friend, how far have you been? You may have traveled the most and most roads, and it is only from the north of Qingquan City to a little bit on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, which is not as simple as building a few houses for granted. ”

Chu Guang smiled and said.

"After all, I've only been out of the ground for a few months...... I'm also curious about what the world has become. ”

"It's terrible," Luo Hua shook his head, "What's the scariest xenomorph you've ever seen?" Eater? Creepers? We collectively call them slime fungus parasites, so do you know how they came about? Have you ever seen their brood? ”

Luo Hua continued.

"I've seen them all, and I've even seen a brood the size of a whole skyscraper, with runaway slime molds and reinforced concrete that merge together and cover half of the city. The survivors there resisted, failed, and then were devoured in pieces...... There was nothing we could do but take a few dozen poor people who survived and put them on the shore of a lake fifty kilometers away. ”

Chu Guang's expression changed slightly.

He'd heard that there seemed to be a brood in the center of Clear Springs City, and every once in a while, xenomorphs such as Eaters would spread out of the city center.

The survivors of Boulder City call it "The Wave".

These are all that Xia Yan told him.

"You ...... Leave that brood alone? ”

"Don't worry about that thing," Luo Hua waved his hand, "You underestimate the power of nature, anything on this planet will quickly decline after it expands to a certain limit. The same is true of slime molds, which in rare cases mutate, run wild, no longer fear the sun, and devour the living creatures around them, and use their flesh and blood to multiply quickly. It sounds scary, but when they scale to a certain size, they quickly go back and forth from where they are...... We call this the self-limiting nature of the expansion of mutant slime bacteria. ”

Hearing this, Chu Guang's expression relaxed slightly.

Also.

If it had been able to expand endlessly, the planet would have been occupied by them long ago.

And from the perspective of energy balance, I am afraid that there is no ecosystem that can accommodate such terrifying creatures.

After a pause, Luo Hua continued to babble with a wine hiccups.

"These mutant slime molds are just one of the troubles, and you know, this world is not far away just gnawers and these things, even mutant cockroaches that have nothing to do with slime molds are annoying enough. By the way, there are mutants, I don't know if you've ever seen a 'supermutant' as tall as a three-story building? I suspect that the whole thing is a humanoid tumor, and it took us two tactical nukes to get rid of it once and for all...... So you're really lucky, those dozens of mutants, we only used five power armors to send them away. ”

Chu Guang's Adam's apple moved.

He wanted to ask where these ghosts came from, but the question that had already reached his lips changed his mouth and became the question he had been thinking about all along.

"Who is our enemy?"

Hearing this question, Luo Hua smiled.

"We? Enemy? You mean...... The battle of the end? Haha, what the hell knows about two centuries ago? I've seen a lot of people from the 22nd century who came out of cryo-dormancy, either really to take refuge, and some who just thought it would be fun to go to the future. Haha, anyway, they themselves couldn't tell what was going on, and they thought they were standing at the scene of a variety show, shouting that they were going to sue us. ”

As he spoke, Luo Hua's eyes were a little confused, and the hand holding the wine glass kept shaking.

Chu Guang felt that he was drunk, so he added another glass to him...... Anyway, this is his "official business", and there is not much left in this bottle.

"The poor guys...... Hiccup, all we can do is hand them over to the nearby survivors, maybe their knowledge will come in handy, but I feel choked enough. ”

didn't refuse Chu Guang to pour himself wine, Luo Hua raised his head and took another sip, burping a long wine, this time he couldn't even straighten his tongue.

"The answer is said to be in Vault 0, and it's not just us looking for it, the Academy, the Legion...... A lot of people have been looking for it, but they haven't heard anything for so many years. Maybe it's not west at all, or maybe it doesn't exist at all, as you said. But who knows? Someone has to give it a try. ”

As he spoke, Luo Hua fell headlong on the table.

Seeing that he was about to tilt his head into the brazier next to him, Chu Guang hurriedly reached out to help him and moved his head to the other side.

Luo Hua was still yelling in his mouth.

"I'm going to write a biography that, if we succeed, will become the best-selling work in Ideal City."

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, your name is too awkward to spread by word of mouth. If you change the 'First Pioneer Regiment' to the 'Knights Templar', and then change the Pioneer to Zheng He, then change the name of your captain to a more powerful one...... Ruby Yanka, for example, you go to the West to learn the scriptures, and I bet this book will become the best-selling adult fairy tale on the East Coast. ”

Originally, Chu Guang was talking nonsense, but he didn't expect Luo Hua's eyes to light up after listening to it.

"Good idea—"

The word "meaning" was only halfway bitten, and the young man suddenly clicked and completely stopped eating. And the wine glass in his hand fell beside the brazier with a clatter.

Chu Guang didn't bother with this drunkard anymore, but stared at the VM screen.

Looking at the last line of information on the screen, his eyebrows lifted slightly.

"Legion and Academy ......"

The world seems to be bigger than you imagined.

That's nice.

I can draw new flatbread again.

……

Early the next morning.

As soon as six o'clock arrived, the hard-working little players went online on time and trotted all the way to the pool of the public toilet in the center of the camp.

After a brief wash, they continued to run to the open space in the center of the camp in groups of three or five carrying their lunches.

However, as soon as they reached the clearing, they were dumbfounded.

I saw that more than twenty NPCs in gray coats were already standing in front of the cauldron with bowls in their hands.

Seeing those blue coats looking over, the crew of the Trailblazer was somewhat embarrassed, smiled at their allies, waved their hands in a friendly manner, and pointed to the bowl in their hands.

The expression seemed to say—

"Big brother, don't panic, let's just leave after a meal."

The players who were also carrying bowls were stunned.

"Damn! This group of NPCs is getting more and more reasonable! ”

"The pot is not boiling, as for it?!"

"Huh? What about scrambled eggs? I saw him coming next to the faucet just now, why is the person gone? ”

Not far away, Brother Scrambled Eggs was following old Luca, holding a large basket of noodles in his hand. When he got to the iron pot, he placed the frame heavily on the table.

There were other ingredients and condiments on the table.

Raising his arm and rubbing his forehead, the scrambled egg brother put on his sleeves and apron, and knocked on the edge of the pot with a spoon.

"Plant-based meat, synthetic noodles with artificial starch, and chanterelle mushrooms from Boss Crow...... Let's try the high-tech ingredients today. Declare in advance, I haven't tried it either, try to get it, it's not delicious, and I'll think about it next time. ”

Brother Scrambled Eggs originally planned to cook porridge and make a fool of themselves, after all, the morning time is not as generous as the evening, and they will have to go to the new map to move bricks in a while.

But just then, his VM was tasked with cooking a pot of happy food for the players in the camp.

What is food that makes people happy?

Brother Scrambled Eggs looked confused, but the three question marks in the mission reward column and the exclusive tag of the expansion pack attached to the header aroused his desire to win.

Hearing that the scrambled egg brother was going to show his hand, the players in line cheered excitedly.

"Big guy is awesome!"

"Add me an extra egg!"

"Pass it on! Scrambled eggs, brother, let's eat below! ”

"Hey, this can't be passed on, you can pass it on yourself!"

Although the crew of the Pioneer who surrounded them couldn't understand it, they were so excited to see these blue coats and looked forward to it.

Brother Scrambled Eggs ignored it and devoted himself to the work in front of him.

After getting some wild boar fat and sticking it to the bottom of the pot and bursting out the aroma of oil, he skillfully poured the plant-based meat marinated in advance with "secret cooking wine" into the pot with a bang.

Silly ——!

The smell of meat is diffuse.

Stir-fry quickly, color the soy sauce, sprinkle some salt and pepper to enhance the fragrance, wait until the minced meat is bubbly, the scrambled egg brother skillfully picks up a pot of boiling water, pours the boiling water into the iron pot, shakes the iron pot a few times and then closes the lid and simmers.

The gurgling sound is covered along with the scent.

The cheeks here are ready, and the chanterelle mushroom soup stewed over there is also fragrant.

The taste buds were constantly being teased, and the NPCs in the queue kept swallowing saliva one by one, and the bowl changed from left hand to right hand, and from right hand to left hand, all of which were almost touching.

Finally boiling.

The scrambled egg brother put the noodles in a leaky net, shook them twice and blanched them, and then put them into the bowl handed over, and poured a spoonful of mushroom soup and a spoonful of meat dumplings evenly.

"A 4CR! It's all shared, don't rush. ”

Old Luca took the money, handed the bowl full of noodles to the smiling and thankful truck driver, and continued to shout enthusiastically to the gray coats in the line.

"Next!"