In order to avoid trouble, the elder Luca finally decided to separate the two groups after discussing with the wrench for a while.

30 young and middle-aged laborers recruited from the homeless camp were assigned to the construction site of the cement factory, and were supervised by the civil engineering player [Knife Stay] and 4 foremen selected from the brick factory.

These foremen wear VMs and are able to translate the player's language into an easy-to-understand phonetic transcription.

After working in the brick factory for so long, they are already familiar with working with the "blue coats", and as long as they have translation tools, communication is not a big problem.

[Keeping people under the knife] is responsible for directing the construction, and the foremen are responsible for taking people to work, with a clear division of labor and their own duties.

The other 25 prisoners of war were escorted by two guards along the elevated highway out of the city, clearing obstacles on the way from Changchang Farm to Linghu Wetland Park.

If it's some gravel, throw it to the side of the road with a shovel. If it is an abandoned vehicle, it is dismantled on the spot with tools, loaded onto a trailer and transported to the south gate of Changchang Farm.

The Pioneer people did not take all the equipment with them, and left two hydraulic presses in the warehouse for Vault 404, which could crush the roughly cut garbage into easily transported cubes and send it to the steel mill to be re-smelted into useful materials.

It's a full 10 kilometers from the Long Farm to the outpost, and this area has become a relatively safe area due to the high activity of the players.

While repairing the road, Chu Guang plans to plan a heavy industry base on the road, relocate the No. 81 steel plant, and build supporting industries related to it nearby.

For example, bullet production line, firearm production line, etc.

After all, the terrain of Linghu Wetland Park is impossible for large cars to drive into, and there are trees all around, and there is only an open-air parking lot where metal resources can be recycled.

The open-air parking lot didn't have many resources in the first place, and after the players took turns to loot, now not to mention the rusty frame, even the railing next to the parking space has been removed.

If you want to expand the scale of production, you still have to be closer to the resource point, and then the transportation is convenient, and it would be better if there were ready-made buildings to use.

Combining these factors, Chu Guang immediately thought of the Bloody Hand Clan's lair, the abandoned tire factory.

Not only is there a complete fence, but there is also a fairly spacious storeroom, the kind where trucks can drive directly through the main entrance.

The tire factory is located just a short road away from the elevated highway out of the city, right between the Linghu Wetland Park and Changchang Farm – and closer to the wetland park.

At that time, it was due to the lack of enough manpower and the fact that it was too far away from the resurrection point, so Chu Guang simply gave up the stronghold and asked the players to set a fire before leaving.

Now that the number of NPCs and players has gone up, it's perfectly ready to be used again.

The only trouble is that it is probably crawling with mutant cockroaches and rats at this point, and you have to find a few players to clean it up.

But this is not a problem for Chu Guang.

It's just the right time to level up for newcomers to the Alpha0.8 version to level up and familiarize yourself with the gameplay of this game and the fighting skills with the xenos.

"I should have gotten a cream synthesizer from the merchants in Red River Town."

I heard that the nutritional paste made by mutant cockroaches and mutant rats is quite popular in Honghe Town.

Chu Guang secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, stretched out his index finger and tapped twice on the screen of the VM, and placed a marker on the map.

[Mission: Eliminate xenomorphs from the Scrap Tire Factory (located 4 kilometers north of Linghu Wetland Park)]

[Requirements: Kill at least 10 mutant rats or mutant cockroaches, and the task can be repeated to claim.] 】

[Reward: 10 credits, 20 contributions]

After a while, he will send a guard to the entrance of the "monster lair", as a mission-related NPC, responsible for posting the task and confirming its completion, which is equivalent to supervising the player's work.

"I heard that the tail of the mutant rat seems to be edible, but I don't know if it's true or not."

The players don't eat it, but the homeless people don't mind.

It's all meat.

Who cares what it got it from?

……

4 kilometers north of the wetland park, the fork in the road connecting the urban area with the elevated highway out of the city.

A young guard with an Arbiter rifle on his back was walking in the direction of the abandoned tire factory through the snow on the ground.

His name was Lu Bei, and he was the youngest member of the outpost guard.

Although he has been on the job for less than a month, his loyalty has already been recognized by the managers.

Just now, the administrator personally gave him the task of going to the front line to supervise the residents of the vault to rid the abandoned tire factory of xenomorphs.

Lu Bei still remembers this.

After all, just over a month ago, he was a prisoner of the marauders here.

It was a memory that I can't look back on.

Although the marauders here had been purged, he couldn't help but tremble instinctively when he returned here.

"Come on...... Lu Bei, you have to cheer up. ”

Slapping his face hard, the 14-year-old boy took a deep breath of cold air and overcame his fear with loyalty.

"This is a task given to you by the administrator himself!"

Regaining his courage, Lu Bei took off the heavy rifle on his back and walked to the door of the abandoned tire factory to stand.

Didn't wait long.

Soon, several Vault dwellers wearing hunting suits with cold weapons on their backs approached.

Even in this ghost weather, their faces still have sunny confidence and optimistic smiles, but they don't have VMs on their arms.

In the words of the manager, they are all "newcomers" who need to accumulate credit in order to obtain proof of identity.

Thinking of this, Lu Bei's heart couldn't help but feel a little proud, because he happened to have such a "proof of identity" on his arm.

The players walked up to him and asked.

"Hello, are you here to pick up the quest?"

"Big brother, we want to do the task of cleaning up the discarded tire factory, do we need to go through any formalities?"

"Gan, where is the mission pop-up?"

"You 484 stupid, where did the task pop-up come from, the user information is integrated on the VM, and the citizen level can only be bought after the money is paid!"

"Damn, this game is too real, and the user interface actually costs money to buy!"

Lu Bei couldn't understand what they were talking about.

But it doesn't matter.

The manager explained to him that he only needed to follow the prompts on the VM, do what he should do step by step, read the lines that should be recited, and then supervise their work.

"You're finally here."

After giving a military salute to these people, Lu Beili stood up straight and said in a sonorous voice.

"Waste tires are often overrun by a group of xenomorphs, and we need to get rid of them."

"Your mission is to kill at least ten mutant rats or mutant cockroaches. After completing the mission, I will report back to the captain on your achievements. ”

Although Lu Bei himself didn't know what he meant by what he said, after hearing it, those players rushed into the abandoned tire factory excitedly and fought with the aliens who roamed the buildings.

Those who bravely kill the enemy regardless of their own safety are difficult not to admire.

Although they don't wear VMs, they don't lose to anyone in their bravery.

Lu Bei looked at their backs, admiring them in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

A few minutes ago, he almost didn't dare to come near here because of a bad memory.

"Sure enough, my workout wasn't enough......"

His eyes became more determined, and Lu Bei tightened the rifle in his hand.

In order not to shame the VM on his left arm, in order to be worthy of this proof of identity, he has to be more loyal!

……

While the rookie players are wielding axes and mallets and cleaning up the mutant rats and cockroaches in the abandoned tire factory, the spring water commander, who has changed into new equipment, is now leading two familiar players to attack the abandoned school located in the northern part of the long farm.

The school was not very large, and was probably a community college before the war.

Last time, he and an old iron from the perception department found an abandoned military camp here, as well as traces of the survivors' former lives.

His instincts told him that he should find something good here.

A succession of gunshots broke the silence.

Breaking into the abandoned school building, his two teammates, with their automatic weapons, continued to harvest the gnawers wandering in the hall on the first floor.

Raising his hand and sweeping down the three rushing eaters, the [Battlefield Atmosphere Group] shouted excitedly at the teammates next to him.

"Hahahaha, brother, it's not me showing off, this 'sickle' is too easy to use!"

It's a CF co-branded weapon!

This abrupt sound sounds much cooler than the coughing sound of an iron pipe rifle!

“+1！” The flames of the muzzle jumping were reflected on his flushed face, and [I am the blackest] shouted excitedly, "I shoot so much!" ”

Compared with the sickle assault rifle, the 5mm revolver rifle he used before was simply a water gun!

At this moment, the spring commander wearing an exoskeleton is still carrying a crowbar in his hand.

Seeing that his teammates actually wasted bullets on the gnawers, he couldn't help but curse.

"Gan, you have to save some ammunition, a bullet and a silver coin!"

Originally, he also planned to buy an LD-47 to play with, but he took all the money in his pocket and gave it to Mosquito.

Fortunately, the mosquito brother was finally reliable, and he really didn't lie to him, and he really got him a set of armor that was exactly the same as that of the manager.

The suspended armor basically protected all the vital points on the body, and without affecting the mobility, the original set of mining exoskeletons was directly upgraded to the armor of the heavy infantry.

It would be perfect if you could have a hammer!

The only pity is that he doesn't even have a copper plate in his pocket, and he still rubbed it at his good brother's place for dinner yesterday.

If you don't get anything this time, you'll have to drink the northwest wind in the future.

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Don't panic, the money earned is used to spend!" ”

I grinned and said, "That's right! What is the difference between spending money in the game and salted fish! ”

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Brother, I don't seem to have many bullets, can you even me a little?" ”

I was the blackest: "Dizzy, brother, you said it earlier, I'm running out of bullets." ”

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Damn! Why don't you leave some behind. ”

I'm the blackest: "You're embarrassed to say me!" ”

Commander of the Spring: "......"

Having said that, after going deep into the building, the two of them stopped suddenly.

A magazine shot out 30 silver coins, and it's still a little distressing to think about it. The Battlefield team stuck a bayonet under the barrel of the gun, and I showed the axe hanging from my waist at the blackest.

Playing is fun, and you have to be cautious when you should be cautious.

This kind of narrow terrain can be solved with melee weapons, so it is better to use melee as much as possible.

Walk through the hall and into the hallway.

The three of them clearly felt that the atmosphere here was not very natural.

I'm the blackest: "This should be the laboratory building." ”

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Why? ”

I'm the blackest: "I don't know, maybe it's because it's full of liver smell." ”

Commander of the Spring: "......"

"Serious, no kidding," I said, frowning the darkest, eyes wandering around alertly, "I feel something approaching us." ”

Perception system sequence LV4, the perception attribute of 10 points, is still a little weaker than the big guys, but the insight into general danger is still enough.

Don't take it lightly.

The Commander of the Springs swapped the crowbar from his right hand to his left, and then his right hand pulled the Ten-Captain pistol from his waist.

However, almost at the same time, above the half-collapsed ceiling in front of him, there was a sudden terrible roar.

The three of them were shocked, and quickly raised their guns, only to see a creeper poking his head out from behind the rubble tiles and running towards the three of them with a roar.

"! Creeper—"

The Commander of the Spring, who was standing in the front row, bore the brunt of the attack and was hit by the creeper who was rushing towards him.

It happened too suddenly.

So much so that the crowd didn't react at all.

Thanks to the cuirass hanging from the exoskeleton, the spring commander was hit with a burst of blood churning, but it was no big deal.

The pistol was flung off, and the Commander of the Spring and the Creeper rolled backwards five or six meters away, slamming their backs into the wall.

Seeing the creeper bite down, he almost instinctively set up a crowbar to block the bite of blood, and pressed forward with both hands.

"Roaring ——!"

Stained teeth are close at hand!

The spring water had even been smelled, and the bad breath emanating from its mouth had emanated.

"Grass!"

The steel pipe was gradually bent, dodging the saliva-dripping spring water, and the output power of the exoskeleton continued to increase, and the right hand clenched into a fist was pushed outward, finally aiming at the beast's head.

"To Lao Tzu—"

"Die!"

The moment the words fell, there was a bang.

As the fist-thick copper shell was thrown from the outside of his arm, a thumb-thick steel nail was seen struck through the tip of his arm, piercing the creeper's skull.

Black blood splattered.

The creeper, whose head had been blown off by the hammer, struggled for a few moments before finally falling heavily next to the Commander of the Fountain.

The two people who rushed to help, including the spring himself, who was crushed by the creeper, were all taken aback by the power.

"Damn, what kind of equipment is this?"

Wiping the blood from his face, the spring commander snorted and said.

"I don't know...... The mosquito said it was called a nail shooter, and said I could call it Nail 1.0 if I wanted to. ”

The principle seems to be nitrocellulose compression ignition, which pushes the steel nail in the nail shooter in the left arm to shoot out, and according to the mosquito himself, it can penetrate a steel plate of 20mm at a close distance.

Like the one he had on his chest.

"This is too easy to use...... "I picked up the hot bullet casings on the ground with a look of envy, "why don't you use electricity?" Don't you have a battery? ”

Spring Commander: "The mosquitoes say it's fierce. ”

Truly.

The explosion propulsion is much more powerful than that of an electric motor, and the only drawback is that you have to recharge if you want to stab it a second time, and you can't continue to output like a piledriver.

However, it doesn't seem to be necessary.

Half of the creeper's head was blown off......

The Battlefield Atmosphere team reached out and pulled the spring water up from the ground.

"Brother, are you OK?"

"I'm fine, it's just that my stomach hurts from being hit."

Shaking his head, Izumi picked up the ten-captain pistol that had fallen earlier from the ground, and continued to explore with his two teammates.

The previous creeper seems to be the last boss.

The ones you encounter in the back are all stupid eaters, and they can easily solve it with two melee hits, and it doesn't take any effort at all.

Next to a laboratory, the group discovered a basement entrance.

The basement door was wide open, and the dark passage was chilling.

The spring commander swallowed and said nervously.

"Would you like to go down and have a look?"

This is clearly nonsense.

They're all here, and they can't go home empty-handed.

If there's an entrance to a labyrinth down there, or some hidden testing facility, that's a good idea.

But now the question is......

Who was the first to go down?

I'm the blackest: "I always feel like there's something bad in there...... I'll leave it to you. ”

Commander of the Spring: "Gan! You've said there's something bad and let me go down! ”

I'm the blackest: "Or else? As far as you are the highest, if you don't go to the front, do you want me to carry it in front? ”

The spring commander argued anxiously, "Is this especially Tandu's problem?" ”

Seeing that his teammates were more unreliable than the other, the battlefield brother sighed and stood up bravely.

"I'll do it anyway."

The Commander of the Springs looked at him with an excited look on his face and placed his right hand on his shoulder.

"Good brother, come on! Over to you! ”

I also put my hand on his shoulder and cheered him up: "Go brother, we are waiting for your news on the official website!" ”

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "??? ”

Luckily, this time my darkest instincts didn't come true, and there were no deadly radiations, traps, or dangerous monsters lurking in the passage to the basement.

It's just relative, and the end of the passage is also not a relic of a pre-war civilization, the entrance to an underground labyrinth, and not a mysterious experimental institution.

However, they did not make a trip in vain.

I saw that in the spacious basement, ten cryogenic hibernation cabins were neatly arranged. The hatch was open, and judging by the dust falling from it, it must have been open for a long time.

The batteries have already been removed, perhaps by scavengers, or by those who woke up from the hibernation pod.

Luckily, although the battery was removed, the electrical equipment behind the hibernation pod was intact, not even scratched!

According to the purchase price offered by the outpost warehouse, the parts of an undismantled abandoned dormant pod can be sold for at least 50 silver, and the maximum can even reach 100 silver!

And here, there are a whole ten!

The three of them held their breath in unison. In particular, the commander of the spring water, whose pockets were cleaner than his face, clenched his fists even more excitedly at this moment.

Awesome!

A direct wave of fat!

Field Commander: "There's only one question now, how do we get so many things back?" ”

The spring commander said excitedly: "It's easy, we can rent a truck and drive outside the city." I consulted about the price, and it was only 10 silver coins per kilometer. ”

It is about 20 kilometers back to Linghu Wetland Park from here, and it is easy to earn back the road expenses by searching for it.

"Anyway...... This mark is a little familiar. "Standing next to a desk, my blackest hand holds a metal box that has been rummaged out of a drawer.

The box was pitch black, of unknown material, and it was impossible to tell what it was for, or to find a mechanism or button that could be opened.

Only the back of the box is printed with a circular logo inward.

"I'll see."

Walking up to my blackest side, Izumi took the black box from his hand and stared at the logo for a while.

I saw that on the outer side of the big circle, there was a small dot around it, a bit like the earth and the moon, and a little like a hydrogen atom.

It's familiar......

I always feel like I've seen it somewhere.

Izumi frowned.

At this moment, the battlefield guy who was standing on the sidelines suddenly interjected.

"I've seen this! Yesterday's official website database update document has it! ”

The spring came back to his senses and blurted out.

"Academy!?"

The three people who reacted were instantly stunned.

No way!?

This is going to trigger the plot?!