"Is the battle already tense to this point?"

Staring at the dark blue power armor on Chu Guang's body, the night owl who couldn't stop his mouth couldn't help but mutter.

didn't understand what he meant by this, Du Conglin tilted his head slightly, and asked lately.

"What do you mean?"

"I put this on early in the morning," the night owl smacked his lips after glancing at the power armor, "I wouldn't be wearing such a bulky guy around the house." ”

I'm wearing it when I'm out of the house.

Doru, who was walking next to him, couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe, do you have one?"

The night owl glared at him, and was about to say something when the manager's voice came from ahead.

"We're here."

This is the reception room of the outpost, they came here yesterday and watched a "movie" at the invitation of old Luca.

After inviting everyone to sit down, Chu Guang walked in front of them.

Instead of sitting down with the crowd due to his power armor, he chose to stand and talk.

"Regarding the relocation, my subordinates should have conveyed our proposal to you last night, and I want to know how you think about it."

There was silence in the room for a while.

Brown was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his head and said.

"Is this a negotiation, or an ultimatum?"

Chu Guang looked at him and said.

"Of course it's the former, even if you have your own plans, as long as it's not our enemy, we won't interfere in any way."

This phrase has another meaning.

That is, we will not be responsible for your safety, let alone send reinforcements if you are attacked.

The survivors in the audience exchanged glances, and the expressions on their faces were slightly embarrassed.

Seeing the concerns on their faces, Chu Guang continued.

"I know what you're worried about, whether you'll be treated unfairly under the fence, and whether we'll keep our promises to keep you safe."

"It's human nature to have these concerns, and my subordinates have not made a commitment to you for me out of serious consideration. Here, in my capacity as the administrator of Vault 404, I pledge to you that all survivors who relocate to the Permanent Farm will be fairly protected by the laws of Vault 404 and live in dignity under our order. ”

When they heard Chu Guang say this, the survivors sitting in the reception room whispered to each other.

Some people are already moved, some are still wavering, but it is clear that there has been a slight wavering in attitude.

Just like Chu Guang said, as outsiders, they were worried about nothing more than two things.

The first is whether they can be treated fairly, and the second is whether their own safety can be guaranteed "as promised".

At present, the first point is not to worry, these blue coats have even taken in nomads, and there is no reason to treat them differently.

As for the second point, not to mention.

Although there is no more intuitive understanding of the strength of these shelter residents, even the power armor is available, so it is certain that it is at least not weak.

It's not a bad thing to cling to the strong, as long as it's worth it.

At least for smaller, decentralized colonies of survivors, it's far better to have a thigh to hold than to fend for yourself like an orphan.

It's just that a proposal that is friendly to other survivors may not be so rosy for a certain landowner.

Representatives of the other survivors around had their faces glazed. Brown's ambiguous attitude made Brown feel a little nervous.

If everyone but oneself accepts the olive branch thrown by Vault 404, does your own opinion matter?

He could almost foresee what would happen to him.

The ghost knows if these blue coats will take the opportunity to settle the matter of their previous protection money paid to the Bloody Hand Clan, and raid his house before the Chewing Bone Tribe's eyes on them.

There is no guarantee that this will not happen.

"Will you keep your promise?" Looking at Chu Guang, Brown said nervously, "I've heard that you invaded Bate Street. ”

As soon as he said this, Brown regretted it, but it was too late to take it back.

The survivors whispered.

Not paying attention to the voices, Chu Guang did not shy away from looking at Brown, who avoided his gaze the moment he met him.

"Invasion? If you've been there, you wouldn't say anything like that. ”

"When our men arrived at Bate Street, the residents of Bate Street took the initiative to open the gate and welcome us. We put an end to the reign of a vampire and gave the streets back to their people, allowing them to live under a new order. Now they don't have to endure the old mayor's exploitation, and they don't have to dig up their own flesh to try to feed a pack of jackals that will never be fed. ”

"I'd rather call it liberation than invasion."

There was silence in the reception room.

When they heard the second half of Chu Guang's words, many of the survivors' faces were red for a while, and they all showed ashamed expressions.

Isn't it them who dig up their own flesh and try to feed a pack of jackals that will never be fed?

If it weren't for the protection money paid to the Bloody Hand Clan, they wouldn't have had to live so hard this winter.

"You and your inhabitants are a noble bunch, I never doubted it."

Du Conglin looked at Chu Guang and continued in a solemn tone.

"The vanguard of the bone chewing has arrived at the boundary of Qingquan City, the crisis is imminent, the current situation no longer allows us to continue to divide, our Morrowind community is willing to accept your placement, and thank you very much for your willingness to take us in."

"Me too," the night owl sitting next to him raised his hand as well, "the hundred inhabitants of Highway Town have no objection to this!" ”

The other survivors nodded their heads as acceptable.

Brown wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't dare to say anything more, and held back the words that had already reached his lips.

Only Doru couldn't help but whisper.

"Can you tell us about the specific resettlement plan...... I mean, the property aspect. ”

Chu Guang looked at him and said.

"Absolutely, that's exactly what I'm going to say next. I will convince you that accepting our placement is not a bad thing. ”

As he spoke, Chu Guang took out a map and drew a circle in the northern part of Linghu Lake and the Yumu District, enclosing a large area of land.

"It is 10 kilometers from the north of Linghu Lake to Yumu District, and the usable land area is more than 100,000 mu. I've visited this area before, and it's a great place to farm because of its abundance of fresh water and fertile soil. While there are xenomorph activities such as mutated jackals, mutated hyenas, and even split-claw crabs, it's not a big problem, and our patrols will take care of it for you. ”

"I hope you will be able to relocate to the Long Farm, where the defenders and the walls will ensure your safety to the fullest, and I will give you some land to cultivate in the coming year. In addition to this, the forest farms in the Elm District will also be open to you, which is a natural hunting ground and one of our main sources of meat at present. ”

"Your property is all your own, we will not do anything about it, there are only two things you need to pay attention to, one is to obey our laws, and the other is to use our currency on our territory. If there are any questions, they can be raised now. ”

Hearing this, Brown immediately asked.

"What about slaves? Slaves are also part of our property, but your laws don't seem to recognize slaves. ”

Guessing that someone would ask this question, Chu Guang decisively moved out the rhetoric that he had already thought of.

"Vault 404 is an egalitarian and mercenary system that prohibits anyone from enslaving others in any form. Of course, we will not ask you to give up your ownership of the slaves without compensation, you can either free them voluntarily or sell them to us. In our case, a young man between the ages of 16 and 35 can exchange 5 acres of arable land, and the rest will be counted as 3 acres of land. ”

"They will be incorporated into the pioneer corps as semi-free people, and together with our captives, they will be reformed in their minds in labor, and after a while, they will be reintegrated into our society as freemen."

It is unrealistic to expect these wastelanders to understand the benefits of the mercenary system and consciously free the slaves, they do not have the ideological consciousness and do not have the basis for this reality in the wasteland.

It's a good idea to trade heads for fields.

This is the method that Chu Guang summed up from practice when dealing with the problem of displaced people.

Some of the slave-owning exiles, who refused to hand over their slaves, and even preferred to kill them rather than let them go, were at once happy to hand over the ropes around their necks when they learned that the slaves could be exchanged for land.

With land, they can settle down, and only after they can get rid of their status as displaced people and no longer have to live a precarious wandering life.

As for Chu Guang's side, he happened to have a large area of land waiting for people to open up the wasteland, and dividing a little wasteland was not in the way at all, but could reduce his workload.

When those displaced people have land, they will immediately turn from a time bomb that endangers order to a shield to maintain order.

Of course, when mentioning the land issue, Chu Guang did not take the initiative to consider the matter of "tax".

Now is the early stage of the business, he needs someone to make the cake bigger, it is pointless to collect one or two poor silver coins, anyway, the money in their hands is also sent down by themselves, it is better to let them flow in the market and drive the development of the economy.

When the long-term farms developed, the wasteland outside the farms was saturated, and the originally worthless land became valuable, and it was natural to collect taxes.

After listening to Chu Guang's answer, Brown silently calculated an account in his heart.

The slaves themselves are worthless, and in the winter they are even completely negative equity, and they don't want them to freeze to death and starve to death, so they have to spend food and fuel to feed.

He has more than 20 serfs in his hands, and if all of them are exchanged for land, they can be exchanged for more than 60 acres.

This amount of arable land may be less than the current land in his hands, but the manager's attitude towards the land has ignited a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The location of his farm is actually not very good, it is too close to the city, and the cost of clearing land is too high, and he has not expanded the planting area for many years.

If he could buy some more land from the manager, he might be able to own a bigger farm.

Of course, this is not without risk.

No one had ever really dealt with the blue coats, and no one could guarantee that they would behave by the rules and not kill the donkeys after taking over their property.

Brown weighed it in his mind.

At this time, the night owl from Highway Town asked.

"What about weapons? Do I need to turn it in as well? ”

Chu Guang replied.

"There are no restrictions on guns inside the settlements, there are no restrictions outside the settlements, private armed forces that stay in our jurisdiction for a long time need to be registered, and the business and business projects must comply with our laws, and there are no other restrictions."

None of the survivors in the room spoke.

These conditions may sound harsh, but at least they can survive.

Seeing that no one was talking, Chu Guang opened his mouth and continued.

"If there are no other doubts, then that's all there is to know about the move."

"Later we will provide you with a resident handbook that contains all the things to be aware of in our gathering place, and you can interpret it as our law."

"In addition, I hope that the relocation work can start as soon as possible, according to the information sent by our reconnaissance team from the front line, the reinforcements of the Chewing Bone Tribe have arrived in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, and are now about 16 kilometers northeast of us, it is difficult to say whether they will do something irrational."

Noticing that the faces of several survivors changed slightly, and they became restless, Chu Guang paused and continued.

"I'm not sure if any of you live around there, and if so, it's best to inform them to evacuate as soon as possible-"

Before the words fell, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the reception room.

There was a knock on the door.

After receiving permission, a guard walked into the room quickly, gave a military salute to Chu Guang, and reported with a serious expression.

"Your Excellency, according to the news from the long farm, we have seen a lot of smoke in the northeast direction...... Looks like something is burning! ”

Hearing this, Chu Guang was stunned.

it?

Is my crow's mouth open?!

With an ominous premonition in his heart, Chu Guang immediately said.

"Can you pinpoint the exact location?"

"Our captain Wrench has already sent someone over there to check on the situation, we can only speculate on the approximate location......

At Chu Guang's behest, the guard stepped forward, stared at the map hanging on the wall for a while, and drew a circle on it with charcoal.

Looking at the circled location, the night owl closest to the map was slightly stunned, and blurted out subconsciously in his mouth.

"Camp Winterwillow?"

Chu Guang had heard this word for the first time.

However, judging by the reactions of the other survivors around them, they were obviously not unfamiliar with the place name, and they all looked at the thin man sitting in the crowd.

Chu Guang also looked at him.

That person's sense of presence was very low, and he hadn't said a word from the beginning of the relocation work meeting to the present.

The sudden bad news made his face lose its blood, white as snow outside the door, his lips trembled uncontrollably, and his dilated pupils were imprinted with fear.

"No!"

……

Northeast direction of the outpost, field.

Two heavy bicycles are struggling through the snow.

Some places where the snow is not very deep are fine, but with a little sliding with your feet, you can barely ride it. When you encounter the kind of snow that even the wheels are buried, you can only come down and push it.

"If you want a bicycle to be hairy in this weather, you might as well send us a few sleds!" Laboriously stepping on the pedal, Night Ten couldn't help but complain.

Hurricane, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at the VM screen and asked casually.

"Do you know how to ski?"

"Nope! But I can learn! ”

Fang Chang, who was sitting behind the quit smoking, was also brushing the VM, and casually interjected: "I know a little, it's still a little difficult to slide on this terrain, unless you raise two huskies to run in front." ”

Yashi glanced at him.

"Damn, why do you know anything?"

Fang Chang thought for a while and said.

“emmm…… Maybe it's because it's too idle? ”

The north wind howled.

It blows people's consciousness in a trance.

couldn't help but yawn, and Yeten muttered quietly.

"It's too real...... The game character will also get sleepy. ”

The wind in the back of the seat nodded.

"Well, it's outrageous, I've got the fatigue debuff here, but the 5% debuff isn't noticeable...... Wait, it looks like a new mission has been triggered. ”

As soon as he heard that there was a new task, Ye Shi, who was not listless a second ago, suddenly became energetic.

"What task?!"

Fang Chang, who was also staring at the VM screen, also said.

"I got it too...... The mission required us to travel to Dongliu Camp, a kilometer away, to support the survivors there, to prevent the marauders from getting supplies from the area, and to buy time for reinforcements to arrive. ”

Winterwillow Camp?

What the hell is that?

Fang Chang dragged the map with his index finger and found a green tent icon on the map.

The icon is located in a forest, and no player has explored it, so they don't know anything about what is going on there. However, from the pre-war map, it was supposed to be a forest park, with a ranger's hut and a tourist rest area.

Anyway, it's a place where birds don't poop.

Tempest touched the bridge of his nose and said calmly, "...... To add up, the number of enemy units is unknown, so it's best to be prepared to encounter elite monsters or even trigger boss battles. But luckily, the battlefield is in the forest, which is half of our home field. ”

The quit-smoking brother who was humming and pedaling his bicycle couldn't interject at all, and shouted out of breath.

"Brother, give me a direction, do you want to turn around?"

Staring at the VM screen for a moment, Fang Chang said.

"No, just go in the current direction, and I'll tell you in advance where you need to turn right ahead...... Tsk, there's a time limit for this mission. ”

Surrounded by woods, the terrain is undulating, making it difficult to find a suitable sniper spot, and the western side is relatively high, but it takes a while to get around.

Fang Chang already had a rough plan in his heart.

The wind patted Night Ten on the shoulder and urged.

"After 30 minutes, the task fails, you pedal faster, can you learn to quit smoking."

Night Ten scolded and scolded.

"Gan! Lao Tzu is especially a perception department, can he compare this with the physique department?! ”

Looking at the vast white snow in front of him, Fang Chang sighed silently in his heart.

"If only I could get the motorcycle out of it."

If you think about it carefully, in this road condition in the wasteland, a four-wheeled vehicle is not easy to run, and a two-wheeled motorcycle is simply an artifact! It can also be used as a sledding boat in winter.

The only pity is that the difficulty of the engine is slightly higher.

I hope that Brother Suo and Brother Levin of Factory 81 can give some strength!

"It's a big cigarette ahead!" Quit smoking suddenly shouted, "Do you want to turn a corner?" ”

"My eyes can see, you speak quietly!"

Fang Chang couldn't help but complain and took the compound bow from his back.

As he was talking, there was a faint sound of gunfire in the distance, and it was not very far away, just in the forest in front.

Fang Chang immediately made a decision and said.

"Stop."

"Gale and night ten go to the west side of the high slope, quit smoking and follow me, close the insurance, remember not to go off!"

"Engage the enemy within 700 meters, and we will advance on foot for the rest of the way!"