It's night.

Chu Guang had a long, long dream.

Although he couldn't remember the specific content of the dream, the vague residual sense of déjà vu told him that Bacheng was a bizarre nightmare.

Seriously.

Chu Guang sometimes feels that at least half of the reason why he usually struggles is related to those dreams.

The dream was so real that it was as if it had really happened......

"What is the way to die this time?"

Muttering a sentence in his mouth, Chu Guang sat up from the bed.

Eighty percent of the hard work and exercise have been effective.

Hard work pays off.

He's upgraded again.

【

ID: Chu Guang

Gene Sequencing: Managers (Phase II)

Grade: LV.16→ LV.17

——Basic Attributes——

Strength: 17

Dexterity: 11→12

Constitution: 16

Perception: 12→13

Intelligence: 15

】

Medical Laboratories.

Chu Guang, who was lying on the scanning bed, looked at the attribute panel presented in front of him, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Boy.

This time I actually added two points!

I remember there had been similar situations before, but that was a long time ago.

1 point of perception and 1 point of agility strengthens the ability to intuit and react to crises.

As for talent, it still hasn't changed, it's still "wild instinct" and "mental deterrence".

The former's all-stat boosting effect, combined with power armor and nitrogen-powered hammer, can deal tons of damage in a short period of time.

The latter is very useful during interrogation.

In addition, in Chu Guang's impression, it seems that new players can have a chance to use the cutscene when they first enter the game.

Looking at the 17% progress bar, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a trace of expectation in his heart.

There are only three levels left before the second awakening.

I don't know what kind of talent will be unlocked in the third stage of the gene sequence.

"Your DNA is unstable."

Heya, who was standing next to the terminal, poured a basin of water on Chu Guang, who was excited.

The index finger and thumb pinched the chin, and the white face was full of confusion.

If it weren't for the chattering appearance, which made her look a little neurotic, she would have been a beauty with a childish face.

It's a pity.

Add a mouthless attribute, and this SSSR card is perfect.

"It doesn't stand to reason that way."

"Gene expression should be a stable process, and even with human intervention, it is difficult to adjust the shape of the representation in such a short period of time and many times in a row."

"And the most incredible thing is that these 'adjustments' are happening in very different directions!"

Interrupting her broken thoughts, Chu Guang went straight to the point.

"Let's be straight, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing."

Hea thought for a moment and shook her head.

"It's hard to define good or bad—"

Got it.

It's a good thing.

Chu Guang nodded.

"Okay, I see, you don't have to say any more."

Seeing that Chu Guang was not interested in his judgment, Heya's face showed a helpless expression and shrugged her shoulders.

"It's good if you're happy."

……

The west gate of the outpost.

It's the Guard's shooting range, the cells where the prisoners awaiting trial are kept, and the place where the Administrators keep the Claws of Death in captivity.

Footsteps were heard outside the shed, the claws of death curled up in the haystack, their eyelids slightly curled.

The breath of humanity?

No......

There is also a familiar taste.

The amber pupils moved slightly, scanning the bodies of the people at the door, and finally stopped at a strange figure.

It was a lizard.

This guy was wrapped in strange cloth and dressed like a human being. In addition, he carried a cauldron that emitted heat on his back.

Is there something boiling in there?

It had never seen such a strange creature.

But......

It's too weak.

Standing up is only a little more than two meters, not as long as his own tail, how did this small point survive until now.

A fist-sized nostril snorted with a "snort", and the slightly mocking greeting blew away a few patches of hay.

The thick tail changed direction in a circle, and the Deathclaw closed its eyes absently and continued to snooze.

The players standing in the doorway looked at each other.

This reaction ......

It's not the same as they planned.

They originally thought that the garbage king and this guy could have a common language.

Night Ten: "That expression ...... just now"

Fang Chang: "I seem to understand." ”

Tempest: "I feel sorry for the garbage brother." ”

"Gan! You feel sorry for a ball of yarn! Level 99 of picking up garbage said with a smile, "I'll just say it's useless, right?" You still don't believe it! ”

This thing isn't a bear!

It's the claws of death, brother!

Without counting the brood, this thing is one of the top xenomorphs in the wasteland.

Rational analysis, at least level 80!

And myself, it's just 8......

The mosquitoes, who joined in the fun, touched their chins thoughtfully, their eyes full of confusion.

"Oh no, this beast didn't look like this when he saw the manager."

Lao Bai nodded in agreement.

"That's right, I've seen it once...... This brute is much more honest. ”

It's more than honesty.

The shivering look on the ground is almost scared to pee, okay?

Of course, it may also be because of the power armor.

Looking at the kind of iron lump that has nowhere to put its mouth and eats its teeth, all brutes with a normal IQ have to panic.

Not to mention in the case of a serious injury.

The mosquito looked at the garbage gentleman and continued with a suspicious expression.

"Could it be that you're too weak?"

Hearing this, the nose of level 99 picking up garbage was crooked, and he cursed in his mouth.

"You're so weak! You're a little sixth, and your level is not as high as mine! ”

WC really has mosquitoes: "Fuck off!" Lao Tzu is already LV7, okay? ”

Picking up garbage level 99: "Hehe, catfish!" ”

WC really has mosquitoes: "%¥#@!" ”

The two quarreled.

The crowd of cattle and horses has long been accustomed to this, so they don't take it seriously at all.

Touching his chin and thinking for a moment, Fang Chang tried to analyze.

"Now there are two possibilities, one is that the reproductive function of xenomorph players is defective, resulting in inconspicuous secondary sex characteristics. Another possibility is what Night Ten said, that you are now too low-level, too weak in the eyes of this dead claw, just like the cubs in its population. ”

Tempest: "...... It seems that the method of seducing deathclaws with the garbage king is useless? ”

Ye Shi suddenly had an idea, and said with a big brain.

"Could it be because there isn't?"

"Why don't we give it a fake try?"

The air is subtly quiet.

Everyone was stunned.

Lao Bai: "? ”

Tempest: "People can't, at least shouldn't ......"

Fang Chang: "Hey, you little genius." ”

Picking up trash level 99: "Get out!! ”

Just when the little players of the cattle and horses were doing experiments with the garbage king, Chu Guang, who was standing on the third floor of the sanatorium, was also watching from afar.

From a genetic point of view, Junk's DNA does have a lot of similarities with the Claw of Death, and it can even be said that except for the brain structure similar to that of a human, the rest of the body is designed based on the Claw of Death.

Or at least from the same source.

Unfortunately......

The female dead claw didn't seem to be interested in the garbage king, and didn't even bother to look at him.

"It's a pity."

"It seems that the charm of the Trash King is not enough to conquer that deathclaw."

Is it because it's too small?

Chu Guang touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Speaking of which. There seems to be a rat in his shelter?

Compared to the other mutant rats in the wasteland, the large rat was significantly larger than them.

If you can tame a few or even a few litters of mice......

Chu Guang's eyes lit up instantly.

"it!"

"I can't figure out that this panel data looks like a weak sequence, but it's actually pretty awesome?!"

Thinking of this, Chu Guang suddenly couldn't sit still, and immediately opened the VM, edited a task, and sent it to the [Strongman's Difficulty] brother.

[Mission: King of Ten Thousand Rats]

[Explanation: Maybe we can try to unite creatures that are different from us.] 】

The name of this task is not simple when you hear it, and it should be okay to coax a little budding new.

As for the rewards.

In addition to credits and contribution points, it shouldn't be too much to give a special achievement.

As for what the name of the achievement was, Chu Guang hadn't figured it out yet.

There's no rush anyway.

Whether this task can be completed is still unknown.

It's never too late to wait until the little player is done.

……

The town of Far Creek, nestled on the edge of the forest, is as tranquil as ever.

The marauder, standing next to a barricade made of wood, with a "blade" assault rifle on his chest, yawned.

The shift from the second half of the night to the morning was the hardest.

It's not just sleepiness, it's hunger.

Will someone really attack at this time?

At this point, except for those who are standing guard, they are sleepy, and everyone else is energetic.

"When will this snow melt?" The predator, who was carrying a dog chain in his hand, said boredly.

"I don't know, if you're in the north, you'll have to wait until early February."

"Maybe a little less to the south, maybe next week? Or next week? ”

"I can't wait."

"Hahaha, coincidentally, so am I!"

The two glanced at each other and invariably showed a smile that everyone knows how to smile.

And not even just people.

Even the hyena lying next to the two of them bared their teeth and let out an excited gasp.

About yesterday, they heard that the Black Snake people had set off from the southern suburbs of Tianshui City and marched south to the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

That guy is a ruthless man.

The battle from north to south can be said to be a succession of battles, and the burned survivors' settlements cannot be counted on one hand, and the looted treasures are piled up into small mountains.

Otherwise, the Lord Leader would not have rewarded him with a tank.

There's only one thing they're worried about right now.

That is, the survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City are too unbeaten.

Don't wait for them to reach the northern suburbs and won't even be able to drink the broth.

That's really uncomfortable!

Just when the two of them were chatting with each other, a black figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the forest on the east side.

The two marauders were immediately alert, hurriedly loaded their guns and opened the safe, pointing at the group of people walking in the distance.

"Stop! Stop there and don't move! ”

"Who are you?"

The group stopped.

The man at the front of the line shouted at the top of his voice.

"We are the people of the Black Snake...... I am his centurion steelfang. ”

The people of the Black Snake?

Centurion?

Hearing this, the two marauders were stunned.

Isn't the Black Snake on the south side?

How did his people end up here?

Don't......

Already done?

Realizing that the situation might not be right, the two of them did not dare to delay, and immediately separated one person and ran to the camp.

After a while, the marauder who had returned to report the news trotted back again.

"Which of you is Steeltooth."

"Lord Liontooth said he wanted to see you!"

The man who had shouted earlier stood up and said.

"I am, take me there."

The marauder nodded hurriedly.

"Please come with me!"

Passing through the heavily guarded camp, Steelfang followed in the footsteps of the marauder sentry to the Lionfang's tent.

There was a brazier in the house, and a bearskin was laid on the floor.

Liontooth, sitting on a wooden chair, stared intently at the man who walked in through the doorway.

“…… Are you Steel Tooth? ”

The Tooth Clan is huge.

There were at least ten men called Steel Fang.

He had never seen this clansman before, but he felt that his tattered outfit really looked like a scavenger, not at all like what a descendant of the Bone Chewing Tribe should look like.

"I am, my lord."

Steel Tooth knelt on one knee, his forehead slightly bowed.

Lionfang looked down at him, a thoughtful expression on his face, and said in a deep voice.

"Since you are under the command of the Black Snake, why didn't you join him in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, but ran to me."

A bitter expression appeared on Steelfang's face.

"Lord Black Snake was ambushed by survivors in the northern suburbs at the entrance of the interprovincial highway, and we resisted desperately, but our enemies were huge...... Gunfire came from all directions, and at least hundreds of shells fell on our positions. ”

"We had to move west, fight and retreat, and retreat into the woods. After some fighting, we both threw down hundreds of corpses......"

"The whereabouts of Lord Black Snake are unknown, the four centuriens around him are almost all wiped out, and the remaining five centuriens scattered around cannot be contacted, so we can only risk death through the woods and come to meet you."

Everyone in the tent held their breath, their faces full of disbelief and surprise.

Except for one person.

"Hundreds of shells?! Are you sure?! ”

Bernie's eyes fixed on the steel teeth on one knee, and he asked aggressively.

"Also, how many people ambushed you?"

If you can tilt hundreds of shells in a short time, you need at least ten cannons.

I didn't believe that a broken survivor settlement in the northern suburbs could make ten cannons!

And what is the use of that kind of earthen shells against the tenth tank of the corps? If it's a high-explosive bomb, you can't even scrape off a layer of skin!

"It's true, my lord, if I have half a lie, you can cut off my head."

Steel Fang lowered his head and whispered Nono.

"As for the number of people...... I don't know, but according to the brothers who ran out of the front, there were at least four thousand-man teams! ”

Lionfang's and Bernie's faces changed in unison.

Four teams of thousands!

How can there be so many people?

Lionfang said angrily.

"Are you kidding? The entire northern suburbs combined for four thousand people? ”

Even if you count all the elderly, women and children, you can't make up so many people, right?!

There are no rich survivor settlements in the entire northern suburbs, just small villages of 100 people.

Larger survivor settlements have to go further south, deeper into the perilous city until they reach the edge of the Third Ring Road.

This information was already in place long before they came here!

“…… If what he said is true, I'm afraid it was the people of Boulder City who made a move. ”

Bernie continued with a heavy expression.

"I didn't expect their combat effectiveness to be so strong, far exceeding our expectations."

Liontooth swallowed, a rare expression of bewilderment on his face, and looked at his staff officer.

"What should we do?"

A bitter smile appeared on Bernie's face.

"What to do? I do not know. ”

"If the Black Snake joins us, and the two thousand-strong soldiers are united, maybe there is a chance of victory. But now, we have to take all the risks alone. ”

Lionfang fell silent, his fingers clasped tightly on the armrest of his chair.

A team of thousands!

There are armored pickups, there are tanks...... There was even heavy artillery, as well as support from the "torch".

Whether it is equipment or combat experience, the subordinates under the command of Black Snake can be called elite.

However, such an elite army was completely annihilated in less than a day.

No doubt.

Conquering the northern suburbs of Qingquan City was beyond his ability.

Bernie, who was standing on the side, glanced at the lionfang, who had fallen silent, and said in a low voice.

"When the snow melts, they don't know if they're going to take the initiative, and my advice is...... The strategy was transferred to Xizhou City. ”

"You mean retreat?" Liontooth angrily said, "We've been here all winter!" If you leave without a fight, what do you want the rest of the clan to think of us! They will laugh at us and think we are cowards! ”

Marauders who believe in killing and war are honored by the strong.

This is even more true of the Chew Bone Tribe.

The weak do not deserve the spoils, not only because of his reputation in the clan, but also about his prestige in the eyes of his subordinates.

Guessing that Liontooth would say that, Bernie sighed inwardly and continued.

"It's not like we haven't fought a battle, and it's not a retreat, I'd rather call it a strategic shift...... Preserve your strength for future victories and recharge your strength. ”

"You also heard, they have four thousand-man troops, more than ten guns, with our current strength is simply not enough to gnaw this hard bone."

"We need more manpower and equipment, otherwise we will only repeat the mistakes of the Black Snake."

"If anyone thinks we're cowards, let them come, and we can trade with them."

Lionfang was silent.

How to choose, he actually has the answer in his heart.

I just don't want to accept it.

"Removal ......"

As he uttered the words, Liontooth felt the strength of his whole body, as if he had been drained.

He wasted two or even three months here, and even lost a centenarian.

In exchange for such a humiliating ending.

He swears.

When his iron hooves step into this place again, he will definitely kill the people here!

Bernie, who was standing aside, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there was an element of alarmism in his previous remarks, it was obvious that if even Black Snake had suffered a defeat, he could not think of any reason for himself to win.

With a slight bow, he whispered.

"A wise choice."

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(The next chapter is about twelve o'clock, there are still more than 1,000 words left, I will send it out after I finish writing and check the typo, if there is anything missing, please brothers help me catch it.) ）