The gates of Boulder City.

The man in full-body plate armor stood like a statue, and his temperament was incompatible with the surroundings, attracting frequent sideways glances from mercenaries and merchants in the past.

Not only because of his height of two meters five, but also because of his armor that was armed from the top of his head to his toes, barely leaking a single gap. Even the helmet welded with steel plates only has a few small eyes that seem to have slipped through the net.

This guy ......

Don't you even need to see the road with your eyes?

Two mercenaries lined up at the city gate, idle and bragging.

"I bet that armor won't be able to carry me."

"Shhhh

"What about the Awakened? More Awoken have died at my hands than deathclaws! The mercenary did not panic at all, and the fifty meters at the gate of the city were also within the jurisdiction of the militia group.

Not to mention the Awakened.

What about even the tanks of the Bone Chewing Tribe?

The towed artillery on the giant wall is enough to crush all the armor.

The companion next to him obviously didn't believe him, and said with a sneer.

"Don't brag anymore, and I don't know who peed his pants when he heard the cry of the dead claw."

"Say it again!"

Ignoring the chatter of the people around him, the man in armor stopped at the door for a moment and walked across the street to the Far Wind Hotel.

For this man in heavy armor, the waiter standing at the door of the hotel was not too surprised. Of the many guests he has received, this attire can be considered conservative at best, not even strange.

Not to mention that he was wearing something, even if he didn't wear anything, he wouldn't say a word.

"Welcome, sir, do you need a room?"

A dull voice wafted from the armor.

"This is the northern suburbs?"

"The northern suburbs?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment and subconsciously replied.

"This is Boulder, not that kind of country place."

The man continued.

"Northern suburbs, how to get there."

Facing the scarlet in the gap between the helmet, the waiter felt his heartbeat freeze for half a beat, and he wanted to say a perfunctory sentence, but his Adam's apple moved and said.

"Follow the road ahead and go straight up the elevated road, then east, and see a crooked building, then keep going north......"

The man nodded, and without saying a word of thanks, he dragged his bulky body and walked in the direction of the elevated road.

The man didn't seem to be worried that the person he was asking for directions would lie to himself.

The waiter standing at the door of the hotel stared intently at the man's back and muttered something in his mouth.

"Hell ......"

"How do those eyes look like those of a nibder?"

……

[The fat sheep is on the road. 】

The edge of the four-ring line.

In an abandoned shop, a man in an animal skin coat sits in front of a extinguished brazier, a crumpled note unfolded in his hand.

The note had been held in his hand for some time.

His name is Wu Qiu, a mercenary, and an Awakened One.

In Boulder City, awakening is not a particularly rare thing, but there are very few people who are clearly awakened but still begging for a living like him. Many caravans and caravans are more than happy to recruit the Awakened into their ranks, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to train them, giving them the best weapons and equipment.

In the wasteland, only the fist is the greatest safeguard. Powerful force can not only deter the petty people, but also reduce risks and premiums, both of which the merchants of Boulder City are particularly sensitive to.

However, the enmity is not the same as them.

One is that he hates to live a life of being constrained, and the other is that his reputation is really not very good.

Since two employers died at his hands, the middleman who introduced him to the task lost a lot of money, and few people were willing to introduce him to a job that made him pay in the open.

But......

Who cares?

At least he's happy with his life.

Serving as a guard for cunning profiteers pays up to 10 chips a day, but if that weak and arrogant wretch is robbed, this number can be multiplied a hundredfold or even a thousandfold.

Fame?

It's better to wipe the paper on the butt.

However, Wu Qiu did not consider himself a marauder, although he knew quite a few marauders and occasionally took work from them.

Like now.

A week ago, a batch of spirit leaves appeared out of nowhere in Boulder City, and the 10-chip bottle of dilution made many people rich.

Someone set their sights on this piece of fat and offered him an offer.

Grab two blue coats from the northern suburbs, and don't worry about anything else. In addition to the goods they shipped to the northern suburbs, they could also get an additional 5,000 chips.

Wu Qiu agreed without thinking about it.

In his opinion, the 5,000 chips were no different from picking them up for nothing.

After bribing the slum gang to help keep an eye on them, he then hired twenty cannon fodder from the slums, issued them weapons, taught them how to shoot, and promised them a reward of 50 chips for at least two of them alive.

50 chips.

For the people in the city, it is less than a month's salary, but for the survivors who eat scraps and scavenger for a living, this 100 chips is enough for them to easily survive the first half of the year.

Of course, a team can't just have cannon fodder.

In order to be sure, he also sent four of his men to help.

According to the plan, they will do it when those people are close to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, and if nothing else, there should be results by now.

Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Putting away the note in his hand, Wu Qiu raised his eyes to look at his subordinates standing at the door.

"Got news?"

The vengeance is ready to receive his reward.

However, what he didn't expect was that the subordinates standing at the door lowered their heads and did not speak.

The heavy expression on his face made Wu Qiu vaguely guess something, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

"Ran away?"

Sweat oozed from the man's forehead.

Feeling the serpent-like gaze, he said stiffly.

"Yes......"

Wu Qiu abruptly stood up from his chair.

I saw him stride to the door, grab the man by the collar, press him against the door frame, and stare at him deadly.

"There are only eight people on the other side, and you brought more than 20 people to bet on them, and you told me...... Let them slip away? ”

Feeling the murderous gaze, the man's face was full of horror, and he explained quickly.

"This, I can't be blamed entirely for this, they really only have eight people, but four of them are Awakened. Those cannon fodder are useless at all, I have emphasized with them countless times, divided into two teams, and outflanked from the side, but they only know how to rush forward in one go, and they are hurt and retreat back in a swarm......"

He didn't even dare to say that in less than fifteen minutes, half of them were killed by the other side, and the other party had almost nothing but minor injuries.

So much so that he and the other three brothers did not dare to go to the ......

"What a shit!"

I can't count on these guys!

Throwing away the collar in his hand, Wu Qiu cursed, turned and walked back, picking up the drone X-2 assault rifle leaning against the leg of the chair.

"Call all the brethren."

"Lao Tzu personally led the team this time!"

He didn't believe it anymore.

It's just a bunch of blue coats, what tricks can you play!

There was only one thing to worry about now, those blue coats had made a deal and then went back to the cave to hide.

If that's the case, the devil knows when he'll have to wait until he's done with the deal.

……

The south entrance of Linghu Wetland Park.

Five men and one bear were escorting the caravan from the outpost, marching in the direction of Qingquan City with high morale.

Although there were more guards this time than last time, there were more people and one bear, but there was more money in the caravan, and my eyelids couldn't help jumping.

He didn't doubt the fighting power of these blue coats, after all, he had seen them several times.

Whether it's the archery shooter, or the macho man who can use the machine gun as a rifle, or the "manipulator", the combat effectiveness is all first-class.

However......

Those people were slightly injured in the last battle, and this time they accompanied them to Boulder City for another group of people.

There is no contempt.

He just felt like they were going on an outing......

"Damn! Bears with tails......"

"Okay, okay, don't be sad," Si Si patted his tail and said comfortingly, "Okay, will you ride it after a while?" ”

"What the hell? Have you already acquiesced that I would give it for nothing! Raven on the back of a great white bear protested.

Roshan Big Bun: "Wait, wait a minute, why do I feel like I've become a mount?" ”

Si Si looked to the side with a subtle expression.

"I didn't say that."

Fujito, who was walking in the back row, said worriedly.

"Don't interrupt the crow, you're a scout, keep an eye on the front."

Speaking of which,Ever since she got the qualification for the closed beta,,She's been playing this game as a simulation management game.,Every day, she's either running a rattan hut.,Or go to the house of the Autumn Grass and Autumn Leaves sisters.。

It was the first time she had been to such a dangerous place.

Looking at the timid vine, the crow riding on the bear's back said proudly.

"Hmph, don't worry, the intuition of the perception system is passively triggered! I've tried it several times! ”

Meat: "Don't move, I...... I mean, you've messed up the bear's fur. ”

"It's okay! I'll help you rua! ”

For the set of tin cans on the crows, Boss Xia had no choice but to help them make a saddle with leather on the bear.

One thing to say, Boss Xia's hands-on ability is still very strong, and the products that come out of the temporary DIY are much easier to use than the unconscionable goods made by mosquitoes.

The crow riding on the flesh is like a heroic female knight, and the three-hundred-kilogram plate armor is full of security.

Of course, the premise is not to speak.

The two caravan guards looked at each other and looked at the only normal guard.

Kaeya swallowed.

"Are you sure they have the power to fight?"

He's got both arms on his sleeve and hopefully it's not the last mission of his career.

Xu Shun nodded and said seriously.

"Of course! I've seen it. ”

Qian Lai coughed lightly.

"To be honest, I have a sense of foreboding...... The group we met before was clearly not any ordinary predator. ”

Wang Zhong, who had not spoken, nodded.

"Indeed, it's like cannon fodder being called to make up the numbers."

Xu Shun frowned and said suspiciously.

"Doesn't that just show that they're all a rabble?"

Qian Lai shook his head.

"The rabble don't take the initiative to fire at us, they're not professional marauders, they're just a bunch of temp workers, and it's clear that someone has organized them."

It may be a little difficult to understand for those who have never been to Boulder, but for those who live there, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace.

Not only militias and mercenary groups will recruit in the slums, but so will the marauders. And since the gangs there are in the business of helping looters sell their stolen goods, it is easy for the looters to find a group of temporary workers from there to loot by paying for a gun in advance.

Even if you give enough, it's okay not to give weapons, and many scavengers will make iron pipe weapons themselves. It's like building a shack, it's almost a must-have survival skill for them.

In Qian Lai's own experience, the attack was more like a temptation.

The other party was not sure enough, so they decided to mobilize some cannon fodder to try their skills first. It's hard to say what the other side will say about their strength, and whether they will dispel the idea of attacking them.

He suggested to the boss that it would be better to rest for a few days before setting off.

However, the boss was in a hurry to replace the spirit leaf with chips, and this time the shipment volume not only doubled, but also gave him a purchase list worth 100,000 chips.

The pot camel machine can no longer satisfy the appetite of the lord of the northern suburbs, and the lord is obsessed with buying second-hand machines in Boulder City, and wants to get some back no matter what.

"You have to be more careful."

Glancing at the cemetery-like city in front of him, Qian Lai muttered quietly.

Hopefully it's going to be okay......

……

The concrete ruins of the city are like a labyrinth, and there is more than one road from the northern suburbs to Boulder City, and experienced travelers will usually memorize more than ten roads and analyze which one to take this time based on all factors such as weather, temperature, intuition, and so on.

It is not easy for the hunter in the maze to catch the rabbit that burrows into the ruins.

But there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Most marauders set up an observation point on a high place, monitor a block or two as far as they can see, and then predict which one they will choose based on the direction of their prey's movement.

On a tall building within the Fifth Ring Road, a mercenary in a gray coat is lying on the side of a broken wall, looking out at the street not far away with a telescope in his hand.

His name is Sandfang, one of the enemy's right-hand men, who serves as a sniper and scout in the team.

When he saw the team that appeared in the camera, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said excitedly.

"Chief, they're leaving!"

After a brief electric tone, the voice of Wu Qiu came from the intercom.

"Are you sure?"

In the morning, those had just crossed the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, and it hadn't even been a day, and they were on their way to Boulder again.

Aren't these people going to take a full day off?

Sand Tooth said immediately.

"I'm sure...... In that direction, it can only come from the wetland park! There were nine people in total, in addition to the two-headed cow carrying the goods, and a white bear, which was supposed to be their pet. They were heading to 1101st Street, presumably intending to walk through the commercial complex there. ”

"This group is different from what we encountered before, those four Awoken are not in the team!"

Hearing this, a trace of excitement flashed in Wu Qiu's eyes.

The commercial complex on 1101st Street, the half-collapsed shopping mall, is a good place to rob houses, especially since the four awakened ones are not in the team, which is even more great news for him.

The only pity is that the time was too rushed, and they didn't expect these people to leave from there, so they didn't have time to ambush in advance.

It's not a big problem, though!

There are twice as many people on my side as those people!

The enmity was immediately decided.

"Go around to their west side and support us on the roof! Listen to my gunshots! ”

"Roger!"

There was excitement on Sandtooth's face.

Putting down the walkie-talkie in his hand, he was about to put away the binoculars and pick up the sniper rifle on the ground. But just then, he suddenly saw the armor riding on the bear, and looked straight towards him.

The action frightened him so much that the telescope almost fell out of his hand, and he quickly hid behind the cover on the side.

Is it a coincidence?

It's not like ......

That action was too obvious.

Realizing something, Shafang's face changed slightly.

The one on the bear's back is eighty percent of the Awakened!

……

"How do I feel like something is watching me?" Looking at the tall building behind him, the crow dressed as a tin can frowned.

"Where?"

Tail quickly lifted the telescope hanging around his neck and looked in the direction of the crow's sight, but saw nothing but layers of ruins.

There are too many buildings there.

There may be eyes hidden in every window.

As the caravan NPC said, if it's a person, it's fine, if it's a team, there is no secret to entering here.

"The level 12 perception system is estimated to have 18~19 points of perception," Si Si, who was holding the submachine gun, moved the brim of the steel helmet and muttered, "You can't ignore it." ”

"Can't pinpoint the location?" Fujito looked at Raven and asked.

Raven said helplessly.

"I'm just perceiving, and I'm not plugging in."

It's a pity it's too far.

If she had come closer, her talent would have come in handy.

The group drove the two-headed ox onwards.

There are more and more rubbles and buildings around, the remains of cars and billboards are everywhere, and there are half-sections of buildings across the street.

There were shelters everywhere that could be concealed, and the nerves of the people gradually tensed.

There were only less than two hundred meters left from the ruins of the commercial complex, looking at the half-collapsed ruins in the distance, Qian Lai, who was walking in the center of the caravan, motioned for everyone to stop, and talked to Xu Shun, who was carrying a rifle beside him.

Xu Shun nodded with a serious expression and walked in front of the players.

"After the ruins in front of us, 1.2 kilometers further west is where the camp was held. To be on the safe side, we need to send someone to the front to investigate. Uh, or I'm going to—"

"Leave the scout to the tail! The tail is agile! Tail volunteered to raise his hand, and the scythe assault rifle in his hand had been opened with the safety open.

Sesame Paste, who was following him, also stepped forward, clenched the PU-9 in his hand, and said nervously.

"I, I'm also agile, I can go with you!"

But at this moment, the crow riding on the bear's back suddenly spoke.

"Do you have to go through here?"

Xu Shun, who was staring at the subtitles, was slightly stunned, and his expression immediately became serious.

"What did you find?"

Raven nodded silently, staring intently at the ruins two hundred meters ahead, and muttered quietly.

"It's a bit of a blur of distance...... But you shouldn't be wrong. ”

"Somebody's there—"

Before the words fell, a gunshot suddenly rang out between the tall buildings in the distance.

Shocked by the gunshot, everyone immediately retreated to a side shelter to take shelter, but soon they found that no one was injured at all, and not even the bullet had landed beside them.

"Another group?!"

"Gunshots are coming from the west of us to the tall building!"

"There's another group here?"

"Probably!"

"It doesn't matter what kind of people it is, bring the cow in!" Qian Lai anxiously pushed Kaeya and urged, "Go!" ”

That's worth hundreds of thousands of chips!

If he loses it, the boss will definitely kill him!

"!"

Kaeya gritted her teeth.

Although reason told him that it was best not to do this, he still stiffened his head and ran out short.

"Hey, don't go, I'm not sure if the gunfire was coming at us."

Sith shouted at him, but the NPC apparently didn't understand what she was saying.

Standing at the end of the alley with a rifle, he suddenly sighed sentimentally.

"Maybe that's life."

Poor worker.

This game is always a real batch in strange places.

"Whatever it is, what are we going to do now?" Roshan Da Bun said nervously, "There are people in the ruins in front of you, right?" ”

The raven on her back nodded, and a heavy voice floated out of her armor.

"And there are quite a few people! Wait, they're coming out of the ruins and seem to be coming towards us! ”

It was blurry, but she could see the figures shaking!

Fujito looked up nervously.

"Is it a marauder?"

"Well, I don't think it matters in this case," Sis said, pushing the brim of his steel helmet, "even if they can prove their good intentions, we'll have to let them lay down their weapons first." ”

"Don't be afraid, there's a tail!" Tail excitedly loaded the rifle in his hand and pasted it next to the bunker, "Si, it's going to go!" ”

With half of her energy, Sith also loaded her submachine gun.

"Oh! It's on! By the way, Ah Wei, don't rush too fast for a while, let's take a detour from the side...... They're probably trying to surround us, and we're going to have to fight before we do. ”

"Oak!"

You can't let the newcomers behind you look down on you!

Just as Tail and Sith were ready to meet the enemy, Kaeya was driving the last cow into the side alley.

Directly across the street from the commercial complex, a machine gun suddenly mounted on the window.

Without giving him time to react, tongues of fire erupted from above the bipod, and a dense stream of bullets rushed out and rampage through the ruins.

The two-headed cow was killed instantly.

Caught off guard, the caravan guard who was driving the cattle was also shot in the thigh.

"!"

Kaeya, who was shot in the leg, broke out in a cold sweat from pain, and immediately fell to the ground, stuck to the back of the concrete slag that was rising in the street.

The bullet landed right in front of his bunker, splattering a meter of dust. The burst of stones fell on his face, and he was frightened, but he didn't dare to move.

"Damn, I'm so!"

"Help me!"

"Don't move while you're lying on your stomach!"

Another caravan guard, Wang Zhong, immediately pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it over.

Thick fog soon filled the streets.

However, the gunfire did not stop, and continued to shoot three shots in the direction of Kaeya, as if intending to crucify him there.

Not daring to move casually, Kaeya pressed his ears to the ground, and his face suddenly changed and shouted.

"They're coming towards us!"

"Directions?"

"What else could it be! Just the ruins ahead! At least 10, no, maybe 20! ”

By the time he shouted, the 20 mercenaries had already divided into two teams and pressed towards the alley 200 meters away.

Wu Qiu, who personally led the team, had a trace of anger on his face, the rifle in his hand was already loaded, and he scolded and spitted.

", this stupid thing! Lao Tzu told him to wait for my gunshot! How to do it without permission! ”

It took him a lot of effort to get ahead of the gang and rush to the ruins of the commercial complex.

What could have been solved by simply holding a gun to the door of the head has now become a head-to-head battle.

Very good.

And at least one Awakened on the other side, as well as a bear with a steel plate on its chest?

While he doesn't see those people as his opponents, he hates to add extra variables to his plans.

However, at this moment, another gunshot was heard in the distance.

The sound of breaking air came overhead, and the machine gun that was firing the street with a burst of fire instantly extinguished.

Wu Qiu was shocked in his heart, and immediately understood what was happening, and immediately shouted loudly.

"Sniper!"

"Spread out and hide, beware of the building facing due west!"

……

"Two."

Twenty floors of the ruins of a high-rise building.

Leaning on the side of the glassless floor-to-ceiling window, Yajuchi took a deep breath, and his bandaged right hand pulled the bolt of the gun, and the hot bullet casings in the chamber of the gun faded.

This sniper rifle was captured by him from the mercenaries of Boulder City, and has been used for some time.

The original position of the scope has been replaced with a thermal imager.

This good thing was photographed from the official website for 2400 silver coins, and it supports 6x zoom, and all the heat sources exposed outside the cover are invisible in front of this thing.

With his perception ability, it's simply an artifact.

Without hesitation, seeing that the mercenaries had already discovered him, Night Ten immediately moved his gun and fired a shot at the marauders who were scattered through the ruins.

This time it was the chest that hit.

The man who fell to the ground did not immediately lose his breath, but wailed and begged his teammates for help.

Ye Shi quickly pulled the bolt of the gun, and did not rush to replenish the gun, but stared at the bunker on the side, ready to wait for the rabbit.

But he waited until the man died, and no one came out to help him.

"Three ......"

Night Ten glanced at the VM that had been thrown next to him, and the two green dots had already dispersed from the alley, leaving the remaining four green dots to stay around the caravan and stay with the NPCs.

"It's supposed to be the tails."

Those two are also veteran players, and they must know what to do in this situation.

"It's annoying...... It can't be hit here at all. ”

Ye Shi muttered, picked up the sniper rifle and hung it on his back, took out the submachine gun and held it in his hand, stepped over the corridor full of the corpses of the gnawers, moved to the safe passage, and quickly went downstairs.

There's a hell's breath parked downstairs.

Although the road conditions in the city are difficult for vehicles to pass, a two-wheeled motorcycle is generally better than a four-wheeled car.

The tractor-like "thud" sounded.

Night Ten quickly started his engine and followed the pre-planned route to the south side of the battlefield as fast as he could.

There is an office building with more than 100 floors, a landmark that he and his teammates have explored before. Night Ten even remembers that he found a lot of office tools and printer paper there.

The gnawers below the twentieth floor have basically been cleared, and even if new aliens spread in the past two months, it won't cause much trouble.

Gunshots continued in the distance.

Ye Shi faintly heard the sound of Pu-9 strafing, and within fifty meters of the battle, the battle situation had obviously entered the white heat!

Anxious, he turned off the engine of his motorcycle and threw it on the side of the road, climbed up the second floor along the half-collapsed concrete wall in three and two steps, and then rushed into the safe passage and moved to the office area on the 20th floor.

The butt of the rifle smashed open the floor-to-ceiling window, and Ye Shi lay on the ground, re-erected the sniper rifle, and aimed at the battlefield half a street away.

Adjusting the rate of breathing, he was about to pull the trigger, when suddenly an alarm suddenly arose in his heart, picked up the sniper rifle he had just set up and left the window.

Almost at the same moment, a canister came through the window and slammed straight into the ceiling not far from him, exploding a ball of fire.

The heat wave of the explosion spread, and large concrete stones fell from the ceiling, but fortunately, Ye Shi dodged in time, but he was not injured.

“MMP！”

How did these dogs find out?!

Seeing the group of marauders downstairs, five people scattered and surrounded him.

Ye Shi, who hurriedly re-set up the sniper rifle, secretly said in his heart that it was going to be bad.

Less than 500 meters away, when I went downstairs at this time, I must have just collided with them!

Ye Shi hastily pulled the trigger, but there were too many covers on the street, and the marauders who had already discovered his location did not show him too many flaws, and easily dodged the shot.

Yashi hurriedly pulled the bolt of the gun, babbling in his mouth.

"Mom, I just bought the equipment that hasn't been warmed yet, so it's not going to be!"

Don't, Brother Guang.

Five to one is a bit of a bit of a martial arts.

Be merciful!

I don't know if the planner Ah Guang heard his prayer, and just when Ye Shi hurriedly continued shooting, a change suddenly happened.

A figure covered in steel appeared in the center of the battlefield at some point.

The firepower of both sides of the war was obvious, and both the caravan guards and the marauders were a little confused by this guy.

The tail hidden behind the bunker has shiny eyes.

"S! That armor is amazing! ”

Much more powerful than the crows!

Siss's face was solemn.

“…… Don't take it lightly, he may not be here to help us. ”

Oblivious to the surrounding atmosphere, the man standing in the middle of the battlefield glanced left and right and was silent for a moment.

Underneath the armor, a ghostly voice suddenly floated out.

"How to get to the northern suburbs."

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