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ID: Chu Guang

Gene Sequencing: Managers (Phase II)

Grades: LV.17→ LV.18

——Basic Attributes——

Strength: 17

Dexterity: 12→13

Constitution: 16

Perception: 13→14

Intelligence: 15

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Infirmary on Level B3.

Chu Guang, who was sitting on the edge of the scanning bed, saw his upgraded attribute panel through the tablet handed by Heya.

To his surprise, he didn't expect that two attribute points would be added to this upgrade.

“…… It's incredible, your DNA is even more amazing than I thought, is Vault 404 the gene pool of the Human Union? How much modified DNA do you have? ”

Sitting in the chair across from him, Hea had an expression of disbelief on her face, babbling about her astonishing discovery from the moment she had just begun.

However, Chu Guang, who was a complete layman, couldn't understand this at all.

"I don't know."

"Don't know??" Hea looked at him in surprise, "Didn't the previous director of the Vault tell you the nature of this Vault when he handed over authority?" ”

"The old Riddler only told me that this was the last hope for human civilization."

Have you read this sentence on a note Chu Guang can't remember anymore, because he often compiles small stories and background settings on the official website, he occasionally confuses himself, which ones have happened in this world, and which ones are his imagination used to improve the "world view".

But does it matter?

It's not very important.

He's a pragmatist, as long as it works.

As for the secrets hidden in this shelter and what happened two hundred years ago, Chu Guang admitted that he was curious, but he also clearly understood that this was not the first priority for him.

Zipping up his coat, Chu Guang stood up from the scanning table.

"I've got bad news for you, I know through my clearance that the spores in the air in the northern suburbs are rising, and something very bad could happen in two weeks at the latest."

Heya's expression gradually became solemn.

"Actually, I also happen to have something to report to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Your inhabitants have discovered a strange phenomenon as they explore the tunnels...... "Hea grabbed a tablet and slid her index finger over the screen.

Soon, a 15-second video was presented on the tablet in Chu Guang's hand.

It was a flesh-red room.

At first, Chu Guang thought that the slime on the wall and floor was all blood and flesh, but after zooming in, he found that things were completely opposite to what he imagined.

Layers of tiny flesh-red cilia are evenly attached to the concrete structure, and a lump of meat-red fruiting bodies the size of a refrigerator is attached to the wall, gently agitating like breathing.

The voices of the players can also be heard in the video.

Shet...... What the hell is this? ”

"Maybe it's Slime Shet."

"Not necessarily...... I feel a bit like a trap, you can see the cilia, it's like a tentacle, it's just a little shorter. ”

"Where's the captain? Hurry up and take a picture of it, it must be on fire on the forum! ”

"Shoot again, shoot again!"

Chu Guang's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Heya.

"What is this?"

"The mushroom blanket formed by the mutant slime molds," Heya said with her arms wrapped around her chest, and she said with a serious expression, "According to my research, the mutant slime molds attached to objects are all black, brown, and black-green, and appear in the form of plaque. ”

"However, when the thickness exceeds 2 mm, a fourth form is born...... That's what you're seeing now. ”

Chu Guang: "I mean what does it do. ”

Hea: "Hatch fruiting bodies." ”

Chu Guang's expression was slightly solemn.

"That is, all those gnawers came out of this kind of house?"

He'd heard about it.

In addition to the mother nest, there is also a kind of "hatching room" in many places in the city, which produces spores in batches and simulates the environment of the mother nest to give birth to fruiting bodies. Although the efficiency is far inferior to that of the brood, when this is the case

And this is also the reason why those slime bacteria xenomorphs can't be killed no matter how they are killed.

"Not just the Eaters, but the Creepers, Martyrs, Tyrants, and so on that you find...... Theoretically, it is possible to produce through this kind of thing. ”

"When I was researching the composition of the blanket, I found that in most cases, the fourth form of slime mold is very self-limiting, and usually after filling a room, it will stop expanding and increase the thickness of the blanket and the number of incubation units."

"However, in certain circumstances, this self-limitation can be lifted."

Chu Guang immediately asked.

"What does this particular situation mean?"

"I don't know," Hea shook her head, "Maybe it's because the environmental conditions are met, or maybe when it thinks it's necessary to expand the population, the fungus blanket will recycle some of the fruiting bodies that were previously released for hunting, and quickly expand the area of the fungus blanket in a short period of time, completely engulfing the original environment and forming a larger hatchery...... At this point, their color will change to a dark red. ”

Chu Guang's Adam's apple moved.

“…… Brood. ”

Hea nodded.

"That's what I thought too."

The increase in the concentration of spores in the air is one of the important indicators for monitoring the "wave".

However, what Chu Guang didn't understand was why the first generation of managers knew this.

Isn't the slime mutant something that came into being after the Wasteland Age?

According to the information Chu Guang initially obtained, the lockdown of this shelter lasted for more than a century. The mutant slime fungus seems to have begun to spread after the Xiaoice period at the beginning of the wasteland era.

The original administrator must not have left the vault until his death, which is why the man chose to pass on the responsibilities and research results to the next successor.

Or is it ......

Were there mutant slime molds in the pre-war era?

Or maybe the mutant slime is some kind of doomsday weapon in its own right.

Not knowing what Chu Guang was thinking at the moment, Heya had a trace of worry in her eyes, and said softly.

"The environment of the city is too friendly for slime molds, the concrete is very warm, and in the case of sufficient nutrients, sewers, subways, abandoned buildings...... These facilities are simply natural petri dishes. They are probably more suitable for the city than plants, and this is probably the real reason for the wave. ”

"Sometimes the more I research, the more powerless I feel...... Probably, as Mr. Severn said, the planet may be hopeless. The only thing we can do is to preserve the fruits of the previous civilization and engrave it and the stories about us on tombstones for its next successors. ”

Severn is the administrator of Vault 117.

It can be seen that as a "tomb keeper", she has great respect for the steadfast and benevolent administrator.

However, Chu Guang did not agree with her statement.

"Contrary to your opinion, I don't care about what happens after I die, and I don't really want to think about whether or not to save this kind of problem."

Looking at Heya, who was looking at him in surprise, Chu Guang said concisely.

"But since I'm alive and standing here."

"Then I'll take care of it."

……

The edge of the Fifth Ring Road.

In the messy streets, a sturdy wild boar is shaking its mane and emerging from the broken windows of the shops along the street.

The snow had melted, buds had sprouted through the cracks in the concrete, and just as it was searching for a meal hidden in the dirt, a gunshot rang out in the distance.

Shot in the head, the boar fell down and lay on the ground without moving.

"Beautiful!"

Squatting behind the half-collapsed billboard, Li Gou waved his fist excitedly.

It was his first time out hunting.

The hunter in the family has always been his eldest brother Li Niu, but Li Niu entered the factory a few months ago, and this work can only be done by him.

Yu Hu, who was not far away, took a deep breath, put away the shotgun in his hand, and urged his companion.

"Go and bleed, wait a little longer and the meat will be sour."

"Okay!"

Li Gou excitedly walked to the wild boar with a dagger, and Yu Hu, who had a shotgun on his back, also followed.

Since Brother Chu drove away the old mayor's family, every hunter has replaced it with cheap and easy-to-use rifles.

Hunting with this stuff is much easier than with a bow and arrow, a javelin, and a sling.

Especially when it comes to predators, it will not be powerless.

A few months ago, it would have been unthinkable for them to have a rifle of their own.

"Shhh...... This wild boar is quite heavy, I'm afraid it's eighty kilograms! ”

"I'll help you."

The two turned the prey over, and just as Li Gou was about to cut the artery of the prey and bleed, Yu Hu suddenly frowned.

"Wait a minute."

As he spoke, Yu Hu stretched out his hand and opened the wild boar's ear, only to see that there was a festering scar at the root of the ear.

The scar was small, only the length of a little finger, and it was covered by a bristle, so it was easy to ignore if you didn't look closely.

"What is this?" Li Gou asked curiously.

"Scratches from gnawers, mild infection......"

Yu Hu flipped the sparse hairs behind the boar's ears with his dagger, then opened the boar's mouth with the dagger, carefully examined its teeth, and continued with a mutter.

"It's so rare."

With the slow speed of a niver, it is almost impossible to catch up with the wild boar.

Unless......

Yu Hu swallowed unconsciously.

He had a hunch.

Something bad may be happening.

Seeing that his cousin stopped talking, Li Gou thought that there was something wrong with the prey, and hurriedly said nervously.

"Can this prey still be sold?"

"Of course it can, it's just a little skin trauma, it won't affect its flesh," after studying it for a while, Yu Hu urged, "Let's get to work, let's go back early today." ”

Li Gou immediately nodded, stopped talking nonsense, and began to bleed his prey.

After simply handling the prey, the two tied the wild boar to a wooden stick, each picked a shoulder, and drove nearly ten kilometers to Linghu Wetland Park.

Although the slaughterhouses on Bate Street also collect game, the price given is far less than that of the blue coats in the park.

Such a large boar can now be sold for a hundred silver coins at the outpost, and at the slaughterhouse on Bate Street, it can be sold for seventy or eighty heavens at most.

It doesn't matter to him to earn an extra twenty or thirty silver coins and walk an extra five kilometers.

……

It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and in a little later it would be evening.

After the winter passed, the night would become more and more dangerous, and the two people who were in a hurry unconsciously quickened their pace.

The concrete path was made through the woods to the south entrance of the outpost.

When the two of them were about to go inside, they saw a row of guards in black coats and rifles standing in the west.

A rough count shows that there must be about a hundred people.

An azure power armor also stood there, seemingly inspecting the recruits.

Yu Hu, who often comes here, naturally recognizes the blue iron bump.

That's the power armor of the manager.

"Is this going to war?" Li Gou had a surprised expression on his face, and there was a faint hint of excitement in his eyes.

He is different from his old brother Li Niu, he wants to be a soldier more than to work in the factory.

That black overcoat and Arbiter rifle are simply handsome!

Recently, the Guards were also issued with steel helmets and sapper shovels, which in his opinion were a man's dream.

"......I don't know," Yu Hu shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "I always feel that something big is about to happen." ”

didn't disturb Brother Chu's work.

Yu Hu urged Li Gou to stop looking, and the two took the wild boar to the warehouse together.

The person on duty today is not Zhao Rat, it is another young man who doesn't know his name.

This time, the payment was made with silver coins, so the process was simple.

After checking that the prey had been bled out, the man weighed the prey and put 7 silver coins and a 100-dollar bill into Yu Hu's hand.

"Is the price of meat going up again?" Looking at the banknotes and coins in his hand, Yu Hu had a surprised expression on his face.

The guy smiled and said, "It's gone up a bit, and the price of a pound of wild boar in the market has now risen to 6 silver coins." Recently, the manager has raised the price of meat and the upper limit of inventory, and if I don't know how to hunt, I would like to become a hunter. ”

Of course, although prices have risen a lot, wages have also risen a lot. In the early days, the daily salary of a warehouse clerk was only two silver coins, and if you wanted to eat meat, you had to save money, but now the daily salary has risen to twelve silver coins, and you can buy one kilogram of meat a day.

However, it was too troublesome to cook on the fire, and they used to save money to buy some meat to roast and eat, but now they simply take the money and go to the market at the north gate to consume.

A bun of three taels is only a silver coin, and two buns can be eaten with a cup of soy milk or corn juice, and it doesn't cost much in total.

Compared to the previous wandering life, every day here is like a fairy day.

Yu Hu discussed with Li Gou, and used the money in his hand to buy some salt, cloth, soap and other daily necessities, and replenished some bullets by the way.

After purchasing these things, there were still 10 coins left.

The two divided the money, and after Yu Hu asked Li Gou to bring the things back, he went to the bank and found Xiaoyu.

Compared with the thin little girl like a reed stick a few months ago, the little fish has not only grown taller, but also grown, and even has a trace of baby fat on her fair cheeks. The big black eyes were the same as before, exactly the same clear and lovely, like the water of Linghu Lake.

Yu Hu was always worried that his sister would not be able to do such an important job as settling accounts, because she always fried the green wheat cakes. And in his impression, the people who can manage the account books are all stable old men like old Charlie.

But now it seems that his worries are unnecessary.

Although she is not good at pancakes, she is unexpectedly suitable for arithmetic.

Could it be because the iron pot is too heavy?

Yu Hu suddenly realized this problem, and his face couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

I didn't realize it at all......

"Brother?"

Seeing Yu Hu, Yu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up from behind the counter.

After the New Year's party, she hadn't seen her brother for a month.

Yu Hu smiled innocently and said.

"I'm coming to see you for my parents, how are you doing? No one bullied you, right? ”

Xiao Yu nodded vigorously, and shook his head like a wave, with a happy smile on his face.

"Little fish is doing well! Brother Chu and everyone are all very good people! ”

Although she was a little uncomfortable at first, she is now able to do the job very skillfully. Everyone is a very kind person and takes good care of her.

The only thing that makes Xiao Yu a little distressed is that there are always people who secretly put the change on the table and turn around and run, and she has to go to Xiao Qi to check the monitoring to find out who saved the money.

Especially the big white bear, always sneaky when saving money.

Is it because you're too fierce?

Although Brother Chu didn't have to worry about it, sometimes Xiaoyu still felt a little uncomfortable.

Seeing his sister's lively and cheerful appearance, Yu Hu's face showed a reassuring smile.

"That's good!"

"Seeing that you are healthy and healthy, your brother will be relieved."

Xiao Yu then said.

"Are your parents okay? And the eldest brother, I heard that the day before yesterday they met a marauder on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road? I didn't hurt it. ”

Yu Hu smiled and said, "No, no, don't worry, they are all fine." And your eldest brother's marksmanship is amazing, the last time I saw him shoot a target, he could hit a can 100 meters away with one shot. ”

Xiao Yu didn't have any idea about this distance, but he still frowned and said.

"No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can't do it, and the guys in the shelter are also very good, but sometimes they still get hurt. And the second brother is too, even if you have a gun, you can't go to a place that is too dangerous. ”

"Got it, got it." Yu Hu scratched the back of his head.

Obviously, he was here to care about his sister, but he was educated by the little guy in turn.

Where can I go and where I can't go, can I still not know this old hunter?

Still, it's nice to be cared for.

At this moment, the azure power armor walked towards this side from the west gate.

Seeing Chu Guang, Yu Hu's eyes lit up and he said hello.

"Brother Chu!"

"Yu Hu?" Chu Guang opened the mask of the helmet, looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile, "How was today's harvest?" ”

"Hehe, it's not bad, I hit a wild boar of more than 80 kilograms, and I exchanged it for more than 100 silver coins." Yu Hu smiled shyly, but there was pride in his eyes.

"Not bad!" Chu Guang nodded approvingly, smiled and quipped, "It seems that there is roast wild boar meat on the barbecue stall today." ”

Yu Hu smiled, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered something, so he immediately spoke.

"That's right, Brother Chu."

Chu Guang: "What's wrong?" ”

Yu Hu hesitated for a moment and then said. "I have to tell you something, when I was hunting today, I felt that the atmosphere in the Fifth Ring Road was a little unusual."

Chu Guang's heart moved, and he asked.

"Did you find anything?"

Yu Hu nodded.

"Lately, xenos have become more dangerous than before, and the wild boar I hit today was actually scratched by a corpse eater...... It was almost impossible to put it aside. ”

Chu Guang had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"This is indeed a problem, and I have noticed that the gnawers and crawlers in the subway have been significantly more aggressive recently than before......"

Listening to the conversation between the elder brother and the eldest brother Chu, Xiao Yu's eyes were a little worried, and he couldn't help whispering.

"Brother, why don't you change to a safer job......"

"It's okay, I'm not going out to hunt at night," Yu Hu said with a smile seeing his sister's concern, "Those predators go out at night and hide in the house during the day." ”

Chu Guang suddenly spoke.

"That's hard to say."

Seeing Yu Hu look at him in surprise, Chu Guang continued.

"According to the speculation of experts in our shelters, there may be a wave in the near future. Even during the day, I am afraid it will not be very safe. ”

Tidal wave?!

Yu Hu's face changed slightly.

"Wave...... Isn't that what happens in the city center? ”

Chu Guang shook his head.

"This statement is not accurate, as long as the conditions are met, the wave can happen anywhere."

Yu Hu swallowed.

If he had said this to someone else, he would have taken that person for a fool.

There is a boulder city on the side of the Third Ring Road, and there is no brood outside the Third Ring Road, and those who eat are all going to places with a lot of people, and the northern suburbs are sparsely populated, how can there be a wave?

But this sentence was said by Brother Chu.

In his impression, Brother Chu would never joke about such serious matters.

"By the way, Yu Hu, how did you think about what I told you before?"

Yu Hu was stunned.

"What's the matter?"

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Wait for spring, come and help me."

"Yes, of course I do!" Hearing this, Yu Hu nodded again and again, and touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "But I'll hunt...... I'm afraid it won't help you much. ”

"How so?" Chu Guang smiled and said, "A seasoned hunter and guide is exactly what we need right now. ”

After a pause, Chu Guang looked at Yu Hu seriously and continued.

"The threat of a wave is looming, and I intend to form a hunters' union at the outpost to unite the hunters and the hunter-gatherers of the nearby area and the inhabitants of the shelter with a talent for hunting, and scout the city along the edge of the Fifth Ring Road."

"I'm going to make you the first president of this union!"

Yu Hu was stunned for a moment, and was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Let me be the president? But I didn't—"

"No one is born will, I am very optimistic about your potential," Chu Guang smiled slightly, giving him an encouraging look, "Don't worry, I will tell you what work to do, and how to do it specifically." You only need to answer me one sentence, yes or no. ”

Compared to others, Yu Hu is the most familiar with the terrain of the northern suburbs, and is not only an experienced hunter, but also a reliable guide.

Although this young man doesn't look very smart, he is actually not stupid, and Chu Guang is still very confident in his eyesight.

Especially the most important thing is that whether it is the Orion of Bate Street or the Orion of other areas in this area, the relationship with him is familiar, and the players are not strangers to him.

It's perfect for him to be this functional NPC!

The old brother was still hesitating, Xiao Yu gently pulled down his sleeve, and Nuno said.

"Brother, you just agree, working here is definitely much safer than you going out hunting, and your parents will definitely be very happy."

Yu Hu touched the back of his head and muttered.

"You little girl, you've only been out of the house for a few days, and you've started directing your brother to do things."

Xiaoyu said aggrievedly.

"I'm not worried about you...... And Brother Chu thinks that if you can do a good job, it must be no problem. ”

Reaching out and rubbing his sister's little head, Yu Hu looked up at Chu Guang who was smiling and said seriously.

"Since you are willing to trust me and entrust me with such an important work, I will definitely do my best to do it well!"

Chu Guang looked at him approvingly and nodded.

"Just waiting for your words!"

……

In the evening, Yu Hu returned to Bate Street, planning to tell his father and mother and eldest brother about this, and come back tomorrow morning.

Chu Guang told him not to worry, settle the affairs at home first, and come to report within two days.

Night is falling.

Over there in Boulder.

The tail of a full meal is touching the slightly bulging little belly, and comes out of the restaurant with a full burp.

"Hiccup~Si, there are really a lot of delicious foods here."

“emmm…… It's not delicious, I think the snack street at the north gate is a little more delicious," Si Si glanced at her, "It's better to pay attention to your image." ”

Tail said nonchalantly.

"What does it matter? Is there a problem with the Awakened eating a little more? And anyway, in the game, even if you gain a little bit of weight, you only need to die once. ”

"Well...... Although the resurrection coin has become cheaper, I didn't expect you to use it in this kind of place. ”

The two of them each ate a large bowl of noodles and spent 4 chips.

Objective evaluation, it is not as delicious as the little player named Zhang Hai at the north gate.

The two of them unanimously came to the conclusion that sure enough, the people of Boulder City lived in water and fire, and there was no seasoning in the noodles except salt and vinegar!

What about chili peppers?

Does ramen without chili still have a soul?

Sisi unfolded the note in her hand, which stated what she planned to investigate.

Now that more than 20 have been completed, there are only a few left.

"The next stop is the tavern."

"Tavern!" Tail's eyes lit up suddenly, "Oh, there must be a lot of mercenaries there, right?" ”

"Theoretically," Sis glanced left and right, "but...... This street seems to be full of shops, and there are no signs that look like taverns. ”

Elder Brother Fang's strategy was also not written.

Actually missed this kind of key information, not like that dude's style......

Tail said energetically.

"It's okay! Let's explore! ”

"Well, that's what I plan."

The two walked down the street for a while and continued in the direction of the inner city.

Soon, a big signboard appeared in front of the two of them.

On the signboard, a beautiful woman was depicted, with her back against a wine barrel, holding a beer glass in her hand, and colorful neon lights flashing around her.

It's a bit wilder, but it's undoubtedly wine.

"S! Found out! ”

“emmm…… I don't think this is the kind of tavern we're looking for. ”

"What does it matter? Since the game production team made it, it must have its existence! ”

"Huh? You have a point. ”

To be honest, Sisi is also curious about how real this game is.

Looking at the tail with anticipation written on her face, she made an "I can't help you" expression, and then walked over with the tail.

The security guard standing at the door looked at the two in surprise, but didn't say anything, took the ticket for two chips per person, and let the two go.

The lights flickered in the tavern, and the music was loud, full of wild and energetic feelings.

The two of them, who had never been to a bar before, felt out of place with the atmosphere here.

Even the most moving tail felt a little uncomfortable.

"Si, if you don't understand, just ask, the first time you go to a bar, how do you pretend to go often."

"I think it might be natural to think of this as a cafeteria."

Tail looked at Si Si with a look of surprise.

"Yikes! Could it be that Sisi usually goes to such a powerful place? ”

Siss: "Do you think that's possible for someone who plays games every night?" ”

It's not quite like the kind of tavern that adventurers frequented in RPGs.

It's a bit like a real-life bar.

found a less conspicuous position on the bar, and the two sat in the corner in a low-key manner.

Soon the bartender brought two glasses of beer mixed with water, Si Si politely said thank you in human language, sniffed the glass, did not drink, but looked at the surroundings.

The lights outside the dance floor were dim, so they couldn't see the people around them, and no one paid attention to them.

Just as Sith pondered where to start his investigation, the sound of music in the tavern suddenly changed.

A host walked to the stage and whispered a few words with the microphone, followed by a dancer dressed quite avant-garde and walked to the stage.

There was a cheer of excitement all around.

The sound of the climate even drowned out the live music!

The dancers standing on the stage glanced at the audience charmingly and started their performances.

However, it's not the dance itself that matters.

It's the clothes on her body.

Sisi was slightly stunned, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

That's not Fuji Vine's......

Before she could say anything, the tail next to her jumped up excitedly as if she had discovered a new continent, pulling her to point excitedly to the stage.

"I'm giao! Look! ”

"Isn't that a work of art?"

There was a subtle expression on her face, as if she had seen what was going to happen in the next few hours.

"Hmm...... I see it. ”

"Pretty impressive."