“…… The enterprise expedition team appeared in the northern suburbs? ”

Jushi Military Building, Chairman's Office.

Sitting behind his desk, Ibers listened to his subordinates' reports with surprise written on his face.

Unlike Malvin and Duron, of course, he didn't need to get information about the northern suburbs, as early as late yesterday, he learned from the eyeliner disguised as mercenaries and caravan guards that a group of caravans suspected to be from Ideal City had appeared in the northern suburbs.

After a night of investigation, he could now finally be convinced that those people were professional soldiers of the enterprise.

“…… Why are the people of the business here? There's a hint of jealousy in Ebs's eyes.

Unlike the nobles of the inner city, his attitude towards business is more respectful.

Based on past experience, it would not be good to rush into that group of behemoths.

Especially last year there was a fight between the enterprise and the corps in the northern suburbs, and God knows why these people came......

Standing next to him, the old secretary seemed to think of it with him, and spoke slowly.

"Could it have something to do with last year's Trailblazer?"

"That's what I thought too."

Rubbing his index finger against his eyebrows, Ibs pondered for a long time before suddenly speaking.

"Anyway, we've got to figure out what they're here for."

The old secretary asked.

"Do you need to report this to the city lord?"

Ibs said succinctly.

"Let's do a routine debriefing."

It makes no difference whether you report or not.

He has his own intelligence network, and of course the wise and majestic city lord also has it.

However, as the most faithful servant of the Lord, he should have reported the news as soon as he learned of it.

It doesn't matter if the lord knows it or not.

This is his duty......

……

With the spread of the news of the arrival of the corporate "visiting group", the entire Qingquan City became lively.

In particular, the business owners and factory owners of Boulder City, as well as the nobles of the inner city, cast fiery and even jealous glances at the northern suburbs.

How can those damn hillbillies get corporate friendship?

Of course, what makes them more concerned than jealousy is the business opportunities contained in this news.

It was a delegation from Ideal City!

If you bring one or two items here, they can sell for an unimaginably high price.

The commoners of Boulder City have no spending power, but the nobles of the inner city are rich lords.

Their industries are all over Boulder City, and there is no shortage of money to spend, only a place to spend it.

Whether it's a biomimetic prosthetic body that enhances the body's abilities, or a serum that slows down aging, it's enough to make the entire inner city crazy......

Just when Qingquan City was lively, Xizhou City, a hundred kilometers away, was not bad at all.

The difference, though, is that the two sides are very different from each other......

Next to the rudimentary platform, boxes and bundles of materials are piled up on the pile.

Looking at the hill-like supplies, both the foremen of the reinforcement team and the survivors of Dawn City had surprised expressions written on their faces.

"170 tons of grain, 81 tons of croissants, 1,000 pieces of cotton overalls, 1,000 pairs of rubber-soled boots, 11 boxes of medical gauze and alcohol......"

Holding the list of goods handed over by the conductor, Rudy, who whispered silently, had surprise written on his face, unable to believe his eyes.

The supplies on the list are exactly what they need most.

Especially overalls and waterproof shoes.

It had rained for several days in a row, and the northern construction site was so low that it was almost soaked in puddles.

There were no pumps, so in order to drain the water, the workers had to carry iron buckets to the ground.

General straw sandals, wooden shoes and shoes made of tree bark are not waterproof at all, and the number of waterproof shoes made of plastic is limited, and many people's feet are soaked.

There are also medical gauze and alcohol, which are essential for construction sites where bumps are frequent.

Without sterilization and bandaging of medical supplies, even a small injury can become inflamed and suppurated, turning into a serious problem.

Not to mention food, which is precious at all times in the wasteland.

You can endure the shortage of other things, but you can't work when you're hungry.

There were 30,000 people in Dawn City, and 251 tons of food combined with the prey and catch from the Vault residents was enough for two weeks' expenses!

It was a long time before he swallowed.

“…… Is this a pre-war reserve? ”

Before becoming the captain of the reinforcement team, he was the captain of the Ten Commanders under Vanus, and followed the army in the north and south for several years. I have the impression that such a rich reserve of supplies is rare to see even in some wealthy survivor settlements.

The new coalition may be able to get their hands on these supplies, but they will never be able to scrape them together in such a short period of time.

Looking at Rudy, who looked dumbfounded, the conductor said with a smile.

"What you picked up, these things were bought from Boulder City! By the way, tell me and the people in the warehouse that there will be a batch of supplies in three days, so they had better expand the warehouse so that they don't have to be in a hurry. ”

Rudy, who came to his senses, immediately nodded and said solemnly.

"I'm going to explain to them!"

With the materials in storage.

News of the shipment also spread among the survivors.

Lunch time.

Several foremen of the construction team squatted together with the workers, eating with bowls and gossiping about gossip they had heard from others.

“…… I heard! It's an import from Boulder City! ”

"It's not just the supplies, it's the generators and the power distribution units...... Probably for overhead power grids! ”

"It's going to cost a lot of chips, right?"

"That's for sure...... If you don't say anything, it will cost more than 100,000 yuan. ”

"Hundreds of thousands? Hundreds of thousands are about the same! ”

Hearing that these materials would cost so much money, many people's faces showed emotional expressions, so that they lost their minds for a moment.

Especially those survivors who lived in Qingquan City as a child.

The homeless have no idea about the purchasing power of their chips, but they know how much good they can get in exchange for those chips.

Not to mention hundreds of thousands of chips, three-digit chips are an astronomical amount for them, and a five-digit number is not a wealth that ordinary people can have.

In their perception, only the former mayor of Bate Street and the elder Brown of Brown Farm could get that much leverage.

But those iron roosters who don't pull out a dime don't spend their chips on other people.

They can't wait to hold every chip firmly in the palm of their hands, let alone spend it on others, and they are even reluctant to spend more on themselves.

For them, the biggest ambition in this life is to save enough chips to move into the giant wall, squeeze their sharpened heads into the upper class there, and spend their old age in luxury and wealth.

It's really not good, and it is also a good choice to buy a few buildings on the edge of the city as an apartment.

Willing to take out their own chips and spend them on ordinary people without hesitation, they think about it, and only the benevolent administrator is there......

……

On the other side, in the eastern district of Xizhou City, on an abandoned street.

A group of survivors are methodically moving their luggage out of the collapsed subway station and stacking it in an open space not far from the subway station.

A little farther away, in the open space, stood more than 30 container houses, and dozens of barracks moved out of underground tunnels.

The construction team is responsible for not only Dawn City, but also Camp 101 in the eastern district of Xizhou City.

With the Chewing Bone Tribe extinct and the city of Xizhou restored its former tranquility, the residents of Camp 101 will return to the surface and return the buffer zone at the gate of the Vault to the Pioneers.

Chu Guang promised to help the residents of Camp 101 rebuild their homes.

A week earlier, the workers of the Coalition had arrived.

A total of 200 people participated in the construction.

Of those, 20 were foremen from Dawn, and 180 were survivors of Dawn.

In addition to this, there are patrols from the 2nd Corps, which are responsible for the security around the camp.

After all, mutant hyenas, rats, cockroaches, flies the size of a basin, and bloodsuckers with needles longer than their arms—the unkillable xenos don't follow the marauders.

Especially after the beginning of summer, the number of xenomorphs active in the ruins has more than doubled compared to two months ago.

Fortunately, there is a group of enthusiastic young players who have turned them into ingredients, so that the group of xenos will not be overflowed to an unbearable level......

Out of consideration for its own future, Camp 101 finally decided to set up a new camp at the site of Xizhou University, not far from Vault 101, after referring to Chu Guang's suggestion.

The terrain is relatively flat.

Although the building is badly damaged, this is a plus, at least it won't be too cumbersome to dismantle.

In the wasteland, demolishing a building is far more troublesome than building a building.

Some houses obviously look crumbling, as if they will collapse with a push of their hands, but in fact, they can still be okay after two 100-kilogram aerial bombs.

In particular, buildings that have been blown down will not turn to ashes like in other RTS games, and will most likely form a wall across the ground.

Large pieces of construction waste cannot be moved at all, and must be broken into small pieces before they can be moved.

And that's why both Dawn and Dawn are built in suburbs with low density of buildings.

According to the drawings in the plan, the first phase of Camp 101 covers an area of 30 acres, with the former site of the Xizhou University Library as the center and spreading around.

After the completion of the third phase of the project, the entire camp will basically cover the core area of the former Xizhou University, covering an area of an astonishing 500 acres.

Although the mayor of the camp, Horn, said with tears and laughter that they couldn't use that much area at all, Chu Guang still generously drew this big pie.

Don't use it?

Of course, he knew that this small village of only two or three hundred people did not need so much land.

But he and Horn think differently.

In Chu Guang's view, it is the future "national university" of the alliance, a holy place for academic exchanges and technical research.

500 acres.

He's too young!

However, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time.

For now, the number of students that Camp 101 can accommodate, three to five hundred, is almost the limit.

The 30 acres planned for the first phase are completely sufficient, and two five-story teaching buildings can be built.

After nearly a week of construction, this brand new camp has begun to take shape.

Although there is no shadow in the school building, the boxy barracks are already standing in the open space.

The space here was much larger than that underground, they didn't have to put all the rooms next to each other, and each barracks had a lot of space at the door for private use.

Children laughed and chased around the camp.

Not far away, the construction site is in full swing, and a concrete building for unknown purposes has been half-built.

In order to prevent xenos from breaking into the camp, the walls of the camp were fenced with barbed wire and steel barbed into the earth.

Standing at the entrance of the brand-new camp, Pai's eyes widened in surprise, his mouth open as if he could fit an egg.

It's been less than two weeks since she's been away from home, and the group has moved from underground to the surface!

That's too fast, isn't it?

"Pai?"

Looking at the little girl standing at the gate of the camp, Triss had a gentle smile on her face, "You're back?" ”

Hearing the voice of the "janitor", Pai immediately recovered from his surprise, and with a smug expression on his face, he puffed out his chest and said.

"Hmmm! Mission accomplished! ”

Although there was a look of vigor on his face, those big eyes couldn't help but look around curiously.

"Is this our new home?"

Tris nodded and said with a smile.

"Well, we had planned to move from underground to surface in two months, but it went even better than expected. Thanks to the kind people, we were able to accomplish so much in just one week. ”

Of course, thanks to them for defeating the bloodthirsty marauders.

No one likes to live underground, enduring dampness and darkness and hard-to-swallow food.

There's nothing more enjoyable for him than watching the kids run in the sun.

Speaking of this, Tris said with a smile as he saw the thirty young men behind Payi.

"You're the students of the New Alliance, aren't you?"

Xia Yan, who was walking in front of the team, nodded and said cleanly.

"Yes, the administrator told us to find the old ...... named Evan The teacher reported, can you tell us, where is he? ”

Although she said that, she didn't look like a student at all at the moment, she was completely dressed as a wasteland mercenary.

A hard-wearing leather jacket was draped over the shirt, a bulging magazine was stuffed in his pocket, and an LD-47 assault rifle was slung from his back.

Tris didn't care.

He was not surprised by his frequent dealings with the Wastelanders, and his face was still mild.

"Evan is still sorting out the materials in the document vault underground, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to come up. He's Pai's teacher, and I think Pai should be able to lead you to him. ”

Pai nodded energetically, and turned back to give Xia Yan and Xiaoyu a reliable look.

"Hmmm! Rest assured, leave it to me! I'm going underground! ”

She didn't forget her agreement with Chu Guang and talked to the manager of Vault 101 about borrowing VMs.

Tris smiled and nodded.

"Then please."

"However, before you go underground, you might as well pack your luggage."

"We have prepared a dormitory for you, right next to the school in the camp...... Please come with me. ”

……

Camp 101 has been under construction for less than two weeks, and although it is already inhabitable, the conditions are still somewhat rudimentary.

Even so, the local residents still prepared a two-person barracks for the students from the New Union as dormitories.

The relationship between the two sides is in the honeymoon period, and the new alliance has not skimped on their assistance, and they naturally will not be stingy with these cares within their ability.

While Boss Xia and his entourage were busy packing their luggage, Chu Guang, who was far away in Dawning City, was not idle.

The first is the addition of new lines of ammunition, weapons and accessories.

Although this is mainly the responsibility of the staff of the industrial zone and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, it always takes time to introduce the logistician of the commando team to them and to arrange the work.

After doing these things, Chu Guang then took Yun Song to the shooting range and showed off the Alliance's weapons.

These include LD series assault rifles and 20mm light rifles, 37mm heavy rifles, and 60mm mortars.

and a portable and versatile RPG bazooka!

The latter, in particular, is a bit difficult to deal with heavy loads, and there is no auto-tracking and laser guidance, so you can only aim visually, but at medium and close ranges, it is completely sufficient to deal with some light medium armor and vehicles!

Replace it with a high-explosive grenade that kills with fragmentation, and it's perfect against unarmored light infantry!

After testing a few rounds, Yun Song immediately purchased 120 launchers, as well as 500 armor-piercing shells and 700 high-explosive grenades!

While the depth of penetration of the Chemical Armor-Piercing Bullet is more than a little worse than that of the Plasma Bullet and the Electromagnetic Cannon, they will not always encounter an opponent worthy of using the Plasma Armor-Piercing Bullet.

And just like Chu Guang said, sufficient quantity is also an advantage.

With this batch of weapons, the light infantry of a company under his command can instantly turn into an "anti-tank company"!

With the help of exoskeletons, it is not a problem at all to bring a couple of more high-explosive grenades!

Of course, the biggest reason why Yun Song placed the order so quickly was that these weapons were all priced in silver coins, and his logistics officer used the trade goods they brought to help him negotiate a good price.

Therefore, when he bought and bought, he didn't feel distressed at all.

Looking at the launch tube emitting green smoke and the target that was blown to pieces in the distance, Yun Song said with a happy expression on his face.

"Is it really okay to sell us 100 silver coins each? Wouldn't it be too cheap? ”

It was the first time for Chu Guang to see someone who thought the things he was selling were too cheap, so he couldn't help but smile and said.

"Cheapness is one of the advantages of our weapons."

Seeing that the friend in front of him finally realized the charm of goblin technology, Chu Guang was sincerely happy for him.

The large number of weapons stocks produced by the Northern Expedition was finally digested for him.

But then again.

Wearing this high-tech power armor, he carries an antique-grade rocket launcher on his shoulder.

This combination is full of weirdness no matter how you look at it.

Looking at the launch tube he was carrying on his shoulder, Chu Guang said with some regret.

"It's a pity that there is no uranium, plutonium...... Otherwise, we'll be able to get some more powerful tactical cores. ”

Power armor with a single nuclear bomb launcher.

That's a lot more reasonable!

However, the benevolent brother who was carrying the launch tube didn't think about it that much.

He is more concerned about whether it is good or not than the problem of painting style.

Obviously, this weapon was quite to his appetite.

"Haha, there's no need for that! To deal with ordinary threats, the power of conventional weapons is enough," looking at Chu Guang, Yun Song said with a smile, "Thank you, brother!" I love your weapons! ”

"You're welcome, we've gained a lot." Chu Guang smiled and said.

He purchased 100 sets of the "Miner" Type I exoskeleton with a retail price of 4,000CR with a metallic hydrogen battery installed alone.

Not only that, but there are also 200 one-kilogram metal hydrogen batteries, which are quite easy to use for both energy storage and explosives.

Purchasing these goods, Chu Guang only spent a total of less than 1 million silver coins.

And with the value of these goods, even if they are transported to Boulder City, the value of these goods is far more than 1 million chips!

In addition to these regular "gears," there's a whole bunch of things that aren't so easy to get.

For example, a biomimetic kidney produced by Ideal City.

If you put this thing in Boulder City, you can sell it for 500,000 chips with one piece!

And Chu Guang only used 270,000 silver coins to negotiate the transaction price with that Hitting, and the Vault officially purchased five pieces.

Although he didn't need it much, it was quite good to sell it as a trade item to merchants who came to the northern suburbs from Boulder City.

In addition to the goods from Ideal City, there are also the trophies that the soldiers captured along the way.

To be honest, for those loot, Chu Guang actually didn't have much hope at first.

After all, the situation in the eastern provinces is not much better than that of the valley provinces, so what good can there be?

However, the reality was beyond his expectations......-