The dazzling white light penetrated through the slit of his eyes, and Yi Hai, who was lying flat on the hospital bed, moved his brows.

As consciousness gradually returned, a burning pain suddenly welled up in his throat, and he reflexively retched sideways.

"Gross! Ahem—"

Vomiting sour water, he was quickly pressed back by two men in white coats.

Thinking that he was being caught by the Willant, he instinctively wanted to struggle, but after hearing the sound of conversation next to him, the struggle stopped.

"Doctor! How's he?! ”

"Freezing sequelae...... Cryodormancy for more than half a year requires the injection of a long-acting sleep needle, which occurs with a short-term sleep needle. Luckily, you got him back in time, and in another two months, he might be turned into ice. ”

"Brother."

Hearing the familiar voice, consciousness finally returned to his body, Yi Hai moved his stiff neck and looked at the young man standing next to him.

“·…… Yi Chuan? ”

"It's me!" Looking at the dying man on the hospital bed, Yi Chuan's calm face finally couldn't help choking. Snorting hard, he tried to squeeze out a smile that didn't worry him.

"We're here to pick you up!"

Yi Hai's Adam's apple moved, and his haggard face finally stretched a touch of relief.

"You're here..."

"We will not abandon every resident who has been left behind, and we will bring them back, no matter what the cost."

The solemn sound was heard along with the footsteps of the heels of the shoes.

Walking to the side of the hospital bed, Wu Changnian patted Yi Chuan on the shoulder and continued in a gentle tone.

"Your loved one is out of danger, and I have something I want to talk to about for the sake of those who have not yet been rescued." Yi Chuan nodded vigorously, gave the old brother lying on the hospital bed a relieved look, took a step back, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Seeing his younger brother's back disappear at the door, Yi Hai glanced at Wu Changnian who was standing beside the bed, and then at Chu Guang, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"Are you······ The manager? ”

"Yes." Chu Guang smiled and nodded, looking at the face full of surprise.

He knew very well that this lieutenant of Captain Luyan must now be full of questions. Even the expression on that face seemed to ask "why are you here".

It's normal to have such doubts.

After all, Yi Hai's memory of Qingquan City was still stuck a year ago, and at that time, there was not even the concept of an alliance.

In the eyes of the Trailblazer's crew, they were just passing by an inconspicuous village, and both sides did each other a small favor within their means.

Looking at those confused eyes, Chu Guang continued in a relaxed tone.

"I can't tell you enough about us for three days and three nights, and I bet our story is as wonderful as your journey...... But before I talk about us, I want you to tell me, where are the rest of the crew? ”

"I can't tell you enough about us for three days and three nights, and I bet our story is as wonderful as your journey...... But before I talk about us, I want you to tell me, where are the rest of the crew? ”

Wu Changnian also stared at him and said.

"What about the rest of the Trailblazer?"

The back of his head rested on the pillow, and Yi Hai closed his eyes to sort out the chaotic memories for a moment, piecing them together like a jigsaw puzzle.

"They... …… Should have been in. ”

"Go in? Where? Wu Changnian hurriedly asked.

"Shelter ......"

"Is it Vault 0?"

"I don't know," Yi Hai's pupils were full of uncertainty as he continued in a voice with a hint of hesitation, "If nothing else, it should be there...... We found its entrance, and Luyan said he planned to take the rest of the men to the Vault to hide from the Willantes and mutants. ”

His eyebrows suddenly ached, and he raised his hand and pressed it on his forehead.

“…… It's not just the Wilantes and mutants who attack us, they use equipment that is more elite than the Legion's, and closer to pre-war equipment. ”

Elite gear?

Wu Changnian frowned.

"Is it the Academy?"

"Not like ......"

Yi Hai shook his head, coughed and continued.

"We haven't seen anyone from the Academy... … Those people seem to have lived in the great desert for a long time, and they are familiar with this place. At first we thought they were coming for Vault Zero, just like us, but Captain Luyan offered to work with them, and if Vault 0 really had the ability to end the wasteland, it wouldn't be a bad idea for one more person to open it, until we found out later... …·”

Seeing that he stopped talking, Chu Guang, who was listening attentively, immediately asked.

"What did you find?"

Yi Hai was silent for a long time.

“…… Those people had more information than we could have imagined, they seemed to know the location of Vault 0 in the first place, and from the beginning they weren't going to Vault 0 at all, it seemed like they were just trying to prevent us from getting it. ”

Chu Guang frowned.

"Who the hell are those people? Do they say who they are? ”

"They seem to be ......" Yi Hai thought for a long time, and finally vaguely remembered something, "It seems to be called enlightenment." ”

……

In the subsequent statement, Yi Hai briefly explained the whole story, including how they found out the location of Vault 0, how they clashed with the Willantes, including how they were in danger, and so on.

Chu Guang, who returned to the airship, stared at the notebook in his hand and fell into deep thought.

On the blank page is a pencil scrawl symbol — two triangles that stand upside down, in the shape of a torch.

Yi Hai claimed that they had seen the symbol on those people, but were at a loss for the "Torch Church" he mentioned.

They claimed to be an organization called the Enlightenment, and most of its members were made up of the Blue Coats, the residents of the Vault.

After all, the four major industrial zones and the space elevator in the center were once the industrial and economic center of gravity in the era of the People's Union, and the number of shelters distributed in these areas is naturally far from being comparable to that of Luoxia Province and River Valley Province.

Since the end of the nuclear winter, almost every year, a group of people wake up in some unknown corner... … This Enlightenment was made up of some of the Vault dwellers.

The idea of this organization, as its name suggests, is to revive a decaying civilization and save a world that has been in ruin for two hundred years.

That's why Lujan chose to work with them to find Vault 0.

It's not easy to meet like-minded people in the wasteland.

However, no one expected that those who were like-minded with them would choose to betray at the last moment......

But there is still a doubt.

If, as Yi Hai said, the organization calling itself the "Enlightenment Society" knew the location of Vault 0 and was trying to prevent them from finding it, then why did they pretend to cooperate with Lu Yang and the others?

Even if you need to rely on sneak attacks to win because you can't win, there's no need to do it after the Trailblazer finds the entrance to Vault 0, right?

“…… The Enlightenment wants the people of the Enterprise to find it, but disagrees on what to do with Vault 0. ”

Chu Guang closed his eyes and thought for a while, and finally shook his head.

There is too little information available.

There are two possibilities for his guesses, but either one lacks reliable evidence, and perhaps the answer lies in Vault Zero.

In any case, they had gotten the exact coordinates of the entrance to Vault 0 from Yi Hai.

It was an industrial building covering an area of thousands of acres, or to put it more figuratively, a "vertical assembly factory".

The two major achievements of the Prosperity Era are the stuffing of farmland into kilometer-tall buildings, and the other is the stuffing of assembly lines.

And it's stuffed in a big way.

According to the information provided by Yi Hai, the building was the entrance to Vault 0, and a piece of the wreckage of the space elevator landed in that area.

Due to the presence of radioactive material, there are many extremely dangerous xenomorphs active in the area.

At present, the company's 26th commando team has sent some people to control the entrance to the building, and tomorrow the representative of the party will officially enter the ruins and unveil the mystery of Vault 0.

Chu Guang released the communication relay drone carried on the airship, and took advantage of the opportunity to regularly return the archived data to sort out and update the previously collected information to the official website.

At this moment, the forum was still immersed in the joy of the victory of the war in Luoxia Province.

Since only a small percentage of the players who follow the airship are involved, most of the players who participate in the expedition follow the NPC's large army on the overland journey, or slowly swing back in groups of three or five.

Most players share their experiences on the forums, including discoveries in the Honey Badger Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom, or new ways to play during their travels.

For example, with the reward settled by the expansion tablet, you can buy a piece of land in the oasis and become a farmer. Another example is staying in the local area, helping the Union garrison to fight marauders and run errands.

Wasteland Online doesn't dictate how players must play certain games, but rather specifies some things not to do and what to do if you break the rules.

Aside from a few major milestones related to the direction of the world line, most of the time players can find the fun of this open-world game on their own.

Whether it's using knowledge at your fingertips outside of the game to help wastelanders be more productive, or boring talking about objects or something.

Even for the vast majority of players, if you put aside the huge rewards brought by the main quest, the unexpected triggering of side quests or the strange gameplay unlocked in the game is more fun than those "artificially designed routes".

But even so, when Chu Guang used Ah Guang's vest to update the latest clues of the main plot on the forum, it still attracted the attention of countless players.

The post was published for less than a minute.

The number of replies soon broke thousands.

Quit Smoking: "Enlightenment Meeting??? What's that? ”

Tail: "Oh! Smelled of conspiracy. （：w·）”

Siss: "Oooh! New Expansion...... Wait, isn't the new expansion going west? I'm betting on the south in advance. E（°A°11I）”

Tail: "S..· 2？ ”

Picking up trash Level 99: "Hiss...... Isn't this the same Torch Church logo from before, and the xeno-controlling collar that was on the shelves of the NPC shop early on was painted on it, right? ”

Debt-eyed: "One thing to say, this sign is really ugly, could it be that Ah Guang drew it with a pencil?" (Funny)"

Construction site boy and brick: "@峡谷在逃鼹鼠, evaluate it." ”

The canyon is fleeing the mole: "There is an uninhibited scribble, rough and detailed, and every stroke can see the fine artistic skills, and it is identified as a good job!" ”

Debt Eye: "??? ”

Quit smoking: "Hahahaha! Good licking! ”

Irena: "No wonder you're unemployed. (Funny)"

Night Ten: "Brother Light! Some people say you're fine! ”

Canyon on the run mole: "%¥#@!" ”

Siss: "Speaking of the founder of the Torch Church...... That is, the guy who claims to be the Son of God is also a Vault dweller, right? ”

Fujito: "Hmm...... The official website is set to focus on the wasteland guest who was adopted by the Vault? But I grew up in a refuge since I was a child. ”

Raven: "Ah!! Could it be that guy is also a member of the Enlightenment? ”

The mole on the run in the canyon: "It doesn't really matter whether he is a member of the Enlightenment Society or not, this updated Enlightenment Society gives me the feeling that it is just a regional force." The Torch Church was at least involved in the Legion's Great Expedition and the later Bone Chewing Rebellion, and they ...... It seems that the Trailblazer has been put out of flames, and the sense of presence is too low. ”

Night Ten: "Don't they all say that the really awesome bosses are hiding behind the scenes?" (Funny)"

Tempest: "That's a misunderstanding...... If the strength is not enough, you need a conspiracy, and the really awesome ones are directly revealed. (Squint)"

Fang Chang: "After reading it, I have found two suspicious points at present. The first is why the Enlightenment, which aims to restart civilization, would prevent companies from approaching Vault 0. Second, the Torch Church in the far south is related to the Enlightenment Society in the center of the continent. ”

Night Ten: "I suspect that Brother Guang himself didn't even think about how to make it up. (Funny)"

Fang Chang: "Then you underestimate him, I feel like there is a big game of chess behind this...... Speaking of what exactly Vault 0 is. ”

Fujito: "Hmm...... A big, big refuge? ”

Fang Chang: "How old?" Or rather, how many black boxes and how many power armors do you have to put in it to restore the world to its original appearance? ”

Tempest: "Hmm... … When you say that, I always feel that the three major forces of the Academy, the Enterprise, and the Legion may have information that we don't understand. None of our allies, including our allies, have fully shared with us what they know. ”

Fang Chang: "It's inevitable, my gut tells me that maybe we were wrong in the first place. ”

Night Ten: "What do you mean?" (stunned)"

Fang Chang: "When the computer is stuck, there are three common solutions we use, one is to wait for the program to respond, the other is to end the current process, or directly restart the computer. ”

"The underlying logic of most of the internal shelters should be regarded as the first, which preserves most of the elements of civilization such as people, resources, energy, knowledge, tools, etc., and unblocks them until it is suitable to rebuild civilization...... This is a relatively modest solution, but it will be implemented differently depending on the shelter. "However, Vault 0 is a 'legendary' existence after all, and neither the Corporation, the Academy, nor the Legion have any data on it, and it is not even certain if it was ever built······

"However, Vault 0 is a 'legendary' existence after all, and neither the Corporation, the Academy, nor the Legion have any data on it, and it is not even certain if it was ever built......

"An irresponsible conjecture may be fundamentally different from other Vaults in the underlying logic of this Vault."

Raven: "Ah, what do you mean...... That might not be a refuge at all? ”

Fang Chang: "Don't care, I'm just combining the conspiracy theories related to the Enlightenment Society, it may not be as good as the rumors." (Squint)"

It can only be said that he is worthy of being the man who knows Ah Guang the most on the forum, and Fang Chang's speculation soon sparked a new discussion.

Some players tend to think that this is a new job planned by the dog, while others think that things are not that complicated.

As for the cloud players, they don't care about this, they just care about when they can increase the production of helmets again.

They had already missed a magnificent expedition.

Looking at the cakes drawn by the dog planner, many pre-registered players who have not yet entered the game are cold in their hearts.

There are players who want the production team to update a little slower in the EA stage, and it is unique in the history of the game... …

Lao Bai: "Anyway, let's stop talking about those who don't have it, when will you come back?" It's time for a new job. (bared teeth)"

Fang Chang: "Ahem, it's almost there, just a few days...... Don't worry, I'll be back before you. ”

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Gan! Are you planning PY with dogs again? ”

Lao Bai: "It doesn't exist, so you can come back quickly." (bared teeth)"

Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "What does it have to do with me?" ”

Lao Bai: "It's nothing, I'm just urging people, whether it matters or not, I'll know when you come back." Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "......?" ”

Following.

The bottom of an abandoned industrial building.

Several large gray-yellow skinned dogs with long fangs on their small arms were hovering the gravel-strewn steps, searching for prey with their sniffy noses, unaware that danger was creeping up their throats.

An xenomorph suddenly raised its head in alarm, looking around.

However, before it could let out a low roar, a few short "chirp" gunshots pierced through the heads of the xenos.

There was a noise in the sea buckthorn grass, and the small animals were frightened by the movement and quickly fled, and several exoskeletons appeared in the shadows not far away.

The index finger tapped on the helmet, Su Ming glanced at the drone hovering in the sky, then looked around, and said in a clear voice.

"Killed five xenos, image data has been recovered...... The entrance to the building has been secured, and no other threats have been confirmed...... Damn, don't let me have a name anymore. ”

According to information from Yi Hai, it is suspected that an unknown third party has set its sights on Vault 0...... However, Su Ming felt that this might just be a trick of the Willantes.

It's not that those guys don't have high-tech equipment, it's just that there are fewer of them.

Otherwise, how to explain how the Pioneer was targeted by the Willantes and surrounded by a large number of clone forces?

As for what the Enlightenment would.

Maybe it was a statement made up by the Willantes to get close to the Trailblazers, but it was outrageous that Captain Lujan actually believed it.

If it were him, he wouldn't trust the strangers he met in the wasteland.

"It's better to upload it to the endpoint cloud and let netizens vote."

"Good idea, when is the next time a migratory bird will go back?"

"It seems like tomorrow."

"Gan ......"

Su Ming scolded in a low voice, turned on the vertical system of the battle video, and prepared to record some interesting materials and update them to his social accounts.

At the same time, ten armed trucks pulled out of the camp, carrying a group of soldiers and representatives who were about to explore the ruins, and slaughtered the building under the emptying industrial building.

The wreckage of the space elevator is not far from here, a towering, curved metal hull embedded in the ground like the roof of a hangar.

I heard that this magnificent component is just a "tile" on the space elevator, a brick.

Just looking at the broken bricks and tiles, it is hard to imagine how majestic the Tower of Babel was before it collapsed.

The forces of the Quartet gathered at the bottom of the building.

The tall Willant wears heavy body armor and is led by an officer with a bulging nose and deep eye sockets. Next to him stood a servant, handsome in a different style, who was a pangolin who had killed countless enemies on the battlefield.

Vali smirked at the Union soldiers who were said to have suffered their fellow citizens on the battlefield.

The reason why Lord Cohen named the pangolin as his guard was not to show off his might in front of the alliance.

However, what puzzled him was why those guys reacted so flatly and didn't look this way at all.

Don't you know this brave general under his command?

Or is it because of fear, I don't even dare to make eye contact with it.

Thinking of this, the corners of Vali's mouth couldn't help but curl up with a smile.

It's too weak!

The battlefield guy standing in the front row of the queue with him had an uncomfortable expression on his face at the moment, and his toes were clenched to the ground.

Damn it.

It's embarrassing!

Unlike the Legion, the academy was quite low-key, with only one female researcher with long black hair coming.

Next to her was a half-human-tall four-legged robot dog with a bulging backpack hanging from its broad back.

She hadn't communicated with anyone since she got out of the car, and stood where she felt safe with a look on her face.

This is mostly the case when the Academy's fellows are out there.

There are many reasons such as historical problems and the high cost of equipment, so that almost every academy person has their own paranoia of victimization.

In fact, this can't be considered delusional, after all, the prospectors of the academy are full of treasures, which is almost common sense in the wasteland.

Most prospectors choose to hide their past identities after leaving the Academy...... This is the exact opposite of corporate employees who are keen to brag.

Most of the survivor forces have to weigh the risk of being blacklisted when attacking the ideas of enterprise employees, especially in the Yunjian Province, where things are done too ostentatiously, causing anger on the endpoint cloud, and may also attract the pursuit of corporate allies or direct commandos.

He was confirming the task given to him by his mentor through the holographic window, and at this moment, Jiang Xuezhou suddenly frowned.

She always felt like two eyes were on her......

In fact, her senses are accurate.

But it's not people staring at her, it's the androids of the enterprise.

Staring straight at the little girl from the academy, Frost said with an indignant expression.

"Eclipse······ Why don't you get us on? Strictly speaking, androids shouldn't be human, right? Wouldn't it be nice to bring more people down? ”

The eclipse's pupils flickered slightly.

"It is said that this is the proposal of the Academy."

Frost looked at it and complained.

"But didn't they bring a robot dog with an AI core installed on it? What's the difference? The eclipse was silent for a moment.

"That... … I guess I can't count people. ”

Frost's face was full of humiliation and unwillingness, and his fists were clenched.

"Damn...... Isn't it just lying on your stomach? It's not like I won't. ”

Eclipse: "......? ”

While everyone was waiting, the passage from the main entrance of the building to the entrance to Vault 0 had been completely opened.

Walking out of the hall on the first floor with his subordinates, Yun Song, the captain of the 26th commando team, happened to bump into Yun Ye, who had just gotten off the car.

This time, there were two representatives of the company who arranged to enter Vault 0, one was Yun Ye, and the other was Su Ming, the best scout under him.

Looking at Yun Xiao who was walking towards him, Yun Song's face rarely showed hesitation and restraint, and he asked in a low voice. "You...... No problem? ”

Yunye nodded simply.

"No problem, we've reached a ceasefire agreement with the Legion, and besides, there are only two of them." "I always felt that the threat wasn't just from the Willant......"

Glancing back at the abandoned building, Yun Song looked at Yun Xiao again, and saw that her expression did not loosen at all, and finally gave up and sighed.

"Be careful for a moment."

Yun Ye nodded and said concisely.

"Hmm."

Not far away.

Looking at Yun and Yun Song, who were standing together, Ye Shi leaned closer to the NPC teammates who were about to go down together, and asked curiously.

"Hey, bro, anyway, your captain and the representative from the Endpoint Group...... What is the relationship? "He had been curious before.

Both of them have the surname Yun, but they are completely different in both personality and temperament, and they don't even look like people of the same era at all.

Su Ming said mysteriously.

"Guess?"

Night Ten glanced at him.

"You're so mysterious...... I guess it's not a brother or sister. ”

"Clever," Su Ming gave a thumbs up and said approvingly, "Go ahead and guess." ”

“…… Mother? ”

Su Ming shook his head like a rattle.

"No, this generation is far behind."

"It's okay if the seniority difference is far away...... Aunt and nephew? Grandpa and grandson? Damn, what the hell is it? Seeing that guy was selling the guanzi vigorously, Ye Shi couldn't help but curse a foul word.

Su Ming smiled.

"I'll just say you can't guess."

Seeing that his teammates were about to be driven crazy, he stopped selling off the off, and leaned closer to Ye Shi and whispered in his ear.

"Actually... … In terms of generation, she should be regarded as the grandmother of our captain's grandfather......"

Ye Shi was stunned, and his worldview was immediately hit hard.

"it?!"

Su Ming shrugged his shoulders.

"This situation is actually not uncommon in Ideal City, one day you are at work, and suddenly you learn that one of your ancestors' direct blood relatives has a sister or brother and brother who has been frozen and dormant from a hundred years ago to the present, and now that guy is sitting in the hospital flipping through the camera that doesn't exist at all, and thinking that he has become the target of a trick show, and the people around him are ganging up to deceive themselves...... Can you understand the feeling? ”

"When you wake up, your incurable disease is cured, but the world you know is finished with your pension."

He paused and continued.

"It's another thing for someone who suddenly picks up an ancestor, and now you have to worry about how to get him or her to accept the reality and explain it...... What about yourself? ”

Ye Shi was stunned.

“…… Ahh ”

He hadn't thought about this before, but he thought it would be cool to go to the future from cryon.

The android maid in the game may be able to complete the whole set in reality, and the deposit in the bank card seems to be doubled.

But when you think about it, this assumption seems to be a tacit "tomorrow will be better".

What if the future gets worse?

It's kind of scary to think about it.

"Of course...... I'm just making an analogy, our captain and Ms. Yunye are in another situation...... In short, she is from the Age of Prosperity, and her knowledge will be of great use to us, and we will have to protect her for a while. ”

Looking at the gesture of the captain's gathering, Su Ming patted Ye Shi's shoulder and said with a grin. "Gone brother, ready to work." (It's a little late today, sorry!) ）

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