[Children of the future, is the world back to normal?]

I can't wait for the day when everything will be fine, but I hope you can see it for me.

There is a safe under the bed in the master bedroom, and the code is my birthday, which is in my diary...... I put all the most valuable things there.

Now I hand it over to you, and I hope you will use it for post-war reconstruction.

This is my heart's desire.

- Kleist Arleigh]

Perhaps it was the hard work that paid off, and Feng Qing and the ghosts, who turned an unknown underground complex upside down without any gain, finally found the above information in a shop that had been converted into a private shelter.

This line of text is written on a card, like a letter to the future.

However, when they finally found the legendary safe, and tried to find Nakhot's birthday from a diary and open the box, they were both blinded by the golden light.

"! Gold - Gan! How is it gold!! The ghost's expression was first surprised, but soon he remembered that this was not reality but wasteland, and he immediately kicked the folding bed next to him in anger.

Feng Qing also had a subtle expression.

“emmm…… It's emotionally hard to accept, but it seems reasonable? ”

I heard that the total population of the era of the People's Union was tens of billions, coupled with the prosperity of the aerospace and electronics industries and people's demand for wealth preservation in the high-growth economic environment, gold at that time should still be quite valuable.

But now......

Industries and populations have shrunk too much.

Gold is, of course, still more expensive than silver and copper, otherwise the people of Willant would not have used it as currency.

It's just that the scarcity of this thing is definitely not as good as it used to be.

"About eight kilograms...... It should be no problem to exchange 10,000 dinars. ”

The ghost, crouched next to the suitcase, finished measuring the weight of the gold, sighed and put the gold in his backpack.

Ten thousand dinars can be exchanged for two or three thousand silver coins, which is actually quite a lot.

It's just that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

“…… Anyway, he's left us what he thinks is the most valuable. ”

Feng Qing patted the ghost on the shoulder comfortingly and said with a smile.

"Overall, the mission was completed and no xeno-nests were found...... You can go back to the business. ”

The two of them returned the way they came.

However, just as he was about to board the escalator, a slight noise suddenly came from the shadows not far away.

The sound was like shoes on a dusty floor, and although it was only a faint "creak", it still did not escape the ears of the two of them.

Feng Qing loaded the rifle in his hand almost reflexively, raised the muzzle and aimed in the direction where the sound came from.

"Who's there!"

The air was quiet for a moment.

Just as their hearts were pounding, an old man with a scruffy beard walked out from under the half-collapsed steel bracket with his hands raised.

He was unkempt, wearing canvas trousers with many pockets, a jacket draped over his body, and carrying a woven bag and a short crossbow in his hands, like a scavenger everywhere in the wasteland.

"Don't Shoot......"

Perhaps knowing that he had no chance of winning, the old man put the woven bag and weapon on the ground, and looked at the two girls standing by the escalator with alarm.

Seeing that he took the initiative to put down his weapon, Feng Qing also lowered the muzzle and flashlight in his hand, and said in an inquiring tone.

"Who are you?"

The old man stared at her intently, at the gun in her hand, at her nose again, and then said in a hoarse voice.

"The survivors of the city of Avent, the demon called Julius, took over our home, and we ran here from the surface...... What about you? Children of survivors? Or the children of the devil? ”

Feng Qing and the ghost were stunned when they heard this, exchanged confused glances with each other, and then looked at the old man again.

"Survivors of the city of Avent...... What year of survivor are you referring to? ”

The old man frowned.

"What year? What do you mean. ”

Sensing that the topic between the two sides had shown signs of cross-server communication, Feng Qing said with a subtle expression.

"It's the year 215 of the Wasteland Era, and you're talking about Julius...... Should have been dead for a century? ”

She didn't remember exactly how many years it was, after all, it was the history of the Willantes.

"One, a century?"

The bearded old man was stunned for a moment, and looked at the two young girls in front of him in a daze.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly asked.

"Are the Willantes still there?"

The ghost nodded.

"It's still there, but they've been defeated by us, and the Legion is history...... After all this time, you don't feel it at all? ”

The old man looked at the "enemy of the enemy" in front of him in a daze, and for a while he didn't know what to say.

After a long time, he said with a wry smile.

"Most of us hibernate in hibernation pods, about 10,000 or 20,000 people. Of course, this isn't a proper shelter after all, there are only a few backup generators, so someone has to be on guard outside. ”

After a pause, the old man continued.

"Normally we have about 100 people, and at the very least 50 people, who are responsible for maintaining the facilities and doing regular maintenance or something, so that no one else can wake up again, and also to prevent the Willantes from finding us...... The rotation is about every five years. ”

The ghost looked at him in surprise.

"20,000?! Wait, there are 20,000 people hiding here?! So what do you usually eat? ”

Feng Qing was obviously stunned, and he couldn't speak with his mouth open.

The old man grinned and said with a nonchalant expression.

"Dormant people who don't need to eat, awake people just need to raise some mushrooms, get some nutritional paste to fool around, we have people in charge of food, and people in charge of picking up garbage. As for electricity, it's not a shortage here, it's enough to use a commercial-grade nuclear battery. ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the underground commercial complex on the side.

"This is probably the second time I've woken up, and I'm usually scavenging in this area...... Actually, I can't figure out how long I've been asleep and how long I've been outside. The management here is chaotic, life is a mess, waking hours are like going to jail, and the only hope is to go to sleep for five years, but I just closed my eyes, and woke up again. ”

"The brother who tapped me on the shoulder told me that it had been 50 or 40 years outside, and he didn't really remember very well, and he couldn't even remember how many rounds had been changed. And I don't have to say anything, I don't feel it at all. At that time, I only had a capital 'damn '' in my mind, and it was not even a second for me to have passed forty or fifty years! ”

"But I'm glad I didn't let Julius die, didn't I? Thank you, it's the best news I've ever heard in my life. ”

As he spoke, the old man smiled self-deprecatingly.

Maybe he shouldn't have confessed to these things, and even that he had violated the discipline of Avent.

But to be honest, he was also a little tired of his mission.

How many times can he hibernate at this age?

Or to put it another way, is it necessary for him to continue hibernating?

As soon as I close my eyes and open them, everything is still the same, and then I have to stay up for another five years.

To be dormant or not, he may only have 50 years left in his life.

And just for the sake of these 50 years, in order to continue this aimless time travel, they gave up family, love, friendship...... and all that is meant to be possessed by human beings, and no longer reproduces.

It's like a collective chronic suicide.

Instead of worrying about who to wake up and live that rat-like life, it is better to give everyone a relief.

More than once he wanted to turn off the power and be a real "grave keeper".

He even believed that anyone who woke up more than twice would think so.

So he said these things without hesitation.

There was even a vague expectation in his heart that these outsiders would do for him what he couldn't do - to end everyone's suffering.

Feng Qing was silent for a while, looked at the old man, and said in a soft voice.

"What's your name?"

The old man shrugged.

"Robin? If I'm not mistaken. ”

Feng Qing nodded and continued patiently.

"The city of Avent is now not only inhabited by the people of Wilantes, but also by some of the children of your former neighbors...... Times have changed, and many times. ”

"Although the world is about to be destroyed if it is not done well, ...... We still intend to live each of our remaining days. If you're going to come out, we'll find a way to help you, of course...... If you want to stay here, we won't stop you. ”

The old man looked at Feng Qing blankly, and was stunned for a long time before he slowly spoke.

"World...... Destroy? ”

"It's just possible," Feng Qing nodded, "the strategic weapons in the synchronous orbit fell into the hands of some bad people...... It's a hassle to explain specifically, so let's just understand it. ”

"That'...... It's a disaster," the old man smiled bitterly and scratched the back of his head, "I'm not a student of astronautics...... I don't know much about that, maybe some of my compatriots do. ”

There is nothing he can't accept about the end of the world.

After all, he had already experienced that kind of thing once in his life.

Feng Qing and the ghost glanced at each other, then looked back at the old man and asked.

"Are you going to think about going out?"

The old man hesitated.

"I'll have to talk to the others...... Of course, I still want to go to the surface to see it. ”

If what these two little girls said was true, the world would probably be destroyed soon, and it really didn't seem to make sense for them to live here.

At least......

He wanted to die in a spacious place.

As for the hatred with the Welantes, and the hatred with Julius, and the recovery of the city of Avent......

We'll talk about that later.

Now his mind is very confused, and he doesn't have the heart to think about those things for a while.

Putting away the rifle and hanging it next to his backpack, the ghost volunteered to look at the old man and said.

"Let's go with you."

The old man didn't refuse, and nodded.

"Let's come along."

……

[Mission Report: No xenomorph nests have been found below 17th Street in Avent City, but the remains of a pre-war commercial complex have been found, and there are more than 20,000 hibernators in the area. According to one of the survivors, they were the natives of the city of Avent, who fled underground during the Julius period to escape the war. Now that the locals have decided to return to the surface, more than 20,000 hibernators are waking up, some of them even from the Age of Prosperity.

Speaker: Wind Clear, Ghost

Mission Evaluation: S-

Rewards: 200,000 credits, 2,000 contribution points, 50,000 regional reputation!

】

[Server Announcement: The population of Avent City has increased by 21,771 people, and the explorable area "Prosperous Era Underground Commercial Complex Ruins" has been added.] 】

……

Although the world is on the verge of destruction once again, the daily life of the players does not stop there.

After all, it's not the first time that the world in "Wasteland Online" is on the verge of destruction.

The bosses in this game don't have a world-class crisis, and they're embarrassed to say that they're bosses.

Even if these 100,000 neutron torpedoes sound a little scary, if you think about it, there are a lot of cards in the alliance's hand.

Moreover, they now know where the enemy is.

There's always a way.

Prison No. 11, Room 101, City of Avent.

Looking at Flynn who was sturdily tied to the operating table, the look on Jiang Xuezhou's face was full of complexity.

This guy's spirit has been hit hard, and he is estimated to be in a vegetative state for a while.

And even if he wakes up, I'm afraid he will live with mental illness for a long time.

Although it is said that it is "to treat others in the way of others", she does not have much joy in her heart.

She couldn't tell why.

Maybe it's because after reading this guy's memory, she found out that this guy is also a poor person.

"This guy...... What are you going to do about it? ”

Hearing Jiang Xuezhou's voice, Ye Shi raised his head and glanced at her strangely.

"We?"

I don't know what he was wondering about, Jiang Xuezhou frowned and asked.

"Any questions?"

"No...... Yajuchi scratched the back of his head, "It's just, this guy killed your people, right?" We, of course, prefer to leave it to you. ”

Jiang Xuezhou was silent for a while, and suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

"By the way, you've also arrested some members of the Enlightenment Society before, how did you deal with them?"

Yaju shrugged his shoulders.

"What else can be done? Serving prison sentences and labor reform, let them participate in the reconstruction of waste land, and go to schools in the homes of displaced people to teach and do social volunteers...... Anyway something like that. ”

Jiang Xuezhou frowned.

"Does this work?"

"Then who knows if it will work, and we can't dissect their brains for this little thing."

Yashi continued with a smile.

"Some people have really done a good job and have helped us a lot in all aspects, and some people are thinking of knowing the times as a junjie, because they can't beat us and put up with us...... There are also religious guys who have served their sentences and run away in the desert, which is all possible. ”

Jiang Xuezhou was puzzled.

"You know they're going to run and do it?"

Yashi shook his head and said.

This sentence is logically problematic, how can we possibly know if they will run or not? To be precise, we don't care about the guys who fail to transform, we care about the former. ”

Jiang Xuezhou lowered his head and said thoughtfully.

"The former ......"

Yaju shrugged his shoulders.

"There's always something remodeled, right? We opened their eyes to another possibility of the world, where the Vault dwellers and the Wastelanders no longer killed each other, but joined hands to rebuild their homes, and someone would identify with us and join us. ”

"Some of these people who joined us became doctors, some became engineers, some became researchers, and some were instigated by us to become our informants...... It's enough for us to have these people. ”

"As for the rest, just run, and pray that we won't be caught next time we do something bad."

Jiang Xuezhou's eyes gradually brightened, and his index finger rubbed his chin as if he was seriously thinking about something.

After a few moments, she made her decision.

"I decided."

Ye Shi looked at her in a daze.

"Decide what?"

Jiang Xuezhou said seriously.

"I ...... I want to give him another chance, hand him over to you, and let you transform him. ”

Night Ten said with a smile and a smile.

"Ah...... We don't care, but don't you care either? ”

Jiang Xuezhou shook his head.

"The academy never cares about the life or death of a single person, this guy is no longer worth anything to us...... My mentor let me take care of it myself. ”

Seeing that Jiang Xuezhou was not joking, Ye Shi sighed and scratched the back of his head.

"I think it's a bit of a virgin to do it, but whatever you want...... Anyway, you won't be able to get along at the academy one day, so it's good to come to us. ”

This time, Jiang Xuezhou was stunned.

When she came back to her senses, her brows furrowed, and she glared at Ye Eleven viciously.

"Why can't I get along? I'm doing a good job, and I'm all getting C-class researchers, okay? Hehe, you still care about yourself. ”

"Me?" Yashi pointed at himself dumbfounded, and said with a smile, "Are you kidding?" I'm the first perception of the powerhouse in the whole server, how good do I have to mix? ”

Jiang Xuezhou frowned.

"What's the full server? Perception system? First? What strange things are you saying again. ”

Realizing that he had almost committed a taboo for a while, Ye Shi hurriedly stopped his words.

"Forget it, you don't understand."

Looking at Ye Shi, who was about to escape, Jiang Xuezhou immediately chased after him and shouted unrelentingly

"I don't know what it's called, don't talk about it!!"

In the corridor outside the room, listening to the shouts from afar, Lao Bai's face couldn't help but smile like an old father.

"It seems that this kid has a pretty strict mouth."

Fang Chang, who was standing on the side, smiled faintly.

"You don't understand this guy, although he is usually not serious, he is actually very principled."

A simple sense of justice and morality?

No matter how others understand it, at least that's how Fang Chang himself understands it.

A long, long time ago, when "Wasteland Online" appeared in the herd of cattle and horses, this kid immediately thought of fraud, and out of the safety of the group, he pulled other management to discuss countermeasures.

In other words, he is too lazy to care about this kind of thing.

He has misanthropy.

Lao Bai glanced at Fang Chang, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened his mouth.

"You said it was really the end of the world—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the latter.

"I'm not going to let that happen."

Saying this in an unquestionable tone, Fang Chang put his hand on his shoulder and continued seriously.

"Never."

……

On the other side, Dawning City.

Browsing room on the B4th floor of Vault 404.

After listening to Chu Guang's narration, Yin Fang couldn't help but gasp.

"100,000 neutron torpedoes?! Your Guards Regiment...... Are they serious? ”

Chu Guang shook his head.

"This piece of information wasn't discovered by the Guards, it was provided by your old club's academy."

There was silence in the browsing room for a while, save for the cooing of a teapot.

Yin Fang's index finger pressed his eyebrows and was silent for a moment, as if he had finally calmed himself down, and then looked up at the ceiling.

"The gravity well was immediately activated, and then an orbital defense system was established...... No, no, if we do, we will be playing into the hands of the other party! ”

The garbage that rages in synchronous orbit is like an eggshell, forming a natural umbrella for the Earth.

If a neutron torpedo is detonated near low-earth orbit, those high-energy rays will hardly have a lethal effect on life on the surface under the combined influence of the geomagnetic field and other factors!

But if the gravity well is activated and the blockade of orbital junk is lifted, everything is not easy to say......

Now the big question is, to what extent has the Celestial mastered the Orion missile cruiser?

Neither the Union nor the Academy, nor the Corporation, knew anything about what was going on on that missile cruiser.

Looking at Yin Fang, who was thinking about this, Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa, nodded.

“…… The Academy also thinks so, and until we get more information, not only can we not activate the gravity well, but we also have to beware that the Enlightenment will activate the gravity well. ”

He had already informed the Eastern Empire of this matter, and the latter also attached great importance to it, and had already dispatched half a million troops to the Great Desert.

It's the same on the Alliance's side.

A state of emergency has been declared in Pioneer City, and the Thorn Corps stationed in the eastern part of the Great Desert has projected their patrol area into the heart of the Great Desert.

The old colonies of the Southern Legion, such as Harbor of Eternal Night and the Industrial Zone of Ravenca, have also been mobilized, ready to be vigilant for possible wars in the Great Desert.

Yin Fang said with a bitter expression.

"Just lost a research ship...... I didn't expect such serious consequences. ”

"I don't think it's a problem with the research ship," Chu Guang thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Perhaps, our opponents have been preparing for a rainy day since a long time ago. While we were dealing with the Torch Church, when we were mired in the Borneo province and the Southern Legion, they were already preparing for today's events, and the lost scientific ship was only the tip of the iceberg where the conspiracy had surfaced. ”

Yin Fang stared at him intently.

"Do you have any plans?"

Chu Guang shook his head.

"Nope."

Yin Fang was stunned.

"No, no?"

Chu Guang continued.

"It happened so suddenly, I don't have a better way than to send someone over to see it first."

Representatives of the Academy had agreed to lend him a research ship to the Alliance.

The research ship is currently on the outskirts of Avant City, and the pilot's name is Jiang Xuezhou.

Yin Fang said with a wry smile.

"That's what I said......"

Looking at Yin Fang, who was in anxiety, Chu Guang slowly spoke.

"Deployments are already underway, including the reactivation of Vault 100's processing base, including a shelter plan just in case. But to be honest, I don't have a clear idea of these 100,000 neutron torpedoes...... What if there is no protection from orbital junk, and these 100,000 neutron torpedoes are fired at the Earth in a salvo? ”

"The effect is estimated to be the same as mentioned in the Torch Project, maybe not as efficient as neutron killing, but the result is not much different."

Burying the bridge of his nose between his palms, Yin Fang took a deep breath and continued.

“…… There's probably nothing left on the surface, but not necessarily. The Aegis system should be able to defend against it, and the Zhiyuan ship in the center of Ideal City should also have a way to block direct attacks. ”

Chu Guang looked at him and said.

"And a shelter?"

Yin Fang nodded, but there was not a trace of optimism on his face.

"That's right, but there's nothing left but these things! Also, I don't think their attacks end there. Even if I am not an expert in the military field, I can imagine that after the bombing of strategic weapons, the next thing is the landing. ”

As for whether the orbital airborne troops will fall from the sky, or whether the "Orion" will come with a wave of "Zhiyuan colonial ship" type of the whole ship, it will depend on the mood of the heavenly people.

Neutron bombs kill soft targets, and factories and railways on the surface should be left intact.

Those guys should be able to easily take over the production facilities on the surface and replicate themselves through those production facilities.

Chu Guang had a thoughtful expression on his face.

After listening to Yin Fang's statement, he already had a general idea of the plan of "Heavenly Man".

The guys were going to use them as fuel.

Or rather, usurping the fruits of victory that tens of thousands of survivors on the wasteland have won so hard.

He won't let them get away with it!

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door of the browsing room, and Lu Bei, who had obtained permission, walked in from outside.

"Report!"

"Our branch in Pioneer City has received a radio signal from the direction of the center of the Great Desert!"

"We analyzed the signal and found a line of coordinates and a line of signatures...... The signatory is suspected to be the transmitter of the signal, and his name is Zhuang Lan. ”

Zhuang Lan?

Hearing this familiar and unfamiliar name, Chu Guang raised his eyebrows slightly.

He almost forgot about this person, but he didn't expect that the guy was still alive, and he still remembered the bet.

Noticing the intriguing expression on Chu Guang's face, Yin Fang cast an inquiring glance at him.

"Acquaintances?"

"Sort of, I've known each other for a long time," Chu Guang smiled faintly, "I didn't expect that it was not only our enemies who were secretly acting in the shadows, but also the enemies of our enemies." ”

Looking at the smiling manager, Lu Bei hesitated for a moment, and finally reminded in a low voice.

"Dear Mr. Administrator...... We can't be sure that Zhuang Lan is our own person yet, and the information she provided is quite vague, so it may be a trap there. ”

"Whether it's a trap or not, just look at it."

With that, Chu Guang looked at the pen holder on the desk not far away and gave an order.

"Xiaoqi, check for me which regiment can be used nearby."

"It doesn't matter if you're strong or not, you're not afraid of death."

(End of chapter)