Chapter 41: The Red Room
Andy follows Measles through Level 3, where only the faintly lit red emergency lights glow, and the main space is firmly occupied by a dark emptiness.
"Shall we go straight over?"
Andy looked at the measles walking in front of him, and he was always on his toes.
If things go the worst way, he might have to fight his way through it today, which will be difficult and dangerous, but he'd rather figure everything out sooner rather than wait until he's already done something he's sorry for the ghouls and then turn around and settle accounts with them.
"Nope."
Measles' voice was a little muffled.
"Father said let me show you around here, and I'll take you where you want to go, but until then, I'm... And the others have something to say to you. ”
Andy didn't say anything when he heard this, and the two continued to walk for a while, and suddenly entered a place similar to a shooting range, which was a small closed room, covered with soundproof and bulletproof materials from top to bottom, left and right, two longitudinal walls and a horizontal table blocked the entrant at the edge of the field and divided into three spaces for users to test their shooting accuracy at the same time, and there were some guns and ammunition on the table.
Rarely, there are lights turned on here.
Measles walks Andy into the shooting range, and Andy sees a ghoul practicing shooting, wearing protective goggles, noise-canceling earplugs, and non-slip gloves on his hands, in short, he looks very professional.
At the end of the shooting, the ghoul turned around and showed an ugly yellow face, like that of a withered corpse that had been re-watered, and on top of that, it was covered in brown freckles.
"You're here, brother."
The ghoul greeted measles flatly, and measles nodded indifferently.
"Wait a minute, he'll come too."
With that, he looked at Andy again and motioned for him to stand in front of the shooting table.
"Go put on the protective gear, my two younger brothers have long heard that their father looks at you differently, so they want to practice with you, if you don't agree, you won't be able to continue your level 3 journey smoothly, don't think that your father made a promise that you can walk sideways here, do you understand?"
Andy stared at the measles for a moment, then at the ghoul whose name was most likely freckled based on the naming logic of several of their ghouls.
"Okay."
Measles nodded slowly and made another addition.
"Don't think we're bullying you, on the contrary, I'm already doing my best to help you, my father hasn't left his room for decades, and a lot of things are done by our brothers, he... The extraordinary trust in you makes us a little suspicious, especially my two younger brothers, who have not yet been in contact with you, and you have to prove to them why you are different from those slaves as a slippery skin. ”
"Plus, if you win, you'll get a reward."
Without waiting for Andy to answer, the door behind him opened again, and the red-covered guy walked in, and at a glance he knew that he was the "tumor" in the mouth of the measles, after all, he had a strange tumor from head to toe, and the name was indeed very apt.
He gave Andy a cold glance and walked straight over to put on his armor.
Andy saw that the left and right were ready, and walked directly to the shooting booth in the middle to start changing the armor, he picked up the pistol on the table, it was a revolver, it looked very professional, and there was an inscription on it, saying that this was for the competition.
As he was watching, there was a sudden beeping sound in front of him, several targets were erected, and the two ghouls on the left and right sides also immediately opened fire.
Andy was stunned for a moment, and immediately picked up the revolver and shot at the target in front of him, and he also turned on the V mode very unskillfully.
"Bang!"
"Ten Rings!"
"Bang!"
"Ten Rings!"
This automated range automatically reports the target, and the distance between the target and the firing point is getting farther and farther.
"Bang!"
"Ten Rings!"
"Bang!"
"Ten Rings!"
Andy's mind is extremely focused in V mode, and he only has a distant target in his eyes, and when the target moves to the farthest distance, the hit chance in V mode drops to 50%.
He held his breath and suddenly felt a strange change.
This shot is bound to hit.
"Bang!"
"Ten Rings!"
Taking off the earbuds and eyepieces, Andy put down the revolver in his hand, this gun should be a relic from before the war, the power is average but the accuracy is amazing, and there is a scope on it.
A burst of applause came from behind, Andy turned around and saw that it was measles clapping, freckles standing beside him and clapping slightly, the tumor looked at him wordlessly, the three ghouls seemed to be shocked by Andy's powerful shooting ability, at this time Andy looked at the display showing the shooting results, except for him with a perfect score, the other two ghouls missed in the final round, so neither of them beat him in this competition.
"Awesome, no wonder you completed the troublesome tasks that were given to you so easily."
Measles stopped applauding and lowered his hand, and the freckles around him immediately lowered his hand.
The tumor suddenly took a step forward.
"I still want to compare with you."
An extremely dull, hoarse voice came from his throat.
Andy exhaled a breath to relieve the fatigue caused by the continuous use of V mode just now, because this continuous shooting did not kill any targets but was only targeting, the Death Rush skill did not help him recover his strength, thanks to Diana who helped him adjust, otherwise now he can basically only sit on the ground, panting while receiving the applause of the ghouls.
"Than what?"
Tumor slowly took off the eyepiece on his face, and just halfway through it, he suddenly threw the eyepiece in his hand towards Andy's face.
Andy subconsciously leaned back, stretched out the two fingers of his right hand to take the protective goggles in his hand, and looked up to see that the tumor had taken advantage of the Yin move and had rushed from the left side with lightning speed, he just wanted to make a move, but the ghoul suddenly moved to Andy's right side with a side step, squatted slightly and jumped lightly into the air, and launched a flying kick towards Andy from the dead end.
There is no way to avoid it, Andy is a little annoyed because of the tumor's lack of martial arts, his fist is subconsciously clenched, under the huge grip, the protective goggles are pinched and shattered, after sensing this, Andy simply threw the eyepiece fragments in his hand towards his face at the moment when the tumor was about to kick over, but the temporary intention between the lightning and flint played a role.
The tumor was smashed by this fast-flying debris and shook his head, and the flying kick also lost its accuracy, and when he landed on the ground, Andy had seized the opportunity of this moment to reach the inner circle of his arms, and a swinging arm with strange strength hit him, smashing him into a mess, and his whole body flew out directly and fell heavily to the ground.
But this move did not cause any harm, and the tumor was still not convinced, and his legs turned, so that the battle intent in the eyes of a carp was still burning after he stood up.
Measles stood aside and spoke calmly.
"It's okay to play casually, but don't play with knives and guns, you two are, do you hear?"
The tumor nodded at the measles, and Andy certainly didn't care about having another fight with this guy.
"It's a joke, but you're actually playing sneak attack, isn't that good?"
Andy was only wearing Hull at the moment, because he needed to put on and take off the radiation suit to enter and exit the temple, so he didn't have the newly acquired reserved metal armor in order to make it easier, but he felt that this was not bad, in this state he felt that his body was very light, and his muscle activity and nerve reactions were very smooth, which was just right for hand-to-hand combat.
"As long as you can win, everything is good, this is the unchanging rule of this world."
The tumor moved his neck a few times, apparently wanting to fight for another round.
Seeing this scene, Andy was also in high spirits, and he warmed up lightly while sarcastically speaking at the tumor.
"So you've won now?"
Tumor's fingers pinched his fingers and smiled hideously.
"It's coming!"
He lunged at Andy again, but this time instead of kicking, he stretched out his ten fingers with sharp nails and grabbed at Andy's lower body.
Andy dodged a backflip, his tumor's nails scratching at the metal floor, and several sparks flew straight out.
"Why are you rushing to the next three roads? Don't you know how to play if you don't play tricks? ”
Tumor's expression became more and more hideous because of the continuous taunts.
"So... Then I'll buckle your vocal cords out! ”
This ghoul jumped and grabbed like a small death claw, and everywhere it passed was claw marks, Andy didn't dare to dodge in a row, and humans really couldn't do this kind of effect without using the unspoken rule of extra weapons, after all, humans didn't have his claws on their hands.
A blow like a double wind almost scratched Andy's face, he hurriedly used a move to dodge on all fours, but at this moment the tumor's hands paused because they were directly pierced into Andy's back The wall with soundproof materials was stuck, seeing this opportunity, Andy immediately rushed forward to his legs, recalling the sweeping legs that the Ranger captain had shown, so he immediately decided to change his posture and use it, although because he was not skilled in the specific movements, the sweeping legs turned into lying on the ground, but he did succeed in vacating the tumor legs.
The ten fingers of the tumor, which had lost its support face down, made ten marks on the wall, and he barely changed his position in mid-air with the help of friction, and fell back to the ground with a decent movement, and when he turned around, he saw a fist coming to him.
"Ahh
There was a muffled thud, and the ghoul leaned against the wall on the spot and posed in big letters.
Freckles was stunned as he watched from the side, Andy glanced at the tumor lying on the ground and turned around and moved his wrist, he still retracted the punch, otherwise the ghoul would have died by a headshot now, but even so he must have been beaten to a concussion, maybe he won't be able to get out of bed for ten days and half a month.
Wait a minute... What about measles?
He frowned, turned around, and sure enough, he saw that Measles had already crouched next to the tumor to check his injury, and Andy didn't notice when he was approaching.
"Hey...."
Measles sighed inexplicably.
"Still not working."
He looked at the tumor and muttered a few words, and got up from the ground.
"You're doing well, he's really not as good as you, and I'm sure when he wakes up, he won't be as angry with you as he was before... I said that before, right? Since you win, you will be rewarded. ”
Measles signals freckles to remove the unconscious tumor for treatment.
Andy looked at the measles, reward? What reward? Bottle cap? Weapons? Armor? He got it on the reservation, could it be that there was something special about it?
"Come with me."
....................
The two walked down the dark corridor for a while, and finally came to the three adjacent rooms, and when they opened the doors, Andy noticed that the rooms all looked unusually neat and clean, except that the corners of the floor and the side of the bed were unusually colored and incompatible with the white surroundings.
When I got closer, it seemed to be some blood stains and strange fragments.
He was about to take a closer look, but the lights in the room were turned off at once.
Andy turned on V mode in an instant, and saw that there was a person in the darkness besides measles.
After a moment of hesitation, he dismisses the V-mode and questions measles.
"What's going on? Can't you afford to lose? ”
Measles didn't answer, and there was a slight clicking sound in the darkness, and then a strange red light lit up in the room, the light from this lamp was very faint, and accompanied by a strange low-frequency sound, after a short time, Andy inexplicably thought of some hot and exciting pictures he had experienced before, and even reacted directly, this change came so abruptly, so that he suddenly realized that it must be related to the strange red light.
A door slammed in the darkness, followed by a female figure emerging in the faint red light.
Charming eyes looked at Andy in the red light, the white and tender skin reflected the ambiguous halo even if there was no light, her beautiful body curves were undoubtedly revealed, and the long smooth hair... After being teased by her slender fingers, a toned female body is embodying all feminine characteristics in front of Andy.
looming....
"Hello~"
The hoarse voice made Andy feel tingling in his back.
Something wrapped around his arm, and then something pressed against his back, soft, a strangely soft feeling that was almost incomparable.
"Hello... What is your name? ”
The subtle flow of breath whipped through his earlobes, and the strange aroma kept pouring into his nose, and the damn combo was already starting to make Andy's head dizzy.
"Belle~"
She answered almost with her lips close to her ears, and even blew lightly intentionally or unintentionally, Andy gasped in his heart, only to feel an indescribable crisp flowing from the ear canal into the back of his head and then all the way to his spinal cord, permeating his whole body and even the depths of his soul.
Like a marionette, Andy was dragged to the bed, and then she was held and lay down against the head of the bed, and it only felt like a dream in a trance.
A finger lightly tapped his cheek like a dragonfly in water, followed by an irresistible stroke.
"You look... Isn't it handsome.... But.... Very strong... I can feel the life force in your body, the vigorous power... Emanating from your every breath~"
"I..."
Andy snorted, and suddenly a strange hard feeling came from his back, he frowned, woke up from the gentle village, and left the arms of this woman who called herself Belle, and looked closely through the faint red light, no matter how you look at it, there is no doubt that there is a beautiful woman in front of him, but how can a beautiful human woman appear here? And the feeling just now.... Something hard had hit his back, and more than one.
"What's wrong~"
A voice with a terrifying charm came from the woman's mouth, and Andy hesitated for a moment before reaching out.
I confirmed what it was that made me feel that way, and I was surprised in disbelief.
"You.... Belle.... You are..."
A pleasant husky chuckle came.
"Your stamina is enough for me, isn't it?"
A pair of soft and flexible arms wrapped around like tentacles, directly dragging Andy back to her, and the strong aroma rushed into his nose at this zero distance, and then permeated the depths of Andy's brain.
He almost sank into it, but the incident at Hoover Dam was like a small thorn in the coffin, and it stabbed him all at once, and brought him back to his senses a little.
"Is that really good? If ....."
Belle lowered her head to his ear.
"What if... Your surging life force inspires my... That would be.... My Blessed~"
.................
Measles stood in the hallway outside the red room and saw the tumor running towards him as he pushed away the freckles that were blocking him.
He heard the pleasant sound coming from the room, his eyes burst bloodshot, he gritted his teeth until his eyelids were almost cracked, and without saying a word, he punched the freckles back, and ran towards the door of the room in three steps and two steps.
His progress was interrupted by a hand, which grabbed him so hard that he couldn't break free, so he angrily turned back and questioned.
"Measles! He's nothing but a stupid, ugly, and disgusting slippery! You actually let him? ”
Measles grabbed his shoulder with one hand, like grabbing a chicken, and as the force on his hand gradually increased, implicating the internal injuries caused by Andy before, making the tumor slowly fall to his knees with a whimper.
"Don't you even want to call your brother?"
The purple face hidden in the darkness did not know what the expression was, only the strength of the hand was still increasing, and the tumor wanted to continue to stiffen his neck, until there was a faint bone cracking sound at his shoulder blades and an unbearable pain that was getting worse and worse, and he felt the five fingers on the iron tong-like palm slowly sink into his shoulder.
"Yes... I'm sorry... Brother..."
The terrible pressure on his left shoulder disappeared in an instant.
"You should learn to respect and obey your elders, your fathers and brothers... Only then will you find your rightful place in this family, or you will be destroyed immediately. ”
A pair of murderous eyes were reflected in the red emergency light.
The tumor gritted his teeth and hung his head as the sound grew louder and louder in rhythm.
The gaze of measles, which was pressing on the back of his brother's head, gradually retracted.
"I can understand your thoughts, but both my father and Dr. Sebastian have agreed that if we could impregnate her, what would happen today? You are the most diligent here, what results have you made? No.... One-none-all-have. ”
Tumor's fists slammed the floor hard, and he actually cried.
Freckles crouched beside him and whispered to comfort him, then helped him away from crying until he was convulsing.
In the darkness, only measles stood alone in the dimly lit hallway.
In the end, he was gone.