Chapter 912 The Answer Is... Scavenger? !

Chapter 912 The answer is scavengers? !

A famous scientist once said that if the fourth world war breaks out in human civilization, the weapons used by humans must be stones and sticks.

This sentence may be a bit biased, but it also basically reveals the trauma of war to technology.

In the cultivation system, as long as there is a tall person who can clear a path in front, the subsequent people can keep up with it. Even if there is a fault in the middle, as long as there is a certain amount of data records, it is completely sufficient.

However, human technology basically relies on various basic industries that have been built step by step.

Without these industries, there are no corresponding workers.

Before it develops to the point where complete intelligent life replaces everything, technology is rootless duckweed.

Even if someone has interstellar-level technology and weapon information in his hands, at this time, it is just a pile of waste paper.

Today, this ruin from the butterfly universe is the best explanation.

The initial clumsy RPG, the subsequent unstable mines, and the defense facilities built with barbed wire in front of the building.

After only scanning for a while, Su Mo basically got the strength of these "neighbors".

It was about the level of the Earth human beings shortly after World War II.

They were definitely much stronger than the unarmed villagers of Hope Village, but for him wearing power armor.

Instead, it seemed that the other party was the player, and he was an aboriginal who traveled through time from hundreds of years later.

Soon, Su Mo came to the door of the building after pushing the barbed wire aside.

Analyzing the traces on the wall, the various debris scattered on the ground, and the basic structure of the first floor, it can be roughly seen that this should not be a residential building.

Several broken and inexplicable skeletons were piled in the corner of the first floor, half buried by the sand blown by the wind.

Bird and animal feces were left by the window and door, and the freshest one was not even completely dry.

More than a dozen posters that may have been full of slogans were now faded and it was unclear what was written.

These things that have not been weathered so far write about another Earth civilization and record the possible civilization war that may have happened.

Su Mo couldn't help but think of the Earth that would be hit by an asteroid after everyone left.

The distant human homeland, where the situation might be even more tragic than here.

"Is anyone there?"

"We have no ill intentions, maybe we can talk!"

The loudspeaker in the helmet rang, and from it came two sentences that Su Mo had just learned from Lu Kuan.

Unfortunately, the sound of the loudspeaker kept echoing, but there was no response from upstairs.

Helplessly, Su Mo could only continue to walk inside.

Judging from the specific details, the first floor should be a shopping mall.

The compartments were used to sell goods, and some shelves that were not completely smashed were hung diagonally on the wall.

This level of destruction obviously showed that more than a few waves of people had visited here before.

Some valuable things were probably dismantled and taken away early.

However, these things that were despised in the civilized era are now poor and white wasteland.

"Wow, there are so many aluminum alloys that no one has taken, so cool!" Su Mo picked up the shelf that fell on the ground and squeezed it, and a gleam of light shot out from his eyes.

If it was ordinary aluminum, after so much time, I don’t know what it would look like after oxidation.

But the last anti-oxidation process of aluminum alloy can avoid this problem very well.

Especially since there is no aluminum mine in the territory now, if all the shelves on this floor can be dismantled and taken away, it will definitely be a considerable income, enough to make the village no longer worry about aluminum in a short time.

On the other hand, some exposed steel that is not the main support of the building can also be taken away.

If it is taken back and the purity is high, it can be reused.

This kind of material can be used as raw material for making machine tools, solving the troubles encountered in the development of countless basic industries in the village at one stroke.

Continue to search for these garbage that others don't like.

The more he checked, the more he couldn't suppress the joy in his eyes.

However, at this moment, a burst of scattered shooting sounds came from upstairs, breaking the silence of the ruins.

Listening to the sound, there was no popping sound of high-powered bullets.

It was basically dominated by the whistling sound of 5mm, occasionally mixed with a few rumbling sounds similar to spray guns.

"Director, they are retreating upstairs, there are quite a few of them!"

Feng Long led his men to the rear, holding the drone that had just been shot down.

"There are about a hundred people, men and women, and many children!"

"Their guns look rubbish, like street stall goods made up of parts. But many of them have terrible accuracy, and a child shot down a drone with a slingshot."

"The two armored dogs before were pets they trained, and they are following them to retreat upstairs."

Going upstairs in this situation is obviously a dead end.

As an "enemy", even if Su Mo orders not to attack now, as long as they guard their escape route below.

It won't take long before the other party will have to try to break through due to the huge consumption of supplies.

But this is exactly where the problem lies.

Since the other party chooses to use such a building as a camp, they must have made preparations in all aspects.

Escape upstairs may not be a choice they make in a hurry.

Chase or not?

After watching the images sent back by the drone at the last moment, I looked at the panicked expressions on those people's faces.

After hesitating for only a moment, Su Mo immediately made a decision.

"Retreat, surround this ruin, and give our neighbors some time to get familiar with it."

If it was a group of adults, he might have led people to attack directly and eliminate the hidden dangers in advance.

But these panicked survivors wearing animal skin patched clothes and holding homemade pistols.

No matter how you look at it, they don't look like pure bad guys.

"When they find out that this is not the original world, maybe we can still talk."

The ruins composed of five buildings will be called the "fifth floor area" for the time being.

As Li Hu led his men to come, hundreds of trained militiamen quickly surrounded the building, leaving no route to evacuate from the ground without being discovered.

On the periphery, more than a dozen villagers who had already taken the scavenger route also followed the team to hear the news.

Seeing this huge ruin, their faces were full of excitement and their eyes were straight.

When choosing the overall route of the territory, the so-called "action points" need to complete the task to obtain.

The choice of personal route is the same.

To upgrade the route level and get more selection points, you need to complete various tasks set by the game rules to get "progress points".

Currently, each route needs 100 progress points to upgrade from Lv1 to lv2.

Taking the scavenger as an example, the most given is to explore in unfamiliar areas and find valuable items.

Going down, the length of time, difficulty, danger and other factors of scavenging will also give progress points.

"It's good, the scavenger really made the right choice."

"So many wild building materials, if they can be pulled back, I don't know how many houses can be built."

The first male gun of the island country shivered and took out a wrinkled cigarette from his pocket, lit it with the only match, and took a deep breath.

The smoke brewed in his mouth, calming his excited heart a little.

He couldn't sleep all night for the past two days. He had been thinking about changing his job to a mechanical apprentice and opening a factory to make money from the basic industry.

But after entering the route trial, he thought it through.

What he wanted to do was not in conflict with being a scavenger at all. On the contrary, it would be difficult to explore after choosing a mechanical apprentice.

Once those who were stronger than him in the territory started to roll inwards, he might not be able to get to the forefront with his unilateral ability.

In this case, he might as well choose to be a scavenger and take a chance!

"Go in, don't get close to the building for the time being, you can explore the periphery."

The militia responsible for the communication came over and signaled everyone to enter.

Without saying a word.

A group of people rushed in with empty hands and screamed, and started digging in the ruins.

There were no complaints, and even no rewards.

Even Su Mo was a little surprised by such fanatical performance.

An ordinary job, if the reward is settled only by the result, will never achieve this effect.

Now the game has added a progress bar to these jobs, and gives progress value as an additional reward.

The effect it brings is too obvious, almost making everyone give 120% of their enthusiasm.

Did it study the simulation game developed by people on Earth?

Or did it find that such stimulation would have a better effect?

When Su Mo thought that farming would also display the corresponding progress bar and progress value, he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

At this time, he opened the game panel and entered the territory group chat.

Sure enough, many people have discovered the various tasks that appear after selecting a route, as well as the accompanying progress value panel.

Previously, the topic of discussing the pros and cons of various routes soon turned into route tasks and progress value acquisition as more and more people poured in.

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Free Communication Channel-

Spicy Hammer: "Hiss, the mechanical apprentice actually has to personally participate in the production of various items related to "machinery" to obtain progress points. Isn't this embarrassing?"

End of the World Madman: "Fortunately, I finally chose the handicraft lover. When others use the things I made, the progress value will also increase (grin)"

Moth: "Element detection, brother Madman chose the manual route, and the scope of our investigation of specific candidates has narrowed down again!"

Chicken Blood: "The farmer route requires a series of planting operations to be completed, and finally successfully harvesting crops to obtain a large amount of progress points. It seems that our route progress should be the slowest in a short period of time."

Nuclear Rifle: "Be content, it's better to be stable. The reserve soldier route still needs to fight to get points. This is a job that licks blood on the tip of a knife."

You Gary has no one: "Fuck, it's a pit, the construction apprentice is What do you mean you can't get progress points by building a house? I need to make all kinds of building materials to upgrade. When will this be done? "

Unearthed Turtle: "Wait, didn't you say you wanted to choose the scavenger route? ? ? "

Midnight Plane: "You believe his nonsense, scavengers don't even have any attribute bonuses, they are very smart, how can they be willing to choose this route. "

You Gary No One: "Brother Airplane, don't talk nonsense, I measured this under the supervision of the tutor, it's not my own choice. Besides, doesn't the territory need a lot of construction workers for infrastructure in a short period of time? It's not too late for me to go out to scavenge after this period of time (funny). "

Mist Tractor: "Wait, did you notice why no scavenger came out to speak?"

Fluttering Moth: "Oh no, no one is making a fortune by hiding it, I saw a lot of people leaving the village at that time (shocked)."

Wanting to eat sweets: "Hey! Don't you know, the gray mist has begun to come with things, and someone just picked up a large bag of undamaged instant noodles and brought it back."

There is no one in your Gary: "Damn??? The market judgment is wrong. If the gray fog really comes down with more and more garbage, wouldn't scavengers become the answer?"

There is no one in Gary: "Well, why don't you talk?"

There's no one left in Gary: "Damn it, aren't you just going to grab the trash?"

The free chat channel that had just become lively became quiet again in the blink of an eye.

After entering the sub-channel used by scavengers to communicate, everyone who chose other routes suddenly became jealous.

The air force will die: "On 78th South, a small number of building ruins were found 16 kilometers away. I have completed preliminary exploration. Do any brothers come to open up wasteland with me?"

Not interested in money: "Brothers, remember to bring something with you when you go out. There are mutated animals among the things that came down. If it wasn't for luck, I almost sent them away (horror)."

Holding a pickaxe in hand: "I want to spend a lot of money to buy or rent a pallet truck. Some people will contact the village gate in half an hour."

Golden Shovel: "Does anyone know a reliable friend who has chosen to serve as a reserve soldier? I found a nest of coughs. We can cooperate and share the harvest equally according to our contributions."

Picking up the richest man: "I sincerely advise everyone to act according to their ability. An announcement has been made at the entrance of the village. Now that the gray fog is coming, there is a serious shortage of manpower. If danger occurs, timely support may not be possible."

The island nation’s number one gunman: “You can come to the fifth-floor area 70 kilometers to the south. There are five high-rise buildings of more than 20 stories here, and a lot of scattered building ruins. By the way, only scavengers can come here, otherwise you can’t Go inside and explore.”

More and more comments are appearing in the channel.

Subject to the restriction that once the route selection is completed, you cannot speak in the assigned channel.

All the people peeping at the screen were salivating with envy, but they couldn't say a single word of envy.

"No, I have to research some new ways."

Seeing more and more people leaving the village entrance, Brother Gao couldn't help but swallow his throat.

It is true that everyone can pick up garbage, but the problem is that there is no progress value at all for picking up on your own route.

If you try to compete with scavengers, you may end up falling far behind the version.

And the most important thing is that the village no longer cares about food and housing.

Those who are now running out to follow the trend will soon return to their original positions due to various practical factors.

After the first wave of scavenging passed, a large amount of materials were brought back by these people, and the market was affected.

If you have some funds at this time,

Suddenly, sporadic "rebels" began to appear in the scavenging tide.

Their destination is very unified, and it is the old mission department that has now been renamed the "General Administration of Work".