Chapter 504 Why Did You, a Guy with Big Eyebrows and Big Eyes, Sneak In? (1/2)

Inside the shuttle-shaped aircraft.

Sitting in a soft and comfortable seat, Li Ke drank coffee while overlooking the joint elimination of mutants by the Enterprise and the Alliance through four exploration drones dropped into the air near the battlefield.

The gunshots did not last long.

Just as he finished drinking this cup of coffee, the last mutant who was still standing also fell on the steps in front of the ugly altar.

The next step was to clean up the battlefield.

He put the cup on the tray, which was automatically recovered by the assistant robot next to him. He gave a bland evaluation to the holographic memo.

"It's just so-so."

"The soldiers of the Alliance are a bit weird, and their physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people, but after all, they are residents of the shelter, so it's normal. Outdated equipment, primitive fighting style... I really don't understand why the Beacon Team lost to this group of people. The quality of the talents in the Investigation Department is getting worse year by year."

"As for the Enterprise..."

Li Ke laughed, and the mockery in his eyes became more obvious.

"It's such a waste that the AI ​​core is in the hands of these guys... The presence of those bionic soldiers is not as good as a few old-time power armors. They are really going backwards."

There is no need to talk about the legion.

Those outdated equipment are only supported by a little legacy.

Combining the performance of all parties, it is naturally stronger for the academy that has improved on the basis of the prosperous era.

Of course, it is undeniable that the performance of the alliance has indeed exceeded his initial expectations... If a full-scale war really breaks out, with their fighting spirit, maybe they can hold on for a few more months.

Li Ke reached out and touched the holographic screen with satisfaction, turned off the memo, and recalled the exploration drone that was released earlier.

At this time, a gentle electronic sound floated from behind his seat.

"Sir, there is a call for you."

"Call? Here?"

"Yes, the Wandering Swamp has launched a patrol communication station."

Upon hearing the patrol communication station, Li Ke's expression immediately became serious and he sat up straight from his chair.

"Transfer it to me."

"Okay."

The communication signal was quickly transferred from the server of the scientific research ship to his personal terminal.

Li Ke reached out and tapped the holographic window, and the pale blue light and shadow quickly drew a sloppy half-length portrait in front of him.

This is the Great Desert.

The signal condition is worse than that of Luoxia Province.

In this case, it seems that the only people who insist on using video communication to communicate are those old stubborn people in the Research Department who don't know how to adapt.

"... I am Yang Kai from the Research Department, a Class B researcher. There is my identification band in the communication code. Please verify it yourself later."

As soon as the communication was connected, the other party did not greet him directly and introduced himself.

Li Ke cleared his throat and said.

"Li Ke from the Foreign Affairs Department, Class B, what can I do for you?"

The holographic image flickered for a while.

"Transfer the project of Shelter No. 0 to me."

Hearing this, Li Ke immediately jumped up like a squirrel whose tail was stepped on.

"Why?"

The other side of the communication channel still had that calm tone.

"This is Dr. Conclusion's order. You, the Foreign Affairs Department, should just do your job honestly."

When he heard that it was Dr. Conclusion's order, Li Ke was like a deflated ball, muttering indignantly.

"Dr. Conclusion... That gentleman really has time."

The other end of the communication channel did not make any comments on this sentence, but simply answered with a flat tone.

"Thank you for your cooperation."

After that, the flickering shadow disappeared from just above the holographic device...

...

The Enterprise and Alliance ground forces have finished cleaning up the battlefield, and the discovery in the "Black Stone" mutant tribe is surprising.

The words of the drone operator under Yunsong really came true.

These gray-black skinned mutants did dig deep caves, using the caves in the caves to protect immature cubs, and planted some edible fungi and raised mutant worms that produce fat and protein.

The most surprising of these is a fluorescent mushroom that grows on radioactive waste. It seems to be able to accelerate the decay of iodine and cesium isotopes through a special biochemical process and convert part of the energy into light.

It is currently impossible to prove whether this species uses fusion or fission energy to provide the energy needed for life activities.

But just the characteristic of accelerating the decay of radioactive substances is enough to surprise.

Yunsong and Lao Bai reported their findings in the mutant tribe to their respective superiors.

After communication between the company and the alliance's top leaders, the two sides decided to share these interesting research materials.

The Iron Heart slowly passed directly above the Black Stone Tribe and lowered the anchor chain in an open space about one kilometer away.

The pod was lowered immediately afterwards.

Five long engineering vehicles drove to the open space one after another and lined up in three rows, with the wheels folded up and the chassis lowered to complete the deployment.

Nearly a hundred aircrew members wearing mining exoskeletons traveled back and forth between the material pile and the base of the camp, delivering the metal scraps that the players had dismantled from the mutant tribe into the feed port of the engineering vehicle, which was quickly processed into panels for building the camp.

These standardized plates, made of aluminum and iron alloy as the main materials, are about one inch thick. They are loose and porous, light in texture, but not low in strength. They can be used as heat-insulating barrack walls, or they can be assembled into square frames and filled with sand to build Shooting shelters and base exterior walls.

With the end of the battle, players also joined in the construction of the camp.

In less than three hours, a camp covering an area of ​​20 acres and nearly the size of two football fields began to take shape.

The pod was lowered again.

The logistics officer of the Heart of Steel quickly stepped forward, stood in front of Chu Guang, stood at attention with a glowing face, and performed a military salute.

"Report! Dear administrator, according to your instructions, we have completed the construction of the camp's outer wall. Next is the construction of the barracks. It is expected to be completed within 24 hours!"

"Well done," Chu Guang nodded approvingly, looked at the young man and continued, "Go and do your work, don't worry about me."

"Yes!" The logistics officer put his right fist against his chest, and then strode towards the construction site.

Watching the young man leave, Wu Changnian glanced at the busy construction site around him, narrowed his eyes and said.

"How's it going? Is the technology in Ideal City just okay?"

Chu Guang said with sincere emotion.

"It's pretty good, but it's a bit expensive. It would be nice if I could get a discount."

Wu Changnian coughed dryly.

"This... you have to talk to the representatives of Silver Wing Group. The board of directors cannot interfere with the operation of the production department, and I cannot make the final decision on order issues."

Although regretful, Chu Guang still nodded.

"understand."

This modular infrastructure system called "Camp Workshop" is composed of five powerful engineering vehicles. It is similar to the modular production workshops on the Pioneer. They are both designed for the special environment in the wasteland. Designed production tools.

It is like a black box in another sense, capable of ingesting metal waste without restraint, digesting the digestible part of it, and DIYing it into the shape required by the user.

Coupled with the cruising capabilities of the Heart of Steel, Chu Guang can theoretically place his base of operations anywhere he can fly.

At that time, he took a fancy to this point and decisively introduced this system from Silver Wing Group.

Although such a system was expensive, up to 16 million Cr, Chu Guang still reluctantly placed the order.

As a modular production tool, its function is obviously not just to produce the boards needed for camping.

These five engineering vehicles can also process the input materials into basic weapons including rifles and protective equipment such as bulletproof armor based on the input drawings.

Although the production efficiency is not high, the energy and materials consumed and the hidden loss costs are not a small amount, but as a set of "camping equipment" it is still very easy to use.

Previously, the Heart of Steel solved the supply problems encountered during the expedition by raising slaves and carrying a large number of processing tools and machine tools.

Five engineering vehicles can easily replace a production team of more than 500 people, saving a lot of valuable space for the airship.

It's a pity that the alliance only has one "space carrier".

Otherwise, Chu Guang really plans to purchase a few more sets from Ideal City.

It happened that at this time, the Weilant people who got off the Arbitrator also came over.

Chu Guang suddenly noticed the way McClun looked at the construction vehicles.

Including the captain named Adria who was standing next to him, both of their faces were filled with envy without exception.

The legion's industrial capabilities are not weak, and they are quite good at manufacturing heavy equipment, but the manufacturing of precision equipment is very difficult.

Even if such a thing existed, it would be impossible to distribute it to the airship.

"Have you found the entrance to Vault 0?" Adria said with a smile as she walked in front of representatives from the alliance and enterprises.

Wu Changnian said concisely and concisely.

"We have to find the crew of the Pioneer first. Only they know the entrance to the shelter. If you are in a hurry, you can go back first."

Of course, Adria couldn't leave, so she smiled and continued to ask.

"Didn't you send back an employee? He doesn't know the entrance to Vault 0?"

"It's a pity that you guessed it right. He was driven away by a group of shameless bandits before he found the entrance to the shelter."

Hearing the unkindness in Wu Changnian's tone, Adria remained unmoved, while McClun also had no expression on his face.

The order was given by Griffin.

He was also annoyed that the guy was pushing him away.

If he hadn't gone after the employees of that company, he wouldn't have fallen into the hands of a group of wastelanders, let alone lost his airship.

"I'm sorry about what happened with the Pioneer. That was Griffin's own decision. We will strictly restrain our people and prevent similar things from happening again." At this point, Adria pretended to be concerned, " By the way, I almost forgot to ask, are the crew members on the Pioneer okay?"

Wu Changnian stared at him and said.

"Our people have found them based on the coordinates you provided. It's best that they are still alive."

Adria shrugged.

"I also sincerely hope they are safe."

The Pioneer was previously controlled by the Legion.

But the crew, including Lu Jan, were not captured by the Legion, but moved outside before the Legion took control of the Pioneer.

Except for Luo Hua who was sent to ask for help from the alliance, the rest of the employees hid under the leadership of Lu Yang and were not found by the Weilant people.

Since the day of war was approaching, Griffin did not have much time to waste in the desert, so the task of searching for those people was subcontracted to the Blackstone Tribe.

According to the mutant prisoner's description, the big-nosed humans offered "one company employee in exchange for ten human women."

But at present, it is obvious that the mutants have not found the missing corporate employees, otherwise they would have taken them to the Vaillant people to collect the rewards.

Regarding the problem of the Pioneer, the entire Legion blamed Griffin.

As for McClun, he didn't know much. During the time he was captured, he had already finished explaining what he could.

The Legion did not care about the life and death of the crew on the Pioneer. They were only interested in the No. 0 shelter discovered by the Pioneer.

The same goes for colleges.

Wu Changnian didn't take Captain Adria's hypocritical politeness seriously, and Wu Changnian turned around and walked to the company's headquarters.

McClun gave Chu Guang a hard look, but he just looked hard, said nothing, and walked away with Adria.

At this time, a long shuttle-shaped aircraft restrained the arc light ejected from the bottom and slowly landed in the center of the camp.

Its name is Comet 300. It is a scientific research ship independently produced by the academy based on the drawings left over from the Prosperity Era. Because it is equipped with an ecological cycle device and an anti-gravity device, theoretically this thing can not only drive to any corner of the planet, but even Can fly to outer space.

However, the environment in outer space is much worse than that on the ground. Unless there is a special mission that needs to be carried out, it is generally not driven there.

Just as Lao Bai came back from cleaning the battlefield, he took a look at the sci-fi-style scientific research ship and suddenly discovered that it was somewhat different from the one that landed in Falcon City before.

At this moment, a man and a woman walked out of the open hatch.

Lao Bai was surprised to find that he actually knew one of them.

The man obviously noticed him and walked over to him.

"meet again."

Walking in front of Lao Bai, Zheng Hao took a look at the power armor on his body, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face, "Dragon Cavalry?"

"Quite knowledgeable."

Zheng Hao curled his lips.

"I've seen a lot of the wreckage of this thing, and the nuclear crater next to the Great Rift Valley is full of them."

"Really? I have to go and take a look another day," Lao Bai smiled faintly and continued, "What about you? Why are you here?"

"Thanks to you, relying on that sample, my team and I were transferred from the Investigation Department to the Research Department, and now we work for B-level researcher Professor Yang Kai. He is currently in charge of the investigation of Vault 0... He is in In that research ship."

When he said this, Zheng Hao's expression was a little complicated.

The Beacon Team suffered heavy losses in that battle, and many of his brothers died.

And because it was an unrecognized battle, the families of his dead brothers did not even receive full pensions. It was he who spent some of his G points to buy some living necessities to send to their families.

After understanding the expression on his face, Lao Bai said nothing and just skipped the unpleasant part of the topic.

"That shelter...will you go there then? Or that B-level researcher?"

To Lao Bai's surprise, the man in front of him shook his head.

"neither."

As he spoke, Zheng Hao looked at the girl with a reserved expression and long black hair next to him.

"Introducing, Jiang Xuezhou, a D-level researcher... used to be my team member, and is now at the same level as me. Yang Kai is her mentor. Thanks to her relationship, we were able to successfully sell the sample at that time."

Jiang Xuezhou stared at Lao Bai warily and nodded cautiously.

"Hello."

She had seen this man in drone footage, and many of them died at the hands of him and his team members...including her friend Chen Yutong.

Although she knew in her heart that the two sides were only fighting for their respective positions, and there was no simple right or wrong in this, she still couldn't believe the man in front of her.

Zheng Hao looked at Lao Bai.

"You should be the person sent by the alliance. Help me take care of her when we get down."

Lao Bai made a helpless expression.

"Although I really want to help you, I am not involved in this operation."

"Not you?" Zheng Hao looked at him in surprise.

Before getting off the research ship, he heard that the Alliance would send a powerful awakener to follow them into the shelter.

He guessed at that time that the person might be the old Bai he had met.

However, Lao Bai actually told him that it was not him.

Are there any stronger awakeners in the alliance?

"Well, it's another one..." Looking at the surprised Zheng Hao, Lao Bai smiled and said, "But don't worry, I will tell my good brother -"

"No need," Jiang Xuezhou interrupted him, looked at him alertly and said, "I will take care of myself, so... I won't bother you to worry about it."

After saying that, she nodded politely, turned around and left.

Looking at the back of his colleague leaving, Zheng Hao looked slightly embarrassed and coughed slightly.

"I'm sorry, that day...she lost a team member with whom she had a good relationship."

Lao Bai shrugged.

"It's okay, I understand, but don't expect me to apologize to you. We have exercised the greatest degree of restraint. It was you who fired first."

Zheng Hao nodded silently.

"I know...I didn't say it was your fault, but it was me...hey."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly didn't know how to continue. He considered his words for a long time, and finally just sighed.

This damn secrecy system...

There are some words he can only hold in his heart.

Understanding his difficulty, Lao Bai said nothing, but patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, then turned and walked away.

…

Lao Bai was not the only one who happened to meet an acquaintance.

And the brethren of the Stormtroopers.

Looking at the warrior sneaking over, I pointed at this guy's nose and shouted excitedly.

"Holy shit! Pangolin?!"

The shout startled the warrior, and he glanced left and right reflexively. Suddenly he came to his senses and realized that what he shouted most was in Mandarin, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"MMPD, can you please stop calling me a vest outside!" Warfield said cursingly, glaring at the guy who almost ruined his mission.

I put on the most indifferent expression on my face and said with a playful smile.

"Don't worry, brother won't betray you... By the way, why did you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sneak over here?"

The Warlander sighed.

"Hey, it's a long story. I was sent here in a daze."

Commander Quan Shui looked at him with a strange expression. He vaguely guessed something, but was not sure yet, so he asked tentatively.

"Among the two representatives sent by the Legion to investigate Vault 0... are you among them?"

Wargo smiled shyly.

"You guessed it."

When everyone heard this, they were instantly shocked.

I was the darkest: "Fuck!"

Ghost Hunting at the Grave: "6666!"

Kakarot couldn't help but said: "Oh my god... I have nothing to say if I do what you do as an undercover agent."

Originally, the enterprise, the legion, and the alliance each sent two representatives, and the academy sent one. Who would have thought that the legion would select this guy, and the number of representatives from the alliance directly became three.

Warlander smiled sheepishly.

"Life is full of surprises. I didn't expect those big noses to send me here... By the way, did you bring the save file? Save it for me quickly. I'm afraid I'll die in it after a while."

The fountain commander coughed.

"It's on the airship."

The warlord was stunned for a moment.

"Holy crap! Do you still have to get on the airship?"

Quan Shui gave this guy a strange look.

"Otherwise? It's so troublesome to put down the hibernation capsule every time you go... And I suggest you come in the latter part of the night. The seats in the first half of the night are probably not easy to grab."

Archiving is not done by just lying down and punching in. It takes several hours to read the entries.

Generally, everyone will archive in batches. After the person in front has finished saving, and the person behind wants to save, the person in front will be dragged out of the training cabin.

So if you choose to log off at a public save point, sometimes you will find yourself lying on the floor when you wake up online.

I said with the darkest smile on my face.

"How about you sneak out at night? Brothers will pick you up."

Looking at the unreliable guy, Warfield hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

"OK!"

…

Later.

The warlord carefully went to the toilet, locked the door, and then used a golden cicada to escape from its shell. He pulled out the WC from the window, left the area designated by the alliance for the legion representatives in the camp, and secretly went to the alliance's airship.

I, who had been waiting there early to pick him up, immediately put a sack on him, then carried him into the pod, and got him onto the airship without anyone noticing.

Although the warlord felt that the sack was completely unnecessary, he couldn't resist because he wanted to ask for help, so he let my blackest grandson Hu do it.

It takes several hours to lie in the hibernation chamber to collect data.

Fortunately, he usually squatted for one or two hours at a time, so no one would suspect him if he squatted for an extra hour or two.

At the same time, the captain's room of the Heart of Steel.

Chu Guang, who had returned to the airship, was staring at the rags spread out on the desk, his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

"The symbol of the Torch Church?"

Standing opposite the desk, Lao Bai nodded seriously.

"I found this symbol on the body of the mutant priest... and there are similar symbols on the altar."

Leaning back on the chair, Chu Guang closed his eyes and thought for a while.

"The Coast of Death is in the south of Jinchuan Province. It's at least five or six thousand kilometers away from here...it's too far."

If you follow a straight line, you may also pass through natural dangers such as the Zhuobar Mountains. It is difficult to imagine that the Torch Church can reach here.

Lao Bai said with a sudden movement in his heart.

"Is there a possibility...not that mutants are believers of the Torch Church, but that mutants and the Torch Church are all believers of a larger organization?"

Chu Guangyan commented concisely and comprehensively.

"That sounds even more outrageous."

Lao Bai said with a wry smile.

"Too……"

If this organization is really so large and can affect the mutants on the Death Coast in the southern part of the continent and the great desert in the middle of the continent at the same time, there is no way that they have not heard about it at all.

Looking at the symbols on the rag, Chu Guang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He prefers another possibility...

In other words, these mutants and the believers of the Torch Church were all isolated from each other and were affected by a special existence separately and simultaneously.

It can be a huge organization like Lao Bai said, or it can be a technological creation with magical power.

Or, it may just be an abstract concept.

But no matter what it is, anything that has the power to confuse people is full of danger.

Thinking of the past of Shelter 117 and the various rumors about the self-proclaimed Holy Son Wang Yi, Chu Guang closed his eyes and thought for a long time.

The last time he had such a vague uneasy feeling in his heart was when he learned that the Weiland people had deployed a nuclear bomb in Luoxia Province.

"The origin of this symbol...must be investigated further."

Lao Bai said in agreement.

"I think so too... I suggest keeping an outpost in the desert. Even aside from these noteworthy clues, there are still many things worth recovering here."

Chu Guang nodded, flicked his index finger in the air, and unfolded the holographic map.

"Not only the Great Desert, but also the investigation in the south will be launched at the same time... After this incident is over, I will give you a task."

When he heard that the hidden mission was triggered, Lao Bai felt happy and said immediately.

"Please give me your orders!"

Chu Guang continued.

"There is a coordinate to the south where there is the nuclear fuel we need. I need you to take a few people there to recover it."

"Some residents of the shelter are clearing land there, you can ask for their help."

Lao Bai clasped his hands into fists and said with bright eyes.

"yes!"

…

The night is dark.

On the ruins not far from the camp, a huge land-based fortress was anchored in a factory building with a leaky roof covering an area of ​​several thousand acres.

Its steel shell can be seen with inward dents and twists everywhere, the tracks under the chassis are broken, the mechanical arms, production workshop and other structures have been damaged. The condition can simply be described as miserable.

Judging from the collapse of the wall next to it and the bullet holes in the wall, it should have crashed through the wall of the factory building and rushed in, where a fierce exchange of fire broke out with the pursuers.

A few beams of light shone on the dusty wreckage, and the android soldiers who stepped forward carefully inspected the various damages and gaps on the land-mobile fortress.

Standing not far away and watching, Su Ming couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"Damn...these big noses!"

It was obviously the Weirant people who persecuted it into this ghostly appearance.

Thinking of the way those Wilante officers seemed to have nothing to do with him, he wanted to go back to the camp, pick up those big noses, and punch them in the face one by one.

Gu Wei, who was standing aside, said with emotion.

"Do you still remember what it looked like when it first set off from Ideal City?"

exclaimed another commando.

"...I don't recognize it at all."

"Hopefully the people inside are okay."

Yun Song took a look at the Geiger counter and found that the radioactive dust content here exceeded the standard, so he waved his hand to signal everyone to close the helmets and open the internal circulation system.

There is a lot of nuclear fuel stored on the Pioneer, as well as tactical nuclear warheads brought out from Ideal City. Looking at the nearby crater, it must have been made by the crew.

After checking the condition of the Pioneer, a bionic soldier walked back to Yun Song.

Yun Song asked immediately before the android could speak.

"Is there anyone alive inside?"

Although the possibility was very small, he still asked.

However, to his surprise, the android nodded.

"There is a signal of life activity in the escape cabin, but it is very weak...it is estimated that there are only one or two people."

When Yun Song heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, as if a huge burden had been lifted off him.

"Quick! Get him out!"