Chapter 816 People Always Create Gods in Their Own Likeness (1/2)

Although tragic things abound in the wasteland, it is a completely different picture where players are active.

The "PVP" arena at Camp 101.

Two "Xiaguang Type II Experimental Version" power armors were wrestling together, and dazzling sparks flew freely between steel and steel!

As the only arena in the alliance that is divided into superiority and inferiority, as well as life and death, this is a battlefield that only players can set foot on.

Generally speaking, unless they want to compete with their good friends, real high-level players rarely come here to waste time.

However, because the arena occasionally launches some experimental equipment, no matter whether you win or lose, you can get a bounty and contribution points when you sign up to participate in the test. Therefore, this facility is quite popular among new players below the T3 echelon.

The two brothers fighting here now are the best among the newcomers!

The one with the red identification strip is [Born in Summer] from the Abstract Corps, and the one with the blue identification strip is [Litang Tiger] from the Climber Corps!

Since the Type II experimental version of Xia Guang replaced the front armor with ceramic steel, which strengthened the front armor at the expense of mobility, the bolters of both sides could not do anything to each other.

After emptying all the bullets in the magazine, the red and blue sides almost simultaneously pulled out their combat knives and hatchets in tacit agreement, and entered into the joyful hand-to-hand encounter amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.

And the atmosphere of the entire battle also reached a climax with the adrenaline-filled battle!

“What a great summer!!!”

"Fuck him! Hit him on the head!"

“Abstract Corps is awesome!!!”

"Ouch!"

"Fuck! Brother Tiger, can you do it?"

"Shall I test you——"

The noise in the viewing area continued, and the same noise could not stop in the arena.

The red and blue sides were fighting passionately while shouting non-stop in the communication channel.

At first, Xia Tian was born and had the upper hand, unilaterally suppressing the Litang Tiger.

However, due to the aggressive rhythm of the attack, the bulky Xiaguang II lost its balance for a moment. Xia Tiansheng stumbled and hit the Litang Tiger's chest. Seizing the opportunity, the latter struck him with a hatchet.

If the ax was a hot-melt cutting axe, Xia Tian, ​​who had bent his waist and hit Brother Hu's chest, would have turned into a roast chicken that was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. And there was no way the combat knife in his hand could penetrate the front armor made of ceramic steel. .

Unfortunately, there are no ifs on the battlefield.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Abstract Corps is completely incomparable with the Climber Corps that stood out in the Battle of Heaven, individual fighting and corps combat are also completely different concepts.

Precisely because none of the teammates is reliable, each of the four senior leaders of the Abstract Corps has rich battlefield survival experience and the ability to adapt to changes.

The window for counter-attack flashed away!

Just when the ax hit his lower back hard for the second time, he took advantage of the moment when the opponent's center of gravity was pressing behind him, suddenly raised his arms, stood up with his feet, and directly hit the opponent's body. The Litang Tiger on his body was completely uprooted and pushed behind him!

"I'm testing-!"

Amidst the exclamations of the audience, Brother Hu let out an unwilling roar, rolled over Xia Tian's back headfirst, and fell heavily to the ground on his back.

"Boom!!"

The billowing dust rose up, and he was about to turn over and get up after being thrown to pieces. The combat knife had already reached the gap between his helmet and shoulder armor, and a slap was pressed firmly on his shoulder. head on.

Xia Tian, ​​who was out of breath, grinned ferociously, pressed the guy's helmet firmly, and said proudly.

"Don't move, be honest!"

"x-on:#%!"

The Litang Tiger was so angry that he struggled several times and was unable to move, so he had no choice but to give up.

According to the PK rules, if either party loses the ability to resist, the PK is deemed to be over.

The winner receives a bonus bonus.

After the determination is completed, if either party continues to fight, it will be regarded as a violation and punished.

The design of this rule is mainly to reduce the loss of equipment.

Although the power armor in the arena is a stripped-down version, such as replacing the ultra-long-lasting nuclear battery with a hydrogen battery that can only last one battle, other components are still valuable.

At the moment when the victory or defeat was determined, a line of text floated across the big screen.

[The game ends, the red team wins]

[Winner ID: Born in summer]

The viewing area outside the arena burst into excited cheers, especially those players who had won money by betting, and stood up and shouted excitedly.

Standing in the center of the onlookers, the lawless maniac clapped his hands, smiled like a worldly expert, and commented eloquently.

"Not bad, not bad. It's one-third as elegant as when I dominated the arena."

[Sleepy when I wake up] who was standing next to him rolled his eyes when he heard it.

"Stop bragging! Besides, how many levels are you already at? Isn't it interesting to compete with newcomers?"

The outlaw chuckled.

"Isn't this compared to me at the same time? I was still a newcomer when I dominated the arena!"

When I wake up, I feel sleepy: "You've only won a few times in total, so you've become the dominant one!"

Outlaw: "It doesn't matter! I have a high winning rate!"

Feeling sleepy when I wake up: "x-on:#%!"

[I am responsible for dying first] who stopped applauding sighed, looked at the two of them helplessly and said.

"...You have this time to argue, why not go down and practice."

Due to the shocking actions of some players, the player viewing area and the NPC viewing area have been separated since Beta 0.6.

The former is mainly open to players who have nothing to do and come to watch the excitement, while the audience of the latter is mainly researchers, engineers and students at Camp 101.

It is precisely because of this that the NPC viewing area is much quieter than the player viewing area. Not only do you need to wear headphones to hear the sounds of battle, but the atmosphere of communication is also more academic.

"The hardness of the ceramic armor is somewhat beyond expectations..."

"Well...it hit 10 consecutive bolt rounds without any damage, and even blocked a portable armor-piercing round with a penetration depth of 350 mm."

"This guy is like a walking chariot..."

"The failure of the armor-piercing bullet to penetrate should be caused by the gap armor, not entirely due to the ceramic steel."

"Not necessarily. This can only be confirmed by removing the armor lining near the impact point."

"I'm wondering what kind of personal equipment can destroy this thing from the front..."

"Is it too early to think about this?"

"It's not too early. The diffusion of technology is a matter of time. I'm sure the Legion is already considering this issue. We have to predict their solutions and consider countermeasures before they find a solution."

Sitting in the corner of the viewing area, Xia Yan, wearing headphones, stared thoughtfully at the notebook in his hand.

As the designer of the entire armor, her focus is not on a single module on the armor, but on the entire armor as a whole.

She has been building equipment for players since before the birth of the Alliance. She understands the way players fight better than anyone here, and how to give them the best advantage in a specific battlefield environment.

And this is exactly what Chu Guang once told her, "the unique and irreplaceable talent that only she has."

Since she understood this, she has never been confused because she "does not have the talent to awaken" and "cannot find the value of her existence".

Through the observation of the battle just now, new inspiration had arisen in her mind.

It's just that the vague inspiration is still very abstract in her mind for the time being.

She needed a moment to organize it into something concrete and integrate it into the original design scheme.

"...Sorry, I still need a little more time. Can you wait for me a little longer? Ten minutes... uh, maybe half an hour, no more than an hour at most!"

Holding his messy fiery red hair, Xia Yan raised his head from the screen and looked at Alyssa sitting opposite with an apologetic look, showing a pleading look.

Due to their similar majors, Alyssa got very close to Xiaoyu and became good friends with her.

However, Xiaoyu and Pai have been busy with exchange-related projects in Dawn City recently, so they have been going to the cafeteria these days to eat.

Xia Yan's troubles could be seen from the frown, Alyssa smiled and said softly.

"It doesn't matter, I happen to not be very hungry either."

"grateful!"

After hastily throwing down these words, Xia Yan continued to devote himself to the work of conceiving.

Alyssa, who was sitting across from her, did not disturb her thoughts. She was quietly sipping the fragrant coffee and flipping through the unfinished book in her hand as before.

The reason why she chose to read here was not because she was interested in power armor combat, but simply because the coffee here was free and unlimited, and occasionally came with cookies and pastries that the cafeteria had not sold out yesterday.

Since resigning from the Boulder City Crisis Committee, she has lived an ordinary life, with a monthly living expenses of only about 1,000 silver coins.

Thanks to the scholarships established by the Alliance Education Department and the local government of Boulder City, she can study the knowledge she desires without any worries after everything is over.

However, although her life is not tight, since the money she spends is not earned by herself, she still lives with the attitude of saving when she can, especially on non-essential expenses.

I believe that the respected Mr. Manager will not mind that a little girl with no independent financial ability secretly took advantage of him.

And she won't eat and drink for free.

After she succeeds in her studies, she will use her profound knowledge to repay him for the helping hand he extended to her and Boulder City.

She used to be very weak, and she only knew about many things but didn't know why.

But it's different now.

After a whole year of study, she is no longer the same person she was then...

"...Is this Ms. Alyssa?"

Hearing the voice coming from the side, Alyssa realized that her fingertips had been frozen on the footer of the next page for ten minutes without turning the page, and the hundreds of thousands of words of content that had just flashed through her mind I can write a book.

Realizing that she was distracted, she couldn't help but flush her cheeks, coughed lightly, straightened her appearance, and then looked up at the staff member standing at the table.

"It's me...what can I do?"

The staff member smiled and said.

"There is a gentleman at the door looking for you. He claims to be your friend and says he has something to ask you."

During the equipment test, except for authorized residents of the shelter, personnel who are not employed or studying in Camp 101 cannot apply to enter the arena to watch the game.

However, Camp No. 101 itself is very open, and you can enter as long as you register at the gate guard.

When Alyssa heard that it was her friend, the first thing Alyssa thought of was Mr. Joy.

His child is also studying in Camp 101, and he occasionally visits her when he comes to see his child.

"I see."

Alyssa didn't think much, closed the open book, and then looked at Xia Yan, who was sitting opposite.

"Then I'll go out for a while."

Xia Yan, who was busy looking at the screen, nodded hurriedly. She was already in the mood and didn't even have time to move her eyes away.

"Yeah! Have a nice trip! Oh no, remember to come back later!"

"Don't worry, there's no way I could leave you alone to have dinner...I'll be back soon."

Amused by Boss Xia's busy look, Alyssa couldn't help but smile.

In order not to keep Mr. Joy waiting any longer, she stood up, left her seat and walked out of the arena viewing area without further delay.

At the same time, at the entrance of the arena, two men, one tall and one short, were standing one behind the other.

Compared with the tall man standing in front, the shorter man is obviously much younger, maybe not yet an adult.

It is precisely because of this that his lack of experience is much thinner than the one standing in front, both in terms of face and self-confidence.

"...Mr. Zaid, is it really okay for us to do this?" The young man glanced nervously in the direction of the door, but finally couldn't hold it back and said in a lowered voice.

Just now, Zaid lied to the staff at the door. In fact, they were not friends of Ms. Alyssa, and they had never even met the lady.

Although Mr. Zaid deceived the young man who was not yet skilled in the business with his fluent conversation and decent etiquette, so that the latter walked in to find someone for them without even asking his name, this kind of lie could not be maintained at all. how long.

He was very worried now. After seeing their unfamiliar faces, the young lady called the guards here directly...

Zaid glanced at his helpless follower and said in a very soft voice.

"Relax, we're not bad people. We'll just explain it to her later and apologize."

Seeing this guy's nervous look, he paused for a moment and said again.

"People who do big things usually don't stick to details. With that lady's ability and ambition, she won't be as familiar with us on such trivial matters. But you, you look like you are poking your head, I'm really worried that the guards will throw you out. ”

This young man's name is Sava, he is from the Snake Clan like him, and he is also the younger brother he took in not long after he came to Dawn City.

Hearing what Zaid said, Sava quickly stopped looking around, but the expression on his face was still that nervous.

"But...can't we use other methods? For example, send a letter to formally ask her to talk to her or something."

"You think I haven't tried?"

After asking him a question, Zaid continued calmly.

"And we have no time to wait any longer. The window of time is getting closer and closer. Torn apart by external forces and internal forces, the empire cannot hold on for long. We must obtain the support of the alliance, and if we want to do this, we must The administrator of the alliance must be contacted.”

Ever since he listened to a certain shelter resident's idea and changed the Equality Association into a Family Association, it has really attracted a lot of members and sponsorship funds.

Especially after hearing that the members of the Family Association are all considered to be family members, and that equality, friendship, and mutual help do not differentiate between you and me, many residents of Shelter 404 happily opened their pockets and supported their cause without asking for anything in return.

However, even so, they grew up relying on these "improvised" support, and they were still far behind the federation established by the residents of Golden Gallen Harbor.

The scale of the two is completely different. The latter not only has the support of the residents of Friesport, but also the support of the behemoth Baiyue Company.

Zaid actually wanted to wait patiently. After all, there were some things that couldn't be rushed. He even spent a long time serving tea and water at the morning stall in order to meet a big shot. Naturally, he didn't mind being involved in Dawn City for several months. Hand-Pulled Noodle.

However, a series of things that happened recently made him unable to sit still.

On the one hand, Lacy's performance exceeded his expectations. The Dawn City edition of "Daily Survivor" reported for the first time the results of Mammoth State's recovery.

On the other hand, the imperial court was so stupid that it exceeded his expectations. It made almost all the mistakes it could make and continued to race on the wrong road.

It is unlikely that anyone with sound intelligence would make completely opposite decisions on a series of issues. However, the witch camel miraculously achieved this achievement.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to write a test paper that is all right, but it is also very difficult to write a test paper that is all wrong.

"...Can Ms. Alyssa contact the alliance manager?" Sava looked at Zaid with a puzzled face, still with a trace of unbelievable hesitation on his face.

The latter didn't bother to explain to him. He just looked at the door indifferently and said in a calm tone.

"Whether it works or not, you have to give it a try."

Although he said this, he still had great confidence that this matter could be accomplished.

Like Mr. Rat who wrote "Red Earth", he has also studied the materials of the Great Revolution period of Boulder City, and his research is far more in-depth than the former... At least in his own opinion, there is no doubt that this is .

After all, while the former was still focusing on the cultural level, he had already deeply analyzed the core of the old and new regimes and power changes during the entire period of great change in Boulder City!

It is never an idealist who wins in the end. Those who overthrew the nobles in the inner city are all fine people who have grasped human nature to the extreme.

Especially the woman named Alyssa is not simple at all!

Not only was she the daughter of former Boulder City Bank President Malvern, but she was also a member of the crisis response committee jointly established by the Workers' Association and the Militia!

This committee is incredible.

The top brass of today's local authorities in Boulder City are basically inherited from that committee.

Be it City Hall or Militia!

Being able to survive the change of old and new power and preserve herself and the family behind her is a testament to this woman's skill!

not only that--

He also learned that during the crisis committee period, this Ms. Alyssa also presided over the asset liquidation of the inner city nobles and the bankruptcy reorganization of the Boulder City Bank!

This was a wonderful move, and it was also the part that made him praise the most.

After doing these things, she has completely separated from the past! From now on, her political opponents will no longer be able to use her background to criticize her!

Even the stain on her body will become a shining medal!

Whether she completed this matter beautifully or successfully gained the trust of other members of the Crisis Committee, taking this job into her own hands was enough to prove her skill and depth!

On the surface, she lost all her property, but in fact, she gained something closer to the essence——

That is power!

Even if she finally chooses to fade away from the core level of power in Boulder City after everything is over, in Zaid's view, this is more like retreating in order to advance.

Going to the highest university in the Alliance to further her studies will add a brand of the Alliance to her body, and she will also have a more aura than her colleagues on the Crisis Committee.

If she takes a step forward in the future, it will be from the core of power in the small pond of Boulder City to the core of power in the entire alliance.

And even if she takes a step back, she can easily stand above her former colleagues by virtue of her brand of alliance and her achievements during the great changes in Boulder City!

Not to mention that she still has a powerful relationship with the alliance manager!

That was a piece of gossip that Zaid heard by chance. He heard that Alyssa often exchanged letters with the managers of the alliance.

Although this news is not reliable, it is just a show off when a drunkard in the Boulder City tavern drank too much, but judging from the reaction of others laughing together, it might be true.

And if this is the case... then the future of Ms. Alyssa is even more difficult to underestimate!

Zaid didn't quite understand the power structure of the alliance and could only understand it by referring to the imperial court.

He tried to imagine that if he were the emperor of the empire, he would definitely not reject such a queen who was very capable and could bring enough resources to the royal family.

As long as the lady is not too old and has even missed the age of childbearing.

Thinking of this, a smile of victory gradually appeared on Zaid's face.

The only thing he needs to think about now is how to prove to this Ms. Alyssa that he is worthy of her investment.

If we can hug the future queen of the alliance, it will be of great benefit not only to his family, but also to the new country that the family will establish in Borneo Province in the future!

Just when Zaid was thinking this, the person he was longing for finally appeared at the entrance of the arena.

However, the moment he confirmed that the figure was Alyssa, he was stunned and froze on the spot, with his mouth open and unable to say a word.

She looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, completely subverting the image of the scheming and unfathomable queen in his mind.

This guy……

Is it that Alyssa?

Could there be something wrong? !

All assumptions were disrupted, and Zaid looked at her in confusion until the latter followed the arena staff and walked closer.

Looking at the strange man in front of her and the timid follower behind him, Alyssa had a hint of displeasure on her face, and her two beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

This kind of conversation that started with deception had already reduced her first impression of this guy to zero points.

"I don't know you, and I don't remember anyone here with the same name as me."

"I need an explanation."