Walking along the track detected by No. 0, we encountered four extremely hidden trip mines, which were placed on the ground where there were footprints.
At the same time, the closer you get to the center, the more miscellaneous traps there are.
Potato mines triggered by pedaling, induction mines hanging overhead, and even primitive pedal spike arrays.
Number Zero continuously reported detection results and gave the opponent's approximate location.
A round manhole cover is about 80 centimeters in diameter.
All the footsteps gathered here and then disappeared. It seemed that they were going down here.
"In the sewers?"
This group of aborigines are much better defensively than those on the fifth floor.
Even the detection capabilities of No. 0 have been limited, repeatedly prompting that the signal has received strong interference.
Of course, it is also possible that the blue-purple slime mold is growing more luxuriantly underground, crowding out the living space of a large number of other organisms. Once they are spread out, even if some signals can be sent out, they will be absorbed when they come back.
, unable to return valid information.
As time slowly extended, signal waves scattered outward.
About four or five minutes later, No. 0's energy source started to alarm again, and the power accumulated at 2.98% during the day plummeted to 0.1% again.
It was only then that his voice came in, and he barely projected a calculated picture in front of his eyes.
"Master, after comprehensive calculations of all the returns, we came up with a rough model of the building under the manhole cover."
"Because there are a lot of slime molds attached to the walls of the building, you can't continue to explore inside unless you can go deep below."
in the screen.
When the manhole cover went vertically downward for about fifteen meters, it turned into a steep slope.
Go down the steep slope until you reach the gate.
etc?
door?
Looking at the funnel-shaped downward channel, it is connected to a square architectural model.
Sumo's eyes widened, and he instantly matched the identity of this group of people with one of the forces that Delang told them about.
Free State!
The most difficult gopher guy in Qinggang City.
This is the only force that existed widely before the war.
As early as in peaceful times, they did not believe that humans could develop controlled intelligent life, and had a strong sense of crisis, fearing that an army of machines would gather to destroy the world.
At the same time, I don’t believe that those rebels who are calling for a return to the era of human control can completely reverse the scientific and technological trend that mankind has developed for more than two hundred years.
Joining the Free State means that these people believe that the final war will definitely come.
Whether it's a factional fight between two parties, or intelligent life going berserk, or even the disasters that may result from those leaving through the singularity of time and space.
They began building underground bunker shelters that could withstand nuclear disasters before the war, and stockpiled a large amount of critical supplies to survive difficult times.
They rarely recruit ordinary people who know nothing. Those who can join them either have a certain technology or are scientists who do not believe in artificial intelligence.
Naturally, this choice makes the gopher guys less effective in head-on conflicts. Basically, they suffer when forces of the same size collide. However, for a long time, there has never been a group of people who dared to defeat each other without being able to crush them.
Provoke.
Without him, let’s use the original words of Wild Wolf to explain.
Gophers hold grudges the most!
As long as you make trouble and are targeted by them, you will face endless attacks.
The large number of pre-war weapons they keep in their hands will give any force a headache, so that even if they suffer losses for a long time, no one dares to provoke these people.
If not for the passage of time, those supplies began to be consumed, and the Gophers themselves did not have the ambitions of other forces, and only wanted to live a peaceful life and restore civilization.
Otherwise, it would not be difficult for them to unite and unify the entire Qinggang City.
"Fortunately, I didn't walk in rashly just now and stepped on their trap."
"It's troublesome to be targeted by this group of people."
Sumo moved back and stared at the manhole cover, his eyes becoming serious.
If they were gopher guys from the Free State, it wouldn't be unusual for them to have cotton in their hands.
Some large Free State strongholds and even large industrial facilities that were preserved before the war can work as long as they are plugged in.
In addition, their bunker shelter was built with pre-war technology and tools. There is no doubt that it is sturdy and functionally much stronger than all underground shelters in the wasteland.
It is very likely that they have established a large planting base underground.
Even if you surround this group of people for a while, you can still be self-sufficient and just be a tortoise.
"It seems like we need to save more power."
In any case, without the support of Zero, the underground would definitely be impossible to explore.
Sumo sighed, turned around and left reluctantly.
"It would be great if the genes of one of these gopher guys could be collected, or the signal of the virtual reality could be deployed."
By collecting the opponent's genes and putting them into the mark according to the way the Demon Soul Clan makes templates, they can achieve perfect disguise and easily blend into the interior for exploration. And the signals of the virtual reality are arranged to directly make the human beings in this place
Paralysis, complete loss of defense.
However, the former needs to catch a person quietly without attracting attention, while the latter needs to invent a signal penetration capability stronger than Zero to break through the signal blockage of those slime molds.
The difficulty of both methods is not small.
But fortunately, the other party has not discovered that he has been exposed so far, and he still has some time to plan.
"Director, you are back. Have you seen where that group of people is stationed?" Looking at the black figure appearing in the ruins, Feng Long breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked up and asked.
"A bunch of gopher guys, underground."
"From the Free State?"
"Well, this matter needs to be considered in the long run. Right now, we don't have the means to quietly break into their area and explore, even if they have some supplies that we urgently need."
Now Sumo finally felt the same mentality that the gangsters had when they first traveled to the wasteland when they faced the solid underground shelter.
Hiding underneath is really safe, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"The only thing we are lucky about now is that this group of people is not like those damn looters."
"At least they have some rules and don't actively provoke others."
The plan to explore the western suburbs of Qinggang City was temporarily put on hold after Zero ran out of energy and went down.
With some of the harvest they had collected today, the group made a big detour and then returned to the territory from another place.
A few days before their arrival, these aborigines had not noticed that there was suddenly a fertile open space around them. They did not receive the threat of nuclear radiation, nor were they invaded by a large number of mutant creatures.
But paper cannot contain fire, and the territory will be discovered before long.
By then, the conflicts between the two sides will definitely increase, and they must obtain cotton as soon as possible to promote the completion of the bullet production line.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon.
After circling the territory, Sumo led the Longming team back to the military camp near the village.
A rather lucky news.
To the west of the territory, where it borders the Demon Soul Clan, there is indeed a lush forest with a large number of virgin trees waiting to be felled. Looking at the scale, as long as this transportation line can be opened in a short time, there will definitely be no shortage of high-quality wood.
Fanatic construction apprentices will rush in with the tools in their hands and gain exponentially more experience.
It is enough to foresee that before the woods are completely cut down, this place will be a treasured leveling place exclusively for construction apprentices.
The terrain in the northern part of the territory, the buffer zone bordering the dwarves, has undergone earth-shaking changes.
A large circular pit appeared on the ground, with many charred ruins remaining inside.
For fear of encountering danger, Sumo did not dare to go in depth to investigate.
But I didn't see the disgusting blue-purple slime mold, which basically confirmed that these ruins should not come from the Blue Star of the Butterfly Universe. There should be no need to worry about threats from this direction in the short term.
As for the southern part of the territory, it is the buffer zone adjacent to the thousands of miles of mountains.
This place is still wrapped in a large amount of gray-white fog, which has no intention of coming soon.
Unable to guess what the game was about, Sumo was not in a hurry and just chose to ignore it.
"The bryophyte that you are talking about that can absorb signals is this thing in the bottle?" Lu Kuan hurried over from the research institute and saw the glass bottle in Sumo's hand from a distance.
Some scraped black and purple moss was placed inside and was squirming slightly along the wall of the bottle.
Unlike ordinary moss, this thing is alive at first glance.
Its interior has broken away from the basic structure of moss, and began to extend into a brand new unknown biological system under the cultivation of radiation and special environment.
I don’t know if the source has not been completely eliminated. After obtaining the ownership of the moss, the system cannot scan the attributes.
In order to find a way to deal with this thing as soon as possible, we can only let Lu Kuan and others try to study it first.
"You can take it back and test it. Don't feel bad. We have plenty of this stuff."
"In Qinggang City on the east side of the territory, this thing has covered almost every high-rise building. It's so difficult to deal with."
Lu Kuan took it, shook it in his hand, and took out a small instrument from his pocket.
Press it and the signal wave is emitted.
"Hey, can it really be absorbed?"
A curious expression appeared on Lu Kuan's face. This was the first time he saw a plant that could absorb signals.
"If this thing can be used in individual combat, rather than being attached to a vehicle, it will be a natural shield. It can completely allow fighter planes or tanks to break through the detection of radar waves and become a stealth killer."
With this moss, why should we study invisible coatings?
With such a powerful signal absorption ability, as long as its structural principle can be cracked, it is simply invincible.
However, Sumo, who was standing next to him, reacted immediately.
"No wonder, they should have proactively added moss prevention monitoring to their building."
Lu Kuan looked over in confusion, not understanding the meaning of this sentence.
However, Feng Long next to him was very discerning and quickly stepped forward to explain:
"We found a group of gopher guys from the Free State in Qinggang City. We followed the traces they left and found out that their base was built underground, with the entrance and exit just a small manhole cover."
"The signal is blocked and we can't detect what's going on inside."
Sumo nodded.
"That's pretty much it, but I still got some basic information."
"Don't worry, leave it to me. No, just leave it to Zhuo Junfan." Lu Kuan said, "He keeps nagging in the virtual reality every day. Now he finally found a good job for this guy."
"Okay, leave the task of researching this thing to him. You can tell me that if you can research and decipher the principles inside, the reward will be."
Raising his hand, Somo shook the demon soul clan mark on his arm.
Lu Kuan was slightly stunned, but then he laughed, with a "sinister" curve in the corner of his mouth.
"Don't worry, I understand."
evening.
The night market in the village was a few minutes earlier than yesterday.
Almost immediately after six o'clock in the afternoon, those food stalls that had tasted the sweetness started to set up shop, emitting a scent that made people greedy and panicked.
After a night of "difficult choices", Ma Haoge finally launched a must-have star product for every ramen shop in order to keep up with market updates and maintain his competitiveness.
beef ramen!
The price is 15 iron coins!
"I swear, this ramen is definitely the most delicious noodle I have ever eaten in the wasteland. No, even on Earth, this is the most delicious noodle I have ever tasted!"
"It's really delicious. This soup is so delicious. I wasn't late yesterday and I was so hungry that I couldn't fall asleep after just one bowl!"
"Beef ramen is worth half a crossbow. What kind of rich man can afford this?"
"Boss, give me a bowl of vegetarian ramen and add more soup. I like soup!"
"Brother in front of me, how about we join forces? I just like to eat noodles and don't like to drink soup~"
"roll!"
"Speaking of which, is it really that delicious?"
It was not yet the busiest time of the night market, but there were only a lot more people gathering in front of the stalls than yesterday.
After walking to the front of the queue and staring at the menu for a few moments, Somo took out two copper coins from his pocket.
"Bring me a bowl of beef ramen."
"Okay, thank you! Lord, you are here again!"
Hearing that someone was willing to order the stall's sign so early, Ma Haoge raised his head excitedly.
The next second, he became even more excited when he realized it was the lord again.
"Sit down quickly and I'll feed you some."
After being asked to sit down, Ma Haoge returned to the chopping board, his whole body trembling.
Compared to making money, the temptation to upgrade is undoubtedly greater!
He didn't forget the pleasure he felt after finishing yesterday's bowl of noodles.
But it was a pity that until the noodles topped with beef slices were served to Somo, the prompt to complete the hidden task did not pop up again.
"Hey guys, beef ramen has so much beef, it looks like a good deal?"
"That's right, it would cost a lot of money to buy so much meat from the logistics office, right?"
"Would you like a bowl, let's share a portion of the beef?"
"I think it works, I'll give you five iron coins!"
After looking at the portion of the first bowl of beef noodles, many people who were still waiting in line couldn't help but want to make a move.
After waiting until Somo had eaten and left, these people hurriedly followed up after discussing it.
"Boss Ma, a bowl of noodles, beef ramen."
"okay."
Ma Haoge chuckled and glanced at the expectant faces of these people.
Snapped.
A bowl of noodles was placed on the table.
"Grass? Why are there only three pieces? And they are cut so thin!"
"That's right, I just saw that the lord's bowl of noodles was full of meat!"
"You are a fool, right? I'm going to complain to the village chief about you!"
Looking at the beef that was only enough for one person, the people behind who were still planning a joint venture suddenly trembled.
Good guy!
The feeling of being controlled by a ramen shop is back!
This piece of meat is as thin as a cicada's wings, leaving no doubt that it can be blown away by the wind.
"Go away, that's the lord, are you fucking the lord?"
"Besides, if anyone can help me upgrade, anyone who comes to my place to eat noodles will be free of charge!"
Picking up the rolling pin on the chopping board, Ma Haoge smashed it lightly, and the meaning was self-evident.
"But."
"Forget it, since you are the second bowl, I will give you an extra slice."
Then he took out a piece of meat from the small bowl at the back.
The scene became three people divided into four parts.
The three people who had just said they were going to complain suddenly got into a fight and went to the side with their bowls in hand to argue.
Looking at these people, his eyes scanned the back of the figure walking to the stall next to him.
Ma Haoge couldn't help but shake his head, feeling extremely regretful.
Ramen without meat is like rice roll without soy sauce.
However, it is too difficult to spread the breeding industry due to frequent natural disasters in the wasteland, and there is simply no such long growth time to form a large scale.
"Hey, it would be great if we could get something like plant-based meat that can replace beef."
He sighed softly, held the Tianyuan coins in his pocket, and some new thoughts came to his mind.
This chapter has been completed!