In the southern part of Linhu Wetland Park, a plane spraying light blue arcs of fire flew over the abandoned urban area in the northern suburbs.
I noticed the situation in the sky early.
Liu Ding, the deputy captain of the guard wearing an exoskeleton, led five fully armed players and greeted them from the south gate of the park.
In addition to these 5 players, there are more than 10 players led by another guard and ambushed in the forest not far from the south entrance of the Wetland Park.
Once something unexpected happens, both sides will support each other, pouring firepower from both distance and close range at the same time. With so many guns, it is more than enough to suppress a landing aircraft.
However, it seems that the other party has no intention of fighting?
After the plane stopped, three people jumped out.
Two of them wore exoskeletons and held X-2 drone assault rifles in their hands. They looked like armed guards or bodyguards.
The man standing in the middle was unarmed and only wore a whitened brown leather jacket. He raised his hands to show that he meant no harm and walked towards the guards and players with a smile on his face.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just a postman with a message. I want to meet your lord...or does he have another name?"
"You can call him the manager."
Holding a 'Sickle' assault rifle in his hand, Liu Ding narrowed his eyes slightly, and while staring at the man, he used his peripheral vision to alert the two bodyguards standing next to the man.
"Tell me why you're here."
"I told you, I'm here to bring a message... By the way, your gun looks good. Where did you buy it?"
Seeing that the man in the exoskeleton was getting more and more ugly, the man who claimed to be the postman finally stopped his serious expression, coughed and said.
"Okay, no kidding, my employer wants to buy something from you... It's about as high as my knees, it's a black box, and it was previously placed in the Vault 117 manager's office.
If you agree, my employer is willing to pay fifty thousand chips——"
Before the words could even be finished, the sound coming from the loudspeaker came from afar.
"Before I change my mind, you'd better get out of there."
Chu Guang, wearing power armor and carrying a Gauss rifle on his shoulder, walked out of the south gate of Linghu Wetland Park.
Seeing his dark blue armor, the postman did not feel any nervousness or surprise. On the contrary, the two bodyguards beside him showed nervous expressions and stood ready.
Gauss rifle!
With the penetrating power of this thing, as long as the position is correct, it is enough to bring down the aircraft!
Not to mention the power armor he was wearing, bullets and fragmentation weapons hitting his breastplate were like scratching an itch.
"Fifty thousand chips is already a lot... Okay, let me go. Guys, withdraw, our trip was in vain."
The man who called himself the postman originally wanted to make a last-ditch effort, but he seemed to sense a dangerous aura from Chu Guang and immediately gave up the plan.
Chu Guang did not stop him.
Because his intuition told Chu Guang that this plane should have been rented by this person - or the boss behind this person. It would be very troublesome if he really shot it down.
Boulder City on the edge of the Third Ring Road has not taken him seriously yet. Perhaps in the eyes of those people, the survivor force of hundreds or thousands of people is just a small fight. They want industry but no industry, and they want commerce but no commerce.
, like a rotten stone on the side of the road, no different in essence from the Bloody Hand clan that used to live near the elevated highway out of the city in the northern suburbs.
The neighbors were not interested in him, so Chu Guang naturally had no intention of provoking those people out of trouble.
The location of Shelter No. 404 is very awkward. It is stuck near the elevated highway out of the city in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. There is very little room for development.
There are already enough troubles from the north, and provoking people from the south will put him in a two-front war situation.
After returning to the plane with his bodyguard, the man standing next to the cabin door raised his voice and spoke in a tone that was 70% serious and 30% joking.
"Dear King of the Northern Suburbs, my master - an insignificant armed broker, let me give you a piece of advice."
Chu Guang looked at him.
"explain."
The man smiled and continued.
"You are very powerful. I heard that you have even intervened in the dispute between the legion and the enterprise. A hero like you should arm-wrestle with a big shot like the Lord of Boulder City. Being an enemy of you is really beyond the scope of our business."
"My master said, if you plan to keep that box, then we have no choice but to give up this commission... I believe that no blind mercenary would dare to come here to disturb you for hundreds or even thousands of chips. This
It’s just asking for trouble.”
When he said this, the man's conversation suddenly changed.
"However, the boss who entrusted us to recycle the box is not that easy to deal with. Even a big shot like the city lord has to weigh the consequences of offending him. If that person is willing to use 50,000 chips to buy the black box in your hand
, I believe that the value of that thing in his heart must be far more than 50,000 chips."
"100,000? Or 200,000? No matter how much it is, he will definitely not give up. Maybe when this winter passes, he will come and get it himself. If I were you, I would definitely not want to keep this hot potato in my hands.
.But I am just a small person after all, maybe you have other plans?"
"If you plan to change your mind, you can come to the Pirate's Bay Tavern in Boulder City. You are a strong man worthy of respect. If there is a chance, my master would like to buy you a drink."
"His name is White Shark, by the way...although you no doubt already know that."
The aircraft that took off and landed vertically slowly increased its altitude and returned towards Boulder City in the south.
Watching the plane fly away, Chu Guang chuckled.
Fifty thousand chips?
hehe.
I can earn dozens of coins by picking up trash for five months, and I'm still exploited by the old leech.
Yin Fang is studying how to use that thing to make implantable prosthetic equipment, and his little player is still waiting to use that thing to become stronger.
Want to take it from yourself?
Trade your life for it!
However, in the end, the man who claimed to be the postman did not say who wanted the black box.
At this moment, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly.
"Is it... a torch?"
Those survivors who took away many black boxes from Vault 117!
It seems that they have been doing well in recent years, relying on the black technology props produced in black boxes, and they have become a big shot in the wasteland.
However, Chu Guang didn't panic at all. Those black boxes were filled with bionic organs and implanted prosthetics, and they were not weapons of mass destruction.
If they really come to your door, that's great.
It's better to save yourself the trouble of finding them yourself.
Watching the plane disappear into the horizon, Liu Ding put away the rifle in his hand, walked to Chu Guang's side, and said seriously.
"Sir, their planes are too arrogant. We lack effective air defense means. It will be very dangerous if this continues."
"I know."
The lack of anti-aircraft weapons is indeed a problem.
When the people from Boulder City went to negotiate with the Pioneer, the plane parked obediently a few kilometers away. But when it arrived, it flew directly to their doorstep.
Chu Guang thought for a moment, then stretched out his right hand and tapped the side of the power armor helmet.
The orange visualization window is projected on the helmet's tactical eyepiece.
The power armor has a built-in vital sign monitor, which is similar in function to the VM. Data interoperability is not difficult. Programs that can run on the VM can naturally run here.
With his index finger tapping a few times in the air, Chu Guang quickly edited a task and posted it in the "Weapon Production" task section of the public channel.
The players who will accept missions here are the toughest guys in the server.
Take a good look at Liu Ding, this is how players use it!
[Mission: Air Threat]
[Introduction: The deputy captain of the outpost guard seems a little troubled, please go and talk to him. 】
[Liu Ding, deputy captain of the guard: The opponent's planes are flying freely above our heads. We need an anti-aircraft weapon that can shoot them down when necessary! Or at least drive them away before they drop bombs!
】
[Reward: 500 silver, 500 contribution.]
Done!
After finishing, Chu Guang looked at Liu Ding and said.
"In two days, someone will come to you with some strange things. To see which one is cheap and easy to use, just check it on the VM's task page."
Liu Ding was stunned for a moment.
Although I didn't quite understand, I still nodded.
"Okay...sir."
…
At the same time, the outpost.
Seeing that the manager of Vault 404 had gone out for a long time and hadn't come back, Heya, who was restless, walked out of the reception room.
When she walked to the entrance of the main building of the sanatorium, the players who happened to be passing by saw her in a blue coat, and their faces suddenly showed the expression of discovering a new world.
"White hair!!"
"Oh my god! This game also allows you to customize your hair color?"
"Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Little sister! What's your nickname?"
Heya looked confused and didn't understand what the residents of the shelter were saying.
More and more players gathered here, and soon someone discovered that although she was wearing a blue coat, she was not a player.
If this confused expression was faked, then the acting would be great!
"She doesn't seem to understand what we are saying, nor can she understand our jokes."
"You don't look too smart...is this a new NPC?"
"But she's wearing a blue coat..."
"Isn't this strange? It's not just players who have blue jackets. There are also a few in the maintenance room of Vault 117, right? It's just that we never seem to meet people from other shelters."
This sentence has been recognized by many players.
Indeed, the game never said that the blue coat is the exclusive property of the player, but the player plays the role of a resident of the shelter.
At this moment, a young player who had just been doing a mission in Shelter 117 came over.
"I know! She is an NPC picked up by Crow Crow and Teng Teng! She is in the hidden room of Vault 117!"
Hearing this sentence, the surrounding crowd suddenly made a surprised sound.
"What the hell?! The hidden room has been found?!"
“And he’s still the crow boss!”
"Damn it, it's unfair! The tail almost scraped off the wall and I didn't even find it!"
"If you don't understand, just ask, is it because there are mushrooms growing in the room?"
"You guys, don't underestimate Boss Crow. She is the first player in the server to be killed by a monster and trigger a punishment mission. She is so funny."
"I don't care about the hidden rooms, I just want to know where to pick up the white-haired NPC of the same style?"
"plus one!"
Surrounded by this group of hospitable shelter residents, the confusion on Heya's face gradually turned into bewilderment, and then from bewilderment to fear, and she didn't know what to do.
At this time, a powered armor came over from the direction of the south entrance, and a loud voice floated out of the speaker.
"Spread out, don't scare people."
"Let me introduce, this is the new doctor of bioengineering in our shelter. She will officially take up the post starting tomorrow... Miss Heya, please come with me."
Heya nodded quickly and hid behind Chu Guang.
After giving a yellow card warning to several excited little players, Chu Guang took her to the elevator and pressed the down button.
Looking at the closed elevator door, Heya finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with lingering fear.
"Are they all residents of Vault 404?"
After taking off his mask, Chu Guang moved his neck and said casually.
"My 'players' are a little enthusiastic, please don't show me... By the way, 'wanjia' means residents, specifically the residents of the shelter."
"Why can't I understand what they say at all? Are you not using Renlianyu?"
It was the same thing when I was in the emergency room before.
Heya couldn't understand at all what the two ladies who woke her up from the dormant cabin were saying.
However, Chu Guang did not intend to discuss this issue in depth with her.
"The People's League has disappeared for more than 200 years. Is it strange that other languages have evolved? But I can speak both languages, so don't worry."
Heya silently recited the strange pronunciation of "wanjia" several times and silently memorized the word.
Leaving the power armor in the maintenance room, Chu Guang took her through the two gates of the buffer room and went straight to the B2 floor, where there were a hundred empty rooms in Area B.
I just found a room.
After assigning permissions to her VM, Chu Guang looked at her and continued.
"This will be your new home from now on. I will send the instructions for using the facilities and the "Vault 404 Resident Manual" to your VM. From tomorrow on, you will be a bioengineering expert, and I will arrange some for you.
Things to do.”
Heya took a look inside the room and found that there was only a single bed and a table, and the area was simply smaller than the confinement room in Vault 117.
"Your room... is so compact. Have you always lived in a place like this?"
This was not the first time that Chu Guang heard someone complain about how poor his shelter was, so he didn't take it to heart at all.
"Yes, but our spiritual world is very rich, and those players...well, they will go to other places for activities when they sleep."
"In the early days of starting a business, conditions are relatively difficult, but they will get better in the future. I hope you can overcome them."
What is entrepreneurship?
Although she had only slept for twenty years, Heya felt as if she had been separated from another world.
Is the generation gap between shelters and sanctuaries that big?
There are words and concepts that I don’t understand...
After settling Heya, Chu Guang returned to the central square on the B2 floor.
Just when he was about to go to the newly unlocked B3 floor to see what the first generation manager had left for him there, he found Boss Xia waiting at the elevator door with Xiao Qi in his arms.
Seeing Chu Guang as well, Xiao Qi called out from afar.
"Owner!"
Chu Guang glanced at Xia Yan and Xiao Qi in her arms, and asked with a strange expression.
"Why did you take Xiaoqi down?"
"It asked me to take it down... By the way, who is that white-haired woman?" After placing Xiao Qi on the ground, Xia Yan glanced behind Chu Guang and found that she was no longer here.
.
Chu Guang said casually.
"She was the only resident of Vault 117, so my players brought her back."
"Ouch." Xia Yan nodded in understanding, and whispered with a slightly hesitant expression, "But... is it really okay to just let her move in? What if she is a bad person?"
Chu Guang said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Xiaoqi will keep an eye on her 24 hours a day. If there is any unusual behavior, I will know it as soon as possible."
Xiao Qi said in a rather helpless tone: "Although this is indeed true, Xiao Qi still doesn't recommend that the master brings in some people of unknown origin, especially the guy with a machine in his right hand. I always feel the way he looks at me
It’s so scary.”
Is there such a thing?!
"It is precisely because I am worried that I have to put them under my nose... Is the guy with the machine in his right hand you are talking about Yin Fang? I will ask him to pay attention."
After a pause, Chu Guang continued.
"Let's not talk about it for now. I still have some things to deal with. Since you are here too, let's come together."
Xia Yan was stunned for a moment: "Together? What together..."
Chu Guang's lips curled up into a faint smile.
“Go and take a look at our B3 floor.”
With that said, he walked into the elevator and lightly swiped his index finger on the touch screen, and soon the words "B3 Floor Permission Unlocked" appeared on it.
Xiao Qi, who was following Chu Guang's calf, made a sound of surprise.
"Wow, Master, have you obtained the B3 level permission?"
Chu Guang nodded.
"Well, I just got it."
The elevator door closed and then sank slightly.
When the door opened again, the dry and fresh air immediately hit his face, just like when Chu Guang first stepped into the B2 floor.
"It always feels like this place has just been cleaned..." Xia Yan looked around, followed Chu Guang's footsteps and walked out of the elevator.
The layout here is exactly the same as the B2 floor. Whether it is the four circular sector-shaped partitions and the elevator tower in the center of the square, or the total 600 rooms, as well as the public canteen and health facilities in Area A.
Even the passage between Area A and Area B is exactly the same!
His eyes fell on the passage, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly, and he looked at the floor plan printed next to the elevator.
From the plan, you can see that behind the passage is a rectangular space and four rectangular areas of different sizes divided by partitions.
This seems to be the "ribbon".
"Power room, planting area, medical laboratory, warehouse...and buffer room? Wait, why is there a buffer room behind the warehouse?" A trace of surprise appeared on Chu Guang's face.
The buffer room is a special structure used to balance the air pressure inside and outside the shelter. It includes two gates and a corridor with an air shower function. It can remove dust and most harmful substances from clothes. If necessary, it can spray acid for disinfection. disinfect.
This kind of facility is usually located at the entrance of the shelter, appearing on the B3 floor?
Xiao Qi, who was following Chu Guang, raised her camera, her voice also full of doubts.
"Maybe... there is more than one entrance to Vault 404?"
Chu Guang touched his chin and thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Xia Yan looked at him and said slightly nervously.
"Want to go over and have a look?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I come down here?"
However, before that, Chu Guang still had something to do.
With that said, Chu Guang opened the VM worn on his arm and retrieved the pre-edited documents.
[Alpha0.9 version update announcement]
"Alpha0.9 Version Developer Diary"
One click and two clicks to send!
Upload completed!
After finishing this matter, Chu Guang then looked at Xiao Qi.
"Xiaoqi, synchronize it to the official website for me."
The signal light above his head flickered slightly, and Xiao Qi said enthusiastically.
"Okay! Master!"
Two people and one machine walked towards the depths of the B3 floor.
Almost at the same time, the official website of "Wasteland OL" located in another world instantly went viral with the release of the update announcement!