Chapter 261 Hunter Guild! And Teng Teng’s artwork!
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ID:Chu Guang
Gene Sequence: Manager (Phase 2)
Level:LV.17→LV.18
Basic properties
Strength:17
Agility:12→13
Constitution: 16
Perception:13→14
Intelligence:15
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Infirmary on the B3 floor.
Chu Guang, who was sitting next to the scanning bed, saw his upgraded attribute panel through the tablet handed over by Heya.
What surprised him was that this upgrade actually added two attribute points.
"...It's unbelievable. Your DNA is even more magical than I imagined. Is Vault 404 the gene bank of the Human League? How much improved DNA do you have in reserve?"
Sitting on the chair opposite him, Heya had an expression of disbelief on her face and had been chattering about her amazing discovery since just now.
However, Chu Guang, who was a complete layman, couldn't understand it at all.
"have no idea."
"I don't know??" Heya looked at him in surprise, "Didn't the previous director of the shelter tell you the nature of this shelter when he handed over the authority?"
"The old Riddler only told me that this is the last hope for human civilization."
Chu Guang couldn't remember whether he had read this sentence on the note. Since he often compiled the stories and background settings of People's League on the official website, he would occasionally get confused himself as to which ones had happened in this world.
Things that you use to improve your "world view".
But does it matter?
Not very important.
He is a pragmatist, as long as it is useful.
As for the secrets hidden in this shelter and what happened two hundred years ago, Chu Guang admitted that he was curious, but he also clearly understood that this was not his first priority.
After zipping up his coat, Chu Guang stood up from the scanning bed.
"I have to tell you some bad news. I learned through my authority that the concentration of spores in the air in the northern suburbs is rising, and something very bad may happen within two weeks at the latest."
Heya's expression gradually became serious.
"About this, I actually have something I want to report to you."
"whats the matter?"
"While your residents were exploring the tunnel, they discovered a strange phenomenon..." Heya casually took a tablet and slid her index finger gently on the screen.
Soon, a 15-second video appeared on the tablet in Chu Guang's hand.
It was a flesh-red room.
At first, Chu Guang thought that the mucus on the wall and floor was just blood and flesh, but after zooming in, he found that things were completely opposite to what he imagined.
Layers of tiny flesh-red cilia are evenly attached to the concrete structure, and clusters of flesh-red fruit bodies the size of refrigerators are attached to the wall, gently beating like breathing.
Players' voices can also be heard in the video.
"Shet...what the hell is this?"
"Maybe it's Shet from the slime mold."
"Not necessarily... I feel a bit like a trap. Look at the cilia, they look like tentacles, but they are a bit shorter."
"Where's the captain? Hurry up and take a picture. Posting it on the forum will definitely go viral!"
"More shots, more shots!"
Chu Guang frowned slightly and looked at Heya.
"This is?"
"The carpet formed by mutant slime mold," Heya said seriously with her arms folded across her chest, "According to my research, the mutant slime mold attached to objects all appear in three types: black, brown, and black and green.
The color appears in the form of plaque."
"However, when the thickness exceeds 2mm, a fourth form will emerge... which is what you see now."
Chu Guang: "I mean what effect does it have."
Heya: "Hatch the fruiting body."
Chu Guang's expression was slightly solemn.
"In other words, those nibblers all ran away from this kind of house?"
He has heard of it.
In addition to the mother nest, there are also things called "incubation rooms" distributed in many places in the city, which produce spores in batches and simulate the environment of the mother nest to breed fruiting bodies. Although the efficiency is far less than that of the mother nest, when this kind of
And this is also the reason why you can’t kill all the slime mold mutants no matter how hard you kill them.
"Not just the gnawers, but also the crawlers, bombers, tyrants, etc. you discovered...theoretically it is possible to be produced by this kind of thing."
"When I researched the ingredients of the carpet, I found that in most cases, the fourth form of slime mold is highly self-limiting. Usually, after filling a room, it will stop expanding and instead increase in number.
The thickness of the creep and the number of incubation units.”
"However, under certain circumstances, this self-limitation will be lifted."
Chu Guang asked immediately.
“What does this particular situation refer to?”
"I don't know," Heya shook her head, "Maybe the environmental conditions are met, or maybe when it thinks it is necessary to expand the population, the fungus will recycle some of the fruiting bodies that were previously released for hunting, and quickly expand them in a short period of time.
Expand the carpet area, completely engulf the original environment, and form a larger incubation room... At this time, their color will turn into dark red."
Chu Guang's Adam's apple moved.
"...the Brood."
Heya nodded.
"I think so too."
The rising concentration of spores in the air is one of the important indicators for monitoring the "wave".
However, what Chu Guang didn't understand was why the first-generation managers knew this.
Isn’t mutant slime mold something that was only formed after the Wasteland Era?
According to the initial information Chu Guang obtained, this shelter had been sealed for more than a century. The mutant slime mold seemed to have only begun to spread after the Little Ice Age at the beginning of the Wasteland Era.
Until his death, the first-generation manager probably never left this shelter, and this is why that person chose to pass on his responsibilities and research results to the next successor.
Or……
Was there mutated slime mold in the pre-war era?
Or this mutant slime mold itself is some kind of doomsday weapon.
Not knowing what Chu Guang was thinking at this moment, Heya said softly with a hint of worry in her eyes.
"The urban environment is too friendly to slime mold. Concrete has strong thermal insulation properties. With sufficient nutrients, sewers, subways, abandoned buildings... these facilities are simply natural petri dishes. They are probably more suitable than plants.
This city, and that's probably the real cause of the wave."
"Sometimes the more I study, the more powerless I feel... Maybe, as Mr. Severn said, this planet may be hopeless. The only thing we can do is to preserve the achievements of previous civilizations and combine them with stories about us.
Carve it on the tombstone and leave it to its next successor."
Severn is the manager of Vault 117.
It can be seen that as a "grave guard", she has great respect for the firm and kind manager.
However, Chu Guang disagreed with her statement.
"My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. I don't care about what happens after my death, and I don't really want to think about whether I can be saved or not."
Looking at Heya who looked at him in surprise, Chu Guangyan said concisely.
"But now that I'm alive and standing here."
"Then I have to take care of it."
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The edge of the Fifth Ring Line.
On the messy street, a strong wild boar was shaking its mane and emerged from the broken windows of the shops along the street.
The snow has melted, and buds have sprouted from the cracks in the concrete. Just as it was looking for the delicacies hidden in the soil, a gunshot suddenly sounded in the distance.
Shot in the head, the wild boar fell down and lay motionless on the ground.
"pretty!"
Crouching behind the half-collapsed billboard, Li Gou shook his fist excitedly.
This is his first time going out hunting.
The eldest brother Li Niu had always been the hunter in the family before, but Li Niu joined the factory a few months ago, so he could only do this job.
Yu Hu, who was not far away, took a deep breath, put away the shotgun in his hand, and urged his companions.
"Go and bleed quickly, the meat will become sour if you wait a little longer."
"okay!"
Li Gou excitedly walked to the wild boar with his dagger, and Yu Hu, who carried the shotgun on his back, also followed.
Ever since Brother Chu drove away the old mayor and his family, every household of the hunters has replaced them with cheap and easy-to-use rifles.
Hunting with this thing is much easier than using bows and arrows, javelins and slings.
Especially if you encounter predators, you won't be helpless to fight back.
A few months ago, it would have been unthinkable for them to own a rifle of their own.
"Hiss... this wild boar is quite heavy, I'm afraid it weighs 80 kilograms!"
"let me help you."
The two turned the prey over. Just when Li Gou was about to cut open the prey's artery and bleed it, Yu Hu suddenly frowned.
"Wait a moment."
With that said, Yu Hu reached out and opened the wild boar's ear, only to see a festering scar at the root of the ear.
The scar was very small, only as long as the little finger, and was covered by bristles. It was easy to miss it if you didn't look carefully.
"What is this?" Li Gou asked curiously.
"Marks scratched by gnawers, mild infection..."
Yu Hu used a dagger to turn over the sparse hair behind the wild boar's ears, then used the dagger to open the wild boar's mouth, carefully observed its teeth, and continued muttering.
"It's so rare."
With the gnawer's slow speed, it is basically impossible to catch up with the wild boar.
unless……
Yu Hu swallowed unconsciously.
He had a premonition.
Something bad might be going to happen.
Seeing that his cousin stopped talking, Li Gou thought there was something wrong with the prey and quickly said nervously.
"Then can this prey still be sold?"
"Of course it can. It's just a little skin injury and won't affect its flesh." After studying it for a while, Yu Hu urged, "Hurry up and get to work. Let's go back early today."
Li Gou nodded immediately, stopped talking nonsense, and began to bleed the prey.
After briefly handling the prey, the two tied the wild boar to a wooden stick, each carried a shoulder, and drove nearly ten kilometers to Linghu Wetland Park.
Although the slaughtering stall on Beit Street also accepts prey, the prices offered are far less generous than those offered by the blue coats in the park.
Such a large wild boar can now be sold for one hundred silver coins in the outpost, but at the slaughtering stall on Beit Street, it can only be sold for seventy or eighty gold coins at most.
If he could earn an extra twenty or thirty silver coins and walk an extra five kilometers, it wouldn't be a big deal for him.
…
The time is already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be evening in a little while.
After winter passed, the nights would become more and more dangerous, and the two people on the road unconsciously speeded up their pace.
We followed the cement road through the woods and arrived at the south entrance of the outpost.
When the two of them were about to go in, they saw a row of guards standing in the west wearing black coats and carrying rifles on their backs.
At a rough count, there must be about a hundred people.
A blue power armor also stood there, seemingly inspecting the new recruits.
Yu Hu, who often comes here, naturally recognizes the blue iron ball.
That's the manager's power armor.
"Is this going to be a war?" Li Gou had a surprised expression on his face, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
He is different from his elder brother Li Niu. He wants to be a soldier more than working in a factory.
That black coat and Arbiter rifle are so handsome!
Recently, the Guard has been issued with steel helmets and engineer shovels, which in his opinion is simply a man's dream.
"I don't know..." Yu Hu shook his head and said in a low voice, "I always feel that something big is going to happen."
Didn't disturb Brother Chu's work.
Yu Hu urged Li Gou to stop looking, and the two of them took the wild boar to the warehouse.
The person on duty today is not Zhao Shu, but another young man whose name I don’t know.
Since the settlement was done with silver coins this time, the process was very simple.
After checking that the prey had been bled, the clerk weighed the prey and then placed 7 silver coins and a one hundred dollar bill into Yu Hu's hands.
"Has the price of meat gone up again?" Yu Hu looked at the banknotes and coins in his hand with a surprised expression on his face.
The guy smiled and said: "It has gone up a bit. The price of a pound of wild boar meat on the market has now risen to 6 silver coins. Recently, the manager has raised the closing price and inventory limit of meat trading products. If it weren't for not being able to hunt,
, I almost want to be a hunter."
Of course, although prices have increased a lot, wages have also increased a lot. At first, the daily salary of warehouse managers was only two silver coins. If you wanted to eat meat, you had to save money. Now the daily salary has increased to twelve silver coins, one day.
I can buy one kilogram of meat.
But it was too troublesome to start cooking. In the past, they would save money to buy some meat to grill, but now they simply go to the market at the north gate to spend money.
A three-liang steamed bun costs only one silver coin. Two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk or corn juice can make a full meal. It doesn't cost much in total.
Compared with the wandering life before, every day here is like a fairy day.
Yu Hu and Li Gou discussed it and used the money they had to buy some salt, cloth, soap and other daily necessities, and also replenished some bullets.
After purchasing these things, there were actually 10 coins left.
The two divided the money. After Yu Hu asked Li Gou to take the things back, he went to the bank and found Xiaoyu.
Compared with the little girl who was as thin as a reed stick a few months ago, the little fish today has not only grown taller, but also grown well. There is even a trace of baby fat on her fair cheeks.
Her eyes are the same as before, as clear and lovely as the water of Linghu Lake.
Yu Hu was always worried that his sister would not be able to do such an important job as accounting because she always fried the green wheat pancakes. In his impression, the people who could manage the accounting books were all steady old men like Old Charlie.
But now it seems that my worries are unnecessary.
Although she is not good at making pancakes, she is surprisingly good at arithmetic.
Could it be because the iron pan is too heavy?
Yu Hu suddenly realized this problem and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed on his face.
I didn't realize it at all...
"elder brother?"
Seeing Yu Hu, Yu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up and he immediately stood up from behind the counter.
After the New Year's party, she hasn't seen her brother for a month.
Yu Hu said with a simple smile.
"I'm here to see you on behalf of my parents. How are you doing lately? No one is bullying you, right?"
Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, then shook his head in waves, with a happy smile on his face.
"Xiaoyu is living a good life! Brother Chu and everyone are very good people!"
Although she was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, she is now able to complete this job very skillfully. Everyone is very kind-hearted and takes good care of her.
The only thing that bothered Xiaoyu a little was that someone always secretly put change on the table and ran away. She had to go to Xiaoqi to check the surveillance system to find out who deposited the money.
Especially the big white bear, who is always sneaky when saving money.
Is it because you are too fierce?
Although Brother Chu told him not to worry about it, sometimes Xiaoyu would still feel a little bit guilty.
Seeing his sister's lively and cheerful appearance, Yu Hu showed a relieved smile on his face.
"That's good!"
"Seeing that you are healthy, your brother makes me feel relieved."
Xiaoyu said immediately.
"How are your parents' health? And my eldest brother, I heard that they encountered predators near the Fifth Ring Road the day before yesterday? They were not injured."
Yu Hu smiled and said: "No, no, don't worry, they are all in good health. And your brother's shooting skills are very good. Last time I saw him target shooting, he could hit a can 100 meters away with one shot."
Xiaoyu had no idea about this distance, but he still frowned and said.
"No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can't show off. The guys in the shelter are also very good, but sometimes they still get hurt. And you, second brother, too. Even if you have a gun, you can't go to too dangerous places."
"I know, I know." Yu Hu scratched the back of his head.
It was obvious that he was caring about his sister, but he was educated by the little guy in turn.
How can I, an old hunter like myself, not know where I can go and where I cannot go?
However, it feels good to be cared for.
At this moment, the blue powered armor came over from the west entrance.
Seeing Chu Guang, Yu Hu's eyes lit up and he said hello.
"Brother Chu!"
"Yu Hu?" Chu Guang opened the visor of his helmet, looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile, "How was your harvest today?"
"Hehe, it's not bad. I caught a wild boar weighing more than 80 kilograms and exchanged it for more than a hundred silver coins." Yu Hu smiled shyly, but there was pride in his eyes.
"Not bad!" Chu Guang nodded approvingly, smiled and joked, "It seems that there is roasted wild boar at the barbecue stall today."
Yu Hu smiled, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and spoke immediately.
"By the way, Brother Chu."
Chu Guang: "What's wrong?"
Yu Hu hesitated for a while and then said, "I have to tell you something. When I was hunting today, I felt that the atmosphere in the Fifth Ring Road was a bit unusual."
Chu Guang's heart moved and he asked.
"Did you find anything?"
Yu Hu nodded.
"Recently, alien species seem to be more dangerous than before. The wild boar I shot today was actually scratched by a corpse gnawer... This was almost impossible before."
Chu Guang had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"This is indeed a problem. I have also noticed that the eaters and crawlers in the subway are obviously more aggressive recently than before..."
Listening to the conversation between Brother Chu and Brother Chu, Xiaoyu's eyes were a little worried and he couldn't help but whisper.
"Brother, why don't you find a safer job..."
"It's okay, I don't go out hunting at night," Yu Hu said with a smile, seeing his sister's worry, "Those nibblers go out at night and hide in the house during the day."
Chu Guang suddenly spoke.
"That's hard to say."
Seeing Yu Hu looking over in surprise, Chu Guang continued.
"According to experts in our shelter, there may be a wave in the near future. Even during the day, it may not be very safe."
wave?!
Yu Hu's expression changed slightly.
"The wave... doesn't that only happen in the city center?"
Chu Guang shook his head.
"This statement is not accurate. As long as the conditions are met, the wave can occur anywhere."
Yu Hu swallowed his saliva.
If someone else said this to him, he would definitely treat that person as a fool.
There is Boulder City on the edge of the Third Ring Road, and there is no nest outside the Third Ring Road. Those nibblers are rushing to places with a lot of people. The northern suburbs are vast and sparsely populated, so how can a wave break out?
But this sentence was said by Brother Chu.
In his impression, Brother Chu would never joke about such serious matters.
"By the way, Yu Hu, how have you considered what I told you before?"
Yu Hu was stunned for a moment.
"whats the matter?"
Chu Guang said with a smile.
"When spring comes, come over and help me."
"Yes, of course I do!" Upon hearing this, Yu Hu nodded repeatedly and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "But I know how to hunt... I'm afraid I can't be of much help to you."
"How is that possible?" Chu Guang smiled and said, "A seasoned hunter and guide is exactly what we need now."
After a pause, Chu Guang looked at Yu Hu seriously and continued.
"The threat of the wave is approaching. I plan to set up a hunter's union at the outpost to unite the hunters in the nearby area and the refuge residents with hunting talents to conduct reconnaissance into the city along the edge of the Fifth Ring Road."
"I plan to let you be the first president of this union!"
Yu Hu was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.
"You want me to be the president? But I have never been."
"No one is born with good skills. I am very optimistic about your potential." Chu Guang smiled slightly and gave him an encouraging look. "Don't worry, I know what tasks should be done and how to do each specific task."
I’m telling you. You only need to answer me in one sentence, yes or no.”
Compared to others, Yu Hu is the most familiar with the terrain in the northern suburbs. He is not only an experienced hunter, but also a reliable guide.
Although this young man doesn't look very smart, he is actually not stupid. Chu Guang is still very confident in his own eyesight.
The most important thing is that both the hunters in Beit Street and the hunters in other areas in this area are familiar with him, and the players are not unfamiliar with him.
It is perfect for him to serve as this functional NPC!
The old man was still hesitating, Xiaoyu gently pulled off his sleeve, and Nono said.
"Brother, just agree. Working here will definitely be much safer than going out hunting, and your parents will definitely be very happy."
Yu Hu rubbed the back of his head and muttered.
"You little girl, you've only been away from home for a few days, and you've already started to order your brother to do things."
Xiaoyu said aggrievedly.
"I'm not worried about you...and Brother Chu thinks you can do a good job, so there will be no problem."
Reaching out and rubbing his sister's little head, Yu Hu looked up at Chu Guang, who was smiling, and said seriously.
"Since you are willing to trust me and entrust me with such an important job, I will definitely do my best to do it well!"
Chu Guang looked at him approvingly and nodded.
"I've been waiting for your words!"
…
In the evening, Yu Hu returned to Beit Street, planning to tell his parents and elder brother about this matter, and come back tomorrow morning.
Chu Guang told him not to worry, but to settle things at home first and just come and report within two days.
Night gradually falls.
Over there at Boulder City.
Tails, who had had a full meal, was stroking his slightly bulging belly and came out of the restaurant burping.
"Hiccup~ Si, there are really a lot of delicious food here."
"Emmm... I can't say it's delicious. I think the snack street at the north entrance is more delicious." Sisi glanced at her sideways, "Awei had better pay attention to his image."
Taitail said nonchalantly.
"What does it matter? Is it a problem for awakened people to have a larger appetite? Besides, in the game, even if you gain a little weight, you only need to die once."
"Well... although the resurrection coins have become cheaper, I didn't expect you to use them in such a place."
The two of them each ate a large bowl of noodles and spent 4 chips.
Objectively speaking, it is not as delicious as the one made by the little player named Zhang Hai at the north gate.
The two of them unanimously came to the conclusion that it was true that the people of Boulder City lived in water and fire, and there was no seasoning at all except salt and vinegar!
What about peppers?
Does ramen without chili have a soul?
Sisi unfolded the note in her hand, which contained the items she planned to investigate.
Now more than 20 projects have been completed, and only a few are left.
"The next stop is the pub."
"Tavern!" Tail's eyes suddenly lit up, "Oh, there must be a lot of mercenaries there, right?"
"Theoretically, that's the case," Sisi looked around, "but... this street seems to be full of shops, and there is no sign that looks like a tavern."
It’s not written in Elder Brother Fang’s strategy.
To actually miss out on such crucial information, it’s not like that guy’s style...
Tails said enthusiastically.
"It's okay! Let's explore just in time!"
"Well, that's what I planned too."
The two walked on the street for a while and continued towards the inner city.
Soon a big sign came into view of the two of them.
On the signboard, there was a painting of a graceful girl with her back leaning on a wine barrel and a beer glass in her hand, surrounded by colorful neon lights.
Although the painting style is a bit wild, there is no doubt that it is wine.
"Si! Found it!"
"Emm... I don't think this is the kind of pub we are looking for."
"What does it matter? Since the game production team made it, it must have a meaning for its existence!"
"Huh? What you said makes sense."
To be honest, Sisi is also quite curious about how realistic this game is.
Looking at Taiyi whose face was full of expectation, she made an expression like "I really can't do anything to you", and then walked over with Taiyi.
The security guard standing at the door glanced at the two of them in surprise, but said nothing. He charged each person two tickets and let them go.
The lights in the pub were swaying, the music was loud, and it was full of a wild and exciting feeling.
The two of them had never been to a bar and felt out of place with the atmosphere here.
Even the most mobile tail felt a little uncomfortable.
"Si, if you don't understand, just ask, how do you pretend to go to a bar for the first time?"
"I think it might be more natural to use this as a canteen."
Taiyi looked at Sisi with a surprised look on his face: "Hey! Does Sisi often go to such powerful places?"
Sisi: "Do you think this is possible for someone who plays games every night?"
This place doesn't look like the kind of tavern that adventurers in RPGs often go to.
It's a bit like a real bar.
We found a less conspicuous seat on the bar, and the two of us sat quietly in the corner.
Soon the bartender brought two glasses of beer mixed with water. Sisi politely said thank you in Chinese couplet, smelled the glass, but did not drink it, but looked at the surrounding environment.
The lights outside the dance floor were very dim, and the people around them could not be seen clearly, and no one paid attention to them.
Just when Sisi was thinking about where to start his investigation, the music in the tavern suddenly changed.
A host walked onto the stage and chirped a few words into the microphone, and then a dancer in a rather avant-garde dress walked onto the stage.
There were excited cheers all around.
The sound of the weather even overshadowed the live music!
The dancer standing on the stage looked at the audience charmingly and started her performance.
But it's not the dance itself that's interesting.
But the clothes on her body.
Sisi was stunned for a moment, with a surprised expression on his face.
That's not Teng Teng's...
Before she could say anything, the tail next to her jumped up excitedly as if she had discovered a new world, and pulled her to point excitedly to the stage.
"I giao! Si, look!"
“Isn’t that Teng Teng’s artwork?”
Sisi had a subtle expression on her face, as if she had already seen what would happen in the next few hours.