The dazzling white light passed through the slits of his eyes, and Yi Hai, who was lying flat on the hospital bed, moved his brows.
As consciousness gradually returned, burning pain suddenly surged into his throat, and he reflexively retched sideways.
"Ugh! Ahem!"
After vomiting a lot of acidic water, he was quickly pushed back by two people in white coats.
Thinking that he was caught by the Weirant people, he instinctively wanted to struggle, but after hearing the conversation next to him, the struggling movement stopped.
"Doctor! How is he doing?!"
"Sequelae of freezing... Cryosleep for more than half a year requires the injection of long-acting dormancy injections. This situation will occur with short-term dormancy injections. Fortunately, you got him back in time. In another two months, he may really It turned into ice cubes.”
"elder brother."
Hearing the familiar voice, his consciousness finally returned to his body. Yi Hai moved his stiff neck and looked at the young man standing next to him.
"...Yichuan?"
"It's me!" Looking at the dying man on the hospital bed, Yi Chuan finally couldn't hold back his calm face and choked with sobs. He sniffed hard and tried to force out a smile that was not worrying.
"We're here to take you home!"
Yi Hai's Adam's apple moved, and his haggard face finally felt relieved.
"You are here..."
"We will not give up on every displaced resident, and we will bring them back no matter what the cost."
The solemn sound came together with the footsteps of the heels hitting the ground.
Walking to the hospital bed, Wu Changnian patted Yi Chuan on the shoulder and continued in a gentle tone.
"Your relatives are out of danger. For the sake of those who have not yet been rescued, I have something to talk to him about." Yi Chuan nodded vigorously, gave his brother lying on the hospital bed a relieved look, and took a step back. Turn around and walk out of the camp.
Watching his brother disappear from the door, Yi Hai glanced at Wu Changnian, who was standing by the bed, and then at Chu Guang, with a hint of surprise suddenly appearing on his face.
"Are you...that manager?"
"Yes." Chu Guang smiled and nodded, looking at the face full of surprise.
He knew very well that Captain Lu Yang's adjutant must be full of questions now. Even the expression on his face seemed to be asking "Why are you here?"
It's normal to have such questions.
After all, Yi Hai's memory of Qingquan City was still from a year ago, and at that time, there was not even the concept of alliance.
In the eyes of the crew of the Pioneer, they just passed by an inconspicuous small village, and both parties helped each other a small favor within their ability.
Looking at those confused eyes, Chu Guang continued in a relaxed tone.
"I can't finish talking about us for three days and three nights. I bet our story is no less exciting than your journey... But before talking about us, I hope you can tell me, Where are the remaining crew members?"
"I can't finish talking about us for three days and three nights. I bet our story is no less exciting than your journey... But before talking about us, I hope you can tell me,
Where are the remaining crew members?"
Wu Changnian also stared at him and said.
"Where are the others on the Pioneer?"
With the back of his head resting on the pillow, Yi Hai closed his eyes and sorted out the chaotic memories for a moment, piecing them together like a puzzle.
"They...should have gone in."
"Go in? Where?" Wu Changnian asked quickly.
"refuge·……"
"Is this Vault 0?"
"I don't know," Yi Hai's pupils were filled with uncertainty, and he continued with a hint of hesitation, "no surprise, it should be there... We found its entrance, Lu Yang said, he planned to take
Take the remaining people to the shelter to escape the pursuit of Valant and the mutants."
The center of his brow suddenly hurt, and he raised his hand and pressed it on his forehead.
"...The ones attacking us should not be just Vaillants and mutants. The equipment they use is more elite than the legion's equipment and is closer to that before the war."
Elite equipment?
Wu Changnian frowned.
"Is it the academy?"
"It's not like..."
Yi Hai shook his head, coughed and continued.
"We haven't seen anyone from the academy... Those people seem to have lived in the desert for a long time, and they are very familiar with this place. At first we thought they were coming to Vault 0 like us, Captain Lu Yang suggested
Cooperate with them. If Vault 0 really has the ability to end the wasteland, it wouldn't be a bad thing for one more person to open it. Until later, we discovered..."
Seeing that he had stopped talking, Chu Guang, who was listening intently, immediately asked.
"What did you find?"
Yi Hai was silent for a long time.
"...The intelligence those people have is beyond our imagination. They seem to have known the location of Vault 0 from the beginning, and they were not going to Vault 0 from the beginning. They seemed to be just to prevent us from getting it.
it."
Chu Guang frowned.
"Who are those people? Did they say who they were?"
"They seem..." Yi Hai thought for a long time and finally remembered something vaguely, "It seems they are called enlightenment."
…
In the subsequent statement, Yi Hai briefly explained the whole story, including how they discovered the location of Vault 0, how they clashed with the Weirant people, how they fell into danger, etc.
Captain's office.
Chu Guang, who returned to the airship, stared at the notebook in his hand and fell into deep thought.
There were scrawled symbols in pencil on the blank page - they were two triangles connected upside down, forming the shape of a torch.
Yi Hai claimed that they saw this symbol on those people, but they were confused about the "Torch Church" he mentioned.
Those people claim to be an organization called the Enlightenment Society, and most of its members are composed of Blue Jackets, that is, residents of the shelter.
After all, the four major industrial areas and the space elevator in the center were once the industrial and economic centers of the Federation of People's Republic of China era. Naturally, the number of shelters distributed in these areas is far beyond that of Luoxia Province and River Valley Province.
Since the end of nuclear winter, a group of people wake up in an unknown corner almost every year... This enlightenment group is composed of some of the shelter residents.
The philosophy of this organization is just like their name, which aims to restart the declining civilization and save the world that has sunk for two hundred years.
It was precisely for this reason that Lu Yang chose to cooperate with them to find the No. 0 shelter.
It's not easy to meet like-minded people in the wasteland.
However, no one expected that those like-minded people would choose to betray at the last moment...
But there is still a doubt.
If it is true, as Yi Hai said, that the organization calling itself the "Enlightenment Society" knows the location of Vault 0 and its purpose is to prevent them from finding the shelter, then why does it pretend to cooperate with Lu Yang and others?
Even if we need to rely on sneak attacks to win because we can't win, there's no need to do it after the Pioneer finds the entrance to Vault 0, right?
"...the Enlightenment hopes that people from the Enterprise will find it, but there are differences on how to deal with Vault 0."
Chu Guang closed his eyes and thought for a while, and finally shook his head.
There is too little information available.
There are two possibilities for his speculation, but neither of them has reliable evidence. Maybe the answer is hidden in Vault 0.
In any case, they have obtained the accurate coordinates of the entrance to Shelter 0 from Yi Hai.
It was an industrial building covering an area of thousands of acres, or to put it more vividly, it was a "vertical assembly factory."
The two major achievements of the Prosperous Era are that one is to cram farmland into thousand-meter-high buildings, and the other is to cram assembly lines into it.
And it was packed in on a large scale.
According to the information provided by Yi Hai, that building is the entrance to Vault 0, and the wreckage of the space elevator happened to fall in that area.
Due to the presence of radioactive materials, many extremely dangerous alien species are active in the area.
At present, the company's 26th Commando Team has sent some manpower to control the entrance to the building. Tomorrow, representatives will officially enter the ruins and unveil the mystery of Vault 0.
Chu Guang released the communication relay drone carried on the airship, and took advantage of the regular return of archived data to organize and update the previously collected information to the official website.
At this moment, the forum is still immersed in the joy of victory in the Luoxia Province war.
Since only a small number of players followed the airship, most of the players who participated in the expedition followed the NPC's large army back overland, or wandered back slowly in small groups.
Most players have shared their experiences on the forum on the way back, including what they discovered in the Honey Badger Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom, or new gameplay unexpectedly unlocked during the journey, etc.
For example, you can buy a piece of land in an oasis and become a farmer with the rewards from the settlement of the expansion pack. Another example is staying in the local area and helping the alliance garrison to fight against looters and run errands.
"Wasteland OL" does not stipulate how players must play some games. It only stipulates some things that cannot be done through the player manual, as well as the consequences of violating the rules.
Except for a few major nodes related to the direction of the world line, most of the time players can find the fun of this open world game by themselves.
Whether it's using knowledge that can be found outside the game with just a few clicks to help wastelanders improve their productivity, or just having a boring conversation with someone.
Even for the vast majority of players, if you put aside the huge rewards brought by the main missions, the side lines accidentally triggered in the game or the strange gameplay unlocked are more interesting than those "artificially designed routes".
But even so, when Chu Guang used A Guang's vest to update the latest clues of the main plot on the forum, it still attracted the attention of countless players.
The post took less than a minute to post.
The number of replies soon exceeded thousands.
Quit smoking: "Enlightenment meeting??? What is that?"
Tails: "Oh! I smell a conspiracy. (:w·)"
Si Si: "Oh! The new expansion pack... wait, will the new expansion pack continue to the west? I have already bet on the south in advance. e(°a°11i)"
Tails: "s·.·2?"
Garbage Picking Level 99: "Hiss... isn't this the logo of the previous Torch Church? The collars for controlling alien species that were put on the shelves in the early days of the NPC store had this thing painted on them, right?"
Big-eyed debtor: "One thing to say, this logo is really ugly. Could it be that Aguang drew it with a pencil himself? (Funny)"
Construction site boy and Brick: "@ Canyon在欧mol Rat, please comment."
Mole on the run in the canyon: "The scribbling has an unruly feel, it is rough but without losing details. Every stroke can be seen with rough and fine artistic skills. It is judged to be a good job!"
Debt-eyed: "???"
Quit smoking: “Hahahaha! So licking!”
Irena: "No wonder you are unemployed. (Funny)"
Ye Shi: "Brother Guang! Some people say you are mean!"
Mole on the run in the canyon: “%￥#@!”
Sisi: "Speaking of which, the founder of the Torch Church...the guy who calls himself the Holy Son is also a resident of the shelter, right?"
Teng Teng: "Hmm... The official website setting seems to say that he is a wastelander who was adopted by a shelter? But he grew up in a shelter."
Crow Crow: "Ah!!! Could it be that that guy is also a member of the Enlightenment Society?"
Mole on the run in the canyon: "It doesn't really matter whether he is a member of the Enlightenment Society. This updated Enlightenment Society gives me the impression that it is just a regional force. The Torch Church at least participated in the Legion's Great Expedition and the subsequent Bone Chewing.
It was chaotic, and they... seemed to have shut down the Pioneer, and the sense of presence was really too low."
Ye Shi: "Don't they say that the truly awesome bosses hide behind the scenes? (Funny)"
Kuang Feng: "That's a misunderstanding... you need conspiracy if you don't have enough strength. If you're really awesome, you'll just reveal your cards right away. (Squints)"
Fang Chang: "After reading it, I have found two doubts. One is, why does the Enlightenment Society, which aims to restart civilization, prevent companies from approaching Vault 0? Second, what is the fate of the Torch Church in the far south and the Enlightenment Society in the center of the continent?
and connections.”
Ye Shi: "I doubt Brother Guang even thought about how to make it up. (Funny)"
Fang Chang: "Then you underestimate him. I feel like there is a big chess game behind this... Speaking of which, what exactly is Shelter 0?"
Teng Teng: "Hmm...a big, big shelter?"
Fang Chang: "How big is it? In other words, how many black boxes and power armors must be installed in it to restore the world to its original appearance?"
Kuangfeng: "Well... you are right. I always feel that the three major forces of the academy, the enterprise, and the legion may have information that we don't understand. Including our allies and enterprises, they have not fully shared them with us.
Something to know.”
Fang Chang: "This is inevitable. My intuition tells me that maybe our thinking was wrong from the beginning."
Ye Shi: "What do you mean? (Stunned)"
Fang Chang: "When the computer freezes, there are three commonly used solutions. One is to wait for the program to respond, the other is to end the current process, or restart the computer directly."
"The underlying logic of most shelters in the establishment should be regarded as the first one, which is to preserve most of the elements that make up civilization, such as people, resources, energy, knowledge, tools, etc., until they are suitable for rebuilding civilization... This is a kind of
It is a relatively mild solution, but the implementation method will be different when it comes to different shelters." "However, Vault 0 is a 'legendary' existence after all, and neither companies, colleges nor legions have it.
Relevant data, not even sure whether it was built..."
"However, Vault 0 is a 'legendary' existence after all. No matter the company, college or legion, there is no relevant data about it, and it is not even sure whether it has been built..."
"An irresponsible conjecture. Perhaps the underlying logic of this shelter is fundamentally different from other shelters."
Crow Crow: "Ah, you mean...that might not be a shelter at all?"
Fang Chang: "Don't worry, I'm just making a conspiracy theory based on the relevant settings of the enlightenment meeting. It may not be as beautiful as the rumors. (Squint)"
It can only be said that he is the man who understands A Guang best on the forum. Fang Chang's speculation quickly triggered a new discussion.
Some players tend to think that this is a new job planned by the dog, while other players think that things are not that complicated.
As for cloud players, they don't care about this. They only care about when they can increase the production of helmets.
They have missed a magnificent expedition.
Looking at the cakes that Gou planned to draw, many pre-registered players who have not yet entered the game feel very sad.
There are actually players who hope that the production team will update slower during the EA stage, which is considered unique in the history of the game...
Lao Bai: "Speaking of which, let's not talk about what we have and what we don't have. When will you come back? You have a new job. (Baring teeth)"
Fang Chang: "Ahem, it's coming soon, just for a few days... Don't worry, I will definitely be back before you."
Battlefield Atmosphere Team: "Gan! Are you planning to py with dogs again?"
Lao Bai: "It doesn't exist. You should come back as soon as possible. (Baring teeth)"
Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "What does it have to do with me?"
Lao Bai: "It's nothing. I'm just urging others. I'll find out if it doesn't matter when you come back." Battlefield Atmosphere Team: "...?"
The next day.
Bottom of abandoned industrial building.
Several large dogs with grayish-yellow skin and long tusks on their forearms were wandering on the gravel-covered steps, looking for prey with their sensitive noses, unaware that danger had quietly approached their throats.
A strange creature suddenly raised its head alertly and looked around.
However, before it could roar, a few short "chirps" of gunshots penetrated the heads of the alien species.
There was a noise in the sea buckthorn grass. The small animals were frightened by the movement and fled quickly. Several exoskeletons appeared in the shadows not far away.
Su Ming tapped his index finger on the helmet, glanced at the drone hovering in the sky, then looked around, and said in a clear voice.
"Five aliens were killed, the image data has been recovered... The entrance to the building has been controlled, and it is confirmed that there are no other threats... Damn it, don't ask me to name it again."
According to the intelligence from Yi Hai, it is suspected that an unknown third party is eyeing Shelter 0... However, Su Ming feels that this may be just a trick of the Weirant people.
It's not that those guys don't have high-tech equipment, it's just that they are relatively small in number.
Otherwise, how to explain how the Pioneer was targeted by the Vaillants and surrounded by a large number of clone troops?
As for the enlightenment meeting.
Maybe it was a story made up by the people of Valeant in order to get close to the Pioneer. What was outrageous was that Captain Lu Yang actually believed it.
If it were him, he would not believe the stranger he met in the wasteland.
"It's better to upload it to the endpoint cloud and let netizens vote."
"What a great idea. When will we release the migratory birds next time?"
"It seems like tomorrow."
"Gan..."
Su Ming cursed in a low voice, turned on the vertical stabilization system of the battle video, and prepared to record some interesting material and update it to his social account.
At the same time, ten armed trucks drove out of the camp, leading a group of soldiers and representatives who were about to explore the ruins, and headed towards the downstairs of the emptied industrial building.
The wreckage of the space elevator is not far from here, a towering curved metal shell embedded in the ground like a hangar roof.
I heard that this magnificent component is just a "tile" or a brick on the space elevator.
Just looking at the broken bricks and tiles, it is hard to imagine how majestic the Tower of Babel was before it collapsed.
Forces from all directions gathered downstairs in the building.
The tall Weiland man wore heavy bulletproof armor and was led by an officer with a protruding nose and deep eye sockets. Next to him stood a retinue who looked handsome in a different style. He was killing enemies on the battlefield.
Countless pangolins.
Walli glanced proudly at the Alliance soldiers who were said to have made their compatriots suffer a lot on the battlefield.
The reason why Lord Cohen named the pangolin as his bodyguard was because he wanted to show off his power in front of the alliance.
However, what puzzled him was why those guys' reactions were so bland and they didn't look at this direction at all.
Don't you know this brave general under his command?
Or maybe he didn't even dare to make eye contact with her out of fear.
Thinking of this, Walli's lips couldn't help but curl up into a smile.
So weak!
The warlord standing in the front row of the queue with him had a sad expression on his face at this moment, and his toes were clasped on the ground.
Oh shit.
This is too embarrassing!
Different from the legion, the academy is quite low-key, with only one female researcher with long black hair coming.
Next to her was a four-legged robot dog half as tall as a man, with a bulging backpack hanging on its broad back.
Since getting out of the car, she has not communicated with anyone, and stood in a place where she felt safe with a look on her face that said no strangers should enter.
Most of the researchers at the college are like this when they are outside.
Many reasons such as issues left over from history and the high cost of equipment have made almost every college member suffer from persecution paranoia.
In fact, this cannot be regarded as a delusion. After all, the academy's prospectors are full of treasures. This is almost common sense in the wasteland.
After leaving the academy, most prospectors will choose to conceal their past identities...which is exactly the opposite of corporate employees who love to brag.
Most survivor forces have to weigh the risk of being blacklisted when scheming against corporate employees. Especially in Yunjian Province, they do things too ostentatiously, angering everyone and gods on the endpoint cloud, and may even attract
Pursuit by corporate allies or direct commandos.
Just as he was confirming the tasks assigned to him by his instructor through the holographic window, Jiang Xuezhou suddenly frowned.
She always felt like there were two eyes staring at her...
In fact, her feeling was quite accurate.
But the person staring at her was not a human being, but the company's android.
Staring straight at the little girl from the college, Hanshuang said angrily.
"Solar eclipse... Why don't you let us go up? Strictly speaking, bionic people shouldn't be considered human beings, right? Wouldn't it be better to bring more people down?"
Eclipse's pupils flickered slightly.
"It is said that this is the college's proposal."
Hanshuang looked at it and said dissatisfied.
"But didn't they also bring a mechanical dog with an AI core installed? What's the difference?" Sun Eclipse was silent for a while.
"That...should not be considered a human being."
Hanshuang's face was filled with humiliation and unwillingness, and he clenched his fists.
"Damn it...isn't it just lying down? It's not like I don't know how to do that."
Eclipse: "...?"
While everyone was waiting, the passage from the main entrance of the building to the entrance to Shelter 0 had been completely opened.
Leading his men out of the lobby on the first floor, Yun Song, the captain of the 26th Commando, happened to bump into Yun Ye who had just gotten off the car.
This time, the company arranged for two representatives to enter Vault 0, one was Yun Ye, and the other was Su Ming, his best scout.
Looking at Yun Xiao walking towards him, Yun Song had a rare hesitation and reserve on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Are you... okay?"
Yun Ye nodded briefly.
"No problem, we have reached a ceasefire agreement with the legion, and there are only two of them." "I always feel that the threat is not just from the Weirant people..."
Looking back at the abandoned building, Yun Song looked at Yun Xiao again. Seeing that her expression didn't change at all, he finally gave up and sighed.
"Be careful now."
Yun Ye nodded and spoke concisely and concisely.
"Um."
not far away.
Looking at Yun and Yunsong standing together, Ye Shi walked closer to his NPC teammates who were about to download the game together, and asked curiously.
"Hey, brother, by the way, what is the relationship between your captain and the representative from the Endpoint Group?" He had been curious before.
Both of them have the surname Yun, but their personalities and temperaments are completely different, and they don't even look like they are from the same era.
Su Ming said with a mysterious face.
"you guess?"
Ye Shi glanced at him sideways.
"You are so mysterious... I guess they are not siblings."
"Smart," Su Ming gave a thumbs up and praised, "keep guessing."
"...Mother and son?"
Su Ming shook his head like a rattle.
"No, there's a big gap in generations."
"It's alright even though the seniority gap is so big... aunt and nephew? Grandpa and grandson? Damn, what on earth are they?" Seeing the guy keep trying to tell the truth, Ye Shi couldn't help but cursed.
Su Ming chuckled.
"I said you would never guess it."
Seeing that his teammates were being driven crazy, he stopped trying to be tight-lipped and whispered into Ye Shi's ear.
"Actually... In terms of seniority, she should be considered our captain's grandma for n generations..."
Ye Shi was stunned for a moment, and his worldview was immediately hit hard.
"What the hell?!"
Su Ming shrugged his shoulders.
"This situation is actually not uncommon in Ideal City. One day you are at work and suddenly learn that a direct blood relative of your ancestors has a sister or brother who was frozen and dormant from a hundred years ago. Now, that guy is sitting in the hospital.
I was scrolling through a non-existent camera, thinking that I had become the target of a prank show, and that everyone around me was working together to deceive me... Can you understand this feeling?"
"When you wake up, your incurable disease is cured, but the world you know is destroyed along with your pension."
As he spoke, he paused and continued.
"It's another thing for someone who suddenly picks up an ancestor. Now you have to worry about how to make him or her accept the reality and explain...what's your situation."
Ye Shi was stunned for a moment.
"...Ah this."
He had never thought about this problem before, he just thought that cryo-hibernation would be quite enjoyable in the future.
The android maid in the game might be able to do it in real life, and the deposit in the bank card seems to be doubled.
But if you think about it carefully, this assumption seems to be a tacit acceptance of "tomorrow will be better".
What if the future gets worse?
It's quite scary to think about it.
"Of course... I'm just making an analogy. Our captain and Ms. Yun Ye are in another situation... In short, she comes from the Prosperous Era, and her knowledge will be of great use to us. We will have to protect her soon.
.”
Seeing the captain's gathering gesture, Su Ming patted Ye Shi on the shoulder, grinned and said, "Let's go, brothers, get ready to work." (I'm a little late today, sorry!)