The sudden sound of gunfire shattered the silence of the night, and the originally quiet street was like a pot of boiling water, completely boiling.
"Tu tu tu tu——!"
Orange tracers shuttled freely through the night, and the continuous gunshots were like exploding firecrackers. The mutants in the park were caught off guard.
But that's only the beginning.
Those mutants seemed to be accustomed to sudden sneak attacks.
They dragged their fallen comrades back behind the bunker, then picked them up, roared and launched a counterattack in the direction of the gunshots.
Ye Shi quickly glanced at the map and pointed at the area where the gunfire rang out.
He can be sure.
There are no one of my own there.
Almost at the same time as the gunfire exploded, noisy sounds came from the communication channel.
"Holy shit, who fired the shot?!"
"Ye ten???"
Hearing his ID, Ye Shi couldn't help but spray.
"Did you hear the sound of the electromagnetic gun?"
These bitches!
At this time, he was still teasing me.
"Quiet! It's not our gunfire!" At the critical moment, Lao Bai was still reliable and quickly interrupted the quarrel on the public microphone.
If he listened carefully, the first gunshot was indeed not the sound of LD-47. After playing the game for so long, he could still hear the gunshot.
However, among the crackling gunshots that rang out later, some of them were clearly coming from LD-47.
Perhaps because it could not withstand the recoil of the full-power bullets, the gunshots were very brief, maintaining the rhythm of two or three shots per shot.
Ye Shi immediately made a judgment in his mind.
These people are using off-brand equipment!
Although it is impossible to tell whether these people are elite just from the sound of gunshots, it can at least be judged that they are not very rich.
Could it be a mercenary?
Just as he was thinking this, Elder Brother Fang's voice came from the communication channel. From the sound of several gunshots leaking from the microphone, Team B led by him should be very close to the firefight area.
"...There was a firefight on North 13th Street. In addition to us, there are people eyeing this place."
While reporting the situation, a set of photos was simultaneously uploaded to the VM of the team members.
Although the streets were shrouded in darkness at night, the outlines of the group of people could still be clearly seen through the light of the gunfire.
There were about ten of them, wearing different styles of civilian clothes and holding different weapons. It was impossible to judge their camp by their equipment.
However, they all have a unified symbol, which is the armband wrapped around their left arm. There seems to be an elongated arrow drawn on it, and when magnified, it looks like a high-voltage power tower or a signal tower.
At this time, news came from Guangfeng.
"The nearby mutant tribe sent reinforcements. The terrain is complicated and it is impossible to determine the number of people. Twelve modified armored vehicles can be seen."
Ye Shi was shocked when he heard this.
"Armored vehicle?!"
Kuangfeng: "It's just a transformation to the level of welded steel plates...but there are some strange-looking weapons on it that make me more concerned. These mutants may be different from those we encountered before."
Lao Bai: "How long does it take to arrive?"
Gale: "Within three minutes."
After the communication channel paused briefly, Lao Bai made a decisive judgment.
"We have to find a way to find out their identities. It's best to bring two alive."
The group of unknown armed forces that suddenly launched an attack was obviously just a feint attack and had no intention of knocking down the research facility occupied by the mutants.
This is easy to judge.
Guerrilla warfare and offensive warfare are completely different in terms of style and scale. He could tell just by listening to the intensity of the firefight and the distribution of gunfire that this group of people had already planned their escape route when they launched the attack.
Apparently this isn't the first time they've harassed mutants here.
If these NPCs are the same as the resistance organization in Xizhou City, they are all survivors who were oppressed by mutants and the Torch Church.
They might be able to cooperate.
Fang Chang: "Leave it to me... There is a high probability that something will happen to the group of people here. I should be able to save one or two."
Lao Bai: "Ye Shi, support him. Groups A, C, and D will retreat. Leave this place to Group B and reconnaissance."
A uniform answer came from the communication channel.
"receive!"
In the darkness, a group of soldiers wearing exoskeletons began to take action. Fang Chang and three teammates approached the rear of the group of guerrillas they were targeting.
The mutants are obviously also eyeing this group of people.
The group of green-skinned guys seemed to know that it was impossible to catch all the mice, so they planned to concentrate their efforts on catching the most jumping ones first.
The group of guerrilla soldiers seemed to have realized something, and began to retreat back. However, what they faced was not ordinary soldiers, but mutants who were not afraid of death.
Those green-skinned guys are like cancer cells. Even if half of their body is blown off, they can still survive. Unless the bullet shatters their skull, being shot several times in the body will not hurt them at all.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Viper transport aircraft parked in the high-rise building evacuated the battlefield first and flew to the evacuation point located further back.
He lay down on the edge of the building again.
Ye Shi skillfully unfolded the bipod of the Type 15 "Python" Gauss rifle and adjusted the scope to the thermal imaging mode.
Black and white are clearly visible in the field of vision.
White dots of light hidden in the darkness instantly revealed the positions of both parties involved in the firefight.
"Can you see your three o'clock position?"
Comparing the map and markings on the tactical eyepiece, Ye Shi quickly determined Fang Changshuo's position.
A group of mutants were moving quickly in the half-collapsed high-rise building, apparently planning to move to the side and rear of the guerrillas to establish a firepower point.
Looking at the mutant who threw the machine gun next to the broken window and unfolded the stand, Ye Shi's eyes flashed with surprise.
Good guy!
Do these mutants know tactics?!
Without any time to hesitate, he immediately replied on the communication channel.
"I saw... a team of about ten people, and they were preparing to set up machine guns."
Fang Chang: "Kill them!"
"receive!"
At the same time as the voice fell, Ye Shi had already pulled the trigger.
The electric arc flashed slightly between the gun chambers, and the recoil hit the shoulder armor evenly. The force was like throwing a javelin.
At the same time, the mutant holding a machine gun hundreds of meters away suddenly felt like a watermelon with a sap on his head, with red and white spots scattered all over the floor.
"one!"
To deal with soft targets without armor protection, there is no need to charge the capacitor, and it only takes one hit to hit the head.
After killing one of them, Ye Shi did not relax his breathing and quickly aimed at the next target - the mutant who rushed to take over the machine gun.
"two!"
The moment the trigger was pulled, another head was blown to pieces.
Two mutant warriors had their heads exploded in a row, and the remaining eight mutants suddenly fell into panic, screaming and daring not to touch the machine gun mounted by the window.
Seeing that no one showed up for a long time, Ye Shi gently exhaled the turbid air in his chest, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"The machine gun fire point suppression was successful!"
Fang Chang's voice came from the communication channel.
"Well done! Keep it down... and leave the rest to me!"
The tactical eyepiece projected an aerial picture of the drone, which Ye Shi could see through the holographic image. The team led by Fang Chang successfully intercepted the mutant team that circled behind the guerrillas.
These guys are indeed different from the mutants they have encountered before.
Although the tactics of these green-skinned guys are not proficient, and can even be said to be simple and crude, lacking skills, they are just right when paired with the tough physique of the mutants.
A harsh buzzing sound accelerated toward the ground, and a convoy of mutant reinforcements burst into flames in the distance.
That was the handiwork of the storm.
Judging from the power of the explosion, it was obviously the "switchblade" that showed great success in the Battle of Xizhou City. This thing could overturn even the Conqueror 10 tank and was more than enough to destroy a modified truck.
The sudden explosion blocked the reinforcement convoy on the street, which also bought the besieged guerrillas some time to retreat.
Those people had obviously noticed the helpers who had suddenly appeared and were trying to join the team led by Fang Chang.
"receive!"
After replying briefly, Ye Shi continued to stare at the thermal imager, his eyes firmly locked on the machine gun and waiting for it. However, after waiting for a long time, no third head appeared.
A weak heat source could be seen next to the broken door, and he was sure that the group of mutants were still guarding there. The animals probably never dreamed that their own heavy breathing was also a source of heat, and was also outlined by the thermal imaging camera.
into the lens.
Rubbing the trigger with his index finger, Ye Shi became a little impatient with the wait.
To be honest, after playing this game for so long, this was the first time he saw such cowardly mutants. After two of them died, they hid behind the cover and did not dare to show their heads.
With a thought in his heart, the corner of his mouth turned up into an evil smile.
"You like hiding behind cover, don't you?"
Just in time to try out new equipment.
Previously in the Luoxia Province, he thought that he could rely on the range advantage and armor-piercing ability of the Gauss rifle to show off his talents, but unexpectedly, his expectations were in vain.
The terrain there is indeed wide, but because it is too wide, the combat distance between the two sides is far beyond the rifle range. Ultra-long-distance combat is basically left to tanks, aircraft and artillery. The few raids he participated in did not have sniper rifles at all.
A place where you can show your talents.
Just do it, Ye Shi took out a long nail-shaped bullet from the back of his butt.
This thing is an armor-piercing projectile designed for concrete bunkers, specially designed to deal with those old Yinbi who hide without showing their heads.
After inserting the bullet into the barrel of the gun, Ye Shi pressed the charging switch of the capacitor, and then slowly pulled the trigger.
Electric current surged from the battery to the high-energy capacitor, and the hot plasma continued to roll in the gun chamber, and was released the moment he released the trigger.
There was a short explosion, and the hot air was squeezed out from the muzzle of the gun, creating a circle of ripples at the muzzle, and together with the high-speed mass bullet, it broke through the sound barrier!
The bullet drew a hot and transparent trajectory in the night sky, blasted into the dark window like a cannonball, and directly shattered an entire wall.
The reverse recoil caused the shoulder armor to sway slightly. Looking at the corpse glowing with white light in the thermal imaging camera, Ye Shi couldn't help but curl up with a proud smile.
"Three!"
The power of this Gauss rifle is beyond boasting, it destroyed people and walls directly.
It’s a bit wasteful, but it’s fun!
After receiving this shot, the group of mutants were obviously stunned. They didn't know that the guerrillas who were looking for trouble every day could actually have this ability.
Separated by a distance of several hundred meters, Ye Shi could not hear their communication, but it seemed that they were frightened and did not dare to stay behind the wall anymore, so they fled downstairs one after another.
"too weak!"
However, just when he was feeling proud, a warning sign quietly crept into his heart, making the hairs all over his body stand up involuntarily.
Something is watching him!
He could faintly sense the existence of that thing, but he couldn't sense the specific direction of the murderous intention!
What is certain is that the guy may have been targeting him for a while, maybe when he fired the first shot.
It's only now that it's close to within his range of perception...
This guy is strong!
Immediately feeling a hundred and twenty percent vigilance in his heart, Ye Shi did not dare to be too serious. He immediately put away the Gauss rifle mounted on the edge of the building, retreated to the entrance of the safe passage, and shouted in the communication channel at the same time.
"I seem to be being targeted!"
A long voice came from my ears.
"You retreat first and head to the evacuation point immediately! We are ready to call it a day."
Ye Shi immediately replied.
"Copy that! See you at the base!"
A punch blasted open the rusty security door.
The moment he retreated from the roof to the highest floor, Ye Shi clearly felt that the omens of crisis were getting stronger and stronger.
You might run into those mutants head-on when you go down the stairs, and even powered armor may not be able to please you in the narrow terrain.
What's more, what he's good at is not frontal combat, but shooting from a distance.
Thinking of this, Ye Shi had an idea, decisively gave up the stairs, ducked to the elevator, and opened the rusty elevator door with both hands.
It was dark inside the elevator shaft and it was difficult to see clearly what was going on below.
He stretched out his hand and tugged on the cable hanging in the center. After confirming that the bearing capacity was sufficient, he put the hook lock on, then grabbed the cable and jumped down the elevator shaft.
"呲——"
Although the power armor weighs more than one ton, it is still within the weighing range of the elevator system, and the locking and lowering process is relatively smooth.
However, the heart-wrenching metal friction sound was louder than he expected.
"Oh my god... don't let anyone hear this."
That shouldn't happen, right?
Isn’t the sound insulation effect of the elevator shaft very strong?
Just as he was thinking this, the outline of an elevator car suddenly appeared below. Ye Shi quickly clamped his legs and hooks and started to slow down.
He stepped heavily on the top of the elevator car, causing the elevator car to squeak and shake.
Ye Shi quickly glanced at the number on the wall and found that it was the tenth floor, and he felt relieved.
It should be no problem to take the stairs next.
Holding the handle of the elevator door with his right hand, Ye Shi pulled it off from the elevator door and threw it aside.
However, just when he was about to step in with one foot first, his expression changed slightly.
What the fuck?!
This hole is too small!
The top door of the elevator car was only about 1.5 shoulder widths, and it could just fit into his shoulder armor. If it got stuck in the air halfway down, Aguang, who was not allowed to peek at the screen, would laugh like a pig.
That won't work!
"MMP! You actually gave me a hard time!"
what to do?
Ye Shi immediately looked around for a way out, but at this moment, his feet suddenly became empty and lost the touch of the ground.
"Crack——!"
The moment of weightlessness almost overturned him, and the explosion above his head made him immediately realize what had happened.
Someone blew up the cable.
The last overhaul was two centuries ago. The elevator car, whose braking system completely failed, immediately started free falling in the elevator shaft after losing its only traction.
Looking at the rapidly descending floors, Ye Shi's face changed wildly.
Although his power armor is a legacy of the Orbital Airborne Division, it must be used with a drop pod. He has never heard of any type of power armor that can jump naked with more than a ton of weight.
Maybe some pentagon warrior can.
But it's a pity that the character he trained is just a weakling with a perception system.
"I'll blanch it——!"
Too careless!
…
At the same time, in Hope Town, dozens of kilometers away, Xiaoyu No. 1, standing on the edge of the town, suddenly raised his head slightly.
"Huh?"
Hearing the voice coming from the communication channel, Luo Yu stopped and looked back at it.
"What's wrong?"
Yu One and Yu Two looked at each other and tilted their heads for no apparent reason. Yu Three looked around and suddenly a sentence popped out of his mouth.
"Blank!"
Luo Yu: "..."
Huh.
He thought Xiaoyu had discovered something, but it turned out that he just had a bad breath.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Luo Yu was about to follow the convoy when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a green-skinned guy walking out through the gate of the town.
Although it was already night and the lights under the fence gate were dim, he was sure that he could see correctly that the face under the hood was green.
I just don't know why, but his physique is not as burly as a mutant's, and his bones and body lines are closer to humans.
Luo Yu, who was covered in hair, almost reflexively pulled out his weapon and aimed it at the guy's head.
This sudden movement startled everyone around.
Wu Wenzhou, who was leading the team, didn't understand the situation. The green-skinned guy did the same thing as Luo Yu. As a result, ten more rifles were pointed at his head.
Seeing the two people at war with each other, the old guard standing on duty at the gate of the town immediately took off the rifle he was carrying, held it in his hand and walked over.
"Hey! Stop it, man! Private fights are prohibited within 100 meters of the town!"
Seeing the jet black exoskeleton, he instinctively felt a little scared, but he still yelled.
"Mutants!" Luo Yu stared at the green-skinned guy, "Does this settlement allow mutants to come in and do business?"
"That guy...actually not."
The guard's expression was a little awkward, as if he didn't know how to explain it, and he was a little hesitant about whether to help the guy.
There is no doubt that armed fighting is prohibited in the settlement. This is a rule, especially for Hope Town, which relies on trade to survive.
After all, if there are no rules, it will all be chaos.
But to be honest, he doesn't like these green-skinned guys very much. Even if they look more like humans, they still have half mutant blood flowing through them.
Especially since most of them come from the mutant tribe called "Qi".
There are no survivors in the entire Jinhe City area who don't hate and fear those guys.
The green-skinned guy looked at Luo Yu coldly, suddenly curled his lips, put away his weapon, and then silently took off his pants.
Startled by his action, Luo Yu quickly used his left hand to cover his eyes, but he couldn't completely block it in order to aim, so he missed a finger.
"What the hell are you doing-?"
Huh?
No?
Looking at the smooth green skin, Luo Yu was stunned.
He had read in the information on the official website that it was said that some mutants did not have a penis, especially the oldest ones.
They were not transformed through reproduction, but were born in culture tanks, and some of them were even engineers and scholars. If they had not gone crazy, they might still retain human sanity, but this kind of existence was too rare.
Most of the guys who are canned and forced to become mutants will go crazy for various reasons and become complete animals.
Very few can stay awake.
Since this species synthesized through technical means cannot reproduce, the speed of population expansion is obviously not as fast as that of the mainstream species in the wasteland, so it is almost impossible to encounter it in the wasteland.
I won't be fooled by this strange guy.
When Luo Yu came to his senses, he had already picked up his pants and walked away.
"...Hybrid species, you can occasionally see guys like this. They inherit more of their mother's genes, have neither the ability to reproduce, nor the physique of a mutant. I heard that among the 10,000 mutant cubs, there will probably be one or two.
Yes, but who knows? Mutants won’t give birth in front of us.”
"Moreover, the mutants themselves don't like these guys very much. They usually regard them as a shame and leave them in the wasteland to fend for themselves."
Looking at the man's leaving figure, the guard on duty with a rifle narrowed his eyes and continued.
"how to say?"
"They are like mules born from a horse and a donkey, haha."
The man laughed to ease the atmosphere, and the rest of the caravan also laughed, but Luo Yu always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
This metaphor not only draws a clear line between those "hybrid species" with half human blood flowing in their veins, it seems that even those prisoners who are unfortunate enough to be captured by mutants are also drawn apart.
He didn't know how to evaluate the former, but at least the latter was innocent and should not become a joke to ease the atmosphere.
"What's that...guy's name?"
"Who knows, they all look the same, no one is interested in staring at their faces carefully, and they usually cover their faces. If you want to see him for something, just call him 'Hey'. They are very
Good hunters occasionally take on mercenary jobs at low prices, but they usually don't leave the local area."
"If you don't leave the local area, you won't be able to do business." Wu Wenzhou patted Luo Yu on the shoulder, grinned and said, "Ignore that guy, are you interested in having a drink?"
"Yeah." Luo Yu nodded. He happened to want to inquire about some local information.
According to Brother Fang's theory, taverns are the easiest place to collect intelligence, especially taverns frequented by merchants and mercenaries.
Wu Wenzhou glanced at the ten powerful and loyal thugs behind him.
"Where are those people?"
These people are very powerful, but they never take off their helmets, not even their masks.
If possible, he wants to have a good relationship with these guys. Not just for his boss, but for himself.
Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile.
"Ah, Xiaoyu, that's not necessary."
Xiaoyu?
Which one?
Wu Wenzhou glanced at the ten thugs. They all seemed to react to the name, so much so that he couldn't tell who it was.
But this kind of thing is not important, there are a lot of strange things in the wasteland.
He laughed aloud and asked his men to park the car at the hotel he often frequented, and then took the ruthless man to the bar at the entrance of the town.
"Grizzly Bear and Street Lamp...the name of this tavern, this is a great place!" Wu Wenzhou, who was standing at the door, took a deep breath intoxicated, and then walked in with a high head.
Luo Yu frowned and slapped near his nose, then followed suit.
The facade of the pub looked unprepossessing, but the hall and bar were almost full, and the noise was endless. The speakers also played music that tortured the eardrums, like scratching a blackboard with a fork.
Not only that, the air here is quite turbid. In addition to the smell of smoke and sweat, there is also a strange musty smell.
I can't describe what that feels like.
But people here don't pay much attention.
Perhaps most people here think that this is how they feel alive.
But in the wasteland only a hundred meters away, the feeling of being alive is too rare. Even a powerful awakened person may lose his life if he is not careful.
In a radius of about a hundred miles, this is the only place where you can relax and have a drink without worrying about having your head blown off by your enemy - unless he himself doesn't want to live anymore.
While talking endlessly to Luo Yu about the history of this tavern, Wu Wenzhou found a secluded seat to sit down and ordered a few side dishes and two large glasses of beer from the waiter holding a dinner plate.
“Everything in Jinchuan Province is expensive, only food is cheap.”
In fact, there is another thing that is cheaper.
That's population.
Whether it is men, women, old people or children, everything in this fertile and chaotic land is extremely cheap, usually only half the price elsewhere.
However, considering that this guy was a resident of a shelter, Wu Wenzhou jumped over this matter very wisely.
Luo Yu took a sip of the beer. The mellow taste was indeed good, but there was a strange smell in the air here.
He noticed it from the moment he first came here.
"This smell always feels weird."
Thinking he was talking about the beer, Wu Wenzhou said with a smile.
"Are you not used to drinking wine from outside your hometown?"
"It has nothing to do with the wine," Luo Yu nodded, glanced left and right, and muttered in a low voice, "There is something unclean."
He didn't know what it was either.
Xiaoyu told him.
It is said that I smelled a bad smell as soon as I entered the town, and the smell became stronger the closer I got to the tavern.
At this time, the waiter came over with a basket of bread and a jar of green bottles, and placed them on the table next door.
"Pine nut bread, a specialty here."
The mercenary at the next table glanced at the green glass jar and asked curiously.
"What's this?"
Before the waiter could speak, the man sitting next to the mercenary said with a smile.
"Hope Town's special jam! Delicious stuff. It's very popular in this area recently. You'll know after you try it! I bet you'll fall in love with it!"
"Haha, come on, I don't eat sweet things, I only eat meat!"
"Try it, I'm treating you anyway."
At the instigation of his good brother, the mercenary unscrewed the glass jar curiously, dipped a little of it into his mouth, took a sip, tasted it for a while and muttered.
"It's a bit weird, I'll try it again."
Looking at the jar of green jam, Luo Yu suddenly recognized it and his eyes bulged out.
Good guy.
Naguo…sauce?!
Now he finally understood what it was that made Xiaoyu uncomfortable...