The ruins at night were quiet and eerie. Bai E's footsteps lightly stepped on the broken sand and stones, making a slight movement.
In the hidden corner, there are bolder little things with curious eyes open, looking at this behemoth that they have never seen in the past.
Bai E walked along the vaguely visible main road, watching the progress on the panel grow bit by bit.
0.2%……
0.3%……
0.5%…
1%……
Incredibly slow.
Does this mean that the ruins may be very large?
It’s also said to be a “small” ruin…
Bai E cursed in his heart, and when he turned a corner, his spirit suddenly shook.
The monotonous ruins are still ruins, but there is a row of translucent words that only you can see floating on the ruins of a certain building behind the corner——
[Abandoned and broken bar] (can be occupied)) (can be repaired)
[You are exploring the target ruins functional area, current exploration degree: 10.7%.]
The progress suddenly increased a lot!
When Bai E looked intently, more detailed explanations emerged one by one under that line of large characters——
[Tip: You have discovered Borderland - an abandoned and damaged bar. Current status: Occupable and repairable. The Borderland here has been abandoned for many years and has lost the effect it should have had. But the silhouette of time and space is recorded
When it was at its most perfect in the past, as long as you can find the necessary supplies (drinks: 100 servings, waiters: 3 people, store manager: 1 person) and complete the repair of the main body of the building, you can put it back into use.】
[Bar: As a place for exchanging information, it can also occasionally take on the functions of publishing and completing commissions. (Requires: regional reputation level 1)]
[Bar: Due to the frequent visits of many tourists from all over the world and the effective exchange of information, some special people with certain "strength" can occasionally be attracted here... (requires: power reputation level 2, area
Reputation level 2)]
"..."
After reading the explanation in detail, Bai E's expression suddenly became a little strange.
This...you want me to farm?
Exploring ruins and developing power are actually two complementary development routes.
Can.
Bai E continued to move forward, just taking this clue...
He doesn't even need to remember it.
Just like the ruins of the Internet root server explored last time, the map on the panel directly marks the location and size of the ruins in the form of a three-dimensional picture with light blue lines. You can view it at any time as long as you want to.
Bai E continued walking along the main road and discovered more abandoned buildings——
[Abandoned and damaged vehicle repair shop]
[Abandoned and damaged fresh water treatment plant]
[Abandoned and damaged food production factory]
[Abandoned and damaged power plant]
[Abandoned and damaged steel factory]
[Abandoned and damaged market]
…
Every time one is discovered, the exploration progress of the ruins suddenly increases.
The scale of the ruins of this town is naturally far smaller than that of the core cities of the Golden Age. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
In Baie, you can almost find a power... or a building with all the functions needed for a group's life.
But discard the damaged version.
If you want to put them back into use, you need to first find the key resources they need.
For example, a power plant requires at least 3 generators.
A food production factory requires at least one production line and three planting bases...etc.
While walking, Bai E suddenly remembered what the refugee elder Gilder said before - take refuge.
What if...if one day I left the military camp or even the city.
In other words, even if he did not leave the military camp and the city, it seemed that he could not secretly develop his own armed forces.
The underground warehouses that players are now asked to build are too close to black streets and military camps. Of course there is no problem with a miniature base, but if you want to make it bigger... location becomes the biggest obstacle.
Neither the gangsters in the underworld nor the military would sit back and watch an unknown force build various infrastructure nearby with such great fanfare.
This place... seems pretty good.
Materials, knowledge, people...
The most important thing is people!
Talent! More talent!
Combat and tactical talents like Kuang Xin and Dai Lian.
Management talents like Gong Yan.
Technological talents like Zhou Wenjie.
Only with people can everything be possible.
Rough thoughts flashed through Bai E's mind, but he didn't think too deeply.
Both myself and the player are still very weak, and I don’t know what the future of this group of refugees will be like.
If there is a chance, maybe we can let them try to develop from here.
And now...
Bai E's figure stopped.
He was already far away from where everyone rested, spanning more than ten blocks. Even if there were people who followed him out of curiosity, they should have gone back long ago.
But still following behind... means "ulterior motives".
Bai E said softly: "Come out."
Behind a broken wall in the distance, two small figures came out of Aai Ai.
"Sir...sir."
"Lord Bai E."
Murphy and Killoran shouted softly.
Bai E turned around and looked at the two of them helplessly in the dim moonlight, "You've been traveling all day, aren't you tired?"
"We just want to see what the adults are doing..."
Bai E shook his head gently, "I'm just checking to see if there are any resources that can be recycled... Okay, it's okay, let's go back."
After all... the progress is already full.
[You have completed all the puzzles of the ruins exploration, and the current exploration degree is: 100%.]
There is no extra reward, just a three-dimensional composition of lines of the entire abandoned town is outlined on the panel, waiting for one day to be rebuilt.
Seeing Bai E slowly walking up to him, Kilolan stared up at Bai E with his big eyes filled with utter admiration.
"Have you discovered anything, sir?"
"Everything has been moved."
Hundreds of years have passed since the end of that golden age. In this era, all resources are scarce and precious, and those who can be moved away from the ruins have long been moved away.
Even some fixed facilities that were difficult to move were found ways to be divided and taken away. You must know that for countless ordinary people in this era, even the steel smelted in the old era is an unimaginable high-tech product.
Bai E shook his head gently, his eyes swept over the silent ruins in the dark, and his tone was a little regretful, "It's just... what a pity."
Not being able to use it... is such a loss.
There was always a reason why this place was chosen to be the location of a town in the past. The land was relatively fertile and there was running water not far away.
If we have the manpower and resources, we might not be able to re-build and utilize them.
But the premise is that you can withstand all possible malice in the wilderness——
From bugs, from mechanical rebels, from orcs...even from other humans.
There is actually a lot of land that can be used in this era, and it is a truly sparsely populated era.
If it is some small inhabited tribe...for example, underground similar to wind-eroded caves, the refugee group maintains a low-tech primitive life, and may be able to survive for a long time with luck.
But if you really want to develop industry and create a future of your own... then without the protection of tall city walls and complete military establishment like Blackwater City, almost everyone will die in their infancy.
Insects will subconsciously look for any place where there is a large accumulation of biomass.
Mechanical rebels will instinctively collect all mineral resources they can.
Orcs will think of ways to cause trouble and find fights.
Human beings...will try to take advantage of the hard work of others.
Not all, but often.
What a pity.
It is such a pity that I can only huddle in a tall castle and drool while looking at the huge world.
"Perhaps you can give it a try, sir?" Kilolan followed Bai E's gaze and looked at the ruins in the dark.
The ruins of the city have a unique beauty of order in her eyes.
Urban planning in the golden age was always so reasonable and beautiful.
Under some inadvertent distraction, everything in front of her seemed to be restored to its original and perfect appearance in a rapid passage of time.
She saw the gravel on the ground jumping onto the roof again.
She saw the broken iron frame returning to its original position.
She saw the broken signboards all over the ground rehanging on the eaves facing the street.
She saw the equipment that had fallen to the ground suddenly rise.
Time tells everything.
The glory of the past has not been completely forgotten.
Even though she had never seen the so-called golden age with her own eyes, just looking at some traces of that era now, she felt as if she had traveled through time and space and traced back to the most beautiful era in the past.
Right before her eyes, everything was back to the best it had ever been.
Bright colored lights flickered all around, and the whole person seemed to be surrounded by the bustling sound of people passing by.
Intoxicated for a while.
"So beautiful..."
She murmured softly.
"What?" Murphy thought he heard wrongly.
Kilolan blinked, and those fantasy-like scenes disappeared in an instant.
Her thinking has been very divergent since she was a child, and her imagination is rich. She can always think of things she has never seen before...
She used to worry about it, but she gradually got used to it.
"Shh~"
Bai E suddenly made a sound and put his index finger in front of his lips.
There is movement.
Quietly, as if afraid of attracting his own attention.
Just behind the wall beside you.
Bai E moved his steps slightly, invisibly blocking the two children behind him.
This time...what is it again?
"hiss!"
The ferocious bone claws pierced out of the darkness like sharp swords. Bai E, who was fully focused, picked up the Glaive Machine Gun that had been hanging on his waist and faced it.
"Clang clang clang!"
The clash of bone blades and war blades made a sound like steel blades clashing.
After blocking the first wave of attacks launched by the opponent, Bai E covered the child and took a few steps back before he could see the full picture of the monster in front of him.
A... gray-white spider?
A spider bigger than a human!
And not just one.
The spider that launched the attack was just the first vanguard to blow the horn. More gray-white figures quietly appeared from every corner of the ruins, and for a while they were extremely infiltrative.
