Chapter 146

"I swear... This is the most delicious noodles I have eaten since I left my hometown!"

"It's delicious!! is it really made of our noodles?"

"It's the flavor that the seasoning bag doesn't have! It's incredible. How did you do it?"

"What on earth did they put in the soup? Damn, why is the soup so delicious... I want to have another bowl!"

"Scald, hiss... Scald me!"

"What are you doing?"

"Line up!"

"You're not driving?"

"Don't worry, I'll make another bowl, hey hey!"

A group of NPCs in gray coats squatted next to the camp sucking noodles. It was as funny as it could be. They looked silly to the players next to them.

"Is it so delicious?"

"Seems... OK?"

"After all, it's the skill of the fried egg man. It's a group of people who play normally and stably!"

"How delicious ~ ~ I miss the roast mushroom of boss duck."

Watching NPCs eat so delicious, players feel that the noodles in their hands are more fragrant.

Old Luca counted the money, a total of 80cr, and his wrinkled face blossomed happily.

Sold 20 packages, not only solved the meals of the players, but also made a small profit. Not far away, there are two people in line. Maybe they can earn 100cr for this meal in the morning.

If you let adults know, you will be very happy!

He can't wait to tell his master the good news!

At this time, Lu Yang in power armor and chief Li of the logistics section were getting down from the elevator of the pioneer.

Watching the crew squatting at the gate of the camp with blue coats sucking noodles, they were stunned.

Lu Yang walked over and asked.

"What are you eating?"

The Marines squatting on the ground immediately stood up with a bowl in their right hand, stood at attention and reported.

"Captain, we're eating noodles!"

"What face is this?"

"I don't know, but it's really delicious! I suggest you try it too. As long as 4CR, it's very cheap and a lot."

4CR bowl?

Lu Yang looked blankly and didn't understand. Li De standing next to him understood something and twitched his eyebrows.

But he didn't say anything.

It doesn't hurt to do some small business. He's not so stingy as to limit where those employees spend their money.

Just don't delay business.

But these guys are real dogs... They are not willing to go out of the field. Today, one or two went to the elevator to line up.

Li De glared at several old acquaintances of the logistics department squatting on the ground, and left without saying a word.

……

At about 9 a.m., there was a sudden Blizzard at the outpost.

The north wind blew loudly and almost lifted the roof of the granary.

Luckily, Chu Guang sought Luo Hua to borrow a bottle of foam spray, and made a reinforcement to the roof of the granary, which was to rescue the crumbling granary.

Looking at the Chu light blown into a snowman and coming in from outside the barracks, Luo Hua said helplessly and sympathetically.

"To tell you the truth... The conditions here are too simple. Don't you put some production tools and other things in the shelter?"

Chu Guang patted the snow on his body and placed the bottle of foam spray in the barracks doorway.

"It's estimated that the shelter is half built and there's no budget... Are you better?"

"Much better... Did I say something strange last night?" Luo Hua said nervously.

He still knows his mouth clearly. He can't control it at ordinary times, and he can't drink wine.

Chu Guang certainly wouldn't tell him. He drew more than 200 key points on VM, so he casually made up a story and said perfunctorily.

"No, just tell me the story of you and your bionic partner in your hometown -"

"Well, please don't say any more." Luo Hua hurriedly stopped Chu Guang from going on, and looked at AISI nearby.

I was relieved to see that she didn't look this way at all.

In such a big place on the pioneer, he didn't want his private affairs to be spread back and become the laughing stock of his colleagues.

Eh?

Chu Guang looked at him unexpectedly.

Really?

Chu Guang, who had not paid much attention to him, suddenly became curious.

At this time, ACE raised his head.

"The captain will come later. When I contacted him just now, I told him about your drunkenness. You'd better think about how to explain to him."

"What is drunkenness? I call it social intercourse!" Luo Hua tried to argue and moved out all the words Chu Guang taught him.

Aisi was a little stunned, fixed his mind, and said expressionless.

"You can explain to the captain."

Hearing this sentence, Luo Hua immediately looked like a deflated ball and shut her mouth.

Chu Guang comfortingly patted him on the shoulder and gave him a friendly smile.

"Don't worry, my friend, I'll explain it for you!"

Luo Hua looked at it with a moved face.

"Thank you. You're a good man!"

Chu Guang smiled and said.

"You're welcome. After all, you've helped me a lot... Well, I mean, I'll have to bother you more to contact your section chief in the future."

It's nice to work with such a simple minded young man.

Luo Hua didn't notice it at all. She smiled and said, "I don't dare say bother. It's my job! If there's any trouble in the future, as long as I can help, please feel free to find me!"

Chu Guang: "sure!"

Ace: "

……

The snowstorm lasted for more than an hour, and it didn't stop until 10:30. At this time, a group of people came to the north gate of the wetland park.

Lu Yang, wearing power armor, took four Marines to the north gate of the outpost, followed by a quadruped mechanical dog carrying a large box.

The configuration is different from that of the last time.

In addition to the power armor captain Lu was wearing, only two of the four Marines he brought were wearing power armor and holding powerful Gauss rifles.

The other two were wearing lightweight mechanical exoskeletons. One is holding a small and light assault rifle, the other is holding a light machine gun.

In addition to the supplies placed on the mechanical dog, they all carry large and heavy backpacks behind them, which seems to be ready for a long journey.

Chu Guang released the mission through VM, took four small players with iron pipe rifles and met them in the direction of his allies.

Looking at Chu Guang coming towards him, Lu Yang said with a smile.

"... we met two mutant brown bears on the way here, which delayed a little."

"You're lucky to meet both ends at the same time."

Where's the bear?

Don't these people recycle their prey?

Chu Guang glanced at these people and didn't see the shadow of the bear.

Thinking of this, he reached out and clicked on the VM, sent a message to Xiaoqi, asked him to help edit the task, and sent two perception players to go north along the footprints of the group to see if they could find the two mutant brown bears.

The weight of the mutant brown bear can reach more than 1000 kg. In Chu Guang's eyes, it's all meat.

There was a snowstorm just now.

If you're lucky, you should be able to find it.

"Maybe it's a male and a female," Lu Yang smiled brightly, looking at the heavily armed Chu Guang and then asked, "it looks like you're ready?"

Chu Guang smiled faintly and said.

"We can do it anytime."

Lu Yang: "we are the same! Please lead the way!"

Chu Guang nodded his head and made a gesture to the four small players who couldn't wait behind him.

"Let's go!"

……

Players haven't been to the edge of the fifth ring line. Chu Guang has been there several times, but it's all in autumn. Snow is another situation.

But it doesn't matter. There are a lot of scavengers on Beite street, who live on the resources beside the Fifth Ring Road.

Chu Guang took people to Beite street. He found Yu Xiong, the captain of the guard, and planned to borrow a clever young man from him to help.

After hearing Chu Guang's words, Yu Xiong said immediately.

"There was a heavy snowstorm just now. Yu Hu happened to be at home. Why don't I find him to help you? He is familiar with the Fifth Ring Road."

"No, we only need a guide. Let him stay at home in this terrible weather. There is no good work beside the Fifth Ring Road."

Yu Xiong smiled and said.

"OK, if you need anything, just tell me. I'll help you!"

After leaving Yu Xiong, Chu Guang took the guard boy out. He asked casually as he walked outside the town

"What's your name?"

The young man had obviously seen him when he stepped into the castle, said respectfully with an expression of awe.

"Zhao Yang, my Lord."

That's an interesting name.

"Who is Zhao Shu from your family?"

Zhao Yang was stunned and hurriedly said, "he is my brother!"

Chu Guang nodded, ended his greetings and talked about business.

"Your job is to act as our guide and do it well. I'll give you five silver coins when it's done."

The salary of NPC is much lower than that of players. The guards on Beite street only pay 60 silver coins a month, which is converted into 2 silver coins a day.

Hearing that there were five silver coins on the side of the fifth ring line, Zhao Yang was immediately excited and quickly patted his chest and assured him.

"Don't worry, sir. I will do a good job in the work you give me!"

Chu Guang smiled.

"Then I'm looking forward to your performance."

Meeting with Captain Lu Yang and his party, looking at the three power armor and two shiny exoskeletons, Zhao Yang was shocked and almost speechless.

Of course, he doesn't know what pioneer is or what enterprise is. He only knows that the neighbors in the Wetland Park actually have power armor?!

When he was shocked, he couldn't help feeling.

It seems that the old mayor lost well.

With equipment, let alone the bloody hand clan, I'm afraid I can't find an opponent in the northern suburb of Qingquan city.

I have to tell you the big news later!

With the help of the guide, the party entered the Fifth Ring Road smoothly and didn't waste too much time crossing the ruins.

The skyscrapers towering into the clouds are like tombstones, with countless floors at a glance. The streets are full of landed maglev cars and construction waste, the chapped roads expose the buried pipelines and maglev subgrade, the East-West streets even become forests, and the shadows are covered with vegetation and moss... But now all these are covered by ice and snow.

The four small players looked at everything in front of them, and their faces showed stunned expressions one after another.

Makabazi: "shit... Have you ever played Meimo?"

Mole at large in the canyon: "it's more shocking than that."

Midnight chicken killing: "2077 US final edition?"

Fairy Wang Fugui: "yes, it tastes good."

With the help of Zhao Yang, the explorers of the pioneer had a clear goal. They soon crossed a rugged alley into the punctuation area on the map.

The first floor of the office building is a bank. The sign hanging at the door can barely recognize a few words. Chu Guang suddenly wondered if he could find gold in the vault of the bank, so he secretly sent a branch task to four small players with VM.

[branch task: find bank vault]

[reward: 10 silver coins]

"Right here."

Compared with the AR image in the field of view, Lu Yang's index finger clicked on the side of the helmet, and then looked at the Chu light next to him.

"According to our calculated intelligence, the carbon dioxide trap should be on a layer between 20 and 30 layers."

Chuguang: "how are you going to get up?"

"Reach the area on the 20th floor from the safe passage, and then push up layer by layer from there. Fortunately, you should be able to find it."

"Is there no way to spy from the outside? I have a drone."

"It's not that simple. It's not an air conditioner," a marine nearby interrupted with a smile. "You can find it after you go in."

"Yes," Lu Yang nodded, looked at Chu Guang and asked, "do you want to come together? Or you can wait for us below."

"I'd better wait for you... By the way, if it's convenient, can you help us empty the alien on the first floor? Let's look for something like drawings or building structure drawings."

"No problem, but I don't think I need to count on that too much."

Captain Lu Yang smiled and made a gesture with his teammates.

The big box behind the mechanical dog unfolded, and two four rotor UAVs suspended with gun barrels flew out in a murderous manner, followed by three power armor and two light infantry.

The dense gunfire sounded, and the orange trajectory almost lit up the space in the hall on the first floor. Before the gnaws wandering in the ruins could react, they were torn to pieces.

It's a one-sided massacre!

The four little players looked envious, and the iron tube rifle in their hands was suddenly out of flavor.

"That drone is too strong."

"Suddenly, the group of eaters lay down."

"I really want the whole set."

Listening to the conversation of the four small players, Chu Guangxin smiled.

Don't say you want to, I want to.

Bear it again.

Work hard. Maybe you'll have everything in both versions.

……

Chu Guang found that the Marines on the pioneer were not only strong in street fighting, but also strong in attacking buildings.

Of course, a large part of the reason is also the problem of equipment.

An exoskeleton can press the gun without recoil. If the power armor is not good, there is auxiliary aiming. Coupled with the support firepower of the UAV, Chu Guang feels that if he is given a whole set, he may not be able to do it.

However, even with strong firepower, it still took most of the day to push from the 20th floor to the 30th floor.

The alien species in the fifth ring line are not just gnaws.

They were attacked by climbers from the 20th floor.

In addition, there is another species called "martyr blaster". It has a sarcoma stuffed with spores on its back. It usually stays still like a plant, and its eyesight and hearing are very general. However, once it is stared at by them, they will immediately rush up and explode.

If the constitution is lower than 10 points, inhalation of spores has a high probability of poisoning, coma, and even corruption by slime molds. Even if the constitution is above 10 o'clock, it is not suitable to inhale too much. After all, we should talk about a dose for everything.

Of course, you'll be fine with a gas mask.

Just don't get blown up.

On the other side, Chu Guang's small players found a suspected vault facility in the deepest hall on the first floor.

However, the alloy gate has been opened, and there is only a pile of notes left in it, which can't even see the shadow of gold.

It can be seen that precious metals such as gold were still valuable in the early years of the waste earth era. Until later, we found that this thing could not be eaten, and it was not rare at all, and it was gradually marginalized.

Players wander around the hall. They are more or less unwilling to find good things. Chu Guang found a stronger place to sit and quietly waited for the end of the battle upstairs.

From noon until three o'clock in the afternoon, Luyang finally took people down the stairs.

Unfortunately, there is no carbon dioxide trap they are looking for in this building. Although the air purification system in the building also has backup fusion batteries, the model and specification do not match the kind of fuel rods they need.

And the power of that battery is not much left, only 8%.

Lu Yang's heart was a little heavy, but he was not discouraged.

In fact, he didn't expect to find it on the first day. After all, he was familiar with the terrain nearby, which was a harvest for him.

Although he vaguely guessed the result, Chu Guang still asked.

"How's it going?"

"Not ideal, but my intuition tells me that I should be able to find it nearby."

Lu Yang sighed and looked at Chu Guang apologetically.

"Please stay with us for so long, but we got nothing. By the way, we found this battery upstairs, although the power is not much... Take it if you need it."

And this good thing?

Chu Guang smiled decisively and connected the battery.

"It's all right. I'll help you find what I promised."

Please be sure to look for more!

If he could find such a good thing every time, Chu Guang would like them to run empty a few more times.

Lu Yang was about to say thank you, but just then, a sad roar came from one side of the hall.

Martyr!

Lu Yang was surprised and quickly turned around to help, but he was still a step late.

Boom!

There is no reaction time at all!

The party quickly supported the past and rushed into the archives where the explosion sounded.

The room was turned upside down, all the cabinets were open, and almost none of them fell.

In front of the last standing cabinet, a shelter resident lay awkwardly, his whole body covered in blood and flesh, and his face could not be seen clearly.

The air was dead quiet.

No one expected that there were casualties at this time.

The Marine soldiers in exoskeletons held light machine guns in their hands, and their faces under their helmets were full of shock.

"Martyrs... Fuck!"

"No way, I swept here!"

Looking at the bloody body on the ground and the cabinet whose door was blown up, Lu Yang's Adam's Apple moved.

"Obviously, it was hidden in the cabinet... The moment the cabinet door was opened, it exploded."

There was another dead silence.

Guilt was written on their faces.

Especially captain Luyang.

He turned and looked at Chu Guang. He lowered his head slightly and said in a heavy tone.

"Sorry... I promised you that I would ensure your safety."

Chu Guang didn't speak and fell into a long silence.

After a while, he sighed gently, with a little fatigue on his face.

"People always die. The moment he comes out of the shelter, he is ready to give his life and loyalty to rebuild our civilization. However, I didn't think... Why is it him?"

Lu Yang: "he..."

"He is a very cheerful and optimistic young man. He just got married last month," Chu Guang looked aside with melancholy in his eyes. "I promised his wife that I would take him back."

Several Marines looked at each other and moved away in silence.

Luyang: "... Can I see her? I will apologize to her in person."

"What's the status? I'm sure she won't want to see you. Your apology won't make her feel better, but only make her more sad. Besides, I'm the one who made a commitment to her, and this thing needs me to face after all... This is the fate of the manager, and you should be able to understand it."

"I can understand. I also promised their families that I would let them go home with victory and honor..."

Put his hand on Chu Guang's shoulder. Lu Yang was silent for a while and continued.

"Although I know this is not enough to make up for our mistakes, at least let us pay his pension."

"At least materially, I hope his family can live better."

Chu Guang was silent and didn't speak.

At this time, if you suddenly say a sum of money, it will seem too vulgar and a little damaging to the atmosphere.

He knew very well that even if he didn't say anything, the captain who did what he said would contact his logistics section chief after he went back and let Li De talk about the pension with him.

At that time, as long as you don't ask too much, it should be negotiable.

Like money.

Another example is

Open more trading varieties.

Chu Guang knows very well that it's not realistic to buy their means of production, but it's no problem to use their modular workshop to help them drive a few easy-to-use machine tools?

They obviously have the ability to do it, but it's troublesome.

Or it's better to send an engineer to help them build two production lines.

Not too much. We can solve at least 60% of the problems by solving the two major varieties of cement and steel.

No, I'd better put this back before I think about it.

At this time, I still think more sad things.

Looking at the heavy hearted managers and the silent NPCs around, the three disheartened little players looked at each other.

"What are they sad about?"

"Isn't it ob for three days... Makabazi didn't die for the first time. The last time was much worse than this time. At least he left a whole body this time. Er, it should be a whole body."

"But then again... At this time, ob is afraid to miss the next shift perfectly."

"I'm GIAO! When you say that, I suddenly feel a little distressed for him."