Chapter 152 Mission “Blood debt paid with blood!”
Chapter 152 Mission “Blood debt must be paid with blood!”
Okay.
After listening to Lu Yang’s explanation, Chu Guang realized that it was a false alarm.
Those two thousand people were clones, and they were mass-produced.
According to Lu Yang, the black technology mastered by the Legion can produce a clone whose development speed is eight times that of normal humans. This kind of clone is not only low in maintenance cost and fast to leave the cabin, but also only needs 2 years to form combat effectiveness after leaving the cabin.
Unlike other clones, they either stay in the jar for a year or a half, come out after reaching the expected physiological age, or develop from 0 years old like normal babies.
The clones of the Legion are almost impeccable when they are cannon fodder, and their morale is much stronger than that of ordinary predators. With the support of the Legion’s industry, their equipment is not too bad, at least better than that of predators.
The only flaw is that two years is not enough for them to build a complete mind. These clones are usually driven by fear and pain and rely on the instinct of beasts to fight.
Most of them can only be used as light infantry, and only a few veterans can operate slightly more complex equipment, and their efficiency and hit rate are not expected too much.
Therefore, the legion usually needs a large number of junior officers to command or drive these cannon fodders, and occasionally enslaves ordinary survivors to act as coolies and build complex fortifications. The
real backbone of the legion is the huge number of junior officers. They are centurions on the battlefield and small slave owners outside the battlefield.
On average, ten to twenty clone light infantrymen need a centurion to command. Only a few legions that believe in the “human sea tactics” army doctrine can achieve a ratio of centurions to clone light infantry of 1:50 or even 1:100, relying on huge numbers and sufficient weapons to overwhelm the opponent’s defense line.
No doubt.
1,000 clones are definitely cheaper than 1 power armor.
According to Lujan, even in the utopian society before the war, there is no technology that can allow clones to have a complete and mature mind in a short period of time.
When Chu Guang asked if there was a clone that “only takes one month to cultivate and has a complete mind”, Lu Yang looked at him in disbelief.
”Impossible! Producing a clone with a complete mind in one month? If it really exists, wouldn’t it be more convenient than a machine? I have come all the way from the East Coast to here, and I have heard of many strange things, but I have never heard of such a thing.”
”Humans are the cells of society. You can’t completely separate from society to create a person who can adapt to society. Even for us, we need to let employees receive basic education and on-the-job training, and select outstanding talents from lower-level employees and refugees and indigenous people through examinations.”
”As for technology, at most it can speed up the process, shortening it from the original ten or twenty years to five or eight years. Mind must be built bit by bit during the stage of brain development. This is not as simple as inserting a memory stick into a computer.”
”If someone tells you that there is a technology that can make a clone have a complete mind in just one month, he is either a madman or a liar.”
After listening to Lu Yang’s confident speech, Chu Guang couldn’t help but fall into silence, and for a moment he didn’t know what to say.
I understand the truth.
But what are my players?
…
Before leaving, Lu Yang solemnly promised Chu Guang that he would compensate the injured workers and the families of the dead, and would strike hard at the looters who called themselves the Legion at 8 o’clock tonight!
The First Pioneer Corps would never tolerate anyone who dared to provoke them and hurt their allies!
Perhaps to appease his allies, Lu Yang even told Chu Guang the specific time of the action.
To be honest, this helped Chu Guang a lot.
Two thousand people.
These people can’t fight with fire sticks, right?
Even if the equipment is bad, active substances are good things…
After Lu Yang left, Chu Guang turned back to the center of the camp.
The dead and wounded had been sent away.
Old Luca, who had handled the corpses for him, knew something about the situation, so he calmly covered the faces of the dead and seriously injured with something, so that the people on the Pioneer could not see their faces clearly, and asked the guards to carry them back.
The players were very sensible. They knew that they were on the stretcher and that the bug must have been caused. So they all pretended to be dying and did not move on the stretcher.
Later, the screen simply went black.
The players who did not die stamped their feet in exasperation and yelled.
”Fuck! Why are two pieces of shrapnel stuck in the stomach considered fatal injuries? He can still speak! It’s not his head that was injured!”
Among the 11 injured, 3 died of serious injuries. Including the 2 who died on the spot, this round of shelling caused a total of 5 deaths.
This is not just a number. Behind it are 5 families and all those who knew them…
The medical staff of the logistics department around were silent. They
just thought he was venting his sadness and mistook the stones on the ground for the hateful villains ten kilometers away. It
’s better to leave him alone for a while.
As for the other 8 injured, after their treatment, their wounds have basically healed.
Seeing Chu Guang coming from the camp entrance, Witt took the initiative to find him and said that the captain had contacted him just now and would pay them the pension later.
At the same time, he also brought bad news –
the collection plan in the afternoon was cancelled.
”The collection plan was cancelled? Why?” Looking at Witt with a dumb look on his face, Chu Guang immediately came to his senses and explained righteously, “I mean, aren’t those plunderers who call themselves the Legion in the northwest? I heard that our construction site is in the north.”
The more you have to fight, the more you can’t stop production!
You can shoot out half a pound of fluid in one shuttle. Don’t you have any idea of your fluid consumption speed?
When fighting mutants before, Chu Guang had people recover their warheads and calculated that they fired tungsten steel bullets with a mass of 9g.
A shuttle is calculated as 30 rounds, which must be half a pound!
Witt hesitated and said, “That’s true, but the straight-line distance between the Elm District and our resource collection point is only 5 kilometers, so it’s hard not to attract their attention… In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, our section chief suggests that you can temporarily withdraw to avoid accidental injuries in the battle.”
When he said this, Witt’s mood was also very complicated.
Of course, they hope to continue production.
But they can’t expect their allies to risk their lives to help them pick up garbage after something like this just happened, right?
At least give them some time to grieve for a while and deal with the aftermath.
Even their stingy section chief would not do such a
thing as urging people to work right after someone died. Chu Guang had no objection to the pension, but when he heard that the collection plan for the afternoon was cancelled and that his people had to retreat, his mood suddenly became less beautiful.
MMP!
Is it easy for him to make some foreign exchange?
Without money, how can he improve the game experience for the players? He can’t let them move bricks and burn cement for their whole lives.
If he withdraws, the light industry wool-pulling plan that he has laid out with great difficulty will also be affected. This is just a small matter. The key is that his players can’t experience the content of the expansion pack.
What are you afraid of?
I’m not afraid, so why are you afraid
? Isn’t it just right for the other side to come out of the forest?
Drag them into the city to fight street battles, and it’s not certain who will beat whom.
However, Witt misunderstood the expression on Chu Guang’s face, thinking that he was feeling sad for the residents of the shelter who died, and his expression couldn’t help but carry a hint of self-blame.
”We are sorry that this happened. No one expected… they actually hid two howitzers.”
”It’s not your fault. You don’t have to apologize. The ones who should pay the price are those shameless people who suddenly fired at us.”
Chu Guang’s heart moved slightly, and his heavy expression did not change. He shook his head gently and walked away from Witt.
Under the latter’s surprised gaze, he came to the players, raised his voice, and said loudly.
”A group of plunderers who call themselves the Legion invaded our homeland from the north. They did not declare war and tried to make us surrender with artillery shells.”
”This is a shameful sneak attack!”
The players fell silent and looked in the direction of the administrator.
Triggering the plot?
Is the mission coming?
Responding to those pairs of expectant eyes, Chu Guang continued in a loud and resolute voice.
”The residents of Shelter No. 404 will not surrender, and the blood of our compatriots will not be shed in vain.”
”We will let them know the price of angering us!”
Almost at the same time, all the players holding VMs on the scene received a task pop-up window.
[Task: Blood debt paid with blood! 】
…
the south gate of the action camp.
Looking at the blue coats retreating to the south, two staff members of the logistics department exchanged in a low voice.
”Are those blue coats gone?”
”I think so. I heard that in order to avoid casualties, our section chief asked them to avoid it first.”
”Fuck… won’t we have no buns tomorrow?”
”You only know how to eat!”
”You’ve eaten a lot! But speaking of it…why do some of them carry VMs and some don’t?”
”I don’t know. Not all blue coats carry that thing.”
”Well, I just think it’s a bit strange, because those who left are those who carry VMs. Those who don’t wear VMs are all left in the camp.”
”Hiss…it’s really strange when you put it that way.”
The two staff members of the logistics department were puzzled. After thinking about it, they didn’t think it was something that needed to be reported, so they didn’t take it to heart.
In fact, those blue coats with VMs did leave.
But this was not a retreat.
Instead, they went back to grab weapons and prepare to beat him!
A 20-kilometer round trip could not stop the player’s determination to complete the task. The heavy snow could not extinguish the boiling blood in their hearts.
Legion, huh?
Whoever you are, you must die if you dare to bomb me!
Blood debt must be paid with blood!
A group of people returned to the shelter in a rage.
In addition to picking up the bound rifles, all the players who took on the task also went to the warehouse to get a woven bag according to the requirements of the task.
When searching for abandoned construction sites before, the warehouse had a lot of these bags woven from high molecular polymers.
For a long time, scavenging players usually use it instead of backpacks to carry the garbage they picked up. Now it is just right to carry loot!
If there is none.
Then carry yourself!
In an instant, the atmosphere in the shelter was unexpectedly tragic. Looking at their inventory, many players were hesitating about what to bring to the battlefield.
Fang Chang also fell into similar troubles.
There is no doubt that Dawn is the best choice. The explosive arrows can kill targets behind the bunkers, and the armor-piercing arrows can even penetrate some light armor.
However, the problem is…
the difficulty of this battle is probably not small.
Even if you bind your equipment, there is no guarantee that you can bring it back intact.
Lao Bai, who was standing next to him and checking the equipment, saw the hesitation in his partner’s eyes, stretched out his right hand and placed it on his shoulder, and said with a smile.
”Don’t hesitate, take it if you want.”
Fang Chang shook his head and said carefully.
”Everyone pooled their money to buy it. To be honest, this battle will definitely be much more difficult than the time when we fought the Blood Hand Clan. I’m not sure I can bring it back.” The
death penalty in this game is a bit heavy.
In the past, when everyone’s pockets were cleaner than their faces, it didn’t matter. Now, as the game progresses further, Fang Chang feels more and more that compared to the deduction of those silver coins and the three-day resurrection CD, the loss of equipment is the biggest punishment.
So he must carefully calculate the benefits and risks, and what equipment to bring for what mission.
Expecting Fang Chang to say this, Lao Bai grinned and patted him on the shoulder.
”Equipment is bought to be used. There’s no point in being timid. Isn’t the meaning of the game to do the things you want to do but dare not do in real life? Don’t carry so many burdens. Although everyone pooled their money to buy it for you, it’s said to be bought for you, so don’t think of it as ours! If you don’t want to use it because you don’t need it, then I have no objection. But if you are afraid of losing it and simply don’t use it, then you might as well fight with a bow and spear.” Ye
Shi laughed and came over: “That’s right, what’s there to be afraid of! Are you planning to die there? I don’t want to die! This bug has not been dealt with yet, and I don’t know how many days I will have to wait if I die. Let those newbies take the kills, but I have to survive to the end! No matter what, I have to bring back some spoils!”
Kuangfeng coughed lightly: “Don’t talk about whether to live or not, don’t forget, we still have to avenge brother Quit Smoking.”
Lao Bai laughed and said: “That’s right, avenge brother Quit Smoking! If Kuangfeng hadn’t mentioned it, I almost forgot.”
Ye Shi: “That’s right! Our Quit Smoking guy finally got the qualification to go online, but he was killed by the plot before he could experience anything. He must do it!”
Facing the encouraging eyes of his companions, Fang Chang was moved, a smile appeared on his face, and he finally stopped hesitating.
”Well, do it!”
…
In the shelter.
Fang Chang did not hesitate, but at this moment, [There are really mosquitoes in WC], he was still hesitating in his heart.
After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed and went downstairs B2.
Since the end of the Winter Is Coming expansion, Garbage has not left the shelter. However, he still goes online regularly, doing push-ups and squats in the lobby.
In his opinion, this can help him level up. Anyway, exercising in the game is not as tiring as in real life. If he doesn’t go online, he can’t sleep, so he might as well find something to do.
Everyone didn’t believe it at first.
In the end, he really got promoted to the next level.
After that upgrade, Trash was as excited as a 200-pound child. He even went to the forum to update a strategy guide, created a fitness game, and became the first person in “Wasteland OL” to lift weights. He and the “tree-cutting man” Midnight Killing Chicken Man can be called a pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.
By the way, since there are no tasks to do and eating costs money, Mosquito has been supporting him during this period.
Of course, just like when buying land, this money was borrowed.
Looking at the lizard doing squats in the corner, Mosquito coughed and said.
”Are you going to practice squats to level 99?”
Trash looked up with a look of surprise.
”Huh? Why are you back?”
Mosquito: “Mission, I came back to get my equipment.”
”Oh, I got it too,” Junji nodded, with an envious look on his face, “I really envy you guys for being able to roll around in the snow. The last time I went out to fight–”
”It was the last time, right?” Brother Mosquito comforted, “Don’t worry, we are all normal people. Even if we can go out, we won’t roll around in the snow. At most, we will do some missions, eat some barbecue, have a bowl of mushroom soup when we are thirsty, listen to the boss lady’s trash talk, and watch the cute and serious little fish count the money–”
”Gan! Are you here to show off?!” Junji looked angry, but because his face was too ugly, his anger was not very obvious.
Mosquito chuckled and said.
”Not really… In fact, I came to tell you a good news.”
”… No bad news?”
”Yes, but it’s not important.”
”???”
Not paying attention to the alert expression on Junji’s face, Mosquito coughed lightly, put on a serious expression and continued.
”Didn’t I help Teng Teng design a steam engine some time ago?”
Junji nodded vigorously.
”I know. I saw Teng Teng complaining about you guys on the forum, saying that you were only concerned about your own fun, and what you made was not what she imagined at all-”
”That’s not the point!” Mosquito interrupted him without hesitation, “The point is, after exchanging experiences with Brother Ce Suo, we improved the steelmaking process. Now we can cast lighter and more durable boilers! By the way, how many points of strength do you have?”
”I’m now at level 4… I have 14 points of strength,” Trash Jun hesitated a little, and suddenly understood something, his eyes widened, “Wait, do you want to-”
Seeing that his good brother understood him so well, Mosquito smiled.
”I need you to carry 40 kilograms of heavy armor, a 10-kilogram boiler and 60 liters of boiling water, rush into the forest and jump into the trenches in the most ferocious posture you think, and tear the enemies in front of you apart! Or just spit the boiling water on their faces! In short, use every method you can think of to kill them!”
Mosquito stared at him with shining eyes.
”Art is explosion!”
”I often think that the power of explosion is not strong enough, and it always fails to produce effective killing… and now I have a new idea!”
”Will you be my spark?”
…
7 o’clock in the evening.
Next to the steel platform of the Pioneer, 10 power armors have completed the assembly.
In addition, there are 15 light infantry wearing exoskeletons and 5 mechanical dogs carrying double-carrying drone hives.
Everyone is in high spirits.
Even the four-legged mechanical dogs are rubbing their metal paws.
Lu Yang, standing in front of the battle, holding a Gauss rifle and wearing a burly alloy heavy armor, is making the final pre-war mobilization for his men.
This is almost all the ground forces that can be deployed on the Pioneer.
As for the four-wheeled off-road vehicle, it can’t play a big role in the complex jungle and ruins mixed terrain. It is easy to be concentrated by the enemy when it is anchored in the snow pit. It is better not to bring it. Anyway,
with the exoskeleton, the ammunition that the light infantry can carry is enough for them to finish this battle, and the mobility will not be too bad.
Although compared with the legion, they are indeed a little inferior in terms of numbers.
But it’s not a big problem.
In addition to the ones running on the ground, there is also a light fixed-wing drone in the sky, carrying 600 electromagnetic acceleration mass bombs, two 50-kilogram equivalent metal hydrogen high-explosive bombs, and an adjustable equivalent, up to 10 tons of tactical nuclear bombs on standby at any time.
Air supremacy is completely on their side!
At the same time, in the forest more than ten kilometers away.
Vanus, sitting in a dark temporary command post, is quietly facing an old paper map.
The map is densely distributed with points, like chess pieces on a sand table.
Since light sources cannot be used, nothing can be seen here.
However, it doesn’t matter.
Although the communication channel is silent and the intelligence about the enemy is also dark, Vanus’s heart is not panicked at all.
This is not the first time he has fought an asymmetric war. During the year of fighting with the Great Rift Valley, he and his men have already experienced the power of technology.
But so what?
They themselves are the crystallization of technology.
The ultimate quantity is also a kind of quality.
All deployments have been completed.
He believes that his men will bring him the glory of victory.
At this time, a light appeared in the distance, and a mushroom cloud rose from the flat ground. The shock wave of the explosion even faintly rushed to the door of the tent.
The communication signal on the radio was like a candle in the wind, intermittent, and under the influence of the electromagnetic pulse, it emitted a noisy electric current sound.
The pupils as calm as the lake finally printed a trace of enthusiasm. Vanus stood up from the chair and propped his fist on the map.
”Finally!”
Explosions continued to sound, and the muzzle flames and explosions ignited the edge of the forest and ruins.
At the command of the centurion, the clone light infantry crawling in the trench pressed down the needle with their thumbs and injected the anti-radiation agent into the blood vessels.
The scorching light burned their backs and burned their side faces. The skin began to rot, the bone marrow was necrotizing, the organs were gradually failing, and their mouths were like a piece of rusty iron –
but even so, it was not enough to kill them immediately.
Even though hundreds of them died just a moment ago, it was not enough to shake them. The stinging pain of the ants biting on the back of their necks constantly awakened the memory of fear in their brains.
Don’t look back!
Don’t retreat!
”Fire!!”
The orange-yellow trajectory wove a net over the forest and ruins, and the collision of steel and flesh and blood played a prelude under the snowy night.
Under the cover of drones, power armor and exoskeleton infantry and quadcopter drones stabbed into the side ribs of the legion like a sharp armored spearhead.
The defense line was torn apart in an instant, like a fallen snowman.
However, the Legion was obviously not just for show.
Clone light infantry rushed forward one after another, and rocket launchers shuttled between the silent forest and the ruins. With the fragmentation grenades thrown by grenade launchers, rubble was blown everywhere.
The snow was dyed red by the fire.
The night burned in the north wind.
Lu Yang had a solemn expression. While changing the barrel of the gun, he turned off the night vision function of the helmet because it was no longer needed.
What no one knew was that
at this moment, a group of blue coats carrying long guns and short guns were quietly approaching from the east of the battlefield under the cover of night…
(End of this chapter)
