Chapter 199: Comprehensive Upgrade of the Campaign System
Chapter 199: Comprehensive Upgrade of the Campaign System
Outside the Zhongzhou Aerospace Ecological Experimental Base, snow-covered pine trees stretched from the edge of the base’s wall to the abandoned town at the bottom of the gentle slope.
The buildings here are no more than three stories high, and the majority are one-story houses with garages and swimming pools. Occasionally, one or two unique houses can be seen, probably belonging to researchers from the nearby research base.
However, no matter who this place once belonged to, it is now completely abandoned.
Frozen vines have crawled into the house from the front yard, shrubs grow in the dusty garage, and the roots of vegetation have drilled through the concrete road and the courtyard wall. Lush trees fill the abandoned corners and even drill out from the roofs of some wooden houses.
Occasionally, creaking sounds can be heard downstairs, either the gnawers have knocked down something again, or mice…
the half-collapsed roof
of the double-story villa. Ye Shi, crawling in the snow, took a deep breath and gently turned the knob on the sniper scope with his index finger.
The pine forest on the gentle slope, the treetops just covered the outermost roof of the research base.
With his right eye on the sniper scope, he could only barely see the figures near the checkpoint through the gaps between the tree branches and the snow.
The looters were just ahead. They
were less than 500 meters away from him.
The looters’ patrol team had come to the town to search once before, but they didn’t search very carefully, so they didn’t find the two people hiding on the roof.
”Can you see anyone?” Fang Chang, who was crawling beside the chimney, holding a monocular telescope, squinted his left eye and said.
”I can see them, but it’s a bit difficult to shoot.”
”At ten o’clock, do you see the machine gun in the window on the third floor?”
”I can see his sandbags and tripod… his head is blocked by the branches, but it shouldn’t be a problem to get through.”
”Okay, he will be yours in a while. Remember, wait for him to fire first, and shoot one inch above the gun flame.”
”Got it.”
With his right eye moved away from the sniper scope, Ye Shi took the time to look at the VM thrown on the back slope of the roof.
When the brightness is adjusted to the lowest, only a little light can be seen in the direction facing, so there is no need to worry about exposing the position.
It is very useful.
After calculating the distance through the map, he stretched out his index finger and tapped the screen, switching to the task bar.
[Time from the start of the battle: 31min 21s.]
[Task: Arrive at the sniper point (completed), reward: war score +10]
[Task: Mark high-threat targets on the VM map (in progress).]
[Task: Cover the team attacking the east side after the war starts (not started).]
[Violation conditions: If you open fire before receiving an order to expose your position, you will be deducted all battlefield points and be punished with a 14-day ban.]
[Violation conditions: Refusing to execute an order once will result in a deduction of 50 battlefield points, warning twice will result in a deduction of 100 points, and the third time…] There are
quite a lot of tasks.
Ye Shi silently calculated in his mind that if he could complete all the side quests, he could get a total of 270 silver coins and 430 contributions.
If he is lucky, he can kill a few more gunners and machine gunners, and maybe he can get 400 silver coins.
Isn’t this more exciting than “Cheat V” and “Summoning the Sixth Old Man”?
It would be even more perfect if the sound effects of hitting the target could be enhanced.
For example, the grip would shake when hitting the target.
”…Hold on, boss.”
”When we save enough money, we’ll buy you a godly outfit!”
Not far away, a group of players wearing light-colored hunting suits were advancing along the ruins on the edge of the town towards the experimental base.
The mud smeared on the bayonet hid the cold light on the white snow, but it couldn’t cover up the murderous aura of the guns and flags.
The enemy’s position is in front!
A pair of eyes hidden in the dark night flashed with excitement, and the high fighting will weakened even the whistling north wind.
A war is about to break out!
…
At the same time, more than 20 kilometers away at Brown Farm, sentinels carrying iron pipe rifles were patrolling on the garbage wall.
Unlike the sparse figures in the past, today’s farm is particularly lively.
Country-style mansion.
There were about ten people sitting in the spacious living room, and everyone had a heavy expression on their face, like a dark cloud that could drip water.
On the round wooden table was an old radio, and the noisy sound of the radio and the host’s glib accent were incompatible with the atmosphere in the living room, but also particularly appropriate.
”This is the Voice of Boulder City. I’m your dearest radio host Mr. House, and I’m here to bring you the latest news on the situation in the northern suburbs.”
”According to unreliable news, a predator force called the Bone Chewing Tribe is growing and developing in places we can’t see. This is definitely not alarmist. They are not weak, at least much stronger than those villains who are hiding in the ruins and dare not come out.”
”Those predators not only absorbed the remnants of the legion, but also took over some of their equipment. They are now recruiting soldiers in the central part of the entire River Valley Province… It seems that they are planning to establish a country of predators.”
”If they continue to move south, there is no doubt that none of the country bumpkins in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City will survive, and the militia will never waste a bullet on those who have not paid taxes. If you happen to be in the northern suburbs and don’t want to watch your wife and daughter being abducted and sent to the ranch, the Voice of Boulder City radio station highly recommends the Distant Wind Hotel to you!”
”That is the super five-star hotel specially opened by the generous Mr. Leston for the refugees. It is located on the edge of the outer wall of Boulder City. Although it is outside, it is also the territory of Boulder City in legal terms. The militia will not sit idly by and watch what happens there… You only need one chip to stay there for a whole day.”
In response to the voice on the radio,
the people sitting at the round table only responded in silence.
For the citizens who live legally in Boulder City, one chip may be just one hour’s salary or a bottle of beer diluted with water.
But for them, it takes 1 kilogram of food or more valuable garbage to exchange for it.
As if he had had enough of this silent silence, a middle-aged man with a strong appearance and a hunter’s hat slowly spoke.
”The Bone Chewing Tribe is growing stronger, we should unite! Morning Wind Community can send 20 hunters.”
Seeing someone take the lead, the fat man sitting not far away breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his round head with a towel, and responded.
”We can offer nine…” Seeing everyone at the table looking at him, he quickly added, “I know this may be a little less, but this is all we have.”
”Tsk tsk, listen, there are only nine men in the fat Red Train Post Station,” the sturdy man with a burn scar on his face sneered and said in a mocking tone, “If all your men are dead, we can help you.”
A trace of annoyance flashed across the fat man’s face, but he was afraid that this guy was not a good guy, so he just narrowed his eyes dangerously and dared not say anything.
The Red Train Post Station receives merchants from Honghe Town who come to Qingquan City to do business all year round. Compared with the poor guy sitting here, he does have two more chips in his pocket.
However, in this damn weather, this little chip can’t bring him too much sense of security, and it’s not even enough for the militia to take a plane on a business trip.
Staring at the ugly scarred man, the owner of the post station thought sinisterly in his heart.
Wait!
When this winter is over, I will invite mercenaries to visit your home!
The atmosphere in the living room was a little stiff.
Mr. Brown, who was smoking, looked a little bored.
Although I knew that these neighbors were probably not reliable, I didn’t expect that at this critical moment, they would still be arguing over whose family had two more people.
It’s really hopeless!
At this time, a thin-faced man who had been silent from beginning to end, sitting in the corner of the round table, suddenly spoke.
”It’s useless. We can’t be the opponent of those people. Their number is like locusts…sweeping from the central to the south.”
Seeing that everyone, including Brown, was looking at him, the man paused for a moment and continued.
”I have a relative in Shibei Town, about 30 kilometers away from here. He fled to me a few days ago and said that hundreds of looters invaded their town. Those who resisted were either beaten to pieces or hanged at the door. The rest were either captured to do hard labor or tortured to the ground until they almost died.”
”At that time, he hid in the ruins, watching the fire burning in front of his nose, pretending to be a corpse and not daring to move, but he was lucky enough to survive.”
The atmosphere in the living room became even more tense.
As if to ease the atmosphere, a slightly older survivor let out a breath and whispered.
”Doing hard labor… at least they were not eaten. It seems that these people still have some civilization.”
”I haven’t finished yet… the old people and children were beheaded,” the thin man moved his Adam’s apple slightly, and continued with a numb expression, “They only need those who can work and have children.” The
fire in the fireplace was burning.
The bright firelight flickered in the living room, but the air was terribly cold.
”Enough!”
Mr. Brown slapped the table, and the ash fell from the corner of his mouth and fell next to his boots.
He took off the half-smoked cigarette butt and pressed it into the ashtray. He looked at everyone present with a gloomy expression and slowly opened his mouth to continue.
”This is our home. We have lived here for generations. Run? Where can we run to? We have no way to retreat. The only way is to fight to the death-”
”It’s just that you have no way to retreat, after all, you have such a big farm.”
The scarred man who had ridiculed the innkeeper before pointed out his beautiful words and said aggressively.
Mr. Brown’s face froze, his face turned liver-colored, and he stared at the man and said.
”What do you mean I have no way to retreat? I can take my chips to Boulder City. There, my life will be a hundred times more comfortable than now. Do you want me to do that?”
”Go to Boulder City? Like the mayor of Beth Street?” The scarred man narrowed his eyes and sneered, “I heard that he has not been doing well in the past two months… Don’t you have an alliance with him? Why didn’t you help him when they were beaten up by the blue coat?”
Brown’s face was gloomy.
At this time, someone suddenly spoke up.
”Why don’t we ask those blue coats for help? They even dealt with the Blood Hand Clan, and they had a fight with the Legion before. Maybe they can deal with those looters…”
Before Brown could speak, someone next to him immediately said in a mocking tone.
”Those blue coats? They have no obligation to help us. When it comes to a life-and-death situation, they will immediately hide in their rat holes, close the door, and hide for decades without fighting with the world before coming out. Didn’t they do this two centuries ago? I’ve heard of it.”
The owner of the post station said nervously.
”Then ask Boulder City to help…”
The man with the hunter hat shook his head.
”We have no money anymore.”
”Then give us food!”
Seeing a pair of eyes looking at him, Brown responded to the unrealistic desires in the eyes of these poor guys with anger.
”Food? Where is the food now? There are only seeds left in the warehouse for next spring. We can’t eat grass for the whole year.”
”So what do you think we should do? This is not okay, that is not okay. Are you going to quarrel here?”
”I have no objection to fleeing. Anyway, life is about to get worse. I am interested in finding a place to grow crops in the south before next spring.”
”Let’s vote by raising our hands. Those who agree to flee, raise–”
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, interrupting the chaotic quarrel in the living room.
Brown, who was about to explode, restrained his anger and took a deep breath.
”Come in.”
The man who came was Liu Zhengyue, the head of his security.
After shaking off the snow in front of the door, Liu Zhengyue walked into the warm house.
”Sir, our neighbor sent you a letter…”
Brown looked at him and asked.
”What’s in the letter?”
Liu Zhengyue glanced at the people at the table, then at Mr. Brown, and said in a low voice.
”Sir, do you want to read it here?”
Brown’s face flashed a trace of impatience, but perhaps he felt that it was inappropriate for so many people to listen, so he still patiently waved his hand and motioned him to hand over the letter. He took
the letter.
He opened the envelope.
He pulled out the letter, glanced at it, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face, but it was soon replaced by suspicion and solemnity.
The middle-aged man wearing a hunter’s hat looked at him and asked.
”What does the letter say?”
”It’s an invitation from a neighbor, nothing, it has nothing to do with you…” Mr. Brown replied casually, and at the same time carefully folded the letter and put it in his pocket.
The people sitting at the wooden table looked at each other, exchanging distrustful glances.
Of course, they would not believe the nonsense said by this old fox, but this is his territory. If he doesn’t intend to say it, they have no way to force him.
”Okay, let’s all go. We have been discussing this since dinner time. If you still want to continue arguing, please go somewhere else, not here… It’s annoying to watch.”
The host here has already ordered the guests to leave. Although the guests in the living room are dissatisfied with his attitude, it is not good to continue to entangle here. They all got up and left here with unhappy faces.
It was snowing heavily outside the house.
However, it was not colder than inside the house.
The group walked out of the farm.
The thin man rubbed his shoulders with his hands, glanced at the other people around him, and said in a low voice.
”I still say that we can’t be the opponent of the Bone Chewing Tribe… We only have one choice, which is to flee. Other survivors in the central part of the Valley Province have done the same.”
The older survivor asked.
”Where did they go?”
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and after exchanging glances, someone who knew the situation spoke up.
”I heard that some refugees…seemed to have gone to the Changjiu Farm, which is a little north of us?”
”A little north? Changjiu Farm?”
”Well, that farm seems to be the territory of those blue coats. They helped the enterprise deal with the legion, and the people of the enterprise helped them build a city in the wilderness…that’s what I heard.”
Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, the man with the hunter hat suddenly spoke.
”I plan to go to the north, to the park of those blue coats.”
The innkeeper looked at him in surprise.
”Now? It’s dark…”
Although there are not many alien species that go out to forage in winter, when will they go back to the north now?
Although they are all survivors in the northern suburbs, they don’t have much contact with those blue coats. They can’t just ask them to take them in for a night as soon as they meet.
”It’s not scary when it’s dark, but it’s scary that it won’t be bright again.”
The man with the hunter hat moved his Adam’s apple and continued. “If we don’t want to become refugees, this may be our last hope.”
…
The mansion in the farm.
After seeing off the guests, Brown turned to the cloakroom, took out his favorite coat and put it on, and carefully adjusted his collar.
But soon, he seemed to have thought of something, and he came to his senses and stuffed the coat back, took out a coat that didn’t look so new and put it on.
At this time, his wife came over, put her hand on his shoulder, and said in a soft voice.
”It’s so late, are you going out of the hospital?”
Brown replied perfunctorily.
”Our neighbors invited me to see a movie, and I can only go once, at least to let them know that we have no more money to squeeze.”
The wife asked.
”Can’t I not go?”
His fingers paused at the collar of the coat, and Brown was silent for a while, rarely restraining his bad temper.
”I don’t know.”
”But I think… it would be better to go than not to go.”
…
Zhongzhou Aerospace Ecological Experimental Base.
At the foot of the gentle slope, beside the highway on the north side.
Two predators wearing fur coats threw the dead branches they picked up into the burning iron barrel and kept warm around the fire.
Looking at the stars floating on the fire, the predator with a trench stick hanging on his waist couldn’t help cursing.
”This damn weather… standing sentry outside is simply a matter of life and death.”
The looters next to him heard this and unconsciously glanced at the sentry post on the slope.
”Shh, don’t let the captain hear you.”
”What’s the harm in talking? He is allowed to sleep with a girl in bed, and I am not allowed to complain here?”
Thinking of the woman he met at the last survivor gathering point, he unconsciously licked his lips that were cracked by the wind.
Her breasts were really big.
He still remembered the expression that fell from pain to despair.
Unfortunately, it was all because the boss played too much, and the man didn’t hold on in the end. Before he died, his throat was hoarse.
”Why do I feel that the weather is getting colder and colder…”
”I’ll go pick up two more firewood.”
As he said this, the looters tightened the ripper rifle on his back, stepped on the snow that was above his calves, and walked into the woods nearby.
There was no light around.
But it didn’t matter.
There were many dead branches lying on the snow, and he leaned down and touched the ground casually.
The cold touch on his palm made him stunned for a moment.
Huh?
Why is it hard?
Two guns stretched out from the darkness, pointing straight at his forehead.
And what he held in his hand at the moment was not firewood at all, but a bayonet covered with mud and emitting a cold light. When he
looked into the eyes of the man lying in the snow, his face gradually turned as white as the snow.
The player who was stared at was also confused.
He was lying in the snow pile and doing nothing. Who would have thought that this idiot would not pick up the branches next to him, but grab the muzzle of his gun.
”Fuck, what should I do?”
The edge paddling water communicated with the teammates next to him with his eyes.
The debt-eye was also confused.
”How about… you wait for him to fire the first shot? ”
At this time, a shout came from the fire next to the road.
”Xiu, what are you dawdling about?”
”I, I…”
The controlled predator’s lips trembled and he couldn’t speak.
Upon hearing the trembling voice, the predator behind immediately realized that something was wrong. He immediately raised his rifle, half-crouched, pulled the bolt, and shouted towards the woods.
”Who’s there!”
Seeing this scene through the drone, Chu Guang knew that the people in the woods could no longer hide.
But it doesn’t matter.
It was the feint attack group that was discovered, although it was a few minutes early, it didn’t matter.
It’s time to test the micro-control!
Chu Guang stretched out his index finger and drew a virtual stroke in the air. The pre-compiled task suspended in the tactical eyepiece window was immediately issued.
[Battle countdown: 0s]
[Task: Free fire! (Release to: All teams in Group A)]
[Mission: Bombard the target area! (Release to: Support Group)]
”Hit me hard!”
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(Next chapter before 11 o’clock!)
(End of this chapter)
