Chapter 229 The snake came out of its nest!

  Chapter 229 The snake is out of its nest!

  ”I always thought that I was just an emotionless killing machine in FPS games, and just a quest expert who likes to rummage through boxes in RPG games.”

  ”Until this morning, I found that a familiar person was missing from the guard team.”

  ”I don’t know the name of the guard, I just know that he is probably the oldest in the guard team.”

  ”Like other nameless NPCs, he lives a very regular life, and his daily work only has three things, namely training, standing guard and patrolling. In addition to that, he has one day off a week, usually on Thursday or Sunday, and on that day he will go to the lake to sit and watch us fishing to kill time.”

  ”I’m not bragging, as a senior angler, I can tell at a glance whether a person is good at fishing. Few people can endure a whole day without getting anything, but he can sit next to us and watch us with empty rods for a whole afternoon.”

  ”So I asked Mosquito to make a fishing rod for me, and warned him not to add any unnecessary functions to it, and then gave the fishing rod to the old man.”

  ”The old man was very happy and thanked me many times. He wanted to give me silver coins, but when he saw that I didn’t take them, he gave me a dagger the next day. At first I thought it was a task item and was quite excited, but later I found out that it was not. It was just an ordinary gift. But even so, this unique feeling is still very interesting.”

  ”Later I taught him how to swing a club, how to make a nest, and how to make simple traps with bottles to catch leech babies as bait. Sometimes we would take the fish to the warehouse or the market to sell, and sometimes we would roast them and eat them.”

  ”I’m like Robinson, I know a little bit of everything. And he is like Friday, not very smart, but very studious, and curious about everything about us.”

  ”Occasionally I would complain to him about some troubles in reality, and he would talk about something of his own, maybe about adventure, maybe about what he wants to do in the future, or something else.”

  ”Even though we couldn’t understand what the other person was saying, surprisingly, this didn’t prevent us from communicating. And from him, I also learned a lot of interesting words, even though some of them I still don’t know what they mean to this day.”

  ”But… everything came to an abrupt end early this morning.”

  ”The solemn guards stood in a row at the north gate of Changjiu Farm and fired three shots into the air. I saw a teenager carry his body onto a truck, watched them send him to be cremated, and then took his ashes to the lake, half of which were scattered on the lakeshore and half in the lake.”

  ”Maybe this was his last wish.”

  ”At that moment, I suddenly felt that those NPCs were like living people, not just a cold program.”

  ”I never thought that one day I would become friends with the characters in the game, and I never thought that I would feel sad because of an unexpected farewell.” ”

  For a moment, I hoped that it was me who died that night.”

  ”In memory of a fishing friend who will never come back.”

  ”Even if I didn’t know his name in the end, I will remember his story, even if I am the only one who remembers it.”

  The post was long.

  The building was very tall.

  Chu Guang rarely saw Shaochaduzi posting on the forum before, and only occasionally saw his replies in some posts.

  But this time he wrote a lot.

  In the subsequent replies, he recounted his memories of the old man from the perspective of a friend, including some interesting things that happened while fishing.

  Although it was not a grand story, but just some simple little things, the words seemed alive.

  Makabazi: “Touch the fisherman…”

  Weiba: “Hmm.”

  Sisi: “Sorry, I couldn’t save your friend.”

  WC Zhenyou Mosquito: “It’s sad, it would be great if NPCs could also be resurrected.”

  Kuangfeng: “Well, but think about it from another perspective, maybe it’s because NPCs only have one life that we feel the world in the game is so real. What we create is not just a meaningless number, but something that is endowed with soul.”

  Ye Shi: “Hey, I know, but I still feel so depressed…”

  Lao Bai: “This game is always too real in unnecessary places.”

  Fang Chang: “It’s very similar to the unpredictable life.” Teng Teng:

  ”Hey…”

  Ya Ya: “Hmm, it hurts.”

  Chu Guang was silent for a long time after reading the end. He typed a lot of words in the reply, but finally pressed the backspace key to delete it.

  Repeated for a long time.

  In the end, only one sentence was left.

  Guang: “His name is Jixiang.”

  …

  The next day, the sun rose as usual.

  Although many people will never come back, life must go on.

  For people living in the wasteland, death is the norm. Those who are not strong enough died two centuries ago. It is impossible for them to survive until now with weak thoughts.

  The training of the guard team is going on as usual.

  Thirty new faces joined in and went to Changjiu Farm for training.

  Most of them came from the refugee camp and signed up voluntarily.

  Perhaps they were inspired by those heroic deeds, or perhaps it was just because of the steaming barbecue that made them feel that they had found their home in this wasteland.

  They didn’t want to live a wandering life again.

  There was no way to escape, so they decided to take up arms and defend the order and peace here with their own hands.

  At the door of the sanatorium.

  A fat rat came out of the door and stretched lazily facing the snow covered with the morning sun.

  ”MMP! I’m finally alive!”

  The rat man has this only advantage.

  Others need three days to survive, but he only needs one day of OB to go online.

  The Elf King Fugui, who just came online and walked out of the sanatorium, unexpectedly looked at this guy and asked curiously.

  ”When did you die?”

  Qiangrensunan: “When else could I die? That night! I didn’t even have a gun, but it was shot right under my nose, so I had to bite the bullet.”

  At this point, Qiangrensunan sighed.

  ”Hey, I get angry when I think of this, MMPD, I just saw a gun and was about to rush up to pick it up, and then I was caught by a hyena.”

  Elf King Fugui: “Ah this…”

  Mutated hyena.

  This is the most common monster in the wasteland, right?

  Although it is slightly stronger than the Gnawer, it is not much stronger. Due to its keen sense of smell and good night vision, many predators like to raise it. It is basically a species that novices can easily deal with. If it can’t even beat a hyena, he usually recommends deleting the account.

  But…

  I heard that hyenas belong to the feline suborder?

  There is nothing wrong with bloodline suppression.

  The cat ears on the top of the head moved slightly, and Aoao Zhima looked at the fat mouse with sympathy.

  ”That’s too tragic…”

  It’s embarrassing to say.

  She didn’t notice how he died.

  On the other side of the square, Tail, who was carrying a rifle, had just come out of the sanatorium.

  But compared with the enthusiasm yesterday, the expression seemed a little depressed.

  Seeing her worries at a glance, Sisi comforted her.

  ”Don’t worry, Weiba has tried very hard. Although it’s a pity, there’s nothing we can do about it. If you want to scold me, just scold the planner for setting the difficulty too high.”

  ”Well, I’m fine. I just think it would be better if I was stronger… But then again, aren’t you afraid that the planner will target you if you say such things in the game?”

  Rumors circulated on the forum, never make fun of the planner in the game or on the forum, otherwise you will be killed at best or die on the spot.

  Although it’s metaphysics, sometimes you have to believe it.

  Sisi immediately lowered his head, put his hands together, and reflected sincerely.

  ”Sorry, planner, I was wrong. Please forgive a girl who speaks without thinking for saying something.”

  ”Huh!” Weiba looked at her in surprise, “You admit your weakness too quickly, don’t you?”

  At this time, the two happened to pass by the guard post of the outpost base.

  Weiba subconsciously looked over there and suddenly stopped.

  Sisi also stopped and cast an inquiring look at her.

  ”What’s wrong?”

  ”Look over there.”

  Weiba pointed in the direction of the guard post.

  Sisi looked in the direction she pointed, and saw that next to the notice board, there was a wall.

  Was it built yesterday?

  Sisi showed a surprised expression on her face.

  She had never noticed it before.

  There were nails on the wall, and some iron plates were hung on the nails.

  ”What are hanging on the wall?”

  ”Well… there are 25 in total, and the names are written on them? It’s probably a soldier’s card or something like that.”

  It turned out to be a memorial wall.

  This design is quite wasteland style.

  Is this an easter egg from the production team?

  Sisi suddenly found that Tail seemed to be in a better mood than before.

  ”Let’s go, Si,” Tail, who had regained his spirit, said with full energy, “In order to be promoted to the first echelon as soon as possible, there is no time to waste! The guys at the outpost are still waiting for Tail to protect them!” Sisi could

  n’t help but smile.

  As expected.

  The lively Tail is still more adorable.

  Although she felt that the guys probably didn’t expect them to help.

  ”Oh!”

  ”We have to work harder to get the MVP next time.”

  …

  North of Elm District.

  An abandoned town sits on the edge of the forest. Even the howling north wind can’t blow away the bloody smell that settles there.

  There used to be more than a hundred families of survivors living here, living a basically isolated life.

  However, just a month ago, a group of looters arrived here and completely turned this isolated town into a hell on earth.

  Some people couldn’t stand the torture and were slaughtered and hung on the wall. A few people survived and became their slaves.

  The looters occupied their homes, took away their food for the winter, and transformed their houses into fortresses, placing wooden bunkers on the streets and windows, digging trenches, and building simple fortifications.

  This doesn’t seem like something looters would do.

  Even if they have slaves to use, few people know how to dig trenches and foxholes and where to dig them.

  Building a position is a very sophisticated subject. For the predators who are used to small-scale attacks and rushing in and out, this is a skill that they don’t use at ordinary times.

  All this is thanks to their staff officer, the man named Bernie.

  As the former centurion of the legion, his understanding and application of light infantry tactics can be said to have reached the level of perfection.

  After all, no one who can survive the bombardment of the Great Rift Valley is an ordinary person.

  Not only building positions.

  Including the defense deployment from inside to outside, as well as the patrol routes of the patrol team, are all planned by this staff officer himself.

  It is precisely because of this that when Yang Er, covered in snow, stumbled out of the woods, he was immediately discovered by the predators who were patrolling with dogs.

  ”Don’t shoot!”

  ”Don’t shoot! I’m one of you!”

  Seeing that the two predator sentinels were aiming at him, Yang Er immediately threw the gun in his hand on the snow and raised his hands in a hurry.

  ”One of us?”

  The predator in front raised his gun and looked him up and down with a suspicious expression.

  ”Whose account are you under? Who is your boss?”

  Yang Er said immediately without even taking a breath.

  ”Gray Wolf! I am a scout under Gray Wolf’s account… Please take me to see the captain, I have something important to report!”

  The two predators exchanged glances and felt that he was not lying, so they took him to the checkpoint on the edge of the town, searched him there, and sent someone to report the situation to the captain.

  After learning the news, the captain agreed to meet him.

  Soon, Yang Er was taken there.

  As soon as he entered the house and saw the man sitting on the chair, he immediately knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed tightly against the floor, trembling and not daring to say a word.

  Lion Fang, who was sitting on the chair, leaned lazily and looked down at him, and said slowly.

  ”You lost?”

  Yang Er swallowed his saliva and said with his head down.

  ”Yes, sir.”

  Bernie, who was sitting next to Lion Fang, looked at him and said.

  ”Tell me what happened the night before yesterday.”

  Not daring to hide it, Yang Er immediately whispered.

  ”…After making all the preparations, we launched a surprise attack on Changjiu Farm under the order of Gray Wolf. However, the resistance of the survivors was stronger than we thought. We once captured their wall, but soon more and more reinforcements came, and we were outnumbered in the end.”

  Yang Er described what happened at that time in detail.

  Including their fierce battle with the defenders at the north gate, including the rubber tracks of the local survivors, including the powerful “rapid-fire gun”.

  ”Quadruple anti-aircraft guns, and high-explosive bombs…” Bernie, who was standing next to Lion Fang, listened carefully to the scout’s statement. After thinking for a long time, he said solemnly, “These survivors are not easy to deal with.”

  Especially installing rubber tracks on trucks, this was an operation he had never expected. What made him even more confused was where did these people get so much rubber?

  The expression on Lion Fang’s face was indifferent.

  After all, he didn’t expect Gray Wolf to take down the survivors’ stronghold.

  Looking at the scout kneeling on the ground, he continued.

  ”Where’s Gray Wolf?”

  Yang Er said timidly, his head pressed firmly against the floor.

  ”I don’t know… Gray Wolf, he said he would stay to cover the retreat.”

  Cover the retreat?

  This sentence successfully made Lion Fang laugh.

  It was really a euphemism.

  But it didn’t matter. Anyway, that guy was a useless chess piece. It was not bad to use the lives of some foreigners to test the strength of the survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

  And it could also stimulate the cunning snake to make the first move.

  It can be said to kill two birds with one stone… Oh no, it’s three birds with one stone.

  ”Go away.”

  Hearing those three words, Yang Er felt as if a mountain had been removed from his shoulders. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he didn’t realize that his back was already soaked with sweat.

  ”Thank you, sir!”

  He didn’t dare to stay here for another second, and he turned around and retreated in a hurry.

  The door was closed.

  Lion Fang looked at the staff officer sitting next to him and said in a nonchalant tone.

  ”I didn’t expect that they were all wiped out.”

  Bernie looked at him strangely.

  ”I thought you did it on purpose.”

  Lion Fang shook his head gently.

  ”You misunderstood. I didn’t mean to let him die outside. I just wanted to take this opportunity to teach this dishonest guy a lesson. I didn’t expect this guy to be so stubborn that he actually lost more than 150 people and himself there.”

  Bernie said.

  ”Then what was the signal gun you gave him for?”

  Lion Fang said with a smile.

  ”Of course it was for Black Snake to see.”

  Bernie was silent for a while.

  For some reason, he suddenly thought of General Krass, whose life and death were unknown, and the grand expedition that ended in failure.

  Maybe they were also abandoned pawns.

  Who knows?

  Those big guys never tell them everything. At most, they will only tell them what to do now.

  Including now.

  He still doesn’t understand why his superior chose to join a group of natives. The people of the Great Rift Valley did not kill them all, and they did have a chance to go home.

  ”If Gray Wolf is captured, he will tell those people all our intelligence, which is not a good thing.”

  Lion Fang said with a faint smile.

  ”I know, but what does it matter? We are much stronger than them. Even if we see each other’s cards, we have a better chance of winning. Now the only suspense is how long they can hold out against the attack of the Black Snake. We must choose a perfect time to enter the battlefield, not too early, not too late… What do you think, my friend?”

  Bernie thought for a while and shook his head.

  ”I don’t know, but it may not be easy for the Black Snake to win.”

  Lion Fang said disapprovingly.

  ”Just relying on that machine gun?”

  Bernie continued.

  ”It’s not a problem with a certain piece of equipment, but the survivors in the northern suburbs obviously have industrial capabilities and have been preparing for this war for a whole winter. And we have very limited intelligence, and we know nothing about their logistics. If this war drags on too long, it may not be a good thing for us.”

  However, if they can take down this survivor settlement, the benefits they can get from it will be huge.

  A survivor base with industrial capabilities is much richer than those agricultural communities.

  The warehouses of the several bases they robbed before were so poor that only some sheep’s horns and green wheat were left. If they can capture the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, their chances of winning the attack on Boulder City will be much higher.

  Lion Fang touched his chin.

  ”Then how do you think we should end this war as soon as possible?”

  Bernie said.

  ”The best option is to act together with the friendly forces in the southern suburbs of TS City.”

  ”That’s impossible,” Lion Fang waved his hand and interrupted him, “I know that guy too well, he will definitely not cooperate with us.”

  Bernie smiled bitterly.

  Noticing the expression on the staff officer’s face, Lion Fang smiled and comforted him.

  ”Don’t worry, this hard bone may be a little hard to chew, but it’s just a little bit. We have an absolute advantage in both equipment and manpower. Even a mouthful of spit from each person can drown them.”

  ”As long as our friendly forces take action and contain their frontal forces, I will immediately take my brothers out, appear on their flank unexpectedly, and cooperate with our friendly forces to annihilate them in one fell swoop!”

  ”Don’t you think this plan is perfect?”

  And we can also divide a part of our manpower to capture their strongholds before Black Snake.

  When that cunning and greedy guy sees his flag flying above Changjiu Farm, he will be furious.

  When thinking of this, Lion Fang couldn’t help showing a happy expression on his face.

  Looking at this overly optimistic centurion, Bernie sighed softly in his heart.

  ”You are right.”

  ”This may be a very good plan.”

  It would be great if everything could go as planned.

  It is a full 20 kilometers away from Changjiu Farm, and the 20 kilometers of snow are not easy to walk. There are forests and ruins in between. The team may be very long and consume a lot of physical strength.

  Assuming that the Black Snake really fell into their trap and decided to launch a lightning-fast offensive before the end of winter, then this twenty kilometers of snow would probably become the biggest variable in this battle. Can

  they really kill those people’s flanks like a god-sent soldier when the battle is most intense?

  This is not as simple as drawing on a map.

  Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door, and a predator walked in quickly.

  The man had an excited expression on his face.

  After entering the house, he knelt on one knee and said in an excited tone.

  ”My lord!”

  ”The snake finally got out of its nest!”

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  (The next chapter will be a little later… If it is not posted by twelve o’clock, it should be one o’clock. Sorry to my brothers, I will finish writing before having lunch.)

  (End of this chapter)