Chapter 258: Encounter on the Fifth Ring Line
Chapter 258 Encounter on the Fifth Ring Road
At the gate of the Giant Stone City.
The man in full plate armor stood like a sculpture, his temperament was out of tune with the surroundings, attracting the attention of passing mercenaries and merchants.
Not only because of his height of two meters and five, but also because of his armor that was armed from head to toe, with almost no gaps. Even the helmet welded with steel plates only had a few small holes.
This guy…
doesn’t he use his eyes to see the road?
Two mercenaries lined up at the gate of the city, bragging when they had nothing to do.
”I bet that armor can’t withstand a volley of my bullets.”
”Shh, keep your voice down, that guy might be an awakened one.”
”Awakened, so what? More awakened ones have died in my hands than Deathclaws!” The mercenary was not panicked at all. The fifty meters of the city gate were also under the jurisdiction of the militia.
Not to mention the awakened ones.
Even if it was a tank from the Bone Chewing Tribe, what about it?
The towed artillery on the giant wall is enough to crush all armor.
The companion next to him obviously didn’t believe him and sneered.
”Stop bragging. I don’t know who peed his pants when hearing the cry of the death claw.”
”Say it again!”
Without paying attention to the discussions of the people around him, the man in armor stayed at the door for a while and walked to the Far Wind Hotel across the street. The
waiter standing at the door of the hotel was not too surprised by this man in heavy armor. Among the many guests he had received, this kind of dress can only be regarded as conservative at best, not even strange.
Not to mention wearing something, even if he didn’t wear anything, he wouldn’t say a word.
”Welcome, sir, do you need a room?”
A dull voice floated from the armor.
”Is this the northern suburbs?”
”The northern suburbs?”
The waiter was stunned for a moment and answered subconsciously.
”This is Boulder City, not that kind of rural place.”
The man continued to ask.
”Northern Suburbs, how to get there.”
The waiter felt his heartbeat freeze for a moment when he saw the scarlet in the gap of his helmet. He wanted to say something perfunctory, but his Adam’s apple moved as he said,
”Go straight up the elevated highway along the road ahead, then turn east, and you’ll see a crooked building, then keep going north…”
The man nodded, and without saying a word of thanks, he dragged his heavy body towards the elevated highway.
The man didn’t seem to worry that the person he asked for directions would lie to him.
The waiter standing at the door of the hotel stared at the man’s back intently, muttering something in his mouth.
”Damn…”
”Why are those eyes the same as those of the Gnawer.”
…
[The fat sheep is already on the road. ]
The edge of the Fourth Ring Road.
In an abandoned shop, a man in an animal skin coat sat in front of an extinguished brazier, unfolding a crumpled piece of paper in his hand.
He had been playing with this piece of paper in his hand for some time.
His name is Wu Chou, a mercenary, and an awakener.
In Boulder City, awakening is not a rare thing, but there are very few people who are awakened but still make a living like him. Many merchant groups and caravans are very happy to recruit awakened people into their teams, and they are willing to spend a lot of money to train them and give them the best weapons and equipment.
In the wasteland, only fists are the greatest guarantee. Strong force can not only deter villains, but also effectively reduce risks and premiums. Merchants in Boulder City are particularly sensitive to these two things.
However, Wu Chou is different from them.
First, he hates to live a life of being constrained by others, and second, his reputation is really not good.
Because two of his employers died in his hands, the middleman who introduced him to the task lost a lot of money, and few people are willing to introduce him to a job that makes money in an upright manner.
But…
who cares?
At least he is quite satisfied with his life.
Being a guard for those cunning profiteers, the daily reward is at most 10 chips, but if you rob that weak and arrogant poor guy, this number may increase by a hundred or even a thousand times.
Reputation?
It’s worse than a piece of paper used to wipe one’s ass.
However, Wu Chou didn’t consider himself a plunderer, although he knew many plunderers and would occasionally take jobs from them.
For example, now.
A week ago, a batch of spirit leaves appeared out of nowhere in Boulder City, and the diluent with 10 chips per bottle made many people rich.
Someone set his sights on this piece of fat meat and offered him a price.
Capture two blue jackets from the northern suburbs, and don’t worry about anything else. In addition to the goods they transported to the northern suburbs, they could also get an extra 5,000 chips.
Wu Chou agreed without thinking.
In his opinion, these 5,000 chips were no different from picking them up for free.
After bribing the gangs in the slums to help with the surveillance, he then hired twenty or so cannon fodder from the slums, gave them weapons, taught them how to shoot, and promised them a reward of 50 chips, requiring them to capture at least two alive.
50 chips.
For the people in the city, it was less than a month’s salary, but for the survivors who lived on scraps and scavenging, these fifty chips were enough for them to easily survive for half a year.
Of course, a team cannot be just cannon fodder.
In order to be foolproof, he also sent four men to help.
According to the plan, they would take action when those people approached the edge of the Fifth Ring Road. If nothing unexpected happened, they should have had a result by now.
Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door.
Putting away the note in his hand, Wu Chou looked up at his men standing at the door.
”Is there any news?”
Wu Chou was ready to collect his reward.
However, what he didn’t expect was that the men standing at the door lowered their heads and didn’t speak.
The heavy expression on his face made Wu Chou vaguely guess something, and he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes slightly.
”Run away?”
Sweat seeped from the man’s forehead.
Feeling the venomous snake-like gaze, he said with a stiff face.
”Yes…”
Wuchou suddenly stood up from his chair.
He walked to the door with big strides, grabbed the man’s collar, pressed him against the door frame, and stared into his eyes.
”There are only eight people on the other side, and you brought more than 20 people to block them, and you told me… that they slipped away?”
Feeling the murderous gaze, the man’s face was full of horror, and he explained quickly.
”This, this can’t be blamed entirely on me. There are indeed only eight of them, but four of them are awakened. Those cannon fodders are completely useless. I emphasized to them countless times that we should split into two teams and encircle them from the side, but they only knew to rush forward, and when they were hurt, they retreated in a swarm…”
He didn’t even dare to say that in less than fifteen minutes, half of them were killed by the opponent, and the opponent was almost fine except for some minor injuries. So much
so that he and the other three brothers didn’t dare to go up…
”What a waste!”
As expected, these guys can’t be relied on!
Throwing away the collar in his hand, Wu Chou cursed, turned around and walked back, picking up the Drone X-2 assault rifle leaning against the chair leg.
”Call all the brothers.”
”I’ll lead the team myself this time!”
He still didn’t believe it.
Just a group of blue jackets, what tricks can they play!
Wu Chou is only worried about one thing now, that those blue jackets will go back to the cave and hide after doing a business.
If that’s the case, who knows when he will have to wait to complete the business.
…
South gate of Linghu Wetland Park.
Five people and a bear are escorting the caravan departing from the outpost base, heading towards the direction of Qingquan City with high morale.
Although there are one more person and one bear guarding this time than last time, Qian Duo, who is walking in the caravan, can’t help but twitch his eyelids.
He does not doubt the fighting power of these blue jackets, after all, he has seen it with his own eyes several times.
Whether it’s the archer, the tough guy who can use a machine gun as a rifle, or the “mechanical arm”, their combat effectiveness is top-notch.
However…
those people were slightly injured in the last battle, and another group of people will accompany them to Boulder City this time. He
didn’t mean to look down on them.
He just felt that they were a bit like on an outing…
”Damn! It’s obviously the bear with the tail…”
”Okay, don’t be sad,” Sisi patted the tail and said comfortingly, “Wait a minute, I’ll let you ride it after I recycle the VM, okay?”
”What the hell? Have you already assumed that I will give it away for free!” Yaya, who was riding on the back of the big white bear, protested.
Meat Mountain Big Bun: “Wait, wait a minute, why do I feel like I’ve become a mount?”
Sisi looked aside with a subtle expression.
”I didn’t say that.”
Teng Teng, who was walking in the back row, said worriedly.
”Don’t interrupt me, Yaya, you’re a scout, keep your eyes on the front.”
Speaking of which, since she got the closed beta qualification, she has been playing this game as a simulation business game. Every day, she either manages Teng Teng’s hut or visits sisters Qiu Cao and Qiu Ye.
This is her first time to such a dangerous place.
Looking at the timid Teng Teng, Yaya, who is riding on the back of the bear, said proudly.
”Hehe, don’t worry, the intuition of the perception system is triggered passively! I have tried it several times!”
Rourou: “Don’t move around, I… I mean you messed up the bear’s fur.”
”It’s okay! I’ll help you rub it!”
Boss Xia had no good way to deal with the iron can on Yaya’s body, so he could only help them make a saddle with leather to put on the bear.
To be honest, Boss Xia is still very good at hands-on work, and the temporary DIY products are much more useful than the unscrupulous products made by mosquitoes.
Yaya, riding on Rourou, is like a heroic female knight, and the 300-kilogram plate armor is full of security.
Of course, the premise is not to speak.
The two caravan guards looked at each other, and at the same time looked at the only normal guard.
Kaiya swallowed his saliva.
”Are you sure they are capable of fighting?”
He already had wounds on both arms, and hoped that this was not the last mission of his career.
Xu Shun nodded and said seriously.
”Of course! I have seen it.”
Qian Lai coughed lightly.
”To be honest, I have a bad feeling… The group of people we met before were obviously not ordinary looters.”
Wang Zhong, who had been silent, nodded.
”Indeed, they looked like cannon fodder called to make up the numbers.”
Xu Shun frowned and asked in confusion.
”Doesn’t that just show that they are all a group of rabble?”
Qian Lai shook his head.
”The rabble will not take the initiative to fire at us. They are not professional looters, but a group of temporary workers. It is obvious that someone has organized them.”
It may be a little difficult to understand for those who have not been to Boulder City, but for those who live there, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace.
Not only militias and mercenaries recruit soldiers in the slums, but also looters. And since the gangs there generally help looters sell stolen goods, it is easy for looters to find a group of temporary workers there to rob, as long as they pay a gun in advance.
Even if they pay enough, they don’t need to give out weapons. Many scavengers can make iron pipe weapons themselves. This is just like building a shack, which is almost a necessary survival skill for them.
According to Qian Lai’s own experience, the attack was more like a test.
The other party was not sure enough, so they decided to mobilize some cannon fodder to test their skills. It is hard to say what the other party thinks of their strength, and whether they will give up the idea of attacking them.
He and the boss suggested that it would be better to rest for a few days before setting off.
But the boss was in a hurry to exchange the spirit leaves for chips. This time, not only did the shipment volume double, but he also gave him a purchase list worth 100,000 chips.
The pot-carrying machine can no longer satisfy the appetite of the Lord of the Northern Suburbs. The Lord is obsessed with acquiring second-hand machines from the Stone City, and wants to get some back no matter what it is.
”I have to be more careful.”
Looking at the cemetery-like city ahead, Qian Lai muttered softly.
I hope nothing will happen…
…
The city full of concrete ruins is like a maze. There is more than one road from the northern suburbs to the Boulder City. Experienced merchants usually remember more than ten roads and analyze which one to take this time based on weather, temperature, intuition and other factors.
For hunters in the maze, it is not easy to catch the rabbits that have entered the ruins.
But there are always more ways than difficulties.
Most predators will set up an observation point at a high place to monitor one or two blocks that can be seen, and then predict which one they will choose based on the direction of their prey’s movement.
On a high-rise building within the Fifth Ring Road, a mercenary in a gray coat was lying on the broken wall, looking at the street not far away with a telescope in his hand.
His name is Shachi, one of Wuchou’s capable men, and he mainly serves as a sniper and scout in the team.
When he saw the team appearing in the camera, he showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said excitedly.
”Boss, they are leaving!”
After a short electric sound, Wuchou’s unbelievable voice came from the walkie-talkie.
”Are you sure?”
Those people had just crossed the edge of the Fifth Ring Road in the morning. It hadn’t even been a day, and they were on their way to Boulder City.
Don’t these people plan to take a day off?
Shachi said immediately.
”I’m sure… that direction can only come from the Wetland Park! There are nine people in total, in addition to the two-headed bull carrying goods, there is also a white bear, which should be their pet. They are heading to 1101 Street, probably planning to pass through the commercial complex there.”
”This group of people is different from the ones we met before. The four awakened ones are not in the team!”
Hearing this, Wuchou’s eyes flashed with excitement.
The commercial complex on 1101 Street, the half-collapsed shopping mall, is a good place to rob, especially the four awakened ones are not in the team, which is great news for him.
The only pity is that the time is too rushed. They didn’t expect these people to go there, and they had no time to ambush in advance.
But it’s not a big problem!
The number of people on his side is twice that of those people!
Wuchou made a prompt decision.
”Go around to their west side and support us on the rooftop! Listen to my gunshots!”
”Got it!”
Shachi’s face was full of excitement.
He put down the walkie-talkie in his hand and was about to put away the telescope and pick up the sniper rifle on the ground. However, at this moment, he suddenly saw the armored man riding on the bear, looking straight at him.
The action scared him so much that the telescope almost fell from his hand, and he quickly hid behind the bunker beside him.
Coincidence?
Not likely…
The action was too obvious.
Realizing something, Shachi’s face changed slightly.
The one riding on the bear’s back is probably an awakener!
…
”Why do I feel like something is looking at me?” Looking at the tall buildings behind him, Yaya, who was dressed like a tin can, frowned.
”Where?”
Wei quickly raised the telescope hanging on his neck and looked in the direction of Yaya’s sight, but he saw nothing except a pile of ruins. There
are too many buildings there.
There may be eyes hidden in every window.
Just as the caravan NPC said, if it was just one person, it would be fine, but if it was a team, there was no secret at all to enter here.
”A level 12 perception system, it is estimated to have 18 to 19 points of perception,” Sisi, who was holding a submachine gun, moved the brim of his helmet and muttered, “It can’t be ignored.”
”Can’t determine the location?” Teng Teng looked at Ya Ya and asked.
Ya Ya said helplessly.
”I just have a higher perception, it’s not like I’m using a cheat.”
It’s a pity that it’s too far away.
If it was closer, her talent would come in handy.
The group drove the two-headed cow forward.
There were more and more ruins and buildings around, the wreckage of cars and billboards was everywhere, and there were half-built buildings across the street.
There were shelters everywhere, and the people’s nerves gradually tightened. There
were less than two hundred meters away from the ruins of the commercial complex. Looking at the half-collapsed ruins in the distance, Qian Lai, who was walking in the middle of the caravan, motioned everyone to stop and talked to Xu Shun, who was carrying a rifle beside him.
Xu Shun nodded with a serious expression and walked in front of the players.
”After passing the ruins ahead, 1.2 kilometers further west is the camping site. For safety reasons, we need to send someone to scout ahead. Uh, or I should go–”
”Leave the scout to Tail! Tail is an agile type!” Tail volunteered to raise his hand, and the safety of the sickle assault rifle in his hand was already on. Zhimahu,
who was following beside him, also stepped forward, tightened his grip on the PU-9 in his hand, and said nervously.
”I, I am also an agile type, I can go with you!”
But at this moment, Yaya, who was riding on the back of the bear, suddenly spoke.
”Do we have to go through here?”
Xu Shun, who was staring at the subtitles, was slightly stunned, and his expression immediately became serious.
”What did you find?”
Yaya nodded silently, staring at the ruins two hundred meters ahead, and muttered softly.
”This distance is a bit blurry… but it should be correct.”
”Someone is there–”
Before the voice fell, a gunshot suddenly came from between the tall buildings in the distance.
Hearing the gunshot, everyone was startled and immediately retreated to the bunkers nearby. However, they soon discovered that no one was injured, and even the bullet did not fall near them.
”Another group of people?!”
”The gunshots came from the tall building to our west!”
”Is there another group of people here?”
”Probably!”
”No matter which group it is, bring the cow in!” Qian Lai pushed Kaiya anxiously and urged, “Go!”
That’s a stock worth hundreds of thousands of chips!
If he loses it, the boss will definitely kill him!
”Damn it!”
Kaiya gritted his teeth.
Although reason told him that it would be better not to do so, he still bit the bullet and ran out with his body lowered.
”Hey, don’t go. We’re not sure if the gunshots are directed at us.”
Sisi shouted at him, but the NPC obviously didn’t understand what she said.
Tail, who was standing at the exit of the alley with a rifle, suddenly sighed sentimentally.
”Maybe this is life.”
Poor working man.
This game is always real in strange places.
”Don’t worry about what it is, what should we do now?” Roushan Damo said nervously, “Is there someone in the ruins ahead?” Yaya, who was
riding on her back, nodded, and a heavy voice floated out from the armor.
”And there are quite a few people! Wait, they came out of the ruins and seem to be coming towards us!”
Although it was blurry, she could see that the figures were shaking!
Teng Teng raised her head nervously.
”Are they looters?”
”Well, I think it doesn’t matter in this situation,” Sis pushed the brim of his helmet and analyzed, “Even if they can prove their goodwill, we have to let them lay down their weapons first.”
”Don’t be afraid, Tail is here!” Tail excitedly loaded his rifle and stuck to the side of the bunker, “Si, let’s go!”
Sis took out half of her energy and loaded her submachine gun.
”Oh! Let’s go! By the way, Awei, don’t rush too fast later, we will go around from the side… They probably want to surround us, we have to fight before that.”
”Ok!”
Don’t let the newbies behind you underestimate us!
Just when Tail and Sis were ready to engage the enemy, Kaia was driving the last cow into the alley on the side.
A machine gun suddenly stood on the window of the commercial complex across the street.
There was no time to react. Flames sprayed from the top of the bipod, and dense bullets shot out, rushing across the ruins.
The two-headed bull was killed on the spot.
Caught off guard, the caravan guard who was driving the bull was also shot in the thigh.
”Fuck!”
Kaiya, who was shot in the leg, was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat. He immediately lay on the ground and pressed himself against the concrete slag on the street.
The bullet landed in front of his bunker, splashing dust one meter high. The flying stones fell on his face, frightening him, but he didn’t dare to move at all.
”Damn it, I’m being held up!”
”Help me!”
”Lie down and don’t move!”
Another caravan guard, Wang Zhong, immediately pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it over.
Thick fog soon filled the street.
However, the gunshots did not stop because of this. Three shots were still fired at Kaiya’s direction, as if he was going to nail him there.
Not daring to move casually, Kaiya pressed his ears to the ground, his face suddenly changed and he shouted.
”They are approaching us!”
”Where?”
”Where else can they be! The ruins ahead! At least 10, no, maybe 20!”
Just as he shouted, the 20 mercenaries had already split into two teams and pressed towards the alley 200 meters away.
Wu Chou, who led the team in person, had a trace of anger on his face, and the rifle in his hand was already loaded, cursing and spitting.
”Damn, this stupid thing! I told him to wait for my gunshot! How could he do it without authorization!”
He took a lot of effort to get ahead of this group of people and get to the ruins of the commercial complex first.
The problem that could be solved by just putting a gun to the forehead has now become a head-on confrontation.
Very good.
There is at least one awakened person on the opposite side, and a bear with a steel plate on its chest?
Although he didn’t think those people were his opponents, he didn’t like to add extra variables to the plan.
However, at this moment, another gunshot was heard in the distance.
The sound of breaking air came from above, and the machine gun that was suppressing the street with bursts of fire instantly went out.
Wu Chou was startled and immediately understood what happened, and then shouted loudly.
”Sniper!”
”Spread out and hide, be careful of the building to the west!”
…
”Two.”
The 20th floor of the ruins of the high-rise building.
Lying beside the French window without glass, Ye Shi took a deep breath, pulled the bolt with his bandaged right hand, and pulled out the hot shell in the barrel.
This sniper rifle was seized from the mercenaries in Boulder City and has been used for some time.
The original position of the scope has been replaced by a thermal imager.
He spent 2,400 silver coins to buy this good thing from the official website. It supports 6x zoom, and all heat sources exposed outside the bunker cannot escape from this thing.
Combined with his perception ability, it is simply a magical weapon.
Without hesitation, seeing that the mercenaries had discovered him, Ye Shi immediately moved the muzzle and fired at the looters who were dispersing into the ruins.
This time the hit was in the chest.
The man on the ground did not die immediately, but wailed for help from his teammates.
Ye Shi quickly pulled the bolt, and did not rush to shoot again, but stared at the bunker beside him, ready to wait.
However, he waited until the man died, and no one came out to help him.
”Three…”
Ye Shi glanced at the VM thrown beside him. Two green dots had already scattered from the alley, and the remaining four green dots were guarding around the caravan, staying with the NPCs.
”It should be the tails.”
The two were also old players, and they must know what to do in this situation.
”It’s so annoying… There is no way to hit here.”
Ye Shi muttered, picked up the sniper rifle and hung it on his back, took out the submachine gun and held it in his hand, crossed the corridor full of gnawer corpses, moved to the safe passage, and quickly went downstairs.
A Hell Breath was parked downstairs.
Although the road conditions in the city are difficult for vehicles to pass, two-wheeled motorcycles are generally better than four-wheeled cars.
A tractor-like “thump” sound rang out.
Ye Shi quickly started the engine and followed the pre-planned route to the south side of the battlefield at the fastest speed.
There was an office building with hundreds of floors here, which was a landmark that he and his teammates had explored before. Ye Shi even remembered that he found a lot of office supplies and printing paper there. The
gnawers below the 20th floor were basically cleared out. Even if new alien species spread there in the next two months, it would not cause much trouble.
There were continuous gunshots in the distance.
Ye Shi vaguely heard the sound of Pu-9 shooting. The battle was within 50 meters, and the situation was obviously in full swing!
Anxious, he turned off the engine of the motorcycle and threw it on the side of the road. He climbed up to the second floor along the half-collapsed concrete wall in two steps, and then rushed into the safe passage and moved to the office area on the 20th floor.
Using the butt of the gun to smash the French window, Ye Shi lay on the ground, set up the sniper rifle again, and aimed at the battlefield half a street away.
Adjusting the frequency of his breathing, he was about to pull the trigger, but suddenly a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart, and he picked up the sniper rifle that he had just set up and left the window.
Almost at the same time, a bullet came in through the window and hit the ceiling not far from him, exploding a ball of fire.
The heat wave of the explosion spread, and large pieces of concrete stones fell from the ceiling. Fortunately, Ye Shi dodged in time and was not injured.
”MMP!”
How did these bastards find me? !
Seeing the group of looters downstairs, five of them scattered and surrounded me.
Ye Shi, who hurriedly re-mounted the sniper rifle, thought to himself that it was bad.
The distance was less than 500 meters. If I went downstairs at this time, I would definitely run into them!
Ye Shi hastily pulled the trigger, but there were too many shelters on the street. The looters who had already discovered his position did not reveal too many flaws to him, and he easily dodged the shot.
Ye Shi hurriedly pulled the bolt, mumbling.
”Oh my god, I just bought the equipment and it’s not even warm in my hands. It can’t be that bad!”
Don’t, Brother Guang.
Five against one is a bit unethical.
Show some mercy!
I don’t know if the planner A Guang heard his prayer, but just as Ye Shi was busy shooting, something strange happened.
A figure covered in steel appeared in the center of the battlefield.
The firepower of both sides was obviously paused. Both the caravan guards and the plunderers were confused by this guy.
The eyes of Wei, who was hiding behind the bunker, lit up.
”Si! That armor is so powerful!”
Much more powerful than Ya Ya’s!
Si Si’s face was solemn.
”…Awei, don’t take it lightly, he may not be here to help us.”
Ignoring the atmosphere around him, the man standing in the center of the battlefield glanced around and was silent for a while.
A ghostly voice suddenly floated out from under the armor.
”How to get to the northern suburbs.”
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(Thanks to the leader “Qing Ningzi” for the reward!)
(End of this chapter)
