Chapter 334: Fuel Rods Hidden in the Basement
Chapter 334 Fuel Rods Hidden in the Basement
The gunfire and explosions in the underground garage finally subsided.
A man wearing animal skins and a tooth string hanging around his neck was dragged out of the garage entrance by two little players, one on each side.
Even though he was covered in blood and his hands were tied, he was still yelling.
Unfortunately, his actions were doomed to be in vain, as the players around him could not understand what he was saying.
As a war criminal, he would be sent to Dawn City to be tried under the laws of the New Alliance.
After that, he would be waiting for the gallows of justice.
In addition to Fox Fang, a total of 282 stubborn looters were all shot dead.
It was not that no one wanted to surrender, but that there was no chance to surrender.
The brutal street fighting was like a rolling meat grinder, especially in the dark environment of the underground garage. Not to mention capturing any prisoners, it was already very good not to accidentally hurt friendly forces. No one would hold back.
Both the Death Corps and the Ape Fang Tribe, who took the lead, suffered considerable casualties.
Seeing his men coming out of the underground garage covered in dust, Yuanya’s face was filled with pain. In
the brutal street fighting just now, his tribe lost at least 20% of its members, leaving behind 200 corpses…
But when he saw Fox Fang’s miserable end, the pain in his heart suddenly disappeared.
This was a necessary sacrifice.
Everything was worth it…
It was different from Yuanya’s inner struggle and the cannon fodder who survived the disaster. Although
the players who came out of the underground garage also suffered a lot of casualties, they were completely different.
”Shotguns are awesome!”
”Indeed! Too powerful for street fighting!”
”LD-47 is still a little weak in close combat, and it’s too difficult to penetrate unarmored Marauders.”
”It’s not that bad, actually? I’ll just fire a volley of bullets at it, and if it doesn’t kill him with one shot, he’ll be down with two shots.”
”Let the dog mosquitoes come out with a full shotgun, damn, it’s too hard to replenish the ammunition for the captured equipment!” ”
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The surviving players excitedly exchanged their battlefield experiences, and soon reached a consensus on the same thing.
The new alliance needs to add a shotgun to the standard equipment to clear trenches and underground bunkers! And chlorine gas bombs.
Although this thing is not very humane, it doesn’t matter in the game, of course, you can use whatever works best.
What’s more, without this thing, their gas masks have become completely useless. Just
as the players were bragging, the Piltover paratroopers of the Jungle Corps came over and caught a good brother and asked.
”Where’s Big Eyes? Why didn’t he come out with you guys?”
Everyone was stunned when they heard Big Eyes.
”Big Eyes?”
”Hahaha!”
”You mean the fool who roasted himself? Hahaha, I can’t hold it anymore, let me laugh for a while.”
Looking at the construction site boy and brick squatting on the ground laughing so hard that they were out of breath, the Piltover paratrooper was stunned at first, and his face changed instantly.
”Fuck!”
”My flamethrower!”
The player who had been holding back his laughter also laughed out loud after hearing this sentence…
Just as the Piltover brothers were mourning for their flamethrowers, the soldiers of the Second Corps were busy transferring the spoils and slaves from the Sixin District to the southern part of the city.
After seeing the photos sent by Chu Guang, Yin Fang threw down a sentence “Leave it alone”, and then rushed over from Shelter No. 404 in Qingquan City.
Since there was no direct means of transportation, he first took a train on the way, and then took a truck transporting building materials in Qingshi County, and finally arrived in Xizhou before dark.
At the edge of the Fourth New District, the only entrance to the villa area that was not flooded by the lake.
Without waiting for the raft to stop, Yin Fang jumped off it.
The air was filled with a foul smell, and there were flies flying on the roadside. The whole area was like rotten meat soaked in a stinky ditch.
Seeing the bloody graffiti and totems made of human bones around him, Yin Fang shuddered subconsciously and couldn’t help but complain.
”…Can people really live in a place like this?”
”It’s not like you haven’t seen a predator before.” Chu Guang, who was standing next to him, had already turned on the air circulation device of the power armor, completely ignoring the unpleasant smell around him.
”I did see it, but now I have a new understanding…” Looking at Chu Guang’s power armor with envy, Yin Fang coughed lightly and continued, “Where is that thing?”
”Come with me.”
Leaving this sentence, Chu Guang walked in front and took Yin Fang back to Jin Ya’s villa, all the way to the warehouse in the basement.
The spoils in the villa had been emptied, but only this underground warehouse was left intact.
A large number of parts were scattered in the warehouse, and you could see half-disassembled bionic robots and some strange gadgets.
The most eye-catching one was undoubtedly the gas tank-like device placed in the center of the warehouse.
Its shell was orange, and it was hard to tell what it was made of. Chu Guang studied it for a long time but still couldn’t figure out what it was used for.
However, after seeing it, Yin Fang’s face suddenly showed a happy expression.
”The gas tank for the fuel rod! It’s true! Thank God, you didn’t touch it!”
The gas tank for the fuel rod? !
Hearing this, Chu Guang was slightly stunned, and immediately said nervously.
”Will it explode?”
”Explode? What are you thinking about? It’s not that easy to trigger a fusion reaction, not to mention that this is a fuel rod for a third-generation reactor. It is safe from any perspective… Of course, it is also extremely valuable.”
Yin Fang walked forward, half squatted in front of the gas tank-like device, found the interface, and connected it to the touchpad modified by VM.
After some operation, the screen lit up.
”103.9 kilograms… Unbelievable!” Looking at the characters and numbers displayed on the touchpad, Yin Fang’s voice trembled with excitement.
”103 kilograms of what?” Chu Guang asked reflexively.
”Helium-3! 103 kilograms of helium-3!” Yin Fang stood up from the ground excitedly and looked back at Chu Guang, “We are rich!”
Hearing what Yin Fang said, Chu Guang subconsciously held his breath.
Although he had no idea about more than 100 kilograms of helium-3, he understood Yin Fang’s words “get rich”.
He swallowed and continued.
”100 kilograms of helium-3…what does it mean?”
”What does it mean?” Yin Fang took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then said, “Let me put it this way, with a slightly better reactor, one kilogram of helium-3 can generate about 1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity! What do you think this means?”
”1 billion?!”
1 ton of coal can generate about 3,000 kWh of electricity.
So 1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity…330,000 tons of coal?
100 kilograms of helium-3 is about 33 million tons of coal?
Of course, this metaphor is definitely inaccurate and can only be used as a reference for easy understanding.
Looking at the gas tank in front of him… no, it should be said that it is a fuel rod, Chu Guang felt a little confused.
Happiness came too suddenly.
He didn’t know what expression to make for a while.
Yin Fang was the same. He reached out and touched the gas tank, and a hint of obsession appeared on his face.
”Such abundant and pure helium-3, I have been an explorer for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen it. It is really difficult to get some helium-3. The Earth-Moon flight has been suspended for more than 200 years… Where did you get this good stuff from?”
Yin Fang looked at Chu Guang expectantly, and his expression was obviously hoping to get an answer from him.
Unfortunately, Chu Guang didn’t know how to answer this question.
”… It’s useless for you to ask me, I also want to know where this thing came from.” When Chu Guang said this, his face was full of strange expressions.
According to the intelligence collected from the captives, the main trading partner of the Ya clan is the Bugera Free State.
It is backed by the Great Rift Valley and is located at the transportation hub of the northern plains of the Valley Province. In theory, anyone can do business there, and it is difficult to lock down the specific seller.
But then again, what is the point of a predator buying this thing…
At this moment, Chu Guang suddenly noticed the pamphlet scattered on the side, so he reached out and picked it up.
There was a line of words on the cover of the pamphlet –
What the hell is “Chasing the Milky Way”?
After reading this line of title, Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, then flipped back and frowned slightly.
”…”
Comics?
And it’s a mecha theme.
Glancing at the scattered bionic parts on the ground and the iron rack leaning against the wall, Chu Guang suddenly understood something, and the expression on his face became subtle.
Oh my god.
Is this going to build a Gundam? !
Looking closely, the iron rack is not a container at all, but a horizontal mechanical leg and arm.
However, due to the abstract workmanship, he did not recognize it at the first time.
Thinking of this, Chu Guang couldn’t help but think of a picture.
A disheveled man, holding a pre-war comic book in his hand, stood in front of an unevolved baboon, selling the garbage he picked up from who knows where – ‘
Brother, I see that you have amazing bones. Here is a martial arts secret book. Since you and I are destined, I will sell it to you for 1 million dinars. ‘
It can only be said that one dares to sell, and the other dares to believe.
”What’s wrong?” Seeing Chu Guang staring at the corner, Yin Fang asked curiously.
Chu Guang shook his head.
”Nothing…”
Since some people worship the black box as a god, it is not surprising that they mistake the comic book of the pre-war era as a “black technology manual”.
Looking at the orange gas tank again, Yin Fang said with envy.
”100 kilograms of helium-3… If it were in the academy, they would even exchange the information of Class A technology with you.”
Chu Guang: “It’s impossible to exchange. Compared with the Class A technology that can’t be used temporarily, I need energy more.”
Yin Fang nodded: “Indeed, I don’t recommend you to sell it. With your current manufacturing level, it’s a miracle to be able to produce Class D technology. It’s better to be pragmatic.”
The higher the technical content, the higher the cost, the more complicated the process, and the more industrial chains involved.
With the current situation of the new alliance, the first priority is to develop productivity, and the second priority is high-precision technology.
Class D technology such as solid hydrogen may not be less useful than Class A technology such as metallic hydrogen.
But what Chu Guang wanted to complain about was, who said it was a miracle that the New Alliance could produce Class D technology?
According to the academy’s classification standard for pre-war technology, A3 aerospace aluminum should be considered Class C technology.
In other words, the New Alliance’s industrial capacity is already capable of producing Class C technology!
Although there is only one.
”This gas tank should have been disassembled from the fuel rod… Although I don’t know which idiot disassembled it, fortunately the parts are all here, and it won’t be a big problem to assemble it.”
Looking at the materials scattered around, Yin Fang continued.
”Now all that’s left to do is to find that reactor and that shelter No. 101… Let me make it clear that I can’t repair that thing. I’m just an explorer, not a nuclear engineer.”
Chu Guang said with a smile.
”Don’t worry about that, I’ve arranged for someone to find it.”
”Really? That’s great.”
Yin Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
His biggest headache on weekdays is that whenever the manager in front of him encounters a problem related to technology, regardless of whether it is within his professional scope, he will just give him a brain to find a solution.
What can he do?
Even if it is the same language, being able to read and being able to write are two completely different concepts, not to mention a complex and systematic project like a controlled fusion reactor.
”…It will take some time to reassemble the fuel rods. Can you find a few people to help me move the parts out?” Looking around, Yin Fang pinched his nose and frowned, “The smell here is too strong. I don’t want to work in this ghost place.”
It’s not just the smell.
The environment here is just like a haunted house. You can just set up a stall at the door and charge admission. Normal people wouldn’t want to stay here for long.
”No problem.”
Chu Guang nodded, waved his index finger lightly, opened the map casually, randomly selected a group of lucky people from the nearby little players, and issued a task to help move things.
A total of 10 people are needed, and 10 silver, 10 tribute, and 50 points will be given for completing the task.
Almost as soon as the task pop-up window appeared, it was snapped up in an instant.
Chu Guang suspected that these guys didn’t even read the content of the task and took it without saying anything.
Clicking on the task details, he saw
that 9 out of 10 people were agile.
This was too fast!
”… Someone will come to help you in a while. I have something else to do, so I won’t stay here any longer.”
As soon as the voice fell, a line of light blue pop-up windows suddenly appeared in front of Chu Guang.
[Task: Recover the VM of the manager of Shelter No. 101 (the equipment number and DNA verification record must match the information registered in the database)]
[Reward: 3500 DNA sequences. ]
3500 “activation codes”!
When Chu Guang saw the last line of task rewards, he clenched his fists excitedly.
The 3000 activation codes given for opening the B4 layer before were almost distributed.
With these 3500 new DNA sequences, the upper limit of players in “Wasteland OL” will be increased from 3500 to 8000!
It has doubled directly!
Thinking of this, Chu Guang couldn’t help but say.
”Sure enough, digging graves is the right way to become stronger!”
However, this excitement did not last long. Just half a minute later, Chu Guang calmed down.
Judging from the existing information, Shelter 101 is obviously not an ownerless ruin that has been abandoned for many years, but a shelter that is in operation.
In other words, their manager is still alive.
So the question is.
How to politely borrow his “vital sign monitor” from a living manager.
In a sense, this thing is equivalent to a person’s black box.
It not only stores DNA information, but also most likely stores work logs and the user’s personal privacy, which is equivalent to a smartphone in the 21st century.
Chu Guang thought about it from another perspective. If someone planned to borrow his phone, he would be 100% reluctant. Even if the contents were deleted cleanly, there is always a way to restore it.
This task may not be that simple…
…
In a dark tunnel, a group of people held flashlights in their hands, searching and moving forward.
Two hours ago, the Niu Ma team received a follow-up mission from the Fusion Reactor and followed the NPC Wang Zhong to find the entrance to Shelter 101.
Lu Bei from the Guards Corps also accompanied them as the representative of the New Alliance to negotiate with Shelter 101.
Five players spread out around and protected the two NPCs in the middle of the team.
However, this mission was unexpectedly simple, and there were basically no difficult threats along the way. The
most dangerous alien species they encountered was just a multi-legged beast that ran in from nowhere.
In most cases, they encountered mutant rats and cockroaches…
especially the former.
The entire Xizhou City has almost become a world of rats.
These little things have weak combat power, and a grenade can kill a lot of them.
If you encounter a lone one, you don’t even need to shoot, and you can easily solve it with close combat.
After kicking the body of a mutant rat to the side, Ye Shi said with helplessness on his face.
”We should bring the brother who is forcing others to do things.”
Quitting Smoking scratched his head.
”It’s useless to bring him along. By the time he conquers all the rats in the tunnel, we’ll have enough time to clear the entire map twice.”
Qiangrensunan shared a strategy on the official website. If you want to conquer a mutant rat, you first need to beat the opponent with your bare hands until his belly is exposed and he admits defeat.
Similarly
, Death Claw players can theoretically conquer Death Claw. The premise is to conquer the opponent.
Wang Zhong, who was leading the way, didn’t understand the conversation of these people, and thought they were impatient, so he said hurriedly.
”It’s just ahead, we’ll be there soon!”
Lu Bei, who was walking next to him, comforted him and said.
”Don’t worry, you should recall it carefully and try not to go the wrong way.”
”Don’t worry, sir, I have walked this road many times, and I can find it even with my eyes closed!” Wang Zhong said confidently.
The group continued to move forward and finally reached their destination.
Wang Zhong stopped in front of an iron gate and knocked on it with his hand.
There was no response from behind the iron gate.
Wang Zhong looked a little anxious and knocked again.
Watching the NPC’s actions, Ye Shi lowered his voice and whispered.
”Why don’t we help him blow the door open?”
Hearing this, Fang Chang coughed lightly and said.
”This is a mission with the ‘only’ label. If you fail, you will lose your faction favorability. I advise you not to make trouble.”
Jieyan scratched his head.
”Why do I feel that what Brother Ye Shi said makes sense? Aren’t those residents of the shelter hiding in the shelter? This door is not the entrance to the shelter, how could someone-”
Before the voice fell, the iron door suddenly creaked and opened a crack to the outside.
A face poked out from the crack.
Seeing Wang Zhong standing at the door, the man was stunned and said unexpectedly.
”Wang Zhong? You’re still alive?!”
Wang Zhong said with an excited smile.
”What are you talking about? What do you mean I’m still alive? Is it a dead person talking to you?”
”Sorry… I expressed it wrong,” the man lowered his head and said in silence for a moment, “Why are you here?”
Wang Zhong said with a smile.
”I’m here to tell you the good news. Those barbarians have been dealt with!”
”Already… dealt with?”
The man showed a surprised expression on his face, as if he couldn’t believe it.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed a group of unfamiliar faces following Wang Zhong, and his expression immediately became alert.
”These people are…”
”Lü Bei, the commander of the New Alliance Guard Corps.”
Lü Bei took a step forward and saluted, and took the initiative to introduce himself.
Wang Zhong, who was standing at the door, followed suit.
”They helped us drive away the looters, cured my wife’s illness, and are now helping us rebuild our home. By the way, the leader of the New Alliance is the manager of Shelter 404. Don’t worry, they are all very good people!”
Wang Zhong said this from the bottom of his heart.
Before the people from the New Alliance came here, they lived a life of having no food to eat.
Since the people from the New Alliance came, no one in their settlement has died of hunger.
However…
this is just his feeling.
Staring at the soldier next to Wang Zhong, the man standing behind the door had doubts in his eyes. He didn’t seem to believe what he said, and he didn’t continue talking.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
At this moment, Fang Chang suddenly stepped forward, a friendly smile on his face, and greeted him in non-standard human language.
”…We are residents of Shelter 404, from the same era as you, and we are very happy to meet you again…fellow countrymen.”
In order to say this sentence completely, he had a long draft in his mind, but he still stuttered.
Lao Bai, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but cover his face. Kuang Feng, who had been silent, also sighed.
People didn’t believe that you were from the shelter in the first place, and you still wanted to show off your half-baked language.
If you can’t speak, just shut up!
Ye Shi muttered softly.
”…We should have worn the novice suit earlier.”
Kuang Feng nodded.
”I was really careless.”
Maybe the hidden attribute charm value was not enough, and the judgment to trigger the plot failed.
However, at this moment, a miracle happened.
The man stared at Fang Chang and observed him carefully for a while. I don’t know what was wrong with him, but he actually believed the nonsense he made up.
”…You do look like those people, although you are not wearing blue coats.”
”Those people?” Fang Chang was slightly stunned.
”Of course I’m a resident of the shelter,” the man opened the door, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Tris, a resident of Camp 101, an employee of Shelter 101…”
”And, a sheltered person.”
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(Thanks to “Zaixia Lin Meimei” for the reward!!)
(End of this chapter)
