Chapter 380: That airship should be quite valuable, right?

  Chapter 380 That airship should be quite valuable, right?

  80 kilometers east of Ruigu City.

  The camp of the Enterprise Expedition Team.

  The rumbling thunder in the distance made the soldiers from the East Coast stop their work and look to the west.

  ”What’s that sound?”

  ”Thunder?”

  ”No…”

  ”It sounds like something exploded.”

  ”Strange, when I was in Dawn City, I specifically asked the caravan from the west, but I didn’t hear about any war nearby.”

  The soldiers whispered.

  In the center of the camp, at the door of the tent.

  Standing next to the captain Yunsong, the logistics officer Hedin looked a little nervous. He often traveled around the country and was very sensitive to danger.

  He knew very well that the sound was definitely not thunder or something.

  ”Was that a nuclear bomb just now?”

  Yunsong frowned slightly.

  ”Not sure.”

  Nuclear bombs are actually nothing to be afraid of. They are just a weapon with a high cost-effectiveness. There are many weapons in the wasteland that are more powerful than it. What

  really concerns him is the power contained in that sound.

  According to his experience, the equivalent of its explosion is at least ten tons.

  Whether it is a nuclear weapon or not, the power is enough to make them alert.

  However, the strange thing is that according to the intelligence they investigated in Dawn City, there should be no other regional powers from Qingquan City to the east to Luoxia Province.

  At most, there are some small settlements of survivors scattered around.

  Although the number of people is not small, it is obvious that they do not have the ability to manufacture such weapons.

  Hedin whispered.

  ”I suggest changing the direction of advance. Before entering Luoxia Province, we should try our best to avoid participating in regional conflicts…”

  Yunsong pondered for a while and nodded.

  ”Yes.”

  …

  Northwest of Ruigu City.

  The camp directly below the Iron Heart.

  Sitting in the tent, Rachel’s face was as gloomy as the clouds outside the tent.

  Especially when he heard that Vito, his most capable hunter, died on the battlefield, and died humiliatingly under the enemy’s artillery, he clenched his fists in anger.

  ”This group of hiding bugs…”

  When he caught those guys, he vowed to torture them with the most cruel punishment until they shed their last drop of blood and took their last breath.

  At this time, the door curtain was lifted.

  The guard who walked into the tent saluted and interrupted his thoughts.

  ”Sir, the officer of the General Staff is outside.”

  Hearing this, Rachel’s expression froze slightly. After three or five seconds, he slowly spoke.

  ”Please let him in.”

  ”Yes!”

  Watching the guard turn around and leave, Rachel sighed after a long pause and slowly relaxed his tense shoulders.

  The parachute was not found.

  The half-dead corporate employee also escaped.

  Not only that, he also lost two marine detachments and a reconnaissance team composed of three awakened people.

  At this time, it was self-evident what the General Staff was going to do by sending people here.

  The door curtain was lifted again.

  An officer in a neat uniform walked in from outside.

  Rachel noticed that he had just seen the man in front of him during the day.

  However, unlike the daytime encounter, the expression and demeanor on the officer’s face were obviously much more serious.

  Knowing that the man in front of her was most likely here to hold her accountable, Rachel did not speak, but quietly kept her mouth shut, waiting for him to speak.

  However, to Rachel’s surprise, he did not wait for the demotion.

  Instead, he heard an unexpected arrangement…

  ”General McClane appoints you as the commander of the land battle. We will deploy more troops to the ground tomorrow morning.”

  ”Until the deployment order is revoked, this force will be under your full command.”

  Hearing what the officer in front of her said, Rachel’s eyes suddenly showed obvious surprise.

  As if seeing his surprise, the officer from the staff department continued.

  ”According to the judgment of the General Staff, the Enterprise employee we are chasing is suspected to have joined the reinforcements of the Enterprise. All signs indicate that the unknown armed forces that ambushed our patrol tonight are the people of the Enterprise!” “The

  loss of the 29th and 31st Marines is not your fault. It is our lack of regional intelligence that led to this accident.”

  ”Captain McLennan asked you to perform well, wash this shame with the blood of your enemies, and avenge the brothers who died tonight!”

  The surprised look in her eyes converged, Rachel took a deep breath, and said seriously.

  ”I will.”

  ”Use your actions to prove that the captain is waiting for your news.”

  Throwing down this sentence, the officer of the General Staff did not stop, but turned around and left the tent neatly.

  His eyes stared straight at the door curtain of the tent.

  Rachel clenched her fists, then slowly loosened them, with a fighting spirit flashing in her eyes, and chewed those words repeatedly in her mouth.

  As if she wanted to bite it and swallow it.

  ”I will!”

  …

  The boiling mountain fire burned all night until the night faded away and gradually extinguished.

  However, the rage of the Legion did not subside. The destruction of the two Marine Corps put the Iron Heart on the highest level of alert.

  The thunderous sound of the artillery also kept the survivors in the entire Ruigu City awake all night.

  In the early morning,

  the commotion was far from over.

  The Iron Heart airship continued to deliver arms to the ground. The deployment scale had reached a whole thousand-man team, and the position fortifications under construction were constructed according to the standards of three thousand-man teams.

  Dozens of Marine detachments were sent to the eastern suburbs to search for the three girls who raised two bears and the mortar positions that fired at their patrol last night.

  According to the report of the soldiers who escaped back, they were attacked by at least a hundred-man team equipped with highly mechanized exoskeletons.

  There is no doubt

  that it was the reinforcement of the Enterprise!

  But General McLennan was not worried. Even if it was reinforcements from the Enterprise, what would happen? They

  were just a bunch of weak guys.

  It was just right to catch them all in one fell swoop!

  At the same time, under the instruction of the airship staff, the land warfare commander Rachel began to send “armed lobbyists” to the surrounding areas.

  With the residual power of last night’s shot, it was just right to convey General McLennan’s will to the survivors’ settlements in the nearby area-

  either surrender.

  Or perish!

  …

  On the other side, in the eastern part of Ruigu City.

  In the mountainous area about five kilometers away from the center of the explosion, more than 20 players of the Storm Corps were resting.

  At this moment, the sky was not completely bright, and there was a gray glimmer in the distance.

  Although some people suggested that they could camp a little further away, Brother Quanshui said that the seemingly dangerous place was the safest.

  After dawn, the Legion would most likely send people to search eastward, but the focus of the search would most likely not be near the explosion area.

  What’s more, the terrain here is higher and the field of vision is wide.

  Even if you encounter a situation, you can move in time.

  After more than 30 hours of forced marching, and then a fight with the patrol of the Legion, even if people are made of iron, their equipment can’t stand it.

  Most of the players’ exoskeletons have run out of power.

  Fortunately, Tail’s truck is equipped with a firewood generator.

  The unloaded exoskeletons are lined up next to the truck.

  Kakarot took a few strength players to the nearby forest to cut trees, and a few agility players helped everyone prepare food. Rourou took

  Teddy, who would never wake up again, to the nearby mountains, intending to bury him in a place where scavengers could not reach him.

  Tail and Zhimahu also accompanied her.

  Although Sisi wanted to follow, she was too seriously injured and had to stay in the camp.

  She found a corner where no one was, and performed a small operation on herself with the medical tools in the car to remove the bullet stuck in her body.

  Because she was not very skilled in the operation, the ground was covered with blood, but fortunately, after tinkering for a while, she still gained something.

  ”Done!”

  Looking at the deformed bullet clamped in the tweezers, Sis let out a long sigh and threw it into the aluminum box as a souvenir.

  Although the recovery speed of physical players is much faster than that of ordinary people, it is not as fast as the mutants’ “wounds heal at a speed visible to the naked eye”.

  Simple bandaging and suturing can make the wound heal faster. Sis estimated that she would be able to fight side by side with her partners by this time tomorrow.

  After sewing up the wound, she opened a box of new bandages and put them on. She admired her masterpiece with satisfaction and then returned to the truck.

  Breakfast will be ready in a while. Kakarot and his group have just returned with firewood for the stove and generator.

  The other players sat in a circle, most of them yawning exhaustedly.

  Only the old man standing in the middle, the fountain, was telling everyone his battle plan with a spirited look on his face.

  ”…Airships can store a lot of supplies, but their supplies are not unlimited after all! For a force of thousands, not to mention how much food they have to eat every day, their shit alone can fill a car!”

  I yelled, “Fuck, can you not mention this before meals?”

  The Fountain Commander said with a smile.

  ”Just an example!”

  ”The Iron Heart has dropped its anchor chain. If they plan to stay for months, they will definitely collect supplies on the spot and try to get supplies from the local area – whether it is by paying dinars to buy them or forcing them by force.”

  ”And this is an opportunity for us!”

  He continued, looking at the players with a sharp eye.

  ”We need to distinguish who are the ones who are bought by them and who are the ones who are coerced by them, and then win over the part that can be won over!”

  Sisi said after thinking for a while.

  ”But how many survivor settlements are there who dare to resist the Legion?”

  The Fountain Commander said with a smile.

  ”We don’t need them to resist openly. We can fight the tough battles.”

  ”We just need them to provide us with a little help within their capabilities!”

  Even if it’s just to tell them the location of the Legion patrol.

  Even if it’s just to remind them when the convoy to collect supplies will come.

  A hint of enlightenment appeared in the eyes of the battlefield man.

  ”I understand, guerrilla warfare, right?”

  ”Correct!”

  Commander Quanshui nodded with approval and continued.

  ”The Legion’s people will most likely go to contact the nearby survivor settlements during the day, so we will go in the opposite direction and go at night!”

  ”After everyone finishes their meal, go offline and return to the status first. We will continue to discuss the specific combat plan in the group.”

  As he said, he cast his eyes on Sisi beside him and said with a smile.

  ”Good brother, can you please guard the body?”

  Sisi smiled.

  ”It’s a small matter, no trouble, Awei and I will help to watch.”

  She just lay on the truck for a while, and her fatigue value has dropped. She is not very sleepy now. She will take turns to sleep for a while when Weiwei and the others come back.

  Quanshui clasped his fist and said with a smile.

  ”Well! I’ll leave it to you then!”

  …

  Most of the players who arrived in Ruigu City with Brother Quanshui were full-time players.

  Even if there were a few who were not full-time, they all had relatively free time, otherwise it would be impossible to perform a long-distance raid for more than 30 consecutive hours.

  After a hearty meal, everyone agreed on a time to go online, and then found a place where they would not get in the way and lie down, and logged out of the game.

  As for the equipment and game characters, Sisi helped to look after them.

  The people of the White Bear Knights were originally members of the Storm Corps, and they were teammates who had played together several versions ago, so naturally there was no problem of trust or distrust.

  After logging off.

  Commander Quanshui tagged all members in the Storm Corps guild group, and divided the more than 20 team members who arrived first with him into three groups.

  Group A was mainly composed of players of the Agility and Perception Departments, responsible for scouting the terrain in the nearby area, and Group B was mainly composed of players who could communicate with NPCs in a simple way, responsible for collecting information about the survivors’ settlements in the nearby area.

  As for Group C, it is composed of several players who like to fight, such as the Battlefield Atmosphere Group, and they continue to move westward, responsible for searching and attacking the patrols of the Legion.

  The number of people killed is not the key.

  It is mainly through frequent harassment to strategically disrupt the enemy’s vision and make them misjudge their position and number of people.

  As for the task of searching for the entrance of Shelter No. 79, Quanshui plans to hand it over to Wei and others after going online.

  On the one hand, he feels that Wei seems to be very interested in treasure hunting. On the other hand, considering that they don’t have advanced equipment, high-frequency mobile operations will be more difficult.

  This game is played in two completely different ways with and without exoskeletons.

  It has nothing to do with ability, it is purely a matter of suitability.

  …

  When the morning sun shines on the land of the Valley Province, the Boulder City, far away on the edge of the third ring road of Qingquan City, is peaceful and peaceful at this moment. No matter

  how powerful the 400mm main gun is, the shock wave will never blow here.

  Unless –

  someone intends to add fuel to the fire.

  ”Extra Edition!”

  Newsboys carrying canvas bags ran through the streets and alleys of Boulder City, delivering the temporarily printed newspapers to taverns and grocery stores that cooperated with the “Survivor Daily”, and also stuffed them into customers’ windows and door cracks. The

  temporarily printed newspaper was only one page.

  The photo printed on the newspaper was a continuation of the headline of the newspaper that had just been published in the morning.

  A huge crater was printed in the col, and the devastating shock wave swept across the entire forest. The fiery red flames were like a boiling mushroom cloud.

  Below the photo, there was an intriguing line of text –

  [The 400mm main gun of the Iron Heart! Only six rounds are enough to flatten the entire outer city! ]

  This is of course an exaggerated metaphor.

  However, after such a comparison, the spectators who had no idea of ​​the power suddenly realized how terrifying the power of this thing was.

  Gray Squirrel Clothing Store.

  Sitting behind the counter, Seal leaned on his chair, his hairy arms resting on his bulging belly, holding a still-warm newspaper in his hands.

  The reason he subscribed to the “Survivor Daily” was simple. He mainly wanted to see the advertisements and learn about the latest fashions in Dawn City.

  However, the occasional news published on it also interested him.

  Although Mr. House’s broadcasts were exciting, his voice was like a spirit leaf, which only had the effect of refreshing, and other than that, it had no nutritional value.

  The “Survivor Daily” was different. The news was varied. In addition to what happened in Boulder City, it occasionally reported news from the outside world.

  ”… Ruigu City, I seem to have heard of it somewhere.”

  Hearing Seal’s low muttering, his old friend Rob, who was picking and choosing in his store, replied casually.

  ”Of course you’ve heard of it. It’s the southeast corner of the River Valley Province, the western gate of the southern corridor, and most of the caravans passing through Boulder City will pass by there.”

  ”Yes, that’s it!”

  Xier’s eyes were filled with surprise, and he sat up straight from his chair, “It’s really strange that the Legion actually went there… Shouldn’t they be looking for trouble in the Great Rift Valley in the north?”

  ”Legion?!”

  The index finger that was rubbing the “artwork” stopped, and Robo moved his eyes away from the mannequin’s legs, turned back to look at Xier sitting behind the counter, and asked.

  ”What nonsense are you talking about? What is the Legion doing here?”

  He runs the most famous bar in Boulder City, the Queen of the Night. It is not only a well-known den of money, but also a gathering place for intelligence with all kinds of people.

  Not only the nobles in the inner city come here to have fun, but also the mercenaries who have made a fortune are happy to contribute their chips to him.

  Except for the White Shark in the Pirate Bay Bar, no one is more informed than him.

  ”Look at what happened this morning.”

  Xier stuffed the newspaper in his hand and the newly delivered extra edition to his old friend, “This photo can’t be fake, right?”

  Taking the newspaper, Robo glanced at it quickly, and his eyes quickly widened like two chips.

  ”Heart of Steel?! Wait, I think I’ve heard of this guy!”

  Xier looked at him strangely.

  ”Where did you hear that?”

  Robo spoke quickly with disbelief written all over his face.

  ”A caravan from the west! It happened just two months ago! They said that the legion settled in the oasis where the sunset was setting, and there was a steel fortress floating above their heads… Damn, I thought that guy was bragging!” The

  400mm main gun that burned everything…

  This caliber can stuff others in!

  Imagining that scene, Robo couldn’t help but shrink his neck.

  He really couldn’t think further about what this big guy would look like flying to his doorstep.

  ”Don’t worry too much, the city lord will definitely not let it fly to us.” Looking at this guy’s exaggerated reaction, Xier’s expression was a little strange, but he still said comfortingly.

  ”It’s hard to say… Last year, I don’t know if it was the Legion or the Enterprise, but a nuclear bomb was dropped in the Elm District in the north, and it ended up in vain.” Robo couldn’t help complaining.

  I hope someone can take care of this.

  By the way, aren’t there a group of nosy guys in the north?

  Xizhou City is about a hundred kilometers away from here, and Ruigu City may be a little farther, but not too far.

  Boulder City at least has a giant wall with a large number of fixed weapons installed on it, but those people have nothing and have planted a large field. They will definitely do something, right?

  Compared to the annoying Legion, the country bumpkins are of course more lovely.

  Robo couldn’t help but have a trace of worry on his face.

  Can they win?

  …

  Robo is not the only one who has similar concerns.

  Almost the vast majority of wastelanders holding the “Survivor Daily” have almost the same idea as him.

  Not everyone cares about the life and death of the country bumpkins in the northern suburbs.

  But they were not naive enough to think that the Iron Heart’s range was only a dozen kilometers off, and it just happened to let them go.

  At this moment, the City Hall of Boulder City was busy.

  The head of the City Hall, Du Long, had held three meetings in a row, not only calling in people from the bank, but also summoning the president of the Survivor Daily newspaper.

  Although it could not be said to be a mess, it was at least a panic.

  Unlike those ordinary residents.

  What they are worried about is not only the safety of the survivors’ settlement, but also the 200 million chips that have just been lent out!

  What is the concept of 200 million?

  There are about 500,000 residents in the outer city of Boulder City. Excluding mercenaries and merchants, the per capita income is about 100 chips.

  In other words, even if all the workers in Boulder City screwed the screws until they smoked, it would take three or four months to earn so much money!

  Yes, this money is not in the hands of the Alliance, but in the supervision account of Boulder City Bank. But the problem is that the Alliance has already placed orders with their factories and caravans with these chips!

  Almost all factories in the entire Boulder City are busy with loans, recruitment, and expansion of production, running around for the 200 million chips.

  The furnace of industry is burning, and there has never been such a grand occasion!

  Whether it is Boulder City Bank or City Hall, they have already tasted a little bit of sweetness, and they don’t want to see the signs of “economic recovery” being extinguished.

  This kind of thing must not happen!

  ”That idiot Jaeger actually proposed to terminate the loan. How can such a big thing be stopped just like that? Fortunately, Mr. Director is on my side…”

  After a whole day of meetings, Melvin returned to the mansion exhausted. He handed his coat to his wife while complaining non-stop.

  He was worried every day so that those poor people who owed him money could pay it back smoothly.

  The wife who took the coat gave him a kiss and comforted him softly.

  ”You may need to rest for a few days.”

  ”Dear, I want to too, but there are a lot of troubles…”

  Melvin sighed and sat on the soft sofa.

  At this moment, he suddenly noticed the newspaper on the coffee table, and his eyebrows, which had been stretched a little, twisted together again.

  ”Survivor Daily…Does our family subscribe to this thing?”

  Reaching out and rubbing his eyebrows, Melvin now has a headache when he sees this newspaper.

  ”I ordered it. I saw a lot of things I haven’t seen before, such as nutritional paste. I heard that it is the food of wastelanders…” Sitting next to her father, Alyssa blinked curiously and said, “Can we buy some? I want to see what it looks like.”

  ”You won’t be interested in that thing. It’s like… like fermented vomit, only a little better than the hard-to-swallow bark.” Melvin thought of a vivid metaphor.

  Even he himself felt disgusted, which should be able to dispel his daughter’s curiosity.

  Alyssa: “Bark?”

  ”Well, if you are too lazy to take out a chip, you can only chew that thing. But the nutritional paste is cheap enough, usually sold for only one kilogram… Why am I talking about this,” Melvin touched his little daughter’s head and said dotingly, “You don’t need to know this.”

  One of his two sons moved to the inner city, and the other followed a reliable caravan to travel on the east coast. The other two daughters have already started their own families, and this is the only piece of flesh and blood left in his heart.

  The lady frowned.

  ”…Don’t bring that thing home.”

  ”I know,” Melvin said with a smile, holding his wife’s shoulders, “I’m just popularizing some knowledge for our little daughter…”

  ”Some unnecessary knowledge,” the wife stared at her husband, with a slightly reproachful tone, “You spoil Alyssa too much. I have never agreed with her subscribing to that kind of newspaper. There are so many books in the study at home, why should she read the vulgar words written by a group of wastelanders.”

  Melvin laughed dryly.

  ”I will persuade her.”

  He actually didn’t like the “Survivor Daily” very much, mainly because he didn’t think those “non-professionals” could write anything valuable.

  Although his office had a subscription, he just asked his secretary to help him take a look.

  But this time, the headline of the “Survivor Daily” was beyond his expectations.

  The legion’s airships have all arrived in the Valley Province. If it weren’t for the freak who came here from the neighboring province to write articles, they would probably still be kept in the dark.

  Just like the last time the Pioneer came here, a tactical nuclear bomb exploded, and their respected city lord belatedly sent someone to take a look.

  Alyssa stared at her father’s eyes and suddenly spoke thoughtfully.

  ”… Actually, you know, we can’t really be isolated from the wasteland. The prosperous Utopia is enviable, but we are not them after all.”

  Melvin looked at his daughter in surprise. He was surprised to hear such words from her.

  ”Where did you hear this?”

  ”In the newspaper, but I think it makes sense.”

  Looking at his daughter looking up at him, Melvin thought for a moment and said.

  ”Yes, not only do I know, Dulong also knows, even Jaeger’s… that uncle who doesn’t look very smart knows, but there are many, many complicated reasons, and this problem has been around for a long time.”

  Alyssa blinked.

  ”Since it has been around for a long time, why not change it from now on?”

  Rubbing his daughter’s little head, Melvin smiled with interest and said in a gentle tone.

  ”Because of limited ability, each generation has its own job. All Dad can do is to let you live a slightly better life, so that you don’t have to sell your soul for tomorrow’s lunch like those wastelanders, and fight for a bottle of watered-down beer.”

  He didn’t intend to break the tacit understanding of two centuries.

  The root of the prosperity of Boulder City is the same as that of Utopia. After all, they are taking the path of enterprises, but with some improvements.

  They have a strong armed force, and like enterprises, they don’t get involved in the wasteland’s mess, just to ensure that others don’t come to their homes to make trouble.

  The survivors’ settlements in the southern part of the Valley Province and even the neighboring Jinchuan Province, whether slave owners or merchants, regard them as role models.

  Just like they look up to the utopia on the east coast.

  However, now, trouble has finally come to the door.

  The Legion’s airship has flown to the doorstep, and those guys with bulging noses are as barbaric and rude as the rumors, and they show their fangs without concealing.

  He has no doubt that those people will covet the prosperity of Boulder City.

  Thinking of this, Melvin felt a sense of powerlessness.

  Even if he was the richest man in the city, he had no way to convince the great city lord to send out troops to do something for the benefit of everyone.

  After all, to put it bluntly, he was just a beneficiary of the rules.

  And that adult was the one who set the rules. That

  man, who had lived for who knows how many years, was more indifferent, stubborn, and elusive than all the people he knew combined.

  Melvin couldn’t help but start to fantasize.

  If only there was a way to have the best of both worlds, to block that trouble for them, or to drive that airship away.

  And just at this moment, a best of both worlds…or a crazy idea, suddenly popped up in his mind.

  Since lending those blue coats some money can save those factories on the verge of bankruptcy, why not lend them some military funds and encourage them to go to war?

  That airship…

  should be worth a lot of money?

  And with their good-for-nothing personalities, seeing those skinny survivors in the area, they certainly can’t leave them alone, and they will have to build roads and houses for them.

  ”Ruigu City, the western exit of the southern corridor…there is much more potential there than Xizhou City.”

  Melvin muttered softly, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and suddenly he stood up from the sofa with an excited look.

  ”Dad?” Alyssa tilted her head, not understanding what was wrong with him.

  Melvin laughed, and was so happy that he wanted to pick up his daughter and kiss her.

  ”My Alyssa, you are absolutely right. We do need a little change…”

  ”At least, we need to make some adjustments!”

  (End of this chapter)