Chapter 177 Thank You for the Gift of Nature (1/2)

On the way back, Yin Fang held the holographic videotape tightly with both hands, with a solemn expression, as if he was holding his own child.

The right hand rubbed it over and over again, until it almost became swollen.

Oh my god...

Fortunately, I remembered the password.

Chu Guang felt it was irritating to his eyes, and he turned his face away like an old man with a cell phone on the subway. However, at this moment, Yin Fang suddenly looked at him with bright eyes.

"If I take this thing back, do you think the academy will let me go? I'll give you that box, I don't want anything."

Chu Guang rolled his eyes at him.

"If I am a little more polite to you, will you treat me as a villain?"

Yin Fang's expression was stunned.

Chu Guang stretched out his hand easily and took the box of holographic videos from his arms without any effort.

"You know what? I didn't silence you, so I'm already very worthy of you."

Looking at the young man who was getting pale, Chu Guang did not continue to scare him, but smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Do you know what I encountered when I first came to this world...well, I mean when I woke up for the first time?"

Yin Fang swallowed, his voice trembling slightly.

"What happened..."

"A dog with two heads, it seemed like it ran out of hell to pick me up," Chu Guang said casually after stuffing the holographic video tape into his pocket, "If I had been a little slower at that time, I might have died. In fact, I later discovered that if I had run east or north, I would have been dead. It was just a fluke that I survived. I will cherish this life, so I advise you not to let it go. I think you are a threat."

To the west is the lake and a dead end. Going north and bumping into predators, going east and running directly into the mutant's cauldron would lead to a fate worse than death.

Even thinking about it now, Chu Guang couldn't help but feel cold sweat for himself.

Yin Fang opened his mouth, his expression looking a little dazed.

Chu Guang ignored him, folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest, sorting out the information previously obtained from the video tape, and thinking about how to edit it and update the holographic image on the official website.

The few young players sitting in the truck looked at each other in confusion, as if they had watched a foreign language movie without subtitles for a long time, with expressions of confusion on their faces.

Quan Shui hooked his fingers at the battlefield brother, motioned for him to come closer, and whispered in a low voice.

"How do you think we should prompt the manager to reward us?"

The battlefield brother looked confused.

"I don't know...just ask?"

Both of them were embarrassed to speak first.

At this time, I, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.

"Master Manager! Is our mission completed?"

Looking up and meeting a pair of expectant eyes, Chu Guang suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to give the money.

The majestic expression on his face remained unchanged, he nodded calmly and said.

"You're doing a great job, you're all great."

After thinking about it, Chu Guang finally decided to give the players a little sweetness. He selected a pre-edited task reward on the VM and clicked send.

[Tip: Trigger the hidden branch. 】

[Reward: 10 silver coins, 100 contribution points]

As for the sleeping cabins on the truck, that is the job of the warehouse manager. Chu Guang is not responsible for helping them calculate how much the garbage is worth.

Seeing the prompt popping up on the VM screen, the players' faces showed expressions of excitement.

Not to mention the 10 silver coins, there is actually a reward of 100 contribution points after the plot!

This is so cool!

Seeing them so happy, Chu Guang was also happy.

If only everyone in the wasteland were as cute as his little players.

The truck kept driving in the direction of the long-lasting farm.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of gunshots in the distance. The bullets flew past the truck, and one of them even hit the front window.

"Enter the enemy!"

"It's a predator!"

There were quite a lot of people on the opposite side, and there were at least thirty gunshots in that salvo. However, these people were obviously amateurs with poor equipment and they fired from such a distance. No one fell.

The player who was driving was also a ruthless person. He saw clearly that the bullet was coming from the front and did not panic at all. He turned the steering wheel slightly and skillfully drove the front of the car into the snow.

While preventing the engine from being damaged, he pulled on the handbrake and used the buffer of the snow to stop. He grabbed the rifle and jumped out of the car.

"The guy who pulls the big bolt is behind, and the brothers with the assault rifles follow me! We'll cover them from the flanks!"

"Ouch!"

"I'm coming!"

Seeing the opportunity to make a meritorious deed, the players in the truck had their eyes glowing green, and they jumped out of the truck one after another. Only Commander Quan Shui remained in the truck.

Although this guy also wanted to hit him, he only had a ten-man long pistol on him. He couldn't hit anyone from such a long distance, and he was afraid of losing his equipment if he hit him too close to the face.

Out of desperation, he shouted loudly.

"Come in quickly! I'll guard the house!"

As he said that, he symbolically fired a shot in front of him. Regardless of whether he hit or not, he should be considered in combat status anyway.

Bullets were flying beside him, and Yin Fang, who was covering his head and getting up from the carriage, looked around nervously.

"what's the situation?!"

Could it be that someone from the college is chasing me? !

"It's a small scene, don't panic."

Chu Guang held the hammer in his right hand, but after seeing the situation on the other side clearly, he curled his lips, let go of the hammer and held the Gauss rifle.

The magazine was filled with imitation ammunition.

It's a little bit uncertain about penetrating armor, but it's more than enough to fight this kind of soldiers...

...

At the same time, behind the snow pile 300 meters in front of the truck, there were more than 30 men in navy blue uniforms.

They held uniform iron-tube rifles in their hands. At first glance, they were all centurions of the legion, but they had no soldiers under their command. They looked ugly and malnourished.

The tattooed man with a bare face held a trumpet made of iron sheets in his hand and shouted loudly behind the bunker.

"Listen, people in front, do you see our clothes? You are surrounded by the legion! If you know what's good for you, throw away your weapons and surrender! Otherwise, you will be punished by the legion!"

No response after shouting for a long time.

The other side seemed to have heard nothing, and the bullets still whizzed over their heads or whizzed down on the bunker in front.

The man with a Mohawk shaved head looked nervously at the bald brother next to him and said with panic in his eyes.

"Boss! These people...are not easy to deal with!"

There was no reaction to their morale offensive!

He even felt that the other side fought back more fiercely after the loudspeaker was shouted.

The bald man slapped his head with a curse.

"Useless thing, what's there to be afraid of! Including the driver, there are only nine of them. We have 32 guns here, can't we kill them? Shoot them! Don't let them run away!"

After saying that, he added another sentence.

"By the way, don't kill them all! Leave two hostages, we still have to ask the people in their village for ransom!"

The bald man's name is Tu, and he was originally a predator active in the central part of the Valley Province. As for why he came to the southernmost part of the Valley Province, it's a long story.

The legion has been fighting with the people of the Great Rift Valley in the north for a whole year, and the progress has not been very smooth. A few days ago, it suffered a big defeat. General Kras's men died, were injured, and fled. The whole army was defeated.

According to the people who fled from the north, the remnants of the legion were like locusts, leaving no grass where they passed, and even alien species had to avoid them.

Tu naturally didn't believe such nonsense, and just thought that the idiot was scared and said some nonsense to survive, so he was dragged out and bled, and thrown into the pot with wine.

Legion?

Oh, isn't that the defeated general of the Great Rift Valley?

They came to give him equipment!

However, Tu himself might not have expected that on the third day after he and his friends boasted that he would make the head of the legion commander into a chamber pot, the deserters of the legion really ran to the town at his doorstep.

There were not many people coming, only nine decapitations, and no clone slaves. These people might have been driven crazy by the shells of the Great Rift Valley, or they might have been driven crazy by the shells of their own people. In short, they were bloodthirsty, and they shot at people without saying hello.

Tu, who had hundreds of brothers under his command, was naturally not afraid of them. He led his men to surround them, and indeed, he defeated the opponent in no time.

However, something happened that made Tu confused. More than a hundred people fought against nine people, and the casualties were one for one. He was so angry that he chopped the only prisoner he caught on the spot and even forgot about the ransom!

Not two days later, another wave of deserters came. This time, there were a little more centurions, twelve, and seventeen or eighteen clone slaves. They didn't kill anyone they saw like the last batch of crazy people, but chose a survivor settlement and occupied it directly.

That settlement paid protection fees to Tu. Seeing that his meal ticket was gone, Tu certainly couldn't bear it, so he led his men to surround it again.

However, this fight was terrible. One-third of the enemy was killed. If the enemy hadn't run out of bullets, they would have almost lost.

This time Tu was really scared. He finally realized the horror of locusts. In less than a week, thirty or forty brothers died, and countless were injured.

Even though they made a living by looting, they could not bear such exaggerated losses.

Hearing that the deserters of the legion were coming again, Tu was scared out of his wits. This time he didn't even dare to fight. He took his confidants and packed up his things and ran south.

After experiencing the ups and downs along the way, half of the people on the road were gone, and they finally found a survivor's base that seemed to have a wealthy life.

However, the people here don't look easy to mess with. The soldiers standing on the wall all held uniform rifles, and the smoke floating in the camp never stopped. Only a hundred people could be seen living outside, and no one knew how many people lived inside.

Tu didn't act rashly, and didn't even dare to get too close. He found a high ground in the north and looked over there with a telescope.

After waiting for two days, when the brothers were almost unable to hold back, they finally got the opportunity to take action.

A truck went to the abandoned city in the north. There were not many people on the car, only a few.

Tu did not hesitate and immediately seized the opportunity to ambush them on their way back with his men, preparing to ambush them.

However, what Tu did not expect was that the progress of the matter did not seem to be as smooth as he expected. After being hit head-on, those people not only did not panic as expected, but even sent people to outflank them.

At this moment, something suddenly exploded next to them, making a "pop" sound, which scared Tu who was about to get out of the bunker and fire.

"Fuck, what the hell is going on——" Tu turned his head suddenly, and it didn't matter what he saw, he was shocked on the spot.

I saw one of his brothers, whose head seemed to have been blasted by a cannon. His entire brain was blown away, leaving only half of his neck standing there, with blood pouring out uncontrollably.

Before he could react to what was happening, another explosion came from the side.

This brother was even worse than the last one. He was even covered with a cover and had a big hole in his chest. He fell to the ground and struggled for a while before swallowing the half-breath hanging on his lips.

This time it wasn't just Tu Mu who was confused.

The predator brothers standing next to him were also stunned, and even forgot to shoot for a while.

"...What kind of weapon is that!?"

"It's the guy in the truck!"

"Fuck! Gauss rifle?! Why do they have Gauss rifles!"

The Marauder had heard rumors about the Gauss Rifle. Although he didn't know how it worked, he heard that it could penetrate power armor with one shot and was even more effective than the legion's anti-material rifle.

As soon as they heard it was a Gauss rifle, everyone panicked and did not dare to show their heads to fight back. However, the more this happened, the more dangerous their situation became.

The predator with a mohawk looked at the boss and said in fear.

"Boss, let's retreat!"

As long as we keep the green hills, we don't have to worry about running out of firewood. If we continue to fight, we might be wiped out by others. It's hard to find four-legged sheep, but there are many two-legged ones. This survivor stronghold can't chew them, so it's a big deal to get another one.

Tu was still hesitating, his reason told him that he should withdraw, but he couldn't bear to let the fat sheep go. Even if there is a Gauss rifle, their side still has the advantage in numbers, as long as he dedicates a part of his people and goes around them from the side——

Just when he was thinking this, gunshots came from the other direction, and then a row of bullets hit their backs.

Caught off guard, several looters at the back screamed and died.

Tu was shocked and quickly looked back, only to see a group of people killing him from the direction of Yumu District at some unknown moment.

And there are a lot of people!

There are about a dozen of them!

"Boss! Their reinforcements have arrived!"

"Shut your mouth, I need you to remind me! Damn it!" Tu was shocked and angry. He quickly sent some manpower to fill in the west direction to prevent reinforcements from continuing to advance this way.

He couldn't figure out how these people were able to provide support so quickly. It only took ten minutes from the sound of gunfire to now.

Even if you react, you have to react for a while, right? !

The situation was instantly reversed. Two groups of people and horses were moving from east to west, trapping them on a gentle slope running from north to south!

There are people on both the west and east sides. No matter which side of the reverse slope is used as a cover, they will be pinned down on the halfway slope by the other side and beaten.

After a while, several more people fell to the ground, and several more were blown to pieces by Gauss rifles.

In just ten minutes, the casualties approached 30%. How could these rabble-rousers have the courage to continue fighting?

Tu could no longer control his subordinates.

Everyone abandoned their fighting positions and fled to the north, running like they were dying. However, both their physical strength and physical fitness are far inferior to those of players who eat three meals a day.

Especially in the eyes of players, these fleeing looters are like walking silver coins, contributions, and regional reputation!

This is an encounter triggered near Jiujiu Farm. Giving an area a reputation of one or two hundred is not too much, right?

The kind and generous administrator is here. Even if the dog planner Aguang stings a little, Shuguang, who has the server permission, will definitely not be stingy with this little reward!

Looking at their escaping figures, the chasing little players were like hungry wolves with glowing green eyes, howling and chasing after them one after another.

"Don't run!"

"Surf the gun and don't kill!"

"Hold your head and squat down!"

During this period of time, some veteran players learned a few words that NPCs could understand, and started shouting loudly. However, a few predators actually understood, and dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

In the entire encounter, the players suffered 0 deaths and 3 injuries, all of which were minor injuries. One of them was chasing too hard and tripped over a tree root buried in the snow, stubbing his nose.

It would definitely hurt for a long time in reality, but in the game it would be fine even if you just leave it alone.

As for the looters, it was so miserable. A total of 11 people died and 26 were captured.

Each player who participated in the battle was given a reward of 50 silver, 50 tribute, and 100 regional reputation. Chu Guang then ordered the young players who were cheering for victory to escort these prisoners to the open space in front of the north gate of Jiujiu Farm, holding their heads in both hands. Squatting on the ground.

Leading two guards to the prisoners of war, Chu Guang glanced at the navy blue coats they were wearing and asked.

"Are you from the Legion? Who is your commander?"

Tu, who was bruised and swollen from the fall, tried to raise his hands tremblingly, but before he could speak, the little guy next to him answered tremblingly.

"I-we are not, my lord."

That's just a common predator.

Chu Guang understood in his heart and continued to look at them and ask.

"What about your clothes? Where did they come from?"

Tu, who was squatting aside, said quickly.

"The army in the north suffered a defeat. I heard that the leader of the expeditionary force, General Krass, was executed by the people in the Great Rift Valley. The deserters from the army were either running to the west or south, killing everyone they saw like locusts. We are dressed like this. "

This suit of clothing is very useful, especially in the north. Many survivors were frightened to death when they saw this navy blue coat, and turned around and ran away.

Tu Ye wondered if these people were not afraid.

The Legion lost?

Chu Guang was surprised, but not surprised.

Such heavy snow must be even more unfriendly to attackers with long supply lines. If he were the general of the expeditionary force, he would definitely consider launching a decisive battle before the situation worsened to completely determine the outcome. If he lost, he would return to his own home, and if he won, he would live in the enemy's home.

The appearance of Vanus further confirmed his suspicion that these people could no longer fight. But what Chu Guang didn't expect was that the expeditionary force was defeated so completely that even General Krass was killed.

The defeated troops of the legions caused chaos everywhere, and even the plunderers were forced to go south.

I'm afraid this winter won't be easy...

Seeing Chu Guang deep in thought, Old Luka thought that he was not sure how to deal with these prisoners, so he stepped forward and suggested in a low voice.

"Sir, if you are not sure what to do, you may wish to refer to my suggestions."

"explain."

"We are in need of manpower now. It would be a pity to kill them directly. It is better to send them to work as coolies until next spring. Depending on the situation, whether to keep them or sell them to the mines in Honghe Town."

This is a good idea.

Chu Guang nodded.

But there's still a problem.

"The Guards don't have enough manpower. What if someone escapes?"

Old Luca continued.

"This is actually easy to solve. New prisoners of war and old prisoners of war are mixed together, and they are divided into one cell. If one is missing, the other three will be hanged."

Chu Guang's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea. How did you come up with it?"

Luka smiled slightly awkwardly, lowered his head and said respectfully.

"My lord, this is not a very unusual thing... many of the survivors of slavery did this."

All right.

It seems that I am too kind.

Chu Guang sighed in his heart, then looked at the predators, with a majestic expression on his face, looking down at them and said.

"I was going to hang you on the gallows, but killing prisoners is not an act of justice."

Looking at the trembling captives, he continued.

"From today on, you will accept the transformation of labor and strive to become something useful to society, civilization, and mankind."

After speaking, Chu Guang looked at old Luka without looking at them.

"I'll leave these people to you."

Old Luka nodded respectfully.

"Yes, sir."

…

Official website:

[Announcement: The academy’s power intelligence has been increased, linking Shelter 117 to the Great Rift Valley. Version 0.9 is in production, so stay tuned for new gameplay! 】

[Today’s Recommended Recipe: The manager doesn’t know what to eat today, so the decision is left to you. 】

[Notice from the stronghold system: There are predator activities in the north of Long-term Farm (prosperity +10)]

Quit smoking: "Wait a minute, why did the prosperity increase when there were barbarian activities?"

Fang Chang: "Because those people are too weak, it is no different from giving away their heads. However, I think that only adding 10 points is too little. Maybe it is because of the impact of predator activities on local security and immigration."

Night Ten: "Thank you for the gift of nature. (Funny)"

Quit smoking: "So that's it. As expected of Brother Fang. I didn't expect that the planning boss is so awesome!"

Fang Chang: "...?"

Ye Shi: "Pfft."

The construction site boy and Brick: "Boss Crow, why don't you sell mushrooms recently?"

Crow Crow: "Where can I find mushrooms in such a cold sky! They are gone. They are gone before spring! QAQ"

Makabazi: "Damn! My life is gloomy."

Stop talking nonsense: "+1, I will die without Boss Crow's mushroom soup."

Crow Crow: "Is this so serious?"

Sisi: "Don't believe it, you will be cheated like this."

Tails: "Hey! How did Sis know that Tails was thinking of tricking the unemployed Crow Boss into putting on a maid outfit and calling the master while pouring Tails wine!!! ∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ"

Sisi: "...?"

Teng Teng: "?"

Ye Shi: "If you don't understand, just ask, is this content you can watch without paying money? (Funny)"

Irena: " x-on:Runaway mole in the canyon, you know (nosebleed)"

Crow Crow: "I'll kill you. ^o^"

After returning to the shelter, Chu Guang browsed around the official website, especially checking the progress of conquering the entrance to Shelter 117.

Brother Mole is still very capable. He and Mosquito worked together to develop a set of cancer-fighting methods, that is, find a cute new agility type to pull monsters, pull the monsters up, and focus fire to kill them.

The monsters in "Wasteland OL" have no pursuit distance limit. For those monsters that do not have a fixed nest, in theory, as long as you are smart enough, the monsters can chase you to the end of the world.

They have already killed 2 crawlers with this method of attack!

Brother Mole thought he had discovered a bug and didn't dare to explain it clearly on the forum. But what he didn't know was that the VM would record their communication information and secretly upload it to the cloud.

Chu Guang could guess their action routes without Xiao Qi's help.

In addition to Brother Mole, another relatively active closed beta player on the forum today is Brother "European Emperor" Quan Shui.

This guy found 10 hibernation pods, all of which were in good condition. He got a total of 700 silver coins, one point with two teammates, and each of them averaged 233.3 silver coins.

This does not include the income from the subsequent battles and plots.

In addition, Brother Quan Shui also opened a separate post, Amway mentioned Mosquito's "Steel Nail 1.0" and called it a melee weapon.

"Brother Meng, believe me, Brother Mosquito can be reliable occasionally. I swear, I have never seen a more useful melee weapon than this thing! At that time, I was knocked down by a crawler and was about to be bitten. Breaking the neck, I immediately clenched my fist, and with a bang, the creeper's head was punctured! It was a simple and brutal kill! I would call it the strongest version!"

Ye Shi: "Tell me, how much money did Mosquito give you to advertise without conscience. (Funny)"

WC really has mosquitoes: "Gan! What does it mean that it can be reliable occasionally, but my hellfire and storm are not reliable? How about some stronger ones!"

Garbage Picking Level 99: "I testify! Occasionally, mosquitoes can be reliable, but they are a bit labor-intensive. Last time I carried a boiler on my back and rushed into the trenches. It was a great pleasure, and it took me three days to get online."

WC really has mosquitoes: “Pay back the money!”

Trash Picking Level 99: "QAQ"

Chu Guang, who was peeking at the screen, couldn't help but sigh.

“These guys are really talented.”

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Chu Guang didn't even look up and responded casually.

"Please come in."

He thought it was Boss Xia who was harassing him again, but unexpectedly the person who came was Yin Fang.

As soon as the young man entered the door, he didn't say anything. He stood with his head lowered for a while before he spoke with a look of shame on his face.

"I……"

"I have to apologize to you."

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(Today should also be 10,000 per day. I can’t stand it anymore. Next week’s update may be a bit unstable. I will continue to challenge 10,000 per day next week...)