It was cloudy on April 12, Year 2 of Wasteland.
Five o'clock in the morning.
There is still more than a month until the end of winter, and the air is full of coldness.
The moon hanging in the sky is still bright, and the moonlight falls on the ground and condenses into wisps of white frost.
Thin mist lingers.
The intense labor day after day almost cured any survivor's insomnia and dreaminess.
In the Taihu territory, this point is naturally as quiet as death.
Except for the rustling footsteps of the occasional patrolling guard, not even a single sound of insects or birds could be heard on the street.
Hearing footsteps passing by the door again, Fan Fu opened his eyes, or he didn't sleep at all last night.
Throughout the night, his mind was filled with all kinds of unrealistic fantasies.
For a moment, he thought of all the wonderful benefits Sumo had promised in the Wanjing Arena.
How happy it would be for a family to live a safe life, no longer having to worry about threats that may come at any time, and how to develop next.
But for a while, I thought about what to do if the competition is too fierce and I am left behind and become a backward force.
I am afraid that the treatment I finally got will be taken back immediately, and my living standard will return to the same or even worse than now.
To sum up, the first half of the night was mostly filled with excitement, and the second half of the night was mostly filled with sadness.
The brain cannot rest at all and is always in a state of tension.
Of course.
More than Fan Fuzheng.
The whole family actually didn’t sleep much, they all closed their eyes and waited for dawn.
“Get up?”
"Get up and get ready."
Seeing Fan Fu getting out of bed, the three of them quickly got up and washed up, checking back and forth to see if there was anything else missing in the room.
During the period, just after six o'clock, the lord Lao Zhan came with his people.
The polite words spoken yesterday were not repeated today, but Fan Fuzheng was dragged into the yard with the excuse of quietly touching him.
After groping for a while, Lao Zhan took out a handful of dark, cold objects from his arms and handed them over.
"Take it, just in case on the road."
"Ah this."
Fan Fuzheng was slightly stunned when he touched the shape of the object in his arms.
At a time when 90% of survivors are still using cold weapons, the cold pistol is undoubtedly one of the most powerful weapons.
Even if you face a powerful alien race, you can still fight.
"I exchanged iron spears with Lao Wang yesterday. There are not many pistols in the territory, so you should keep them."
Fan Fuzheng was a little moved, but in the end he rejected Lao Zhan's kindness.
No way.
Even if the Taihu Territory now has a certain scale, it does not have the ability to make its own pistols.
These only dozen or so guns were bought at a great cost from the inn after arriving in the New World.
Taking one away will undoubtedly significantly weaken the territory’s armed forces.
"It's okay, there is no need to be mentally burdened. This is also an investment. Otherwise, if you, an old boy, take your family and have an accident outside."
"Our territory will follow Su Shen's path. , isn’t it broken?”
Lao Zhan smiled and forcibly put the handed pistol back into Fan Fuzheng’s arms.
Then he took out two small paper bags from his pocket.
Inside were fifteen rounds of yellow-orange bullets, with obvious signs of manual beating on them.
"Be careful, aim well before hitting."
"Thank you!"
Fan Fuzheng has a high emotional intelligence, and he doesn't understand Lao Zhan's thoughts at this time.
Although Lao Zhan and his people stood in the front and protected the Fan family in the past, he also made great contributions to the planning of the Taihu territory.
It can be said that it is these buildings and the location of the territory that allow the entire Taihu Territory to gain a firm foothold in the New World.
If we really count the two, we actually don’t owe anything.
Now, Lao Zhan clearly wants to deepen the relationship between the two and make him owe some money.
It's a win-win.
After taking it gently, Fan Fuzheng nodded heavily: "Thanks to you for taking care of our family in all aspects this year, don't worry, after I go to the Sushen territory, I will not forget our Taihu territory!"
"Okay, with your words, I feel completely relieved."
Hearing this solemn promise, Lao Zhan nodded, and his eyes softened a lot.
Although he did not expect Fan Fuzheng to bring anything back in the end.
Can be found in the wasteland.
Sometimes it is such a vague thought that can support a person to fall down again and again, and to get up and walk again and again.
"Let's go, I won't watch you leave, otherwise I'm afraid of being jealous."
Waving his hand, Lao Zhan took the others away.
Watching a few departing figures disappear into the morning mist, Fan Fuzheng squeezed the pistol in his arms and couldn't help but feel reassured.
With just two iron spears, the whole family is not good at fighting.
Even with the attribute point bonus given by the route, you may still encounter dangers that cannot be dealt with.
But with this pistol, everything is different!
"As long as I have this pistol."
"Even if a foreign race comes, I still have the ability to make them afraid."
Fan Fuzheng was murmuring, but he couldn't help but feel nervous. Set, a little fear also disappeared.
After returning home and showing off to my wife and children, the whole family calmed down.
It was nearly eight o'clock.
As more and more people got up, the streets in Fan's courtyard soon became crowded with people.
For such a magical teleportation, although most people say they are not envious, they still long for it in their hearts.
Many people even tried their best to get closer to the front row with the idea of teleporting themselves away.
I have no choice but to reach out and not hit the smiling man.
It was almost time to leave, and Fan Fuzheng was too embarrassed to shut everyone out.
I could only explain over and over again that the teleportation quota in the game had been selected long ago, and there was no way to bring more people with me.
"Don't worry, when I settle down there, I will definitely tell Lord Su about our Taihu territory. Maybe Lord Su will send troops to capture you by then."
"Army, yes, that's what Lord Su told me. His territory has an established army!"
"The specific location? This is really unclear. Lord Su didn't tell me. I even have the name of the territory." I don’t even know.”
"My yard, the supplies I left behind. Lao Zhan will arrange for these to be distributed and will not be taken away."
In the territory of more than 3,000 people, there are familiar faces and some new faces.
After answering a few high-frequency questions, the turbulent crowd finally calmed down.
At this time, there are only the last few minutes left before the transmission.
"Sister Hong, let's go, take care of yourself."
"Brother Liu, thanks to you for taking care of me in the past, our family will remember you for this love forever!"
"Pauline, it's not cold to wear something like this. You can pick up the floral cloth in my room later." Now, I’ll put on your undress.”
“Live well and live well!”
Zheng Yali said goodbye to her familiar neighbor again with a smile.
At this moment, not only Fan Fuzheng, but also Zheng Yali and the two children were no longer as reluctant as they were yesterday.
Compared to continuing to live in this familiar land, it is obviously more exciting to go to another strange but longing place.
There is only one minute left.
After carrying the package on their backs, Fan Fuzheng and Zheng Yali stood beside them, with Fan Han and Fan Jing standing in the middle.
Just like when entering Ten Thousand Paths Arena.
The four of them held hands, and their figures gradually faded under the gaze of thousands of people until
Disappear completely!
“Gone?”
Some people were surprised, some were disappointed, and some sighed.
Entering the New World from the deep sea, most of them are looking for opportunities and want to change their destiny.
However, how many people are really like Fan Fuzheng who are not only taking action, but also taking advantage of almost everything?
I can't understand this problem, and I don't want to think about it. The crowded crowd gradually dispersed, and the streets soon returned to their usual deserted appearance.
Central New World.
Qinggang City.
Unlike the south where there are only clouds gathering, in the central part because of the lower terrain, it starts to rain in the night.
Compared with the past, since Qinggang Shelter has collected most of the homeless people in the city, some of the remaining homeless people have been abducted by Tianyuan Territory and major shelters.
Without these people, problems of various sizes will naturally arise in the various underground infrastructures left over from the city’s past.
Like now.
Sewers of all sizes have not been cleaned for a long time, and most of them have been blocked by the feces of radioactive beasts or the ruins of collapsed buildings.
As countless raindrops fell wantonly on the ground, washing away the dilapidated and uninhabited buildings in the city, bringing out streams of mud and water that could only accumulate on the ground.
And if this water accumulates too much, it will cause waterlogging that cannot be drained out for several days.
Waterlogging will continue to breed bacteria, and over time, it will form a highly threatening plague.
Under such a chain reaction, it is no exaggeration to say.
Today's Qinggang City has become increasingly dilapidated, like a ghost town that no one has set foot in for decades.
Even the small radioactive beasts that appear sporadically will be worried about the existing living environment.
And just then.
In an area of the city near the southern suburbs, a faint sound suddenly appeared on the empty water-filled streets.
A few radiation lizards that were still nesting in the corner of the ruins of the building were suddenly attracted to their attention.
At the sound, there was only a faint spatial distortion at first.
But as the distortion suddenly swayed to the surrounding ground, four figures suddenly appeared in the middle of the street.
Click.
The sound of stagnant water being trampled sounded.
Realizing that the transmission was over, Fan Fuzheng subconsciously raised his head and suddenly froze.
“This is.”
As far as the eye can see, there are several high-rise buildings around the street that are at least forty stories tall.
Most of the windows in the high-rise buildings were broken, and the interior was dark, like the mouth of a devil that opened.
On the surface of the building, some algae organisms that have dried up due to cooling have lost their original color and turned mainly pale yellow and black.
At first glance, it looks like it has been bombed by artillery shells, which makes people feel sad and inexplicably afraid.
"This is Su Shen's territory?"
Fan Jing was in his early twenties when he was the most courageous. When he saw the scene before him, although he was also frightened, he was more... But it's curiosity.
I have to say that the dilapidated city in front of me does indeed look like an earthly city after a disaster.
Everywhere you see are almost abandoned high-rise buildings, and even the shops on both sides of the street seem to have been looted.
Wait
I noticed that inside the open shop, there seemed to be a lot of words engraved on the pillars.
Although it looks very different from Chinese characters, the structure of the font is similar.
Fan Jing was stunned and quickly patted Fan Fuzheng.
"Dad, does it seem like there are words engraved on the pillar?"
"Huh?"
Fan Fu turned his head and followed where his finger pointed, and also found the words on the pillar. traces of text.
Something familiar, seems like I’ve seen it somewhere?
"No, this is blue star text!"
Suddenly, Fan Fuzheng tensed up, remembering where he had seen such strange glyphs.
At the inn, when I went to buy a gun with Lao Zhan.
When merchants in the black market offer rewards for information about Blue Star people, they use this kind of strange text.
Although the style of the characters on the pillars is different from the current one, the general structure is exactly the same.
"No, I'm afraid we made a transmission error. This is the city of Blue Star people!"
Fan Fuzheng shouted and quickly clenched the pistol in his arms.
The family was still shocked by the surrounding environment just now, but now after reacting, they realized the seriousness of the problem.
After the game was transferred, they were not dropped directly into Somo's territory, but into a strange Blue Star city.
These ruins, this water, this.
Looking around, he suddenly saw four radioactive lizards slowly lurking in the corner.
Fan Fuzheng suddenly tensed up and pulled his wife Zheng Yali and daughter Fan Han behind him.
"Fan Jing, take the iron spear, there is a radioactive beast!"
If the blue star text may be a misjudgment, then the radioactive lizard that appears on the radioactive beast illustrated book is ironclad evidence. .
I used to hear players discussing this creature on the World Channel. Now after seeing it with my own eyes, Fan Fuzheng understood just how bad the living environment of humans in the New World is.
These four lizards were comparable in size to crocodiles. Each one was more than one meter long. The raised sarcoma on their bodies popped up like spikes, leaving no one in doubt about what would happen if they were stabbed.
It’s hard to imagine if I hadn’t noticed these beasts being attacked by a sneak attack just now.
I am afraid that before there is time to celebrate the arrival of a new life, the family will have to prepare for a funeral, or even die in another country.
“Ah, it’s the Radiant Beast.”
“There’s one from behind, and it’s coming from behind too!”
In the past, it was okay when I had no brains and no ability to think. I was so hungry that the radioactive beasts dared to swarm up and attack not only the homeless people passing by, but also the shelter guards who were armed with live ammunition.
But now I have some thinking ability and know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Facing humans with thermal weapons, how dare the radiation beast dare to challenge them?
It has been a long time since meat was eaten in this neighborhood. Even if a few people appeared a little strange, the hungry radioactive beasts couldn't care less.
In the streets filled with water, more and more radiation beasts, large and small, began to emerge.
In the blink of an eye, an internal and external siege was formed, leaving no way to escape.
"These beasts, these beasts have intelligence, they are surrounding us!"
"Quick, you also get your spears, we have to rush out!"
Never experienced this before This scene is surrounded by hundreds of radioactive beasts.
The four members of the Fan family, including Fan Fu, were immediately frightened and their brains almost shut down on the spot.
Fortunately, the bonus brought by the attribute points at this moment is not fake, and it gives people enough reaction ability in dangerous situations.
Subconsciously, Fan Fuzheng pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger on several lizards that were about to charge forward.
Boom!
There are only a few meters left, where is the need to aim.
As a violent roar sounded, the lizard that rushed the fastest was head-exploded, and the blood and flesh spurted out splashed all over the ground.
efficient!
The Radiant Beast just looks scary!
The sense of security that a pistol brings to people is undoubtedly enough, even if there are only fifteen. No, there are only fourteen bullets left.
Fan Fu was looking around at the suddenly stopped offensive, and continued to calmly pull the trigger.
A radioactive spider was hit by a bullet, and a large stream of black and green blood spattered from its abdomen.
Although it was not fatal, it frightened the radiation beasts around who were still trying to charge forward and immediately stepped back.
Broken, these people have weapons.
The radiation beast's small head couldn't figure out much, and could only vaguely connect Fan Fuzheng with the guards at the southern suburbs shelter who cleaned up the neighborhood from time to time.
Experience tells them that as long as those terrifying weapons are there, no matter how many there are, they will only die.
Withdraw!
The siege was dispersed as quickly as it came.
Seeing the radiation beasts coming in like a tide, they completely disappeared in just a few minutes.
If it weren’t for the lizard corpse on the ground still twitching slightly, several people would have thought they were hallucinating.
"Quick, retreat into that shop."
A strong sense of uneasiness brewed in Fan Fuzheng's heart.
Although he didn't know why this teleportation brought them here, all he could do at this moment was to place his hope on the available contact frequency band reported by Soma.
Otherwise, living in such a chaotic and dangerous Blue Star city, at night, I’m afraid.
My heart will be in chaos, and my eyes will also be in chaos.
Keeping aware that there seemed to be a figure flickering at the end of the street, Fan Fuzheng subconsciously picked up his pistol and took aim.
However, as the figure became clearer, I noticed the opponent's iconic Blue Star facial features, as well as the sophisticated standard equipment he was wearing and the black cold rifle in his hand.
Fan Fuzheng could only smile bitterly, and his whole body was leaning on the spot like a sculpture.
Perhaps there is no need to wait for the evening anymore!
(End of this chapter)