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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 197

Published at 12th of June 2023 11:52:36 AM


Chapter 197

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So far, in the entire beta test server of "Wasteland OL", no one has completed the first kill against Deathclaw.

Although there were traces of Deathclaw's activities in the Tuna District, it was winter after all, and Deathclaw was a close relative of lizards, and they needed to hibernate.

Basically lying in the lair 24 hours a day, so far no player has found where Deathclaw who was hiding in the Elm District.

Lucius, who was squatting on the forum to watch the screen, suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart and said.

"Popo, can you transfer the drone there?"

Popo paused and said in a low voice.

"Well, it should be possible, but there are risks. The wind outside is too strong, and there is snow from time to time, and the hummingbird is a short-range rotor drone. Even if our communication radius can cover a distance of 16 kilometers, it is so far away. Popo was worried that if it flew over, it would not be able to come back."

In different climatic environments, the endurance of drones is different. Hummingbirds are small in size and have strong concealment, but they are relatively weak in other aspects.

Lucius said after pondering for a while.

"You don't need to stay there for too long, just take two photos?"

Popo said.

"That shouldn't be a problem..."

Lucius nodded and said.

"Well, just try it, don't force it."

After explaining to Popo, Lucius continued to look at the forum.

Compared with the players' discussions on the strength of the Deathclaws, the discussion enthusiasm of the cloud players mainly focused on the group of predators.

From the predator's weapons to their clothing styles, there are even discussions about the predator's habits and culture.

These discussions cannot be said to be completely useless, it can only be said that they are useless at all.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lucius silently calculated.

There are now 5 trucks in the outpost, one is deployed in the industrial area, and the other is deployed on the transportation route from the outpost to the long-term farm. The other two vehicles were deployed in Tuna District and the temporary resource point outside the abandoned town in the north, responsible for transporting the prey and recycled garbage from players back to Starwood Farm.

In fact, there is only one vacant truck, which is the one that Dr. Tom rented for the cowboy team, and it is now returning from the laboratory of Aviatium Aerospace.

The snow in the northern suburbs has been buried to the knees.

With a distance of nearly 16 kilometers, there is no reliable vehicle, allowing players to run over with their legs to support, and they must be prepared to spend the whole day on the dry road.

"It seems that what the outpost lacks is not only weapons, but also vehicles."

Long-distance troop projection is a big problem. Even if his little players DIY a few mountain bikes and make tricycles, the number is still too small.

"...When the problem of anti-aircraft weapons is solved, we have to let No. 81 Steel Factory to figure out a way to see if we can get a few more firewood trucks out."

Now Lucius doesn't understand one thing. What do these predators want fuel rods for?

They also need to recharge the shelter? Can this stuff be used as firewood?

At this moment, Bunny, who had just been back online for a while, went offline again and went to the forum.

That post has been turned into a live post by him.

Now updating the experience after being captured by the predators.

"I'm back! Just now when I got back online, I sneaked a peek at the window and found that there are more and more predators here! There were dozens of people just before, but now there are hundreds of them!"

"They confiscated my VM and searched my body before, hahaha, but they didn't expect to be offline while sleeping!"

"By the way, does this count as exploiting a game bug? Brother Light won't delete my post if you see it."

F*ck!

Lucius's eyes lit up instantly.

Good guy, can captives still use this? Not to mention deleting the post, Lucius wished that he would get stuck with bugs a few more times, and it would be best if he could post the specific number of people and the distribution of troops on the forum.

Hesitating whether to open a small account to guide him, the silly netizens who were waiting for an update at the bottom of the post quickly asked all the questions he wanted to ask Lucius.

The Blue Sky Does not See The Moon: "Damn it, do you still have windows in this cell?"

The Nursing Home is Responsible: "666, please tell me how many people there are and how are their equipment? I will get off the plane later, and I will bring a message on the line!"

Badass Bunny: "Well, just looking at their physique, I feel that they are actually no different from the Bloody Hand clan we met before. They are ordinary predators, but overall, these predators are obviously organized. It's a lot taller than the bloody hand, and the equipment is also much stronger, probably between the legion and the general predators!"

"In addition, I saw 2 trucks in their camp, and there was a light machine gun on the roof! The machine gun was exactly the same as the one we captured from the Legion!"

"In addition, they also raised a lot of different species, especially mutant hyenas. This is nothing surprising. After all, the Bloody Hand clan also likes to raise dogs, but these people are interesting. They not only raise dogs, but also dress them. clothes!"

"I'm sure that those clothes are definitely not for keeping warm, they are probably used for hanging explosives and other things! If you plan to attack here, you'd better be careful of those hyenas, don't let them get close to you!"

Just as Bunny was talking freely in the post, several familiar IDs suddenly appeared in the forum.

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "F*ck, Bunny, are you still alive?!"

Badass Bunny: "Haha, I'm alive! By the way, why did you climb on a tree? I've helped you to win opportunities like that. Don't tell me that I still gave it for nothing."

Tomorrow Seeker: "We are on the truck back to the base. I guess you are offline, so we will lie down and come back to have a look. Good brother, you wait, we will go back and bring rescuers to rescue you!"

Badass Bunny: "Well, don't be impulsive, these predators are not easy to deal with. I'm pregnant with the exoskeleton. The most valuable equipment I have now is the VM. It's not a pity to lose the rest. Death It’s just been OB on the forum for three days, and it’s like a farewell to life. I want to find out what those predators are doing in that ecological laboratory before I die.”

Tomorrow Seeker: "Well... I have some thoughts about this. Maybe they didn't intend to take any fuel rods at all, but aimed at the ecological park itself."

Hearing Tomorrow's analysis, Lucius suddenly regained his spirits.

This is exactly what he is most curious about.

Badass Bunny: "How do you say that!"

Tomorrow Seeker: "It's very simple. The warm climate, sufficient area, and ready-made concrete fortifications make it a natural base of operations. If I were their commander and confirmed that the ecological park in Building 3 is still working, I would definitely choose to make my home there as well."

"The only problem for them now is that Deathclaw has nested there, but now that Deathclaw is wounded, they just have to find it and clean it up."

Bunny was startled.

"Damn it, when you put it this way...it's a bit like it. I saw a lot of supplies on their trucks, which is obviously not the weight of more than a hundred people! I counted all the boxes and boxes they unloaded. If the sacks were all food and ammunition, it would be enough for a thousand people!"

Supply! And it's a thousand-person scale!

Lucius was instantly excited.

Good guy. He was worrying about supplies, someone brought him a pillow so soon he fall asleep?

It took less than a minute for Lucius to make a decision in his heart.

He must not let this piece of fat slip away from his nose!

Tomorrow and Walker were still on the truck, and they didn't dare to stay on the forum for too long. After they went offline to learn about the situation from Bunny, they went back online again.

...

Lucius thought for a moment, made a decisive decision, and decided to take the initiative in the war. He issued a task to the remaining three members of the cowboy team through VM, ordering them to get off the car immediately and set up an observation point near the Aviatium Aerospace Experimental Base to closely monitor the group of predators movements.

Want to set up an outpost at the dog planner's doorstep? Dream on!

Lucius then sent a message to Old Luka, asking him to mobilize all 5 trucks before dark and wait for orders in the northern industrial area of ​​the outpost.

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

Tom pushed open the door and walked in from the outside with an anxious face.

"Something has happened!"

"Our scientific expedition team on the front line encountered predators!"

Lucius said calmly.

"Your news is too slow, I knew it ten minutes ago."

Looking at Lucius with a calm face, Tom was slightly taken aback, and said cautiously.

"I have to warn you that if they take the fuel rods out there... all of our efforts for the past week have been wasted, and we'll have to find a suitable target again."

Lucius said.

"I know, but at the moment, the danger from the fuel rods is not that great."

Tom asked.

"What's the meaning……"

"Those predators have camped there. Judging from the size of their personnel and the deployment of supplies, they probably intend to use it as a base of operations... If my guess is correct, they should be the 'Bone Chew Tribe' who have suddenly risen recently."

If there is no accident, they should plan to establish a stronghold at the Aviatium Aerospace Experimental Base as a bridgehead for a full-scale invasion of the southern part of the River Valley Province.

As Tomorrow said, they had no intention of taking away the fuel rods at all. They themselves went to the ecological experiment base!

While speaking, Lucius couldn't help but feel emotional. I didn't expect these people to come so quickly...

After hearing Lucius's words, Tom's face changed slightly, and he said nervously.

"Isn't that more serious?"

"They have written their goals on their faces. Do you think I will let them succeed? There are only more than a hundred people. This is not the first time I have suppressed predators."

Seeing Tom in a daze, Lucius smiled faintly and continued.

"The reconnaissance team has been deployed near the predators. Just before you walked into my office, I have mobilized all the trucks in the base, and will soon mobilize another 200 reserve troops to form a reinforcement company."

"Since they stretched their feet to my door, they must have made plans to leave their legs and shoes together."

"When it gets dark, I will teach them a profound lesson!"

...

Bunny, who was trapped in the "Prison" and couldn't get out, looked around boredly, and occasionally went to the window to take a look outside when he heard something, and then went back to the bed and sat down.

It's just past noon in the game, but now it's early morning in reality, even if he goes back, he's going to sleep, and he may not be able to sleep.

It's better to just stay here in a daze. It's also interesting to talk about the predators.

When standing by the window to observe, Bunny found that these NPCs have their own life trajectories, just like those in Cousin Wilderness.

For example, the predator standing guard at the gate of the experimental base is a smoker. Every time the chief is away, he will take out half of the cigarette butt and smell it, and then put it back in his pocket.

The driver leaning against the side of the truck probably had a higher status, no one cared about them, and stood with the co-pilot smoking a cigarette, puffing away with an intoxicated expression on his face.

There was also a predator sitting on the stone steps, rubbing something with a knife at the tip of the bullet.

Does anyone really believe in that urban legend?

Engraving a cross on the bullet increases damage.

At this time, Bunny suddenly discovered through the small hole in the tent that a huge monster about four meters long was carried out from the main entrance downstairs.

"Deathclaw!"

A look of surprise floated on Bunny's face.

"These people actually killed Deathclaw?"

It's not accurate to say that it was killed. If you look carefully, although the Deathclaw has shocking scars all over his body, it hasn't completely died, it seems that it still has a breath.

There was a row of tents at the back of Building 2, not far from where the trucks were unloading supplies.

Several marauders worked together and carried it on a stretcher into a spacious tent.

Just when Bunny was thinking about what they were going to do, he soon saw an ugly old man walking in after them.

For some reason, Bunny always felt that the old man wrapped in a thick coat had a slightly different temperament from the predators around him.

What do you say? It feels like this guy is mysterious.

If the predators around him were compared to goblins, then at least this old man was also a goblin witch doctor.

"Are they planning to heal Deathclaw?"

Bunny's face was full of weirdness.

...

Popo's drone returned and brought back aerial pictures of the predator camp. From a few photos, at least one company of predators was stationed in Aviatium Aerospace Laboratory.

To put it bluntly, at most 150 people, at least 100 people.

They are scattered across several laboratory buildings.

Someone patrols with a dog on a leash.

As for the supplies, judging from the aerial photos, it does look like there are 1,000 people, and the unloading point is near Building 2.

Those predators seemed to be planning to hide the supplies in the building, so the cleanup of the slime mold xenomorph in Building 2 began.

Walker established an observation point nearby and set up a sniper rifle. Tomorrow of the agility department has enhanced vision and acts as an observer. Gale was lying in ambush nearby, taking care of the chrysanthemums of the two, and at the same time, went offline to take a look at the forum from time to time.

Bunny, who was taken as a prisoner, has become their eye in the predators camp, always paying attention to the distribution of personnel in the camp.

However, since the entire experimental base itself was built on relatively high ground, surrounded by ruins and jungles, Walker, who was a sniper, did not have a very good vision.

However, it doesn't matter.

The task they received was not to squat high and shoot black guns, but to monitor the patrols scattered outside the stronghold and provide cover for players approaching the stronghold.

If you find a high-threat target, such as a heavy gunner or a barrel, kill him before he poses a threat to our units.

Eight o'clock in the evening wasteland time.

Five light trucks delivered 200 players to the theater in two batches, and the assembly was completed 1 km away from the Aviatium Aerospace Ecological Experimental Base.

This operation was led and directed by Lucius himself, and he brought 6 guards to the front line to supervise the battle.

In addition, Vanus, the former commander of the legion, was also allowed to go to the front line.

This was his own request, and the reason was that he wanted to see with his own eyes how the people who had defeated them on the battlefield fought.

Lucius agreed to his request, took him beside him, and allowed him to watch the battle.

It just so happens that I also need a staff officer, so I don't necessarily have to refer to his suggestions, but his actual combat experience may come in handy at critical times.

The southwest side of the experimental base is Spring City, so this is also the key area for the predators to deploy.

A machine gun was mounted on the third floor of Building No. 1, with sandbags stuffed into the window as a cover, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the gate of the experimental base where checkpoints were placed.

Sandbags are piled up near the checkpoint, and squatting behind the sandbags can condescendingly shoot the forest below the slope.

In addition, about 30 handcuffed slaves are building simple shelters and fortifications in the base under the supervision of a ten-man team.

It could be seen that the predators were cautious.

Even the possibility of encountering air raids and shelling has been considered, and even dug foxholes in the lair.

Lucius reckoned that those foxholes and cover-ups should not be aimed at him, but probably to guard against the planes in Boulder City, or something else.

But in contrast, the east side of the experimental base is their weak defense area, with only 2 patrols and no heavy firepower deployment.

Perhaps because the terrain here is flat and the bunkers are sparse, they are confident that they can react quickly when encountering an attack from this direction, and drive the truck with the machine gun welded on the top.

However, what they faced was not an ordinary opponent.

Vanus looked at Lucius, who was wearing power armor, and said with a strange expression.

"Are you going to go to the front line yourself?"

Lucius glanced at him.

"Did I say that?"

Vanus glanced at the thick breastplate, the hammer and the Gauss rifle on his back, and slowly shook his head.

"No."

To be honest, he has fought hundreds of battles, big and small, but this is the first time he has seen a commander who armed himself like an iron can.

That Oliver guy doesn't count. In his eyes, that was not a commander at all.

Lucius ignored him, and lightly touched the helmet with his index finger, and the orange floating window was projected on the helmet's tactical eyepiece.

The information is updated on the players' VMs at the same time!

[ Mission: Operation Broken Sword ]

[ Content: The vanguard of the Bone Chew Tribe has arrived in the northern suburbs of Spring City. Not only have they captured our compatriots, they are also planning to establish a bridgehead here to invade Spring City! It's a pity that they picked the wrong opponent, we will use bullets and show them what the price is! ]

[ Explanation: You can get 100 points for participating in the action, and you can get 10~50 points for completing the orders issued by the commander. ]

[ Reward: 1 silver and 1 contribution point for every war score. ]

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[ Mission: Rescue the captive ( Sub Mission.)]

[ Content: We will not leave anyone behind! ]

[ Description: Rescue the captured shelter residents. ]

[ Reward: 50 Silver and 50 contribution points. ]





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