"Our enemies will not routinely wait until winter is over before strutting over to our trenches."
"They are predators, and they are best at sneak attacks. If it is quick, maybe after this blizzard is over, their army will march to the northern suburbs of Spring City."
"My judgment is... early January, maybe even on New Year's Day."
After inspecting the recruits of the guard, Lucius took Ormas, Wrench, and Vanus back to the guard's station in Starwood Farm.
There is a bunker-like temporary command post here, covered with a thick layer of snow, and only one tunnel can be entered.
In the batch of supplies seized from the looters last time, there were a full hundred 100mm howitzers.
The total weight of these shells is 11 kilograms, including a two kilogram warhead, and the charge is a mixture of TNT and RDX.
If this shot hits, its power will probably be quite astonishing.
Although he doesn't know how many howitzers they have in their hands, these shells alone are enough to make Lucius more vigilant.
These predators are tough to deal with!
At present, shelter No. 404 relies on the information obtained by the old buddies on the forum, as well as the continuous exploration of 30 life professional players with experience in the chemical industry.
It is still too difficult to develop reliable heavy support firepower before New Year's Day. What needs to be solved is not only the barrel problem, but also many problems including ballistics, and these need to rely more on experience in actual combat than theoretical knowledge.
It might be more practical to count on the unscrupulous rockets of the Mosquito than to count on heavy artillery in the war against the Bone chew Tribe.
Wrench and Ormas subconsciously looked at each other, their expressions slightly dazed.
What is New Year's Day?
Although Vanus also didn't understand what New Year's Day was, his focus was not on such trivial issues, but on Lucius's prediction of the next round of the predator's offensive.
Staring at the paper map hanging on the wall of the temporary command post, Vanus pondered for a long time before speaking.
"If it were me, I would choose to launch the offensive in mid-January."
Lucius looked at him and asked.
"Reason?"
Vanus said.
"This is out of careful consideration. The snow on the road will make it difficult for the truck to move, and the logistics pressure will be greater than imagined. As the front-line commander, I must first assume that you have evacuated all the survivors in the northern suburbs in advance. settlements, and built good enough fortifications, and fought us to the end with the determination to fight to the death."
"At that time, our troops will not be able to obtain any local resources, and can only rely on the supplies they carry to fight a tough battle that may be delayed for a long time."
His eyes were fixed on an abandoned urban area in the northeast, Vanus continued.
"I will first establish an operating base, deploy artillery, and then send mobile troops to use the advantages of vehicles to harass your position, guide the bombing of artillery, weaken your defense with multiple raids, and finally concentrate forces from multiple directions and attack at the same time."
Ormas and Wrench involuntarily held their breath.
If those predators really do this, the battle will undoubtedly be more difficult than imagined.
Lucius nodded thoughtfully.
"That sounds like a good idea."
Of course, he never expected that the people of the Bone Chew Tribe would launch a suicidal charge towards his position like the Bloody Hand clan, and then the players squatting in the trenches would use automatic weapons like cutting wheat harvest.
Those goblin-like creatures are very cunning, especially now that they have learned the tactics of the Legion - even if only a small part of it.
But……
It's a pity that they ran into him.
This consumption method of continuous attack may be useful to others, but it is simply a dream to deal with players who have one life for three days.
He only needs to guard the new industrial area located in the abandoned city and ensure the supply of weapons and equipment. Those predators will soon experience the nightmare of being dominated by the undead.
When necessary, he can even abandon the big factory, break up the production equipment into pieces, and retreat into the endless ruins, and then the players will use their individual combat strength to start street battles with the predators in the city.
Noticing the not heavy expression on Lucius's face, Vanus slightly raised his eyebrows in a little surprise.
"It seems that you already have an idea?"
"That's right."
"I'm a little curious, can you let me know if it's convenient?"
Lucius smiled lightly.
"Anyway, it won't be many days, and you will naturally know when the time comes."
There are many methods he thought of, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he is not sure which plan he will adopt in the end.
After all, it also depends on which card the opponent plays.
Vanus was not asking, but just shrugged.
After all, his identity is just a prisoner of war.
If Lucius asks for his opinion, he will express his thoughts and provide suggestions for reference. But if Lucius didn't intend to let him know, he really shouldn't ask more questions from his standpoint.
It's just that Vanus is still curious, what is this man going to do?
The opponent has 100mm howitzers, and they don't know how many there are.
In addition, the number of those predators is more than 1000, the number of vehicles is unknown, and they have an absolute advantage in terms of equipment and troops.
They were not ordinary predators, and after the two previous fights, the man in front of him was obviously clear.
The odds are actually not high. But his unmoved expression is really unpredictable.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the temporary command post.
After getting the permission, a guard in a black coat walked in from the door, and gave a military salute with his right fist on his chest.
"Report!"
Lucius said concisely.
"Explain."
Said the guard, "The scouts we sent to the north to explore, found a patrol team of predators in Clay Town, which is just north of Starwood Farm, suspected to be members of the Bone Chew Tribe!"
After hearing the report, Lucius looked slightly surprised, and immediately looked at the map on the wall.
Clay Town is about 20 kilometers away from Starwood Farm, adjacent to the north side of Tuna District. Administratively, it belongs to the southernmost town of Leaf City and is close to Rose District of Tianshui City.
This distance is not very close, but it is definitely not far.
However, what puzzled Lucius was why those predators appeared in Clay Town?
According to the marching route of those predators, it is obvious that their camp should be in the northeast of Spring City and south of Caxton City.
Could it be...
Did they move?
Vanus, who was staring at the map, gradually became serious.
"My lord, although I don't want to say it... But I'm afraid we have to prepare for the worst."
In the temporary command post, four pairs of eyes looked at him.
Lucius had vaguely guessed something, but he didn't speak, but waited for him to continue.
Vanus paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and let out a breath of white air slowly.
"Our army in the north direction is obviously not the same group as the predators in the southern suburbs of Caxton City."
"What you will face is probably not just a thousand-man team..."
"It's two."
...
[ Day 14 of the Wartime Regulations ]
After confirming the information on the VM, Bunny casually wiped off the mucus stuck to the steel armguard and the cilia from the moth's wings.
"The difficulty of attacking the B9 floor is unexpectedly small."
"After all, this is where the reactor is placed. There is no incubator, and the area is not very large." Tomorrow put away the mechanical compound bow in his hand and said casually.
Four days ago, his level reached LV10, becoming the first agility awakener in the whole server.
Just as Bunny guessed, his main attribute increased by 5 attribute points, and the remaining 4 secondary attributes increased by one point each.
With an agility of up to 17 points, he almost has three times the reaction speed of ordinary people, as well as dynamic vision.
And the skills he acquired are also very satisfying to him-similar to the bullet time in Max Payne!
This does not mean that he can become faster, but based on the addition of the agility attribute, he can make everything around him play in slow motion when he is highly focused.
Maybe as long as the agility attribute is high enough, maybe one day he can see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.
In any case, for a shooter, this can be called a divine skill.
Since the bullet time was unlocked, although his teammates had no intuitive feeling, Tomorrow felt that he was invincible.
The task enters the finishing stage.
Carefully searching the dead corners on the B9 floor, Bunny used a short melee knife to clean up the devil moths that were still completely dead.
Walker, who was walking behind, saw that he had no chance to shoot, so he said in a chatty tone.
"What do you think will happen on the B10 floor?"
Gale, who was walking aside, thought for a while.
"I don't know, anyway, what is certain is that the devil moth's brood is there."
Walker: "Will there be moths as big as mutants?"
Gale: "From the perspective of evolution, it is not realistic. The super-standard volume is not suitable for the survival of arthropods... At least it is the case with the oxygen content and gravity environment on the earth. However, this is not absolute. The wasteland is not a normal natural selection environment, let alone a game."
Speaking of this, Gale suddenly paused, and looked up to the front.
"But... this game is too real."
The group of people stopped, and in front of them was a closed gate.
From the sign on the door similar to the power room on the B3 floor, judging from the mark on the VM map, this should be the reactor.
Through a long and narrow transparent window, Gale could see the cylindrical reactor located in the room.
A reactor that has been in operation for two centuries and is still working.
Even in-game, it's pretty unbelievable.
From the looks of it, it shouldn't be boiling water.
"Is this a tokmak or a stellarator?" Walker asked curiously.
Gale thought for a while, then shook his head.
"It doesn't look like... It looks ugly from the outside, even smaller than a nuclear fission reactor."
Walker chuckled.
"Maybe it's just that the operators simply don't want to make it up... I thought it would be a little cooler."
"This design actually makes sense. After all, in the pre-war society depicted in the game background, the penetration rate of controllable nuclear fusion has continuously replaced fossil fuels, and even replaced chemical batteries in some fields. Their understanding of energy technology has a great impact on for us, it is like a black box, and it is more reasonable to present it in a more concise way than we imagined."
Gale is very curious about what kind of thinking the operator uses, after all, it involves the field he is familiar with.
However, he is a rational person, and it is impossible to risk the lives of his teammates.
What's more, he doesn't have the ability to break it.
To destroy the first wall that can block neutron rays, at least hundreds of kilograms of explosives are needed.
This thing is not made of tofu.
The alloy door leading to the reaction chamber alone is at least half a meter thick, not to mention the walls, which are even part of the load-bearing structure.
Maybe if this layer is blown up, it may not be able to scrape off a layer of the reactor.
At this moment, Gale suddenly felt a slight tingling between his brows, and then a burning feeling spread to his whole body, making him frown involuntarily.
Walker, who was standing on the side, seemed to have the same reaction, and let out an exaggerated scream, holding his right arm.
"My God! That boiling feeling... is coming!"
Tomorrow glanced at him speechlessly.
"Can you be a little more normal?"
Stretching out his hand to support Walker, Bunny noticed the state of Gale at the same time, was slightly taken aback, and his expression instantly beamed with joy.
"Good guy, we awakened two today!"
The first Intellect and Perception players in the entire server were born at the same time!
All members of the cowboy team are going to enter the Hall of Fame!
This achievement is simply invincible!
Tomorrow's face was also full of excitement, but right now they were in the moth's nest, obviously it was not the time to be distracted and happy.
"Exciting! Anyway, let's go back and save a file first."
It is foreseeable that today's forum will be lively again for a while.
At Tomorrow's suggestion, the cowboy team touched the door of the next floor, then left the ruins of the greenhouse and returned towards the outpost.
After escorting his teammates to the gate of the outpost, Bunny, who was standing under the concrete wall, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Before I go offline, I plan to go to the industrial area, you go back and save it first."
Walker asked curiously.
"Industrial area? What are you doing there?"
Bunny said with a smile.
"The LD-47 has been used for a while, but I always feel that I can't take advantage of the strength department. I plan to go to the steel factory to see if I can order two pieces of equipment suitable for the strength department, so as to improve the firepower of our team. "
Walker and Gale looked at each other.
Tomorrow understood what he meant, and became interested immediately.
"Let me go with you! Anyway, I have nothing to do after I go offline for a while."
Bunny smiled heartily.
"Okay, let's go!"
...
New industrial zone.
At the gate of No. 81 Steel Factory, Bunny and Tomorrow had just entered the door when they saw Killing Chicken At Midnight discussing something with Brother Yamasaa.
"I want a chainsaw, can I get it?"
"If I can get a hammer, where can I get you batteries?"
Facing Brother Yamasaa's eyes, Killing Chicken At Midnight still did not give up.
"It's okay to burn oil."
Hearing these light words, Brother Yamasaa almost stopped spraying, and continued to torture his soul.
"Do you have a diesel engine? Do you have a diesel?"
It's ridiculous not to find a diesel engine in the whole wasteland.
He has had a lot of headaches for this matter these days.
Killing Chicken At Midnight was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect it to be so troublesome, so he scratched the back of his head.
"Then... I'd better buy an ax."
"..."
Brother Yamasaa looked helpless.
A hatchet with a wooden handle is only 10 silver coins, and this is after the price increase.
After deducting raw materials, labor costs, electricity costs, etc., the profit margin is only 10%, and you can earn 1 silver coin.
Selling an ax is better than selling a few more bullets!
"I sincerely suggest that you consider more modern equipment."
Just when he was about to find a reason to send Brother Chicken Killer away, he suddenly saw Bunny and Tomorrow at the door.
His eyes lit up immediately, Brother Yamasaa immediately dropped the property of Killing Chicken At Midnight, and went up to the two of them.
"Hey, Brother Bunny and Brother Tomorrow, why do you come here when you have time?"
These two are big guys!
It seems that the progress of the strategy of the greenhouse ruins has been pushed to the 8th floor of the basement recently? Or the 9th floor?
Although the cowboy team have never disclosed the specific number of rewards, they can guess according to the difficulty of the maze, and the rewards are at least 4 digits.
Seeing Brother Yamasaa resolutely abandoning himself, Killing Chicken At Midnight was taken aback.
Good guy. For real?
Looking at the old acquaintance walking towards him, Bunny said with a hearty smile.
"I'm want a piece of equipment, is there a more powerful one?"
"The powerful ones... What do you mean? We have hand grenades here, as well as imitation Iron Fist bazookas. They are very powerful!"
"I'm not talking about the kind of disposable explosives, what I mean is," Bunny tried to gesture with his hand, "Is there a gun with a larger caliber?"
While talking, Bunny's eyes suddenly fell on the unfinished quadruple cannon in the workshop behind Brother Yamasaa.
Seeing this, Bunny couldn't move his eyes away. He immediately walked over and touched the thick and long barrel of the gun.
"Hey guy, it's 20mm, right?!"
Seeing that someone was interested in his work, Brother Yamasaa suddenly smiled and said confidently.
"20mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun! Three types of warheads are available, we call it an air tearer, or 'Ripper' for short!"
This name sounds domineering enough.
Bunny happily continued to ask.
"How much!"
Brother Yamasaa was taken aback for a moment, coughed dryly and said.
"That's an order from an NPC... The price is 3,000 silver for a cannon and 20 silver for an armor-piercing projectile. You can refer to it."
"F*ck?! 3000 silver?" Bunny's eyes widened.
Just such a cannon, the price is equivalent to 1.5 sets of miners I-type exoskeleton!
And the price of the armor-piercing bullets is even more outrageous, one bullet is equivalent to 20 rounds of 7mm, and you can buy a Tekken bazooka for three rounds!
Although they have pushed the progress of 4 floors these days and even took down the most critical B9 floor, the money they earned cannot be wasted like this.
After learning the price, Bunny immediately dismissed the idea of buying one, and was ashamed to ask if it could be cheaper.
Seeing the expression on Bunny's face, Tomorrow's heart moved slightly, he walked up to stare at the receiver for a while, and then suddenly said.
"Why is this machine gun so expensive?"
Just at this time, Brother Levin, another factory manager, came out of the workshop next to him.
Hearing Tomorrow's question, he answered casually.
"It's said to be a gun, so do you still need to ask? The receiver in front of you alone costs at least 2,000 silver, not to mention the barrel and other parts in front of it."
Tomorrow said thoughtfully.
"Then what if we need a... single-shot machine gun? It doesn't need such a complicated receiver, and it can even be changed to a rotary lock and manual loading of bullets."
Brother Yamasaa and Brother Levin were stunned at the same time.
"Changed to a rotary lock...bolt?"
"Manual loading?"
Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to understand what he meant, Tomorrow continued.
"What I just described may not be accurate. To put it simply, it is to remove the fully automatic mode of this machine gun and make a weapon similar to a bolt-action rifle. It can be easily held in the hand and placed on the ground— —”
"I see what you mean. Is it right to omit the buffer and the repeating receiver?"
Brother Levin interrupted Tomorrow, and touched his chin with interest.
"But that kind of gun will be very heavy, right? And the recoil is probably not small. I guess it needs a fixed tripod... Are you sure it will come in handy?"
After all, this thing is a cannon, not a gun.
If the shock absorber and cushioning device are cut off and made into a weapon that can be carried on the shoulder and fired, the shooter's shoulder will be destroyed if one shot is fired.
Unless the length of the shell is shortened and made into the size of that bullet.
But in that case, the caliber of 20mm is a bit redundant, and it has to be changed to 12mm.
However, after hearing Brother Levin's concerns, Tomorrow and Bunny looked at each other, with meaningful smiles on their faces.
It's probably a bit difficult for the average person. But are they normal people?
"The bipod and butt can help me install one, and the fixed tripod is unnecessary."
Bunny tapped the welded breastplate of the exoskeleton with his fist, a smile full of security appeared on his face.
"Don't worry, I can handle it!"
"Our enemies will not routinely wait until winter is over before strutting over to our trenches."
"They are predators, and they are best at sneak attacks. If it is quick, maybe after this blizzard is over, their army will march to the northern suburbs of Spring City."
"My judgment is... early January, maybe even on New Year's Day."
After inspecting the recruits of the guard, Lucius took Ormas, Wrench, and Vanus back to the guard's station in Starwood Farm.
There is a bunker-like temporary command post here, covered with a thick layer of snow, and only one tunnel can be entered.
In the batch of supplies seized from the looters last time, there were a full hundred 100mm howitzers.
The total weight of these shells is 11 kilograms, including a two kilogram warhead, and the charge is a mixture of TNT and RDX.
If this shot hits, its power will probably be quite astonishing.
Although he doesn't know how many howitzers they have in their hands, these shells alone are enough to make Lucius more vigilant.
These predators are tough to deal with!
At present, shelter No. 404 relies on the information obtained by the old buddies on the forum, as well as the continuous exploration of 30 life professional players with experience in the chemical industry.
It is still too difficult to develop reliable heavy support firepower before New Year's Day. What needs to be solved is not only the barrel problem, but also many problems including ballistics, and these need to rely more on experience in actual combat than theoretical knowledge.
It might be more practical to count on the unscrupulous rockets of the Mosquito than to count on heavy artillery in the war against the Bone chew Tribe.
Wrench and Ormas subconsciously looked at each other, their expressions slightly dazed.
What is New Year's Day?
Although Vanus also didn't understand what New Year's Day was, his focus was not on such trivial issues, but on Lucius's prediction of the next round of the predator's offensive.
Staring at the paper map hanging on the wall of the temporary command post, Vanus pondered for a long time before speaking.
"If it were me, I would choose to launch the offensive in mid-January."
Lucius looked at him and asked.
"Reason?"
Vanus said.
"This is out of careful consideration. The snow on the road will make it difficult for the truck to move, and the logistics pressure will be greater than imagined. As the front-line commander, I must first assume that you have evacuated all the survivors in the northern suburbs in advance. settlements, and built good enough fortifications, and fought us to the end with the determination to fight to the death."
"At that time, our troops will not be able to obtain any local resources, and can only rely on the supplies they carry to fight a tough battle that may be delayed for a long time."
His eyes were fixed on an abandoned urban area in the northeast, Vanus continued.
"I will first establish an operating base, deploy artillery, and then send mobile troops to use the advantages of vehicles to harass your position, guide the bombing of artillery, weaken your defense with multiple raids, and finally concentrate forces from multiple directions and attack at the same time."
Ormas and Wrench involuntarily held their breath.
If those predators really do this, the battle will undoubtedly be more difficult than imagined.
Lucius nodded thoughtfully.
"That sounds like a good idea."
Of course, he never expected that the people of the Bone Chew Tribe would launch a suicidal charge towards his position like the Bloody Hand clan, and then the players squatting in the trenches would use automatic weapons like cutting wheat harvest.
Those goblin-like creatures are very cunning, especially now that they have learned the tactics of the Legion - even if only a small part of it.
But……
It's a pity that they ran into him.
This consumption method of continuous attack may be useful to others, but it is simply a dream to deal with players who have one life for three days.
He only needs to guard the new industrial area located in the abandoned city and ensure the supply of weapons and equipment. Those predators will soon experience the nightmare of being dominated by the undead.
When necessary, he can even abandon the big factory, break up the production equipment into pieces, and retreat into the endless ruins, and then the players will use their individual combat strength to start street battles with the predators in the city.
Noticing the not heavy expression on Lucius's face, Vanus slightly raised his eyebrows in a little surprise.
"It seems that you already have an idea?"
"That's right."
"I'm a little curious, can you let me know if it's convenient?"
Lucius smiled lightly.
"Anyway, it won't be many days, and you will naturally know when the time comes."
There are many methods he thought of, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he is not sure which plan he will adopt in the end.
After all, it also depends on which card the opponent plays.
Vanus was not asking, but just shrugged.
After all, his identity is just a prisoner of war.
If Lucius asks for his opinion, he will express his thoughts and provide suggestions for reference. But if Lucius didn't intend to let him know, he really shouldn't ask more questions from his standpoint.
It's just that Vanus is still curious, what is this man going to do?
The opponent has 100mm howitzers, and they don't know how many there are.
In addition, the number of those predators is more than 1000, the number of vehicles is unknown, and they have an absolute advantage in terms of equipment and troops.
They were not ordinary predators, and after the two previous fights, the man in front of him was obviously clear.
The odds are actually not high. But his unmoved expression is really unpredictable.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the temporary command post.
After getting the permission, a guard in a black coat walked in from the door, and gave a military salute with his right fist on his chest.
"Report!"
Lucius said concisely.
"Explain."
Said the guard, "The scouts we sent to the north to explore, found a patrol team of predators in Clay Town, which is just north of Starwood Farm, suspected to be members of the Bone Chew Tribe!"
After hearing the report, Lucius looked slightly surprised, and immediately looked at the map on the wall.
Clay Town is about 20 kilometers away from Starwood Farm, adjacent to the north side of Tuna District. Administratively, it belongs to the southernmost town of Leaf City and is close to Rose District of Tianshui City.
This distance is not very close, but it is definitely not far.
However, what puzzled Lucius was why those predators appeared in Clay Town?
According to the marching route of those predators, it is obvious that their camp should be in the northeast of Spring City and south of Caxton City.
Could it be...
Did they move?
Vanus, who was staring at the map, gradually became serious.
"My lord, although I don't want to say it... But I'm afraid we have to prepare for the worst."
In the temporary command post, four pairs of eyes looked at him.
Lucius had vaguely guessed something, but he didn't speak, but waited for him to continue.
Vanus paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and let out a breath of white air slowly.
"Our army in the north direction is obviously not the same group as the predators in the southern suburbs of Caxton City."
"What you will face is probably not just a thousand-man team..."
"It's two."
...
[ Day 14 of the Wartime Regulations ]
After confirming the information on the VM, Bunny casually wiped off the mucus stuck to the steel armguard and the cilia from the moth's wings.
"The difficulty of attacking the B9 floor is unexpectedly small."
"After all, this is where the reactor is placed. There is no incubator, and the area is not very large." Tomorrow put away the mechanical compound bow in his hand and said casually.
Four days ago, his level reached LV10, becoming the first agility awakener in the whole server.
Just as Bunny guessed, his main attribute increased by 5 attribute points, and the remaining 4 secondary attributes increased by one point each.
With an agility of up to 17 points, he almost has three times the reaction speed of ordinary people, as well as dynamic vision.
And the skills he acquired are also very satisfying to him-similar to the bullet time in Max Payne!
This does not mean that he can become faster, but based on the addition of the agility attribute, he can make everything around him play in slow motion when he is highly focused.
Maybe as long as the agility attribute is high enough, maybe one day he can see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.
In any case, for a shooter, this can be called a divine skill.
Since the bullet time was unlocked, although his teammates had no intuitive feeling, Tomorrow felt that he was invincible.
The task enters the finishing stage.
Carefully searching the dead corners on the B9 floor, Bunny used a short melee knife to clean up the devil moths that were still completely dead.
Walker, who was walking behind, saw that he had no chance to shoot, so he said in a chatty tone.
"What do you think will happen on the B10 floor?"
Gale, who was walking aside, thought for a while.
"I don't know, anyway, what is certain is that the devil moth's brood is there."
Walker: "Will there be moths as big as mutants?"
Gale: "From the perspective of evolution, it is not realistic. The super-standard volume is not suitable for the survival of arthropods... At least it is the case with the oxygen content and gravity environment on the earth. However, this is not absolute. The wasteland is not a normal natural selection environment, let alone a game."
Speaking of this, Gale suddenly paused, and looked up to the front.
"But... this game is too real."
The group of people stopped, and in front of them was a closed gate.
From the sign on the door similar to the power room on the B3 floor, judging from the mark on the VM map, this should be the reactor.
Through a long and narrow transparent window, Gale could see the cylindrical reactor located in the room.
A reactor that has been in operation for two centuries and is still working.
Even in-game, it's pretty unbelievable.
From the looks of it, it shouldn't be boiling water.
"Is this a tokmak or a stellarator?" Walker asked curiously.
Gale thought for a while, then shook his head.
"It doesn't look like... It looks ugly from the outside, even smaller than a nuclear fission reactor."
Walker chuckled.
"Maybe it's just that the operators simply don't want to make it up... I thought it would be a little cooler."
"This design actually makes sense. After all, in the pre-war society depicted in the game background, the penetration rate of controllable nuclear fusion has continuously replaced fossil fuels, and even replaced chemical batteries in some fields. Their understanding of energy technology has a great impact on for us, it is like a black box, and it is more reasonable to present it in a more concise way than we imagined."
Gale is very curious about what kind of thinking the operator uses, after all, it involves the field he is familiar with.
However, he is a rational person, and it is impossible to risk the lives of his teammates.
What's more, he doesn't have the ability to break it.
To destroy the first wall that can block neutron rays, at least hundreds of kilograms of explosives are needed.
This thing is not made of tofu.
The alloy door leading to the reaction chamber alone is at least half a meter thick, not to mention the walls, which are even part of the load-bearing structure.
Maybe if this layer is blown up, it may not be able to scrape off a layer of the reactor.
At this moment, Gale suddenly felt a slight tingling between his brows, and then a burning feeling spread to his whole body, making him frown involuntarily.
Walker, who was standing on the side, seemed to have the same reaction, and let out an exaggerated scream, holding his right arm.
"My God! That boiling feeling... is coming!"
Tomorrow glanced at him speechlessly.
"Can you be a little more normal?"
Stretching out his hand to support Walker, Bunny noticed the state of Gale at the same time, was slightly taken aback, and his expression instantly beamed with joy.
"Good guy, we awakened two today!"
The first Intellect and Perception players in the entire server were born at the same time!
All members of the cowboy team are going to enter the Hall of Fame!
This achievement is simply invincible!
Tomorrow's face was also full of excitement, but right now they were in the moth's nest, obviously it was not the time to be distracted and happy.
"Exciting! Anyway, let's go back and save a file first."
It is foreseeable that today's forum will be lively again for a while.
At Tomorrow's suggestion, the cowboy team touched the door of the next floor, then left the ruins of the greenhouse and returned towards the outpost.
After escorting his teammates to the gate of the outpost, Bunny, who was standing under the concrete wall, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Before I go offline, I plan to go to the industrial area, you go back and save it first."
Walker asked curiously.
"Industrial area? What are you doing there?"
Bunny said with a smile.
"The LD-47 has been used for a while, but I always feel that I can't take advantage of the strength department. I plan to go to the steel factory to see if I can order two pieces of equipment suitable for the strength department, so as to improve the firepower of our team. "
Walker and Gale looked at each other.
Tomorrow understood what he meant, and became interested immediately.
"Let me go with you! Anyway, I have nothing to do after I go offline for a while."
Bunny smiled heartily.
"Okay, let's go!"
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New industrial zone.
At the gate of No. 81 Steel Factory, Bunny and Tomorrow had just entered the door when they saw Killing Chicken At Midnight discussing something with Brother Yamasaa.
"I want a chainsaw, can I get it?"
"If I can get a hammer, where can I get you batteries?"
Facing Brother Yamasaa's eyes, Killing Chicken At Midnight still did not give up.
"It's okay to burn oil."
Hearing these light words, Brother Yamasaa almost stopped spraying, and continued to torture his soul.
"Do you have a diesel engine? Do you have a diesel?"
It's ridiculous not to find a diesel engine in the whole wasteland.
He has had a lot of headaches for this matter these days.
Killing Chicken At Midnight was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect it to be so troublesome, so he scratched the back of his head.
"Then... I'd better buy an ax."
"..."
Brother Yamasaa looked helpless.
A hatchet with a wooden handle is only 10 silver coins, and this is after the price increase.
After deducting raw materials, labor costs, electricity costs, etc., the profit margin is only 10%, and you can earn 1 silver coin.
Selling an ax is better than selling a few more bullets!
"I sincerely suggest that you consider more modern equipment."
Just when he was about to find a reason to send Brother Chicken Killer away, he suddenly saw Bunny and Tomorrow at the door.
His eyes lit up immediately, Brother Yamasaa immediately dropped the property of Killing Chicken At Midnight, and went up to the two of them.
"Hey, Brother Bunny and Brother Tomorrow, why do you come here when you have time?"
These two are big guys!
It seems that the progress of the strategy of the greenhouse ruins has been pushed to the 8th floor of the basement recently? Or the 9th floor?
Although the cowboy team have never disclosed the specific number of rewards, they can guess according to the difficulty of the maze, and the rewards are at least 4 digits.
Seeing Brother Yamasaa resolutely abandoning himself, Killing Chicken At Midnight was taken aback.
Good guy. For real?
Looking at the old acquaintance walking towards him, Bunny said with a hearty smile.
"I'm want a piece of equipment, is there a more powerful one?"
"The powerful ones... What do you mean? We have hand grenades here, as well as imitation Iron Fist bazookas. They are very powerful!"
"I'm not talking about the kind of disposable explosives, what I mean is," Bunny tried to gesture with his hand, "Is there a gun with a larger caliber?"
While talking, Bunny's eyes suddenly fell on the unfinished quadruple cannon in the workshop behind Brother Yamasaa.
Seeing this, Bunny couldn't move his eyes away. He immediately walked over and touched the thick and long barrel of the gun.
"Hey guy, it's 20mm, right?!"
Seeing that someone was interested in his work, Brother Yamasaa suddenly smiled and said confidently.
"20mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun! Three types of warheads are available, we call it an air tearer, or 'Ripper' for short!"
This name sounds domineering enough.
Bunny happily continued to ask.
"How much!"
Brother Yamasaa was taken aback for a moment, coughed dryly and said.
"That's an order from an NPC... The price is 3,000 silver for a cannon and 20 silver for an armor-piercing projectile. You can refer to it."
"F*ck?! 3000 silver?" Bunny's eyes widened.
Just such a cannon, the price is equivalent to 1.5 sets of miners I-type exoskeleton!
And the price of the armor-piercing bullets is even more outrageous, one bullet is equivalent to 20 rounds of 7mm, and you can buy a Tekken bazooka for three rounds!
Although they have pushed the progress of 4 floors these days and even took down the most critical B9 floor, the money they earned cannot be wasted like this.
After learning the price, Bunny immediately dismissed the idea of buying one, and was ashamed to ask if it could be cheaper.
Seeing the expression on Bunny's face, Tomorrow's heart moved slightly, he walked up to stare at the receiver for a while, and then suddenly said.
"Why is this machine gun so expensive?"
Just at this time, Brother Levin, another factory manager, came out of the workshop next to him.
Hearing Tomorrow's question, he answered casually.
"It's said to be a gun, so do you still need to ask? The receiver in front of you alone costs at least 2,000 silver, not to mention the barrel and other parts in front of it."
Tomorrow said thoughtfully.
"Then what if we need a... single-shot machine gun? It doesn't need such a complicated receiver, and it can even be changed to a rotary lock and manual loading of bullets."
Brother Yamasaa and Brother Levin were stunned at the same time.
"Changed to a rotary lock...bolt?"
"Manual loading?"
Seeing that the two of them didn't seem to understand what he meant, Tomorrow continued.
"What I just described may not be accurate. To put it simply, it is to remove the fully automatic mode of this machine gun and make a weapon similar to a bolt-action rifle. It can be easily held in the hand and placed on the ground— —”
"I see what you mean. Is it right to omit the buffer and the repeating receiver?"
Brother Levin interrupted Tomorrow, and touched his chin with interest.
"But that kind of gun will be very heavy, right? And the recoil is probably not small. I guess it needs a fixed tripod... Are you sure it will come in handy?"
After all, this thing is a cannon, not a gun.
If the shock absorber and cushioning device are cut off and made into a weapon that can be carried on the shoulder and fired, the shooter's shoulder will be destroyed if one shot is fired.
Unless the length of the shell is shortened and made into the size of that bullet.
But in that case, the caliber of 20mm is a bit redundant, and it has to be changed to 12mm.
However, after hearing Brother Levin's concerns, Tomorrow and Bunny looked at each other, with meaningful smiles on their faces.
It's probably a bit difficult for the average person. But are they normal people?
"The bipod and butt can help me install one, and the fixed tripod is unnecessary."
Bunny tapped the welded breastplate of the exoskeleton with his fist, a smile full of security appeared on his face.
"Don't worry, I can handle it!"
