Wasteland Code Survival

Chapter 38 Incomplete Boot Core
Before the nuclear war, the area of ​​Xuzhou City in the old era had already exceeded tens of thousands of square kilometers. Excluding the mountains, hills and suburbs, the urban area with dense buildings alone was nearly [-] square kilometers. The area occupied by Thunder City was only It is less than one-tenth of the urban area of ​​this prefecture-level city in Suzhou Province.

This huge ruined city has completely become a paradise for mutated creatures and explorers. Human players can be seen from time to time near Thunder City, and the deeper you go into it, the number of players around will gradually decrease. Then came more unknown dangers.

Players wandering among the ruins of the city are divided into three types. According to what they have heard from others, each of these three types of people has a special nickname: hunters, pioneers, and scavengers.

Among them, hunters are the strongest. To become hunters, one must either be an evolutionary himself, or a player with superb combat skills and excellent equipment. This group of people is active in the most inaccessible places in the ruins. Their The goal is to hunt those mutated creatures. Most of the various monster materials in the Thunder City trading house and the serum dropped by the boss are from hunters.

Pioneers are hired by Thunder City, often in groups of dozens of people. Their task is to clean up the ruins, draw maps, and work for the continued expansion of Thunder City's territory, like cleaning the subway and sewage as mentioned by the guards before. The pioneers of the system also belong to this category. The strength of the pioneers is not as strong as that of the hunters, but because they all operate in teams, they are safer.

Scavengers are the most special group of players. Among them are evolutionists, women and children who are helpless, some act in groups, and some go solo. A day of earning a lot is the entry and exit of tens of thousands of resource points. , is no less than a hunter, and those who earn less often have nothing to gain for several days, and eating is a problem.

What they do is to find those valuable things from the ruined city, and then bring these things back to the area controlled by the player—for example, Thunder City.

Among the scavengers, fish and dragons are mixed, and Thunder City can't manage and coordinate well, so they simply let them develop freely. Only a few powerful and unique scavengers will establish long-term cooperative relations with some big trading houses.

The strongest of these scavengers often explore deeper than hunters. They may not be able to kill those powerful mutant creatures deep in the city, but their ability to escape and hide is absolutely top-notch.

And like ordinary scavengers, they basically follow behind the team of pioneers, looking for some valuable leftovers in the area that has been cleared up...

……

The impostor who stole Klein's identity manipulated the Red Dragon Six directly into the depths of the ruins. Qi Lin pursued him all the way. It was already the third day since he left Thunder City.

Apart from going offline for 10 to [-] minutes a day to solve the problem of eating, drinking, and slacking off, Qi Lin spends almost all of this time in the game, and even Xiao Lei couldn't help complaining that Qi Lin was more addicted than himself.

It has been half a day away from the most cutting-edge scavenger supply station where he stayed last time. Qi Lin is now squatting in the reception room of the ruins of an old school, and a pot is cooking in a small marching pot in front of him. A tangy mushroom bisque.

This kind of fungus that grows on the waste soil has an extremely fresh and strong taste, but it contains a lot of radiation. It is no different from eating poison for ordinary people, but for Qi Lin, it is just a harmless delicacy.

After confirming that there were no other players around, Qi Lin took out the [Mechanical Parts HK2] he had taken from the auction house and the [Mechanical Parts HK7] he had obtained from the previous mission, and just put these two parts together, The two parts trembled slightly as if they sensed each other's presence, and a red gleam began to emerge from the gap between the parts.

"Sure enough, there is a reaction!"

Seeing that the guess in his heart was verified, Qi Lin was overjoyed, and immediately pasted the two parts together.

With a slight metallic click, the two parts snapped together, and then even the name changed.

“【不完整的启动核心】。橙色物品。用途未知。完整程度2/7，缺失部分：1、3、4、5、6。”

"It turned out to be an orange item!"

Qi Lin was surprised, so far, the only orange item that has appeared in this game is the city heart of Thunder City. It's just purple quality.

The meaning of the orange quality is "legend". Although the Chilong VI power armor is powerful, it is still a mass-produced weapon, but... what is this incomplete activation core? The word "legend"?
This "startup core" is currently only two-sevenths complete, and there are still five parts to be collected, but what changes will happen after it is complete?

Qi Lin can't guess it at all, but what he understands is that this thing must not be known to people now. The orange item, even if it is a piece of garbage, will cause an uproar in the entire game world. Maybe he expressed it to himself not long ago. If you send out a kind thunderbolt, you will immediately send out all the masters in the city to chase and kill yourself...

Carefully hiding the activation core in the dark layer of the backpack, Qi Lin stabilized his mood, only to realize——grass, the mushroom soup is overcooked!

……

Thunder City, the central hub of the bunker, the global control room.

Bryce, who was nicknamed a sissy by Qi Lin in the dark, was contrary to his usual routine, with a bitter expression on his face, and he kept scratching his nails, even licking the nail polish on it when it was almost wiped off. Did not notice.

On the opposite side of him, stood a handsome boy who was not yet 20 years old, with an arrogant and domineering face, but there was a hint of sinisterness in his eyes.

"Why? That 9527 is just a poor boy from a slum area. Uncle, is he a fool? Just give an E-grade serum to an outsider with a low status who has nothing to do with the consortium?"

"Fourth young master, the city lord... that's what he meant, and..."

Bryce frowned, trying to explain something, but was quickly interrupted by the boy.

"And what? Serum is the property of the consortium. As a member of the permanent board of directors of the consortium, I have the right to handle this serum. Don't you know that the captain of my guard will soon be promoted to a second-level evolutionary? This serum , why not use it on your own people?"

"Fourth young master, if you take it away directly, boss...it's hard to explain to the city lord."

Just as Bryce finished speaking, suddenly, the boy showed a sinister smile and said, "Uncle means that I can't just take it away, right?"

"This serum has already been promised as a mission reward. If the Fourth Young Master wants it, you should wait a few days. The hunter team in the city will be back soon..."

"Then as one of Thunder City's share owners, do I have the right to increase the difficulty of the task a little bit? As long as that 9527 can't complete the task, it is naturally impossible for him to get this serum." The boy suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Hearing that the young man wanted to modify the task on his own initiative, Bryce shook his head quickly: "If you directly change the content of the task, where will the reputation of Thunder City be damaged? Fourth young master, please think again!"

"Don't worry, I won't directly modify the content of the task. I just add a little 'little trouble' to that ignorant kid. Even if uncle knows, he won't say anything more!" This was called by Bryce The boy who was the Fourth Young Master sneered, then left Bryce where he was, turned around and walked away.

Looking at the young man who left, Bryce shook his head helplessly. As a servant, no matter how high his rank is, he is only a high-ranking servant. There are some things that he cannot intervene in.

(End of this chapter)