Chapter 604 The Old Site of Singularity City (1/2)

Due to the collapse of the frontline of the mutant forces, the crew led by Mole arrived at the rendezvous point faster than expected.

After stopping at the intersection and waiting for a while, two Chimera armored vehicles, one behind the other, drove towards this direction from a neighborhood not far away.

A player emerged from the turret and shouted in the direction of the mole.

"This is Chimera-2. We encountered a group of mutant troops retreating on the road and were delayed for a while."

No need to ask about the car at the back, it is naturally the Chimera-4.

Mole nodded and shouted towards the two armored vehicles.

"Follow up quickly, don't let our friendly forces wait too long!"

As he spoke, he knocked on the turret and spoke to the driver sitting inside.

"Set off."

The engine starts.

The Chimera-1 parked in the middle of the road began to move forward, leading the two armored vehicles that followed it into the area plowed by the bomber formation.

This area is already a communication shielded area. Even when it is quite close, the communication channel is still filled with strong noise.

So far, the brothers of the Burning Corps have still not dismantled the shielded base station. It seems that they may have encountered a lot of trouble.

Several distant explosions and gunshots were heard in the thick fog, and Mole, who poked his head out of the turret, couldn't help but frown.

Visibility is too low here.

"Big Eyes! Get off the car and get to work!"

"Ook!"

Several brothers from the Death Corps jumped out from behind the armored vehicle.

The same goes for the two armored vehicles at the back. Except for the human radio station left on the vehicle, armored grenadiers wearing exoskeletons filed out, picked up the guys and dispersed around the armored vehicles to guard.

The brothers with the Death Corps walked in front of the convoy, and their eyes wandered along both sides of the street, finally stopping at an abandoned truck.

With its angular appearance and urban camouflage paint, it is easy to tell that this transport vehicle once belonged to the regular army of the People's Alliance.

However, the logo printed on the car door is not the People's Federation, but the emblem of Singularity City.

Perhaps before it bore the emblem of Singularity City, it also bore the logo of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee...but these are no longer important.

There are similar historical relics all over the street. No matter who once owned it, it has been abandoned here for some years.

Not far behind the truck are checkpoints made of rows of sandbag walls. At first glance, the back of the checkpoint looks the same as the nearby urban area, but if you look closely, you can see some unusual clues.

For example, some buildings are obviously office buildings from the outside, but there are metal brackets outside the windows, with some damaged clothes and sheets hanging on them.

Domestic garbage is scattered on the ground, paint buckets are piled with unfinished coal, and some shopfronts along the street still have slogans with a sense of the times -

He wrote inspiring words such as "The cold winter will eventually pass", "The world belongs to us", "No war but peace", "Don't rely on the War and Construction Committee, rely on yourself".

Lib Dayan quickly thought of the information concentrated in the official website settings.

The "war" here should not refer to the three-year war two centuries ago, but a series of military operations launched by the Ministry of Production against the Ministry of Technology in Yunjian Province a century and a half ago.

That man-made disaster was the trigger for the collapse of the War Construction Committee.

For the survivors of that era, that event was far closer to life than the ancient war...

"It feels like someone has lived here." The debtor's big eyes searched the corner carefully, and he muttered in a low voice, "And there are quite a few people."

Mole, who was leaning his head on the armored vehicle turret, replied casually.

"No doubt, this is Singularity City."

When several brothers of the Death Corps heard this, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces and exchanged unexpected looks.

"Singularity City? Here?"

"I thought the settlement was in the old settlement!"

The mole chuckled and began to show off the gossip in his stomach.

"You don't understand this. The old settlement was the settlement site during the Three Years War, which is where the mutants live now."

"The space there is wide, and the subways and parking lots are natural nuclear bunkers. The only drawback is that the living conditions are a bit poor, with ventilation and sanitation problems... This city has not been attacked by nuclear weapons. I guess the locals After surviving the first few years, we moved back to the surface to rebuild a new settlement, which is the urban area where we are now. "

Singularity City does not have a mother nest, so naturally it does not have a huge wall that towers into the clouds like Boulder City. The local survivors just used taller buildings nearby as bunkers, and then placed some sandbag walls and barbed wire as roadblocks in the streets and alleys to separate orderly areas from disorderly areas.

Until the 50th year of the Wasteland Era, alien species were not the main threat to the survivors in the wasteland, but cold and lack of supplies were.

What extends from the latter is not only poverty, famine and plague, but also predators roaming the wasteland...

Not everyone is a believer in order, there are also people who believe in chaos.

Once people awaken their animal instincts in a savage environment, they can do anything. Especially in the years after the Wasteland Era, many people were born in the Wasteland, and they were born to be wild beasts in the jungle.

The bullet holes in the sandbag wall were obviously not stamped today.

That was all many years ago.

Everyone crossed the abandoned checkpoint and soon saw graffiti blurred by rust on a collapsed iron wall.

The infantrymen walking in front stopped unconsciously.

The boy at the construction site and Bian looked up and felt that the colorful paintings were incompatible with the cold cement gray around them, so they blurted out out of curiosity.

"What does that say?"

With the same curiosity, Debt walked forward, stretched out his hand to wipe away the dust and rust hanging on it, and tried to read out a few words.

"Lies... betrayals... monsters... these are the only ones I can see. Which one of you knows more about Lianyu?"

"I can guess what is written without looking at it." Looking at the graffiti on the wall, Mole recalled the information disclosed in the official website setting collection and said simply, "Think about how Singularity City ended up. Just know.”

The construction site boy and Brick: "What do you mean?"

Mole: "Monsters, obviously referring to mutants, betrayal and lies, should be aimed at the Singularity City authorities... Do you still remember the intelligence that Fang Chang and the others collected in Hope Town? Mutants were initially sterile. "

The construction guy and Big Eyes looked at each other.

Seeing that the two people obviously didn't remember, Mole continued.

"In a long time ago, the mutants who escaped here from the east coast were sterile. Singularity City accepted them and supported their research. A small number of residents even took the initiative to become mutants... regardless of whether For a stronger body, to support the research of that group of researchers, or just to express contempt for the old order and the War Construction Committee.”

"Then some time later, mutants gained citizenship and fertility. Although this history is not described in detail in the setting collection, considering that the descendants of mutants are all mutants, and mutants have stronger bodies... …guess what’s going to happen?”

The boy at the construction site swallowed his saliva with Brick.

"what happens……"

"With more and more mutants, and with the constant transfer of power to mutants, the old humans eventually became a minority," Mole narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, "The authorities probably promised something to the residents, such as the fact that mutants have no Harmful, or violence can be restrained through civilization, etc., but what cannot be changed is that mutants only have a single gender and need to be combined with humans to give birth to the next generation... However, the number of old humans itself is decreasing, whether male or female. ”

The construction site boy and Brick scratched the back of their heads.

"Why not get a female mutant out and let them play with themselves?"

"Because the original intention of castrating mutants is to prevent the spread of DNA from incomplete experimental results, equipping mutants with a penis is itself a compromise by the Singularity City authorities to the mutant population. Wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse by designing a female? And I personally speculate that the aesthetic orientation of mutants is actually inherited from the old humans, after all, they were all humans in the first place.”

"Furthermore, the Singularity City authorities may not necessarily want to create a race out of thin air to separate their own society. Their original intention may be to hope that mutants will become vassals that must rely on humans to exist. They have no need for medicine and do not need to wear any protective equipment. Going in and out of radioactive areas to recover materials...it's a pity that I lost it in the end."

"It is true that mutants cannot live without old humans, but just as humans cannot live without the protein provided by chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, it does not mean that humans will become vassals of domestic animals... The positions of both parties changed at the moment when the power was imbalanced. , the mutants in Singularity City began to use force to force the old humans to surrender, and then imprisoned them like livestock."

Looking at the [Lies] and [Betrayal] carved on the wall, the Mole continued as if talking to himself.

"It was almost harmless in the early stage, but gradually showed its fangs in the middle stage, and finally opened its bloody mouth and swallowed everyone... This sounds exactly like the plague and fruit that are raging in this land."

The debtor sighed softly and stepped away from the graffiti.

"The laws of nature..."

It hasn't changed in tens of thousands of years.

Although it is a fun-oriented game, the past buried under the modeling textures is heavier than they imagined.

The whole city is a tombstone.

The graffiti left behind is its epitaph.

It is impossible to know when Singularity City actually fell. It is difficult to find a survivor of that era in the wasteland where the average life span is less than thirty years old. Most of the old popsicles came from Singularity City before it existed. Came to this land in earlier times.

Mole is more inclined to believe that when Singularity City was destroyed, humans were not extinct, but fought against the mutants who made up the majority.

In the end these people lost.

Those who survived either became slaves or were exiled outside the city to places like Pinecone Farm and Hope Town.

In fact, human residences are not suitable for mutants' physiques. Shortly after they occupied Singularity City, mutants abandoned this settlement built by humans and moved to the place where the city originally originated - located in Champion. "Old Resident Settlement" near the Institute of Biology.

There is a subway station, a large underground parking lot... In short, there is a wide space, keeping warm is not a problem, and you can avoid the cold guns of the guerrillas.

Some time later, the mutants had completely adapted to life in the wasteland and developed their own civilization——

That is the current Qi tribe.

Maybe that tribe was actually called the Singularity Tribe before, but the name with more syllables was too difficult for mutants to pronounce, so it was modified into the current name.

There is always an indescribable feeling in Mole's heart.

If the past of Boulder City gave him more of a feeling of regret for his unfulfilled ambitions, then the Singularity City gave him more of a feeling of not knowing where to start.

The people here had prepared for the worst from the beginning, and the ideal of saving everyone had never changed.

But as they walked, they suddenly realized that their destination was never where they wanted to go...

The group continued to move forward.

The fog in front was getting thicker and thicker.

The gray-green fog was filled with an indescribable weirdness, mixed with a hint of staleness.

It was like the stench of corpses emanating from the dead.

The players here knew that it was not normal fog, but spores spit out by mycelium buried in the ground and flesh.

It was obvious that there was an abnormal guy ahead.

Everyone was alert, opened the safety of their rifles, and carefully searched every corner that might be dangerous.

But to everyone's surprise, the danger did not come from a corner that was full of filth, but was so swaggeringly blocked in front of everyone.

Three dark green hills of meat stood in the middle of the foggy road, and the fat body was like a rockery.

Big Eyes, who was walking in front, was the first to notice the situation and immediately shouted to the armored vehicle behind him.

"It's an alien! Get ready for battle!"

The monster obviously also found them, let out a dull roar, and rushed towards them with heavy steps.

The construction site boy and Zhuan immediately lay on the ground and stretched out the bipod of the machine gun, pulling the trigger and spurting out flames.

There was a burst of gunfire on the street.

However, the bullets hit the three monsters, but only splashed a string of blood, and could not stop their steps at all.

Seeing this, the construction site guy was anxious and turned back to shout in the direction of the armored vehicle.

"Don't look at it, fire!"

The mole was about to say that he couldn't see it here, but suddenly he had an idea and shouted to the two vehicles behind him.

"Focus on the trajectory of the tracer bullets!"

It must be said that this method is quite effective.

Although the armored vehicles in the back row had no vision and could only roughly see the backs of the players in front, the bullets fired from their rifles and light machine guns had already indicated the general direction of the target.

The three Chimera armored vehicles immediately opened fire, and under the bang bang bang shooting, the monster closest to them was quickly shot into a sieve and fell to the ground.

However, surprisingly, the guy who should have died did not stop because of this.

Even though his legs were broken and there were several black holes in his body, the twisted life was still crawling forward, and a shrill roar came out of his bloody mouth.

The other two monsters had rushed to a distance of only 30 meters from the infantry. The construction site guy who was pulled by Big Eyes quickly picked up the machine gun and retreated.

Finally seeing the ferocious appearance of the two monsters, Mole was shocked.

"Fuck! How thick is this blood?!"

This is a 37mm armor-piercing incendiary bullet!

At this distance, even a concrete wall would be crushed, right? !

"Lay on the missile!"

Without any hesitation, the mole shouted and immediately retracted the turret and closed the hatch.

Almost at the same time, a dove-type missile was thrown from the launch tube on the top of the turret, and after ignition, a stream of white smoke shot out and shot towards the monster closest to it.

The missile hit the guy's chest straight, and before it could make a cry of pain, the flames of the explosion instantly engulfed it.

It turns out that the defense cannot be broken because the equivalent is not enough.

The monster that was hit by a dove-type missile was blown away half of its body, and the remaining half was also floating with white smoke with a burnt smell, and it fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Seeing this, the other players following the car immediately reacted, and they took the RPG rocket launcher from the armored vehicle, inserted the armor-piercing shells and pulled the trigger.

A stream of white smoke passed through the street like a sharp arrow, and soon the other two monsters also exploded with brilliant sparks.

Although the power of this RPG rocket launcher is not as strong as the pigeon missile, as long as the number is sufficient, the lethality is equally effective.

The two monsters, which were already half dead after being hit by the 37mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs, could not even make a wailing sound, and finally fell heavily under the concentrated fire of the players.

Putting down the launcher, Da Yan pinched his sweat and cursed.

"Damn... what the hell is this thing?"

Didn't the bombing area just wash this area?

How could such a big guy still be alive.

The brave construction site guy walked forward, poked the unconscious meat mountain lying on the ground with the smoking barrel, and muttered in a low voice.

"Goliath..."

Debt Da Yan: "Goliath?"

"Didn't Fang Chang post a post on the forum before... It was the BOSS they encountered at the Pine Fruit Farm," the construction site guy swallowed his saliva, "Oh my god, we actually spawned three here."

Everyone looked at each other, and there was always a bad premonition in their hearts.

At this moment, a missile suddenly flew through the air with a whizzing sound and hit a tall building not far away.

Everyone subconsciously lowered their bodies, but the expected explosion did not happen, not even the flicker of fire.

Only the player wearing headphones heard a sharp electric sound.

Covering his ears, the debt stood up with big eyes and looked in the direction where the missile disappeared.

"What is that thing?"

The boy and Brick at the construction site looked confused.

"Our missiles?"

"It's not like... it's a model I've never seen before."

At this moment, a player walking beside the road suddenly shouted.

"Wait...what the hell?! My communication seems to have been restored!"

"???"

Hearing the voice, Mole immediately looked at the VM worn on his arm, reached out and clicked on the map, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Green signal dots marking the positions of teammates reappeared on the map, and the communication icon also lit up again in the communication list.

At this time, Fang Chang's communication request was sent.

"...Mole! Can you see where I am? I'm on the street in front of you where you turn left. Come and help me!"

The intermittent sound was accompanied by rapid breathing, accompanied by gunshots and explosions from time to time.

Without even bothering to wonder where the missile came from, Mole looked solemn and said immediately.

"I am coming over now!"

After saying that, he switched the communication channel and shouted on the team channel.

"Everyone move forward! Friendly forces are ahead of us!"

An energetic reply quickly came from the communication channel.

"Ouch!"

…

Under the cover of the infantry, three Chimera armored vehicles moved quickly towards the street where the Burning Legion was located.

At the same time, three figures were standing on the roof of the office building not far from the street where everyone was standing.

Jiang Xuezhou, who was wearing a gas mask, looked at the stunned Ye Shi next to him with a proud look on his face, and reached out to pat the big guy next to her.

"How's it going? I'm still strong, right?"

Right now, standing on her right, was a four-legged robot with a boxy body, which was exactly the same as the "little dog" she took with her to Vault 0.

The only difference is that the size of this guy is more than a circle larger than the previous one, and the weapons mounted are also more bloated.

Even big things like missile launchers are installed.

According to its owner, Xiao Wang is now invincible. Whether it is those nasty slime molds or tricks like EMP, it is like scratching an itch.

The firepower unleashed by just this one combat robot is comparable to that of a reinforced platoon!

However, what shocked Ye Shi at this moment was not the size and firepower parameters of this thing. He had already complained about it before getting on the helicopter.

Staring straight at the looming outline of the building in the distance, he didn't even see what she had done before he saw a missile fly out.

After swallowing, Ye Shi looked at Jiang Xuezhou.

"That is……"

"Electromagnetic pulse bomb!"

With the back of his hand, he lifted the ponytail that fell on his shoulders, and Jiang Xuezhou continued with a hint of showoff.

"But that's nothing surprising. The real technical content is to lock the real interference source among the camouflage interference sources, and then launch the EMP weapon before it reacts, destroying it with one blow - Hey, are you listening? I spoke?"

Looking at Ye Shi who was still in a daze, Jiang Xuezhou's voice had a hint of unpleasantness.

Hearing that question, Ye Shi immediately recovered from his confusion and said with a smile.

"Some...the source of interference has been eliminated, right? Great!"

As he spoke, he scratched the back of his head sheepishly and continued with a shy expression.

"By the way, that electromagnetic pulse...well, it's the missile you just shot. Where did you buy it?"

Akito doesn't say anything in secret, there is indeed something in that thing.

He also wants to organize a few.

After waiting for a long time and not receiving a compliment, Jiang Xuezhou rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"Not for sale."

Ye Shi: "..."

Gan!

…

With the support of three Chimera armored vehicles and more than a dozen light infantry, Fang Chang finally eliminated the monster with squirming pieces of flesh all over its body.

The stench of rotting corpses permeated the entire street.

However, to everyone's regret, the apostle who was hiding aside and firing a black gun finally allowed him to escape.

The square old face was a little embarrassed.

The mole was not polite to him, and laughed at the guy with gloating, and he was able to let people escape under his nose.

As the battle ended, a "Viper" transport plane landed near everyone. While dropping off supplies, it also took away the tissue samples extracted from the "mountain of meat".

The Alliance's Biological Research Institute will help them figure out what these ghosts they encountered are.

Although there were some minor twists and turns in the side mission, the results obtained on the frontal battlefield were transmitted to the Heart of Steel one after another.

The main forces of the alliance's corps have completed their assembly near the old settlements, and are less than one kilometer away from the Champion Biopharmaceutical Research Institute and the Qi tribe's home base.

Those green-skinned beasts seemed to finally realize that their firepower was not on the same level as their opponents, so they simply gave up on the surface.

Some mutants evacuated under the subway station, and some moved to the building of the "Champion" Biological Research Institute.

They have been showing off their power on this land for more than a century, and now they are finally feeling despair...

At the same time, the bridge of the Heart of Steel.

An officer from the Army Command walked up behind Chu Guang, put his right fist on his chest, and reported cleanly.

"The mutants hid in the subway station, and our ground troops occupied their lairs on the surface... and rescued many survivors."

Chu Guang looked away from the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the officer and asked.

"Exactly how much."

The officer said in a serious tone.

"We haven't counted yet, but according to frontline reports, there are at least 10,000 people..."

Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, then frowned

Ten thousand people...

How come there are so many?