As the portal slowly closed behind them, the extremely desolate scene of the radiation world suddenly came into view of the Immortal Army team.
When the team members looked into the distance along the dilapidated road at their feet, there were vehicles that had been dismantled into iron frames and weeds growing stubbornly in the cracks in the asphalt. In the gray sky, from time to time, you can see several strange birds that have mutated due to radiation, causing their pink muscle tissue to be exposed, flying past.
As the third different world that the Eternal Life Army team has entered, if the team members were allowed to rate it based on a perfect score of ten, the world in District 9 might get a passing score of six. The Mad Max world has four points. After all, although the environment there is harsh, at least there is soil and space for human survival.
As for the radiation world that has experienced high-intensity nuclear war, there is no doubt that it only has two points. Because even after only staying in the wild for a few minutes, the team members felt that a lot of dust containing radioactive dust had accumulated on their chests.
If not for each of them receiving a gene-enhancing potion as a reward for their meritorious deeds, some of them might have been unable to help coughing at this time.
Observing the desolate environment around him, Fritz, who was promoted to major by the base camp because of his outstanding performance in the ninth district world, asked everyone to turn off the safety of the firearms in their hands, and frowned: "Everyone, stay vigilant. If you are in danger, take your own safety as the first priority." priority."
In order to better integrate into the Fallout world and spy on intelligence, the eight team members only wear civilian clothes and close-fitting armor. However, considering that the protective capabilities of light armor are really limited, they are also equipped with a belt-type ionization shield generator to act as insurance.
Looking at Concord, the sniper and deputy captain of the group who had also been promoted to a lieutenant due to his merits, Froitz consulted my opinion as usual.
"You just checked the English road sign in front of you. Go back along that road about seventeen kilometers away and you will find a town called 'Erwin'. I'm sure if you go forward seventeen kilometers away, there is a town called 'Erwin'." For the city of 'Boston'."
"In addition, the intelligence said that the nuclear war in that world has not been over for two hundred years, but there are still people who have maintained that road. So you think the population of Elwin and Boston is probably small, otherwise we will definitely control the road. Watch."
A moment later, as the green plasma dissipated, Fwicz threw up the "shield" in his hand that exuded a burnt fragrance without any hesitation, and looked at the white flesh-iron mixture underground created by the hot cold plasma. , I felt sick to my stomach.
"It's broken. Just give him a few punches to relieve his anger. You have no use for keeping that guy."
Just when the patience of the looters was about to run out, a dull gunshot sounded in front of him. Dong Zhi was horrified to find that the hands nearby were not filled with blood holes as small as fists, and only the fists were left. A few people ran over and looked at him with bewildered eyes.
Concord, who had been watching the predators' movements closely, reacted instantly, but Froitz, who was standing at the rear, was slower than me.
Ordering the minions in his hands to disperse, the leading plunderer squatted in front of a scrap car and shouted: "Keep your valuables under your belt, Scarface Chad, I promise you won't touch a hair on their head!" "
"Going back is the town, going forward is the city. In that world, enemies with unknown strength have not yet invaded, well..."
Under the hawk-like gaze of the brigade members, a dozen marauders wearing homemade armor suddenly jumped out from the abandoned vehicles on both sides of the road. In our hands, we have a luxurious firearm made of iron pipes and wood.
Unexpectedly, Chad turned his head, looked at everyone with strange eyes and said, "Are we leaving now? Are they searching for the trophies under us?"
It was said that it was a grenade, but in fact, the plasma grenade was more like a storage container with an electromagnetic confinement field. The incandescent plasma stored within will melt anything it touches as the confining structure is breached before the mass of explosives installed inside explodes.
As he spoke, Chad glanced at the corpses stacked nearby and shuddered uncontrollably.
As the sunset on the horizon gradually set, the four-person team passed one incomplete and rusted road sign after another. Finally, when they were not eight kilometers away from Erwin, something unexpected happened.
Looking up, Chad, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, had not yet been pushed under the car by Concord, who was attacking him. Looking at the other party's expression as if he were mourning for his heir, that guy must be up to something else.
Taking off the cold object from his waist, Chad's eyes flashed with anger.
In this way, one's own numerical advantage is only wiped out, but there is no possibility of being counterattacked.
However, what puzzled me was that all the looters had more or less bottle caps outside their pockets. Looking closely, I found that there were no two English words printed under the bottle caps.
Fitz proved that my fighting instinct was correct. When the powerful gaseous plasma touched the shield, although a small part of the plasma was blocked by the shield, the unimaginable low temperature contained in it was still avoidable. The ground seeped back, and the predator who held me in his hand as a human shield screamed with anger, and soon there was movement.
Hearing that, Dong Zhiruo put up his fists bitterly and spat in Chad's face before walking aside, intending to see how the captain would interrogate this person.
I attached a brief message before placing a bottle cap into the tiny portal inside the communicator.
So I led people back to the pile of corpses of the looters. When the team members lined up the corpses stacked there, everyone immediately picked up the corpses with various techniques.
"You usually live outside the farm. It's far away from there. If you want to, I can't take you there now."
"Haha, I was so lucky today! I actually met these fools who dared to act like that under the highway!"
Considering that he was familiar with the situation, Fitz was determined and signaled his team members with sign language to catch a few alive.
In a radioactive wasteland where dangers are looming and almost everyone is safe, some people may feel that they have too little ammunition and food under their bodies. However, the members of the brigade were all the elites of the Immortal Army. They were accustomed to living a life of small hands and feet due to the favor of the Emperor, and they unexpectedly fell into the traditional skill of searching for trophies.
What surprised Dong Zhi was that, as merchants, there was not even a Brahmin in the team to carry goods. But then I thought about it, if the other person was a refugee who escaped from Boston, all this would make sense.
After thinking for a moment, Froitz raised his finger in Erwin's direction and ordered: "The sun will set before about eight or seven o'clock. You try to reach your destination after daylight. Encounter any obstacles along the way. People have to take the initiative to contact them, and you are responsible for negotiating."
As Concord punched him hard in the stomach, Chad, who had never experienced such force, immediately collapsed and vomited wildly. Looking at the sniper's eyes as if they were about to spit out fire, Fitz definitely believed that if I stepped in to stop him, Chad would definitely be beaten to death by Concord.
"That......"
"No grenades!"
When Fitz heard this, he slapped his head and realized that he had forgotten the most important point of the cross-border reconnaissance mission, which is to do as the Romans do.
Seeing that the other party was still honest, Concord, who was standing aside, silently put his hand under the dagger on his waist. He was so frightened that Chad quickly replied: "A few! There are only one or four people, and their weapons are different from yours." !”
Suddenly, a blue-purple ion shield appeared behind the two people, and before that, the plasma grenade under the ground also exploded.
As for the identities of Fitz and others, Chad guessed that they were businessmen who came to Erwin from Boston to do business. After all, in that small underground area where order was lost, among the people who dared to risk their lives and travel around, apart from Hong Shang, there were probably others.
First, I said that the four people on the other side had come all the way from Boston, and their clothes were as clean as new. Just at the moment when the two groups of people met, I also caught a glimpse of Fwaiz and others’ men not having weapons, and they all looked low-level. The goods may not even be post-war ordnance.
Raising his hand to check the time, Fwitz asked: "There are not many people stationed outside the farm. How are the weapons and equipment?"
A few minutes passed, and the many schools who lost their minds summoned the team members and said that we would stay temporarily outside the predator's farm tonight and wait until dawn before going to Erwin.
Obviously, Nuka-Cola, which became popular in America and even the entire world after the war, solved the problem of currency recognition and provided people in the wasteland with an endless supply of bottle caps.
Throwing the bottle caps in his hand to the ground, Fwitz noticed that Chad had obvious distress on his face, so I bent down to pick up another one, put it close to him, and asked, "Those bottle caps seem to be right for me." Their meaning is ordinary, please explain."
"Nukecola? Those people's clothes are in tatters. What are they doing with those bottle caps?"
To put it more complicatedly, in the wasteland where the concept of country and government has not disappeared, the US dollars used after the war have naturally become waste paper that is too hard to wipe the buttocks.
Before revealing all his findings and speculations, Dong Zhiruo turned his head and looked away, silently feeling the deep kindness that seemed to come from all directions in the radiation wasteland.
"Damn it! Even if you pretend to surrender, you still dare to use such vile tricks! Are you looking for death?!"
Listening to the voices urging surrender from the opposite side, Dong Zhi knew that I must dare to escape now, and there would be no sparse rain of bullets waiting for me. Unless I could run away from the bushes dozens of meters away from the road within two seconds, I had no other choice but to surrender.
Although he knew that the other party was teasing him, in order to save his life, Chad still replied respectfully: "You know what you mean, the bottle cap is not the bottle cap. And if there are those bottle caps, do they use them?" Are post-war currencies traded with others?”
"Hey, tell me, they must have come all the way from outside the city, right? It's been peaceful here recently!"
As soon as Duo Xiao finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the back. Dong Zhiruo, holding a sniper rifle, walked at the front of the group, vigilantly observing the sparse bushes on both sides of the road.
The seven predators, including Chad, were tied up and strung together with ropes. Fwitz kicked Dong Zhi in the butt and signaled the other party to hurry up and lead the way.
Although he saw the doubts of his brothers, Chad, who thought he had seen through everything, didn't bother to explain.
Before he could not answer the complicated question forcefully, Dong Zhi asked in a hopeful tone: "When they finish interrogating them, will they be able to let you live? Will you live forever..."
"Name?"
Another ten minutes passed. At this time, each member of the team wore a suit of armor made of iron sheets, iron pipes, leather and other materials, full of predator style.
Although I could tell what kind of grenade this ordinary-looking grenade was, the instinct I had honed over the years told Fitz that I was trying my best to kill it and I would definitely regret it.
"Scar-faced Dongzhi, right? Return to him exactly what he just said! Put your weapon on immediately and hold your head with both hands. You can't even think about letting them live!"
Putting his hand on the other party's shoulder, Fwitz comforted him: "Your first priority is to search for intelligence. When you are out and about, you should put your mission first."
Fwitz nodded upon hearing this, understanding the significance and role of bottle caps in the radiation world.
Facing the opponent's barrage of questions, Chad, who understood that he was at the critical moment of life and death, quickly replied: "It turned out not to be the case, but recently I realized why he kept seeing us. You also have subordinates. The reason why we listen to you is, It's just because you don't have many ideas, that's what predators do."
As soon as these words came out, the minions around Dong Zhi immediately looked at each other, secretly thinking that the young and old in their family occasionally stayed alive when doing things, because they knew what happened that time.
"Stop, stop, stop talking about things that don't exist. If he doesn't answer your question badly, he won't have a chance to survive."
Although it made everyone look dirty, almost like a predator, that was exactly the effect Fitz wanted.
"Bang bang, bang bang..."
"The Nuka-Cola bottle cap plays a vital role in the reconnaissance operation. We are now sending a sample and ask the base camp to imitate it as soon as possible."
Fitz raised his hand and patted Chad's scarred face, and then asked: "Isn't there anyone else in the distance who blocks the road and robs like them? Doesn't he have subordinates or subordinate forces? Not yet, where is their usual residence? "
"Scar, Scarface Chad."
But where there are no people, there will be no transactions. Without transactions, currency is needed, and if currency wants to circulate, it must be recognized by everyone.
With his right hand, he quickly grabbed a stunned predator and blocked it behind him. With his left hand, Froitz turned on the shield generator on his waist.
After calmly collecting all the bottle caps and placing them outside the bag, Fitz took out a special communicator that looked similar to a satellite phone, but had a hundred times the functionality.
I asked a few minions to step out of the bunker first to test the opponent's pretense, and before confirming that Fitz could shoot, I took advantage of the moment when someone noticed me walking in the front, and quickly threw the object hidden in front of my head towards the crowd.
After asking a few complicated questions, Fitz stood up, feeling that Dong Zhi's words were neither true nor false.
Although they slightly believed that those complex-structured firearms would become fire sticks before firing a few bullets, the four elites of the Immortal Army who had not been trained well gathered together immediately and fought with the wreckage of the vehicles around them as cover. Prepare.
Just when I was feeling complacent about my careful thinking, I realized that the four of them had already seen through where the predators were hiding. As long as Fitz gives the order, we will use the weak penetrating electromagnetic rifle in our hands to teach those guys who know the world a lesson.
