This game is too real

At the gate of the Stone City.

The man in full plate armor stood like a statue, his temperament was out of tune with the surroundings, attracting the attention of passing mercenaries and merchants.

Not only because of his height of 2.5 meters, but also because of his armor from head to toe, with almost no gaps. Even the helmet welded with steel plates only had a few small holes.

This guy...

Don't you use your eyes to see the road?

Two mercenaries lined up at the gate of the city, bragging when they have nothing to do.

"I bet that armor can't withstand a volley of my bullets."

"Shh, keep your voice down, that guy might be an awakened one."

"So what if he's an awakened one? More awakened ones have died in my hands than death claws!" The mercenary was not panicked at all. The 50-meter area at the gate of the city was also under the jurisdiction of the militia.

Let alone the awakened ones.

Even if it is a tank of the Bone Chewing Tribe, what can it do?

The towed artillery on the giant wall is enough to crush all armor.

The companion next to him obviously did not believe him and sneered.

"Stop bragging. I don't know who peed his pants after hearing the cry of the Death Claw."

"Say it again!"

Ignoring the discussions of the people around him, the man in armor stayed at the door for a while and walked to the Far Wind Hotel across the street.

The waiter standing at the door of the hotel was not too surprised by this man in heavy armor. Among the many guests he had received, this kind of dress can only be regarded as conservative at best, not even strange.

Not to mention wearing something, even if he was not wearing anything, he would not say a word.

"Welcome, sir, do you need a room?"

A dull voice floated out of the armor.

"Is this the northern suburbs?"

"The northern suburbs?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment and answered subconsciously.

"This is Boulder City, not that kind of rural place."

The man continued to ask.

"Northern Suburbs, how to get there."

The waiter felt his heartbeat freeze for a moment when he saw the scarlet in the gap of his helmet. He wanted to say something perfunctory, but his Adam's apple moved and he said.

"Go straight up the elevated road along the road ahead, then go east, see a crooked building, and then go north..."

The man nodded, without saying a word of thanks, and dragged his heavy body towards the elevated road.

The man didn't seem to worry that the person he asked for directions would lie to him.

The waiter standing at the door of the hotel stared at the man's back intently, muttering something in his mouth.

"Damn..."

"Why are those eyes the same as those of the Gnawer."

...

[The fat sheep is on the road. ]

The edge of the Fourth Ring Road.

In an abandoned shop, a man in an animal skin coat sat in front of an extinguished brazier, unfolding a crumpled piece of paper in his hand.

He had been playing with this piece of paper in his hand for a while.

His name is Wu Chou, a mercenary, and an awakener.

In Boulder City, awakening is not a particularly rare thing, but there are very few people who are awakened but still make a living like him. Many merchant groups and caravans are very happy to recruit awakeners into their teams, and they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money to train them and give them the best weapons and equipment.

In the wasteland, only fists are the greatest guarantee. Strong force can not only deter villains, but also effectively reduce risks and premiums. Merchants in Boulder City are particularly sensitive to these two things.

However, Wu Chou is different from them.

First, he hates living a life constrained by others, and second, his reputation is really not good.

Since two of his employers died at his hands, and the middleman who introduced him to the task lost a lot of money, few people are willing to introduce him to legitimate jobs.

But...

Who cares?

At least he is quite satisfied with his life.

Being a guard for those cunning profiteers, the daily reward is at most 10 chips, but if you rob that weak and arrogant poor guy, this number may increase by a hundred or even a thousand times.

Reputation?

Not as good as a piece of paper to wipe your ass.

However, Wu Chou does not think of himself as a plunderer, although he knows many plunderers and occasionally takes jobs from them.

For example, now.

A week ago, a batch of spirit leaves appeared from nowhere in Boulder City, and the diluent with 10 chips per bottle made many people rich.

Someone has set his sights on this piece of fat meat and offered him a price.

Catch two blue jackets in the northern suburbs, and don't worry about anything else. In addition to the goods they transported to the northern suburbs, they could also get an extra 5,000 chips.

Wuchou agreed without thinking.

In his opinion, these 5,000 chips were no different from picking them up for free.

After buying off the gangs in the slums to help with surveillance, he then hired twenty or so cannon fodders from the slums, gave them weapons, taught them how to shoot, and promised them a reward of 50 chips, requiring them to capture at least two alive.

50 chips.

For the people in the city, it was less than a month's salary, but for the survivors who lived on leftovers and scavenging, these 100 chips were enough for them to easily survive for half a year.

Of course, a team could not have only cannon fodder.

In order to be foolproof, he also sent four men to help.

According to the plan, they would take action when those people approached the edge of the Fifth Ring Road. If nothing unexpected happened, they should have had a result by now.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Putting away the note in his hand, Wu Chou looked up at his men standing at the door.

"Any news?"

Wu Chou was ready to collect his reward.

However, what he didn't expect was that the men standing at the door lowered their heads and didn't speak.

The heavy expression on his face made Wu Chou vaguely guess something, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

"Run away?"

Sweat seeped from the man's forehead.

Feeling the venomous gaze, he said with a stiff face.

"Yes..."

Wu Chou stood up from the chair suddenly.

He walked to the door with big strides, grabbed the man's collar, pressed him against the door frame, and stared at his eyes.

"There are only eight people on the other side, and you brought more than 20 people to gamble with them, and you told me... let them slip away?"

Feeling the murderous gaze, the man's face was full of horror, and he explained quickly.

"This, this can't be entirely blamed on me. They are indeed only eight people, but four of them are awakened. Those cannon fodders are useless. I emphasized to them countless times that they should be divided into two teams and outflank them from the side, but they only knew to rush forward, and when they were hurt, they retreated in a swarm..."

He didn't even dare to say that in less than fifteen minutes, half of them were killed by the opponent, and the opponent was almost fine except for some minor injuries.

So he and the other three brothers didn't dare to go up...

"What a waste!"

Sure enough, these guys can't be counted on!

Throwing away the collar in his hand, Wu Chou cursed, turned around and walked back, picking up the Drone X-2 assault rifle leaning against the chair leg.

"Call all the brothers."

"I'll lead the team myself this time!"

He still didn't believe it.

Just a group of blue jackets, what tricks can they play!

Wu Chou is only worried about one thing now, that those blue coats will go back to the cave and hide after doing a business.

If that's the case, who knows when he will have to wait to complete the business.

...

South gate of Linghu Wetland Park.

Five people and one bear are escorting the caravan from the outpost, heading towards Qingquan City with high morale.

Although there are one more person and one bear this time than last time, Qian Duo, who is walking in the caravan, can't help but twitch his eyelids.

He doesn't doubt the fighting power of these blue coats, after all, he has seen it several times with his own eyes.

Whether it's the archer, the tough guy who can use a machine gun as a rifle, or the "mechanical hand", their fighting power is first-class.

However...

Those people were slightly injured in the last battle, and another group of people will accompany them to Boulder City this time.

There is no intention of looking down on them.

He just felt that they were a bit like on a picnic...

"Damn it! It's obviously the tail of the bear..."

"Okay, don't be sad," Sisi patted his tail and said comfortingly, "Wait a minute, I'll let you ride after I recycle the VM, okay?"

"What the hell? Have you already assumed that I will give it away for free?" Yaya, who was riding on the back of the white bear, protested.

Meat Mountain Big Bun: "Wait, wait a minute, why do I feel like I've become a mount?"

Sisi looked aside with a subtle expression.

"I didn't say that."

Teng Teng, who was walking in the back row, said worriedly.

"Ya Ya, don't interrupt, you are a scout, keep your eyes on the front."

Speaking of which, since she got the closed beta qualification, she has been playing this game as a simulation business game. Every day, she either manages Teng Teng's hut or visits the sisters Qiu Cao and Qiu Ye.

This is her first time to such a dangerous place.

Looking at the timid Teng Teng, Yaya, who was riding on the back of the bear, said proudly.

"Hehe, don't worry, the intuition of the perception system is triggered passively! I have tried it several times!"

Rourou: "Don't move, I... I mean you messed up the bear's fur."

"It's okay! I'll help you with the breasts!"

Boss Xia had no good way to deal with the iron cans on Yaya, so he could only help them make a saddle with leather to put on the bear.

To be honest, Boss Xia is still very good at hands-on work, and the temporary DIY products are much more useful than the unscrupulous products made by mosquitoes.

Riding on Rourou, Yaya is like a heroic female knight, and the 300-kilogram plate armor is full of security.

Of course, the premise is not to speak.

The two caravan guards looked at each other, and at the same time looked at the only normal guard.

Kaiya swallowed his saliva.

"Are you sure they have the ability to fight?"

Both of his arms were injured, and he hoped that this would not be the last mission of his career.

Xu Shun nodded and said seriously.

"Of course! I've seen it."

Qian Lai coughed lightly.

"To be honest, I have a bad feeling... The group of people we met before are obviously not ordinary looters."

Wang Zhong, who had been silent, nodded.

"Indeed, they look like cannon fodder called to make up the numbers."

Xu Shun frowned and asked in confusion.

"Doesn't that just show that they are all a mob?"

Qian Lai shook his head.

"The mob will not take the initiative to fire at us. They are not professional looters, but a group of temporary workers. It is obvious that someone has organized them."

It may be a little difficult to understand for those who have never been to Boulder City, but for those who live there, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace.

Not only militias and mercenaries recruit soldiers in the slums, but also looters. And because the gangs there generally help looters sell stolen goods, it is easy for looters to find a group of temporary workers to rob from there, as long as they pay a gun in advance.

Even as long as they give enough, it is okay not to issue weapons. Many scavengers can make iron pipe weapons themselves. This is just like building a shack, which is almost a necessary survival skill for them.

According to Qian Lai's own experience, the attack was more like a test.

The other party was not sure enough, so they decided to mobilize some cannon fodder to test their skills. It is hard to say what the other party thinks of their strength and whether they will give up the idea of ​​attacking them.

He and his boss suggested that it would be better to rest for a few days before setting off.

But the boss was in a hurry to exchange the spirit leaves for chips. This time, the shipment volume was not only doubled, but he also gave him a purchase list worth 100,000 chips.

The pot camel machine could no longer satisfy the appetite of the Lord of the Northern Suburbs. The lord was obsessed with acquiring second-hand machines in the Giant Stone City and wanted to get some back no matter what it was.

"I can only be more careful."

Looking at the cemetery-like city in front of him, Qian Lai muttered softly.

I hope nothing will happen...

...

The city full of concrete ruins is like a maze. There is more than one road from the northern suburbs to the Giant Stone City. Experienced merchants usually remember more than ten roads and analyze which one to take this time based on all factors such as weather, temperature, intuition, etc.

For hunters in the maze, it is not an easy task to catch the rabbit that has drilled into the ruins.

But there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Most predators would set up an observation point at a high place, monitor one or two blocks that can be seen, and then predict which one the prey would choose based on the direction of their movement.

On a high-rise building within the Fifth Ring Road, a mercenary in a gray coat was lying on the broken wall, looking at the street not far away with a telescope in his hand.

His name is Sha Chi, one of Wu Chou's capable men, and he mainly serves as a sniper and scout in the team.

When he saw the team appearing in the camera, he showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said excitedly.

"Boss, they are leaving!"

After a short electric sound, Wu Chou's unbelievable voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Are you sure?"

Those people had just crossed the edge of the Fifth Ring Road in the morning, and it had not even been a day, and they immediately set out on the road to Boulder City.

Don't these people plan to rest for a day?

Sha Chi said immediately.

"I'm sure... that direction can only be from the wetland park! There are nine people in total, in addition to the two-headed cow carrying goods, there is also a white bear, which should be their pet. They are heading to 1101 Street, probably intending to pass through the commercial complex there."

"This group of people is different from the ones we met before. The four awakened ones are not in the team!"

Hearing this, Wu Chou's eyes flashed with excitement.

The commercial complex on 1101 Street, the half-collapsed shopping mall, is a good place for robbing, especially the four awakened ones are not in the team, which is great news for him.

The only pity is that the time is too short. They didn't expect these people to go there, and they had no time to ambush in advance.

But it's not a big problem!

The number of people on their side is twice that of those people!

Wu Chou made a prompt decision.

"You go around to their west side and support us on the roof! Listen to my gunshots!"

"Got it!"

Sha Chi's face was excited.

Putting down the intercom in his hand, he was about to put away the telescope and pick up the sniper rifle on the ground. However, at this moment, he suddenly saw the armored man riding on the bear, looking straight at him.

The action scared him so much that the telescope almost fell from his hand, and he quickly hid behind the bunker beside him.

Coincidence?

Not like...

The action was too obvious.

Realizing something, Sha Chi's face changed slightly.

The one riding on the back of the bear is probably an awakener!

...

"Why do I feel like something is looking at me?" Looking at the tall buildings behind him, Ya Ya, who was dressed like a tin can, frowned.

"Where?"

Tail quickly raised the telescope hanging on his neck and looked in the direction of Ya Ya's sight, but he saw nothing except a pile of ruins.

There are too many buildings there.

There may be eyes hidden in every window.

Just as the caravan NPC said, if it was one person, it would be fine, but if it was a team, there was no secret at all to enter here.

"Level 12 perception system, estimated to have 18~19 points of perception," Sisi, holding a submachine gun, moved the brim of his helmet and muttered, "It can't be ignored."

"Can't determine the location?" Teng Teng looked at Ya Ya and asked.

Ya Ya said helplessly.

"I just have a higher perception, not a plug-in."

Unfortunately, it's too far away.

If it was closer, her talent would come in handy.

The group drove the two-headed cow forward.

There were more and more ruins and buildings around, the wreckage of cars and billboards was everywhere, and there were half-built buildings across the street.

There were shelters everywhere, and the nerves of the people gradually became tense.

There were less than 200 meters left to the ruins of the commercial complex. Looking at the half-collapsed ruins in the distance, Qian Lai, who was walking in the middle of the caravan, signaled everyone to stop and talked to Xu Shun, who was carrying a rifle beside him.

Xu Shun nodded with a serious expression and walked in front of the players.

"After the ruins in front, 1.2 kilometers further west is the camping site. For safety reasons, we need to send someone to scout ahead. Uh, or I'll go"

"Leave the scout to Tail! Tail is an agile type!" Tail volunteered to raise his hand, and the sickle assault rifle in his hand had already opened the safety.

Zhimahu, who was following him, also stepped forward, tightened his PU-9 in his hand, and said nervously.

"I, I am also an agile type, I can go with you!"

But at this moment, Yaya, who was riding on the back of the bear, suddenly spoke.

"Do we have to go through here?"

Xu Shun, who was staring at the subtitles, was slightly stunned, and his expression immediately became serious.

"What did you find?"

Ya Ya nodded silently, staring at the ruins two hundred meters ahead, muttering softly.

"This distance is a bit blurry... but it should be correct."

"Someone is there"

Before the voice fell, a gunshot suddenly came from the tall buildings in the distance.

Hearing the gunshot, everyone was startled and immediately retreated to the bunker on the side to avoid it, but soon they found that no one was injured at all, and even the bullet did not fall beside them.

"Another group of people?!"

"The gunshot came from the tall building to the west of us!"

"Is there another group of people here?"

"Probably!"

"No matter which group it is, bring the cow in!" Qian Lai pushed Kaiya anxiously and urged, "Go!"

That's worth hundreds of thousands of chips!

If it's lost, the boss will definitely kill him!

"Damn it!"

Kaiya gritted his teeth.

Although reason told him not to do this, he still bit the bullet and ran out with his body lowered.

"Hey, don't go. We're not sure if the gunshots are directed at us."

Sis shouted at him, but the NPC obviously didn't understand what she was saying.

Standing at the exit of the alley with a rifle, the tail suddenly sighed sentimentally.

"Maybe this is life."

Poor workers.

This game is always real in strange places.

"Don't worry about what it is, what should we do now?" Roushan Damo said nervously, "Is there someone in the ruins ahead?"

Yaya, who was riding on her back, nodded, and a heavy voice floated out from the armor.

"And there are quite a few people! Wait, they came out of the ruins and seem to be coming towards us!"

Although it was blurry, she could see that the figures were shaking!

Teng Teng raised her head nervously.

"Are they looters?"

"Well, I don't think it matters in this situation," Sis pushed the brim of her helmet and analyzed, "Even if they can prove their goodwill, we have to let them lay down their weapons first."

"Don't be afraid, Tail is here!" Tail excitedly loaded his rifle and stuck to the side of the bunker, "Si, let's go!"

Sis put out half of her energy and loaded her submachine gun.

"Oh! Let's go! Oh, Awei, don't rush too fast. We'll go around from the side... They probably want to surround us, so we have to fight them out before that."

"Ok!"

Don't let the newbies behind you underestimate us!

Just when Wei and Sisi were ready to engage the enemy, Kaiya was driving the last cow into a small alley.

A machine gun suddenly appeared on the window of the commercial complex across the street.

There was no time to react. Flames sprayed from the top of the bipod, and dense bullets shot out, rushing across the ruins.

The two-headed cow was killed on the spot.

Caught off guard, the caravan guard who was driving the cows was also shot in the thigh.

"Fuck!"

Kaiya, who was shot in the leg, was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat. He immediately lay on the ground and stuck to the back of the concrete slag on the street.

The bullet landed right in front of his bunker, splashing dust a meter high. The flying stones fell on his face, frightening him, but he didn't dare to move at all.

"Damn it, I'm being held up!"

"Help me!"

"Lie down and don't move!"

Wang Zhong, another caravan guard, immediately pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it over.

Thick fog soon filled the street.

However, the gunshots did not stop, and they were still fired three shots at a time in the direction of Kaiya, as if they were going to nail him there.

Not daring to move casually, Kaiya put his ears to the ground, his face suddenly changed and shouted.

"They are approaching us!"

"Direction?"

"What other direction can it be! It's the ruins in front! At least 10, no, maybe 20!"

Just as he shouted, the 20 mercenaries had already split into two teams and pressed towards the alley 200 meters away.

Wu Chou, who led the team in person, had a trace of anger on his face. He had loaded his rifle in his hand and spat while cursing.

"Damn, this stupid thing! I told him to wait for my gunshot! How could he do it without authorization!"

He had spent a lot of effort to get ahead of this group of people and get to the ruins of the commercial complex first.

The problem that could be solved by just putting a gun to the forehead has now become a head-on battle.

Very good.

There is at least one awakener on the opposite side, and a bear with a steel plate on its chest?

Although he did not think those people were his opponents, he hated to add extra variables to the plan.

However, at this moment, another gunshot was heard in the distance.

The sound of breaking through the air came from above, and the machine gun that was suppressing the street with bursts of fire instantly went out.

Wu Chou was startled and immediately understood what happened, and then shouted loudly.

"Sniper!"

"Spread out and hide, be careful of the building to the west!"

...

"Two."

The 20th floor of the ruins of a high-rise building.

Lying beside the French window without glass, Ye Shi took a deep breath, pulled the bolt with his bandaged right hand, and pulled out the hot shell in the barrel.

He had seized this sniper rifle from the mercenaries of Boulder City and had used it for some time.

The original position of the scope has been replaced by a thermal imager.

He spent 2,400 silver coins to buy this good thing from the official website. It supports 6x zoom, and all heat sources exposed outside the bunker cannot escape from this thing.

Combined with his perception ability, it is simply a magical weapon.

Without hesitation, seeing that the mercenaries had discovered him, Ye Shi immediately moved the muzzle and fired a shot at the looters who were dispersing into the ruins.

This time it hit the chest.

The man who fell to the ground did not die immediately, but wailed for help from his teammates.

Ye Shi quickly pulled the bolt, and did not rush to shoot again, but stared at the bunker beside him, ready to wait.

However, he waited until the man died, and no one came out to help him.

"Three..."

Ye Shi glanced at the VM thrown beside him. Two green dots had already scattered from the alley, and the remaining four green dots were guarding around the caravan, staying with the NPCs.

"It should be the tails."

Those two were also old players, and they must know what to do in this situation.

"It's so annoying... I can't hit them here at all."

Ye Shi muttered, picked up the sniper rifle and hung it on his back, took out the submachine gun and held it in his hand, crossed the corridor full of gnawer corpses, moved to the safe passage, and quickly went downstairs.

A Hell Breath was parked downstairs.

Although the road conditions in the city are difficult for vehicles to pass, two-wheeled motorcycles are generally better than four-wheeled cars.

A tractor-like "thump" sound was heard.

Ye Shi quickly started the engine and followed the pre-planned route to the south side of the battlefield at the fastest speed.

There is an office building with hundreds of floors here, which is a landmark that he and his teammates have explored before. Ye Shi even remembers that he found a lot of office supplies and printing paper there.

The gnawers below the 20th floor have basically been cleared. Even if new alien species spread there in the past two months, it will not cause much trouble.

There were continuous gunshots in the distance.

Ye Shi vaguely heard the sound of Pu-9 shooting. The battle was within 50 meters, and the battle situation had obviously entered a white-hot stage!

Anxious, he turned off the engine of the motorcycle and threw it on the side of the road. He climbed up to the second floor along the half-collapsed concrete wall in two steps, and then rushed into the safety passage and moved to the office area on the 20th floor.

Using the butt of the gun to smash the French window, Ye Shi lay on the ground, re-set up the sniper rifle, and aimed at the battlefield half a street away.

He adjusted his breathing frequency and was about to pull the trigger, but suddenly a warning signal came to his mind, and he picked up the sniper rifle and left the window.

Almost at the same time, a bullet came in from the window and hit the ceiling not far from him, exploding a ball of fire.

The heat wave of the explosion spread, and large pieces of concrete fell from the ceiling. Fortunately, Ye Shi dodged in time and was not injured.

"MMP!"

How did these damn guys find me? !

Seeing the group of looters downstairs, five of them scattered and surrounded him.

Ye Shi, who hurriedly re-set up the sniper rifle, said in his heart that it was bad.

Less than 500 meters away, if he went downstairs at this time, he would definitely run into them!

Ye Shi hastily pulled the trigger, but there were too many shelters on the street, and the predators who had already discovered his position did not reveal too many flaws to him, and he easily dodged the shot.

Ye Shi hurriedly pulled the bolt, muttering.

"Oh my god, I just bought the equipment and it's not warm yet, it can't be that bad!"

Don't, Brother Guang.

Five against one is a bit unethical.

Show mercy!

I don't know if the planner Guang heard his prayers, just as Ye Shi hurriedly continued to shoot, something strange happened.

A figure covered in steel appeared in the center of the battlefield at some point.

The firepower of both sides of the battle was obviously paused, and both the caravan guards and the predators were a little confused by this guy.

The tail hiding behind the shelter had bright eyes.

"Si! That armor is so powerful!"

Much more powerful than Yaya's!

Sisi's face was solemn.

"...Awei, don't take it lightly. He may not be here to help us."

Ignoring the atmosphere around him, the man standing in the middle of the battlefield looked around and was silent for a while.

A ghostly voice suddenly floated out from under the armor.

"How to get to the northern suburbs."-