Chapter 406: New expansion pack preview, and communication from the East Coast

"... I saw two infantrymen rushing up, and in a flash, I slid and swung my claws at the same time, and then with two clicks, the man was split in half from the middle, including his armor!"

Next to the campfire.

Sitting on the ground, [Garbage Picker Level 99] was vividly describing his bravery on the battlefield. Next to him sat a group of new recruits from the Death Corps, who were listening to his bragging with shining eyes.

Although the pre-ordered exoskeleton has not arrived yet, it does not seem to affect Garbage Brother's killing with his flexible mouth and tongue.

"Fuck!"

"Big Boss is awesome!"

"Awesome, big boss, can I ride it next time?"

Garbage Brother rubbed his nose with his claws and smiled smugly.

"Next time for sure!"

Due to a series of factors including weight, body shape and "hardworking" debuff, Trash did not participate in the airborne operation, but followed the Death Corps to participate in the frontal battlefield charge.

And he was also the mount of Edge.

Although Trash refused at first, seeing that other Death Claws were lying down obediently, he was a little curious about what it felt like to be ridden, so he agreed.

However, although his body in the game is a lizard, he is still a human in spirit, so his fighting style also continues his human habits, which makes him feel awkward in various senses when he fights as a mount.

For example, although the posture of "upper limbs leaning forward and tail curled back" is more suitable for this body, he can't help but stand up and curl up his tail.

This also makes the person riding on his back very awkward, and the whole person has to lie on his back, just like rock climbing.

After listening to this guy bragging for a long time, Edge couldn't help but complain.

"Your slide was fun, and then you threw me to the ground."

Big Eyes Debt, who was sitting next to him, laughed and teased.

"Why does Trash always like to slide?"

Yin Lena replied with a funny look on her face.

"Maybe he's jealous of other people's crotches."

"Hahaha!"

There was a lot of laughter around.

Trash blushed, although it wasn't very obvious.

"Isn't it just... there's no... that setting? If there is, it must be bigger than you!"

The eyes of the construction site boy and the brick lit up.

"I believe this, I've seen it in other game mods."

Big Eyes Debt: "Brother, lend me a pen to talk."

Woke up by the laughter, Neeko, who was dozing on the ground, opened half of her eyes and saw the noisy little thing, and couldn't help but snorted.

Too weak.

And there's no armor.

Curling up its thick tail, it rested its head next to the exoskeleton that smelled of blood, changed its position and continued to sleep.

Having enough fun, it sighed while paddling on the edge.

"Ah... I should really ride my own mount. Not to mention the riding experience, it feels weird. Although this guy is a eunuch, he is still a man under the skin... This is the last time, brother, you should go by yourself next time."

Ji La Jun couldn't help but spray.

"You! Who insisted on riding me?"

There was another happy voice next to the campfire.

A campfire not far away.

Ya Ya, who had been eavesdropping on the players, laughed and covered his stomach. Teng Teng, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but curl his mouth and poked the fire with a branch.

Dinner was beef stew with potatoes. The beef and potatoes were all military rations seized from the legion camp.

The Legion is different from the plunderers. They don't eat people. At most, they can be made into soap. The beef in the warehouse can still be trusted.

The old man in the battlefield guaranteed this. The meat was slaughtered from the two-headed cows robbed from the merchants and fellow villagers.

At this time, Ye Shi came over from the airship with a foam box in his arms.

The light cavalry exoskeleton has become a bandage. His whole state now is like a mummy Yin who is halfway through the construction.

It can only be said that it is a miracle to walk without a cane.

"The manager said to give us an extra meal!"

"Food from the manager?!" Ya Ya patted the dust on her hands and stood up with an expectant look, "What is it?"

She often served as a taster and was always fed. No one knew better than her how many delicious foods the manager "hidden" there were.

"Hey, ice cream! Confiscated from the airship!"

Ye Shi opened the box, handed her one, looked at Teng Teng again, and gave her the biggest one a little embarrassedly.

"Thank you."

Teng Teng didn't seem unnatural and took it casually.

Although she was only 1.5 meters tall in the game, she was not in reality.

Ye Shi didn't know how to find a topic, so he said something to make conversation.

"Um… where is my sister? That Jiujiu."

Teng Teng thought about how to describe it for a while, but before he could open his mouth, Ya Ya beside him spoke without restraint.

"She died… Oh, it was too sudden at that time. I just had a premonition that something was wrong, and a rocket launcher flew over and the whole wall was blown to pieces… Then, then, she was broken too."

Teng Teng bit the ice cream and pressed her brows with a headache. She complained in a lakey voice, "… you don't have to describe it so detailed to the family members."

Ye Shi was indeed stunned, but he was not too sad. He just waved his hand and said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm sorry to bother you with taking care of the little guy."

"No, she's actually very capable and brave. You can trust her more. Besides, she must be at least 18 years old to qualify for the closed beta test. Now that she's an adult, don't treat her like a child."

Although she used a teasing tone, Teng Teng couldn't help but say a few more words.

However, Ye Shi didn't think she was nagging. She just scratched the back of her head, looking like a student standing in the corner, totally different from her usual self.

Realizing that she couldn't help but preach again, Teng Teng stopped talking and changed the subject.

"By the way, Lao Bai and the others? Why didn't I see them?"

Ye Shi sighed and made a helpless expression.

"Dead."

Teng Teng and Ya Ya both opened their mouths in surprise.

"Dead?"

"Lao Bai... I remember he should be a professional, right?"

There are players of all professions in this game, but no one usually emphasizes it every day. She just vaguely remembers hearing someone say that Lao Bai was a soldier.

Although he has retired.

"Hey... After playing this game for a few months, who can be considered an amateur?"

Ye Shi smiled helplessly and sat down next to the campfire.

"And don't underestimate the opponent... Those soldiers in black robes are not weak. Whether it is equipment, training or physique, it is still a bit tricky to fight them."

In peacetime, even if the training time is full, it is impossible to see death hanging over your head as soon as you open your eyes like in this game.

He still remembers Lao Bai telling him that you don't have to be too superstitious about so-called professionals, let alone be too confident in professionals. After all, professionalism is only a relative concept, not absolute.

If someone who can't swim is thrown into a wild river and survives after struggling a few times, he will not be washed away by the water or eaten by fish. He can also be considered to be able to swim.

Even a professionally trained swimmer wouldn't dare to say that no river could kill him.

In a life-or-death battle, surviving is worth boasting about, and not surviving is not surprising.

Ye Shi felt that his survival was a surprise.

After the awakener of the perception system is strengthened to the third stage of sequence, that is, after the second awakening, the combat effectiveness is often not as good as the three major systems of strength, agility, and physique.

Especially for the extreme distance firefight, there is no time to prepare. Just like Ya Ya said, even if her perception is very high and she can foresee the impending danger, it does not mean that she can avoid it.

Before parachuting, Ye Shi never thought that he could get off the airship, after all, he was good at medium and long-range black guns.

The people sitting in front of the campfire talked about what happened during the battle, and lamented that if they had done this and that at that time, their teammates would not have died.

However, no one was too sad about it.

Because they can be resurrected, death is not a taboo topic for players. After all, we will meet again in three days, and maybe they will return faster than me.

Of course...

Everyone tacitly did not touch the topic of NPC.

There will definitely be casualties in war.

Unlike them.

Those people will never appear again if they die...

Crouching next to the foam box brought by Ye Shi, Big Eyes in Debt held an ice cream in his mouth and widened his eyes in surprise.

"Fuck, this thing is delicious! Can I have another one?"

Ye Shi said with a gesture of driving him away.

"Go away, go offline and order takeout. This is the spoils of war, one for each person! I'm giving it to others."

Brother Quanshui, who was also standing next to him biting an ice cream, couldn't help but sigh.

"Damn, there are even popsicles. Damn, these big-nosed people live a very comfortable life..."

The construction site boy and the brick laughed.

"What's the big deal? It's in our hands now."

...

The night gradually deepened.

Except for the players who received the patrol mission, the players who were lying in the camp went offline one after another.

As these offline players brought the battle reports back to another world, the forum was even more lively like a festival.

There will be a delay in the settlement of the battle rewards, and they need to be issued after the spoils are counted. However, it must be a considerable sum to shoot down such a large airship.

The rewards from the administrator have never disappointed them.

I just hope that the silver coins will not fall too much when the flood is flooding.

Although the rewards have not been received, the scores of the battle have been released.

The group with the highest score is the Burning Corps.

Whether it is the destruction of the gun cabin or the capture of the 400mm main gun, it has played a decisive role in the battle situation. As the enemy completely loses its long-range firepower, the alliance's rocket launcher can output stably to the end.

The best pilot is Luo Yu.

Whether it is the difficulty of flight or the difficulty of mission, his performance in the campaign is obvious to all players.

Especially the last extreme deceleration cobra maneuver, not only the players were stunned, but also the enemy and friendly NPCs.

Of course, the transport pilots, including the pig brothers, are also quite excellent. Without the cover of the smoke rush, the airborne of the Burning Corps would probably not only have more than half of the casualties, but also more than 20% of the success.

As for the best commander, there is no suspense.

While formulating a detailed combat plan, completing the integrated air-ground command and reasonably maximizing the efficiency of the supporting artillery, this achievement naturally belongs to the Fountain Commander.

Since the scale of the campaign exceeded 10,000 people, each person performed different tasks and served different combat positions, so the game official no longer set up "overall MVP".

Instead, each corps will select the MVP of its own corps based on the performance of its players in the local battle and the efficiency of task completion, and decide who will get the additional bonus.

This is similar to the previous Songlinyu decisive battle.

As for the MVP of the mixed thousand-man team and the NPC corps, the game officials will set it based on the scores.

Tail: "Oh! Finally finished, it was so hard! Although I didn't get the MVP, it was also very nice! (*′???｀)?"

Roushan Damomo: "It's me who is hard-working! QAQ"

Sisi: "Oh, Rourou has worked hard, carrying Awei for so long, please remember not to run so fast next time, we can't keep up."

Aoao Zhimahu: "Hahaha... I think Rourou was scared, but it's much better than before."

Since the corps leader is the commander-in-chief, it is difficult to take care of the front line. The most capable battlefield veteran has become a "pangolin", and the battlefield positioning of the Storm Corps has become a guard company, so the performance is not as outstanding as the other corps.

However, the results are also remarkable.

Of course, the most eye-catching record is undoubtedly the Burning Corps.

Less than 200 people landed safely. Facing Marines who were ten times more powerful than them and familiar with the terrain, they were able to achieve a casualty ratio of nearly 1:3, which was already quite fierce.

Especially fighting to the last man.

The high morale and fighting spirit completely stunned the opponent, and it was precisely because of this that the Jungle Corps was able to complete a rapid raid on the lower cabin of the airship.

After watching the official battle report and the battle video uploaded by Ye Shi, the spectators on the forum exclaimed that it was awesome and exciting.

Isn't this more exciting than a Hollywood blockbuster? !

Of course, it's inevitable to argue.

What can I do to you? "It took 500 people to kill 751? Haha, you dare call them elite? My uncle was on a mission in the Golden Triangle. He was a team of four people and directly wiped out a village! He killed nearly a thousand people, and the whole Southeast Asia was shocked. Later, no one claimed the bodies, and no one mentioned it again. Those who understand will understand."

Ye Shi: "Is your uncle Iron Man or Batman? (funny)"

Yin Lena: "Fortunately, your uncle went to the Golden Triangle instead of Wa State. Let alone special forces, even the Buddha would have lost a relic. (funny)"

Elf King Fugui : "Even Tyson would be beaten into a Teddy Bear if he went there. (Funny)"

WC is really a mosquito: "Brother Guang, please, just give Brother Ye Ao the qualification, the player's reservation has been on hold for a year! T.T"

Lao Bai: "What do you want to do to our pets? (Squinting smile)"

Kuangfeng: "Brother Guang said: Children should not play this game, wait a little longer."

Quit smoking: "Hahahahaha."

The forum is full of a happy atmosphere, but it's a pity that Brother Ye Ao is still the same as before, pretending to be cool and running away, not giving people a chance to complain.

Fang Chang: "Speaking of which, Lao Bai, how come you are gone too?"

Lao Bai: "That's not normal, it's just a pity for that set of equipment, ah... it's a heavy loss."

Edge Pasting: "What's there to be afraid of? The Corps' equipment is the inventory of the Alliance, and it is separate from personal equipment. (grin)"

Kuangfeng: "Having said that, whether there is inventory or not is another matter. (squinting)"

Edge Pasting: "Well, it seems so, your exoskeleton doesn't seem to be cheap."

Fang Chang: "It's not a matter of money, it's the refresh probability that depends on luck. By the way, Lao Bai, your contribution should be over 10,000, right?"

Lao Bai: "Well, it should be enough after this battle."

Fun Commander: "Awesome! Good brother, wait until you get the dragoon and let me touch it."

Lao Bai: "What's so rare about it? It's not the original goods. It's a battle-damaged version. I don't think it's necessarily better than the exoskeleton."

Edge Pasting: "Fuck! No need to give it to me!"

Ye Shi: "This is too ordinary!"

Lao Bai doesn't think he is Versailles.

If it is really useful, would the administrator not wear it?

Other players actually know the answer, but since it is the first set of power armor in the server, everyone can't help but envy it.

And sincere admiration.

Contribution points and silver coins are two completely different mechanisms.

When the base is small, the contribution points given by the task may be more than the silver coin reward. However, as the level increases, the silver coins rewarded by the task will rise accordingly, but the contribution point reward will hardly increase.

Contribution point rewards above four digits are basically impossible to obtain through tasks, and usually only appear in wars or when special relics are discovered.

100,000 contribution points, a full six digits.

Even if you have been playing since the server was launched, this is too awesome.

This honor is even more dazzling than a medal.

A true hero of the alliance.

Just when the players were discussing it, the ID and post of planner A Guang suddenly appeared on the forum.

And it was highlighted and pinned to the top of the homepage.

A Guang: "Thank you for your support of the expansion pack event. Our server has safely passed the most dangerous moment. The triumphal celebration and medal ceremony prepared for the warriors will be held in 5 days! At that time, the new expansion pack "Yellow Sands" will also be released together, so stay tuned! (grin)"

"In addition, to commemorate another victory of our alliance and the first 10,000-scale battle on the server, the "Wasteland OL" operation team unanimously decided to erect a monument on the Fallen Leaf Ridge next to the new base Fallen Leaf Camp!"

"Until the end of the operation, all players who died in the operation can leave their names on the monument."

"No However, for the sake of the authenticity of the game and to take care of the sense of involvement of other players, the name left on the monument will be limited in length and format, and special characters, emoticons, and numbers are not allowed. The name will be included as a 'commemorative title' and can no longer be used as a game nickname. "

"In addition, other players' nicknames cannot be written on the monument, and if you use your own nickname, it will be abandoned by default."

"The battle reward settlement will be completed within one day, and the points lottery will be held at the celebration 5 days later."

"Let's toast to victory! Although drinking in broad daylight seems a bit inappropriate. (Laughs)"

After the post was sent out.

The comment area below was instantly boiling.

Monument!

And it's in the novice village of the future public beta?!

This sounds...

quite interesting!

Quit Smoking: "Wait, what does "cannot be used as a nickname anymore" mean?"

Canyon Fleeing Mole: "It means that if you use your real name to post on the wall, you can no longer use this game name, and other new players cannot register this nickname. In short, this name is dead."

Fang Chang: "Got it! It's a name change card! And it's a golden legend! (funny)"

Quit Smoking: "What what what?"

Fang Chang: "It's a literal interpretation! If you leave your name on the wall, you have to give yourself a new name. You can't say that I'm on the wall, but I'm still alive, right?"

Debt Big Eyes: "Fuck, it can be like this?!"

Tail: "Oh!!! It sounds interesting, can Use your real name? (?ω?)"

Fang Chang: "Well, although it is not recommended to expose privacy in the game, there are so many people with the same name in real life, and it is not an ID number, so it doesn't matter."

Construction site boy and brick: "If you don't understand, just ask. Is it too late to die now? ! T.T"

Lao Bai: "Don't think about it, wait until next time, and I think there is no chance of being on the wall if you die. (grin)"

Quit smoking: "Awesome!! This game actually has a name change card!"

Garbage picker 99: "I've decided, my name is Wu Xzu."

Ye Shi: "Damn! Aren't you afraid that people will sue you for infringement! (Funny)"

Everyone is talking about the monument.

Since the game was launched, some people have been proposing a nickname modification function, but the official has never adopted it.

Now this function is available, but it seems that no one is really willing to change their name.

Although many people's nicknames are just for fun, such as "Makabazi" and "Shaochaduzi", they still have some feelings in them after being used for a long time.

With the help of Xiaoqi, Chu Guang quickly counted the names submitted by everyone.

However, after seeing the list, his eyebrows couldn't help twitching.

Li Lei, Han Meimei... These are relatively normal.

Although using the names of celebrities involves the issue of name rights, after all, the other world is not subject to the laws of the earth, so it is not impossible to turn a blind eye.

As for the strange names such as Laoliu, Laoba, Ultraman, and Aoli Gei, it is a bit unreasonable. Chu Guang directly asked Xiaoqi to mark them as unapproved and sent them back for those frivolous guys to rewrite.

He worked until the second half of the night.

Chu Guang finally came up with a more detailed list.

2934 "killed" shelter residents, including their life stories, heroic performances in battle, and causes of death.

This list will be used as news material and published in the "Survivor Daily", "Dawn City Daily" and other media under the alliance, and edited and broadcasted in radio stations such as "Alliance Voice".

At the same time, this is also proof that the alliance is asking for compensation from neighbors and allies.

Chu Guang feels that Boulder City may not be willing to pay directly.

But for the sake of long-term interests, companies on the East Coast will still give some.

After all, if it were me, I would at least give a favor to this kind of ally who "really dares to go up when there is something going on" and "can win after going up".

Don't let people feel disappointed.

In addition to the players, the three thousand-man teams composed of mercenaries and the First Corps and the Guards Corps also suffered considerable casualties.

Especially the artillery squadron of the First Corps.

The 30 100mm artillery deployed by the alliance at the east artillery position were almost completely destroyed, and the artillery was reduced by 60%.

There was nothing to regret about the equipment, after all, many of them were captured from the Bone Chewing Tribe.

What made Chu Guang uncomfortable were the dead soldiers, many of whom had followed him for a long time, and some were even veterans promoted from the original guard.

However, there is no way to have the best of both worlds in this world.

Wars have been like this since ancient times.

If it weren't for the "Singularity" technology morphology formation field in Shelter No. 404, which could project the player's consciousness onto a new body, even the most exciting victory would be overshadowed by the heavy casualties...

...

Just as Chu Guang was counting the casualties, the captured legion engineers were working on the wings of the airship with lights on, using a crane to lift the broken wing up and insert it into the fracture reinforced with steel bars.

These repairs can only be regarded as emergency measures, and the durability of the repaired wing is definitely not as good as the new one.

However, if you want to replace the entire wing, you can only wait until you return to Dawn City and then think of a way.

The engineers of the Legion promised Chu Guang that they would repair it within five days, at least make the airship move and guarantee a speed of 20 knots.

At a speed of 20 knots, it would only take 5 hours to drive back to Dawn City.

If it can be repaired within 5 days, it will not be difficult to catch up with the triumphal celebration in 5 days.

Chu Guang plans to take the airship back.

As for other players, they can freely decide whether to take the airship, go alone, or find someone to go together.

Outside the French window of the bridge.

There are only a few scattered lights on the ground covered by the night, and the skyline in the distance has faintly emerged with a gray outline.

Unknowingly, I have been busy all night, and it is almost dawn outside.

Sitting next to a control terminal, Chu Guang yawned and yawned, and connected a VM to the terminal under the guidance of Xiao Qi.

"Can it be controlled?"

Xiao Qi's voice came from the VM.

"Wow... Sorry, Master. The electronic level here is too low. I can only connect the radar and shield systems. I can adjust the output power of the energy system, but the gear switching seems to require manual operation..."

Although it was expected, Chu Guang still sighed.

"It's okay, just connect the radar and shield systems first."

Xiao Qi said enthusiastically: "Okay!"

After the system was connected.

Chu Guang simply checked the radar of the Iron Heart and found that this thing was much more advanced than he thought.

As a mobile radar station, its detection limit can reach 1,200 kilometers, but the signal at this distance is already very vague. It is estimated that it can only detect larger targets and has no effect on small aircraft.

However, this is not easy in the wasteland.

The radioactive clouds moving with the monsoon belt naturally have an ionization effect, and the huge clutter is enough to drown out the radar signal.

Although radiation is not the main threat on the wasteland, and the main cause of the wasteland is not nuclear weapons, it does not mean that the impact of nuclear weapons on the planet does not exist.

In addition to the impact of the environment itself, there are also out-of-control satellites and jamming devices running in low orbit, which result in the "effective detection radius" of the Iron Heart radar being only 100~150 kilometers.

It is not difficult to further increase this number. Just dismantle a gun cabin and convert it into a "radar array".

But it seems that there is little point in doing so.

Most of the survivors in the wasteland do not have the ability to strike beyond visual range, let alone aircraft. The only thing that the Iron Heart needs to guard against is some unexpected black technology.

Just as Chu Guang was fiddling with the radar with interest, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from the VM again.

"Master, the airship's communication system received an unidentified communication request from the east... Do you want to connect?"

East?

Chu Guang was slightly stunned, and then he was happy in his heart and said immediately.

"Connect immediately!"

Communication connection.

Accompanied by the noisy sound of electricity, intermittent conversations came from the other end of the communication channel.

The signal condition on the other side was quite bad, and I didn't know what the signal node was made of, but Chu Guang still barely heard the content clearly.

"...This is Enterprise."

"If you still have a little respect for the ancient contract, immediately stop invading our allies and release the Pioneer and the crew on the Pioneer, otherwise this will be regarded as a declaration of war, and we will also respond with war without mercy."

Ancient contract?

Chu Guang frowned slightly, and this set of diplomatic rhetoric made him feel a little unusual.

It seems that something that he didn't understand happened two centuries ago.

But this is not the point.

When he heard the second half of the sentence, even with a serious mood, he couldn't help but smile.

It will be regarded as a declaration of war.

The fight has come to this point, and both sides are almost killing each other. Isn't it considered a formal war?

However, the group of local tycoons on the East Coast actually called themselves allies, which was beyond Chu Guang's expectation.

The two sides have no covenant. The alliance led by Shelter No. 404 is strictly speaking just a permanent partner of the enterprise.

Regardless of the reason, at least when facing the threat of the Legion, they did regard themselves as allies on the same front and deterred the Legion.

Even if it was verbal.

Chu Guang looked at Xiao Qi on the screen and asked.

"Can you answer their signal?"

Xiao Qi said very considerately.

"Sure, master, just say it directly, I'll record it and send it to you!"

Looking at the signal light on the upper left corner of the tablet, Chu Guang cleared his throat and spoke in a solemn and clear voice.

"…This is the Alliance. You are one step too late."

"In order to prevent the war from getting worse, we had no choice but to launch a preemptive attack. We have already captured the airship."

On the other side of the communication channel, there was only the sound of electricity.

I don't know if he is confused or he didn't hear it.

Chu Guang glanced at the screen and saw Xiao Qi pop up the emoticon of the OK gesture, knowing that the other side must have heard it.

After brewing his emotions for a moment, he continued in a slightly heavy tone.

"However, we also paid thousands of lives for this."

"Even if it's not for us who were forced to get involved in the conflict, and not for the survivors in Luoxia and Hegu provinces, for the sake of Shelter No. 0, for the sake of those crew members in distress-"

"If you can hear our voices, please send reinforcements immediately while you can still hear them now!"