wasteland 8
Chapter 111: Revenge, No One Can Escape!
Lin Yue gently scraped the soil from above his head with the shovel, making the hole a little larger.
The voices of the group outside were still near the big pit, and their laughter fueled the fury in Lin Yue's heart even more!
He pulled out some dry grass from the storage space and slowly stuffed it into the hole. These were leftovers from making torches, but he didn't expect to use them here now.
If you don't first check the positions of these dozen people before charging out blindly, that would be a foolish move.
He was stuffing the dry grass at a slow pace, and the dim light of twilight provided him cover.
Unless these people were standing right beside him, no one would notice the commotion here.
In the desert, other than the exposed red soil, there were only these wild grasses. Moreover, the spot Lin Yue dug out happened to have a clump of wild grass, making it even less noticeable.
Once the wild grass was stuffed enough, Lin Yue removed some from the middle, and then stepped diagonally upward, with his head just inside the bundle of wild grass.
With his hands slightly spreading apart some of the grassy gaps, he looked towards the direction where the voices kept coming from.
There were nine people ambushing near the big pit over thirty meters away, seemingly guarding against him coming out.
Where are the others?
Lin Yue looked in another direction and suddenly found a brand new stone shelter twenty meters away, where two people had lit a bonfire outside, seemingly roasting meat from some mutant creature.
Looking elsewhere, he found another squatting for a big relief about ten meters away.
Twelve people... seems like all of them, and all within the attack range!
Lin Yue carefully checked the surroundings and waited a while but found no trace of anyone else.
So, the number and positions were confirmed, seems like he could start action now.
Lin Yue took out the steel repeating crossbow and installed the sighting scope on it through the grass, aiming at the one squatting far away.
Against these desperados, terror must be used to punish terror!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yue squeezed the trigger, aiming directly at the head of the relieved one!
Whizz!
Just like lightning, the crossbow arrow hit. In the sighting scope, the person was instantly shot in the head, without even a grunt!
The power of the crossbow at this close range was formidable, the arrowhead even directly knocked them down, penetrating halfway through!
Lin Yue immediately adjusted his position, with a head appearing in the sighting scope beside the shelter, meanwhile gently squeezing the trigger!
Whizz!
Right after the arrow was shot, Lin Yue immediately aimed at another one. One second later, the motor tightened the bowstring, continuing to press the trigger.
The person, seeing their companion shot in the head, quickly got up wanting to escape but was pierced through the abdomen by the swiftly following arrow, crying out before collapsing!
In an instant, three lives were lost!
"Bai! Charge at those nine people, distract them!"
"Squeak!" Bai, lying on Lin Yue's back, instantly rushed out, turning into a white light, charging directly at those nine who heard the screams and were confused.
Simultaneously, Lin Yue also aimed at the guy with a beard who had once questioned him, a crossbow arrow shot instantly into his heart.
"Enemy! There's an enemy!"
"Hide, hide!"
"That's a mutant creature, that white one, Liu Cheng and Guo Dong, shoot it!"
"Duruk is dead! Who is it?"
"Lance and Medoc are also dead! Everyone don't pursue the creature, be careful of the trap!"
Curses and shouts kept ringing out. Lin Yue directly shot one of them holding a bow and arrow in the head, and then another with another arrow.
However, his reloading speed was indeed a bit slow, otherwise, the second person could have been headshotted, preventing them from shooting an arrow.
Six remaining.
Among them, only one left holding a bow. Solve them one by one during their confusion!
Bai's speed was beyond what these people could catch up to. Despite some lying prone on command and using stones or wood as cover, they couldn't identify where the enemy shooting the arrow of death was positioned, only able to shout in despair in panic.
Whizz!
Lin Yue didn't shift his target to chase after those two fools chasing Bai but instead shot through a head peeking out while stacking wall defense!
This person was the last one holding a bow and arrow, next...
Boom!
A high wall suddenly stood towering over the desert, while everyone's attention was captured by this wall, Lin Yue had already climbed out of his hole, reaching the highest point!
Merciless crossbow arrows shot another in the head, and the remaining four realized, they had encountered someone they should never have provoked!
Two of them immediately turned and ran, but their speed compared to Bai was completely inferior!
Lin Yue decisively chose to shoot two arrows at the ones originally chasing Bai, then directly descended from the wall, running toward the two already blocked by Bai and frozen by icy mist.
At this moment, they hadn't completely frozen into blocks, just passed out on the ground due to drastic hypothermia from Bai's mist, and Lin Yue mercilessly pierced the hearts of the two using his iron spear!
The setting sun, like blood.
Wearing the exoskeleton, Lin Yue didn't even breathe heavily after reaping these twelve lives.
Human life is resilient, human life is fragile, too.
In such a near life-or-death struggle, it's as fragile as glass.
They provoked someone they should not have.
Had they not acted viciously consecutively, Lin Yue wouldn't need to go this far.
The hand that killed did not tremble.
Lin Yue had become accustomed to facing corpses, just like facing every day.
"Squeak, squeak!" Bai ran over, glanced at Lin Yue, then directly rushed towards the tightly closed door of the shelter.
Are there more enemies? Lin Yue walked to the shelter, located tens of meters away.
The sunset stretched his shadow, long and even longer.
A stone shelter, huh.
In front of Lin Yue, the shelter with no windows only had a solid stone door.
It was supposed to be used by the raiders to spend the night in the desert, but now, it became the last person's fortress.
But this fortress is not stable at all.
What's the fear of stone?
Lin Yue took out his iron pickaxe used for mining and smashed it onto the stone door!
Stone shattered!
The second strike fell, the stone door suddenly had a big hole!
With the third strike, the stone door collapsed!
The thickness of this thing, Lin Yue was clear about it, it wasn't even comparable to hard stone.
"I surrender! I surrender! Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
The person inside the shelter threw out a rifle, a machete, and then came out with hands raised high.
Lin Yue stood by the door, and as the person came out, Lin Yue kicked him to the ground.
That person tried to get up but was stepped on his chest by Lin Yue!
And Bai was beside, ready to spew icy mist at any moment upon Lin Yue's command.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, oh master, master!"
Instantly, tears and mucus welled up from that person, the arrogance and domineering attitude previously displayed vanished without a trace.
"What are you?" Lin Yue asked in a low voice.
"We are the Heroes Gang! Master, spare my life like a dog!" He cried and begged.
"Heroes Gang? You qualify? Burying me underground, is that also what heroes do?" Lin Yue's crossbow arrow pressed against that person's forehead, just needing a gentle pull on the trigger to take his life!
"I am just a follower, only following the orders of the leader, master, you believe me, I'm begging you!"
"Why did you wandering survivors gather here?" Lin Yue suddenly realized a possibility, he looked at the sky, then lowered his gaze onto this unsightly scoundrel.
Suddenly, a glimmer of hope appeared on the man's face: "Master, master, spare my life like a dog, I'll lead you to the place we originally wanted to go! I have nothing you want, but the place we aim to go does! Lin Yue, have you heard? His shelter is rich in resources and provisions, just in that direction! We previously saw system supplies dropped. Only he got supplies globally, really, I'm not lying to you. If you spare my life, after we raid Lin Yue, I will take nothing and leave everything to you!"
Lin Yue suddenly gave a cold laugh.
"I am Lin Yue."
The voice like it came from hell froze the blood of the one beneath his foot.
...Chapter 112: End of the Battle, Gained a Large Storage Space!
"These guys... are really poor."
After quickly collecting all thirteen people's Storage Space, Lin Yue came to a conclusion.
A total of 14 cubic meters of Storage Space; the rest of the items aren't worth mentioning.
The weapons only consisted of wooden bows, arrows, iron spears, and machetes, with subpar quality and quantity.
In terms of food and water, Lin Yue only got ten pieces of bread weighing a pound each, a bag of 2 kilograms of high-calcium biscuits, 5 kg of Mutant Sheep meat, and only three bottles of water, which had already been drunk.
These water bottles were useless, Lin Yue decided not to take them, anyway, he had plenty.
As for the remaining resources...
units of wood, 12 units of stone, 28 units of iron block.
The only thing that stood out was a Shelter Design Map and this stone-built shelter they'd already completed.
They didn't wear any armor, just ordinary clothes, which were dirty, torn, and quite smelly.
Lin Yue didn't even want to use them as rags.
Besides that, there was nothing else.
"Are they here to raid me or to beg for food?"
Lin Yue was concerned about their living conditions; such people wanted to be raiders?
Absolutely pathetic.
To be honest, Lin Yue hadn't expected that these people could endure until now with only these things. Initially, he thought this was a well-equipped team, but now it seems the greatest gain for him is this 14 cubic meters of Storage Space.
However, thinking about it carefully, even though these people were raiders, they probably had their base somewhere, or they just went out on a whim.
Judging by the information left by the last person, they decided to raid the supplies the system air-dropped for Lin Yue after seeing them nearby.
Unexpectedly, they encountered him halfway, coveted his Steel Repeating Crossbow, and thought they could kill him.
When it got too late, they decided to rest here for the night and dig out his corpse in the morning before heading to Lin Yue's shelter.
Who would have guessed, before it got dark, they were wiped out by him.
"See, don't court death and you won't die, why don't they understand?"
Lin Yue shook his head.
"Snuffle~" Bai looked at the setting sun in the distance, reminding Lin Yue to quickly prepare for the next step.
"Bai, I couldn't have done it without you this time. We can't go back for now, let's stash this shelter." Lin Yue said as he walked to the only shelter in the Desert.
[Do you want to fold up the uninhabited shelter?]
"Yes."
[It costs 3 stone resources to repair the stone door.]
"Repair."
[Congratulations, you have gained Shelter Design Map X1]
As a flash of white light appeared, 3 units of stone were removed from his Storage Space, and he gained a Shelter Design Map.
"There shouldn't be any issues over at the Little Ice Lizard, and even if there were, I couldn't get back there in more than two hours at least."
Lin Yue looked in the direction he came from and shook his head.
No matter what happens, he couldn't risk his life rushing back to the shelter.
In the dark, battling mutant creatures would put him at a definite disadvantage.
He couldn't move even if he wanted to.
The Storage Space expanded from 22 cubic meters to 36 cubic meters, quite spacious now.
Lin Yue felt that if he came across a fire truck or something big in the Secret Realm again, he could directly stash it in the Storage Space.
"Next... let's just build a space with stone walls like last time!"
During an earthquake last time, he used stone walls to construct a triangular structure to survive the deadly night, and now Lin Yue was following the same plan but chose a square space instead because he didn't have to worry about earthquakes.
Soon, Lin Yue completed four walls, each three meters wide, and reinforced them with iron blocks.
Next, he climbed up the wall using a ladder and, using the same method as last time, covered it with wire mesh and furs, then horizontally placed stone walls to seal the space.
After finishing, Lin Yue placed the flashlight aside and started setting up the tent from Dongbeige, discovering it just filled the space.
Lin Yue took a bed out from Storage Space, lay on it, and put the flashlight aside. The inside and outside of this fortress fell into darkness.
"Snuffle, snuffle!" Bai was warning Lin Yue, as it seemed the mutant creatures outside were increasing.
Lin Yue knew why.
Thirteen corpses lay outside, giving the mutant creatures no reason not to come; they were the perfect food.
Lin Yue still felt uneasy about the shelter, but he couldn't do anything more right now.
If he had a strong mobile tool, he wouldn't fear the arrival of night.
But what tool could drive on this desert?
An off-road vehicle, perhaps? But could it drive on this bumpy ground?
Should he build a road? But how without skills... yet could he use that workbench to disassemble the asphalt road from the Secret Realm and rebuild it?
"Snuffle snuffle~" Bai was hungry, and Lin Yue felt an empty belly.
The Exoskeleton saved energy, but he had done quite a lot in half a day, just escaping the cave and battling the raiders consumed enough calories.
Of course, he felt mentally exhausted too.
Taking out the leftover mutton skewers, Lin Yue and Bai started to eat.
While eating, Lin Yue sent all the junk to the Survival Points Mall's recovery function, like the broken bows and spears from the raiders, converting them all into survival points.
He had plenty of survival points, even almost more than he could spend.
He didn't know if others had the same trouble, but undeniably, more than ten thousand points were indeed a bit excessive.
After going through everything in his Storage Space and confirming there was no more junk, Lin Yue gained a total of 234 survival points.
Now... let's see how many people are bidding and if there's a reply from Xia Feihong.
The Mutant Sheep meat was popular, but the highest bidder was intriguing.
Xia Feihong, this guy again.
This guy even bid with two hundred units each of wood, stone, and iron block, seemingly determined to get it.
However, even if he had so many things, Lin Yue couldn't confirm delivery now.
units of various materials would instantly fill his Storage Space, with no room for anything else, possibly even breaking it.
As for the sheep innards, Xia Feihong didn't bid. Only some scattered survivors did, and Lin Yue thought about it and decided not to confirm.
As for the alloy...
Hmm? Did someone bid 1 unit of zinc alloy?
Chapter 113: How could he possibly have so many things? He's not a deity!
Zinc alloy?
Lin Yue glanced at the bidder, Fei Yue.
Not Xia Feihong, nor Guo Lei, just a strange name, a strange avatar.
Opening the private chat, Lin Yue saw his message.
"Lin Yue, I have 20 pieces of zinc alloy and 10 pieces of hard aluminum alloy. What I want in exchange is like this: 5 kg of Chinese cabbage, 3 kg of chives, 10 radishes, 20 onions, 10 liters of water. Plus a long-term collaboration. If you need it, please contact me."
pieces of zinc alloy, 10 pieces of hard aluminum alloy!
Lin Yue wasn't really picky about the alloy materials; aluminum alloy or zinc alloy, as long as the quantity was enough.
After all, his mechanical arm needed alloys, the Alloy Shelter needed alloys, robots needed alloys, and even small drones and gates needed alloys.
In short, there was quite a gap in this aspect.
And the other party had 20 pieces of zinc alloy and 10 pieces of hard aluminum alloy, nearly meeting some of his needs.
Moreover, the items the other party wanted were things he had plenty of in storage and were relatively easy to acquire!
"Just needing a few things like that, much less demanding than Guo Lei's appetite."
Rather than risking danger in the Secret Realm to find those alloys, it was more convenient and cost-effective to trade them like this.
Everything was in his Storage Space, so... might as well trade via private chat!
Wait, ask if there's any surplus?
...
"Fei Yue, you're asking for too much, why didn't you discuss it with me first?" In the shelter, an elderly man shook his head, "No one will have so many resources, and water is so scarce now, yet you want so many vegetables... sigh!"
Fei Yue couldn't help but lower his head: "Third Master, I really messed this up. I previously saw him wanting to trade 1 kg of Chinese cabbage for cam toys and thought it was doable, so this time when I saw him seeking alloy, I asked for so many things."
"Foolish, never mind the water, but where do you think vegetables are so easy to get? Do you know how much water is needed to grow a seed to maturity? Not to mention water-needy radishes and onions. Can Lin Yue produce these things? He's not some god! How much can one person grow? 1 kg of Chinese cabbage is more precious than anything in this world! Are you mad for asking so much? Did you forget what happened when we tried to cultivate a vegetable garden in the shelter?"
Outside their shelter, quite a bit of land had been cultivated.
Even after watering the survival point exchanged seeds that were sown, nothing really grew.
In another corner of the room lies a wooden planting box where a very thin layer of humus soil supports some seedlings of canola; however, it's still some days away from maturity.
"This Otherworld isn't suitable for human life at all." Third Master shook his head.
Indeed it wasn't.
Compared to the Earth which boasted exceptionally diverse organisms, the resources here couldn't even be described as "scarce."
There isn't no water at all here, but whether it's the streams, rivers, or lakes, the deep green hue of the water proves it's not drinkable.
The variety of plants is monotonous and repetitive, very few fruit-bearing trees or herbaceous plants, and even if there are, it's too risky to eat them; unknown things are filled with dangers, who knows if the first bite would be one's last.
The burly man nearby sighed, "Third Master, indeed, here even the normal water can't be acquired, you can't grow vegetables, no fruits either, if you want to eat, it's only those synthetic monster-like mutated creatures' meat, now many of us show symptoms of scurvy, what shall we do in the future?"
Inside the massive shelter, a few of the people had pale faces, and sunken eye sockets, with bruises and blotches on their arms.
Having not eaten any fruits or vegetables for over two weeks, those with weaker constitutions already had early symptoms of scurvy, if this goes on, they might someday find their weakened bodies at eternal rest in this Otherworld.
Fei Yue regretted it, he priced things too high.
Vegetables were such precious items, yet he asked for so many, and water was just a number he reported without thinking.
Those hard aluminum alloys and zinc alloys were obtained when they first explored the Secret Realm, left lying in the corner unused, not even having related design blueprints, or tools for cutting, just left there to gather dust.
It seemed to make sense back then to stockpile more, and they took a total of 50 pieces in succession, but now it looks completely useless.
If not for discovering the transaction panel where Lin Yue, who caught his "special attention," posted a trade request for alloys, he might have thrown these things away when deemed worthless.
"Third Master, I erred, what should I do?" Fei Yue lowered his head.
"Alloys are good things, but they need to be used properly. We're barely managing life here; what use is holding onto such stuff? Lin Yue is advancing quickly, let him use it for now, let's survive first, keep these thirty-plus lives intact, what alloy can't we get later?" Third Master sighed, "Think ahead; if I'm not around in the future, what peace could I have if you keep acting like this? Thirty-plus lives, if short-sighted, won't survive here."
"I understand, Master." Fei Yue nodded.
"Lin Yue is something else, none of you can match him, several put together wouldn't compare. Regardless of how he got so many resources or even managed to manufacture computers and exoskeletons, he's anyhow capable, you must respect that. Out of all your demands, only the part about collaboration seems reasonable; partnership requires sincerity. Taking losses is okay for now; when he becomes stronger in the future, leaning on him will gain you favor, this isn't shameful, being adaptable is key to survival."
"Alright, I'll reduce the terms by half, or agree with his counter-offer."
The Third Master nodded, gesturing the burly man to help him sit.
The burly man suddenly said, "Dayue, hope he doesn't blacklist you; you know Guo Lei was crying about being blacklisted by Lin Yue for asking too much."
Fei Yue nodded, that was true; Guo Lei was repetitive in the group like a broken record saying Lin Yue was hot-tempered, not easy to provoke, better not make trouble with this big shot during trades.
"I understand." Fei Yue knew what to do now.
He opened the trade panel, just in time to see Lin Yue's reply.
"He, he replied!" Fei Yue couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the private message display.
The Third Master raised his head, "What did he say? Agree to his counter-offer!"
Fei Yue nodded excitedly and opened the private message.
"He asked how much alloy I have left."
"Be honest, 21 pieces of hard aluminum alloy, 29 pieces of zinc alloy, let him haggle, we're not losing anything! If necessary, just give them to him, it's not like we made much effort getting them, ensuring he owes us a favor!" Third Master glanced at a corner in the room at the dust-gathering alloys, taking up space.
Fei Yue hurriedly responded accordingly, and right after, Lin Yue replied again.
But the content left him momentarily doubting his eyes, with mouth agape.
The burly man anxiously said, "What's his reply? Don't just stand there, speak!"
"He, he said..."
"What did he say? Tell us!" The Third Master urged, getting anxious.
"He said he wants all of them, giving us 5 kg of Chinese cabbage, 5 kg of chives, 30 radishes, 30 onions, 15 liters of water..."
"What!" The Third Master almost fell off his chair, "Impossible! How can he have so many vegetables and water!"
However, when Fei Yue listed all the alloys onto the panel according to Lin Yue's terms, with the trade successful, the entire shelter fell into silence.
Fei Yue placed the vegetables and water on the ground, everyone stared at the green Chinese cabbage and chives, crisp white radish, plump onions, and those 25 bottles of 600ml water, incredulous that this was real.
Lin Yue not only had Fei Yue's strict demand items but even had far more than they imagined!
The Third Master panted heavily, "Lin Yue, what kind of person is Lin Yue?!"
...
Chapter 114: Return to the Shelter, the Second Hunter Team? (Extra for "Shy Mr.")
The ethereal, misty white fog permeated this vast wilderness.
Dry, withered, and slender wild grass floated within the fog, much like seaweed in a pale white ocean.
Lin Yue opened his eyes; he had been awake for quite some time.
Bai had seemingly not slept at all, constantly moving around beside Lin Yue, occasionally jumping to the ground to wander around the tent.
When Lin Yue got up in the middle of the night, he saw Bai in this state of constant agitation.
It was worried about the Shelter, worried about the Little Ice Lizards there.
Lin Yue was also worried, but despite the anxiety, there was nothing he could do.
He couldn't just run back for over two hours in the dark, risking endless attacks from mutated creatures; that would be foolish, knowing how fierce the creatures became at night.
The raider attack was unexpected; without it, he would have already returned to the Shelter with Bai, not spending the night here.
Naturally, he might also have been attacked by those ten or so people in his sleep.
However, this misfortune turned out to be a blessing; he acquired a large Storage Space and even obtained a pile of alloy in the trading mall!
pieces of Hard Aluminum Alloy, 29 pieces of Zinc Alloy—what a pleasant surprise.
Initially, he didn't have high hopes since alloys weren't easily available, and not everyone was willing to trade.
After making a computer and an Exoskeleton, he was recognized by the system as the "first person to enter the electronic technology era," drawing considerable attention.
This attention was filled with envy, jealousy, and targeting.
Some people who previously wanted to trade hesitated after seeing Lin Yue's lead, or they wanted to raise their asking prices.
This was understandable.
Lin Yue even felt this was the world he knew.
He hadn't expected to trade unimportant resources for such precious, urgently needed items.
He pondered while packing up the tent and stored the stone wall on top into the Storage Space.
With the pale light entering from outside, the various sounds of the wilderness became distinct.
Lin Yue did not act immediately; he climbed the ladder, looked at the faint fog over the Desert, and knew he needed to wait a bit more.
During this time, Lin Yue prepared, donning the Exoskeleton and helmet, and had a simple meal with Bai to replenish their energy.
As he cleaned up the leftovers, the first rays of sunlight dispersed the fog, and the light grew stronger.
"Bai, get ready to set off, back to our Shelter!"
"Poochy!"
Hearing Lin Yue's order to return, Bai was quite excited; although it appeared tired, it was ready to charge ahead at any moment.
After sorting the fur, wire mesh, and stone wall into the Shelter, Lin Yue took out the Telescope for a quick look around.
Although the fog was thin, visibility was still poor; however, Bai's calm demeanor suggested the nearby mutated creatures posed no significant threat.
"Poochy!" Bai urged Lin Yue, already moving ahead, waiting for its master.
"Bai, we're leaving soon." Lin Yue patted Bai's head, noticing the bodies lying on the wilderness had vanished.
This was normal.
Otherwise, it would be odd.
To the mutated creatures, no food was more delicious than bodies abandoned in the Desert.
Belger and his group were simply too hidden in death, turned into food for bugs and small lizards, leaving only skeletons.
Checking the map, placing it in the top right corner of his screen, Lin Yue confirmed his direction, then headed straight there.
But he also noticed faint tremors in the ground and strange wailing sounds.
Giant creatures, huh...
Lin Yue took a deep breath.
Their enormous bodies were likely extremely destructive; if one appeared near the Shelter, how would he handle it?
Nothing on the Desert posed much threat to him anymore, but these primitive creatures that appeared after the last system update were beyond his current capability.
Even wielding an RPG, dozens of hits might not even scratch them.
Unless he built a Gundam-like machine, he had no chance of winning.
"Is this system update meant to hasten humanity's technological development against such terrifying creatures?"
As Lin Yue mused, he continued forward.
The sun climbed higher, the fog thinned and eventually disappeared.
Lin Yue's pace was fast, almost jogging the entire way with Bai.
Admittedly, it was exhausting, but his concern for the Shelter and the Little Ice Lizards drove him.
His hope was for the Little Ice Lizards to guard the place, but they had only been there two days; their strength and taming still needed testing.
Especially since they faced an entire dangerous night!
"Poochy!" Bai barked, a gray dot appeared in the distance, clearly his Shelter.
Using the Telescope again, he could discern nothing significant due to the distance.
"Bai, maintain speed, not too fast; if something happens, we can't afford to be drained of energy." Lin Yue said, pausing his run for a brisk walk.
Were the raiders the only ones hunting him? Lin Yue didn't know; there could be a second, even third group.
The saying goes, 'A man without guilt but a jewel in his possession;' he was known as the most resourced human, the first to enter the electronic technology era.
Who knew how many would covet him?
"Poochy!" Bai adjusted to Lin Yue's pace, not rushing despite impatience, obedient to his words.
They briskly walked for over half an hour, drawing closer to the Shelter.
Lin Yue estimated about two kilometers remaining; he paused, put on the Exoskeleton, equipped his shield, crossbow in hand, and dagger at his waist. He placed the Iron Spear into Storage Space for now, as no one could approach him closely—neither he nor Bai would allow it.
"Poochy!"
Bai suddenly barked, Lin Yue took a deep breath, moving to the front.
Bai's warning, was it truly an enemy?
Two kilometers, one kilometer...
As Lin Yue neared, the Shelter's walls became clearer, but as he prepared to observe from a small grove, Bai darted out!
"Bai!" Lin Yue followed as Bai ran to the other side of the wall, only to find nothing unusual; Bai and a group of small creatures returned with him.
Nothing happened? Then why did Bai warn him earlier?
But as Bai led him to the other side of the wall, he understood the meaning behind Bai's bark.
Four human corpses, nearly entirely covered in frost and fallen into traps, lay before him.
...
...Chapter 115: Great Harvest, Revamping the Shelter!
"Is this...frozen to death?"
Lin Yue prodded one of the corpses with bluish skin and covered in ice shards with his spear tip. He noticed that the arm was pierced by a trap's spike but there wasn't much blood, so he speculated that this might be the cause.
He noticed that not only this person but the other three corpses also died in the same way.
Lin Yue looked up at the wooden ladder placed against the wall and guessed it might have happened not long ago.
The four raiders thought they could break in from outside the wall during the early morning when the defenses were weakest, only to be greeted by the Little Ice Lizards, covered in white and capable of spewing extremely cold ice mist!
The Little Ice Lizards took turns spraying out large amounts of cold mist, causing the raiders' body temperatures to plummet instantly, eventually freezing them solid in a short time, and they fell into the traps on the ground.
Afterward, the little creatures did not forget to finish them off, continuing to spray them with ice mist, cutting off their chance of survival.
Although Lin Yue hadn't directly tested the power of Bai or the Little Ice Lizards' icy mist, from what he saw during Bai's previous battles, he understood that as long as Bai had time, the continuous spray of this extremely cold mist could easily put a human into hypothermia, leading to their demise.
"Chirp, chirp chirp~"
The Little Ice Lizards bounced around Lin Yue and Bai's feet, seemingly seeking praise or perhaps welcoming them back.
None of them were injured, and they had achieved a significant victory by taking down the intruders, earning Lin Yue's admiration.
He had mentally prepared for the shelter to potentially be overrun or for the Little Ice Lizards to be injured, but it turns out he underestimated these little guys that he had only tamed two days ago.
The Little Ice Lizards had already proven to be trustworthy, and their strength was fully demonstrated in this battle. Lin Yue could even entrust the guarding duties to these little creatures.
Aside from consuming some food and water, they hardly needed Lin Yue's additional care.
Lin Yue climbed over the wall into the yard, opened the stone gate from the inside, and was surprised to find another frozen corpse near the greenhouse.
Goodness, so there weren't four, but five?
This corpse looked just like the ones outside, with a bluish face frozen to death, except it held a weapon that Lin Yue recognized!
"A Compound Crossbow?" Lin Yue picked up the weapon from the bald man's hand and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
The weapon in his hand was heavy, with a long crossbow body resembling a hunting rifle. It was well-made with extensive trapezoidal cutouts to reduce weight, and it even had a sturdy wooden stock and a seemingly nice winding mechanism.
The crossbow body, unlike his Steel Repeating Crossbow, had its arms almost parallel to the body while in a cocked position, with two round bow wheels as large as the palms on either side, making it quite impressive!
It even came equipped with a decent-looking Sighting Scope!
This thing looked much stronger than his Steel Repeating Crossbow, and he guessed its power probably reached a higher level!
Lin Yue lifted it, adjusted his posture, and looked through the Sighting Scope...
Huh? Broken?
Lin Yue checked it out, noticing it seemed cracked. He wasn't sure whether the Little Ice Lizards were responsible or if it broke when falling on the ground.
No matter, aim at the stone wall and fire!
Lin Yue held the trigger, anticipating the moment it would display its power!
However, after pressing the trigger, Lin Yue frustratingly discovered that it was broken too; pressing it had no effect.
Good grief.
You really don't want me to use it, huh?
Lin Yue caressed its body, finding it hard to let go, but since the battlefield wasn't fully cleared yet, he temporarily put it into the Storage Space to deal with it later.
After searching around the yard, Lin Yue didn't find any new corpses this time, so he retraced his steps to the bald guy who provided the weapon and found that highlight.
[You have gained 2 cubic meters of Storage Space!]
[Items from the new Storage Space have also been transferred to your Storage Space]
[You have obtained Wooden Arrows X241]
[You have obtained Single-soldier Combat Ration X1, Black Pepper Grinder X1, Drinking Water 1L, Snickers X4,]
[You have obtained Iron Spear (Excellent) X1, Dagger (Excellent) X1]
A few kilometers away, there were those thirteen, see, this is what real home raiding looks like! Your gear, what are you even thinking of raiding a home with that? I wouldn't even consider it.
Lin Yue contentedly grabbed the bald strong man's ankle and dragged him outside the wall.
With the help of the Exoskeleton, he barely felt the weight of one or two hundred pounds, effortlessly dragging it.
Then, he went to the traps to start harvesting.
[You have gained 1 cubic meter of Storage Space!]
[Items from the new Storage Space have also been transferred to your Storage Space]
[You have obtained a bag of Chips, a slab of Rock Salt, two bags of Grandpa Peanuts (unopened)]
[You have obtained Wooden Bow X1, Wooden Arrows X39]
...
[You have gained 1 cubic meter of Storage Space!]
[Items from the new Storage Space have also been transferred to your Storage Space]
[You have obtained Iron Spear (Normal) X1]
[You have obtained two Sausages, a packet of Instant Coffee]
...
[You have gained 1 cubic meter of Storage Space!]
[Items from the new Storage Space have also been transferred to your Storage Space]
[You have obtained Cut-resistant Gloves X1, Goggles X1, Small Flashlight X1, a box of Cotton Swabs]
[You have obtained Knife Sharpener X1]
Oh wow, this person had some decent stuff, on to the next.
[You have gained 1 cubic meter of Storage Space!]
[Items from the new Storage Space have also been transferred to your Storage Space]
[You have obtained Iron Slingshot X1, a roll of Wide Tape, No.5 Battery X10]
[You have obtained Dehydrated Vegetable Pack X5, Instant Noodles 6 packs]
Overall, not bad at all.
Lin Yue stood up satisfied, extracting the four corpses from the traps one by one.
The Exoskeleton made a big difference; previously, he could only leave the corpses that died in the traps there, but now it was different with these.
Lin Yue dragged them one by one to the forest, dug a big pit, and buried them.
It wasn't about giving them a proper burial, but rather preventing the nearby mutant creatures from devouring them.
Just think, if one day he kills a mutant sheep and finds human bones during dissection, it would probably scar him for life.
As for those on Belger's side, nothing could be done.
Time was tight back then, and with nightfall approaching, it was better to focus on his safety than burying the corpses.
With this in mind, Lin Yue rearranged traps around the wall and went back to the yard.
He looked around the yard and suddenly had some new ideas.
This was the second time raiders had come to climb over the wall, and more were sure to follow.
After all, the system's drop-off had exposed the location of his shelter, and there would undoubtedly be more arriving this way...
Should he build an even bigger wall outside?
With that decision made, Lin Yue first found a place and confirmed the trade with Xia Feihong.
[You lost Mutant Sheep Meat X20kg]
[You obtained Wood X200, Stone Materials X200, Iron Blocks X200]
As materials piled up, Lin Yue placed them around various parts of the yard, for now, not putting them into the Storage Space.
Even with its capacity now increased from 36 cubic meters to 42 cubic meters, Lin Yue still didn't want to fill it with all these materials.
In the yard, now, there were piles of ores, wood, stone materials, and iron blocks. While there wasn't much to do with the ores just yet, the materials were about to be put to use!
"Bai, do you want a separate house?"
"Chirp?"