This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 667 The Rainforest in Danger

  At the same time that the Southern Islands Federation patrol team left, the expedition team led by Irena and Elven King Fugui also happened to leave the camp and go deep into the jungle.

   There are only ten people in this impromptu team. Except for the two leaders, the other four are all players who have just passed LV10. They are equipped with basic miner exoskeletons and light and heavy protective gear plug-ins.

  The flames set off by the incendiary bombs had been extinguished, and the rustling insects sounded around again, as if nothing had happened.

  No one dares to take it lightly.

  The locals would rather go to the island to live than live on land, not because they have a soft spot for the island scenery.

  Although most players set foot on this strange land with enthusiasm for the new map, no one wants to really run to be the excrement of alien species.

  Especially on the first day when the airfare was not paid back.

   "This is the seaside port area of ​​Shilong City, and one kilometer to the northwest is the seaside residential area, where there are clusters of villas and beautiful seaside parks..."

  Comparing the travel brochure in her hand, Irena glanced at the lush tropical vegetation around her, her expression gradually becoming subtle.

   It cannot be said that it is exactly the same as the picture in the tourist brochure, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.

  Although Qingquan City also has a large urban area covered by vegetation, it is completely different from the situation here.

  Although there are still a small amount of reinforced concrete remains here, most of them are the remains of urban drainage systems and road facilities.

   And most of them have been torn apart, and they can't even see their original appearance.

  As for those high-rise buildings and coastal villas, they have naturally disappeared completely, and there is no trace of their existence.

   Staring at the map on the pamphlet and studying it for a while, Elf Wang Fugui took out a pencil and drew a circle on the north side of the port, and tapped it with the tip of the pen.

   "The underground parking lot in the residential area on the north side of the harbor may form a puddle...like the one in Qingquan City."

  Irena gave him a funny look.

   "Become a den of alien species like Qingquan City?"

  Elf King Fugui touched his chin and thought.

   "The possibility is not small!"

  Irena said with a smile.

   "Yes, the two tasks can be done together."

   "To be on the safe side, divide into groups first."

  Elf King Fugui ordered the team to be divided into three groups and advance forward in a triangle, so that even if an emergency occurs, they will not be wiped out by a wave.

  And if one group is in danger, the other two groups can quickly provide support from the two wings.

   This is the experience that these old players have summed up on the battlefield, and they just took this opportunity to teach the newbies.

  However, although the plan has been done very carefully, the speed of the group moving forward is not ideal.

   Less than three kilometers off-road, they encountered at least ten alien attacks.

   Among the two most dangerous times, they even encountered a mutated giant python with a waistline as thick as a bucket, and a group of mutated dog-nosed bats resembling pterodactyls.

  If Brother Fugui hadn't reacted quickly enough to shoot a bursting arrow at the group of mutated dog-nose bats that hadn't dispersed yet, this improvised convoy would almost have overturned!

   Besides those strange species, the dense vegetation in the rainforest itself is a huge obstacle.

  The vines buried in the bushes can trip people up if they are not careful, and the vines that form a net are like natural low walls.

   "Oh my god... the vegetation here is too dense." After cutting off the vines blocking the road with a hatchet, the strength player in heavy armor couldn't help but smacked his tongue.

   "Why don't we just set fire to it?"

  The agility player following closely behind with a rifle in his hand complained in a low voice, carefully guarding the surrounding jungle and shadows that made rustling sounds.

  The physique player walking in the back row said with a smile.

   "Incendiary bomb? Are you kidding me, this is a rainforest..."

  According to historical data, a napalm bomb can cover 2,500 square meters of land, but it can also burn an average of about 50 square meters of tropical rainforest.

  Trees in a humid environment are completely different from dehydrated construction lumber, and the fuel consumed to completely remove an entire rainforest would be astronomical.

  The cost is probably higher than the removal of Naguo mycelia around Jinhe City.

   "...By the way, this ghost place was really a city before?"

   Wiping the sweat from his forehead, looking at the chopping knife with a gap, the strength animal walking in the front couldn't help complaining.

   "From the pre-war map, yes, we should be near the road now." The physique player at the back pulled out the booklet inserted on the exoskeleton to look at it, and then stuffed it back.

   "Road? Here?"

  Agility players looked back at him in surprise.

  The latter nodded and continued speaking concisely.

   "After all, two centuries have passed. Typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, and wildly growing vegetation... No one maintains it. It is not surprising that the traces of civilization have been erased."

  The game nicknames of the three players are Jenny Turtle, Water Arrow Turtle, and Han Bagui, an old man with a physique system.

  From the nicknames, it is not difficult to see that the three of them are good buddies who have known each other in reality, and they might still be in the same dormitory.

  This kind of situation is not particularly rare in "Wasteland OL". After all, the distribution of qualifications for the beta test of this game has never been truly random, but has a certain tendency.

  According to the analysis of a certain A-tester on the forum, "Wasteland OL" is a game on the surface, but actually intends to create a virtual community where AI and humans get along well. Therefore, in theory, if two players meet the screening criteria of the operator, and they happen to know each other very well, the probability of being issued the beta test qualification together is not small.

  Of course, this is only one of the factors affecting the weight value of the screening.

   After chatting for a while, the three of them stopped talking, and continued to explore carefully while observing the surrounding situation intently.

  Putting aside a dense bush, a collapsed concrete structure was quickly imprinted in the eyes of [Squirtle Turtle] who was leading the battle.

  Emerald green vines wrap around the cracked concrete wall. On one side of the wall is a field with lush weeds, while on the other side is a bottomless pit with a width of more than ten meters.

   "I'll go over and see... you guys cover me." Squirrel swallowed, hung the hatchet on the exoskeleton, replaced it with an assault rifle and approached carefully.

   Did not hear the voice of the alien species.

   Carefully inspected the wall covered with vines, and after confirming that there was no danger, he took out the flashlight and approached it, and took a look at the bottomless pothole.

  The bright beam of light reached the deepest part of the pit, and the floating sparkling light came into his eyes.

  Hearing the ticking sound of the water drop falling into the water, [Squirrel Turtle] suddenly had a hint of joy on his face, and turned his head to call out to his teammates behind him.

   "Here's a source of water—"

   Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the panic imprinted on the faces of the two teammates.

   "Your back!"

"return!"

  Almost at the same time when the two teammates exclaimed, [Squirtle Turtle] standing by the puddle felt a huge force hitting his side ribs.

   That is a vine with thick arms!

  The thing was like a tape measure. The moment it hit him, it quickly wrapped around his exoskeleton breastplate twice, and pulled him back hard.

"Well!"

  The air was completely squeezed out of the chest cavity, and the almost suffocating [Squirtle] opened his eyes wide, and the eyeballs almost fell out of the eye sockets.

  He felt like a flying insect in a pitcher plant.

   Driven by his survival instinct, he reached out and grabbed the edge of the pothole.

   But the force exerted on his chest became stronger and stronger, and even the polymer lining inserted on the exoskeleton was pressed and bent inward.

   "Jackie! Hold on!"

  [Water Arrow Turtle] Quickly opened the safety of the grenade launcher hanging under the barrel, and fired a high-explosive round towards the half-collapsed concrete wall.

  The bursting flames exploded on the wall, but the flying fragments only scraped off a layer of wall dust and a few pieces of emerald green debris, but still could not stop the thick and powerful vines from continuing to tighten and pull downward.

   "My...VM..."

  Exercising the last of his strength, the Squirrel, who had already rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth, took off the VM from his arm, and threw it towards his teammates.

  Almost at the same time, he rolled his eyes, couldn't hold on any longer, and was dragged into the bottomless abyss by the vine.

   "Jenny!"

   "Jack!"

  Watching their teammates being devoured by unknown plants, the two teammates let out a mournful roar in unison.

  But the roar was quickly swallowed up in the dark green rainforest, leaving only the rustling of leaves and the rustling of insects.

  Picking up the mud-stained VM from the ground, [Stortle] stretched out his hand and pressed it on the helmet with a painful expression on his face, and said after taking a deep breath.

   "This is Group B. We found a concrete structure with abundant fresh water resources stored underneath, but there seems to be a monster living inside..."

  An answer came quickly from the communication channel.

  Elf King Fugui: "Monster?!"

   "Accurately... it should be a plant," looking at the deep pit with lingering fear, the water arrow turtle swallowed and continued, "Brother Jie was killed in an instant, and we didn't even have time to call for support."

   There was a moment of silence in the communication channel.

  Accompanied by the rustling sound of electricity, the elf king Fugui continued.

   "...Received, you are waiting for us there, we will come over right away."

   Blastoise nodded quickly.

"OK!"

  After the communication was cut off, he put the Squirtle's VM into his backpack, and then glanced at the concrete structure that had returned to silence with lingering fear.

   From the outside, it is completely invisible that there is a trap.

   "Poor Jackie, it's gone in a flash."

  Hanbagui sighed, and his eyes drifted to the rainforest to one side, but he happened to see a big tree as thick as a bucket, with a dense row of green berries growing from its roots.

   That thing looks familiar no matter how you look at it.

  He couldn't help but let out a little gasp, bent down, reached out and picked one from the root of the tree, and held it in his palm to look at it.

  Seeing his movements, Blastoise standing aside asked curiously.

"what are you doing?"

  Getting up from the ground, Han Bagui threw the green berry in his hand to him.

   "Does it look familiar?"

  The water arrow turtle stretched out his hand to catch it, but just glanced at it, his eyes widened instantly.

   "Kind of... wait, shit! It's that one!"

   "Which one?"

   Being attracted by his startled expression, Han Bagui cast a curious look at him.

   Without panting, Blastoise looked at him in shock and said.

   "Nago! This thing is Nago!"

  Hearing his answer, Han Bagui immediately came to his senses.

   "Fuck?!"

  …

  The sun fell from midair to the west, half a day had passed since the alliance's cargo airship arrived at the Baiyue Strait.

   In just half a day, there have been ten deaths on the new map.

  Five of the cases occurred in the forest around the camp, and the other five cases occurred on the beach, and the distribution was quite even.

   In addition, twelve players were seriously injured during the exploration mission.

  In order not to waste precious game time, these players resolutely chose to abandon treatment after saving through the dormant cabin.

  The airship of Niuma Group will bring the archived data, VM and recovered active substances back to the alliance territory for those warriors.

   And the service is free.

  For a camp with more than 300 people, the reduction of more than 20 people is already a serious loss.

  At this moment, Fang Chang finally understood what the meaningful words that NPC left behind when he left meant exactly that.

  The other party who dared to love didn't think they could stay here forever.

   Think about it too.

  If this piece of land were really so easy to cultivate, they wouldn't have given up on the resource-rich land and gone to the island to hang on.

  However, although this high loss is unacceptable for NPCs, it is nothing more than sprinkled water for players.

  Open a new map.

   It is completely acceptable to be a little bit dead.

   "...The speed of removing the rainforest land is still too slow, and the jungle corps should be hired." Looking at the camp shrouded in dusk, Fang Zhang thought to himself.

   At this moment, the icon of the communication request suddenly appeared on the VM screen.

   Seeing Lao Na's ID appear on the screen, Fang Chang took out the earphones and put them on, stretched out his index finger and pressed the switch button.

"Hello?"

   "I, Irena."

"What's wrong?"

"We have found fresh water here, but the situation there is not very optimistic. It seems that large carnivorous plants have taken over there, and it may take some time to clear it away. In addition, we found some nagus nearby, which seem to be wild. "

  Hearing this information, Fang Chang was stunned.

   "Wild Nago?!"

Irena: "emmm... how should I put it? It's a bit different from the artificially bred guy we saw in Jinchuan Province. That thing's reproduction speed is not fast, and it grows on specific trees like fungus. And it's just a shallow layer distributed along the roots, so it's easy to confuse it with the berries in the bush if you don't look carefully."

   Fang Chang frowned slightly and asked immediately.

   "What about the nearby soil? Is it polluted?"

Irena: "I didn't see the polluted soil... I don't know if I can see it under a microscope. I only have a magnifying glass here. I wonder if there is a possibility that these naturally growing nago are the original nago What we encountered in Jinchuan Province was an improved variety implanted with mutant slime mold DNA."

  The official website setting collection seems to be described in this way.

The earliest Naguo was introduced from the southern seas to the Haiya province. Before the Church of the Torch introduced the mutant slime mold gene into it and spread it as the cornerstone of building the kingdom of heaven, it was just a group of special tropical fungi That's all.

   Like fungus.

  Fang Chang thought for a moment, then said immediately.

   "Get some samples back for me."

  Irena smiled.

   "No problem! By the way, we sacrificed a teammate in order to recover the samples. That guy's equipment adds up to a lot of money. Look at this..."

  Fang Chang rolled his eyes.

   "Is ten thousand silver coins enough?"

  With a satisfied smile on her face, Irena said happily.

"make a deal!"

  …

   On the other side, the port of the circular island.

  A man in luxurious clothes, accompanied by Coast Guard Officer Mu Da and two federal soldiers, boarded the deck of the cargo ship Meat.

  Seeing the group of people stepping on the deck from a distance, Sesame Paste quietly returned to the cabin with Misa and a group of children who came out to let the wind go.

  Pushing open the door of the captain's cabin and going down the gangway, Sisi glanced at the leader, then at Mu Da, the only person she knew, and asked with a pleasant face.

"Who is this?"

   Mu Da looked at the man beside him, and introduced him respectfully.

   "This is the governor of the circular island, Mr. Channing. This port and the settlement behind it are under the management of this gentleman."

  Governor?

  After listening to Muda’s introduction, Sisi’s face flashed imperceptible surprise, then he looked at the governor with a smile on his face, and said politely.

   "Hello, Mr. Governor, do you know what's going on on our ship?"

   Channing said blankly.

   "You have been here for three days. If you are going to buy supplies, you should have replenished them long ago."

  Sis said with apology.

"I'm very sorry, our ship has some minor troubles, and we may need to stay in your port for a few days. Of course, we will pay for the detention...I have consulted with the port management staff, is it 1,000 dinars a day? ?”

   Channing stared at her for a while, then suddenly spoke.

   "You are members of the Alliance."

  Sisi froze slightly, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

   "How did you find out?"

   "We did a little research in Silver Moon Bay, right?" While speaking, Channing glanced at the flag hanging above the cabin.

  Seeing that the other party had confirmed their identities, Sisi knew that even denying them would be meaningless, and it seemed that his side was not sincere enough, so he simply admitted it generously.

   "Yes, I am indeed a citizen of the Alliance, but this ship is not a warship of the Alliance, but a cargo ship we bought in Silver Moon Bay—"

   Channing waved his hand and interrupted her.

   "I'm too lazy to waste time on going around in circles, let's get straight to the point, what are you guys thinking? You, and those people, that airship parked in the west!"

  Sisi just planned to say that he didn't know those people, so he made an appointment with everyone on the forum in advance to avoid unnecessary trouble.

  But at this moment, she suddenly caught a trace of imperceptible fear flashing in the governor's eyes.

  She was sure that she was not mistaken, the look of fear appeared only after confirming their identities and origins.

Immediately afterwards, Siss recalled the clues he had obtained from the investigation mission released by the administrator — the Federation of the Southern Islands was established under the leadership of the supporters of the Church of the Torch, and before that these settlements were under the jurisdiction of No. 70 Vault area.

  If there are supporters of the Church of the Torch in the Federation of the Southern Islands, or even apostles of the Church of the Torch, it is not difficult to understand why they are so sensitive to the actions of the alliance.

but-

  After discovering that they were members of the alliance, they did not immediately show hostile behavior, but chose to test first.

  Obviously, these people and the Church of the Torch are not **** allies, and they only reached an agreement on the position of Vault 70.

   In other words, these people can actually be wooed.

   With a slight movement in his heart, Sisi immediately changed his mind flexibly, acting as if he knew the situation of the airship very well.

  It seems that the cargo ship Meat is also part of a certain plan.

   "Please don't be so nervous. As you can see, we just set up a few tents there. It's more than a hundred nautical miles away from you, so it shouldn't hinder you."

   "Do you think I will believe it?" Channing stared at her, and said with a sneer, "You all came here thousands of kilometers away just to set up a few tents?"

  Sisi shrugged his shoulders, making a look of being seen through.

   "Okay, let's be honest... We plan to build a settlement there to take in the survivors who escaped from the Xilan Empire, that is, those Moon Clan people."

  Channing still looked unbelieving.

   "What do you care about those people? Does their life and death have anything to do with you?"

   Facing the obviously probing eyes, Sisi said with a faint smile.

"It doesn't matter, but it can't be said that it doesn't matter at all. They are all survivors of the wasteland, and it is our duty to end the wasteland. We will reach out to deal with any hidden dangers that may pose a threat to the civilized world. If you don't do it Don't worry about us, unless we really can't stand it, we rarely interfere with the affairs of other survivors' settlements."

   When she spoke the second half of the sentence, her tone carried a hint of meaning.

  Obviously hearing the pointed hint, Governor Channing couldn't help but froze, staring at her and said.

"What do you mean."

  Looking at him with a smile on his face, Sisi said bluntly.

   "We heard a rumor that someone planned to cooperate with the lunatics in Haiya Province to introduce Naguo's mycelium from land to sea."

  Channing narrowed his eyes, and the slits in his eyes reflected a dangerous light.

   "...Does this have anything to do with you?"

   Didn't pay attention to the threat in the eyes, Sisi simply nodded and said it as a matter of course.

"Of course there is, and the relationship is not small. The plague on land is enough to give us a headache. If those lunatics still plan to get them into the sea and mess up this planet, all our efforts will be in vain. It's all in vain."

   "This planet?"

   Channing laughed, looked at her and continued.

   "We can't see as far as you, but how do you know that putting that thing in the ocean will mess up the planet? Instead of making it a little more normal?"

  Sisi slightly raised his eyebrows.

   "Oh? You guys think that would be more normal?"

"Do you think it's normal now?" Channing asked with a sneer, "Before those lunatics in your mouth transfer the mind interference technology to us, our fishermen and businessmen have to go to sea with their heads on their waistbands, and this It's all because of the alien species in the sea!"

"And now, those lunatics in your mouth have achieved enough results in their experiments in Haiya Province. Whether it's xenomorphs or slime molds, they have become as honest as sunfish! If you can introduce that thing to the southern waters , we can not only obtain a large and safe fishing ground, but also completely remove the brood that lives on the wreckage of the Tianting space station!"

"That thing is the root of all evil, the source of all alien species... Its DNA has been polluting the entire ocean for two hundred years! Do you think this is 'normal'? Now we can solve this problem once and for all, you tell me , we have no reason not to do this!"

  Sisi looked at him and asked.

   "Does Vault 70 think so too?"

   Channing twitched the corner of his mouth in disdain.

"Those guys are already stupid in the shelter. They think that the whole world should run according to their methods, and only listening to their arrangements is good, fast and correct. It seems that as long as we obey, the world will be able to Go back two hundred years, and they can bring back that utopia drawn on toilet paper...even now they can’t explain how that utopia didn’t exist.”

  Sisi was lost in thought.

  At first, she thought that these people, like the survivors of Singularity City, were simply led by the noses of the church's magic sticks, but she didn't expect that they made their choices after careful consideration.

   "Have you ever thought that the thing that the torch gave you... that Naguo is not as beautiful as you imagined."

   Channing said frankly.

"That's right, that thing is indeed not perfect, just like a mind interference device. But at least those people have come up with some results, and we only need to use it properly to minimize its negative impact, the situation will always be Is it much better than it is now, or do you have a better way?"

   "Yes," Sis looked at him seriously, "We have solved the brood in Qingquan City... You should know about it, right? Previously, researchers from Vault 70 would go there regularly to collect samples."

  Hearing this sentence, Channing showed a hint of surprise on his face, obviously he didn't know what happened in Qingquan City recently.

  But soon, his eyes narrowed slightly again.

   This is the second time.

  The governor's eyes flashed with a dangerous light.

   "I was wondering just now, how do you know us so well... Have you been in contact with people in Vault 70 recently?"

   It's not just that his expression is getting worse.

  The eyes of the two soldiers standing behind him also began to flash dangerously.

   "To be precise, our managers have contacted their managers. However, we didn't listen to their one-sided words because we are all shelter residents. Just like now, we are seeking your opinions."

   Didn't care about this guy's threats, Sis stared into his eyes without changing his expression, and continued to speak word by word.

   "I'm asking your opinion again, if we have a better way to solve the brood nest hosted on the Tianting space station, will the survivors of the ring island be willing to give us a chance to prove ourselves?"

   Channing laughed out loud.

   "Those people are much more generous than you. They promised not only to solve the brood of the Tianting, but also the alien species in the entire sea area..."

   When he said this, he suddenly stopped.

   Perhaps feeling that the euphemistic wording was not only asking for his own opinion, but also the last chance for himself and the island under his feet, the governor finally took back the polite refusal that came to his lips.

   "...you can try it if you want to. The survivors of the ring island have no reason to reject you, but it is hard for the federal authorities. Some of them are the apostles of the torch."

  Hearing this answer, Sisi breathed a sigh of relief, with a happy smile on his face.

  Her judgment was correct.

  As she had guessed at first, this newly established federation only reached a consensus on the issue of Vault 70, and the Church of the Torch did not completely draw them into its chariot.

   Local survivors are up for grabs!

   "I will pay attention. In addition, I want to talk to shelter 70. If you can cease fire first, our work will go much smoother."

  Channing said with a smile.

"Then I can't help you. War is a matter of the Federation. You have to go to the North Island to discuss it with the president of the Federation. And I advise you not to waste time. The conflict between us and those guys is not just whether to let the torch come They must pay the price for their arrogance in solving the matter of Tianting's brood."

  Sis continued to ask.

   "Can you tell me the reason why you are fighting? There must be a fuse."

   Channing replied impatiently.

   "Fresh water."

  Sisi froze for a moment.

   "Fresh water?"

   Channing nodded.

   "The man-made islands in the southern seas have no freshwater lakes. There are nearly a million survivors living here. It is impossible for us to rely on rainwater. The freshwater of each island is mainly supplied by seawater desalination devices."

  Siss: "They took over there?"

   Channing waved his hand.

"It's more than that. To make us obey, they shut down the facility, then blew it up after we captured it, and not only that...they destroyed a total of twelve of our ocean current generators and offshore Mining shafts. Thankfully we still have solar and wind to make do with, but life is still tight.”

   Sisi thought for a moment and said.

   "I see... By the way, regarding fresh water, we may be able to help you before you restore power."

   Channing froze for a moment, looking at her strangely.

   "You? This is a place where 100,000 people live. How are you going to help? Will you bring it here from Silver Moon Bay?"

   This bragging is too big.

  Especially just three days ago, these guys bought more than a dozen square meters of fresh water from their port at a high price. If there is a way to solve the problem of fresh water, is there still a need to spend so much money?

   Didn't care about the suspicious look, Sisi continued.

"Didn't I just say that we plan to build a new settlement next to the Baiyue Strait to solve the mother nest in the southern sea area and at the same time accommodate those fleeing Moon people. It is land and has abundant fresh water resources. Don't say a hundred thousand People, even 10 million people are enough, and the cost is definitely much cheaper than desalination of seawater.”

   "Come on," Channing waved his hand and said with a smile, "The colony? If you can persist there for two months, I'm mistaken."

   Slightly narrowed his eyes, Sisi's mouth curled into a smile.

   "Then try it."

  (end of this chapter)