This game is too real.

Chapter 262 Hunters Guild!Artwork with Fujito!

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ID: Chu Guang

Genetic Sequence: Manager (Phase [-])

Level: LV.17→LV.18
——Basic attributes——

Power: 17
Agility: 12→13
Constitution: 16
Perception: 13→14
Intelligence: 15
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Infirmary on the B3 floor.

Chu Guang, who was sitting on the edge of the scanning bed, saw his upgraded attribute panel through the tablet handed by Heya.

To his surprise, he did not expect that this upgrade would add two attribute points.

"...Unbelievable, your DNA is even more miraculous than I imagined. Is Vault 404 the gene pool of the People's Federation? How much improved DNA do you have in reserve?"

Sitting on the chair opposite him, Heya had an expression of disbelief on her face, and had been chattering about her astonishing discovery since just now.

However, Chu Guang, who was a complete layman, couldn't understand it at all.

"do not know."

"I don't know?" Heya looked at him in surprise, "Didn't the previous director of the shelter tell you the nature of this shelter when he handed over the authority?"

"The old riddleman only told me that this is the last hope of human civilization."

Chu Guang can't remember whether he has read this sentence on a note. Because he often edits the short stories and background settings of Renlian on the official website, he occasionally confuses himself as to what happened in this world. What are the things that I use to improve my "worldview" imagination.

But does it matter?

Not very important.

He is a pragmatist, as long as it works, it will do.

As for the secrets hidden in this refuge and what happened 200 years ago, Chu Guang admits that he is curious, but he also clearly understands that this is not his first priority.

After zipping up his coat, Chu Guang stood up from the scanning bed.

"I have to tell you the bad news. I have learned through my authority that the concentration of spores in the air in the northern suburbs is rising, and something bad may happen in the latest two weeks."

He Ya's expression gradually became serious.

"Regarding this, I actually have something I want to report to you."

"whats the matter?"

"When your residents were exploring the tunnel, they discovered a strange phenomenon..." Heya picked up a tablet and slid her index finger on the screen.

Soon, a 15-second video appeared on the tablet in Chu Guang's hand.

It was a flesh-red room.

At first Chu Guang thought that the mucus on the wall and floor was blood and flesh, but after zooming in, he found that things were completely opposite to what he imagined.

Layers of fine flesh-red cilia are evenly attached to the concrete structure, and piles of refrigerator-sized flesh-red fruiting bodies are attached to the wall, agitating gently like breathing.

Players' voices can also be heard in the video.

"Shet... what the hell is this?"

"Maybe shet of the slime mold."

"Not necessarily... I feel a bit like a trap. Look at the cilia, they look like tentacles, but they are a little shorter."

"Where's the captain? Hurry up and take a picture, it must be popular on the forum!"

"It's shooting, it's shooting!"

Chu Guang frowned slightly, and looked at Heya.

"This is?"

"Creep formed by mutated slime molds," Heya said with her arms folded on her chest with a serious expression, "According to my research, the mutated slime molds attached to objects are all in three colors: black, brown, and black-green." Color, in the form of plaque."

"However, when the thickness exceeds 2mm, it will give birth to a fourth form... which is what you see now."

Chu Guang: "I mean what does it do."

Heya: "Hatch fruiting bodies."

Chu Guang looked solemn.

"That is to say, those nibblers all ran out of this kind of house?"

He has heard of it.

In addition to the mother nest, there are also things called "incubation rooms" distributed in many places in the city, which produce spores in batches and simulate the environment of the mother nest to breed fruiting bodies.Although the efficiency of producing fruiting bodies is far less than that of the brood, the number is quite amazing.

And this is also the reason why those slime mold heterogeneous species can't be killed no matter how hard they are.

"Not just gnawers, but also those crawlers, sacrificial detonators, tyrants, etc. that you found...theoretically, it is possible to be produced through this kind of thing."

"When I was researching the ingredients of the creep, I found that in most cases, the slime mold of the fourth form has a strong self-limiting property. Usually, after filling a room, it will stop expanding and increase Creep thickness and number of hatching units."

"However, under certain circumstances, this self-limitation can be lifted."

Chu Guang asked immediately.

"What does this particular situation refer to?"

"I don't know," Heya shook her head, "Maybe the environmental conditions are satisfied, maybe when it thinks it is necessary to expand the population, the creep will recycle some of the fruiting bodies that were released to hunt before, and quickly recover in a short period of time. Expand the area of ​​the creeper, completely engulf the original environment, and form a larger hatching chamber... and at this time, their color will turn dark red."

Chu Guang's Adam's apple twitched.

"...the brood."

Heya nodded.

"I think so too."

The rising concentration of spores in the air is one of the important indicators to monitor the "wave".

However, what Chu Guang couldn't understand was why the first-generation managers would know this.

Isn't mutant slime mold something that was formed after the wasteland era?
According to the information Chu Guang first obtained, the shelter has been sealed for more than a century.The mutant slime mold seems to have only begun to spread after the first little ice age in the Wasteland Era.

Until his death, the first-generation manager should have never walked out of this shelter, and this is why that person chose to pass on the responsibility and research results to the next successor.

Or……

There were mutant slime molds in the pre-war era?
Or the mutated slime mold itself is some kind of doomsday weapon.

Not knowing what Chu Guang was thinking at the moment, He Ya said softly with a trace of worry in her eyes.

"The urban environment is too friendly for slime molds. Concrete has strong thermal insulation properties. With sufficient nutrients, sewers, subways, and abandoned buildings... These facilities are simply natural petri dishes. They are probably more suitable than plants The city, and that's probably the real cause of the wave."

"Sometimes the more I research, the more powerless I feel...Maybe like what Mr. Seven said, this planet may not be saved. The only thing we can do is to preserve the achievements of the former civilization and combine it with the stories about us engraved on the tombstone and left to its next successor."

Seven is the manager of Vault 117.

It can be seen that, as a "tomb guard", she has great respect for the firm and benevolent manager.

However, Chu Guang disagreed with her statement.

"My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. I don't care about what happens after I die, and I don't really want to think about whether I can be saved."

Seeing He Ya who looked at him in surprise, Chu Guang said concisely.

"But since I'm still alive and standing here."

"Then I have to take care of it."

……

The edge of the Fifth Ring Road.

On the messy street, a strong wild boar was shaking its mane, and got out of the broken window of the shop along the street.

The snow has melted, and sprouts have emerged from the cracks in the concrete. Just as it was looking for delicacies hidden in the soil, a gunshot suddenly came from afar.

Shot in the head, the wild boar fell down and lay motionless on the ground.

"Pretty!"

Crouching behind the half-collapsed billboard, Li Gou pumped his fist excitedly.

This is his first time out hunting.

In the past, his elder brother Li Niu was always the Orion in the family, but Li Niu joined the factory a few months ago, so he was the only one to do the work.

Not far away, Yu Hu took a deep breath, put away the shotgun in his hand, and urged his companions.

"Quickly let the blood out, the meat will be sour after a while."

"okay!"

Li Gou walked excitedly to the wild boar with a dagger in his hand, and Yu Hu, who carried a shotgun on his back, followed.

Since Big Brother Chu drove away the old mayor's family, every household of the hunters has replaced it with cheap and easy-to-use rifles.

It was much easier to hunt with these than with bows, javelins, and slings.

Especially if you encounter predators, you will not be helpless to fight back.

A few months ago, it was unimaginable for them to have a rifle of their own.

"Hiss... this wild boar is quite heavy, maybe eighty kilograms!"

"let me help you."

The two turned the prey, and just as Li Gou was about to cut open the prey's artery to let the blood out, Yu Hu frowned suddenly.

"Wait a moment."

As he spoke, Yu Hu stretched out his hand and opened the wild boar's ear, only to see a festering scar at the base of the ear.

The scar is very small, only as long as a little finger, and it is covered by a mane, so it is easy to miss if you don't look carefully.

"What is this?" Li Gou asked curiously.

"Traces scratched by nibblers, mild infection..."

Yu Hu flipped the sparse hair behind the wild boar's ears with a dagger, then used the dagger to open the wild boar's mouth, carefully observed its teeth, and continued muttering.

"Too rare."

With the sluggish speed of the nibbler, it is basically impossible to catch up with the wild boar.

unless……

Yu Hu swallowed unconsciously.

He had a hunch.

Something bad may be about to happen.

Seeing that his cousin stopped talking, Li Gou thought that there was something wrong with the prey, so he said nervously.

"Then can this prey still be sold?"

"Of course it can, it's just a little skin trauma, and it won't affect its flesh," Yu Hu urged after studying for a while, "Hurry up and work, we'll go back early today."

Li Gou nodded immediately, stopped talking nonsense, and began to bleed the prey.

After simply handling the prey, the two tied the wild boar to a wooden stick, picked up a shoulder each, and drove nearly ten kilometers to Linghu Wetland Park.

Although the slaughterhouse on Beit Street also collects prey, the price it gives is far less straightforward than that given by the blue coats in the park.

Such a large wild boar can be sold for one hundred silver coins in the outpost, but at the slaughter stall on Beit Street, it can be sold for seventy or eighty at most.

It is nothing to him to earn an extra twenty or thirty silver coins and walk an extra five kilometers.

……

It's already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be evening in a while.

After the winter passed, the night would become more and more dangerous, and the two people who were on the road unconsciously quickened their pace.

Follow the concrete road through the woods to the south gate of the outpost.

When the two were about to go in, they saw a row of guards in black coats and rifles standing on the west side.

Roughly counting, there must be about a hundred people.

A blue power armor was also standing there, as if inspecting these recruits.

Yu Hu, who comes here often, naturally recognizes the blue iron bump.

That's the administrator's power armor.

"Is this going to war?" Li Gou had a surprised expression on his face, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He is different from his elder brother Li Niu. He wants to be a soldier more than working in a factory.

That black overcoat and Arbiter rifle are just so cool!

The guards had recently been issued steel helmets and sapper shovels, which in his view were a man's dream.

"I don't know..." Yu Hu shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "I always feel that something big is about to happen."

Did not disturb big brother Chu's work.

Yu Hu urged Li Gou to stop looking, and the two took the wild boar to the warehouse together.

It wasn't Zhao Shu who was on duty today, but another young man whose name he didn't know.

Since the settlement is done with silver coins this time, the process is very simple.

After checking that the prey had been bled, the man weighed the prey and put 7 silver coins and a one-hundred-face bill into Yu Hu's hands.

"Has the price of meat increased again?" Looking at the banknotes and coins in his hand, Yu Hu had a surprised expression on his face.

The guy said with a smile: "It's a little bit higher. The price of a catty of wild boar meat in the market has now risen to 6 silver coins. Recently, the manager has raised the purchase price and inventory limit of meat trading products. If it is not for the hunting , I want to be a hunter."

Of course, although prices have risen a lot, wages have also risen quite a bit.The earliest warehouse keeper’s daily salary was only two silver coins, and he had to save money if he wanted to eat meat. Now the daily salary has risen to twelve silver coins, and he can buy one kilogram of meat a day.

But it was too troublesome to start a fire and cook. They used to save money to buy some meat to roast, but now they simply took the money and went to the market at the north gate to consume.

A three taels of steamed stuffed bun is only one silver coin, and two steamed stuffed buns and a glass of soy milk or corn juice can give you a full meal, which doesn't cost much in total.

Compared with the wandering life before, every day here is like a fairy day.

After discussing with Li Gou, Yu Hu bought some daily necessities such as salt, cloth, and soap with the money in his hand, and added some bullets along the way.

After purchasing these things, there are still 10 coins left.

The two divided the money, and after Yu Hu asked Li Gou to take the things back, he went to the bank and found Xiaoyu.

Compared with the little girl who was as thin as a reed stick a few months ago, the little fish has not only grown taller, but also grown up, with a trace of baby fat on her fair cheeks.Those big black eyes are the same as before, exactly the same clear and lovely, just like the water of Linghu Lake.

Yu Hu was always worried that his sister would not be able to do such an important job as accounting, because she always burned the green wheat cakes.In his impression, the people who can manage the books are all old men like old Charlie.

But now it seems that his worries seem unnecessary.

Although she is not good at pancakes, she is surprisingly good at counting.

Could it be because the iron pan is too heavy?
Yu Hu suddenly realized this problem, and couldn't help feeling a little ashamed on his face.

I didn't realize it at all...

"elder brother?"

Seeing Yu Hu, Yu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately stood up from behind the counter.

After the New Year's party, she hasn't seen her brother for a month.

Yu Hu smiled honestly and said.

"I'll come to see you for my parents. How are you doing recently? No one bullies you, right?"

Xiao Yu nodded vigorously, then shook his head like a wave drum, with a happy smile on his face.

"Xiaoyu is doing well! Brother Chu and everyone are very good people!"

Although she was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, she is now able to complete the work very skillfully.Everyone is a very kind person and takes good care of her.

The only thing that bothers Xiaoyu a little bit is that there are always people who secretly put the change on the table and turn around and run away. She has to go to Xiao Qi to check the surveillance to find out who saved the money.

Especially the big pyrene, who is always sneaky when saving money.

Is it because you are too fierce?
Although Brother Chu told himself not to care, sometimes Xiaoyu still felt a little bit sorry.

Seeing his younger sister's lively and cheerful appearance, Yu Hu had a reassuring smile on his face.

"That's good!"

"Seeing that you are healthy and healthy, I am relieved of your brother."

Xiaoyu said immediately.

"Is Mom and Dad in good health? And elder brother, I heard that they encountered predators on the side of the Fifth Ring Road the day before yesterday? They weren't injured, right?"

Yu Hu smiled and said, "No, no, don't worry, they are all in good health. And your elder brother's marksmanship is amazing. Last time I watched him shoot a target, he could hit a can that was 100 meters away with one shot."

Xiaoyu had no idea about this distance, but he still frowned and said.

"No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can't show off your skills. The people in the refuge are also very good, but they still get hurt sometimes. And the same goes for you, second brother. Even if you have a gun, you can't go to places that are too dangerous."

"I know, I know." Yu Hu scratched the back of his head.

Obviously he came to care for his sister by himself, but he was educated by the little guy in turn.

Where can I go and what can't, how can I, an old hunter, not know?
Still, it feels good to be cared about.

At this moment, the azure blue power armor walked towards this side from the west entrance.

Seeing Chu Guang, Yu Hu's eyes lit up and he said hello.

"Brother Chu!"

"Yu Hu?" Chu Guang opened the mask of his helmet, looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile, "How's your harvest today?"

"Hehe, it's not bad. I got a wild boar weighing more than 80 kilograms and exchanged it for more than 100 silver coins." Yu Hu smiled shyly, but his eyes were full of pride.

"Not bad!" Chu Guang nodded approvingly, and joked with a smile, "It seems that there is roasted wild pork at the barbecue stall today."

Yu Hu followed suit with a smile, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered something, so he immediately spoke.

"By the way, Brother Chu."

Chu Guang: "What's wrong?"

Yu Hu hesitated for a while, then continued. "I have something to tell you. When I was hunting today, I felt that the atmosphere inside the Fifth Ring Road was a bit unusual."

Chu Guang's heart moved, and he asked.

"Did you find anything?"

Yu Hu nodded.

"Recently, alien species seem to be more dangerous than before. The wild boar I killed today was actually scratched by a corpse eater... This was almost impossible before."

Chu Guang had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"This is indeed a problem. I have also noticed that the nibblers and crawlers in the subway are obviously more aggressive than before..."

Listening to the conversation between elder brother and elder brother Chu, Xiaoyu looked worried and couldn't help whispering.

"Brother, why don't you change to a safer job..."

"It's okay, I didn't go hunting at night," Yu Hu said with a smile when he saw his sister's worry, "Those predators go out at night and hide in the house during the day."

Chu Guang suddenly said.

"That's hard to say."

Seeing Yu Hu looking over in surprise, Chu Guang continued.

"According to the speculation of experts in our shelter, there may be a wave breaking out in the near future. Even if it is daytime, I am afraid it will not be very safe."

wave? !
Yu Hu's expression changed slightly.

"Waves... Isn't that what happens in the city center?"

Chu Guang shook his head.

"That statement is not accurate, as long as the conditions are met, the wave can happen anywhere."

Yu Hu swallowed his saliva.

If another person said this to him, he would definitely treat that person as a fool.

There is Boulder City on the edge of the third ring road, and there is no brood nest outside the third ring road, those eaters are all rushing to places with a lot of people, the northern suburbs are sparsely populated, how could a wave break out?

But this sentence was said by Brother Chu.

In his impression, Big Brother Chu would never joke about such a serious matter.

"By the way, Yu Hu, how did you think about what I told you before?"

Yu Hu was stunned.

"whats the matter?"

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"When it's spring, come and help me."

"Yes, of course!" Upon hearing this, Yu Hu nodded repeatedly and rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly, "But I know how to hunt...I'm afraid I can't help you much."

"How come?" Chu Guang smiled and said, "An experienced hunter and guide is exactly what we need now."

After a pause, Chu Guang looked at Yu Hu seriously and continued.

"The threat of the wave is approaching. I plan to set up a hunter union at the outpost to unite the hunters in the vicinity and the residents of the refuge with hunting talents, and investigate into the city along the edge of the Fifth Ring Road."

"I plan to let you be the first president of this union!"

Yu Hu froze for a moment, feeling a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Let me be the chairman? But I have never been—"

"No one is born with it. I am very optimistic about your potential." Chu Guang smiled slightly and gave him an encouraging look. I told you. You just need to answer me one sentence, yes or no."

Compared with others, Yu Hu is most familiar with the terrain in the northern suburbs. He is not only an experienced hunter, but also a reliable guide.

Although this young man doesn't look very smart, he is not stupid. Chu Guang is very confident in his eyesight.

Especially the most important thing is that whether it is the Orion of Beit Street or the Orion of other areas in this area, they are all familiar with him, and the players are not unfamiliar with him.

It couldn't be more suitable for him to serve as this functional NPC!
The elder brother was still hesitating, Xiaoyu gently pulled off his sleeve, Nuonuo said.

"Brother, just promise, it's definitely safer to work here than to go hunting, and my parents will be very happy."

Yu Hu rubbed the back of his head and muttered.

"You little girl, you have only been away from home for a few days, and you have started to direct your brother to do things."

Xiaoyu said aggrievedly.

"I'm not worried about you...and brother Chu thinks that you can do well, so there must be no problem."

Stretching out his hand to rub his sister's little head, Yu Hu looked up at Chu Guang who was smiling, and said seriously.

"Since you are willing to trust me and entrust me with such an important job, I will definitely do my best!"

Chu Guang looked at him approvingly and nodded.

"Just waiting for your words!"

……

In the evening, Yu Hu went back to Beit Street, intending to tell his parents and elder brother about this matter, and come back tomorrow morning.

Chu Guang told him not to worry, but to settle the family affairs first, and just come and report within two days.

Night fell gradually.

Over there at Boulder City.

Tail, who had had a full meal, was stroking his slightly protruding belly, and came out of the restaurant belching.

"Hur~ Si, there are quite a lot of delicious food here."

"Emmm... It's not delicious, I think the snack street at the North Gate is better." Sisi glanced at her sideways, "It's better for Awei to pay attention to his image."

Tail said nonchalantly.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem with the Awakened eating more? And anyway, in the game, even if you gain a little weight, you only need to die once."

"Well... Although the resurrection coin has become cheaper, I didn't expect you to use it in this kind of place."

The two each ate a large bowl of noodles and spent 4 chips.

From an objective evaluation, it is not as delicious as the little player named Zhang Hai at the North Gate.

The two came to the same conclusion. Sure enough, the people of Boulder City lived in the heat of the water, and there was no seasoning at all except salt and vinegar in the noodles!
What about chili?
Does ramen without chili still have a soul?

Sis unfolded the note in her hand, which contained the items she planned to investigate.

Now more than 20 have been completed, and only a few are left.

"The next stop is the tavern."

"Tavern!" Tail's eyes lit up immediately, "Oh, there must be a lot of mercenaries there, right?"

"In theory," Sis glanced around, "but... this street seems to be full of shops, and there is no signboard that looks like a tavern."

Brother Fang's strategy didn't say anything either.

It's not like that old man's style that he missed this kind of key information...

Tail said energetically.

"It's okay! Just let's explore!"

"Well, that's what I planned too."

The two walked on the street for a while, then continued towards the inner city.

Soon a big signboard came into view of the two of them.

On the signboard, there was a picture of a girl with a graceful figure, with her back leaning on a wine barrel, holding a beer glass in her hand, and colorful neon lights flashing around her.

Although the style of this painting is wild, there is no doubt that it is wine.

"Sh! Found it!"

"Emmm... I don't think this is the kind of tavern we're looking for."

"What does it matter? Since the game production team made it, it must have a meaning for its existence!"

"Eh? What you said makes sense."

To be honest, Sis is also very curious about how realistic this game is.

Looking at the tail full of expectation on her face, she made a "I can't help you" expression, and then walked over with the tail.

The security guard standing at the door looked at the two of them in surprise, but said nothing. He charged two tickets for one person and let them go.

The lights in the tavern were shaking, the music was loud, full of a wild and explosive feeling.

The two who had never been to a bar felt out of tune with the atmosphere here.

Even the most moving tail felt a little uncomfortable.

"Si, if you don't understand, just ask, how to pretend to go to a bar for the first time."

"I think it might be more natural to think of this as a cafeteria."

Tail looked at Sisi in surprise.

"Hey! Does Sisi usually go to such a powerful place?"

Siss: "Do you think this is possible for someone who plays games every night?"

It's not like the kind of tavern that adventurers in RPGs often go to.

It's a bit like a bar in reality.

Finding an inconspicuous position on the bar, the two of them sat in the corner in a low-key manner.

Soon the bartender brought up two glasses of beer mixed with water. Sisi politely said thank you in human language, sniffed the glasses, and instead of drinking, looked at the surrounding environment.

The lights outside the dance floor were very dim, and the people around them could not be seen clearly, and no one paid attention to the two of them.

Just when Sisi was thinking about where to start the investigation, the music in the tavern suddenly changed.

A host came to the stage and chattered a few words with the microphone, and then a dancer dressed in a very avant-garde came to the stage.

There were excited cheers all around.

The sound of the climate even overwhelmed the live music!
The dancer standing on the stage gave the audience a charming look and started her performance.

However, it is not the dance itself that is of interest.

It's her clothes.

Sisi froze for a moment, with a surprised expression on his face.

That's not Fujito's...

Before she had time to say anything, the tail next to her jumped up excitedly as if she had discovered a new world, and pulled her excitedly towards the stage.

"My giao! Si, look!"

"Isn't that Fujito's work of art?"

A subtle expression appeared on Sisi's face, as if she had foreseen what would happen in the next few hours.

"Well... I saw it."

"It's amazing."

(End of this chapter)