This Game Is Too Realistic

"Wasteland OL" official website.

Players chat section.

During the event in Hope Town, the players opened a separate post, shared information about their search for information in the settlement, and started discussing it.

Since the most hotly discussed posts on the forum are mostly related to the newly liberated Boulder City and the upcoming wave, this post does not have much discussion heat and is mostly shared by a few players from the Burning Corps.

But there are also advantages to having fewer people.

Everyone was basically discussing strategy and plot, and no one came out to mess around.

Fang Chang: "Wasteland Era 44, the Ministry of Production signed the 'Cloud Province Revitalization Act' and confiscated all the research institutes of the Ministry of Technology in the Cloud Province, including the research facilities related to the 'Gestalt Life Form' project. "

"Due to the accumulation of conflicts for too long, the negotiation process was too simple and crude, and the integration turned into an armed conflict, causing some experimental subjects with unstable DNA to flee. Some of the experimental subjects fled inland, and some moved along the coastline... These materials are well documented in the Great Rift Valley Library, and I remember they were included in the official website settings a few months ago.”

"To make a reasonable guess, the researchers who fled to the Wasteland did not give up their mission. They traveled across mountains and rivers to Jinchuan Province. After the War Construction Committee announced the dissolution of Wasteland Era 45, they found Singularity City and the local residents. They reached a cooperation, continued the research on Gestalt life forms, and turned a small number or even most of the survivors into mutants."

"The current tribe is the descendant of those survivors one hundred and fifty years ago."

After briefly sorting out the information Lao Bai collected from the priest, Fang Chang expressed his conjecture. After hearing his conjecture, some players were immediately shocked.

Ye Shi: "Damn...are the residents of Singularity City crazy?!"

Murderous Dagger: "It's okay to actively become a mutant..."

Fengfeng: "You must be crazy. Put yourself in his shoes. Imagine you are a billionaire, and now you are standing in front of a... or a group of top scholars with various titles. They tell you that they are studying Technology that can reverse cell aging. Now there are evil forces targeting their immature research results. As long as you are willing to give them shelter and help them complete their research, not only you, but all mankind can use this novelty.㱕Technology.”

Fang Chang: "Your example is actually not accurate enough. The picture of 'gestalt life form' is much more fragrant than cell aging. Moreover, at that time, the survivors had just left the protection of the War and Construction Committee, and they were all facing severe realistic survival tests... ...standing in front of you now is not only a group of scholars with top titles, but also scholars who are persecuted by "traitors". They may also bring some black boxes. You can not only get material rewards by supporting them, but also You have the upper hand when it comes to morality, and everyone will support you, even if you accidentally take a slight detour (squints)."

Even if the imbalance between responsibilities and obligations and the gap between reality and ideals are the root cause of the crisis, and the production department's plan is just an advance prediction of the crisis, the Yunjian Province's military operation did indeed light the fuse. A match.

In the eyes of the vast majority of survivors at that time, those in the production department were traitors, and Ideal City had betrayed their own ideals.

A group of researchers who were persecuted by the production department but still did not forget their mission have the aura of tragic heroes.

When the War and Construction Committee collapsed, no matter whether they went to Singularity City or Boulder City, they would definitely be accepted by the local residents.

In that desperate era, those who could still lead everyone forward mostly had a glimmer of ideal in their hearts.

Ye Shi: "But mutants... obviously don't have that kind of technology! (laughing and crying)"

Fang Chang: "Not for the time being. Don't forget that whether they are mutants or clones that grow eight times faster, they are all by-products of the 'Gestalt Life Form'. Although this by-product is not perfect yet, it is already better than this one. There are too many perfect life forms on the planet. A definite investment opportunity is in front of you, what reason do you have to refuse? (Squints)"

Guangfeng: "Singularity City actually has a better starting point than Boulder City. At least Jinhe City has no mutant slime mold and has not been hit by a nuclear attack. Although the industrialization rate cannot keep up with Boulder City, there is no serious existential crisis, and it is not Lack of food...I think this may be the reason why those researchers chose Singularity City as their new base."

Lao Bai: "Last part of the residents sacrificed themselves under the temptation of the gestalt life form and became mutants?"

Fang Chang: "Based on the information you obtained from the priest, this is probably the case. And later on, probably due to some reasons, they eliminated the original residents and installed mutants that had no original mutants. "

Kuangfeng: "I heard that the reason why the earliest mutants didn't have reproductive organs was to prevent the spread of DNA... It shouldn't be difficult for those researchers to add back the deleted things."

Quit smoking: "But why do they do this..."

Kuangfeng: "Who knows? Maybe it was because the residents of Singularity City had no structure back then. (Squints)"

Fang Chang: "Actually, it's easy to understand from another perspective. Someone promised your grandfather that twenty-one will definitely complete the Gestalt life form, turning everyone into a more perfect new human being. You firmly believe in this. As a result, you took your grandfather. I’m in class, I’m looking like I’m almost turning into a grandfather, and my promise has not been fulfilled.”

"At this time, a bunch of powerful eunuchs in the settlement lose their temper every day. They claim that their sacrifice and dedication have been deceived, and they ask you to change them back. Neither you nor the scholars you sponsor can do anything about it. After all, this is a completed technology. No one has ever been there to see how far it is from the end. You can only retreat and satisfy their other requirements... at least put them back. "

"Anyway, this technology is almost completed. Everyone says so, and you will believe it if you say it enough. When the last piece of the puzzle is completed, everything will be fine."

"Then a new problem appeared. I don't know from which day, a group of mutants who had never been human for a day appeared in the settlement. They found that they could knock out those weak and weak people who were full of bad ideas with one punch. , Not only do they live longer, they rarely get sick or catch colds, but they look a little less popular... You can freely use your imagination to see what this meant in the wasteland at that time. "

"When more than 99% of the entire settlement is composed of new generation mutants, and the old humans join them out of worship of violence, the era of belonging to the old humans will be over."

"Except for a few radicals, they will remember where they came from and where they want to go. They will continue the previous plan and continue to complete the 'Gestalt Life Body' that I don't know when it will be completed. But most mutants will think that they have already It is the most perfect form. What we need to do now is to open up a living space for mutants in this world and completely turn old humans into farm animals.”

"Some old humans will be loyal to them or cooperate with them in order to gain a chance to become a member of the mutants and survive in the new world."

Gale: "From this perspective, the routes and programs of mutants and the Torch Church are highly consistent..."

Ye Shi: "No wonder they can pee in a pot..."

Lao Bai: "By the way, Fang Chang, how was your conversation with the caravan captain at Pinecone Farm?"

Fang Chang: "That matter has been settled... He promised to cooperate with our investigation in the settlement. In exchange, we only need to take his family with us when we retreat."

Quit smoking: “666!”

Kidney Fighter: "Awesome! As expected of Brother Fang! The most realistic man in the server! (Funny)"

Fang Chang: "Get out!"

Ye Shi: "But then again, why are these profiteers running out one by one?"

Kuangfeng: "Isn't this obvious? I smelled the paste before, but this time it burned my eyebrows. (Squints)"

…

The viewing room of Vault 404.

Chu Guang, who was leaning on the sofa, read through the posts on the forum and sorted out the information collected by the frontline players.

It happened that at this time, the Alliance Biological Research Institute completed the analysis of the remains of the cybernetic mutant, and Heya personally brought the analysis report over.

"The analysis results are out. The mutants in Jinhe City are genetically related to the mutants in Qingquan City... Most of the mutants in this area spread from there."

After walking and sitting on the sofa opposite Chu Guang, Heya stretched out her index finger and lightly swiped in the air, pushing the light blue window in front of him.

"This is the result of detailed analysis."

He stretched out his index finger to open the light blue holographic window and glanced at it briefly.

The tons of data and various graphics above were beyond his knowledge, but he believed that Heya was professional.

"What about the great desert?"

Heya spoke concisely and concisely.

"According to the samples sent by Kaituo City...the correlation between the two is very low. I tend to think that they are branches with different origins."

"The origin does not mean that the branch refers to..."

"To put it simply, their ancestors were mutants born from a non-research institute, and each of them made some improvements based on their past. I remember that there are also research institutes on the West Coast that are engaged in the research of 'Gestalt Life Forms'" , Legion clones are a by-product of that kind of research facility."

When he said "here", a trace of emotion appeared on Heya's face, and then she continued.

"To be honest... I'm actually quite surprised. In that special period of material scarcity, those technicians were able to use limited equipment to produce such outstanding research results."

As a singularity technology isolated outside the "horizon" of human civilization, gestalt life forms were a mountain that academic circles continued to climb but had no results in the prosperous era. Even with the abundant DNA sample library provided by colonial planets, research progress remained the same. Slowly.

One can imagine how difficult this magnificent project is.

In the early days of the Wasteland Era - the most desperate era, each settlement still retained a certain ability to develop new technologies and could make some unexpected improvements on existing achievements.

This is actually quite difficult.

"Indeed, if you put aside the negative impact of imperfect technology, what they did is actually quite surprising."

Looking at Heya with an emotional expression on her face, Chu Guang suddenly thought about something and continued to talk.

"By the way, the Alliance troops have searched for some interesting clues in the south, which may be related to Vault 117——"

Before he finished speaking, Heya stood up from the sofa with a loud noise and put her hands on the coffee table.

"Where is she!?"

Chu Guang couldn't help but be stunned by her sudden reaction. He didn't come back to his senses.

"she……"

"Karen!" Staring at him intently, Heya said excitedly, "My mentor! Where is she!?"

"Ahem...don't get excited yet."

Seeing Heya who was about to poke her nose in her face, Chu Guang coughed lightly, signaling her to calm down.

Finally realizing that she had lost her composure, Heya's cheeks turned red, she quickly sat back on the sofa, put her fist to her lips and coughed lightly.

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, I understand."

After all, she slept for nearly twenty kilograms, and when she opened her eyes, everything had changed. Professor Kallen was probably her only relative in the world.

We got news from Vault 401 that the professor is most likely still alive and went south with the Torch people.

Chu Guang also had many questions in his mind.

After looking at Xiaoqi, he said "Huan."

"Xiao Qi, please make me two cups of black tea."

Xiao Qi pursed her lips and looked a little unhappy, but after listening to [Chu Guang]'s order, she still obeyed obediently.

"Okay, Master."

After a while, X-16 walked in with graceful steps, placed two cups of black tea on the table, nodded politely, and then exited the browsing room gracefully.

Seeing Heya gradually calming down, Chu Guang slowly spoke.

"I don't have any specific information about your mentor here, but when the residents of the shelter were conducting activities in a place called Hope Town in Jinchuan Province, we investigated that a group of residents of the shelter came to the settlement twenty days ago. , and traded some supplies from them with medicines.”

"There was only one clinic in that town, and the doctor who worked in the clinic is now the pastor of the town. He still has some impressions of those people... According to his recollection, those shelter residents stayed in the town for a while and bought I got a lot of supplies, and I also asked about Singularity City.”

"Singularity City..." Chewing the word quietly, Heya's eyes were filled with confusion.

Chu Guang looked into her eyes and asked.

"Didn't you hear your instructor talk about that place?"

Heya shook her head.

"no……"

"That's it..." Chu Guang thought for a moment and continued, "Since that's the case, I'm even more attracted to the fact that they collected clues about Singularity City from the wasteland, and learned about it after a century and a half. After the previous incident, I made contact with that 'odd' tribe."

Unless there is a special mission to perform, most blue jackets prefer to contact the surviving people on the surface. Those people may have even been to Boulder City, but they were disappointed with the arrogant nobles and left on their own.

Singularity City is also a settlement in the War and Construction Committee's blueprint. They do have reason to go south to try their luck.

Heya muttered to herself.

"What on earth...does she want to do?"

"I don't know, but according to our investigation results, twenty years ago happened to be the first time when the 'Qi' tribe showed their aggression. I am even more attracted to Vault 117. Since then, the residents have been fighting with each other. They came to some kind of agreement...there was probably no church at that time, and the torch was supposed to be just a torch."

Looking at the hot steam on the teacup and the silent Heya soaked in the mist, Chu Guang sighed softly and continued.

"We promised you that we would collect clues about Vault 117 and tell you about it, but I hope you won't have too much of a psychological burden."

"Well..." Heya nodded slowly, but her confused expression revealed the emotions in her heart.

In her impression, her mentor is a very kind person, kind, capable, brave and brave, who is like her mother to her.

She tried to understand what Professor Kallen was doing, but the closer she got to the truth, the more she felt like she had fallen into a thick fog.

Working with mutants...

What do they want to do?

Didn’t they agree that after the gate is opened, a beautiful world will be rebuilt on the surface?

Heya vaguely remembered what her mentor once told her.

One day, she will have a long dream, but don't worry, when she wakes up from that short dream and opens her eyes again, there is already a peaceful and fertile land outside.

Now that I think about it, the crisis that overturned Vault 117 was probably decided from then on. Her mentor decided from the beginning to keep her.

"I...if only I hadn't fallen asleep."

Her fingers clasped the teacup tightly, and Heya lowered her head, staring intently at the sparkling water in the cup, looking at the pair of eyes that were also sparkling.

Seeing her lowering her eyes, Chu Guang comforted her softly.

"Maybe...but thinking about it from another perspective, it might not be the best arrangement now."

He sometimes thought about it.

It would be great if I could travel through time earlier.

When he raised his head, he saw a devastated wasteland. He always felt that when he opened his eyes, many irreversible things had already happened.

But at this time, he would also think, if Zhenji woke up earlier, would the situation be different?

Maybe it will be worse.

"That's right..."

Lifting up her sleeves and rubbing the corners of her eyes, Heya revealed a cheerful smile on her face.

"It would be nice if I could talk to her in person."

Chu Guang nodded seriously.

"There will be opportunities."

…

The night is getting darker in the urban area of ​​Jinhe City.

Standing on the roof of an abandoned building, Ga En looked quietly to the north, his brows knitted together like a caterpillar.

Ouge is leaving in the morning.

Logically speaking, this point should have come long ago.

However, it was quiet in the north, with no movement at all.

He couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart.

At this moment, a mutant sentry came running from the stairwell with a groan, and knelt down on one knee ten steps behind him.

"Og, there is no news. Dust Town is in a mess."

"They held a banquet there. Some people had bones, some threw away weapons, and there were more than two hundred of our corpses."

Two hundred?

Jia En's face was stunned. He turned around and looked at the sentry kneeling on the ground.

"Are you sure? There are so many?"

The sentry nodded his head like he was pounding garlic.

"Yes, many brothers died... By the way, I even picked up such a big bullet casing."

As he said that, the sentry reached behind his back with his right hand, took out a bullet casing he had seen on the battlefield, and handed it over respectfully.

Ga En reached out and picked up the thick bullet casing, pinched it with two fingers, brought it close to his nose, and frowned even more tightly.

At this time, a voice with a hint of aging came from the other side of the stairwell.

"This is not an 'Iron Tower' weapon, it is designed specifically for us."

Jia Enyan looked around the stairwell and saw a rickety figure standing there.

That was Chi Gomo, the high priest of the clan, and the only old man he respected who was on the side of the secularists. Compared with those pedantic old guys, he is one of the few good people who really thinks about the tribe.

Seeing Ga En looking over, the old mutant continued slowly.

"They are from the Alliance, so they can't be wrong."

"These people are here well prepared. Those stationed in Hope Town are probably just outposts. The people you sent out are still there. There is no news yet. They are probably in danger."

The corner of Ga En's mouth twisted into a cruel smile.

As if to vent his anger, he crushed the bullet casing held on his fingertips into a twisted mass of waste and threw it on the ground.

"No matter who dares to go against us, I will make them regret coming to this world!"

Gomo nodded slowly and said respectfully.

"I believe you have this strength, but to be on the safe side, we'd better discuss it with our allies."

"The guys from the north have designed troublesome things for us. We also have to prepare more reliable weapons for our soldiers."

With a hint of alertness in his eyes, Ga En nodded slowly.

"Well, it is indeed a problem."

Although his body is covered with muscles, the muscles are not in [his] brain.

The humans in the north have designed special weapons for them, and they have to find ways to forge stronger armor.

Those guys who call themselves Torches happen to be experts in this area.

If those guys don't want to see their plan go to waste, it's best to think of a way for them.

…

The next morning.

The roadblock at the entrance to Hope Town has been removed, and a row of loaded trucks is parked in front of the door. Twenty or so fully armed soldiers stood aside, ready to set off.

Half of these warriors were wearing exoskeletons, Xiao Yu, and were led by Luo Yu. The other half are Burning Corps players, led by Elder Brother Fang.

The other players followed Lao Bai back to the military base at the junction of the provinces and were on standby.

According to the NPC named Wu Zhou, too many people can easily arouse suspicion. After all, the total cargo contained in this truck is only about one million silver coins. How can He De afford to hire such a luxurious mercenary group? .

Except for Xiaoyu who found it inconvenient to take off his exoskeleton, Fang Chang and several other players left their exoskeletons with Lao Bai and the others to help guide the military base.

"...Don't forget our agreement." Walking next to Fang Chang, Wu Zhou's eyes flashed and he lowered his voice and reminded nervously.

Those mutants scared him yesterday.

Now he somewhat understood why his boss was eager to get away from that farm.

Fang Chang gave him a reliable look with a bright smile on his face.

"Don't worry, we will never treat anyone who helps us badly."

"Of course I believe you... To be honest, it would be great if you were willing to expand your territory [here]. We wouldn't have to leave our hometown and go north."

After leaving these words, Wu Yazhou turned around and got into the truck, grabbed the intercom hanging on the center console and shouted.

"Let's go!"

The vehicle starts to move.

After climbing into the truck, Ye Shi sat next to Luo Yu, and suddenly looked up at the woods nearby.

Noticing his movements, Luo Yu asked in confusion.

"What's up?"

"...It's nothing." After turning away from the forest, Ye Shi muttered, "I just felt like someone was watching here."

But he didn't feel any killing intent.

Maybe it's an NPC in town...