Chapter 63: Line of Defense

"We have two troubles now, one is that the Rivet City seems to be very alert to us. We have sent a messenger to invite Dr. Lee's research team to join us, but maybe... our public image is not very good? They didn't believe our words and drove the messenger back. And their security personnel seemed to double these days, seemingly monitoring us faintly. But I believe that with Mr. James' joining, Rivet City will become our most reliable ally."

The helicopter landed in front of the Jefferson Memorial, Su Jing jumped off the plane first, followed by James and Adam.

"What about the second question?" James asked.

Su Jing didn't say anything, and pointed to the thing in front of him.

The area near the Jefferson Memorial was originally a barren land, but now it has become a simple military base, full of tents and ammunition boxes, and the black crusaders wearing collars were rushing to build guardrails, watchtowers, and dig trenches. Where Su Jing pointed at was a flying bird helicopter, or the wreckage of a flying bird helicopter.

The helicopter seemed to have been shot down by an explosive weapon. The wing on one side was broken and there were a large number of bullet marks on the surface, which shows how fierce the attack it had suffered before it was hit.

"The bad news is that since I got this GECK at Shelter 87, we have been directly on the verge of Incredley. Yesterday, we had a head-on battle with them. Three bird helicopters raided here, and we shot down one with missiles, and the other two ran away."

Su Jing introduced while walking.

"What about the good news?" Adam asked.

"There is no good news. Well, I'll just joke that there is good news. The messenger we sent to contact the Iron Brotherhood has already sent a reply. Elder Lyon is very interested in our actions and sent reinforcements here."

"Oh? How many people are there?" James raised his head with interest when he heard the name of the Brotherhood of Steel.

Su Jing hesitated for a second, then said, "One person."

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"It would be better to say that the ombudsman who monitors our operations are more appropriate, do you think so? Miss Sarah?"

With Su Jing's greeting, Adam turned his head suddenly and almost twisted his neck. Then he saw Sarah, a "sentinel" dressed in power armor. The team commander of the Iron Brotherhood, the daughter of Elder Lyon, was standing in front of a row of Incredible soldiers' bodies, carefully observing their equipment, and writing something on his notepad from time to time.

"What are you talking about? Mr. Su Jing...Adam?! Why did you come here too?"

Sarah greeted everyone, then her eyes stopped on Adam. She seemed to realize that her tone was a little too excited. She coughed slightly twice, put her notebook under her arm and walked over. It seemed that after experiencing the previous battle, there were traces of dust on Sarah's face that had not been wiped away, but she could still be called a shining light on this wasteland. Standing in front of him, Adam felt that it was better not to know where to put his hands and feet.

"I used to say that you also joined the Black Crusade, so I asked my father to come here to take a look. When I found out that Mr. Su Jing was just lying to the person, I almost fought with him... I didn't expect you to appear here."

"Uh...this...I'll go find my father, and then Su Jing takes us here..."

Seeing Sarah ignore herself and chat with Adam, Su Jing shrugged and whispered to James: "Don't bother the young man, Mr. James. Speaking of which, we are already trying to repair the core filtering system inside, but we have encountered some problems..."

Seeing that his son seemed to have signs of having a girlfriend, James smiled and left the young men and began to re-enter the work of the water purification plan.

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After the oral message recorded by James himself was sent to Rivet City by the messenger, Dr. Li and her research team rushed to the Jefferson Memorial in the afternoon.

Rivet City is a stranded warship, only a few kilometers away from the Jefferson Memorial, and it takes less than half an hour to walk. The hull of the warship has broken from the middle, and most of the residents live in the second half of the hull, while the city's leader is a small council of four or five people selected from the residents. As one of the founders of the city, Dr. Lee is also a member of the council, but she basically doesn't care about the matter, but focuses on her scientific research field. Recently, she is trying to cultivate radiation-free fruits and vegetables in a radiation-free environment, making some limited progress.

When she arrived inside the Jefferson Memorial, the Black Crusader was still cleaning the environment. It was occupied by super mutants for a long time. The bones inside were everywhere and smelled bad, and the broken things were everywhere. Twenty years ago, the tools and instruments of the water purification project did not seem to attract the attention of the mutants, and they were piled in one corner.

At first, Dr. Li didn't recognize where James was, and then she felt that one of the people wearing masks was familiar with the people who were transporting garbage. She tried to scream, and it was him.

"Long time no see, Lee." James put the broom aside and hammered his waist. "I'm so old that I feel sore and sore after doing some work."

"No... James, your heart is not old yet." Dr. Li said meaningfully. This middle-aged woman over forty stared at James. He seemed to always be the calm and calm, gentle and firm idealist... He was one step too late to lose to that woman...

"Yes, hahahahahaha-- we will be able to start the water purification program again soon. To host this project, we need a young and never-ending heart... Oh, by the way, Li, let me introduce you to that person with a young heart, the sponsor of the water purification project, the leader of the Black Crusade, Mr. Su Jing."

Dr. Li looked over James' finger. A black-haired young man was waving a broom and fighting with a white man. The white man was obviously a master of fighting skills. The wooden stick in his hand gently shook the broom in the black-haired young man's hand, and then knocked the other end on the black-haired young man's knee. Then he swept and parted, and the black-haired young man fell to the ground with a plop.

"Boss, your foundation is OK, but you like to use some...well... gorgeous but very flawed tricks." Jeblis pulled Su Jing up from the ground and helped him take off the dust on his body.

"So, are there any gorgeous and practical tricks?" Su Jing asked.

"Actually, you don't have to learn fighting skills from me. Your physical strength is transformed like a monster. Brute force alone is enough to tear others in half. What do you need to learn these moves and postures?"

"Uh...to make me pose in a more gorgeous position?"

Jeblis pressed his chest and accidentally hit his new boss's palm. Although Su Jing had already left 80% of his strength, this palm still made the middle-aged mercenary unable to breathe for two or three seconds.

"Then... let's do it, boss, I'll teach you an idea. It's a circle. Your current movements do not have a system at all. Using this idea can at least make you more capable of taking action. The basic principle is to use the previous action to cover it, or to assist the next action, so that the action can be more coherent, and then the footwork..."

Halfway through the two, Su Jing seemed to notice that Dr. Li and James were walking towards them. He sorted out his clothes and shook hands with Dr. Li.

"Mr. Su, I personally appreciate your help to James and your contribution to the entire water purification program, but I would like to ask a somewhat rude question..."

"But it's okay." Su Jing stretched out his hand and made a "please" action.

Dr. Li adjusted his standing posture, straightened his spine, and asked solemnly: "What do you want to get from this matter? Please forgive me for being rude, but I don't believe now that there is a second person in the world who will work for one thing as free as James."

"Good question, ma'am. What am I for...? Vanity? Fame? Or just to make this land look more pleasing?" Su Jing rubbed his nose with his fingers and said, "Let me do this, I have two rewards. First, I want this water purification project to be named after me, how about it?"

James pondered for a moment and said readily: "Yes. This requirement is not a problem."

"Then, the second point. When this water purification plan is completed, I feel that we need a team to be responsible for delivering water, and the human gathering points in the entire wasteland are marked out, and then there is an armed force to transport fresh water - of course, those cannibal robbers are not worthy of enjoying these clean water sources - thousands of households can bring warmth, and then more people can benefit, right? My second requirement is that the task of transporting fresh water should be given priority to the Black Crusaders."

James and Dr. Li looked at each other. They had been worried before. After the water purification plan was completed, how to ensure that more people had the opportunity to drink. They also considered the plan for the organization's water delivery team, but the defense of Rivet City had enough to protect themselves, but they spread it out and sent water everywhere - this was a bit overestimated.

Twenty years ago, the solution they thought was to contact the Iron Brotherhood and ask the Iron Knights to organize a water delivery team. However, the water purification plan was in trouble because of the lack of the puzzle piece of the Garden of Eden Creator. The Iron Brotherhood had to fight against the increasingly powerful super mutant troops, so Elder Lyon had to withdraw from this cooperation plan.

Now someone has taken the initiative to propose a water delivery plan, both of them feel incredible.

"It's very simple, because I have to find a new way to make a living for this useless dog. Otherwise, after we complete the water purification plan, I'm afraid they will go back and rejoin their old business, either robbing or arresting slaves... At that time, Iron Brothers may also have to supervise it, otherwise I'm worried that this person will monopolize water purification..."

"As long as you are there, who dares to move the people below?" Jeblis wiped his hands with a rag. When he heard Su Jing's words, he felt that the boss's thinking was really strange.

"What if I'm gone?" Su Jing spread his hands.

boom!

Suddenly the earth shook slightly, and even inside the memorial hall, I felt a lot of dust falling from the wall, and the wall was falling down with a tidy brush, and everyone was at a loss.

"Damn it - boss, Incred's helicopter is here again!"
Chapter completed!