Chapter 69: Exploration

A boot stepped on the charred soil.

"Damn it-there is too strong in front of it." Su Jing said, rubbing her temples.

This was the afternoon of the second day after the nuclear explosion. Considering the harm of nuclear radiation, only Su Jing and Fox returned to the ruins of the Black Crow Ridge underground base. Su Jing used the telematic information of the demon hunting insects to explore and confirmed that the structure inside the underground base still had a complete part, so he cleared out a passage with Fox.

The two are now standing in a big pit, which is the apron that they fought the night before. Now, as the center point of the nuclear explosion, it has become a huge pit. The two are trying to find the entrance to the interior from the pit wall of the pit. As the two work together to break open an air-tight door that has melted into iron plates, the underground base of Heiya Ridge, which has experienced disaster waves, was finally opened to the two.

"By the way, Fox. Do you still remember the mutant beast we transported yesterday? What happened to it later?" Su Jing crawled in with his side.

"It seems that after removing the external turret... I went north. With its physique, it would not die in a nuclear explosion." Fox pulled a piece of iron and came in, "What else do you want to find here?"

"This is Yingkelay's base, there will always be some good things." Su Jing kicked a curled body on the ground, looked down and saw that it was a dead death claw. He squatted down and cut open the abdomen of the death claw with a saber, and a burnt smell came from him.

"High temperatures, tens of thousands of degrees of high temperatures have burned it all."

Fox turned his head and saw that there were also several Incredible soldiers around him, and the surface of the power armor had melted. The soldiers all lay on the ground with their backs facing upwards, heading towards the inside of the base, and seemed to have tried to escape before they died.

"Even if you escape the high temperature... no, although the power armor has a built-in constant temperature air conditioning system, it is unlikely to be able to survive at such a high temperature. Even if you escape the high temperature, you will die of exhaustion under strong radiation."

There was a tinging sound behind him. The two of them turned their heads and saw a man wearing a high-end radiation-proof suit crawling in from the torn entrance with a backpack.

"Thank you for your hard work, two of you. I'm here to deliver lunch."

"Adam, have you not returned to the water purification base yet?" Su Jing asked.

"With my father hosting there, there is no more me, no less me, no less me, no more." Adam's voice was a little dull in the radiation hood, "Especially, I want to see what happened to Incred's center. If that President Eden is really a smart computer, then the place where he is should have the highest level of protection. At the bottom core of the base, there should be a lead protection layer and other... Even if it is a nuclear explosion... Maybe he is not dead yet."

Su Jing and Fox looked at each other and nodded, "Then let's speed up. We will participate in the water purification project in a few days."

After a simple double-headed beef lid macaroni, the three continued to explore deeper into the base. Considering the probability that President Eden might still survive, the three accelerated the exploration and simply skipped some places where high-level equipment might be stored.

As we went down, the more miserable the lower the level was. Many non-armed personnel who were not armed were directly killed by powerful shock waves. In some places like the research institute, researchers lying with bloody orifices everywhere. The petri dishes set up around were broken all over the ground, and several death claws that had not yet developed were lying in the nutrient solution. Su Jing squatted down to collect genetic samples, while Adam tried to restart the computer here, but it was estimated that the energy system of the entire base had collapsed and could not be opened.

Continue down, passing through the corridors and passages where the structure was twisted by explosions, the group finally reached the bottom floor of the base.

At this moment, the three of them stood in front of a heavy door. Fox and Su Jing stepped forward to try to push the door open. Adam began to take out the radiation needle from his backpack and pierced it on his wrist.

"One, two, start--!"

The two monsters exerted force at the same time, but the door was surprisingly heavy. With the strength of both of them, they could only feel a slight advancement. Su Jing pulled out the oxyacetylene cutting nozzle from the boxing gloves, intending to take some effort to slowly cut it open, but unexpectedly, with a squeak, the door opened itself.

[Destroyers... welcome you to my last place of residence...]

A hoarse man's voice came from the radio, as if it was because of the ubiquitous radiation, which caused the white noise in the radio. The three of them walked in one after another. Su Jing walked in at the front and saw various inexplicable instruments piled up and down in the room, with a large row of flashing lights, and in the middle was a small electronic screen, and a white line was fluctuating up and down with the sound in the radio.

"You are... President Eden?" Adam took off his helmet and stuffed radiation-resistant pills into his mouth. The radiation level in this room was almost zero, much cleaner than in the wasteland, which allowed him not to hold it in the heavy and dull radiation-proof suit for the time being.

[Yes, American citizen. My energy system is independent of the base owner's energy system, so I am still alive. I am President Eden, the wartime leader of the United States. I exist for the revival of all mankind! I know you are carrying out a water purification program, and we can use this water purification program to clean up all the wasteland mutant creatures! And you, the American citizen, why did you choose not to cooperate?!]

"Your goal was wrong." Adam said softly, "You are not only mutant creatures, but also real American citizens. American citizens are not 'purebred humans' who are not polluted by radiation, but all those who are struggling to survive on the desolate land. Starting from Mayflower, the real American spirit is pioneering, tolerance, and struggle... Compared to those of you who are huddled in the base and dare not take a step, fearing that you are polluted by radiation... we are the real American citizens!"

[This is the judgment written in my lowest data, so I am correct!]

"Logical error." Adam stopped talking nonsense and began to link his beep boy to "President Eden". "This smart computer is useful, and I try to modify its main program. It may take a long time, but if I succeed, then we...the righteous forces in the wilderness will have one more outstanding wise man. And it also controls the satellite system in the sky. If we can master its satellite system, then in the visible future, we can establish a new order in the wilderness...a peaceful and powerful order!"

Just as he was concentrating on invading the underlying computer program, a figure crawling in the corner slowly raised his head, and then the figure clasped the laser pistol in his hand and quietly aimed at Adam's exposed head.

Suddenly, a black shadow stood in front of him, and Su Jing was looking at him with his hands in his arms.

"Is it...ah, Colonel Otem?"

Su Jing knocked away the laser pistol in his hand with a knife, grabbed the collar and pulled him up. Ultramu's entire face was deformed, and swollen bags appeared on the surface of his skin. Su Jing patted the gray on his body and asked with a smile:

"Ask an interview. How are you feeling now? Colonel Otem? Has you personally experienced the power of the nuclear bomb explosion? Have you had a deeper understanding of your fate in the dark? Have you developed a hint of awe of this world? Have you realized your mistakes and sincerely regretted it?"

"I...I..." Two expressions were intertwined on Ultramu's face. Sometimes he was cowardly, as if he wanted to beg for mercy, sometimes he became firm, as if he wanted to preserve his dignity with death. At this moment, he turned his head inadvertently and saw the smooth steel surface. His face was reflected. Shocked by his ugliness at this moment, Ultramu even forgot to struggle. He reached out to touch the skin on his face, and screamed in pain after touching it.

"Radiation disease, mutated skin... Yes, Mr. Otum, you are no longer a 'purebred human'. Congratulations, go and welcome a beautiful tomorrow. Every day is a new beginning, and every time is a brand new sun... Don't care too much." Su Jing showed a gentle smile, threw the colonel to the ground with a swing of his hand, and stopped looking at him.

Half a minute later, the laser pistol shot sounded, and then there was no sound.

"He committed suicide?" Adam asked without looking back.

"Reply," Fox replied.

"Poor man." Adam commented.

Two hours later, Adam finally let out a long sigh. At this moment, a prompt sounded in Su Jing's mind:

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have completed the optional mission "Destroy the Army of Incredible"]

[You get a reward, one blank three-star prop card, three thousand universal points]

[Because of Colonel Ultram's death, you get a hidden reward, three-star props: experimental Hellfire Powered Armor]

[Because President Eden is transformed, you get hidden rewards, knowledge card: Shelter Shaking Head Doll - Energy Weapon]

Su Jingqing couldn't help but whistle. He opened his card interface and checked his new reward.

【Three-star props: experimental Hellfire Powered Armor】

[The latest generation of power armor developed by the Incredible Army after the war has strengthened the motion servo system based on the original power armor, and used the Hellfire armor used on the EDE type flight robot in the selection of outer armor. This not only greatly improved the protection of kinetic energy weapons and energy weapons, but also enhanced the fire resistance. Because it is an experimental model that explores the limit of performance, the material is better than that of ordinary Hellfire armor.]

[Knowledge Card: Refuge Shaking Head Doll - Energy Weapon]

[One-time use props can only be obtained as rewards in plot tasks. Users can learn the structure and principles of energy weapons in the radiation world]

Knowledge card? This is the first time Su Jing has encountered such a prop. The head-shaking doll is the rarest prop in the original game, similar to a hidden collection of easter eggs, which can permanently strengthen the player's skills or attributes in a certain aspect. Su Jing originally thought that there was no design of the easter egg like a head-shaking doll in this world, but he did not expect it to appear in this unique way as a reward. According to the literal understanding, this thing sounds like a prop that forced the recording of learning and memory, which is very suitable for Su Jing's current situation. He quietly clicked on learning, and then his eyes suddenly became dark.

A large number of drawings, data, formulas and theories passed through his mind like a raging rush, as if he was drinking a large glass of ice water, his forehead began to sting, and then a severe pain like a torn. The auxiliary brain vibrated gently, absorbed this information consultation, and then began to classify, summarize, organize these knowledge coldly and rationally... and also eliminated the severe pain in his mind.

When Su Jing opened his eyes again, Fox and Adam seemed to have no idea. He felt that about a few hours had passed in his mind, and his reason was crazy about absorbing knowledge, but the reality seemed to have only passed for a few seconds...
Chapter completed!