Chapter 924 Prepare to Rendezvous

Next, the first thing Qi Lin needs to do is to rush to the safe house where Free Will is located above the surface and meet with the team members on the list.

This safe house is almost three provinces away from Base Zero in the old days. In addition, helicopters cannot be used, so Qi Lin must rely on his own legs to cross this distance on foot.

Fortunately, the mastermind got the news that Xia will not attack Qin for the time being. He is making a series of complicated preparations. This process will probably take about a week, and this time is the last time left for Qi Lin and the others. the term.

After stuffing all the equipment that the mastermind had prepared for him into his backpack, Qi Lin gently hugged Persephone's shoulders and strode out of Stronghold Zero - after he left, the mastermind would put Persephone He and Song Xiaodie were transferred directly to another newly built safe stronghold, and everything in this zero point stronghold will be destroyed.

Although he had not lived here long, when Qi Lin looked back at this American country villa, he still felt a slight feeling of reluctance.

"I hope I can survive in the end... When the war is over, I will find a way to build a house exactly like this one..."

(As for the specific appearance of Stronghold Zero, I have never introduced it in detail...but I had a reference template when I wrote it. In order to facilitate everyone's brainstorming, I will tell you the reference template-" An Oregon country house from Rainbow Six Siege.)

In order to cover up the traces as much as possible and prevent being tracked by surveillance satellites, the mastermind cannot provide Qi Lin with any transportation equipment. If he only relies on his legs to travel, even if Qi Lin has the speed of a fifth-level evolver, he can reach the safety where free will lies. It would take at least three days to get out of the house, and half of the time was wasted... Fortunately, there is a large connected abandoned city more than 300 kilometers away from Base Zero. As long as Qi Lin If you can find some usable vehicles inside, you can save a lot of time. Under the shelter of the buildings, coupled with the large amount of electromagnetic interference in the abandoned city, it is difficult for surveillance satellites to capture high-speed movement in the ruins of the city. The goal.

This abandoned urban area spans two-thirds of the journey. Vehicles can be used for this journey. Conservative estimates can shorten the journey time to less than two days.

"It is now one o'clock in the afternoon. From now until four o'clock, no satellite will pass over this section of the sky. At four o'clock at five o'clock, the RX0799 monitoring satellite will pass through these points along orbit 6. RX0799's The effective monitoring radius is 600 kilometers, and the main detection methods are thermal infrared and visible light. You must take cover measures in advance."

While Qi Lin was sprinting across the wasteland, he silently memorized the information the mastermind told him in his mind.

Since a strategic nuclear warhead had just been detonated nearby, a large amount of radiation in the nuclear explosion area continued to escape outwards, attracting a large number of mutant creatures. Fortunately, the view above the wasteland was relatively wide, and Qi Lin could completely Detect these wandering mutated creatures in advance from a dangerous distance to avoid unnecessary battles.

It's not that Qi Lin can't defeat these mutated creatures, but if he fights with these guys, he will waste more time. Secondly, if he doesn't clean up clean enough, it will easily leave traces that can be discovered by satellites - and If you want to completely erase these traces, it will take more time.

No matter how you calculate it, it is obvious that detouring is the optimal solution to this problem.

"But then again, you can still find ways to get around it in the wasteland, but it will be troublesome in the abandoned city... Who knows what kind of monster will rush out of the corner of the street..." Qi Lin complained to the mastermind. If you choose to pass through the abandoned city, you can indeed use vehicles to shorten the journey time, but you will also encounter more uncertain factors.

"I have already planned the route for you." Along with the voice of the mastermind, a three-dimensional real-life map of an abandoned city appeared on the AR screen. From the real-life map, it can be seen that due to the distance between the subway tunnels in this city, The ground is shallow, and the entire tunnel has been exposed after the bombing. From a distance, it looks like a large ditch, and the route marked by the mastermind is this section of the subway line exposed to the sun.

"Go through the tunnel..." Qi Lin thought to himself. Although the semi-enclosed environment of the subway tunnel can indeed reduce a lot of risks, at least Qi Lin doesn't have to worry about mutant monsters rushing out of the buildings on the left and right like he does when walking on the street. But if the tunnel is blocked by some powerful mutant creatures, then this road will be even more difficult...

"I have already used a small drone to conduct reconnaissance on this route. There are indeed some mutant creatures living in the subway tunnel, but there are no mutant creatures above F level. In theory, this is the safest route. aisle."

"It seems that's the only way it can be. I hope you didn't set a flag for me..." Qi Lin nodded. Although in the "Wasteland Survival Code", the most powerful BOSS in a ruined city is always He likes to stay in landmark buildings, and his second favorite lair is the underground structure of the city, but it is a virtual game after all. Since the mastermind has already investigated this passage, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

Four o'clock arrived soon, and night in the wasteland always falls earlier. That's because it is difficult for sunlight to pass through the thick radiation clouds and refract to the ground. At this moment, the sky has turned into gloomy lead. Gray, and in some places where the clouds are thicker, they even appear as black as ink... This scene can't help but remind Qi Lin of the ancient poem "Black clouds are overwhelming the city and are about to destroy it".

The clouds were so thick that visible light cameras would definitely not be able to see anything. Even thermal infrared detectors would be severely interfered by radiation clouds. However, just to be on the safe side, Qi Lin still found a large enough stone and squatted on it. Behind the stone, he took out a piece of felt from his backpack and covered himself from head to toe.

There is a fine metal mesh inside the felt and a thermal insulation layer made of synthetic materials, which can help Qi Lin avoid most detection methods, including of course thermal infrared detectors on surveillance satellites.

With his back against the hard boulder, Qi Lin squatted motionless on the spot. He picked up a small piece of gravel from the ground with his right hand behind his back. He rubbed the small piece of gravel into a handful with his thumb, index finger and middle finger. Fine grit.

Time passes extremely slowly, especially under circumstances like this.

"Okay, this area is no longer within the satellite monitoring range." It wasn't until the mastermind's voice sounded that Qi Lin lifted the blanket covering his body and stood up from the ground.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was only ten minutes to five in the afternoon, less than an hour had passed.

However, Qi Lin felt as if half a day had passed.

For a soldier who has received sniper training, patience is one of the necessary conditions. However, as his evolutionary level continues to increase, Qi Lin always feels that his personality gradually begins to become a little irritable. Rather use more direct means to solve the problem - such as using violence.

His strength had improved very steadily, and there was no instability in his condition, but he realized that there seemed to be some minor problems with his mentality.

Fortunately, Qi Lin is now aware of these problems, and he is obviously lucky to be able to realize the problems before the accident occurs. At least, Qi Lin still has the opportunity to overcome and solve these problems before they have a substantial impact.

"call……"

He gently exhaled a breath and scattered the fine sand in his hand on the ground.

Although a considerable period of time has passed since the winter solstice, the entire sky has turned completely dark before five o'clock, and the unique howls of some mutated creatures that lie dormant at night and emerge at night echo in the distance of the wasteland.

There were still more than ten kilometers away from the abandoned city. Here, Qi Lin could already see the outlines of skyscrapers left over from the old era, standing in the dark night, like petrified giants.

After speeding up a little, Qi Lin finally entered this abandoned old-era city before five o'clock.

This is an industrialized city with several factories capable of producing major aircraft parts. After the war broke out, it was naturally bombed by hostile forces. Although the nuclear bombs were intercepted, the suicide attacks launched by some low-altitude stealth bombers were This city has been completely destroyed.

Especially the industrial area located in the northern suburbs was almost completely razed to the ground.

Looking at the collapsed factories and the charred bricks and rubble on the ground, Qi Lin immediately gave up the idea of ​​finding usable vehicles here. Although there was no shortage of raw materials in the industry, Qi Lin did not turn these raw materials into products with his bare hands. The ability of vehicle components.

Judging from the real-life pictures provided by the mastermind drone, the width of the subway tunnel is about three to four meters. Cars are definitely not usable, and the ground inside the tunnel is full of garbage and rubble. The most ideal The vehicle should be an off-road motorcycle.

Qi Lin's goal was very clear. After passing through the industrial area and a collapsed high-rise office building, he went straight to a motorcycle shop in the downtown area.

It is said that it is a motorcycle shop. In fact, it is more appropriate to describe it as a motorcycle enthusiasts club. After 2030, motorcycles will rarely be used as a means of transportation within the city. In those big cities, there will be a large number of people playing motorcycles. Some of them are enthusiasts who particularly like motorcycles. It would be quite comfortable to find a high-quality off-road motorcycle in this club.

Qi Lin kicked open the door of the motorcycle club and threw a saber to one side without looking. The saber's curved blade directly cut off the throat and neck bones of a zombie, spinning in the air. After a circle, it returned to Qi Lin's hands again.

The zombie was wearing a dirty, blood-stained driver's uniform, and it looked like he should have been a member of this club.

"Come on, let me use your treasure." Kicking the zombie's body aside, Qi Lin stepped over the collapsed leather sofa and the front desk, and walked towards the interior of the club.

In the corridors of the club, there was blood and mutilated bones everywhere, and the walls were covered with shocking shadows of bloody hands. Qi Lin could almost imagine what happened here: after the war broke out, a group of people hid in the club. They evacuated inside. They did not die in the bombing of the plane. However, the dropped dirty bomb caused radioactive contamination to spread throughout the city. Some people gradually suffered from radiation sickness, but one of them died. Something suddenly happened one day, and he turned into the zombie that was killed outside, killing everyone in the club.

This is very similar to the plot in movies like Resident Evil, but it is something that actually happens in reality.

In a small room, Qi Lin found a large number of corpses that had rotted to the point where only bones were left. Many mutated beetles regarded these bones as new nests. When Qi Lin opened the compartment door, the frightened beetles They all got into the shadow of the room.

After scanning the objects in the cubicle, Qi Lin didn't find what he wanted, so he didn't intend to disturb the dead. He closed the door again and walked towards the depths of the club.

Various accessories, rider uniforms, helmets... and even competition trophies can be seen everywhere in the club, but Qi Lin just couldn't find a complete motorcycle, not even on the hydraulic rack of the modification workshop located in the club's backyard. It was empty, with only a rusty motorcycle skeleton thrown in the corner of the workshop.

"It can't be so unlucky..."

Qi Lin murmured to himself. Suddenly, he discovered that the floor under his feet seemed to be hollow. There seemed to be a secret basement hidden directly under the renovation workshop!

Qi Lin didn't bother to look for an entrance. He took the largest wrench from the tool rack nearby and slammed it on the floor under his feet.

With the brute force of the fifth-level evolver, the metal wrench smashed directly through the concrete floor, creating a large hole one meter square.

Qi Lin jumped up and jumped directly in.

"Damn...you're lucky!"

In this basement, there are four modified motorcycles covered with canvas, and in the corner of the basement, there are a lot of daily necessities and gasoline piled up!

It is not surprising that there are modified motorcycles hidden in the basement of the club. After all, these motorcycles are illegally modified at first glance. If the police see them, they will definitely be fined and detained. As for the supplies and gasoline, they are probably The people in this club were waiting for the radiation to dissipate to escape, but who knew that a mutated zombie appeared among them and killed everyone directly in the club.