Chapter 926 Other Survivors

Although it has undergone radical modifications that violate Chinese laws in the old era, the engine used by this motorcycle is still an internal combustion engine that requires fossil fuel as energy. Even if Qi Lin's energy-gathering vortex can output enough power, there is no way to convert it into The power that can make the internal combustion engine run again, without gasoline, is just a decoration that looks pretty good.

Pushing the motorcycle into the corner, Qi Lin dragged a large piece of faded fiberboard billboard from the ground to cover it, and then got out from the crack above his head.

According to the city images returned by the mastermind drone, there should be several gas stations nearby. Except for one of them which was directly wiped off the map by an aerial bomb, leaving a large crater with a radius of more than 200 meters, the others Several gas stations should be relatively well preserved, but it is unknown whether there is any remaining gasoline in the tanks buried underground at these gas stations - this information cannot be detected by drones.

This location is almost the internal transportation hub of the city. Dozens of roads gather here, including two expressways and ten urban arterial roads. In addition, there are a large number of overpasses and railway viaducts. It is precisely because For this reason, those gas stations are concentrated in this area.

A large number of rusted car wrecks were piled up on the abandoned and cracked asphalt road. The collapsed reinforced concrete bridge lay across the middle of the road. Countless cement blocks peeled off from the incomplete bridge piers and were scattered on the ground in a mess. Qi Lin could even see A car with only an outer frame left was hung on a steel bar dozens of meters above the ground. Whenever the wind blew, the wreckage of the car would sway, giving people a sense of It feels like it will be knocked down from the top of your head at any time.

After bypassing a section of the overpass that had been smashed down, Qi Lin crossed two completely deformed railway tracks, and a dilapidated gas station finally appeared in his sight.

The iconic dome of the gas station has collapsed, and the yellow and red shell trademark can be vaguely seen among the gray ruins. Most of the gas pumps have been crushed by the dome, except for two near the edge. The tanker was located in the "safety triangle" and was preserved.

Qi Lin took off the refueling gun from the machine, but the gas station had already lost power, and no matter how hard he pressed the trigger, not even a drop of gasoline came out of the gun.

"...Fortunately, I was prepared in advance."

Qi Lin hung the refueling gun back to its original place, took off the assault rifle behind him, smashed the display screen of the refueling machine with the butt of the gun, and reached out to pull out the control chip inside.

He took out the nuclear battery block, adjusted the voltage to a level suitable for the tanker, then cut the wires of the battery that came with the tanker, and clamped the electric clamp connected to the nuclear battery block - soon, that piece was covered with dust. Each indicator light and diode on the chip began to flash one by one.

If this gas station is still in normal operation, doing so is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous behavior. Directly exposed electric sparks are likely to ignite the oil-gas mixture in the air... But now the entire gas station is connected There was no smell of gasoline, and Qi Lin even suspected that even if he lit a bonfire here, nothing would happen.

The refueling machine regained its working ability, but there was still no oil coming out of the refueling gun - obviously, the underground oil tank of this gas station was already empty.

When a war completely breaks out and social order is out of control, in addition to grabbing food and other daily necessities, the priority and importance of fuel will not be lowered. Cars are a form of transportation that almost every household has. , even if you don’t have one, you can rob or steal it... All in all, during the chaotic war period, it was not easy to get a car in the city, and the cost was almost zero. To have a car, you first need to The only thing to consider is the fuel issue.

Even those crazy rioters clearly understand that it is not safe to stay in such a big city. Due to the nuclear bundling strategy, after key strategic targets are destroyed, the second round of nuclear strikes will come to these populations. If you want to survive in a dense big city, the best way is to flee to the inaccessible northwest region. It is vast and sparsely populated. Except for some military bases and industrial areas, there are basically no targets worthy of attack, and hostile forces are also there. It is impossible to waste nuclear warheads in the wasteland and Gobi Desert. If you can escape to such a place, at least you will not have to be buried with those once extremely prosperous big cities.

However, if you want to cross most of the Chinese border and escape to the northwest region, you need to consume a lot of fuel. In order to obtain fuel, the first target must be to target gas stations with large underground oil storage tanks.

There are varying degrees of damage marks on the casings of these gas pumps. A large number of broken gas cards are scattered on the ground, as well as several corpses further away that have obviously been violently treated, proving that this gas station has been subjected to violence. After being looted by thugs, since this place has been completely looted, the situation at the other gas stations must not be much better.

There must be enough gasoline in the abandoned city, but where the gasoline will be stored is a problem. Qi Lin does not have time to inspect the ruins one by one. As for the car wrecks on the road, the gasoline in the fuel tank It must have evaporated completely long ago.

Just when Qi Lin was worrying about gasoline, a dull gunshot suddenly came from a distance——

"Gun? Is it human?"

Qi Lin immediately increased his vigilance, quickly found a cover, and then looked in the direction of the gunfire.

The sound of the gun was very low. It should be a large-caliber, full-power firearm equipped with a silencer. A single shot was mixed with the howls of some mutated creatures. It was very difficult to distinguish. Judging from the loudness of the sound, the opponent should be three meters away from me. It looks like four hundred meters away.

The two options of the living dead and the survivors left over from before the war can basically be eliminated. The early eliminated ones who were exiled to the surface by the mastermind can also be ignored. Let’s not talk about whether these types of people can survive in an abandoned city full of murderous threats. Just the kind of firearms that use large-caliber, full-power bullets are not something they can get.

Since the opponent only fired one shot, Qi Lin could not determine whether the opponent used a large-caliber assault rifle or an anti-material sniper rifle from the old era. If it was the former, then the opponent's identity would be more worthy of scrutiny.

Was it the dispatch team that failed to return to the underground shelter due to mission failure or some other reason? Or a deserter who escaped from the battlefield during the previous battle at Jiange Fortress? Or are there survivors who were not accommodated by free will during this great purge?

The above speculations are all possible, but one thing is certain - the opponent has weapons in his hands, and they are large-caliber firearms that can pose a fatal threat to the evolved ones. Qi Lin feels that it is better to be cautious.

But no matter what, Qi Lin still planned to make contact with the other party. After all, it was too abnormal to have human traces in this area. Moreover, what if the other party had gasoline in his hand?

More than twenty seconds after the first gunshot passed, the second gunshot rang out again. Compared with the previous shot, the shooting position of this shot was more than 100 meters further away from Qi Lin... This It should be chasing a prey, or being chased by a predator.

The possibility of the latter situation is relatively small. There are no signs of activity of advanced mutant creatures in this area, and the general large-caliber gunpowder firearms of E-level and F-level mutants are enough to cope with it. There is no need to be chased and run away in embarrassment, so the opponent should be Just go hunting.

I just don't know how many of them there are - from the beginning to the end, there is only the sound of a gun.

Taking advantage of the cover of the car wreckage, Qi Lin crouched and silently and quickly moved toward the direction of the gunfire...

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"...Organizational people? Military police?"

A pile of bonfires wrapped in an iron cover full of ventilation holes came into Qi Lin's sight. Four men wearing organization military police uniforms were sitting around the bonfire, their weapons leaning against the stones beside them. There were two other people using daggers to deal with a mutated creature that was slightly smaller than a bison. The back half of this mutated creature was almost completely shattered by large-caliber full-power bullets, and blood flowed all over the ground. The large-caliber assault rifle that fired the round was carried behind one of the men.

Although Qi Lin recognized the military police uniforms they were wearing, because the armbands on their shoulders were torn off, Qi Lin could not determine their identities...perhaps, these uniforms did not belong to them.

Qi Lin's hiding place is more than 20 meters away from these people. With his hearing, he can easily hear the conversation between that person.

"Fourth, go get some sand to cover the blood on the ground. With such a strong smell of blood, it will be troublesome if it attracts other monsters!" This was a voice with a strong Russian accent, although the words were pronounced. Not very accurate but very fluent in Chinese. It seems that he must have lived in China for a long time.

"What kind of monster could there be? We have been searching this area for so long. Have you seen anything like that? Besides, where do you want me to get sand for you in this place?" This voice came from that person The man carrying a large-caliber assault rifle and skinning prey with a dagger.

"Okay, okay, you guys do it neatly, and I'll go to the side and keep an eye on you." The guy took out a very worn metal flask from his pocket, took a cautious sip, and smacked it. Mouth, he picked up the gun on the side and walked towards the periphery.

The weapon he used was a nine-millimeter PDW. This type of submachine gun is the standard equipment of the military police force. If they had not obtained a complete batch of military police standard equipment, then there should be no doubt about the identity of this group of people. .

But...why do the organization's military police appear here?

Military police would definitely not be sent out to explore the surface of the earth, which is a laborious, tiring and dangerous job. Those dispatched teams are basically staffed by specially trained members of the special forces. As for the battle of Jiange Fortress, In Qi Lin's impression, military police only accounted for a very small part of the organization's troops. Moreover, military police were rarely sent to fight on battlefields outside the fortress. Their main task was to maintain the interior of the fortress. In order to maintain order, even the "law enforcement team" of the frontline troops is held by some low-level officers, and they have nothing to do.

Could this group of people be deserters from that war? Qi Lin couldn't be sure... and the most important point was that he didn't know if they had more companions.

With Qi Lin's ability, even if he wants to kill these organizational gendarmes, even if they are all third- and fourth-level evolvers, there will definitely be no problem. But if the other party has other companions, then Qi Lin's whereabouts will inevitably Being exposed... The identity of the other party is still unknown. If they have any contact with the organization, the Revolutionary Alliance or even the mastermind, Qi Lin's exposure of his whereabouts at this time will undoubtedly cause the subsequent rescue operation to slip into the abyss of failure in advance. .

Now, no matter which force he is in, he is already a "dead person" in the records. Even if he has free will and the new teammates who are about to join him, except for a few of them, most of them are not. Knowing their identity, they only know that they are a free mercenary recruited by the "boss" and an "expert" in handling this matter.

Yes... "Boss", although free will has been taken over by the mastermind, they still don't know the true identity of the mastermind. Within Free Will, the word "boss" has always been used to refer to the third person hidden behind the scenes. Two masterminds.

Of course, those few people who knew Qi Lin's true identity also received separate warnings from the "boss" in advance not to disclose any information related to Qi Lin to anyone.

This rescue operation is very important. Qi Lin does not want to fail because of his recklessness. At this time, there is always nothing wrong with acting cautiously.

He decided to squat for a while and confirm their identities through the chat between these people before making the next decision.

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The prey was quickly processed by the two of them. The broken pieces of meat and internal organs were put into a somewhat deformed military pot, and then the remaining meat and bones were skewered with steel drills and placed on the bonfire. above.

"Finally, we have meat to eat... I have been eating compressed dry food every day for the past few days, and I don't even know what meat tastes like..." A man wearing a tattered cloak pulled out a knife from his waist and continued to grill meat. It says, "It's a pity that there is no seasoning, so we can only eat it bland."

"It's best to eat less. The radiation content in this thing is not low. We no longer have Qingfu Ning. If the radiation accumulates in your stomach, no one can save you." The man carrying a large-caliber rifle said .

"Whatever, who knows if I will die tomorrow. Eat a good meal if you can. If we weren't lucky, we would have died in the purge!"