Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 10: Broken at the touch of a touch

Zhou Yi stared at the remote control.

The three-man team was patient. They stayed outside the patrol range of the warrior crabs and tried to find a way to bypass the defense line.

When they realized that nothing could be done, they stopped.

Only three human figures could be seen on the screen. Apart from the enhancer in the lead whose red light was stronger, they had no special physical features.

Zhou Yi ordered to turn on the [Bird's Eye View].

Now, text information appeared above the enhancer's head.

——There are quite a few E-level monster guards. This guy is not ordinary, so be careful.

——A character like this came to the deserted town of Changu and started to build a camp, especially at this time... He was probably here for that thing.

——We have to take the initiative and attack him while he is still unstable. This is the best opportunity. Fortunately, I brought the latest weapons, so it is not a big problem to deal with these monsters.

Zhou Yi frowned.

There is a gang behind this guy.

The person next to the enhancer has simpler thoughts.

——I’m so sleepy. I really want to go back and take a nap early.

——Why doesn’t the boss call for disbanding? We are not going to rob today. We have run so far, and we don’t want to leave or fight... The boss is getting more and more timid.

Another person's thoughts attracted Zhou Yi's high attention.

——How did Ajin get to know this stranger?
——He is stubborn and not the kind of person who knows how to adapt, otherwise he could be our accomplice.

—Last time, my aim wasn't good enough, and my spear missed his vitals. I must finish him off today. This guy must have started to suspect me...

Zhou Yi's eyes sharpened.

This person is a resident of Shangu Town.

Zhou Yi immediately called A Jin, who was still laying straw on the container house, and asked him what was going on.

The young man, who was originally excited about living in a new house, now looked gloomy: "I know there are robbers in the town."

"It's true that the Light Na people won't come to the cave where the Shangu Town is located, but the robbers have never come here once, which is strange in itself."

"Whenever they made a move, whether it was lighting a fire in the cave to smoke us out or trying to scare and seal the cave entrance, we had no choice but to flee and be robbed by them. The people in the town had little combat experience and lacked metal weapons, so there was no way we could fight them."

"But the town has never been robbed. People say that because we are so poor, thieves are too lazy to risk rushing in, as they don't want to get hurt in the cave full of sharp rocks, which is not worth the risk."

"I believed it when I was a kid, but later I found out that if we picked up good things outside, such as valuable copper and iron, gems, and skins cut from the corpses of monsters, they would be snatched away immediately. Even if we hid them, we would be threatened to hand them over."

The young man's face was full of bitterness: "I'm lucky to have met you this time, otherwise I would have died."

"There are bandits hiding in the town of Changu, and many people know it. Now everyone is on guard against each other, fearing that the other party is a bandit..."

Zhou Yi sorted out the information.

The robber gangs here are adopting the strategy of raising pigs. They will not kill the residents of Changu Town directly, but keep the underground market town in the cave. The robbers need the people here to be their free labor, to collect resources everywhere, and then they will select those that are worth taking away.

They keep the locals in a state of numbness where they can barely make a living but cannot escape.

"I am sure that one person is missing a front tooth. The one who came to your house to exchange the hat you gave me when you came to town that day was the one who was missing a front tooth."

Ajin frowned and said, "Every time he goes out at night, his missing front tooth always disappears quickly. No one knows where he goes, and few people see him."

"He also approached me and asked if I was willing to join the hunting group to do odd jobs and run errands, and do some dirty work, but it needed to be kept completely confidential. I felt something was wrong, so I didn't agree."

"Once, when I was picking up dried feces by the river, I saw Missing Front Tooth washing his hands. He didn't notice me, but just took off his clothes, changed into another set and buried it under a rock. When he left, I went over and saw that his clothes were covered in human blood, which was still hot."

"That day, a man was killed in the town. He was said to have confronted the robbers and refused to hand over the things he had taken. His head was thrown at the entrance of the cave as a warning to the townspeople."

Zhou Yi was now basically certain that the enhancer outside was also brought by Missing Front Teeth. The target was Hong Xuan's remote control.

Since you are an enemy, there is nothing to say.

Years of experience in the Dead Sea have proven that any mercy shown to the enemy will result in a cruel boomerang back at you.

Zhou Yi ordered to annihilate the enemy completely.

The warrior crabs in the Dead Sea, who were on high alert at all times, moved out quickly and began to move quietly around.

On the screen, 45 green dots quickly surrounded the enemy in a larger area. By the time the three thieves reacted, they were already in a hand-to-hand fight. The battle lasted for 1 minute, and the three enemy red dots disappeared.

Zhou Yi looked confused.

Why do the enhancers seem to be about the same strength as ordinary people, but they break into pieces at the slightest touch?
The Red Falcon expanded the search area and found that there were no other suspicious lives around, and confirmed that all the enemies were dead.

Zhou Yi then rode his bike all the way there.

Through the flashlight, he saw three broken bodies lying on the ground, all of them killed by volleys of poisonous kitchen knives. The three robbers still covered their faces until they died, and only the terrified look in their eyes could be seen before they died.

Zhou Yi lifted the black cloth covering their faces.

As expected, one of them was a man with missing front teeth and a bone chain hanging around his neck, his face was blue and his lips were slightly open. The other ordinary person was a bald boy with a fierce face and no eyebrows.

The enhancer of death was a man in his twenties, with a stiff and stunned face.

His hair was neatly pressed against his head and looked greased. He wore a leather jacket, a pair of boots, and a brown linen coat over it. In his hand he clutched a brass pistol.

This was a flintlock rifle with a wooden handle and copper buckle. It needed to be loaded with gunpowder and bullets before it could fire. In the event of a sudden attack, there was no time to draw the gun and fire. It was normal for him to be killed by the poisonous flying knife of the warrior crab.

This made Zhou Yi think of it.

It seems that the technology for making firearms also existed in this era. The cave dwelling life in Changu Town can only represent part of the poor and backward areas.

The Enhancer carried a suitcase with him.

Zhou Yi found a copper badge, a stack of papers nailed to the bottom, a charcoal pencil, some small oil-soaked cloth bags packed in a wooden box, a kettle, a comb, and a simple toothbrush.

He packed up the stuff and returned to the seaside camp.

The three bodies were carried by the warrior crabs and thrown into the Dead Sea.

The death ray will quickly decompose the debris and return it to nature.

……

Sitting on the soft leather sofa in the new house, Zhou Yi turned on a portable lamp. This provided better lighting, but it consumed more batteries, so he had to use them sparingly.

Under the light, he took out the captured flintlock pistol.

There is a Y-shaped mark engraved on the gun body, and next to it is a digital number "19941".

Zhou Yi's knowledge of guns was limited to various TV shows and games. The only time he touched one was during military training. Unfortunately, the instructor only allowed them to fire blanks as a formality.

He cocked the hammer and tried to pull the trigger.

With a click, the flint fixed on the hammer collided with the firing port.

In his own time, this was an antique in a museum, but now it is a personal weapon of an enhancer.

Zhou Yi opened the small cloth bags soaked in oil again, and sure enough, there were bullets inside. These bullets looked like they were made of lead, heavy, and slightly soft, with two types of markings on the outer cloth shells.

One has a black circle drawn on it, and the other has a blue circle drawn on it.

Two bullet models representing different functions?
Zhou Yi compared the two lead bullets and could not see any difference in appearance.

Want to give it a try?
　Thanks to the leader of the wind~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)