In the autumn of NC-25, the first batch of shelter residents to leave the shelter have begun to harvest the first fruits after the expansion of cultivated land. This is the first time since the New Hope Era that humans do not have to worry about running out of food.
Although all cultivated land on the surface still needs to be protected by windbreak walls and artificial irrigation is still required to supply most of the water, they still harvest several times the food in the shelter.
The products of the Gray Field Project are like an invincible little beast that has firmly taken root in the soil that is severely granulated and lacks fertilizer.
For the Valentinos, this is also a good opportunity for rapid expansion.
Compared with other regions on the west coast of the Federation, the Night City region has always been a uniquely chosen place during major storms. They have the largest number of people, cultivate the largest area of cultivated land, and harvest the largest amount of food.
Two nearby shelters have expressed their willingness to become Valentino's loyal allies and follow in the footsteps of Valentino at the monthly shelter meetings, but the condition is only the right to purchase food first.
Their thirst for supplies makes them dare not even mention preferential prices, they just want a right of first refusal.
In the past twenty-five years, the coalition organization that was united to fight against the players has long existed in name only, especially with the death of some coalition 'powerful people' who knew or were not aware of their puppet identities. Even Miko
Erson can no longer control the entire world as meticulously as before.
Although the Great Storm has been weakened, the impact of the Great Storm on supernatural abilities and the bad electromagnetic environment left behind by the Apocalypse have put Mikkelsen's two weapons used to rule the world in a quagmire.
Although the Mikkelsons who work independently are consistent in the general direction, considering the zero-sum doctrine that Mikkelson believes in, the competition between Mikkelson himself is enough to give him a headache.
On the other hand, the chaotic electromagnetic environment has also forced the technological level of human beings on the surface to be limited to the mechanized era. The only cross-regional communication restrictions are only enough to maintain communication between shelters.
Of course, this also has something to do with Dr. Wu Qianying's inactivity and no longer promoting related technologies. Although Mikkelsen's shelter plan has greatly preserved talents in the scientific research community, these people have been accustomed to the same throughout the New Hope Era.
Dr. Ng Chien-ying is right on the mark.
Wu Qianying's attitude towards Mikkelsen can completely represent the attitude of the scientific research community towards Mikkelsen. They dare not openly express any dissatisfaction with Mikkelson, but in the technical field, unless you really understand, otherwise
It's just what people say.
For example, now, if you say there is no result, you have no result, and if you ask, you are trying your best. Due to the influence of the general environment, the progress cannot be faster, and Mikkelsen finally suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated.
To be fair, Mikkelsen is definitely considered a high-quality talent among the Seven Deadly Sins. He was the top weapons engineer in the 1970s and 1980s, an outstanding businessman, politician, and probably the most scheming person in the world.
careerist.
But it is impossible for him to reach the heights of Wu Qianying in the field of scientific research, at least not now. However, Mikkelsen's plan does include entering the scientific research world, but he has not yet found a suitable method to occupy the clone.
Preserve the experience and wisdom of the occupied
Arizona, Davis Mountain Refuge.
Martin wore a stainless steel 'straw hat' and leaned against the outer wall of a steel-concrete structure building to escape the heat.
NC-25 The temperature in Arizona in October was around 41 degrees, and Martin was hot all over from the sun. No one wanted to get close to him, but he liked this kind of alone time very much.
Ever since he experienced neurometalization and experienced a slow-paced life, Martin's character has become much calmer. Many times, his reactions to the outside world even make people think that he has not yet overcome the sequelae of neurometalization.
Miwako has been working as the supervisor since she took over the position of supervisor when Martin's nerves were metalized. Martin has no interest in continuing to be the supervisor of the shelter.
The building next to Martin is the first building built on the surface by the residents of Davis Mountain Shelter. Its location is less than 500 meters from the exit of the shelter. Compared with those more radical shelters, they
The time point for returning to the surface is a bit late, and the pace is small.
Thanks to Martin's hamster-like preparation, the supplies in the Davis Mountain Shelter are still abundant, which also makes them less motivated to explore outside. The main reason why they established a settlement on the surface this time is also because of the refuge.
The living space inside the house became tight.
The Davis Mountain Shelter itself was renovated from a military base and was not satisfactory in terms of comfort. Moreover, as early as the beginning of construction, Martin adopted the simplest and most trouble-free way to solve the housing problem of the shelter residents - they
Convert shipping containers into rooms.
Fortunately, neither Martin's tribe nor the wanderers have much demand in this regard. They are used to living a hard life.
But more than 20 years later, the residents of the shelter still inevitably occupy all the unplanned open space in the shelter. Some have become storage spaces, and some have become small shops. This does not include the generation born in the New Hope Era.
People have also reached the age of getting married and having children, and everyone is eager for a larger living space.
The purpose of building settlements on the surface this time is to alleviate the pressure on the living space. However, most of the people who choose to go to the surface are the New Age generation. They have not experienced the glorious moments of mankind and are more accepting of the current environment on the surface.
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Compared to the way the Valentino people made lightweight hollow prefabricated parts in the shelter, assembled them directly on the surface manually, and filled them with sand in order to build infrastructure on the surface, the Davis Mountain Shelter was much luckier.
, Martin himself can act as a construction machine.
Although the construction period is a bit long, this three-story, fortress-like circular settlement still stands here tenaciously and can provide 64 people with an average living area of 16 square meters per person.
The hollow area in the middle of the ring area is a carefully designed wind-free area, used for agricultural production or the restoration of some green plants.
As mentioned before, the food cycle in the Davis Mountain Refuge is at a relatively balanced stage, and they are not in a hurry to expand their food production scale.
Miwako was also inside the ring settlement at this time. Miwako is fifty-three years old this year, but thanks to the experimental bioprosthetic body of the Arasaka Group, Miwako's physical condition is still quite good, except for a hint of mature beauty.
With her gorgeous temperament, only the subtle crow's feet at the corners of her eyes make people realize that time has also left traces on her body.
She came with Ethan this time. As the big storm is no longer so violent, Ethan is becoming more and more important to the shelter. He is directing a group of technicians to deploy monitoring equipment on the roof of the settlement.
, and a UAV take-off and landing platform.
The electromagnetic impact brought by the big storm turned the high-precision drones in Ethan's collection into scrap metal, but some low-cost and low-tech drones can already be used to a limited extent under Ethan's control.
Although mankind has experienced the Day of Apocalypse, violence and conflicts have not disappeared. The conflicts between people are becoming more and more intense.
In Arizona alone, there are three known groups of predators with malicious intentions. Naturally, the first to bear the brunt is the Kona group of the great predators who have created a great reputation.
A search team from the Davis Mountain Shelter met west of Tucson and clashed.
The other group is armed wanderers of unknown origin. It is still unknown where they come from and where their base is. Ethan has only discovered their traces in drone footage.
The last group of predators were some unfortunate shelter residents who did not survive the Great Storm and were transformed into the future. Their number was small, but their extreme strength caused even the men of the great predator Kona to survive after being exposed to it once.
He gave up his plan to absorb the other party.
"Mom, I want to move here too!" The fifteen-year-old Konstantin Gu Shinobi stood on the edge of the roof, facing the wind, feeling the remaining power of the big storm. Today's wind level was only level eight, so for
For a child like him from the New Hope Era era, this little bit of wind is a breeze.
"Come back here!" Miwako's voice made Tan Ninja calm down: "Whenever you can shoot and hit the target 150 meters away, I will let you come up and stay!"
Hearing what Miwako said, Eclair, who was lying not far away and silently observing the surroundings with a sniper rifle, smiled slightly: "Tani Shinobu has made great progress, and he will meet the requirements soon, mom."
Surrounded by several raider forces, the Davis Mountain Sanctuary still dares to establish settlements on the surface. In addition to the old strong men like Martin and the Saints, there are also new generation forces like Eclair.
Eclair was a natural sniper, a superhuman with ballistic sensing. After being carefully taught by the saints, he was able to make perfect shots and became the deadliest gunman in the storm.
There were several corpses left nearby and they left in panic.
"You heard me, I'm making great progress!" Tanin secretly gave a thumbs up to Eclair behind Miwako. Eclair didn't look back, but just responded with an OK gesture.
"We can't keep the settlement, the people in the settlement are calling, what are they going to call this place?" As a fixed-wing drone flew back staggeringly from the dust, Ethan, who had kept his eyes closed, finally opened them.
He opened his eyes and nodded to Miwako: "Everything is normal within the surrounding five kilometers. There are no traces of predators. It's time for immigrants to come over."
Hearing this, Eclair turned his gun and fired at a metal plate at the entrance of the shelter 500 meters away. The metal plate fell with the sound, and a shelter resident immediately ran back. Not long after, there were two fully loaded vehicles.
The bus of shelter residents left the shelter.
"Let those young people decide for themselves. This is their home. We old-fashioned people should not delay them." Miwako shook her head and refused the right to name the settlement. She turned to her son and said: "
You, go pack your things and we’ll go back to the shelter tonight.”
"But mom, dad, sister, and uncle Martin are all staying here tonight!" Constantine Guren begged: "Can you let me stay here too? I promise I won't cause any trouble, even if
If those looters rush into the settlement, I will find a hole to crawl in and will not be reckless!"
"Let him live here." Ethan couldn't help but speak, wanting to intercede for his son.
"Shut up, it's troublesome enough for you to live outside, plus Constantine, Martin and Eclair can't take care of it at all!" Miwako's menacing look made Ethan only shrug at Tani Shinobu.
She shrugged, with an expression that said, "I tried my best, son, but your mother is too strong."
"Dad!" Constantine Guren said in a tone that said he hated iron and steel, "You are completely doing a disservice!"
Hearing the conversation between them, a smile appeared on Eclair's lips. Although she has been more accustomed to wrapping herself tightly and covering her face with a gas mask, she has indeed become much more cheerful than before.
, among which Ethan and Constantine’s battle of wits and courage with Miwako every day had a great effect.
But the happy time is always short-lived. When the bus stopped downstairs in the settlement and the young men and women began to settle in the settlement with excitement, the predators who had been waiting for this opportunity finally couldn't hold back anymore.
A Skyraider AD-1 appeared from the horizon, circled around the settlement, flew to the west with full of malice, and then just hung on the horizon, constantly shaking its wings left and right to convey messages.
"Looks like our old friend is lucky." Ethan looked at the Skyraider and sighed. This kind of aircraft was designed to continue fighting with players in extreme environments after the apocalypse. Now it has become a Predator.
The best reconnaissance and attack tool.
Fortunately, although these predators have a functional Skyraider, they do not have the matching ammunition, otherwise the opponent would have fired just now.
Almost ten minutes later, several modified cars full of Predator style came into Eclair's field of vision. Her scope followed the leading car while constantly estimating the distance in her mind.
After a brief silence, there was a crisp gunshot. The bullet flew over a distance of more than 400 meters, passed through the gaps in the haphazardly patchwork armor plate, and hit the engine.
The off-road vehicle made several piercing noises, started to smoke, and then stopped where it was, being rear-ended by the car behind it.
"Nice shot! Sister! One more shot!" Konstantin Guren yelled and ran over, lay down next to Eclair and picked up the telescope, acting as the opponent's secondary shooter, completely guaranteeing what he had just promised his mother.
The words were forgotten in the back of my mind.
"It's up to you." Ethan glanced at Miwako, then nodded and commented.