Infinite Ebullience -
Chapter 372 - 9 - The mission begins, the shadow under nuclear winter
Chapter 372: Chapter 9 - The mission begins, the shadow under nuclear winter
After Qin Yan, Pang Meiqin, and Yin Shangwu were teleported in, the rock version of the International Song began to play in midair around the black cube island.
All the newcomers stared at it, their expressions uneasy and full of caution.
"What a mess, there’s even a pregnant woman this time." Pang Meiqin drew a deep breath, shaking her head helplessly. "And two elderly people, not to mention all these women. They’ll be nothing but burdens."
"Pang Meiqin seriously, you’re so lucky it’s ridiculous. Actually managed to survive." Lu Fan extended his index finger, poking Pang Meiqin’s thigh. It hadn’t been long since she had shaken off her burden status, and she was already audaciously criticizing the newcomers.
"Of course, but I have to thank Shangwu." Pang Meiqin responded proudly, then quickly thanked Yin Shangwu. "She helped me a lot."
"In which country did you aid?" Tang Zheng hurriedly asked a question.
"The Red Trojan. All North American newcomers." Pang Meiqin extended a finger, hooked her collar, and pulled it up, showing off. "The Red Trojan is very generous with an 8.5% discount. I can finally afford to wear the enhanced version of the Unicorn Level A protective clothing."
"Wait until you find out Tang Zheng bought a set of SS level Iron Hellfire, I bet you’ll be green with envy." Lu Fan ignored her.
"Toys, please your lord with your insignificant lives and sweet blood!" The Silver Trojan started off traditionally, and then turned to Tang Zheng and his party, saying in a bitter tone, "Nobody died? Are you all cockroaches or what?"
"Hey, Silver, hearing your poisonous tongue again is rather familiar, isn’t it?" Lu Fan smirked while sarcastically responding to it. "How about giving us a discount?"
"I can do that, only charging you twelve times the cost. What would you like to buy?" The silver-colored Trojan swiftly listed out the purchases and cynically added, "If you don’t buy, I might turn my back on you!"
The newcomers were all taken aback, having never encountered anything so treacherous and shady. Twelve times the price, isn’t that more expensive than the original price?
"Humph, no way." Lu Fan was about to explode in anger, this thing was so infuriating.
"Enough of the nonsense, announce the mission." Tang Zheng knew he couldn’t get a good deal out of Silver.
"This mission is quite challenging, I’m actually afraid to say it." The Silver Trojan simulated a smacking sound, mocking, "Looking at your team’s composition, how did so many burdens sneak in?"
"Didn’t you pick them?" Pang Meiqin was taken aback.
"Oh, right, I forgot. I was the one who picked them. Hehe, it’s way more fun this way." The Silver Trojan almost choked the group with his words.
"Just announce the mission." Dantai Zongqi stood up, walked beneath the Black Cube, and observed it closely.
"Stop looking, even if your eyeballs burst, you won’t be able to work anything out." The Silver Trojan began to spin and even suddenly dropped a few distances. The newcomers were frightened and moved back instinctively, but Tang Zheng, Yin Shangwu, and Dantai Zongqi remained still, watching it with cold smiles. The other conquerors standing at a distance also showed no reaction.
"That’s not fun at all, Tang Zheng. Can’t you take a joke after all this time?" The Silver Trojan stared at the little Lolita. "You’re pretty lucky to have become a conqueror now, Lolita. Oh, that generous bastard, the Red Trojan, he awarded you eight million, what a jerk."
"You’re the one being a jerk." Tang Zheng was surprised at looking at Lu Fan. He had forgotten that Lu Fan had already survived three Trojan games and had risen to the rank of conqueror because the Red Trojan had not publicly announced it.
"This is so unfair!" Pang Meiqin became jealous. "Why do we only get a reward of five hundred points?" she yelled at the Trojan Motorcycle.
"That’s within my rights. I can award as much as I want. If you’re not happy with it, then try to earn more points." The Trojan replied impatiently, "To recap, as a friendly tip, if you want to complete this mission safely, get ready with a radiation suit, a Geiger counter, and a down jacket."
"Damn, I don’t have any points left!" Liu Heng opened the Trojan list and yelled in frustration, then turned to Dantai Zongqi, "Brother Zongqi, could you buy me one?"
"Hehehe, I brought a down jacket." Gao Yu started showing off, completely oblivious to the fact that the expressions of the newcomers had changed drastically.
Tan Hui turned to look at the twelve female models wearing three-point swimsuits, they were sure freeze to death in the ice and snow.
"What about my son?" Chu Baichuan grasped his watermelon knife and stared viciously at the Trojan, cursing, "What the hell are you?"
"I can’t be bothered to deal with you, brute." The Silver Trojan’s voice dropped cold, "Please have some basic respect for the Trojan. Otherwise, you’ll be wiped out."
Chu Baichuan wanted to say something else, but was stopped by his pregnant wife.
"What should the newcomers do?" Pang Meiqin questioned without hesitation, showing a bit of mercy at this moment. But the Trojan’s next sentence shut her up.
"You can spend points to buy props for them. No one is stopping you."
"Silver, sorry to disappoint you on that front, but look what this is." Tang Zheng showed the small Geiger counter in his hand and said, "I have a spare one, and I have several down jackets."
"Humph, I knew I wouldn’t be able to trick you." The sound of the Silver Trojan was filled with frustration. "For this mission, you will be operating in a world post-nuclear war, a terrain of ice and snow, with an average temperature around minus ten degrees Celsius. Because the conditions are harsh, the initial equipment for this mission has been increased: you will all have a protective suit, a chopper, a crossbow with twenty arrows, and the amount of ammunition for firearms has been increased to ten ammo clips."
As the Trojan’s voice fell, the floor split open, and two rows of hollow steel racks filled with weapons rose up. On another row, there were fifty black boxes.
Liu Heng never complained about having too many bullets. He enthusiastically went to touch the guns, only to get shocked by an electric arc that burst out from above.
"From now on, except for newbies, other survivors no longer have the right to choose their initial equipment." The Trojan added, "So, please choose carefully."
"Can we choose any?" The eyes of the two border defense soldiers fell on the mountains of firearms, and they could hardly resist grabbing them.
"Are you daydreaming?" The Silver Trojan scoffed and said, "Each newbie is only allowed to choose one."
Hearing this, the two border defense soldiers extended their hands towards the weapons they had had their eyes on. One was an M200 sniper rifle, and the other was an automatic type-03 rifle.
"Wait!" Dantai Zongqi spoke to stop them, but Tang Zheng had pounced out. Unfortunately, he was too far away, and he only managed to grab the arm of one of the soldiers. The other had already picked up the M200 and was excitedly fiddling with it.
"What’s the matter?" Everyone was confused.
"You already have guns, choosing protective clothing gives the highest return." Pang Meiqin explained a bit.
"But we only have two ammo clips." The soldier couldn’t understand and tried to break free from Tang Zheng’s hand, only to find that he couldn’t.
"Protective clothing can double your physical qualities. As for firearms, you can find them in the Trojan World as well," Zongqi’s tone was very cold, "Now it’s over, don’t you think it would be difficult to match the bullets for the M200? Even if we want to help you, we don’t have the same bullets."
"Ah, we lost one." Pang Meiqin sighed and had little hope for this soldier’s survival.
"Aren’t you all too leisurely? The game will start in three minutes!" The Trojan was very dissatisfied, "This time has already caused quite a delay."
"Everyone, choose protective clothing." Zongqi spoke up, and his followers echoed his words, persuading the newbies.
Twelve female models weren’t yet clear about what type of place they were in, and one of them felt superior and asked Zongqi a question. However, he ignored her.
"Silver, what’s the mission really?" Tang Zheng hesitated about whether or not to purchase vehicle driving skills, but it seemed like it should be useful in a post-nuclear world.
"In a Doomsday City after a nuclear winter, collecting 10,000 nuclear bottle caps signifies mission completion." The Trojan didn’t bother hiding it and even proactively reminded him, "The most optimistic estimate is that it would take you two years to complete the mission, so prepare to live in a post-nuclear world long-term."
"Why do I hear a gloating tone in your voice?" Lu Fan was sick of it and started shopping.
"Two years? Are you crazy?" Pang Meiqin didn’t show the demeanor of a Conqueror and was scared.
"Oh also, your weapons, ammunition, everything that you bring into the game from the Trojan Room, cannot be exchanged for nuclear bottle caps." The Trojan’s words were so biting that they reached a pinnacle, "Oh, I heard it’s a post-war world where even toilet paper is scarce, don’t forget to prepare, otherwise, you’ll have to solve problems with stones and fingers."
Chu Baichuan had a hot temper. Hearing this, he wanted to throw his watermelon knife at the floating black cube in the air, but his wife stopped him in time.
"Humph, I really want to see what your son would look like grown up in a radioactive environment." The Trojan couldn’t punish Chu Baichuan, but it could mock him.
"Tank driving, helicopter driving, car driving, fighter aircraft driving." Tang Zheng thought he wouldn’t be going to the sea, so he didn’t choose sea ship driving skill, and spent a hundred points choosing the most practical four kinds of driving skills, "In the Doomsday, finding a helicopter shouldn’t be difficult, right?"
"Sixty, fifty-nine!" The Trojan began the countdown and didn’t forget to tease them, "You’d better put on your cold-resistant clothes first, otherwise when you’re teleported, you’ll taste the abuse of harsh conditions."
"Being around Tang Zheng for so long, I’ve learned a lot, at least in terms of always having my equipment fully prepared." Pang Meiqin opened her backpack and put on a down jacket and hat.
Lu Fan was putting on a pair of snow boots.
"Tang Zheng, why aren’t you wearing anything? Don’t tell me that all your bravado earlier was just a bluff because you’re not actually prepared, right?" The Trojan wanted to see Tang Zheng embarrassed.
"Sorry, but I’ve made too many preparations, so I want to see the actual conditions before I decide." Tang Zheng shrugged, his gaze drifting towards the newbies. What about them?
"Damn it, so frustrating. The countdown is over, teleportation begins!" The Trojan felt really miserable and it cursed them fiercely, "I hope you all die."
Once the teleportation was over, before anyone could even open their eyes, they felt a flurry of snowflakes hit their faces, causing them to shiver from the cold.
"Damn, what kind of ghost weather is this." Liu Heng hugged his arms and was scared enough to scream out loud. Their entire view was of white all around, with heavy snowflakes falling from the sky, and snow that reached their knees on the ground. All survivors were stuck in it.
"Damn, this wants our lives." Chu Baichuan cursed, had no hesitation, and immediately took off his jacket and vest to put on his wife. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my biggest motivation.)
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