Warlord: volume 1

by Chen Ran

  At the bottom of the cave, Kabu could no longer find any traces of the target moving anymore, except for zero. That was why he judged this place to be the final battlefield. Without a doubt, the target had been eliminated here. However, the strange thing was that the target seemed to have been destroyed at the molecular level. This was because the complete corpse could not be found at the scene, except for that puddle of blood.

  Judging from the previous battle, Zero did not carry any lethal weapon that could cause molecular level destruction. So how Zero kills the disorderly. This had become a mystery.

  Furthermore, the meat sacs left behind by the Gold Devourer and the coagulated bodily fluids made the environment even more complicated. Kabu was no longer able to analyze any more information from this place, and could only give up.

  "Third party interference?"

  On the way back to the base, Soren only thought of this possibility. However, there were no traces of a fight at the scene. If the target died without being able to resist, Soren reckoned that only those at the sixth step or above would be able to do so. What he did not know was that Hans was only killed by a new life form that had evolved from a Gold Devourer.

  Soren obtained a large amount of specimens from the Gold Devourer Cave, but after returning to the base with the assessment of biochemistry experts, the answers he obtained were still unavailable. Soren was furious. He had been busy the whole day, but in the end, it had all been for nothing.

  However, not a single person could enter the Blood Cavalry. Very quickly, Soren changed the method. He started with the people that Hans killed, ordering his subordinates to dig out the corpses from the cemetery, as well as to extract the DNA and other genetic information, hoping to find the target's relevant information.

  Because the corpse had already been dead for too long, the amount of genetic information that could be extracted was extremely small. And it has to be ruled out, which is a huge workload. After spending three days, the result finally came out. However, the thing that had dealt a great blow to Soren was that the target's information had still yet to come to fruition.

  Soren was like an angry bull, the aura of fire on his body was so thick that it seemed like it was about to explode. He called Jetto over and asked him in a low voice: "Is this all that's left of the dead?"

  "Yes, sir." "Almost everyone who was left in the base was killed …" Jetto modestly replied.

  "Wait." Soren suddenly interrupted him: "You just said it's almost, in other words, someone isn't dead yet?"

  "Yes, yes …" Jetto said anxiously, "It's Lea, the granddaughter of the previous person in charge of the base, Old Jack. That poor girl is infected with a virus, so we have to send her out of the base, but we don't want to go with her anymore. "

  Soren suddenly grabbed Jetto and bellowed: "Why didn't you report this before? And that girl, what kind of virus did she get? "

  Jetto almost cried, his entire body was trembling, and he could not speak properly: "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know she was that important. We don't know what virus Lea is infected with. She used to be very healthy, but after the massacre, she suddenly became infected with a virus, and we … "

  "Shut up and tell me. Where are they going? " Soren roared, his heart racing. The young girl, Lea, had only gotten the virus after the massacre. It was possible that it was not some virus, but the target's blood that had entered her body to cause a change.

  Soren remembered clearly that the bullet in the head caused the disordered person's blood to splatter all over the girl's body. There was nothing more direct than this. That woman called Lea was definitely a carrier of blood for the disorderly.

  Soren wished that he could slap himself in the face. Previously, he had focused all his attention on tracking the traces of the target, but he had neglected such an important person. Right now, he could only hope that this timid and cowardly miner would be able to give him a clear piece of information.

  "I don't know, sir." Jetto said with a sullen face: "But Zero said that he wanted to cure Lea, so they should have gone to the big city or base."

  "Even if there isn't a thousand bases or cities in Mainland China, there are at least eight hundred. Don't tell me you want me to search them one by one?" Soren roared, then asked: "How long have they been gone for?"

  "I left the day before you arrived."

  Soren immediately called Kabu out, and Tracing Specialist asked a series of professional questions. It included the equipment and food they had brought with them when they left. Finally, Kabu found the map, and used his strength to point at a certain location on the map.

  It was a settlement more than 3000 kilometers away from Z7 base, called Remot.

  "They should go there, or at least stop at the settlement. Judging by the resources they carried when they left, as well as the lack of transportation, they can't possibly go any further. " Kabu said with certainty.

  "Then let's go now!" Soren punched on the table and said loudly.

  That day, at noon, Jetto and a group of miners respectfully saw off Soren's convoy. The three cars drove east along the broken road.

  Just as Soren was about to leave the base, the green truck that Zero was on finally arrived at the edge of a city. From where the highway was, a large city was situated at the foot of the mountain. From a distance, the tightly regulated city was like a huge chessboard, with buildings of varying heights and heights towering over the city. However, from the telescope, most of the buildings were damaged.

  The city even had a moat surrounding it, but the riverbed had long since dried up and was no longer able to serve as a water supply.

  However, an area on the east side of the city was clearly divided. The barbed wire, the post tower, and the fully armed soldiers surrounding the entire area showed that they were not ruins, but tightly protected residences.

  There was even an advertisement board on top of the tallest building in the region that had the words "Welcome to Remot" written on it in English.

  Looking at this sign, Zero knew that their journey would come to an end for the time being.

  Chapter 35 - Kindness

  The place where the Remot lived was called Kadam. In the old era, this was a big city that could accommodate a million people. After a complete planning, the city has been built with perfect supporting facilities. However, all of these buildings were severely damaged when they were in the Cataclysm Day. Until today, more than half of the cities had been destroyed. From the sky, one could still see a crater with a diameter of around a thousand meters left in the northwest part of the city.

  It was the scar of the earth caused by the meteor. It was like the mouth of a huge beast, showing its silent savagery to the world.

  The Remot was slowly being rebuilt in this deserted city, it took up a small part of the east side of the city. After two decades of reconstruction and construction, the citizens of the Remot had not only built a living base underground, but had also repaired many construction facilities on the surface, including the water circulation system needed for survival.

  During the day, most of the residents of Remot lived in the underground base. On the ground, there were only a few soldiers guarding inside the post tower, but at night, the temperature of the ground would drop to a suitable temperature, and the residents would be able to come to the ground to take a breather. The repaired building could be used for them to rest and chat, and the Remot had even set up a bar on the ground that was only open at night.

  People can drink and talk here, listen to songs and dance, and relive the old days of wanderlust and passion. For many bitter settlements and bases, the Remot was already the equivalent of a heaven.

  The Remot accepted outsiders to join them, it was just that it was located in the outskirts of the Mainland China, and there were very few people who would specially move to the Remot to live there. Thus, for the past ten years, the population of the Remot remained the same. Joining the Remot would not be an easy task. Other than charging all kinds of fe
es like the other bases, the Remot was also using the military recruitment system.

  In other words, other than the children and elders, the official citizens of Remot would have their young men and women recruited as soldiers. Here they would receive training from the soldiers, and it was arranged that each person was required to take part in the work of standing guard and maintaining law and order for at least one week a month.

  Just the fee for applying to the Remot was enough to cause most people to be discouraged.

  The green car drove into the highway, following the special road dug out by the Remot and arrived at the entrance checkpoint of the residential area. A few soldiers with real guns stopped the car and the black muzzle was pointed at the car. Then, a middle-aged officer stood up and asked, "Where did you guys come from?"

  Teddy got up from his seat, opened the car door, jumped onto the hot mudstone and raised his hand: "Hello, sir. We are from Darl. Our settlement has run out of water and can no longer be inhabited. Look, do you think the Remot still has the rights to take us in? "

  The officer pushed down his sun hat and asked loudly, "How many of you are there?"

  "Fourteen, sir."

  "Remot can handle this amount." The officer nodded.

  "Great." Teddy shouted happily.

  "Don't be too happy too early, boy. Remot is not a charity, you can stay there. Each of you will first pay the 10 yuan temporary living fee. After you pay the money, you can enter the base. "However, you will have to stay in the temporary residence for a week to confirm that there are no problems before you can officially apply for a residence permit." The officer stretched out his hand and said, "If you cannot pay the fee, I advise you to scram. I don't want the soldiers to waste their energy to chase you out."

  Teddy revealed an awkward expression. Dare was a place where resources were scarce. Teddy and the rest were staying there. Normally, they would have to take care of their own needs, and at most barter them. Therefore, it was very rare for anyone to have something like money on hand. On the other hand, Teddy actually had 25 points, but the 20 points was still a change for the car fare.

  "Let's discuss it, sir." Teddy returned back to the carriage after he finished speaking.

  After explaining the situation to everyone, everyone showed a disappointed expression. Even if they put all the money together, they would only have 42 points. This was enough for the four of them to live in Remot temporarily.

  "Let the women's children in, as for us …" Jehan looked at everyone, and said bitterly.

  Teddy walked to the side of Zero, then shook his head towards the entrance and said: "I think you can pay the temporary living expenses, quickly go in."

  It was true that Zero could afford it. After deducting what he needed for his daily life, for the past two years, Zero had earned money from the quests. Other than buying equipment, he only had 230 left. Of course, he only had a little more than two hundred yuan left out of the twenty yuan he had previously paid Teddy.

  Nodding his head, Su Yun pulled Lea along and stood up to get off the carriage. Honestly speaking, he sympathized with Teddy and the others, but in this damned era, he didn't need sympathy. But Lea obviously had a tenacious heart, the girl stopped when she arrived at the car door, her gaze landing on Zero.

  "We... "Can you help them?" Could it be that Lea knew that even though she had some money, it wasn't much? Although her logic told her to mind her own business, she still couldn't help but ask.

  He looked at her and said seriously, "I've already helped them a lot. At least let them have a temporary residence fee of two people. Even so, do you still want to help them? "

  "I know it's silly to do this, and I know that every resource has to be put into the right place." Lea raised his head, his eyes filled with determination: "But we are not animals, we are humans! We're all of the same kind. If possible, help them. "

  The girl's words made everyone inside the carriage quiet down, and the way they looked at Lea was very complicated. He was moved, but also respected.

  After a moment of silence, Su Yun walked out of the carriage. Lea was slightly disappointed, she sighed, and followed her out of the car. Unexpectedly, she heard Zero ask the officer a question.

  "I am a mercenary. I don't know if there are any missions in Remot that I can accept. The kind that makes money. " Zero took out a beginner mercenary license, which Old Jack helped him get from the Parkland after he killed the butcher.

  Without a doubt, the officer recognized the symbol of the Parkland. Being able to obtain a mercenary license in such a large company, although it was only the initial tier, it was worth more than the Rank 3 or even Rank 4 license that was given by a small company.

  The officer smiled and nodded: "As long as you have the ability, Remot welcomes the arrival of a mercenary like you. For the sake of this licence, your temporary residence fee is free. "

  Zero took out 130 yuan from his wallet and handed it to the officer. "This is their fee. Now, let's go into the city."

  The officer waved his hand behind him as he counted the money. The gate of the checkpoint slowly opened. This scene caused Lea and the people inside the carriage to be stunned. Then they cheered.

  Zero went back to the car and pulled Lea back to his seat. Seeing the grateful look in the people's eyes, Xiao Budian said to Lea in a low voice: "You are their Maria."

  "Maria? "Then who is it?" Obviously, a young girl born in a new era had never heard of the name of the Holy Mother.

  With a smile, he did not say a word, even though he did not agree with Lea's sympathy. But in this cruel era, Lea's kindness was as precious as diamonds. It was this kindness that made Zero willing to guard it. Even if, he didn't know how long he could protect them.

  Chapter 36 - Accidents

  The green car started up and, under the officer's command, entered the checkpoint. Behind the gate was a stretch of sand where a few cars were parked. There were also some wreckage of cars. These things naturally could not be activated again, but the parts on their bodies could continue to display their residual heat, so they had not been disposed of.

  In what might be called a parking lot, the car stopped. The people in the car got out one by one and trotted along with the officer in the hot noon sun. Behind the sand, a flat concrete floor was connected to it. Directly facing the entrance of the checkpoint was a six-story building. Apparently, the color of the walls above the third floor of the building was different from the ones below. It looked like it was repaired afterwards, but in reality, most of the buildings on the surface were like that in the Remot area.

  Now they had reached the edge of the settlement, the zone of armed fire. The building in front of them was in fact acting as a post tower. At least four of the buildings had anti-aircraft guns installed. With just a quick glance, Zero could tell that these machine guns were arranged in an extremely meticulous manner. The intersecting firepower nets were enough to tear apart any intruders who dared to enter through the main entrance.

  There were around a hundred or so post tower s and machine guns in the surrounding area of Remot. Although the Remot did not need an expensive defensive system like the surface-to-air missile system, but in terms of a residential area, the Remot was many times better than the Z7 base that he stayed in before.

  Behind the outer fortifications was a water purification plant. With the Remot's resources, it was obviously impossible to construct a water purifying plant out of thin air. The main reason the creator of the settlement had chosen this area back then was because this place was still a water purifying plant from the old era. The Water Purification plant could no longer operate, but after ten years of hard work, it was able to produce ten tons of clean water per day for the inhabitants of Remot. Although there wasn't much water and there was some radiation in the water, he was much happier than if he had purchased clean water or depended on groundwater for a living.

  Other than the Pure Water Plant, there were also two other food processing plants, whic
h gave the residents of the Remot a variety of nutrition, Su, and a small amount of bread. Of course, it wasn't moldy bread that he had eaten, but hot bread that had been baked in the oven. During the turbulent times, it was already a luxury to be able to eat such bread. Naturally, this kind of bread was not cheap. At the very least, ordinary people would not be able to eat it.

  Behind this industrial area was the Remot's residential area. They were houses that had completely restored and refurbished the homes of the inhabitants of the old era, which were only opened after the sun had set. Those who normally stayed in the underground base could rent a house from the Remot monthly, so that they could experience the old era after sunset.

  Residents live in underground bases, work, and earn the wages they need to live. Then, through the purchase of food, water, loans and entertainment, he would allow the currency to flow back into the Remot's treasury, thereby maintaining the balance of income between the inhabitants and the settlement. Other than this portion of the residents' income, Remot could also increase his income by selling additional clean water, collecting various fees for joining the residents, and even setting up his own army to capture mutated organism and sell samples.

  The extra income will be used to expand the size of the Remot and other projects to attract more foreigners and to work with other companies or corporate companies.

  Undoubtedly, the founder of the Remot had a very long-term perspective. As a result, this place of settlement continued to grow at a steady pace at the edge of this continent.

  At the entrance of the underground base, after a series of procedures. They rode in a private elevator and were led by a woman dressed as an office lady to an underground base that was two hundred meters deep.

  Different from Z7, Remot's underground base obviously did not have Operating area's capabilities. This place was divided into four main districts, namely the living quarters, administrative districts, Commercial District s and temporary Stophouse s.