Chapter 402 Welcome to Hell

Fights between gangs are common in garbage dumps.

Fights between scavengers, between mercenaries, or between scavengers and mercenaries happen every day.

After all, scavengers can become mercenaries by finding any employer.

When mercenaries don't have any missions, they become scavengers and need to find something to make a living and earn today's wages.

but

Things started to get strange when a small leader of the largest local scavenging gang, the Scavenger Birds, and fifty of his men died on the same morning at the same place.

A team of fifty people, each of whom has at least one hot weapon, and the leader has a lot of outdated professional-grade prostheses, and even a few scrapped military prostheses.

Such a team suddenly died without any warning?

And even the precious micro-reactor was blown up and could not be recovered?

When the scavengers who came to Taobao discovered the extremely high concentration of nuclear radiation here, they immediately sold the news to the scavengers.

A major leader of the carrion birds took this very seriously and immediately brought people to the battlefield to excavate and look for the person who did it.

In the cyberpunk world, the Internet is highly developed and information is transmitted at a very fast speed.

Soon, all the guys, big and small, who were making a living on the road in the surrounding area knew about this outrageous incident, and it gave them more topics to talk about before and after meals.

With the help of a large number of engineering equipment, the collapsed garbage mountain was dug up again.

The extremely dense ruins and blood and flesh slurry appeared in front of everyone.

The strong smell of blood hit my nose, almost overwhelming the stench of the garbage dump.

"Fuck, did this BYD fight a meat grinder?" A guy with colorful hair couldn't help but mutter, "This is the first time I've seen such a broken battlefield. There's not a single intact body. It's like everyone exploded in the middle."

"Maybe some kind of explosive weapon was used," another person speculated. "Look, many of the limbs have neat cuts. It looks like they were directly cut off by powerful fragments and then flattened by falling debris."

At this time, the professionals responsible for investigating the cause of death had already scanned the scene and compiled the clues into a report, ready to submit to the superior who came in charge.

The big boss looked like an ordinary person.

But if you look closely, you can find that there is an abnormal metallic luster under his skin, and black tubes have replaced some of the blood vessels, transporting fluids other than blood to his body.

Countless pieces of information kept flashing in a pair of dark blue electronic eyes. He looked through the "autopsy" report submitted by his subordinates and quickly judged everything that was happening before his eyes.

"It seems they're after the bodies of the biochemical experiments in the two ancient hibernation chambers. Is this the symbol of Zulong Han? If such ancient experiments could be preserved until now, their data would certainly have considerable value for recovery."

"There are numerous death spots, and a violent explosion occurred in the center, but no traces of high explosives have been detected. Could it be the Hyenas? These guys are most fond of using small pulse blasting devices. After every battle, the ground is covered with a layer of them."

"The corpse bears signs of violent tearing, with large areas of bone shattered and fractured. It seems he was struck by a powerful blunt force weapon. Hey! I remember the Big Butcher had some issues with the Eight-Arms Gang. Are they those lunatics who like to replace limbs? This is going to be a tough sell."

The big boss continued to look through the information he found after cleaning up the battlefield. He eliminated one possibility after another in his mind, and new guesses kept arising.

When he saw some remnants of mind-activating potion in the remaining flesh and blood of the butcher, and saw that the supercomputer chip in his brain was suspected to have burned out due to data overload, his heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition gradually emerged in his mind.

Sweat was faintly oozing from his forehead.

It couldn't be that the Dragon Claw Team of Zulong Company personally came to retrieve these two precious experimental bodies, and in order to keep it secret, they killed the butcher and his gang who happened to have discovered them, to silence them?

Otherwise, how could there be someone among the scavengers in this area with such advanced hacking skills?

Just when the big boss was imagining some random things, one of his men came running from a distance with a hint of excitement on his face.

"Boss, we found it! We found the suspect!"

"You know what the charlatan is, right? That weirdo figure figured out that there might be biochemically modified bodies unearthed here, and he only sold the information to two people: the butcher and the old cripple Liu Linan."

"I've asked around. The old cripple got up early this morning and came here, then left alone. He was limping and covered in dust, carrying a sack as big as two people on his back."

As he spoke, his subordinate casually operated on the projection that only he could see and sent a list to his boss.

"Boss, look, this is the old cripple's spending record today that I just had someone check. Bandages, radioactive spirits, purified water, burn medicine! He must have been here this morning, and he's most likely at the scene."

"No genetic tissue other than ours was recovered from the scene. The deaths of the Butcher and his group were most likely caused by this old cripple. He must have bought some explosives in advance and set the Butcher and his group up. The probability is over 95%!"

Listening to the report from his capable subordinate, the big boss felt his face light up and he felt very comfortable.

But now there is a very serious problem before him, which makes him feel a little confused.

He understands the principles.

But who the hell is this old cripple?

Is there such a character in this famous mercenary film?

"I haven't been this embarrassed in a long time."

This was Lu Wenwu's first thought when he gradually regained consciousness.

He slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a dark and cramped room.

A cabinet, a bed, a small bathroom that is barely wide enough for one to turn around, an empty small table, and two vending machines embedded in the wall?

What a weird furniture arrangement!

His eyes swept across the only small window, and Lu Wenwu quickly determined that this strange light was probably not normal sunlight, but a simulated ambient light.

His clothes were changed, the wounds on his body were simply cleaned, and he was considerately wrapped with a few thin bandages.

Feeling his body's severe protest, Lu Wenwu, who has always been very optimistic, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Without food supplies, the situation became increasingly difficult.

The body is incredibly slow at repairing itself.

This time, he forcefully activated the Heavenly Might Dragon Eyes to oppress his soul, and at the last moment, in order to increase his attack power and penetrate the dozens of generations of Keralf fibers, he directly used a fatal blow to overdraw his body, which put a heavy burden on his physical body.

Lu Wenwu could clearly feel that his current body fat percentage was terribly low, even "drier" than those bodybuilders who were about to participate in the competition.

Just a slight movement would cause the bundles of muscle fibers under the skin to tighten and bulge out, conveying some dull pain.

This is a pathological and abnormal manifestation.

Since almost all of the fat has been converted into energy and exploded, Lu Wenwu is now incredibly weak.

The bloody wounds left by the anti-material sniper rifle on his ribs were still oozing tissue fluid, and there was almost no intact skin on his entire right arm; it was completely burnt.

Just the slightest touch can make you feel the piercing pain coming from deep in your bone marrow.

Hand fracture, forearm radius fracture, extensive burns and soft tissue contusions

Lu Wenwu's body is now so fragile that any ordinary person can kill him here with a knife.

The battle between the butcher and his men took less than a minute from start to finish.

But it was the most dangerous battle Lu Wenwu had ever had since he embarked on the path of cultivation.

If it weren't for the perfect cooperation between him and Maomao, they might have really been in trouble this time.

Wait, Maomao?

Lu Wenwu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Maomao was also seriously injured. A casual touch revealed that it had at least several broken bones.

So, what is this place?

At this moment, the door of the room slowly opened with a somewhat harsh creaking sound.

The swaying and frictional sound made it hard not to wonder whether this antique door would get stuck in the middle and stop working when it was halfway opened.

Old Liu, looking tired and haggard, walked in from outside and happened to meet Lu Wenwu, who had just woken up.

A glimmer of joy flashed across Old Liu's eyes, but was quickly covered by a numb look.

"Two rolls of bandages, three tubes of burn medicine, two liters of tap water, two injections of radioactive spirit, and the four energy gels you stole. You have to compensate me," Old Liu stated in a lifeless tone. "Since I saved both of you, I think you should give me some compensation."

"It's my duty. Thank you for moving us back." Lu Wenwu thought for a moment and nodded, "But there's something I can't figure out."

"What?"

"Why didn't you kill us for money?" Lu Wenwu asked seriously. "While we were unconscious, your plasma cutter could have slit our throats, severing our trachea and aorta with just one strike. With current medical technology, such injuries wouldn't be salvageable, right?"

"You're truly an antique from two hundred years ago. You're completely clueless about advanced modern medical technology." Liu Linan shook his head. "We can call the emergency trauma medical team to immediately enter the repair facility to maintain your life, or even be extravagant and use nano-cell repair agents. They can both save you, provided your head is intact and your brain isn't brain dead."

"Well, I don't really understand." Lu Wenwu admitted frankly, "But you haven't answered my question yet."

"Because I don't want to die. It's better to live a miserable life than to die."

Liu Linan said calmly, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

"If we leave you there, you might not die, but you will definitely be discovered by the carrion birds, and you will definitely be sold to Zulong Han by those idiots."

"Those idiots are so naive to think they can get rich and get a lot of money. Ha, you two are indeed worth a lot of money, but this lot of money will kill everyone else."

"They have no idea how valuable the physical data of pristine, perfect experimental subjects is! This is the cornerstone of modern biochemical transformation experiments! It's the key to breaking through the bottlenecks of the current era!"

"The Dragon Claw Squad will follow the clues and eliminate every person who knows about this, even a poor wretch like me who didn't gain any benefit at all and almost lost his life."

"Rather than passively waiting to die, I might as well bring you back. No one, except those who have seen it with their own eyes, would think that those two modified bodies, which have been dormant for years, are still alive and kicking."

"Whether it's the company or the scavengers, they'll just think your bodies mysteriously disappeared and were stolen by someone with inside information. I, Liu Linan, am just a scavenger with a slight limp. I don't even have a gun. What kind of abilities do I have?"

"Aren't you afraid that those thugs from Scavenger Bird will be desperate and kill you out of spite?"

Lu Wenwu raised his eyebrows, but had no intention of revealing the hidden story behind this sentence.

The perception of the ferocious beast allowed him to clearly realize that this guy named Liu Linan was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

The opponent's body is equipped with a miniature cold fusion reactor, which is also the energy source of the plasma cutter in his right hand.

Just think about it, even a small gang leader like the Big Butcher can only carry an external reactor the size of a schoolbag on his back for energy. The fist-sized precision gadget in Liu Linan's body must be very expensive.

Add to that the old plasma cutting knife, which is definitely not something that ordinary scavengers are qualified to own, and it is even difficult to see it.

Lu Wenwu also had no intention of exploring the secret behind him. He just continued with the previous question, "The fact that you brought us back shouldn't be that secret, right? If you insist on saying you don't know, they'll just think you're lying."

Liu Linan sat down on the edge of the bed and said nonchalantly, "Since I saved you, if something like this really happens, can you please save me too? Although my motives are not very pure. If I can survive, I don't want to die for the time being."

"A gentleman is judged by deeds, not by heart. No one is perfect in the world, so naturally it's fine." Lu Wenwu grinned and reluctantly extended his left hand. "Liu Linan, right? I remember that. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Wenwu, and this is my brother, Maomao."

"You also know this ancient Eastern proverb?"

Liu Linan obviously hesitated for a moment before he stretched out his hand and shook it carefully.

"And your name and language, is the Dragon Kingdom from two hundred years ago still around? Was the world like it is now?"

Lawrence Lu shook his head and told the truth: “I’m sorry, I don’t know. I don’t understand anything here and I feel very unfamiliar.”

"That's right. You were just experimental subjects back then. How could you possibly understand the changes in society and the times?" Liu Linan laughed self-deprecatingly, not knowing what was going on in his mind. "Well, welcome to hell two hundred years from now."

(End of this chapter)