Kate was born in a shelter.

She grew up in a shelter, and Kate only heard about the outside world from her parents and teachers. To be honest, Kate didn't have any special thoughts about the outside world that was said to be bombed by nuclear bombs. Her wish was actually very simple, that is, to live a plain life in the shelter like her father and grandfather, get married, have children, and then grow old.

But unfortunately, reality and dreams are always two different things.

The shelter was raided.

Kate didn't know what happened at first, but she knew that someone tricked the shelter's manager into opening the heavy round iron door, and then a group of weirdly dressed, bandit-like guys rushed in, looting the entire shelter, and those who dared to resist were killed. The rest were captured like animals and taken away.

Kate thought this was hell at the time, but the truth was not that simple. The day after they were taken away by those terrifying bandits, a group of soldiers wearing strange armor and fly-like helmets raided them. They killed the bandits mercilessly and then began to capture others again.

Eventually, Kate's companions in the shelter were either taken away by the bandits or by the terrifying monsters in fly armor, and only she escaped under the cover of night and came to this Rolling Stone Town.

The people here are pretty nice. They accepted Kate, who had nowhere to go, and gave her a pretty good job. But Kate didn't want to live like this. Her brother and sister were also taken away. Now she just wanted to find her brother and sister back. For this reason, Kate also asked around, and finally she found out who she met from other wasteland adventurers.

The bandits who raided the refuge were from a group called the Legion, while the warriors wearing fly armor were members of the Enclave.

Kate begged them to help save her family, but no one was willing to take on her commission. Both the Legion and the Enclave were too huge for ordinary wasteland adventurers, and it was impossible for them to become enemies.

At this time, Kate heard about the existence of the god of death that was circulated in the wasteland.

According to the wasteland merchants and adventurers, the Grim Reaper is a terrifying and terrible guy. No one knows who he is or what he is going to do. He just roams the wasteland, killing anyone who dares to stand in his way. He once helped a village wipe out an army of dozens of mutants, and he also single-handedly destroyed a bandit tribe entrenched on the edge of the western mountains.

He even had a conflict with the Brotherhood of Steel, which sent two teams to hunt him down, but those brave soldiers never came back, and even the elders of the Brotherhood of Steel branch had their heads chopped off in their own bunkers - after that, no force dared to target this man anymore.

"If it's that guy, maybe he can help you find your family."

These are the words a wasteland adventurer said to Kate, and Kate has kept these words in mind until today.

She wasn't worried about someone pretending to be the Grim Reaper, because it was well known that the Grim Reaper wielded a huge black sword and a white, dagger-like pistol.

The features are too obvious.

Although there are many rumors about the Grim Reaper, Kate can no longer wait.

So just as Death was about to leave the bar, she hurriedly walked up to him and stopped him.

"What's up?"

Fang Zheng looked at the blonde in front of him. Judging from her appearance, she was about 20 years old and should be an unlucky person born in the shelter. Fang Zheng had been traveling in the wasteland for a while, and he also found some differences. For example, the people in the shelter had smoother and more delicate skin, while the residents in the wasteland had very rough skin, and some people didn't even dress up.

Basically, malnutrition and skin diseases are standard for wasteland residents.

The woman in front of him looked very clean, her hair had been washed, and the uniform she wore was the kind of clothes that people in the shelter would wear.

Fang Zheng could even guess what she was thinking.

"I hope you can help me find my sister and brother. They were taken away by the Legion and the Enclave..."

At this point, the woman was visibly nervous.

"I, I can pay the fee, and I myself... I'm not sick, and I haven't slept with a man yet! I promise I'll satisfy you!"

Selling one's body is commonplace for the wasteland residents. In this garbage dump where order and law have long been abandoned, all formalistic morality has long ceased to exist. Perhaps NCR can still maintain some pre-war order, but their inability to do so is ironic to some extent.

"I'm not interested."

Fang Zheng shook his head. Although the woman in front of him looked better than those guys who had been wearing cheap perfume, at least she knew how to dress herself up. However, the women in this land were totally unattractive to Fang Zheng, not to mention that he already had two cute little ones warming his bed. Why would Fang Zheng go out to outsiders?

Besides, Fang Zheng had seen many women like this. Wherever he went, there would be similar people coming to him, either for revenge or for help. One thing that women were better than men was that they at least had the capital to sell themselves. If a man went to a pub and said he could sell himself, he would definitely end up in a garbage dump the next day.

Sometimes Fang Zheng would help, sometimes not. Basically, it all depended on his mood.

Fang Zheng, who had just been drenched in the rain, was obviously not in the mood to show his gentlemanly manners at this time.

He simply ignored the woman and turned to look at the tavern owner behind the bar.

"What's north of here?"

"This...Sir, I don't understand what you mean."

"To the north, is there any gathering place? Or a bandit den? What's there? Tell me everything you know."

Fang Zheng took out a map from his coat and placed it on the bar, then pointed at it. He had learned his lesson now. Instead of rushing to some place like a fool and then fighting with the bandits, mutants or other weirdos inside, it would be better to find out the situation around him in advance.

"Well... I remember there was a base of the Brotherhood of Steel, as well as the NCR and the Legion, and also mutants..."

"What exactly?"

"Sorry, I'm not sure about that..."

"I know!!"

However, at this moment, the woman's voice sounded again, and she came to Fang Zheng again, staring at him.

"I know the situation over there. The Brotherhood of Steel is based in Wolf Rock, and NCR was previously in the farm, but they recently retreated to the River Valley after a battle with the Legion. The radio tower here has been occupied by zombies, and the mutants have blocked the tunnel..."

Kate tried hard to explain to Fang Zheng that in order to find and rescue her family, she had been trying to inquire about various information from the adventurers and merchants passing by, and now, these efforts finally paid off.

This time, Fang Zheng finally looked at the woman in front of him. He stared at her and asked.

"what would you like?"

"I, I hope you can help me rescue my brother and sister, they have been captured..."

"By whom?"

"…Legion and Enclave."

In fact, for a moment, Kate wanted to find a false excuse and trick the other party into helping her, but under Fang Zheng's gaze, she hesitated for a moment and finally told the truth. A woman's intuition told her that if she lied here, she would not end well.

"Those slave traders and rednecks? I've heard of them."

Fang Zheng was certainly not unfamiliar with these two organizations. He was more familiar with the Enclave. After all, he had seen it in the game back then. The helmet of that big-headed fly was really memorable.

The word "legion" is something Fang Zheng often heard about after he came here. What Fang Zheng found interesting was that this legion actually imitated the Roman structure, and their leader called himself Caesar... Well, it's retro after the nuclear explosion, but you're being too retro.

If we go a little further, we will go back to the era of cavemen.

"How long have your brothers and sisters been taken away?"

"Big, about a month."

"That's hard to say."

Fang Zheng shrugged.

"They may have been sold or they may be dead."

"Of course I know, but I still want to find them!!"

Kate naturally knew what Fang Zheng meant. In fact, almost everyone advised her to do so, but she did not give up.

"No matter they are dead or alive, I will find them. They are my only relatives in this world now, and..."

Kate lowered her head.

"I promised Mom and Dad that I would take good care of them."

interesting.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"If you are willing to help lead the way, then we can go and take a look along the way, but I won't waste too much time on this, you know? This is simply because it's on the way. If it's not on the way, I won't help. So if you want to change the route or go somewhere else, then I won't accompany you."

"I see!!"

Kate nodded vigorously.

"May I have your name?"

"Kate."

"Then Kate, come see me tomorrow."

After saying this, Fang Zheng turned and walked up the stairs. Kate clenched her fists excitedly as she watched him leave.

This time, she finally saw the light!