Chapter 44: Above the Wasteland (4) [Update 1]



The most popular professions in war dungeons are firstly doctors, and secondly scholars.

The doctor's talent skill that can improve treatment effects can greatly reduce the consumption of medicines, while the blueprints in the hands of scholars can be used to make a variety of armor and weapons.

To be honest, scholars are actually more capable than doctors.

In this war-torn situation, dodging the artillery fire for a while is just luck. Without professional-level protective gear, it is difficult for ordinary players to survive the bombardment of artillery fire.

The same goes for weapons.

Players still have daily supplies to draw, but the indigenous people can only rely on their existing resources. Once resources are scarce or unevenly distributed, riots will eventually occur.

Bare hands are no match for gunpowder, artillery, and shells. If you don't have two firearms, it will be difficult to protect yourself.

In order to make these things, you must use blueprints.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, if a scholar player has very powerful blueprints, other players will be much more polite to him. After all, no one can tell whether he will need to ask for help in the future, so they are unwilling to make enemies easily.

But what Hong Mingyuan never expected was that he met a freak.

He hadn't even finished his words yet, and she rejected him outright?

Hong Mingyuan's face looked grim. He cleared his throat, attempting to regain some dignity by using the rare blueprints. "I have the blueprints for the rifle."

After he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes to look at Qianyue's reaction, holding his chin high, looking quite proud.

It wasn't that he was arrogant. Rifles and guns, even in a supermarket, were priced at the upper end. The average person simply couldn't afford them.

What's more, it is now a war copy, so its value can be imagined.

Qianyue paused when she heard this and frowned subconsciously.

Hong Mingyuan was delighted: "So, you're scared? Are you regretting your attitude towards me? Why don't you come over and apologize to me—"

Qianyue: "Sorry, I don't want to cooperate even more then."

Hong Mingyuan:? !!

He frowned in disbelief: "This is a rifle!"

In addition, this copy is full of ruins. If you want to live a better life, you must use more architectural drawings?

This person knew to hide under the foundation to avoid artillery fire before, and he doesn't look like a brainless person. How could he not be tempted at all?

Unexpectedly, Qianyue frowned even more tightly after hearing this.

"What does your blueprint have to do with me?"

Hong Mingyuan was stunned and confused by the question.

He really hasn't thought about this problem.

He subconsciously wanted to say that it was indeed none of your business. I just wanted to show you my strength and ask if you want to team up with me.

——But if you put it that way, it seems a little strange.

Clearly, in previous instances, he'd always shown the blueprint and the other party would automatically copy it, without him having to explain anything. Why was this person still trying to share what was yours and mine?

So he asked back, "Why is it none of your business? After we team up, aren't we a team? What's yours and mine?"

Qianyue sneered.

Is this guy really stupid or does he think she looks gullible?

Qianyue had seen someone mention on the forum before that things made from such rare drawings are usually only made in one copy.

Even if it is left to the scholars themselves, they can only make a prop with a higher durability. There is no such thing as turning one into two.

The reason she initially refused was that rare drawings = rare materials = time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.

So this guy wanted to trick her into joining the team under the pretext of a rare blueprint, let her accompany him all over the map like a donkey to find materials, and finally watch him make the things for his own use?

Qianyue: If I had eaten more peanuts, I wouldn’t be so drunk.

Seeing that the other party still looked righteous, Qianyue sneered and asked, "After we form a team, there will be no distinction between you and me, right?"

Hong Mingyuan subconsciously felt that there was something wrong with her expression, but since it was what he had just said, he could only respond with gritted teeth.

"certainly."

"That would be great."

Qianyue's attitude suddenly made a 180-degree turn, and a bright smile appeared on her face.

She patted the empty space beside her enthusiastically, looking at Hong Mingyuan. "Talking won't do. How about we pour out all the medicine in your backpack and divide it up?"

Hong Mingyuan's expression suddenly turned very ugly, "Are you kidding me?"

Qianyue curled her lips: "How could that be? Isn't that what you said yourself? I didn't add a single word."

She put away her playful smile, and the pressure around her dropped instantly. She said coldly, "Or was everything you said just now bullshit?"

Hong Mingyuan finally realized that Qianyue's words were a trap for him, and his face turned pale. He seemed to be about to lose his temper, but he finally restrained himself.

The person who thought of hiding from the artillery fire under the foundation of a building at the very beginning is definitely not an ordinary person.

They had just entered the dungeon and had not yet gotten familiar with the surrounding environment, so Hong Mingyuan did not dare to make too much noise.

He sneered and turned to walk out: "It seems that I was wrong. Just pretend I didn't say anything about the cooperation."

Qianyue sneered and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

However, this person left without hesitation, and he had to turn around and add, "Just a reminder, we're all just players, there's no need to make things so awkward."

From the way he spoke, it seemed as if Qianyue was deliberately looking for trouble to embarrass him.

Qianyue suddenly laughed out of anger.

Before this person came, she was planning to count the supplies, but now she simply didn't bother looking through the things, just threw the bag on her back and stood up with a bang.

"So you've said all the good and bad things, right? How come you're so good at talking?"

Hong Mingyuan subconsciously felt something was wrong and took two steps back cautiously. "What are you going to do?"

Qianyue said expressionlessly: "Nothing."

He said he wasn't doing anything, but his expression didn't indicate that at all.

Qianyue started to move towards Hong Mingyuan as she spoke, but just after she took two steps, the latter suddenly ran away and flipped over from the slope of the ruins!

"……whispering sound."

Qianyue snorted disdainfully, opened her backpack and sat down again.

The lottery supplies were already in her bag five minutes into the game, but Hong Mingyuan's sudden appearance wasted several minutes of her time, delaying her from drawing the lottery.

"There's an extra bandage in the basic supplies."

Needless to say, this should be the beggar's meal for the day.

"Tools... screws?"

Qianyue frowned slightly, looked at the set of ten screws in her hand, raised her eyebrows, and did not comment.

She then looked down and found a mask and a drawing.

As early as when Hong Mingyuan approached, Qianyue vigilantly put away the gas mask without letting him see it.

Now she was about to go out to explore, and it was inevitable that she would run into other people. Qianyue thought about it and did not touch the gas mask, but put on the mask instead.

After putting it on, she continued to look at the last drawing.

[Blueprint: Anti-wolf Flashlight (General)]

Description: Gather all the necessary materials to create a women's anti-wolf flashlight. Miniature design, limited power, non-rechargeable.

The number of uses is random from 10 to 13 times.

Required materials: Prop Fragments (Metal) x6, Prop Fragments (Plastic) x3, Synthetic Stone x1.

Qianyue: "This is not bad."

Although it can't be used as an everyday weapon, it can be used for self-defense in critical moments. The only drawback is that it requires a lot of materials, and I don't know if it's easy to find.

Qianyue thought about it and decided to wait and take a look in the pit of the building next door.

She didn't know much about military affairs and had no idea what the bombers had dropped.

But I think that whether it is a bomb or a mine, there will be residual shrapnel and shell casings after the explosion of these hot weapons, and maybe that can be regarded as metal prop fragments.

Thinking of this, Qianyue laughed sarcastically.

Just a blueprint for a prop of "general" quality requires so many materials. The "rifle" just now must be very complicated. No wonder that guy wanted to find a sucker to work for him for free in the name of partnership.

"She's so ugly, but she has beautiful thoughts."

After stuffing the blueprints into his backpack, Qianyue stood up swiftly and walked towards the place that had just been bombed.

(Please do not imitate dangerous behavior)

Although it is said "next to it", in fact the building where Qianyue is located is quite some distance away from the building that was bombed.

There seemed to be a small park in the middle, with a lot of green plants planted in it, but most of them had fallen to the ground or were buried, and were almost destroyed.

When Qianyue passed by, there were still many broken branches on the ground burning.

Because these were wet firewood, black smoke rose when they burned, crackling sounds could be heard from time to time, and the air was filled with the smell of burning firewood.

These are all the consequences of the heat wave from the explosion just now.

Qianyue carefully avoided the fires and continued moving forward.

——It’s not that she doesn’t want to put out the fire, but there are no conditions and no need.

The ruins are filled with construction waste, and even if there is wind, it is difficult for these fires to spread, and they will go out on their own after a while.

Qianyue picked up a wooden stick at random, cut off its burning branches, and used it as a crutch to explore the way.

A few minutes later, she arrived close to the explosion site.

Qianyue stood on the ruins and looked down.

If she remembered correctly, there seemed to be a small half of the foundation left here. If she had not been closer to that side at the time, Qianyue might have hidden here.

But now all that was exposed before her eyes was a huge black pit emitting hot air.

Not only was half of the floor left, but even the upright steel bars in the foundation had disappeared. Instead, there was only a deep pit ruin about one or two meters high and tens of meters in diameter.

In addition to Qianyue, several people had already arrived at the pit in advance and were searching for supplies inside.

This included the man who had previously had friction with Qianyue.

In just a few minutes, he seemed to have found someone to cooperate with. The moment he caught a glimpse of Qianyue, he subconsciously froze for a moment, then with a gloomy look on his face, he pulled the person next to him and walked in the opposite direction of Qianyue.

Qianyue haha, she didn't want to pay any attention to him at all.

She jumped down into the pit and joined the search for supplies.

The explosion had just happened and the temperature in the pit was still high. Qianyue felt hot all over just standing inside.

But time waits for no one. The next round of bombing may come at any time, and she must collect what she wants before that.

Facts have proved that Qianyue's previous guess was correct. There are indeed quite a few metal products in the pit, but probably in order to balance the drop rate, not all items can be identified as item fragments.

She picked and chose a lot, and the number of people in the pit increased. Some of them seemed to be indigenous people and did not have backpacks on their backs.

Qianyue paused slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Players come to the bomb crater to find prop fragments, so what are these natives doing in the crater? Because they see the players coming down, so they follow the crowd?

Something is wrong!

Qianyue was careful and immediately turned around and went ashore after picking up the things in her hands.

At the same moment, she clearly felt a pair of eyes falling on her from behind. That feeling of being on edge made her instinctively alert!

Qianyue appeared calm on the surface, but she quickened her pace without hesitation.

Sure enough, just after she took a few steps out, a gunshot suddenly rang out from behind her!

"Hand over all your stuff!"

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