Wasteland Survival Code

Chapter 283 Tunnels
Qi Lin rested for five or six hours, and Ivan walked into the room with the two mutants.

"It's time to go. Now this time period happens to be the time when the frequency of mutated creatures is the lowest."

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The warehouse Ivan was talking about was located at the foot of the valley to the north of Nerozsk. The entrance was a cave similar to an air defense tunnel. There were two signs in Russian on the outside, but they told Qi Lin that this tunnel It is a three-defense fortification built by the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

This fortification was also built to prevent nuclear war at that time, but it was abandoned after a long period of disrepair.

It’s just that according to what Ivan said, after the beginning of World War III, the Russian government did not unseal and repair this old three-defense fortification, but built a new one near Nerozsk. The refuge, which is the "Far East E04 refuge" where Ivan and the others are located.

Of course, the newly built shelter must be more reliable than the tunnel dug nearly a hundred years ago, and before the shelter was contaminated by radiation, the Far East E04 shelter was also connected to the underground shelter network in the Russian Far East. Materials or information can be effectively guaranteed.

But the problem is that the E04 shelter in the Far East is only a small shelter, which cannot accommodate the residents of Nerozsk and the refugees from the surrounding areas at all. After the shelter is full, people who cannot squeeze in think This is a three-defense fortification left over from the Cold War period, but at this time, they found desperately that the entrance of this fortification had been sealed by the government with a heavy steel gate, and it could not be opened at all.

"Then what's going on here?" Qi Lin pointed to the dark hole in the fortification. Except for the weeds half a person's height around him, he didn't see any trace of the big iron gate at all.

"Do you know this kind of worm?" Ivan rummaged on the ground for a while, and then picked up a gray-white worm carcass.

This bug looks similar to a termite from the outside, but it has tiny dark green lines on its body. Even though this bug has been dead for a long time, those dark green lines are still emitting a dim light—this is what it looks like. Mutation traces produced by radiation.

"Gold-eating ants, these little bugs feed on metal, and their saliva contains a strong acid that can corrode metal into a state that they can swallow. That big iron gate was flown here by a nest from other places. The colony of gold-eating ants that came was eaten alive."

"What about these gold-eating ants? They flew away after eating the iron gate?"

"We thought so too, but other metal objects in Nerozsk City showed no signs of being corroded and eaten. Later, during our exploration, we discovered that these bugs were attracted by the radiation deep in the fortifications. They flew in, but in the end they all died under the excessive radiation."

Many mutated insects have a strong tropism for radiation, just like the attraction of Jeter's taste to drug addicts. Although they can't bear such high-intensity radiation at all, they still make flying monsters. The general behavior of moths to a flame.

At the entrance of the tunnel, there is a simple trolley rail car made of iron sheet. This kind of rail car uses pure manpower. Just push it up, and then press a lever at the rear of the car with your hands continuously. The car can continue to move forward.

Under the car, a rusty railway track extends from the entrance to the depths of the tunnel.

Although in Qi Lin's eyes, the darkness in the tunnel did not exist at all, but at about 200 meters, the tunnel turned a corner, so he could not see the deeper scene.

"We're walking. The noise of this thing is too loud. It will attract many mutated creatures living in the tunnel, and there are several broken tracks in the middle." Ivan pointed to the rail car and said.

"Yeah." Qi Lin nodded, and as soon as Ivan waved his hand, the two short, thin and agile mutants took the lead and walked in silently. After that, others followed suit.

According to Ivan's instructions, try not to make any noise when you enter the tunnel, and you must not shoot. In the tunnel, the echo of the gunshot will spread far, far away.

The tunnel is wide enough for three heavy-duty trucks to sit side by side. On the top of the tunnel, there are thick metal pipes. Beside the pipes, there are bundles of cables with aging and cracked rubber skins.

The terrain of this three-way fortification located inside the mountain is intricate, like a maze. However, due to the previous explorations of the mutants, every fork in the road will be marked with white lime on the wall, so there is no need to worry about going wrong. The problem.

As the crowd gradually went deeper, Qi Lin obviously felt that the radiation concentration in the surrounding environment had increased. Although this feeling made him very comfortable, the steps of the mutants around him began to become heavy.

After turning a fork in the road and advancing for nearly a kilometer, Ivan finally signaled everyone to stop.

"This is almost approaching our limit. There is no fork in the road. The source of radiation is at the deepest part of the tunnel." Ivan whispered, and then handed a backpack to Qi Lin.

"There is a night vision camera inside. I need you to take pictures of the warehouse for me. In addition, according to the information we obtained in exchange for death in the previous few explorations, the gate of the warehouse has been destroyed, so you don't have to worry about it. It’s about entering the warehouse, but it should be noted that there may be mutated creatures adapted to high-intensity radiation in the warehouse.”

"You have four hours, we will pick you up at the last fork, but if you fail to come out within four hours, we will leave - please understand this, staying in this environment Four hours is already very difficult for us."

As Ivan spoke, he raised his hand to wipe away a stream of black blood overflowing from his nostrils. Apart from him, most of the other mutants also had some uncomfortable reactions. It is constantly twitching and trembling, and needs the support of people around it to barely stand.

"I know, but if I encounter a monster that is too powerful, I will give up this task."

Ivan nodded, glanced at Qi Lin, then turned his head and walked out with the mutant, leaving Qi Lin here alone.

It wasn't until the last mutant disappeared around the corner that Qi Lin took a deep breath of the turbid air with a strong smell of rust and stench—although the environment in the tunnel was extremely harsh, it was very helpful for absorbing the dark forest. For Qi Lin, who is full of heart, he is as happy and comfortable as a fish in water, and his whole body is filled with overflowing energy.

"Radiation concentration in the environment: 980"

“【辐射聚集】当前额外增幅比例：35%（增幅后基础属性：力量36.5、敏捷33.8、感知40.5、体能52.7。）”

(End of this chapter)