The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

Appalachia, a secret base under the lakeside estate.

In the morning, Marvin left the underground base through the passageway of the tool shed and headed east towards the town of Sutton.

Knock on the supervisor's door and hand over a bag of mole teeth. The woman opened it and took a look, then gave it back to Marvin with a grin.

"Take it away quickly, take it away quickly... ugh, I agree."

Each mole's teeth are more than half the length of a hand, curved inward, and very sharp. The most important thing is that they are all stained with black and yellow tartar. It is indeed a bit disgusting, and there are still so many.

[Tip: The mission "Destroy the Mole" has been completed. Will the reward book "Shelter Technology Armor Workbench Operation Manual" be collected? 】【whether】

He ignored the learning machine prompts for the time being.

The supervisor handed over a drawing.

"Take it, the promised reward."

Marvin took it and opened it. It was the "Armor Workbench Drawings".

Although there is only one blueprint, just killing some moles is really not worth much.

"Next?"

"Half a month ago, our people got into trouble in a mine in the southern Ash Heap and provoked a large group of radiated corpses. Fortunately, they escaped. I am very worried that those radiated corpses will come out of the mine to bring people I’m here to cause trouble, so…”

"Okay, tell me the location."

"Uh... you don't have Pip-Boy. Wait a minute..."

The woman turned around and went to the basement and closed the door.

It seemed that there were some secrets inside. Although Marvin was a little curious, he didn't want to break in. There were more important things to do.

He wanted to find the large army in the shelter and see if he could get some nuclear bombs or something.

This wasteland is too big, and finding it by yourself is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is little hope.

The supervisor came up with a huge map, spread it on the ground, drew a circle at the bottom of the map, and said, "This area is the ash pile."

She clicked on a location a few more times and said, "The location of the mine is about here. You follow the railroad tracks south, past Charleston Station and the mouth of the river, and you're almost there. The name of the mine is 'Hiccupping Betty'."

The destination is south of a section of the Three Forks River. There are roads and some place and state names on the map.

"Is this a pre-war map? West Virginia?" Note ①

"Yes. West Virginia." The woman's tone was rather sighing.

"What do I need to bring back?"

"No need. After these two times, you have proven yourself. There is no need. Marvin, come out if it is not feasible. Safety is the most important thing."

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. See you later."

"goodbye."

…

[Tip: The mission "Destroy the Mole" has been completed. Are there any rewards for the bonus book "Shelter-Tech Armor Workbench Operation Guide"? 】【whether】

Select Yes.

[Tip: Shelter Technology Armor Workbench drawings have been included. Collecting industrial machine tool drawings will reward you with 200 PR points. 】

[Task tip: Destroy the radiated zombies. The supervisor requires you to eliminate the scorched corpses in the designated mines in the Ash Heap area. Do you want to accept this task? 】【whether】

Select Yes.

Marvin looked at the map of the learning machine again and unexpectedly discovered a blue circle at the bottom of the map, which was the mission location indicator. This time he didn't have to mark the spot himself.

Is this a new feature? The mission to eliminate the moles wasn't there yet, was it because of those cabinets submitted at the base?

But the target location is really far away.

Follow the railroad tracks all the way south.

Walking on foot was a bit boring, but luckily some monsters would come out from time to time to relieve the boredom, which was just for gun practice. Marvin also tried to dodge bullets, which was somewhat effective, but at the cost of a few more holes in his leather jacket.

What he wore over his armor was a long trench coat made of petrified lizard skin, made by the royal tailor.

This leather trench coat does not have any enchantments and relies solely on the toughness of the petrified lizard skin itself. There is also a roll of spare leather in the inventory, and I don't know if the armor workbench can be repaired.

Halfway through, a pile of crashed train cars blocked the way.

Marvin once again encountered the large three-legged robot. The last time he saw it was in the cattle pen of the Black Pine Bar.

He remembered that this type of robot was called the Iron Guard or something. It had thick alloy outer armor, a three-tube rotator in its right hand, and a rocket launcher in its left hand. It was not slow, but it was very difficult to mess with.

This is not a game, anyone with a bright health bar can be killed.

The reality is that even if he is shot, he will not be killed, but if the robot is shot, it will only have multiple holes in the armor, and nothing will be affected.

Marvin looked at his small pistol and knife, and very naturally turned right, went downhill, and took a detour.

Unexpectedly, there was not just one robot guarding this pile of abandoned carriages, but nearly ten. They were not just guarding the railway, but all around.

There are 3 types of these robots.

One is humanoid, about 1.7 meters tall, with two hands like the claws of a claw machine. The palms of the hands can emit laser beams. The head is made of glass with warning lights flashing inside.

This kind of cute and cute robot should be called "Protector" or something else. It is very slow and not strong enough. It is very easy to fight one on one.

The second is a spherical robot that can float in mid-air. It is very fast and silent, but its shell is very thin and can be split open with a knife, so it is not difficult to make. Marvin has always called this thing an "eyeball robot," but the specific model is completely unclear.

The third one was a robot with three mechanical arms underneath and a big ball on its head. He remembered that there were many variations of this model, including Mr. Hands, Mr. Thug, and Colonel Thug...

In short, these three robots are not difficult to deal with individually, although the robot's weapon is a laser weapon with higher damage.

However, this kind of enemy will be very difficult to deal with once there are more of them.

The most troublesome thing is the robot's sneak attack from behind. They have no breathing, no heartbeat, and may not even have footsteps. Before the gunshot, they are silent, and it is too late to hide after the gunshot.

Although Marvin was cautious enough and had the magical skill of teleportation, he was still injured, slightly.

The laser penetrated a 5mm hole in the two layers of leather armor on his right shoulder, and the right shoulder muscle was burned with a hole, and the fingers could be inserted into it. Fortunately, the tendons and bones were not injured.

Inserting a treatment needle near the wound, watching the wound shrink and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, it feels quite magical. The healing potion in the Temple of Meliteli does not have such a fast healing effect.

You should prepare more treatment needles in the future, and it is best to buy them with RP points. It might be a psychological effect, he always felt that everything in the wasteland had residual radiation...

These robots were printed with the words "...mechanical infantry...freight...security...". It seems that the crashed train carriages were military, and these robots were accompanying security forces.

...

When the sun was setting, an iron bridge appeared in front, and a huge creature was wandering at the bottom of the dry riverbed.

This monster barely had a human shape, with a thick upper body and two arms covered with twisted and thick pale muscles, and legs that were much shorter than the upper body, and no head.

It walked on all fours like King Kong at the bottom of the dry riverbed.

The last time I chopped the Cyclops, I felt a little frustrated. Although the monster in front of me was a little shorter, it was stronger, and it should feel good to chop it.

Marvin stood on the shore and estimated the distance, about 120 meters away.

He took out a sniper rifle, put the crosshairs on the monster's upper body, and fired three shots in a row, but it seemed to have no effect...

The monster was spinning in circles, looking for something to hurt it...

Marvin switched to a combat rifle and fired three short bursts of two shots in a row.

The monster finally found the culprit and rushed to the shore...

Then, it was blocked by a gully in the riverbed and stuck in a circle...

The gunshots did not stop because of the monster's movement. The bullets shot into the strong muscles, waist, shoulder joints, knee joints...

However, all of them were ineffective. The monster still charged silently, stepping out deep pits on the dry land, and was caught by gullies.

Marvin tried the bolt-action rifle again, but it still had no effect.

The white monster did not roar, bleed, or become disabled. Instead, it grabbed a ball of black mucus from its back and threw it at him.

The flying sticky unknown object had a clear parabolic trajectory and a slow speed, so it was easy to dodge.

Seeing that he couldn't solve the problem with a gun, Marvin put away his rifle, jumped down the river bank more than 5 meters high and walked towards the monster.

He didn't rush to get close, but first circled the monster to observe it closely.

This big guy has basically no intelligence and attacks instinctively. I didn't see any visual organs, so I guess it uses vibration or sound waves to sense the surrounding situation, and the perception range is not large.

The monster's physical strength is only average in terms of muscle mass, but its vitality is very strong.

Marvin tried to cut a few times, and only a small amount of unknown liquid would seep out of the wound, and it would heal slowly.

Once again dodging the monster's hand that fell down, that thing could barely be called a hand, Marvin tightened the long knife in his hand and prepared to dissect...

The monster charged and chased, with an average speed, but the ground was shaking too much, and it was not very stable.

Marvin dodged horizontally, turned around to catch up with the monster, and at the moment it stopped, he sprinted with his body low, holding the knife with both hands, and stepped forward to cut horizontally.

A perfect blue light arc flashed by, cutting off a leg at the knee. Compared with a thick arm, a slightly thinner leg is much easier to cut.

The monster still made no sound after falling, but just twisted slightly, supported the ground with its right hand, and smashed down with the bone hammer at the front of its left arm with a sound of breaking wind.

Marvin did not retreat but advanced, leaped to the side of the monster's supporting hand, slashed horizontally again, and snapped, breaking the right wrist again.

The white monster fell down with a bang, and Marvin dodged behind the monster and kept swinging his knife.

Pieces of pale muscle were cut off, a bit like the way Peking duck was made...

The monster barely got up with its broken limbs, and Marvin used the same trick again, cutting off its right arm again, this time only the part above the elbow was left.

The monster's right limbs were completely disabled, and it couldn't even crawl, but it still rolled and chased...

Because of the fear of mana consumption, Marvin did not open the rune of Gus pattern again except for the three cuts on the broken limb.

It took more than 20 minutes, and the upper body of the monster was almost cut into a skeleton, before this extremely vigorous guy was exhausted to death.

Because the monster was not very fast, he did not use teleportation throughout the whole process, so his physical strength was not consumed much. He recovered after resting for ten minutes.

Looking around, there was no living person, and he touched the monster corpse.

[Hint: Found the remains of a mutant and modified creature, do you want to submit? ][Yes][No]

Choose yes.

[Hint: Submit successfully, reward physical attribute +1. ]

Alas, Marvin sighed that he could not use magic and seals. The battle was still a bit difficult. The firearms at hand were not powerful enough, and the benefits were not equal.

Wiped the Gus pattern clean, jumped to the other side, and walked towards the train station in front.

That was today's destination, Charleston Train Station...

...

Just as he was about to step onto the stairs in front of the train station, he heard footsteps in the station and retracted his foot on the stairs.

A black guy in a blue jumpsuit came out. He was neither vigilant nor surprised, but a happy face.

"Hey, man, are you new here?"

Marvin didn't plan to contact this guy with a strange attitude, since he already had the supervisor's line.

He turned and walked to the next iron bridge. The destination was to cross a river and continue south.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go, wait a minute..."

The black guy chased him from behind. Marvin instinctively wanted to fight back, but he held back and just turned around and looked at him.

The guy withdrew his right hand with a little embarrassment.

"Don't be nervous... man, I don't mean any harm, you see I don't have a weapon. I'm from Shelter 76, and we are helping Appalachia rebuild. Where are you going? I can help. Don't worry, you can ask the locals, we have helped many people..."

"Stop!"

This shelter kid was too good at talking, and he spoke a lot as soon as he opened his mouth. Marvin was a little confused.

"Want to chat? Okay, I'll ask you questions."

"Uh... okay. You ask, you ask..."

"Who are you?"

"Elvin Jordan, I'm a member of Vault 76, we're helping Appalachia..."

"Secondly, where are the others? Why are you the only one there?"

"Uh... they went to the Foundation, I was injured in the mines and am recovering nearby. Hi, my CAMP is over there, oh, you're not from the Vault, you don't know. I'm talking about where I live..."

"What is the Foundation?"

"The Foundation is a large settlement, all very friendly guys, let me tell you..."

"I'm Marvin Geidema, a bounty hunter, your supervisor hired me to help you clean up the mines. Now let's go to your residence."

"Ah?... Oh, okay. This way, man, you'll never believe how amazing CAMP is..."

Marvin and Elvin walked east for a while and arrived at his residence.

Unlike the beautiful little house of the blonde woman, Elvin's house was like a dilapidated house made of cement, steel and wood. However, it is quite wasteland style.

Compared with that beautiful house, Marvin prefers this one, provided that Erwin can talk less.

...

Note ①: Some readers who are not familiar with Fallout may be confused about West Virginia and Appalachia. In fact, Appalachia is a mountain range in the eastern part of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains are distributed in West Virginia, New York, and Washington, DC. Here you can understand that Appalachia is part of West Virginia.

Because of the Fallout 76 game, the tourism industry in West Virginia, a state with no sense of existence, has increased a lot, and even the governor has sent a letter of thanks. Does this situation look familiar?

The picture below is the full map of Fallout 76. The clear and complete map file is too large, so only the outline map is uploaded, and the details cannot be seen. Just take a look at it roughly.