The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

2 days later, south of Morgan Town.

Marvin looked at the white marble statue standing in the center of the garden square, and felt so strange.

Generally, this kind of statue should be very artistic, such as the David statue, such as the Broken Arm Venus, but the statue in front of him, which is only more than 4 meters high, is a very iconic cartoon big-headed doll in Fallout.

This big-headed doll is also wearing a Roman-style robe and an olive leaf wreath. With the withered and dilapidated garden around it, it is so absurd...

The scene in the brick and stone building is quite dilapidated, with dusty ground, overturned and broken furniture, moldy wallpaper, broken robot wreckage and corpses of crazy ghouls. It seems that this place has been cleaned up several times.

Nothing useful was found on the first floor, and there was a blue-painted protector robot in the first office on the second floor.

The robots in the wasteland can be judged as dangerous by looking at their paint and weapon configuration. For example, the protector robot in front of us has the words "Vault Technology" printed on its blue paint, no laser emitter on the palm, and a small doctoral hat on its head, which makes it look even more cute.

The robot stood behind the desk, turned around and made a dull electronic sound: "Welcome to Vault Technology University, I am a robot professor, what can I do for you?"

It happened that Marvin could learn about the university from it, so that his future exploration could be more targeted.

"I'm a civilian. There's no one outside. Are you still a professor?"

"Beep...According to the instructions of the former president, I was appointed as a temporary professor, responsible for the reception of visitors and telephone calls at the school. Because all faculty and staff have been out of contact for more than XX year X month X day, I am currently acting as the president." Note ①

"Uh, okay. What are the main teachings here?"

"Shelter Technology University was funded by Shelter Technology Corporation to purchase 100% of the school's shares on XX year X month X day, and transformed into a university, responsible for training shelter employees, including engineers, doctors, supervisors..."

Damn it, it started a skilled advertising time, and the speech speed was extremely slow, and sometimes it would be stuck with a "beep".

Marvin interrupted its advertisement and said, "Stop, professor, where is the university's data room?"

"Sorry, there is no data room at Shelter Technology University. All teaching and research materials are kept by each department."

"Is there a server room here? Or something similar?"

"Sorry, you are not a school employee, I can't tell you."

"Why did the robots in the school attack me?"

"They are just executing the established program."

"Can you turn them off?"

"Sorry, the program was developed by Shelter Technology, and I don't have the corresponding authorization."

"Then what can you tell me?"

"Shelter Technology University was purchased by Shelter Technology on XX/XX..."

Marvin turned around and left, and closed the door for it...

After more than 2 hours of exploration, nothing useful was found, no servers, no scientific and technological materials, no drawings, only some emails, notes and papers that destroyed the world view.

For example.

This university has a complete set of shelters built underground for teaching and experiments.

The last experimental project of this underground shelter is called "Can paste meal replacement replace regular food?"

The initiator of the experiment was a senior named Drew, and this experiment was also his graduation thesis.

This experiment also has a name, the Rambas Project.

More than 20 students were arranged as residents of the shelter, and Drew, as a supervisor, were all locked up in the simulated shelter for a two-month closed experiment.

In the first two weeks of the experiment, everyone praised the diverse flavors of the paste meal replacement, but things took a sharp turn for the worse two weeks later.

A resident died suddenly of an inexplicable heart attack.

After the autopsy, the doctor announced that the cause of death was macular lesions of the cardiovascular system, and suspected that the cause came from the paste meal replacement.

Other students were angry and asked Drew to open the door of the shelter, and they wanted to go back to school.

But Drew was hesitant, because once the door was opened, it meant that his graduation thesis was over.

One week later, Drew still refused to open the door, and others began to do some radical things, such as smashing and looting.

Drew was forced to give up the paste meal replacement and resume using regular food.

However, the warehouse manager stole the food and had already started to secretly make money with food.

This resulted in only two days' worth of regular food for everyone, and Drew felt that he might be finished, not just for the thesis.

He was indeed about to finish, and the students used tools to pry open the supervisor's office.

Drew locked himself in his bedroom because he was afraid, hoping to survive the last month.

At this time, a nuclear war broke out, the world was destroyed, and the people at the Shelter Technology University either died or ran away.

The students were locked underground and knew nothing, and Drew could no longer contact the tutor outside through the terminal.

In the end, Drew did not survive the end of the experiment and died in his bedroom, and everyone else died in the shelter.

The most exciting part is here... Marvin found a big melon in the terminal in the tutor's office.

This student experiment called "Project Rambas" was changed by Shelter Technology at the beginning.

The company added "plaque agent" to the paste meal replacement to observe how residents would deal with death caused by food problems.

As the head of the experiment and the supervisor of the shelter, Drew knew nothing about this...

...

Vault-Tec is closely connected to the US government, accepting large orders and full control from the US government. It can even be called a state-owned enterprise. There are other similar large companies, such as West Tek.

The representative image of Vault-Tec is Vault Boy, a cartoon image of a blond white boy in a blue jumpsuit.

This company relies on government support and acts extremely asshole.

The company has strict restrictions and requirements on employees' rest time, salary deductions, confidentiality requirements, etc., and even the length of time to go to the bathroom is clearly arranged.

There is also a strange corporate culture within the company. For example, Vault-Tec's research results are superior to the human rights and lives of residents, even including the lives of employees themselves.

The rare brainwashing level makes these Vault-Tec personnel both cruel and naive, selfish and selfless.

Vault-Tec has a large number of scientific and technological technologies, including machinery, electronics, biology, plants, viruses, energy, construction, weapons... The scope is so wide that it is simply incredible.

Vault is an underground facility designed by Vault-Tec and later built in conjunction with Roco Industries.

On the surface, the Vault is intended to provide protection and help certain people avoid a possible nuclear war. In fact, all facilities are secretly carrying out a series of social experiments planned by the United States government.

For example, Vault 68 has 999 men and 1 woman; Vault 34 has a large number of unattended weapons...

They built a total of 122 Vaults.

However, when the war broke out, only a few people entered the Vault due to false information and lack of prior exercises. Note ②

...

Morgantown Airport, northwest of Morgantown.

There were rows of shabby tents on the original parking lot, and nearly ten Scorched Dead were moving between the tents in a sneaky manner. They gradually surrounded a corner of the parking lot.

"Fire!" a clear female voice shouted.

Bang, bang... puff... boom...

For a while, gunfire rang out, and there were also grenade explosions.

A black boy ducked his head and hid behind a concrete pier, laughing at his teammates beside him: "Hey, Curly, I killed three of them!"

The teammate with slightly brown skin and half-long curly hair fired a long burst of shots, and said without turning his head: "Dennis, if you have long hair, you will also have curly hair. Second, they were not killed by you, they were already dead."

He fired two shots, knocking down the last enemy in front of him, turned his head and continued: "Third, if you give me a nickname again, you will never think of me grilling lizard skewers for you..."

"That's enough for the two of you, come and help me." The woman on the other side shouted for help.

The black boy called Dennis quickly lowered his body, flexibly bypassed his teammates, and jumped to the woman's side.

He aimed his gun and continued to talk dirty: "Lily, I'm here! Look, am I still treating you well?"

The woman rolled her eyes and retorted between shots: "Yeah, yeah, your rations for next week are still in my hands, you better be careful with what you say."

Bang bang... Denis fired two shots and begged for mercy: "Please, I..."

"Shut up!" Lily shouted to another teammate, "Sumar, come here, we have to retreat quickly. There are too many scorched corpses."

"Okay, cover me!" the curly-haired man responded.

Denis emptied his magazine and covered his teammates' evacuation. When he changed the magazine, he asked: "Don't you continue to the east?"

Lily also emptied her magazine. The remaining enemies were still far away, and her teammates were safe. She turned her head and replied: "No, we have collected enough supplies today, don't take risks..."

At this moment, four green guys walked in from the airport gate on their left. They were all wearing homemade metal armor, which was crude but very strong.

The leading mutant was taller and stronger, holding a huge shield transformed from the hood, and the real headlights on his shoulders were extremely eye-catching.

It excitedly waved its shield and weapon and shouted: "Human! Wow ha ha ha, catch them!"

Its weapon was a huge hammer made of cement blocks and steel bars, simple but dangerous.

"Fuck! Back off." Lily cursed and raised her gun to shoot.

The three of them shot and retreated to the broken house in the corner.

Denis was no longer a bad mouth, his shooting skills were actually quite accurate.

Dangdangdang...

The bullet hit the hood shield, and the green-skinned monster smiled strangely and moved forward with the shield.

"Human, ha ha, human..."

The cement hammer head dragged a white mark on the ground.

The guns in the hands of the other three super mutants were actually automatic rifles.

Because of their large size, thick fingers, and mutated nervous system, it is difficult for super mutants to accurately aim and shoot, so their shooting skills are generally poor, but the bodies of these monsters are too strong.

Pre-war research shows that the cell division rate of super mutants is 85% higher than that of humans, which means that their self-healing rate is 85% higher than that of humans, or even higher.

A small number of bullets hit the green monsters' skin and flesh, which at most stopped them for a while. The big guy holding the car hood couldn't hit them at all. The two sides were getting closer and closer.

If they really got close to them, the boys in the shelter would be finished.

"Sumar, power armor, 10 seconds." Lily shouted.

"That's enough, hold on."

The curly-haired man immediately put away his gun and rolled and crawled to the broken house behind him. He needed a cover.

……

Marvin gained nothing from exploring the Vault-Tech University this time, except for a few bad stories and a few bullet holes in his leather jacket.

Exploration is not always successful, and returning empty-handed should be the norm.

He quickly threw away the disappointment in his heart and left Morgantown to continue north along the railroad.

Morgantown Airport is a very small airport, separated from the train station by a road.

Marvin heard the gunshots in the airport. He didn't want to get involved, but the content of the shouting from both sides made him decide to go and see.

The super mutant said "catch them", not kill them.

The super mutant's diet includes humans, but these monsters don't have the ability and habit of raising humans, which is a bit abnormal.

Secondly, the woman said "power armor".

He has been in Appalachia for many days, and has only seen power armor from the Vault Boys and the Foundation. This thing is still very rare in the wasteland.

Moreover, the woman's tactical language was concise and clear, which was obviously not the quality that looters and scavengers could possess.

Marvin hid by the airport gate and looked inside to see what happened next.

Because there was a heavy armored unit with a shield and forward pressure among the super mutants, even though the boys in the shelter had a T45 power armor, they still had a hard time fighting.

There were also scorched corpses harassing on the other side, and the situation was a bit critical.

Marvin originally wanted to make a name for himself in the crater before contacting the shelter, but plans could not keep up with changes, so he would not miss such a good opportunity to sell favors.

…

Dang, dang, Sumar blocked two consecutive blows with his arms, and even though he was wearing a power armor, he was still knocked down by the big cement block.

The huge vibration made Sumar feel nauseous, but he had to hold on, otherwise his teammates would be in danger.

They had been fighting for too long today, and they were not enough in terms of ammunition or energy. I hope his teammates can deal with the other three enemies as soon as possible.

Bang, bang, Lily and Denis finally knocked down a super mutant together.

Lily continued to shoot at the super mutants. Dennis threw a grenade and immediately turned his gun to deal with the scorched corpse.

Boom, boom, two grenades exploded one after another beside the super mutant.

Puff, puff, a very rhythmic gunshot sounded.

The bullet accurately hit the back of the green monster's neck, where there was no metal armor.

Plop, the monster fell to the ground.

Marvin's new combat rifle "fixative" is indeed easy to use. It is not only accurate, but also more powerful than ordinary rifles. I don't know why.

Soon there was only one super mutant left. The guy with the most complete protective gear, the strongest strength, and holding a shield.

The monster seemed to be angry at Marvin's sneak attack from behind. He completely ignored the bullets and power armor behind him and rushed towards Marvin with a shield.

"Hey! Bastard, you deserve to die!"

The human opposite Ma Wenchao waved his hand and shouted, "Leave this to me." He pointed to the side and said, "You clean up the scorched corpses."

"Sumar, go help." Lily shot down a scorched corpse with two shots, gritted her teeth and said to her black companion, "Let's fight these bastards."

In terms of running speed, the T45 power armor is really a long way behind the super mutant, not to mention that this guy who is obviously an elite monster is more powerful and shook off the pursuers in a few steps.

Marvin threw away his rifle, pulled out the Gus pattern hanging on his waist, and hooked his hand at the monster.

The super mutant in front of him was obviously "smarter" than other super mutants, and the veins on his hideous face were bulging.

Woo~The huge cement block swung down with a sound of breaking wind...

Marvin dodged sideways, raised his long sword, and cut off the thick arm without protective gear with one knife. He slashed horizontally with his backhand, and the blade swept across the monster's leg and cut off the big tendon.

Bang, zi...The super mutant's face was close to the ground and slid several meters away before stopping.

Bang bang bang...

The T45 power armor rushed over with big strides, and it was obvious that it couldn't stop...

"Get out of the way!~~~" Sumar shouted at the top of his lungs.

Marvin quickly rolled to the side to avoid it, and picked up the rifle on the ground.

"Ah!" The power armor flew over and hit the fallen green monster.

"Uh... Wow." It was the monster's scream.

"Cough cough cough..." It was Sumar's cough.

Marvin walked over with a knife and said, "Don't get up, hold it down."

"Cough cough... Oh, no problem."

The power armor spread its limbs and held the monster down.

Puff, the long knife nailed into the back of the green monster's head.

"Okay, get up."

"Oh, did you kill it?"

Marvin chopped off the super-changed head with a knife, and green blood spurted out more than a meter.

Wipe the blade clean and put it back into the sheath.

"Yeah."

"A very cool knife. And you're really professional." Sumar said as he took out his rifle. The scorched corpses on the other side had not been cleared yet.

...

They didn't kill all the scorched corpses in the airport. The shelter boys had planned to leave long ago, and this airport had no appeal to Marvin.

The four of them were sitting on the concrete steps outside the Morgantown train station to rest.

"My name is Lily, and I'm responsible for the collection and logistics of the team. This is Denis, a chatterbox. This is Sumar, a Middle Eastern guy. They came to help me temporarily."

"Hey, Lily, how can you say that to me? I'm so sad."

Lily pouted and spread her hands.

"Marvin Geidema, bounty hunter."

"Huh? This name sounds so familiar..." Lily tapped her chin and thought for a long time, but still couldn't remember it.

"Uh, never mind. Hello, Marvin. And thank you."

"Hey, man, what did you do earlier, were you a kungfu? Wow, he's so handsome!" Denis stood up and gestured. (Kung Fu in English is KONGFU)

"How do you think I'm doing? Haha, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah... How's that?"

Lily covered her face with her hands and said, "Sorry..."

Sumal quickly pulled his teammate to sit down, and the two of them started quarreling.

Marvin ignored this meaningless question and asked Lily: "They are here to help. Doesn't that mean you are the only one responsible for collecting supplies?"

"Oops, you got it wrong. There are 8 of us in charge of collecting supplies, and I'm in charge, hehe. Denis, if you cause trouble again, next week's share will be halved!"

Denis threw away his male teammates, squeezed in next to his female teammates, and said flatteringly: "Lily, beautiful and lovely Lily, you won't do this to me. What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

Lily pushed away the approaching black face, moved to the side, and asked, "Are you a loner?"

Marvin nodded.

"How about you join us?"

Sumar suddenly said: "I agree."

Denis immediately raised his hands: "I agree too!"

"Sorry, I have other things to do recently, maybe later."

This team seems to be much stronger than Banks's team. He doesn't have enough chips and is not hot enough, so he can't join yet.

The four separated at the train station, with the Vault Boys heading south and Marvin heading north.

…

Note ①: Since the follow-up will involve some stories in other regions, I have blurred the timeline of the Fallout series. Let us just treat it as another story set in the background of the wasteland world.

Note ②: I have a plan to write an extra chapter to list some interesting background stories about radiation, such as the experimental contents of some shelters. The stories will be darker and dystopian. Due to the low level of the writer, it cannot be directly set as extra chapters and easter egg chapters. It can only be released as normal chapters and updated as the story progresses. If you want to see it, just leave a message in this paragraph, and I will decide whether to write such an extra based on the feedback.