The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

In addition to placing a bounty in Rusty Pickaxe Town, Marvin also tried to find the Blood Eagle Gang.

Those lunatics with blood eagles painted on their backs are really unreasonable. They don't communicate with outsiders at all, and they just draw their guns when they meet.

As a result, he not only walked more than 2 hours on the mountain road in vain, but also had to go to Rusty Pickaxe Town again, otherwise the inventory would be full.

There was no news from Mao all morning.

Marvin could only turn to this extreme gang of predators as a last resort.

If you can't find the "lucky mine" through other means, then find a way to have a "good" chat with the leader of the Blood Eagle Gang.

It was getting late and he had to go to the crater to settle the bill with Meg.

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Near noon, inside the Grand Cross of the crater.

Meg was sitting in a high-backed chair, talking with some of her men.

Seeing Marvin come in, she said loudly: "Boy, you did a great job. Go find Loxena with the bottle cap, Tal is down below, I have something else to do."

Marvin nodded and went down the spiral staircase.

Handing over the disk containing the complete set of "Electronic Communication Technology" and "Wheeled Vehicle Principles and Maintenance Guide" to Tal was considered as payment in advance for modifying the vehicle.

Finally getting what he had been longing for, Tal smiled so much that he could see his back molars.

"I thought you said there was an engine coming?"

Marvin nodded and replied: "Yes, but I don't know how to dismantle the car. Please teach me how to dismantle the car first."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Tal pulled him out, "I have a lot of free time these days, let's go for a walk."

"Don't drag me, I have to go to Roxy to settle the bill first..."

Marvin couldn't get the whole car from Lakeside Manor to Crater, there wasn't that much space in the inventory.

He had to first learn from Tull how to completely disassemble the engine, chassis, axle and other large parts, and then bring them over one by one.

Fortunately, he can teleport, otherwise the distance from the lakeside manor to the crater would be so tiring from moving to and fro.

Going to the Monster House to check out with Roxy went smoothly.

There are four accounts to be settled, the reward for saving people in Grafton City, the fine for killing four unlucky guys for the first time in the crater, the reward for wiping out the cult at Clancy Manor, and the reward for wiping out the super mutants in the East End Prison. of remuneration.

The city of Grafton's reward for saving someone's life is 500 bottle caps.

The penalty for killing four unlucky guys was 200 bottle caps, so Marvin only got 300.

Eliminating the super mutation in the Eastern District Prison, the 200 bottle cap fine was waived, and Meg rewarded Marvin with 200 for his outstanding performance.

The remuneration and fines for these few things alone, after addition and subtraction, totaled 700 bottle caps.

The most troublesome thing is the reward for killing the Mothman cult.

The original tasks Roxy gave Marvin and how the rewards were calculated were as follows:

Reconnaissance, obtain key information including terrain, number of people, firepower configuration, etc., 300 bottle caps.

Assassinations are paid per person, ranging from 50 to 200 bottle caps.

Investigate, investigate the origin and cause of the whispers, 200 bottle caps; give available solutions to the whispers, 500 bottle caps.

As a result, he shot all the enemies to death in one go. Boss Meg and Roxy discussed it for a long time, and finally gave a fixed price of 1,200 bottle caps.

If we really count the information obtained and the number of people killed, it will definitely not be enough.

Although McCarron also participated in the war, most of the credit was due to Marvin, especially because he also killed a giant moth that "can remotely control people's minds."

Marvin didn't value the actual remuneration that much and agreed immediately.

His main purpose of helping the crater is to increase his favorability.

At present, this purpose has been 100% achieved. It doesn’t matter if there are more or less bottle caps.

After passing the pile of ashes, he already had a way to quickly earn bottle caps.

In the morning, he wandered around the ashes for more than two hours and killed four Blood Eagle Gang strongholds. He earned more than two hundred just by selling the loot.

The hourly wage is more than 100, a decent high-paying freelance job, and a bicycle is also needed.

If there is really a shortage of bottle caps, then go around a few more times, and then sell the loot to Colt in Rusty Pickaxe Town, the Crater, or to the Foundation. Isn't this faster than accepting a commission?

He agreed happily, and Roxy's favorability level continued to rise, and her pupils almost turned into the shape of Coke bottle caps.

Marvin took a total of 1,900 bottle caps from Roxy.

In addition to the more than 700 he collected from Clancy Manor and the more than 600 he earned from selling scattered items, he also has more than 3,200 in savings. The cost of driving the car should be almost enough.

He still had a share of the pile of trophies originally recovered from the East District Prison. He could just pick a few items or wait for Colt to sell them and divide the bottle caps.

However, he did not intend to share the bottle caps, and only took away 2 unmodified mini nuclear bombs and a Fat Man nuclear bomb launcher.

Speaking of Fat Man's nuclear bomb, the modified nuclear bomb he snatched from the East District Prison self-destructor was quite dangerous. After he left last night, he found an uninhabited rift and threw it away.

It didn't explode when he threw it. He didn't know when it would explode, nor did he want to know.

The mini-nuclear bomb is commonly known as the fat man nuclear bomb. The two are the same thing. They were the ultimate hot weapon for individual soldiers of the United States before the war.

The data provided by the learning machine best illustrates the power of this thing.

[Fat Man Nuclear Bomb Launcher]

Category: Special bomb delivery device

Quality: Ordinary (white)

Attack Power:-

【Mini Nuclear Bomb】

Category: Micro Nuclear Bomb

Quality: Ordinary (white)

Attack power: 22~145

The maximum explosive attack power is over 140, and even wearing power armor can't withstand it.

In fact, the Ranger armor that Marvin wore was strictly considered part of the trophies.

But McCarron didn't say much, even though his eyes were green with envy.

This is also the reason why Marvin didn't take more.

In short, since he arrived in the wasteland world, he has been most comfortable working with the Crater gang, although he doesn't like their slightly chaotic management status.

Since cooperation is comfortable, he will not take the initiative to destroy the tacit understanding between the two parties.

If you are dealing with strangers or people who are hostile, refer to the destroyed Banks team.

From that day on, Marvin went to Rusty Pickaxe Town every morning to ask for information. If there was any information, he would follow the person who sold the information. If there was no information, he would come to the crater to learn how to dismantle cars or fight with Tull.

At the same time, he also has another learning project, learning booby traps and blasting techniques with Cyclops McCarron.

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White Springs Resort, a place Marvin passed by once. (Chapter 8 of this volume)

Before the war, this was West Virginia's most high-end resort. The white European-style buildings included top hotels, golf clubs, state-level conference halls, private clubs and other ultimate high-end services.

White Springs Resort has a real presidential suite. It is not the "presidential suite" that you can pay to stay in in major hotels, but a villa suite specially designed to serve the President of the United States. At least 20 presidents of the United States have stayed and vacationed here. Note①

This noble and huge resort was not destroyed during the war, and most of the buildings were intact.

Thanks to robot security guards and robot cleaners, the place is still clean.

Except for a large number of destroyed and scrapped cars and crazy ghouls wandering around, this place is exactly the same as before the war.

The western half of the White Springs Resort is an extremely flat lawn, with two damaged and faded pennants hanging limply, complaining that dignitaries will no longer come to play golf.

There are several mismatched buildings sitting on the lawn, and the mix and match style seems to be the work of the shelter boys.

This is Team Vaughn's headquarters.

Although this team only has 22 people, they really have a headquarters and several small strongholds responsible for collecting resources.

Time goes back to noon on the day when Marvin first learned to dismantle a car with Tal.

Anita Garcia sat in a glass conservatory full of sunshine, listening to the investigation results of the two teammates opposite. Captain Robert Vaughn, Arab assaulter Sumar and Asian sniper Andy and other important team members were also present. .

Logistics manager Lily and the black boy Denis did not come back.

Lily will be responsible for collecting supplies in Morgantown, trying to get everything that can be obtained from that area as soon as possible, while Denis will stay there to help. And they already expressed their opinions last time.

The two team members found fairly comprehensive information in the foundation's investigation.

First, Team Banks arrived first and reached an uneasy cooperation with the Foundation to help the Foundation eliminate nearby mutated monsters.

Everyone here is basically aware of the mission of Team Banks, which is to help clean up monsters from large settlements in central Appalachia and convince them to be vaccinated against the radiation zombie virus.

However, it looks like they screwed up.

Second, the bounty hunter only appeared later and took the initiative to contact the Banks team. According to witnesses, the bounty hunter had Pip-Boy with him.

"I know this. I asked the supervisor. She gave Pip-Boy to the bounty hunter. And..."

Anita paused for a moment before continuing, "The supervisor has a very good impression of that kid. You should have heard about the 'Hiccup Betty' mine."

"Tsk tsk..." Asian-faced Andy said disdainfully, "Seven people broke into a mine, and the enemies were scum like the Zombie Man. It's really embarrassing."

"Yes, there is indeed only one kind of monster in that mine: the Radiant Corpse Man." Anita said leisurely: "But... there are at least 80 of them."

"Walter?!" Everyone was shocked.

"That's right, at least 80. The supervisor sent someone to look at it, and it was very clean. The bounty hunter did it alone."

Andy asked what everyone wanted to ask: "Are you kidding me?"

"I don't really believe it either, but..." Anita spread her hands and continued, "I can't help but believe what the supervisor said."

At this time, the teammate who reported the news spoke: "Guys, don't be surprised in a hurry, there will be more surprises to come."

The two men told the story of Marvin's killing of the Mire Crab Queen.

There were so many witnesses to this incident that they could easily be questioned, and even the killing process was very detailed.

Although no one was around the scene at the time, telescopes are not a rare thing in the wasteland.

"Are you sure he killed a mire crab queen with a knife?" Although Anita had a certain understanding of Marvin's strength, she didn't expect him to be this strong.

"I can't believe it, but we found 6 witnesses, including the leader Page. Their stories were exactly the same."

Just now, everyone's mood was one of surprise, but now it has advanced to disbelief.

Sumar, who had been silent, said: "Denis, Lily, I, and I have also seen him use a knife. He is indeed very powerful and very fast. But using a knife to deal with the Mire Crab Queen?..."

Team Vaughn also killed a Mire Crab Queen in the radiation swamp area in the center of the Toxic Valley, but that feat was accomplished by gathering all 5 power armors and all the heavy firepower of the team at that time, including 2 mini machine guns, 3 laser machine guns, 1 rocket launcher, 3 rockets and 1 Fat Man nuclear bomb.

The others were still whispering to each other in surprise, but Anita had a headache at the moment.

She rubbed her temples and asked, "So, John Rey was planning to trick that bounty hunter?"

"According to what we have investigated, this is indeed the case."

"Haha, after all these years, those bastards still can't change their bad habits." Andy complained, "That idiot Rey can't even understand the four arithmetic operations. He has the nerve to call others a native. He knows how to be cool all day long. ”

This was obviously an old grudge, and the scolding was not polite at all.

It seems that there is quite a lot of bad blood between the two teams.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet." Captain Robert brought the topic back on track, "Is it possible that the two sides became enmity because of this incident?"

Anita shook her head and said: "It's unlikely. Rey is the one who suffers. With his character, he can only complain a few words and there will be no conflict, let alone enmity. Moreover, the bounty hunter also helped them get rid of it. A super mutant camp."

"But we can't rule out the bounty hunter's revenge, right?" One of the investigators, a white man named Craven, said, "Maybe he is being petty?"

"How to take revenge?" Another investigator asked: "You mean the bounty hunter killed 11 of Banks and the others by himself?"

"Hahaha..." Andy laughed, and found that the others did not laugh together, so he could only touch his nose in embarrassment and shut up.

Robert concluded: "Although it is a bit whimsical, this possibility cannot be completely ruled out, but we have no evidence. The bounty hunter currently has a good relationship with the crater, and it is not cost-effective to offend him rashly. The supervisor's opinion is that if it is not necessary, don't Conflict with him. Now, vote, raise your hands if you agree to cooperate with him.”

Robert did not raise his hand. He continued: "Lily and Denis have already voted. They voted for it. I voted against it. It is too risky to cooperate with him."

Everyone looked at each other...

Andy was the first to raise his hand and said: "I agree, so what if he really did it? Are you going to avenge those idiots? Tsk..."

Sumar also raised his hand: "Bounty hunters have proven it in the Eastern District Prison. It is difficult to find such a powerful collaborator. I agree."

One of the investigators, Craven, raised his hand: "I agree..."

"Wait a minute." Another investigator said in surprise: "That's not what you just said."

"I didn't finish what I said just now." Craven still raised his hand, "That's a wild guess, and I know it's impossible. At least in the case of the Foundation, the bounty hunter is the victim."

"Okay, I agree. I actually plan to vote in favor." Another investigator also raised his hand.

"We have no conflict with him, and if it weren't for him, the suicide bomber might have killed a few of us." Anita also raised her hand, "I vote in favor."

7 people attended the meeting, 6 voted in favor, and there were two votes in favor outside the meeting.

Captain Robert Vaughn pointed at his teammates with an annoyed look on his face: "I am the captain after all, right? You guys really don't give me any face."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

…

For three days in a row, Marvin didn't get any useful news in Rusty Pickaxe Town.

The next day, a scavenger provided the location, and he followed him there.

The result is a fairy dance.

Several scavengers thought he was a fat sheep and planned to lure him into a trap and kill him to divide the spoils.

As a result, Marvin made more money, 46 bottle caps. The scavengers are indeed poor people.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, he was helping Tarr build a car in the scrapyard.

A raider finds him, and Boss Meg summons.

When he entered Grand Cross, Meg was quarreling with Robert Vaughan, and Anita was there.

"Shut the hell up, I say it again, it's impossible! Even if that kind of thing can be killed, how many men will we lose? You'd better get out of here now!"

Although Meg was swearing, her tone was not high-pitched and she didn't look too angry. She just had a habit of having a bad mouth.

"Meg, are you looking for me?"

Meg waved her hand to interrupt the shelter boy and turned around: "They are looking for you."

Marvin walked over and asked Robert: "What's going on?"

Things are a little more complicated.

Team Vaughn is the strongest team among the teams in Vault 76. They have also received the most difficult task of investigating the source of the radiation zombie virus.

In addition, they found a device from the Vault Technology University that can detect the concentration of the radiation corpse virus in the blood.

This is used to determine whether various organisms may be the source of the radiation corpse virus. The higher the concentration, the greater the possibility.

Team Vaughn has tested the blood of many creatures, including radix ghouls, mad ghouls, wild dogs, insects, monsters, radioactive scorpions, mire crabs, mire crab queens, Grafton monsters...

However, the concentration of radiation corpse virus in his blood was obviously insufficient.

Before they met Marvin, they discovered a huge, bat-like monster on the east side of the mountains, which was probably related to the Radiation Corpse Virus.

But this monster is so powerful and can fly that it is difficult to even shoot it down, let alone obtain its blood.

Things were stuck here and couldn't move forward. Robert consulted with Meg several times, hoping to get help. Because the force value of the crater is much stronger than that of the foundation, and it is also close.

But Meg is a chicken thief.

She had known that monster before. It was so powerful that even if he wore power armor, it would be difficult to deal with it. It would be easy to kill someone if he sent people to fight against it.

She is the boss of the crater and has to be responsible for the people under her. She would not get involved in something that was fatal and had no benefits.

What is the fate of mankind? Rebuilding Appalachia is bullshit. The looters in the crater don't understand these great principles, and they don't care.

Meg listened to the conversation between the two sides and suddenly asked: "Marvin, do you also think that the scorched people are caused by the virus?"

"Indeed, you should arrange for your people to be vaccinated as soon as possible." Marvin nodded, "I have already been vaccinated."

When I got the vaccine formula, the learning machine gave a prompt.

He didn't get vaccinated because of the side effects of the vaccine, but for the people in the wasteland world, that side effect is the same as not having it. (Chapter 7 of this volume)

It's good for the people in the crater to get vaccinated, for Shelter 76, and for himself. It's a fool not to say so.

Meg nodded: "I understand. If it's you, then I believe it."

Then she changed the subject: "But the monster in the east is none of my business. You guys talk, I'll go arrange the vaccine."

After that, she turned around and left. This woman is really smart.

Marvin didn't know what the monster they were talking about was, but it was nothing more than a flying monster. He had killed more than one or two.

He planned to give it a try. Even if he couldn't beat it, could he still run away?

He asked, "Where is that place?"

...

Note ①: The real prototype of the White Spring Resort is the "Green Briar Resort". This super-luxury resort in reality is located next to the White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia, so the name of the White Briar in the game is not difficult to understand. The Green Briar Resort has a big secret. It was only gradually known after it was exposed in 1992. In the decades before that, even the American people knew very little about this resort.

Thanks to the B station UP host @Junker 87G for the picture and text materials and @Cole's video materials.