Lucius never expected that the second case of non-combat attrition in Shelter No.404 was actually due to crabs in the lake?
"Split Claw Crab."
Looking at the big crab lying on the player's head on the shore of the lake, it took Lucius only a second to recognize the crab's identity.
This kind of crab probably belongs to a mutant of some kind of lake crab. As for the specific species, no one knows, and it doesn't matter. After all, a crab that grows to a height of one meter is not suitable for anyone to have relatives.
The mud and algae hanging all over his body seemed to never be washed clean, and looked like a ball of mud from a distance. The high raised arc-shaped carapace is a natural armor, with a large amount of calcium-magnesium minerals, chitin, keratinized fibers, and other biopolymers accumulated, which can effectively disperse and buffer kinetic energy damage. It's no different than scratching an itch. And those two huge pliers are even more explosive, and they are said to be able to cut through tree trunks as thick as thighs... But why did these things appear here?
Is there a nest of Split-Claw Crabs somewhere at the bottom of the lake or across the lake? Lucius frowned.
"What is a Split-Claw Crab?" Tomorrow, who was following beside him, was confused and asked quickly.
"Mutant."
No time to explain. The Cleft Claw Crab had already gnawed off half of its head, and the part below the neck of the unlucky little player would have been gnawed off.
Lucius adjusted the KV-1 exoskeleton from "Cruising mode" to "Maneuvering mode", increased the output power of the knee and elbow joints, walked towards the Split Claw Crab with heavy steps, and calmly pulled out the Hammer behind.
The Split Claw Crab has a very wide shell, resulting in almost no rear vision for the Split Claw Crab. Although their sense of hearing is very keen at close range, as long as they walk right in front of this thing, it cannot accurately distinguish the front and rear directions of the target.
If you're quick, you can knock it over with a hammer in 2 seconds! However, just as Lucius walked out of the woods, when he was still 20 or 30 meters away, Brother Mosquito suddenly came out from the nearby grass with a wooden tube on his shoulders.
"Big Crab? Where is it??? Heck, it's so big! Mr. Manager, it's too dangerous there, please don't go there! Let me get rid of it!"
After all, Brother Mosquito excitedly ignited the lead wire behind the wooden tube, carried it on his shoulder, and pointed the black mouth of the tube at the crab.
"F*ck!"
"It's Mosquito!"
"Run!"
The players who joined in the fun were all frightened by his actions, and ran away as if they had seen a plague god. Without waiting for Lucius to stop it, a tongue of flame sprang out from the wooden tube, holding a fist-sized firecracker, and swished towards the Split Claw Crab.
The Split Claw Crab probably heard the movement, but before it could turn around, the forearm-long firecracker fell into the mud behind its buttocks.
Obviously. This RPG is not very accurate. But it doesn't matter anymore.
Hearing the sound of "Boom", a mud column flew up to four or five meters flat, the flames of the explosion shook the carapace twice, and the billowing smoke directly swallowed the huge body,
Nearly one kilogram of gunpowder exploded in an instant. If a person stood so close, even if he was not killed by the shrapnel, his internal organs would have been shattered.
However, Split Claw Crabs are not human after all. The shock wave of the explosion couldn't penetrate its carapace at all, let alone damage its already meager internal organs.
A shrill and hoarse howl sounded.
The Split Claw Crab engulfed by the thick smoke rushed out in pain, and quickly locked on to Lucius who was the closest, brandishing its large pincers and rushing towards it.
But probably the leg was "broken" by the shock, and its speed is only a little faster than a person's walking.
The nearby players quickly raised their guns and opened fire, but the Split Claw Crab, which had been shot a few times, seemed to be fine and was not affected at all.
"Cease fire!"
Lucius raised his right fist to signal the players to stop wasting bullets, then weighed the sledgehammer in his hand, sighed and walked forward.
"They really found something for me to do."
...
In front of the nitrogen-powered hammer, the lame split claw crab is no different from a marauder with empty ammunition. Lucius didn't waste time with it at all, switched to B mode, and swung it with an armor-piercing heavy blow, and the nitrogen armor that exploded instantly shattered half of its face.
The battle is over. A dozen or so small players who came out of the base with him were also responsible for scraping. Apart from wasting a few bullets, they didn't do any damage at all.
"Too strong……"
"Boss Manager is awesome!"
"I finally know how the looter lost his head..."
The players around were whispering excitedly.
Mosquito carrying the wooden tube looked dazed, and it took a long time until the battle was over to come back to his senses.
"Damn it... is it all right?"
"What the hell are you using HE bombs to load the carrier, at least you should use AP bombs," Walker patted Mosquito's shoulder with a playful smile, "But I have one thing to say, brother, I will judge your skills."
Mosquito blushed and quibbled.
"It must be the plot... Plot killing! The plot is not over when I fire rpg, so how can it be killed if the HP bar is locked? One kilogram of gunpowder, if the HP bar is not locked, it will definitely die!"
"Hahahaha, it's possible! Why can't I think of locking the HP bar, but bro in the game till I never saw the HP bar, hahaha."
"..."
Tomorrow sighed, and instead of laughing at Mosquito with Walker, he just patted the big brother on the shoulder, gave him an encouraging look, and went up to help Manager to pack up the spoils.
Such a big Split Claw Crab weighs at least one hundred and 50 kg, maybe 200 kg.
[ Killing Chicken At Midnight ] Turning the axe, the ax was aimed at the back of the Split Claw Crab. As a result, other than hurting his own hands and leaving only a mud mark on the dirty thick shell, nothing else happens.
"F*ck? Is this shell made of iron?" His eyes popped out, and he doubted the power of his ax for the first time.
"It should be good for armor." [ Mole In The Hole ] squatted next to it, and filed down the crab's pincers a few times with a hatchet. "The pincers are really hard. Are these things really mutated by radiation?"
"Ghost knows."
Looking at the group of players surrounded by the Split Claw Crab, Lucius put away the hammer.
"You find a cart and bring it back."
"Yes, Manager!"
Looking at the players who started to work, Lucius then found two young players who had nothing to do, and asked them to move the headless corpse back on the ground.
Fortunately, they arrived in time. This little player only had his brain eaten, and his clothes were basically intact. The shrapnel and burning wood tar from the previous explosion were basically blocked by the shell of the Split Claw Crab.
Lucius is not worried about the players dying now, but more worried about them ruining their clothes. People can start over after they die, but there are only two sets of blue coats in total. If it is broken, I really don't know where to get such a good fit.
...
On the way back, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and snow had begun to hang on the treetops and grass leaves. If it doesn't stop at night, it is estimated that there will be no need to wait for the next one, and there will be a layer of snow tomorrow.
Lucius preliminarily speculated that the range of activities of these Split Claw Crabs should have changed due to the drop in temperature, but he didn't know which direction they migrated from. But don't settle down in front of his house.
In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Lucius issued an order to designate the vicinity as a dangerous area. Keep away until the source of these Split Claw Crabs is known.
At the same time, he also ordered two perception system players, one to the northeast and the other to the southwest, to scout along the shore of the lake and report back immediately if they found any abnormalities.
There was a one-meter-high crab lying on its stomach, and it was carried onto the cart by two players of the strength system.
Singing chaotic songs of triumph along the way, these players who followed Manager to "Expedite" carried the trophy back to the outpost. That high-profile appearance attracted the attention of many people.
"Holy shit, such a big crab?"
"What's going on?! Did I miss something again?"
Curious in his heart, the melon eater who didn't know the truth, stepped forward and grabbed a team follower to ask.
"Brother, where did you catch such a big crab?"
"I caught it."
"What the hell?! It's so big how can you catch it?!"
"Hey, let's take the fisherman to make a nest first, so we'll catch it later too?"
Not only the nearby players were dumbfounded, but also Yugin who happened to come from Beit Street to trade.
There was a man standing next to him, and the two of them carried one side of the wooden stick with one shoulder, and a strong mutant wild boar was tied to the wooden stick. Standing in front of the west gate and looking at the crab, everyone looked dumbfounded.
It was Lucius who found him, walked towards him, and said with a smile.
"To exchange something?"
Yugin opened his mouth, his eyes moved away from the big crab, and then stuck to the big hammer behind Lucius.
But the man next to him reacted first, nodded nervously, and said honestly.
"I want to change the salt. I heard that you can change the salt here."
Yugin finally came to his senses, and hurriedly introduced to Lucius.
"This is my cousin, his surname is Lino, and his name is Niluu."
Niluu is okay.
"It's snowing outside, come in with me."
Under the leadership of Lucius, the two of them were unimpeded in the outpost, but there were always people who looked at them curiously.
Yugin is used to it, after all, he has been here several times, but the cousin he brought here is the first time, and he always feels uncomfortable.
"Please don't worry, they have been underground for a long time and have never seen anyone outside the shelter, so they will be curious if outsiders come."
Seeing this big man in a blue coat talk to him, Niluu quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I don't care."
Lucius nodded, took the two of them to the warehouse, and handed them over to Luka, the warehouse manager who was guarding there.
The old slave recognized Yugin, immediately understood what he had to do, and skillfully led the man named Niluu to the slaughterhouse.
Yugin handed over all the prey to him, instead of following along, he leaned next to Lucius, staring at the big hammer curiously.
"Brother Lucius, is this your weapon?"
"That's right."
"Such a big one? Can it be used?"
"Of course."
"Then, you killed the Split Claw Crab just now with this hammer?"
"Yes."
After getting an affirmative answer, the boy's eyes popped out, and it took him a while to digest the shock in his heart, and he choked out a word to say.
"Too strong!"
Split Claw Crab! A monster that no scavenger wants to encounter.
The speed of this thing's advance in narrow terrain is very fast, its explosive power is extremely high, and its thinking is simple. Once it locks on the target, it will chase it to death.
Unless you can find a higher place to climb up, you will be doomed. There is almost nothing that can pass this monster head-on, even a mutated brown bear is unwilling to fight it.
Lucius smiled and did not explain. It doesn't matter whether he is strong or not, as long as the technology is strong enough. With a nuclear-powered hammer and a chemical-powered exoskeleton, a single hammer can knock down a wall, not to mention the face of a beast?
"It's okay. Speaking of which, how is the situation on your side? It seems that the snow won't stop for a while."
"What else can we do? It's almost the same time every year, let's make do with it," Yugin said optimistically, with a look of indifference, "But this time, winter came too early this year, and our preparations were hasty. Originally, October There are still caravans coming, but who would have thought that the last wave will be in late September this year... hey."
Lucius said comfortingly, "If you think about it from another angle, the meat will last longer when it's cold."
Yugin shook his head.
"But the prey is hard to find. If you want to catch the prey again, you have to continue walking into the city to find the dens of those alien species."
Lucius said with interest, "Oh? Do you have any experience?"
Yugin nodded and preached.
"It's not really a lot of experience, I think it accounts for half of it! The kind of half-upside-down buildings, especially the ones that are arched by trees, many small animals like to burrow into them, and even build nests in them. Some hyenas Well, jackals, anyway, meat-eating animals also go in, and prey can be found all year round in that kind of place... but there are risks."
Lucius: "Nibblers."
"Well, the nibblers like to hide in the building the most, but they don't hide too high. We sweep the building from the fourth floor upwards. But even so, it's hard to say what you will encounter inside. Maybe there are tens of thousands of rats in the nest, maybe they are resting crawlers. Without guns, we dare not go too deep, and we can go as far as the fifth ring at most.”
Lucius sighed.
"It's snowing, and it's not easy to go inside."
Yugin said with a wry smile.
"Not only is it difficult to walk when it snows, but it is also difficult to walk without snow! The road is like a maze, jumping up and down, and some streets are flooded from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and they have never been soaked in water!"
The straight-line distance from Beit Street to Abura City on the map is more than ten kilometers, that is, from the outside of the fifth ring road to the edge of the third ring road in Spring City, and Wetland Park is a little further away.
You can't find Spring City in the parallel world, but Lucius compared it to the City he once lived in. He can draw a line of more than ten kilometers on the map, and he can draw from the riverside to the distant city.
What is the concept of this distance? If there is no traffic jam, it is better to drive for half an hour. If there are many forks in the road, it may be an hour.
As for walking? Lucius has never tried to walk so far, but even if he can't generalize it, twenty overpasses or underground tunnels can't run.
This is still under normal traffic conditions. If you cross the ruins, it is a completely different concept.
In the pre-war era, even the shortest buildings within the Fourth Ring Road were basically over 600 meters. The magnetic base and magnetic joints laid on the road and the outer wall of the building are the basis for supporting the three-dimensional traffic of 120 lanes in the longitudinal direction.
In the era when maglev technology was popularized to private cars, the meaning of high-rise buildings has long ceased to be just "Houses", and even became part of "Roads". Especially for buildings near main roads, there are rigid requirements for height.
Of course, these are all speculations made by Lucius based on the stories told by old Charlie and limited information, and they may not be true. But just by imagining the row upon row of dominoes, he could feel the pressure brought by this reinforced concrete cemetery.
People always have an instinctive awe and even fear of creations that are hundreds of times larger than themselves. It is indeed not an easy task to search for prey in this ruin...
Lucius suggested, "Why don't you all move here with me, I just happen to be short of manpower."
Although his heart was moved, Yugin still shook his head like a rattle.
"No, no, we can't trouble you."
Lucius said with a smile, "What kind of trouble is this? I don't raise you for nothing. At most, we help each other."
Yugin shook his head even faster.
"It's okay to come to your place to help, and it's fine to stay for a few days, but it's okay to move here! We live well there, living underground... It always feels weird. Besides you, other people talk here I don’t understand it either, and it will be difficult to get along with it after a long time.”
Seeing what he said, Lucius didn't insist anymore. Although Lucius wants to say that they are actually different from the traditional "Blue coats" and do not always live underground, this is obviously not the crux of the problem.
When a person says no for more than one reason, the reason given is usually the least important one. The most typical example is "My mother won't let me".
So Lucius never listened to the explanation, and pretended not to hear it. Trust is something that takes time to build, and it can't be forced. Besides, it's not like they don't have a home. We can't demolish other people's houses.
Yugin changed the subject and asked with a silly smile.
"Speaking of which, Brother Lucius, is the meat on that big crab edible? This is the first time I've seen someone catch this guy."
Lucius said with a smile.
"I don't know, I still plan to ask you."
"Me? I don't know. I've heard that the roe of the female crab can be eaten, but I haven't heard anyone say whether the crab meat can be... if it can be eaten, it would be great. Such a big crab, how much meat does it have?"
As he said that, Yugin was drooling.
Lucius smiled and waved his hand.
"Come next time! I'll study first to see if it's poisonous. If it's not poisonous, please eat until you're full!"
Yugin nodded vigorously and smiled.
"Alright! Next time, I will bring my eldest brother, father and Yuki with me!"
"Haha, I'll pack a copy for you and take it home!"
The two chatted for a while, and the slaughter over there was finished. Probably because of the beginning of winter, the meat harvesting rate of 250 kg wild boars actually reached 60%, and 150 kg of meat was picked.
Among them, 20% and 30 kilograms were regarded as rewards to the shelter. The remaining 120 kilograms were given to the man from the Lino family and Yugin.
Wild boar leather is also considered high-quality leather, especially good for armor. Although the scarcity is not as good as that of deerskin, its value is still much higher than that of hyena leather.
After Luka asked Lucius for instructions, he still paid the man 300g of coarse salt at the price of buckskin.
When it was changed to salt, the man Niluu looked joyful and thanked Lucius and Luka for a long time before leaving with Yugin.
"Luka."
Seeing the master talking to him, Luka bowed his head respectfully.
"Any orders, my lord?"
Lucius asked.
"Is the meat of the split claw crab edible?"
Luka froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, and said carefully.
"My lord, this old slave has been working in the fields, I have never seen such a thing... But if you are not sure, I can test the poison for you."
"That's not necessary."
If you really need to test the poison, then he has the player to try it. If he doesn't die from the poison, he can lie down in the training cabin, and can get his health back with an extra 100% recovery speed bonus. Besides, it doesn't matter if he dies, he's a hero after being OB for three days on the official website.
But at this moment, Lucius suddenly thought of a person, and his eyes lit up.
Yes indeed. How could I forget about that guy?
Do I need to take someone to try it? Give Yaya a look and see if she eats or not, it's over!
Lucius never expected that the second case of non-combat attrition in Shelter No.404 was actually due to crabs in the lake?
"Split Claw Crab."
Looking at the big crab lying on the player's head on the shore of the lake, it took Lucius only a second to recognize the crab's identity.
This kind of crab probably belongs to a mutant of some kind of lake crab. As for the specific species, no one knows, and it doesn't matter. After all, a crab that grows to a height of one meter is not suitable for anyone to have relatives.
The mud and algae hanging all over his body seemed to never be washed clean, and looked like a ball of mud from a distance. The high raised arc-shaped carapace is a natural armor, with a large amount of calcium-magnesium minerals, chitin, keratinized fibers, and other biopolymers accumulated, which can effectively disperse and buffer kinetic energy damage. It's no different than scratching an itch. And those two huge pliers are even more explosive, and they are said to be able to cut through tree trunks as thick as thighs... But why did these things appear here?
Is there a nest of Split-Claw Crabs somewhere at the bottom of the lake or across the lake? Lucius frowned.
"What is a Split-Claw Crab?" Tomorrow, who was following beside him, was confused and asked quickly.
"Mutant."
No time to explain. The Cleft Claw Crab had already gnawed off half of its head, and the part below the neck of the unlucky little player would have been gnawed off.
Lucius adjusted the KV-1 exoskeleton from "Cruising mode" to "Maneuvering mode", increased the output power of the knee and elbow joints, walked towards the Split Claw Crab with heavy steps, and calmly pulled out the Hammer behind.
The Split Claw Crab has a very wide shell, resulting in almost no rear vision for the Split Claw Crab. Although their sense of hearing is very keen at close range, as long as they walk right in front of this thing, it cannot accurately distinguish the front and rear directions of the target.
If you're quick, you can knock it over with a hammer in 2 seconds! However, just as Lucius walked out of the woods, when he was still 20 or 30 meters away, Brother Mosquito suddenly came out from the nearby grass with a wooden tube on his shoulders.
"Big Crab? Where is it??? Heck, it's so big! Mr. Manager, it's too dangerous there, please don't go there! Let me get rid of it!"
After all, Brother Mosquito excitedly ignited the lead wire behind the wooden tube, carried it on his shoulder, and pointed the black mouth of the tube at the crab.
"F*ck!"
"It's Mosquito!"
"Run!"
The players who joined in the fun were all frightened by his actions, and ran away as if they had seen a plague god. Without waiting for Lucius to stop it, a tongue of flame sprang out from the wooden tube, holding a fist-sized firecracker, and swished towards the Split Claw Crab.
The Split Claw Crab probably heard the movement, but before it could turn around, the forearm-long firecracker fell into the mud behind its buttocks.
Obviously. This RPG is not very accurate. But it doesn't matter anymore.
Hearing the sound of "Boom", a mud column flew up to four or five meters flat, the flames of the explosion shook the carapace twice, and the billowing smoke directly swallowed the huge body,
Nearly one kilogram of gunpowder exploded in an instant. If a person stood so close, even if he was not killed by the shrapnel, his internal organs would have been shattered.
However, Split Claw Crabs are not human after all. The shock wave of the explosion couldn't penetrate its carapace at all, let alone damage its already meager internal organs.
A shrill and hoarse howl sounded.
The Split Claw Crab engulfed by the thick smoke rushed out in pain, and quickly locked on to Lucius who was the closest, brandishing its large pincers and rushing towards it.
But probably the leg was "broken" by the shock, and its speed is only a little faster than a person's walking.
The nearby players quickly raised their guns and opened fire, but the Split Claw Crab, which had been shot a few times, seemed to be fine and was not affected at all.
"Cease fire!"
Lucius raised his right fist to signal the players to stop wasting bullets, then weighed the sledgehammer in his hand, sighed and walked forward.
"They really found something for me to do."
...
In front of the nitrogen-powered hammer, the lame split claw crab is no different from a marauder with empty ammunition. Lucius didn't waste time with it at all, switched to B mode, and swung it with an armor-piercing heavy blow, and the nitrogen armor that exploded instantly shattered half of its face.
The battle is over. A dozen or so small players who came out of the base with him were also responsible for scraping. Apart from wasting a few bullets, they didn't do any damage at all.
"Too strong……"
"Boss Manager is awesome!"
"I finally know how the looter lost his head..."
The players around were whispering excitedly.
Mosquito carrying the wooden tube looked dazed, and it took a long time until the battle was over to come back to his senses.
"Damn it... is it all right?"
"What the hell are you using HE bombs to load the carrier, at least you should use AP bombs," Walker patted Mosquito's shoulder with a playful smile, "But I have one thing to say, brother, I will judge your skills."
Mosquito blushed and quibbled.
"It must be the plot... Plot killing! The plot is not over when I fire rpg, so how can it be killed if the HP bar is locked? One kilogram of gunpowder, if the HP bar is not locked, it will definitely die!"
"Hahahaha, it's possible! Why can't I think of locking the HP bar, but bro in the game till I never saw the HP bar, hahaha."
"..."
Tomorrow sighed, and instead of laughing at Mosquito with Walker, he just patted the big brother on the shoulder, gave him an encouraging look, and went up to help Manager to pack up the spoils.
Such a big Split Claw Crab weighs at least one hundred and 50 kg, maybe 200 kg.
[ Killing Chicken At Midnight ] Turning the axe, the ax was aimed at the back of the Split Claw Crab. As a result, other than hurting his own hands and leaving only a mud mark on the dirty thick shell, nothing else happens.
"F*ck? Is this shell made of iron?" His eyes popped out, and he doubted the power of his ax for the first time.
"It should be good for armor." [ Mole In The Hole ] squatted next to it, and filed down the crab's pincers a few times with a hatchet. "The pincers are really hard. Are these things really mutated by radiation?"
"Ghost knows."
Looking at the group of players surrounded by the Split Claw Crab, Lucius put away the hammer.
"You find a cart and bring it back."
"Yes, Manager!"
Looking at the players who started to work, Lucius then found two young players who had nothing to do, and asked them to move the headless corpse back on the ground.
Fortunately, they arrived in time. This little player only had his brain eaten, and his clothes were basically intact. The shrapnel and burning wood tar from the previous explosion were basically blocked by the shell of the Split Claw Crab.
Lucius is not worried about the players dying now, but more worried about them ruining their clothes. People can start over after they die, but there are only two sets of blue coats in total. If it is broken, I really don't know where to get such a good fit.
...
On the way back, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and snow had begun to hang on the treetops and grass leaves. If it doesn't stop at night, it is estimated that there will be no need to wait for the next one, and there will be a layer of snow tomorrow.
Lucius preliminarily speculated that the range of activities of these Split Claw Crabs should have changed due to the drop in temperature, but he didn't know which direction they migrated from. But don't settle down in front of his house.
In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Lucius issued an order to designate the vicinity as a dangerous area. Keep away until the source of these Split Claw Crabs is known.
At the same time, he also ordered two perception system players, one to the northeast and the other to the southwest, to scout along the shore of the lake and report back immediately if they found any abnormalities.
There was a one-meter-high crab lying on its stomach, and it was carried onto the cart by two players of the strength system.
Singing chaotic songs of triumph along the way, these players who followed Manager to "Expedite" carried the trophy back to the outpost. That high-profile appearance attracted the attention of many people.
"Holy shit, such a big crab?"
"What's going on?! Did I miss something again?"
Curious in his heart, the melon eater who didn't know the truth, stepped forward and grabbed a team follower to ask.
"Brother, where did you catch such a big crab?"
"I caught it."
"What the hell?! It's so big how can you catch it?!"
"Hey, let's take the fisherman to make a nest first, so we'll catch it later too?"
Not only the nearby players were dumbfounded, but also Yugin who happened to come from Beit Street to trade.
There was a man standing next to him, and the two of them carried one side of the wooden stick with one shoulder, and a strong mutant wild boar was tied to the wooden stick. Standing in front of the west gate and looking at the crab, everyone looked dumbfounded.
It was Lucius who found him, walked towards him, and said with a smile.
"To exchange something?"
Yugin opened his mouth, his eyes moved away from the big crab, and then stuck to the big hammer behind Lucius.
But the man next to him reacted first, nodded nervously, and said honestly.
"I want to change the salt. I heard that you can change the salt here."
Yugin finally came to his senses, and hurriedly introduced to Lucius.
"This is my cousin, his surname is Lino, and his name is Niluu."
Niluu is okay.
"It's snowing outside, come in with me."
Under the leadership of Lucius, the two of them were unimpeded in the outpost, but there were always people who looked at them curiously.
Yugin is used to it, after all, he has been here several times, but the cousin he brought here is the first time, and he always feels uncomfortable.
"Please don't worry, they have been underground for a long time and have never seen anyone outside the shelter, so they will be curious if outsiders come."
Seeing this big man in a blue coat talk to him, Niluu quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I don't care."
Lucius nodded, took the two of them to the warehouse, and handed them over to Luka, the warehouse manager who was guarding there.
The old slave recognized Yugin, immediately understood what he had to do, and skillfully led the man named Niluu to the slaughterhouse.
Yugin handed over all the prey to him, instead of following along, he leaned next to Lucius, staring at the big hammer curiously.
"Brother Lucius, is this your weapon?"
"That's right."
"Such a big one? Can it be used?"
"Of course."
"Then, you killed the Split Claw Crab just now with this hammer?"
"Yes."
After getting an affirmative answer, the boy's eyes popped out, and it took him a while to digest the shock in his heart, and he choked out a word to say.
"Too strong!"
Split Claw Crab! A monster that no scavenger wants to encounter.
The speed of this thing's advance in narrow terrain is very fast, its explosive power is extremely high, and its thinking is simple. Once it locks on the target, it will chase it to death.
Unless you can find a higher place to climb up, you will be doomed. There is almost nothing that can pass this monster head-on, even a mutated brown bear is unwilling to fight it.
Lucius smiled and did not explain. It doesn't matter whether he is strong or not, as long as the technology is strong enough. With a nuclear-powered hammer and a chemical-powered exoskeleton, a single hammer can knock down a wall, not to mention the face of a beast?
"It's okay. Speaking of which, how is the situation on your side? It seems that the snow won't stop for a while."
"What else can we do? It's almost the same time every year, let's make do with it," Yugin said optimistically, with a look of indifference, "But this time, winter came too early this year, and our preparations were hasty. Originally, October There are still caravans coming, but who would have thought that the last wave will be in late September this year... hey."
Lucius said comfortingly, "If you think about it from another angle, the meat will last longer when it's cold."
Yugin shook his head.
"But the prey is hard to find. If you want to catch the prey again, you have to continue walking into the city to find the dens of those alien species."
Lucius said with interest, "Oh? Do you have any experience?"
Yugin nodded and preached.
"It's not really a lot of experience, I think it accounts for half of it! The kind of half-upside-down buildings, especially the ones that are arched by trees, many small animals like to burrow into them, and even build nests in them. Some hyenas Well, jackals, anyway, meat-eating animals also go in, and prey can be found all year round in that kind of place... but there are risks."
Lucius: "Nibblers."
"Well, the nibblers like to hide in the building the most, but they don't hide too high. We sweep the building from the fourth floor upwards. But even so, it's hard to say what you will encounter inside. Maybe there are tens of thousands of rats in the nest, maybe they are resting crawlers. Without guns, we dare not go too deep, and we can go as far as the fifth ring at most.”
Lucius sighed.
"It's snowing, and it's not easy to go inside."
Yugin said with a wry smile.
"Not only is it difficult to walk when it snows, but it is also difficult to walk without snow! The road is like a maze, jumping up and down, and some streets are flooded from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and they have never been soaked in water!"
The straight-line distance from Beit Street to Abura City on the map is more than ten kilometers, that is, from the outside of the fifth ring road to the edge of the third ring road in Spring City, and Wetland Park is a little further away.
You can't find Spring City in the parallel world, but Lucius compared it to the City he once lived in. He can draw a line of more than ten kilometers on the map, and he can draw from the riverside to the distant city.
What is the concept of this distance? If there is no traffic jam, it is better to drive for half an hour. If there are many forks in the road, it may be an hour.
As for walking? Lucius has never tried to walk so far, but even if he can't generalize it, twenty overpasses or underground tunnels can't run.
This is still under normal traffic conditions. If you cross the ruins, it is a completely different concept.
In the pre-war era, even the shortest buildings within the Fourth Ring Road were basically over 600 meters. The magnetic base and magnetic joints laid on the road and the outer wall of the building are the basis for supporting the three-dimensional traffic of 120 lanes in the longitudinal direction.
In the era when maglev technology was popularized to private cars, the meaning of high-rise buildings has long ceased to be just "Houses", and even became part of "Roads". Especially for buildings near main roads, there are rigid requirements for height.
Of course, these are all speculations made by Lucius based on the stories told by old Charlie and limited information, and they may not be true. But just by imagining the row upon row of dominoes, he could feel the pressure brought by this reinforced concrete cemetery.
People always have an instinctive awe and even fear of creations that are hundreds of times larger than themselves. It is indeed not an easy task to search for prey in this ruin...
Lucius suggested, "Why don't you all move here with me, I just happen to be short of manpower."
Although his heart was moved, Yugin still shook his head like a rattle.
"No, no, we can't trouble you."
Lucius said with a smile, "What kind of trouble is this? I don't raise you for nothing. At most, we help each other."
Yugin shook his head even faster.
"It's okay to come to your place to help, and it's fine to stay for a few days, but it's okay to move here! We live well there, living underground... It always feels weird. Besides you, other people talk here I don’t understand it either, and it will be difficult to get along with it after a long time.”
Seeing what he said, Lucius didn't insist anymore. Although Lucius wants to say that they are actually different from the traditional "Blue coats" and do not always live underground, this is obviously not the crux of the problem.
When a person says no for more than one reason, the reason given is usually the least important one. The most typical example is "My mother won't let me".
So Lucius never listened to the explanation, and pretended not to hear it. Trust is something that takes time to build, and it can't be forced. Besides, it's not like they don't have a home. We can't demolish other people's houses.
Yugin changed the subject and asked with a silly smile.
"Speaking of which, Brother Lucius, is the meat on that big crab edible? This is the first time I've seen someone catch this guy."
Lucius said with a smile.
"I don't know, I still plan to ask you."
"Me? I don't know. I've heard that the roe of the female crab can be eaten, but I haven't heard anyone say whether the crab meat can be... if it can be eaten, it would be great. Such a big crab, how much meat does it have?"
As he said that, Yugin was drooling.
Lucius smiled and waved his hand.
"Come next time! I'll study first to see if it's poisonous. If it's not poisonous, please eat until you're full!"
Yugin nodded vigorously and smiled.
"Alright! Next time, I will bring my eldest brother, father and Yuki with me!"
"Haha, I'll pack a copy for you and take it home!"
The two chatted for a while, and the slaughter over there was finished. Probably because of the beginning of winter, the meat harvesting rate of 250 kg wild boars actually reached 60%, and 150 kg of meat was picked.
Among them, 20% and 30 kilograms were regarded as rewards to the shelter. The remaining 120 kilograms were given to the man from the Lino family and Yugin.
Wild boar leather is also considered high-quality leather, especially good for armor. Although the scarcity is not as good as that of deerskin, its value is still much higher than that of hyena leather.
After Luka asked Lucius for instructions, he still paid the man 300g of coarse salt at the price of buckskin.
When it was changed to salt, the man Niluu looked joyful and thanked Lucius and Luka for a long time before leaving with Yugin.
"Luka."
Seeing the master talking to him, Luka bowed his head respectfully.
"Any orders, my lord?"
Lucius asked.
"Is the meat of the split claw crab edible?"
Luka froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, and said carefully.
"My lord, this old slave has been working in the fields, I have never seen such a thing... But if you are not sure, I can test the poison for you."
"That's not necessary."
If you really need to test the poison, then he has the player to try it. If he doesn't die from the poison, he can lie down in the training cabin, and can get his health back with an extra 100% recovery speed bonus. Besides, it doesn't matter if he dies, he's a hero after being OB for three days on the official website.
But at this moment, Lucius suddenly thought of a person, and his eyes lit up.
Yes indeed. How could I forget about that guy?
Do I need to take someone to try it? Give Yaya a look and see if she eats or not, it's over!
