novelraw Chapter 147: [Military Strategy - Longsword], Concealing the Rat
Chapter 147: [Military Strategy - Longsword], Concealing the Rat
Wasteland Calendar Day 27.
Yu Yuan woke up precisely at 6 AM to the sound of his alarm.
After washing up, Yu Yuan entered the Starry Sky Observatory and observed the situation at the Black Shield Police Department once more. It remained the same as yesterday, heavily fortified.
Carmen had also not left any meeting signals, so Yu Yuan went to stand before the Crazy Planting Trough.
After so many days of growth, the wild chives planted in the Crazy Planting Trough were ready for harvest.
The first batch of chives was a vibrant, fresh green, making one's appetite surge just by looking at them.
Cutting a handful of wild chives, Yu Yuan returned to the shelter and entered the Kitchen.
The Bountiful Vegetable Basket had refreshed today's ingredients into two tomatoes.
Yu Yuan took a can of Beef Canned Food, poured it into a pot, added the chopped tomatoes, and started cooking. Then he added instant noodles. As soon as the noodle block began to soften, he poured in the chopped chives and turned off the heat.
A delicious bowl of tomato-beef instant noodles was ready.A rich aroma filled the shelter. Mie Mie, smelling the scent, also walked out from the Generator Room.
Yu Yuan also chopped the tomato he had specifically saved for Mie Mie, placed it in the food bowl, and brought it over.
He then walked towards the Magazine Display Stand. His gaze was drawn to a book, and his heart leapt with joy.
Spending 1000 survival points, he took the book down.
[Combat Technique - Longsword]
Quality: Bronze
Introduction: This is a book recording combat knowledge and techniques related to the cold weapon - the longsword. It contains all knowledge of:
Core Fundamentals: The Four Basic Elements.
Intermediate Techniques: Attack-Defense Transitions.
Advanced Techniques: Seizing and Control - 'Master Strikes', Armored Combat, and 'Half-Swording'.
Reading this book has a small chance of comprehending the skill [Basic Swordsmanship] (Ordinary), a very small chance of comprehending the skill [Advanced Swordsmanship - Defensive Counter] (Excellent), and an extremely minute chance of comprehending the skill [Longsword - Parry & Riposte] (Rare).
This was actually a cold weapon skill book that could grant comprehension of three skills.
As for the longsword, Yu Yuan had some understanding from playing games before.
"This is something I can try practicing when I have time!"
Putting the book back on the shelf, Yu Yuan picked up today's newspaper and returned to the Kitchen. He ate his breakfast while reading the day's news.
He slurped a mouthful of instant noodles soaked in the tomato-beef broth into his mouth. The sourness of the tomato, the savory aroma of the beef, and the taste of the instant noodle carbohydrates exploded in Yu Yuan's mouth all at once.
His appetite soared.
After slurping three or four mouthfuls in a row and taking a satisfying sip of High-Energy Sheep Milk, Yu Yuan finally revealed a contented smile.
He checked today's news.
The very first piece of news made his gaze sharpen.
[Neighborhood News Section]
Quality: Bronze
Danger Level: Medium
A battle occurred yesterday in District 10, involving at least four factions. Mutant creatures, Armed Armored Vehicles, and Tanks participated, resulting in heavy casualties.
According to information provided by our newspaper's informant.
The Aurora Animal Assistance Association monitored and recorded the entire battle process. This was a rare live combat test for mutant creatures.
However, an unexpected incident occurred during the event. A mutant creature they had previously birthed due to a certain accident, named [Stealth Rat], suddenly appeared during this battle. After successively devouring the spiritual organs from several mutant creatures' bodies, it vanished without a trace once again.
The Aurora Animal Assistance Association speculates that the [Stealth Rat] devouring so many spiritual organs in succession might be related to its injuries. However, it will likely face the risk of spiritual conflict causing its body to explode.
Its chances of survival are extremely low. But if it does survive, it might undergo further evolution.
"Stealth Rat!"
Yu Yuan was now extremely sensitive to the term 'rat'.
Combined with the description of the [Stealth Rat] in the news, Yu Yuan was already certain this was the Giant Mutant Rat he had encountered before.
This was the first piece of news related to it he had seen in all these days since the last incident.
Yu Yuan focused on the last line of text, lost in thought.
Although he wasn't sure what the Giant Mutant Rat would become after further evolution.
But when that time came, the Giant Mutant Rat's first target for revenge would undoubtedly be him.
Fortunately, he was now completely transformed.
If nothing else, as long as the Giant Mutant Rat came within 1 kilometer of him, the Combat Detector would issue a warning.
Not to mention he also had Danger Perception and the shelter's 300-meter radius surveillance network.
Even if the Giant Mutant Rat found the civil defense shelter level, with the Flamethrower present, safety was assured.
But considering the Giant Mutant Rat might develop some troublesome abilities after evolution.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Yuan felt he still needed to construct the [Defense - Spiked Trap] as soon as possible.
The next two pieces of news: one was about the Thug Prison preparing to focus its efforts on the Black Shield Police Department next.
The other was internal news from the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
Lilith's disappearance, along with the attack on the Human Live Experiments Laboratory resulting in the loss of three bottles of Genetic Modification Serum and experimental data, led several preachers to unanimously believe the intruder was still hiding within the underground laboratory.
Because from the moment the explosion occurred, the Security Forces had sealed the underground laboratory entrance, conducting extremely thorough item detection scans on every person entering.
No traces of any suspicious items being taken out of the underground laboratory were found.
Consequently, they conducted extremely meticulous screening of internal personnel. But so far, there had been no progress.
Instead, on Zoe's side, interrogation of surviving Iron Anchor Shipping Company thugs yielded intelligence about an island inhabited by Spiritual Creatures they had discovered in the Breaker Sea.
Including the purpose of this attack on the zoo, which was also to obtain the animal mutation data held by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
This news immediately shifted the focus of several preachers onto the Iron Anchor Shipping Company.
They greatly praised Mona.
Seeing that Mona was temporarily out of danger, Yu Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the crisis on Mona's side was resolved, and the [Jackal] team had left Green Forest City, the only remaining unknown situation was Carmen's side.
Yu Yuan wasn't worried about Carmen's abilities. His only concern was that thug called Er Xiao.
However, he believed Carmen wouldn't overlook this issue. If Er Xiao became a problem, the first one to suffer would inevitably be Carmen himself.
Breakfast finished, today's newspaper read.
Yu Yuan immediately entered the Motel Main Guest Room and began today's work.
First were those several computers. He meticulously inspected every component inside, searching for any possible signal transmitters.
Yu Yuan had configured and assembled his previous computer himself, so he was relatively familiar with computer components. After checking all the computers and confirming there were no security risks, he finally relaxed.
He stored the computers back into the Rabbit Ring. Using the remaining time, he began dismembering that White-tailed Kite...