Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 200: Zzzzt... Zzzzt... Alpha Wolf Calling Wolf’s Den!

Congratulations, Player ID: Yu Yuan Shelter has completed the Wasteland Battle Royale. Comprehensive evaluation in progress: Number of players killed, number of Infected killed, number of Elite Infected killed, number of Leader-level Infected killed, value of resources obtained... This evaluation is rated C, reward: Civilization Points × 40.

When Yu Yuan returned to the shelter again, he was covered in bloodstains from head to toe, looking somewhat disheveled.

This time, he had encountered a rather formidable player. Neither he nor his opponent could gain the upper hand over the other.

In the end, they could only flee separately, but Yu Yuan's objective had already been achieved.

The Loser's Cube appeared in his hand, with four of its squares now glowing. They were precisely the Swiftstriders, and he had also fully collected the second [Spirit Crystal].

Yu Yuan entered the treadmill room, released one Swiftstrider, and stuffed it into the last remaining High-Voltage Electric Cage. The remaining three Swiftstriders were taken by him to the [Containment Room] to be contained.

"There are still three days. That's enough time to fill this containment room completely."

After cleaning the bloodstains off his equipment, Yu Yuan opened the Auction House and Taotao Hole to check.

The equipment he had listed previously had all been sold, netting him 980,000 survival points. His savings had once again broken through the million mark.

Looking at the survival points on the Virtual Light Screen, Yu Yuan recalled a saying he had heard before."The hardest part of life is often earning the first million."

Thinking about it now, it was indeed true. A month ago, he was still risking his life for 50,000 survival points. Now, he was still risking his life, but the rewards were dozens or even hundreds of times greater.

He quickly sorted through the gains from this trip and listed all the equipment and supplies he couldn't use for sale.

With the multitude of different survival worlds, the players' demand for such equipment was simply outrageous. Yu Yuan wasn't in a rush this time, so he set up auctions at normal prices and then stopped paying attention to them.

As for the supplies he had requested for purchase on Taotao Hole, after more than ten hours, the transactions had been completed one after another.

Cement, steel, wire, rock... they now met the construction requirements.

After retrieving the supplies, Yu Yuan went to the Escape Passage and began constructing the [Defense - Pitfall Trap].

The construction requirement for the Pitfall Trap was that there could be no cavities underground. In truth, there wasn't much space available for Yu Yuan to work with!

The only area where he could build was the civil defense shelter level.

Fortunately, the civil defense shelter level was only connected to the sewer at its exit. Apart from that, the ground beneath the entire civil defense shelter level was solid soil.

Looking at the virtual map of the civil defense shelter level on the Virtual Light Screen, Yu Yuan selected the location for the pitfall construction on the only passageway leading to the shelter.

Comparing it with the passageway's dimensions, Yu Yuan thought for a moment and decided to set the pitfall's length to seven meters, with its width covering the entire passageway. The pressure threshold for triggering the pitfall's cover plate could be adjusted by Yu Yuan. After some thought, he temporarily set the trigger sensitivity to 300 kilograms.

As long as an object weighing within 300 kilograms walked on it, the pitfall trap wouldn't be triggered, so his own movements wouldn't be affected.

This pitfall trap had only one purpose: to guard against that Giant Mutant Rat. Judging by its current size, its weight was definitely over a thousand jin.

Yes!

This was Yu Yuan's goal.

From the news content in the newspapers these past few days, it wasn't hard to see that the Giant Mutant Rat's strength had increased significantly, and it was moving around everywhere. Yu Yuan suspected the Giant Mutant Rat was looking for him.

The great battle between him and the Giant Mutant Rat was not far off.

His entanglement with the Giant Mutant Rat ran deep, so he had to be careful and stay vigilant.

As he confirmed the construction, the passageway was enveloped in a green light screen.

"It should be ready by tomorrow morning!"

Yu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, with the Flamethrower, the Spike Trap, and the Pitfall Trap as the three major defensive facilities...

Putting everything else aside, just the civil defense shelter level alone had been fortified by him to be as solid as an iron plate.

Coupled with the monitoring network console, there shouldn't be any major problems with the defenses.

Checking the time, it was already 8 PM.

Although he had been fighting all day, he didn't plan to rest.

He hadn't completed today's [Endless Cold Wave] outdoor three-hour task yet. It was a good time to go check out the Fire Station.

He aimed to collect the construction materials for the [Mandatory Decontamination Room] tonight. Otherwise, cleaning his equipment every time he returned from Freedom Tower was a hassle.

Might as well get it done properly in one go.

Just build the [Mandatory Decontamination Room].

"Hmm! I can also check the construction materials for the [Air Isolation Purification System] optimization path for the [Ventilation] facility..."

That night, Yu Yuan went to several fire stations in the eastern city and southern district. He found the fixed decontamination rooms in the fire stations and dismantled all the material equipment needed to build the [Mandatory Decontamination Room].

Corrosion-resistant floor drains, personnel full-coverage spray racks, flexible hose reels, nozzles, portable decontamination equipment...

He also found quite a few disinfectants and neutralizers in the storeroom. These things held little value in the wasteland, so they were just piled up there.

At the same time, Yu Yuan also dismantled firefighting-specific ventilation and air pressure control systems, air filters, adsorption filter canisters, and so on. These were precisely the equipment that could be used to build the [Air Isolation Purification System].

He even found several sets of dusty biochemical protective suits, goggles, gloves, and other personal protective equipment.

By the time he returned to the shelter, it was already 2 AM. After starting the construction of the [Mandatory Decontamination Room] and the [Air Isolation Purification System], he finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Going down to Freedom Tower twice in one day was, even for Yu Yuan, a massive drain on his energy. After a quick wash, he hurriedly went to rest.

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"*Static*......."

"*Static*..... Alpha calling... Wolf Den... Alpha calling Wolf Den..."

Yu Yuan faintly seemed to hear Alpha's voice, but in his groggy state, his consciousness wasn't fully awake yet.

Several seconds later, Yu Yuan's consciousness gradually awakened. Hearing the fuzzy sound coming through his ears, he instantly became fully alert.

Sitting up from the bed, his eyes widened like copper bells as he looked towards the direction of the Shortwave Radio.

Finally....

"*Static*..... Alpha calling Wolf Den..."

This time, Yu Yuan heard it very clearly. It was Alpha calling him!

Checking the time, it was only 4 AM.

At this hour, why would the [Jackal] team contact him?

A thought flashed through Yu Yuan's mind.

"Something's happened!"

He couldn't care about anything else.

With a spring-like jump, he leaped from the bed to the floor. Without even taking time to put on shoes, he ran directly to the Shortwave Radio.

"Alpha, this is Wolf Den, this is Wolf Den!"

Yu Yuan immediately replied, forcing his tone to remain steady while constantly reminding himself inwardly.

"Calm down, calm down! Since Alpha is sending a message, it means there's no major problem."

The shelter fell into a brief silence.

A silence so heavy it was maddening. Yu Yuan's gaze was fixed tightly on the indicator light on the radio, waiting for the other side's response.

"*Static*....... Wolf Den, this is Alpha. We need help!" Finally, Alpha's voice came through again. Yu Yuan let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

"Alpha, what's the situation? Where are you? What do you need me to do?"

He knew the capabilities of the [Jackal] team. For Alpha to openly ask for help, the matter must be extremely urgent.

However, as Alpha explained over the Shortwave Radio what they needed help with, the urgency on Yu Yuan's face turned into astonishment.

He swallowed hard, confirming as he asked, "Say that again. You mean, you guys robbed the Burning Fortress's Supply Transport Convoy this afternoon? And a full five trucks?" His tone held a hint of disbelief.

"Correct. Right now, we urgently need to move this batch of supplies and relocate. Although we cleared the vehicle tracks and took misdirection measures, given the Burning Fortress's capabilities, they'll probably find our current location before long."

Hearing this, Yu Yuan could no longer afford to worry about anything else. He had to set out immediately.

"Immediately, tell me your location....."