Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 269: The War Meeting Inside the Feed Mill, Research Report on the War Killing Machine of [Eden]

Late night in the Northern Wilderness was pitch black and silent.

Inside the Weierding Feed Factory, over thirty wasteland raiders were hiding in the office building, sheltering from the biting cold wind outside.

In the center of the room, a fire barrel made from a repurposed fuel drum was burning wood, emitting occasional crackling and popping sounds.

"Damn this weather, how did it suddenly get so cold!" one raider muttered in complaint.

"Who knows? We've almost chopped down all the trees around here...."

"What do these trees matter? The most crucial thing is that fuel oil is running low. The amount of fuel oil Fuel Town is selling has been completely tightened up. The price for a single barrel has more than doubled now...."

"At most, the feed in the warehouse tomorrow can only be exchanged for three or four barrels of fuel oil."

The raiders discussed back and forth.

"Who says otherwise? Because of the traitor incident, the Burning Fortress is now tightening its perimeter completely. It's a real hassle... The wood is running low again. Who wants to come with me to the warehouse to move some more wood...."

"Get a couple more people, so we don't have to make multiple trips."Soon, five or six raiders left the office building together and entered the warehouse area behind it.

This group of raiders placed great importance on this warehouse because it contained a lot of finished feed and plenty of unused feed ingredients.

However... as the warehouse doors swung open.

These raiders all froze in their tracks.

"Wait... did we get the wrong warehouse?" someone asked, looking back at the warehouse doors.

"No way! This is the raw materials warehouse, it's correct!"

"But then where's the feed we prepared for tomorrow's trade? And why are those feed ingredients gone too..."

"Damn, where are our survival supplies?"

"And the wood...."

"Shit, go call the others over! Something big has happened!" The raiders panicked.

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"I'll put these feed, ingredients, and wood in the emergency passage for now, we'll organize them later."

"We can put this wheat bran in the Insect Breeding Room later. As for this feed, we can give it as a supplement to the Cree Mountain sheep. The pregnant ewes need extra nutrition, and it'll help them put on weight faster."

"As for the survival supplies, you all start sorting them! Put them wherever you can."

"Masier, make sure not to close the Escape Door, otherwise I won't be able to return to my original location."

Inside the shelter, all members were gathered in the first-floor hall, busy and tense.

Using the upgraded Motel Main Guest Room as a transfer point, Yu Yuan had just completely emptied out the feed factory's storeroom.

The supplies brought back weren't actually that much, with the vast majority being various feed ingredients.

All types of grains and wheat bran added up to only about three or four tons. Additionally, there were over a dozen bags of prepared feed, plus a limited amount of survival supplies.

Although it was already late at night, seeing Yu Yuan bring back so many supplies, everyone's faces lit up with excitement.

Especially Dale, who couldn't suppress his smile looking at all this grain and feed.

Using the Rabbit Ring, Yu Yuan quickly cleared out the supplies from the Main Guest Room, then entered the Motel Main Guest Room again and closed the door.

As the door opened once more, Yu Yuan appeared beside a rock in the Northern Wilderness.

He stored the locked door leaning against the rock into the Rabbit Ring.

Summoning Mie Mie, Yu Yuan headed towards the Xianda Feed Factory.

In less than an hour, Yu Yuan had reached the outskirts of the Xianda Feed Factory.

In the Commander System, Hans also sent over a map of the feed factory he had drawn based on memory and reconnaissance.

[Loyalty: Sir, based on my observations yesterday, this organization is very vigilant. Their supply trucks are under specialized guard every single moment, one person per truck.]

[Loyalty: Also, the commander of the convoy is located inside the office building.......]

Looking at the information sent by Hans, Yu Yuan thought for a moment, then had Zhi Zhi open the shadow dimension and stepped inside.

Under the shadow dimension, Yu Yuan entered the feed factory.

He saw at a glance that within the factory grounds, there were at least thirty to forty container-style transport trucks. These trucks were all fitted with thick armor and ramming horns, and their roofs had 360-degree rotating turrets.

Inside each truck was a soldier clad in all-black armor standing guard.

The transport truck containers were tightly locked. Based on Yu Yuan's extensive lock-picking experience, the locks on these containers should be at Excellent level.

Furthermore, around the factory perimeter, there were over a dozen lookout posts monitoring this batch of transport trucks. Trying to silently take away the supplies now was simply impossible.

Most likely, he would be spotted by sentries the moment he appeared.

Yu Yuan didn't even know how Hans managed to scout this place last night without being discovered by the Mechanical Vanguard Society.

The office building was also heavily guarded.

Every exit had dedicated guards, and the main doors were tightly shut.

Even entering the shadow dimension, Yu Yuan couldn't directly access the building's interior.

In the end, he circled around, found a room with a broken window, exited the shadow dimension, and used Shadow Stride to successfully infiltrate, then re-entered the shadow dimension.

Finally, on the second floor, Yu Yuan spotted a room guarded by soldiers and approached it.

It was a meeting room entirely constructed from tempered glass, its door firmly closed.

Five mechanical reformers similar to Shiva were discussing something, their voices somewhat muffled and unclear.

At the head of the meeting room sat a mechanical reformer wearing a silver robe, listening with apparent interest to the discussion of the people below.

Yu Yuan knew this should be the person in charge of this transport convoy—Executor Bloodbone.

Based on the intelligence obtained earlier from Shiva, only those whose entire bodies had undergone mechanical reform were qualified to hold the position of Executor within the Mechanical Vanguard Society.

"There are actually 5 mechanical reformers...."

Yu Yuan took out the Eavesdropping Stethoscope and placed it against the glass wall. The sounds from inside the room clearly reached his ears.

"Then tomorrow we'll leave 2 people to guard the supplies. The rest will follow you, sir, to Green Forest City to take down that zoo. It shouldn't be a problem."

"Actually, I'd say leaving one person here is enough. Judging by the armed forces of the factions on this continent, they pose no real danger to us. But this zoo managed to take down Shiva, so we can't afford to be careless...."

"It's a pity. EDEN's offensive is too fierce, we can't send more people over. Otherwise, this continent would indeed be very suitable to become our backyard."

After they discussed for a while longer, one of them looked at Bloodbone.

"Executor Bloodbone, we received orders that we can only stay here for a maximum of three days. So, we'll launch the attack on that zoo tomorrow afternoon."

"One person guards the supplies, four follow you and Executor Blackfire to attack the zoo. What do you think?"

Bloodbone thought for a moment and said, "Better leave two people to guard. This batch of supplies is also important. Leaving two people is safer. The three of you, plus Blackfire and that new recruit mechanical reformer he has there, should be sufficient!"

Hearing Bloodbone's words, the others immediately fell silent.

"Yes!"

"Alright, go prepare! Come with me to the Thug Prison later. The sooner we take it down tomorrow, the sooner we can return to headquarters." With Bloodbone's words, the meeting officially concluded.

The glass door opened, and the several people walked out of the room one after another. Yu Yuan waited for them to leave, then entered the room.

Bloodbone was now picking up a report document and reading it.

Yu Yuan walked behind Bloodbone and also looked at the document.

On it was written a striking headline—EDEN War Killing Machine Research Report.