Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 364: Thug Gathering Place, Bronze-Level Wild Boar Cubs, Bunker Entrance

At the end of the highway.

This was a human settlement. A battle had just ended, with over twenty armed thugs lying in pools of blood. However, a closer look would reveal that the majority of them had been shot in the back.

Clearly, they had been ambushed.

"Haha, brothers, hurry up and clear the battlefield. The 'Pig Emperor' is definitely in trouble. We must grab what we can and evacuate before other factions arrive," a bald, eyebrowless man with a black scorpion tattooed on his scalp shouted loudly, a shotgun slung over his shoulder.

"Haha, don't worry, boss! We owe this one to Second Brother!"

His men laughed in unison, their movements to clear the battlefield becoming even faster.

Hearing this, the bald man looked at the man standing beside him, a satisfied expression on his face.

This man was tall and slender. Although his features were quite handsome and his appearance was above average, a closer look would reveal a faint hint of sickness flickering deep within his eyes.

"Good job, babe. Thanks for getting the information to us in time, letting the brothers seize the initiative. I'll make sure to reward you properly once we get back."

"What exactly happened to the 'Pig Emperor'?"The handsome man shook his head with a smile.

"I'm not sure either. I've been undercover here for a while now. Before, he would often disappear for a period with those wild boars, but this time was clearly different.

Last night, all the piglets in the pen became extremely restless and agitated. They ended up biting the caretaker who went to check on them to death. Right then, I figured the 'Pig Emperor' might be in trouble."

The bald man rubbed his large, smooth head and nodded slightly.

"Rumor has it that the 'Pig Emperor's' wild boars are quite miraculous, able to understand his speech. They probably have some kind of empathic connection with him. If those piglets are restless, there's a ninety percent chance the 'Pig Emperor' is dead!"

"That's what I thought too. That's why I notified you guys immediately. Anyway, after all this time, I've already gathered all the information on the 'Pig Emperor'..." The handsome man's words were cut short.

The bald man's head exploded right in front of him, blood splattering across his face.

A second later, the heavy, powerful report of a gunshot echoed from the distance.

"Enemy attack!"

At the first sound of gunfire, some scavengers began shouting.

The handsome man also instinctively moved to take cover, but the moment his body shifted, he felt something pierce through his shoulder.

Then, a tremendous force sent him flying backward.

*Thud—*

The handsome man stared in disbelief at the blood flowing from his body, then saw the surging tide of rats rushing toward them from the distance.

So many rats, truly an overwhelming number.

There were all kinds. These rats ignored the handsome man lying on the ground, instead swarming past him to pounce on the other scavengers.

*Squeak squeak—*

"What is this?" The handsome man felt nothing but endless terror and absurdity.

This battle held no difficulty for Yu Yuan.

Especially with the help of the rat swarm, those dozen or so scavengers had no chance to resist at all.

Forced out by the rat tide, Yu Yuan picked them off one by one with precise sniper fire.

The battle ended.

Yu Yuan rode Mie Mie to the settlement and walked up to the handsome man.

Looking at the guy playing dead on the ground, he curled his lip slightly.

"I know my own marksmanship. You're not dead. If you keep pretending, I'll have the rat swarm eat you alive..."

The moment his words fell, the handsome man immediately opened his eyes.

"R-Rat Emperor, spare my life..."

Yu Yuan: ???

What kind of ridiculous title was that?

"I ask, you answer. Understood?"

Zhi Zhi had already arrived on Yu Yuan's shoulder, and the rat swarm gradually closed in.

Perhaps because they had just been through a battle, the fur of these rodent creatures was stained with quite a bit of blood.

Some of the rats' eyes were completely bloodshot.

When they all turned their gazes toward the handsome man in unison,

the handsome man admitted he was utterly terrified.

The last time he had been this scared was when the 'Pig Emperor' had wild boars devour a traitor right in front of him.

"Understood, understood! Rat Emperor, please speak..."

"I ask you..."

A few minutes later, the handsome man was stored away by Yu Yuan into the Loser's Cube.

Yu Yuan had already figured out the situation here.

It just goes to show, none of the top hundred players are simple.

Mountain Stone, relying on the deterrence of those wild boars, especially the three Bronze-tier ones, had successfully attracted many scavengers and raiders to join him, establishing himself as a somewhat famous faction in this area.

This settlement was his stronghold, while his actual shelter was located in a bunker not far behind the settlement.

This settlement was essentially where he raised his wild boars, serving as an outpost for his shelter.

The handsome man was originally the second-in-command of this raider group. They coveted the supplies in Mountain Stone's possession and pretended to pledge allegiance.

And the handsome man did have some skills. He successfully won Mountain Stone's favor, thanks to his relatively good looks in the wasteland world and his decent... posterior-related techniques.

He slowly gathered information and waited for an opportunity.

Until last night, he deduced from the unusual behavior of the piglets that the 'Pig Emperor' was likely in serious trouble.

Today, he notified the bald man to come attack the stronghold.

At the critical moment, he successfully betrayed them, firing from the shadows to secure this battle victory.

Now that he had obtained the intelligence he wanted, Yu Yuan didn't waste any more time.

He first went to the pigpen, where three wild boar piglets were being raised.

According to the handsome man, these three piglets were all offspring of Mountain Stone's two Bronze-tier sows.

Originally, there were nine, but only these three were kept.

Yu Yuan naturally understood why these three were kept.

On his Combat Detector, the level displayed for these three wild boar piglets was clearly [Bronze-tier].

In other words, Mountain Stone was also breeding Bronze-tier wild boars. One could imagine that once these three piglets grew up, his Bronze-tier combat power would directly double.

That kind of growth rate was no joke.

Yu Yuan naturally had no reason to let these three piglets go. Weren't Jiu Feng and Miller researching the genetic inheritance of Spiritual Creatures?

These were perfect test subjects!

Although these three wild boars were Bronze-tier, they weren't fully grown yet. They might pose a significant threat to ordinary people, but they were no match for Yu Yuan.

In a few quick moves, he stored these three wild boar piglets into the Loser's Cube.

Following the intelligence from the handsome man, Yu Yuan thoroughly looted all the survival supplies belonging to the thugs in this settlement, as well as the weapons and equipment dropped by both sides of the battle.

Then, he headed toward the location of the Mountain Stone Shelter.

Along the way, Yu Yuan also saw a fairly large mud pond. This pond was likely prepared to provide the wild boars with that layer of mud coating.

While Yu Yuan was collecting the piglets and supplies, Zhi Zhi had already directed the rat swarm ahead of time to locate the shelter's position and scout the surrounding area.

Perhaps because of the settlement and his subordinate guards, there weren't any traps around the Mountain Stone Shelter.

Yu Yuan soon saw the entrance to the Mountain Stone Shelter.

—An alloy bunker door.