Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 48: Black Shield Police Department, Chief Hogg

Beep beep beep....

Yu Yuan felt like his head was splitting with pain, his entire body seemed to have fallen apart, aching all over.

But he was gradually awakened by the alarm sound nonetheless.

He opened his eyes, looking at the ceiling of the shelter and the energy-saving light emitting a soft glow.

His hazy consciousness slowly returned.

"Am I in... the shelter?"

The previous experiences instantly surfaced in his mind - the mutated giant rat, the battle, the escape, all scenes flashed back one by one.

Looking at the positioning watch on his wrist, it was still persistently vibrating and ringing.

"This is the alarm I set, the purpose is..." Yu Yuan's sleepy eyes instantly became alert, immediately checking the current time - 3:18 AM.

"Not good, there's only five minutes left before the items listed on Taotao Hole exceed 12 hours."Yu Yuan panicked, immediately struggling to get up. To prevent others from trading for the items he listed on Taotao Hole, he had set each item's price at a million survival points. If the time limit was exceeded, the 5% storage fee would be astronomical.

Fortunately, he had set an alarm to wake up in advance, otherwise he would have been finished.

Just as he tried to push himself up from the bed with his right hand, a piercing pain shot through his wrist.

Frowning slightly, he looked at his right wrist and found it had actually swollen slightly.

The injury to his wrist was more serious than he had imagined.

But he had no time to think about his injuries now.

"Mie Mie~~ come here."

Mie Mie had already come to his side when Yu Yuan woke up. Yu Yuan pulled himself up by holding Mie Mie's horns with his left hand, finally managing to stand up.

Enduring the body aches, he quickly went to the air raid shelter passage outside the shelter and removed all the items listed on Taotao Hole. With only thirty seconds to spare, he successfully removed the last barrel of fuel.

Looking at the full twenty barrels of fuel, weapons, equipment, and explosives, Yu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally, with Mie Mie's help, he dragged back the supplies he had previously placed near the ladder exit to the shelter, removed his equipment, and took out the vehicle emergency kit and medical backpack.

After treating his wrist injury and applying some bruise medicine, he prepared to continue resting.

However, after seeing Mie Mie, he suddenly remembered that Mie Mie's high-energy sheep milk seemed to be effective for injury recovery, especially for fracture-type injuries.

Although his wrist wasn't fractured, it probably had minor bone cracks and contusion symptoms.

He immediately took out and drank today's portion of high-energy sheep milk, then no longer resisted his body's protests and fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, at the Black Shield Police Department.

Carmen was locked in a separate room, waiting for the final outcome.

He silently estimated the time in his mind.

"Been locked up for about 10 hours now! The investigators should be back soon."

Looking at the light on the ceiling, Carmen's mind kept flashing with a certain figure.

Creak...

The door was pushed open, and an extremely burly figure entered the room, sitting on a chair that looked slightly small.

This was a dark-skinned, bald muscular man with sharp, piercing eyes. The dozens of pounds of commander gear he wore didn't seem heavy at all on him; instead, he appeared completely at ease.

He looked at Carmen and got straight to the point.

"Carmen, the investigators have returned regarding the situation you mentioned. They indeed found traces of the Burning Fortress, and our people also saw members of the Thug Prison heading to the Burning Fortress hours ago. You're cleared."

Carmen wasn't surprised by this. He looked at the muscular man before him.

"Commander Lao Ke, the joint attack by the Burning Fortress and Thug Prison on us is definitely not simple. I suspect this is just the beginning. I'm afraid the Thug Prison's ambush against us at the Landmark Hotel was just bait, aiming to lure us into attacking their trading team. The insider who leaked information to us might have already been discovered by the Thug Prison."

"I'm aware of that. Alright, we'll discuss this later. The Chief wants to see you now, come with me!"

A trace of surprise finally appeared on Carmen's face: "You mean, Chief Hogg?"

"Hurry up, don't keep the Chief waiting." Lao Ke urged.

"Yes!"

The two went to the fifth floor of the Police Department and entered an extremely luxurious room.

Inside the room, someone was already waiting, facing away from the door, looking at the night sky outside through the window, the cigar in his fingertips glowing with embers.

Lao Ke brought Carmen into the room, standing at attention and saluting the figure.

"Chief, I've brought Carmen!"

Two seconds later, the figure slowly turned around, glancing indifferently at Carmen, giving him a once-over before turning away again.

"Leave now."

A cold, emotionless voice sounded in the room.

"Yes!" Lao Ke immediately led Carmen out of the room.

Only then did Carmen notice that Commander Lao Ke's nose tip was covered with sweat beads, making him feel shocked inside.

As the head of the three commanders of the Black Shield Police Department, Lao Ke could be considered the second-in-command after the Chief. Yet he was actually this terrified of the Chief.

"Alright, you can go back now! The war between Thug Prison, Burning Fortress and us will probably break out soon, but..." Lao Ke looked at Carmen with a predator's gaze.

"Don't let others know about this matter for now, understand what I mean?"

Carmen understood immediately.

"I understand, Commander Lao Ke."

"Go!"

Carmen immediately headed out, but just as he was about to go downstairs, he encountered a figure coming his way.

Carmen stopped to look, his heart tightening, an inexplicable sense of fear that made him tremble suddenly surging within him. He immediately composed himself and saluted.

"Commander Loris!"

Loris was obviously somewhat surprised to see Carmen here, pausing his steps slightly.

After giving Carmen a deep look, the corner of his mouth lifted in an almost imperceptible curve, then he brushed past Carmen.

Watching Loris's retreating figure, the inexplicable fear in Carmen's heart slowly dissipated.

Feeling the change in his emotions and recalling what Soda had said in the sewer, Carmen's gaze toward Loris subtly changed.

Pursing his lips slightly, he turned and headed downstairs.

When Yu Yuan woke up again, it was already 4 PM.

He had actually slept a full 12 hours, but his condition had recovered considerably.

During the 12 hours, with the single bed's bonus to physical function recovery plus the healing effects of the high-energy sheep milk,

Except for some slight pain remaining in his right wrist, the aches in other parts of his body had disappeared, and his drowsy mind had become clear again.

Lighting a cigarette to refresh himself, Yu Yuan sat on the bed leaning against the wall and began checking the virtual panel.

Many players were actually enthusiastically discussing something in the chat channel.

The chat messages were refreshing quickly. Curious, Yu Yuan looked and realized that during his unconscious sleep, something major had actually happened.