novelraw Chapter 50: Escape Route, Defense System - Flamethrower
Chapter 50: Escape Route, Defense System - Flamethrower
Yesterday's harvest was substantial. Just those 20 barrels of 100L fuel were priceless treasures, even more scarce and precious than cigarettes. They could compete with firearms and bullets in value, and no one had a stable acquisition channel for them.
Of course, he didn't rule out the possibility that other players had access to related resources but only hoarded them for personal use without listing them for sale.
Just like him, he wouldn't easily list these 20 barrels of fuel for sale either.
2000L of fuel might seem like a lot, but it was actually quite limited.
The shelter would inevitably consume large amounts of electricity in the future, and once he obtained vehicles, fuel consumption wouldn't be a small figure.
Selling it now would be easy, but trying to acquire it again later would be extremely difficult.
Besides the fuel, the biggest gain was the 25 bundles of homemade explosives, each equipped with a mechanical timer.
【Homemade Timed Explosives】
Quality: Ordinary
Weight: 2KGCondition: Extremely Stable
Timer Setting: 1~30 minutes
Destruction Zone/Lethal Zone Radius: 0~3 meters
Severe/Heavy Damage Zone: 3~10 meters
Casualty/Effect Zone: 10~30 meters
Yu Yuan carefully placed these 25 bundles of timed explosives into storage boxes, sealed them, and stored them in a corridor corner far away from the fuel barrels.
These were excellent items, but their danger increased exponentially. Yu Yuan's mind kept flashing with some unpleasant thoughts, though the explosives' stability allowed him to breathe slightly easier.
After dealing with the most valuable and dangerous two types of supplies, what remained were the firearms, ammunition, and equipment seized from the Burning Fortress.
These were also what Yu Yuan needed most urgently right now.
Different from the Black Shield Police Department's equipment, the Burning Fortress's gear consisted mostly of AK series weapons: 2 AK74s, 1 AK74U, 1 AKM, and finally 1 AK12.
There was plenty of ammunition - hundreds of rounds each in 7.62×39mm and 5.45×39mm calibers, enough for Yu Yuan to use for some time.
The rest were the throwing weapons Yu Yuan specifically kept: 8 F1 "small lemons", 5 flashbangs, and 3 explosive sticks equipped with detonator blasting caps.
This temporarily made up for Yu Yuan's shortage of throwing weapons.
Of the equipment from the Burning Fortress Flame Knights, Yu Yuan only brought back one military telescope because he simply couldn't carry more at the time. The Taotao Hole was completely stuffed, and it took tremendous effort just to bring these items back.
But the most precious trophy was what he brought back - the complete set of equipment and items from the Flame Priest.
Yu Yuan wouldn't forget that when he was looting the Flame Priest, he heard more than one mechanical notification sound.
Items that triggered notifications were definitely high-value supplies.
With excited anticipation, Yu Yuan dumped everything from the Oxford backpack onto the ground. The moment the items spilled out, consecutive notification sounds appeared in his ears.
It was like the most wonderful sound in the world.
【Ding... High-value supplies discovered!】
【Discovered special construction path for shelter facilities. Add this path to — Shelter Facility Management Log?】
【Ding.... High-value supplies discovered!】
【Discovered special construction path for shelter facilities. Add this path to — Shelter Facility Management Log?】
【Ding.... High-value supplies discovered!】
【Discovered shelter facility optimization path. Add this optimization path to — Security and Walls construction list?】
【Ding.... High-value supplies discovered!】
【Discovered Rare-grade equipment — Flame Priest Robe (Damaged)】
The corners of Yu Yuan's mouth almost reached his eyes. It was actually three shelter construction blueprints, with two being special construction paths that the shelter didn't even have yet. He immediately added them all to the Shelter Facility Management Log.
As the blueprints disappeared, two new construction path lists and two optimization paths appeared in the Shelter Facility Management Log.
【Ding... Detected defense facility construction path activation. Shelter Defense System Management Log unlocked.】
Within the 【Survival】 light screen, besides the 【Shelter Facility Management Log】 and 【Shelter Resource Management Log】 pages, another page named 【Shelter Defense System Management Log】 appeared.
Yu Yuan couldn't wait to check the two newly appeared facilities.
—【Escape Passage】(Special)
Quality: Unknown
Introduction: This is a miraculous construction blueprint that can build a special escape passage, connecting the shelter with safe houses for emergency escapes or safe transfers during critical moments. It can connect with up to three safe houses, but certain necessary conditions seem to be missing to construct this facility.
Construction Requirements: Escape Key ×1, Safe House ×1~3, Locked Door ×1
—【Defense — Flame Thrower】
Quality: Rare
Introduction: Within a 100-meter range of the shelter, up to 20 sets of flame thrower devices can be constructed to protect the shelter's safety. Please note that this facility will burn the surrounding area when activated, so maintain a safe distance from the shelter during construction and take protective measures.
Construction Requirements (per set):
Essential Materials: Fuel 10L, High-pressure Gas Tank ×1, Pressure Relief Valve ×1, Steel ×1, Spring ×1, 9V Battery ×2, Resistance Wire ×1, Metal Water Pipe ×1, Metal Nozzle ×1.
Auxiliary Materials: Rubber Gasket ×2, Metal Pin ×1
"This... this..."
Yu Yuan was at a loss for words.
Powerful!
Really incredibly powerful!
The escape passage gave him an immense sense of security. Because once this facility was actually needed, the shelter might already be in a very critical situation. Having an escape opportunity was always good.
As for the construction requirements, aside from the locked door, he had no clues about the other two items yet.
But since the construction path was already added, he at least had a direction and target to search for.
As for the 【Defense — Flame Thrower】, it satisfied a previous speculation Yu Yuan had about the shelter.
That was - what exactly was the defense level?
He had built quite a few shelter facilities by now, with safety level, comfort level, hygiene level, and energy level all improved. Only the defense level remained at 0.
He had been guessing before whether he needed to upgrade the 【Walls】 level, and now he had the answer.
Moreover, the defense facilities were actually constructed around the shelter, which made Yu Yuan ecstatic.
His biggest worry was what would happen after the Newbie Protection Period ended, if other players invaded and directly destroyed the shelter upon discovering it.
Now this problem was directly solved.
This was a flame thrower!
The construction range was within 100 meters of the shelter, giving Yu Yuan plenty of room for strategic placement.
Don't forget that Yu Yuan's shelter was built within the civil defense shelter level passageway. As long as he designed the flame thrower positions cleverly, these passageways could become inescapable infernos for invaders.
Yu Yuan's mind instantly visualized no less than five suitable locations for installing flame throwers.
"This blueprint came at the perfect time! There are still over twenty days until player invasions begin, plenty of time for me to transform the civil defense shelter level into a death incineration field."
A flash of ruthlessness and cold determination appeared in his eyes.