Chapter 289 - Chapter 289: Soldiers
Chapter 289: Soldiers
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Conscripts…”
Excitement filled Zhao Yu’s eyes. The establishment of the training camp meant he would transition from fighting alone to combat in groups.
There would be conscripts, infantry, and potentially even more elite special forces in the future.
The most urgent task at hand was to gather the necessary materials for the conscripts.
“72 kilograms of flesh and blood can produce a 66-kilogram clone, with a possibility loss of 6 kilograms…”
‘To grams, loo grams of silver, 500 grams of copper, these are likely the materials needed for the Al chip…”
As for the 1 kilogram of fabric, Zhao Yu guessed it might be intended for the clothing.
Zhao Yu examined the training camp in detail before heading back to the base.
Having been out for almost a day, he was exhausted. After a brief wash-up, he went to bed.
When he woke up again, his technology points had naturally increased to 50.
This time, Zhao Yu left the base with his pistol and backpack.
For the 72 kilograms of flesh and blood, he could only think of the mutants. As for gold, silver, and copper, they shouldn’t be hard to find, as there are jewelry stores filled with them in the county town.
In this post-apocalyptic world, the only tangible assets were food and weapons. Most transactions were based on bartering with these goods.
Metals like gold, silver, and copper had lost their market value. However, some significant powers were still collecting them, albeit at very low prices.
Zhao Yu headed back to the county town.
After roaring for a day, the mutated beasts seemed to have fall asleep.
Without the mutated beasts’ control, the massive groups of mutants had dispersed and began wandering aimlessly.
It meant he could sneak into the county town to search for various metals and fabrics.
As for the mutants, he planned to deal with them after he had collected everything else.
Upon reaching the outskirts of the county town, Zhao Yu didn’t rush in. Instead, he began to recall his last visit, searching through his memories. Going frame by frame, he did find a jewelry store.
It was a small store located at the corner of a roundabout, which he had caught a glimpse of in passing during his last visit.
“That’s the one…”
This was the gold and silver jewelry shop closest to him. It was only two streets away from the city, so it was relatively safe.
Zhao Yu climbed to the roof of a two-story building nearby. He quietly stuck his head out and looked into the street.
Zhao Yu quickly retracted his head and began to check his memories.
“1,2,3..”
Using his memory to freeze the scene and count it a few times, Zhao Yu confirmed the number of mutants on the street. He saw a total of 19, which was more than he had imagined.
“It’s not easy to pass through them in daylight…”
” How about the roof?!”
The house he was in was only connected to three or four other houses. Further in was a five-story hotel.
After a moment of consideration, it was more reliable to go on the roof than on the ground.
“Roar ~!”
A mutant seemed to have caught Zhao Yu’s scent and began moving in his direction.
Zhao Yu didn’t dare to linger. He quickly got up and moved to the edge of a residential building, approaching the hotel.
After a quick survey, he noticed a yard behind the hotel that seemed to be used for parking. There were several cars that had not been driven away.
“If there’s a backyard, there must be a back door…”
Zhao Yu made his way down to the ground level beside the residential building, sneaked into the alley and climbed over a wall to enter the hotel’s backyard.
Zhao Yu found that the door to the hotel’s backyard was locked, it has been closed for a long time.
Zhao Yu approached the cars and tried the door handles one by one.
To his surprise, he found an unlocked car door. As he bent down to inspect the interior, he spotted a metal ornament under the rearview mirror – it was shaped like a lucky cat.
“Is it made of gold?”
Zhao Yu quickly grabbed it. He noticed a black streak on the cat’s paw.
Upon rubbing it, he realized it wasn’t dirt but rather paint that had chipped off.
Zhao Yu confirmed that the ornament was made of copper.
“It should weigh around 100 to 200 grams…”
Zhao Yu placed the lucky cat into his backpack and continued to search the car. Under one of the seats, he amusingly found a pair of women’s underwear.
He glanced at the interior space. It was just a regular sedan with limited space, making him wonder about the car owner’s choices.
Zhao Yu searched around for an entrance and he found a small door leading into the hotel.
To his left was an out-of-service elevator, to his right was a staircase, and straight ahead was a corridor leading to the reception desk.
Zhao Yu sneaked in slowly with caution. With no unusual sounds, he finally approached the reception area.
He was drawn to a golden ox ornament on the desk. After inspecting it, he found it was another copper artifact and quickly stashed it in his backpack.
Behind the reception desk, Zhao Yu found a box of keycards for all rooms.
He quickly picked out a few cards with the label “cleaning” on them, returned to the staircase, and made his way to the second floor.
Soon, he arrived at a door with the cleaning label. Zhao Yu tried several of the keycards on it.
“Out of power?!”