Chapter 293 - Chapter 293: Land Infantry! (1)
Chapter 293: Land Infantry! (1)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Dong —!” “Dong —!” “Dong —!”
By the roadside, a soldier was hitting a piece of metal with a wrench. The deafening sound startled dozens of birds from the woods.
Beside him, Zhao Yu was resting under a tree, with five other soldiers, each holding knives, standing next to him.
After a while, one of the soldiers stepped forward and reported, “Commander, three mutants have been spotted!”
Only then did Zhao Yu get up. Turning his head towards the end of the road. Three mutants were sprinting in their direction, lured by the noise.
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Yu’s mouth. With a wave of his hand, he commanded, “Take them down!”
Along with the other six soldiers, they charged at the three mutants.
Working in pairs, one soldier held a metal shield, taking the front position to block the mutants’ sharp spikes, while the other, wielding a sharp knife, seized the opportunity when the mutant was distracted by his partner and slashed at it.
In just five seconds, the three mutants, who had been eager to attack, were decapitated and lay on the ground.
Without needing Zhao Yu’s command, the six soldiers efficiently dragged the corpses of the mutants, heading in the direction of the base.
Zhao Yu followed behind, and after walking about two hundred meters, they returned to the base.
With the bodies of the three mutants fed into the recycling furnace, the resource reserves increased once again.
[Gold: 173 grams]
[Silver: 281 grams]
[Copper: 122 grams]
[Cloth: 8124 grams]
[Flesh: 992 kg]
It had been three hours since he went out to hunt.
At first, Zhao Yu brought six soldiers to hunt near the town.
After killing the mutants, he realized that he had to spend a lot of effort to transport them back.
Without a means of transportation, he could only ask his soldiers to move it manually. It was not only laborious but also time-consuming.
So, Zhao Yu thought of a way. He would create a sound not far from the base to attract the mutants. That would save him a lot of effort.
After a few more waves, he had killed at least eighteen mutants.
“The reserve of flesh and blood was sufficient to produce over a dozen soldiers, but due to the limitation of copper, no new soldiers had been trained yet.
“Copper…”
“And food!”
The status (Fatigued) had already appeared above the head of the 002 soldier, and his three attributes had temporarily decreased a little.
He immediately commanded, “Everyone, rehydrate and rest for half an hour!”
Instantly, the six of them dispersed, heading to the base to drink water according to their needs.
Watched them in their military uniforms, Zhao Yu looked at his own tattered clothes.
“I should find something proper to wear…”
“Wait…”
With a standard set of uniforms, could the system provide him the same uniform for him?!
With this thought, Zhao Yu entered the training camp and scrolled through the control panel.
Indeed, he found an exchange option.
A custom-made set of clothes required only 1 kilogram of fabric.
“As expected…”
Zhao Yu figured that since this mini base was a scaled-down version of the lunar base and it meant that there was a clothing production line built into the training camp.
“Get me a set!””
[Please select the military rank of the uniform.]
On the control panel, a variety of military uniforms appeared. They were all from the same series as the soldiers.
The military uniforms of the soldiers were based on the system of this world. They were more pragmatic and basically did not have empty positions. Their military ranks were linked to their positions and were directly based on the number of troops they led.
“Corporal, Sergeant, Centurion, General of Brigade, Captain, Lieutenant, Colonel, General, and so on.
“Let’s go with Centurion!”
Zhao Yu initially wanted to directly get himself a general’s uniform, but his soldiers were all low-ranking soldiers, without even a corporal’s rank. It would be pointless to overdo it.
Fortunately, he remembered that the soldier no. 002 used both sleeves of his uniform to bandage wounds and was still in a sleeveless state. Therefore, he got another corporal’s uniform and handed it over for him to wear.
“Now, that looks proper!”
Zhao Yu felt immensely satisfied, thinking he looked notably more handsome with the uniform.
Next, Zhao Yu double checked at the resource data. Gold, silver, and flesh and blood were sufficient to train over a dozen soldiers, but they still lacked a huge amount of copper and fabric.
They were short by about seven to eight kilograms of copper and a similar amount of fabric.
What troubled Zhao Yu the most now was not the resources for training soldiers but food.
Training resources could always be found if they searched the town, but food had become quite scarce.
In these times, only large factions had the means to produce food. Smaller factions typically scavenged for food in the old cities of the past era or exchanged goods with larger volume.
Previously, when Zhao Yu went to the gathering place to exchange for food, he relied on meat and some tech products he had stored.
The food at the gathering place, as far as he knew, was mostly scavenged from the town.
He later learned from individuals like Meng Xian that Black Rock City had the capacity to produce its own food.
Zhao Yu’s first thought was to trade for food with Black Rock City. However, the problem was that he didn’t know where Black Rock City was located.
After the apocalypse, old cities were mostly occupied by mutant beasts.
All the new cities were newly built, and their locations were only known to those who had been there.
“In an era without the internet, the flow of information becomes crucial….”