Chapter 238: City in the Wasteland
"Damn, how far is this road?"
Zhang Tuohai looked at his watch impatiently.
It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and there was only about an hour left until the end. He had been running on the road for almost a day, but he had not seen the shadow of a town.
There was nothing but ruins and mutated monsters on both sides of the road.
"This damn world, if I had known I would have stayed in that village and searched it again."
Zhang Tuohai felt a little regretful.
However, it was no use regretting now. He could only ask Xiao Ai to speed up a little and see what was ahead.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Zhang Tuohai discovered that as time went by, the frequency of the monsters he encountered gradually increased.
At first, it was 7-8 per hour, and now it is 17-18 per hour, which is more than double the number.
"What is the reason for this? Is it a geographical issue or a time issue?"
Zhang Tuohai looked up at the sky. The white light spot was about to fall below the horizon. The surroundings became even darker. Zhang Tuohai needed the help of lights to see the road clearly.
At this moment, Xiao Ai suddenly said, " Commander, there is a city ahead."
"City? Where is it? Let me see!"
Zhang Tuohai asked.
Xiao Ai immediately transferred the image to the monitor.
In the distance, Zhang Tuohai saw a huge city appearing on the horizon.
The city has tall metal walls covered with protruding spikes. There are also cannons on the top of the walls. The thick barrels prove their extraordinary power.
Soldiers were on standby on the city wall.
Ahead of the road, a long line of convoys lined up at the city gate, waiting to enter.
Zhang Tuohai drove the car over and quietly lined up at the back of the convoy.
Zhang Tuohai took a look at the cars in front. Most of them had riveted metal shells. There were also some new-generation models similar to commercial vehicles, but they were very few. Moreover, there were other vehicles around to provide protection.
Many vehicles are equipped with machine guns or cannons.
What caught Zhang Tuohai's attention was that there were very few cars with rubber tires, and most of the cars had tracked wheels.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Tuohai immediately and quietly replaced the eight solid rubber wheels with crawler wheels, without anyone noticing.
Afterwards, Zhang Tuohai took off his conspicuous snow camouflage uniform, found the worn-out coat he had been wearing before, put it on, and then put on a third-generation dust mask.
Tracked wheels, riveted armor, 75mm cannon, and Zhang Tuohai's outfit, at first glance, he looks almost the same as the natives here.
The team moved very fast and soon reached Zhang Tuohai. Several soldiers wearing ragged cloaks and holding steam rifles stopped Zhang Tuohai and said, "Entrance fee: 4 mutant organs."
Zhang Tuohai saw that everyone before him had already handed in their organs, so he didn’t make any special arrangements and stuffed four mutant organs in.
After taking a look at the mutated organ in his hand, the soldier threw it into a box on the side.
Another soldier handed over a small iron plate: "Don't lose it. We will check it at any time. Each one is valid for one day. If you exceed the time limit, you will be fined or you will be expelled."
"It's really dark. Can the four mutant organs only stay for one day?"
Zhang Tuohai thought secretly.
This is almost the price of one-third of a bottle of purification potion.
He looked at the box containing mutant organs next to him and really wanted to snatch it away.
However, when he looked at the soldiers with live ammunition next to him, as well as the two steam machine guns and two large-caliber direct-fire cannons behind the sandbags not far away, he gave up the idea.
If he dared to rob here, he would probably be blown to pieces by large-caliber artillery in the next second.
Zhang Tuohai drove obediently towards the city, thinking to himself, "Humph, why are you so proud? Sooner or later, I will make you vomit double."
After the car entered the city, the streets became much more prosperous. There were still various tin houses, but many pedestrians could be seen.
On both sides of the street, thick metal pipes extend in all directions, with valves of unknown function everywhere.
Not far away, a steam locomotive clanged past. Everything was so familiar yet strange, and a feeling of absurdity emerged in Zhang Tuohai's heart.
At this moment, a line of game prompts popped up.
[Congratulations to the player for entering the city of Black Rock City. It is detected that the player has not yet joined a faction. Would you like to join the Black Rock City faction? If you want to join, please report to the city defense department. For details on the specific faction benefits, please contact the officials in charge of the relevant affairs.]
"There is actually a camp?" Zhang Tuohai was startled .
Having played many games, he knows that if there is a faction system, there will definitely be faction battles and PK, which will definitely attract spenders.
But this is the real world. If a war breaks out between factions, who knows how many people will die.
With only 5,000 players, one or two conflicts would probably wipe them all out.
"It seems that this world is very dangerous." Zhang Tuohai frowned.
Zhang Tuohai thought about it and temporarily refused to join the camp.
He was just trying his luck in this world, and everything would have to wait until he actually entered this world.
What if he joined the Black Rock City camp, but when he actually entered the world, he was assigned to the road of the enemy camp? That would be a real pain.
Zhang Tuohai decided to walk around the city to see what advantages it had.
Zhang Tuohai walked around the city and found that this city was almost no different from a normal functioning city. There were bars, clubs, restaurants, shops, and even antique shops. It could be said that if one ignored the soldiers on the city walls, this place was almost no different from a normal city.
Zhang Tuohai jumped out of the car and walked into a grocery store.
There are many and varied things in the grocery store. Of course, the most numerous items are various types of motor oils and parts, which almost occupy two-thirds of the counters in the grocery store. The rest are daily necessities, but the prices are very high .
Zhang Tuohai saw that a bag of black bread cost 30 yuan, while the recycling price of a mutant organ was 100 yuan.
And this is just the cheapest black bread.
The price of white bread tripled to 90 yuan.
The price of a bottle of water is 50 yuan.
The price of a roll of toilet paper is 20 yuan.
Zhang Tuohai couldn't help but sigh as he read on: "The prices are so high."
If players want to join a town camp like Blackrock City, they have to fight monsters outside the city desperately to survive.
Otherwise, there is a high chance that you will starve to death in the city.
At this moment , a prompt suddenly popped up from the game system.
[You are about to leave the current world, please find a hidden corner immediately. 】
When Zhang Tuohai saw this, he quickly walked out of the store, jumped into his car, and drove into a hidden alley nearby.
At this moment, a whistle like an air raid alarm sounded.
