Before 12:00 in the morning, the convoy finally arrived at Longevity Town.


    The yers also returned to the outpost one after another or went offline at the save point.


    Many people also experienced symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and dizziness before going offline.


    After reading the walkthrough posts on the forum, they immediately understood what was going on, and then all found a nurturing cabin to lie down.


    Near the save point, joy was in the air.


    "Hey man, you are here too?"


    "Hahaha, there are so many people here. What a coincidence!"


    "My requirements are not high. I just hope that they will give me a super rare talent!"


    "How’s that not high?!""May the developers bless me. If I can get an invincible talent, I don’t mind everyone else here bing single forever."


    "The developers said that they got it, and said that they will arrange for you to get a talent of bing a <em>futa</em>."


    "What the heck?!"


    The yers who showed signs of awakening celebrated with each other excitedly, and the yers who were still a little bit behind all had expressions of envy and hatred on their faces.


    Although the talent hidden in the gic sequence had been decided from the moment they logged into the game, and there was no way to change the n, Chu Guang was still very happy for them.


    This battle had gained him at least ten ability users.


    The number may even reach 20 after some time.


    It was a big step forward from getting apany of ability users.


    Standing next to the warehouse in Longevity Town, Chu Guang looked at the trucks full of supplies and the yers who were getting stronger, with a gratifying smile on his face.


    <em>My cute little yers leveled up again.</em>


    <em>Very nice.</em>


    ...


    The yers who went offline brought the battle situation of the front line to the forum, and shared the joy of victory with the Lifestyle Profession yers in the rear and the cloud gamers who were still queuing for the invitations.


    In addition, they also uploaded a few cinematic in-game photos that had been reviewed to show off on the forum.


    On Chu Guang’s side, he finally got the battle report he had been waiting for all day.


    The first was the road entrance intercepting battle. There were 227 yers participating in the battle, against the four heavily armedpanies of marauders under ck Snake, as well as a total of 628 people in the logistics transport team and artillery team.


    Among them, 17 yers were killed (including the seriously injured) and 33 were injured.


    A total of 371 marauders were killed and 257 prisoners were captured. No statistics were made on those who escaped in the chaos, but it was estimated that there were only about 10 to 20 people.


    Among the captives were a Company Leader and two Staff Officers.


    To Chu Guang’s slight regret, Brigade Commander ck Snake was killed while fleeing, and his yer failed to catch him alive.


    But it didn’t matter anymore, catching the Staff Officers was the same. What he wanted to know from ck Snake could be asked from his Staff Officers.


    And if it was something that he couldn’t get from ck Snake’s Staff Officers, he basically wouldn’t be able to get from ck Snake even if he was caught.


    The prisoners who had an interrogation value were temporarily held in Longevity Town, and the worthless prisoners were handed over to Luca.


    Recently, Chu Guang nned to build abor camp north of Linghu Lake, responsible for reiming the wastnd there.


    Although thebor camp was still a bare open space, he would give the prisoners of war a dozen logging axes to build their own cells.


    He was being very considerate, but if they wanted to run away… He weed them to try it.


    In addition to the captives, there were 488 freed ves.


    It was said that there were 2,000 people at the beginning, and only half of them survived in winter, but 488 was all they had left.


    Most of them were youngborers, and many of them were craftsmen like Wu Mu, the director of a paper mill. They were proficient in construction, forging, nting, animal husbandry and even simple medical skills, or arithmetic, literacy and other skills.


    Most of them came from the central and northern parts of the River Valley Province, but also some other parts of the south. Most of them were captured by the marauders when they ransacked their viges, and they could be said to have suffered both mental and physical torture along the way.


    Chu Guang intended to temporarily ce them in refugee camps and let them take literacy sses with the refugees to learn literacy, numeracy and geometry.


    Only an educated workforce could be a quality workforce, and those people would be the foundation of industrialization.


    Although there would be some pressure on food supply in the short term, in the long run, this investment was definitely worth it.


    Besides, Chu Guang just got a batch of grain from marauders. ording to rough statistics, there were about 84 tons of grains, of which half were potatoes, 30% were rice, and the rest were all kinds of misceneous grains.


    In addition, there were 21 tons of nutritional paste, presumably the marauders used to feed the ves. It just happened that it could be used as rations for the prisoners of war.


    "... We seized a total of 25 trucks, which carried, in addition to grain, arge amount of cotton products and untreated cotton, as well as animal skins.”


    "In terms of weapons, those marauders used mainly Army-style weapons, including 610 Ripper rifles, 50 Pu-9 submachine guns, 98 de assault rifles, and a small number of iron-barreled rifles and square leader pistols.”


    "Ammunition-wise, they have 60,000 rounds of 7mm bullets on their trucks, and a handful of other calibers. 100 Armour Fist Bazookas and 150 100mm rounds and so on."


    While reporting the statistics, Wrench handed Chu Guang a list.


    In addition to weapons, food, and things to keep warm, there were a few other supplies on the list.


    There were things like gold and various types of wine.


    Those marauders not only inherited the Army’s equipment, but also their habit of liking gold and alcohol.


    ncing through the entire list, Chu Guang had only one feeling in his heart.@@novelbin@@


    <em>These guys are so damn rich.</em>


    <em>Just how much supplies did the Bonechewer n inherit from the army’s expeditionary force?</em>


    <em>These supplies may not be enough to arm a regiment, but it’s more than enough to arm a reinforcedpany or battalion.</em>


    <em>If every brigade were this rich...</em>


    Putting down the list in his hand, Chu Guang sighed softly. "I have to thank those people for sending these supplies from thousands of miles away using express delivery service. In order to not let them down, I will definitely use it well."


    Wrench was confused.


    <em>Express Delivery? What is that?</em>


    But it was not the first time he’s heard words he’d never heard of before from Chu Guang, so it didn’t surprise him much.


    Wrench knew very well that in front of the vast ocean-like knowledge of the administrator, what he understood was just like a drop of water in the ocean, and it was normal for him not to understand.


    "The caliber of the Army Rifle is also 7mm, but the lengths of the cartridges are different, so they are notpatible with our weapons... It’s a pity that these 60,000 rounds of bullets are not going to help us much."


    Wrench nodded and said, "Yes, but their Pu-9 submachine gun is a good thing. Although it is less powerful than our short Sickle, it’s much easier to control."


    The short Sickle was also known as the LD-47C, a short-barreled version of the Sickle assault rifle, a submachine gun with an automatic rifle receiver that fired full-power rounds.


    Compared with the short Sickle, the Pu-9 submachine gun was mainly designed for street fighting environments and trench sweeping. Its ideal fighting distance was within 50 meters, and there was rarely a chance to be used in a fight that was more than 100 meters.


    At this distance, small-caliber, high-rate submachine guns would have certain advantages. With the expansion of the magazine or drum, it could even burst out a firepower that was not inferior to the machine gun in a short time.


    Chu Guang picked up one from the truck and yed with it for a while, with an expression of interest in his eyes.


    The weight of it was very light, less than 3 kilograms.


    The shape was a bit like a Thompson submachine gun, but just the oblique grip looked like it, and the internal structure was obviously not the same.


    Chu Guang loaded a magazine and fired several shots at the snowdrift beside him.


    That noise, like tearing a cloth, sounded very crisp and pleasant, but it felt a little less powerful.


    "It’s still very effective against normal Crunchers or Suicide Bombers, but it’s a bit difficult to deal with Creepers, and it probably won’t be able to break the defense of Tyrants.


    "It’s also good for mutant cockroaches, mice, and hyenas. The high rate of fire can make up for theck of uracy, and it’s not difficult to control at close range, so it’s suitable for dealing with slightly weaker targets.


    "However, if it’s used to fight cockroaches, I’m afraid it’s not going to be worth it."


    Chu Guang turned on the safety of the gun, put it back on the truck, and gave a pertinent evaluation. "It can be used by neers."


    The neers mentioned here were not new yers who had just entered the game, but the yers whose level was between LV2 to LV5.


    Most of them hadpleted the Passing The Torch mission, mastered the basicbat or survival ability, and graduated from their masters. And most of their contributions had reached citizens, having enough money to buy the user interface.


    ording to the economic system designed by Chu Guang for yers, yers at this stage could change their gears the second time within 3 to 7 days, recing iron-barreled rifles or crossbows with modern weapons, and from then on, they could experience aplete content of the game.


    However, the LD series weapons designed for the current development environment of the shelter was actually not suitable for neers.


    Especially the intelligence type yers. If their initial intelligence attribute was 7, usually their strength would only be 3. During the first 10 levels, they would have one opportunity to add 1 point of strength, and the awakening would give them another point of strength. So basically, only when they reached LV10 would they have 5 points of strength… which was the average level of a normal adult.


    It would still be a bit difficult to operate the LD-47 assault rifle without the aid of an exoskeleton or mechanical prosthesis.


    For them, it was a good choice to use the weapons of other factions that were designed for ordinary people to transition.


    After checking the weapons, Chu Guang went straight to thest vehicle of the convoy.


    An armored pickup truck was parked there.


    It was also the only one of the 8 armored pickup trucks that was still intact. The others were either slightly damaged and needed to be repaired before they could be used, or they were simply blown up and couldn’t be repaired.


    Chu Guang was curious about this vehicle, especially its power source.


    After opening the hood to check, Chu Guang walked to the rear of the truck and found the fuel tank on the trunk.


    The location of the fuel tank was very cleverly hidden. The front was the cab, the sides were armored steel tes, and a protective cover was added on it to ce the base for fixing the machine gun.


    Unless it was hit directly from behind, or the side armor was directly prated, it was basically impossible to hit the fuel tank.


    Chu Guang opened the fuel tank cap, stretched out his index finger to touch it, and then sniffed his finger.


    The smell was very light, not very vtile, and the oil was thick, a bit like diesel.


    "Diesel engine?"


    Wrench was dazed slightly. "What is that……"


    Chu Guang wiped his hands and said casually, "Nothing, a type of oil-burning engine, which should be considered an antique feature."


    Fossil-fuel engines were really old fashioned rtive to this world.


    Civilian-grade solid-state hydrogen batteries had already been poprized in the Prosperity Era, and some special equipment even used metal hydrogen batteries, which werepletely separated from chemical energy and use cold fusion technology.


    No matter how advanced it was, fossil fuel engines were still considered the bottleneck of technical advancement. But with the continuous innovation of energy storage methods and energy technologies, it was only a matter of time before they were eliminated.


    However, when civilization declined, much of the technology that had been swept into the grave seemed to be unearthed again.


    Looking at Wrench, Chu Guang continued to ask, "Did you see the fuel on those trucks? They were probably in barrels, like the liquid in this tank."


    Wrench was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a while, nodded and said, "I seem to have seen it, but I thought it was the oil used to make the incendiary bottle, and it was counted in the raw material item. It should be on the list I gave you earlier."


    Chu Guang took a look at the list, and sure enough, in the raw material item, he found the item, Burning Agent.


    The reserves of these marauders were still quiterge. There were 10 tin barrels with a capacity of 200 liters, and some were packed in small barrels of 5 liters.


    This amount may not be enough to supply a whole convoy, but it was enough to support a few armored pickup trucks.


    Chu Guang frowned slightly.


    Grain could be looted from survivor settlements, but it may be difficult to obtain fuel that way.


    After all, they were on the wastnd.


    Survivor settlements with industrial capabilities were definitely in the minority. Even if there was production of alkane fuels, it was difficult to immediately find the suitable one without a unified production standard.


    "The Bonechewer n may have control of an oil well with uncertain production capacity, and reserve size, or other special fuel production facility.


    "What is certain is that this fuel contains alkanes. It’s at least not cooking oil.


    "Could it be an oil crop?"


    Oil was not just a fuel, it was also an important industrial raw material.


    At present, themon organic chemical raw materials in Clearspring City mainly came from the Camu Tree nted in the gathering ces of survivors of all sizes.


    The fruit of the tree could produce oil, and its resin was also high-quality rubber. It was a kind of nt that was not umon in the central area of the ??Central Continent, and the technology to utilize a tree like that was invented in the pre-war era.


    With this information silently recorded in his heart, Chu Guang thought for a moment, then looked at Wrench and ordered. "Send this fuel to the outpost."


    It was better to let Yin Fang identify the ingredients of it and find out if it was dug out of the ground or produced through something.


    That guy used to be a D-level prospector of the Academy. He must know more about the wastnd than him who had juste to this world for less than a year. He definitely also knew more than Hyrja who just came out of the nurturing cabin and Xia Yan, who believed in urban legends.


    If theposition and production method of the fuel could be determined, it would be able to help Chu Guang gain a moreprehensive understanding of the Bonechewer n.


    And it was definitely more reliable than the information he obtained from the prisoners.


    After all, most of those prisoners were not educated, and it was easy for them to add their own imagination when exining problems, and sometimes the information they provided was extremely confusing. Most of the time, it was not that they didn’t want to confess, it was that they didn’t understand it themselves.


    Chu Guang still remembered the Torch Church believer who called the cor used to enve the Deathw a miracle product.


    Wrench earnestly responded, "Yes sir. Do you want me to send it over now?"


    Chu Guang thought for a while and said, "Do it early tomorrow, no rush."


    After noting down the administrator’s instructions, Wrench was about to leave to instruct the guards to unload the goods. But then he suddenly remembered something and continued, "By the way, sir, in addition to the oil, there is also something else on the truck. We’ve tried to figure out what it is for a long time, but we don’t understand what it is. We’ve also asked the prisoners about it, but all they could tell us was that it belonged to ck Snake."


    Chu Guang became curious and said immediately, "Take me to see it."


    "Yes sir! Please follow me." Wrench led Chu Guang to the back of the truck quickly.


    After two guards got on the truck, a wooden box was carried out.


    When Chu Guang opened the box, he was stunned.


    <em>This thing...</em>


    <em>Isn’t this the device hanging from the neck of Deathw he kept in the shed at the west gate?</em>


    Chu Guang asked, "How many of these are there?"


    The guard replied, "We did an inventory check, there are 37 in total."


    A thrilled expression instantly appeared on Chu Guang’s face.


    <em>37!</em>


    <em>My goodness.</em>


    <em>It seems that after the person who could perform the operation was taken away, these marauders didn’t know how to use these things, so they just left them on the truck.</em>


    <em>The intelligence type yers will be epicly enhanced!</em>


    <em>It would be different from the previous times… This time, they would be really strengthened! </em>