Wasteland for All: I Can Infinitely Upgrade My Vault

As soon as the gunshot rang out, Huo Wu immediately held up the Broken Rainbow Sword to shield the Holy Maiden, her gaze fixed menacingly into the distance.

Hongluan immediately gripped her Bladeblaster and stepped forward to block Zhongli. Almost instantly, a bullet struck Hongluan's shoulder, the ricocheting bullet carrying a whistling gust of air as it flew over Zhongli's head.

When Hongluan's [Revengeful Flame] trait is triggered, her movements are so fast that they almost leave afterimages, leaving viewers breathless. She raises her gun, counterattacks, fires, and there's not even a proper aiming process before she instantly kills the target.

Zhongli quickly picked up the spear beside him, rested his right arm against the cold, hard armor on Hongluan's back, and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you injured?"

Hongluan glanced over herself and calmly said, "The enemy's gunfire is intense, but the damage isn't high. As long as we don't get focused and trigger critical hits or holy damage, we'll be fine."

Zhongli immediately understood and said, "Then it seems we have to fight our way out and not let them spread their guns and surround us."

Hongluan nodded, decisively raised her hand and shot, killing the enemy who peeked out in the distance, and said coldly, "Stay close to me."

Hongluan's marksmanship was too fast, and the target was too far away, so Zhongli didn't even see what kind of monster the enemy attacking the shelter was.

The unknown is the most frightening thing, and it makes it difficult to respond effectively.

Fortunately, at that moment, Chongqi's voice rang out: "Master Administrator, the ratmen have been attracted by the smell of the minotaur's blood and have come up here! Their main force is at the minotaur's corpse."

With a clear direction, Zhongli immediately placed his hand on Hongluan's left shoulder, raised the Thunder Spear, and charged out with Hongluan.

The fiery red armor immediately caught the ratmen's attention, and a group of them excitedly revealed their hidden bodies. They resembled hunched humans covered in filthy fur, possessing glowing red eyes and serrated teeth. They wore cobbled-together armor and wielded crude, green, poison-needle muskets in the ratman style.

Despite their tattered equipment, everyone let out excited screams:

"Rat-man bastards! Yes! Yes!"

"Human thing! Die! Die!"

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

With their excited, short screams and cheerful jingles for the weapons, a dozen poison needle muskets fired simultaneously, the explosive gunshots mingling with their shrill chatter.

The ratmen should be thankful that their weapons are of extremely poor quality and low accuracy; out of a dozen or so guns fired, only four bullets hit their targets.

Otherwise, with the blessing of the Flame of Vengeance, Hongluan, the Wasteland War God, could have blown their heads off in an instant.

At this moment, Hongluan's counterattack ability was triggered, and four thunderous sounds from the Blade Burst Gun rang out simultaneously, almost indistinguishable, making the gunfire deafening, like artillery fire.

As Hongluan retaliated, the four ratmen were immediately blown apart, with blood, organs, and bits of flesh flying everywhere.

Zhong Li followed closely behind, raising his Thunder Spear to launch an attack.

【-twenty four】

[Ding! Killed a grinning tribe slave rat, gained 5 experience points]

So weak? He was actually shot dead with a single bullet.

Zhongli's confidence immediately increased. In this situation, as long as he was not hit in a vital spot by the ratman and a critical hit was triggered, there was not much danger.

Hongluan has already begun to stride forward, and any ratman hit by her gun will have their health points instantly wiped out.

Zhongli was still debating whether to hide behind cover and let Hongluan launch an attack to disrupt the ratmen's lines.

A red afterimage suddenly flashed past me, followed by the ratmen's horrific screams.

On the ratman front, Fire Dance's swift and tall figure charged forward with her sword, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. Ratman limbs and severed arms flew everywhere, creating a scene of carnage as if it were a living hell.

There's a cowardly saying: "As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood!"

"Human beings are terrifying!"

"Escape! Escape! Yes! Yes!"

As the remaining rat-men scurried away, a system notification sounded immediately upon Zhong Li's location:

[Ding! Enemy morale has collapsed. Congratulations on winning a minor battle.]

[Battle performance is being tallied]

[Ambushed: Reward -5%]

[Bullying the weak: Reward -20%]

[No-damage battle: Reward +10%]

[Terrifying the Enemy: Reward +10%]

[Unused Psionic Energy: Bonus +20%]

[Battle Assessment: Slightly in control (No special rewards)]

[Battle Rewards: Reputation +1, Runes +35, Battlefield Experience for All Members +23]

Due to your special ability [Wildfire], you gain an additional 15 victory points.

[Ding! You have obtained achievement badge (3) [A Narrow Encounter]]

[A Narrow Encounter: When paths cross, the brave prevail. Only by forging ahead can one reach the flower-lined path. Courage +1.]

Zhongli was delighted. Although there was no special reward, he earned a medal for his courage in defeating his opponent for the first time, which was an unexpected bonus.

After Zhong Li finished reading the description of the medal, he felt that something was wrong. What kind of vulgar language was this?

Or is the system actually quite serious, and I'm just imagining things?

While Zhongli was considering this for a moment, the soldiers had finished their pursuit and withdrawn.

After all, the distance from the shelter to the Skaven dungeon is only 500 meters. A unit like Fire Dancer, with extremely fast movement speed, can cover 500 meters in less than 60 seconds. Including combat, the round trip takes only two or three minutes.

In this battle, all 27 slave rats of the attacking ratman squad were killed. The main force of the battle was, of course, Fire Dance and Red Phoenix, who alone killed 21 slave rats.

The remaining six slave rats fell to the guns of the shelter guards and Zhongli.

The ratmen's corpses were dragged back, and the soldiers went up to count all the spoils of war.

[Ding! You have obtained 23 rudimentary poison needle single-barreled muskets.]

[Ding! You have obtained 14 pieces of broken weapon fragments.]

[Ding! You have obtained 154 crudely crafted bullets.]

[Ding! Obtained 12 Scrap Metal Jackets]

[Ding! You have obtained 3 Worn Skull Helmets]

[Ding! You have obtained 36 Radiation Glowing Mushrooms]

[Ding! You have obtained 4 faulty flashlights]

[Ding! You have obtained 12 Dirty Fur]

[Ding! Obtained 15 Plague Fangs]

[Ding! Obtained 4 filthy women's mid-calf stockings]

[Ding, 1 Beginner Wasteland Relic]

[Ding! You have obtained 69 Runes]

Zhong Li felt a wave of exasperation wash over him. He looked at the soldier and asked, "What's with this filthy women's mid-calf stocking? Who picked it up?"

The short-staffed creature quickly raised its hand and said, "Sir, this isn't dirty, it's not dirty at all. It's what the rat people use to cover their faces. The length of the mid-calf socks is just right to cover their pointed mouths and noses; it's what they use to cover their faces."

Masked! Are these ratmen cosplaying as robbers or special forces? What normal rat would put something like that on its head? Aren't they all wearing skull helmets to protect their noses? You're wearing human women's mid-calf stockings!

"It's one thing for the rat-men to be masked, but why did you pick them up?"

Shortboard scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "I...don't we have two female slaves in our shelter? They're both barefoot, and I think they might need them. They can wash them and wear them again; it's better than being barefoot."

"..." As expected of the wasteland world, the talent of junk collectors is ingrained in everyone's bones.

Zhongli immediately waved his hand, telling him to quickly take the socks away, and then looked at the most important item that had been cleared out this time: the [Radiant Glowing Mushroom].

[Radiation-induced microphytes: Fungi affected by radiation, possessing the ability to absorb impurities and reproduce. They typically grow in dark, damp corners. They can be used for various purposes, including food, medicine, and purification/degradation.]

This is an essential material for the [Biological Wastewater Purification Treatment Pool], and it seems it's produced in the Ratman Dungeon. That leaves only one more building material needed for this structure: [Primal Crystal Ore].