Chapter 121 The Mysterious Underground Base

According to the painting on these power armors, Qi Lin can know that these power armors belong to the private armies of several financial groups.

At the end of the war, the resources of many countries were exhausted in fierce battles. At this time, most of the world's resources were held in the hands of those large consortiums that usually do not show their mountains and dews. .

Out of the urgent desire for the distribution of benefits after the war, these big consortiums set up their own private armies for various reasons, and participated in the government in the form of mercenaries (for fear of being harmonious, sensitive words are replaced by pinyin, which should all I can understand, this is basically the reason for any such situation after that.) in the army.

As a price, the government opened up more authority to these consortiums in exchange for combat power and resources held by the consortia.

Many people think that war is a means to promote human progress and development. Although it is very bloody, it is necessary... But, when there are no longer enough resources on the earth for human beings to continue squandering, the two sides of the war, regardless of the ultimate Whichever side wins, it will only lead to a dead end.

Not all people are jealous, but everyone is tied to their own chariots. Businessmen chase profits, politicians chase power, little people want to keep their jobs and families, and big people fight for their own foundation and wealth. ...

After this war, almost every year, a large number of small and medium-sized countries will perish and be annexed and divided up by various interest groups. Among them, the ones who benefit the most are not those countries, but have been busy making war fortunes. those giant consortiums.

This is why, in the era of refuge after the war, most of the countries have basically disappeared. Except for the central mastermind of the refuge who was rigidly endowed with the highest management authority, the major consortiums have changed and become one of the survivors. the person with the highest authority.

It's just...these are all after the end of the war. During the war years, the main force of the warring parties was still the regular army of the government. Since this 404 base is so secret, it will cost so much to even go through a tunnel Hands and feet, how did these private soldiers of the consortium appear here?

Qi Lin went to check the corpses that were not wearing power armor, and found that these corpses were divided into two kinds of people - one was wearing the uniform of the private army of the consortium (the uniform of the private army is basically the same as that of the regular army, except for the badge, Marks and the like are different), and there is another type of infantry who wears a white combat uniform made of a special material, with the words 404 on the armband of the combat uniform.

"Is this...the private army of the consortium attacked the 404 base? Both sides died together?"

Judging from the markings and uniforms of those consortium private troops, they were all employed by the old China Republic, and on the airtight door of Base 404, there was also the emblem of the Republic... So... it's internal strife? Or has one of the two rebelled?

Although the private army of the consortium is entirely for profit, as long as the employer has not completely perished or reached the point where it cannot pay the commission, these "businessmen" will still continue to fight in accordance with the spirit of the contract, turning against the employer and so on-at least At that time, in the Chinese Republic, one of the few remaining giants in the world, this hadn't happened yet.

As for the details of Base 404, Qi Lin knew nothing about it.

"Hey, that AI, what happened here?" Qi Lin's voice echoed in the huge underground space, but the AI ​​system seemed to disappear again without making any sound.

"AI? System? Is it there?"

...

"Could it be that the AI ​​is only in charge of the area of ​​the metal corridor?" Qi Lin was a little puzzled, and retreated into the corridor. However, at this time, he realized that all the lights in the corridor had been extinguished, and the system AI was also I can't call out at all.

"... Could it be that there is no electricity?"

Qi Lin kicked the metal wall vigorously, but there was nothing but the dull sound of rubber boots hitting the metal.

"Okay, you win."

Qi Lin gave up the idea of ​​continuing to search for the AI, and turned back to the square full of corpses.

Since there are so many power armors, Qi Lin naturally plans to make a set to wear them. Although the performance of the T-46 armor is not a little bit worse than that of the Chiryu-6, it is at least a power armor. With its own firepower, it is still very easy for a T-46 to deal with dozens of infantry without heavy weapons.

However, Qi Lin found several power armors in a row, and found that these power armors had either been completely destroyed, or the core parts had suffered irreparable blows, and none of them could be used.

And as Qi Lin inspected more power armors, the more doubts he had about this 404 base—except for the two strange-looking armors at the beginning, most of the power armors were made by various types of armors. Those who were killed by such a strange method, at least a small part, were destroyed by conventional guns.

If it is said that there are a large number of evolvers among the troops belonging to Base 404, then the traces of damage on the power armor can be easily explained, but... after the outbreak of a full-scale nuclear war, the evolvers died due to radiation, mutated serum, etc. The "new human beings" appeared only because of this factor, and the battle in base 404 obviously took place in the old era before the all-out nuclear war. At that time, where did the evolution come from...

"I always feel... this base is getting weirder..."

Qi Lin gave up his plan to find a set of power armor, walked straight across the square, randomly chose a small house on the edge of the square, which looked nothing special from the outside, opened the door and walked in.

This should be an ordinary single-person residence. There is a metal folding bed. The sheets and bedding are scattered on the ground in a mess, covered with dust. There are three skeletons in the house, two of which were in a state of wrestling until death. On the wall opposite the bed, there is a complete 20-inch display screen.

Qi Lin pressed the power button under the display, but the display did not light up, probably because there was no electricity.

Qi Lin looked at the simple furnishings in the house again - this decoration style is very similar to the future human residence in the old science fiction movies: the style is simple and clear, and the functions required for daily life are highly concentrated. It uses a lightweight material between plastic and ceramics.

If you use this as a studio for shooting sci-fi films in the old days, there is probably no problem.

Nothing of value was found in this room. Qi Lin habitually glanced at the environmental detection on the smart brain. The temperature, humidity, and oxygen content all tended to be normal. Only the red radiation dose value, Qi Lin frowned slightly.

Although the structure of this underground base is basically the same as the shelter in reality, even more high-end and luxurious, but in this 404 base, the average radiation content is as high as 70 to 80 points, which is very high for normal people. It can almost be regarded as a "dead place".

But it also illustrates a problem, the source of radiation probably comes from the inside of Base 404!

No wonder the AI ​​would say that Qi Lin is the only living person in base 404. According to this radiation dose, even if there are survivors in the base, they probably won't live long.

"Could it be...is this a nuclear base?" Qi Lin thought of the "404 City" that was once regarded as a tourist holy place by explorers in the old days. It was an abandoned nuclear city, and all the living facilities in it were for support. The researchers who studied nuclear weapons and their families... Then, will the role of this 404 base be the same as that of the 404 city back then?

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