frightfiction Chapter 287 The title was smashed by a fist
Chapter 287 The title was smashed by a fist
The Lifeline Camp is located on a mountaintop southwest of the Hoover Dam.
As the mountain road was difficult to travel on, they threw the car directly into Yi Beiwang's system space and walked slowly to the top of the mountain.
On the way, the postman introduced the situation of the First Battalion and NCR to Yi Beiwang.
The soldiers of the First Battalion stationed here are the intelligence center for all NCR soldiers in New Vegas, providing them with valuable intelligence such as the movements of the legion.
In addition, everyone in the first battalion is a sharpshooter. They don’t need a sniper scope or naked-eye aiming to fight with dozens of enemies and then wear them down.
There's an old saying in Mojave that when you see a ranger in black armor, or a guy in a red beret, you can figure out where you're going to be buried later.
Of course, they don’t use sniper scopes not because they are confident, but because they are simply poor.
In the huge First Battalion, there is only one sniper scope, which is made by drawing the crosshairs on a glass bottle.
They are poor not because of Caesar's Legion, not because of the Plunderers, and not because of the Brotherhood. The root of their poverty lies in NCR.
Although NCR appears to be a powerful republic, it has already encountered various problems.
The vault that originally stored gold was robbed by the Western Brotherhood, causing their current monetary system to change from the gold standard to the water standard.
Even the bottle cap currency unit was not promoted by NCR, but was jointly promoted by some big businessmen.
I just don’t know why the bottle cap currency system that emerged on the West Coast spread to the East Coast little by little.
But that doesn't matter. It can be said that the current NCR economy is on the verge of collapse.
After fighting Operation Rising Sun with the Brotherhood, NCR was like a seriously wounded general, and it was hard to tell when it would be defeated.
Even so, there are still large and small termites inside NCR, eating away at this big tree that is about to collapse.
The situation at the front and in the rear is tight, which has become the norm in NCR.
Not to mention places far away, let’s just talk about the Hoover Dam, which is closest to the First Battalion. It is guarded by a guy nicknamed the Diving General.
This general named Oliver, just like his nickname, is a fake and extremely greedy for money.
He was even willing to jump off the Hoover Dam if given enough bottle caps, and rumor has it that he did so, earning him the nickname "General Diving."
And being greedy for the salaries of subordinates is a daily routine.
Today's NCR soldiers have even forgotten what military pay is.
If he wasn't afraid that the legion would come and chop off his head, Oliver would even dare to embezzle the armor, bullets and guns of his men.
The other troops were fine, either close to the gathering places or close to major transportation routes.
As for the First Battalion, it is so far away from home that it is difficult for them to find merchants for supplies. They can be said to be the poorest NCR soldiers in New Vegas.
This time, the postman came not only to reminisce with Boone, but also to ask Yi Beiwang if he could raise a large amount of supplies to help them in some way.
Hearing this, Yi Beiwang couldn't help but sucking his teeth. The difficulty of New Vegas once again refreshed his cognition.
Compared to here, the Federation is simply a paradise.
After all, at least there is clean water to drink, and at worst there are some radioactive cockroaches to eat.
But it’s hard to say about this side. Yi Beiwang has been here for almost half a month, and the sky is still cloudless, without a drop of rain.
If you want to eat some meat, you have to snatch it from the giant poisonous bees and death claws. It’s good enough to be alive.
I'll see if I can use supplies to recruit the soldiers here. If not, I can at least gain some favor.
A sharpshooter who can aim without a sniper scope? How awesome must that be? I really want to see it.
Just as he was thinking, Yi Beiwang was suddenly tripped by a stone and his body leaned forward slightly.
The next second, a bullet flew past his scalp and directly knocked off his hat.
Yi Beiwang subconsciously rolled on the ground a few times and activated the virtualization function at the same time.
After turning on the virtualization, Yi Beiwang stood on the road openly and looked in the direction where the bullet was coming from.
Behind a rock not far away, a bald man wearing a red beret was aiming a cheap lever-action rifle at this side. He was more or less surprised when he missed the target.
This is Lieutenant Colonel Boone, the sharpshooter in the 1st Battalion.
He had no other reason to shoot. He was just adjusting the sniper scope and saw Yi Beiwang, a stranger, walking towards him through the scope. He shot without thinking.
Only after he fired the shot did he realize that the postman was still following the Dragon man.
That's it. This is the downside of using a sniper scope: you see less.
Judging from their positions, the Dragon man was obviously the postman's friend. He was lucky enough not to be shot in the head.
It should be too late to go over and apologize now, right?
Boone was about to stand up and apologize, but the next second, the gun in his hand disappeared, and Yi Beiwang appeared in front of him and hit him on the head with an elbow.
However, this attack method, which could be said to be 100% successful, was subconsciously blocked by Boone's muscle memory.
Boone was a little surprised when he saw this, but he quickly reacted, took a deep breath, and explained as patiently as possible: "Wait a minute, this is a misunderstanding, the postman and I..."
Boone wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Yi Beiwang's spinning whip kick.
Yi Beiwang didn't care about all that, he almost got shot in the head just now.
No matter who you are or what your relationship is, let me beat you up first.
Seeing that his explanation was of no use, Boone simply took off his bullet belt, quickly stepped forward, raised his left hand to block, and at the same time punched Yi Beiwang in the stomach, trying to calm him down.
But the moment before his fist touched Yi Beiwang, he directly activated the Void Formation to dodge, went around behind Boone to release the Void Formation, jumped on him and locked him with a cross lock.
Boone had never seen such a bizarre way of dodging. He was only surprised for half a second before Yi Beiwang seized the opportunity to control him.
But Boone was stronger than Yi Beiwang. He rolled over on the spot, and both he and Yi Beiwang, who was holding him, got a mouthful of sand.
Then he imitated Yi Beiwang and attacked his abdomen with several elbows.
While Yi Beiwang was in pain, Boone stood up with a somersault, then suddenly kicked back and hit Yi Beiwang behind him, causing him to see stars.
Then he forcibly pried open Yi Beiwang's arm, intending to dislocate it.
Fortunately, Yi Beiwang initiated the replacement in time, dodged to the side, covered his arm and frowned.
Damn, there is something!
Yi Beiwang rushed forward, took out an electric baton and stabbed it straight into Boone's chest.
But his movements seemed too slow to Boone, who had participated in the first Battle of Hoover Dam, Operation Rising Sun, and the Bitter Springs Massacre.
At this speed, it's not even as fast as a tumbleweed.
Boone just sneered, took two steps back to avoid the electric baton's attack, and hit the electric baton with his elbow, making it escape from Yi Beiwang's hand.
Before the electric baton could fall to the ground, Boone kicked it onto his left hand.
The moment he got the electric baton, Boone took a few big steps and quickly approached Yi Beiwang. He punched him in the face with his right fist and at the same time stabbed him in the stomach with the electric baton in his left hand.
Fortunately, Boone didn't know how to use the electric baton, and it was just an ordinary stick in his hand. Yi Beiwang was fine except for some pain.
After the first strike failed, Boone clenched the electric baton and smashed it down directly, like swinging a sharp blade towards Yi Beiwang's shoulder.
Seeing Boone swinging the electric baton at him, Yi Beiwang crossed his arms to block it, held Boone's wrist tightly and pressed down along with his force, then with a light touch of his right hand, he directly retracted the electric baton.
Then he grabbed Boone's left wrist, turned around and kicked backwards, trying to do an over-the-shoulder throw.
But Boone saw through Yi Beiwang's intention at a glance. He raised his leg to block his backward kick, broke free from the restraints with his left hand, grabbed his collar with his right hand, and swung it in front of him, throwing him five to six hundred meters away.
Seeing himself gradually falling into a losing position, Yi Beiwang rolled a few times, activated the exchange to distance himself from Boone, and took out a knife to prepare to give himself a violent buff.
"Stop it all!"
Just then, the postman finally arrived.
He took the lever-action rifle that Yi Beiwang had just replaced and kicked Boone to the ground.
Then he threw the gun in his hand over, and it knocked the knife in Yi Beiwang's hand away like a spear.
Then he stood between the two men and shouted, "I'm here, let's see who dares to cause trouble today!"
"Give me some face, understand?!"