The battle ended quickly. It wasn't a stalemate like the last time they encountered the mutated humans.
None of the thirty infantries that broke into the town were killed. Only one unlucky guy was shot in the leg by a stubborn mutated human. The bullet happened to pass through his artery. Although the blood spurted out was frightening, the medics managed to save him in time. The guy's life was no longer in danger.
A total of 35 mutated humans were killed. 29 of them were killed by electromagnetic cannon bullets and 6 were killed by rifles or snipers. Five people were captured. Although mutated humans rarely accepted the humiliation of being captured by humans, under the overwhelming firepower, their instinctive fear won over their laughable pride.
A total of 721 human captives were rescued. If the bodies hanging outside the town were all the dead, the population of the town before the mutated humans arrived was 779.
Bullet holes the size of bowls could be seen all around the town. Collapsed cement houses were everywhere. Half of them were destroyed by the mutated humans.
The Fishbone base's infantries were maintaining order. They registered all the rescued residents and gave them the nutrient supply that originally belonged to them.
The five Tigers didn't enter the town but stopped at the bridge of Zhufeng Highway. A few infantries built five simple bunkers with cement bags.
It was a thought-provoking move.
All the Shenxiang residents had the same thought. Did these people want to stay here for a long time?
They had a bad feeling about this.
…
The helicopter landed on an empty plot of land half a kilometer away from the town. Jiang Chen in kinetic skeleton jumped down from the helicopter. Cheng Weiguo had already brought the town's former mayor over to welcome him. When they saw him, they gave him a neat military salute.
"Did you calculate the number of people?" Jiang Chen asked directly.
"It's done." Cheng Weiguo handed a tablet to Jiang Chen for him to look at.
Jiang Chen scanned the screen and scanned the results.
Population: 721. Captured mutated humans: 5.
Captured 24 machine guns, 72 different types of rifles, 100,000 rounds of bullets. One shoulder-mounted missile launcher, five flying sword anti-air missiles. Five recoilless cannons, 40 rounds of ammunition. There were 40 sets of C-type steel armors, although most of them had been smashed to pieces.
Looking at this batch of firearms, Jiang Chen was shocked.
[Wow, this amount of firearms is almost equal to all the assets of the Fishbone base.]
It was obvious that the mutated humans invested a lot in this outpost, but now it all belonged to Jiang Chen.
The firearms were left here, and the armors were ordered to be transported back. Although these iron lumps were of little value to humans, it was still a good idea to dismantle them and put them back into the furnace. The Fishbone base still lacked C-type steel. With the dozen or so tons of steel, it wouldn't be a problem to modify two armored vehicles.
In addition, there were hundreds of marinated Mutant corpses. These things were obviously the food of the Mutants. Only the Mutants could eat such poisonous things. But in the spirit of not wasting, Jiang Chen ordered Cheng Weiguo to throw everything into the organic refiner to produce nutrient supply. Based on the fact that a mutated creature could produce 100 nutrient supplies, it should not be a problem to produce a total of 10,000 nutrient supplies.
Including the thirty thousand nutrient supplies in the inventory, he didn't have to worry about the food for the seven hundred people.
What excited him the most was the construction materials they had seized. The mutated humans left behind a large amount of cement and steel in the warehouse. These were originally used to build the outpost, but now they were in his hands.
With this batch of ready-made construction materials, Jiang Chen could completely set up a line of steel and concrete on the shore.
He returned the tablet to Cheng Weiguo, and after a few instructions, he quickly left.
Then, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the mayor who had been standing there and gave him a friendly smile.
Seeing that Jiang Chen was looking at him, the mayor immediately bowed and said, "The honorable leader of the Fishbone base, Mr. Jiang Chen, on behalf of all the survivors of Shenxiang town, I would like to express my utmost respect and gratitude to you."
"You're welcome … Speaking of which, what is your name?"
"Deng Bin."
"Okay, Mr. Deng Bin, I want to go to the town office. Do you have time to take me there?"
"It's my honor." Deng Bin bowed again.
To be honest, the actions of the "reinforcements" after taking care of the mutated humans made him, the mayor, uneasy. But at this moment, they had guns, and the town's combat power was basically wiped out when the mutated humans attacked. Without confidence, he didn't know what to say. He just obediently followed Jiang Chen.
With his hands in his pockets, Jiang Chen examined the buildings around him while walking on the road to the town office.
The smell of blood lingering at the tip of his nose didn't go away even after half a day.
Along the way, he didn't say anything, which made Deng Bin feel uncertain.
After hesitating for a moment, Deng Bin looked at Jiang Chen and asked tentatively.
"In just three days, they slaughtered more than sixty of us. I'm really grateful to you … the survivors from Qingpu, if there's anything we can help you with, we'll do our best to help. "
"I already said, you're welcome." But Jiang Chen didn't respond. He only said a brief sentence and didn't say anything else.
Just as Deng Bin was feeling anxious, the two of them unknowingly arrived in front of the town office.
To his surprise, the leader of the mysterious force didn't seem to have any plans to go in. Instead, he just stood in front of the town office.
Should it be said that this was a government building? It was indeed beautifully renovated. From the degree of damage, this was the only building in the entire town that could be considered intact.
"Speaking of which, has a person named Lin Chaoen been here?"
Deng Bin paused for a moment as he didn't expect Jiang Chen to suddenly ask this irrelevant question.
Frowning, he carefully thought about it and answered.
"There seems to be such a person … He came from Jia City."
"He didn't say anything to you? Like the mutated humans are coming, "Jiang Chen said nonchalantly.
Deng Bin looked at Jiang Chen blankly as he shook his head and said, "No. He only stayed in our town for one night and then left in a hurry. "
Didn't say anything?
That was unusual. If they desperately wanted to stop the mutated humans from coming to Wanghai, there was no reason they wouldn't remind the people here and let them prepare in advance. At the very least, build a fortification or something.
Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows as he carefully stared at Deng Bin's eyes.
The blankness didn't seem to be faked.
"How did you remember him … I mean, what's special about him that's worth your attention?"
"Hehe, about this. Because the people that pass through Zhufeng Highway are usually scavengers from Jia City. They would scavenge for chips or parts from military equipment here. These things sell well anywhere in the mainland. Even if it doesn't sell, they would go to Liuding Town to buy a few cans of sea fish, and the price would at least double. However, only that Lin Chaoen came back empty-handed. "
"Did he only come here once?"
"Yes, when he entered Wanghai, he probably took a different route."
Jiang Chen nodded thoughtfully as he fell into deep thought.
Deng Bin, who stood on the side, tried to figure out Jiang Chen's expression, but he couldn't read any useful information. He didn't understand why Jiang Chen would suddenly ask about the lone traveler. Was there a deeper meaning behind it?
But just as he was still speculating, Jiang Chen spoke again, but this time it was a different question.
"Let's change the topic. What do you do for a living?"
More than seven hundred people was not a small number. This was not the city area, so there weren't many zombies that could provide organic matter for nutrient supply. Although there were a lot of mutants, they were usually powerful creatures. If they hunted mutants, they didn't look like a survivor group with high combat ability.
"We grow some crops on the farm outside of the town to extract nutrient supply," Deng Bin looked into Jiang Chen's eyes as he carefully said.
The fruit of the mutant plants couldn't be eaten, but it was good as a raw material for nutrient supply. A lot of survivor groups in Qingpu would also grow these crops on their roofs and trade them for crystals or nutrient supply at the Sixth Street.
"Oh? What's the level of contamination in the soil here? What about the radiation? "
Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't show any greed for the nutrient supply in the warehouse, Deng Bin was slightly relieved as he replied in a small voice, "It seems to be 9 … and 20."
He didn't have anything to lie about this. The two numbers were easy to measure. The radiation could be measured with EP, and the soil contamination only required a sample and two drops of reagent.
“9？ Excellent! " Jiang Chen suddenly smiled and patted Deng Bin's shoulder. "From today onwards, you'll be responsible for the farm."
Deng Bin paused for a moment as he looked at him, confused. He didn't understand what he meant.
"Farm? Me? "
"That's right, who else could it be?" Jiang Chen looked at him with a smile.
Deng Bin gulped as he asked, puzzled, "If you want those mutated fruits, we're willing to pay tribute to you-"
Those things weren't valuable at all. Not to mention that the price of organic matter was dropping. Based on the price two months ago, a ton of fruits could only be extracted into one hundred nutrient supply, which could be exchanged for ten crystals. And the Reaper Rifles in their hands were worth twenty crystals. They didn't seem to care about this small profit.
Jiang Chen raised his hand and interrupted him.
"You misunderstood, we don't care about the rotten fruits you planted."
This was the truth. The Fishbone base didn't need nutrient supply at all.
"Then you're saying-"
"Am I not direct enough? Mr. former mayor, I need you to take care of my farm for me. "There were two words that Jiang Chen emphasized," former mayor "and" mine. "
Deng Bin's face turned pale as he stared at Jiang Chen with his eyes wide open. "You, you want to take over our home, you can't do this-"
"But we can. The mutated humans want to pass through this river, I won't allow it, so we came. "
"But they're all dead now …" Deng Bin said with difficulty.
Jiang Chen glanced at Deng Bin with a strange look and smiled. "Did you misunderstand something? Do you think we came here specifically to rescue? I'm sorry to tell you that we're just fighting against the mutated humans, and this is just an outpost we took from them. In addition, according to the rules of the wasteland, I saved you, so you're all my captives. "
Deng Bin's lips trembled as he couldn't say a word. He had originally thought that he was saved, but in the end, it was just a change of ownership.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Jiang Chen didn't care.
"They'll come back, and there will be a lot of them, but I'll guard this place."
After a pause, he pointed at his feet.
"Relatively. From now on, this is my colony. "
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