Chapter 110 - 108: Just Like the Iron Man Armor
Chapter 110: Chapter 108: Just Like the Iron Man Armor
The first thing Lu Feng did was walk toward the bridge culvert, from which waves of a rotten stench washed over him.
The few corpses inside were rotten beyond recognition, with white bones showing through.
And there, inside the culvert, three boxes lay quietly.
"The stuff is here," Lu Feng said into his walkie-talkie.
Wang Cheng immediately came over with two members of the Salvation Army, and Chen Tao also arrived with two combatants from the base.
"This is the mecha weapon?" Chen Tao asked, looking doubtfully at the three boxes.
These suitcase-sized objects didn’t seem to be what he had imagined.
He even shot a specific look at Wang Cheng.
But Wang Cheng shook his head and said, "I’ve only ever heard about this thing; I’ve never actually seen it with my own eyes. After all, this weapon had just been developed, and even the military kept it secret. Not many people knew about it before the apocalypse."
"Get them out. They *are* the mecha weapons," Lu Feng ordered immediately. He really didn’t want to go in there; the stench was overpowering, and the ground was covered in rotten flesh.
Chen Tao and Wang Cheng nodded, led their men into the culvert, and carried the three boxes out.
On the bridge, Lin Jiao and her team were keeping watch on their surroundings. Suddenly, her brow furrowed. There was movement in the distance.
"Conductor Lin, a hover motorcycle is approaching us," one of them immediately reported.
Lin Jiao had already seen it and immediately gave the order, "On guard. If they make a move, kill them on sight."
As she spoke, the hover motorcycle drew near.
Upon seeing Lin Jiao and her people, the rider seemed to panic, stopping the vehicle and raising their hands to show they were harmless.
Moreover, the rider was a frail-looking woman with a child on the back seat.
"Who are you?" Lin Jiao demanded immediately.
The woman put on a terrified expression and said, "We’re survivors from nearby. We were just passing through while looking for supplies. We’ll leave right away."
The child on the back seat looked like they were about to cry from fear. "Mommy, I’m scared!"
In the apocalypse, children always managed to evoke sympathy.
Lin Jiao and the people from Qingfeng Base couldn’t help but lower their guard slightly.
The woman quickly said, "Sorry, we’ll go now, we’ll go now!"
As she spoke, she frantically turned the motorcycle around and drove back the way she came, soon disappearing from the sight of Lin Jiao and her team.
But soon, the hover motorcycle turned onto a small path. The woman’s frail demeanor vanished, replaced by a cold sneer. ’I didn’t expect to run into a batch of prey like this during our break. I even saw three of them have laser rifles. That’s good stuff.’
The "child" in the back said smugly, "Sis, they really thought I was a kid. I just have a condition that stops me from growing. Our act always makes people drop their guard so easily."
The woman laughed. ’That leader woman isn’t bad. Once I get an electronic chain on her, I’ll have something to play with for a while.’
The "child" immediately replied with a look of disgust, "Sis, you’re still such a pervert. But I’m going to take my pick, too. See if there’s any good stuff among those men."
As they spoke, the hover motorcycle drove into a small plaza.
Inside, several hover trucks were parked in the plaza. Armed survivors stood on top of them, surrounding a group of other survivors who were bound by electronic chains.
Clearly, these people had been captured. Their fate was self-evident.
Surprisingly, a tank was also parked in the center of the plaza. Its shape seemed a bit strange, however, and its cannon barrel didn’t look like a normal tank’s.
"Everyone, get ready. The hunt begins," the woman shouted. As she said the word "hunt," her expression turned somewhat ferocious.
...
Chen Tao and Wang Cheng, with the help of their men, expended some effort to pull the three boxes out.
The three boxes were surprisingly heavy. If not for the wheels on them that allowed them to be pushed, they really would have had a hard time getting them out of the culvert.
Chen Tao immediately tried to open one of the boxes, but unfortunately, it was locked tight. There was no way to open it.
Wang Cheng explained, "This is the latest security lock from before the apocalypse. You can’t open it just like that."
"Then how do we open it?" Chen Tao asked with a frown.
"Let me borrow your rifle," Wang Cheng said, looking at the laser rifle slung over Chen Tao’s back.
Chen Tao nodded and handed the laser rifle to Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng took the laser rifle and fired continuously at the locks on the three boxes.
Laser sparks flew from the locks, and they were melted and destroyed.
Wang Cheng returned the laser rifle to Chen Tao and then opened the three boxes.
Lu Feng immediately saw that the three boxes were indeed filled with mecha components.
Moreover, the components were stacked together with perfect precision. The scene was almost identical to the one in Marvel’s *Iron Man* with the suit-up case at the racetrack.
’If someone told me the game designer for *After the Apocalypse* didn’t plagiarize this, I wouldn’t believe them.’
’Not only did they plagiarize it, they did it blatantly.’
Seeing this, Chen Tao also stepped forward curiously. He picked up a gauntlet from one of the boxes to inspect it. The gauntlet wasn’t thick, but the color of the metal was very peculiar.
He had never seen a metal of this color before.
He asked curiously, "How do you use this mecha?"
Wang Cheng searched in one of the boxes and found a mecha control screen. After turning it on, he saw a start button, which he immediately pressed.
Then, he saw the control screen light up.
Wang Cheng explained, "This control screen is holographic and virtual. It has a genetic information detection function. It can only be used after it detects and locks onto the user’s genetic information."
Hearing this, Chen Tao immediately tried placing his palm on the control screen to perform a genetic scan.
But a voice immediately sounded: "No genetic data detected. Unable to bind and use!"
"What’s going on?" Chen Tao asked, confused.
Wang Cheng explained, "Only soldiers whose information has been entered into the special genetic database can use it. When the mecha weapons were first developed, the military selected and tested elite soldiers from all over."
With that, Wang Cheng turned to the Salvation Army members around them and said, "Some of you must have gone through the assessment before. Come and see."
A few Salvation Army members stepped forward. One of them, a scruffy-bearded man, also pressed his palm against the control screen for a scan.
Unfortunately, the first Salvation Army member got the same result: "No genetic data detected. Unable to bind and use!"
"Looks like I didn’t pass the assessment back then!" the scruffy-bearded member sighed.
Seeing the restrictions on this mecha weapon, Lu Feng frowned. ’I don’t have any genetic data registered either. Does this mean I found this thing but can’t even use it?’
He tried placing his hand on one of the mecha weapons and used his Prospecting Information ability:
[This is a special mecha weapon from before the apocalypse. It is the strongest single-person combat weapon from its time, possessing not only extremely strong defensive capabilities but also terrifying mobility and attack power. Do you wish to bind and use this mecha weapon?]
"???" Lu Feng was stunned by this information.
’Does this mean I can use it directly without a genetic scan? Or is this particular mecha special, or maybe broken?’
He immediately pressed the button to activate this mecha weapon. After the central control switch lit up, he said to Chen Tao, "Try this one."
Chen Tao did as he was told, immediately placing his hand on the control screen for a genetic scan. The prompt sounded again: "No genetic data detected. Unable to bind and use!"
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