Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Enough to Start a War

Worry was written all over the faces of Lin Jiao and the other two.

"Maybe I can find the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ location," Lu Feng suddenly said to them. He wasn’t just talking nonsense.

In the mobile game, his character had been ambushed by members of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps, which meant they had him in their sights.

After all, the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps trafficked slaves, so it was normal for them to capture lone survivors.

Since the game had triggered the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ plotline, then knowing how game developers operated, there was bound to be a follow-up. The story would likely end with the game character wiping out the entire Mercenary Corps.

Therefore, by playing the game, he might be able to find out where the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps was. Then, he could use the gas canisters to set a trap, wipe them out, and resolve this crisis.

Hearing Lu Feng’s words, Lin Jiao and the other two subconsciously looked at him.

"Boss, you can find their location?" Lin Jiao asked, her voice filled with uncertainty.

"Let’s head back first. We’ll talk later," Lu Feng said evasively. He picked up the two pistols dropped by the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members, then frisked the two bodies and found some ammunition.

Men are always interested in things like guns.

Then, he used the game’s "Inspect" function to check the two pistols’ attributes:

[This is an old-fashioned Tokarev TT pistol. Magazine capacity: 15 rounds. An extremely powerful old-fashioned handgun!]

[This is an old-fashioned Czech pistol. Magazine capacity: 20 rounds. An extremely powerful old-fashioned handgun!]

Lu Feng immediately learned the details of the two pistols. They were called "old-fashioned" only in relation to the game world, where laser guns existed.

In reality, these two pistols might still be considered state-of-the-art.

Moreover, thanks to his "Old-Fashioned Firearms Proficiency" skill, the moment he held the pistols, he instantly knew everything about their construction, ballistics, components, and so on.

He held a pistol in each hand and fired continuously at several zombies that had been drawn over by the noise.

BANG!~

BANG!~

...

After a series of gunshots, the heads of all the zombies burst open, and they collapsed to the ground one by one.

[Congratulations, you have killed a zombie and earned 5 EXP!]

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[Congratulations, you have killed a zombie and earned 5 EXP!]

Satisfied, Lu Feng stored the two pistols and the ammunition in his inventory space. He then led Lin Jiao and the others back to their base at the bank.

The moment they were back, he exited the game world and pulled out his phone. He logged into the game *After the Apocalypse* and began controlling his game character.

Just as he expected, after dealing with the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps ambushers, the in-game Lin Jiao helped his character treat a gunshot wound. Then, through dialogue, the plotline for the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps began to unfold.

Subsequently, the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps used some kind of special device to locate the site of the battle and began hunting the game character.

This was probably the tracking function of the pulse chip that Chen Tao had mentioned.

In the game, however, the character and Lin Jiao’s group didn’t know that the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps members had such things implanted in their heads.

There were always quite a few differences between the game and the real world.

The rest of the game’s plot was simple.

While being hunted, Lin Jiao was accidentally captured by the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps.

The game character had no choice but to rescue her. In the process, he found the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ base and had to infiltrate it to save her.

After a series of combat sequences, the game character finally rescued Lin Jiao and wiped out the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps.

Looking at the in-game screen where his character and Lin Jiao were hugging, Lu Feng couldn’t help but sigh. ’If only I could take down the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps single-handedly like that, things would be so much simpler.’

Unfortunately, unlike his game character, he couldn’t get shot and still move freely. Nor would defeated enemies drop supply potions that could instantly restore him to full health no matter how many times he was shot.

If he charged in, he’d probably be incapacitated the moment he was hit.

But regardless, Lu Feng had now learned the location of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ base through the game.

It was in the Zhuangyuan District, within Cangshan District of Celestial Sea City.

Beneath the Zhuangyuan District was an abandoned air-raid shelter from some unknown era, which the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps had found and turned into their base.

They usually hid in this shelter and only came out for operations. As long as they left no survivors and weren’t tailed, even if someone found the residential district, they would never know about the underground shelter.

While controlling his game character during the rescue, Lu Feng discovered that the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ base seemed countless times better than the bank.

First, the underground air-raid shelter was sufficiently hidden, and after being fortified by the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps over a long period, it was extremely secure.

Plus, the fully-equipped residential district above ground could be developed as an activity area.

After all, unlike the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps, his group hadn’t made enemies everywhere, so they wouldn’t have to worry about being attacked while moving about the district.

Lu Feng suddenly smiled.

’The Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps is about to attack our base, and here I am thinking about stealing theirs?’

’But on second thought, if that’s the plan, I can change my strategy. I can just use the bank as a giant trap.’

After wiping out the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps, he could just take their base anyway.

With that shift in perspective, things became much simpler.

However, the in-game map was always simplified and drawn to a small scale; it was different from the size of the city in the real world.

Even knowing the location, he couldn’t just follow the route from the game map.

So, after getting the location, he immediately re-entered the game world.

"Boss!" Seeing him appear, Lin Jiao immediately came forward with her people.

Lu Feng asked, "Do you have a map of Celestial Sea City?"

"Yes!" Lin Jiao nodded. "There was one hanging in the main hall. It was probably left behind by that Salvation Army group."

Lu Feng immediately gave an order, "Find the Zhuangyuan District in Cangshan District. What’s the fastest route to get there?"

Hearing this, Lin Jiao immediately took out the map and started searching.

’The place the Boss mentioned must be the Gray Wolf Mercenary Corps’ location,’ she thought. ’I don’t know how he found out, but the Boss is an Awakened. He probably has some special ability for this.’

After giving his orders, Lu Feng once again exited the game world with a thought. He then went out directly, heading for the gas canister supplier on the outskirts of the city.

The moment Master Lin saw him, he knew his purpose and came forward to ask, "Mr. Lu, how many gas canisters do you need this time?"

Lu Feng asked directly, "Master Lin, how many modified gas canisters do you have right now?"

Master Lin reported, "I have ten!"

"Ten?" Lu Feng felt that wasn’t enough. He immediately added, "Master Lin, besides these ten, get me another fifty full gas canisters."

Although an unmodified gas canister wouldn’t necessarily explode when ignited, he could use one modified canister together with five unmodified ones.

As long as the modified canister exploded, the other five full, unmodified canisters would definitely be caught in the blast and explode as well.

"So... sixty gas canisters in total?" Master Lin was clearly shocked.

’He knew what his modified gas canisters could do—they would explode on ignition.’

’If the police ever found out about this stuff, it would be classified as illegal hazardous materials. You’d be eating free meals and working prison sewing machines until your legs went numb.’

’And now this Mr. Lu was asking for sixty of them?’

’Back in wartime, that would be enough to start a small war.’

"Yes," Lu Feng nodded, then added, "I’ll rent a warehouse later and give you the address. You can deliver them there directly."

"O-Okay!" Master Lin, though stunned, nodded immediately.