Chapter 305.1: Game Expansion Update, Target, The West Continent!

Copper Furnace felt that his leader Lion Fang was simply giving him a hard time.

It was true he was born next to a fire furnace, but whether that furnace was made of copper or not, he wasn’t sure.

Like many tribesmen who didn’t even know their birth parents, the elders of the tribe just randomly selected a name they happened to see and gave it to him, and so he was called by that name.

However, regardless of whatever was said, it was an order from his leader!

Not daring to be negligent, he left and immediately called for his brothers to go get their weapons from their lodgings. Soon, a group of 10 marauders carried different types of guns through the checkpoint and entered the forest in the south of Bluestone County.

Leaving the camp with their leader, the group of marauders were very excited.

Since their retreat, they’d been digging holes and building houses. It was either that or they had been watching slaves digging holes and building houses. They felt so bored that their bones were about to rust and fall off.

“Boss, where’re we going?”

“South!”

A brawny man with a dark face said in excitement, “Are we finally going to march south?”

Copper Furnace glared at him. “Are you a pig? With so few of us, what’s the difference between going there and finding an electric pole to hang ourselves from?”

The marauders thought it made sense, exchanging glances and nodding.

Sir Advisor had said, a careful strategy was necessary before any operation. With no strategy, the end result would be similar to that of Black Snake. That guy’s corpse was hung on the gallows for an entire month, and was only taken down in early spring when it started to stink. It was finally thrown away to god knew where to decompose or become food for the creatures out there.

“Those blue gophers found a copper mine in the south, we can’t let them mine right under our noses. Our leader Lion Fang wants to teach them a lesson, but first, we have to help him figure out where the copper mine is!” Copper Furnace stopped in his tracks, glancing back at his men. “Who amongst you knows what a copper mine looks like? Whether it’s a feature or shape... Or anything else. Any help will be good.”

The marauders looked at each other.

Copper Furnace was completely disappointed. Those useless bastards were as stupid as he had expected them to be.

Surprisingly, someone raised their hand after some time.

“I think I have an impression of it! In one of the towns we took down before, they placed 2 steel bars in the mountain... They placed a car above those steel bars...”

“I remember as well! They seem to call it a railway track?”

“Very good!” Copper Furnace nodded in satisfaction, and tossed the monocular hanging from his waist to that knowledgeable guy. “We’ll go to that mountain in a moment! Take this to search for it!”

Although Copper Furnace was rough-looking, he was very attentive when it came to handling matters.

Not daring to get too close to the shelter residents' sentries, he veered easy through a 20 mile mountain road after arriving north of Remote Creek Town.

He looked around for a mountaintop with a good view, and only then did he lead his men up.

Fortunately, there were no sentries from Remote Creek Town, those blue coats probably also thought it was too far, so it would be difficult to send in supplies.

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

“I see it! I see it!” Suddenly exclaimed the scrawny-looking marauder, who was laying flat on high ground and using a monocular to scout Remote Creek Town.

Copper Furnace hastily asked, “What do you see?”

That marauder said excitedly, “A railway! Those blue gophers built a railway in the town!”

Surprised and pleased, Copper Furnace hurried forward and snatched the monocular, and looked in the direction his underling pointed. Sure enough, he saw 2 railway tracks in the south of town.

Those tracks extended from the edge of the forest directly into the small town. From the looks of it, they headed to the center of the town.

Although he still couldn’t see the location of the copper mine, there was no mistaking those tracks!

Just in case, Copper Furnace passed the monocular to someone next to him, letting his brothers take a look one after another.

After receiving the monocular, the marauders expressed that they had seen similar things in the towns they looted before.

Seeing the fervent expressions of his underlings, Copper Furnace’s heart sank slightly.

Those blue coats are really mining in Remote Creek Town!

This news must be reported to the brigade commander immediately!

“Withdraw!” With a wave of his hand, Copper Furnace took his men and quickly withdrew from the mountaintop.

...

“... They really discovered a copper mine?”

Inside the Bluestone County Department Store.

After listening to his men’s report, Lion Fang sat up straight, his hands clutching the arms of his seat and his eyes full of surprise and amazement.

Against the brigade commander’s inquiry, Copper Furnace said solemnly, “There’s no mistake! Several brothers under my command have seen it before. After taking a look, they said the things those blue coats fixed were identical to those they saw in other towns in the past!”

Bernie, standing next to Lion Fang, frowned and stared at Copper Furnace, pressing on, “Where is the copper mine? Has the location been confirmed?”

Instead of knowing if it existed or not, he was more concerned about the location of the mine.

Copper Furnace replied, “It should be inside the town... There are people hunting inside the forest, and there were gunshots every now and then, so we couldn’t get too close and see the exact location.”

Inside the town?

Something wasn’t right.

Baffled, Bernie stared and repeated, “Are you sure what you saw was a copper mine?”

Copper Furnace revealed a look of annoyance.

What’s with this advisor being so fussy?

A few months ago, everyone still respected this person. After all, their chief said these people could help them win the war. However, a few months had passed, and let alone winning the war, they hadn't even seen any of those blue coats and had only been digging holes.

Also, after digging holes in Remote Creek Town, they then ran to Bluestone Country to dig more.

What was the point?

In the end, they still needed to use guns to kill people...

After thinking for a long while, Copper Furnace only reached one conclusion.

Coward! This advisor is such a coward!

No wonder the army suffered a defeat in the north. He heard around a million soldiers were lost in the battle.

If he had been in command of a million soldiers, he would simply order them to charge forward. Even if the Great Rift Valley was strong, it would be drowned by several millions' mouthfuls of spit.

“I’m sure. How could I be wrong when I checked through the monocular?! If you don’t believe me, then come with me, or I could call my brothers and you could ask them one by one.”

Bernie was about to say something, but Lion Fang burst into loud laughter. “Not bad! I didn’t think those gophers had some skills, but they found Remote Creek Town’s copper mine for us! Let’s not act rashly and wait for them to set up the mine first. Afterward we will launch a surprise assault and kill them!”

Bernie frowned. “I think we should be more cautious.”

“Hahaha, don't worry!” His right hand tapping his chair, Lion Fang looked at his close aide, who stood to his right side. “Iron Fang, I need you to go to the West Continent City and deliver a message to the chief for me. Tell him that copper ores have been found in Remote Creek Town, but the blue coats there aren’t easy to deal with, so we need reinforcements!”

The burly man, with human teeth strung along his animal skin clothing, stepped forward. “Yes, sir!”

...

In the northern street of Dawn City...

Newly built houses neatly lined up on both sides of the street, and the street was full of merchants selling cooking utensils and various food and vegetables. There were also traveling caravans selling goods imported from faraway lands. Things never seen before could be found here every day.

The people on the street dressed in diverse clothings, picking and choosing from the stalls.

Some of these people were traveling merchants from afar, some were caravan guards, some were temporary mercenaries, and some were locals and guards on routine patrol. Occasionally, there would be Y-1 quadrotor drones leisurely flying through the sky. Those were Little Seven’s eyes, and naturally, the information would be relayed to Chu Guang.

It was noon, and it was the busiest time on the streets.

Although the buildings weren’t as tall as those in Boulder Town, nor were there any towering walls, the liveliness here wasn’t any less than the street next to Boulder Town’s depot.

As the Permanent Strategic Partner of Enterprise and a survivor settlement whitelisted by Ideal City, almost all caravans passing through Clearspring City’s northern route, whether they came from Ideal City or not, would come over to take a look, replenishing their fresh water supply, or exchanging goods for other supplies.

It wasn’t easy at all to find a survivor settlement that was lawful neutral in a wasteland. Aside from refugees with nothing to lose and dirt poor people willing to sell their own lives, very few people dared to carelessly approach an unknown survivor settlement.

After all, who the hell would know if the meat in the bowl belonged to a pig or a man?

To be able to gain the recognition of Ideal City meant they weren’t a shady settlement...

The people who were feeling the most comfortable were probably those Lifestyle Profession players. The cutting-edge technology in their possession might not necessarily stand out exceptionally, but their otherworldly cuisine was extremely popular here.

There was a long line leading to the entrance of Zhang Hai's Ramen Stall, and in the stall were 3 wastelanders. 1 was making noodles, another was cooking, and the last was taking orders.

A bowl of plain noodles was 2 silver coins, a bowl of beef noodles cost 4 silver coins, and the preparation time took no more than 5 minutes. Because of the fair prices and good portion sizes, it was well received by many locals, and even some players also lined up at the entrance with the NPCs.

Chu Guang was happy to see that people from 2 different worlds that existed in 2 different dimensions, were getting along with each other under his administration.

Although there were still many problems needing to be solved in the Beta test, and new problems and challenges would surely appear in the future, it was a good start.

Following next to Chu Guang, Xia Yan looked around in excitement, like a child traversing Wonderland. For her, the streets were much more fascinating than the farmlands.

On the other hand, Xiaoyu was so well-behaved that it looked like she was the elder sister, holding Xia Yan’s hand all the time.

Although she was equally curious about everything, the unfamiliar faces made her nervous.

Her old man had said not to easily trust outsiders, and there were many liars and bandits amongst them. But Brother Chu and the residents of the shelter were different.

Still, unfamiliar strangers couldn’t be trusted. After all, who knew where they got their blue coats from?

People who ran around in such a chaotic environment were bound to get their hands dirty eventually.

“There’s ramen here too?” Xia Yan excitedly looked at the ramen stall on the side of the road, looking as if she had discovered a new continent.

Business was quite good.