Chapter 25

In the afternoon, there were only two classes, and school was out by a little past four. Usually, when school ended so early, Wang Fusheng would find a park to run or wander around the mall until dinner time before heading home. However, now that he had the game, Wang Fusheng rushed home as soon as school was out and put on the helmet. The excitement was similar to when he first touched a gun in the army, even though he didn't know how to shoot back then, just holding it made him feel at ease.

"Hello, Cleaner." As soon as he logged in, the Gambler sent a message before Wang Fusheng could check if the Fat Man was online, which made him pause for a moment.

"Is there something?" Wang Fusheng asked, puzzled. Logically, Wang Fusheng and the Gambler's group should be enemies, but the mutual military aura made them somewhat appreciative of each other.

"Can you help me with something? Are you interested?" The Gambler spoke straightforwardly, as was the way of soldiers.

"What is it?"

"I have a mission to kill a BOSS in the D Zone's mechanical area. I need a good sniper. Are you interested?"

The D Zone's monster area is the mechanical zone, different from the mutated animals in other zones affected by nuclear radiation. The monsters in the D Zone are all mechanical, such as mechanical dogs and mechanical wolves. These monsters are derivatives of intelligent robots, but due to the war, the database controlling them was destroyed. These intelligent machines turned into monsters, attacking anything that approached them.

"What BOSS?" Wang Fusheng's eyes lit up at the mention of a BOSS. The monsters in the mechanical zone have a characteristic of dropping more items related to mechanics, such as parts for mechs, firearms, and bullets. It's a favorite area for mech warriors, gunsmiths, and mechanics. Wang Fusheng had wanted to check it out yesterday, but the Fat Man dragged him to kill werewolves for a main quest item.

"A G4 star mechanical dog, it's like a dog king. Besides the chip that must be turned in for the mission, everything else will be split equally. What do you think?"

Actually, with the combat power of the Violent Squad, they didn't need help to take down a G4 star mini-BOSS. However, the Gambler had been impressed by Wang Fusheng's performance yesterday and wanted to get to know him. Soldiers don't have many ulterior motives and respect capable people. So the Gambler had a desire to befriend Wang Fusheng.

"Sure, where do we meet?" Wang Fusheng had never seen mechanical monsters before, so he was quite curious. Plus, the Fat Man hadn't logged in yet, and it was likely he wouldn't come until the evening. With nothing to do, Wang Fusheng indeed wanted to find something to do.

Although they had killed one of the Violent Squad's members and destroyed one of their mechs the first time they met, the mutual military aura created a foundation of trust. Although retired, Wang Fusheng still had a deep connection to the Chinese military.

They met at the north gate of the safe base. Wang Fusheng got into the pickup truck, and they drove directly to the D Zone. Neither side mentioned yesterday's events, as if they had forgotten. However, when they introduced themselves in the car, it was a bit awkward, especially for the mutated human bandit who had been killed by Wang Fusheng, who looked at him with some hostility.

"This is the map of the outer area of the D Zone. Our target is here. To reach it, we need to clear a path..." Sensing the awkwardness in the car, the Gambler pulled up a map on the electronic device to ease the tension. Indeed, once the electronic map was displayed, everyone's attention was drawn to it, and they temporarily forgot about other matters.

The mechanical dog's territory is quite large, and its senses are sharp, similar to a real dog's. The mechanical dog's attack method is also like a real dog, pouncing and biting. However, due to being mechanical, its movements are not as agile, but its strength is greater. The biting doesn't tear off flesh but paralyzes.

The mechanical dog doesn't have teeth, but when it attacks, it generates high-voltage electricity in its mouth. This high-voltage electricity is similar to the electric batons used by police to subdue criminals. Being hit by an electric baton causes full-body paralysis and loss of combat ability.

"Do you have any suggestions, Cleaner?" After laying out the plan, the Gambler looked at the Cleaner and asked.

"No major issues, but the mechanical monsters have high defenses. Their weaknesses are not as obvious as those of mutated monsters. Their only weakness is the energy core that powers their movements, but this area is heavily armored and hard to penetrate with a gun."

Wang Fusheng glanced at the Gambler but didn't continue. Before coming, the Gambler had mentioned providing fire support, but gunsmiths don't have a significant advantage against mechanical monsters. Unless the gunsmiths could afford to use armor-piercing rounds or had large-scale weapons like mines or artillery, which they clearly didn't. And Wang Fusheng wasn't a gunsmith.

"Ha, you're here to kill the BOSS. We'll handle the smaller monsters. But when we clear the smaller monsters, pay attention to the position of the mechanical dog's energy core. The structure of these old machines is rarely understood now."

"Alright, I'll fight with you. In the early stages, mech warriors have an advantage in mech vs. mech battles. But I don't have much mech energy, so I might need to borrow some from you later." Wang Fusheng understood that the Gambler was testing him, but he didn't point it out.

"You're a mech warrior?" The pickup truck erupted in exclamations of surprise. Everyone looked at the electronic device, which displayed the professions of the team members. Because of Wang Fusheng's impressive performance yesterday, the Violent Squad members assumed he was a gunsmith, so they didn't pay attention to his profession when adding him to the team.

But Wang Fusheng was a mech warrior, which shocked the Violent Squad members. Being a mech warrior with such good gun skills was already rare. But being a mech warrior and taking down a bandit and destroying a criminal without using a mech yesterday was even more impressive.

"Time was tight after we came out yesterday, so I didn't have time to change professions. I changed after killing the werewolf." Wang Fusheng explained when everyone confirmed his profession on the electronic device and looked at him with strange expressions.

No matter how he explained it, since Wang Fusheng had changed to a mech warrior, his mech should be his strongest weapon. If his strongest weapon could take down two members of the Violent Squad, how powerful would he be with his strongest weapon?

"Did you use a sniper rifle yesterday?" The bandit, now realizing, asked.

"That's not profession-limited." Wang Fusheng opened his backpack and quickly assembled the sniper rifle parts into a complete rifle. The熟练的动作让山贼双眼放光。行家一出手，就知有没有，王福生如此熟练快速的动作显然是一位用枪的好手。

"600的攻击力。" 组装好狙击枪后，单从外观上看，王福生的狙击枪就比山贼的好。山贼看着王福生有些不好意思，但双眼放光地搓了搓手，接过王福生手中的狙击枪后一声惊呼。这让所有人明白这把狙击枪并不是什么花架子，而是真的很牛叉。

"F3星级。1000米的有效射程范围，这才是狙击枪啊。" 被狙击枪的攻击力震惊后，山贼又看向狙击枪的其他属性，喉结不断蠕动吞咽着口水。是的，这才是狙击枪，与这把狙击枪相比，山贼用的那一把简直就是玩具。

"这个……清道夫，这把狙击枪卖不卖，只要你开价，我绝不还价。" 山贼看着王福生一脸渴望地问道。虽然因为无职业限定的原因，这把狙击枪的攻击力在同等级中算是很低的，而且不加其他东西。但依然是游戏前期的神器，有了这把狙击枪，取敌人上将首级如探囊取物绝对不是什么梦想。

"我手里从游戏开始到现在，也就这么一把趁手的家伙，而且无职业限定的装备可不好找。" 王福生笑了笑，虽然没有明着拒绝，但不卖的意思已经表现得一清二楚了。

"哎，这么好的东西，在你机甲战士手里可惜了。" 山贼有些失望地说道，这个可惜不是说王福生枪法不好。而是机甲战士虽然可以使用无职业限定的狙击枪，但只有枪械师的技能匹配，才能把狙击枪的威力发挥到最大，王福生用的确有点可惜。

"呵呵。" 王福生笑了笑没有答话，但车中的气氛因为这把狙击枪的出现缓解了不少。所有人看王福生的目光也没有刚才那么陌生了，军人佩服有本事的人，王福生比他们有本事，自然获得了他们的敬重。

气氛缓和了，一路上随便说说话，一个小时的时间就这么过去了。一行人来到D区的怪区，这里依然是一片废墟，但不是城市的废墟，而是一片工厂的废墟。显然以前这里是生产各种机械的，至于以前的人为何生产出机械狗这种在现代人看来在战争中根本无用的东西，那就不是王福生需要探究的问题了。