Chapter IV Relief for Work
Three hours at dawn,
Ten miles southeast of Dafeng City, on a dark fortification located in the suburbs, hundreds of fully armed soldiers were on guard. All the rifles in their hands were covered with dark blue bayonets, and they flashed faintly in the darkness. At a glance, they knew it was a special weapon for killing demons.
Such luxury is only the government's army can afford it.
At this moment, in front of a huge signboard under the fortification, Qin Ge stood silently in the crowd, very inconspicuous.
There were hundreds of people in the crowd, and it was gradually increasing, and more people seemed to be coming further away.
Those who come include men and women, old and young, strong and thin.
Some people wear beautiful and tough leather armor, and their weapons are luxurious and majestic, and there are many people carrying sniper rifles or light machine guns.
Some people wear ragged cotton coats, and their weapons are only spears polished from steel heads, or simple hunting bows.
Some people were in groups of three or five, shouting and shouting, obviously a well-organized team.
Some people stand there like statues, alone and lonely.
However, they all have one common identity, that is, the bounty hunter.
Perhaps in some novels or games, these four words represent a chivalrous knight, a free mercenary, and a thrilling, mellow and beautiful woman, and a never-singular life.
But reality is often so cruel.
The so-called bounty hunters that appear here at this moment are just the general term for refugees, proletarians, hungry people, wanderers, robbers, rogues, and adventurers in the city.
In order to alleviate the dilemma of shortage of materials and economic collapse, the government requires every city to issue this special labor-for-relief task every day.
Taking Dafeng City as an example, hundreds of anti-virus tasks with no star difficulty, even if they only receive a few hard buns after completion, they can mobilize thousands of the weakest so-called bounty hunters.
Then there are dozens of anti-virus tasks with one-star risk, which can lead thousands of stronger bounty hunters. Such rewards often range from the lowest number of silver coins to the highest number of gold coins.
Finally, there is a two-star antivirus mission with a dangerous degree, led by antivirus hunters. Only the best bounty hunters can take it, otherwise it will be a dead end. Although the mortality rate of such tasks has always been extremely high.
As for antivirus tasks with a risk of more than two stars or above, they will not be released here at all.
There are four mission sites like Dafeng City, located in the four suburban anti-virus fronts in the southeast, west and northeast. This is also the government's garrison defense line in Dafeng City, which can effectively curb the occurrence of virus invasions within the city.
In the crowd at this moment, Qin Ge's eyes were staring at an antivirus mission written on red paper on the notice board, which was also the C1-level doomsday virus clearance mission he had already been optimistic about a few days ago.
He was waiting for such two-star missions, sometimes the government sent anti-virus hunters to lead bounty hunters to complete, and sometimes the unofficial anti-virus hunters team would complete, as long as they meet the task requirements.
At this point, bounty hunters like Qin Ge have no say.
They are like long-term workers working for landlords.
At 4:32 in the morning, many unstar antivirus tasks on the notice board have been taken, and there are not many one-star antivirus tasks left. At this time, a team of five people walked to the notice board and tore off the two-star antivirus task power of attorney that Qin Ge was staring at, and then signed the contract under the witness of government officials at the scene.
Then, a fat man in the team turned his head and looked at a large group of bounty hunters. He smiled jokingly and shouted, "Fifty bounty hunters, each with a basic bounty of 15 gold coins, must kill up to 30 zombies, and kill an additional zombie and reward 5 bronze coins. Those who are willing to go will come and sign up."
As soon as these words came out, many bounty hunters who were staring at this anti-virus mission were in an uproar, because the rewards were all agreed on the notice before, so how can they be changed as soon as possible?
But no matter how uproared, no matter how much you complain, except for the bounty hunters who have other purposes, the rest of the bounty hunters who think they are good at rushing forward, but in fact everyone understands it.
The previous reward was given by the official government. If this was an anti-virus hunter team sent by the government, it would be issued according to the previous reward standards. The government is now trying to rebuild its credibility and will not allow such a thing to happen.
However, this time the task was taken on a private team, just like a small contractor, so naturally, they would try their best to squeeze the bounty hunters who had no choice at all.
Qin Ge also rushed up. Although this time he purchased an additional ghost-suppressing talisman, a little ghost asking for directions, and various materials for gunpowder bullets and crossbows, the cost was close to 25 gold coins, but the ghost-suppressing talisman and the little ghost asking for directions may not be able to be used.
In addition, this is his first time to perform an antivirus mission with a two-star risk. This mission seems to be the easiest, and it is not to be missed just to accumulate experience.
However, the anti-virus hunter team wanted fifty bounty hunters, and there were at least 150 people rushing over.
"Don't squeeze, come here to queue up. If you have the conditions to assess, it is best not to take advantage of the garbage and waste in front of the old man!"
The fat man shouted, pointing to one side, and his companion had already gone to a steam truck, and then he opened the black tarpaulin on the carriage, immediately revealing the iron cage inside, which contained more than twenty blue zombie infected people. At this moment, he was grinning and making a deep howl.
"You can use a gun, a crossbow, a dagger, a long sword, a spear, and a weapon. My requirement is three seconds, a safe distance of ten meters. Those who can kill zombies alone are qualified. Those who can't get rid of them will get rid of them. If you don't have that strength, you will get rid of them. The old man is busy rushing to do it."
The fat man gave the assessment method again, and this time, many bounty hunters who were busy queuing were all terrified. After hesitating for a moment, many people chose to give up.
This condition is too harsh, and killing infected people is not too difficult. As long as you are far away, you will have countless ways, such as traps, tripping ropes, horse poles, bows and arrows, crossbows, hunting rifles, and spears.
As long as you have experience, a profession bounty hunter can hunt forty or fifty zombie infected people in a day.
However, everyone knows that the speed of zombies explodes at close range is about 30% faster than that of ordinary humans, especially the power of bounce and slamming. Even a middle-aged man can instantly pounce on him with a large shield on his defense.
It would be fine if there was a combat team to cooperate, with a large shield in front and a spearman in back, and a machete, it could be easily killed. But now this anti-virus hunter team actually requires a single kill, which directly eliminated most people.
Many people looked at the government officials who were working on the spot with unwillingness, but the government officials did not stop it. Although this assessment was strict, it was actually within a reasonable range. After all, it was two-star difficulty. It was better to be wiped out now than to die in the mission.
Qin Ge did not leave, and many people did not leave. As long as they have the confidence to accept the two-star antivirus mission, they don’t care about this assessment at all, because this is the most basic requirement.
The situation in the wild is very complicated, and no one knows where the zombies will emerge. If they don’t have the ability to kill quickly, they are seeking death. No one will save you at that time.
"You, you, and you, pass!"
The fat man had poisonous eyes, and some bounty hunters who were very experienced and had strong combat power were directly passed. There were many people who had known him before.
So the last one left were less than ten people like Qin Ge.
In front of Qin Ge was a bearded beard in his twenties. He was wearing a very neat combat uniform and carrying a tactical backpack. The weapon in his hand was a black wooden spear, which was two meters long. Qin Ge felt that the beard was very calm and very calm.
"That brother, are you ready?"
The fat man glanced at his beard and had a little praise in his eyes.
"Can."
The bearded man stepped forward a few steps and stood ten meters away from the iron cage, no more or less.
At the same time, the fat man grabbed the heavy iron door with one hand and gently lifted it up. An instantly a green zombie was howling and pounced out. Almost at the same time, Qin Ge saw that the beard had jumped up and pierced the black wooden spear in his hand directly into the left eye of the green zombie at a faster speed, and the tip of the spear penetrated through the back of his head.
All movements are like birds rising and swallows falling, extremely smooth.
Many people around didn't even see it clearly.
"good!"
The fat man shouted and shouted.
Qin Ge behind also praised in his heart that this bearded man should be the best among bounty hunters, except for the anti-virus hunter who is not as good as the blood-awakening anti-virus hunter.
"Next, kid, what weapon do you use?"
The fat man asked Qin Ge at this time, his eyes swept over the waist of Qin Ge's windbreaker, where there were two homemade short-handled smoothbore guns. This guy had such a vicious eye.
Qin Ge smiled and said nothing. Although he was only seventeen years old, his mother taught a lot of experience. If he could not show his trump card when he was away, he would not show it.
After taking a few steps forward, he stood ten meters away from the cage, no more or less, and his sense of distance was also very accurate.
"Click!"
The fat man released a blue zombie like lightning with one hand. In an instant, Qin Ge directly raised his left hand and pulled the crossbow continuously. Three ten-centimeter-long crossbow arrows shot out lightning, one was nailed to the forehead of the blue zombie, one was nailed to the left eye of the blue zombie, and one was nailed to the right eye of the blue zombie.
"Bang!"
The blue zombie pounced on her and died, Qin Ge's body did not even move.
The fat man tilted his neck and glanced at Qin Ge for an extra glance.
Chapter completed!