Global Shelter Game
Chapter 84 - 83: What Do You Mean By That?
Since he couldn’t just sit back and profit from the conflict, it meant that if he wanted to gain anything from this incident, he had only one choice: help the Academy.
The reason for not helping the Black Wind Raiding Group was also very simple.
For one thing, the modified motorcycles Bena and his group were currently using had been stolen from them.
Ye Yun didn’t believe for a second that these people, who made a living robbing and murdering, were such great saints that they would let bygones be bygones just because Bena’s group offered to help.
Even if Bena were willing to help them, they would probably just be eliminated immediately.
Rather than trust the word of raiders, Ye Yun felt this so-called Academy’s reputation should be higher.
After all, according to Xisuo, the Academy was a relatively large faction in the wasteland.
As he mulled it over, Ye Yun was already editing a new task on his wristband.
[Inform Xisuo that the Black Wind Thief Gang is preparing an ambush, and have him tell the Academy’s people.]
[Evaluation Type: Alert]
[Evaluating risk of this operation...]
[Evaluation: White Item Probability: 15%, Green Item Probability: 10%, Blue Item Probability: 60%, Purple Item Probability: 15%. Risk Factor: 0.34%]
Seeing the risk factor drop below 1%, Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he had finally made the right choice this time.
’Looks like the Academy is pretty reliable after all. They don’t seem to be the type to discard you after you’ve served your purpose.’
Ye Yun felt it was a huge shame that the probability of obtaining a Purple item had plummeted from 65% to 15%.
However, given his limited strength, the current outcome was the best he could hope for.
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「Shelter, Second Floor.」
Deng Yu looked at the sign for the Archives Room, and a small smile finally appeared on his face.
After being attacked twice by defense robots and suffering nearly a third in casualties, the team had finally reached their destination.
He felt a pang of relief. ’If another wave had attacked, the team probably would have scattered.’
He immediately took out an access decoder and placed it on the door panel.
The shelter’s defenses were clearly tough on the outside but lax on the inside, as the decoder worked extremely fast.
After just one minute, all the red indicator lights on the decoder turned green.
As all the indicator lights on the access decoder turned green, Deng Yu quickly removed it. With a gentle push, the door to the Archives Room slowly swung open.
Deng Yu immediately reported his progress over the communicator:
"I’ve breached the Archives Room’s security. No danger for now. I’m going in."
Outside the shelter, a worried Hawkins breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, some good news. "Deng Yu, be careful."
Deng Yu: "Understood."
As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Yu entered the Archives Room.
As the door opened, the lights inside the Archives Room lit up one by one, illuminating the room that had been sealed for hundreds of years.
Thanks to technological advancements, paper archives had long since become a thing of the past, replaced by rows of offline archival computers.
These archival computers, lacking network capabilities, could only read information from their internal hard drives. This not only allowed for massive storage but also prevented anyone from hacking in via a network to alter the archives.
Seeing the rows of perfectly preserved archival computers, Deng Yu’s heart filled with joy. He knew the mission was now more than halfway complete.
Now, all he had to do was remove the hard drives from the computers and leave the shelter, and the mission would be accomplished.
At the same time, Li Wei’s voice came through his earpiece.
"Qiaodun and I found the administrator’s office. The decoder is working on it. We should be able to get in in about a minute and a half."
The continuous stream of good news brought a smile to Hawkins’s face.
’The mission is going more smoothly than expected. Although some people died, they were just hired mercenaries. This is probably the best possible outcome.’
"Stay safe. Leave immediately after you have the hard drives."
Wasteland dwellers might not know much about these high-tech products from before the Great Cataclysm, but Deng Yu, who was from the Academy, was very familiar with them.
He immediately opened the tool kit from his backpack and quickly opened the computer towers, which had been sealed for centuries, pulling out square hard drives, each only the size of his palm.
Only when the last hard drive was placed in the safe box did Deng Yu finally let out a full sigh of relief.
’Although the operation had some minor issues in the early stages, the rest has gone very smoothly.’
He quickly locked the small safe box in his hands and placed it in his backpack.
Deng Yu immediately spoke into his communicator:
"This is Deng Yu. I’ve successfully retrieved all the hard drives and am now withdrawing."
Before Hawkins, outside the shelter, could reply, Li Wei’s voice came over the communicator:
"I’m done on my end, too."
Deng Yu relaxed. ’Good. This mission is finally over. A perfect ending.’
After getting the hard drives, Deng Yu paid no more attention to the other items in the Archives Room.
Even though those computers could fetch a high price in the wasteland, he didn’t feel the slightest attachment.
After all, the objective had been completed. He turned, left the Archives Room, and said to the people behind him:
"First, escort me out of the shelter. Then you can start your scavenging."
The team had gone through two battles and was now down to two-thirds of its original size, and many of the survivors were nursing injuries of varying severity.
But when they heard they could soon start scavenging such a well-preserved shelter, almost everyone’s face lit up with joy.
Just as Deng Yu was leading the group to withdraw from the shelter, a mercenary suddenly came up to him.
"Sir Deng Yu, I have an urgent matter to report."
Deng Yu looked down at the mercenary speaking to him.
He might not have remembered anyone else, but he had some impression of the man before him.
The man had a twin brother, and his performance during the operation had been quite impressive. He hadn’t been injured at all and was much stronger than the average mercenary.
Hearing his words, Deng Yu’s brow furrowed slightly.
"Whatever urgent matter you have can wait. The most urgent matter right now is leaving this shelter immediately."
If Deng Yu hadn’t vaguely recognized the mercenary, he wouldn’t have even bothered to respond.
As for this so-called urgent matter, he couldn’t care less.
’What could possibly be more urgent than me getting these hard drives out?’
Saying this, he started to push Xisuo aside.
Xisuo quickly spoke up:
"Sir Deng Yu, I received a message! A raiding group called Black Wind is nearby, lying in wait. They could attack us at any moment."
Hearing his words, Deng Yu’s outstretched hand suddenly clenched. He frowned at the mercenary before him, his expression turning grim.
"What’s that supposed to mean?"