106 Experimental School (2/2)
”No enemy unit.”
”Requesting order.”
Jiang Chen stood outside of the gate as he began to frown at the reports from the public channel.
No defense at the gate, battle in the distance, did the Huizhong Mercenaries encounter strong enemies that they must focus all their firepower there and could not defend their gate anymore?
Who could it be?
”Enter the main building, fire at will.” Sun Jiao ordered the forces and then signaled the light infantry.
”Roger.”
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There was no resistance at all, everyone entered the main building without firing a single shot.
The armored vehicle slowly drove in, the gate was closed to prevent the zombies from entering.
It was starting to turn dark, the gun shots in the distance still made Jiang Chen uncertain. But he thought that regardless of who the victor was, they still must come here. So it would be a good idea to build a defense line and wait for their attack.
Shredded papers and rock debris scattered on the ground. The cracks on the walls and stairs were telltale signs that the place was impacted by the nuclear blast. No one cleaned this place as everything was kept the exact as before the war. If it weren't for the two piles of poop, along with the dried blood in the corner, Jiang Chen would have questioned if anyone lived here at all.
”01, 02, head to the roof to patrol. 03-06 search each building. Don’t miss any corners. Light infantry and 07, 08, establish a defensive line on the first floor. Fire at will at sight of the enemy.” Sun Jiao calmly gave out orders.
”Yes!” Everyone rapidly mobilized.
The gunshots seemed to be from the back of the experimental building, as a few explosions were mixed between the sounds, the firing was beginning to intensify.
”Sun Jiao, are you familiar with the forces in Songjiang area?” After thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen abruptly asked.
Sun Jiao shook her head.
”Not sure, I did pass Songjiang when I was going to the mansion, but I would avoid the places where there were obvious signs of humans. Large, safe survival camps like Sixth Street are rare, and I marked them all on the map I downloaded from Liuding town. Other than that, any other places with humans have the possibility of being a bandit gathering.”
[Oh? Hopefully the force fighting against the Huizhong Mercenaries are on good term with us.]
Jiang Chen pondered in his mind.
[The first thing is to control the building and establish a line of defense. After a victor is decided, one party would approach this place. If it is the Huizhong Mercenaries, then fire immediately, if its the other force, then decide based on their intention.]
”This is 03, there is a situation in the basement. The situation is unique.” The voice transmitted from the public channel.
”Roger, we’ll head right down.” Sun Jiao looked at Jiang Chen.
”Mhmm.” Jiang Chen nodded, took out the tactile rifle ideal for compact enclosures, and followed her towards the basement.
The wall in the hallway was drawn with weird graffiti, the bright colors and dark wall formed an odd contrast.
When he passed a classroom, Jiang Chen saw the chairs and tables thrown in the corner through the window, along with the cracked screens at the front of the classroom. There were two messy sleeping bags and a polyethylene digital table on its side. Blood marks were on the ground, but it looked like it was from a long time ago.
If it was not so messy, the classroom looked similar to what he saw in the virtual reality training chamber.
”I heard that before the war, they liked to group the kids together to teach? I really don’t understand the purpose of it,” Sun Jiao glanced at the classroom and mumbled.
[Group the kids together?]
Jiang Chen paused for a minute when he heard the voice from the private channel. He couldn’t help but smile.
”I am not going to say I don’t understand.”
Sun Jiao did receive virtual reality lessons when she was in the survival base.
”Oh? The virtual reality training system allows necessary knowledge to be understood in a short period of time. If something can be learned in 1200 hours, what’s the point of taking 12 years?” Sun Jiao curled her upper lip contemptuously.
”Are you jealous right now?” Jiang Chen laughed.
”Shut up.” Sun Jiao pouted as she kicked the debris up, and turned around to give him a dirty look.
Although they were wearing helmets, Jiang Chen could still imagine her expression.
”Maybe it was to enjoy the process.”
She wouldn’t understand because she spent her childhood in a survival base.
Now to think about it, although he always complained about graduate school, when that moment finally came, Jiang Chen admitted that he did look forward to graduation. But after stepping into the real world, he still felt a longing for the times in the past.
Maybe that was the happiest time? No office politics, even if there was a fight, the next day everything will be back to usual. Even if the teacher was mad, the only consequence was a lecture and not losing the bonus, though he didn’t need to worry about that now.
”Enjoy the process? What’s the use of that?” Jiang Chen couldn’t tell if the voice was full of longing or contempt.
”Not a lot of use, just like how someone turned the world into this mess. Not a lot of use.” Jiang Chen glanced at the teacher’s office along with the way, it was also a mess inside.
”I don’t understand,” Sun Jiao murmured.
”To put it in simple words, if you can meet some interesting friends in school, you learn to deal with people. Mhmm. If you received that type of education, you wouldn’t tie me up during our first encounter.”
”Do you want to die! Stop remembering that.” Sun Jiao’s face turned slightly red as she complained cutely.
Jiang Chen smiled, he only wanted to tease her.
At the end of the hallway was a metal door, the lock was cut by the welding device on the power armor. There were a few words written.
<Fallout Facility>
Was it because of the escalated tension back then? Jiang Chen remembered that the school in the modern world didn’t have those.
”If possible, could you take me there? From your side.” Before they entered the door, Sun Jiao quite abruptly opened her mouth.
He blanked for a moment before a genuine smile appeared on his face.
”Mhmm, of course.”