Chapter 2019: Carlow Base

In the dark night sky, a figure was walking on the road outside the city.
To be precise, Laurent was walking with his waist in the middle of the road.
Of course, he had to choose this way.
The neatly trimmed green belts on both sides of the road have now grown like trees, and the lush branches even completely covered the sky above the road.
These are secondary. Laurent chose to walk in the center of the road because he wanted to avoid the bugs if possible.
This bug is not a "Zerg" bug, they are just the most common insects on this planet.
Of course, after that incident, these insects are no longer the original ones.
When a "bee insect" that only sucked nectar suddenly becomes at least three times bigger and likes to the blood of animals and even humans, everything becomes different.
A few days ago, Laurent had seen with his own eyes that a survivor was accidentally surrounded by a group of giant ants while collecting fruit in the jungle. As a result, he had not run far, his feet were corroded by formic acid and fell down. On the ground, it was quickly gnawed into bones.
Laurent was not afraid of death. As a warrior, Laurent didn't care whether he died fighting against the bugs of the "Zerg", or killed and sacrificed with these mutant creatures.
But Laurent can't die now, because he knows very well that if he is dead now, if the wife and two children in the base can't wait for the compressed energy bars in the backpack, then they will die.
The original mechanical exoskeleton armor supports the heavy body, and Laurent's right mechanical arm grips a huge blade that he has polished by himself. He hasn't relaxed his vigilance for a moment and walks unhurriedly.
This primitive mechanical exoskeleton armor, including the sharp blade gripped by the robotic arm, is already the most powerful weapon Laurent can find.
The sudden electromagnetic storm destroyed almost everything, except for those deep underground bases, all the electronic equipment on the surface was destroyed by the terrifying electromagnetic storm.
Whether it is a smart watch that everyone can't live without, or the Thor Mecha, all of them are useless.
Including some advanced weapons, completely unusable.
If this electromagnetic storm knocked down the "Morning Star Federation" from advanced scientific and technological civilization to primitive civilization in an instant, then the inexplicable virus attack that followed has completely brought this civilization into a dark and end.
Laurent grabbed this original mechanical exoskeleton armor.
When the doomsday came, he was on vacation than more ordinary people reacted to what probably happened. Laurent didn't hesitate to rush into the neighbor's house to grab these.
Including the vehicle that sent his family safely to the "Carlo Base", at that time, Laurent suddenly realized how lucky it is to have a neighbor who likes old-fashioned machinery and has super hands-on ability.
"Hey hey hey..."
Suddenly, a strange sound sounded.
Years of fighting career has given Laurent a keen sense of danger.
When a half-person-high black figure jumped out of the jungle-like green belt on the roadside, Laurent, who had already felt the danger early, waved his right arm.
The mechanical arm composed of complicated mechanical components raised a sharp giant blade, and a cold light drew across the night sky, severely hitting the dark shadow.
There was a clear sound of broken flesh and blood, and the shadow was directly split into two.
Looking back, Laurent glanced behind him.
With the night vision goggles on the helmet, Laurent's pupils shrank suddenly when he saw clearly what was behind him.
Faintly, as if Laurent could see that it was a human being.
To be precise, at least it used to be human.
Obviously, the human limbs can be seen, but its back is deformed and arched high.
And on its back, several hard brown bone spurs were exposed under the split muscles.
The head can vaguely see the human facial features, but its mouth has been pulled to the ear.
And in its mouth, a few fangs protruded obliquely from his lips, looking hideous and ugly.
"Alien..."
Whispering in his mouth, when he saw some beetles in the ground "rustling" crawling out and crawling towards the corpse, Laurent didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and started to trot.
The journey was full of surprises, and Laurent quickly returned to the base.
When the old guns rang out, Laurent immediately raised his hands and said in a low voice: "It's me, Laurent, No. 13 in the e-zone."
"Stand there, don't move."
The same low voice sounded. About ten seconds later, the closed iron door in front of Laurent slowly slid open.
"Why did you come back so late?"
Several soldiers on duty gathered around, and a big man in the lead stared at Laurent and asked.
"I encountered some troubles on the road, and time was lost, otherwise I would come back early."
Tucked the backpack, Laurent responded.
Seeing the soldiers staring at his eyes, Laurent hesitated for a moment and opened the backpack.
He took out two bottles of wine that was definitely considered a luxury at the base and handed them over, Laurent took another pack of high-calorie snacks and handed them to them.
The headed man took it for granted, and then nodded in satisfaction, indicating that Laurent could go in.
"and many more."
Laurent had only taken a few steps, and the big guy's voice came from behind him.
Laurent stopped feeling tight.
Although the base has already restricted the supply of food, it can be said that most civilians are hungry every day, but this is only for civilians, at least these soldiers are not short of food.
In fact, their food is surplus. After all, there is still a lot of high-energy compressed food stored in the base. The people in power also restricted the food supply out of long-term considerations.
Laurent didn't know how many times he had seen it. These soldiers can do whatever they want in the base with very little food. It is not normal to exchange a small pack of compressed energy bars for a woman.
This is also the reason why Laurent did not give them food, but chose "luxury".
"Anything else? Brother."
Laurent turned around and deliberately asked in the tone and title commonly used in the military.
"Where did you get this mechanical exoskeleton armor? Now it works."
The big guy stared at Laurent's seemingly shabby mechanical exoskeleton armor, and asked at the same time.
"This? My father used to make it and kept it in the empty space as an antique, but he didn't expect it to be of great use now."
"Brother, if it weren't for me to pick up some tasks from the base during this period, I need to go out often, otherwise it would be fine to lend you a few days."
Laurent said with a smile.
"Oh, brother from the special operations team."
"No wonder you live in zone e, it's okay, you can go."
When the big man heard him say this, he waved his hand angrily.
With a sigh of relief, Laurent nodded to the big man with a smile, then turned and walked towards the elevator not far away.