Military Base

Long Ming braked hard, veered sideways, and came to a stop. He turned and looked back, only to see the Qing Corrosion Insect wedged in the hole entrance. Without a moment's hesitation, he raised his M24 sniper rifle, locked onto the Qing Corrosion Insect's head, and pulled the trigger! Bang, bang, bang~ Long Ming fired three consecutive shots, all hitting the Qing Corrosion Insect's head. Sticky liquid and biological tissue splattered everywhere. Eee~ After a mournful cry, the Qing Corrosion Insect collapsed unwillingly, completely lifeless. After venting his anger, Long Ming lifted his wristband to check it. The wristband interface showed not a single notification. Long Ming was instantly speechless. This game really gave no reward for killing monsters. As for this Qing Corrosion Insect's corpse, it was obviously toxic, and Long Ming wasn't a professional; he had no idea how to collect materials. "Sigh~" Long Ming sighed helplessly, put away his M24 sniper rifle, turned his motorcycle around, and drove off. Not long after, on the desolate Pan Mountain Highway, Long Ming rode his motorcycle straight ahead. He didn't know where he was going, and he had no map. But one thing Long Ming was clear about: try not to stop. Although he had escaped the city, the wilderness wasn't exactly safe either. Insect eggs could be seen here and there. Long Ming even began to doubt whether he could safely evacuate from this world. At that moment, a sign in the distance caught Long Ming's attention. "Ante City, 215 kilometers." After seeing the sign, Long Ming glanced at the fuel gauge. It should be enough to get there. He proceeded according to the sign. More than an hour later, as the fuel ran out, the motorcycle gradually slowed down. Long Ming helplessly got off the bike. Fortunately, Ante City wasn't far—just twenty or thirty kilometers away. He continued walking along the road. Time passed bit by bit, and the sky began to darken. Long Ming stopped, panting, plopped down on the edge of the road, and then took out compressed biscuits and mineral water from his backpack. A gentle breeze blew. He chewed on compressed biscuits, gazing at the desolate scenery before him, feeling somewhat emotional in his heart. Although those insects had chased him all over the place, overall it was all right. He didn't have to consider another unstable factor, and could explore slowly on his own. After all, sometimes players were more troublesome than monsters. Suddenly, a huge insect buzzing sound came from the sky. Long Ming was startled and turned to look toward the distant sky. A flying insect over twenty meters long, with six pairs of insect wings and black patterns all over its body, flew toward the distance at high speed. Long Ming swallowed involuntarily, decisively gave up continuing forward, and decided to rough it for the night right there, waiting until morning. So he got up and looked around for a safe place to rest. Soon Long Ming found a huge rock, settled down behind it, and then lifted his wristband to check the map. The map marked many evacuation points, but the distance between each evacuation point was quite far. That was normal, though. This world had a high level of civilization, and there were plenty of means of transportation. Then night fell completely, and countless stars appeared in the sky. Long Ming slowly lay down on the ground, gazing up at the starry sky. Everything was quiet around him, with only a few insect sounds. Slowly, Long Ming's eyelids grew heavy. But he absolutely did not dare to fall into a deep sleep. After all, there were all kinds of mutated insects everywhere. Just like that, Long Ming hazily endured the night. When the morning sunlight fell on Long Ming, he woke up and crawled up from the ground. "Hah~" Long Ming took a deep breath. This game was truly no ordinary torment. But he didn't complain much; instead, he silently walked forward. At noon. Long Ming stood outside the fence of Pan Mountain Highway, gazing into the distance. In the distance on the plain sat a huge city. The whole city had skyscrapers, clearly much larger than the city Long Ming had escaped from. Long Ming's mouth twitched slightly. If this were another world, seeing a city of this scale, he would surely be eager to explore it, but now his heart was filled with fear. But at that moment, Long Ming suddenly noticed that to the right of Ante City, there seemed to be a military base. He immediately raised the M24 sniper rifle in his hand and observed through its scope. The entire military base was surrounded by a high wall, topped with barbed wire and an electric grid, with only one large entrance. Long Ming analyzed it rationally. Clearly, the military base was definitely not safe inside, but compared to the city, Long Ming was still more willing to explore this military base. After all, the city was large, had many insect monsters, was difficult to search, and had low short-term gains. In contrast, the military base had few insect monsters and many weapons, with off-the-charts short-term gains. Soon Long Ming made his decision and headed toward the military base. More than three hours later. Long Ming arrived at the entrance. There lay skeletons that had been gnawed beyond recognition. From the remaining combat uniforms, it was clear these were soldiers who had died in battle. At that moment, Long Ming saw a semi-automatic rifle fallen beside a soldier's remains. Long Ming's eyelid twitched. He immediately walked over and picked up the semi-automatic rifle. His wristband instantly popped up a notification. Baka rifle (semi-automatic) Durability 62/100 Magazine: 12/30 (5.56mm) Long Ming glanced at the notification, then stuffed the Baka rifle into his backpack. The reason he hadn't switched to the Baka rifle was that it had no silencer. Once fired, the noise would definitely be huge. That would attract all the insect monsters nearby. According to previous experience, as long as he didn't make too much noise, the insects stationed there wouldn't all focus on him. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Long Ming would not use the Baka rifle. Long Ming then looked at the other soldiers' remains. They were all equipped with Baka rifles, but unfortunately their weapons had been bitten apart by insects. He then walked into the military base. Soon he entered the interior, and his vision suddenly opened up. The interior of the military base was very large. At a glance, he could see the wreckage of several armed helicopters, as well as armored vehicles and tanks covered in dust. In the center of the military base stood a huge circular base made of steel. Besides that, several small buildings were scattered around the perimeter. Long Ming carefully headed toward the nearest watchtower, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings. Although the view was good here and insects were unlikely to suddenly appear, he couldn't rule out the possibility. As for those armored vehicles and tanks, Long Ming didn't dare approach them. Those things were the most likely to hide insects inside. Soon Long Ming reached the base of the watchtower, climbed up the ladder to the top. The top of the watchtower was a hexagonal, ring-like open structure with searchlights installed inside. Long Ming carefully pushed open the door, looked around, and after seeing no danger, stepped inside. Dust immediately rushed toward him. Cough, cough~ Long Ming couldn't help but cough lightly. Inside the watchtower there was a table with a wireless communication device, a water cup, and other things on it. Two soldier corpses lay on the ground, one of whom appeared to be a non-commissioned officer based on his uniform. Apart from that, no trace of insects was seen. Long Ming first walked up to the two corpses and carefully searched them. Both had a Baka rifle in their hands, and each had a magazine on them. Long Ming scanned them with his wristband. The durability of these two Baka rifles was 75 and 81 respectively. He picked up the two rifles and magazines and stuffed them into his backpack, instantly feeling the weight increase significantly. Next, Long Ming carefully searched the non-commissioned officer's body and found an iron medal in his upper garment. His wristband instantly popped up a notification. Iron medal. Grade: Blue-tier Remarks: A symbol of honor. Long Ming saw that it wasn't very large or heavy, so he casually stuffed it into his backpack. Then his gaze fell on the helmet dropped by the non-commissioned officer. Long Ming picked up the helmet, blew off the dust, and put it on his head. He felt a bit uncomfortable, but he made do with it. (End of chapter)