Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 304 - 6: Legendary Warrior?

"This time I’ve come here to partner with you."

"The bounty for the Swamp Crab Queen, they’re willing to let you have seventy percent."

Seventy percent?

Does that mean they’re working for me for free?

Su Ziyu’s expression showed a hint of confusion, and he glanced at the others, "Giving me seventy percent? You only want that little?"

Upon hearing Su Ziyu’s words, the others exchanged glances. After a slight nod from Jiese, the young man named Zhao Ang stepped forward and said, "To be honest, we’re dealing with the Swamp Crab Queen mainly for the water source there."

Water source?

Su Ziyu seemed to have thought of something, and he quietly waited for them to continue.

"Let me tell you the truth." Jiese stood up, smoking and watching Su Ziyu, "You’re also Chinese, so we trust you more."

"The Chinatown over there is willing to give us some support."

"This hunting mission is actually secretly commissioned by our Chinese community. As long as we secure that water source, Chinatown is willing to provide us with a water purification device, and then we can set up a water purification plant there."

"Once we have a clean water source to produce, there’s no worry about not being able to sell it."

"If you’re willing to join us, we can even give you some shares."

Water plant?

Opening a water plant in this era is indeed a very profitable business.

After pondering for a moment, Su Ziyu suddenly asked, "If you want to open a water plant, won’t those Water Merchants Group make things difficult for you?"

Upon hearing Su Ziyu’s question, Jiese couldn’t help but reveal a mysterious smile and said softly, "You might have been wandering outside for too long. You’re underestimating the strength of us Chinese."

"In this area."

"As long as the water plant can be established, we can easily gather a force of over a thousand people."

"Those water merchants may not dare to fight us hard for a little profit."

"Besides,"

"The Chinatown assembly is the largest Chinese camp in all of America; even the Financial Tycoons’ Influence wouldn’t dare to openly clash with us."

"Have you heard of Beidou?"

Beidou?

Su Ziyu looked up in confusion at Jiese.

Jiese grinned and said, "In Huaxia, a huge industrial city has already been rebuilt."

"That’s Beidou."

"Chinatown has already connected with Beidou. The exoskeleton power armor technology was provided to them by Beidou."

Unexpectedly, he heard news of Huaxia in this world here.

"I don’t need shares." Su Ziyu thought for a moment and said, "If you’re setting up a water plant, I can help you deal with those Swamp Crabs."

When Su Ziyu refused the shares, Jiese didn’t insist and nodded directly, "Alright. We’ll set off next year."

Next year? 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Oh right, today is New Year’s Eve.

Su Ziyu was momentarily taken aback, then he heard the sound of firecrackers outside, mixed with some gunfire. He looked up at Jiese, only to see him smiling and saying, "No worries. Some mischievous kids are just fooling around, a good scolding will do."

He signaled to Zhao Ang beside him, and the man walked out with a cold expression.

There were noticeably more people in the Chinese District.

Several caravans had returned outside, presumably the scavengers among the Chinese. Some burly men carrying guns returned, many with wives and children waiting at the door to welcome them. The marriage rate in the Chinese community is higher than elsewhere, and the birth rate is also greater, although due to the era’s radiation pollution, the infant survival rate isn’t very high.

Su Ziyu went out to have a look and found that Jiese’s claims were not an exaggeration; organizing a thousand-man team in the Chinese District seemed quite simple.

It just depended on whether he was willing to share the profits and benefits with his countrymen.

"Are you the one they call the Wilderness Hunter?" A burly man approached, offering a cigarette, "I’m Qin Yu. I’m temporarily leading the scavengers here."

Su Ziyu smiled and shook his head, casually asking, "How’s the haul?"

"So-so." Qin Yu lit a cigarette for himself, smiled at a middle-aged woman not far away, then crouched to lift a six or seven-year-old girl, pinched the cigarette out with his fingers, and said, "The easy-to-get supplies nearby are mostly gone. Or else there are dangerous monsters."

"Now we have to drive the caravans further out, sometimes even into areas affected by nuclear explosions."

"There are quite a few Corpse Ghosts in those places."

"Sometimes we also encounter mutants."

Mutants?

Su Ziyu quickly recalled hearing about them, supposedly products of Old World super-soldier modifications, all turning into ruthless butcher-killers after the nuclear explosion.

Qin Yu carefully patted his daughter’s cheek with his mechanical arm, put her down, and said in a low voice, "On the day we deal with the Swamp Crabs, we’ll help too."

"If you need any weapons, just let us know."

"I’ll find a way to get them."

Su Ziyu looked at him and casually asked, "Is it possible to get a Fat Boy?"

Qin Yu was stunned by the question.

"You’re quite the joker." He laughed, patting Su Ziyu’s shoulder, "That thing isn’t easily obtainable."

"Maybe there are a few in the Chinatown Camp."

"We ordinary folks definitely have no way of getting our hands on them."

"Moreover,"

"You probably haven’t seen anyone use a Fat Boy mini nuke, have you? Its range is smaller than its explosion radius, using it is practically suicide."

"If you have any difficult monster to deal with, though,"

"I could find a way to get you an electromagnetic rifle."

"Of course,"

"It’s not cheap."

This guy is remarkable.

He actually knows that the explosion radius of a Fat Boy mini nuke is larger than its range; he probably thought I wanted to nuke some monster.

Electromagnetic rifle?

Su Ziyu had seen scrapped versions of them and curiously asked, "How powerful are they?"

"Not sure." Qin Yu honestly shook his head, "It’s said to be quite powerful. No need to change ammo; an energy magazine can shoot two or three hundred rounds."

"No idea where they got that black technology from."

Su Ziyu was intrigued.

He smiled, "Introduce me sometime. I happen to need a good weapon."

"No problem." Qin Yu nodded.

The scavengers soon dispersed and went home.

Then some people gathered to drink and boast, while others, the younger ones, were playing with lion heads, crafting a paper dragon that looked slightly awkward but captured the essence.

Most scavengers in the Chinese District have undergone mechanical modifications.

Not everyone had to modify because of radiation mutations; some normal people faced dangers frequently and proactively saved to install some mechanical prosthetics. Su Ziyu noticed that young people under twenty-five looked relatively normal here, while those over twenty-five mostly had replaced some parts.

At the same time,

in a quiet inn,

a young man agilely climbed in through the window, glanced at his companion, and whispered, "I saw those androids."

"How many?" the man standing by the door asked in a low voice.

"Three." The young man deftly closed the window and whispered, "There should be more nearby, possibly with their people."

"What’s the situation?"

"Did headquarters respond? Who is that person?"

The man by the door threw over a fax with a somewhat serious expression, "See for yourself."

The young man reached out to take it.

On top was a photograph, depicting Su Ziyu, with some previously recorded data below.

"Legendary Warrior?"

"Is it that exaggerated? Taking down a Radioactive Giant with cold weapons? Assassinating a super mutant?"

"Is this guy Superman?"

"Wait!"

"This data is from twelve years ago!"

The young man raised his head in shock, muttering, "My god! This guy hasn’t aged a bit!"

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