Global Wasteland: I Obtained A Top Tier Shelter

And now, this principle has once again reached a final conclusion in this matter.

This conclusion might have already uncovered the truth.

That day, he used a Burning Arrow to ignite the barrel of gasoline. Not only did it blow up the intersection, but it also damaged the main structure of the Underground Ruins C Zone, causing Zone C to start collapsing and eventually totally cave in.

The lack of oxygen caused by the collapse quickly led to the death of the Lizardmen and beggars, as well as Turtle Crocodiles that he had not yet killed in Zone C. This also brought him 128 Copper Treasure Chests, 2 Silver Treasure Chests, and 4 Golden Treasure Chests.

Among the 4 Golden Treasure Chests, 3 belonged to the Turtle Crocodiles. Let's not talk about those for now.

Lin Yue circled the three Golden Treasure Chests in the notebook and marked the words Turtle Crocodile.

128 Copper Treasure Chests, 2 Silver Treasure Chests, and 1 Golden Treasure Chest were supposed to be what he obtained from his visit to Underground Ruins C Zone this time.

However, he only acquired 25 Copper Treasure Chests and 2 Silver Treasure Chests. The remaining 102 Copper Treasure Chests, 1 Silver Treasure Chest, and 1 Golden Treasure Chest disappeared.

Also missing were the Storage Spaces left by the beggars' corpses.

So, the question arose.

Leaving aside the Storage Spaces, Treasure Chests aren't something that would just disappear casually.

The evidence is that he successfully recovered 27 Treasure Chests left by the Lizardmen buried under rocks. This explanation also isn't possible anymore.

Treasure Chests can't vanish on their own, it's evident from the smell that burst out when he opened the secret passage; C Zone hadn't been reopened since the last collapse.

How did the remaining Treasure Chests and Storage Spaces vanish?

Lin Yue circled above that, extending an arrow outwards.

At the end of the arrow were a few words.

Taken by someone.

That's the only answer.

Let's hypothesize the situation at that time.

The massive tremor caused by the explosion quickly triggered a strong chain reaction. The passageway was soon engulfed by huge stones, the rubble quickly blocked the exit of the large room, directly crushing 27 Lizardmen and 3 Turtle Crocodiles, and trapping a lot of Lizardmen and beggars inside the large room.

Oxygen was quickly depleted, and the torches on the walls were extinguished one by one. In the darkness, the confused Lizardmen and beggars, unaware of what was happening, panicked, which exacerbated the oxygen consumption, and they each collapsed, ultimately dying of asphyxiation.

Except for one person.

This person used some special method or fortunately wasn't suffocated to death. When he opened his eyes again, he found Treasure Chests and Storage Space light points everywhere and quickly gathered them all. He then dragged a Lizardman's corpse to the circular pattern on the ground, opened the secret tunnel, and left through Zone C2, surviving.

After a certain period of time, the mechanism operated again, closing the secret passage, and this place was completely sealed.

Only some insects emerged from crevices in the rocks and found the numerous corpses, quickly breeding and stripping the corpses clean, leaving only the bones behind.

Lin Yue wrote down his deductions in his diary.

If there's an explanation that could completely solve this mystery, then it seems this is the only one.

Someone survived and stole the spoils of victory at that time—most of the Treasure Chests and all the Storage Spaces.

Regarding the method... if it's due to oxygen deprivation, covering one's nose definitely wouldn't leave any strength to collect those Treasure Chests or Storage Space light points. Without breathing, not even the longest breath-holding record could achieve this.

Not to mention searching for these things in complete darkness.

So, this person probably originally had an oxygen tank or a respirator that allowed them to survive by luck.

After collecting all the Treasure Chests and Storage Spaces, this person directly opened the door to Zone C2 and escaped.

This should be the most reasonable explanation.

Lin Yue put the pen down.

This person truly exists, and they are a threat to him.

One can imagine that after this person saw the Treasure Chests beside each Lizardman and collected them, aside from jubilation, what else would they think about?

Isn't the drop rate of the Treasure Chests a bit outrageous?

If it were him, Lin Yue thought he would definitely think this way; after all, it's the truth.

Analyzing the drop rate of normal Treasure Chests from group and world channel chat records, it really isn't much. Even a lucky person has to kill six or seven mutant creatures to get one.

104 Lizardman corpses, and there are 104 Treasure Chests, including Silver and Golden Treasure Chests...

Anyone would overthink it, right?

Moreover, they would soon pay attention to this "100% drop rate" thing.

The ability to have a 100% Treasure Chest drop rate is something others can't have, otherwise, the top 100 on the world rankings wouldn't just be him alone but would be him competing with another person.

Lin Yue believed that this surviving beggar also realized this point.

Out of this, they might take some corresponding actions.

Lin Yue looked again at the notebook, where he had just written his deduction. Although it essentially confirmed the existence of this beggar, without conclusive evidence—like a beggar intentionally confronting him—this matter couldn't be completely verified.

Flipping through the diary written by its previous owner, Lin Yue thought again about a mystery inside it.

Du Ping is still alive, even after he was killed by him.

Could it be that the one killed wasn't Du Ping, or even if it was, the Du Ping mentioned in the diary was another one?

It seems unlikely, after all, there really wasn't any more record of that guy in the log after he eliminated Du Ping.

But...who really knows.

Lin Yue closed the diary again and stood up.

The day has just started. Although he has already raided two Underground Ruins and obtained two Platinum Treasure Chests and a bunch of other Treasure Chests, there's no time to open them now.

Leaving the cool and comfortable room, Lin Yue faced the scorching sun, collecting the machine dogs that had already fully charged and heated up the ground into the Storage Space.

However, after returning indoors, he remembered one thing.

Wait, if the rocket launcher RPG was installed on the machine dogs, wouldn't that be something great?

Without delay, Lin Yue went into the basement, taking out the High-Precision Research Workstation and the rocket launcher RPG he had acquired earlier, and disassembled the rocket launcher RPG into a design map.

Lin Yue found, to his surprise, that the items required on the design map were primarily alloy-based and not complex.

And, unknown if it's a bug, these weapons, even without including the raw materials for ammunition, always come with bullets, as with previous M19 and later shotguns and MP5 Submachine Guns.

And now it's the same with the RPG.

The difference is, the RPG has only one warhead.

But, that's enough. Its power doesn't need to be elaborated upon, and its deterrent is ample.

The downside is it's somewhat dangerous, and Lin Yue doesn't want to play with it personally.

Lin Yue took out a machine dog, resting the shiny, metallic RPG he had made on its body.

Soon, the system's voice came.

[Upgrade the multifunctional defense robot to a high-destructive assault multifunctional defensive robot (load rocket launcher), requiring a Universal Upgrade Design Map X1]

Oh, it didn't need an Intermediate Universal Upgrade Design Map, that's good.

Lin Yue immediately used a Universal Upgrade Design Map, and soon the machine dog's form also changed!

"Goodness, holding the rocket launcher directly on its back, who wouldn't get nervous seeing that."

He found that the rocket launcher similarly had infrared aiming, and the system's operation seemed simple, allowing for a minimum threshold to launch the rocket launcher.

"Well then, set it so that when the number of detected enemies exceeds 100, it doesn't attack with the M19 Pistol or MP5 Submachine Gun, but activates the rocket launcher."

He was satisfied seeing the new changes in his machine dogs, and couldn't help but imagine, if the beggars saw such a machine dog appearing, then...

Wait, why not?

Lin Yue equipped all the machine dogs with rocket launchers, and a crazy idea was born.

Bringing these powerful machine dogs to attack the nitrate ore, wouldn't that be something terrific?