It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

Boss Cheng judged from just two bowls of noodles that not all traditions or cultures have been preserved from before the nuclear war. In terms of culinary culture, at least among the people, it has been almost completely lost.

0213 The skills to make a fortune cannot be lost

In any world, in any country, no one wants to be woken up by a call from their boss to work overtime just after they fall asleep in the middle of the night, no matter if the boss is from a government agency, a state-owned enterprise, or a small boss or supervisor in a private enterprise.

But what if your boss told you that if you work overtime tonight, you will not only get triple your salary, but also have a full day off tomorrow. And your boss will also give you a box of fat Panjin rice field crabs after you finish working overtime? (You can't afford Yangcheng Lake crabs.)

At this moment, at 1:30 in the morning, this is what New Chang'an looks like!

More than 1500 people were busy running around for four or five hours before they finally moved more than 3000 tons of supplies from the fighter planes into the new Chang'an underground city.

After the "overtime" was over, they not only got the right to a temporary rest tomorrow, but also received a box of instant noodles called "Huafeng Brand Sanxian Yi Noodles" as a reward.

Huafeng! Just seeing the name of this brand makes people feel comfortable!

Although these people have never heard of the name of "instant noodles", being able to get extra food rations is a great thing for everyone.

The New Chang'an Underground City was very happy about the "small gift" given to them by the comrades from another world. Instant noodles and other things were secondary. The most precious thing was the sugar and other sweeteners, which accounted for only a small part of the supplies, but the total amount reached more than 300 tons.

But everyone still said that seeing the legendary instant noodles again in China after more than 200 years is an encouragement in itself!

It's hard to imagine that the UNSC guys were so crazy that they stuffed more than 40000 tons of supplies into Boss Cheng's 3000-ton ship. If instant noodles weren't large and light, they would have dared to stuff 6000 tons of goods in it! These guys even lamented in front of Boss Cheng why the Chunlan-class cargo hold didn't have a container lifting device.

Boss Cheng: "This is a space battleship, not an interstellar truck."

Finally, after agreeing on the time for the next meeting, the two sides shook hands and said goodbye.

New Chang'an presented the UNSC staff with a piece of plutonium 239 whose decay had been stopped as a return gift. Along with this priceless piece of "scrap metal", there was also the technology to stop the decay of radioactive elements.

Of course, this is not all the information about this technology. It is just the tip of the iceberg of all the research data. New Chang'an intends to use this technology that is enough to break the nuclear balance to win over the UNSC and maintain the cooperative relationship between the two sides.

On the way back, a group of UNSC staff members were all expressing their admiration that the other party had given them the complete set of technology and blueprints of both large and small dungeons without reservation.

"I guess the other side is also sighing. They didn't expect that we would hand over the super load-bearing engineering structure drawings and water catalysis technology to them."

"But their industrial capacity is still very weak, otherwise they would not show any interest in hard titanium alloys."

"It's because the main cause of their survival pressure is not the threat of war and world destruction, but the gap in food supply. Next time when we bring the latest technology to synthesize urea from carbon dioxide and nitrogen, you will see if they can remain calm!"

"But isn't this technology still in the laboratory verification stage?"

“Is technology verified in the laboratory not technology?”

The other staff officers thought this made a lot of sense.

At this time, Staff Officer Zhang, who had been sitting at the control seat of the wave motion cannon, suddenly asked everyone: "Do you still remember that the elder of the Brotherhood of Steel mentioned a radiation purification device that seemed to be called "Garden of Eden"? "

"It seems to be called the Garden of Eden Creator!" another staff officer reminded.

"Do you think we can find this thing in the North American wasteland? If Elder Maxson's information is correct, then the Eden Creator is amazing."

But another staff officer raised a reasonable question that no one could avoid: "If there is, why is no one using it? If it is used, why is the North American wasteland still in such a bad state?"

"Aren't we planning to visit the Brotherhood of Steel headquarters in Washington in a few days? Why not take this opportunity to ask them, just in case it's true!"

……

When Boss Cheng and his companions crossed the twilight line again and returned to the Boston wasteland, the sun had just set below the horizon. The half of the sun that had not yet set burned the western sky into a candy-like color, and Barton and Natasha sat outside the hotel, facing the sunset and waiting for Boss Cheng's return.

As soon as Boss Cheng walked out of the teaching building, Barton and Natasha came to meet him. Boss Cheng didn't even need to think about it, and asked the two people directly: "Have you found it?"

"found it!"

"Not found!" Patton said.

"But we found a lot!" said Natasha.

Patton didn't even plan to go into the house. He took out a map on the playground and pointed to a place in Kentucky and told his boss:

"Here, Fort Knox in Louisville, Kentucky! If you found gold in the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan, there must be gold here too, lots of it!"

"And here!" Natasha also took out a map and told Boss Cheng: "In Denver, Colorado, the mint here should also have a reserve of no less than 800 tons of gold."

Hawkeye emphasized to Boss Cheng: "The doors of these two vaults are very large, very heavy, and very difficult to open. They are extremely challenging!"

Natasha added: "It is said that there is also a large vault in the basement of the Military Academy (West Point). However, considering that the vaults of the Federal Reserve Bank have been emptied, I guess there is basically no hope for the one in the basement of the school."

"Our two suggestions are: wait until you have visited the other ones before going to West Point."

Natasha nodded and said, "Although it is the closest to Boston."

Finally, Hawkeye looked at Natasha again, and took out a very large map of England and spread it on the ground. Natasha half-knelt on the ground, pointed at London on the map and said, "The Central Bank of Great Britain! Apart from the Federal Reserve Bank and Fort Knox, it is the place with the most gold in the world!"

"The gold there is worth about $2500 billion!" Hawkeye shouted excitedly, "Did you hear that? 2500 billion! Fucking dollars! Even though there is a vault that is said to be the safest in the world, the gold inside is worth $2500 billion!"

But when Boss Cheng heard this, all he could think of was "the safest safe in the world." Boss Cheng quickly asked, "How safe is that safe?"

"The British boasted that they could withstand a nuclear strike of 500 million tons." Natasha shrugged and said, "Who knows? The British are famous for their boasting. Even the KGB knows this, and they know it better than the British themselves."

But Natasha noticed that a creepy green light was flashing in Boss Cheng's eyes just after she finished speaking. Natasha suddenly realized that Boss Cheng would probably not listen to anything else after hearing the news of "500 million tons equivalent".

At the same time, the UNSC staff members, who had taken a short break after getting off the spaceship, also walked out of the teaching building and came to the playground.

Staff Officer Zhang, who had a rather cunning eye, immediately noticed that Boss Cheng's eyes were emitting a green light that "no human could ever emit." Staff Officer Zhang patted Zhou Zhezhi on the shoulder and asked, "Little Zhou, do you think Boss Cheng is okay?"

Zhou Zhezhi, Jiancheng, Natasha and Hawkeye gathered together, and their eyes were all flashing green. Zhou Zhezhi rolled his eyes decisively, and then told Zhang as if jokingly: "The three of them are probably planning to rob a vault somewhere."

"Oh!" Staff Officer Zhang laughed when he got the answer, and said, "If he continues to rob, our gold price will probably plummet."

Staff Officer Zhang walked over to Boss Cheng and asked jokingly, "Are you busy? Are you planning to rob the vault?"

"Oh, yes!" Boss Cheng admitted frankly.

"Have you ever been to the small vault in the basement of West Point Military Academy?" Staff Officer Zhang gave his suggestion with a smile: "I heard that although the vault is not very big, there should be dozens or even hundreds of tons of gold in it. Otherwise, the security measures would not be so good."

“The security measures are very good!”

The green light in Boss Cheng's eyes lit up again.

Natasha and Barton also looked at the time and saw that it was not yet 6 o'clock, so they immediately urged Boss Cheng: "How about we change our plan and go to New York now while it's still light?"

Who would have thought that Boss Cheng said, "It doesn't matter if it's dark. The searchlight on the 40000 is so big and bright that it can make it look like daytime even in the middle of the night. In addition, I have several 1-lumen flashlights that are specially prepared for night operations!"

Seeing this, Barton and Natasha could only say: "Well, this is called professionalism!"

10 minutes later, the three of them forcibly dragged the captain who had watched Denise play games all day, and put on the power armor prepared for scavenging. They took the chain swords, brought the plasma pistols, pushed the cart, and boarded Fxxk Kill 40000 and headed straight for New York.

It took the four men less than 20 minutes to drive the battleship from Boston to the Hudson River in New York. All the buildings nearby were completely razed to the ground by the nuclear bomb, so it was much more difficult than the four men expected to accurately locate the location of West Point Military Academy in the ruins.

Seeing this, the optimistic Patton believed that the harder it was to find the West Point underground vault, the better it would be for them.

"Besides, the radiation level here is so high that it further eliminates the possibility of the vault being looted after the war."

You know what Hawkeye said, it really makes sense! Otherwise, how could he play with bows and arrows? This perspective on the problem is really tricky!

"Sweet cheese!" Boss Cheng called out, suddenly thinking of something.

"Yes, Pilot. Please give me your orders, meow!"

"Have you downloaded the full set of Google Maps and Google Street View?"

"Yes, it did happen when I was practicing my navigation skills, meow!"

"Then please help me find the location of West Point Military Academy by comparing the surrounding terrain with the Google Street View in the database!"

"Okay! I'll compare it right away, meow!"

0214 They tried

The residents of the New York Wasteland will never forget October 2282.

Because in this month, the Afghan Communist Party’s spacecraft actually crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and attacked us!

Twice! The first time was a daytime assault, and the second time was a sneak attack at dusk!

The second spaceship that attacked New York was even bigger than the first one! Many residents even saw the name of the ship "Fxxk Kill 40000" clearly written on the hull!

"The Communist Party of Afghanistan will not leave New York until they have killed 40000 people!"

This rumor will start tonight and spread to every corner of New York within a week. After that, forces in various parts of the New York wasteland will even use this as an excuse to start arresting people in various parts of the wasteland in the name of "voluntary sacrifice".

It was not until the Brotherhood of Steel in Washington could no longer stand it and began to organize troops to expedition to New York, and then wiped out all the messy forces entrenched in New York, that the former "Big Apple" finally had something called "order" under the control of the Brotherhood of Steel.

But these are all later stories. After all, Boss Cheng is immersed in the game of finding the "maze entrance" at this time!

It was hard to imagine that a former TOP10 player in the competitive world would use all his abilities to help the former West Point Military Academy clean up the ruins in order to find the entrance to the underground vault. He lifted dozens of tons of collapsed walls dozens of meters away, causing the CMC power armor to activate the power-off protection program due to overload.

Boss Cheng, wearing a power armor without power, threw everything that could be thrown out of the West Point ruins outside the school area marked by Sweet Cheese. Rogers went to the nearby area alone to throw stones at mutant mosquitoes for fun. Barton and Natasha could only stare at Boss Cheng in awe.

Really, these two people found that Boss Cheng, who was digging into the vault, was much more motivated than when he was fighting the Chitauri in New York.

"found it!"

Finally! God paid off, and the entrance to the underground vault of West Point was found by Boss Cheng. And after the four people entered the underground vault with strong flashlights, they found that the door of the vault was still tightly blocked at the entrance of the vault.

Boss Cheng walked forward and turned the hand wheel of the vault door with all his strength. But he didn't know whether it was because the parts of the door had rusted together or the safety lock of the door was still effective. Anyway, the hand wheel on the vault door was broken off by Boss Cheng with a "click".

Boss Cheng threw the 50-kilogram disc to the ground and quickly turned around to explain to the other three people: "It's because of its poor quality. I didn't use any force at all just now."

But Rogers, Barton and Natasha said: "Don't worry about us, just be happy."

"okay!"

Next, Boss Cheng used thermite explosives, plasma welding guns, and the Covenant's plasma pistol to break down the vault door. But just as Director Zhang said, this door was indeed very strong. Even with the above methods, it could not be completely destroyed.

Finally, Boss Cheng, who had had enough of demolishing the vault door, picked up the chain saw sword and slashed many times at various places on the vault door. These seemed random, but the next second Boss Cheng exerted his strength and pulled down the vault door weighing more than 20 tons.

"Please!" Rogers said helplessly, "How familiar are you with the structure of the vault door?"

Yes, to what extent does one have to be familiar with the technique to be able to turn what looks like random chopping into a magical operation of accurately cutting off the latch of the vault door with every blow.

The oil seller said: There is nothing special about it, it’s just that my hands are skilled.

Then, the door to the vault was gone.

Then, Patton and Natasha were dumbfounded when they entered the vault.

But why were only Barton and Natasha dumbfounded?

Because neither Boss Cheng nor the captain went in. Boss Cheng stayed at the door to summarize the experience and lessons learned from destroying the door, while the captain stood beside Boss Cheng and commented on the experience summarized by Boss Cheng.

After all, Boss Cheng is like a scumbag who only cares about the process and not the results. The captain just wants to go out for a stroll and learn some new things.

Barton and Natasha entered the vault and shone their flashlights into the small vault. The vault was clean and empty.

Just like the original Federal Reserve Bank, there are no gold bars here, nor are there any shelves to put them on. And looking at the clean floor here, it is not difficult to judge that the guys who emptied the place at that time must have had plenty of time and moved it quite calmly.

Not only were there no gold bricks left here, there weren't even any scratches or garbage on the floor tiles.

"If there's nothing, then there's nothing!" The satisfied Boss Cheng advised the two: "Scrap picking is just like being a thief. Since even thieves sometimes leave empty-handed, isn't it normal for us to come out to scavenge and not find anything?"

Rogers laughed after hearing this, praising Boss Cheng for his words. But Barton and Natasha looked as if they had seen a ghost, and then both of them fell into depression.

"Wait until next weekend!" Boss Cheng promised eagerly, "Next weekend, whether we go to the bunker in Kentucky or the mint in Denver, it's up to you two to choose! Then we can all work together to tear down the vault door!"

"We are committed!"

The two men cheered up and high-fived Boss Cheng and the captain and swore an oath.

then……

"Oh my god! The door to this bunker vault is so exciting to open!"

"This is Fort Knox! Don't you want to take some pictures to show off to your friends later?"

In the basement of Fort Knox in Kentucky, Boss Cheng was contentedly checking the vault door that he had opened "without damage". Captain Rogers, with his eyes wide open, turned on the video mode and filmed the underwear in the vault of Fort Knox, leaving the most valuable evidence for himself to be harassed by the FBI in the future.

Only Patton and Natasha were upset.

Because this place is also empty.

No wonder the wasteland residents living in Fort Knox not only did not stop them from entering Fort Knox, but even hoped that Boss Cheng could help them open the door of the underground vault to increase the living space inside the base.

It turned out that the bastards outside had known that the underground vault was empty, and they tricked them into going down to open the door as if they were fooling some stupid kids.

"But I wasn't cheated. I came here just to open the door!" said Boss Cheng.

So everyone's joys and sorrows are different. Boss Cheng and the captain are very happy, only Patton and Natasha are sad again.

Fortunately, there was still hope for the Denver Mint. Besides, it was not even noon yet. And the distance between Colorado and Kentucky (in Boss Cheng's opinion) was not far. So the four of them set off from Kentucky in a battleship and headed straight for Denver, which had been burned down by fire before the outbreak of the nuclear war.

This time, Natasha and Patton finally did not come up empty-handed.