I, the undead, save the world with the dolls

This theater was once a place where international superstars came to perform. But now there is only the silent air, the stage, and a holographic light blue ghost wandering around.

After the drone entered the theater, it did not trigger the security alert and began to hover inside.

When 416 entered, he was immediately detected as a non-staff member. Then, 416 was suddenly spotted by four or five highly alert holographic security guards.

The holographic security guards' logic is that as long as the show hasn't started, customers can't enter. So the holographic security guards' mission is to prevent tourists from staying in the theater.

As for the drone, it seemed to be judged as something similar to a tool, so there was no response.

But mysteriously, the only way these holographic security guards can drive people away is to attack them with high-energy rays from their heads.

416 then witnessed the power of the holographic security. She immediately opened fire on the holographic security guards before her, their high-speed bullets piercing through the illusory projections and striking the wall behind them. The holographic security guards' lights instantly changed from blue to red, indicating a crisis state.

Without any warning, the holographic security guard pointed his finger at his head, and a red light suddenly appeared above his head.

416 hadn't anticipated this attack, and she dodged as the opponent's hand reached for her head. But a humanoid's speed couldn't match the speed of light.

One or two beams of light from behind her struck the floor or the wall, creating holes. Others flew straight towards her. Even though 416 moved quickly, the dangerous beams still hit her.

The stance shield she was equipped with was immediately activated, but the opponent's high-energy laser was not to be trifled with. The activation of four or five high-energy lasers directly caused the stance shield generator to shut down, and the remaining firepower was directly absorbed by 416.

The damage feedback from the damaged area made 416 immediately understand that the holographic security guard's attack method was high-energy laser.

Her arm was not penetrated by the light, but the part of her exoskeleton armor that was hit was burned through, and some of the parts inside were carbonized.

Because the exoskeleton armor on the back provided better protection, the bullet only penetrated the armor, burning the inner skin and causing the metal parts to become red and overheated.

After being hit by high-energy rays, part of the skin and artificial muscles on her arm were instantly burned, but the internal structure was still intact and she could barely move.

After all, her body had a solid laser-resistant coating that could mitigate some of the damage from laser weapons. While it wasn't very effective against high-powered weapons, it was still quite effective against single-armed soldiers—at least a few shots from the enemy wouldn't immediately cost her an arm.

416 scurried out of the theater, slammed the door behind her, and hurriedly evacuated. She only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the holographic security guards hadn't chased her out. She returned to the door and asked the commander to replace her arm while she waited for the downed shields to restart.

Field maintenance is always a difficult task. Sun Yang set up a temporary repair station at the door and tried his best to replace the parts on 416's arm.

On the other side of the casino, G11 also scrambled out, the holographic security guards behind him chasing him for a few meters before turning back due to lack of range. These were all people being chased out by the casino's overwhelming number of holographic security guards.

"Can you believe this? I located the transmitter inside the wall, and they built the holographic transmitter into the concrete! It's a complete bug!" G11 complained, stretching out her burned calf. The electronic components inside were all burnt.

The speed of replacing parts is not fast, and this time allows 416 to rethink the danger of this place.

The experience of being chased and attacked by several holographic security guards made 416 take the danger level here seriously again. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and ran away directly from the holographic security's range of action, otherwise she would have been chased and shot several more times.

If it happens a few more times, I'll have to return it to the factory for repairs. If a human were to encounter this, those lasers would probably just punch a hole through them.

"Well, I heard that the high-tech here are all harmless experiments sold by the Great Mountain Range to the boss here. Although no matter how you look at it, they were just sent here casually. Maybe they want to use this place as a field test site. Try to avoid these things, or find other solutions." Sun Yang was powerless to complain about this overly powerful weapon.

After Sun Yang's reminder, 416 carefully bypassed the holographic security devices and began to figure out how to turn them off.

Sun Yang provided his own intelligence: as long as a scenario matching the performance was activated, the surrounding holographic security guards would cease their work. 416 felt that this statement was somewhat unreliable, but she chose to continue to trust Sun Yang's judgment.

Old Ghoul Dean had once recorded a holographic recording here for a performance. This recording could completely recreate the objects and sounds of an entire environment. For Griffin, it was a supercharged version of 3D projection technology.

When 416 and an intelligent drone found the holographic recording and inserted it into a nearby projector, the surrounding holographic security immediately changed their behavior and withdrew from the venue. Instead, a dozen holographic tourists recorded in the holographic recording arrived.

The graceful piano music has sounded, and the tourists in the surrounding holographic projections have taken their seats. In front of the stage, next to the microphone, a handsome and cool figure appears.

The golden songs of the pre-war era have been sounded, and the recorded jazz singers have spanned hundreds of years and are once again playing in this casino that is frozen in time.

That was the dead old ghoul, Dean, whose appearance in life had been recorded forever. No casino with a living person had used this method to record the life that once existed.

For some reason, looking at the group of projections in the empty theater, singing passionately to the venue without any audience, 416 felt a little inexplicably excited.

143 Deep into the Suite

Further up, the environment becomes even more deplorable. As 45 and 9 advanced, they detected excessive levels of natural gas in the air. To provide the best food for the guests who visited and stayed there, the casino built a fully functional, substantial kitchen.

However, no matter how solidly a casino is built, it can't withstand hundreds of years of neglect. The doors to various areas of the casino are well sealed, and the natural gas leaking from the kitchen didn't leak outside. At most, some of it escaped through ventilation ducts.

45 and 9 closed the valves with trepidation and used some tape to stick up the leaking places. In short, they blocked these places first.

She ordered the drone to find the terminal that controlled the ventilation duct and quickly discharge the natural gas here - God knows what the architectural structure of this place is like. If there are natural gas reserves that can be used for hundreds of years stored under the casino, then the casino may collapse directly.

Fortunately, there were no holographic security guards to torment her in the kitchen. On a terminal in a room deep within the kitchen, 45 found the ventilation system's adjustment options. She immediately activated the system, and the surroundings were filled with the humming sound of awakening. Soon, 45's own environmental monitoring module indicated that the natural gas content in the air had dropped to a safe level.

"There's nothing more dangerous than a building on the verge of collapse that's still barely functioning." 45 muttered to himself. Inside the terminal, 45 also saw the staff complaining again.

-Another batch arrived-

Today we got another shipment (!) of kitchen knives for the Madrid restaurant, made from their new "space-age" alloy polymer. We have way more knives than we need for the grand opening; three steak knives per person is way too many! But for Sinclair, that's just how much. It always has to be the best, always, always, every time. He insists on perfection.

-These knives-

These knives are sharp, way too sharp! One chef nearly cut his thumb off while dicing vegetables, and our cutting boards keep breaking, one a day. These knives cut right through the cutting boards!

I always have to wipe up the blood, and the rags are almost used up.

Both records are full of kitchen dissatisfaction with table knives. Although everyone wants the knives in their hands to be extremely sharp, chefs probably don’t like knives that can cut the boards below.

However, 45 herself really likes this kind of table knife. She doesn't cook, and sturdy and sharp knives are very popular among tactical dolls.

There wasn't much left in the kitchen; the ingredients had long since rotted and been eaten by cockroaches. The only things left were various canned goods. 45 walked around, collected the remaining knives, and handed them all to Sun Yang at the door.

After exploring the casino, kitchen, and theater on the first floor, Team 404 began their arduous journey to explore the suite. Here, Team 404's main task was to play hide-and-seek with various holographic security guards and search for a crucial holographic image file.

"In this casino suite, there's a secret entrance to the sanctuary. It requires the voice recognition of the local celebrity, Vera, to open. I'm unsure what the consequences of forcing the lock would be. To be on the safe side, I'd better collect the tapes containing Vera's voice. I'll edit them after I've collected them."

While repairing the stealth exoskeleton suits for Team 404, Sun Yang instructed them on a new mission. Finding Vera's room in the game takes an hour or two, but in this environment, the game's architectural logic doesn't necessarily apply.

Inside the corridors of the upper suites, a red mist seeped out, corroding the surrounding walls day by day for centuries. The exposed natural gas pipelines had long since been completely corroded, and the gushing natural gas and red mist condensed together, blocking the entire corridor.

After detecting the natural gas leak, the casino's automated security system sealed the corridor with metal sliding doors, prohibiting any further opening. Team 404 was forced to wield a sledgehammer to smash a hole in the wall, then maneuver an exhaust fan into the corridor, which was filled with red mist and natural gas.

These dangerous gases pass through highly corrosion-resistant pipes and are compressed into a machine at the back end. This machine compresses the air into a container to ensure that it does not leak out.

Then a nearby drone threw these dangerous bottles and jars outside the casino and handed them to Sun Yang, who was practicing shooting, to blow them up with one shot.

The equipment was provided by Oasis's maid T-dolls, Sandra and cleaning T-doll Jessie, and the method was also their idea. Jessie, in particular, was the most professional cleaning T-doll among the civilian T-dolls and was very experienced in dealing with this kind of environment.

Although 404 really wanted Jessie to come in and help, she and her counterpart M1887 weren't particularly good at combat. Their reaction speeds, even at their maximum, weren't particularly fast, and their experience was far inferior to that of the 404 team, which had been constantly fighting.

Unfortunately, this suite has too many holographic security cameras. Perhaps from the very beginning, the boss, Sinclair, prioritized the protection of the suite's guests. Who knows what he believed, deploying a multitude of holographic security cameras capable of firing lethal lasers.

The holographic security system is so powerful that guests feel quite safe, but it can easily penetrate both the prisoner and the hostage. 416 guarantees that it's not difficult for this thing to burn a person into a candied haws.

In Jessie's case, she'd likely be slammed in the face by four or five holographic security guards who suddenly appeared while she was working. Then, after a burst of laser fire, Jessie's shield would be burned through, and her body would be charred. Finally, she would turn into a ball of ash and return to the base to recover.

404 had no choice but to slowly walk inside. Sun Yang also sent a few drones back to the casino entrance to move the cages and the Zidong turrets to the entrance, so that the gang would not wake up and really stand up with the cages to fight.

The search for 404 was not going fast, so Sun Yang had no choice but to watch the progress of each humanoid and world work, while also paying attention to what was happening with Ariana who was following the postman outside.

In short, the postman had completed his mission in town in one fell swoop. He was now heading north, a bag full of bottle caps. They had already decided to visit Liberty City and New Vegas.

[The postman said: "That bastard must have gone to New Vegas. We have to earn 2,000 bottle caps per person to get in! So we need to run around more and gain some experience. What if the big guys there need someone as strong as us to do some work?"] Ariana said in a voiceover.

"That's good, let her go. Just don't go crazy and look for a strange crashed satellite in the south." Sun Yang still supported the postman's wandering around.

Other directions are fine. The southernmost artificial satellite of Mojave is a teleportation device for the Great Mountains - to be more precise, a trap device. People who touch it will be teleported to the Great Mountains and immediately anesthetized, leaving them to be dissected by the perverted scientists there. It's terrifying to think about it.

It took several days to clean up Room 404 of the entire building. During this time, Sun Yang separated the people. He didn't intend to chat with them, simply giving them food and water and then leaving them there.

144 Find Password

On the tenth floor of the casino suite, in a dilapidated room, a shadowy blue figure moved about, repeating the last words of someone before they died.

"Sinclair! Sinclair! Where are you going? Why are you leaving me? Why..."

"I came all this way here and now I just want to leave, please... let me go..."

"All the doors are closed. I can hear other guests shouting, but their voices are gradually fading away..."

"We all paid the price for what we did. Sinclair, I'm sorry. I should have trusted you."

"I'm so sorry Sinclair—"

The woman's voice stopped abruptly.

"I'm the one you should feel the most sorry for." 416 turned off the holographic transmitter from behind the door with a tired look on his face, finally turning off the damn holographic image.

I wonder what idiot came up with the idea of ​​hiding the holographic projection transmitter behind the door, in the bathroom, behind the closet, and under the bed. This woman's projection was everywhere along the way. If 416 hadn't had her memory correct, she might have thought the projection was chasing her and trying to shoot her.

Initially, 416 thought these were just holographic projections with pre-recorded voices and images. Unexpectedly, the moment he appeared, the holographic projection placed its arms on its head and fired lasers at him. If 416 hadn't suffered a setback before, he would have been burned somewhere.

Then 416 was forced to listen to these holographic images muttering Sinclair dozens of times. She spent a long time walking around several times before finally turning off all the transmitters one by one. The last time, when the holographic projection had its back turned, she boldly checked the door and turned off the transmitter.

Oh my god, the terminals on this floor are so fiddly. After cracking one closed door, I have to crack another. Oh, this terminal can change IFF? But I've already shut down all the transmitters here... Drone, send the data from this terminal back. Now we know how to change the IFF. And what's that weird recording Sun Yang is looking for? I'm a little skeptical. 45, how's your cracking going?] 416 complained in the team chat.

"I'm sure that holographic projection that's been bothering you for a while is Vera. I'm editing this recording. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, the casino owner really loves Vera and even uses her voice as the activation code. Oh, and Vera was brought in by that old ghoul you killed. They were originally planning to come in and steal something." 45 retorted from another floor, editing Vera's voice in her hand, even though the shelter's doors remained closed.

"Huh? What a cliché. A wealthy boss falls in love at first sight with a rising star from the countryside, and this star was sent to him by his hated enemy. This character design is just like the novels some humanoids read. The character design is so clichéd," 416 said bluntly.

The subsequent developments were also quite cliché. Even after the affair was exposed, the boss remained infatuated, and the actress Vera also fell in love with Sinclair. Meanwhile, Sinclair, the boss, built a casino, intending to hide away his mistress after a nuclear war, and so used her voice as the password to activate the shelter. 9 speculated on the information he had read from the terminal along the way, supplementing it with some information based on Sun Yang's description.

[However, before things could develop further, a nuclear war broke out. Vera was imprisoned in a guest room on the upper floor, and her collapse was recorded by a holographic image. After all, she couldn't hack into a computer, nor could she easily pass through the red fog and tear down the wall with her bare hands to escape. Sinclair seemed to have died in the shelter? I don't remember clearly. Anyway, it doesn't matter if this place is locked up. I can just find someone with a welding gun and a cutter to cut a way out.] Sun Yang spoke a lot again.

"Have you confirmed we're being locked up this early, Commander? I don't mind your openly treating us as pathfinders, ok?" 45, while being sarcastic as usual, edited a bunch of audio clips and tried them one by one.

Always prepare for the worst. It's better to be prepared than to risk your life on luck. Being prepared is better than doing nothing. Sun Yang has long been accustomed to 45's attitude.

Rather than saying 45 was always targeting herself, it was more likely that after carrying out so many difficult missions, she had become accustomed to using this method to relieve the mental pressure of combat missions. Only by adjusting her mindset in the fastest way could she calmly face special situations.

[Okay, 45, stop pretending to solve the mystery. I found Vera's room.] 416 walked around several blocked corridors before entering a luxurious guest room under the guidance of the drone.

After several hours of futile shouting, the female star Vera moved to her own guest room on this floor before the wall of the building collapsed.

This guest room is furnished with exquisite coffee tables and sofa chairs, and a luxurious chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

Dozens of empty bottles of whiskey and brandy lay on the coffee table, suggesting the previous occupant was a complete alcoholic. Or perhaps she had been there for a long time.

Next to the coffee table was a professional chemistry workbench and a vending machine. The residual chemicals on the workbench had long since evaporated, leaving only a few stains on the surface. 416 had a drone analyze the traces and quickly concluded they were the ingredients of some kind of painkiller.

Facing the guest room were four floor-to-ceiling windows. Originally, these windows would have looked out onto the luxurious casino's perimeter and villas, and beyond that, the mountains surrounding the casino. But now, there was only a thick red fog that obscured everything.

At least I knew the red mist had no corrosive effect on glass. 416 scanned the room carefully, confirming there was no signal, before opening a door inside.

The air smelled rancid and nauseating. 416's air analysis module quickly determined that the room hadn't been properly ventilated for a long time.

This should be Vera's bedroom. 416 saw an automated doctor machine inside the room—probably some kind of portable version, and it looked to be in decent condition. Although it only consisted of various robotic arms and a large computer.

Deep in the bedroom was a large single bed. On the wall at the head of the bed, there was a line of words written in blood.

LET GO.

The person who wrote these words sat in a chair beside the bed. She had become a skeleton, and only the luxurious evening gown she wore confirmed her identity. She was surrounded by piles of spent painkiller injections.

[Oh? So it's here. Is this Vera the type who really values ​​this kind of thing?] 416 rummaged through the house and finally found a tape in the closet.

A woman dies up there, never to get down. A man dies down there, never to get up. Finally, a ghoul, staring longingly at the casino's treasure, dies at the hands of the person who gets the tape. Perhaps this is fate, too. 416~] 45 said sarcastically.

"Maybe it's fate, or maybe it was just the Commander's deliberate arrangement." 416 shrugged and returned to 45's floor with the tape.

145 Activities at the Bottom

After handing the tape to 45, Team 404 went back to Sun Yang for the last time. Considering that the team wouldn't be able to get the commander's support, they needed to adjust their equipment.

They didn't carry any heavy firepower, primarily replacing their exoskeletons with higher-powered, non-stealth versions to carry shields specifically designed to withstand high-energy lasers. Others also prepared specialized cutting and demolition tools, allowing the figures to dismantle walls or metal doors if necessary.

After the replacement was completed, 45 returned to the entrance and played the recording he had edited.

"Vera Keyes, the soundcheck for 'Sails of Love'... um, and the recordings from all the terminals. Let me mix them up." 45 spent a long time editing on a terminal.

"Start over again, but also know when to let go." A woman's voice emanated from the Pip-Boy she was talking about. The shelter door, which had troubled everyone for so long, finally opened.

[It's quite meaningful. I wonder what those who have fought their way here, through so much hardship, might think.] 416 stepped forward and activated the mechanism, opening the doors layer by layer.

"Yeah, yeah, it's not like us. When we run out of bullets, we ask the commander for more. When we need support, we ask the commander for a drone. When we're damaged, we ask the commander for repairs. And every clue or mystery is directly revealed by the commander, even the backstory is revealed." 45 complained, watching his teammates gather over here, bringing a support drone with them.

【而且我也没觉得哪里放手了，咱们的指挥官巴不得把这里的一砖一瓦都舔走，什么叫放手啊？我们的孙阳指挥官根本不认识这个词。如果不是咱们一直被被全息保安揍得满地乱爬，这趟完全就是来旅行的。】45不禁感叹道。

"Damn it! Being able to use something to get rid of it but not doing so is the most shameful thing in the world. Correct your attitude!" Sun Yang retorted directly. He was still sitting at the door. The arrested men looked very depressed. Even Elder Elijah had lost his composure.

Honestly, I don't think there's anything I need to let go of. Is there something valuable in here? I think if I just collect a bunch of chips and move a vending machine out, I'll have enough food and drink. G11 also climbed to this level and entered with the drone Sun Yang had given her.

You're underestimating human desire. Normally, the thought would be: I've endured so much—stepping on traps, being shot at by holographic security guards, being hacked by demons, nearly dying countless times—and all I get is a vending machine and a bunch of chips? This isn't worth the torment I've endured. I must obtain treasure commensurate with the danger and pain. As a humanoid who has spent years in human society, 9 is well aware of the mentality of some who take such desperate risks.

[And those who can come here are basically desperate desperadoes or unlucky people who have been captured. They are not the kind of people who can just move the vending machine and take some chips and go back. Okay, enough nonsense, let's see what treasures are buried in the deepest part of this shelter.] 45 saw that everyone had arrived, said a word to Sun Yang, and pressed the elevator button.

The elevator went all the way to the deepest part of the casino, and before them were metal doors one after another. Team 404 opened these doors one by one, but the alarm was triggered as soon as they entered.

[Damn it!] Squad 404 immediately formed a battle formation. Squad 416 held the shield in the front, while the others huddled in the back, activated the scanning module, and prepared to shoot at any turrets or enemies that appeared.