chsdbacks Chapter 6 Prologue
Chapter 6 Prologue
Huo Yuhao did not intend to stay in a small town; instead, he wanted to join John's team.
Although the boy was only eleven years old at the moment, he had inexplicably come to this unfamiliar place.
But what he knew made him realize one thing: to find a way home, he first needed to be able to survive in this wasteland.
The best way to achieve this for the boy is to join the team, since survival skills are essential for going anywhere.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao had no idea where he should go to find a way back.
At the same time, it is unclear where one can learn survival skills in the wasteland.
Therefore, looking at John and the others in front of him, he knew this was the best opportunity, so he mustered up his courage and said those words.
"I can do a lot of things. I can help you move things, and I can cook. I can learn things I don't know... Please let me stay. I don't want to live here like this. I want to go home..."
In the end, Huo Yuhao's words about wanting to go home were almost inaudible. He understood that saying these things out of the blue at this moment would confuse them.
However, he was afraid that once he arrived at the outpost, he would lose the courage to say these words.
After saying these words, Huo Yuhao looked at John in front of him, anxiously awaiting his reply, and even prepared to plead again.
Meanwhile, Cole and his two companions, upon hearing the boy say such things, were completely bewildered, since they didn't need to go home with him.
After all, in the Mojave Wasteland, following them meant being ready to fight at any time, and even risking death.
Hearing this, the three of them couldn't understand why Huo Yuhao was saying these things. In fact, they were already prepared to watch John give this clueless brat a good scolding.
However, after hearing Huo Yuhao's words, John did not immediately refuse, but stared into the other's eyes for a few seconds.
Finally, as if he had found something to look forward to, John simply said, "I agree. Consider it an increase in our speed."
As he spoke, the other person threw the bag of miscellaneous items he was carrying to Huo Yuhao, and the other three people beside him did the same.
Although they were somewhat surprised that John agreed so easily, they still obeyed his orders.
After feeling the four extra bags of miscellaneous items on his body, Huo Yuhao knew that the other party had agreed to his request.
Then Huo Yuhao carried these things on his back and followed them towards the Mojave outpost.
Even though carrying these things was tiring, he persevered.
After reaching the outpost, the miscellaneous items were taken away, and he sat on the ground, panting heavily.
John and his men went into the outpost to report their situation.
He didn't know what they said inside, only that Rand and the other two went into the bar next door soon after, while John didn't come out with them.
At that moment, feeling someone watching him, he looked up and around, but couldn't find who it was.
After a while, he saw John come out from inside, and he quickly stood up from the ground.
He looked at himself, then tossed them a set of clothes and equipment just like theirs. John said, "One advantage of the Rangers recruiting is that we can actively recruit people, and there are no regional or background restrictions, just the requirement of suitability."
"Although we don't need to wait for new recruits to be sent from above, we still need to give them a heads-up."
"But kid, to make them believe that I wasn't really crazy to make this decision, I've been exaggerating your abilities to an incredible degree."
Hearing this, he paused for a moment, then continued changing into the outfit, tentatively asking, "How much should it be blown out?"
To this, John said somewhat seriously, "I told you you could crush bullets, drink fuel, travel a thousand miles a day without getting tired, and never miss a shot..."
Hearing this, he was clearly not in a good mood, and in the end, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
But he added at the end, "I want to tell you that to become a Ranger, you need to pass a test, and that test is extremely difficult. So, kid, try your best to live to the day you pass the test."
After I changed into the gear, I replied, "Yes, Captain..."
After spending a day at the outpost, they began their journey north, passing through the town of Prim, heading north from the quarry to patrol the northern part of New Vegas.
Of course, they wouldn't accommodate Huo Yuhao's speed during this process, so he could only carry his equipment and ammunition and try his best to keep up with them.
Walking under the scorching sun was a test in itself, and escaping from the wasteland was also crucial, but fortunately he persevered.
As for what this New Vegas is, according to Huo Yuhao's original words from the captain, it is "the largest city in the entire Mojave region, and also a bustling gambling city."
Of course, all of this was a story for Huo Yuhao to tell later. At this moment, he was lying on the ground, aiming his shotgun at a lizard about half a person's height two hundred meters away, while Captain John was squatting beside him watching everything.
This was John testing his abilities, and also to see if he could have an extra meal at dinner.
Although this was Huo Yuhao's first time using a firearm, it was not complicated to operate. He only needed to listen to the explanation once to know how to shoot.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao was aiming at the lizard with a crosshair. Even though this world was completely different from Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao was unable to fully unleash his Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
However, his Soul Martial Soul still allows him to achieve a level of vision far beyond that of ordinary people.
Even with only the most basic iron sights, a target 200 meters away was still very clear to him.
Once everything was ready, the trigger was pulled.
The expected sound of a neutron bullet leaving the barrel did not occur; instead, there was only the crisp clicking sound of the firing pin being activated.
Before Huo Yuhao could react, the captain beside him said with some surprise, "I thought you were just joking before, but I didn't expect you to have never used a gun before. You don't even have the habit of checking the ammunition inside, and you didn't even feel that there was anything wrong with the weight of this gun..."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked somewhat embarrassed, but the truth was that he had never used these firearms.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to take out bullets to load, the captain spoke up again.
"Alright, I'm going to get a special bullet. You stay here." With that, he walked away, while the boy continued to lie there, watching the lizard in the distance.
When he heard footsteps approaching, no bullets appeared. Just as he instinctively turned his head to see what was going on...
Suddenly, he kicked Huo Yuhao with tremendous force. Even though he was wearing armor, Huo Yuhao was still kicked away and his hunting rifle fell to the ground.
Faced with this situation, Huo Yuhao didn't realize what was going on, but John, the team leader, had already appeared in front of Huo Yuhao.
He crouched down and looked at Huo Yuhao, whose body was curled up in pain from the kick.
Then, he said in an extremely stern tone, "You must remain calm when shooting, but you can't stand still like a block of wood. When there are no teammates behind you, you must pay attention to any movement around you and be ready to react at any time, otherwise you will only become a corpse."
"And listen to me carefully, no matter what, never let your weapon leave your side. You're not Deathclaw; going bare-handed is just waiting to die."
After John finished speaking, he stood up.
Huo Yuhao got up from the ground and gripped the hunting rifle tightly in his hand again. He knew that the captain was right, so he said, "Understood, Captain."
"I can't hear you, speak louder!" the other person roared at him.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked at the other person, and then, as if releasing all the power within his chest, shouted, "Understood, Captain!"
Upon hearing this, John smiled and immediately said, "Very good, now fire on the target."
As he spoke, he threw a bullet at Huo Yuhao.
After catching the bullet, Huo Yuhao immediately pulled the bolt to chamber it, then raised the gun and aimed in the direction he had just been.
The lizard, which was a hundred meters away, had already noticed the commotion the two had made and began to leave.
Therefore, the target Huo Yuhao was about to shoot was no longer the one that had just been stationary, but the one that was now moving.
John, standing nearby, pulled out his binoculars and looked in that direction. In his view, for a novice like Huo Yuhao, who was shooting for the first time, the outcome of shooting at such a constantly moving target was basically that he would miss.
Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility of luck, but such cases are extremely rare.
The real purpose of this shooting was already achieved with the kick to Huo Yuhao, and the accuracy of the shot can be practiced later.
So now, he was just watching Huo Yuhao fire his gun without firing.
However, at this moment, Huo Yuhao was looking at the constantly moving lizard through the scope, his gun barrel following the target.
At that moment, as his spirit eyes fixed on the other person, the scene there seemed to magnify in Huo Yuhao's mind, and he even felt that everything around him slowed down a bit.
Seeing this, the boy did not hesitate at all, pulled the trigger, and then the sound of a bullet leaving the barrel rang out.
Then, from John's perspective, a splash of blood bloomed at the lizard's eye, and then its entire body collapsed to the ground.
From loading to hitting the target, it all took only five seconds. John put down his binoculars and turned to look at the boy beside him.
Huo Yuhao was still in a shooting posture when John immediately threw him another bullet, telling him to shoot at another target in the distance.
John remained skeptical of the result, believing the other party was simply lucky.
But the next moment, after the gunshot rang out, another lizard in the distance also fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
He then handed the boy a few more bullets, and the boy responded with several gunshots and the sight of a target falling in the distance.
Finally, he put down his binoculars, looked at Huo Yuhao beside him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If you weren't bluffing me before, and this is your first time shooting, then I think your shooting skills have at least reached the level of a veteran ranger."
Huo Yuhao was delighted by this, as his abilities had been recognized.
However, John didn't say anything more about it, but instead asked Huo Yuhao to cut off the meat from the lizards to prepare for dinner.