A technomancer's journey in an apocalyptic world

Chapter 137: The Hive (part-2)

Host has gained another fragment through scanning.

Host has gained another fragment through scanning.

Host.

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Host has gathered at fragments (20/20)

Surface to Surface Bunker Buster Missile Schematics gained.

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Ryan let a sigh of relief as he managed to gain another schematic as he spoke with a sigh of relief, "I never thought I would find something like this here, alas I could not get the cruise one as there were only three of them here I need to scan seventeen more."

"Hey Ryan, can I ask you something?"

As Ryan gave a nod Ylerias spoke, "This thing you called it a bunker buster, so does it splits the bunker open with explosive force?"

"Oh no, from what I know about it the missile drills into the bunker before exploding inside it, killing the occupants of the bunker."

"I see so now the only thing left for you is to dissemble them."

Ryan gave a nod as he spoke, "Yes that is the only thing left for me to do."

"Also about the latest quest that you have received any thoughts on how you will complete it?"

Ryan sighed as he ran his hand through his hair as he spoke, "I have no idea, and the closest nuclear arsenal is located somewhere in the country whose location I do not know, and even if I find one I will have to scan it and if I need twenty bunker busters to get a single schematic a nuclear weapons that I need would be many times more than that and I do not think my country will have enough of them."

"And then the thermonuclear weapon is evolved version of nuclear weapon."

Ryan gave a nod as he spoke, "Yes, it is and the only country that I know that might have some is United States of America, it is far off not to mention before the Apocalypse it used to be the strongest nation but now I do not know what has become of it."

"I see then the only thing you can do is research hard to make it."

Ryan gave a tired sigh as he spoke in a depressed tone, "Like such a thing is easy, creating a nuke alone is difficult let alone creating a thermonuclear that can surpass the 'Tsar Bomba'."

"At least you do not have any time limit for the quest."

Ryan's depression increased even further as he spoke, "I know but that also means anytime he can ask for me to hand it over to him, it can be two days from today or a month."

Ylerias gave a comforting squeeze on his hand as she spoke, "Well that is true but I doubt he will be unreasonable."

"Easy for you to say for I will have firsthand experience on how the surface of the sun feels like."

But before they could do anything else a frantic radio message came to their ears, "The Hive is moving, I repeat the Hive is OH MY GOD IT JUMPED!!!!!"

The depot was damaged significantly all those months ago but the lack of maintenance had done a great injustice to it and the giant creature landing on it, as it began to collapse.

"RYAN RUN!!!!!"

As Ylerias shouted at the top of her lungs the duo did not wait any longer as they ran as fast as they could towards the exit while the ceiling on top of them began to crumble and fall apart.

"Will those things blow up?"

As Ylerias shouted her question to Ryan he simply grunted as he replied back, "Yes many of them would and it would trigger a chain reaction, even if they are not primed with my luck they would detonate especially with the damage they would receive from that thing jumping up and down."

"That is the common tactics of a 'Hive' since they lack any other means to fight themselves, they use their rather long legs to kick, stomp and in some cases jump, now hurry."

Ryan did not need to be told twice as he took charge disassembling any and everything in his path as Ylerias followed closely after him, and because of their skills and high tier level, it did take long to reach near the exit when the ground caved in under the jumping Hive.

As the ground caved in one of the legs of the creature got caught under the rubble but before it could free itself a titanic explosion took place that blew its leg apart as the creature toppled over causing a small quake in the area.

Ryan dissembled the steel door and as he turned his head slightly he saw a bright red flash moving towards him, he did not waste any time as he swapped his hand and a wall now covered the doorway just in time for the blast to hit it.

The walls surrounding it cracked as debris fell on his head as Ylerias shouted again, "Keep moving."

The duo dashed towards the stair only for a large quake to hit them as the iron stairs began to collapse.

Ryan's eyes widen as he whispered out, "Not good."

He turned towards Ylerias grabbing her tightly he jumped towards the nearest wall, which hollowed out before forming a cocoon around them.

The duo stood inside their narrow sheltered cocoon panting hard while the place outside collapsed.

"We can move soon."

"A loud roar came to their ears, a roar that seemed to shake the ground itself."

"Huh, it seems that the Hive is injured, and now we will have a chance to escape."

"How will it help us to escape the Hive will make the undead inside it to search for us now."

"Normally it would but it is injured and now it would try to heal by consuming any and all undead that it has come into contact and it will be our window of escape, but we will wait for a moment just to be sure and catch some breath."

Ryan gave a small nod as the duo stood silently in the cramped up space, when Ryan had carried Ylerias to take shelter he had picked her up in such a way that her legs were wrapped around Ryan's waist while his head lay on her bosom.

Ryan could hear her erratic heartbeat as he paid no mind to it while he came to one conclusion, 'Puberty sucks, teenage life sucks.'

And after what seemed like an eternity the duo left the cocoon only to face the reality that not only the staircase but the roof has also collapsed.

"I will make the ladder."

Ryan quickly released Ylerias who stood on the small platform while Ryan created a ladder as he climbed out first.

Meanwhile, Ylerias stopped briefly as she placed her hand over her heart as she sent a small smile towards Ryan as she mused inwardly, 'It is a good thing that Ryan is a gentleman as it would have a shame to kill him for touching me, I do not like being touched without my permission especially by my opposite gender and in such an intimate manner.'

"Hurry up Ylerias, move fast."

They climbed up from the depths of the depot before they made a mad dash towards the car which approached them to pick them up.

Firmly seated on the back of the SUV Ryan could not help but let out a sigh of relief as he spoke, "I am tired let us return home hopefully we can get something to eat.", and as he spoke a small drool appeared from the corner of his mouth.

The driver of the car snickered as well as the soldier of Black Wolves sitting by her side as she spoke, "Same old Ryan always thinking about food."

The woman on her side gave a nod as she spoke, "He would not be our little glutton Ryan if stopped thinking about food."

Ryan blushed as he spoke with a huff, "Stop teasing me Aunties."

His response earned him a round of chuckles before one of them spoke with a serious look on her face, "Jokes aside, did you manage to get everything you wanted?"

Ryan sighed as he spoke, "Well I managed to get a few schematics and dismantled a few missiles, but now, now I have a new quest that I need help for, and I do not know if you can help me Aunt May."

The driver slightly turned her head as she spoke, "What do you need help for?"

"Aunt May, I need to know the location of the nearest Nuke."

May almost caused the car to crash against a tree upon hearing that as her companion Julie quickly spoke,  "May eyes on the road and Ryan what kind of quest that requires a Nuke."

Ryan scratched his cheeks as he replied back with a tone full of embarrassment, "Well I have a quest to create a thermonuclear bomb that outstrips the power of 'Tsar Bomba'."

Julie's eyes narrowed as she spoke, "Just remind me what this 'Tsar Bomba' thing is?"

"It was a Russian Nuke created during the Soviet era and even after so many decades it is still the strongest Nuke ever detonated."

Julie closed her eyes as she spoke with a sigh, "I see and now you need to create an H-Bomb to break the record, but I am sorry to say we lowly grunts of the army are not privy to the location of a Nuke, and I doubt even Major would privy to one on top of that I do not think our country has a H-Bomb."

Ryan groaned as he spoke, "I know but more importantly even if I want to make a nuke I would need schematics for it and getting schematics for it would require me to scan who knows how many."

Julie turned towards him as she continued to speak, "It would be a long and tedious mission and the only way that I can think about getting a schematic of a nuke is if you can make it to the states."

May shook her head as she spoke with a frown on her face, "It is easier said than done, US is a large country many times bigger than our own and even if it has hundreds of Nuke it will be like searching for a needle in a haystack, so Ryan can you not pay a visit to the Nuclear Power Plant near this region, may be you can reverse engineer something."

Ryan sighed as he spoke, "May be but I do not wish to waltz into a danger zone who knows what the condition of the reactors are, according to the media it was fully functional before the plug was pulled off not to mention the Apocalypse happened soon after."

May frowned as she spoke, "That would not be good but if I recall we have an Engineer who used to work in that place maybe he can shed some light to you."

Ryan's eyes widen momentarily as he spoke, "Really we have one."

As Julie gave a nod he continued with a large smile on his face, "Then I will approach him and from there on I can proceed with the quest."

Meanwhile back in New Hope, Ciara glared at the figure wrapped up in a bandage hard, she could have allowed the person to heal up using magic but at the moment she was extremely angry with her to do so.

"Michalina what possessed you to pick a fight with her?"

Michalina grumbled as Ciara's eyes narrowed as she spoke in a heated tone, "Louder."

"We were sparring and it got a bit wild."

"Please do not give that excuse to me young woman, why are you so banged up."

"We had a disagreement but now it is solved okay so please let it go."

Ciara growled as Michalina spoke with a sigh, "Look mom we had a disagreement but we worked our differences so please do not chase that issue and let someone heal me."

Ciara's eyes narrowed as she spoke, "Fine then I will let you off the hooks for now.", she looked towards Ruby before she spoke again, "Heal her."