Brant Barrientos ran into the night from the small village Jackson. He was terrifying, cold tolerant, optimistic. He was a young agile man with long pink hair. He was actually a monk by profession, but he was neither vegetarian nor pacifist. He walked across the dark field to a radio tower. There he put on worker shirt, worker pants, steeltoed boots. Then he found a pair of binoculars and a survivor map. He could see a big lake in the south, where an aircraft carrier floated. He waited until dawn and then continued his exploration.
Brant found a flashlight in a broken car. He found a truck at a sewage treatment plant and drove it away, two feral men chasing after. Then he found a hard hat, a toolbelt, a rubber hose, a heavy sledgehammer. He smashed a zombie. The zombie bit him. Luckily there was no infection. He switched to a 4x3 minicar that he found at a nursing home. He found a baton, a leather backpack, a holster, a special unit helmet, a kevlar vest at a roadblock. He drove through fungal land and found an evac shelter. He got some bottled water, a blanket, some lighters, some bandage and disinfectant. The message board in the evac shelter showed the way to refugee center. He found a wood axe in a country house.
Brant visited the refugee center and bought a shotgun, a pipe spear, some ammo, some tools. The teamster showed him the way to Cody and Jay. He left refugee center and kept driving. He saw a silo on a field. The ground around the silo was covered in pulped zombies and craps of flesh. He climbed up the silo and saw Hub 01 in the south.
Brant went to Hub 01 and was told of the position of the prototype robot. He found the robot and led it to a speedway. The robot killed zombies. Then he led the robot to two robbers on road. The robot killed the robbers. Then they passed by a corpse pit. The robot killed everything immediately. Then they cleared a light industry, killed some field zombies, slaughtered zombie cows at a dairy farm, cleared the small village Dunbarton. The duo arrived in the town Millville. Prototype robot saw a grocery bot surrounded by zombies! It rushed to help the other bot. It killed many many zombies, but grocery bot still unfortunately died. Prototype robot cleared half of Millville before dying to a zombie shocker. Brant picked up the I/O recorder and traveled back. Along the way he found an AR-15, some sausages, a ballistic vest, an anti-riot armor, a bill axe, some tools, some scientist ID cards.
Brant cleared a church south to the refugee center. This became his home.
Brant visited Cody and Jay. Three zombies horses followed him and then were shot down by turrets of the two artisans. He bought an iron-shod club, a saber, a pair of iron greaves, some books. He began to use the saber as his main weapon. He found a swamp hut. He tore down the charcoal kiln and loaded the rocks onto his minicar. He then switched to a muscle car. The minicar had too little storage. He drove his muscle car and collected some car batteries and solar panels. He set them up on the roof of the church. He placed a lamp in the church basement. Then he dragged a chair and a table together, put a blanket on the chair. This became his workshop.
Brant found a cabin with a cellar. He descended into the cellar. There was nothing peculiar.
Brant drove to the corn field north to Hub 01. He replaced the 17" wheels of the muscle car with 24" wheels of tractors. He found Under The Hood in a country house. He collected some 60L tanks and drove back home. In the church basement he studied mechanics.
Brant found Exodii’s stone castle. Before he reached the castle, he passed by a herd of 18 mi-gos. He led them into a big town. While watching mi-gos fighting zombies, he suddenly found out that his muscle car had a leaking tank. It might be a zombie deer that broke it. He quickly drove back home and siphoned the remaining gasoline into an empty 60L tank.
Brant needed to replace the tank. He went to refugee center, looking for a drill. Shockingly, he found out that the free merchants didn’t trust him anymore. The reason might be that he once climbed onto the roof of the refugee center using a stepladder. He decided to clear the backyard zombies to earn back some trust. He killed the zombies. Smokes gave him 25 merch. He still couldn’t trade with the merchants.
Brant walked to a light industry that the prototype robot had cleared a few days ago, looking for a drill. Fortunately, he found one. He installed a new gas tank onto his muscle car. Night fell. He went into the church basement and learned tailoring by making a french maid skirt following instruction from a book. Soon he would be able to repair his Hub 01 armor. He made a brazier and boiled a 60L tank of water with some logs. He woke up and went to clear two pump stations and found a half gas mask. He collected some advanced solar panels from an irradiation factory and then installed the solar panels onto the church roof.
Brant walked to a hunting lodge and brought back a chest freezer. He made some limonade and drank it. He cleared a farmer store and found shotgun, ammos, grappling hook, halligan bar, heavy crowbar, welding blanket, ace torch, books, canned food, fungicide, water purifying tablets, welding rod, fish bait, tempered wires, welding tanks, seeds.
Brant visited Cody and Jay. He bought a broadsword, a morning star, Swords of Samurai, some ammos. He visited Rubik in the stone castle and told him about Hub 01. Rubik installed cable charger, bionic alarm, weather reader, finger lighter, two energy storages on Brant. Brant drove into the big town east to Rubik’s stone castle across a field. A few days ago he led a herd of mi-gos there. The mi-gos had cleared a large area. He found hunting rifles, books, martial art manuals. He visited a cabin by a small pond. The cabin was completely empty.
Brant made 1x1 carts to block doors in the church basement. He got a large electric motor and some large storage batteries from a car at an orchard. He spent two hours hauling a heavy duty freezer from a sugar house to his home at the church. The heavy duty freezer was not on for now, as it had huge energy consumption. He brought some more solar panels back from the irradiation factory. He learned Barbaran Montante. He put his saber away and started using the morning star. He visited a vineyard and found canned food, seed, barrels of wine. He found a watertight sack.
Brant built the 1x3 Car. It was electric, had a cargo space, two offroad wheels, all steel plated. He rode to the DARPA zombies and brought the suitcase to Hub 01. He bought ballistic skirt, ballistic greaves, kienetic mantle, turnout vambraces. These replaced his prototype armor. He built a charcoal kiln and some smoking racks.
Brant bought a grenade drone from Hub 01. He bought FN SCAR-H rifle from Jay. He bought a battle axe and a Studies in Historic Armorsmithing from Cody. He visited the stone castle. He burnt some trees around the castle to make the way easier for vehicles. Rubik installed on him torso carbon fiber net, bionic glare protection, chronometer, head lamp.
Brant set a tree on fire in a swamp, and used rock, sand, clay to make a clay crucible and some fire bricks. He took apart an oven in a house. He then built an electric forge at his base.
Brant visited a lab access shaft and encountered a mutant and some hunting horrors. The shaft also seemed to lead to a subway tunnel dead end. He went to an LMOE. He felled a tree next to it. The tree didn’t break the wall. He visited another lab access shaft. It was outside the small village Parkman. He found an activity suit. Then he visited a church. He found a travel backpack that contained some ammos, medicine, a pair of light amp goggles, three maps. He tried to kill a roadside dermatik. He used rifle, shotgun, axe. The dermatik dodged every attack and chased him and almost stung him. He blinded it with tear gas. He shot at it again many times. It died. He found a fire axe on a feral axeman who was killed by giant dragon flies. He already had battle axe but this fire axe could be useful when he recruited some companions.
Brant built a survivor’s anvil in the church’s basement that he was living in. He visited a speedway, killed some zombies, removed a few metal benches for their pipes, found a travel backpack that contained a Glock pistol, antifungal drug, some ammos, some maps. A zombie exploded and released a flesh raptor. He led it to a wasp nest. The flesh raptor killed some wasps.
Brant went to a dairy farm. He set the fence on fire and burnt some zombie cows. There he found a mostly working truck. He broke into the LMOE that he discovered earlier. He found some ammos, some guns, a gym. Then he rode on his 1x3 Car to a mi-go tower. He led 8 mi-go to Parkman, the small village with a lab entrance. Mi-gos killed all zombies and some dermatiks just outside the village. Then he led the mi-gos to a bandit’s weed farm. The alien monsters ran through spiked pits to get the bandits. Half of the mi-go squad immediately died on the spears. The rest bled out while fleeing. They only killed one bandit. Brant returned to Parkman, pulped the dead zombies, and went into the lab. This time he found an artifact apron which had no obvious effects. He left when He saw two wraiths.
9 o’clock at night, June 21st, Brant visited the two bandits that operated a small distillery by the highway. He had lit up the shed previously so he could see the two bandits by the fire light. He shot them both. He found some tobacco seeds and an AR pistol. He ate a can of ravioli by the fire. Then he rode to the lost caravan of the free merchants. He put on his light amp goggles and walked up to the three bandits. He shot them one by one with FN SCAR-H rifle. He also killed one zombie and three zombie deers that were attracted to the site by the noise. He found a P365 handgun, a BLR lever-action hunting rifle, a pair of chainsaw chaps. He went to the refugee center and told Smokes of his success. Smokes gave him 30 merch but still refused to trade with him. He went home and built two metal racks in the church’s basement. He made a long sand form.
Brant encountered two mi-gos on field. One of them hit his head and almost killed him. He escaped. While he was recovering from wound at home, he made a pair of flatjaw tongs, a chisel, some C+ steel lumps. He visited Hub 01 and bought a ballistic mantle, a pair of kienetic vambraces. He visited Rubik and installed throwing support, protective lenses.
When he passed by the mi-go tower south to Rubik’s castle, a mi-go slaver shouted at Brant. The directed sound wave hit his brain, bypassing ear plugs. This caused great pain to him. He rode to a vineyard and harvested about 260lb grapes. He went home, put the grapes in the fridge, and went to sleep. The next morning, the pain was gone. He brought four field mi-gos to the small town Millville. There were some DARPA zombies. Mi-gos killed some, and then were defeated by the armored zombie. Brant picked up some guns, ammos, bayonets, MREs. He led the armored zombie to a wasp nest. The wasp queen killed it.
It was June 30th. When Brant met him, Cletus was killing some zombies with a shotgun at a motel. Cletus wanted Brant to kill his zombie mom. Brant rode to the big town named Townsend. There were too many zombies. He couldn’t enter the house. He turned around and went home. On his way home, he met Buster Denny, who wanted to find a holy symbol. On this trip, Brant also found the Tacoma Ranch and picked up the ranch prospect. When he gave the prospect to Smokes, Brant was finally forgiven for his crime of leaning a ladder to the wall of the refugee center and climbing onto the roof. He was able to trade with the free merchants again. He bought an AK-47 rifle, various ammos, some nails, some synthetic cloth.
Brant installed a stereo at his home in the church’s basement. He found a cross necklace and recruited Buster Denny. Buster was very dexterous, but he wasn’t smart. Brant recruited Wyatt Puente. Wyatt was a young man with kingly beard. He had good perception, and also had asthma. He joined Brant’s group when he was offered an inhaler.
Brant visited Hub 01 and bought a grenade drone, a Hub 01 recon headgear. He put on the headgear and then a Hub 01 ballistic helm, replacing his army helmet. He visited Rubik and installed heat sink. He brought a punching bag from an LMOE to his home in the church’s basement. He set up a workshop for his companions. It was a small space with a table, enclosed by an anvil, an electric forge, two metal racks. The entrance was blocked by a 1x1 cart. His companions could safely stay inside and work for him. He installed a second seat on his 1x3 Car. He built a folding bike. He brought 10 solar panels to Smokes.
Wyatt put on a cuirass, a kevlar vest, an army helmet, a leather skirt, a pair of iron greaves, a pair of dancing shoes, then picked up a pike. He jumped onto the 2nd seat of 1x3 Car. Brant and Wyatt rode out to explore. They killed some zombies at a mansion. They cleared a speedway. They found a lab by a river. Brant forgot to bring any scientist id card with him. They returned to home.
Brant and Wyatt rode to the riverside lab again. This time they brought scientist id card. On their way they killed a zombie moose. Brant accidentally drove over his AR rifle. The rifle was almost destroyed. They arrived at the lab and took the elevator down to the underground. A mi-go scout waited for them. The mi-go scout shot at them but this didn’t harm them. Brant raised his axe and chased after it. Two mi-go slavers jumped out from behind a corner. The two lab explorers decided to retreat. They took the elevator and went back to the surface. Two mi-go slavers came along. With axe and pike the humans defeated the mi-gos. A mi-go was impaled by Wyatt’s pike. Another ran away and bled out in nearby forest. Brant and Wyatt were also wounded. They returned to home. Brant repaired his AR rifle.
Brant went to Parkman lab. There were wraiths and shadows. He shot at the shadows to train his rifle skill. He left the lab and found some rubber hoses in a pump station. Then he made a chemistry set.
Brant and Wyatt cut down some trees on the field. They burnt the logs into charcoal and dehydrated some grapes.