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Chapter 326: Burn, baby.

"Mobius." Afton says, approaching the scientist to see what he's doing.

"Ah! Oh!? Afton isn't it? Aha! I remember it this time!" Mobius happily exclaims.

Afton shrugs, "Err, nice job?" he mutters, shaking his head and diverting the conversation, "I'm here to see your progress on the transistors." he asks, glancing at the rather expertly done welding Mobius had just been doing.

"Hm, oh that... Yes, well, I may have run into a small pickle there..." the scientist says, floating towards another desk where what looks like bits and pieces of scrap metal are lying about. His manipulator reaches for one and drops it into Afton's hand, allowing him to see what it is.

He raises a brow, "Gold?", the transistor Mobius had just handed him was almost entirely made of gold.

"Yes! The mu-custard coloured metal... It seems to be the best suited for what you described, energy-efficient, resistant to damage... But I've been struggling with the size somewhat, getting these things to a constantly small size and shape is really tugging on my mind you know..."

Afton frowns, he wasn't even sure if these would actually be usable, "Wouldn't it be better to use silicon? Or something similar...? You can experiment further when we've actually got a few working ones."

...

"Ohh, I hadn't thought of that! Good idea! I'd almost run out of family heirlooms to melt!" Mobius says, sweeping the desk with a manipulator and causing all of the scrap metal to clatter to the floor. The trash isn't left alone long however, as the spider robots swarm in and drag it away, presumably to be processed and made ready for any experiment.

Afton sighs, he didn't know all that much about the transistors in his original world, so they were essentially working with trial and error until they find the most efficient way to operate. Looks like he'd be confined to this place while working on this with Mobius, his AI was actually almost complete, now he just needed to create the hardware for it.

Honestly, he was pretty wary about creating a skynet AI, especially with the personality he'd programmed it with. So he'd create countermeasures in not just its software, but its hardware too. This was not only to stop it from going crazy, but also to prevent outside interference. If anyone managed to gain control of his AI they'd essentially control Big Mt in its entirety, something that simply couldn't be allowed.

Afton sighs to himself, resigning to more hard work as well as many hours of listening to Mobius babble about custard and other inane topics.

A couple days later :

*CRACK!*

Afton appears outside of the Forbidden Zone Done, armed to the teeth and prepared to rip and tear Patient Zero a new asshole. On his back sat his Anti-Material rifle and Elija's Advanced LAER, on either side of his hips, were That Gun, Lucky, and two Inversal Proton axes. He had the Sonic Emitter, Sawed-off shotgun, and a Plasma pistol hanging from the bandolier on his chest.

Underneath all that he wore the typical Stealth Suit he'd almost become inseparable with, as well as a variation on the Valence radii-accentuator called the Atomic-valence tri-radii-oscillator, which was basically composed of three glowing blue rings that sat in the trademark shape of an atom.

That wasn't all however, in his hands was a large, strange device. It was shaped like some sort of minigun crossed with a flamethrower, underneath it was a huge tank that looked as if it'd take three men to carry it. Afton didn't really have an issue easily holding it up alone, however.

This, was his new creation... He took inspiration from Napalm in his old world, while in his offtime from working on the new transistor with Mobius, he'd managed to create an extremely flammable gel-like substance that clung to anything it hit.

It wasn't all that explosive, but instead burned incredibly hot for a rather good amount of time. The gas containing under it held a rather silly amount of the compressed substance, so as long as he was efficient with its use, he wouldn't find himself running out.

His mission for today? Destroy any remnants of the fungus from the crater. His main goal is to eliminate Patient Zero, so he can send in robots to do the rest... As of now, he doubted anything apart from the Giant Robo-Scorpion could fight it, and since the fungus infested cavern passages were too small for it to enter, it was left to Afton to complete the job.

He hefts his 'Ash-Maker' but doesn't immediately walk towards the passage which leads to the fungus... Instead, he started climbing the canyon to read the top. Yes, he fully intended to rain fiery death on his enemies from above.

After thirty minutes of walking Afton finally found himself looking down at the veritable sea of green below him. He tightens his grip on his weapon and checks its status via his Pipboy one last time to make sure it would work how he intended.

[Ash-Maker]

Strength req : 10

DMG : 50

Crit dmg : 10

Crit mult : 1x

AP : 70

Weight : 40

Value : 13000

Special : Enemies directly hit will ignite for 30 damage a second for 20 seconds

Nodding to himself, he glances over the cliff and spots the place where Patient Zero had been last time. The desolate and torn apart metal building that'd almost been Afton's permanent resting place.

"Take this you knock-off porn monster!" he shouts, launching a stream of liquid fire from the end of his weapon, everything under and at the end of its arc is immediately covered in a sticky flammable substance that immediately starts melting any flesh, or burning any plant matter it comes across.

The metal building in the distance takes it the hardest, the liquid fire striking the roof and slowly pooling down inside it. Undoubtedly harming anything within.

Afton holds the trigger down for a couple seconds before releasing it, taking a long hard look at his target... "Did that do it?"


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Chapter 327: Sun-Burn

The flames weren't hot enough to melt the building yet, but Afton was fairly sure he'd managed to kill the monster within...

*RAAAAAAHHHHHKKKKK!!!*

"Movement detected, recommendation; Sneak away..." Nyx says, and Afton struggles to not move his focus from the flames to give his Stealth suit a glare.

"Yeah, state the obvious." He mutters as he watches plant vines completely wreathed in flames started swinging around madly... Apparently, that wasn't enough to kill it yet... Wait, did Nyx say to sneak away?

*SMASH!*

He barely rolls out of the way when a tentacle breaks a large part of the metal building off and throws it like a chakram at him. It buries itself in the wall behind him, making him gulp anxiously. Getting back to his feet, he immediately starts spraying Ash Maker back down on it, hoping that the flames would finish his enemy eventually.

*KRRR!*

The sound of dirt and stone being uprooted nearby draws his attention, and Afton immediately spots many Spore Plants revealing themselves. Nyx warns him of further movements and he takes a glance over the cliff, almost pissing himself in fright when he sees an army of Spore Carriers climbing it like a bunch of Xenomorphs.

[John Wick Style is in effect]

Not wasting any time, he immediately starts spraying everything around him that even has a tint of green. The napalm-like flames first envelop the Spore Plants to prevent them from shooting, then he turns his attention to the Spore Carriers crawling towards him.

As if he were dropping molten oil from a castle wall, anything hit by his flames loses its grip and plummets to the floor below... Unfortunately, Afton could see that his flamethrower still had some 'glitches' he needed to work out... The barrel of it was already glowing red hot, and he wasn't sure how much more it would take before it started completely melting...

A Spore Carrier reaches the top of the cliff and charges him, but Afton just kicks it in the face, holding it down with his foot while shoving the red hot barrel of Ash Maker into its chest, causing an awful sizzling sound and the smell lof burnt rotten-flesh mixed with fertiliser.

This rapidly cools his weapon, while also causing the Spore Carrier to quickly die as its blood boils under the heat.

Afton's brow twitches and he quickly moves away before even Nyx can warn him, a globule of acid passes his previous location, and he quickly turns towards the offending Spore Plants responsible. Apparently, not all of them had unburrowed earlier, as he was already surrounded by them again...

Again, he sprays them all with fire and takes a step back from the cliff to avoid getting hit by any more metal debris Patient Zero decides to throw. "Nyx, anymore movement?"

"High levels detected below us, I am also detecting vibrations coming from the ground..." she states, and Afton didn't like hearing that at all.

Deciding to change position he runs along the top of the canyon, killing a few stray Spore Plants and Spore Carrier while he's at it. Even after the position change Nyx still says she can detect vibrations in the floor, so he just decides to hunker down atop some tough-looking granite. Whatever was underneath him would need to work to get through that.

*Thud!*

Afton smirks slightly as he feels something smash into something else. He could already imagine what'd happened, but he wasn't going to leave it to his own senses entirely. "What was that?"

"Movement beneath us as slowed almost entirely..."

"Okay..." he mutters, not really knowing what to do next. There was something beneath him looking to kill him, but couldn't due to the rock he was standing on...

"It's started again!" Nyx shouts as the ground in front of him uproots, revealing what looked like severely burned plant tentacles. But Afton was ready for this thanks to Nyx, immediately bathing them in another round of fire.

They immediately started flailing around as if in pain, but while Afton while trying to escape their attack range he's stuck in the stomach but is forced to tank the hit entirely due to his [Stonewall] Perk. The tentacle is unable to move him with the attack, but the force of it injuries him nonetheless.

[Grit is in effect]

Grimacing slightly, he leaps away to avoid any more attacks, taking a moment to check how much damage had been done. Fortunately, the injury wasn't anything more than bruising, so he'd count this as a win, as opposed to being thrown off of the cliff instead. As he'd gotten a good distance away, he isn't afraid to go on the offensive again, beginning to shoot more fire at the enemy, igniting them with the sticky substance.

The tentacles quickly retreat back into the ground, most likely attempting to suffocate the flames... Unfortunately for them, he imagined it would be very, very difficult to do that, considering what the substance that was burning was made from.

Again, he makes his way to the ledge of the cliff and starts raining down fire onto everything below, mostly making sure to target Patient Zero's location. He wanted to absolutely make sure it was finished. Most of the plants in the passage below were already ashes, but he wanted to make sure.

After ten more minutes of incinerating anything that moves, Afton sighs and finally stops shooting. The barrel of Ash Maker glowing a dim red again. "Ok, now I'm sure I got everything." he states, "Nothing could survive hell on earth for this long..."

...

"Huh, kinda thought something would happen after saying that-AHH!* he begins but is stopped as a burnt tentacle wraps around his waist and pulls him towards the inferno that once was the metal building where Patient Zero resided.

He struggles to get out of its grip but is pulled through the flames regardless, fortunately... Or not, there seemed to be a cave that'd been recently dug into the canyon wall that wasn't affected by the flames, a cave which he was being pulled through.

Afton readies Ash Maker as he's dragged through the tunnel, eventually spotting his quarry... Patient Zero stood at its full height but looked terribly burned and injured from his previous assault. Many of the tentacles on its back seem to have disappeared entirely. Its condition didn't take away from how fierce it looked however. Its blackened teeth snarling as it turned its head towards him.


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