The number of players has increased from single digits to double digits, which not only improves productivity, but also brings a lot of new problems.
For example, online time.
Chu Guang found that he seemed to have overlooked one thing, that not everyone needs to go to work or school during the day.
Especially in the single-player game circle.
The most abundant thing is probably the kind of brother who is in the group 24 hours a day, making people wonder what he relies on for a living in real life.
I peeked at the screen until midnight and forgot to turn off the computer.
Chu Guang, who was dozing off in a chair, was awakened by the beeping sound of a private chat window in the middle of the night.
Damn it.
Who is it in the middle of the night...
Rubbing his eyes to wake up, Chu Guang squinted and clicked on the private chat message, and found that it was sent by "Garbage Picker Level 99" from the Niu Ma Club.
Garbage Picker Level 99: [Brother Guang! When is the earliest time to go online! ]
Garbage Picker Level 99: [I really can't wait any longer, please, let me go online and do some work! ]
Giao.
How can there be such a person?
Chu Guang hadn't woken up completely yet, and he thought for a while before typing back.
Guang: [I was just catching up on my sleep... Don't you have to go to work during the day? ? ]
Garbage Picker Level 99: [Hehe, what's the point of work? This game will definitely make a lot of money in the future! It's better to hurry up and level up hehe! ]
Chu Guang: "..."
Is it really okay to say this in front of the planner?
Forget it.
Just pretend you didn't hear it.
Guang: [You'd better take it easy, the public beta date hasn't come down yet, maybe it will be closed beta for one or two years, and then internal beta for three to five years. ]
Garbage Picker Level 99: [Not important! Your company is so big that you don't worry about bankruptcy, so I don't worry about anything. ]
His thinking is very clear.
Even clearer than most of the players who have obtained the internal beta qualification.
The games currently on the market can be said to be no match for this game, all of them are rubbish.
Not to mention anything else, just being able to free up time at night is already invincible, okay?
Who would refuse to have an extra eight hours of life in a day?
What's the big deal about being a little tired during the closed beta stage? It's impossible to be so tired all the time, and you can't keep working until the server is shut down? Only the little paratroopers will regard the closed beta content as the entire game content.
Junk Jun sees further.
Although I don't know when the public beta will be launched, as long as it is launched, I'm sure I'll be addicted!
Playing in advance is profitable. Starting one day earlier than others means one more day's advantage over others, not to mention that the game itself is enough to make him addicted.
Guang: [… whatever you want. ]
Garbage Picker Level 99: [Then, planner, can you let me go online? Hehe. I promise, I will test whatever you ask me to test! ]
Guang: [I don't care what you do, just follow the rules of the game. But… you have nothing to do online so late, right? The game time and real time are synchronized, and it should still be late at night in the game. ]
This is also the reason why Chu Guang did not let the survivors rush to work at night.
Even if he did, he might not dare to stay in the wild all night.
Garbage Picker Level 99: [It's because it's late at night! You may not know that my gene sequence in the game is a different species! Strictly speaking, night is my home field, and daytime is when I should sleep! Hehe planner, please let me go. ]
Guang: [I'll apply. ]
Garbage Picker Level 99: [Thank you, Brother Guang! ! ! ]
Chu Guang sighed, stood up from the chair, and smoothed his collar and buttons, which were a bit messy.
I have never seen such an active player.
However, what this guy said seems to make some sense.
Strictly speaking, the night is indeed the home of aliens.
For the "Garbage Picker Level 99" who is a lizardman, darkness does not necessarily mean danger, but may become a cover.
With an idea in mind, Chu Guang opened the player list and changed the device of Garbage Brother from [Lock] to [Enable].
Almost at the same time as he operated, the sound of the hatch opening came from the next room.
Good guy.
So fast?
Looking at the lizardman coming out of the room, Chu Guang restrained his surprised expression, put his hands behind his back, and said to him seriously.
"Awake? Just in time."
"I have a task for you."
The task has been triggered! ?
Garbage Picker Level 99 stood at attention and said energetically.
"Please give me your orders, respected administrator."
Chu Guang didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
"There is a mutant tribe on Street 76, which is directly opposite the east gate of the wetland park. During the day, we found traces of predators' activities in the blocks along the elevated road out of the city in the north. I suspect there is a predator base in the north."
"I need you to scout northward along the elevated road out of the city and search for all traces of survivors' activities within a straight-line radius of 3 kilometers. If you find a suspected survivor base, mark it on the map and report back immediately."
"Remember to hide yourself and avoid all unnecessary battles."
"In addition, if there is a suitable target, you can also do a hunting branch by the way. The reward is valid at any time."
After listening to Chu Guang's order, the two-meter-tall big man immediately bowed his head respectfully.
"Yes! Dear Administrator!"
It was not easy to get the permission to go online.
Garbage Picking Level 99 did not delay for a moment. After leaving the shelter, he stood on the elevator to the surface and soon disappeared in the night outside the sanatorium.
Chu Guang could sense the approximate position and distance of each player.
After confirming that Brother Garbage did not run around, but followed his orders and headed north, Chu Guang returned to the shelter, closed the door, and continued to doze off in a chair.
…
The next day, less than six in the morning.
Except for the Crow that was given away yesterday, who was still remaking clones, other players crawled out of the incubator one after another.
As for Brother Garbage who went out earlier, he has not returned yet.
However, Chu Guang was able to confirm from the player list that he was still alive, and not too far from the wetland park.
"Dear Administrator, do you have any plans for today?" Lao Bai was the first to step forward and asked respectfully.
Although it was a piece of nonsense, he would say it every day.
What if it could trigger some plot?
It doesn't matter if it can't be triggered, just treat it as a way to show your presence in front of the administrator.
Chu Guang also fulfilled his duties as an NPC as usual, answering in a routine manner.
"Like yesterday, the tasks are written on the bulletin board. Apart from that, you can do whatever you want. The outpost is in urgent need of food and building materials... and fortifications."
One side of the outpost's wall has been repaired.
The remaining three walls should be completed within two days.
What Chu Guang is more worried about now is that the noise at the outpost is getting louder and louder, alarming the mutant tribe on 76th Street in the east.
The entire outpost now has only three guns, two of which are 5mm small water pipes. It can't be said that they have no power to fight back against those green-skinned muscle guys, but they will definitely be beaten badly. It is estimated that only he can escape.
If they were caught by those beasts, it would be a fate worse than death. Usually, the spirit would be damaged before the body...
Of course, if there are players who are captured, they will probably be disconnected forcibly, and they will not be able to feel what happens later even if they are curious.
The group came to the surface in batches, and they were ready to start a new day of work.
"Where is Garbage? Why don't I see him?" Ye Shi looked around and found that there was no big lizard in the crowd.
Chu Guang glanced at him and said.
"He has set off in advance. I have a special task for him."
Hearing this, the nearby players showed envious expressions on their faces.
Sure enough, special professions are different.
They are still moving bricks, and this guy has triggered a special task.
Damn Europeans!
"Ye Shi, you and I will go on a long journey later... and Fang Chang, you come too." Chu Guang thought for a long time and finally decided to bring someone with brains.
Fang Chang was flattered, and decisively abandoned Lao Bai with a "sad" look in his eyes, and ran over happily.
Although he and Lao Bai agreed before going online to study the traditional steelmaking method together today, steelmaking is not as fun as following a group of SS to do tasks.
Not to mention the generous rewards.
Just the hot first-hand intelligence was enough to make him tempted!
"Good brother, wait for me to come back!"
"Get lost, don't come back."
Ignoring the communication between the two players, Chu Guang took off the two 5mm iron barrel rifles on his back and threw them to Fang Chang and Ye Shi respectively.
At the same time, they were also given 20 rounds of bullets.
I don't expect these two rookies to hit anyone with this rifle without rifling. At the critical moment, they can fire two shots to scare the opponent and save the situation.
What if they hit?
Even if they get hit by one shot, it's a big win.
Of course, it's best if there is no fight.
"The safety is on the right side of the trigger. You should familiarize yourself with the position, but don't use your hands to pull it unless I ask you to open the safety."
Looking at the two players who were fiddling with the guns in their hands excitedly, Chu Guang paused and continued.
"We will go to the nearby survivor base in a while to exchange some supplies needed by the outpost with the locals."
"No matter what happens, you must listen to my command and remember not to act on your own, especially remember not to fire at will or make hostile acts without authorization."
"Remember, we represent the entire Shelter No. 404."
"Do you understand?"
"Understood! Respected Administrator," Fang Chang stood up excitedly and saluted with a clumsy and non-standard military salute, "Your order is our mission!"
Ye Shi's reaction was a little slow, but his brain was still quick, and he quickly imitated Fang Chang's movements and saluted.
"I, like him!"
Chu Guang: "..."
From which novel did you learn this?
It's too awkward to read it out loud!
However, as an administrator, he certainly couldn't say such words. His dominance over the players is, in a sense, positively correlated with the players' sense of involvement.
The more the players identify with their identity as "shelter residents", the more they tend to obey his orders instead of making trouble.
"... Very good, very energetic!"
Chu Guang coughed lightly and looked seriously outside the sanatorium.
"We need to carry 50 kilograms of bacon jerky, 20 kilograms of smoked fish, 10 mutant hyena furs... and a flatbed truck for check-in."
"You two go and prepare together."
"We'll be on the road in ten minutes!"