After the order was issued, the survivors quickly dismantled their shacks and headed for the brick factory in the northwest.
Although they had come from there before and were now tossed back, no one had any complaints about the arrangement of the administrator.
It was a lucky thing to be able to come out of the dungeon of the plunderers alive, not to mention being able to wear warm clothes and eat enough.
Fang Chang and Lao Bai, who were measuring the land in the brick kiln, saw this scene and stopped their work in confusion, walked up to the administrator and asked.
"Dear administrator, may I ask who these people are..."
Chu Guang said without hesitation.
"These people are the survivors we rescued. In order to repay our life-saving grace, they are willing to support our construction!"
Fang Chang and Lao Bai's faces suddenly showed joy.
The players all went to do the novice tasks. They were worried that no one would do the hard labor. These laborers can be said to have solved their urgent needs.
"Then how much do we need to pay them?"
In fact, they don't need to pay them wages.
However, since the players took the initiative to ask, Chu Guang thought for a moment for the sake of authenticity and said.
"1 silver coin per person per day, I will deduct this expenditure directly from your account, you just need to ensure that they are not hungry or frozen to death."
"In addition, pay attention to construction safety. I don't want the workers to be reduced due to poor working conditions. This will not only affect our regional reputation, but also delay production."
"If there are casualties, each will be deducted 100 silver coins as a pension."
This pension is of course impossible to pay to NPCs, it is just a constraint at the setting level.
Besides, these natives don't care about these metal pieces. For them, it is better to give them a piece of meat than a small thing with no recycling value.
While speaking, Chu Guang sent the pre-edited task to Lao Bai through his VM.
Although this place is a bit far from the outpost, it does not affect the point-to-point information transmission between the two VM devices.
After triggering the task of hiring NPC workers, the Niuma Brick Factory will automatically pay 23 silver coins from the account every day as the "wages" of these hired workers.
Compared with the daily wages of at least 10 silver coins for players, hiring these NPCs to work can be said to be very cheap.
Fang Chang and Lao Bai agreed happily immediately after discussing it.
Of course, in order to prevent these players from being less human than themselves, Chu Guang immediately added a sentence at the end.
"The minimum daily food standard for each person is one catty of green wheat. Of course, this is only the minimum nutritional standard. If you want them to work harder, you can purchase more meat and fish, or even go to the city to hunt some game for them."
Can feed NPCs!
Good guy.
This game is not only about business elements, but also about cultivation elements.
Fang Chang and Lao Bai's eyes lit up, and they immediately said with confidence.
"Don't worry, Mr. Manager, we will definitely feed the workers until they are fat and white!"
"That's right! Even if I am hungry, I will not let them go hungry!"
Emmm...
There is no need to be so exaggerated.
Eating too much is actually not conducive to work, there is such an example in the outpost base.
But Chu Guang did not say anything.
Exploration itself is also part of the fun of the game.
These players will naturally find a suitable path, and they only need to grasp the general direction.
It is neither realistic nor necessary to manipulate everyone's life.
...
The 23 survivors settled down in the brick factory, and their identities changed from refugees to brick workers in the outpost base.
They set up camp quickly. It took less than an hour to replicate the shack they made in front of the south gate here.
Although it looks a bit simple, it is still no problem to shelter from the wind and rain.
For the survivors in the wasteland, quickly building a shelter that can block the wind and rain is almost a must-have talent.
On the contrary, the players are not very good at it.
Even the garbage man who claims to be "level 99 garbage picker" has never picked up garbage in reality, and at most he has gone downstairs to dump garbage.
Watching these survivors build the shack, Chu Guang found Zhao Shu and a survivor from outside Qingquan City, gave them a VM dedicated to NPC, and appointed them as foremen to communicate with the players.
If other survivors have any opinions, they will report to the players as soon as possible. In special cases, they can use the "task system" to ask for help from the players.
However, the task rewards of different NPCs are all limited to fixed levels, and players cannot be given money at will.
This is similar to other M-touch RPG games.
The highest level Chu Guang set for the two foremen is only 2 silver coins, which can only be released once every 72 hours. The lowest level is 5 copper coins, and the CD time is 24 hours.
If there are any difficulties in life, such as the shed is leaking and fuel is needed, the lowest level of tasks can be issued to the players. If someone is sick or injured, the highest level of rewards can be used to issue tasks.
Of course, Chu Guang did not tell these NPCs the name and true meaning of the "task system". He only told them in an abstract way how to use these functions carefully and seek reasonable help from those "omnipotent" blue jackets.
Like other NPCs, every time a task is issued and a conversation is held with players, a record will be left in the VM.
Chu Guang would ask Luca to come over every once in a while, collect these data with VM, bring them back to the outpost for archiving, and review these data with the assistance of AI.
With just these data, Chu Guang could easily grasp what exchanges and interactions the players and the natives had, and could also easily check whether these NPCs had issued some tasks that were "inconsistent with their own personality and identity".
If there is, Chu Guang will fix that "bug".
"There will definitely be loopholes in the newly implemented rules. It just so happens that there are few people in the closed beta stage, so we can slowly try and make mistakes."
Looking at the receding back, Chu Guang touched his chin and thought.
"...When we reach the closed beta stage, we should be able to form a relatively complete NPC and player interaction system."
Yeah.
As expected of me!
After arranging everything here, Chu Guang left with satisfaction.
...
6 o'clock in the evening in the wasteland time.
After Lao Bai went offline, he immediately went to the forum to open a post.
"Extra! Niuma Brick Factory will officially open from tomorrow! There is a big opening promotion, and all orders placed tomorrow will be 10% off! Players who need to build houses are waiting for what? Hurry up and place your order!"
At this moment, it is 6 o'clock in the morning in reality.
Generally, there are not many people on the forum at this time, but the official website of "Wasteland OL" is just the opposite. Usually, there are the most people at this time.
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "How much can you produce per day?"
Lao Bai: "Not much, not much. Currently, it's no problem to produce one or two thousand bricks per day. We will strive to produce more than ten thousand bricks per day before the end of the month! (grin)"
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "Awesome!!"
Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning: "Boss, give me a ton!"
Kuangfeng: "We don't sell bricks by tons. The specifications and sizes are fixed. We sell them by the piece. 100 standard bricks are 1 silver coin."
Ye Shi: "Brother Feng is an honest man. What are you talking about with Professor Yang? He doesn't even have the qualification for closed beta testing. (Funny)"
Ye Ao Nai Wo He: "Laugh, 100 bricks for silver coins? Please take a pen and calculate it. It takes at least hundreds of millions of bricks to build a house, right? Not to mention the distant past, our two-story house cost 500 million bricks. It takes millions of silver coins to build a house? I heard that you only get single-digit silver coins for a task? Haha, your game is quite realistic."
Irena: "Brother, is your house called the Forbidden City? And you need to buy a ticket to go back? (funny)"
Knife-saving: "Hahaha, let me argue, the Forbidden City didn't use that much, only 80 million. But the specifications of that kind of slurry bricks are much larger."
Irena: "I just said it casually. (funny)"
The toilet with an area of 2.5*2m is 3 meters high, and the wall area is at most 27 square meters. 18m wall has 96 bricks, so 2,600 bricks are more than enough.
Even if most players choose to share a room and build a larger and taller townhouse together, the per capita cost will not exceed 5,000 bricks.
100 bricks for one silver coin, 50 silver coins per person, this pricing is still very reasonable.
In the later stage, the demand for bricks may increase, but the increase or decrease is limited to 100%. Unless the NPC warehouse in charge of prices adjusts the base value, it will only increase to 2 silver coins at most.
After all, if it is more expensive, everyone will start to think about building houses with wood, which will not be worth the loss.
Brother Ye Ao is still the same, as unruly and uninhibited as his ID, pretending to be cool and running away, ignoring anyone who tags him.
After all, he is a pet of the forum, so no one cares and continues the previous topic smoothly.
Garbage Picker Level 99: "Boss Bai, I'm a newbie. Can I buy on credit if I don't have money?"
Lao Bai: "No, brother, we're just workers. The majority of the shares are in the shelter collective. But it doesn't matter if you don't have money. Welcome to the brick factory. We suddenly have a lot of NPCs here. It's quite interesting."
Ye Shi: "Indeed, if you kill prey and give it to them, they will not only say thank you, but also immediately set up a big pot to stew the prey, and then give you the best leg meat and the first bowl of broth. These NPCs are like alive. Hey, I've played so many games, but only in this game, the interaction between players and NPCs is the most comfortable I've ever seen, and the details are the most awesome!"
Garbage Picker Level 99: "Fuck? So awesome? Wait, are the NPCs there rescued by us from the looters?"
Fang Chang: "Yes."
Construction Site Boy and Brick: "Awesome! The front and back are connected!"
Canyon Runaway Mole: "I'm so jealous! We're still doing quests for NPCs, and you've already started to order NPCs around!"
Ward Foot Foot Who Levin: "Dirty tricks! I don't care, our steel mills must have some too! Otherwise it's a shady deal! (Going crazy)"
WC Real Mosquito: "Dirty tricks! Goblin technology also needs NPCs!"
Ye Shi: "Go away, you want a hammer of NPCs, are you going to use them as human bombs? I advise you to be a human being."
Fang Chang: "Well, it's not as exaggerated as you think. Most of these NPCs can't interact. They can only say 'thank you', 'yes', 'obey your command', and 'bricklayer'. I observed carefully that only NPCs wearing VM devices can really interact. The rest don't look very smart."
Canyon Runaway Mole: "Well, that's similar to what I thought. It would be more reasonable. If all NPCs can interact, the server of this game is too awesome."
There are few people now, and there is only one brick factory.
When the number of players increases in the later stage, even if the ratio of NPC to players is 1:10, it will be enough to make the server explode.
Kuangfeng: "...I think the virtual reality technology alone is powerful enough."
Canyon Escape Mole: "Let's not talk about this for now. By the way, have you tried to communicate with the interactive NPC? Did it trigger any special dialogue? Or hidden tasks or something?"
Fang Chang: "...Hidden tasks?"
Canyon Escape Mole: "Yes! Normally, don't NPCs with rich texts usually have hidden tasks to do? Isn't that what is written in those virtual reality online game novels? Haven't you tried it?"
Fang Chang was silent for a long time before replying.
"...Well, of course I tried, but it seems that there is no intention to trigger the task? They are just brick burners. The task assigned to us by the manager is to let them repair the brick kiln."
Canyon Runaway Mole: "Hey, you still lack imagination! This kind of M-touch RPG, let alone a character like the foreman, even an old hen with an unremarkable appearance at the gate of the novice village, as long as the clucking sound is different from others, may be a hidden boss! Forget it, forget it, it's useless to tell you so much, I will go online and try it myself later."
Fang Chang: "...I warn you, don't mess around, it will affect the production of our brick factory, which is a big problem!"
Canyon Runaway Mole: "Hehe, no, no, I just chat with him for a few words! I promise not to touch your NPC!"
Tail: "Oh, it sounds interesting, take Tail with you!"
Sisi: "Oh, charge!"
...
Ever since the day when he was thrown into the dungeon by the plunderer, Zhao Shu never thought that he would be able to come out of the dungeon alive one day.
To be honest, the current life is just like a dream for him.
Comfortable bed, warm brazier, rich food, only need to work 16 hours a day, the rest of the time is their own.
Not only that, those blue coats with great skills can occasionally catch one or two wild game, which is a good start for them.
To be honest, every time Zhao Shu received wild game from the residents of the shelter, he felt flattered.
They have seen how cruel these people are.
Even the predators were as obedient as chickens in front of them, and they dared not breathe. It was the first time that Zhao Shu saw those ferocious evil spirits with such a scared expression on their faces.
In his cognition, predators are already at the top of the food chain.
"Hey, what's your name?"
Hearing that a resident of the shelter was talking to him, Zhao Shu immediately stopped, took a skilled look at the VM worn on his left arm, and read it with non-standard pronunciation.
"Hello, my name is Zhao Shu, I'm the foreman here, how can I help you?"
These strange pinyins were taught to them by old Luca a few days ago. It's not difficult to learn the pronunciation of each phonetic symbol, but it's a bit difficult to use.
Hearing him speak, the residents of the shelter around him were instantly excited.
"He can talk!"
"Sure enough, he can interact!"
"Brother, can you say "Oli Gei"? Please."
"Get out! Brother, don't listen to him. Do you have any unspeakable secrets? Tell us, we will definitely help you solve it!"
Zhao Shu looked confused.
His VM did not respond, neither telling him what these people were saying nor how to answer.
According to the requirements of the manager, he remained silent, but these shelter residents surrounded him relentlessly, chattering non-stop.
Zhao Shu was a little panicked.
He was worried that if he ignored these people's behavior, he would anger them and might even bring about a fatal disaster.
After all, this is an era where human life is thinner than paper.
He doesn't think his life is more precious than the people in front of him.
At this moment, Zhao Shu suddenly remembered another sentence that the manager told him before leaving.
If these shelter residents surround him and don't leave, press the gray circle button in the upper right corner of the screen and read out the line of pinyin displayed on the screen.
Without hesitation, Zhao Shu immediately did it.
Swallowing his saliva, he said with a stiff expression.
"My workers are starving. We need a fish. Can you help us?"
Hearing this, the players around were instantly excited and almost cheered.
"Oh, oh, oh! It's done!"
"Is the keyword 'task'? Well, next time, try using other syntax to see if you can trigger a similar effect."
"The task requires fish, right? Good!"
"It's shown on my VM! I'll take it! Why is the reward only 5 copper coins?"
"Maybe part of it is favorability? Is it a loss to exchange a fish for 5 copper coins? Has anyone sold fish before?"
"Who cares? I'll take the task. Any fish will do, right? Let's go to the fisherman by the lake and steal one!"
"Gogogo!"
Zhao Shu didn't know what he meant by that sentence, nor did he understand the players' answers, but he got a fish not long after.
And this fish was not small, as long as an arm, and the powerful fish tail kept flapping left and right, splashing water everywhere.
Zhao Shu swallowed again.
This time he was greedy.
However, he still did not forget the administrator's teachings. He quickly pressed the green check mark on the VM and read out the words displayed on the screen.
"On behalf of the workers, I thank you and wish you a pleasant day. Generous sir, this fish is a great help!"
"We don't have any more troubles to help you with, or can you come back tomorrow?"
Hearing this, the players around him left with disappointment.
That night.
Zhao Shu, who was eating with his fellow workers with a steaming fish soup in his hand, thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what he said at the time to disappoint these blue jackets.
But he didn't dare to ask more.
Those blue jackets are all big shots.
The only one who can control them is the administrator who always carries a hammer.
The administrator has repeatedly said that they are forbidden to reveal any clues about the task system, and they are also forbidden to communicate with the residents of the shelter about this matter.
How could Zhao Shu dare to disobey the order of that adult? He swore that he would not reveal a word even if he died.
In any case, the fish stew is quite delicious. Add a few pine cones and salt and it will be extremely delicious.
After finishing the bowl of fish soup, everyone has more energy to work!