"Fuck! Not a single cent! I lost a lot this time!"
Official forum.
When seeing the marginal guy and a group of cloud players forcibly explaining that this wave of "extreme 1 for 1" was not a loss at all, the neighbor Lao Wang couldn't help but jump out.
Seizing the opportunity, a certain forum pet took the lead in launching a group mockery.
What can I do with you? "It's so funny! 10 people fighting 1, and 1 was killed and 1 was injured. Do you know how to play games? If I were you, I would smash the helmet and go to bed. You are so bad at playing games. Of course, this game doesn't exist at all. Anyway, you guys keep making it up. I'll just treat it as a joke."
Irena: "Add a little-known fact. The closed beta helmet is lent to you by the game company. After all, you didn't even pay for the shipping fee, and you didn't even charge a card. If you smash it, you will probably get a lawyer's letter. (Funny)"
Edge paddling: "Ahem, I'm sorry, Lao Wang. I admit that there were some mistakes in this wave of command. I didn't expect that the mutants would play dirty, even with tripwires and landmines. It's simply unethical! But don't worry, I'm familiar with their routines, and I will definitely be sure to be sure next time!"
Lao Wang next door: "I don't believe you! I'm a dog if I get on your black car again!"
Midnight Killing Chicken: "It's a bit of a loss, it's really a loss. One Goblin Rocket costs 5 silver coins, and the basic income of the mission is 10 silver coins. The 5 silver coins rewarded for killing a mutant is from the team bonus pool, and each person only gets 5 copper coins."
Edge Pause: "Didn't I give you the 5 silver coins as a reward? I obviously hit one of them, okay!"
Midnight Killing Chicken: "No, I just want to complain. The rocket is useless. It didn't kill it at all. I had to rush up with an axe to finish it off."
w Really Mosquito: "Fuck! You're going to blow up the mutants, why don't you blow up the claw crabs? The official website database says that the physical data of mutants is above 30, and the upper limit is unknown. What's the concept of 30 physical?! Physical players may not have such high attributes even if they reach level 20! Be reasonable, brother, if it wasn't my rocket that blew it into a big mess, would you have had a chance to finish it off?"
Midnight Killing Chicken: "Frog!"
w真有蚊子: "Fuck!! You wait, take me with you on this mission next time! (Angry)"
Irena: "Forget it, I'm a little scared. I wanted to go and see it tomorrow after I resurrected... but I won't go. (Funny)"
Ye Shi: "Don't be scared, Lao Na, I remember you are super brave. (Funny)"
Irena: "If you call me Lao Na again, I will hold a grudge! (#｀皿)"
Seven o'clock in the evening, the resident hall of Shelter No. 404.
After dinner, Chu Guang sat in front of the computer, browsing the forum as usual to see what his little players were talking about.
In order to facilitate his more efficient screen peeking, or reviewing memorials, Chu Guang asked Xiao Qi to help make a table to count the most popular topics on the forum from six to seven every night.
This time is basically the most active time for closed beta players on the official website.
As expected, "The Mutant Tribe of Street 76" dominated the hot topic list and firmly ranked first.
This was the first battle between the Outpost and the Mutant Tribe of Street 76.
Previously, most players' impressions of mutants were based on the pictures and text settings in the official database, as well as the second settings that netizens had imagined based on official information.
Although it seems a bit embarrassing to fight 10 against 1, Chu Guang knew very well that this record was actually good.
First of all, the average level of the players participating in the battle was Lv5, which was only the second echelon in the Outpost. Whether it was the level or the combat experience, it was not the top, so it was normal to suffer a little loss.
Another thing is that those green-skinned muscle guys are notoriously difficult to deal with.
Their extraordinary recovery ability and resistance are almost immune to all poisons. Not only that, they also have a digestive system comparable to that of mutant hyenas, and they can even eat the rotten meat on the gnawers when they are extremely hungry.
It is no exaggeration to say that they are even more adapted to the environment of this wasteland planet than the aliens. At least in the early years, the aliens and the survivors were tortured by the harsh winter, but these green-skinned muscle guys who came out of nowhere have footprints all over the wasteland planet.
Some people say that they are victims of biological weapons, some say that they actively embraced evolution, and some say that they themselves are biological weapons.
The more reliable rumor is that their ancestors came from an unknown shelter, and because they could not survive the desperate winter in the early days, they were forced to accept the undeveloped genetic modification technology.
In fact, except for being a little ugly, the genes of these green-skinned muscle guys are still very strong. Not only are they highly adaptable to the wasteland environment, they can live in a radiation environment for a long time and ensure the stability of genetics, and they also have an "iron stomach" that can digest almost all food.
If they are given thousands of years to develop, they may really replace the old humans as new humans and become the new masters of this planet.
However, mutants are not without weaknesses.
Their oversized bodies force them to live in taller houses, and their utilization of pre-war civilization heritage is far lower than that of humans. Their thick fingers and underdeveloped cerebellum make it difficult for them to use their joints as flexibly and coordinately as humans. They have to work harder to make precision instruments... but this is almost impossible due to their tribal culture.
Even some predators can make their own weapons such as iron tube rifles, but for mutants, putting black powder into cans to make tripwire mines is almost the pinnacle of their technology tree.
If they have guns, they must have taken them from other humans. Most of the time, the speed at which guns are worn out in their hands is as fast as ammunition. They are more inclined to tear their opponents apart with axes, saws, and butcher knives, hang their intestines on their armor, and intimidate the living enemies who pursue primitive violence and cold weapon fighting.
This is the most time-saving way of killing for them.
In addition, although they have almost abnormal recovery ability, their heads are still their weaknesses.
Even if their chests can withstand continuous shooting from 7mm rifles and rely on "unscientific" recovery and toughness to quickly repair damaged muscle tissue, internal organs and bones, it is difficult to put back the tofu brain that has been spilled on the ground.
Therefore, many mutants will wear a heavy helmet on their heads even if they are naked. If conditions permit, they will also hang some car doors, billboards, tank armor plates and other things on their chests to protect the heart and lungs that are not so easy to repair.
Chu Guang noticed that Brother Fang edited a summary post, which summarized the content of the discussions and exchanges of players who participated in the battle today, and comprehensively analyzed the weaknesses and advantages of mutants, which can be regarded as a relatively reliable reference for players who intend to challenge the mutant tribe on Street 76.
"Let me start with the conclusion. This mission is still quite difficult for players below Lv5! Referring to the panel data provided by the official website, this mutant is at least equivalent to a level 20 wild monster in other m-touch RPGs. A group of level 5 players challenging a level 20 monster is obviously over-leveling, so it is normal for casualties to occur."
"However, Wasteland OL is somewhat different from other m-touch RPGs. The role of attributes is not as direct as in other games, but more similar to the DmD rules. That is, as long as you roll out high enough points continuously, it is not impossible for goblins to slay dragons."
"I guess the planners placed the mutant tribe near the outpost of the novice village, probably to test whether asymmetric combat will affect the game experience. After all, in a real wasteland, danger will not stay away from you just because you are weak. If my analysis is correct, then congratulations to everyone, we have taken another big step towards the public beta! Our players have proved with practical experience that level suppression is not absolute, and high-level monsters are not invincible! Even if we can't see their health bars!"
"Of course, that being said, if you don't have enough confidence in your own strength, it's better to choose whether to accept this mission carefully."
"However, opportunities always come with risks. If you can defeat the mutant tribe, the reward should be very generous."
"This game has many hidden mechanisms. If you are interested, I suggest you think about it more!"
...
The next day.
After lying on the edge of the incubator for a night, my leg injury has almost healed. I tied a homemade bandage on my thigh and continued to set off with a group of teammates.
The teammates are still the same as yesterday, but this time, the neighbor Wang who resurrected D has been replaced by W. There are really mosquitoes.
In order to avenge his previous shame, Brother Mosquito also spent a lot of money this time. He directly brought a half-person-high box and asked a strength player to help carry it.
The group set out from the east gate with great momentum and killed in the direction of Street 76.
Although Chu Guang has appropriately raised the income of the raid mission considering the strength of the mutants, but carrying so many guys... can it really make back the money?
Other players are also complaining.
"Is Mosquito crazy?"
"Wow, such a big box, it's free to use as gunpowder!"
"Too hardcore!"
Ye Shi glanced at his teammates around him.
"To be honest, I kind of want to take a look."
Kuangfeng and Lao Bai ignored him, only Fang Chang glanced at him and said very realistically.
"To be honest, let's pass the 'Greenhouse Ruins' first, it's been delayed for so long."
Although I was curious about what was in Mosquito's box, it was obviously more important to go to the base and move bricks.
After Fang Chang and his group changed into "anti-moth equipment", they also set off from the east gate.
The Greenhouse Ruins are at the entrance of Street 76, and the two groups happened to be on the same road.
After Chu Guang took a look in the sky with the drone, he returned the control of the drone to Xiao Qi and went to Boss Xia's weapon shop.
Since changing to a new workbench, Boss Xia no longer has to rub bullet shells by hand. Put the cut rough material in the mold, start the stamping module and poke it down, and a brand new shell is stamped out.
However, stamping shells is only the first step in making bullets. To get a bullet with sufficient power, stable performance and no jamming, you have to go through a series of tedious processes.
In order to improve work efficiency, Xia Yan hired two female workers from the nomadic camp, each with a daily salary of two silver coins, and food but no accommodation.
One of them is responsible for loading the shell with propellant and primer using professional tools. The other is responsible for installing lead bullets on the loaded shells.
Xia Yan himself operated the professional tools on the workbench to process the bullet and the shell, and rolled the bottom of the loaded bullet, and rolled the groove of the bullet embedded in the shell to ensure that the bullet and the shell were absolutely sealed.
After completing all the processes, the bullet needs to be washed once to wash away the metal debris on the surface of the shell.
These metal debris that cannot be seen by the naked eye have a high probability of causing jamming and affecting shooting accuracy.
However, even after so many processes, the bullets produced cannot be compared with those produced by professional assembly lines.
But for players, this stamped bullet is much more comfortable than the rolled bullets that Boss Xia used to "stamp at low speed" with a small cone.
At least, the shells of these bullets do not have those pits and dents. No longer have to worry about squatting down to deal with stuck shells while shooting.
"What's up?"
Looking at Chu Guang walking towards her, Xia Yan placed the full basket of shells she had just processed on the wooden table next to her.
These parts for making bullets are enough to keep the two unskilled employees in the next room busy for a while.
Chu Guang looked at her and asked.
"How much ammunition do we have now?"
Xia Yan replied.
"There are 3,500 rounds of rolled bullets left, and as for stamped bullets, including the ones you brought back from Beth Street and the ones I made this week, there are probably tens of thousands of them in total."
Chu Guang looked slightly surprised.
"So many?"
Shaking her bangs, Xia Yan's mouth curled up a little, and she seemed very proud.
"A lot? Not bad. The processing efficiency of this workbench is OK. As long as you master the skills, the processing speed will be much faster than before. In addition to making bullets, I also used other materials to place 4 7mm iron tube rifles. Although they are not as good as the ones you bought from the merchants in Boulder City, they are not a big problem to use. But I have to remind you that at this rate of consumption, the copper in the warehouse may not be enough by the end of next month."
Although this reminder was serious, Chu Guang didn't take it too seriously.
At present, Bet Street is under the control of Shelter No. 404.
If necessary, he can easily mobilize the scavengers of Bet Street to go deep into the city within the Fifth Ring Road to collect resources by raising the price of resource recycling.
In addition, he can also mobilize local survivors through Old Charlie to form a scavenger team, and go to those dangerous areas that they would not approach under the escort of players to search.
"Don't worry about that. I will arrange for more people to gather more resources."
After a pause, Chu Guang continued.
"In addition, I plan to train a group of guards to maintain the security of the outpost base. I need about 15 iron pipe rifles... Well, it would be best if they can be completed within a week. If the deadline is too tight, it's okay to slow down the production of bullets."
"Guards?" Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang strangely and said teasingly, "Who can fight better than your 'players'?"
"That's different."
Chu Guang shook his head. He really didn't know how to explain the difference between NP guards and player guards, so he simply didn't explain it.
"In short, it's not okay to let players do the same job for a long time. They work for us not to make money, but for fun."
The guards standing guard at the gate and patrolling outside are usually done by newcomers. Old players don't look down on the little income.
At present, the speed of new version release is quite fast, and new people are constantly coming in, so there is no need to worry about these basic positions being unfilled.
But if refugees continue to pour in, public security will soon become a big problem.
It is obviously unrealistic to expect the work of maintaining public security to be completely handed over to the players, and they are not good at this.
Chu Guang plans to draw some survivors from the brick factory to form a fixed standing guard team to maintain public security in the outpost area.
Their weapons do not need to be too good, just enough to be able to deter.
At the same time, these NPs are also a constraint for the players.
After all, no matter how good Xiaoqi's eyesight is, it can only be used as a tool for supervision and judgment, and the deterrent power is definitely not as good as a group of guards carrying rifles and armbands.
When the number of players increases, these people will definitely come in handy.
"Fun?" Xia Yan's eyes widened and murmured, "What fun can this have?"
Some people actually feel happy about their work.
This is too unreasonable!
"You don't understand, just do what I say."
How can I understand if you don't tell me?
Xia Yan complained silently in his heart, but he didn't want to confront his boss in person, so he nodded obediently.
"Okay, 15 guns? It won't take a week. If we stop making bullets, we can get it done in three or four days. By the way, what caliber do you want? Bolt action or revolver? Is the 7mm iron barrel rifle hanging on the wall okay?"
"7mm caliber, bolt action is fine, but I have some requirements for the appearance."
As he said that, Chu Guang raised his arm, gently stroked the VM with his index finger, and sent a drawing downloaded from the Internet to Xia Yan's VM.
Looking at the picture on the screen, Xia Yan was slightly stunned, and his expression was full of weirdness.
Thick and long gun body, heavy receiver and magazine, pure wooden buttstock.
Although the shape does look more beautiful than the iron barrel rifle on the wall, and the overall sense of roughness and power is full, she really can't think of the meaning of designing the gun into this shape?
Is it designed to be so heavy, so that it is convenient to swing it to hit people?
"I don't quite understand... I won't complain about the gun body, is it necessary to design this receiver so wide?"
Chu Guang said indifferently.
"It just looks thick on the outside. You can think of those flashy parts as a kind of 'skin designed for deterrence'. Anyway, the processing is not difficult and it doesn't consume much material. As for the effective structure including the barrel, receiver, spring, and firing pin, it is still imitated from the rifle we bought from the merchant in Boulder City."
"Okay..."
Xia Yan nodded helplessly.
There are words under the picture. Is it to be engraved on the butt as the name of the weapon?
Arbitrator I?
It sounds weird...
"Well, I'll leave it to you."
After explaining the matter, Chu Guang was about to leave, but at this moment, the VM screen on his arm suddenly lit up and a text message popped out.
The message was undoubtedly sent by Xiao Qi.
"Master, your player seems to be in trouble!"