Luo Hua and Ai Si continued to build the barracks, but the players around them were getting impatient and whispering to each other impatiently.
"These NPCs are too slow!"
"That's right! Why is it so slow to build a shed?"
"Can't you just put a table and get the job done? You don't know how to adapt at all!"
"How long will it take for these NPCs to start working? Can you give me a progress bar? I want to see if I should go cut down two trees first."
"Too slow! I can't stand it anymore. I want to open a new map and move bricks in the new map!"
If Luo Hua and Ai Si knew that the residents of the shelter were complaining about their low efficiency, I wonder what kind of expression they would show.
Happy?
After all, they are in a hurry to get to work.
Speechless?
Not without reason. After all, no one likes to be rushed.
But the two of them didn't understand.
Just like the players around them couldn't understand, the NPC named Luo Hua kept muttering something.
"Don't these blue jackets have anything else to do except watching the fun? If they are so idle, they might as well come up and help us."
Ais: "..."
Luo Hua: "Speaking of which, what are we going to eat for lunch?"
Ais: "Freeze-dried food."
Luo Hua: "Well, okay, I guessed it was freeze-dried food. When I think of those people sitting in the air-conditioned room drinking hot cocoa and playing poker, while I have to chat with a group of blue jackets, I want to ask if this is reasonable? I would rather not have the 50CR subsidy every day! What's the use of money in this damn place? The natives don't want these waste papers at all. How many times has this happened?"
Ais: "..."
Perhaps realizing that he was a little annoyed, Luo Hua sighed.
"Okay... I admit that I've said too much. Let's get to work."
Aisi: "I agree."
While it's not snowing now, we have to erect the barracks first.
Taking out the folding bracket from the box that Aisi had brought earlier, Luo Hua carefully marked four points on the ground with the help of a protractor, inserted the bracket firmly, and then surrounded the four walls with plastic sheeting.
The framework of a model house was thus created.
Of course, this is not over yet.
Luo Hua then used a marker and a ruler to draw doors and windows on the plastic film, while Aisi, who was standing by, held a metal can with a nozzle and sprayed gray foam on the transparent plastic film.
These foams are very light, have strong adhesion, and are fine and uniform in texture. The aperture is invisible to the naked eye, and the surface has a matte texture.
Luo Hua took out a folding spatula and skillfully spread the foam sprayed on the plastic film evenly.
The whole job looked as easy as applying butter on plastic wrap.
The light grey foam quickly formed a layer on the plastic film. After it was completely solidified, the color of the foam gradually darkened, and the whole thing became a foam wall that looked no different from concrete.
Of course, it only looked like it.
If you touch it with your hands, the texture of polymer materials and silicate materials is still very different.
Standing aside, [Knife-Leave-Ren] stared with his eyes wide open and kept muttering.
"What the hell? What material is this? Polyurethane? It doesn't look like it... Just spray it directly on the plastic film? Can this thing be used as an exterior wall?"
Ye Shi said with a smirk: "Be more imaginative. The background setting is in the future. Is it strange to build a house with foam?"
Knife-Leave-Ren held it in for a while, and finally convinced himself.
"That's right, it's a game after all."
As a game setting, it's not unacceptable.
The first foam wall was completed quickly, and the second wall was done the same way. When the two NPCs finished the construction of the second wall, the first wall was completely dry.
In less than 30 minutes, a windproof, rainproof and warm mobile barracks was completed.
Although the shelf life is less than one year and the quality is not as reliable as the formal "silicate material", it is completely sufficient as a temporary facility!
Chu Guang, who was standing on the third floor of the sanatorium, looked at it with envy.
These guys really have a lot of good stuff.
We have to find a way to get some...
At this time, Old Luca, who came back from outside, walked towards the guests who came from afar and handed Luo Hua a VM.
Luo Hua looked at the old man strangely and didn't reach out to take it.
"We don't bring this stuff."
Old Luca said respectfully.
"This is what the administrator asked me to bring to you. It can help you communicate with the residents of these shelters."
Remembering the language barrier at this time, Luo Hua stopped refusing and took the VM from Luca's hand.
"Okay, thank you."
Luca nodded slightly.
"You're welcome."
...
After the barracks were built, two signs, one large and one small, were erected at the door, with Chinese characters for ["Pioneer" Outpost 404 Office] and [Volunteer Registration Office] respectively.
That's right.
These words were written by Chu Guang, and they looked pretty neat.
At the same time, almost all players near the outpost received a message reminder on their VMs, and players without VMs also heard the broadcast echoing in the base.
[Server Announcement: Quartermaster NPC is now online! New building added to the outpost base - "Pioneer" office at 404 Outpost Base! ]
[Quartermaster Luo Hua: Dear residents of Shelter No. 404, salute you! I am the quartermaster from the "Pioneer", and our land fortress has encountered a little trouble. This request may be a bit presumptuous, but we need you! ]
[Tip 1: The quartermaster from the Pioneer seems to be in trouble. An exclamation mark appears on the map. Go and talk to him quickly. ]
[Tip 2: The VM character page now updates the expansion pack exclusive activity score. Go to the new area to perform tasks to get activity points! Characters without VM can check the score from NPC Luca or administrator assistant Xiaoqi, or log in to the official website after logging off! ]
A circle of people surrounded the door of the barracks.
Almost at the moment of receiving the announcement, the players ran so fast that they almost overturned the table at the door.
"Me, me, me! The tail wants to sign up!"
"Choose me! I'm a strength type! I'm great at moving bricks!"
"Fuck! Save your strength for moving bricks! Stop squeezing, I'm going to die!"
"How can I squeeze in here?" Ya Ya, who couldn't squeeze in no matter what, stamped her feet anxiously at the edge of the crowd. She stood on tiptoe to look inside, and the whole person was desperate.
The volume collision in this game is too annoying!
If only I could pass through other players like other MMORPGs.
"Give up," looked up at her, Teng Teng sighed, and looked up at the sky, "This feels like a popular milk tea shop suddenly opened downstairs. Anyway, I can never get in line, so I might as well wait until they are cold before trying it."
Ya Ya suddenly came to her senses.
"That makes sense... Anyway, we can wait for the first wave of players' strategies since the rotation is every three days."
Teng Teng nodded in agreement.
"Really?"
Luo Hua, who was in charge of the registration list, was caught off guard for a moment.
Ai Si, who was standing next to him, was also stunned.
She actually saw a bear in the crowd?
And it was a white bear.
"...How could there be a bear?"
Luo Hua, who was sweating profusely, had no time to care about these. He was only busy taking photos with a tablet for registration and handing out numbered work badges to people in a hurry.
"Who knows, it's probably their pet... Come and help me!"
Ai Si: "..."
It was the first time she saw such a well-behaved bear, and it looked furry.
Hmm.
I kind of miss RUA.
The entrance of the office was in chaos.
Fortunately, the administrator had anticipated this situation and sent a helper to assist him in completing the registration.
After completing the personnel registration.
Luo Hua set up a large pot and antenna on the top of the barracks. After a short debugging, he finally received the contact signal from the "Pioneer".
The voice of a colleague from the logistics department came from the radio station.
"... How is the situation over there?"
Luo Hua: "Very smooth, smooth beyond my imagination! These blue coats are too enthusiastic. Our office has just opened, and they all swarmed up... To be honest, I am a little moved. I didn't expect that there are such a group of kind people living in the remote inland area!"
There was silence on the communication channel for a while.
Li De coughed dryly and continued.
"...It's quite surprising."
Luo Hua: "Let's not talk about my side. How long will it take for you to get there? They look impatient."
Li De: "We're almost there. Our captain is 2 kilometers away from you."
Luo Hua: "Captain?"
Li De: "Yes, he is leading the team himself to escort our reinforcements."
...
Leaning her shoulder against the door of the weapon shop, biting a frozen dogtail grass in her mouth, Xia Yan looked at the bustling scene at the door of the office from afar.
Today, no players came to bother her. They all went to line up at the new "NPC".
After working here for so long, she has accepted the identity of "NPC".
However, she is occasionally confused by this identity, because Chu Guang always emphasizes the difference between NPC and player, and says that NPC rarely calls themselves NPC, just like players rarely call themselves players.
So what is the meaning of this identity?
This role-playing is really weird.
At this time, Chu Guang walked towards her with a long shuttle-shaped weapon.
"I need you to make something for me. This is a sample. Try to use tungsten steel or other metals with a higher melting point. The others can be copied in a one-to-one ratio."
"Okay, I'll help you take a look later."
Reaching out to take the strange-shaped shuttle, Xia Yan looked at the exoskeleton on Chu Guang curiously and asked, "Where did you get this exoskeleton from?"
Seeing that someone finally noticed the difference between him and yesterday, Chu Guang smiled.
"Cool, right?"
"Not bad," Xia Yan couldn't help rolling her eyes in her heart, looking at the guy's arrogant look, "So where did you get it from?"
"I picked it up."
Xia Yan: "..."
Chu Guang smiled and said, "Just kidding, I found it in the shelter."
Xia Yan said helplessly, "I just asked casually, if you are not convenient to answer, forget it. By the way, how did you get involved with the people in the enterprise?"
"They came yesterday and helped us solve the mutants on Street 76... Is there any problem?"
Sensing Xia Yan's strange expression, Chu Guang couldn't help but cast an inquiring gaze at her.
"No, I just find it a little unbelievable," Xia Yan looked at the two people not far away with an intriguing expression on her face, "A long, long time ago, the Enterprise's expeditionary force came to Qingquan City."
"Expeditionary force?"
"Yes, but that was a long time ago. And I heard that the 'Enterprise' is very large, and there are many internal factions, gathered in the East Coast area. I heard that they were not called the Enterprise at first, but because they often changed their vests, others simply called them the Enterprise. Later, they may have gotten used to it, or they may have felt that this vest was the most famous, so they also started to call themselves the Enterprise."
Chu Guang looked at her unexpectedly.
"You know all this?"
Xia Yan said indifferently: "It's not a secret, but the expeditionary army happened a long time ago. I wasn't even born then."
Chu Guang: "Then do you know what they are here for?"
"What else can they do? They are called expeditionary army, so they must be fighting?" Xia Yan looked at him strangely, "Anyway, I only heard that they lost in the end. Later, it was difficult to see their people in the whole Qingquan City, but their caravans often came to do business."
It seems that the people in Qingquan City are quite tough.
But think about it, with a straight-line distance of thousands of kilometers and a supply line of tens of thousands of kilometers, it would be strange if they didn't lose.
After hearing some interesting information, Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, I'll talk to you when I get back. I'm going to go out for a while. If you have anything to do, please contact Xiaoqi, it can find me."
Xia Yan: "Where are you going? That fortress?"
"What are you going there for?" Chu Guang glanced at the map on the VM and set a coordinate on it. "There is a signal tower on Street 76. If nothing goes wrong, it should be near the mutant's nest. I plan to go there to look for it and see if it can be repaired."
Luka is helping to watch over the "Pioneer", so Chu Guang doesn't need to go there in person. His players are his eyes, and what they see will naturally be shared on the forum.
The top priority now is to repair the signal tower.
After the signal tower is repaired, the communication radius of Shelter No. 404 can at least cover the entire northern suburbs of Qingquan City, and the range of drone activities will be further expanded.
By then, whether it is to send tasks to players or to peek at his little players, it will be much more convenient than it is now.
"You should pay attention to your safety. How about taking two people with you?"
This is definitely not out of concern. Xia Yan is simply worried that she will lose this meal ticket.
Even her father who died somewhere didn't raise her like this. It doesn't matter whether she is a devil or not. She now thinks that devils are also good.
"That's true."
Chu Guang thought about it and felt that it made sense.
However, now the players' interests are all focused on the expansion pack, and they are probably not interested in doing ordinary tasks.
But Chu Guang is not in a hurry. It will only take a while.
There are currently 250 players in the server, and his contract with Captain Lu Yang only promises to send 200 workers. This also means that no matter how hard they fight, there will definitely be 50 small players who will not get the qualifications and beat their chests and stamp their feet, heartbroken.
As a manager with high emotional intelligence, Chu Guang feels that he needs to comfort them who are hurt.
Yes.
When the time comes, pick two high-quality human cannon fodders and have them follow me for a stroll around the mutants' lair.