After hanging up Li De's phone call, Chu Guang felt that his life was not easy.
The neighbor next door was heading west for a great ideal. Not only was his face full of confidence and faith of a civilized person, but he was also well-off and could eat a bowl of food for three meals a day.
On his side, he not only had to plan every supply carefully, but also had to find a way to make the players happy with the limited supplies.
Even if life was tight, if he occasionally got something good, he would use it to boost everyone's morale.
Even at this point, there were still children on the forum who were thinking about his two bricks for building the wall, analyzing how to prevent the "middlemen" from making a profit.
Wouldn't it hurt to touch his conscience?
The weak had no choice. In fact, Chu Guang knew very well that even with a shelter as a bargaining chip, he and the group of people on the Pioneer had very little room for negotiation.
Especially that Li De, who was much harder to fool than their Captain Lu, and whose bottom line was even more elusive, leaving him no chance to take advantage of.
But there was no way, Chu Guang had no choice.
It was rare to meet a group of local tycoons on an outing, and coincidentally these people admitted that they had the blue coat on their bodies. Even if it was difficult to get the wool off, he had to bite the bullet and get it.
After all, the people who came this time were friends, what if they came next time was jackals?
Even if we can't win at that time, we can only bite the bullet and fight.
If nothing unexpected happens, today's labor should be able to be exchanged for 1200R. Counting the 600R meal allowance, the total is 1800R, which can be exchanged for 6 assault rifles.
These people are still very kind, saying that it is 600R a day, even if he didn't eat breakfast at their place, he still gave him the money.
After the cooperation is over, the weapon shop will have some new equipment at 300 silver coins and 400 silver coins, including automatic rifles and submachine guns, as well as modified sights, which can be equipped for players who have already reached level 6~8.
For a better tomorrow and new versions.
I hope his little players will work hard!
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Before talking to Li De on the phone, Chu Guang took two little players of the perception system to find the signal tower mentioned in "Guard Diary" and "Blood Hand Diary" near the mutant's nest and found that the equipment just tripped. Although the parts are a bit old, they are not completely broken.
The backup power supply still has half of the power left. He turned the switch back on without saying a word, and the signal tower immediately resumed power supply.
Looking at the full signal on the VM, Chu Guang smiled.
The signal coverage range has been directly expanded to 10 kilometers away, and now the entire northern suburbs of Qingquan City are covered.
Now his little players no longer have to worry about the problem of bad VM signal.
As long as they are not buried under the ruins or walk too far, he can grasp their situation anytime and anywhere and issue tasks to them.
That's great.
After the call with Li De, Chu Guang borrowed the office's phone and contacted Old Luca.
Old Luca on the other end of the phone respectfully reported today's situation to him.
"Sir, I followed your instructions and used 600R meal allowance to buy 100 kg of potatoes, 100 kg of corn, and some salt, soy sauce, pepper and other condiments. But Li De just told me that if we use their car to help us transport the things, we will charge us 1R per 100 kg of freight..."
Good guy.
This is a little moody.
Chu Guang smiled and said, "It's okay, we don't need their cars."
The outpost base now has 10 caravans and hundreds of strength players. Isn't it easy to pull dozens of tons of goods back?
The shift changes every three days. When the people here go over, the people over there just pull the supplies back.
As for the batch of supplies exchanged today, they are mainly for the players as food.
Although they brought some sheep's horn potatoes, green wheat and dried meat when they went, those foods were only enough for a few days and could not be eaten for too long. There will be players who will change shifts with them later, and then they don't need to bring dry food.
Luca: "My Lord, I found that starch... seems to be cheaper? 1R can be exchanged for a kilogram, it seems to be edible."
Chu Guang sighed and said: "If you only eat carbohydrates, you will not be able to defecate. That thing is not for eating."
Old Luca didn't quite understand. In his concept, being able to eat is a blessing, and what to eat is not important. But since the master said so, he naturally couldn't talk back.
"Yes... By the way, my Lord, I noticed that those people coming from the east seem to be very interested in what we eat, and are even willing to spend money to buy it."
"Oh?" Chu Guang asked with interest, "Did they come to you to buy food?"
Luca nodded.
"Yes. I'm not sure how much I should sell them, but I don't want to cause trouble, so I gave them one portion, and charged 1R for each portion of mashed potatoes and fish soup."
Chu Guang said, touching his chin.
"You can estimate the cost of one portion... if we don't count the labor, but only the materials."
Luka: "It's not expensive. Mashed potatoes cost only two or three copper coins. Fish soup is cheaper, only two copper coins. But we're almost done with the fish we brought. We'll probably make other dishes tomorrow."
"If those people come again tomorrow, you can sell them the 2R and 4R price packages. 2R is 200 grams of mashed potatoes, and 4R comes with a meat dish in addition to mashed potatoes... Forget it, I won't set the recipe. Let the professional players who cook life figure out what to eat every day. I'll give them tasks later. Anyway, you can set the price according to the two standards I mentioned."
Luka said respectfully.
"Yes, sir."
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Official website:
Xiaoyu kindly reminds you: Because the administrator has repaired the antenna of the shelter, the signal coverage of the outpost base has now expanded to ten kilometers.
Today's recommended recipes: mashed potatoes with meat, fish soup with pine nuts.
Whenever everyone goes offline, the forum is very lively.
Fang Chang: "I'm back! Let me first tell you the conclusion. The new area unlocked by the expansion pack is almost exactly the same as the one shown in the promotional video!"
Knife-saving: "Yes, I testify! Other games are about finding the sameness between the actual game screen and the promotional screen, but here we are looking for the difference between the two... The key is that I can't find it yet! Can you understand the feeling of walking into the game?"
Canyon Fleeing Mole: "Fuck! I don't understand!!! I also want to go to the new map to move bricks. T.T"
Lao Bai: "To be honest, the feeling of moving bricks with high technology is quite fun, and it is slightly better than the experience of moving bricks near the outpost. (grin)"
Battlefield Atmosphere Group: "Brother, tell me quickly! What is the process over there?"
Fang Chang: "Let me tell you. We first followed the people from the Pioneer to the action camp they built for us, and lived in a small single room on the upper and lower floors of the construction site. Then Brother Chaodan made us a lunch after a long absence. There is nothing much to say about these. The key point is the afternoon! We followed two power armors to the abandoned town in the north!"
Fang Chang: "It is probably a place similar to the urban-rural junction. The building density is lower than that near Linghu Wetland Park. It is mainly composed of a large number of single-family houses and a small number of high-rise buildings. We went nearly 800 meters deep into the city and came to an abandoned community hospital. This is a brand new map! We never walked so far when we were scavenging before!"
Fang Chang: "There was a thick layer of dust on the floor of the hospital. I explored the first floor briefly and found that it had been looted, and it had been looted more than once. I am not sure if there are other survivors nearby. Our "construction site" is in the parking lot on the first underground floor, where there are a large number of well-preserved car wreckages and the bodies of gnawers!"
Fang Chang: "I guess there was a battle here before! Unfortunately, the battle was over when we arrived. Two power armors with two mechanical dogs were patrolling in the parking lot, and our job was to use the cutting machine they distributed to us to dismantle the valuable parts of the scrapped vehicles!"
Fang Chang: "The whole process is quite stress-relieving, and the construction efficiency is much simpler than dismantling the car with an axe and a saw! We used a manual hydraulic press to roughly press the removed car doors, engine hoods and other parts, and then dragged them to the heavy truck parked at the entrance of the city. There are NP engineers on board, who operate more professional equipment to perform secondary hydraulic pressure on the garbage, and then load the garbage pressed into metal blocks onto the truck."
Fang Chang: "By the way, the NP there will weigh the garbage, and the collection volume will be counted in the VM task bar. It seems that 100 kilograms can be exchanged for 1 silver coin."
Elf King Fugui: "Wait, isn't that a big loss? The garbage recycling task at the outpost is also priced at this price, I remember it was 1 silver coin for 100 kilograms of scrap steel."
Lao Bai: "It's different. For the garbage recycling task at the outpost, you have to pick up the garbage from outside the wetland park. It's at least 1 kilometer just to get out of the park, and it's even more troublesome to go to the underground parking lot in the residential area. Not to mention how far the transportation distance is, there will often be sneak attacks by gnawers."
Fang Chang: "Yes, and our base doesn't have that kind of cutter, it takes a lot of time to remove the car door and hood. In addition, this task also has activity reward points, about 1 point for 100 kilograms."
Ye Shi: "Epic enhancement for strength players! By the way, I found something interesting. When Mosquito and I were squatting in the camp eating lunch boxes, an NPC came over and exchanged instant noodles for lunch boxes with us. (Funny)"
Drum shampooer: "Damn it?! So smart? "
Lao Wang next door: "What does the instant noodles of NP taste like? Is it delicious?"
Ye Shi: "It tastes terrible, it's just a mess of boiling water, a bag of vegetables mixed with some noodles, I think it's a waste. But it's okay to eat fresh, their stuff is not very filling, anyway, I was hungry at four in the afternoon. (funny)"
w really has mosquitoes: "I have to complain about this, I feel sorry for the NPs on the Pioneer, living in dire straits and not having a decent hot meal."
Yelena: "You two are too greedy, you are really gluttons. (funny)"
Tomato scrambled eggs: "When brother Ye Shi said this, I remembered that there seemed to be NPs from the Pioneer coming to eat here tonight? I saw that old Luca took their money, one piece of paper per person, I don't know how much it was."
Debt big eyes: "! ? The version answer is actually the chef? "
Tomato Scrambled Eggs: "What the hell, the money is not for me. (rolling eyes)"
Makabazi: "But what's the use of that piece of paper? Can it be used to buy things? I don't see any nP store that accepts this stuff."
Ye Shi: "I don't know, it seems that only Boss Crow has one at the moment, I wonder if she has figured it out, maybe ask her some other day? (funny)"
Irena: "Boss Crow: Are you polite? (Funny)"
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North gate of the outpost.
Looking at the deserted market, Yaya, who had just finished cooking mushroom soup, sighed.
This was the third time she sighed in an hour.
Usually at this time, her stall would have been crowded with people. Today, everyone went to the new map to explore, and there were more sellers than buyers in the market.
Just now, there were two little players chatting, and the topic became "There are so few people in the market today", "Let's go to the forum!", "Let's go! ".
Then...
The two of them really left.
Yaya suddenly felt that those annoying people who were clamoring to buy Mufeng mushrooms, to watch her show how to stew themselves in an iron pot, and to beg her to hit them with mushrooms were not so annoying.
"It's so quiet today..."
How about closing the stall?
It's okay if you do the task, but it's boring if there are too few people to set up the stall.
It's better to go to the official website to watch the stupid netizens brag.
It's just at this time, it's about to dawn in reality, and many people are offline. The official website is probably very lively.
Those big guys who went to the new map to open up the wasteland should have already made a guide, and they can probably see some interesting things.
Just when Yaya was thinking about this, a pair of clear big eyes came to the stall without knowing when, and blinked curiously at the big pot.
The pot was filled with mushrooms, venison and some herbs, giving off a very nice aroma. Qiu Ye swallowed his saliva unwillingly, his eyes full of desire.
Looking at the first little guest today with surprise, Ya Ya hurriedly greeted him.
"Would you like a bowl?"
Qiu Ye blushed, nodded shyly, shook his head, and spoke in a stuttering manner with a non-standard pronunciation.
"No, I used it."
Huh?
The expression on Yaya's face was even more surprised, as if she had discovered a new world.
This nP can actually speak!
Seizing the opportunity, she hurriedly continued.
"Today's mushroom soup is 50% off, do you want to buy a bowl?"
Qiu Ye blinked, not understanding this sentence.
She didn't know many words, all learned when she followed her sister to set up a stall.
Those blue jackets always said something difficult to understand, but some words that appeared more frequently, combined with body language, can still guess the meaning.
This way of communication is a bit like the other nomads they met during their journey.
Some people who came from far away seemed to speak the same language as them, but they sounded quite different.
At this time, you have to rely on intuition.
Yaya picked up the wooden bowl and served the little girl a bowl of hot mushroom soup. She said softly with a sweet smile on her face.
"Forget it, there are no guests today anyway. Since you are so cute, this bowl is for you."
"Drink it while it's hot."
Looking at the bowl that was suddenly stuffed into her hand, the little girl was at a loss, and her anxious expression was as if she had done something bad.
When this person was anxious, she uttered a few more words.
She said with her mouth open.
"I, I don't have money..."
Yaya smiled gently, stretched out an index finger and shook it gently, and said in a mixture of poor game language and Mandarin.
"No money, I'll treat you."
This time, the little girl seemed to understand that this bowl of mushroom soup was free, but she still had an embarrassed expression on her face.
Looking at the steaming soup in her hand, she finally couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. She picked up the bowl, blew it, and drank it all in one gulp.
Looking at the guest drinking the soup in big mouthfuls, Yaya showed a motherly smile on her face.
Sure enough.
Compared to silver coins or something.
This is the satisfaction she pursues.
"Drink slowly, do you want another bowl? Sister will add more meat for you."
After drinking the soup and putting down the bowl in her hand, Qiu Ye looked embarrassed. After hesitating for a while, the little girl searched in her pocket and secretly put a necklace on the table.
There were several beautiful stones hanging on it.
"This is the amulet I picked up on my journey... for you."
Leaving behind this incomprehensible sentence and the handmade necklace, the little girl turned around and ran away without waiting for Yaya to continue making the soup.
Yaya was slightly startled, put down the spoon, and picked up the necklace on the table.
Hmm...
Quest props?
It doesn't seem to add any attributes. No matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary quartz.
But Yaya still happily took the necklace.
At this time, a strange customer came to the market at the north gate.
The customer had a sneaky expression on his face. After entering the market, he looked around, as if looking for something.
When he saw the stall selling mushroom soup, his eyes suddenly lit up, walked over and pointed at the pot, then opened his wallet, took out a banknote and slapped it on the table.
"I want to buy a bowl, how much?"
Why are all the people here today NPCs?
Looking closely, it seems to be the quartermaster of the office?
Looking at the 100R note on the table and listening to the completely incomprehensible tone, Yaya was in a state of confusion.
What the hell?
Are you here to buy a whole pot again?
Just when Yaya was at a loss, a tall figure suddenly appeared beside her stall and helped her out.
"Haha, my friend, I've been looking for you for a long time. So you're here! I just used your phone. By the way, you can't spend money with this kind of paper. You have to use a special coin here. This pot of soup, consider it my treat."
Gently taking the note on the table, Chu Guang scratched the VM with his index finger.
Hearing the "ding" sound of his VM, Yaya quickly raised his arm to take a look, and then he was so surprised that he seemed to be able to stuff a goose egg into his mouth.
100 silver? ? ?
Ahhh, this!
Isn't that too much? !
Looking at Chu Guang putting away the banknotes, Luo Hua was also stunned.
Wait a minute...
Didn't you agree to treat me?
Give me back the money.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? Come with me, I've prepared good wine and good food," Chu Guang said as he picked up the whole pot of mushroom soup.
It smells pretty good.
This guy should be able to drink two more bottles of wine.
"Wine? Do you have wine here?" Luo Hua was surprised and instantly forgot about the banknotes.
Chu Guang looked at him strangely.
"Don't you have any?"
Luo Hua looked a little embarrassed and said with a chuckle.
"We do have alcohol, but we can't drink it, right? And the captain doesn't let us drink, saying that drinking will interfere with work..."
Chu Guang seemed to be thinking about something.
"Then if I invite you to drink, wouldn't that be a violation of your discipline..."
Luo Hua quickly glanced around, and seeing that the person who was in the way was not there, he waved his hand and said.
"It's okay, I'm willing to have a couple of drinks with you, this is also part of official business!"
Looking at the impatient expression on his face, Chu Guang smiled knowingly, and reached out to pat his not-so-strong shoulder.
"My friend, how can this be called official business? It's time to get off work now, we should say... let's toast to friendship!"
Luo Hua was overjoyed and nodded vigorously.
"Yes, yes, let's toast to friendship!"
Looking at the two men walking away, the confused Ya Ya finally came back to his senses from the shock of 100 silver coins and jumped up from his chair.
"Wait, wait a minute!"
"Master Administrator, I have another duck here!!!"