Squeak——
The hatch opened.
After crawling out of the incubator, [Construction Boy and Brick] looked up at the ceiling and howled as if he had been reborn.
"Oh my god!"
"I'm finally alive!"
Three days!
Three whole days without being able to log in!
Only he himself knew how he had survived these three days.
The first thing he did after coming out was, of course, to take a shower to get rid of the bad luck.
He quickly put on his clothes, picked up the VM placed at the head of the cabin and put it on, and [Construction Boy and Brick] rushed into the bathroom at the speed of light, and soon came out refreshed.
However, when he saw the water bill, his happy mood instantly turned into MMP.
"Fuck! I only took a shower for ten minutes, how come it's 1 silver coin!?"
He clearly remembered that he came out on time, at the last second of 9 minutes and 59 seconds!
Just at this moment, a big lizard came out of the shower room next door.
Garbage-kun glanced at him and chuckled.
"Brother, how long have you not been online?"
The construction site boy and brick glanced at him.
"Three days! What's wrong?"
"Three days? No wonder you didn't know. The bathing fee increased yesterday. Now it's 1 silver coin every 10 minutes, and 2 silver coins every minute from the 30th minute."
The construction site boy and brick were shocked when they heard it.
"1 silver coin for 10 minutes?! Why don't you go and grab it!"
Garbage-kun seemed to have expected this reaction from him and said calmly.
"Calm down, although the bath water is more expensive, the income from the task has also increased in the past two days. Now you can do the tunnel cleaning task once a day, and 40 gnawers will give you 50 silver coins!"
The construction site boy and brick looked at him with an expression of disbelief.
"50 silver coins?! Are you kidding?"
Garbage-kun laughed.
"Why would I lie to you? If you are short of money, I will take you to the tunnel. There are a lot of monsters in there, and there are so many of them. It's so fun to kill them!"
Inflation.
That's a good thing!
You don't have to take a shower every day, but you have to do the tasks every day!
Not only the task income has been adjusted, but also the type and number of tasks.
Before, his income from the tunnel was just over 50 silver coins a day, but now it has been directly increased to over 100, which is doubled!
And it's not just him whose income has risen, even the newbies have enjoyed the joy of rising income.
Now doing the task of "corpse chaser", carrying the gnawers to the recycling point next to the active substance extractor, originally 10 can earn 1 silver coin, but now it has become 5 to 1 silver.
Many newbies follow the team to do this job to deliver express delivery, and if they are lucky, they can even earn 20 silver coins a day.
This is much more comfortable than working hard to earn 10 silver coins a day before!
After checking the task bar through the VM, the construction site boy and the brick finally understood the meaning of Brother Trash's words.
The task income has indeed increased a lot.
The original task with the lowest reward was settled with copper coins, but now the copper coins seem to have disappeared from the task bar. Even the lowest-paying errand task has a reward of more than 1 silver coin. If it is an errand task across survivor settlements, the reward starts at 5 silver coins.
In this way...
It's not too outrageous that the water bill has increased a little?
"It's only been three days since I went online... Why do I feel like I've been on OB for three months." Putting down the VM, the construction site boy and the brick looked emotional.
Brother Trash patted the old man on the shoulder.
"It's a closed beta test, it's normal, you'll get used to it!"
"I remember yesterday, Mole brother even opened a special thread to analyze the increase in the income of this mission. In fact, the omen is very obvious. The second-generation currency system only revised the silver coins, and did not mention the copper coins at all. The operator is probably planning to reduce the currency circulating in the market, so they simply abandoned the copper coins!"
[Construction Site Boy and Brick] was confused.
After a long time, he asked.
"Is it a good thing or a bad thing?"
Garbage shook his head.
"I don't know, I feel it's a mixture of good and bad. Those with a lot of money in their accounts will definitely feel uncomfortable for a while, but relatively speaking, it will be easier to get equipment from now on, which is definitely a good thing for most players."
"Especially the 7mm bullet, the price has not increased, it is still 1 silver coin each! I see a lot of people who used to be reluctant to use burst fire even with full automatic, but now they can occasionally splurge."
However, this seems to have nothing to do with him.
He couldn't operate a normal rifle, and the weapon shop couldn't design a special weapon for him.
At present, among the open alien sequences, only the rat man didn't have the debuff of [Hardworking].
Not long after, Edgewater, Debt Big Eyes and other good brothers came back to life one after another and walked out of their rooms.
As soon as he saw Brother Shui coming out of the room, Big Eyes immediately walked up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.
"Brother Shui, where are we going to give away heads today?"
Edgewater rolled his eyes.
"Go away, it's so damn unlucky, if you want to give away heads, go by yourself, I need to develop for a few days first! Damn, I won't be so reckless next time, I'm almost cracked waiting on the forum."
Debt Big Eyes laughed.
"I understand you, I'll dare to do it again next time!"
Edge of the water: "Get lost."
Although he didn't play the game for the past three days, Edge of the water has been hanging on the forum to keep up with the latest developments of the game.
Due to the heroic fighting of him and his team members, the vanguard of the Bone Chewing Tribe has been forced to evacuate from Qingquan City.
In the past three days, there have been strong winds and heavy snow every day. In many places, the snow has even piled up from the knees to the thighs, which can bury half a person.
Due to the thick snow on the road, the transportation route from Changjiu Farm to Elm District has been stopped, and it can only barely maintain the operation of the industrial zone and the route from the outpost to Changjiu Farm.
It is foreseeable that until the beginning of next spring, the people of the Bone Chewing Tribe will not continue to march south.
"By the way, does anyone know where to get the medal?"
Edge of the water opened the VM and took a look, and found a message in his personal mailbox.
"I saw on the VM that it is in the manager's office, and it will be awarded by the manager himself..."
He was just halfway through his words.
An announcement suddenly popped up on the VM.
[Announcement for the whole server: The war between Shelter No. 404 and the plunderers has entered a fierce stage. In order to ensure the supply of wartime materials, the "Wartime Management Regulations" are now activated to control some daily necessities. The situation is serious, and I hope everyone can overcome it together. ]
[Duration: 60 days. ]
Everyone was slightly stunned, and their faces showed unexpected expressions.
This is...
Is a new expansion coming? ?
...
Article 1 of the "Wartime Management Regulations" states that green wheat and sheep's horn potatoes are listed as controlled varieties, and personal purchases are suspended. They will be uniformly distributed by warehouses.
Article 2: The base price of staple foods such as corn, wheat, rice, and flour will be increased by 200%, and the base price of by-products such as cabbage and cabbage will be increased by 150%.
Article 3: The survivor settlements and temporary shelters directly under the jurisdiction of the shelter will provide residents with the necessary nutrition for survival, and each person can receive two servings per day.
Article 4: Residents who receive relief food are obliged to participate in labor. This includes but is not limited to engaging in production work, building shelters, and responding to mobilization when necessary.
Article 5: ...
There are a total of 18 articles in the wartime management regulations, of which one-third are mainly related to players, and the rest are mainly for refugees.
Including arranging for them to build houses, make fuel, and work in factories.
With enough food and fuel for heating, the refugees are relatively stable.
The players are even less affected.
Many players even regard the "Wartime Regulations" as the third expansion pack in the game - as a continuation of the first expansion pack of Wasteland OL "Winter is Coming".
Forum.
Gossip discussion area.
Just after the peak period of offline, the topic of "Wartime Regulations" has become lively.
Ye Shi: "Is there any class representative who can interpret this? What is A Guang planning? (funny)"
Yirena: "I'll tag the class representative for you @The Future is Long @The Canyon Escaped Mole. (funny)"
The Canyon Escaped Mole: "What's the point of tagging me? Tag A Guang. (squinting)"
Fang Chang: "Emmm... At present, the answer to the version should be the life professional players, but the life professional players are also the ones who are the most nerfed. If anyone can come up with the least amount of food to feed the most people, they will probably be favored by the version. I'm just guessing."
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "How about fried noodles? If you don't care about the taste, that thing can fill you up and the ingredients are simple."
Spare Someone Under the Knife: "It's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. What's missing is food, not how to eat it. I think we should develop more ingredients!"
Lao Bai: "For example?"
Yirena: "How about Xiaoqiang? (funny)"
Elf King Fugui: "Fuck, you have such a strong taste! (Frightened)"
Lao Bai: "+1, even in the game, I will never eat that stuff!"
Roller Shampooing Machine: "Where's the mouse? Sanzhier is famous in our place. (Funny)"
Forced: "Trembling."
Tail: "How about we eat Rourou! (｀?ω?′)"
Meat Mountain Big Bun: "No! Although my gene sequence is a different species, I am also a human being! (Frightened)"
Midnight Killer Chicken: "Bear Paw! (ˉ﹃ˉ*)"
Meat Mountain Big Bun: "QAQ"
...
Near the new industrial zone.
In front of the abandoned department store.
Unprocessed wood was piled up in the open space in the shape of a pyramid. The refugees kept walking around the wood piles, busy all the time.
Some people carried axes and split large logs into small pieces of firewood. Others sawed them into planks and carried them into the abandoned department store to repair damaged walls and seal leaky doors and windows.
The ventilation condition of the underground garage was worse than expected. After they came here, they found that it could not accommodate so many people. The refugees who were transferred here could only stay temporarily on the first floor of the department store.
Fortunately, the people in the shelter sent them a batch of wood and some bricks for building stoves in a truck in time.
Thanks to these wood and bricks, they really helped them a lot!
Through the stove and smoke vents made of bricks, they can exhaust the burning smoke from the building without having to risk poisoning and fire by placing burning charcoal next to the bed.
As the damaged walls and windows were sealed, the fuel consumption rate also dropped a lot.
The chef set up a big pot at the door and cooked porridge in it.
Although the air was filled with the smell of grass, the rolling bubbles still gave the survivors, whose noses were red, a glimmer of hope for their future lives.
The manager in blue armor kept his promise.
Those blue coats did not abandon them.
Although life here is not satisfactory, at least you can survive.
As long as you can survive, there is hope!
…
So far, it has taken a total of three days.
The survivors of the five survivor bases, including Chaowei Battery Factory, Dongliu Camp, and Highway Town, have all completed the transfer.
A vacuum zone has been formed at the outermost edge of the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. The next time those predators come, I am afraid they can only find some useless garbage nearby.
The plan of clearing the countryside has taken shape!
However, due to the heavy snow in recent days and the shortage of food, fuel and other supplies, the relocation plan for the second and third batches had to be suspended.
Chu Guang made a promise to the remaining seven survivors.
If they were attacked, reinforcements from the shelter would arrive within half an hour. They only needed to hold on for half an hour, and the rest could be left to the soldiers in the shelter.
But to be honest, the possibility of being attacked in this kind of weather is smaller than being frozen to death.
Even the ten-kilometer-long road from the outpost to Changjiu Farm has been repaired and there are no obvious potholes on the road surface. Trucks passing by here will occasionally break down once or twice, not to mention marching in the wilderness.
With the bumpy road conditions on the wasteland, I am afraid that the large army will be trapped in the snow and wait for death after walking a few kilometers.
What's more, the Bone Chewing Tribe is located further north, and the situation they are facing at this moment is not easier than theirs. The temperature in the northern suburbs is far more than minus ten degrees, and it may even reach twenty or thirty degrees.
Even if they eat people.
The meat must also be cooked...
This year's winter is not only stronger than previous years, it can only be described as tragic.
Chu Guang went to Bet Street before, and while inspecting the situation there, he also chatted with Old Charlie for a while.
Old Charlie said at the time that he had lived here for some years.
And as bad as this year's situation has only occurred twice in his memory...
...
The second day of the implementation of the "Wartime Regulations".
Although the sudden shortage of food supply made life a little worse than before, it did not bring unbearable impact to the players' gaming experience.
The two varieties that were restricted from purchase were mainly green wheat and sheep's horn potatoes, while rice, potatoes, wheat, corn and various flours were not included in the purchase restrictions.
And with the income of the players, they can afford the latter.
However, the doubled base price still made many professional players who set up stalls feel under great pressure.
The market at the north gate.
It was time for dinner.
The players sitting in front of Zhang Hai's ramen stall shouted.
"Boss Zhang, why did your noodles go up in price again?"
"That's right! The meat is cut thinner than paper, but why is the plain noodles 2 silver coins a bowl!"
"It's twice as expensive! Too much!"
Annoyed by the shouting, Zhang Hai knocked on the big pot of noodles with a spoon, impatiently.
"Why are you arguing? Go ask the flour seller in the warehouse! A kilogram of cornmeal is sold for 5 silver coins! Is it too much for me to charge you 2 silver coins for 2 taels of noodles? Huh?"
Yell again.
I'll sell it for 3 silver coins tomorrow!
However, what Zhang Hai didn't expect was that the diners sitting in front of the stall didn't buy it and continued to shout.
"Fuck! I was wondering why there is so little noodles, it's only two taels!"
"It can't be said to be excessive, this is too much!"
"Where is the Market Supervision Bureau? I want to call the police, there is a black-hearted merchant cutting corners here!"
Zhang Hai: "@#%!"
Damn it!
I will sell it for three silver coins a bowl tomorrow!
It's not just the ramen sellers that have increased their prices, but also the barbecue sellers and the steamed bun sellers.
Only at this time, the players can't help but miss the mushrooms of Boss Crow.
The mushroom soup that cost one silver coin a bowl is simply a ray of hope in the cold winter.
I thought it was expensive before, but now I think it's really cheap.
When the mushroom beach resumes business in the spring of next year, I hope Boss Crow can keep a little bit of good memories for them, but don't raise the price...
Walking in the market at the north gate, Chu Guang was thinking about what to eat tonight while listening to the voices of the players.
Understanding the people's sentiments is also part of the manager's job.
After all, if you only look at one report, it is easy to fall into the misunderstanding of "map strategist".
Overall, the impact of this round of price increases is still controllable, and the effect has met Chu Guang's expectations.
The average daily income of players has increased by 50%~100%, the prices of food, clothing and daily necessities have increased by 100%~150%, and the prices of industrial products such as weapons and bullets have remained unchanged, which is equivalent to a price reduction.
In a word, life professional players are not weakened, and combat professional players are epically strengthened!
At present, the only things that have not increased in price in the entire market are probably the milk bought by nomads and some dried meat made from prey.
The herders of the Frostspear tribe brought the air-dried meat production process from afar, and the dried meat produced has a unique flavor. Because it is easy to carry and cheap, it is very popular among some players who have jungle needs. Although the taste is slightly inferior, it is very cost-effective as dry food.
After all, green wheat is now a "controlled product", and green wheat cakes have disappeared from the market.
Without bread, the young players could only use dried meat as dry food.
Walking beside Chu Guang, Xia Yan muttered softly.
"Is it my illusion? Why do I feel that my salary is getting less and less?"
Today's dinner actually cost her 7 silver coins!
This is the first time that she has a sense of crisis that her salary is not enough to spend.
Chu Guang didn't feel much, and replied in a relaxed tone.
"Think about it from another angle. If more players buy guns from you, your performance will also increase. Soon you will find that your salary is more than doubled than before."
Xia Yan: "But a gun can be used for a long time, right? Your players can't buy guns every day."
Chu Guang said patiently.
"You can't think like that. If you buy a gun, you have to buy bullets, right? If you have a gun, you have to upgrade some accessories, right? Sights, bulletproof vests, helmets, fragmentation grenades, more durable backpacks, bandages, etc.... These all cost money."
In the past, the productivity of the shelter was insufficient, and Chu Guang had to be very careful when setting task rewards to avoid overflowing the player's deposit data.
Now, the productivity of the shelter has reached a new stage. Chu Guang needs players to consume and buy the weapons and armor produced by the factory, so that the factory can expand production and further reduce costs.
Only by going back and forth like this can a virtuous cycle of supply and demand balance be formed.
Looking at Xia Yan, who was confused, Chu Guang smiled faintly.
"Forget it if you can't figure it out. These things are too difficult for you."
Xia Yan glanced at Chu Guang and said with awareness.
"Why do I feel like you are laughing at me?"
Chu Guang would certainly not admit it and replied casually.
"I didn't say that."
After walking around the market, Chu Guang finally bought three meat buns, and bought two bottles of milk from the stall of sisters Qiu Cao and Qiu Ye as dinner for today.
The weather was too cold, and he had no appetite.
Besides, everyone was saving money, and as a manager, he couldn't afford to waste money.
He walked towards the direction of the sanatorium.
Just as Chu Guang walked to the door, he saw Yin Fang coming out of the elevator.
He was holding a small metal gadget in his hand, which looked about the size of a basketball, with a square head and a square brain, shaped like a small octopus, and four mechanical legs under the chassis.
After taking a bite of the bun, Chu Guang looked at him curiously and asked.
"What are you holding in your hand?"
Seeing Chu Guang, Yin Fang's eyes lit up and he said excitedly.
"A quadruped robot made based on neural connection technology! Do you remember the black box you picked up from Shelter 117? Based on the neural connection device it generated, I slightly modified it with VM and some other parts, and then I got this thing. Isn't it amazing? I made it myself!"
What the hell?
Is it so powerful?
Chu Guang looked at the thing in his hand and asked immediately, not even taking time to eat dinner.
"How do I use this thing?"
"It's very simple! Just wear the special connection device... I just plan to test its performance!"
As he said that, Yin Fang took out a thumb-sized wireless headset from his pocket and threw it in Chu Guang's hand, saying with a beaming face.
"You'll know once you try it on!"