"MMP!"
"Let these beasts run away."
Standing at the edge of the forest on the northeast side of the Elm District, Chu Guang held a telescope in his hand, looking at Yuanxi Town hundreds of meters away, and couldn't help cursing.
A few days ago, the tracked vehicles of the guard team patrolled the entire northern suburbs, searching for six fleeing teams of 100 people. Three of them were wiped out, but more than half of the predators still ran away.
Chu Guang estimated that some of the predators ran to Lion Fang and brought him the news of the defeat of the Black Snake.
But what he didn't expect was that these people were so cowardly.
Instead of attacking, they turned around and ran away!
"If you can beat them, you fight, and if you can't beat them, you run away. It's very much like the style of those predators."
Standing next to Chu Guang, Vanus also held a telescope and continued after observing for a while.
"...But these fortifications are very much like the style of the legion."
These looters reinforced the ruins with wood, dug trenches on the streets, set up roadblocks and bunkers.
This place was transformed into a fortress.
On a three-story ruin, he even saw a gun position reinforced with sandbags and wood.
Judging from the reserved "concave" shooting holes, it was probably some kind of indirect-fire infantry gun.
However, the gun there had been removed.
"It can be seen that they retreated in a hurry, and only had time to set a fire... Most of the fortifications were not destroyed in time."
Chu Guang put away the telescope and touched the side of the helmet with his index finger.
"Queue 1, move forward."
"Received."
Liu Ding, who was standing 500 meters ahead, received the order and gestured to the player next to him.
After receiving the order, 5 teams with a total of 50 people immediately moved forward and entered the abandoned town from five directions.
Wearing an exoskeleton with welded steel plates, Lao Bai held an LD-47j light machine gun in his hand, and the muzzle moved around the window on the street.
He also had a two-meter-long "cavalry rifle" hanging on his back, but it should not be used at this distance of engagement.
"It's so quiet here."
"The looters stationed here should have withdrawn," Fang Chang glanced at the human skull on the roadside, looked around vigilantly and said, "The whole town doesn't look like there are any living people."
Blood stains were painted on the wall as hideous graffiti, and there were some crooked words and symbols.
It looked like a ritual of some evil religion.
Uneaten corpses were thrown on the roadside, and filth was everywhere on the street, and the ground was in a mess.
Ye Shi swallowed his saliva.
The atmosphere here was so depressing that he felt suffocated.
He would rather fight the looters head-on than explore this place that made him feel physically uncomfortable.
"Damn, why does it feel like a horror game..."
Kuangfeng looked around and nodded expressionlessly.
"Well, the Resident Evil version of Silent Hill... a similar feeling."
It was too quiet around.
Not to mention living people.
Not even a mouse could be seen.
The group continued to advance along the route indicated on the VM, and cooperated with other teams to conduct a round of search of the outer areas of the entire town.
After confirming that there were no looters, they continued to go deeper along the main road and advanced to the center of the town.
There is a clock tower here, with a wide view around it. It is the tallest building in the entire town. It is probably regarded as a headquarters or a similar place by those looters.
Pushing open the wooden door of the clock tower, Lao Bai, who was in the front row, walked in first, but was soon smoked out by the stench inside.
"Damn..."
"What did you see." Ye Shi walked up curiously.
"I advise you not to look at it."
Lao Bai just said this, but it was too late. Ye Shi, who walked through the door, had already stood up with the help of the door.
In the hall of the clock tower, corpses piled up into a small mountain.
The buzzing of flies was like a tsunami, and black things crawled on the pile of corpses. The hot air that hit my face was filled with the stench of decay. It seemed that all the cockroaches in the town had run here, the small ones were as big as fists, and the big ones were bigger than shoes...
Kuangfeng took a look inside and was slightly stunned.
"This is too..."
This visual impact.
Even with a filter, it is more or less mentally polluted.
It's just like a nightmare.
"...I feel that the public beta is a long way off. If the blood and corpses are not changed to green blocks, it may be difficult to end." The Elf King Fugui said with a smack of his tongue.
Irena looked at him with an ambiguous expression.
"Be more confident and get rid of the feeling."
...
After an hour of carpet search, it can be basically confirmed that the thousand-man team stationed in Yuanxi Town has evacuated.
And they evacuated about three days ago, with the goal of Xizhou City in the north.
Before evacuating, the looters executed all the slaves, sprinkled insect eggs on their bodies, burned the supplies that they didn't have time to take away, and even set fire to the fortifications.
However, due to the lack of fuel, most of the wooden bunkers and roadblocks survived except for the burned food.
If we wait for another half a month, the whole town may become a paradise for mutant cockroaches and flies.
Although those "little guys" are not strong in combat and it is difficult for them to pose a direct threat to the wastelanders, they are quite good at spreading diseases and stealing supplies.
Obviously, Lion Fang does not want this "fortress" to fall into the hands of the survivors in the northern suburbs, so he tried to prevent them from occupying it in this way.
Chu Guang ordered the players to set fire to the bell tower and burn the aliens and corpses inside.
It is nearly 30 kilometers from here to the outpost. It is too difficult to recover these corpses, and it is not cost-effective.
The two active substance extractors have been working 24 hours a day, and the production tasks have been scheduled from the beginning of the month to the end of the month.
At least for a period of time, there is no need to worry about the resurrection coins.
Standing at the north intersection of Yuanxi Town, Wrench spread out a map in front of Chu Guang and marked several red crosses along the contour lines with a marker.
"… It's nearly 20 kilometers from Yuanxi Town to the southernmost tip of Xizhou City. There are hills and forests along the way. Although there are three pre-war roads, they are basically abandoned. If they plan to move towards us from the north, the marching route is quite limited."
"I suggest building an operation base in Yuanxi Town, setting up a radio base station, and building outposts along the northern hills, setting up radio stations and communication equipment, and closely monitoring the movements in the north!"
Chu Guang stared at the map for a while, and then looked at the hills covered with trees in the north. The snow hanging on the treetops was connected into a piece, and only a few abandoned high-voltage towers and a few relics of unknown use could be seen in the vast white snow.
The view there is good, and the surrounding terrain is open.
If an outpost can be built on the top of that hill, it should not be a problem to include an area of 5 kilometers or even 10 kilometers in the field of vision.
The only thing to worry about is the alien species in the forest.
Monsters, cave beasts, mutant brown bears, wild boars, monkeys, and even death claws are likely to appear in the forest.
Each outpost must be equipped with at least two machine guns and a 20mm cannon, and two Iron Fist rocket launchers.
This should ensure the safety of the sentinels.
Chu Guang nodded slightly and said.
"This is a good suggestion. How many people do you think are suitable?"
Wrench thought for a moment and said.
"There are always three people at the outpost, two shifts a day, 30 people should be enough!"
Chu Guang picked up the marker and added three marks on the map, then returned the map to Wrench.
"I'll give you 50 people, and the number of outposts will be increased from 5 to 8. Be sure to keep a close eye on this area!"
"Report to me in time if there is any situation."
The work of standing guard can only be handed over to the guard team. Players can't do boring work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When he plays games, he can wait for a whole day for a boss, but he can't wait forever.
However, he can issue some tasks related to Yuanxi Town to divert a group of hunters, scavengers, explorers, and professional players to this area, with the number of people controlled between 20 and 90.
With the help of the NPC's fixed sentry, it should be foolproof.
He clasped his hands together and said with a wrench.
"Yes!"
The plains of the Valley Province are mainly concentrated in the north and south ends, and they are in the form of a belt across the east and west on the map. They are the transportation hubs for the eastern provinces to the western provinces.
Like two corridors.
The large area sandwiched between the two corridors is mostly hills and gentle slopes, with a few plains scattered around.
Most of the cities before the war were also on these plains, or at least with the plains as the center, spreading to the hills along the contour lines.
Most of the survivors in Qingquan City have a good life, and a large part of the reason is that they are located at the transportation hub connecting the east and the west, where there are large plains.
Unless the road is blocked by heavy snow, there are usually many caravans passing through the northern or southern suburbs of Qingquan City, and they usually bring a lot of good things.
Yuanxi Town is located at the northernmost part of Yumu District, and it is also the northernmost side of this southern corridor.
After passing the hills in the north, we continued walking for more than 20 kilometers and arrived at Xizhou City controlled by the Ya Clan.
Whether it was to protect the safety of farmland and Changjiu Farm or to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes, it was necessary to control the strategic location of Yuanxi Town.
"If I were a member of the Bone Chewing Tribe, I would wait until autumn to come again."
Vanus, who was standing next to Chu Guang, glanced in the north and continued.
"Do you want to consider not having a 100mm artillery on the hills? That thing has average anti-armor capabilities, but it is no problem to blow up an infantry or break a track."
Chu Guang looked at him and said.
"I was planning to do that. By the way, how far can your legion's artillery fire?"
Vanus thought for a moment and answered.
"The effective range is 11 kilometers, but sometimes it can reach 13 kilometers. If it is a rocket-assisted projectile, the range may be doubled, but I looked at the batch of shells you seized, and it seems that they are all ordinary high-explosive shells."
When attacking the Pioneer before, the two howitzers he used were the Corps' standard 100mm artillery, deployed in the forest of the Elm District, and hit the Changjiu Farm more than ten kilometers away.
But the two guns did not play any role.
Not only were most of the shells fired intercepted by the more technologically advanced point defense system, but they were later locked by drones and sent into the sky by the company's employees with two metal hydrogen shells.
But to be honest, compared with the company's high-tech equipment that is expensive to build and maintain, this cheap, easy-to-use, simple, rough and powerful large-caliber artillery is more suitable for the environment on the wasteland.
After all, it is a waste to use a good thing like metal hydrogen to deal with predators.
It is equivalent to using a submachine gun to kill cockroaches.
After leaving Wrench, Liu Ding and other guards here, Chu Guang led the players back home.
After a whole winter of war, the space for development was finally opened.
Now that spring has come, if we don't farm, we will starve to death.
After returning to the shelter, Chu Guang first opened the shelter system, entered the administrator's allowance page, and confirmed the reward points.
Due to the hard work of the players during this period, the reward points consumed in the celebration some time ago have recovered a lot, and now there are 271 points.
"It's time to open the blind box happily again."
After careful consideration, Chu Guang selected 2 advanced blind boxes, 5 intermediate blind boxes, and 21 primary blind boxes.
With the slight shaking of the wall, the alloy door opened, and the rewards from the blind box were quickly sent out along the conveyor belt.
Looking at the things on the conveyor belt, Chu Guang showed a surprised expression on his face.
"This is..."
It was a set of black exoskeleton with blue lines on the surface. Its shape was somewhat similar to the Type 5 exoskeleton, but its size was not small, and it was a circle larger than the Type 5.
To make an inappropriate but vivid analogy, if the Type 5 exoskeleton is compared to a basketball uniform, then this set is a rugby uniform. The heavy composite material plate hangs on the chest, and the scale-like armor lining almost covers more than 90% of the body.
[Type 6 "Heavy Cavalry" Police Exoskeleton: An improved version of the Type 5, it has stronger bulletproof capabilities than the Type 5 "Light Cavalry" exoskeleton. It can not only resist the shooting of light weapons, but also resist the shock wave and fragment damage caused by the explosion to a certain extent. ]
"It's something."
Chu Guang put it on with interest and moved his limbs.
The power source is probably a chemical battery such as azide or solid hydrogen, and the battery life is 24 hours under normal use.
Compared with nuclear-powered power armor, this thing is more suitable for daily wear. It can be recharged when the power is used up, and there is no need to look for cold fusion batteries everywhere.
As for the other advanced blind box, the reward is very ordinary, which is an EMP grenade.
So far, this thing is the most useless thing in the advanced blind box.
The things opened by the intermediate and primary blind boxes are pretty good, including two treatment needles, two boxes of bandages, a box of antibiotics, and a large number of canned food, portable food and condiments.
"It's a pity that no seeds were opened this time."
It would be perfect if a few more high-yield crops could be unlocked!
After confirming the reward, Chu Guang came to the office and sat down, turned on the computer, and logged on to the official website for a tour.
Today's little players are still as fierce as ever.
The two factory managers of the No. 81 Steel Plant are discussing fiercely with the cloud players whether to change the 20mm machine gun to a 37mm rapid-fire gun to increase the charge of the shells and produce a greater explosion effect.
Mosquito used a pencil to draw a picture that only he could understand, showing the new equipment that Goblin Technology is developing. It uses the shell of a crab as armor, is powered by a wood engine, and is equipped with an 88mm short-barreled mortar and a 20mm machine gun!
Although everyone complained about whether this thing could withstand a tank shot, Mosquito still insisted that this was the equipment that met the needs of the wasteland.
"Where can we get so much steel to build tanks! And this is a wasteland, brothers, where can we get so many tanks for you to fight?"
"Obviously we need a heavy equipment that can quickly harvest soft targets and cross rugged terrain. It does not need strong protection, as long as it can resist bullets."
"The shell of the split claw crab meets this requirement perfectly! With eight mechanical legs, it can cross gullies, deep pits and bunkers like a spider, open up roads for our troops across the line, and provide direct fire support! Even the death claw has to run away like a reptile in front of the 88mm mortar!"
Chef of human body outline: "Although I don't understand it at all, it sounds awesome."
Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning: "How do you plan to coordinate the movement of the eight mechanical legs? And what if one is broken? I think it's better to go directly to the track, or get a big tire, like an off-road vehicle!"
WC is really a mosquito: "Haha, it's none of your business! I have my own way!"
Highland Security: "You should get the plane out as soon as possible. Get a piston propeller plane. Isn't it better than this thing? It can clean the ground, conduct reconnaissance, and beat a few bandits."
Siberian Ivan: "Just get on the airship! That thing has a large bomb load, and it can drop tons of explosives!"
WC Really Mosquito: "MMP! That's easy to say, come in and do it!"
Yaer I Want to Go to the Toilet: "But to be honest, you can try the wooden plane. I remember that the big Mosquito bomber seems to be made of wood and glue. Furniture factories can make it. Only the engine, landing gear and connecting parts are made of metal. It can carry 4,000 pounds of bombs and is especially fast, comparable to BF109, but it takes a little pilot."
Ward Foot Foot Who Levin: "The old Russian Po-2 biplane seems to be a wooden plane, which has been in service for half a century."
Irena: "Charlie from the shop? (Funny)"
Looking at the content of the exchanges between these little players, Chu Guang was very pleased.
Airplanes.
That's a good thing.
It should be no problem to build an airstrip at Changjiu Farm and fly to Xizhou City.
At that time, take a few photos in the sky to understand the deployment of troops of the "Ya" clan of the Bone Chewing Tribe in that area, so as to deal with the next attack.
Who knows, there may be an opportunity to counterattack.
However, there is no rush for this matter.
The most severe moment has passed, and Shelter No. 404 has been militaristic for a whole winter. What it needs most now is development.
After entering February, a large number of caravans will pass through Qingquan City, and the buff of the company's permanent partner will soon come in handy.
Before that, he needs to be fully prepared to seize this historic opportunity.
"With the food seized from the Black Snake, it shouldn't be a problem to feed another 300 people."
"Although it's a month earlier than planned, now is the time when we need manpower."
"The shelter needs more players with life professions, especially those who have farming experience in real life."
"It's time to release Alpha 1.0."
It's not difficult to filter out these players.
Now the number of reservations has almost exceeded 100,000. According to the questionnaire, it is more than enough to select 300 players with user labels such as "agriculture-related occupations or majors", "farming tendency", "business game enthusiasts", and "liver emperors".
There is no need for all 300 people to go to farm obediently.
This is neither realistic nor in line with the logic of the game.
But as long as 1/10 of them, even 1/20 of them can be like Brother Maca, who can't wait to stay in the fields 24 hours a day, it will be enough for Chu Guang.
It would be best if these players can combine their real-life experience to improve agricultural tools and planting techniques and bring them to the wasteland.
Now the industrial zone can produce pot-carrying machines independently, and mosquitoes have started to make crab chariots. It should not be a problem to build two tractors before the spring plowing begins.
With some other cheap and easy-to-use tools, as long as they can solve 1/3 of the production tasks, they can help the managers a lot!
After thinking for a moment, Chu Guang opened the text document and edited a line of words in it.
[Alpha1.0 version update announcement! ]
[Major update:
1. The number of closed beta players increased to 1,100!
2. New professions such as "farmer" and "operator" have been added, and the agricultural and commercial systems have been fully upgraded!
]
[Optimization:
1. Richer task content: The game content has been expanded to the area around Yuanxi Town, and more alien species can be hunted. But please be careful, there are death claws in that area. Since all the death drops, low-level players should go there with caution!
2. More NPCs and merchants with unique styles: After the game enters February, merchants from the eastern and western provinces will pass through Changjiu Farm.
3. Richer ecosystem: Starting from the new version, players can capture alien cubs, tame wild animals, and turn them into pets. They will be your good helpers, whether they help you search for prey, carry goods, or plow the fields... Please explore more ways to play by yourself.
4. Fixed a small number of bugs.
…
]
[New expansion: "Swords into Plows" is now online! ]
[B round of testing will be opened after the expansion is unlocked, more new content, new maps and new elements are waiting! ]-