"NO!!! I don't believe it! I don't admit it! This is not true!!!"
No. 404 Office in Boulder City, in the living room on the third floor that has been renovated.
After seeing the photo that Sisi took at the risk of her life, the disillusioned Teng Teng let out a short wail.
After throwing that sentence, she ran back to the room like a gust of wind and slammed the door.
The kerosene lamp on the wooden coffee table swayed gently, and the mutant fruit and squirrel biscuits piled in the iron plate stretched the shadows.
The four people sitting at the table looked at each other.
Zhimahu blushed and said, "It's actually pretty good?"
This sentence was originally intended to comfort Teng Teng.
But now it seems that she seems to have been brewing for a long time.
Sisi's expression was subtle: "Emmm... I can't deny it, but maybe this kind of beauty is not what Teng Teng wants."
"It seems that I am not the only one who thinks that this dress is very boldly designed," Yaya stared at the photo for a while and muttered softly, "I even seriously reflected on whether I was too dirty."
Tail said with an idea.
"Could it be that Teng Teng actually has talents that she hasn't discovered?"
Sisi said.
"It's better not to say this to the person herself."
Tail: "Ah!"
Looking at the tightly closed wooden door on the side, Zhimahu said with some concern.
"... Is it really okay?"
Sisi: "Emmm... Are you talking about Teng Teng or Lao Bai, Fang Chang and others?"
Zhimahu: "Eh?"
Yaya immediately understood what Sisi meant, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Teng Teng is very generous! I won't bear grudges!"
Really?
Sisi raised a barely perceptible smile at the corner of her mouth, stood up from the sofa calmly, stretched and said.
"I'm a little sleepy, I'll log off first."
Fake.
She wasn't sleepy at all.
She just wanted to go to the forum to watch the fun.
The chat before bed ended early.
The time in the game was already nine o'clock in the evening, and the time in reality was exactly nine o'clock in the morning. I had been lying down since six o'clock last night, and it was time to get up and move around.
Zhimahu picked up a plate of squirrel biscuits and stood up.
"I'll take some to feed Rourou."
Because it is a "pet", Rourou can only stay with the two-headed cow, and cannot go out on the street at will, nor can it live in a street where people live.
Fortunately, this place is not far from the reservoir area, otherwise it would be too pitiful.
Weiba, who was lying on the table and yawning, was about to go to sleep. When he heard that Rourou was being fed, he stood up with a bang and said with shining eyes.
"I'll go with you!"
...
Official forum.
Today is as lively as ever.
Brother Mole is telling interesting stories about his journey in a vivid way in the post, and he also added a few hand-drawn illustrations of his own.
When passing by the garbage city, they met a group of mercenaries who claimed to be from the Bone Chewing Tribe. They not only had the weapons of the Legion, but also a Conqueror tank.
Due to many reasons such as language barriers, it was not until they captured these mercenaries that they figured out that this group of people were not from the Bone Chewing Tribe, but a group of mercenaries pretending to be.
The reason why they called themselves the Bone Chewing Tribe was to take the opportunity to blackmail the passing caravans. And the "Conqueror" tank was made of wood...
In addition to Brother Mole, there are many other interesting posts.
Irena and Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes are exchanging cooking skills across servers, and Makabazi is sharing how he uses his talent as a "plant speaker" to communicate with plants. I have never heard of such an outrageous thing. I was so bored that I called it outrageous.
There were also discussions about the cultivation of tobacco and corn, debates on how to make piston aircraft engines with simple materials, and exchanges on the efficient preparation techniques of RDX and polyisobutylene.
And just at this moment, a line of posts suddenly appeared in the forum.
Teng Teng: "@白驹过裂@来日方长@..."
Ye Shi: "What are you doing? What's the matter with you tagging me? If you miss me, just say it. (funny)"
Teng Teng: "Miss you! Show your weapons! (╯‵□′)?╰ひ╯"
Lao Bai: "?"
Fang Chang: "???"
Kuang Feng: "???"
Ye Shi: "!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ"
Yirena: "Shocked, what did you do to the lovely Teng Teng? (funny)"
Elf King Fugui: "Shocked, is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality? (funny)"
Just when everyone was confused by this post and guessed what happened, Ya Ya suddenly appeared.
Ya Ya: "Hahaha, I'll show you something good. o(*≧▽≦)ツ (picture) (picture) (picture)"
Ya Ya: "Huh??? It didn't work last time, but it actually passed the review this time?"
Canyon Fleeing Mole: "Fuck! Isn't this much bigger than what I drew?!"
Debt Big Eyes: "(nosebleed)"
Fountain Commander: "If you don't understand, just ask. Is this content that can be seen without paying?"
Teng Teng: "You LSPs! This dress is not meant for this kind of occasion, okay? Don't you feel weird? (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"
Ye Shi: "Huh? Although this is an accident, I feel... it seems to be quite appropriate by accident?"
Teng Teng: "Go to hell! (Angry)"
Ye Shi: "QAQ"
Facts have proved that serious chatting can never be more exciting than driving to arouse the enthusiasm of the spectators.
A few photos instantly increased the number of players who made reservations.
It was even better than the promotional PV!
Although Boss Ya deleted the post at the speed of light under Teng Teng's threat, the stupid netizens had already saved the photos with their hand speed.
Just as the posts on the forum were swiping the screen like crazy, the small group of the Niu Ma Club was also very lively.
Ye Shi: "Fuck! Didn't that damn NPC say that Teng Teng's artwork was bought by the nobles in the inner city? How did it appear in the nightclub!"
Kuang Feng: "I recalled carefully, but the NPC didn't say that. (Squinting)"
Fang Chang: "It's my fault. Selling it to the inner city was my guess... I thought that mercenaries wouldn't buy clothes that were inconvenient to move around, and the residents of the outer city couldn't afford it at all. It could only be bought by the nobles in the inner city. I didn't expect it to be sold to the nightclub. This was my mistake. (Awkward)"
This matter really has to be blamed on Fang Chang. He was too excited when writing the guide and boasted too much.
If we hadn't given too much expectation, I'm afraid we wouldn't be so disappointed.
I hope Teng Teng won't be too depressed.
But actually think about it.
Soft power needs the support of hard power.
Boulder City has been the big brother in the southern part of the entire River Valley Province for a century. Not to mention the northern suburbs, even the survivor settlements in the entire River Valley Province are no different from the villages of country bumpkins in their eyes.
Unless these clothes are worn on the merchants in Ideal City.
But Fang Chang always feels that this is probably more difficult than persuading the people in the inner city of Boulder City to accept new things.
Lao Bai: "Large-scale social death scene, I dare not bubble. (Awkward)"
Ye Shi: "@Guang, Brother Guang, help me! Teng Teng is going to kill people! Hurry up and issue a notice to divert everyone's attention! QAQ"
Guang: "Okay. (Slanting eyes)"
Lao Bai: "!!"
Fang Chang: "!!!"
WC really has mosquitoes: "Fuck? Is A Guang your real father?! "
Kuangfeng: "A Guang is peeking at the screen. (side eye)"
Ye Shi: "A Guang is awesome! (surprise)"
Quitting: "Damn, you are so good at licking, I can't stand it!"
Ye Shi: "Get lost! Can you call this licking? This is called gratitude from the heart!"
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! "
After closing the group chat, Chu Guang went to the forum and took a look, and roughly understood what was going on.
Although it was slightly different from the script he had expected, how should he put it?
He felt that this could not be completely a bad thing.
Although the artwork of the Teng Teng Cottage failed to conquer the hearts of the people in the inner city, it at least conquered the night of Boulder City.
Even the nobles in the inner city of Boulder City could not live in a shabby house every night. The emperor had to sneak out of the palace to play, let alone the ministers in the palace?
It's just that in most cases, they won't let ordinary people know.
In addition to the mercenaries and merchants who made a fortune from trade, if the "artworks" of the little players can become popular among them, it is possible that these goods will be sold not only in Boulder City, but also to farther places.
That will be a broader market.
And this is a good start.
"For the sake of this father, the announcement will be sent out one day in advance. "
Looking at the cattle and horses being chased by the vines, Chu Guang couldn't help but smile and clicked the mouse with his index finger.
Just as the spectators and LSPs on the forum were frantically circulating the photos taken by the boss Sisi, an announcement suddenly appeared.
[Announcement of the Alpha1.1 version update of the closed beta server of Wasteland OL.]
There was no sign at all.
Every update of "Wasteland OL" is so unexpected.
The guys who were still exchanging learning materials in the previous second were immediately attracted by this heavy news in the next second.
[Major update:
1. The number of closed beta players increased to 1,500.
2. Tide system!
]
[
Optimization:
1. More NPC shops, now open for purchase of neural connection equipment, the most basic unmanned reconnaissance vehicle requires an intelligence attribute of more than 15.
2. The season in the game enters spring, with more vegetation and wild animals, and the night will no longer be safe!
3. Fixed a small number of bugs.
4. ...
]
[Detailed explanation of the "Tide" system: The suitable environment in the city will cause the mutant slime mold to reproduce rapidly. When the spore concentration in the air reaches a certain threshold, it will cause the hatching room in a stable state to produce a probabilistic mutation and form a new mother nest. It is predicted that the tide will occur in the next two weeks. Please be prepared, this may be the most severe test since the opening of the server! ]
[New NPC joining: Yu Hu, a hunter from Beth Street, will join Shelter No. 404. As an experienced and calm hunter, he is proficient in making traps and tracking prey. ]
[In addition, the Hunter Guild has been officially established, and Yu Hu will be the first president. Congratulations to the hunter players for now having their own organization! ]
"Developer Log: Alpha 1.1 Version"
Guang: "Hello everyone, this new version is quite hard-won. In fact, the version number we planned before was 1.01, but because our potato supplier is powerful enough, we now have more potatoes... I mean server resources."
"In short, the new version will give birth to 400 lucky people. The announcement of the internal beta qualification will be released later, and it is expected to be made public after the launch tomorrow."
"All the employees of the Wasteland OL game production team promise you that although we are still in the early stages of entrepreneurship, we will still do our best to provide as many game experiences as possible for the closed beta players, and make the game world as perfect as possible. The much-anticipated public beta version will also arrive in the final stage of game development."
"In fact, we already have a specific timetable, but it involves corporate secrets, so it is not convenient to disclose it."
"Next is the description of the new version. We have introduced a new concept wave in the game. Although in the early stage of the game, most of our players are opponents of people in the wasteland, in fact, it is not only the wastelanders holding hot weapons who are extremely threatening, but also those terrifying mutant creatures. After being silent for the whole winter, they have long become hungry, whether it is the death claws or the slime mold."
"During the duration of the wave, the mutant slime mold will reproduce crazily, and high concentrations of spores will even form a misty spore cloud in the air. Excessive intake can cause respiratory infections and even some tissue lesions. It is recommended that players with low physical fitness try to wear gas masks when exploring deep into the city, and players with physical sequence should not take it lightly."
"Searching and clearing are the only way to end the wave. We can't expect them to disappear out of thin air, let alone watch them destroy the homes we built with our own hands."
"'Hunter's Guild' came into being!"
"Take the hunter profession, search for the source of spore release and eliminate potential dangers, and you can get rich rewards and unlock rare achievements and medals!"
"Information about the mother nest, hatchery, and mutant slime mold has been updated in the official database. For more details on the gameplay, please explore it yourself in the game!"
…
The first day of the new version's launch.
The number of hunter players doubled instantly.
Except for the life profession players who had no reaction, almost all combat profession players put a hunter profession on their heads and registered as members of the Hunter Union.
As the president of the Hunter Union, Yu Hu did not disappoint the players' expectations. He used the budget allocated by Chu Guang to find some experienced hunters from Beth Street to teach the players the skills of hunting and tracking prey, and organized the players to go to Qingquan City to perform search tasks.
More than 200 hunter players were divided into more than 50 teams, starting from the Garden Street subway station in three different directions, and carried out a carpet search in the area from the Fifth Ring Road to the Fourth Ring Road in Qingquan City to find the source of the spore release.
The combat effectiveness and recovery ability of slime mold variants are positively correlated with the concentration of spores in the air. When the spore cloud weakens the light on the surface to a certain extent, even daytime will no longer be safe.
It is not realistic to kill the wave in the cradle. Most of the alien species that make up the wave come from mature mother nests, which are usually located in the city center. The oldest ones are even more than a century old.
However, if the mutant incubator can be found and destroyed before it forms a new mother nest, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the concentration of spores in the air in the northern suburbs, thereby weakening the intensity of the wave and the combat effectiveness of the gnawers.
This is Heya's speculation.
It is also the first task that Chu Guang gave to the Hunter Union.
Just as the combat professional players were heading towards the urban area of Qingquan City, the exit of the B3 floor of Shelter No. 404 was busy.
Several small players of the strength and physique system were dragging a cargo cart to move one culture chamber after another from the shelter to the tunnel outside the exit.
These culture chambers were lined up in front of the sentry post at the door, and not far from these culture chambers, a truck that had just been assembled was parked.
This is the latest work of Goblin Technology.
Since the sponsor who placed the order is the respected manager, this truck also got a slightly more normal name "E-Mule".
As the name suggests, this is a pure electric truck. From the appearance, it is basically modeled after the light truck of the Legion, but the length of the cargo box is increased, and the pot camel engine is replaced with batteries and motors.
The whole vehicle structure adopts the conventional layout of steel cab and wooden body, with a total weight of up to 4.3 tons, 4 wheels and a nearly 5-meter-long body. The engine output power can reach a maximum of 80 horsepower, and the rated maximum load capacity is 1.8 tons. In fact, overloading to 3 tons is not a big problem!
In addition to the advantages of 0 displacement, excellent endurance and low noise, the vehicle has excellent off-road performance, and the high chassis design can adapt well to rugged terrain.
Not only that, the connection parts reserved on the front of the car can also be used to weld bulletproof plates and machine guns.
The wooden boards on both sides of the cargo box are also designed to be unfolded like the outside, which can easily install 4-mounted anti-aircraft guns on the truck.
As long as there is a need, this medium-sized transport truck can be turned into an armed truck at any time!
In addition to its domineering appearance and wide range of uses, the technical content of this truck is also not low.
The energy storage component is a battery pack of 102 KV-1 solid-state hydrogen batteries in series, with a total weight of up to 102 kilograms, installed in the rear box of the truck, which is convenient for disassembly and replacement.
This is also the first order that the Lister factory has received from the shelter since it went into production!
Unlike fuel trucks, the structure of pure electric trucks will be relatively simple, and the core technology is basically concentrated in energy storage, while there is no great technical difficulty in the power components.
Therefore, in addition to batteries, other components including motors are basically "independently developed" by large and small workshops and factories in the industrial zone.
The only disadvantage of this truck is probably that energy is not easy to obtain.
Unlike the wood-burning pot camel machine, the "No. 102 battery pack" used in this truck is expensive, and the production cost of only one set is as high as 12,000 silver coins.
Not only that, the electricity outside the shelter mainly relies on thermal power generation, which is still burning wood in the final analysis. Before the energy structure is improved, there is an additional energy conversion process out of thin air, and electric trucks will consume more firewood.
However, considering the ventilation environment in the tunnel, this is also a last resort. After all, it is impossible to move a truck that burns firewood underground.
If you really do that, I'm afraid everyone will get carbon monoxide poisoning before long.
"How much does this truck cost?"
Silver Sword, who put down the incubator, raised his arm to wipe the sweat on his head, and couldn't help sighing as he looked at the truck not far away.
Silver's father, who was standing aside, said with a mean smile.
"I don't know, but I just know you can't afford it."
Silver Sword: "Damn, why should I buy this thing? I'm just curious and ask a question."
Silver Hand: "I want to know where these incubators are sent."
Silver Sword thought for a moment and said: "It's probably Shelter 117!"
"Shelter 117?" Silver Hand was surprised, "Why send it there?"
Silver Dad: "You are stupid! In addition to the 100 rooms on the B floor, is there any space in Shelter 404? If the operator does not open a new server, the resurrection point of new players can only be moved to other shelters!"
Silver Hand: "Fuck, then aren't we the last batch of players in Shelter 404?"
Silver Sword: "Not necessarily, what if the 4th floor is opened, and there are 600 good brothers... But this game is too real, and the resurrection point still needs to be transported by old players."
Baiyinzhidaddy sighed: "Indeed, it's so damn real... I'm both a player and a father, and I've never been so worried about other games."
As soon as he said this, he was met with two eye rolls.
Thinking about the ID issue made them angry, and the two decided to ignore this idiot for an hour.
...
All 400 incubators have been displayed in the tunnel.
The "E-Mule" medium-sized transport truck will deliver these incubators to Shelter No. 117 under the Garden Street subway station in 8 trips at a speed of 50 per trip.
After the continuous efforts of the players, the tunnel between Shelter No. 404 and Shelter No. 117 has been completely opened, and the mutant creatures and incubators along the way have been completely cleared.
The 7-kilometer-long tunnel takes an hour to walk, but if you take the 60-meter-high train at an average speed of 30 yards per hour, it will only take more than ten minutes.
New players will use Shelter No. 117 under the Garden Street subway station as the resurrection point.
There is a controlled fusion reactor there, and wireless power supply facilities can power the culture cabin.
Shelter No. 117 has complete living facilities, and the underground passage can be connected to Shelter No. 404, making transportation very convenient.
In addition, the archive points of the outpost base and Changjiu Farm have been equipped with 200 hibernation chambers and public hotels for lying down, which can meet the offline needs of players at any time.
As for the management of the newbies, there is no need to worry at all.
After obtaining the administrator authority of Shelter No. 117, the management system of the entire shelter has been connected to the main server of Shelter No. 404.
Chu Guang authorized some of his authority to Xiao Qi.
The cameras in the shelter have almost no blind spots. As long as they are within the signal coverage of the shelter, he can always grasp the situation in the shelter.
If any accident occurs, Xiao Qi will notify him as soon as possible.
In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, Chu Guang even granted it the right to deal with emergencies.
When a special situation of moderate violation or above occurs, Xiaoqi can directly cut off the power supply of the culture chamber with a specific number according to the management regulations, and then report the "fault".
The whole process will be completed within 2 to 3 frames, and it is noted in the shelter management regulations as a "fuse mechanism".
To put it bluntly, it is to unplug the network cable.
It took a whole morning, with the cooperation of players and NPCs, these 400 culture chambers were finally delivered to Shelter No. 117 and placed in separate rooms.
After doing these things, Chu Guang immediately started the synthesis program and began to generate clones of the players.
These 400 newbies will go online in three days, half of them are combat professional players and half are life professional players.
The battle with alien species tests not only the combat effectiveness of the shelter, but also the logistics capabilities.
Chu Guang needs not only a large number of combat professional players to fill the front line, but also bullets and shells that can be continuously delivered to the front line.
Only in this way can the safety of the rear be guaranteed.
Chu Guang had high expectations for this batch of fresh young leeks.
Looking at the gate of Shelter No. 117, he said with a gratified smile while wearing the power armor of the previous manager.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last batch of players in the B round of testing."
"If the idea of sending the incubator to other shelters as resurrection points is feasible, we can focus on searching for information about the shelters in the future."
At this moment, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from the communication channel.
"Master!"
Before Chu Guang could ask what was going on, Xiao Qi continued.
"The players you sent to investigate the area around the Fifth Ring Road seem to have discovered something incredible..."