What Fang Chang didn't expect was that he guessed the ending but not the beginning.
Two versions were not used at all. As soon as the Beta0.1 version was launched, the hibernation capsule was on the shelves of the NPC store.
As long as the contribution level reaches "intermediate citizen", you can make an appointment to buy it in the VM, and it supports door-to-door delivery.
Yes.
If you want to buy a hibernation capsule, you must first have a piece of land.
Since the land in the recovery area is collectively owned by the new alliance, it is obviously not feasible to just find a piece of land and claim it as your own.
However, this is easy for intermediate citizens. Most players will buy a 50-square-meter piece of land after reaching intermediate citizens and run their own small home or shop.
Some professional life players who have registered business units can also place the hibernation capsule on commercial or industrial land.
There is still a lot of room for choice.
Less than half an hour after the announcement of the new version was released, someone soon discovered this change, and some players in the square began to make a fuss.
"Hibernation pod... Shit! Two thousand silver coins!?"
"It's equivalent to a miner type I exoskeleton!"
"The ordering requirement contribution level reaches the middle citizen... Hiss, ten thousand contribution points! Slip, slip, I'd better use the public save point."
"Oh my god... How long will it take to save this money?"
"If there are no server activities or faction wars, the average daily income of LV10 under normal gameplay can reach 100 silvers. Although some people can grind to 200, 300+... But they are all big guys."
"Don't worry, just grind!"
2000 silver coins sounds like a lot, but for players who really reach LV10, it is actually not unacceptable.
With the establishment of the Hunter's Guild, the proportion of task income in the total income of players has gradually dropped from the initial 90% to 66%.
Many hunting aliens or sweeping commissions issued by non-core NPCs can even earn a one-time income of 1000+.
These NPCs are usually production units such as Didiwei Food Processing Factory, Lister Factory, and Bachi Factory. Some are farmers from farms or foreign merchants.
However, compared with the former, the latter has limited economic strength and does not give many silver coins. They mainly give regional reputation or physical rewards.
The significance of the Hunter's Guild is probably to review the commission content and prizes and publish them to players in a centralized manner. This is much more efficient than players using poor human language to harass NPCs one by one.
After announcing the start of the celebration, Chu Guang did not go downstairs immediately, but stood by the window on the third floor like an NPC, looking at the players downstairs with a smile.
Xiao Qi, who was following his calf, quietly raised the camera.
"Master."
Chu Guang, who was in a good mood, smiled.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Qi said in a low voice.
"I heard many players complain that the hibernation capsule is too expensive."
Chu Guang said calmly.
"It's normal, it's expensive."
There are only two black boxes for producing hibernation capsules, and the maximum daily production capacity is only 40~48. It is impossible for everyone to have their own hibernation capsule.
What he needs to ensure first is the collective interests, that is, the public save point can obtain enough hibernation capsules to meet the needs of most players, especially new players, to save normally.
As for the sold hibernation capsules, the income generated can be used to subsidize the production of culture capsules and recruit more new players.
In fact, not only the hibernation capsules, but also the culture capsules as resurrection points, he also hung them in the NPC store.
However, the culture capsule is different from the hibernation capsule. As a tool for synthesizing clones, each game account can only hold one.
Therefore, the so-called purchase is not to make a new one for the player, but to allow the player to take his own culture capsule out of the shelter.
At the same time, the culture capsule is equivalent to the "base crystal" in MOBA games. Once it is destroyed, no matter how strong the game character is, it will be finished.
Whether to take the resurrection point out of the safe zone.
The choice is yours!
Looking at the price of the incubator in the VM, the canyon escaped mole took a breath of cold air.
"Ten thousand silver coins..."
This is too exaggerated!
It's equivalent to a light cavalry exoskeleton!
You can buy 5 miners I, or 12.5 KV-1!
Zhang Hai leaned over to take a look at the VM of the mole brother, and then looked at his own, his eyes widened instantly: "Wait, why can't I see it on my VM?"
Elf King Fugui scratched the back of his head: "It's also possible here, it seems that it will only be displayed when you are a middle-level citizen or above... Although you can only buy it when you are a senior citizen."
Irena: "Isn't the key ten thousand silver coins? Only ghosts will buy it... It's funny."
Zhang Hai didn't say anything, and silently counted on his fingers.
A bowl of ramen costs 6 silver coins, and he only earns 4 silver coins, which means... 2,500 bowls? !
Damn!
Zhang Hai's eyes widened after calculating the account clearly.
This is going to make the rolling pin bald!
Canyon Mole on the Run stroked his chin and analyzed.
"It's not just 10,000 silver coins, there are also maintenance costs. The incubator is different from the hibernation chamber. It needs to be turned on 24 hours a day. The power in standby mode is 1KW, and the power in working mode is 10KW... This electricity fee is not supported in the shelter, but if you take the incubator out of the shelter, I'm afraid you will have to bear it yourself."
The battery in the incubator can only store electricity for 72 hours.
Irena asked curiously: "What will happen if the power is cut off?"
"It says that it will cause the character to fall into a coma." Canyon Mole on the Run pointed to the VM, thought for a while and said, "In fact, it can't be said that only fools buy it. I feel that the meaning of this thing is more about moving."
Zhang Hai was stunned: "Moving?"
Mole nodded.
"Well, didn't the Beta 0.1 version establish the Merchant Guild and the Corps system? In the future, players' activity areas will definitely not be limited to Qingquan City. As the game content expands, new shelters and even recovery areas will definitely be unlocked. It's impossible to wait for three days after dying and then walk hundreds of kilometers."
This game does not have a map boundary setting, but players basically can't go too far. One is that they can't speak the language outside the communication range, and the other is that they are too far away from the resurrection point.
Especially the latter, it is easy for the pioneers to fall into a dilemma.
If you bring too good equipment, you may not be able to bring it back, and if you don't bring equipment, you may not be able to go far.
No matter how strong you are, you can't be online 24 hours a day. There is no safe area for saving. Once the helmet is taken off and put on again, the resurrection CD will start directly. Wouldn't it be broken on the spot!
But if you can buy the resurrection point yourself, there will be no such problem. As long as you have 10,000 silver coins, you can take the coffin board for resurrection with you.
Expensive?
Compared with the income from pioneering, is 10,000 silver coins and a 10KW generator a big deal?
Mole felt that he had guessed the planner's intention.
If it was just for the convenience of saving, there was no need to put a culture chamber at home. It would be enough to buy a hibernation chamber as a bed.
This culture chamber worth 10,000 yuan was mainly prepared for players who planned to go to new maps to open up new land or even stay there for a long time!
Zhang Hai shook his head and left.
"Hey! I can't afford it!"
It seems that this ramen is still sold at a low price.
Elf King Fugui studied the VM for a while, and suddenly found the plate in Irena's hand, and took a curious look inside.
"What delicious food are you eating."
Snail meat?
It looks strangely fragrant.
I didn't expect that Lao Na would occasionally eat some normal food.
"Would you like a bite?" Irena picked one with a toothpick and handed it over generously.
Elf King Fugui reached out to take it, picked up the meat in the shell with the toothpick, and took a closer look with curiosity.
The milky white meat looks delicious, with some strange seasonings sprinkled on the surface, but it smells strange.
"It tastes a bit strange."
After putting the snail meat into his mouth and chewing it for a while, Brother Fugui frowned and thought for a moment, and gave a fair evaluation.
"But it's okay."
Irena smiled happily.
"Of course, brother, can I cheat you?"
Elf King Fugui asked curiously: "By the way, what is this thing? Why does it feel like the taste of snails?"
Irena coughed dryly.
"I didn't say it was a snail... Don't care about these details."
Elf King Fugui: "No, no, no, I think it's necessary to understand it."
"Do you really want to know?"
"Hurry up, stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing Brother Fugui insisting, Irena smiled embarrassedly.
"Strictly speaking, it should be considered a snail."
Elf King Fugui: "???"
...
The celebration lasted until the second half of the night.
In addition to the talent show, the highlight of the entire celebration was the traditional food competition!
This time, not only players can participate, but indigenous people can also sign up for the competition. However, compared with the players' imagination, most of the indigenous people who have just had a full meal are just here to make up the numbers, and few of them have the courage to sign up.
The three champions of this food competition have been announced, among which the "most popular food among players" is still the chef who understands the taste buds of players the most. Brother Chaodan won the championship.
200g of black ring snake meat is boiled to remove the fishy smell, and after draining, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and minced garlic to stir-fry. Add half a liter of water and simmer on low heat for half an hour, and finally add 50g of chopped deer tail grass to enhance the flavor.
Like the previous monster ribs, Brother Chaodan did not hide it, and generously disclosed the recipe, and even published a tutorial on the official website.
As for the most popular food among the aborigines, it is still the finger biscuits made by Boss Crow.
She wrapped the flour with handmade butter and white sugar, baked it into the shape of a bullet, and sprinkled the chocolate bought from the manager on the position of the bullet.
Although many players complained that it was "too greasy and not as good as mushroom soup", it was deeply loved by a group of female NPPC Bachi, such as Xiaoyu, Boss Xia, and the sisters Qiucao and Qiuye.
Stuffing the biscuits into his mouth from under the helmet, the tin can made a touching humming sound.
"Only at this time can I feel that I am alive!"
And when I get drunk!
Without any hesitation, he gave a high score of 10 points!
Heya glanced at this "living specimen".
"Have you ever considered that it is not you who want to eat candy, but the slime molds parasitic on you want to eat it."
The happy humming sound stopped abruptly.
The silence of the tin can made people feel distressed.
Yin Fang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't bear it anymore and sighed helplessly. .
"Don't be like this... Brother Ba finally found a little feeling of being alive."
"Am I the only one who thinks this thing is too sweet? I feel like my blood has become sticky..." Heya muttered and shook her head. She only ate one piece and never touched the rest.
She is probably the only one among all the NPCs who can't accept sweets, especially carbohydrates wrapped in fat and baked together, and sprinkled with thick chocolate sauce.
Chu Guang looked at her strangely.
"Is it so exaggerated?"
Heya said helplessly.
"Maybe I am more sensitive to sugar. I still like food with lower metabolic load, higher vitamin content and healthier ingredients."
Chu Guang: "For example?"
Heya: "Animal offal."
Chu Guang: "..."
Don't cholesterol and protein need to be metabolized?
What the hell is healthy about this?
Xiaoyu, sitting on the judges' seat, has been staring at the biscuits in front of Heya's table, but she didn't dare to ask for them.
Brother Chu had told her to eat less sugar, saying that it would affect her height growth. Today, she had almost exceeded the limit in sugar intake, so she couldn't eat any more.
Xia Yan didn't bother to be polite with Heya. After asking for her consent, she happily exchanged plates with her and stuffed biscuits into her mouth with a happy face.
She didn't have so many psychological burdens.
Anyway, she didn't grow much weight no matter what she ate. She had gotten used to it over the years.
As for the food that the administrator loved the most, it was beyond the expectations of all the players.
It was just a simple bottle of sparkling water with a little sugar and a "unique formula" that might exist.
Fat otaku happy water?
What's so good about this thing!
The natives were not too surprised, but they were just curious about what kind of magic the bottle of drink in the administrator's hand had that could win the favor of the administrator.
The administrator, wearing azure power armor, stood in front of everyone, pointing to the glass bottle in his hand that he had only taken a sip of.
"Nuka Cola!"
"This is the best drink I've ever had!"
Because there were not only players but also NPCs present, Chu Guang raised his voice and said it again in human language.
Only then did the players on the scene suddenly react.
Wow!
The manager personally promotes the product? !
But is this advertisement so strong?
Ye Shi's eyes widened in the square.
"NPCs can also win awards?"
Mosquito had a regretful expression on his face.
"Too careless! I should have thought that... something that is cheap and brings happiness will be popular in the wasteland!"
There is already a sugar factory in the industrial zone. Through a series of simple processes such as boiling and drying the red beets imported from Brown Farm, white sugar can be extracted, and the price is quite cheap.
The cost of this bottle of soda is only 0.5 silver coins at most!
If he sells it, he will make at least 3 silver coins!
Kuangfeng, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.
"By the way, who is the winner of this prize?"
The people in the cattle and horses looked at each other.
"I don't know."
"Go to the forum to ask later?"
It seems that no one has announced that they are going to make the fat house happy water in the wasteland, and no one jumped out to claim the prize at the scene.
Is it an easter egg left by the official?
If it is not made by a player, then there is only this one explanation.
The celebration lasted until the early morning. After collecting all the activity points, the players returned to the shelter or the save point on the surface one after another.
No matter how happy you are in the game, you still have to eat in reality.
As for the indigenous people, they were ready to stay up all night.
Even after all the programs of the celebration were over, many people were still spontaneously celebrating this significant day until the sky was bright.
From now on, the new alliance is officially established!
The first restoration area extends from Yuanxi Town in the north to the fifth ring road of Qingquan City in the south, from the edge of Yumu District in the west to the old site of Gonglu Town in the east.
It covers nearly 1,000 square kilometers of land!
At the same time, a brand new city-state is being built on this wild wasteland in the name of "Dawn". And just like its name, this rising sun is glowing with the light of dawn.
The northern suburbs have never been as lively as today.
The people living here have never been as excited and excited as today.
"Let's toast to the establishment of the new alliance!"
"Cheers to the great administrator!"
"Cheers!"
In the northern district of Dawn City, people staying at the Long-term Farm also stayed up all night.
At the Highway Town Inn, the sound of clinking glasses and beer foam almost overturned the ceiling.
To celebrate this great day, Old Hook generously announced that beer would be free all night and barbecue would be 20% off.
Until dawn!
Only for hotel guests!
Of course, no one would be polite to him for such a good thing. The boss here has made a lot of silver coins from these wastelanders.
Many hotel guests even rushed back from the park after the celebration, just for free beer.
A room full of merchants and mercenaries, one or two of them were drunk, sleeping in the lobby on the first floor.
With so many people drunk, the waiter in the store couldn't handle it at all, so he simply closed the door and left someone behind the counter to watch them, and let them sleep in the lobby until they woke up naturally.
At noon the next day.
Sun Shiqi shook his head, which was as heavy as a piece of iron, and climbed up from the table.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that it was easier to get drunk with beer today than before. He couldn't stand it after just two trips to the toilet.
"I bet... he added something else to the beer." Obviously, he was not the only one who thought so, and the guests at the next table also muttered.
Sun Shiqi took the bill from the waiter, glanced at it, and his face turned green.
"Aren't the drinks free?"
The waiter said softly.
"Yes, sir, but you ate 6 skewers of grilled squirrel meat and 12 skewers of two-headed beef yesterday... and a piece of monster ribs."
Sun Shiqi squinted his eyes and carefully read the small words on the back of the bill, and then slowly came back to his senses.
These dishes were indeed ordered by him.
Especially the monster ribs at the back, he had never heard of monster meat being edible.
But what he didn't expect was that this thing cost 30 silver coins per serving! According to the current exchange rate, it would cost 15 chips!
This is a robbery!
He has never eaten such expensive food!
But maybe because he made a little money from the last transaction, his mentality has changed a little, and he is not as painful as before.
He has lived a hard life for a long time.
When he first started doing business, he lived entirely on nutritional paste to save money, and even the mercenary he hired ate better than him.
Now he finally has money.
It's time to treat himself better.
"Put it on my account."
The waiter showed a happy smile on his face.
"Okay, please sign it, sir."
Sun Shiqi picked up a pen and signed his name on it casually, and threw him a silver coin as a tip.
Amid the waiter's thanks and blessings, Sun Shiqi, squinting his eyes, walked out of the hotel with his head held high in the bright sunshine.
The date of picking up the goods was postponed again and again, and finally the day of handover arrived.
The trading station compensated him with the right to use 100 square meters of storage, which was located in the warehouse area next to the trading station, for two months.
Sun Shiqi was quite satisfied with this compensation.
These people are still very reasonable, at least more reasonable than the factory in Boulder City. If they also encounter unexpected failures to deliver the goods, the factory in Boulder City will not give any compensation.
No one can do anything about this kind of thing like the wave.
It's understandable.
Looking at the boy in front of him who was handling the goods delivery procedures with him, Sun Shiqi asked curiously.
"Why did the stall change today?"
"Shuanghe is off today. We have one day off a week. We can discuss and decide which day to rest." The boy said with a smile.
"Okay, wish her a happy holiday for me. I really envy you guys. We work all year round." Sun Shiqi flattered casually, and suddenly noticed the construction outside the trading post.
A group of ragged people were under the surveillance of guards. Two people in a group were carrying heavy steel and laying it on the wood, and they were hammering around.
Those people should be prisoners of war.
Sun Shiqi tutted and asked casually.
"What are they doing over there?"
The boy glanced over there and said with a smile.
"You mean there? It seems to be called a railway! It was recently built from the industrial zone to here. I heard that this thing will be used to transport goods in the future."
Railway? !
Sun Shiqi showed a surprised expression on his face.
There are many scrapped vehicles on the wasteland, and steel bars and steel beams are also common, but those rusty scrap steels obviously cannot be directly recycled. First, they have to be thrown into the furnace for remelting, and then go through a series of processes to turn them into something that can be used.
This may not sound difficult, but in fact it tests the overall industrial capacity of a survivor settlement.
If he remembered correctly, a kilometer-long railway would require at least hundreds of tons of steel.
So, are these people's steel production abundant enough to build railways?
He hadn't noticed it in the past few days!
The young man in front of him thought he was making a fuss. As early as when the industrial zone was just relocated, the steel plant had been producing those tracks.
Although he still didn't know what that thing was used for, he believed that the decision of the manager would definitely not be wrong.
"Did you pick up all this steel from the ruins?"
"Half and half, like over there."
The young man pointed to a stall not far away, and saw more than 20 two-headed cows squeezed in front of the stall. Facing the staff's sales pitch, the person in charge of the caravan was obviously lost in thought, and was obviously tempted.
"An electric mule costs only 50,000 silver coins, and now there is a 10% discount. With a more advanced and convenient means of transportation, you can travel between Honghe Town and Shuguang City faster. The demand for steel is very strong now. Don't you really want to consider it?"
Sun Shiqi didn't say anything. He noticed the brand printed on the back of the two-headed bull, and a trace of vigilance gradually appeared in his eyes.
Horseshoe Chamber of Commerce!
He recognized this logo.
One-third of the iron ore and one-fifth of the slave business in Honghe Town are in their hands. Although they don't have their own iron ore, they can provide a stable "labor force", so they have a good relationship with many slave owners, and their salesmen are all over the southern part of the valley province.
Thinking of this, Sun Shiqi, who was originally a little relaxed, suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
It has been nearly a month and a half since the trade route was restored, and it is obvious that he is not the only one who has set his eyes on the fat piece of meat in the northern suburbs.
There will definitely be more and more people coming here to do business in the future!
He must hurry up!
...
Including the holiday on the second day, the celebration lasted for two full days.
According to the report compiled by Xiaoqi, the total cost of this celebration reached 61,231 silver coins. In addition to the consumption of food and drinks, it also includes the benefits given to players by lottery.
In addition, because some of the prizes were drawn by Chu Guang with his own points, they were not counted in the total cost.
However, if you think he will lose money, you are wrong.
Although these more than 60,000 silver coins were spent, they were also spent on players and NPPC, who were all his people, so those silver coins were just a different form to accompany him.
In addition to the advertisement he made at the end, after the celebration, the merchants who came to inquire about "Nuka Cola" sparkling water almost broke the door of the warehouse.
The only 20 boxes of inventory were sold out.
After tasting a bottle, many people paid the deposit without saying a word. In just one morning, the orders were scheduled for a month later!
As for who came up with such a genius idea?
Of course, it was Chu Guang himself.
He had made his own sparkling water a long time ago, but he was recently troubled by the budget problem and thought of exporting this thing to earn foreign exchange.
Currently, the product is produced by the "Nuclear" soda factory wholly owned by the shelter. If it weren't for the thought of a certain arrogant riddle man, Chu Guang couldn't help but praise himself as a genius.
Of course, these are all trivial matters.
If you really want to fundamentally solve the "budget problem", it is not enough to rely on one or two best-selling products.
The scientific expedition team managed by Yin Fang has locked on a shelter in the DC area.
According to the recorded information, the shelter was opened fifty years ago and was code-named 401.
Considering that there has been no news about the shelter, Chu Guang has reason to believe that it has been abandoned and the people there are nowhere to go.
But it doesn't matter if it is abandoned.
As long as the controlled fusion reactor is still good and as long as he can find fuel rods of matching models, he will have a way to reuse it!
For example, throw a few hundred culture chambers there.
It is also a good opportunity to increase the presence of Shelter No. 404 in the eastern part of Qingquan City and prepare for the expansion of the recovery area.
In addition to solving the problems of the players, there are also problems of the indigenous people that need to be solved.
Establishing a new alliance is not just a slogan, but also a promise.
At present, the laws of the new alliance are only implemented in Dawn City. In addition to Dawn City, there are many small and medium-sized survivor settlements in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City and even on the large wasteland outside the city that are suffering from the invasion of alien species and predators.
In addition, there are some stubborn feudal lords in the recovery area who need to recognize the situation and make a choice between conscious and passive consciousness.
Chu Guang plans to use a month to deal with these historical problems.
However, what Chu Guang did not expect was that the first person to recognize the situation and make changes was actually his old neighbor Brown...