North of Shuguang City.
Changjiu Farm Trading Station.
Standing next to an "E-Mule" truck loaded with goods, Sisi stroked his chin and pondered for a long time, and suddenly knocked his right fist on the palm.
"How about calling it the Panda Merchants Group? We have both pandas and cats."
Rourou, who was sitting on the ground, shook his head like a rattle.
"NONO, no matter how you look at it, it's still too far from being a panda."
What Sisi didn't expect was that not only Rourou, but also Tail raised his hand to express his objection.
"Against adding one! Wei and Sisi's names didn't appear at all!"
Sisi: "Well, I think you can just add your own name, I don't care."
Wei said seriously: "How can that be! We must think of a name that everyone can appear in!"
"That..." Zhimahu raised his hand and whispered, "Let me make it clear first, I'm just doing odd jobs... It's okay if you don't consider me."
Although it's fun to play with everyone, she really prefers a more leisurely way of playing than to set up a mercenary union to become an interstellar pirate and conquer the universe. .
For example, riding a motorcycle to deliver goods at various survivor bases is pretty good.
Not only can you see the different scenery of this vast world, but you can also meet many people you can't meet in reality, and you can make money.
But the transportation in this game is too expensive, so she has to save a little.
"Three votes to one? I lost," Sisi sighed, "Can't we think about it while walking on the road?"
"Sense of ceremony, sense of ceremony, you woman, you have no interest at all. If we don't think of a good name before going on the road, how can we introduce ourselves if we encounter predators?" Tail said with his arms crossed, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "How about the Tail Adventure Group?"
Rou Rou: "Wait, what about me? And it was said a second ago that everyone would appear on the screen."
"Hey, I forgot."
Sisi coughed lightly.
"It's really troublesome... Then let's call it the Rourou Knights. We take turns riding Rourou. We are all Rourou Knights. From now on, Rourou is the leader. This solves this problem perfectly."
Big White Bear raised his paw again, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Wait a minute, although, although I don't mind playing the role of a mount, this is too weird!"
"Yes, Tail also feels weird, as if Rourou is meat [beep--]."
With a serious face, he muted the rather dangerous speech. While Rourou hadn't reacted yet, Tail thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said.
"How about the White Bear Knights!"
Perhaps because he had been struggling with this issue for too long, or perhaps because it sounded more handsome, even Rourou didn't object this time.
In this way, the White Bear Knights were officially established.
Sisi used the remaining money to buy a "Maxim-II" machine gun.
Unlike the Maxim that had performed well in the previous wave, the directors of the No. 81 Steel Plant borrowed the air-cooling structure of the MG42, redesigned the replaceable barrel according to the combat environment in the wasteland, and increased the caliber to 10mm.
The 10×100mm machine gun bullet added X-4 fiber to the charge, and the single-shot penetration was no less than the 12.7×108mm large-caliber machine gun bullet of the DShK heavy machine gun.
It was more than enough to suppress the tentacle-like multi-legged beasts along the way, as well as the huge monsters with high blood and high attack.
The workers sent by the No. 81 Steel Plant not only helped them weld on the roof, but also helped them weld on bulletproof steel plates.
Every time he dealt with the director of the No. 81 plant, Sisi couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the professional players in this game were getting more and more cruel.
"And the rocket launcher! Don't forget this!" With a whoosh, Weiwei carried a wooden box onto the car, which contained three RPG fragmentation grenades and armor-piercing shells.
An electric-driven armed transport vehicle was completed!
The cat ears on his head moved slightly, and Zhimahu looked at the cargo packed in the car with some worry.
"By the way, the electric truck... is the battery life okay?"
There are no charging stations in the wasteland.
According to real-life experience, the battery life of electric vehicles does not seem to be very long.
Sisi patted her shoulder.
"Emmm... After all, it is a battery in a science fiction game. Although I don't know what a solid hydrogen battery is, it is still very easy to run two round trips. Don't worry about it."
The actual distance from here to Honghe Town is within 100 kilometers. To go to a farther place, it is enough to prepare a spare battery or a generator at most.
There are not only no charging stations in the wasteland, but also no gas stations. For small-scale transportation without a tanker, a tanker is not the best choice. After all, biomass fuel has to go through a series of processing and refining before it can be turned into gasoline, but wood that can generate electricity is everywhere.
After the decline of civilization, the severe cold ended, and the first thing to occupy the city was the lush vegetation, followed by the mutant slime mold.
"Be careful on the road." Shuanghe, standing in front of the stall, waved gently and smiled and sent blessings to these adventurers.
This is the third wave of caravans formed by residents of the shelter that she has sent away today.
Previously, the trading station was mostly filled with merchants from Red River Town, including large caravans such as the Horseshoe Trading Company.
However, recently, the number of residents in the shelter has also increased.
They usually choose to purchase LD-47 rifles and 7mm full-power bullets with stable prices as trade items, and Red River Town, which is relatively "close" to Dawn City and has a strong demand for weapons, is their first choice.
Shuanghe skillfully operated the VM with her index finger, signed and uploaded the purchase list. These data will be checked by the management staff on the same day and used as her performance for the day.
At the same time, these data will be automatically synchronized to the central server of the shelter after verification. On the processor with mysterious computing power, the AI with nearly complete artificial intelligence will verify the data submitted by the inventory department and production unit.
Even if a bullet is missing, it can be found out at which link it was lost and who is the person in charge of that link.
The highly AI-based management model has technically replaced a large number of middle-level managers who need management experience, making the entire management system flatter.
And this system has relatively low professional requirements for grassroots staff. They only need to master the VM fool-style operation process and be familiar with specific job responsibilities to ensure the stable operation of the entire system.
At the same time, managers can also get the most authentic "first-hand data" and formulate specific macro strategies based on the most authentic situation.
At present, the literacy rate of the New Alliance is less than 30%, and this is when literacy classes and night school education have been implemented for half a year.
This is also an improvement made by Chu Guang based on the "Future Municipal" technology of the People's Union.
In the era before the prosperous era, it might take hundreds of programmers to work overtime for a year or even longer to complete this system.
But for Xiaoqi, who has a near-complete artificial intelligence, it only takes a little time to communicate with the manager.
…
The fourth day after the Beta0.2 version was launched.
There are 417 players participating in the merchant system, and nearly 657 players joining the corps system. The rest are either players who have formed a set of fixed genres, or casual players who are Buddhist and newcomers who have not yet met the conditions.
It is impossible for everyone to grind a game, but it can make those who can grind harder.
Chu Guang was very pleased to see that the previously abnormal prices have finally returned to normal.
Now the natives can also enjoy the delicacies of the other world, and the life professional players who were originally spoiled by the combat professional players have finally stepped out of their comfort zone, upgrading their equipment, expanding production, and expanding the market.
The "version graduation outfit" hanging in the NPC store - the light cavalry exoskeleton sold 40 sets in just three days, and 12 "electric mule" light trucks worth 50,000 yuan were also sold.
This number is still increasing.
Chu Guang has arranged personnel to expand the production of "electric mules" and increased investment in Bachi Aluminum Factory and Lister Factory by increasing loans.
The future A3 aerospace aluminum alloy and solid hydrogen batteries will be cheaper.
After solving the players' problems, Chu Guang can finally free up his hands to deal with things related to the future of the new alliance...
Browsing room on the B4 floor.
The staff wearing VMs brought in boxes of neatly packaged books from outside, and divided the books into science and social science as much as possible according to Chu Guang's requirements, and put them on the empty bookshelf.
These books come from Shelter No. 401.
After the reactor in Shelter 117 was shut down, the books stored in it were either taken away by torches or burned as firewood by the residents who escaped or the nearby wastelanders.
Fortunately, Chu Guang found a lot of interesting books in the recently excavated Shelter 401.
The looters are not interested in these things.
Thanks to the old popsicle named Sun Zewen, these excellent "fuels" actually survived.
At least some of them were saved.
Thanks to this.
These fuels can finally be "burned" in the right form and in the right place.
The book sorting work is currently in the charge of the staff of the Merchants' Union.
This is currently the department with the highest literacy rate in the New Alliance.
It is also in charge of Old Charlie.
"Respected, respected administrator, there are a total of 2,490 books sent from Shelter 401, including 217 social science books, 332 science books, 641 engineering applications books, 110 popular science books, biographical novels..."
"Among them, 31 are related to agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and 31 are related to food processing..."
Shuangxue was so nervous that she almost bit her tongue several times.
This was her first time to enter the heart of the New Alliance - the B4 floor of Shelter 404.
It was also her first time to see an administrator who was not wearing power armor.
"Well done, you have done a good job."
Looking at the little girl in front of him, Chu Guang nodded in approval.
It was good to be able to classify these books into major categories. He would not blame his men for doing things beyond their capabilities.
However, they not only completed their tasks in just a few days, but also exceeded their expectations by further subdividing these books into different fields.
To be honest, this was even a little beyond Chu Guang's expectations.
He had planned to scan these books with the help of Xiao Qi, and then read and classify them in his spare time.
It seems that Old Charlie has been worrying about it these days, saving him a lot of time.
Later, Chu Guang will select some books with relatively low thresholds and low reading difficulty as teaching materials for primary education.
This matter may have to trouble the old man.
Old Charlie used to be the mayor and the principal of Beth Street, and he knows the actual situation of these indigenous people better than any expert.
Chu Guang plans to let him become the Minister of Education of the New Alliance after the Merchants' Guild is on the right track.
Of course, the premise is that he is still willing to continue working.
After all, the old man's age is already considered old in the wasteland.
"... Then, that."
Seeing that the little girl in front of him still had something to say, Chu Guang spoke in a gentle tone.
"Anything else?"
"Mr. Charlie said... let me remind you to take a rest. You are the manager of the alliance, and your health is more precious than these books." Shuangxue whispered.
Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"Haha, thank him for his concern for me, and tell him that I'm still young, so I don't need this kind of work."
Just kidding.
This new job is much easier than his previous sales job, okay!
With Xiao Qi helping him sort out reports and monitor abnormal data, he can not only grasp the closest to real data of every link of the New Alliance from industry to economy like a Paradox player, but also find inspiration from cultural products in the parallel world in his spare time.
Before, Chu Guang was exhausted from running business, and he had to bite the bullet and drink with customers. Occasionally, some people would touch him because he was young and handsome.
Chu Guang probably won't drink alcohol in his life.
Unless he meets a silly guy like Luo Hua who loves to eat and drink, he can taste a little bit to get information from him.
As for normal times?
Drinking some sparkling water or mushroom soup is enough.
However, Shuangxue didn't know what Chu Guang was feeling. She just felt that the manager who worked hard for everyone was too gentle.
Under his management, everyone lived in a warm brick house, and they didn't have to face painful choices for survival, let alone wandering in the wilderness.
And he seemed to have never done anything for himself.
Not only did he still live in the cave of the former civilization, but even the abandoned sanatorium where the new alliance was announced was only simply repaired.
I really hope he can be a little better to me.
A trace of admiration was written in her eyes of longing. The little girl was embarrassed to disturb his work again, so she lowered her head to show respect and turned to help her colleagues sort out the books.
It took some time to put all the more than 2,000 books on the bookshelf. Looking at the room that finally looked like a browsing room, Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
In his eyes, these treasures are more precious than black boxes.
Black boxes solve current problems, while they can solve future problems. Compared with the incomplete data collected by the scientific expedition team from the storage devices in the ruins, each book here can correspond to at least one specific field.
"The basic requirements of science and engineering are too high, and culture and art are not useful for the time being. Let's start with popular science books and determine the textbooks by the way."
"Education is a long-term plan. The sooner you start, the better."
"Then it's social sciences... It's a waste to use 20 points of intelligence to bully the AI of the stars. You have to recharge yourself occasionally."
"In the future, the announcement of grassroots managers will also require professional learning and examinations."
"As for the players..."
As for whether to open it to the players, Chu Guang thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to adopt a more cautious strategy.
First of all, "not revealing that this is the real world" is the bottom line of everything.
The first generation of managers has hinted to him many times, and Chu Guang himself has also realized the risks behind this in practice.
It is a very dangerous thing to expose your needs in communication, which is equivalent to sticking your neck out for others to grasp.
Whether they are cloud players or players, there are many experts in various industries and fields. What they lack is only the experience of "building wasteland". Chu Guang can slowly let people in according to the needs. There is no need to increase the difficulty for himself for a few tenths of a percent of BUFF.
The players have done their best within their capabilities, just like the natives who helped him organize the books.
As for the research of high-end technology?
Who is more suitable for scientific research than the old popsicles and their sons and grandsons in the prosperous era?
Recycling the heritage of the prosperous era does not require so many people. The residents of the shelter are enough. According to Yin Fang's description, the strategy adopted by the academy is similar.
Most players enter the game with an entertainment mentality, not here to study.
Just like Kuangfeng joked a long time ago, if this technology is used by the bosses at work, he might as well sleep honestly.
Chu Guang will consider letting players get in touch with some technologies as a reward for the players as the game progresses, but all this is under the premise of "not exposing the essence of the world".
This is actually not difficult to deal with.
Previously, Chu Guang got inspiration from the different strategies adopted by governments of various countries towards him. Those people seemed to regard this game as the first contact between extraterrestrial civilization and Earth civilization.
And it was a contact above neutrality.
With limited information, they could not explain how the helmet appeared at their doorstep, nor could they explain why the website and the game server were as powerful as "like a god".
Is it strange that the game of advanced civilizations has technology that the Earth does not understand?
Of course not.
Chu Guang can even guide them to understand this game as a "benevolent enlightenment" of extraterrestrial civilization to Earth civilization.
They will carefully speculate on their bottom line, reduce meaningless temptations, and keep their mouths shut about the affairs of extraterrestrial civilizations, treating the "players" who have been enlightened by advanced civilizations as treasures - even strategic resources in their hands.
They even allocated part of the budget to secretly raise the price of silver coins, and like themselves, through macro means, they encouraged players to apply for "labor visas" and participate in games of advanced civilizations, learn the knowledge of their neighbors outside the solar system and the experience of dealing with doomsday, and come back to build the country and benefit society.
Just like they encouraged players to work for the Pioneer at all costs and strictly restrained players from doing anything out of line with those who they couldn't afford to offend.
In fact, if Chu Guang was a little more wicked, he could use "This is your dream and your future" to fool them like a charlatan to follow their own rules in reality.
But that was another unimagined path.
The art of management lies in guidance rather than command, and overdoing it is not a good thing.
Looking at the rows of bookshelves in front of him, Chu Guang was like seeing a full stack of poker cards, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.
"...Should I put out some bait first?"
Or should I save it for the dividends before the next round of "closed beta"?
Just as Chu Guang was thinking about which technology or basic scientific knowledge was more suitable for fishing, footsteps were heard outside the movable door.
Yin Fang, holding a tablet under his elbow, walked into the browsing room.
From the expression on his face, Chu Guang had already sensed that something good was going to happen, so he said in a friendly manner.
"I guess there is progress on the fuel rods."
"You should deliberately guess wrong to give me a sense of accomplishment."
Yin Fang made a joke and handed the tablet in his hand to Chu Guang.
"We found a fuel rod of a usable model for the shelter from an underground warehouse of a thruster assembly plant. The remaining energy is 67%, which should be able to be used for a long time. Your corps is on its way back. They will be responsible for delivering the goods to Shelter No. 401, and I will go to install it later... By the way, did you move all the books from Shelter No. 401?"
He noticed that the bookshelves in the browsing room were filled with books.
When he came here before, he didn't see any books, and even thought that the first generation manager here was an ignorant idiot.
"This is more convenient... Next time I will pretend to guess wrong, for example, ask you if you have a lover first, how about that?" Chu Guang said with a smile.
"Forget it, the relics of the previous civilization are more interesting to me."
Although it was a semi-threatening attitude that made him enter the shelter at the beginning, Yin Fang gradually felt that the guy in front of him was actually a very easy-to-get-along-with person in the subsequent interactions.
To put it simply, he is not arrogant.
Unlike the technical bureaucrats in the academy, those people knew a little bit of technology at the beginning, but later they all became uncles who pointed at people with their noses. People like him who really do things have no room for promotion.
This guy in front of him is different.
Although he knows nothing about basic knowledge, it makes people doubt whether he has received basic education in the shelter, but his attitude of respecting knowledge still makes him feel comfortable.
Yin Fang glanced at the browsing room, especially noticed the coffee machine by the wall, and said with envy.
"The environment here is so good."
"Would you like to move here to work?"
"No need. I feel uncomfortable when there are people around... Can I move a coffee machine? I have so many anyway." The last time he came here, Yin Fang was thinking about the coffee machine in the corner, but he didn't dare to ask.
Chu Guang said with a smile.
"The coffee trees have just been planted. What's the point of taking one away... Forget it, just take it if you want it."
Yin Fang hugged the one he liked the most with a happy face.
"Thank you so much!"
The coffee machine of Renlian Era is a rare black technology in this era. In addition to being able to automatically dry, roast, deacidify, and grind, it can also simulate various processed flavors according to needs.
I heard that in the prosperous era, Renlian's large supermarkets will supply freshly picked coffee berries to meet customers' more personalized needs.
For Yin Fang, being able to own a high-tech coffee machine of his own is even more surprising than digging up the fuel rods of a fusion reactor.
This is a treatment that only researchers above level B can enjoy in the academy!
Looking at Yin Fang's obsessed look, Chu Guang couldn't help but look a little strange.
I heard that middle-aged people would place their feelings on some strange things, such as teapots, fishing rods, and even charging plugs.
But this guy is only in his early twenties, right?
"Is coffee so delicious?"
"You don't understand, tasting the beauty of the old days is one of the few pleasures..." The hand that was stroking the coffee machine stopped, and a rare melancholy appeared on Yin Fang's face, "I have been chasing the relics of the previous civilization all my life. I dug them out of the ruins and sorted them out in different categories. I even dreamed of that era in my dreams..."
"However, the frustrating thing is that the further I go on this road, the more I know clearly... It is impossible to go back."
Chu Guang was silent for a while, didn't say anything, just patted this guy on the shoulder gently.
"Don't miss the past."
"We are still here."
"We are their continuation"
...
The jungle in the eastern district of Qingquan City
The ox-horse team, all equipped with exoskeletons, was escorting the fuel rods and moving cautiously on the jungle streets.
They had just experienced a battle.
A group of looters stationed near the mission target not only did not surrender, but also opened fire on them.
However, it didn't take much effort to get rid of those barbarians.
After handing over the rescued prisoners and the remaining looters to the NPC soldiers who were changing guards, they continued to move towards Shelter No. 401 with the cargo box containing the fuel rods.
I have to say that the exoskeleton is really easy to use.
Even if you are a strength type, you will get tired carrying hundreds of kilograms of fuel rods "over the mountains and across the ridges" in the ruins.
But hanging on the exoskeleton, except for a little increase in energy consumption, there is no feeling of weight at all.
Walking in the center of the team, Quitting Smoking looked at the graduation suit on his body, hesitated for a long time, and couldn't help but say what he had been holding back all the way.
"Brothers, I--"
"Okay, stop talking. 15% of your income will be deducted from this mission. Can we share it among the four of us?" Lao Bai said helplessly, interrupting him.
He had long noticed what was on Quitting's mind.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Quitting breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression slowly relaxed.
"Thank you."
Light cavalry worth 10,000 silver coins.
There are currently only 40 sets in the entire server, and 60 sets are hanging in the NPC store, and each account is limited to one set.
Of course, he couldn't afford it with his little savings, after all, he entered the game when the "Land Boat" expansion pack was in progress.
Although everyone used to give each other equipment when playing games, this piece of equipment was too expensive, and it would cost 200,000 or 300,000 RMB.
He really couldn't afford it.
"What are you thanking me for?" Ye Shi rolled his eyes in annoyance. "We're still waiting for you to become the main tank."
"Don't take it too seriously." Fang Chang patted Quitting's shoulder. "We just took advantage of the advanced game and got a little advantage. You should thank A Guang instead of us."
Kuangfeng: "I agree. Don't bring too much burden to playing games. It's meaningless to calculate how much your equipment is worth."
Quitting sniffed and didn't say those corny polite words. Instead, he silently remembered everyone's care for him.
"There are only two kilometers left to enter the safe area. After this mission, a new base should be unlocked. As a novice village for rookies..." Lao Bai stretched out his hand and clicked on the VM to confirm the location. "Two choices, go straight ahead and take a shortcut, go through the abandoned theater and go directly to the No. 3 Ecological Park Station, or go back along the way we came."
Kuangfeng touched the bridge of his nose.
"Generally speaking, taking a shortcut is a standard flag behavior."
Fang Chang: "Then let's be more cautious."
However, at this moment, Ye Shi suddenly tightened his grip on the sniper rifle in his hand.
"No need to choose."
The other four immediately became alert.
Lao Bai immediately looked at him and asked seriously.
"What did you find?"
"Murderous intent..." Ye Shi swallowed his saliva and carefully observed the surroundings, "Very weak... but I can feel it."
The street was quiet, and there was no abnormality at all.
However, Ye Shi's intuition was rarely wrong.
The existence of murderous intent meant that the other party had discovered them.
Lao Bai's face was stern, and he made a gesture to disperse and shouted in a low voice.
"Prepare for battle!"