The cheers came from the cement kiln.
Chu Guang walked over and saw that Fang Chang and Lao Bai were piling a pile of light gray powder on the ground, adding water and sand and stirring it into a paste.
At a rough estimate, this batch of cement is only about 20 kilograms.
Since it is a trial firing, there are not many fired in this batch. Judging from the capacity of the filling port of the cement kiln, it should not be a problem to process half a ton a day.
Although it is not as good as professional production equipment, it is still usable.
“Dear manager!”
Having noticed Chu Guang walking towards this side, the two players dropped their tools and excitedly walked towards him.
"cement!"
“We finally made Portland cement!”
This is indeed not easy.
In order to raise the temperature in the cement kiln to over 1,450 degrees, the two of them worked hard on the blower and added charcoal shovel after shovel, until the unicorn arm almost came out.
Especially Lao Bai, whose genetic sequence is in the power system, and he has been upgraded in the past three days!
“You did a great job.”
Chu Guang looked at them approvingly, nodded and said.
“With these cements, we have taken a big step forward towards the first phase of the plan. The shelter will remember your contribution, and each of you will receive a 1,000 contribution point reward!”
Happy expressions appeared on the faces of the two players.
The hard work these days has indeed paid off!
However, what they didn't know was that the NPC and dog planner standing in front of them had already begun to think about how to recycle the excessive "currency" in their hands.
It is not okay to have inflation too fast, as it will affect the life of the game.
How about...
Open a gashapon function?
1000 contribution points will be drawn once?
It’s not impossible.
Just when Chu Guang was thinking about how to do it more appropriately, Fang Chang and Lao Bai looked at each other, looked at him and said respectfully.
"Mr. Manager, there is something I must report to you!"
"explain."
“Now that the cement has been fired successfully, we need more manpower to start the construction of the outpost!”
Chu Guang looked at them.
“How many people do you need?”
Lao Bai rushed to say.
"At least ten people! Of course, the more the better! The cement kiln requires manual blasting and calcination. Two people can operate a kiln in shifts. Soon we will build a second one. This requires four people! Transporting from the construction site
You need at least four stones, and the rest to build walls and houses, you need more than eight."
Chu Guang calculated in his mind.
There are no more than sixteen people?
The food currently stored in the outpost is only enough to feed seven people, including himself, for a week. The population has suddenly tripled, and it is not known whether the logistics can handle it.
Chu Guang hesitated again and again, but finally decided to take a gamble.
It is already the 9th.
Nearly a third of September has passed. If we don't work harder, it will be difficult to complete the outpost before winter.
"okay, I get it."
He nodded, looking at the two players, Chu Guang continued.
“I will apply for support from my superiors, and in three days a group of new members will wake up from hibernation and come to the surface to join our cause.”
Hearing this, Lao Bai and Fang Chang had expressions of joy on their faces.
With the addition of new people, their infrastructure construction plan will be much easier than it is now!
Not only that, Fang Chang’s conjecture has also been verified.
The authority of this NPC is indeed not just that of a pure NPC, it can even affect the progress of the game's closed beta test.
This reminded Fang Chang of the fantasy settings of online game novels in early online novels——
【The game runs on a supercomputer with unlimited computing power. The game company has formulated a worldview framework, and the content is completely dynamically generated by AI.】
Maybe Wasteland OL is like this!
The more Fang Chang thought about it, the more excited he became.
He felt that he understood again.
…
With the addition of carpenters and chefs, players' working conditions and quality of life have been visibly improved.
With the help of [WC Really Has Mosquitoes], Lao Bai and Fang Chang’s construction team obtained the molds for making mud bricks, and also helped Guang Feng and Ye Shi improve fishing traps.
They even used tree stumps to make a wooden toilet without cutting their buttocks.
Now I can finally sit down in the toilet.
It’s just that not everyone likes this type of toilet.
For example, a strong wind.
This guy seems to be a bit of a germaphobe. Even in the game, he can't accept using someone else's toilet, so he stubbornly digs a hole next to the original toilet and inserts wood to cover it.
Thanks to this, the outpost now has a second toilet.
But compared to these trivial things, the most surprising thing is the fishing plan of this guy and Ye Shi.
With the help of improved traps, the two finally caught the first fish before evening.
And it’s a big fish!
Looking at the appearance, it should be catfish.
The reason why I say "should" is because the wide lips and head are really weirdly big, with white spots scattered among the dark blue patterns, and the tentacles are dotted with coral-like red whiskers.
Obviously, this is also a mutant after mutation.
Looking at the "big guy" fluttering around in the trap trying to escape, Fangfeng and Yeshi were so excited that they almost cried. They didn't mind at all how ugly this guy looked.
Three days!
Three whole days!
Finally they caught one!
While the big bird hovering in the sky and the beasts by the lake didn't notice it, they quickly dragged the big guy from the lake to the shore with the trap attached, and brutally beat him to death with steel rods.
Until it was completely dead, its head and tail were tied to the steel bars with ropes, and they were carried one after the other, and the still twitching dead fish was brought back to the outpost.
“Brother Scrambled Eggs, look at this, is it edible?”
“What the hell? What is this thing?”
Looking at the catfish thrown by Guangfeng and Ye Shi on the ground, and [Tomato Scrambled Eggs] making a smoked fish rack, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
Having been cooking for half his life, this was the first time he saw such a big catfish with his own eyes.
The fish heads alone can fill a basin.
Speaking of which, if this thing is thrown into the lake, can other fish survive???
Catfish eat meat!
“It should be catfish.” Stormy Wind said.
"Nonsense, of course I know it's catfish," Scrambled Egg squatted down and opened its fish lips, took a look at it, tugged at it again, and clapped his tongue and said, "Good guy... I'm afraid it weighs a hundred catties!"
Ye Shi asked quickly.
“Can I smoke fish?”
"Who the hell uses catfish to make smoked fish..." Scrambled Egg continued with a speechless expression, "This thing has very thick fat and moisturizing mucus on the surface. It's quite troublesome to handle. I don't know if it can be dehydrated."
“What about it?” asked Fang Feng.
"I haven't tried it either, let's try it first..." He glanced at the smoked fish rack that he had made for a long time, scrambled eggs and fell into silence.
Hundreds of kilograms of fish would definitely be crushed if put on top.
It can only be redone...
…
At dusk.
Brother Fried Egg took over the role of the manager and stewed a pot of fish head soup for the players. Practice proved that this stuff is indeed edible.
And the taste is surprisingly good.
Although there was no tofu as a side dish, and no green onion, ginger, and garlic cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, Brother Scrambled Egg relied on his superb cooking skills and only used salt and soy sauce to make a pot of fish head soup that was relatively fresh but not greasy.
.
Players eat with tears streaming down their faces.
Scrambled Egg Brother and Mosquito were surprised because there was actually a sense of taste in the game, while the other four players were moved because they finally had a bite of normal food.
Woooooooo, it’s not easy...
The line was drawn off at 6pm that day, but in reality it was exactly 6am in the morning.
As soon as the closed beta players came out of the game and before they had time to board the Penguin, the news in the Cow Horse Club group exploded.
Quit smoking: [Holy shit! Look at the official website!]
Yehaonai: [You haven’t given up yet...]
Leave a person behind the knife:【What's wrong with the official website?】
Quit smoking: [Major update to Alpha0.2 version! The official website will once again release 24 closed beta qualifications! The number of closed beta players will be expanded to 30 people!!!]
Leave someone behind the knife:【I wipe it?】
Grandpa I am me: [Oh, start Kaga chives, let's say, how much is it? I think it is enough to make a case downstairs.
Quit smoking: [It should be free of charge. I don’t see any mention of fees in the announcement! Haha, I don’t believe it. I can’t make it this time!!!]
Trash Picking Level 99: [You are overthinking, the number of reservations has already exceeded 100. 24 extra places...the probability is one-quarter to one-fifth, right?]
Smoking cessation: 【Breaking 100?! What the heck, can we have so many living people in our group???】
Trash Picking Level 99: [Well, they are not all from our group... I saw many game groups discussing this game last night. 】
Hand in the sword:【I actually got out of the circle. (Surprised)】
④Who knows? [Well, I just checked and the number of reservations is already 111.]
Smoking cessation:【我屮艸芔茻!】
This chapter has been completed!