Chapter 100 Exploring the enthusiastic players and the caravan coming in the wind and snow
"Okay, stop playing in the water and come out."
Entering the public bathroom in Area A on the second underground floor, Chu Guang knocked on the door one by one, like chasing ducks, and drove out the players who had been washing endlessly.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I just went in!"
"Hurry up and put on your clothes and come out."
"Okay, okay, don't open the door yet."
"Give you a minute."
"!!!"
When driving these little players out, Chu Guang suddenly felt like the charter woman in "Kung Fu".
But there's no other way, I can't do it unless I hurry up.
It is impossible to expect these players to be conscious. The queue at the entrance of the public bathroom has already formed a long queue.
Almost all the players in the shelter came here to queue up, and there was almost no one working on the surface. It was outrageous.
After driving the players who were crowded in the public bathroom in Area A to the lobby to gather, Chu Guang looked around the players majestically and said in a serious tone.
"Let me tell you some good news. Just half a day ago, our outstanding performance made the organization increase its investment in us."
"From now on, the second underground area of the shelter has been opened to our advance team. In the future, your dormant cabin will also be transferred to Area B here to live with the next batch of reinforcements."
"There are nearly complete living facilities here, which are much better than those on the B1 floor. However, I still hope that you will not indulge in the favorable living environment in front of you and take a longer-term view."
"Rebuilding Utopia on earth is our ideal and vow."
"In order to conserve precious energy and water resources in the shelter, drinking fountains, showers and public restrooms will now require payment."
"Each use of the bathroom costs 1 copper coin, and an additional 1 copper coin will be charged every 10 minutes if the use lasts more than half an hour. The shower room consumes 3 copper coins each time, and an additional 3 copper coins will be charged every 10 minutes if the use lasts more than half an hour. The drinking fountain is pure for every 200ml
You need to pay 1 copper coin for water, there is no restriction on hot or cold water.”
"Before using the facility, you need to pre-deposit a fee with the administrator assistant, and the permissions will be bound to the VM device. The camera will record the user's identity and usage time. Two or more people are prohibited from entering the same device. Abnormal use will cause the device to be locked, and
Violators will be punished. In addition, if there is an arrears, it must be paid within 24 hours, otherwise it will affect the next use."
The permission to use the camera has been given to Xiaoqi.
It can accurately identify each player's device usage time, operate directly in the background, and deduct the pre-deposited fee in accordance with regulations.
Management by AI is much more efficient than manual management.
Arrears?
Then don't use it.
In his territory, hard-working and willing players are unlikely to be short of money.
After hearing the administrator's announcement, although the players looked regretful, they were not unable to accept it.
As we all know, VIP value-added services cost money. Bathing in a shelter is indeed much more comfortable than washing outside. You don’t have to worry about running out of water halfway through the bath.
At least, the generous manager didn't imitate the Emperor Penguin and engage in some underworld membership service, where you charge once for opening the door and another time for turning on the faucet. You can even jump in line by spending money.
"Gan! I was kicked out just halfway through washing. I feel like I'm losing blood, woo woo woo."
"You're at a loss! At least I got to experience it, and I didn't even get to wait in line!"
"How much does it cost to take a shower? It's three times the price outside. I'd better go to the lake to take a shower."
"Are you crazy? It's almost freezing outside. You go to the lake to wash yourself? I think you go to the lake to make a nest."
"Wait, you can finish washing in half an hour?! This is very unreasonable. Why do you have to pay 3 copper coins every 10 minutes after half an hour?"
"You can also come out and go in again. But if there is no one there, you may have to queue up again if there are many people."
"I also think it's unreasonable. I finished washing in 10 minutes. Why do I have to pay 3 copper coins? Can I only pay 1 copper coin?"
Looking at the noisy players, Chu Guang clapped his hands and sent them to the elevator.
"Now, go upstairs and drag down your cultivation cabin."
"Area B on the 2nd floor of the basement currently has rooms 1 to 100. Players with the highest contribution points will start selecting rooms. Everyone can have a room as your resurrection point."
"Go quickly, don't stand here stupidly, those who are late will be randomly assigned."
Under the urging of the manager, the players finally dispersed and ran back upstairs to work, lifting each training layer down.
Soon, the hall on the second underground floor was filled with several training chambers.
Including the 10 players who have just entered the game, almost all the 81 players who have no tasks are gathered here.
Each training cabin has a specific number, which corresponds to the player's own U ID, so there is no need to worry about confusion.
Next comes the stage of arranging seats.
As veteran players of the most advanced games, the four members of the Niuma team undoubtedly had the highest contribution rate and successfully won the four rooms No. 001~004.
Then came Mosquito and Teng Teng, one got No. 6 and the other got No. 8.
Then came Brother Scrambled Egg, who worked as two versions of a chef and one version of a butcher, and Crow Crow, who made a fortune by relying on leech nests.
The two of them came up and saw that all the good numbers in single digits had been snatched up, so they decisively won 66 and 88.
The number is a bit behind, but the numbers are awesome.
As for the rest, it doesn’t matter!
In less than half an hour, almost all the rooms were assigned. As for the players who were on duty at the outpost and the abandoned tire factory, they were also assigned their own rooms through random allocation.
The players happily dragged their cultivation cabins to the corresponding rooms to make beds.
Chu Guang asked the players to send the vacated beds upstairs.
From now on, the B1 floor will be left to you and the core NPCs who need to go to the surface frequently.
As for the remaining 100 rooms in area B on the B2 floor, we can consider housing some technical personnel or special talents collected from the wasteland in the future.
It is best to come from frozen dormancy, so that the "bloodline" will be relatively pure and the knowledge system will be relatively more complete.
After settling the players, Chu Guang came to the surface and found Hain pacing back and forth in front of the sanatorium.
Seeing Chu Guang, this businessman from Honghe Town's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately came forward with a smile on his face.
"My friend, you have finally adjusted your schedule. I can't help but want to go down and find you."
Chu Guang smiled faintly.
"I'm afraid you can't use this elevator."
"I know, so I didn't even try," Hain chuckled and continued, "Just now, good news came from my most capable assistant, Wen, that the caravan from Honghe City has already arrived.
Let’s set off and expect to arrive within three days, we plan to complete the transaction at the tire factory!”
Chu Guang did not ask Hai En how he got the news.
Radio is not a very high-end technology, and apart from radio, there are obviously many communication methods in the world that he has never heard of.
For example, the signal transmission between the player's helmet, clones and culture chambers is obviously not carried out through radio as a medium.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve no delay at all.
"I hope you brought what I want." Chu Guang looked at him and said.
"Of course, this is what we agreed upon." Haien took off his hat and bowed, his face full of piety and respect, "Honesty and trustworthiness are my motto."
Chu Guang just smiled faintly and made no comment as he had already had a deep understanding of his acting skills.
Do you believe your lies?
The grass on the grave is already two feet tall!
Bad luck, not even a grave.
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With the destruction of the Bloodhand clan, the largest group of raiders in the northern suburbs was completely destroyed.
There is a 404 flag on the roof of the abandoned tire factory, and on the fence there are blue jackets holding iron pipe rifles standing guard.
Until a new force of predators sets their sights on this piece of fat, the survivors in this area can enjoy a brief period of peace.
In game terms, due to the heroic fighting of the players, the "plunder level" of the local area dropped by three levels, and the prosperity level increased by one level.
At the same time, the regional reputation of Vault 404 increases by 100, the power relationship of neutral survivors increases by 10, the frequency of caravans increases by 10%, and the probability of neutral NPCs seeking refuge increases by 10%...
These are the contents updated by Chu Guang on the official website, only for players and cloud players to brag and be proud of.
In fact, he also discovered that not everyone in the forum believed that this game really existed, and many people simply felt that they were playing a "setting game."
But even so, with so many people "talking" so seriously, it's quite interesting to watch. It reminds me of the early MUD games in the past, where more than 90% of the content was created by a group of people.
However, as one of the most widely circulated urban legends in the current gaming circle, many new players are still eager to sign up even though a large amount of personal information is required to reserve an account.
Their motives are actually very simple.
Qualification for closed beta testing means that the forum account has a player logo, and even if you get excited about it, it will be more convincing than those cloud players without logos.
But when the helmet appears at their doorstep, their expressions will definitely be very exciting.
Regardless of the parallel world, with the launch of "VM" equipment, players' enthusiasm for exploration has almost reached its peak.
Even though it's snowing harder and harder outside, it still can't stop them from exploring the map. After all, watching the shadow of the map disappear little by little from the screen is quite a stress-relieving thing in itself.
The key is that it's quite easy to operate. You just need to walk close to the wall.
If Chu Guang hadn't set limits on the exploration area, prohibiting them from going north deep into the wilderness, and prohibiting them from going deep into the city, they might have dared to reach the Boulder City with two legs and two hands.
Of course, the greater possibility is to die on the way.
There are almost no major roads to get to Boulder City from here. You have to either follow the remains of the elevated loop to the west, or you have to find a way to cross the large ruins and collapsed high-rise buildings.
And the cold winter will make all this more dangerous.
It's a trivial matter for people to die, but the trouble is that I still have to issue a corpse escaping mission and find a way to retrieve their corpses and VM equipment.
Especially the VM equipment is much more valuable than the player's corpse. You can buy it for 40 silver coins!
In addition to the players, the only two aboriginal "NPCs" in the outpost, a weapons shop proprietress and a warehouse manager, were also used by Chu Guangan as an NPC-specific version of VM.
With the help of the teleprompter, the two people's work efficiency has indeed improved a lot. At least when buying and selling things, they don't have to ask the players to say it again because they didn't understand what they said.
"The snow is getting heavier and heavier."
The fence of an abandoned tire factory.
Looking at the silver-frosted streets, street lights, broken vehicles and buildings, Chu Guang, who was fully armed, suddenly sighed softly.
Such heavy snow will definitely have an impact on the industrial production of the outpost.
Even if players are not afraid of the cold, cannot feel pain, and can overcome the severe cold with the will of a worker, they will still suffer from frostbite, cold stun, or even shock.
We can't let them make steel in the shelter.
Hai En, who was standing aside, couldn't guess what Chu Guang was thinking, so he just smiled and sent his compliments.
"This year is expected to be colder than last year, and the surrounding survivors may have a hard time. But you don't have to worry, it's like spring all year round in the shelter."
Chu Guang did not answer his words and just kept looking north.
The cold north wind howled, blowing the falling snow across the sky like knives.
Behind the misty snow and mist, silhouettes of people suddenly appeared.
Hain's reaction was faster than Chu Guang's. Surprise immediately appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Chu Guang standing aside with joy written on his face.