Chu Guang tightened the seal of the plastic bag and continued.
“You should be lucky that you didn’t go further inside. This kind of mushroom usually grows near the nests of mutated leeches.”
Ye Shi was stunned for a moment.
“Mutant leech?”
Chu Guang said casually.
“Well, the mutant leech in its juvenile stage is only as big as a palm. Except for its special mouthparts, it looks no different from a normal leech.”
"However, once it enters adulthood, its size will rapidly increase to more than 1 meter, and even up to 3 meters, and its eating method will also change. I heard that it can even swallow a living person in one bite... Of course, I am just
It is said that."
After listening to the manager’s narration, Ye Shi felt a chill all over his body.
He said that something was wrong when he was picking mushrooms, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Looking at it this way, it turned out that he had slipped before the gate of hell.
“Can’t you eat it?” The expression on Kuangfeng’s face was rather regretful. He looked at the mushrooms that Chu Guang had put away and muttered, “I thought I could add BUFF.”
"do not think too much."
How can there be so many BUFFs.
There is something Chu Guang did not say.
Although this stuff is not edible, it is the main raw material for making radiation abatement agents.
Chu Guang didn’t know the specific principle. He also heard about it from old Charlie on Beit Street.
The blue mushroom contains a special peptide substance that can effectively alleviate and heal non-lethal damage caused by gamma rays.
The caravans in Boulder City will buy this thing, and the price is not low. They usually transport it to Boulder City and sell it to the factory there.
It’s just that this thing is really difficult to get, and few scavengers are willing to risk their lives to search for mutant leech nests in swamps, subways, and sewers.
It’s one thing that it’s hard to find.
It is another matter to find it and bring it back alive.
Even if life is forced, no one wants to deal with these tentacles that eat people without spitting out bones...
Unexpectedly, there is a nest of mutated leeches so close at hand.
Chu Guang was in a mixed mood.
Happily, the blue mushroom can be sold for a lot of money, but I am worried that the mutated leeches are difficult to deal with.
Sprinkle salt?
Where can I get hundreds of kilograms of salt? It’s better to just sell the salt when there is so much salt.
Set fire?
This thing usually lives in humid areas and is really not that easy to light.
“Do you remember the specific location of the sewer entrance?”
Facing the manager's inquiry, Feng Feng quickly took out a map and pointed to the marked location on it.
"right here."
Chu Guang glanced at the location on the map and silently wrote it down.
"I see."
…
The blue mushrooms brought back by Guangfeng and Yeshi are estimated to be 2 kilograms. Generally, in the market, every 50g can be exchanged for one chip.
2000g is 40 chips!
This is almost equivalent to all the savings Chu Guang has saved in the past five months.
And this is the price offered by the recycling station on Battery Street.
The actual value of this thing is at least twice this number!
Chu Guang planned to sell all these mushrooms and use the exchange chips to buy the supplies that the outpost urgently needed.
"The supplies at the outpost need to be replenished. I will go out for a while. You stay here and remember not to go too far."
“At five o’clock in the afternoon, Xiaoqi will open the elevator for you on time and return to the shelter.”
“When I’m not around, Xiaoqi will keep statistics on your work results. You can also ask him if you don’t understand anything.”
As for the 2 kilograms of blue mushrooms, Chu Guang gave Kuang Feng and Ye Shi a total of 220 contribution points.
200 of the contribution points were due to the discovery of the mutated leech's nest, and the other 20 contribution points were from the blue mushroom.
The reason he only gave this little was really not because he was stingy, but because he was afraid that giving too much would give these players a taste of the sweetness. They would take the risk to pick this thing and accidentally die in it.
Until he found a generator that could power the "active substance extractor", he thought it would be better to be cautious.
Green wheat porridge for lunch.
Ch said it was porridge, but Chu Guang thought it was a bit like mung bean soup without sweetness.
This thing has no taste at all, it is purely for filling the stomach.
But what surprised Chu Guang was that the four players devoured the food as if they were reincarnated by starving ghosts.
Is it so delicious?
Chu Guang had doubts about his cooking skills.
Could it be that I am actually very good at cooking?
It shouldn’t be...
Hastily finished a meal.
Putting away the pots and pans, Chu Guang put out the fire and set out on the road alone. There were only four players left in the sanatorium and an AI robot hanging upstairs.
Fang Chang stared at the task board inserted at the door of the nursing home, lost in thought.
Ye Shi asked from the side.
"What are you looking at."
Fang Chang said.
“According to the administrator, the blue mushroom can be used as a raw material for making radiation anti-radiation agent, but the reward given to you by the task is only 20 contribution points, which is equivalent to cutting down two trees... Do you think this is reasonable?”
Ye Shi was stunned for a moment.
"Any questions."
Fang Chang said.
"Of course there is. Normally, the benefits that players get from tasks should be directly related to the difficulty of the task. Not only have you unlocked new copies, but you have also collected high-value materials. Normally speaking, there should not be only such a small reward."
Bangfeng thought.
“Then why do you think it is?”
Fang Chang snapped his fingers.
"priority!"
“Excellent, priority?” Ye Shi said blankly.
"That's right." Fang Chang nodded, "Do you still remember what the manager said in the previous plot? The first priority right now is survival!"
Have it?
There seems to be.
Ye Shi didn’t listen too carefully. In most games, he doesn’t read the plot and goes directly to Ctrl. Although Ctrl is not allowed in this game, it doesn’t make any difference if he loses focus for a few minutes.
Fang Chang continued.
“...So I guess that the tasks on the task board are not all tasks. This game gives us a lot of autonomy. Tasks can not only be released by NPCs, but also actively triggered."
Bangfeng frowned.
“Reason?”
"Didn't you receive the reward?" Fang Chang said, "Although the generator was not found, the alien nest was discovered and valuable materials were collected."
“So I judge that as long as our behavior meets the current needs of Vault 404, we can obtain contribution points. And the value of the reward is directly related to the value created by our behavior!”
“For example, building cesspits and toilets is a task issued by the manager after accepting our opinions. Lao Bai and I both received a reward of 200 contribution points.”
Lao Bai nodded.
"it seems to be like this."
“I probably understand what you mean,” Kuangfeng said, stroking his chin, “But don’t you get contribution points by completing the tasks on the task board?”
And the points are not low.
“This is the second point I want to make,” Fang Chang said with a mysterious smile on his face, “Do you still remember the favorability setting that the planner told us about?”
A hint of surprise appeared on Guangfeng's face.
“That’s it…I understand what you mean.”
Ye Shi and Lao Bai are still confused.
“What on earth do you understand.”
“Speak clearly!”
Fang Chang said slowly.
"To put it simply, completing the fixed tasks on the task board step by step can obtain fixed guaranteed rewards, but it cannot demonstrate our abilities. In contrast, actively triggering tasks can better reflect our own abilities! In theory, it should
It can improve managers’ evaluation of us.”
Of course, these speculations are based on the fact that Wasteland OL is a "completely real" immersive virtual reality game, and the behavior of managers is governed by program logic and is not artificially set.
If his intelligence is not as high as imagined, this inference may not be valid.
However, at present, the manager's intelligence is still quite high, and there is no problem with normal communication. He can't even help but wonder whether this guy is played by a real person.
After understanding Fang Chang’s explanation, Lao Bai touched the stubble on his chin, nodded and said.
“This idea is interesting and worth trying... So what do you think we should do?”
"I'm still figuring out how to do it specifically, but my intuition tells me that compared to contribution points, it's more important to accumulate more NPC favorability before the second round of closed beta testing. This can ensure that we win in the second round of closed beta testing.
Have a higher 'starting point' than other players."
After a pause, Fang Chang snapped his fingers.
“I propose to form a team!”
“The meaning of forming a team is...” Ye Shi said doubtfully.
Lao Bai nodded.
"I have no opinion."
Bangfeng also nodded.
“I agree too.”
Ye Shi said in a daze.
“I have no objection, but can you explain to me the details of team formation?”
Fang Chang explained patiently.
“Simply put, from now on we are a team, sharing intelligence and helping each other. Then, all we have to do is to use our respective strengths.”
Fang Chang looked at Guangfeng and Yeshi and continued.
"Bang Feng, Ye Shi, you will conduct reconnaissance along the lakeshore of the Wetland Park, pay attention to the distribution and activity tracks of the alien species, and mark the area if you find a suspected nest... But remember, don't get too close, especially to avoid the occurrence of
Fight. We need a safe water point."
The storm nodded.
"OK."
Then, Fang Chang looked at Lao Bai.
“As for us, what we have to do now is chop more wood.”
“I’ll go offline in a while, I’ll check some information online, and I’ll find a way to use the wood I’ve stocked up tomorrow!”