Chapter 141 Why can’t we cook some earthly food in our kitchen?
[Mission: Go to the action camp]
[Introduction: Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Volunteers from Outpost 404! The reinforcements to escort you to the operation camp have arrived at the north gate of the Wetland Park. We have prepared a warm barracks for you ten kilometers away. Please come with us now.
!]
[Requirement: Follow the crew of the "Pioneer" to the operation camp and start the follow-up mission. 】
[Reward: 10 activity points]
The north entrance of the outpost.
The players who were ready to go had completed their assembly. They didn't look like workers going to move bricks at all, but more like going on an outing.
The players who didn't get the qualification looked at it with envy. Especially when they heard that they would get 10 points when they arrived at the destination, they were even more jealous and about to cry!
"You get 10 points for opening a map. Is this reasonable?"
"As soon as the expansion pack was released, the gap was forcibly widened. Is this reasonable?"
"Unreasonable! So unreasonable!"
"Call Planning Dad!"
However, it was of no use.
Those who are in line are the majority, and those who are not in line are the minority.
Fang Chang, who was standing in the Ouhuang team, said with a smile: "Brothers, don't panic, let's go to the front to explore the way for you! I will update the forum as soon as possible if there are any good things! Wait for you to come.
There is no need to cross the river by feeling the stones!"
The fugitive mole in the canyon who was not in line shouted immediately when he heard this.
"Gan! Are you sorry? You've touched all the stones by yourself! By the way, your dungeon won't be played anymore? You'll have priority to explore for seven days!"
Fang Chang chuckled: "What are you trying to do? How can there be new maps in the dungeon? Why don't you help me fight for three days?"
Mole on the run in the canyon: "Get out!"
In the distance, a jet-black powered armor appeared in the snow-covered forest, walking towards the north gate of the outpost.
Walking outside the North Gate Market, Chu Guang took Captain Lu Yang's extended right hand, shook it and said with a smile.
"Please, my residents."
Lu Yang looked solemn and serious, and made a serious promise.
"I swear on my honor and credit score that I will ensure the safety of each of them!"
What Chu Guang actually wanted to say was that there was no need to use so much force. If someone was accidentally killed, it wouldn't matter. Just pay him a pension.
not much.
1000CR is enough.
But what is a credit score?
At this time, the young players standing around noticed that the Beggar's Edition armor on their manager was gone, replaced by an exoskeleton that looked very expensive at first glance. There was still a hammer hanging on the back.
, but there is a handsome rifle next to the hammer.
Although there are too many elements, this is a wasteland!
Of course, what surprised them the most was that their manager actually changed equipment again!
"I giao! You can see the manager's exoskeleton!"
"Huh? When did he change his equipment?!"
"Hey guys, Fallout 2077 has become Cyber 2077!"
"Look at how you have never seen the world. Didn't Brother Mole analyze it on the forum before? The NPCs in this game will be strengthened according to the players' game behavior! After a rational analysis, it must be because we work hard to complete the task.
That’s why the manager got a new skin!”
"Can!!"
"Brothers, work harder and try to get the administrator to wear power armor!"
"Awesome!"
The captain and the manager were talking. Luo Hua, who was standing nearby waiting to send them away, glanced at VM who didn't respond and said with a sad face.
"Why does this translation function sometimes work and sometimes not work?"
Aisi: "..."
Luo Hua: "Hey, what do you think they are talking about?"
Aisi: "..."
Luo Hua: "Aren't you curious at all? Well, just pretend I didn't ask...I'll boil some water and soak the freeze-dried food in a while."
Aisi: "I want corn."
Luo Hua: "..."
After sending Captain Lu Yang and the players away, Chu Guang waved his hand towards their backs, and suddenly noticed Luo Hua, who was talking a lot not far away.
At first glance, this guy is the type who can't keep his mouth shut.
With a slight movement in his heart, Chu Guang suddenly thought of an idea.
However, it was still too early now, far from the time for dinner. He had something to do later, and he would talk about it when he came back in the evening.
…
Marching in the wilderness, a ten-kilometer journey takes almost 200 minutes, and the road conditions are slightly easier than in the city.
In order to clear the snow on the road for the residents of the shelter, Lu Yang also brought an off-road vehicle with him, mounted a snow shovel on the front of the bumper, and drove ahead to clear the snow on the road.
The morale of the residents of these shelters is very high, and their physical fitness is also very strong. Lu Yang was originally worried that they would be tired, but later he found that his worries were completely unnecessary.
It's a 200-minute journey and can be reached in two hours.
Before ten o'clock in the morning, the group arrived near the land-based fortress of the "Pioneer".
Looking at the four mountain-like steel fortresses connected to each other, many players had expressions of surprise and even excitement on their faces.
The broad and huge body is located in the wilderness, and behind the majestic tracks are ravines extending to the horizon, with no end as far as the eye can see.
Whether it is vegetation or towering trees, whether it is a broken road or an abandoned country house, there is a pile of gravel and rubble at its feet.
There is no road ahead of it.
Wherever you go, there is a road.
Looking up at the majestic fortress, [Leave a Man Under the Sword], who is a civilized dog, and other players next to him, raised their heads and widened their eyes.
In front of such a magnificent engineering miracle, he just felt like a tiny primitive man, admiring an unheard of miracle.
Even though people keep reminding me that this is just a game, the immersive feeling is not fake at all.
His Adam's apple twitched for a long time, but he could only squeeze two words out of his mouth.
"Holy shit..."
This is too shocking!
Ye Shi, who was standing not far from him, also raised his head and said "Holy shit" at this moment. However, the shock he felt was completely different in meaning from what Ryuto felt by the knife.
"...This expansion pack is too damn good!"
It’s really rare for games to have good stuff in the closed beta stage.
Players follow the NPC and continue moving forward.
When they arrived at the operation camp next to the "Pioneer", they happened to see the huge land-based fortress, unfolding a gantry crane-like structure, using a mechanical cantilever to remove a container-like module from the body, and deployed it on a steel
There is an open area of about five meters on the platform.
The dust is billowing.
Staff members in gray coats stepped forward, pulled out an arm-thick pipe from the side of the fortress platform, connected it to the module that had just been deployed on the ground, and then entered parameters on the touch screen.
Power input.
The equipment started working, but I only heard a buzzing sound, and I didn't know what was being produced inside.
The two survivors who were assistants following old Luca opened their eyes wide and exchanged shocked looks with each other.
"what is that?"
"The production workshop," Captain Lu Yang happened to overhear the conversation between the two, said with a smile, "That should be a carbon dioxide trap, which produces starch and glucose. We will also deploy a plant that produces long-chain alkanes and olefins later.
.The last ones to be put down are the production workshops for alloy melting and cutting."
"But there's no rush for this. Once your people have rested and set off, we can continue the deployment here!"
Deploying this kind of modular production workshop will raise a lot of dust, and they will try to choose a time when there are few people in the mobile camp for construction.
The two natives next to them looked at each other in confusion. They didn't understand what the man wearing the same clothes as a tin can was saying, and they didn't understand why they had to wait until they set off before continuing the deployment.
Old Luca understood a little bit, but only the second half.
As for carbon dioxide traps, long-chain alkanes, alkenes and the like...
Just think of it as some kind of trash that's harder to pick up.
…
The action camp where the players are stationed is adjacent to the action fortress, less than a hundred meters away.
All the barracks were "sprayed" with heat-activated polymer, so they were built in just one night.
These houses look like concrete from a distance and feel like plastic. Although they are light in texture, they are not weak in strength at all. They are also quite warm and have good sound insulation properties.
There are a total of 5 rows of barracks. The structure and layout are very similar to the prefabricated houses on the construction site. They are divided into upper and lower floors, with 22 single rooms on each floor. The size of the suite is 3×4m, with a single bed and a folding bed.
The table is more than enough, and it's more spacious than the shelter room.
In addition, there is a public bathroom and toilet for men and women in the center of the barracks, and a water tank on the second floor.
Including the public area in the middle, the entire camp covers an area of 15 acres, which is equivalent to a playground with a 400-meter runway. The floor area ratio is still acceptable, and it even looks a little more spacious than the players' outposts.
There are two quad-rotor drones and two remote-controlled all-terrain crawlers patrolling the perimeter of the camp, responsible for clearing away approaching corpse eaters or other threats.
When he saw Li De at the door of the barracks, Luka's expression was a little reserved, but thinking that he represented the manager, he straightened his back.
"Hello, dear sir, I am Luca from Vault 404. I would like to extend my sincerest greetings to you on behalf of my master. During the cooperation period, I will be responsible for contacting the residents of the shelter. If you have any needs
, can be conveyed through me.”
Although it was a bit strange for the title "Master" to appear in the shelter, Li De didn't say anything.
It is not that there are no slaves on the East Coast. The lower-level employees of some companies are nominally employed, but they are no different from slaves. If they don't work, they will be kicked out of the employee dormitories quickly. Once they are kicked out, it means death.
Of course, the benefits for middle-level employees are still acceptable, let alone those at his level.
In order to prepare this First Pioneer Corps, the Silver Wing Group spent a lot of money. Their living standards are almost the same as when they were on the east coast, and are even better than there.
The only drawback is that it is a bit far from home.
Looking at old Luka, Li De nodded.
"I have learned about the situation from the liaison officer, and my colleagues will contact you about the next work arrangements."
As he said that, the man standing next to Li De smiled and took the initiative to extend his right hand.
"Hello, my name is Werther! It's a pleasure to work with you!"
Old Luca quickly held his hand and shook it.
"Hello! My name is Luca..."
"I heard that just now. Relax. I also came out of the shelter, but it's been a few years. You can treat this place as your own home. If you have any questions, you can contact me." Witte winked and looked at it.
He's a funny person.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you. I have to urge our engineers."
Li De patted Werther on the shoulder, then nodded to old Luca, and left with Captain Lu Yang beside him.
Old Luca's expression was a little reserved.
He wanted to say that although he was carrying a VM, he actually did not come out of the shelter, but he felt that it was redundant to say so.
However, Witte didn't care. He took out a foldable computer from his pocket very ably, opened the flexible screen sandwiched in the middle, and began to hand over the newly completed mobile barracks to him.
"To make a long story short, this mobile camp is yours now. During the cooperation period, we will be responsible for keeping you safe, and our water trucks will also deliver water to you for free. There are water heating pipes in the barracks, connected to the boiler of the central functional facilities of the camp
, it’s very easy to use, just boil the water, and the residual heat can be used to heat the water for bathing. But we are only responsible for delivering water. As for using wood or coal to boil water, I’m afraid you have to think of it yourself.”
"But this can be easily solved. The most indispensable thing nearby is wood. There is a forest to the west. But I suggest you try to collect as much as possible to the east. Our fortress bulldozed a lot of wood on the way here.
Just recycle it and use it.”
"Also, today's work. Our scouts found an underground garage at a community hospital in an abandoned town in the north. There were about 2,000 car wrecks with high recycling value parked inside. We need to remove their frames, doors,
Wheels and hoods and suspensions...anything that can be recycled."
"Our Marines have cleaned up the alien species there. Your job is to use the equipment we provided to cut and disassemble the recyclable parts of the vehicle, and then use a press to press the removed parts into cubes and install them on us
transport truck."
"Due to the terrain, our transport vehicles cannot go deep into the city. The road conditions there are too bad. You will know it when you go there. In short, it is about 800 meters from the community hospital to the resource point. I am afraid you will have to use a trolley for this distance.
Human transportation.”
"That's all for work. If there are new arrangements, I will inform you. It is now 10:15, you can settle your people first. We will set off on time at 12 noon and return at 6 pm. This
We won’t have time to eat during this period, so you’d better prepare dry food.”
"If there are any supplies that need to be purchased, please give them to me. You now have a budget of 600CR, and today's reward will be settled at 12 o'clock in the morning."
Luca nodded.
"no problem."
…
Players quickly assigned rooms.
After the cooking utensils were delivered, Luca immediately issued a VM mission, recruited several professional life players, set up a large pot in the middle of the barracks, and started to light a fire to cook.
At this time, the water tanker responsible for delivering water happened to arrive and used a pressure pump and water pipes to inject water into the water tank in the center of the camp.
When filling the water tank, two logistics department drivers took two buckets of freeze-dried food from the car and poured boiling water into them.
This kind of food is very convenient. You can eat it by soaking it in boiling water. It contains carbohydrates, protein and vitamins. It is hygienic and nutritious to eat, and there are five flavors to choose from.
Usually if they still have work to do in the afternoon and are too lazy to take the elevator back to the fortress, they will use this thing for a meal.
In fact, they heard before that the Logistics Section originally planned to deploy mobile kitchens on the ground, but the residents of these shelters actually refused, saying that it would be better to pay them directly.
I really don’t know what these blue coats are thinking!
In short, after hearing that their allies wanted to cook their own meals, their stingy boss canceled the plan to deploy a mobile kitchen.
After all, most of the time, their people dine in the fortress and only go out on duty in rare circumstances.
It's really not worthwhile to put a big guy down to cook for just a few people's lunch, so why not just give some money to pass the time.
Leaning next to the waterwheel door.
The two pilots looked at the shelter residents who were setting up large pots to cook, while they waited for the freeze-dried food to boil, chatting incessantly.
"What are they doing?"
"It seems like you are peeling potatoes? Is that a potato?"
"I heard it's called a potato, it's probably a mutated potato... Look, they started boiling water."
"Burning firewood to cook? It's really primitive. Let's use an electric stove. But then again, why don't they just throw the potatoes directly into the pot, but put them on top of the pot?"
"Maybe I want to cook the potatoes with water steam...I suddenly became a little curious, will the food made in this way be delicious?"
The two suddenly looked at each other in tacit understanding and said in unison.
"I'll go change with them." X2
…
There was a long queue at the camp.
Holding a spoon of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, he stood in front of the pot and shouted.
"One for each person. Everyone has it. Don't jump in line and don't panic! We are all European kings who are the first to experience the expansion pack! Don't let the OB idiots in the forum read the joke."
Finally, we arrived in line, and there were really mosquitoes in WC, holding lunch boxes in their hands, and I was moved to tears.
“I miss it so much! It’s been a long time since I had a big pot rice made with tomatoes and scrambled eggs!”
Ye Shi, who had just received his share, also sighed.
"Hey, I miss you +1. From which version did our respected manager stop working?"
WC There are really mosquitoes holding lunch boxes and saying.
"I remember! After the currency system was built in version Alpha0.3, you had to spend money to buy food! I really miss it when I think about it. At that time, no one knew how to cook, so they bought a potato and squatted in the square to hold it and gnaw it.
!”
"Yes, yes, haha, I remembered it! Later, after the North Gate Market was designated, professional players came to sell stews."
"It's a pity that Boss Crow refuses to sell mushrooms that can see villains."
"Speaking of, where is Master Crow?"
"I guess she didn't grab it. She never catches up with good things."
At this time, two NPCs in gray coats came over, they seemed to be the two who drove the water tanker just now.
"Hey."
One of them raised his hand and said hello in a friendly manner.
Mosquito and Ye Shi glanced at each other and looked at the two of them.
"What are you doing?"
One of the NPCs pointed to the uneaten bowl of lunch in Ye Shi's hand, then pointed to the bucket of "instant noodles" in his hand, and said something in a gibberish voice.
Although I can't understand it, even a monkey can understand the body language. Coupled with the expression and tone, I can basically guess it without any problem.
Mosquito: "He seems to want to exchange with us?"
Ye Shi: "Should I change it?"
Mosquito: "Nonsense, change it! Why not change it? Try what their food tastes like."
Ye Shi's eyes lit up: "What a great idea!"
The two players happily handed the lunch boxes in their hands to the two NPCs driving the water truck, and then took the instant noodles in their hands.
Thanking each other in their own languages, the two NPCs quickly slipped away.
Ye Shi and Mosquito ignored them and eagerly opened the lid of the instant noodles.
"Let me see what's inside?"
"Instant noodles? It doesn't seem like that?"
"Damn! How many dried vegetables did they put in it? What are these?"
“I seriously suspect that they mixed noodles with freeze-dried vegetables!”
"But it smells pretty good."
"Brother Scrambled Egg's mashed potatoes are not as delicious! Oh, what a pity, Teng Teng is not here. Ever since Brother Scrambled Egg stopped cooking and became a butcher, she hasn't had any for a long time, right?"
Taking the lunch box from the two shelter residents, the two NPCs opened it as if they had found a treasure, clumsily dug out a lump of mashed potato with a wooden spoon and stuffed it into their mouths, with expressions of surprise on their faces.
"this is not bad!"
"Not bad!"
"Mash the potato and mix it with soy sauce and minced meat? It tastes a bit like potatoes, but not like them. It's amazing."
"This stew is awesome! What kind of meat is it?"
"Whatever! It's much more exciting than plant-based meat anyway!"
The two of them devoured their food with a look of unsatisfied expression on their faces.
After returning the lunch box to the shelter residents, they looked at each other and immediately reached a consensus. They quickly went back to get two more buckets of instant noodles. They happily found the shelter residents who had just received the lunch boxes. They gestured like before, trying to
The lunch boxes in their hands fooled them.
This was the first time for the players to see such a strange thing. They didn't even think about rejecting it and decisively handed the lunch box in their hands to the NPC.
After devouring their food again, the two NPCs finally returned to the water tanker with satisfaction this time, and drove the long-empty water tanker back to the garage next to the "Pioneer" outside the camp.
“This is the first time I’ve eaten such delicious food after being away from the East Coast for so long!”
"Me too! Compared with that mashed potato, those dried vegetables are just garbage! Tui!"
"I agree! Why can't we cook some earthly food in our kitchen? Is it difficult to upgrade the program? We can obviously grow potatoes!"
While counting the supplies that were about to be handed over to Shelter 404, Li De happened to hear the conversation between the two people walking out of the garage, and his expression was slightly stunned.