Crow Crow: "Hey, listen to me, I was selling mushroom soup, and suddenly a sneaky NPC ran over, took out a piece of paper, and wanted to take my pot away! Then, right there
Just when I didn’t know what to do, the manager suddenly appeared! By the way, the manager’s new armor is so handsome. I wonder if I can buy that skin. ()”
Mole on the run in the canyon: "Gan! What the hell are you talking about!"
Fujito: “???(╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻”
Crow Crow: "100! 100 silver coins! The manager took the piece of paper and gave me 100 silver coins! I was about to say, don't rush me. QAQ"
The entire post went silent for a while.
Then, dozens of floors appeared below instantly!
Lao Bai: "?!"
Kuangfeng: "..."
Ye Shi: "What the hell?"
Fang Chang: “100???”
Crow Crow: "Don't swipe the screen. To be precise, it's actually 200... Because of the 100CR ticket yesterday, I also chased after and exchanged it with the manager. The manager even praised me and said I was a good person.
Child, hehe. (=｀=)”
Irena: “￥@#!”
Two pots of mushroom soup were exchanged for 200 silver coins!
This luck cannot be described as European Emperor!
The players on the forum are all envious of the separation, and even the tickets for early access to the expansion pack are no longer good...
…
On the other side, the reception room of the outpost.
"Hiccup~ This wine is good. The fruity aroma of grapes is mixed with the fragrance of oak. Even in a company... I'm afraid it's a rare treasure."
"Do you still understand this?"
"Of course, my father has a wine cellar with many of his collections in it. He goes there every day to stay for a while, not drinking, but just feeling the atmosphere. I suspect that if this continues, the wine will turn into vinegar.
…Hey, I really want to go home.”
There were several empty wine bottles on the table. Luo Hua was so drunk that he leaned on the chair and burped, talking non-stop.
Chu Guang responded perfunctorily and took the time to glance at the VM, which listed the information Xiao Qi helped him sort out.
[155. This man comes from a wealthy family and holds a mid-level position in the First Pioneer Corps. It is speculated that the crew members of the Pioneer are all middle- and high-level employees in the "enterprise" and have a high status. ]
All this information was obtained in exchange for a barbecue table, a pot of soup and six bottles of wine.
Normally, Chu Guang would never have eaten so extravagantly.
But these efforts are rewarded.
Chu Guang asked a lot of interesting things from the mouth of the person in charge of the office.
First of all, the company is located in the Yunjian Province in the easternmost part of the Central Continent. It is the outlet of a large river and two tributaries. It was also the political, economic and cultural center before the Prosperity Era. It has four strategic areas, three metropolitan areas, and two industrial centers.
, and an ancient urban agglomeration with "long history".
As for the company's headquarters, it is located in the ruins of the industrial zone between Yunshang City and Yunxia City, above Shelter 6, in a place called "Ideal City".
There are huge walls as tall as dams and towers touching the clouds. Aircrafts shuttle between the streets, but they can't fly too far. People are crowded into a "city" of less than 500 square kilometers, and most people live in it.
There are no windows underground, and a few people can see the clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
As Chu Guang listened, he always felt that this "ideal city" had a bit of a "city that never sleeps" flavor, and he didn't know how true or false this guy's words were.
In addition, unlike the information Xia Yan heard from hearsay, the company was not filled with factions and internal strife, but they themselves were not the kind of organization that the mercenaries of Boulder City understood.
For example, an enterprise does not have a ruler in the strict sense, but only a corporate board of directors with a rigorous organizational structure and clear division of power. Most of the members of the corporate board of directors are composed of chairman of the branch company, and there are smaller subsidiaries under the branch company.
, layers of matryoshka dolls.
Some of these branches produce steel, some produce cement, some make guns, cannons, and drones, as well as sell clones or bionic companions. The Silver Wing Group is only one of them with a relatively large "market value", but its market value
This kind of thing changes every day, and it's hard to say who is the biggest.
Ten years ago, the company did send an expeditionary force to the interior, but the target was not Qingquan City in the southern part of the River Valley Province, but the Great Rift Valley in the north.
People always like to take credit for themselves. As long as the same thing passes through the mouths of two people, it may evolve into more than three versions.
And most of what is passed down in the end is not the final truth, just because this version is the most talked about, and people are more willing to believe that it is like this.
However, according to Luo Hua, it is true that the expeditionary force did fail, because for a period of time, good news from the front line could often be heard from various channels.
But suddenly one day, no one mentioned it anymore.
Except for those investors who bought "war bonds" who stood on the rooftop, many people never came back, and everything seemed like nothing happened.
In a sense, the "Pioneer" is similar to the expeditionary force. In order to build this magnificent land fortress, the Silver Wings Group also issued a considerable amount of "bonds" and has a high probability of purchasing them from
The bond tycoons promised some benefits.
But the second half is all Chu Guang's speculation.
Perhaps because of his insufficient ideological level, Chu Guang felt that if he lived in such an environment and happened to have a large amount of money in his pocket, he would definitely not waste the money.
In addition, from Luo Hua's mouth, Chu Guang also learned that the goal of their trip was to go to the west to find a place called Shelter 0.
Legend has it that it was the birthplace of a certain grand plan, the founder of the era of prosperity, the pioneer of the great sea route, and the immortal who had countless glories rested here.
It is regarded by some as the last hope.
"...Since you have such advanced technology, why do you place your hopes on the legendary existence? You actually don't know where it is, right?" Chu Guang poured Luo Hua a glass of wine and asked, "And I
From your description, since you were able to build a fortress on the ruins, why did you...well, never think about starting over?"
Luo Hua sighed and waved his hand, smelling of alcohol.
"I have heard this argument too many times... My friend, how far have you traveled? You may have traveled the most distance, which is only from the north of Qingquan City to a little closer to the Fifth Ring Road.
It’s not as simple as building a few houses for granted.”
Chu Guang smiled and said.
"After all, I have only emerged from the underground for a few months...I am also very curious about what the world has become."
"It's terrible," Luo Hua shook his head, "What's the most terrifying alien species you've ever seen? Gnawers? Creepers? Our collective name for them is slime mold parasites, so do you know where they came from?
Have you seen their mother nest?"
Luo Hua continued.
"I have seen them all. I have even seen a mother nest as big as a skyscraper. The out-of-control slime mold merged with reinforced concrete and covered half of the city. The survivors there resisted, but failed.
Then they were swallowed up in pieces... We could do nothing but take dozens of poor people who survived and put them by the lake fifty kilometers away."
Chu Guang's expression changed slightly.
He had heard that there seemed to be a mother nest in the center of Qingquan City, and that every once in a while, alien species such as gnawers would spread out from the city center.
Survivors of Boulder called it "The Wave."
This is what Xia Yan told him.
"You just...just leave that nest alone?"
"Don't worry about that thing," Luo Hua waved his hand, "You underestimated the power of nature. Everything on this planet will quickly fall into decline after it expands to a certain limit. The same goes for those slime molds.
In rare cases, they will mutate, go berserk, no longer fear the sun, crazily devour the living creatures around them, and use their flesh and blood to reproduce quickly. This sounds scary, but when they expand to a certain scale, they will soon disappear from nowhere.
Wherever it goes back and forth...we call it the self-limiting nature of the expansion of the mutant slime mold colony."
If they could expand endlessly, this planet would have been occupied by them long ago.
And from the perspective of energy balance, there is probably no ecosystem that can accommodate such terrifying creatures.
After a pause, Luo Hua continued chattering while burping from wine.
"These mutated slime molds are just one of the troubles. As you know, there are only gnawing monsters in this world. Even mutated cockroaches that have nothing to do with slime molds are annoying enough. By the way, there are also mutants.
I wonder if you have ever seen a 'super mutant' as high as a three-story building? I suspect that thing is just a humanoid tumor. It took us two tactical nuclear bombs to completely eliminate it... So you are really lucky, then
We dispatched dozens of mutants with only five powered armors."
Chu Guang's Adam's apple moved.
He originally wanted to ask where these ghost things came from, but the question that was already on his lips changed his mind and became the question that he had been thinking about all along.
"Who is our enemy?"
Hearing this question, Luo Hua smiled.
"We? Enemies? You mean... that doomsday battle? Haha, who knows what happened two centuries ago? I have seen many people who came from cryogenic dormancy in the 22nd century. Some of them were really seeking refuge, and some were purely
I think it’s fun to go to the future. Haha, they couldn’t tell what happened anyway, they thought they were standing on the scene of some variety show, shouting that they wanted to sue us.”
As he spoke, Luo Hua's eyes became a little blurred, and the hand holding the wine glass kept shaking.
Chu Guang felt that he was drunk, so he gave him another drink... Anyway, this was his "official business", and there wasn't much left in this bottle.
"Those poor guys... hiccup, all we can do is hand them over to nearby survivors. Maybe their knowledge can come in handy, but I feel it's enough."
Without refusing Chu Guang to pour him wine, Luo Hua raised his head and took another sip, letting out a long wine burp. This time he couldn't even hold his tongue straight.
"It is said that the answer lies in Vault 0. It is not just us who are looking for it, the academy, the Legion... many people are looking for it, but they have not heard any results for so many years. Maybe it is not in the west at all, or as you said
Maybe it doesn’t exist. But who knows? Someone has to give it a try.”
As he spoke, Luo Hua fell down on the table.
Seeing that he was about to tilt his head into the brazier next to him, Chu Guang hurriedly reached out to help him and moved his head to the other side.
Luo Hua was still shouting.
"I'm going to write a biography, and if we succeed, it will become Utopia's best-selling work."
"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. Your name is too difficult to pronounce, which is not conducive to word of mouth. If you change the 'First Pioneer Corps' to the 'Knights Templar', and then change the Pioneer to the Zheng He, then give it to you
Change the captain's name to something more powerful...for example, "Ruby Yanka, you go to the West to learn scriptures. I bet this book will become the best-selling adult fairy tale on the East Coast."
Chu Guang was originally talking nonsense, but he didn't expect Luo Hua's eyes to light up after hearing this.
"good idea"
Only halfway through chewing the word "meaning", the young man suddenly stopped eating with a thud. The wine glass in his hand also fell with a thud next to the brazier.
Chu Guang ignored the drunkard and stared at the VM screen.
Looking at the last line of information on the screen, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Legions and colleges..."
The world seems wider than I imagined.
very nice.
I can draw new pie again.
…
The next morning.
As soon as six o'clock arrived, the hard-working young players got online on time and jogged all the way to the pool in the public toilet in the center of the camp.
After briefly washing up, they continued to run to the open space in the center of the camp, carrying their lunch boxes in small groups.
However, as soon as they reached the open space, they were stunned.
I saw about twenty NPCs in gray coats, holding bowls in their hands, already standing in line in front of the cauldron.
Seeing those blue coats looking over, the crew of the Pioneer felt somewhat embarrassed, smiled at their allies, waved friendly, and pointed to the bowls in their hands.
That expression seemed to say
"Brother, don't panic, let's just have a meal and leave."
The players who were also carrying bowls were shocked.
"Damn! These NPCs are getting more and more confident in their free time!"
"The pot isn't even boiling, so what's the matter?!"
"Huh? Where is Brother Scrambled Egg? I saw him next to the faucet just now. Why is he gone?"
Not far away, Brother Scrambled Egg was following Old Luca, walking over with a large basket of noodles in his hand. When he got to the iron pot, he placed the frame heavily on the table.
There are other ingredients and condiments on the table.
Raising his arm and rubbing his forehead, Brother Scrambled Egg put on his sleeves and apron, and tapped the edge of the pot with a spoon.
"Plant meat, artificial starch synthetic noodles, and Chicken Boss' chanterelle mushrooms... Let's try some high-tech ingredients today. Let me tell you in advance that I haven't tried it yet. I'll try my best to make it. It won't taste good. Wait.
I’ll think about it next time.”
Brother Scrambled Egg originally planned to cook porridge and make a fool of himself. After all, the time in the morning was not as generous as in the evening. They would have to move bricks to the new map later.
But at this moment, his VM suddenly received the task of cooking a pot of delicious food that can make people happy for the players in the camp.
What is food that makes people happy?
Brother Scrambled Egg looked confused, but the three question marks in the mission reward column and the exclusive label for the expansion pack on the header aroused his desire to win.
Hearing that Brother Scrambled Egg was about to show off his skills, the players queuing up excitedly started making noises.
"The boss is awesome!"
"Give me an extra egg!"
"Pass it on! Brother Scrambled Egg, give it to us!"
"Ugh, this can't be passed on. You can pass it on yourself!"
Although the crew members of the Pioneer surrounding them didn't understand, they saw how excited the blue coats were and started to look forward to it.
Brother Scrambled Egg ignored it and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the work in front of him.
After putting some wild boar fat on the bottom of the pot to bring out the aroma of the oil, he skillfully poured the vegetable meat that had been marinated in the "secret cooking wine" into the pot.
Silly!
The aroma of meat is diffuse.
Stir-fry quickly to add color to the soy sauce, sprinkle some salt and pepper to enhance the aroma, wait until the minced meat bubbles, the fried egg brother skillfully picks up a pot of boiling water, pours the boiling water into the iron pot, and shakes it a few times
Then cover the iron pot with a lid.
The sound of gurgling was muffled along with the scent.
The sauerkraut here is ready, and the chicken oil mushroom soup there is also fragrant.
The taste buds were constantly being teased, and the NPCs in the queue kept swallowing their saliva one by one. The bowls were switched from left hand to right hand, and then from right hand to left hand, almost touching the paste.
Finally open the pot.
Brother Scrambled Egg put the noodles in a strainer, shook them twice to boil them, then put them into the bowl that was handed to him, and poured a spoonful of mushroom soup and a spoonful of meat sauce evenly on top.
"A copy of 4CR! Everyone has a share, don't worry."
Old Luca collected the money, handed the bowl full of noodles to the truck driver who was smiling and thanking him repeatedly, and continued to shout enthusiastically to the gray coats lining up.