Chapter 159 Section Chief, we don’t have enough money!
The fifth ring road in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.
On the twentieth floor of an office building located on the edge of the elevated ring road, the slanted corridor was covered with dark green slime mold and corroded moss.
Orange tracer warheads weaved a net in the corridor, the hot air flow almost scorched the air, and in the center of the fire was a three-meter-tall humanoid beast.
Its skin has been completely horny, and its knotted muscles are pitch black. Its arms protected its head, and it actually pushed forward two steps against the electromagnetically accelerated mass projectile.
But it’s only two steps
"Roar!"
Let out a half-hearted roar, and the three-meter-tall tyrant finally fell heavily under the concentrated fire of the Gauss rifle.
With five units of power armor, there is no reason to lose on this kind of terrain.
Lu Yang made a clean gesture, and the team members in power armor stepped forward and continued along the corridor covered with slime mold, arriving at a heavy alloy door.
One of the team members walked to the door, pulled out a thumb-thick thread from the forearm armor, and connected it to the touch screen on the right side of the door.
“The key has been obtained...entered safe mode successfully.”
“Open the door.”
“Received, opening.”
The door panel trembled for a while and slowly opened to both sides.
Stale air blows in your face.
Looking at the ashes on the ground, Lu Yang felt a burst of joy in his heart.
Leaving two team members guarding the door, he walked in with the other two people and looked around, the excitement on his face becoming more and more obvious.
“The comparison results are consistent...”
“We found it!”
Carbon dioxide trap!
One of the indispensable basic public facilities for high-density urban agglomerations.
In a prosperous era where population and industry are highly concentrated, carbon emissions are a quite terrifying figure. It is obviously not enough to rely on traditional green plants to absorb excess carbon dioxide. Even if the entire city is planted with green plants, it is impossible to absorb so much greenhouse gases.
, hypoxia will become another major development problem after the heat island effect.
After entering the middle of the prosperous era, the People's Federation adopted a widely adopted solution that applied carbon self-sustaining technology that had been practiced in space activities.
That is, setting up carbon dioxide treatment devices on specific floors of high-rise buildings will convert carbon dioxide into other carbon-containing compounds through multiple complex chemical processes, making the air level in the area livable while also producing some industrial raw materials.
It is said that just a half-floor space can process as much carbon dioxide as an entire virgin forest or an area of seaweed every year.
The group searched carefully inside the facility and soon found a backup thermonuclear fusion generator that had been shut down.
After entering the Wasteland Era, the carbon emissions within the People's Union dropped sharply, even falling to the level before the Industrial Revolution. Naturally, those carbon capture devices stopped working, and the thermonuclear fusion reactors that powered them also stopped working.
Come down.
For this reason, carbon dioxide traps were one of the few facilities after the war that could reliably recycle thermonuclear fusion fuel rods.
Lu Yang led his marines and carefully removed the fuel rods storing liquid helium-3.
“Done!”
“How much energy is left?”
“93%”
“Enough to last us a long time!”
Helium-3 is a stable isotope with a negligible half-life. Although thermonuclear fusion cannot be started at any time like cold fusion, the advantage is that there is almost no need to worry about "fuel" loss when the reactor is shut down.
This is completely unmatched by cold fusion batteries.
Carefully kept the fuel rods in the metal cylinder. After completing the operation, the Marines glanced at the large and small boxes and storage tanks around them.
“Sir, what should I do with the things here?”
Lu Yang looked around.
“Just stay here.”
“Our allies should be able to use it.”
…
At the same time, more than 20 kilometers away, there was the office of the Logistics Section of the Pioneer.
Li De, who was sitting in an office chair, looked at the spreadsheet displayed on the flexible screen, with surprise written all over his face.
This is the production status report for the previous week.
One of the most eye-catching data is that they actually recycled 1,872 tons of garbage last week, reaching 255% of the expected efficiency!
Those blue coats are not ordinary ruthless people. The average daily recycling volume is an astonishing 267.4 tons, and the average per capita collection per day is 1.3 tons. It is simply even more amazing than before the war! If these tasks are left to the indigenous people, what can be achieved?
One third of the efficiency makes me laugh out loud.
The additional expenditure they made was only 9360R.
Li De could hardly believe his eyes. If this report had not been handed to him personally by his secretary, he would have even wondered if there was a mistake.
Are they all robots?!
No, it’s simply easier to use than a machine!
To this day, a week has passed since the battle with the Legion, and the atmosphere on the Pioneer is still filled with sadness. Many people are wallowing in the grief of losing their comrades, with low morale and low work efficiency.
But these blue coats are different.
They obviously suffered more casualties, but they were still not defeated by the difficulties. Instead, they turned their grief and anger into motivation and lived every day of their lives positively and optimistically.
What a powerful belief and faith this is!
In short, thanks to the hard work of those blue jackets, they evacuated almost the entire underground parking lot, plus two abandoned factories that stored cobalt- and nickel-containing industrial waste.
From the total weight of 1,872 tons of garbage, they successfully recovered 941.4 tons of metal and successfully processed it into needed parts.
There are even more.
Just when Li De couldn't help but sigh, secretary Wang Jie, who was standing in front of his desk, suddenly spoke.
“By the way, there’s one more thing.”
He folded the unfolded tablet in his hand into a pen like a scroll and threw it into the drawer. Li De looked up at his secretary in a good mood and said kindly.
"what's up?"
Wang Jie looked a little embarrassed, but he still spoke.
“It’s about the demands of front-line engineers... They demand that the attendance allowance be increased from 10R per hour to 15R per hour.”
…?”
Li De looked confused.
What the hell??
Haven't these lazy dogs been complaining a few months ago that they had so much money in their pockets that they had no place to spend it, and they despised his wad of waste paper to trick them into going out to work?
Why do you think the subsidy is too low now?
Wang Jie's expression remained awkward and he spoke quickly.
"Maybe... the survivor settlements we encountered before were too poor, and the benefits on the Pioneer were so good that the money in their pockets really had no place to use. I don't know how to evaluate it, but recently our
Employees do tend to be a bit lavish when it comes to spending money... I think we should limit it a little bit."
Li De blushed and knocked on the table with his hand.
“The question is what did they spend their money on?! Did they use it to wipe their butts? How much can they spend on a few buns?!”
Wang Jie "Of course it's not just steamed buns, but also dumplings with various fillings, glutinous rice balls, soy milk, fried dough sticks and...ahem. I think we need to upgrade our mobile kitchen. Those blue jackets can be slightly processed with our raw materials.
By selling it to us, we made a lot of money out of our hands."
Li De: “……”
Wang Jie swallowed and continued.
"In addition to food, they recently also sell clothes, scarves, and some small items, especially a kind of silk fabric, which is very popular with female crew members. They call it devil's silk, which seems to be a specialty of the central region. Surprisingly
Yes, the toughness of this kind of silk thread is extremely high, almost as good as the fire-resistant fiber we use in body armor... The power of nature is honestly so amazing that even I was surprised. Our technicians studied it for a long time
, I finally figured out its ingredients, but I still don’t understand its industrial synthesis method.”
Li De pressed his eyebrows.
"Only this?"
He didn't care about the silk of the devil moth, nor what clothes and small items the female crew members bought.
He just wanted to know how much money they wasted on the hands of those blue coats.
These banknotes are not the restaurant’s signature.
It has to be cashed in on the spot!
“Well, there are also some special ingredients, such as black truffles... They are very cheap there, only 1R per gram.”
Li De suddenly raised his head.
“One gram only sells for 1R?! Is there any more???”
Wang Jie looked at the section chief in surprise and nodded blankly.
“There should be, that mushroom seller sets up a stall at the action camp around six o’clock every night... Section Chief?”
Immediately aware of his gaffe, Li De quickly came to his senses, coughed slightly, and continued with a serious expression.
“I’m just a little surprised, I didn’t expect them to know how to enjoy it... By the way, has the magnetically confined plasma CNC machining machine been repaired?”
Wang Jie nodded and said.
“It’s repaired. Our warehouse staff just handed it over to them, and it will probably be sent to their outpost on the surface in a while.”
Thinking of that machine tool, Li De felt a little pity in his heart.
At the time, I was emotionally overwhelmed and my decision was too hasty. If only the machine tool could help them recover 100,000 R.
It shouldn’t be free!
However, those blue coats did help them a lot. They did not ask those blue coats to support their war, but they did so anyway, and when the war situation was at its most anxious, they rushed forward with guns without hesitation.
To be honest, without them, it’s hard to say what the final casualties would have been. Maybe they had to drop a second tactical nuclear bomb, maybe there were far more than three people who died that day...
Li De thought for a while, and if he had to make another decision, he might still choose that way.
Sighing slightly, he said.
"Well, just deliver it. We should leave in a few days."
It is not a problem to delay it like this.
The longer they delay, the more difficult the road ahead will be. If they had not suddenly broken down, there would be no need for them to fight this fight with the legion.
Wang Jie: "As for the salary increase..."
Li De said without saying a word: "Tell those lazy people...I mean those engineers that the salary increase bill will be brought up at the regular meeting at the end of the month. This is the procedure. In addition, I will think of a way to let the technicians deal with the mobile kitchen."
Let’s see if we can add some food processing processes.”
Of course, if it succeeds, Li De plans to charge a fee.
What is that word called?
Yes, additional value-added services!
Once he heard that the issue of salary increase would be moved to the end of the month, Wang Jie immediately understood what the section chief meant and couldn't help but feel helpless.
“Okay, I’ll tell them.”
Wait until the end of the month.
Those people have nowhere to spend the money in their pockets.
Naturally, they won’t clamor for a salary increase.
…
The repaired machine tool is still on its way, and it will probably take some time for the courier to arrive.
For fear that the players would damage the thing, Chu Guang specially arranged two light trucks to transport it. An empty truck with a snow shovel hung on the bumper drove in front, and the one carrying the machine tool followed.
If you encounter a roadblock or a ditch, the truck in front can detect it in time and the truck behind you can avoid it.
To ensure nothing went wrong, Chu Guang also asked the steady old Luca to sit in the car with him.
The road condition in the wasteland is really bad. The section outside the city is slightly better. There are many roads into the city that even four-legged animals cannot pass, let alone wheeled vehicles.
Chu Guang plans to build a road over time to connect the outpost and the operational camp.
From now on, wherever the players in Shelter 404 place their flags, they will build roads.
How did you say that sentence?
If you want to get rich, build roads first.
Performing this project on wasteland is not easy, but it is definitely worth it.
While waiting for the machine tool to be delivered, Chu Guang was not idle. Instead, he sat in the residents’ hall of the shelter, turned on his computer and took a look at the official website forum.
After a whole night of fermentation, the young players who were unable to work finally vented their resentment, and the atmosphere of communication in the forum finally returned to normal, and the topic changed from "Let's attack Aguang together" to
"What exactly has been updated in lp0.8".
Everything seemed like nothing happened.
In general, players who have experienced the changes in the new version online are still very interested in this unique stronghold gameplay and regional reputation system.
Especially after they learned that "donating materials can gain regional reputation" and "the operation camp's prosperity can grow into a survivor stronghold if it reaches 100," they obviously worked harder.
In other RPGs, the P town is just a bunch of immovable textures. However, in "Wasteland L", the survivor stronghold is built by the players themselves, moving bricks and dust, and it will also follow the players.
game behavior and grow together with the players.
This wave is simply a perfect combination of RPG and LG. One game brings the joy of two games.
It’s a real profit, isn’t it?
The players were very happy, and Chu Guang didn’t waste much effort on his side.
For him, it was just a matter of compiling a few simple formulas based on last month's report, and asking Xiao Qi to help make a data card similar to the "Property Panel".
No matter whether there is an update to the lp0.8 version or not, he will make monthly reports, but now they are disclosed to the players in the form of a "progress bar".
As for its use.
Mainly to share with the players the joy of growing a sapling into a towering tree.
After all, just telling the players how awesome our shelter is now due to your efforts, the players are probably at a loss. But if all these efforts are quantified into visible progress bars, who can say the pattern?
This thing is useless at all?
Look at Boss Xia’s weapon shop, there is a brick contributed by you. Doesn’t it give you more motivation to move the bricks?
No matter how miserable the players who cannot be resurrected due to bg are, those players who are still online and have made reservations are already blown away. w;w;;;
Ch Guang, who was completely relieved, copied a few good bad ideas, stored them in his notebook, and then stretched out and leaned on the computer chair.
“The express delivery will take another hour, what should I do?”
correct.
It seems that the blind box can be opened again.
Chu Guang’s eyes lit up and he sat up from his computer chair. He opened the manager system and switched to the [Manager Allowance] sub-page.
Players’ gaming behavior these days is relatively simple. They mainly do resource collection tasks in the action camp. The completion of daily tasks is average, and there are a bunch of people left who fail to meet the standards every day.
But even so, after this week, Chu Guang still accumulated 33 reward points.
Old rule, 3 intermediate blind boxes and 3 primary blind boxes.
But just when Chu Guang was about to draw the lottery, his heart suddenly moved slightly.
etc.
Since it’s all about gambling, why not play a big one and try to open 33 primary blind boxes at once?
What if the rewards of an intermediate blind box or even a high-level blind box are opened from the junior blind box? Wouldn’t that be a huge profit?
It's useless anyway for him to ask for so many dog-skin plasters and treatment needles.
Thinking of this, Chu Guang no longer hesitated and immediately placed all the reward points in his account on the icon on the far left.