Chapter 281 Even taking screenshots of the game costs money?!
Outpost, west gate.
Inside the wooden barn.
A huge creature was lying on the ground, its huge tail curled up into a ball, and its amber pupils wandering around lazily.
As long as a wastelander who is born and raised on this continent, whether he is an awakened person or an ordinary person, will instinctively feel fear when he sees this guy, and will feel a sense of pride for the strong man who can defeat and surrender this thing.
Inner admiration.
As one of the beings at the top of the food chain in the wasteland, the Deathclaw is definitely a T1 or even T0 level existence in terms of strength, speed, stealth, and physique.
It's so powerful to be able to restrain this thing with a few chains and a collar!
but……
This deathclaw has obviously been fed a bit of salty fish, the ferocity in its eyes has obviously been replaced by laziness, and its temper is not as bad as it was before coming here.
What's the use of being fierce?
Most people here are not very afraid of it.
Especially the human being dressed in iron knots.
Every time you feed it, a powerful aura will emit from your body, making it feel...fearful?
Deathclaw's IQ is not very high, but this is only relative to humans.
Compared with small animals such as hyenas, jackals, and brown bears, it is still smarter, and its mind can reach the level of a primate cub.
It is precisely because of this that the feeling of fear brought to it is particularly obvious.
Whenever it shows unfriendly behavior or even just a demeanor, the feeling of having its brain frozen makes it unable to help but stiffen its limbs and tremble all over.
On the other hand, if it behaves docile and obedient enough, the man will feed it a few more rats or hyenas.
Over time, it has figured out a new way to survive.
Recently, the human has played some new tricks. Every time it is fed, it will call it "Niko". Although I don't know what this call means, as long as it shows a response, the iron can that the lizard is afraid of will be
Happy to reward it.
Who cares?
Maybe it's that human's name.
Nicole doesn't care much about things she can't understand. For her who has abandoned her wild nature, eating a full meal and taking a nap are all she needs.
It lay on the ground and closed its eyes, planning to take a nap before lunch.
However, at this moment, a group of noisy voices disturbed its sleep.
Nicole opened her eyes and saw a small insect followed by several blue coats, noisily walking towards her.
As he walked forward, Mr. Garbage boasted to several of his friends in the cattle and horse herd.
"...I'm not bragging, I feel like I'm a lot stronger now! Let alone a mere death bug, I can easily kill the brood nest with just one slap!"
Ye Shi suddenly spoke.
"Speaking of which, when does the lizard's Q period begin?"
Lao Bai thought for a while and said.
"It seems to be spring."
Quit smoking and ask curious questions.
"Do you think that Deathclaw will woo Mr. Junk?"
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes and scratching his chin in thought.
"Maybe, after all, this guy is cheating."
Everyone was unanimously optimistic about this pair, only Jun Jun clicked his tongue.
"You people have really dirty thoughts! You can't be more pure if you play games every day and CPDD!"
Ye Shi said with a playful smile.
"Okay, okay, I don't have a little brother, so he's very tough when he talks."
Being poked in a sore spot, Jun Jun glared at him angrily.
"Get out!"
Of course the trash guy who came here wasn't looking for a mate.
Although he has the body of a lizard, he is still a human being in spirit, and being close to a reptile is still somewhat too harsh.
What's more, it doesn't have that thing.
The heterogeneous sequence, whether it is a lizard or a mouse, is all "eunuch" in gender. Perhaps because it was too curious, the operator simply did not build the model he should have.
But from the perspective of Jun Jun, this is not an important matter.
It's a game.
Being strong is enough, nothing else matters!
How to prove your strength?
For lizards, the most direct way is of course to gain recognition from the same kind, especially from females of the same kind.
Amber eyes looked over from the wooden shed.
Seeing that the beast noticed him, Jun Jun held his breath and stared at it, releasing his "aura".
The two pairs of eyes, one big and one small, stared at each other like this for about half a minute.
Nicole, who was lying in the wooden shed, didn't know if she understood what he meant. She snorted with a snort, blew up a few straws and landed them at the feet of the garbage man.
The huge tail changed its direction, and the amber pupils closed casually, no longer paying attention to it.
"Pfft hahahaha!"
I couldn't hold it back after quitting smoking, and burst into laughter.
Although the other people did not smile, their faces also showed subtle expressions.
Jun Jun's face turned red and he defended himself.
"It's probably sleepy."
"Okay, okay, forget about the trash man," Fang Chang patted his tail distressedly, "Let's go to Yuanxi Town to collect materials, be good."
With the help of food tester Lao Na, they recently developed a method for processing monster meat with scrambled eggs and tomatoes.
As long as you sprinkle some buffalo grass powder when marinating, you can remove the unpleasant smell of blood and make the monster meat less unpalatable.
Fry until both sides are golden brown and sprinkle with some pine gin and chopped potato stems. Not only is it delicious, but it also provides a BUFF bonus of "5% metabolism, 7% physical fitness".
Because it tastes similar to beef and can provide BUFF bonuses, the Hunter Guild has recently seen a sudden increase in demand for monster hunting.
Kuangfeng, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"I heard that female lizards raise their tails when courting."
Quit smoking: "Does that mean you're not interested?"
Tomato scrambled eggs asked with great interest.
"Where's the male lizard?"
Kuangfeng: "I remember it was wagging its tail."
The most educated person here is Professor Feng.
Ye Shi suddenly smiled wickedly and looked at Mr. Junk.
"Brother, how about... let's give it a try?"
Garbage Man: "Go, go, go!"
It was embarrassing to try.
Wouldn’t it be more embarrassing if you fail to try!
Although his attributes are only 3, he is not stupid!
Guangfeng held his chin and thought, then suddenly said.
"By the way, there's actually something that I've always cared about."
Yesterday, he searched for information about lizards for several hours, but couldn't figure it out.
Being targeted by Professor Guangfeng, Mr. Jun always feels an ominous feeling.
This guy is a bit targeting him today...
"...What do you care about?"
"I remember before...didn't you tell me that you had four points of intelligence? You hadn't awakened it at that time," Kuang Feng wondered, "Why did it decrease after you awakened?"
Quit smoking and looked at Jun Jun in surprise.
"Is there still such a thing?"
Junk Jun coughed dryly and subtly looked away.
"Don't worry about these details... Aren't you going to Yuanxi Town? Let's go quickly. If you're late, you won't be able to catch the train."
"There are 9 attribute points from LV0 to LV9, and the intelligence has not increased at all. I guess I would be embarrassed to say it," Fang Chang patted Guangfeng on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Understand."
Junk Jun: "@%￥!"
…
Three days have passed since the wave ended.
The spore cloud gathering in the northern suburbs is receding at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the morale of the survivors in the northern suburbs has reached an unprecedented high.
This kind of morale is not obvious among the players.
After all, in other games such as Azeroth, Skyrim or Hyrule, they have saved the world countless times.
A city is too small for them.
Brood?
Evolved body?
It’s just a main plot wave SS for level 10~20.
However, for the survivors living in Qingquan City, especially in the northern suburbs, defeating the wave has a completely different meaning.
In the eyes of the vast majority of survivors in Qingquan City, waves are something that only Boulder City can handle.
When the gray-green thick fog fills the air, most people can only choose to avoid dangerous urban areas, or reduce travel, huddle at home and pray for an early end to the wave.
Those blue jackets from Vault 404 did what they had never even dared to think about, and even eliminated the wave faster than Boulder City!
Those megalomaniacs living within the walls?
Nothing more than that!
…
Inside the outpost, it was now ablaze with lights and colorful decorations, and it was as lively as a festival.
Since the Spring Festival and the new version are coming soon, and the previous victory has not had time to celebrate properly, Chu Guang decided to celebrate three things together, and set the celebration on the first day of the B-round test launch.
Cooking food is a traditional project of Vault 404.
The same goes for this celebration.
The food that is recognized by players, NPCs, and managers will not only enter the chef's hall of fame with your teammates, but also have the opportunity to see your own creations in the NPC's store, and receive generous event points.
Many professional combat players went to Jiujiu Farm early in the morning, where they lined up to wait for the shuttle bus to Yuanxi Town, eager to get the magical animals back on time.
Professional gamers are not idle either. Some go fishing, some go picking mushrooms, and some go to catch toads in the fields. The entire forum is full of rural atmosphere.
Especially now that the number of ear-mounted camera equipment is gradually increasing, the number of units in the shelter has reached 200, and Chu Guang has opened it for players to purchase.
As long as your contribution points reach the average citizen level and you pay 500 silver coins, you can unlock the "game screenshot" + "instant messaging" functions from the manager assistant Xiaoqi.
After having the headset, you can not only communicate remotely with players in the VM friend list, but also synchronize "compliant" photos to the forum account.
Many cloud players on the forum also feasted their eyes on it and saw many magical animals that did not exist in reality.
In addition to players who capture ingredients by themselves, there are also some players who set their sights on the trading post of Jiujiu Farm and the merchants who passed by.
Exotic traders occasionally bring some specialties from neighboring provinces, such as dried lizards, canned fruits and sugar from Jinchuan Province in the south, or saw-toothed tiger meat, yak milk and colorful mineral salts from the north.
These merchants are very satisfied with the products of Jiujiu Farm, especially those exquisitely crafted copper-cased bullets. They often only need two or three magazines to exchange them for a whole box of hundreds of kilograms of goods.
And those bullets are just mass-produced on the assembly line, and the cost can scare these wastelanders to death.
In addition to food, players also did not forget to change their hometowns into New Year skins.
In particular, the professional life players who mainly work around the outpost area consciously put festive paper-cuts on the buildings around the Quality Plaza.
Not only that, they also posted very creative couplets on the doors of NPC offices such as sanatoriums, weapon shops, warehouses, banks, hunters' unions, etc.
Standing at the door of the weapons store, looking at the red paper hanging at the door, Boss Xia had a strange expression on his face.
"What's written on it?" She looked at Chu Guang and asked.
"The noodles have swelled, the meat has swelled, and the mushrooms have swelled again and again. Fortunately, the weapons have not. Hengbiao: Version Conscience... Haha, these guys are a bit interesting."
As he thought about it, Chu Guang couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The fight is not neat.
But it does have the style of the players.
If these idiot netizens could really come up with serious couplets, Chu Guang would be surprised.
"...?"
Xia Yan was confused when he heard this, but Chu Guang understood that these players were planning to distribute silver coins indiscriminately in Inner Dog.
but……
What does this have to do with yourself?
What you connotate is Aguang, what does it have to do with me, Shuguang?
As we all know, in order to take care of the experience of new players, any online game has a version catch-up mechanism, and "numerical inflation" is just one of the countless cards in the hands of planners.
However, Chu Guang's starting point for printing money is different from the planning of other games. He prints money in a planned way based on the gross production value of players and NPCs to balance the income between different groups.
Thanks to the supercomputer with unknown computing power buried under the shelter, and the unlimited production of VM equipment in the black box.
Without these two black technologies and Xiaoqi's help, completing these tasks would really not be something that can be accomplished with just a touch of lip service.
Chu Guang has roughly calculated that at least 10% or even 20% of the labor force needs to be converted into administrative personnel to barely maintain the operation of this management system.
To describe it in terms of a business simulation game, due to the "future municipal" technology of Vault 404, managers only need less than 150 grassroots administrative staff with only secondary or even primary education to maintain a permanent population of nearly 2,000.
"Smiling faces" with 1500 players.
Who dares to say that there is no black technology in Vault 404?
The only difference between this black technology and controllable fusion is that it is not obviously stronger and slightly weaker.
Xiaoyu, standing aside, curiously recognized the words on the couplet.
Chu Guang looked at her and said with a smile.
"Speaking of which, don't you have a Spring Festival?"
The little fish shook its head like a windmill.
"No!"
Chu Guang vaguely remembered Xiaoyu telling him before.
Bate Street only holds celebrations on the birthdays of the former mayor and his children, and most of them ask the town people to do free work and receive gift money, so no one likes celebrations.
To be able to get together like now to celebrate the same happy thing seems like a dream to Xiaoyu.
"...At this time in previous years, there would be a constant banging sound in the south, sometimes all night long," Xiaoyu tilted his head and thought for a while, then said with an idea, "It's like thunder!"
To the south...it should be around the West Third Ring Road?
You can't hear it from Linghu Wetland Park, but if you're on Beit Street, you should be able to hear the sound of the cannon coming from there.
Chu Guang asked curiously.
"How long does it usually last?"
"If it's fast, it will be over in a week, if it's slow, it may take a month." After thinking seriously for a while, Xiaoyu nodded vigorously and said affirmatively, "It should be relatively late this year. Xiaoyu has never seen such a situation in the northern suburbs."
Big fog!”
In the past few days, whenever she came out of the shelter, she wore a gas mask.
But she was suffocated.
It's never been this serious before.
Chu Guang nodded, thoughtfully.
"It seems that the spread of spores is regional..."
…
Although the tide in the northern suburbs has receded early, there are still a lot of things waiting for Chu Guang to do.
Due to Beijiao miraculously solving the crisis of the wave before Boulder City, coupled with the active activities of Shuyu sent by Chu Guang to Boulder City, many merchants from Boulder City have been attracted recently, leading the two-headed
The cattle are driven to the northern suburbs.
The north gate of Qingquan City, “facing the wilderness,” has never been so lively.
Especially when those merchants discovered that the "artwork" of the Queen of the Night Bar was actually produced here, they all went crazy in an instant.
In addition to the artworks that satisfy LSPs' thirst for knowledge and the three treasures of devil's silk and spiritual leaves, there are also many other good things here.
For example, Didiwe Nutritional Cream was almost sold out by merchants in Boulder City!
The wholesale price of 299 silver coins per ton, according to the current exchange rate, is converted into less than 150 chips. Compared with the ex-factory price of 300 chips per ton at Weijia Trading Company, what is the difference between buying it here and picking it up for free?
And not only is the price cheap, the quality is not bad at all.
Factory director Ditwei initially planned to form a caravan of his own to take the goods to Boulder City and sell them, but later found that this operation was completely redundant.
His costs have been reduced to around 140 silver coins per ton, and the influx of orders has been scheduled for three months. He can make more than double the profit by just putting in all his efforts in production, so why bother?
If you have that silver coin, you might as well invest in a few more hunting teams to sweep up buildings on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road. The income from scavenging can completely balance the expenditure on ammunition.
Just do it and it’s done!
Such huge profits made even Liszt jealous.
KV-1 exoskeletons and solid-state hydrogen batteries make money, but their gross profit margins are really not as good as those of humble products like nutritional creams.
The gangs in the slums at the entrance to Boulder City will buy this stuff, and the farmers in the south will also buy it in large quantities.
200g can make people not hungry, and double the amount can make people full. It is perfect for feeding slaves and livestock.
In addition to artworks and nutritious creams that are sold out of stock, there are also gas masks for mosquitoes, bicycles and helmets from the No. 81 Steel Plant, disinfectant from the chemical plant, and some cheap and useful gadgets.
The LD-47 Sickle Assault Rifle is not very popular among the merchants in Boulder City, but that does not prevent the mercenaries from putting it down.
Low failure rate, easy maintenance, and powerful enough.
Coupled with the biggest advantage of being cheap, it was enough for them to open their wallets, exchange their chips for silver coins, and then use the silver coins to spend money at Boss Xia's place.
Apart from the wealthy bosses who run factories, the most enjoyable ones are undoubtedly the professional life players on North Street.
Few of the mercenaries who followed Liszt's caravan from Boulder City spent money at their stalls.
However, recently, these mercenaries from Boulder City seem to have suddenly become rich, and their spending is surprising.
Even though the price of ramen increased from 5 silver coins to 6 silver coins, some people still paid for it.
The mushroom soup that costs 4 silver coins a bowl is even more popular. It is fragrant and delicious. The most important thing is that the lady boss is beautiful and speaks well. There is an endless stream of people queuing up.
These merchants and mercenaries who came from afar not only stimulated a wave of consumption, but also brought many good things produced in Boulder City.
These merchants sell a wide variety of goods, ranging from weapons to daily necessities.
In fact, Boulder City is a long-established large-scale survivor settlement that completed industrialization a long time ago, and its industrial capabilities are much stronger than those of Vault 404.
The local development model draws heavily on the ideal city of the enterprise, which can be seen from the "ship cargo worship" of the upper class in the inner city towards the ideal city in all aspects from culture to commodities.
The design idea of the KV-1 exoskeleton is modeled after the Miner series, the Black Swan G9 assault rifle is imitated from the Drone X-2 assault rifle, and they have imitated the "heritage successors" of the East Coast in many areas.
The factory in Boulder City cannot produce metallic hydrogen, but it can produce sub-two-stage solid hydrogen. It cannot produce the fusion engine that drives the land fortress, but it can make the engine that boils water compact and cheap.
Chu Guang admitted that there was a big gap between the survivor settlement in the northern suburbs and Boulder City in terms of population and industrial capacity. When the communication and understanding between the two parties reached a certain level, friction would probably be inevitable.
However, even if the relationship deteriorates to the level of all-out war, it will not happen in a day or two.
Even if a fight starts tomorrow, it won't stop him from harvesting their wool today.
In order to protect local industries and increase exports, Chu Guang had already adjusted the exchange rate of silver coins to chips from 1:2 to 2:1 when he let Liszt come in to set up a factory, and separately limited the foreign exchange quotas for individuals and enterprises.
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In this way, players will find that buying the KV-1 exoskeleton from the NPC store is much cheaper than going to Boulder City to buy imported goods.
Similarly, exporting products from the northern suburbs to Boulder City will make much more profit than simply dragging them to the market and selling them.
"I've never seen so many chips."
Outpost warehouse.
Looking at the pile of colorful chips in the box, old Charlie let out a heartfelt sigh.
Although he is also a Blue Jacket from the shelter, he has long been accustomed to the local life after living in Qingquan City for so many years.
With such a large number of valuable things placed in front of him, it was impossible to say that he was not shocked at all.
Chu Guang smiled lightly and said.
"Don't you have that old leech?"
Charlie knew who Chu Guang was talking about and said softly.
"He is just an ordinary rich person."
There are many denominations of chips in Boulder City, the most common one is white, and it is also the most widely circulated currency outside of Boulder City.
In addition, there are big red ones with a face value of 5, green ones with a face value of 25, and black ones with a face value of 100.
No matter how large the denomination chips are, you can generally only see them in the inner city, but most people there use credit cards to make transactions and rarely carry chips larger than 100 denominations in their pockets to show off.
It can't be exchanged for change, and few people can find it.
He had seen the former mayor's vault. He had three of the same boxes, but most of them were the cheapest white chips.
Unlike in this box, you can even see the black ones.
Chu Guang asked with a smile.
"Is this enough money to become a rich man in Boulder City?"
Charlie thought for a while and gave a rigorous answer.
"...I've only been there a few times, but if it's the kind of luxurious life I understand, it should be more than enough."
Chu Guang smiled and said nothing.
After a pause, he cleared his throat.
"I plan to set up a trade union and organize some caravans to carry out trade with other survivor settlements. While expanding our territory of influence, we will also find something to do for my players... I mean the residents."
Old Charlie nodded.
"That's a good idea."
Although the second half of the sentence sounded strange, he agreed with the first part.
At the current stage of the development of the northern suburbs, it is not enough to expand the territory, and there are not that many people to open up the land.
It is not just an economic issue. Only by gaining sufficient regional influence can the northern suburbs obtain the population and resources for further development.
Chu Guang looked at old Charlie and continued.
"You probably have the most knowledge and places you've visited among the people I know."