Chapter 286 You are already a mature little player, it’s time to learn to guard the crystals by yourself
What Fang Chang didn't expect was that he guessed the ending correctly, but not the beginning.
The two versions have not been used at all. The Beta0.1 version has just been launched, and the hibernation capsule has been put on the shelves of the NPC store.
As long as the contribution level reaches "Intermediate Citizen", you can make an appointment to purchase in VM, and door-to-door service is supported.
Yes.
If you want to buy a hibernation cabin, you must first have a piece of land.
Since the land in the rehabilitation area is collectively owned by the New Alliance, it is obviously not feasible to just find a piece of land and enclose it and claim it as your own.
However, this is very easy for intermediate citizens. After reaching the intermediate level, most players will buy a piece of land of 50 square meters and run their own small home or shop.
Some professional players who have registered business units can also place their hibernation cabins on commercial or industrial land.
There is still a lot of room for choice.
Less than half an hour after the announcement of the new version was released, someone quickly discovered this change, and some players in the square started to make a fuss.
"Hibernation cabin...fuck! Two thousand silver coins!?"
"It's equivalent to a Miner Type I exoskeleton!"
"The subscription requires a contribution level of medium citizen... Hey, 10,000 contribution points! It's gone, I'll just use the public save point."
"Oh my god...how long will it take to save money?"
"If there are no server activities or camp battles, the average daily income of LV10 can reach 100 silver under normal gameplay. Although some people can earn 200, 300+... but those are the big guys."
"Don't panic, your liver will be fine!"
2,000 silver coins may sound like a lot, but for players who have truly reached LV10, it is actually not unacceptable.
With the establishment of the Hunter Guild, the proportion of mission income in players' total income has gradually dropped from the initial 90% to 66%.
Many commissions for hunting alien species or sweeping buildings issued by non-core NPCs can even generate a one-time income of 1,000+.
These NPCs are usually production units such as Didiwe Food Processing Factory, Lister Factory, and Bach Factory, and some are farmers on farms or outside traders.
However, compared to the former, the latter has limited economic strength and does not give many silver coins. It mainly gives regional reputation or physical rewards.
The meaning of the Hunter Guild is probably to review commissioned content and prizes, and release them to players in a centralized manner. This is far more efficient than players using lame human language to harass NPCs one by one.
After announcing the start of the celebration, Chu Guang did not go downstairs immediately. Instead, he stood by the window on the third floor like an NPC, looking at the players downstairs with a smile.
Xiao Qi, who was following his calf, quietly raised the camera.
"Owner."
Chu Guang, who was in a good mood, smiled.
"What's wrong?"
Xiaoqi said softly.
"I heard many players complaining that the hibernation pod is too expensive."
Chu Guang said calmly.
“It’s normal, it’s just expensive.”
There are only two black boxes for producing sleep cabins, and the maximum production capacity per day is only 40 to 48. It is impossible for everyone to have their own sleep cabin.
The first thing he needs to ensure is the collective interest, that is, the public save point can obtain enough sleep cabins to satisfy the vast majority of players, especially new players, who can save normally.
As for the sold dormant cabins, the proceeds can be used to subsidize the production of training cabins and recruit more new players.
In fact, not only the sleeping cabin, but also the training cabin used as a resurrection point was also hung in the NPC shop.
It’s just that the culture cabin is different from the hibernation cabin. As a tool for synthesizing clones, each game account can only hold one.
Therefore, the so-called purchase is not to buy a new one for the player, but to allow the player to take his or her own training cabin out of the shelter.
At the same time, the training cabin is equivalent to the "base crystal" in BA games. Once it is destroyed, no matter how strong the game character is, he will have to stop.
Whether to take the resurrection point out of the safe area.
The choice is yours!
Looking at the selling price of the cultivation cabin in VM, the Mole on the run in the canyon took a breath of cold air.
"Ten thousand silver coins..."
This is too exaggerated!
It’s equivalent to a light cavalry exoskeleton!
Miner I can buy 5 units, or KV-1 can buy 12.5 units!
Zhang Hai leaned over and took a look at Brother Mole's VM, then looked at his own, his eyes suddenly widened: "Wait a minute, why can't I see it on my VM?"
Elf King Fugui scratched the back of his head: "I can do it here, too. It seems that it won't be displayed until you are an intermediate citizen or above... although you can only buy it when you are a senior citizen."
Irena: "Isn't the key to 10,000 silver coins? Only a devil would buy it... The manual operation is funny."
Zhang Hai said nothing, silently counting on his fingers.
A bowl of ramen costs 6 silver coins, so he earns 4 silver coins, which means... 2,500 bowls?!
Damn it!
Zhang Hai's eyes widened even more as he settled the account.
You can’t use the rolling pin to rub your skin!
The fugitive mole in the canyon touched his chin and analyzed.
"Not just 10,000 silver coins, but also maintenance costs. The cultivation cabin is different from the hibernation cabin. It needs to be turned on 24 hours a day. The power in standby mode is 1KW, and in working mode it is 10KW... This electricity bill supports the shelter.
No, but if you take the cultivation cabin out of the shelter, you may have to bear the responsibility yourself."
The battery in the culture chamber can only store power for seventy-two hours.
Irena curiously asked: "What will happen if the power is cut off?"
"It is written above that it will cause the character to become comatose." The Mole on the Run in the Canyon pointed at the VM, thought for a while and said, "Actually, I can't say that I only buy it for fools. I feel that the meaning of this thing is more about moving."
Zhang Hai was stunned for a moment: "Moving?"
The Mole nodded.
"Well, didn't the Beta 0.1 version establish a trade union and corps system? In the future, players' activity areas will definitely not be just Qingquan City. As the game content expands, new shelters and even recovery areas will definitely be unlocked. It is impossible to die.
We have to wait for three days at a time and have to walk hundreds of kilometers."
There is no map boundary setting in this game, but players basically cannot go too far. One is the language barrier outside the communication range, and the other is too far from the resurrection point.
Especially the latter can easily put the land-opening party into a dilemma.
If you bring too good equipment, you may not be able to bring it back, and if you don't bring it, you may not be able to go far.
No matter how powerful you are, you can't be online 24 hours a day. There is no safe area where you can save data. Once you take off the helmet and put it back on, the resurrection CD will start directly. Wouldn't it be a split on the spot?
But if you can buy resurrection points by yourself, this problem does not exist. For only 10,000 silver coins, you can take the coffin board for resurrection with you.
expensive?
Compared with the income from land reclamation, is ten thousand silver coins and a 10KW generator nothing?
Mole felt that he had guessed the intention of the plan.
If it is just for the convenience of archiving, there is no need to put a culture cabin at home. It is enough to buy a hibernation cabin and use it as a bed.
This training cabin worth 10,000 yuan is mainly prepared for players who plan to go to new maps to open up wasteland, or even stay there for a long time!
Zhang Hai shook his head and left.
"Hey! I can't afford to offend you!"
This ramen seems to be quite cheap.
Elf King Fugui studied VM for a while, and suddenly found the plate held by Irena, and took a curious look inside.
"What good food are you eating?"
Snail meat?
It looks weirdly fragrant.
Unexpectedly, Lao Na occasionally eats normal food.
"Would you like a bite?" Irena pricked one with a toothpick and handed it over generously.
The Elf King Fugui reached out to take it, picked it with a toothpick, picked out the meat in the shell, and took a closer look curiously.
The milky white meat looks quite delicious, with some strange seasonings sprinkled on the surface, but it still smells weird.
“It tastes a bit weird.”
After stuffing the snail meat into his mouth and chewing it for a while, Mr. Fugui frowned and thought for a moment before giving a fair evaluation.
"But it's okay."
A happy smile appeared on Irena's face.
"That's necessary. Can brother still trick you?"
Elf King Fugui asked curiously: "By the way, what is this thing? It doesn't taste like snails."
Irena coughed dryly.
"I didn't say it was a snail...don't worry about these details."
Elf King Fugui: "No, no, no, I think it is necessary to understand it."
"You really want to know?"
"Hurry up, stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing Brother Fugui's insistence, Irena smiled sheepishly.
"Strictly speaking, it should be considered a snail."
Elf King Fugui: “???”
…
The celebration lasted until midnight.
The highlight of the entire celebration, in addition to the talent show, is the old traditional food competition!
This time, not only players can participate, but aboriginal people can also sign up. However, compared to the imagination of the players, most of the aborigines who have just eaten are here to make up the numbers, and those who have the courage to sign up are
Not many.
The three champions of this food competition were announced. Among them, the "most popular food among players" was still the chef who knows the players' taste buds best. Brother Scrambled Egg won the crown.
Boil 200g of black krait meat to remove the fishy smell, drain and sprinkle with salt, pepper, minced garlic and saute until fragrant. Add half a liter of water and simmer over low heat for half an hour. Finally, add 50g of chopped deer tail to enhance the aroma.
Like the previous Monster Ribs, Scrambled Egg Brother did not hide it, but openly disclosed the recipe and even posted a tutorial on the official website.
As for the most popular delicacy among the aborigines, it is still the finger biscuits made by Boss Ya.
She rolled the flour into handmade butter and sugar, baked it into the shape of a bullet, and sprinkled chocolate bought from the manager on the bullet head.
Although many players complained that it was "too boring and not as good as mushroom soup", it was deeply loved by Xiaoyu, Boss Xia, Qiucao Qiuye sisters and other female NPCs as well as the heterogeneous NPC Bach.
He stuffed the biscuit into his mouth from under the helmet, and the tin can made an emotional whine.
"Only then can I feel alive!"
And when you’re drunk!
Without any hesitation, he gave it a perfect score of 10!
Heya glanced sideways at this "living specimen".
"Have you ever considered that it's not you who wants to eat sugar, but the slime molds that live on you?"
The happy whimpering stopped abruptly.
The tin can was so silent that it made people feel distressed.
Yin Fang, who was sitting aside, couldn't stand it anymore and sighed helplessly...
"Don't be like this...Brother Ba finally found a sense of being alive."
"Am I the only one who thinks this stuff is too sweet? My blood feels thicker..." Heya muttered and shook her head. She only ate one piece and never touched the rest.
She is probably the only one among all the NPCs who can't tolerate sweets, especially carbohydrates coated in fat, baked, and sprinkled with thick chocolate sauce.
Chu Guang gave her a strange look.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
Heya said helplessly.
"Maybe it's because I'm more sensitive to sugar, but I still like foods with lower metabolic load, higher vitamin content, and healthier ingredients."
Chu Guang: "For example?"
Heya: "Animal entrails."
Chu Guang: "..."
Don’t cholesterol and proteins need to be metabolized?
How the hell is this healthy?
Xiaoyu, who was sitting on the judges' bench, kept looking longingly at the biscuits in front of Heya's table, but was too embarrassed to ask for them.
Brother Chu told her to eat less sugar. He heard that it would affect her growth. The sugar intake today has almost exceeded the standard and she cannot eat any more.
Xia Yan was not polite to Heya. After asking for permission, he happily exchanged plates with her and stuffed biscuits into his mouth with a happy face.
She doesn't have that much mental burden.
Anyway, she won't gain weight no matter what she eats, she has gotten used to it over the years.
As for the most favorite food among managers, it was beyond the expectations of all players.
It turned out to be just a simple bottle of sparkling water with some sugar added, and perhaps a "unique recipe".
Fat house happy water?
What’s so delicious about this thing!
The aboriginal people were not too surprised. They were just curious about the magic power of the bottle of drink in the manager's hand, so that it could win the manager's favor.
I saw the manager wearing blue power armor standing in front of everyone, pointing to the glass bottle in his hand that had only taken a sip.
"Nuka-Cola!"
“This is the best drink I’ve ever had!”
Because there were not only players but also NPCs present, Chu Guang deliberately raised his voice and spoke again in Renlian dialect.
At this time, the players on the scene suddenly reacted.
Good guy!
The manager personally brings the goods?!
But is this advertisement so tough?
Ye Shi's eyes widened in the square.
"Can NPCs also win awards?"
The mosquito looked regretful.
"That's sloppy! I should have thought that... something that is both cheap and brings happiness would be sold out in the wasteland!"
At present, there is already a sugar factory in the industrial zone. By boiling and drying the red beets imported from Brown Farm, white sugar can be precipitated, and the price is quite cheap.
The cost of this bottle of soda is only 0.5 silver coins!
If he were to sell it, he would earn 3 silver coins at least!
Kuangfeng, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"By the way, who is the winner of this prize?"
Several people in the herd of cattle and horses looked at each other.
"have no idea."
"Go to the forum and ask later?"
It seems that no one has announced the plan to get Fat House Happy Water out of the wasteland, and no one was seen jumping out to accept the prize.
Is this an official easter egg?
If it wasn't caused by a certain player, then this is the only explanation.
The celebration lasted until early in the morning. After collecting all the event points, the players returned to the shelter or the save point on the surface one after another and went offline.
No matter how high you are in the game, your body in reality has to eat.
As for the aborigines, they had made plans to stay up all night.
After all the programs of the celebration were over, many people were still celebrating this extraordinary day spontaneously, and they did not leave one after another until dawn.
From now on, the new alliance is officially established!
The first restoration area extends to Yuanxi Town in the north, Qingquan City’s Fifth Ring Road in the south, the edge of Yumu District in the west, and the former site of Highway Town in the east.
Covering nearly a thousand square kilometers of land!
At the same time, a brand new city-state was being built on this barbaric wasteland in the name of "Dawn". And just like its name, this rising sun was glowing with the light of dawn.
The northern suburbs have never been as lively as today.
People living here have never been so excited and excited as they are today.
"Let us drink to the founding of the new alliance!"
"Cheers to the great administrator!"
"cheers!"
In the northern district of Shuguang City, people staying at Jiujiu Farm also stayed up all night.
The Highway Town Hotel was abuzz with people, people were drinking and drinking, the sound of clinking glasses and the foam of beer almost knocked over the ceiling.
To celebrate this great day, Old Hook graciously announced that there will be free beer all evening and 20% off the barbecue.
Until dawn!
For hotel guests only!
Of course no one would be polite to him for such a good deed. The boss here has made a lot of silver coins from these wastelanders.
Many hotel guests even made a special trip back from the park after joining in the excitement of the celebration, just for the free beer.
There was a room full of merchants and mercenaries, all drunk and sleeping staggeringly in the lobby on the first floor.
There were so many people drunk that the waiters in the store couldn't control them at all, so they simply closed the door and left someone behind the counter to watch, leaving them to sleep in the lobby until they woke up naturally.
Noon the next day.
Sun Shiqi shook his head, which was as heavy as a piece of iron, and got up from the table.
He didn't know if it was his own misunderstanding, but he always felt that today's beer made him drunken more easily than before. He only went to the toilet twice before he couldn't hold it anymore.
"I bet...he mixed something else with the wine." Apparently he was not the only one who thought so, the guests at the next table also muttered.
Sun Shiqi took the bill from the waiter's hand, glanced at it, and his face suddenly turned green.
"Aren't the drinks free?"
The waiter said softly.
"Yes sir, but you ate 6 skewers of char-grilled squirrel meat and 12 skewers of double-headed beef yesterday... and a piece of monster ribs."
Sun Shiqi squinted his eyes and carefully read the small lines at the back of the bill, and then slowly came back to his senses.
These dishes were indeed what he ordered.
Especially the monster ribs at the back. He had never heard that monster meat could be eaten.
But what he didn't expect was that one portion of this thing actually cost 30 silver coins! According to the current exchange rate, it would cost 15 chips!
This is a money grab!
He has never eaten such expensive food!
However, perhaps because he made a little fortune from his last transaction, his mentality has changed slightly, and he is not as painful as before.
We have lived a hard life long enough.
When he first started doing business, he relied entirely on nutritional supplements to save money. Even the mercenary he hired ate better than him.
Now I finally have money.
It’s time to be kinder to yourself.
"Charge it to my account."
The waiter had a cheerful smile on his face.
"Okay, please sign sir."
Sun Shiqi picked up the pen and signed his name on it, and threw him a silver coin as a tip.
Amid the waiter's thanks and blessings, Sun Shiqi, squinting his eyes, walked out of the hotel door with his head held high in the bright sunshine.
The day for picking up the goods has been pushed back and forth, and finally the day for handover has arrived.
The trading station compensated him with the right to use 100 square meters of warehouse space in the warehouse area next to the trading station for two months.
Sun Shiqi is quite satisfied with this compensation.
These people are still very reasonable, at least more reasonable than the factory in Boulder City. Similarly, if they are unable to deliver the goods due to an accident, the factory in Boulder City will not give any compensation.
There is nothing anyone can do about things like waves.
Understandable.
Looking at the young man in front of him who was going through the cargo delivery procedures with him, Sun Shiqi asked curiously.
"Why did this stall change people today?"
"Shuanghe is off today. We have one day off every week. We can decide which day to take off after discussion." The young man said with a smile.
"Okay, wish her a happy holiday for me. I really envy you. We are open all year round." Sun Shiqi flattered her casually and suddenly noticed the construction outside the trading post.
A group of ragged people were under the surveillance of the guards. They were holding heavy pieces of steel and laying them on the wood in groups of two, and they were beating around.
Those people should be prisoners of war.
Sun Shiqi clicked his tongue and asked casually.
"What's going on there?"
The young man glanced over there and said with a smile.
"That place you mentioned seems to be called a railway! It was recently built here from the industrial area, and I heard that it is used to transport goods in the future."
railway?!
Sun Shiqi's face showed an unexpected expression.
There are many scrap vehicles on the wasteland, and steel bars and steel beams are also common. However, those rusty scrap steel obviously cannot be directly used as waste. They must first be thrown into the furnace to be re-smelted, and then go through a series of processes.
Turn them into something useful.
This may not sound difficult, but in fact it tests the overall industrial capabilities of a survivor settlement.
If he remembered correctly, a kilometer of railway would require at least hundreds of tons of steel.
By the way, are these people's steel production rich enough to use it to build railways?
He didn't even notice it these days!
The young man in front of him thought he was making a fuss. As early as when the industrial zone was relocated, the steel plant was producing those tracks.
Although he still doesn't know what the use of that thing is, he believes that the manager's decision will not be wrong.
"You picked up all this steel from the ruins?"
"Half and half, like over there."
The young man pointed to a stall not far away, and saw more than twenty two-headed cows crowded in front of the stall. Facing the staff's sales, the man in charge of the caravan was obviously deep in thought, and he was obviously moved.
"An e-mule only costs 50,000 silver coins, and it's now discounted at 10%. With a more advanced and more practical means of transportation, you can travel to and from Honghe Town and Shuguang City faster. The demand for steel is very strong now, do you really not want to consider it?
?”
Sun Shiqi didn't speak. He noticed the brand on the back of the two-headed bull, and a trace of vigilance gradually appeared in his eyes.
Horseshoe Chamber of Commerce!
He recognized the sign.
One-third of the iron ore and one-fifth of the slave business in Honghe Town are in their hands. Although they do not have their own iron ore, they have established relationships with many slave owners because they can provide a stable "labor force"
The relationship with them is very good, and the salespeople are spread throughout the southern part of the valley province.
Thinking of this, Sun Shiqi, who was originally feeling a little relaxed, suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
Nearly a month and a half had passed since the trade routes were restored, and he was obviously not the only one eyeing this piece of meat in the northern suburbs.
There will definitely be more and more people coming here to do business in the future!
He must hurry up!
…
Including the holiday on the second day, the celebration lasted for two full days.
According to the report compiled by Xiaoqi, the total expenses of this celebration reached 61,231 silver coins. In addition to the consumption of food and drinks, this also includes the benefits given to players through draws.
In addition, because some of the prizes were drawn by Chu Guang using his own points, they were not included in the total cost.
However, it would be a big mistake to think that he would lose money.
Although these more than 60,000 silver coins were spent, they were also spent on players and NPCs. Players and NPCs are his people, so those silver coins are just in a different form to accompany him.
Coupled with his last advertisement, the merchants who came to inquire about "Nuka-Cola" sparkling water after the celebration almost broke down the warehouse door.
The only twenty boxes in stock were sold out.
After tasting a bottle, many people paid the deposit without saying a word. In just one morning, the order was placed a month later!
As for who came up with such a genius idea?
That was of course Chu Guang himself.
He had made his own sparkling water a long time ago, but recently he was tortured by budget problems, so he thought that this thing could be exported to earn foreign exchange.
This product is currently produced by the "Nuclear" soda factory wholly owned by Shelter. If he hadn't thought of a certain arrogant Riddler, Chu Guang could not help but praise himself as a genius.
Of course, these are all trivial things.
If you really want to fundamentally solve the "budget problem", it's not enough to rely on just one or two best-selling products.
The scientific expedition team managed by Yin Fang has locked a shelter in the DC area.
According to recorded information, that shelter was opened fifty years ago and was code-named 401.
Considering that he had never heard anything about that shelter, Chu Guang had reason to believe that it had been abandoned and the people there were missing.
But it doesn't matter if it's abandoned.
As long as the controllable fusion reactor is still good, as long as he can find fuel rods of matching model, he will have a way to reuse it!
For example, throw in hundreds of culture chambers.
It just so happens to increase the presence of Shelter 404 in the eastern part of Qingquan City and prepare for the expansion of the recovery area.
In addition to solving the problems of the players, there are also problems of the indigenous people that need to be solved.
Establishing a new alliance is not just a slogan, but a commitment.
At present, the laws of the New Alliance are only implemented in Dawn City. In addition to Dawn City, there are many small and medium-sized survivor settlements in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City and even in the large wasteland outside the city that are suffering from alien species and predators.
intrusion.
In addition, there are still some stubborn feudal lords in the recovery area who need to understand the situation clearly and make a choice between consciousness and passive consciousness.
Chu Guang planned to use a month to deal with these historical issues.
However, what Chu Guang didn't expect was that the first person to recognize the situation and make changes was his old neighbor Brown...