Chapter 336 The dog planner is here to cut leeks again!
"...We met the people from Vault 404."
In the middle of a pure white room, Horn's face was full of piety.
"oh?"
As if floating from the dark, a gentle voice sounded in his ears.
"What kind of people are they?"
Horn replied respectfully.
"They are a group of... very special people. My experience cannot help me make a more specific judgment. They have made an invitation, and I want to send a few people to them to have a look."
"This is a good idea. You need to keep communicating with other survivors. Has the candidate been decided?"
There was a hint of approval in that voice.
The old face couldn't help showing a hint of joy, and Horn continued in a respectful tone.
"Not yet, but we plan to select a student and two engineers to come."
The voice that came to mind seemed to be lost in thought.
After about two or three minutes, it continued.
"Let Pai go."
Horn was a little surprised by his mentor's words, but didn't say anything.
"I would like to follow your teachings."
The old man spoke respectfully, paused for a moment, and then continued to express his thoughts.
"The capital of the new alliance is more than 100 kilometers away from us. For security reasons, I would like to apply for a bodyguard."
"Approved, the door will open at 6 o'clock tomorrow." The mysterious voice replied readily.
Horn shook his head slightly.
"grateful."
"You're welcome, go and prepare yourself," the voice continued, "I also have to choose a suitable gift for our neighbor."
The communication is over.
After the voice left, Horn slowly raised his hands, fumbled around his temples with his index fingers, and took off the VR glasses he wore on his head.
The pure white light faded from the surroundings.
At this moment, he was standing in the management center of the camp.
The door to the shelter will not open easily.
Usually when there are important things to discuss, he would sit in the office like this and use VR equipment to communicate with managers.
After pondering for a moment, Horn reached out and pressed on the touch screen on the desktop.
Looking at the communication connected icon, he slowly spoke.
"Let Alvin come to the management center."
"I have something important to discuss with him."
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"Wasteland OL" official website.
The settlement of the "Knives Out" expansion pack is in full swing.
This battle has been going on for two months, and almost all players have gained a lot. They have accumulated a lot of points and are waiting to spend them.
The settlement hasn't even started yet, but many people have already posted screenshots on the official website to show off their points balance.
Brother Ice and Fire: "Holy shit, 100,000 points?!"
I'll fight with you: "Have you opened something yet?!"
Luo Yu: "Are you envious? You paid for it with your life. (Proud)"
100,000 points is not the most exaggerated, a certain fat mouse even scored 120,000 points.
The most eye-catching one is probably the Burning Legion, with an average score of nearly 80,000.
Even third-tier corps such as the Silver Corps, which has little presence, has an average score of over 30,000.
It can only be said that the corps system is indeed the father of the version. If individual players want to get high scores, they can only find another way to "force others to do what is difficult".
But in the corps system, basically as long as the eldest brother leads the group, and the rest of the group doesn't go too far and don't obey orders and get kicked out of the group, the income will basically be the same.
Although points cannot be exchanged for silver coins, tasks with points will generally reward silver coins or contributions.
This shows how much "war wealth" they have made!
Stop talking nonsense: "Maybe the average points this time can reach 20,000."
WC really has mosquitoes: “Be more confident, I think it’s at least 40,000. (Proud)”
Mole on the run in the canyon: "Suddenly panicked..."
Macabazi: "Why are you panicking? Isn't it bad to have too many points?"
Mole on the run in the canyon: "No...you can't just look at the problem at face value. More points means more people are participating in the lottery. According to the design of the lottery system of this game, what is fixed is not the explosion rate but the prizes in the reward pool..."
Stop talking nonsense: "Stop, stop, stop, can you speak human language?"
Mole on the run in the canyon: "To put it bluntly, the reward pool may be diluted."
The construction site boy and Brick: "What the hell?!"
Debt-eyed: "You can't be such a bitch, right?!"
Fang Chang: "You look surprised, as if it's your first day playing this game. (Squints and smiles)"
Just as the players were discussing it, Aguang's ID suddenly appeared on the forum.
Seeing the ID planned by Gou, not only the players perked up, but also the cloud players, spies from various companies in various countries, and netizens all sat up straight.
"Hello everyone, I am your dearest planner Aguang. First of all, please allow me to represent all the developers and wish you all a happy Children's Day!"
"In order to celebrate the festival and to make our programmers no longer anxious, our Siege Lion designed an automatic banana feeding machine... But unfortunately, the company's AA batteries are out of stock, and there are no supermarkets here. We
You can only solve the problem yourself."
"Fortunately, our Siege Lion is reliable enough. Not only did it successfully make a battery, but it also solved some interesting problems. Hint: It is a layer of film. Everyone unanimously decided that it would be a pity not to use it to earn some money to buy snacks.
, so we decided to sell it to the highest bidder!”
"That's it, the auction will start in three days, and the starting price is 1 million silver coins!"
"Getting back to the subject, with the arrival of June, the closed beta test server of "Wasteland OL" is about to enter the hot summer. Rainfall will be more frequent, urban areas and forests will be more dangerous, and crawling and arthropods will usher in a strong period... There should be no players yet.
We have explored the southern hemisphere, so there is nothing wrong with this sentence.”
"In addition, I would like to thank everyone for your continued support. The expansion pack has been successfully completed and we have obtained valuable experimental data! Thanks to these data, we have taken a big step forward in the open beta!"
"The boss said we won the pot. I believe it's not just us, but everyone is the same! Are you excited to see the string of 0s in your account? Are you very happy? Haha, I'm as happy as you are!"
"In order to give back to everyone for your continued support, we have prepared generous prizes! From now on, the points lottery and achievement redemption activities are officially launched!"
"Have fun, let's celebrate this victory!"
At the same time as the post was posted, the official website unlocked the lottery system, and the forum instantly went into a carnival.
100 points are drawn once, 10,000 points are 100 draws in a row!
Although this game is very stingy and does not have a setting of 20 draws for 100 consecutive draws, everyone has saved an average of 40,000 points, and it is quite satisfying to finish the draw in one go!
While the players are busy scratching prizes and the cloud players are happily eating melons, the intelligence systems of various countries are also not idle. They are peeking at the screens and holding meetings. At this moment, they are in a hurry.
Aguang, who had not posted a post for more than two months, re-entered their field of vision.
For them who have been busy for several months and still have no progress, there is nothing more exciting than this!
"AA-sized batteries are out of stock... An organization that masters mature quantum computer technology will be short of AA-sized batteries?"
"This is not nonsense!"
"There should be some hidden clues hidden here... What is that Aguang hinting at us?"
"Lock all areas without supermarkets within a 5-kilometer radius!"
"Is it global? That's too much..."
somewhere.
Listening to the discussion among his colleagues, the man with a Chinese character sighed and closed the notebook in his hand.
"Is there a possibility...that this person is talking nonsense?"
Everyone in the conference room was stunned for a moment.
The man in police uniform was the first to come to his senses and tapped his index finger on the table.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out!"
Without enough evidence, any possibility exists.
There are various indications that the man whose existence was erased does not seem to be aware of the fact that he has been abducted by extraterrestrial civilization, or he is aware of it but does not care, and has fully accepted the new job.
At this time, the old man sitting at the table suddenly spoke.
"What do you think that membrane could be?"
The man with the Chinese character face was slightly stunned.
"membrane……?"
The old man nodded.
"Didn't they say they solved some interesting problems?"
As he spoke, he looked at the other people in the room and continued to ask.
"Do we have any battery experts here?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.
The man in the green shirt frowned and said.
"Battery... our unit's batteries are all purchased from cooperative units. I don't know much about this part."
At this moment, the consultant from the chemical industry suddenly spoke.
"Could he be talking about SEl membrane?"
The man with the Chinese character's face asked immediately.
"what is that?"
The consultant spoke.
"It's not a rare thing... Simply put, it is the solid electrolyte phase interface, which is equivalent to a passivation layer covering the surface of the electrode material, with a thickness of about 100 nanometers. Taking lithium batteries as an example, a good SEI
The membrane can prevent solvent molecules from co-intercalating, allowing lithium ions to pass through and intercalate smoothly, thereby inhibiting the formation of lithium dendrites."
The old man sitting next to the conference table said with a blank look on his face.
"Lithium...what?"
He didn't hear it clearly.
As if expecting this reaction, the consultant sighed and continued.
"Simply put, it is a technical difficulty faced by lithium batteries. The dendritic metal lithium formed when lithium ions are reduced will continue to consume the electrolyte during the charge and discharge process and lead to irreversible deposition of metal lithium, thus forming a '
Dead lithium', reducing Coulombic efficiency... may even cause safety hazards in connecting the positive and negative electrodes."
Moli went bankrupt in the 1980s and was eventually acquired by the electrical giant NEC at the time. However, it has still not been able to overcome the technical difficulties of metallic lithium anode batteries.
The current mainstream method in the industry is to use carbon-based materials as electrodes, sacrificing battery capacity to ensure safety.
Although the energy density of lithium anode materials is attractive, no one wants to carry a bomb on their body or sit with a rocket under their buttocks.
The old man was still thinking about it. The man with the Chinese character face probably understood and nodded thoughtfully.
"I probably understand what you mean... can the energy density of the battery be increased by solving the membrane problem?"
A wry smile appeared on the consultant's face.
"That's it for your understanding... But I still have to emphasize that lithium dendrites are only a technical difficulty in studying lithium batteries, and artificial SEI films are only one of the solutions to the lithium dendrite problem currently proposed by the academic community.
kind."
"As for whether it is useful and how to use it... these are all controversial. At present, the mainstream research direction is to build houses and the other is to build walls. Maybe they are both right, maybe neither is right."
A colleague sitting nearby asked curiously, "What do you mean it's all wrong?"
The consultant answered succinctly and concisely.
"It means that not all questions can be answered."
The old man suddenly spoke.
"How much can this membrane...approximately increase the energy density of the battery?"
The consultant took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued.
"...Look at what batteries we compare with. According to the development plan for power batteries in the white paper we released, the goal in 2025 is to reach 400Wh/kg, and the goal in 2030 is 500Wh/kg. I don't know much about batteries, but this data
It should be based on the opinions of experts in academia and industry."
"If the graphite negative electrode of the lithium battery can be replaced with pure lithium, the energy density should theoretically be an order of magnitude higher."
"An order of magnitude?!" The man in police uniform had a surprised expression on his face.
Not just him, everyone in the conference room had surprised expressions on their faces.
Just listening to the numbers doesn't make any sense.
But once they had a reference for comparison, they immediately understood the value of this technology.
The consultant continued.
"It's about one or two thousand, which is an order of magnitude higher. As for the specific number... you'd better go to the industry and find an expert to ask."
The man in the green shirt suddenly stood up.
"I'll call my work unit."
The old man sitting at the conference table nodded and said with a serious expression.
"Go ahead."
At the same time, scenes similar to this were also happening around the world in the real world.
This "Developer Log" of less than a thousand words has been studied over and over again by the intelligence agencies of major organizations no less than 1,000 times, even the punctuation marks are not missed.
In the end, most intelligence agencies came to the same guess - this may be an enlightenment signal released by extraterrestrial civilization.
As we all know, one of the three pillars of modern technology is energy.
If this mysterious website really comes up with technology far beyond the current era, it will undoubtedly provide favorable evidence for the conjecture of "Third Kind of Contact".
After all, any technology is inseparable from the support of the scientific research system and cannot appear out of thin air.
While players are busy scratching prizes, the silver coin consignment platform has quietly become busy.
Although I don’t know what the official website of “Wasteland OL” plans to auction in three days, but it’s always good to prepare in advance.
For things like "foreign exchange", you can't wait until you need to use it before figuring out how to do it.
There are only so many transactions on the platform every day. This is not a question of a buyer's market or a seller's market, but that there are simply not that many silver coins in the pool to buy.
Players need silver coins to update equipment, eat, sleep and even take a shower.
Yes.
According to the information they collected from snooping on the official website, breaking the game even costs money to take a shower.
"Shet...do these lucky people know what they are doing?"
Fick, who was staring at the string of numbers on the computer screen and crossing his arms, couldn't help but curse with envy.
Just half an hour ago, their project team received a batch of funds.
Although the money is not put in their pockets, it is still okay to improve their working environment and life "within a reasonable range."
Part of this money comes from grants from official agencies.
But most of them come from giants who are consistent with the official position.
After all, the government itself does not produce anything, and it is useless to obtain the technology. In the end, it has to be handed over to companies or individuals, allowing them to register patents, expand production, form a monopoly, and grab other people's cakes.
This is also the rule of the game in the real world.
"It's better they never know!"
"Indeed, of course, the fewer people who know the truth, the better... Where can we get such cheap silver coins?" The intelligence officer standing aside smiled and teased.
The colleagues on the side clenched their fists and stared at the computer screen to encourage them.
"Buy quickly! Damn it, why can't this trading volume keep increasing? You can't even sell a silver coin for 8 US dollars?!"
The trader sitting in front of the computer looked solemn and analyzed.
"I'm afraid it's not a matter of price...the proportion of players holding US dollar and cryptocurrency accounts is too small! There is a certain threshold for foreign exchange transactions. Many people may simply screen out uncommon currencies out of fear of trouble.
.”
"More than that, some intensive small orders clearly don't look like player behavior... more like speculators who are not directly involved in the game."
"In other words, we didn't get those big orders worth more than 1,000 silver coins at all!"
Not only players can participate in the silver coin trading platform, cloud players can not only trade, but can even indirectly participate in the investment in the game through agreement holding.
When the silver coin trading platform first came out, many people hoarded a bunch of silver coins.
Now suddenly someone is buying a large amount of money, and these retail investors who are confused about the situation immediately cash out and leave the market.
Thanks to these people for contributing cheap chips.
The real auction will be held in three days. The further you get to the back, the more intense the competition will be, and the price of silver coins will probably be even more exaggerated...
The intelligence officer standing nearby said solemnly.
"We still have to find a way to open an RMB account with clean funding sources!"
Damn, why is it so troublesome?!
Fick couldn't help but kick the table.
"Fake!"
…
There was one thing Fick's colleagues did get right.
Most of the accounts currently selling on the silver coin trading platform are indeed cloud players.
As for why players did not participate, it was not entirely due to account issues.
The bottom line is that everyone was busy scratching prizes at the moment and didn't even notice that piece.
Many players with big points directly drew 10 100s in a row, and the computer screen was filled with golden light.
Each prize has a corresponding card.
Even if you skip the lottery animation and go through each prize, it still takes a lot of time.
Not to mention taking a screenshot of a big prize and showing it off on the forum, or scolding the mastermind in a small group if you get a piece of rubbish.
Communication section for closed beta players.
Many people have already taken screenshots and posted them, starting to share the joy of winning with everyone.
"Wait a minute, what the hell is the arms gift package? Which of you got it?"
"The introduction says that they are weapons and supplies of varying amounts, which can be used for trade with other NPC forces, sold to newbies, or used by oneself... Is this actually a trophy?"
"I understand the truth, but why do you have to draw again after drawing a prize once?"
"I also got...a Ripper rifle?"
"What kind of Russian matryoshka doll is this?"
"Hahaha, I drew ten!"
“Awesome!!”
The Ripper rifle is the standard weapon of the legion. It is characterized by a long and hard barrel, with a total length of nearly two meters with a bayonet attached.
This thing also has a name on the forum, called salted fish thorn.
Apart from saving bullets and not jamming, this equipment basically has no other advantages.
When it comes to bayonet fighting in the trenches, an assault rifle with a relatively compact design like the LD-47 is more useful. Long weapons may not be easy to use.
However, due to the large enough quantity, the bullets of the Ripper Rifle are much easier to find than the Enterprise's "Black Swan", so this weapon is very popular in many survivor gathering places.
After all, automatic rifles cannot be installed on a large scale in all survivor settlements.
Although these arms cannot be sold for much in the new alliance, if they are dragged to a distant survivor settlement and sold, and then the local specialties are dragged back to the new alliance, a lot of money should be made.
Overall, this "munitions gift package" is much better than a consolation prize.
Of course, the new tricks planned by the dog are just an appetizer. What the players really care about is the top prize in the reward pool.
Although not everyone has the opportunity to become the European Emperor, it is good to be able to breathe in the European spirit.
It's a closed beta test.
It's mainly for testing, so it's normal to have a little less equipment.
Once the open beta is released, everyone will be able to play it sooner or later!
Under the spotlight, the first European Emperor of this expansion pack lottery was finally born.
Commander Quanshui: "Holy shit! The Destroyer Type I exoskeleton! It carries a 120 mm caliber mortar on the back... Holy shit?! This equipment exploded!"
Probably because he was carried away by the excitement, Brother Quan Shui forgot to keep a low profile this time.
I just didn’t stop showing off, and even posted the screenshots and acceptance speech together, sharing the joy of becoming the European Emperor with everyone.
However……
Everyone was not happy.
The post went viral instantly.
The edge of the water: "Damn it! Why the hell is it you again!"
Mole on the run in the canyon: "The European Emperor like a dog! Go to hell!"
Quit smoking: "A shady story! Absolutely a shady story!"
Commander Quan Shui: "What a shady guy! I have 120,000 points, why can't I win! 1,200 points in a row, brother!"
However, this argument obviously cannot convince the public.
The salted fish don't care about that much.
Bai Yin’s father: “Spit it up, this old man’s coins are worth 120,000 cents, why the hell do I only have 30,000 cents?”
Lao Wang next door: "Support! Raise your hands to support!"
Commander Quan Shui suddenly panicked and quickly deleted the post, but it was too late.
Screenshots of the equipment are uploaded everywhere on the official website.
According to the information shown in the screenshot, the Destroyer I exoskeleton is larger than the Type 6 "Heavy Cavalry" exoskeleton, almost catching up with the power armor.
Different from the Type 6 exoskeleton, the Destroyer Type I armor does not focus on the protection of small weapons, but focuses more on the protection of explosion fragments and shock waves.
Specifically, the inner side of the exoskeleton's armor is filled with a thick layer of cushioning material, so it looks quite bloated.
When deploying the 120mm mortar behind you, you need to put your hands on the ground like a run-up and cannot move.
Since it is equipped with an automatic loading system, theoretically as long as there are enough artillery shells, only one can be deployed to project a large amount of firepower to the target area in a short period of time.
It is equivalent to an "all-terrain" self-propelled mortar that can drive into small alleys.
It can be called an artifact for street fighting!
However, because the equipment is too bulky, the chemical energy battery is bulky, and the ammunition rack is external, it is not suitable for frontal battlefields.
It is no exaggeration to say that this thing is full of flaws and would be quite embarrassing if someone touches it.
The players of the Storm Corps all said that if they let this old Gou coin get this kind of Gou coin equipment, they would probably have to go out of their way to achieve success.
But there is one thing to say.
It would be great to have a round of close fire support before the attack.
This is not the only new equipment in the reward pool.
There are ten jackpots officially prepared for this game, and half of them have never appeared before.
As for the exoskeleton carrying the mortar, it's not the most awesome.
After all, this kind of equipment is only useful in certain situations, and ammunition is also a problem.
In terms of overall combat effectiveness, it may not be better than the "Five Type" light cavalry.
"Plasma knife! Awesome! I will change my profession to a Force Warrior right now!"
"Magnetic slingshot...is this thing useful? Is it useful for hunting birds?"
"Portable jetpack... just ask if you don't understand, are you planning to let me go up to the sky and serve as a target for others?"
"Hahahaha, you can discuss it with the guy upstairs, you can be a bird."
"..."
The school computer room.
Browsing the posts on the official website forum, Ye Wei was filled with envy.
Gan!
He has also accumulated hundreds of thousands of points, but why can’t he win the SSSR?
It’s absolutely impossible to be balanced by a dog’s plan!
But it doesn’t really matter.
People can't be too greedy.
His benefits in the expansion pack are far more than the points. Even if it is really balanced, there is nothing to complain about.
The construction of the new map Dawn City has just started, and the orders for Niu Ma Brick Factory have been scheduled until the end of the year, and they are now expanding production like crazy.
Not only bricks, but also cement are all within their business scope.
Although many competitors have emerged in Dawn City recently to grab business, they are simply not comparable in scale to "refuge holding" companies like them.
Cutting out from the section for closed beta players, Ye Wei browsed the chat section for a while, wanting to see what the cloud players were chatting about.
When he saw the first post, he laughed.
"...The price of silver coins has increased?"
Are you kidding me?
It's not that the price of silver has never risen before, but it usually rises when expansion packs or new gameplay are first launched, and it's impossible to rise when expansion packs end.
The remaining profits from the expansion pack have just been settled. Now everyone's pockets are filled with silver coins. There is no need to change equipment for the time being. Even the rich will not spend money at this time.
It makes no sense at all!
Not to mention the past few battles, the expansion packs and the crazy money spent, and a few big players shipping goods every day to "improve life." The transaction price of silver coins has dropped to single digits in the past few days.
"Haha, I want to see how high it can go."
Out of curiosity, Ye Wei casually opened the silver coin trading platform and took a look.
It didn't matter what he saw, he was stunned on the spot.
"What the hell?!"
8 dollars a silver coin?!
He confirmed several times that the order listed above was a buy order, not a sell order.
And there's not just one.
There are exactly ten buying orders, each of 100,000 silver coins, lined up in a row with a price difference of one dollar!
The order at the top has been 40% filled, and the buy orders listed at $7 and $6 have not yet started to be filled. After all, the buy order with the highest listed price has not yet been filled.
Not only USD, RMB, Euro, but also buy orders for other currencies are also posted on it.
Each bid is outrageous!
As if overnight, I am back to the time when the silver coin trading platform was first launched.
"Are these people crazy?!"
Looking at the 52RMB pending order, Ye Wei felt his heart beat faster and sweat oozed from the palm of his hand holding the mouse.
His first reaction was to take advantage of the situation and smash the market!
Hurry up and ship now!
There is no shop like this after passing this village!
However, this thought only stayed in his mind for half a minute before he calmed down.
This is a bit strange!
The entire trading platform was completely blocked by buy orders, and not even a single sell order could be seen.
Who is throwing away the money?
Taking a deep breath, Ye Wei resisted the urge to ship, grabbed the mobile phone on the table, tapped the screen with his fingers at the speed of light, and sent a message to the brothers in the cattle and horse group.