Chapter 45 The Red River Town, which does not produce grain
What Chu Guang didn't expect was that the cow was carrying quite a lot of good things on its back.
For example, the 5-bar "rider" revolver rifle placed on the top.
This thing has a 7mm caliber and two simple rifling lines in the barrel, which can keep the trajectory of the fired bullet basically stable within fifty meters.
Especially the simple spring-leaf receiver structure of this game is not only very convenient to maintain, but also very reliable in combat. Even if accidents such as jamming or dumb bullets occur, there is no need to worry, you only need to flick the wheel to continue.
shooting.
The barrel can be removed and used as a pistol, but the accuracy depends on the situation.
Of course, what makes Chu Guang most satisfied is the rate of fire of this thing.
Although it is a semi-automatic design, as long as you pull the trigger fast enough, it is not a problem to fire six rounds of bullets in a short period of time to create a suppressive effect!
It can be said to be quite humane.
Just when Chu Guang was thinking about whether to pick a rifle as "compensation", his eyes suddenly fell on the sacks tied to both sides of the two-headed cow.
When he opened it, he saw that it was filled with coins.
These coins are either brass or silver. I don’t know what material they are made of, but they are not rusty. The brass coins look slightly smaller, and the silver coins are slightly larger. The face values are 1 and 10 respectively, corresponding to
Currency value.
"Pre-war currency? No..."
Picking up a coin, Chu Guang turned it over to the back and quickly recognized a line of small words printed on it -
【Galaxy Arcade】
Good guy.
It's actually game currency.
"Where did you get this?"
Throwing the coins back into the sack, Chu Guang looked at the businessman named Sun up and down, and looked at the nervous expression on his face and asked.
Upon hearing Chu Guang's question, Sun Shiqi answered honestly.
"I found these coins in the basement of an arcade. I thought they could be used to smelt some copper and steel, so I packed them."
Generally, caravans rarely stop to search, and usually make deals with local scavengers, which benefits both parties and avoids potential conflicts.
But nothing is wrong. Just like poor mercenaries occasionally appear as plunderers and rob homes, cash-strapped businessmen will of course take risks to pick up rubbish themselves.
For example, the businessman in front of me has obviously not been in this business for a long time. Maybe the two-headed cow behind him was bought by him not long ago.
"Are there any more there?" Chu Guang asked.
Sun Shiqi was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously.
"There seem to be two cabinets... These sacks can probably hold four or five."
"Very good, I want them all."
Chu Guang unloaded the two sacks from the cow's back, looked at Sun Shiqi and said.
"These two sacks and the coins inside are considered as your compensation for us. Next time you come here, remember to bring the remaining coins. Let me think about it... I will give you coins for every one hundred kilograms.
How about four kilograms of air-dried meat?”
One hundred kilograms, which is about the same as a sack, can hold about 30,000 to 40,000 coins.
Business is all about steady flow, and Chu Guang didn't want to extort money too hard, so he picked these two sacks, which happened to be useful to him.
and……
Since he planned to let this man go, Chu Guang didn't want to make his need for weapons too obvious.
Obviously he didn't expect that the person in front of him would be interested in these waste products. Sun Shiqi's face was full of surprise, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously, so he nodded quickly and said.
"No problem! As long as you need it, I will wear it all next time!"
He doesn't care about the man in front of him. What's the use of taking these coins? Maybe it's for sentiment? Maybe it's for other reasons? These old popsicles are not easy to figure out.
He originally planned to drag these coins to Boulder City and sell them as copper and steel, but in fact they couldn't be sold for many chips.
If they can be used to open up the market for a shelter, the deal will be worth it!
And by reducing some of the burden in advance, the road ahead will be easier for him.
In addition to the two sacks of coins, Chu Guang also kept the five revolver rifles he had spotted before, and also bought the 200 rounds of 7mm bullets he carried.
In exchange, he provided the businessman from afar with a total of 50 kilograms of bacon and 10 kilograms of smoked fish.
Although there were many misunderstandings during the initial contact between the two parties, overall, the result was very satisfactory to both parties.
Chu Guang got what he wanted, and the businessman named Sun also got the trading rights and food he needed.
It is difficult for survivors living in Qingquan City to imagine the situation in Duhonghe Town. Although the two places are less than 100 kilometers apart, the ecological environment there is completely different.
According to the businessman surnamed Sun, there is a large-scale chemical industry base and a landfill in the local area.
Since these facilities were not maintained after the war, the inventory leaked, resulting in serious soil pollution in the area, especially excessive heavy metal content, and large areas of desertification and hardening. Even now, it has not been completely repaired by nature.
Not only that, due to the fragility of the ecosystem, the local species are mainly detritivores and arthropods.
This extreme situation left the local survivors with almost no arable land to utilize, and it was difficult for them to make a living through hunting.
But what is very interesting is that the landfill that was protested by locals more than once before the war has become the greatest asset to the local survivors in the two centuries after the end of the nuclear war.
There is nearly half a century of garbage buried there, and a large part of it has not had time to be degraded.
In today's Wasteland Era, the garbage buried there has formed an "unnatural mineral deposit" in another sense, and has contributed to the prosperity of local mining, archaeology, and trade.
"But what do you eat?" After listening to Sun Shiqi's description, Chu Guang couldn't help but ask, "Does it all depend on imports?"
The price of food must not rise to the sky!
"Of course it's impossible to rely entirely on imports. Although there are no reindeer and hyenas, many mutated moles and mice are edible. In addition, we will also capture some less dangerous insects and use them to make protein extracts for feeding
Livestock, or something made into a nutritional paste... like this thing."
While talking, Sun Shiqi took out a sealed glass jar from the package slung on the back of the two-headed cow, which contained a black gelatinous substance.
It looks a bit like Guiling jelly.
When he was looking through the package before, Chu Guang had seen this thing, but he didn't understand what it was used for, so he ignored it.
I didn’t expect it to be food.
"What is this made of?"
Sun Shiqi chuckled and said.
"Mutant cockroach."
Chu Guang: "..."
day!
He felt that he could no longer look directly at Guiling Gao.
"Although it is protein and oil extracted from mutated cockroaches, after repeated processes such as boiling, filtering, drying, grinding, soaking, and juice collection, this thing has nothing to do with cockroaches anymore. It is full of
Protein...want some?"
Chu Guang said with a straight face.
"No need."
He would rather starve to death than accept eating this thing.
but……
From what this guy said, the cost of this food seems to be very low?
Creatures like mutated cockroaches are common no matter where they are, and the cockroaches here in Qingquan City will definitely have much less heavy metal content than those in Honghe Town.
When necessary, using this nutritional paste as emergency rations for players seems to be a good choice?
Chu Guang thought for a long time about whether to be an individual.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of another thing.
"Sounds like you know a lot about insects?"
Sun Shiqi nodded immediately.
"Of course, we deal with those things every day."
Chu Guang continued to ask.
"Then do you have any way to deal with leeches?"
"Leech?" Sun Shiqi was stunned for a moment, "Are you talking about...the kind of mutated leech?"
"Um."
Seeing Chu Guang nodding, Sun Shiqi thought about it for a moment, his expression became a little embarrassed.
"That kind of thing... is quite rare in Honghe Town. Maybe it's because we have more ants there."
Chu Guang asked with a frown.
"Ant?"
Sun Shiqi nodded and continued.
"Well, we have a kind of alien species called iron-backed ants there. They are about the size of a thumb and can grow up to the size of a fist. This thing's carapace is very hard and corrosion-resistant. It eats almost anything. Most molluscs are not them.
opponent."
Chu Guang asked.
"Can you bring a few for me to see next time?"
Sun Shiqi said with a smile.
"No problem! I'll wrap it up!"
After the transaction was completed, the businessman surnamed Sun did not stay here for too long, but chose to continue on his way.
Chu Guang did not try to persuade him to stay, but only reminded him that there was a mutant camp near 76th Street and that there were traces of predator activity in the northern direction of the Wetland Park, and then wished him a safe journey.
The figure of the two-headed cow gradually disappeared into the woods.
The players who watched him leave were all talking about it.
"That guy just now is indeed a businessman!"
"Gan, luckily I didn't hit him."
"It shouldn't be a problem if I beat him, and I can still keep all his things."
"That's true, but what if the merchant dies and doesn't trade anymore?"
“It’s unlikely that you’ll stop playing after you die, but maybe there’s only one businessman in the expansion pack of Winter is Coming. And didn’t you hear what the planner said? Wasteland OL claims to create a game that can completely reflect the supply and demand relationship.
Economic system. If this is not a big pie, taking a long-term view to catch the big fish is the right answer!"
"...It seems to make sense."
Ignoring the discussions of the players, Chu Guang's thoughts at this moment were entirely focused on the two sacks of game coins.
He has a bold idea.
Since plastic chips can be used as general equivalents, why not metal currencies?
These two sacks contained at least 60,000 to 70,000 coins. It wouldn't take long for the businessman named Sun to get him a lot more coins.
For a scale of less than 500 people, these coins are completely enough!
The brass-colored coins should be regarded as copper coins, and the silver-white coins should be regarded as silver coins. The currency value is 10 to 1.
The original contribution points are integrated into the new honor system and can be used to purchase status, titles, and even private land.
At the same time, the mercenary, caravan, guild, and legion systems that will be launched in the future will also be linked to contribution points. Only players who contribute enough will be qualified to lead other players.
This will not only strengthen management, but also greatly restrict those players who cause trouble.
After all, the higher the value of a player's account, the more they know how to cherish their hard-earned gaming qualifications, and the more likely they are to invest more and spontaneously maintain order in the game.
Making things happen is fun.
And this is human nature.
He dragged two sacks weighing nearly 100 kilograms back to the shelter alone. Chu Guang then found an empty room where the culture cabin was not activated, and leaned the sacks against the corner of the wall.
Then, he turned back to the residents' hall, turned on his computer, logged into the backend of the official website, and started editing titles.
[Wasteland OL closed beta test server alpha0.3 version update announcement: major adjustments to the economic system!]
While typing this line of text, Chu Guang opened his document.
I copied a lot of great ideas from the forum before.