Chapter 673 Identity isolation, the necessity of linear development!
At night, Prickly Pear Town, except for the neat street lights in the center, looks like a small town in the early days of the West that was not yet fully developed.
Quiet, comfortable, and full of life.
But in the daytime, when he stood in front of the window again, Somo felt a little dazed.
Looking directly out of the window, on the concrete pavement between the houses, there are already all kinds of people flowing back and forth, and it looks quite lively.
The flowers blooming in the cracks of the road and on both sides emit a pleasant smell when blown by the wind, which is touching.
But these were not the reasons why Sumo was stunned.
Looking around, the various vehicles driving on the street and the auxiliary equipment worn by pedestrians were the focus of Somo's immediate attention.
"Xiaojuan, what is that!"
Pointing at several vehicles that looked like three-wheeled motorcycles on Earth, Sumo's eyes were full of curiosity.
In the 1990s, it was the main means of transportation at the entrance of the train station. It could usually pull goods, and when there were many people, it could also carry people in the open car at the rear.
In the 10s, it was the favorite big toy of old men in the countryside. Before Laotou Le had conquered the market, it could be said that everyone had one.
Just looking at the shape of this thing, if it were placed in China, it would be seen in many places.
But the difference is that tricycles on Earth either rely on human pedals or engines to output power.
The tricycle here seems to combine two things.
Although the person riding in front has pedals under his feet, with just a slight push, the tricycle will instantly slide three to five meters away, seemingly effortlessly.
"Ah? Brother Zong, this is the most common three-wheeler in the wasteland. Our family bought one before and it is still in the garage. Have you forgotten?"
"Convenient three-wheeler?" A trace of doubt flashed in Sumo's eyes: "I remember many things vaguely, as if they overlap with the memories on earth."
"Why can this convenient tricycle paddle so far with just one pedal stroke? Does it even have a motor installed inside?"
After realizing that everything here seemed to be equipped with "black technology", Sumo simply stopped pretending and directly revealed his "amnesia".
He originally thought that in eight years' time, even if human science and technology developed further, it would only be on the road to reviving Earth's science and technology.
But now it seems that this route deviates quite a bit from what was imagined.
Humanity has already embarked on a new technological path in the wasteland of the future!
A lame explanation that incidentally covered up the difference in speaking and personality between myself and the original person.
Fortunately, Huang Xiaojuan was also considerate and did not worry about why he lost his memory. She even blamed everything on his memory loss, which made Su Mo feel relieved.
"This convenient three-wheeler is a new type of vehicle that was developed only in the last three years of the calendar year. Brother Zong, don't look at it. It looks different from the three-wheelers on earth. This thing has a lot of knowledge."
"This tire is made of high-strength rubber and special materials. It can not only run on flat roads, but also can run smoothly on complex terrain. It is excellent in anti-skid, wear-resistant and explosion-proof."
"This frame is also made of entry-level alloy, which is enough to withstand normal impacts and natural corrosion caused by sun and rain."
"But the most magical place is the one you just mentioned, Brother Zong."
Pointing to the position of the tricycle box, Huang Xiaojuan had a strange look on her face: "Convenient tricycles are equipped with energy machines. With its help, the front pedals will hardly feel much resistance."
"The function of the pedal is actually similar to that of the accelerator. The faster you pedal, the more energy the machine releases, and the faster the speed. The slower you pedal, the less energy the machine releases, and the speed will change accordingly.
slow"
"Nengji?"
Capturing a key term keenly, Sumo's heart skipped a beat, and the energy stone engine that had been removed from the climbing car and was still installed in his storage space instantly appeared in his mind.
In principle, the current energy engine is indeed somewhat similar to the vision Lu Kuan and Ai Jianfeng had for the future when they developed the energy stone engine.
Small size, wide application, simple to use, simple and crude output.
Is it possible that this thing was developed in his own territory? Lu Kuan has made new innovations in the past eight years?
"Yes, Brother Zong, this thing is valuable. An entry-level energy machine costs two hundred resource points. Ordinary people may not be able to afford it even if they save for a year without eating or drinking."
"As for more advanced energy machines, you even have to spend points to buy them. Even the mayor of our Prickly Pear Town, his rhinoceros chariot, is only equipped with first-level energy machines."
have to.
According to the power output, the engine is divided into grades, and the selling prices are also different.
After hearing this, Sumo was almost 90% sure that this thing was definitely made by his own territory.
After all, only Kuanfeng Energy Stone can make such a classification based on purity and size.
And what Huang Xiaojuan said next gave Sumo a clearer understanding of the wasteland eight years later.
"Energy machine, in the whole extended new continent, only Tianyuan Territory can produce it."
"As one of the top ten territories, they are famous for their strong industrial production base and abundant resource reserves. Starting from the eastern coast to the central Hengduan Mountains, their territory is almost all within their territory."
"Much better than our Prickly Pear Town, no, much better than our entire Qingguo Territory!"
Sticking out her tongue, Huang Xiaojuan's mind wandered a little.
After seeing that Somo had fallen into a sluggish state, she quickly thought about it and continued to add details to help restore her memory faster.
"Brother Zong, I just heard that there are rumors that this Tianyuan territory was once founded by the human Su Shen, who left a strong foundation and developed like this."
"Human Su Shen?"
"Yes, when we first arrived in the wasteland eight years ago, it was the human God Su who helped us open up the situation, single-handedly defeated all the alien gods, and bought us humans a precious year to develop. This
Only then did we have the current great situation. It can be said that without Su Shen, we humans would not be where we are today."
"But it was exactly eight years ago that Su Shen seemed to disappear and never appeared again."
"Some people speculate that he was trapped in some place and has not come out yet. Others speculate that he has fallen and left behind countless treasures. Others speculate that he has gone to higher places to compete with stronger alien races."
"In the past eight years, every time there is news about Su Shen, it is just a rumor, and there is no follow-up news at all!"
Sentence by sentence.
Huang Xiaojuan's seemingly unintentional murmur fell into Su Mo's heart, but it boomed like thunder.
There are surprises and excitement, but also expectations and desires.
There is an urge to go there, but there is also a fear of not knowing how to enter.
"Without me, they actually relied on everything I left behind to develop their territory to this extent."
Thinking that the territory would have developed to such an extent eight years later, Sumo couldn't help but be fascinated, wishing he could grow a pair of wings and fly to the territory now.
But when she saw a hint of longing on his face, Huang Xiaojuan shook her head in "understanding" and poured a basin of cold water on him mercilessly.
"Wow, Brother Zong, it seems you have really lost your memory this time!"
"Actually, when most people hear about Tianyuan Territory, their first thoughts are similar to yours. They are thinking about how to join and how to live in such a powerful territory."
"But in today's world, everything is clearly marked with a price. Forget it, Brother Zong, just open the game panel and see for yourself."
After Huang Xiaojuan's reminder, Su Mo suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a prerequisite task for him to explore in the game.
Calling in my heart, the light green game panel is still open.
On the main interface, which was so simple that there were only two buttons left, Sumo found the so-called pre-task reminder.
[Preliminary tasks: Escape from Qingguo Territory/Lead Qingguo Territory to resist]
[Pre-environment]: After eight years, successive years of disasters and frequent wars have basically exhausted the material reserves of the alien race. During the gap between disasters, the alien race, which has been forced into a dead corner, decided to launch a final war.
Resist and fight to the death with humans to occupy resources and gain new life.
[Description]: Twelve powerful foreign tribes with a number of 150,000 have set their sights on the Qingguo territory, which has rich food resources. They urgently need to capture it to provide a hinterland with a large amount of food for subsequent war needs. As a subordinate of the Qingguo territory
As a member of Prickly Pear Town, in such a complicated environment, it’s time for you to make a choice.
[Task Completion Condition 1]: Successfully escape from Qingguo's territory during the siege and automatically obtain "refugee" status.
[Task Completion Condition 2]: Lead the Qingguo Territory to rise up in resistance, defeat the aliens' strategic plan, and automatically obtain the status of "Lord" of the Qingguo Territory.
[Countdown to enemy attack]:103:55:18
"As long as you defeat the foreign tribes, can you directly obtain the status of lord of this Qingguo territory?"
After quickly scanning through the description of the entire prerequisite task, Sumo's anxiety eased slightly, and his understanding of this world deepened once again.
Judging from the current situation, the alien race should have lost all support since eight years ago, no more of the same race has come, and no resources have been obtained.
Under such circumstances, it is natural and reasonable to want to rise up and resist after being defeated by humans.
And as speculated before, this world should be similar to the branch timeline, and it does not really place it in the future progress of the main world.
Maybe the game is not that powerful, or maybe there are too many variables in the middle.
But in short, Sumo is very satisfied with the current environment that he is about to face.
Forgetting the choice of prerequisite tasks, Sumo clicked back to the main interface and started looking at the first functional camp.
The big hand of consciousness takes shape and gently touches the button.
As the interface jumps, something like a ranking list pops up and begins to be subdivided into two columns, namely humans and aliens.
In the large human category, there are many smaller items for ranking.
"The size of the territory, the number of people in the territory, the technological progress of the territory, and the abundance of the territory's resources."
There are a total of fifteen different rankings, and statistics are made according to the different development situations of each territory.
Among them, Sumo scanned several rankings and was able to see at a glance the "Tian Yuan Territory" he founded.
"Huh, this ranking is not low!"
In terms of territory area, although Tianyuan Territory only ranks 49th among all territories, it ranks among the top ten in terms of technological progress and resource abundance.
It is enough to show how important the accumulation made in the early stage will be in the next eight years.
After flipping through it for a while, and roughly remembering the top territories in his mind, Somo turned all the way to Qingguo Territory.
Overall ranking, 249th.
Neither too low nor too high. Being in this position is mostly due to the rich agricultural products of Qingguo Territory, which is supported by a large amount of food and natural crops.
Really talk about the level of science and technology and population.
"There are less than 90,000 people, and the level of science and technology is basically zero. There are only sporadic factories, and the technology is bought from other territories. There is no ability to develop it by ourselves at all."
"That's right. In a place with high production, it is unrealistic to expect that force can be used at the same time."
The Qingguo territory is quite large, with a length of more than 400 kilometers from north to south, and over 200 kilometers from east to west.
Its terrain is flat, the sunshine is abundant, and several rivers pass through it, providing basic conditions for the growth of crops. It is an out-and-out food-based territory.
Naturally, Lord Qingguo has no intention of developing much military force, and most of the weapons should be purchased from outside.
"In such a territory, if I were the lord now, I would not be able to defeat the many with the few, or the weak with the strong."
"Not to mention that I am just the deputy director of a material department in a subordinate town."
Shaking his head, Su Mo had not yet decided on the choice of preliminary tasks, but he already had an idea in his heart.
Return to the main interface.
Looking at the remaining "Wasteland Exchange" function, Sumo paused and clicked on it with his control intention.
There was a jump of about two or three seconds, followed by a flash of green light. Before seeing the specific trading function, Somo saw the current reserves and the name of the original person in the upper right corner of the interface.
Su Youzong.
503.39 points.
Of these, 500 points naturally come from previous privilege rewards, and the remaining 3.39 points are most likely points accumulated by the original person.
"What did Su Youzong buy? The deputy director of the supplies department of a town doesn't even have five points?"
Being used to tens of thousands of points, suddenly returning to a few hundred points, Sumo was a little uncomfortable waiting for the page to jump.
More than ten seconds passed, and I waited until a new page was loaded successfully.
Sumo's brows, which were originally relaxed, suddenly frowned.
The items sold in this trading panel are still limited to the Qingguo territory. At a glance, there are not many specific items, only a few sporadic items.
But after letting go, Su Mo suddenly understood Huang Xiaojuan's expression before and the true meaning of her words, "In this world, everything is clearly marked with a price."
"No wonder the game has been emphasizing identity. It turns out that the wasteland eight years later has become so abstract."
With a bad premonition rising in his heart, Sumo quickly opened the search box, first typed in the four characters Tianyuan Territory, and then added the word identity.
After a moment, under double conditions filtering, a new interface filled with trading items began to slowly emerge.
[Identity]: Ordinary planter in Yutang County (hot seller.)
[Price]: 1,000 points (can be reduced to a certain extent if requirements are met)
[Identity Requirements]: Hardworking and hardworking, with a basic understanding of crop growth and knowledge of plant growth cycles, up to 300 points can be reduced.
[Years]: Until death
【Sold】:3358
【Remaining stock】:1642
[Identity]: General worker at No. 3 Nengshi Factory in Tianhang County (recent price increase↑)
[Price]: 1500 points
[Years]: Until death
【Sold】:295
【Remaining inventory】:118
[Identity]: Salesperson at Hope City Central Resources Store (limited time promotion)
[Price]: 2888 points
[Period]: ten years
【Sold】:6
【Remaining stock】:4
[Identity]: Police officer on duty at Linye Town Police Station (recent price increase↑)
[Price]: 3500 points (can be reduced to a certain extent if requirements are met)
[Identity Requirements]: If your combat effectiveness exceeds Level 3, you can get up to 500 points reduced.
[Years]: Until death
【Sold】:12
【Remaining stock】:3
[Identity]: Researcher of Tianyuan City Weapons R&D Department
[Price]: 5,000 points (can be reduced to a certain extent upon request)
[Identity Requirements]: Proficient in core knowledge related to weapon research and development, understand the core of weapon research and development in the new wasteland era, those with earth-related work experience are preferred, and up to 2,000 points can be reduced