Chapter 101: Exploration of enthusiastic players and caravans heading in the snow
Chapter 101 Exploration of enthusiastic players and the caravan coming in the snow and wind
”Okay, stop playing in the water, come out.”
Walking into the public bathroom in Area A on the second underground floor, Chu Guang knocked on the door one by one, and drove out the players who were taking endless showers like ducks.
”Wait, wait, I just went in!”
”Hurry up and put on your clothes and come out.”
”Okay, okay, don’t open the door yet.”
”I’ll give you one minute.”
”!!!”
When driving these little players out, Chu Guang suddenly felt like the landlady in “Kung Fu”.
But there was no way, he had to drive them out. It was
impossible to expect these players to be self-conscious, and the line at the door of the public bathroom had already formed a long queue.
Almost all the players in the shelter came here to line up, and there was almost no one working on the surface. It was simply outrageous.
After driving the players crowded in the public bathroom in Area A to the lobby to gather, Chu Guang looked around at the players majestically and said in a serious tone.
”I have good news for you all. Just half a day ago, our outstanding performance made the organization increase its investment in us.”
”From now on, the second underground floor of the shelter has been opened to our advance team. In the future, your hibernation capsules will be moved to area B here and live with the next batch of reinforcements.”
”There are almost complete living facilities here, which is much better than the B1 floor, but I still hope that you will not indulge in the current favorable living environment and look at the long-term.”
”Rebuilding utopia on earth is our ideal and vow.”
”In order to save the precious energy and water resources of the shelter, drinking fountains, showers and public toilets will now require payment.”
”Each use of the bathroom costs 1 copper coin, and an additional 1 copper coin will be charged for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. Each use of the shower costs 3 copper coins, and an additional 3 copper coins will be charged for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. Each 200ml of purified water from the drinking fountain costs 1 copper coin, with no limit on hot or cold water.”
”Before using the facilities, you need to deposit fees at the administrator’s assistant, and the permissions will be bound to the VM device. The camera will record the user’s identity and usage time. Two or more people are prohibited from entering the same device. Abnormal use will cause the device to be locked and the violator will be punished. In addition, if there is an arrears, it must be paid within 24 hours, otherwise it will affect the next use.”
Xiaoqi has been given the right to use the camera.
It can accurately identify the device usage time of each player, operate directly in the background, and deduct the pre-deposited fees according to regulations.
Management by AI is much more efficient than manual management.
Arrears?
Then don’t use it.
In his territory, hardworking players will never lack money to spend.
After hearing the announcement of the administrator, the players looked regretful, but they could accept it.
As we all know, the distinguished VIP value-added services all cost money, and taking a bath in the shelter is indeed much more comfortable than taking a bath outside, without worrying about running out of water halfway through the bath.
At least, the generous administrator did not follow the emperor penguin and set up some hellish membership service, charging once for opening the door and once for turning on the faucet, and you can even jump the queue if you pay.
”Fuck! I was kicked out when I was just halfway through my shower. I feel so bad, woo woo woo.”
”You’re losing money! At least I got to experience it, but I didn’t even get in line!”
”3 copper coins for a bath? The price is three times that outside. I’d better go to the lake to take a bath.”
”Are you crazy? It’s almost freezing outside. You’re going to take a bath by the lake? I think you’re going to the lake to make a nest.”
”Wait, you can finish the bath in half an hour?! This is unreasonable. Why do you have to pay 3 copper coins every 10 minutes after half an hour?”
”You can also come out and go back in. But if there is no one, it’s okay. If there are a lot of people, you probably have to queue up again.”
”I also think it’s unreasonable. I finished the bath in 10 minutes, why do I have to pay 3 copper coins? Can I only pay 1 copper coin?”
Looking at the chattering and noisy players, Chu Guang clapped his hands and drove them to the elevator.
”Now, go upstairs and drag down your incubators.”
”Rooms 1 to 100 are currently available in Area B of the basement 2. Players with the highest contribution points will be selected first. Everyone can have a room as their resurrection point.”
”Go quickly, don’t stand here stupidly. Those who are late will be randomly assigned.”
Under the urging of the manager, the players finally dispersed and ran back upstairs to work, carrying one incubator after another down.
Soon, the hall of the basement 2 was filled with incubators.
Including the 10 players who had just entered the game, almost all 81 players who had no tasks gathered here.
Each incubator has a specific number, which corresponds to the player’s own U ID, so there is no need to worry about confusion.
The next step is to arrange seats.
As veteran players of the most advanced game, the four people in the Niu Ma team undoubtedly have the highest contribution rate and successfully took the four rooms from 001 to 004.
Then it was Mosquito and Teng Teng, one took No. 6 and the other took No. 8.
Next came Brother Chaodan, who had been a chef in two versions and a butcher in one version, and Yaya, who had made a fortune by building a leech nest.
The two came up and saw that all the single-digit numbers had been taken, so they decisively took 66 and 88.
The numbers were a bit late, but the numbers were awesome.
As for the others, it didn’t matter!
In less than half an hour, almost all the rooms were allocated, and as for the players on duty at the outpost and the abandoned tire factory, they were also randomly allocated to their own rooms.
The players happily dragged their incubators to the corresponding rooms to make room for beds.
As for the vacated beds, Chu Guang asked the players to send them upstairs.
From now on, the B1 floor will be reserved for himself and the core NPCs who need to go to the surface frequently.
As for the remaining 100 rooms in Area B of the B2 floor, we can consider taking in some technicians or special talents collected from the wasteland in the future.
It is best to have them come from cryogenic hibernation, so that their “bloodline” will be purer and their knowledge system will be relatively more complete.
After settling the players, Chu Guang came to the surface and found Hai En pacing back and forth in front of the sanatorium.
Seeing Chu Guang, the businessman from Honghe Town’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately came up to him with a big smile.
”My friend, you have finally adjusted your schedule. I can’t help but want to go down to find you.”
Chu Guang smiled faintly.
”You may not be able to use this elevator.”
”I know, so I didn’t even try it,” Hein chuckled and continued, “Just now, my most capable assistant Wen sent good news. The caravan from Honghe City has set off and is expected to arrive within three days. We plan to complete the transaction at the tire factory!”
Chu Guang did not ask Hein how he got the news.
Radio is not a very high-end technology, and in addition to radio, this world obviously has many other means of communication that he has never heard of.
For example, the signal transmission between the player’s helmet, clones and culture chamber is obviously not carried out through radio.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve no delay at all.
”I hope you brought what I want.” Chu Guang looked at him and said.
”Of course, this is what we agreed on.” Hein took off his hat and bowed, his face full of piety and respect, “Honesty and trustworthiness are my motto.”
Chu Guang had a deep understanding of his acting skills, so he just smiled faintly and did not comment.
Believe your lies?
The grass on the grave is two feet high!
If you are unlucky, you don’t even have a grave.
…
With the demise of the Blood Hand Clan, the largest looting group in the northern suburbs was completely destroyed.
The roof of the abandoned tire factory was planted with the flag of 404, and on the wall were blue jackets holding iron pipe rifles.
Until the new looting forces set their sights on this piece of fat meat, the survivors in this area could enjoy a brief peace.
In the terms of the game, due to the heroic fighting of the players, the “looting level” of the local area dropped by three levels, and the prosperity increased by one level.
At the same time, the regional reputation of Shelter No. 404 increased by 100, the power relationship of neutral survivors increased by 10, the frequency of caravans increased by 10%, and the probability of neutral NPCs surrendering increased by 10%…
These are the contents updated by Chu Guang on the official website, only for players and cloud players to brag and be proud of.
In fact, he also found that not everyone in the forum believed that this game really existed, and many people simply thought they were playing a “set game”.
But even so, it is quite interesting to watch so many people “talk nonsense” so seriously, just like the early MUD games in the past, more than 90% of the content depends on a group of people’s imagination.
However, as one of the most widely circulated urban legends in the current gaming circle, even if a large amount of personal information needs to be filled in to reserve an account, there are still many new players who are eager to sign up.
Their motivation is actually very simple.
The closed beta qualification means that the forum account has a player logo, even if it is talking nonsense, it is more convincing than those cloud players without logos.
But when the helmet appears at their doorstep, their expressions must be very exciting.
Regardless of the parallel world, with the launch of the “VM” equipment, the players’ enthusiasm for exploration has almost reached its peak.
Even if the snow outside is getting heavier and heavier, it still can’t stop them from exploring the map. After all, watching the map shadow disappear from the screen little by little is a very relaxing thing in itself.
The key is that it is quite convenient to operate, just walk along the wall.
If Chu Guang had not set limits on the exploration area, prohibiting them from going north into the wilderness and into the city, they might have dared to reach the Stone City by their own two legs and two hands.
Of course, the greater possibility is that they died on the way.
There is almost no main road to go to the Stone City from here. You either have to go west along the wreckage of the elevated loop line, or find a way to cross large areas of ruins and collapsed high-rise buildings.
And the cold winter will make everything more dangerous.
People dying is a small matter. The trouble is that you have to issue corpse-running tasks and find a way to retrieve their bodies and VM equipment.
Especially VM equipment, which is much more valuable than the player’s body. It costs 40 silver coins to buy it!
In addition to the players, the only two indigenous “NPCs” in the outpost, a weapons shop owner and a warehouse manager, were also used by Chu Guangan to use the NPC-specific version of VM.
With the help of the teleprompter, the work efficiency of the two people has indeed improved a lot. At least when buying and selling things, they don’t have to ask the players to say it again because they don’t understand what they said.
”The snow is getting heavier and heavier.”
On the wall of the abandoned tire factory.
Looking at the streets, street lights, vehicle wreckage and buildings covered with silver frost, the fully armed Chu Guang suddenly sighed softly.
Such heavy snow will definitely have an impact on the industrial production of the outpost.
Even if the players are not afraid of the cold, do not feel pain, and can overcome the severe cold with the will of workers, they will still be frostbitten, frozen, or even shocked. We
can’t let them make steel in the shelter.
Hain, who was standing aside, couldn’t guess Chu Guang’s thoughts, but just smiled and gave his compliments.
”This year is expected to be colder than last year, and the survivors around are probably having a hard time. But you shouldn’t worry, the shelter is like spring all year round.”
Chu Guang didn’t respond to him, but just kept looking to the north.
The cold north wind was howling, rolling up the falling snow like
a knife. Behind the misty snow, human figures suddenly appeared.
Hain’s reaction was faster than Chu Guang’s, with surprise in his eyes, and he excitedly pointed to the snow mist in front.
”Sir! Our caravan is here!”
(End of this chapter)
