Chapter 213: The price has increased? It’s a closed beta, just get used to it!
Chapter 213: The price has increased? It’s a closed beta test, just get used to it!
Sss——
the hatch opened.
Climbing out of the incubator, [Construction Site Boy and Brick] looked up at the ceiling and howled as if he had been reborn.
”Oh my god!”
”I’m finally alive!”
Three days!
Three whole days without being able to go online!
Only he himself knew how he survived these three days.
The first thing he did after coming out was, of course, to take a shower to get rid of the bad luck. He
quickly put on his clothes, picked up the VM placed at the head of the cabin and put it on, and [Construction Site Boy and Brick] rushed into the bathroom at the speed of light, and soon came out refreshed.
However, when he saw the water bill, his happy mood instantly turned into MMP.
”Fuck! I only took a ten-minute shower, how come it’s only 1 silver coin!?”
He clearly remembered that he came out on time at the last second of 9 minutes and 59 seconds!
Just at this moment, a big lizard came out of the shower room next door.
Garbage Jun glanced at him and laughed.
”Brother, how long have you not been online?”
The construction site boy and the brick glanced at him.
”Three days! What’s wrong?”
”Three days? No wonder you didn’t know. The price of bathing increased yesterday. Now it’s 1 silver coin every 10 minutes, and 2 silver coins every minute from the 30th minute.”
The construction site boy and the brick were shocked when they heard it.
”1 silver coin for 10 minutes?! Why don’t you go and grab it!”
Garbage Jun seemed to have expected his reaction and said calmly.
”Calm down, although the bath water is expensive, the income from the task has also increased in the past two days. Now you can do the tunnel cleaning task once a day, and 40 gnawers will give you 50 silver coins!”
The construction site boy and the brick looked at him with an unbelievable expression.
”50 silver coins?! Are you kidding?”
Garbage Jun laughed.
”Why would I lie to you? If you are short of money, I will take you to the tunnel. There are a lot of monsters in it, and there are so many of them. It’s so cool to kill them!”
Inflation.
Good thing!
You don’t have to take a bath every day, but you have to do the tasks every day!
It’s not just the task income that is adjusted, but also the type and number of tasks.
Previously, his income from the tunnel was just over 50 silver coins per day, but now it has directly increased to over 100, which is doubled!
And it is not only him whose income has risen, even the newbies have also enjoyed the joy of rising income.
Now, doing the task of “corpse chaser”, carrying the gnawers to the recycling point next to the active substance extractor, originally 10 gnawers can earn 1 silver coin, but now it has become 5 gnawers 1 silver.
Many newbies follow the team to do this job to deliver express delivery, and if they are lucky, they can even earn 20 silver coins a day.
This is much more comfortable than working hard to earn 10 silver coins a day before!
After checking the task bar through the VM, the construction site boy and the brick finally understood the meaning of Brother Garbage’s words.
The income from the task has indeed increased a lot.
The task with the lowest reward was originally settled with copper coins, but now the copper coins seem to have disappeared from the task bar. Even the lowest-yielding errand task has a reward of more than 1 silver coin. If it is an errand task across survivor settlements, the reward starts at 5 silver coins.
From this point of view…
the water bill has increased a little, which is not too outrageous?
”It’s only been three days since I went online… Why do I feel like I’ve been on OB for three months?” Putting down the VM, the construction site boy and the brick were full of emotion.
Brother Garbage patted the man on the shoulder.
”It’s closed beta, it’s normal, you’ll get used to it!”
”I remember yesterday, brother Mole even opened a special thread to analyze the increase in the income of this mission across the board. In fact, the omen is very obvious. The second-generation currency system only revised the silver coin, and did not mention the copper coin at all. The operator is likely to plan to reduce the currency circulating in the market, so they simply abandoned the copper coin!”
[Construction Site Boy and Brick] was confused.
After a long time, he asked.
”Is it a good thing or a bad thing?”
Mr. Garbage shook his head.
”I don’t know. I feel it’s a mixed bag. Those with a lot of money in their accounts will definitely feel uncomfortable for a while, but on the contrary, it will be easier to get equipment from now on, which is definitely a good thing for most players.”
”Especially the 7mm bullets, the price has not increased, it’s still 1 silver coin each! I see a lot of people who used to be reluctant to use burst fire even with full-auto, but now they can splurge on one occasionally.”
However, this doesn’t seem to have anything to do with him.
He can’t operate ordinary rifles at all, and the weapon shop can’t design a special weapon for him.
At present, among the open alien sequences, only the rat man does not have the debuff of [Hardworking].
Not long after, Edgewater, Debt Big Eyes and other good brothers also came to life one after another and walked out of their respective rooms.
When he saw Brother Shui coming out of the room, Big Eyes immediately walked up to him with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.
”Brother Shui, where are we going to give away heads today?”
Edgewater rolled his eyes.
”Go away, it’s so unlucky. If you want to give yourself a head, go by yourself. I need to grow up for a few days first! Damn it, I won’t be so reckless next time. I’m almost bursting waiting on the forum.”
Debt Big Eyes laughed.
”I know you, I’ll dare to do it next time!”
Edge Paddy: “Get lost.”
Although he didn’t play the game for the past three days, Edge Paddy has been hanging on the forum to keep up with the latest developments of the game.
Due to the heroic fighting of him and his team members, the vanguard of the Bone Chewing Tribe has been forced to evacuate from Qingquan City.
In the past three days, there have been strong winds and heavy snow every day. In many places, the snow has even piled up from the knees to the thighs, which can bury half a person.
Due to the thick snow on the road, the transportation route from Changjiu Farm to Elm District has been stopped, and it can only barely maintain the operation of the industrial zone and the route from the outpost to Changjiu Farm.
It can be foreseen that until the beginning of next spring, the people of the Bone Chewing Tribe should not continue to march south.
”By the way, does anyone know where to get the medal?”
Bianbian Huashui opened the VM and took a look, and found a message in his personal mailbox.
”I saw on the VM that it said it was in the manager’s office, and it was awarded by the manager himself…”
He was just halfway through his words.
Suddenly, an announcement popped up on the VM.
[Announcement for the whole server: The war between Shelter No. 404 and the looters has entered a fierce stage. In order to ensure the supply of wartime materials, the “Wartime Management Regulations” are now activated to control some daily necessities. The situation is serious, and I hope everyone can overcome it together. ]
[Duration: 60 days. ]
Everyone was slightly stunned, and their faces showed unexpected expressions.
Is this…
a new expansion pack coming out? ?
…
Article 1 of the “Wartime Management Regulations” states that green wheat and sheep’s horn potatoes are listed as controlled varieties, and personal purchases are suspended. They will be uniformly distributed by warehouses. Article 2:
The base price of staple foods such as corn, wheat, rice, and flour will be increased by 200%, and the base price of by-products such as cabbage and cabbage will be increased by 150%.
Article 3: The survivor settlements and temporary shelters directly under the jurisdiction of the shelter will provide residents with the necessary nutrition for survival, and each person can receive two servings per day.
Article 4: Residents who receive relief food are obliged to participate in labor. Including but not limited to engaging in production work, building shelters, and responding to mobilization when necessary.
Article 5, …
There are a total of 18 wartime management regulations, of which one-third are mainly related to players, and the rest are mainly for refugees.
Including arranging for them to build houses, make fuel, and work in factories.
With enough food and fuel for heating, the refugees are in a relatively stable mood.
The players are even less affected.
Many players even regard “Wartime Regulations” as the third expansion pack in the game – as a continuation of the first expansion pack of Wasteland OL “Winter is Coming”.
Forum.
Gossip discussion area.
Just after the peak period of offline, the topic of “Wartime Regulations” became lively.
Ye Shi: “Is there any class representative who can come out and interpret it? What is Guang planning again? (funny)”
Yirena: “I’ll tag the class representatives for you @The Future Is Long @The Canyon Escaping Mole. (funny)”
The Canyon Escaping Mole: “What’s the point of tagging me, tagging Guang. (squinting)”
Fang Chang: “Emmm… From the current perspective, the answer to the version should be the life profession players, but the life profession players are also the ones who are nerfed the most. If anyone can figure out how to feed the most people with the least amount of food, he or she will probably be favored by the version. I’m just guessing.”
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: “How about we make fried noodles? If you don’t care about the taste, that thing can fill you up and the ingredients are simple.” Sparing Someone from the Knife:
”This is only a temporary solution, what’s missing is …
It’s about what to eat, not how to eat it. I think we should develop more ingredients!”
Lao Bai: “For example?”
Yirena: “How about cockroaches? (Funny)”
Elf King Fugui: “Fuck, I have such a strong taste! (Frightened)”
Lao Bai: “+1, even in the game, I will never eat that stuff!”
Drum Shampooing Machine: “Where’s the mouse? Sanzhier is famous in our place. (Funny)”
Forced Man: “Trembling.”
Tail: “How about we eat the meat!” (｀ω)”
Meat Mountain Big Bun: “No! Although my gene sequence is a different species, I am also a human being! (Frightened)”
Midnight Killer Chicken: “Bear Paw! (﹃*)”
Meat Mountain Big Bun: “QAQ”
…
Near the new industrial zone.
In front of the abandoned department store.
Unprocessed wood is piled up in the open space, forming a pyramid shape. Refugees keep walking around the wood piles, busy all the time.
Some people carried axes and chopped large logs into small pieces of firewood. Others sawed them into planks and carried them into the abandoned department store to repair damaged walls and seal the leaky doors and windows. The
ventilation in the underground garage was worse than expected. After they arrived here, they found that it could not accommodate so many people. The refugees who were transferred here could only temporarily live on the first floor of the department store.
Fortunately, the people in the shelter sent them a batch of wood and some bricks for building stoves in a truck in time.
Thanks to these wood and bricks, they really helped them a lot!
Through the stove and smoke vents made of bricks, they can exhaust the burning smoke from the building without having to put burning charcoal next to the bed at the risk of poisoning and fire.
Since the damaged walls and windows were sealed, the fuel consumption rate also dropped a lot.
The chef set up a big pot at the door and cooked porridge in the pot.
Although the air was filled with the smell of grass, the rolling bubbles more or less gave the survivors, whose noses were red, a glimmer of hope for their future lives.
The manager in blue armor kept his word.
Those blue coats did not abandon them.
Although life here is not satisfactory, at least they can survive.
As long as they can survive, there is hope!
…
So far, it has taken a total of three days.
The survivors of the five survivor bases, including Chaowei Battery Factory, Dongliu Camp, and Highway Town, have all completed the transfer.
A vacuum zone has been formed at the outermost edge of the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. The next time those predators come, they may only find some useless garbage nearby.
The plan of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields has taken shape!
However, due to the heavy snow in recent days and the shortage of supplies such as food and fuel, the relocation plan for the second and third batches had to be suspended.
Chu Guang made a promise to the remaining seven survivor settlements.
If they are attacked, reinforcements from the shelter will arrive within half an hour. They only need to hold on for half an hour, and the rest can be left to the soldiers in the shelter.
But to be honest, the possibility of being attacked in this kind of weather is smaller than being frozen to death.
Even though the ten-kilometer-long road from the outpost to Changjiu Farm has been repaired and there are no obvious potholes, trucks passing by here will occasionally break down once or twice, not to mention marching in the wilderness.
With the bumpy road conditions in the wasteland, I am afraid that the large army will be trapped in the snow and wait for death after walking a few kilometers.
What’s more, the Bone Chewing Tribe is located further north, and the situation they are facing at the moment is not easier than theirs. The temperature in the northern suburbs is far more than minus ten degrees, and it may even reach twenty or thirty.
Even if they eat people,
they have to cook the meat…
This year’s winter is not only stronger than previous years, it can only be described as tragic.
Chu Guang had gone to Beth Street before, and while inspecting the situation there, he also chatted with Old Charlie.
Old Charlie said at the time that he had lived here for a few years.
And as bad as this year’s situation has only occurred twice in his memory…
…
The second day of the implementation of the “Wartime Regulations”.
Although the sudden shortage of food supply made life a little worse than before, it did not bring unbearable impact on the players’ gaming experience. The
two varieties that were restricted from purchase were mainly green wheat and sheep’s horn potatoes, while rice, potatoes, wheat, corn and various flours were not included in the purchase restrictions.
With the income of the players, they can afford the latter.
However, the doubled base price still made many professional players who set up stalls feel under great pressure.
The market at the north gate.
It was time for dinner.
The players sitting in front of Zhang Hai’s ramen stall shouted out.
”Boss Zhang, why are the prices of your noodles going up again?”
”That’s right! The meat is cut thinner than paper, but how come the plain noodles are 2 silver coins a bowl!”
”It’s twice as expensive! Too much!”
Annoyed by the shouting, Zhang Hai knocked on the big pot of noodles with a spoon, impatiently. ”
What are you shouting about? Go ask the flour seller in the warehouse! A kilogram of corn flour is sold for 5 silver coins! Is it too much for me to charge you 2 silver coins for 2 taels of noodles? Huh?”
shouted again.
I’ll sell it for 3 silver coins tomorrow!
However, what Zhang Hai didn’t expect was that the diners sitting in front of the stall didn’t buy it and continued to shout.
”Fuck! I was wondering why there was so little noodles, it was only 2 taels!”
”It can’t be said to be too much, this is too much!”
”Where is the Market Supervision Bureau? I’m going to call the police, there’s a black-hearted merchant cutting corners here!”
Zhang Hai: “@#%!”
Damn it!
I’ll sell it for 3 silver coins a bowl tomorrow!
It’s not just the ramen sellers who have raised prices, but also the barbecue sellers and the steamed bun sellers.
Only at this time, the players can’t help but miss the mushrooms of Boss Crow.
The mushroom soup, which costs one silver coin per bowl, is a ray of hope in the cold winter.
I thought it was expensive before, but now I think it’s really cheap.
When the mushroom beach resumes business in the spring of next year, I hope Boss Crow can keep a little bit of good memories for them, but don’t raise the price…
Walking in the market at the north gate, Chu Guang was thinking about what to eat tonight while listening to the voices of the players.
Understanding the people’s sentiments is also part of the manager’s job.
After all, if you only look at a report, it is easy to fall into the misunderstanding of “map strategist”.
Overall, the impact of this round of price increases is still controllable, and the effect has met Chu Guang’s expectations. The
average daily income of players has increased by 50%~100%, the price of food, clothing and daily necessities has increased by 100%~150%, and the price of industrial products such as weapons and bullets has remained unchanged, which is equivalent to a price reduction.
In a word, life profession players are not weakened, and combat profession players are epically strengthened!
At present, the only things that have not increased in price in the entire market are probably the milk sold by nomads and some dried meat made from prey.
The herders of the Frostspear tribe brought the air-dried meat production process from afar, and the dried meat produced has a unique flavor. Because it is easy to carry and cheap, it is very popular among some players who need to play in the wild. Although the taste is slightly inferior, it is very cost-effective as dry food.
After all, green wheat is now a “controlled product”, and green wheat cakes have disappeared from the market.
Without cakes, young players can only use dried meat as dry food.
Walking beside Chu Guang, Xia Yan muttered softly.
”Is it my illusion? Why do I feel that my salary is getting more and more difficult to spend?”
Today’s dinner actually cost her 7 silver coins!
This is the first time that she has felt a sense of crisis that her salary is not enough.
Chu Guang didn’t feel much, and replied in a relaxed tone.
”Think about it from another angle. If more players buy guns from you, your performance will also increase. Soon you will find that your salary is more than doubled.”
Xia Yan: “But a gun can be used for a long time, right? Your players can’t buy guns every day.”
Chu Guang said patiently.
”You can’t think like that. If you buy a gun, you have to buy bullets, right? If you have a gun, you have to upgrade some accessories, right? Sights, bulletproof vests, helmets, fragmentation grenades, more durable backpacks, bandages, etc. … These all cost money.”
In the past, the productivity of the shelter was insufficient, and Chu Guang had to be very careful when setting task rewards to avoid overflowing the player’s deposit data.
Now, the productivity of the shelter has reached a new stage. Chu Guang needs players to consume and buy the weapons and armor produced by the factory, so that the factory can expand production and further reduce costs.
This cycle can form a virtuous cycle of supply and demand balance.
Looking at Xia Yan, who was confused, Chu Guang smiled faintly.
”Forget it if you can’t figure it out. These things are too difficult for you.”
Xia Yan glanced at Chu Guang and said with some awareness.
”Why do I feel like you are laughing at me?”
Chu Guang would not admit it, and replied casually.
”I never said that.”
After walking around the market, Chu Guang finally bought three meat buns, and bought two bottles of milk from the stall of the sisters Qiu Cao and Qiu Ye as dinner for today.
The weather was too cold and I didn’t have much appetite.
Besides, everyone was tightening their belts, and as a manager, he couldn’t afford to be extravagant.
He walked towards the direction of the sanatorium.
Just as Chu Guang walked to the door, he saw Yin Fang coming out of the elevator.
He was holding a small metal gadget in his hand, which looked about the size of a basketball, with a square head and a square brain, shaped like a small octopus, and four mechanical legs under the chassis.
Chu Guang took a bite of the bun and looked at him curiously and asked.
”What are you holding in your hand?”
Seeing Chu Guang, Yin Fang’s eyes lit up and he said excitedly.
”A quadruped robot based on neural connection technology! Remember the black box you picked up from Shelter 117? Based on the neural connection device it generated, I slightly modified it with VM and some other parts, and then I got this thing. Isn’t it amazing? I made it myself!”
What?
Is it that powerful?
Chu Guang didn’t even have time to eat dinner. He looked at the thing in his hand and asked immediately.
”How do I use this thing?”
”It’s very simple! Just wear a special connection device… I just want to test its performance!”
Yin Fang took out a thumb-sized wireless headset from his pocket and threw it into Chu Guang’s hand, saying with a beaming face.
”You will know if you try it on!”
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(Tomorrow I will resume two updates!)
(End of this chapter)
