Chapter 240 Alpha10 version update! Epic enhancement of life and occupation gameplay!

  Chapter 240 Alpha 1.0 version update! Epic enhancement of life and occupation gameplay!

  ”MMP!”

  ”Let these beasts run away.”

  Standing at the edge of the forest on the northeast side of the Elm District, Chu Guang held a telescope in his hand, looking at Yuanxi Town hundreds of meters away, and couldn’t help cursing.

  A few days ago, the tracked vehicles of the guard team patrolled the entire northern suburbs, searching for the six fleeing hundred-man teams. Three of them were wiped out, but more than half of the predators still ran away.

  Chu Guang estimated that some of the predators should have run to Lion Fang and brought him the news of the defeat of the black snake.

  But what he didn’t expect was that this group of people was so cowardly.

  Not only did they not attack, but they turned around and ran away!

  ”If you can beat them, they will fight, and if you can’t beat them, they will run away. It’s very much like the style of those predators.”

  Standing next to Chu Guang, Vanus also held a telescope and continued after observing for a while.

  ”…But these fortifications are very much like the style of the legion.”

  The looters reinforced the ruins with wood, dug trenches on the streets, set up roadblocks and bunkers.

  This place was transformed into a fortress.

  On a three-story ruin, he even saw a gun position reinforced with sandbags and wood.

  Judging from the reserved “concave” shooting holes, it was probably some kind of indirect-fire infantry gun.

  However, the gun there had been removed.

  ”It can be seen that they retreated in a hurry, and only had time to set a fire… Most of the fortifications were not destroyed in time.”

  Chu Guang put away the telescope and touched the side of the helmet with his index finger.

  ”Queue 1, move forward.”

  ”Received.”

  Liu Ding, who was standing 500 meters ahead, received the order and gestured to the player next to him.

  After receiving the order, 5 teams with a total of 50 people immediately moved forward and entered the abandoned town from five directions.

  Wearing an exoskeleton with welded steel plates, Lao Bai held an LD-47j light machine gun in his hand, and the muzzle moved around the windows on the street.

  He also had a two-meter-long “cavalry lance” hanging on his back, but it would not be necessary at this distance.

  ”It’s so quiet here.”

  ”The looters stationed here should have withdrawn,” Fang Chang glanced at the human skull on the side of the road, looked around vigilantly and said, “The whole town doesn’t look like there are any living people.”

  Blood stains were painted on the walls as hideous graffiti, and there were some crooked words and symbols.

  It looked like some kind of evil religious ritual.

  Uneaten corpses were thrown on the side of the road, and filthy things were everywhere on the street, making the ground a mess.

  Ye Shi swallowed his saliva.

  The atmosphere here was so oppressive that he felt suffocated.

  He would rather fight the looters head-on than explore this place that made him feel physically uncomfortable.

  ”Damn, why does it feel like a horror game…”

  Kuangfeng looked around and nodded expressionlessly.

  ”Well, the Resident Evil version of Silent Hill… a similar feeling.”

  The surroundings were too quiet.

  Not to mention living people.

  Not even a mouse could be seen.

  The group continued to advance along the route indicated on the VM, and cooperated with other teams to conduct a round of search of the outer area of ​​the entire town.

  After confirming that there were no looters, they continued to go deeper along the main road and advanced to the center of the town.

  There is a clock tower here, with a wide view around it. It is the tallest building in the entire town. It is probably used by the looters as a headquarters or something similar.

  After pushing open the wooden door of the clock tower, Lao Bai, who was in the front row, walked in first, but was soon driven out by the stench inside.

  ”Damn…”

  ”What did you see.” Ye Shi walked up curiously.

  ”I advise you not to look.”

  Lao Bai just said this, but it was too late. Ye Shi, who walked through the door and walked in, had already stood up with the door.

  In the hall of the clock tower, corpses piled up into a small mountain.

  The buzzing of flies was like a tsunami, black things crawled on the pile of corpses, and the hot air that hit them was filled with the stench of decay. It was as if all the cockroaches in the town had run here, some as big as a fist, and some as big as a shoe…

  Kuangfeng went in to take a look and was slightly stunned.

  ”This is too…”

  This visual impact.

  Even with the filter, it is somewhat mentally polluting.

  It’s just like a nightmare.

  ”…I feel that the public beta is a long way off. If we don’t change the blood and corpses into green blocks, it will be difficult to end.” Elf King Fugui said with a smack of his tongue.

  Irena looked at him with an ambiguous expression.

  ”Be more confident and get rid of the feeling.”

  …

  After an hour of carpet search, it can be basically confirmed that the thousand-man team stationed in Yuanxi Town has evacuated.

  And it was evacuated about three days ago, with the target being Xizhou City in the north.

  Before evacuating, the looters executed all the slaves, sprinkled insect eggs on their bodies, burned the supplies that they didn’t have time to take away, and even set a fire on the fortifications.

  However, due to the lack of fuel, except for the burning of food, most of the wooden bunkers and roadblocks survived.

  If we wait another half a month, the whole town may become a paradise for mutant cockroaches and flies.

  Although those “little guys” are not strong in combat and can hardly pose a direct threat to the wastelanders, they are quite good at spreading diseases and stealing supplies.

  Obviously, Lion Fang does not want this “fortress” to fall into the hands of the survivors in the northern suburbs, so it tries to prevent them from occupying it in this way.

  Chu Guang ordered the players to set a fire in the bell tower and burn the aliens and corpses inside.

  It is nearly 30 kilometers from here to the outpost. It is too difficult to recover these corpses, and it is not cost-effective.

  The two active substance extractors have been working 24 hours a day, and the production tasks have been scheduled from the beginning of the month to the end of the month.

  At least for a period of time, there is no need to worry about the problem of resurrection coins.

  Standing at the north intersection of Yuanxi Town, Wrench spread out a map in front of Chu Guang and made several red crosses along the contour lines with a marker.

  ”… It’s nearly 20 kilometers from Yuanxi Town to the southernmost tip of Xizhou City. There are hills and forests along the way. Although there are three roads from the pre-war era, they are basically abandoned. If they plan to move towards us from the north, the marching route is quite limited.”

  ”I suggest building an operation base in Yuanxi Town, setting up a radio base station, and building outposts along the northern hills, setting up radio stations and communication equipment, and closely monitoring the movements in the north!”

  Chu Guang stared at the map for a while, and then looked at the hills covered with trees in the north. The snow hanging on the treetops was connected into a piece. In the vast white snow, only a few abandoned high-voltage power towers and a few relics of unknown use could be seen. The

  view there is good, and the surrounding terrain is open.

  If an outpost can be built on the top of that hill, it should not be a problem to include an area of ​​5 kilometers or even 10 kilometers in the field of vision.

  The only thing to worry about is the alien species in the forest.

  Monsters, cave beasts, mutant brown bears, wild boars, monkeys and even death claws are very likely to appear in the forest.

  Each outpost must be equipped with at least two machine guns and a 20mm cannon, and two Panzerfaust rocket launchers.

  This should ensure the safety of the sentinels.

  Chu Guang nodded slightly and said.

  ”This is a good suggestion. How many people do you think are suitable?”

  Wrench thought for a moment and said.

  ”There are always three people at the outpost, two shifts a day, 30 people should be enough!”

  Chu Guang picked up the marker and added three marks on the map, then returned the map to Wrench.

  ”I’ll give you 50 people, and the number of outposts will increase from 5 to 8. You must keep a close eye on this area!”

  ”Report to me in time if there is any situation.”

  The work of standing guard can only be handed over to the guard team. Players can’t do boring work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  He plays games by himself, and can squat for a boss for a day, but he can’t squat all the time.

  However, some tasks related to Yuanxi Town can be issued to divert a group of hunters, scavengers, explorers, and professional life players to this area, and the number of people can be controlled between 20 and 90.

  With the help of the NPC’s fixed sentry, it should be safe.

  He clasped his hands together and said,

  ”Yes!”

  The plains of the Valley Province are mainly concentrated in the north and south ends. On the map, they are in the form of a strip that runs from east to west. They are the transportation hubs for the eastern provinces to the western provinces.

  It’s like two corridors.

  The large area sandwiched between the two corridors is mostly hilly and gentle slopes, with a few plains scattered around.

  Most of the cities before the war were also on these plains, or at least centered on the plains and spreading to the hills along the contour lines.

  Most of the survivors in Qingquan City have a good life, and a large part of the reason is that they are located at the transportation hub connecting the east and the west, where there are large plains.

  Unless the road is blocked by heavy snow, there will usually be many caravans passing through the northern or southern suburbs of Qingquan City, and they usually bring a lot of good things.

  Yuanxi Town is located at the northernmost end of Yumu District, and it is also the northernmost side of this southern corridor.

  After passing through the hills in the north, continue walking for more than 20 kilometers to reach Xizhou City controlled by the Ya clan.

  Whether it is to protect the safety of farmland and Changjiu Farm, or to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes, it is necessary to control the strategic location of Yuanxi Town.

  ”If I were a member of the Bone Chewing Tribe, I would wait until autumn to come again.”

  Vanus, who was standing next to Chu Guang, glanced in the north and continued.

  ”Do you want to consider deploying a 100mm artillery on the hill? That thing has average anti-armor capabilities, but it is still no problem to blow up an infantry or break a track.”

  Chu Guang looked at him and said.

  ”I was planning to do that. By the way, how far can your legion’s artillery hit?”

  Vanus thought for a moment and answered.

  ”The effective range is 11 kilometers, but sometimes it can reach 13 kilometers. If it is a rocket-assisted range bomb, the range may be doubled, but I looked at the batch of shells you seized, and it seems that they are all ordinary high-explosive bombs.”

  When attacking the Pioneer before, the two howitzers he used were the legion’s standard 100mm artillery, deployed in the forest of the Elm District, and hit the Changjiu Farm more than ten kilometers away.

  But the two guns did not play any role.

  Not only were most of the shells fired intercepted by the more technologically advanced point defense system, but they were later locked by drones and sent into the sky by the company’s employees with two metal hydrogen shells.

  But to be honest, compared to the company’s high-tech equipment that is expensive to build and maintain, this cheap, easy-to-use, simple, rough and powerful large-caliber artillery is more suitable for the environment in the wasteland.

  After all, it is a waste to use a good thing like metal hydrogen to deal with predators.

  It is equivalent to using a submachine gun to kill cockroaches.

  After leaving a group of guards such as Wrench and Liu Ding here, Chu Guang led the players back home. After

  a whole winter of militarism, space for development has finally been opened.

  Now that spring is here, if we don’t farm, we will starve to death.

  After returning to the shelter, Chu Guang first opened the shelter system, entered the administrator’s allowance page, and confirmed the reward points.

  Due to the hard work of the players during this period, the reward points consumed at the celebration some time ago have recovered a lot, and now there are 271 points.

  ”It’s time to open the blind box again.”

  After careful consideration, Chu Guang selected 2 advanced blind boxes, 5 intermediate blind boxes, and 21 primary blind boxes.

  With the slight shaking of the wall, the alloy door opened, and the rewards from the blind box were quickly sent out along the conveyor belt.

  Looking at the things on the conveyor belt, Chu Guang showed a surprised expression on his face.

  ”This is…”

  It was a set of black exoskeleton with blue lines on the surface. The shape was a bit similar to the five-style exoskeleton, but its size was not small, and it was a circle larger than the five-style.

  To make an inappropriate but vivid metaphor, if the five-style exoskeleton is compared to a basketball uniform, then this set is a rugby uniform. The heavy composite material plate hangs on the chest, and the scale-like armor lining almost covers more than 90% of the body.

  [Six-style “heavy cavalry” police exoskeleton: The improved model of the five-style has stronger bulletproof capabilities than the five-style “light cavalry” exoskeleton. It can not only resist the shooting of light weapons, but also resist the shock wave and fragment damage caused by the explosion to a certain extent. 】

  ”It’s something.”

  Chu Guang put it on with interest and moved his limbs.

  The power source is probably a chemical battery such as azide or solid hydrogen. Under normal use, the battery life is 24 hours.

  Compared with nuclear-powered power armor, this thing is more suitable for daily wear. It can be recharged when the power is used up, without having to look for cold fusion batteries everywhere.

  As for the other advanced blind box, the reward is very ordinary, an EMP grenade.

  So far, this thing is the most useless thing in the advanced blind box. The things opened in

  the intermediate and primary blind boxes are pretty good, including two treatment needles, two boxes of bandages, a box of antibiotics, and a large number of canned food, portable food and condiments.

  ”It’s a pity that no seeds were opened this time.”

  It would be perfect if a few more high-yield crops could be unlocked!

  After confirming the reward, Chu Guang came to the office and sat down, turned on the computer, and logged on to the official website for a tour.

  Today’s little players are still as strict as ever.

  The two factory managers of the No. 81 Steel Plant are having a heated discussion with the cloud players about whether to change the 20mm machine gun to a 37mm rapid-fire gun to increase the charge of the shells and produce a greater explosion effect.

  Mosquito used a pencil to draw a picture that only he could understand, showing the new equipment that Goblin Technology is developing – a “crab tank” with a split-claw crab shell as armor, a wood engine as power, and equipped with an 88mm short-barreled mortar and a 20mm machine gun!

  Although everyone complained about whether this thing could withstand a tank’s shot, Mosquito still insisted that this was the equipment that met the needs of the wasteland.

  ”Where can we get so much steel to build tanks! And this is a wasteland, brothers, where can we get so many tanks for you to fight?”

  ”Obviously what we need is a heavy equipment that can quickly harvest soft targets and traverse rugged terrain. It does not need strong protection, as long as it can block bullets.”

  ”The shell of the cracked claw crab meets this need perfectly! With eight mechanical legs, it can cross gullies, pits and bunkers like a spider, open up paths for our troops across the line, and provide direct fire support! Even the death claw has to run away like a reptile in front of the 88mm mortar!” The

  human body outlining chef: “Although I don’t understand it at all, it sounds awesome.”

  Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning: “How do you plan to make the eight mechanical legs move in coordination? And what if one is broken? In my opinion, it is better to directly use tracks or get big tires, just like an off-road vehicle!”

  WC is really a mosquito: “Haha, what do you care! I have my own way!”

  Highland Security: “You should quickly make a plane. Make a piston propeller plane. Isn’t it better than this thing? It can clean the ground, conduct reconnaissance, and beat a few bandits.”

  Siberian Ivan: “Just go to the airship! That thing has a large bomb load, and it can drop tons of explosives!”

  WC really has mosquitoes: “MMP! It’s easy to say, come in and do it!”

  Yaer I want to go to the toilet: “But to be honest, you can try the wooden plane. I remember that the big mosquito bomber seems to be made of wood and glue. Furniture factories can make it. Only the engine, landing gear and connecting parts are made of metal. It can carry 4,000 pounds of bombs. The speed is especially fast, comparable to BF109, but it takes a little pilot.”

  Ward foot who Levin: “The old Russian Po-2 biplane seems to be a wooden plane. It has been in service for half a century.”

  Irena: “Charlie from the shop? (Funny)”

  Looking at the content of these little players’ exchanges, Chu Guang was very pleased.

  Airplanes.

  That’s a good thing. It should be

  no problem to build an airstrip at Changjiu Farm and fly to Xizhou City.

  At that time, take a few photos in the sky to understand the deployment of troops of the “Ya” clan of the Bone Chewing Tribe in that area, so as to deal with the next attack.

  Who knows, there may be an opportunity to counterattack.

  However, there is no rush for this matter.

  The most severe moment has passed. Shelter No. 404 has been militaristic for a whole winter. What it needs most now is development.

  After entering February, a large number of caravans will pass through Qingquan City, and the buff of the company’s permanent partner will soon come in handy.

  Before that, he needs to be fully prepared and seize this historic opportunity.

  ”It shouldn’t be a problem to feed another 300 people with the food seized from the black snake.”

  ”Although it’s a month earlier than planned, now is the time when we need manpower.”

  ”The shelter needs more players with life professions, especially those who have farming experience in real life.”

  ”It’s time to release Alpha 1.0.”

  It’s not difficult to filter out these players.

  Now the number of reservations has almost exceeded 100,000. According to the questionnaire, it is more than enough to select 300 players with user labels such as “agriculture-related occupations or majors”, “farming tendencies”, “business game enthusiasts”, and “liver emperors”.

  There is no need for these 300 people to go to farm obediently.

  This is neither realistic nor in line with the logic of the game.

  But as long as 1/10 of them, or even 1/20 of them can stay in the fields 24 hours a day like Maka, it is enough for Chu Guang.

  It would be best if these players could combine their real-life experience to improve agricultural tools and planting techniques and bring them to the wasteland.

  Now the industrial zone can independently produce pot-carrying machines, and mosquitoes have begun to make crab chariots. It should not be a problem to build two tractors before the spring plowing begins.

  With some other cheap and easy-to-use tools, as long as they can solve 1/3 of the production tasks, they can help the managers a lot!

  After thinking for a while, Chu Guang opened the text document and edited a line of words in it.

  [Alpha1.0 version update announcement! ]

  [Major update:

  1. The number of closed beta players has increased to 1,100!

  2. New professions such as “farmer” and “operator” have been added, and the agricultural and commercial systems have been fully upgraded!

  ]

  [Optimization:

  1. Richer task content: The game content has been expanded to the area around Yuanxi Town, and more alien species can be hunted. But please be careful, there are death claws in that area. Since all the items are dropped upon death, low-level players should be cautious when going there!

  2. More NPCs and merchants with unique styles: After the game time enters February, merchants from the eastern and western provinces will pass through Changjiu Farm.

  3. Richer ecosystem: Starting from the new version, players can capture alien cubs, tame wild animals, and turn them into pets. They will become your good helpers, whether helping you search for prey, carry goods, or plow the fields… Please explore more gameplay by yourself.

  4. Fixed a small number of bugs.

  …

  】

  [New expansion pack: “Swords into Plowshares” is now online! 】

  [Round B testing will begin after the expansion pack is unlocked. Stay tuned for more new content, new maps, and new elements! ]

  (End of this chapter)