Chapter 25 Not Enough Manpower

  Chapter 25: Not Enough Manpower

  The cheers came from the cement kiln.

  Chu Guang walked over and saw Fang Chang and Lao Bai piling a pile of light grey powder on the ground, adding water and sand to mix it into a paste. A

  rough estimate is that this batch of cement is only about 20 kilograms.

  Since it is a trial firing, not much is fired in this batch. Judging from the volume of the filling port of the cement kiln, it should be no problem to process half a ton a day.

  Although it is not as good as professional production equipment, it can still be used.

  ”Dear Manager!”

  Noticing Chu Guang coming over here, the two players threw away their tools and excitedly greeted him.

  ”Cement!”

  ”We finally made silicate cement!”

  This is really not easy.

  In order to make the temperature in the cement kiln reach more than 1450 degrees, the two people were rubbing the blower desperately, adding charcoal into it one shovel after another, and the unicorn arm was almost formed.

  Especially Lao Bai, whose gene sequence is strength, he is about to upgrade again in these three days!

  ”You did a great job.”

  Chu Guang looked at them approvingly and nodded.

  ”With this cement, we have taken a big step forward in the first phase of the plan. The shelter will remember your contribution, and each of you will receive a 1,000 contribution point reward!”

  The two players showed joy on their faces.

  The hard work of the past few days has indeed not been in vain!

  However, what they didn’t know was that the NPC and dog planner standing in front of them had already begun to think about how to recycle the over-issued “currency” in their hands.

  Inflation is not good too fast, it will affect the life of the game.

  Otherwise…

  open a gashapon function?

  1,000 contribution points per draw?

  Not impossible.

  Just when Chu Guang was thinking about how to do it more appropriately, Fang Chang and Lao Bai looked at each other and said respectfully to him.

  ”Master Administrator, there is something I must report to you!”

  ”Go ahead.”

  ”Now that the cement has been successfully fired, we need more manpower to start the construction of the outpost!”

  Chu Guang looked at the two of them.

  ”How many people do you need?”

  Lao Bai said hurriedly.

  ”At least ten people! Of course, the more the better! The cement kiln needs manual blast calcination. Two people can operate one kiln in shifts. We will build the second one soon. This requires four people! At least four people are needed to carry stones from the construction site, and the rest will need more than eight people to repair the walls and houses.”

  Chu Guang calculated in his mind.

  This must be sixteen people?

  The food stored in the outpost is only enough for seven people including himself for a week. The population has suddenly tripled, and I don’t know if the logistics can handle it.

  Chu Guang hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind to take a gamble.

  It’s already the 9th.

  Nearly one-third of September has passed. If we don’t work harder, it will be difficult to complete the outpost before winter.

  ”Okay! I understand.”

  Nodding and looking at the two players, Chu Guang continued.

  ”I will apply for support from my superiors. In three days, a group of new members will wake up from hibernation and come to the surface to join our cause.”

  Hearing this, Lao Bai and Fang Chang showed joy on their faces.

  With the addition of new people, their infrastructure plan will be much easier than it is now!

  Not only that, Fang Chang’s conjecture was also verified.

  The authority of this NPC is indeed not as simple as that of a simple NPC, and it can even affect the progress of the game closed beta.

  This made Fang Chang think of the fantasy setting of online games in early online novels –

  [The game runs on a supercomputer with unlimited computing power, the game company has formulated a world view framework, and the content is completely generated dynamically by AI. ]

  Maybe Wasteland OL is like this!

  Fang Chang became more and more excited as he thought about it.

  He felt that he understood it again.

  …

  With carpenters and chefs, the working conditions and quality of life of players have been visibly improved.

  With the help of [WC really has mosquitoes], Lao Bai and Fang Chang’s construction team obtained molds for making mud bricks, and also helped Kuangfeng and Ye Shi improve the fishing traps.

  Even a tree stump was used to make a wooden toilet for the toilet that did not cut the buttocks.

  Now the toilet can finally be used by sitting.

  But not everyone likes this kind of toilet.

  For example, Kuangfeng.

  This guy seems to be a bit of a germophobe. Even in the game, he can’t accept using a toilet that has been used by others. He stubbornly dug a pit next to the original toilet and inserted wood to cover it.

  Thanks to this, the outpost now has a second toilet.

  But compared to these unimportant things, the most surprising thing is the fishing plan of this guy and Ye Shi.

  With the help of the improved trap, the two finally caught the first fish before dusk.

  And it was a big fish!

  Judging from the appearance, it should be a catfish.

  The reason why I say “should” is because the thick lips and head are really bizarrely large, with white spots scattered between the dark blue patterns, and the tentacles are dotted with coral-like red whiskers.

  Obviously, this is also a mutant after mutation.

  Looking at the “big guy” struggling in the trap to escape, Kuangfeng and Ye Shi were so excited that they were about to cry, not caring at all how ugly this guy looked.

  Three days!

  Three whole days!

  Finally, they caught one!

  While the birds circling in the sky and the animals on the lakeside were unaware, the two of them quickly dragged the big fish from the lakeside to the shore along with the trap, and brutally beat it to death with steel bars and clubs.

  After it was completely dead, they tied its head and tail to the steel bars with ropes, and carried the still twitching dead fish back to the outpost, one in front and one behind.

  ”Brother Chaodan, take a look, is this thing edible?”

  ”What the hell? What is this?”

  The [Tomato Scrambled Eggs] who was making the smoked fish rack stared at the catfish that Kuangfeng and Ye Shi had thrown on the ground, and his eyes almost popped out.

  He has been cooking for half his life, but this is the first time he has seen such a big catfish.

  The fish head alone can fill a basin.

  If this thing is thrown into the lake, can other fish survive?

  Catfish eat meat!

  ”It should be a catfish.” Kuangfeng said.

  ”Nonsense, of course I know it’s a catfish,” Chaodan squatted down and turned over its lips to take a look, then pulled it and said with his tongue, “Wow… I’m afraid it must be over a hundred pounds!”

  Ye Shi asked hurriedly.

  ”Can it be smoked?”

  ”Who the hell uses catfish to smoke fish…” Chaodan continued speechlessly, “This thing has a lot of fat, and there is moisturizing mucus on the surface. It’s quite troublesome to handle. I don’t know if it can be dehydrated.”

  ”What should I do?” Kuangfeng asked.

  ”I haven’t tried it either, let’s try it first…” Looking at the smoked fish rack he had made for half a day, Chaodan fell silent.

  A fish weighing over a hundred pounds would definitely be crushed if put on it.

  I can only redo it…

  …

  At dusk.

  Brother Chaodan took over the cooking instead of the manager and cooked a pot of fish head soup for the players, proving that this thing is indeed edible.

  And the taste is surprisingly good.

  Although there is no tofu as a side dish, and no onion, ginger, garlic, or cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, Brother Chaodan still relied on his superb cooking skills and only used salt and soy sauce as seasoning to make a pot of fish head soup that is fresh and not greasy.

  The players ate it with tears in their eyes.

  Brother Chaodan and Mosquito were surprised that there was a sense of taste in the game, and the other four players were moved to finally eat a bite of normal food.

  Woo woo woo, it’s not easy… I

  logged off at 6 pm that day, and it was exactly 6 am in the morning in reality.

  The closed beta players had just logged off from the game and had not had time to log on to the Penguin, and the news in the Niu Ma Club group exploded.

  Quit smoking: [Fuck! Look at the official website! ]

  What can I do with you: [You haven’t given up yet…]

  Spare someone: [What’s wrong with the official website? ]

  Quit smoking: [Major update of Alpha 0.2 version! The official website will release 24 closed beta test qualifications again! The number of closed beta test players will be expanded to 30 people!!!】

  Keep the people away: [What the hell?]

  What can I do: [Haha, you are starting to be a leek. Tell me, how much is it? I want to see if it is enough for the police station downstairs to file a case. (Picking nose)】

  Quit smoking: [It should be free. I saw that the announcement did not mention charging! Haha, I don’t believe it. I can’t get a place this time!!!】

  Garbage picker level 99: [You think too much. The number of reservations has exceeded 100. 24 additional places… The probability is one-fourth to one-fifth,]

  Quit smoking: [Over 100? ! What the hell, can there be so many people in our group? ? ?】

  Garbage picker level 99: [Uh, not all of them are from our group… I saw a lot of game groups discussing this game last night.】

  Keep the people away: [It’s actually out of the circle. (Shocked)】

  ④Who knows: [Well, I just checked, the number of reservations is already 111. ]

  Quit smoking: [Fuck you! ]

  (End of this chapter)