Chapter 251: Planting corn can also be announced to the whole server? !
Chapter 251: Planting corn can also be announced to the whole server? !
The ruins of the greenhouse.
One floor above ground.
The place where the players fought bloody battles before has now become a lush botanical garden. The soilless cultivation boxes are full of corn, stacked like containers, arranged layer by layer.
The situation here was really tragic at that time.
The first guy who went in was left with only a VM, and the second wave of people who went in were almost wiped out. It was not until Brother Mole developed the “shield wall method” that the situation was broken.
But later everyone’s equipment was upgraded, and it was much easier to brush this book.
Lao Bai, wearing heavy armor, carried the front, and the players in the back row directly took submachine guns and fired a 9mm magazine.
Hit someone?
What does it matter?
9mm pistol bullets hit steel plates, and they can’t penetrate them anyway, at most leaving a few holes on the steel plates.
This large-caliber, low-speed bullet has a miraculous effect on unarmored insect-type aliens.
Originally, their stomachs were filled with water and glue. A 7mm gun might make a hole in them, but a 9mm gun could blow them apart.
After the first layer was opened up, Chu Guang immediately issued a task and asked players to come and plant corn.
Now three months have passed, more than ninety days in total, and the green stalks have been covered with golden leaves.
Looking at the mature corn field in front of him, Chu Guang smiled like an old father and nodded approvingly.
”Good job!”
The seeds given by the shelter have been genetically modified and grow relatively fast.
In reality, corn, even early-maturing varieties, take a hundred days to mature, but here it only takes ninety days.
Oh, right.
I almost forgot about the main task.
Sensing the expectant eyes behind him, Chu Guang came to his senses, raised his index finger calmly, and swiped his hand on the VM.
Soon.
The task settlement list was sent to Makabazi’s VM.
[Mission: Harvest Day (Completed)]
[Rewards: 1,000 silver coins, 500 contribution points, 2,000 regional reputation points.]
”Fuck! Awesome!”
”Four-digit rewards!!!”
Looking at the series of rewards that popped up, Makabazi was so excited that tears streamed down his face.
I won’t mention the 500 contribution points.
Faction contribution is always a good thing, whether it is buying equipment or doing tasks, or setting up industries.
The only regret is that the regional reputation is given to the outpost, not Changjiu Farm.
His reputation at Changjiu Farm has now reached “Friendly”, and it is almost enough to exceed the 10,000 threshold to reach Respect.
Just when Maka was getting excited, a line of words popped up on the VM, making him almost faint with happiness.
[Congratulations to player “Makabazi” for becoming the first player to harvest corn.]
[Please select whether to make a server-wide announcement: Yes/No]
Looking at the surprise that suddenly popped up, Makabazi shouted out almost reflexively.
”Yes! Yes!”
Although Chu Guang wanted to remind this guy, he didn’t need to shout it out, just reach out and click on the VM screen.
But seeing how excited this little player was, Chu Guang didn’t spoil his fun.
Three months.
It’s really not easy to stick to it.
From sowing to the final harvest, each step has a corresponding task, and a series of tasks constitute a whole task chain.
Because the automatic watering and harvesting system of the greenhouse ruins has been damaged, many tasks that could have been done by machines now need to be done manually.
Including watering and fertilizing.
Although these tasks are also rewarded, they are still a bit boring compared to hunting and picking up garbage.
With a task cycle of three months, this Makabazi brother can persist until the crops are ripe.
At least in Chu Guang’s mind, he is comparable to the fisherman who sits by the lake every day regardless of wind and snow!
[Announcement for the whole server: Player “Makabazi” successfully harvested the first batch of corn. 】
Looking at the window that appeared on the VM, Makabazi was so excited that he wanted to roll around in the cornfield.
If the administrator hadn’t been next to him, he might have done so.
”Hahahaha! I’m also the first person to kill the whole server!!”
Chu Guang looked at the little player with a smile on his face.
”Can the harvesting work be handed over to you?”
”Don’t worry, sir administrator!”
Makabazi patted his chest and continued to speak with a beaming face.
”I can even help you transport it to the granary!”
Chu Guang said.
”That’s not necessary. The workload is too heavy. I will arrange for someone to help you.”
Taking his eyes off Makabazi, Chu Guang continued to look at the cornfield in front of him, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
Is this the feeling of a good harvest?
Really good.
…
After arranging a new task for Brother Maka, Chu Guang immediately left the greenhouse ruins and returned to the outpost to find Guo Ma and handed over the harvesting work.
With so many crops, Makabazi alone might not be able to finish it even if he died of exhaustion.
Moreover, harvesting is not just about pulling the corn off the stalks. It also needs to be deseeded, dried, and stored in a warehouse.
Doing these things in the ruins may be more troublesome than sowing the seeds.
There are not many tower-type soilless cultivation boxes on the first floor, and the actual planting area is slightly smaller than that of other floors, but it is still nearly fifty acres of actual planting area.
According to the experience of planting area and density, the yield is roughly estimated to be around 25 tons, with an error of two tons.
Even with the lack of planting and management experience and insufficient fertilization, the yield per mu is still nearly 500 kilograms.
In addition to the first floor, there are other floors in the greenhouse ruins.
Not counting the reactor on the ninth floor and the devil moth mother nest on the tenth floor, there are a total of thirteen floors with five floors above ground and eight floors underground. The theoretical planting area can reach 870 acres!
So far, the fifth surface layer and the fourth underground layer have been developed into farmland.
Half of them are planted with potatoes and the other half are planted with corn, which adds up to a total of 600 acres.
These production capacities will be gradually released in the next month, and the total output is estimated to reach 300~400 tons.
In addition to other food sources such as hunting and breeding, it is enough for 3,000 people to eat for a year!
Of course, the actual food consumption of players cannot be simply calculated based on one population.
Especially for awakeners, not only do their physical fitness and metabolic levels far exceed those of ordinary people, but their appetite is also close to two to three times that of ordinary people.
Even Chu Guang himself felt it.
At the beginning, he could eat two meals from one can, but now he can’t wait to open two cans for one meal.
In a sense, is this also a kind of energy conservation?
If we follow the actual consumption rate of food, these 300~400 tons of food may only be enough for half a year.
However, even so, it is enough. After
the 30,000 acres of wasteland are reclaimed, even if the production efficiency in the first year is only half of that in the greenhouse ruins, the food produced will be enough for him to use for several versions.
The part above B4 of the greenhouse ruins is used for farming.
As for B5 to B9, Chu Guang did not plant crops on them all, but planned to keep them for “raising poisonous insects” and harvest them every few months, leaving them for players to repeatedly spawn devil moths.
As for the spirit leaves, you can cut half and keep the other half.
After a round of harvesting, open all the gates from B5 to B9 to let the moths in to lay their eggs.
In this way, you can achieve a production line-like harvest.
When the thousands of acres of fertile land on the north side of Linghu Lake are reclaimed in the future, it will be no problem to use the entire greenhouse to raise devil moths!
Whether it is spirit leaves or devil silk, they are definitely scarce in the wasteland. He is probably the only family in a hundred miles that can stably produce these two things.
…
”Fuck?! Can planting corn also be announced to the whole server?”
”It’s a conspiracy! It’s definitely a conspiracy!”
”Damn it, it’s okay for Boss Crow, but even Makabazi has dedicated his soul and butt to the planner?”
”Oh! If I had known, I would have found a piece of land and sowed some seeds!”
”But think about it from another angle, the identity of the son of the life professional player version has also been confirmed. Planting corn can be announced to the whole server, so it’s reasonable to announce potatoes at the same time, right?”
”!!!”
On the west side of Changjiu Farm.
The little players who were working on the wasteland with pickaxes and shovels were chattering and noisy, and not far away there were tractors plowing the land and dragging rakes.
Looking back at the almost invisible wall, Baiyin’s father threw away the rake in his hand, panting, and sat next to the ridge of the field and grinned.
”How long will this be done?”
Baiyin Sword waved the hoe silently and replied without raising his head.
”It depends on how many activity points you want to get.”
Silver Daddy: “Fuck! There’s no upper limit for this activity?”
Silver Sword: “No.”
Silver Daddy: “???”
This is going to be crazy! !
As we all know, when a game is doing an activity, except for the unlimited krypton gold, there is an upper limit for other rewards and points that can be obtained.
This is mainly to prevent players from brushing their data too much.
However, this game does not seem to have this tradition.
As long as you want, you can keep playing until your character is exhausted and the “anti-addiction mechanism” is triggered and the player is physically disconnected.
Silver Hand, who had been silent the whole time, couldn’t help but complain: “Aren’t you a physical character? Why are you slower than the two of us?”
Silver’s father rolled his eyes: “Who knows! The physical attribute in this game only increases debuff resistance and recovery speed, and has nothing to do with endurance! And you two, didn’t you agree that one would choose strength and the other would choose agility, why did you both choose strength?!”
”How dare you say that about us!”
”That’s right! Didn’t you say you would choose intelligence?”
Seeing that the two friends were glaring at him, Silver’s father coughed awkwardly and said with a grin.
”I heard that the content of this game is quite rich, with high physical fitness and fast recovery speed. If you have an online relationship in the future… you know.”
Silver Hand and Silver Sword looked at each other.
I understand.
But…
”I think this idea is a bit redundant.”
”Indeed, I think so too.”
”Fuck! What do you two mean?”
Silver Sword shrugged.
”Nothing, I just think it’s a bit difficult for you to have an online relationship with your crappy ID.”
Silver Hand nodded.
”+1, even transsexuals won’t talk to you with your crappy ID.”
Silver Dad: “%￥#@!”
…
Just as the newbies were working in the fields, the Boulder City on the edge of the Third Ring Road welcomed a group of special guests.
”Is this the Boulder City?”
”This wall is built like a dam…”
”Oh my god… How much concrete does it take?”
”I don’t know…”
A concrete wall as high as a 20-story building.
Counting the steel structure inside, the amount of cement and steel consumed is probably an astronomical figure.
On the way down from the elevated road, Lao Bai, Ye Shi, and Kuang Feng’s eyes were glued to this wall and couldn’t move away.
Since he had been surprised once before, Fang Chang’s expression was relatively calm, and he coughed lightly and said.
”You guys should be more normal.”
Ye Shi swallowed his saliva and retracted his gaze from the giant wall.
”I think I’m normal, it’s this game that’s abnormal!”
Kuang Feng, who was standing aside, also nodded.
”+1.”
Although it’s a bit idealistic, since they were able to build this huge wall, there’s no reason why they would be blocked by the gnawers.
This doesn’t make sense.
Unless this wall fell from the sky.
”A bunch of country bumpkins.”
Seeing these people’s ignorance, the mercenary walking next to the team laughed in a low voice, but was glared at by the mercenary leader.
”Shut up.”
Seeing the boss speak, the mercenary immediately shut up and didn’t dare to speak again.
Retracting his gaze from his subordinates, the mercenary leader glanced in the direction of those people, and was relieved to see that they didn’t notice this side.
These people are very strong.
Whether it’s the man with a bow on his back or the man with a machine gun on his back.
Although this sounds a bit outrageous, his intuition tells him that these two people may be awakened!
He doesn’t want to provoke the power that can keep the Death Claw as a pet.
The goods are about to be delivered. It’s not good for anyone to cause trouble at this time.
Get off the elevated road.
Not far ahead is the Far Wind Hotel and the slums opposite.
Just as the group walked towards the door, many people were also looking at them, especially the goods on the back of the two-headed bull.
After seeing this, the children sitting at the door of the slum seemed to have seen something, whispered a few words, and quickly ran back to the slums.
After a while, several men with skulls tattooed on their faces came out of the slums.
Seeing these people, Xu Shun calmly put his hands on his waist. Fang Chang and Lao Bai exchanged glances and put their hands on their weapons at the same time.
Not only did the faces of several players not show any fear, but their eyes showed a hint of excitement.
Is this going to trigger the plot?
Hurry up!
Reading the tense atmosphere in the air, Shu Yu’s heart was already in his throat.
However, thinking that he represented Shelter No. 404, he still tried not to show a nervous expression on his face.
”Tommy, where did you get so many good things?” The bald man with a dagger tattooed on his face who was walking in the front cast a playful look at the mercenary leader. The
mercenary leader’s face was tense and he said expressionlessly.
”These are not my things, but I advise you not to take these goods unless you think it’s not troublesome enough.”
”Ha, who is your employer?”
Before the mercenary leader answered, a voice floated out from the team.
”Lister.”
Qian Lai walked out of the team and continued to talk while looking at the bald man with a dagger tattooed on his face.
”Any questions?”
Hearing Lister’s name, the bald man’s face changed slightly, and his playful expression was restrained a little.
”Of course no problem, in fact, I just want to ask… do you need someone to help sell so many herbs? We can help.”
Qian Lai said impatiently.
”One kilogram of 100 chips, if you can buy them all, I can give you a 10% discount.” If you
buy them all, you will probably need tens of thousands of chips.
However…
if you can eat this batch of goods and refine it into spiritual water, it may not be a problem to double or triple it.
The bald man looked a little embarrassed and said in a deep voice.
”… This, I have to ask my boss.”
Qian Lai said concisely.
”I can wait until eight o’clock tonight, you know how to contact me.”
After being frustrated, the minions returned to the slums.
Staring at their backs, Shu Yu looked at Qian Lai and asked.
”Who are they?”
”The Dagger Gang. Sometimes they have daggers tattooed on their faces, sometimes on their arms. Don’t worry about it. You don’t have to deal with these people.”
Qian Lai then looked at Tommy’s mercenary leader and urged him, “Let’s go. If we stay here too long, other flies will fly over.”
The group continued on their way and lined up at the city gate for inspection.
The militiamen in charge of the inspection saw the goods on the back of the cow and showed surprised expressions on their faces.
”Another batch of goods? Where did you get them from?”
He remembered the man in front of him. It seemed that he was the same guy a week ago.
Qian Lai lied with his eyes open: “The plantation in the south, the survivors there have a lot of stocks.”
The militiaman obviously didn’t believe his nonsense, but didn’t say anything, just hinted.
”I’m afraid this thing will have to pay a lot of taxes.”
”Of course, we are law-abiding citizens.”
Qian Lai had a friendly smile on his face, and just like the last time he came, he quietly stuffed a bag of chips into their hands.
The militiaman who collected the money opened the bag and took a look. He smiled knowingly, took out two chips from it and put them in his pocket, then walked towards the table at the door.
”They are all vegetables.”
The officer in charge of registration glanced at the chip bag on the table and made two strokes on the notebook.
”Let them in.”
Shuyu looked at Qian Lai with a little surprise.
That’s it?
Noticing his gaze, Qian Lai chuckled and said in a lower voice.
”Food doesn’t need to be taxed, so it will be more economical… So you see, we are not without costs.”
Shuyu asked.
”Don’t check if you pay the money?”
Qian Lai thought for a while and said.
”Not necessarily, it depends on the situation and the person. If you want to send contraband in, I’m afraid it will be a bit difficult.”
Shuyu nodded thoughtfully.
Although he has done business before, he always feels that the situation here is much more complicated than his hometown…
After paying the city entry tax ,
the group entered the city smoothly.
According to the contract, the mercenaries sent them to the warehouse area and then settled their wages with Qian Lai.
The warehouse that Lister rented was not far from the entrance of the storage area. There was still some space inside, which was more than enough to store one ton of goods.
After several people unloaded the goods together, Qian Lai asked the guard with a bandage on his arm to move the two-headed cow to the shed at the entrance of the storage area and return it. Then he looked at Shu Yu and others who were traveling with him and said with a smile.
”If you don’t want to rent a warehouse, you can also store the goods here with us. There are not many things anyway.”
Shu Yu declined.
”No, we are planning to rent a storefront.”
Qian Lai said politely.
”Are you in such a hurry? Boulder City is very big. You can look around and pick a better place.”
Shu Yu shook his head.
”The manager asked me to find a place near the warehouse.”
The warehouse area of Boulder City is very close to the city gate. Across the street is the trade station, and further back is the market where locals buy things. The transportation is relatively convenient.
The office is just for convenience. There is no need to open it in a particularly prosperous place. Even a smaller one is fine. The monthly rent should be kept below 1,000 chips.
When conditions permit in the future, they will buy a building.
This was the manager’s instructions before he left.
Qian Lai didn’t say anything else, but he still took them to the outside of the warehouse area enthusiastically and found a place to rent a house. There are
many idle houses here, and the rent is not expensive. A 120-square-meter storefront only needs to pay 800 chips a month, which is an average of 20 chips a day.
If an additional 200 chips are added, the landlord said that he could rent them the two empty rooms on the upper floor.
If they want to buy it, such a house will not only cost nearly 300,000 chips, but also have to pay 50 chips in management fees and land taxes every month.
Looking at the subtitles jumping on the VM, Ye Shi counted on his fingers and looked at Fang Chang next to him in confusion.
”1666 chips per square meter, is this cheap or expensive?”
Fang Chang thought for a while and said.
”It’s cheap according to the rental-sale ratio, but a bit expensive according to prices and income. I remember that in the textile factory in the nearby industrial zone, two meals of nutritional paste, the daily salary seems to be 3~4 chips?”
The monthly salary is only 90 to 120 chips, not even enough to buy a rifle.
If it is a child laborer, most factories only give 1 chip a day, and some simply only provide meals, and the wages are paid once a week, or simply with the goods produced.
Since the smallest unit is one chip, it is even impossible to calculate the hourly wage of local people.
But in contrast, the salary of engineers will be a little higher, and the salary is basically more than 10 times that of ordinary workers. If the work location is outside the city or even in other survivor settlements nearby, it is more likely to double the original basis.
Some technicians who master scarce technologies can even have a daily salary of three digits.
However, these giant pandas usually don’t go outside the city at all. They usually live in high-end apartments near the inner city. Some even move into the inner city with a good environment.
As for mercenaries?
Most of them only earn money for today’s spending. There is no point in discussing their income.
The NPCs are still bargaining for the rent.
Shuyu made full use of his bargaining skills and has already cut the rent to 900 silver coins a month.
This price has already touched the bottom line of the landlord, but the house here is not as good as the bustling streets, and it is indeed difficult to rent. He can only be patient and talk to the people in front of him.
Ye Shi calculated for a long time, and suddenly raised his head.
”Damn, I should have saved up the chips earlier!”
Lao Bai looked at him strangely.
”Why save that thing?”
”Buy a set!” Ye Shi’s eyes lit up, “When the new map is completely opened, there will always be people coming, right? We can rent it to them! Isn’t it much better than exchanging it for silver coins directly?”
Rent it to Teng Teng!
10,000 silver coins a month!
Rich woman Teng Teng can definitely afford it!
Kuangfeng: “…”
Fang Chang said speechlessly: “Do you have 10 chips in total?”
Ye Shi: “Well, that’s true.”
Lao Bai: “Besides, what’s the point of buying here? It’s so far from the resurrection point. It’s better to build one next to the base.”
”But then again, there should be stores in Boulder City, right?” Kuangfeng, who was standing on the street, looked around, “Have you investigated the prices of this kind of equipment?”
”A drone X-2 assault rifle costs 150 chips. Judging from its shape, it should be an imitation of the G9 assault rifle. The iron tube rifle is cheaper. It seems to be sold by weight.”
Kuangfeng then asked: “What about the bionic prosthesis?”
Fang Chang was slightly stunned.
”This… I didn’t see it. I went to several weapon stores and didn’t see it, but there are exoskeletons for sale.”
Upon hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the three people instantly became excited.
”Fuck, exoskeleton?!”
”Are you sure?”
”Stop talking and take us there quickly!”
”What’s the point of you going there? Do you have money to buy it?”
Looking at his teammates with shining eyes, Fang Chang sighed helplessly.
”…Forget it, you’ll know when you get there.”
Ye Shi had already picked up the packages on the ground and put them on his back, and said with a grin.
”Take these too! Maybe we can sell them for some money!”
Fang Chang said speechlessly.
”Even if we sell them, they’re other people’s bargaining chips, okay…”
Ye Shi: “It doesn’t matter! We agreed before we set off that half of the chips sold would be ours!”
Fang Chang was stunned.
There’s still this?
But looking at the looks of the three teammates, they didn’t seem to be joking.
The boss, who was bargaining, saw these country bumpkins picking up the packages on the ground and thought they didn’t plan to rent anymore, so he panicked and shouted hurriedly.
”800! 800 is no problem! But you have to pay three months’ rent at a time, and you have to pay another month’s deposit! This is already the lowest price, it’s impossible to find a cheaper one than this!”
Shu Yu said immediately without missing this opportunity.
”Deal!”
Qian Lai, who was standing next to him, couldn’t help but be stunned when he saw the man in front of him, and changed his previous opinion of him.
Good guy.
Picking up two floors for free?
This guy might be a talent.
(End of this chapter)
