Chapter 293 Silver coins can be exchanged for money? !
Chapter 293 Silver coins can be exchanged for money? !
”… Old idiot, if I had told those predators that he had a few valuable bionic parts on him, would he still be alive today? He would have been cut into a stick long ago!”
Looking at the back of the figure walking downstairs, Professor Sun Zewen hummed and limped towards his room.
The managers of the new alliance arranged a new job for him, and he can continue to engage in research related to resonance fields and mind interference devices in the future.
Chu Guang plans to deploy mind interference towers near the settlement to drive away common alien species such as mutant hyenas, moles, cockroaches, two-headed dogs, brown bears, jackals, and falcons.
The specific method is to release fear to them through the resonance field, drive the alien species to the players’ hunting grounds, or at least keep them away from farmland and villages.
The problem that needs to be solved now is that different creatures have their own specific “frequency”. Although there is ready-made information for reference, it is still necessary to study specific species.
But before that, he had to go back to his room to pack his luggage. He would go to Shelter 401 to download data, and then go to the headquarters of the New Alliance, which is Shelter 404, to start a new life there.
Yin Fang remained in the control room, looking left and right at the terminal that controlled the mind control tower, and kept saying “unbelievable”.
There were too many things that confused him.
”…How does this thing work? Simulate the frequency of brain waves? No…It seems to have nothing to do with brain waves…What is the medium that can transmit information?”
He Ya was rarely interested, biting her lips lightly, with a complicated look in her eyes, as if she was thinking about something.
As for Chu Guang, he didn’t have time to care about his two men at the moment, but kept staring at the tablet in his hand, with a faint smile on his lips.
The spoils of war this time were quite amazing.
An old professor who studied “resonance field theory” and “mind interference device”.
Although Professor Sun Zewen was unknown in the pre-war era, he was also an old popsicle frozen from two hundred years ago.
The other is a researcher who studies bionic organs. Although his personality is a little rigid, or a little naive, it does not affect his ability in his professional field.
For Chu Guang, the price he paid for all this was just some contribution points and silver coins.
It was a huge profit!
The only drawback was that the other three residents of Shelter No. 117 had unfortunately died, and this was also the origin of the three skeletons and the iron plate with a torch engraved at the entrance of the ecological park.
The loss of Shelter No. 401 was also heavy. Except for Sun Zewen, who was prudent and protected himself, only six “new generation” residents of the shelter survived.
These six people can be said to have experienced all the dangers of the world. They were tortured by those predators and were almost unrecognizable. Even their eyes lost their light.
Chu Guang assigned them all to Professor Sun Zewen as his research assistants.
The life span of the residents of the shelter is much longer than that of the wastelanders. Although these people are not young, they have received elite education in the shelter after all, and their foundation is still much stronger than that of ordinary wastelanders.
The relevant technologies of “resonance field theory” and “mind interference device” must be inherited.
Obviously, Professor Sun Zewen also knew this, so he accepted the task assigned to him by Chu Guang very straightforwardly.
As for the other 109 rescued slaves, most of them were bought by Tus from slave traders. Chu Guang ordered the cattle and horse team to bring them back to Dawn City together with the captured spoils.
It takes time to adapt to a new life.
Before giving them freedom, Chu Guang first needs to ensure that they can gain the ability to make a living, rather than becoming a hidden danger to society.
Fortunately, so far, the new alliance has far more job opportunities than labor. The series of measures taken by Chu Guang to stimulate the economy have attracted a large number of merchants to influx, and both the first, second and third industries are expanding rapidly.
Chu Guang has already greeted Old Luca, and he will be responsible for the resettlement of these poor people.
In addition to counting the spoils, with the help of Xiao Qi, Chu Guang briefly sorted out the intelligence he had collected previously.
As he guessed, Torch came here twenty years ago and copied the relevant research materials on the resonance field from Shelter No. 401.
The collar hanging around the neck of Chu Guang’s pet named Niko is a device improved based on similar technical principles.
Although it is impossible to control the death claws through the indiscriminate resonance field, it is different to insert the tube directly into the head.
Because of the differences in ideas and goals, the Torch was divided into two groups in Shelter 401. One group went south to find specimens of alien creatures, and the other group stayed to build a home.
Later, Professor Zhao Yuan and others who stayed behind rescued a group of refugees who fled from Boulder City out of pity – including Tus who was torn apart by Garbage King.
Then it was nothing more than the story of the farmer and the snake.
Those refugees were not interested in their ideals at all. With cunning and unexpected sneak attacks, they easily subdued these pampered blue coats and used their skills to rub pills.
And it was this series of changes that made Professor Zhao Yuan completely lose confidence in the wastelanders.
As for the extrasolar colonies mentioned by the old popsicle named Sun Zewen…
this is still too far away for Chu Guang now.
However, Chu Guang still asked Xiao Qi to update the relevant entries in the official website setting collection as a complement to the world view.
…
The underground floor of the ecological protection park.
There is an underground passage connecting the nearby subway station. Passengers who come here by rail transit can go directly to the park from the passage.
But now, this passage, like most subway tunnels in Qingquan City, has become a paradise for gnawers.
At this time, a beam of light lit up in the dark corridor, and heavy footsteps came from the direction of the stairs.
The gnawers wandering in the darkness cast their eyes towards the annoying light source, and hissed and growled in their rotten mouths.
However, before they could get close, thunder-like gunshots rang out in the tunnel.
Sparks jumped in the tunnel, and the gnawers fell one after another. Soon there were more than 20 corpses on the ground.
The muzzle of the gun was smoking, and Chu Guang, who was wearing a power armor, changed the magazine neatly, and then fired again.
After the gunshots subsided, he put away the muzzle of the gun that was emitting green smoke, and casually said something to Professor Sun Zewen who was following behind him.
”Have those looters ever considered cleaning up this place?”
Professor Sun Zewen’s eardrums were almost shattered. He rubbed his ears in pain and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
”Clean this place? They won’t do such thankless tasks. Those short-sighted barbarians just want to make more plastic pieces… I only found out later that the survivors in the wasteland actually use casino chips as money.”
Chu Guang: “Not everyone, but it’s more popular here in Qingquan City.”
Professor Sun Zewen asked curiously.
”What about you?”
”Of course we have our own currency.”
The entrance to Shelter No. 401 is in this corridor. It was disguised as a workshop in the pre-war era, with a sign of “No Entry for Idle People” and only a locked door separating it from tourists.
But now, let alone the door, even the fist-thick wall has been demolished for the most part, leaving only a pile of broken bricks and a half-open alloy giant door behind.
”More than 20 years ago, the shelter ran out of power, and we had to evacuate from the underground and build a shelter on the surface… This place has been abandoned.”
Professor Sun Zewen took the initiative to walk in front and led Chu Guang into the shelter.
Since the reactor has been shut down, everything behind the gear-shaped alloy door is pitch black, and even the air purification system has entered hibernation. Only a few key functional devices are still in standby mode with the support of the backup power supply, maintaining minimum energy consumption.
Although Yin Fang has been here before, he only roughly collected the public data stored in the shelter and did not carefully explore the interior of the shelter.
Considering that this will become a new gathering point for players in the future, Chu Guang feels that he needs to come here in person.
Just as Chu Guang stepped into the shelter, a light blue pop-up window appeared in his field of vision.
[Task: Restart the fusion reactor of Shelter No. 401]
[Reward: Administrator authority of Shelter No. 401]
Looking at the light blue pop-up window that appeared in front of him, Chu Guang’s face was surprised.
Good guy.
As soon as he entered, he triggered the task of obtaining administrator authority.
Is it that simple?
”Shelter 401 has four floors. The first and second floors are living areas, the third floor is an entertainment area, and the fourth floor is a planting area. Theoretically, the maximum number of people sheltered here is 1,600, and in fact, it can accommodate 2,000 people.”
Chu Guang was slightly surprised.
”It has one more floor than Shelter 117.”
Professor Sun Zewen nodded.
”Yes, but the budget of Shelter 117 is much higher than ours. Their per capita living area can even reach 40 square meters, while we only have half of theirs.”
At this point, the old man’s face showed a trace of emotion.
”Unable to endure the closed space, many people chose cryostasis…including me. But cryostasis can’t solve the problem. As the energy reserves gradually fall below the warning line, we have to wake up from hibernation and go to the surface to find hope before the power is completely exhausted.”
Chu Guang’s expression was a little subtle.
Twenty square meters per person is also worthy of being called closed?
Then wouldn’t his Shelter 404 be like being in prison.
But having so many rooms here has helped Chu Guang a lot.
At present, Shelter No. 117 has been converted into a double room by him, and the player capacity has been increased from 500 to 1,000.
Counting the 2,000 “beds” in Shelter No. 401, as long as 400 more rooms are squeezed out, it will not be a problem to squeeze in the new players added in Beta0.1 version! The top
priority now is to find fuel rods, restore the power here, and inherit the administrator’s authority here.
Following the footsteps of Professor Sun Zewen, Chu Guang took a general tour of the shelter.
Compared with Shelter No. 117, which focuses on comfort, this one has some research institute style.
The area of a single room is between 20 and 30 square meters, with a separate bathroom and refrigerator. In the refrigerators of many rooms, there are still unfinished and rotten chocolates and biscuits.
The living conditions here are definitely not bad. There are
even cocoa trees and coffee trees planted in the orchards in the planting area, but unfortunately, the plants here have long been dead.
But what surprised Chu Guang was that when he walked to the back of the planting area, he found an unexpected surprise here.
It was a freezer, which stored seeds of dozens of crops.
Cocoa and coffee seeds were also stored!
And the number of seeds in reserve was not small!
Judging from the flashing light green signal light, the freezer was still running smoothly.
”Can the seeds in here still be used?” Chu Guang said excitedly.
Sun Zewen nodded and said.
”Of course, the seed bank is independently powered… Even if the reactor is shut down, the seeds here can be preserved for another one to two centuries. In fact, we planted some of them around the ecological park… But after the predators occupied this place, those crops were abandoned.”
He didn’t know the specific situation there.
Although the predators gave him a certain degree of freedom, they did not allow him to leave the scope of the ecological protection park, let alone go to the surrounding forests.
After visiting the planting area on the B4 floor, Chu Guang had a general understanding of the situation in Shelter No. 401.
The two returned to the entrance of the shelter.
Chu Guang glanced at the half-open alloy giant door and suddenly asked.
”How many people were there when your door was first opened?”
Sun Zewen thought for a moment and answered.
”About 700.”
Chu Guang said in surprise.
”It’s getting fewer?”
Sun Zewen sighed.
”Those who didn’t want to hibernate have all died of old age. Those who are still alive are not optimistic about the future, and only a handful of people are willing to reproduce. I heard that during the time I was in hibernation, the administrator broke the black box for producing contraceptive injections, but it turned out to be useless… In the final analysis, the shelter is too small, and there will always be various problems.”
Chu Guang: “What about the rest of the people?”
Sun Zewen: “Most of the first generation residents died of old age, some of the new generation residents died in the waves, and some got seriously ill due to acclimatization. Later, the things you already know happened… In short, there are only seven people alive now, including me.”
After a pause, the old man continued.
”Administrator of Shelter No. 404, I have a treasure to give to you.”
Chu Guang looked at him curiously.
”What treasure?”
Professor Sun Zewen showed a happy expression on his face.
”Black box! You are the manager, you must know what it is, so I won’t explain it any more. One of the black boxes is used to produce blue coats, and the other is used to produce VMs. The variable temperature material of the former is a good thing, and the latter has a wider range of uses. Not only can it be modified into survival tools for various purposes, but it can also recycle carbon nanoelectronic components.”
Chu Guang looked at the old man in surprise.
”Didn’t the looters take it?”
Professor Sun Zewen chuckled.
”Looters? How could those crude barbarians understand such treasures? I have no reason to take the initiative to tell them about those good things… But you are different. You are the manager of the shelter. I believe you can make good use of our legacy.”
”But the problem now is… we had a little problem before. The black box was locked in the manager’s office. If you want to open the door of the manager’s office, you must first restart the reactor.”
In other words, if you want to recycle the black box, you must first restore the power supply of the shelter?
Chu Guang said with a happy expression.
”Thank you for your trust!”
”I assure you that we will use these heritages properly.”
The scientific expedition team is already searching for clues to the fuel rods. Yin Fang’s reply to him is that it is not a big problem and it can be done within a week if it is fast.
Although Chu Guang already has a black box for producing VMs, who would mind having another one?
Just like the black box for producing hibernation capsules, the more of such widely used things, the better.
As for the black box for producing blue coats, it is a pleasant surprise for Chu Guang.
The blue coat made of variable temperature material can automatically adjust the breathability and heat dissipation of the material according to the external environment, so that the wearer’s body temperature can be maintained in a comfortable range as much as possible.
From now on, players no longer have to worry about the less and less fabric of the clothes, and dare not wear the “out-of-print skin” blue coat to travel far away!
…
”Wasteland OL” official website.
Today’s forum is as lively as ever.
The cause is that the Jungle Corps posted their battle videos on the forum.
Those tough guys wearing heavy armor and holding machine guns really attracted the attention of many same-sex players, so much so that at least half of the thousands of new pre-registered players filled in the strength system as their first choice on the questionnaire.
In comparison, the Burning Corps suffered a little.
Although the Burning Corps is obviously superior to the Jungle Corps in terms of single-round combat effectiveness, the personalized Corps configuration makes them not sufficiently recognizable in small-scale battles.
To put it bluntly.
No matter how efficient the infantry-tank coordination is, it is not as visually impactful as the steel torrent. Ten KV-1 exoskeletons welded with steel plates are lined up in a row, and the scene of machine gun shooting alone is enough to make people excited.
However, although most of the limelight was taken away by the Jungle Corps, the Mosquito’s round of air strikes still amazed many onlookers.
Especially the incendiary bomb dropped at the end, which made the two factory directors of the next door Factory No. 81 call it unscientific.
Yaer I want to go to the toilet. So: “Fuck! You’ve made incendiary bombs?”
Ward athlete’s foot who Levin: “Good brother, what do you make your thickener with?”
WC really has mosquitoes: “Guess! (smirk)”
Soul Chaser: “Use sodium soap water solution and aluminum sulfate water to make fatty acid aluminum soap, it’s not easy to thicken the fuel! Poor!”
WC really has mosquitoes: “???”
Keep your voice down. I Bron: “Awesome!!! You’re still the criminals!”
Doomsday Lone Wolf: “I suggest you go to the police station to file a case…”
Most of the posts of old players revolve around the tactical matching and gameplay of the Corps system updated in the B round of testing, or discuss the new map of the East District of Qingquan City.
The entire East District is completely a primeval forest.
The vegetation density and air humidity here are much higher than those in the north and west of Qingquan City. There are a large number of wild alien species active in the collapsed ruins and jungle-covered streets.
In addition to the iron-backed ape and the silver-mouthed snake, Brother Fang Chang summarized several common monsters and updated them in the post for other players to refer to.
This time, it was not just Brother Fang who did this. Kuangfeng also wrote a post for the first time, posting the photos he took of Shelter 401.
When Yin Fang went to the shelter to retrieve data, he happened to receive an escort mission, and the photos were taken at that time.
”… Shelter 401 is the same as Shelter 404. The power source is suspected to be a controlled fusion reactor, but because the energy has been exhausted, the shelter is currently abandoned.”
”I got the mission of finding fuel rods on the scientific expedition team. I still recommend that you brush up on the professional level of the scientific expedition team when you have time. Although the mission cycle of the scientific expedition team is long, the rewards for completing a whole chain of missions are still quite rich after the level is raised.”
Kuangfeng’s wording was more implicit.
Considering that these guys always clamor for the planner to cut a knife, they did not disclose how much they received from Yin Fang.
However, even though they knew that the missions of the scientific expedition team were profitable, most players still preferred the missions of the Hunter Union.
After all, the former often have to travel more than ten kilometers, go deep into uninhabited areas and fight against unknown dangers, and collect and search for files and data whose existence is unknown.
Even a small mistake may lead to the death of the entire team. If
they are not absolutely confident in their own and their teammates’ strength, few non-hardcore players will choose such a high-risk and high-reward task.
While the old players were exchanging their strategy experience, the newbies in the B round of testing also posted their “closed beta test comments” in the gossip section where there is no threshold for posting.
Luo Yu: “This game is too difficult. (Ｔ▽Ｔ)”
Feng Qing: “Aren’t there any easier monsters? Those howling gnawers are too scary. QAQ”
Bai Ge Dai Niu: “Yes, cockroaches are much easier to bully than gnawers. When they jump out, they make no sound at all. It’s so quiet. (Funny)”
Corner Lao Liu: “Hey, the newbies nowadays can’t bear any hardship! Back then, we encountered a wave when we just entered the game, and started the hell mode directly.” Quit
Smoking: “Damn, stop bragging! When I first entered the game, I was chased by gnawers. I saw I can’t go on!”
Unprofessional anti-man: “Damn it! These guys say that Pig is so cute on the forum every day, and they like Pig very much, but when we meet, they either want to pull my pants down or ask me for my notebook, which makes no girls want to team up with me! Angry! ヽ(`Д)”
Forceful: “Wow, stop it, good brother, these guys are really good-looking! If you really can’t stay here, come to Xizhou City, my house is quite big, welcome to come and play, I will take you to level up.”
Unprofessional anti-man: “Good brother! Here I come! QAQ”
Yirena: “Fast forward to Brother Qiang. (Funny)”
Teng Teng: “There are still couples I can’t accept. Am I really too young? (Ｔ▽Ｔ)”
Ya Ya: “???”
Aoao Zhimahu: “Meow meow meow?”
…
Shelter 404.
Chu Guang spent a whole morning moving the manager’s office to the browsing room on the B4 floor.
There are not only ready-made furniture here, but also a separate shower room. The space is large enough and the environment is much better than his previous simple office.
Anyway, this floor is not suitable for opening to other players. It’s better to use the space here. Sitting
on the soft sofa, Chu Guang drank the happy water he endorsed while browsing the official website forum to see what new things his little players have come up with that he didn’t expect. It has
been a week since the Beta round of testing started.
In the past four days, 30 to 40 new players have entered the game every day. Now the number of players on the server has increased from 1,500 to 1,620.
”If it’s fast, will it exceed 2,000 in two weeks?”
Chu Guang glanced at the tablet next to him.
The above lists the expenses of each department last week.
The most eye-catching line is the task expenditure.
In the past week, the income from the tasks issued by the shelter to all players has reached nearly 900,000 silver coins.
The average daily income of players has also increased to 97 silver coins.
Of course, this number is mainly pulled up by players in the T0~T2 echelons. The income growth curve of players before LV10 is still relatively gentle.
Chu Guang has also discovered recently.
The inflation caused by giving money to players is actually not as high as expected.
On the one hand, the players have an internal circulation economic system. The money earned by player A is either spent on player B or taken to the NPC store “collectively operated by the shelter”. A small part will flow directly into the market. Another reason is
that players do not need to support a family or have children. At most, their appetite is a little big. In addition, everyone has the habit of saving money, so their consumption capacity is actually not as high as imagined. The
storage balance system established by Chu Guang in the early version has stabilized the prices of basic materials such as food and minerals to a certain extent.
After several rounds of updates and adjustments, this system has been developed to be relatively complete.
However, it is unrealistic to expect a set of methods to solve all problems.
As the number and level of players continue to increase, new problems have gradually emerged.
It takes too long for new players to get a set of equipment, and it takes half a month to equip a set of equipment. Old players have too many silver coins in their pockets to spend, so they have to raise the price of high-end equipment.
How to let new players get enough game experience and make old players more motivated to make money?
It’s very simple.
Build a “reservoir” to put the excess silver coins in it.
Thinking of this, Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa, straightened up, and tapped on the keyboard to create a new folder.
[Beta0.2 version update: Silver coin trading system]
[Change: Players who get VM can digitize silver coin assets, synchronize them to the official website forum account in real time, and trade with other players in the form of digital currency. ]
[Note: Cloud players can also participate in the transaction. ]
Of course, this is just a draft, and the specific transaction details still need to be carefully designed. But these are minor issues, and there are too many cases that can be used as reference.
Looking at the edited document, Chu Guang showed a happy smile on his face.
Although it is not convenient for him to directly give RMB to the hard-working players, there is always someone who can do these things for him.
Chips, dinars, CR, what a hammer.
Can the currencies of you natives be exchanged for money?
Chu Guang will not only give players a reason to work harder to make money, but also let them obediently hand over the foreign exchange they earn from other survivor settlements to him.
As the value of silver coins increases, more “useful” professional players should be born in the future.
”Don’t you think you can’t afford the equipment?”
”Don’t you clamor for PY every day?”
”The market is open, go and play.”
(End of this chapter)
