Chapter 344: Pai has a photographic memory
Chapter 344 Pai, who has a photographic memory
Official website forum.
[Update announcement: The new alliance logistics department will be changed to 12 departments including industry, economy, transportation, energy, trade, diplomacy, education, and military. ]
[Some NPC positions have been adjusted, please pay attention to identification! ]
Tail: “Oh, is this going to be a new expansion? Let me see! (ω)”
Quit smoking: “Wait a minute, does this have anything to do with us?”
Edge paddling: “It seems not!”
Fountain commander: “NPC seems to have no players?”
Fountain commander: “… Uh, I think I said something nonsense.”
Canyon escaped mole: “So what exactly is updated this time?”
Debt big eyes: “Damn! Let this guy waste another update!”
Construction site boy and brick: “Open the silver exchange ah ah ah!!”
Makabazi: “Second! I want to sell silver!!”
Teng Teng: “Pfft…”
Another day of disappointment.
On the fourth day after the expansion ended, the silver coin trading platform was still not open. The Beta0.3 version of the Kingdom of Heaven is still in the works, and there is no news so far.
Rumors were spreading on the forum.
Some people said that A Guang had cut some leeks and ran away, the silver coin trading platform would not be opened again, and the forum would be closed in a while.
Others said that it was absolutely impossible. How could A Guang run away after cutting leeks?
He must have continued to cut!
Ye Wei felt that what they said was very problematic.
People who have really played the game know that Brother Guang never cut leeks. He is dedicated to making games. Not only does he not make money from players, he even seeks benefits for players.
It’s just that sometimes the AI is too cunning, and NPCs may not play by the rules.
But this little thing is nothing at all, but one of the characteristics of “Wasteland OL”. If
NPCs are really like fools, it would be boring.
The silver coin trading platform will definitely be opened.
And it should be in the next few days.
But speaking of it, every time Ye Wei thinks of this, he is afraid.
At that time, he had just sold the silver coins, and the price was still rising. He actually felt a little regretful in his heart, thinking that he should wait a while before selling them, so that he could make tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands more.
However, when he saw the silver coin trading platform suspended, all the regrets in his heart disappeared, leaving only relief.
Fortunately, he sold it early.
If he wanted to sell it a few hours later, he would not be able to sell it.
Thinking of the 5 million in the bank card, his heartbeat accelerated.
5 million!
He had never seen so much money in his life!
”Ah Wei, what are you looking at?” The roommate’s voice came from behind. Sun Qian, who had just come back from playing ball, came over curiously.
”Browse the forum.”
”Damn! It’s been several years, and you’re still playing BBS. Can’t you get in touch with something young people have?” ”
Why not watch short videos.” Lao Liu interrupted.
”+1.” The dormitory head also agreed.
Ye Wei rolled his eyes and put away his phone.
”You know nothing.”
Lao Liu couldn’t help but say.
”Ah Wei, I’m not saying… If there is a completely real virtual reality game like you said, why can’t I see it on short videos at all?”
The dormitory head also raised his hand.
”+1, I can’t find it on Weibo either.”
Ye Wei said without hesitation: “I guess it’s restricted. After all, even if the PV is filtered, it is still R18.”
This matter has been discussed in the group before.
PV can be posted on Moments, Spaces, and Groups, but it cannot be posted on short videos, Weibo and other media platforms, at least not on large platforms.
You can see it by climbing over the firewall, but the discussion on the Internet is not very hot.
The main reason is that the official website is all in Chinese, and it is full of a lot of bad jokes that the translator can’t translate at all, which is too difficult for international friends to understand.
Of course, although there are few international friends, it is not completely absent. However,
what Ye Wei didn’t expect was that he just said this casually, and the whole dormitory was boiling instantly!
”R18? Awesome!”
”666!”
”Good guy, it turns out that you are shivering in the quilt every night!”
Seeing everyone teasing and making fun of him, Ye Wei blushed and refuted.
”Get lost, I’m talking about R18, which is about blood and violence, and what does it have to do with se… and that!”
Sun Qian patted his shoulder with a grin.
”It’s okay, it’s okay, everyone understands, young people can understand. Don’t worry, we will keep it a secret for you!”
Ye Wei rolled his eyes.
”No more nonsense, I’m going to log in soon, by the way, have you seen the link I sent you before?”
Sun Qian was confused and said: “Link?”
Ye Wei: “It’s the game reservation interface!”
Sun Qian suddenly realized: “Oh, you mean that, I took a look… what the hell, asking questions here and there, how come it’s like checking a water meter.”
Lao Liu interrupted and said: “+1, I think that website doesn’t look like a serious website at all, I’ll close it right away!”
Ye Wei said impatiently: “Don’t worry about it, I asked you to fill it out, just fill it out, will my brother harm you?”
But if you fill out the form now, I’m afraid there will be a wait.
When he could still see the number of players who had made reservations, Ye Wei took a special look and found that the number was already more than his bank card balance.
He ignored the animals in the dormitory, threw his phone on the table to charge, climbed onto the bed, put on the helmet, and logged into the game as Ye Shi.
The three people in the dormitory looked at each other in bewilderment.
”…I kind of believed it.”
”This guy puts on his helmet on time at six o’clock every evening. If he doesn’t have classes in the morning and can sleep until twelve o’clock in the afternoon, it’s hard not to believe it.”
”A fully immersive R18 game is okay…”
”Well, I’ll go fill out a form…mainly to criticize it.”
”I almost believed it!”
…
North Street in the south of Dawn City.
Today is also as usual, very busy early in the morning.
After the end of the Northern Expedition, a large number of players left the front line and returned to the surrounding areas of Dawn City. Every day, fresh prey and fish, or freshly picked mushrooms can be seen in front of the meat stalls.
Especially recently. With
the opening of the north-south railway transportation line, there are many more warship shrimps shipped from Xizhou Lake in the market of Dawn City.
This kind of freshwater shrimp with a shell harder than steel and a body longer than an arm is generally not eaten by survivors.
However, these clever little players have developed four ways of eating: braised, steamed, braised in oil, and garlic, turning something that no one used to eat into a delicacy.
Even the “babies” of the warship shrimps were not spared, and were made into fist-sized crayfish by professional life players, which were widely praised by NPCs.
Due to the skyrocketing price of silver coins, everyone’s enthusiasm for making money has also risen. Is
the graduation suit of the NPC store too cheap?
The public save point is too convenient and you don’t want to buy a house?
Too many silver coins and nowhere to spend?
Not a problem at all!
There are so many little leeks lining up outside to buy. When players think that the silver coins they earn are all money, they are more motivated to move bricks! At
the entrance of Haiji Ramen Restaurant.
Zhang Hai, standing next to a big pot, shouted loudly.
”Selling ramen, 4 silver a bowl!”
Baiyinzhidi, who happened to come in, heard it and couldn’t help complaining.
”Fuck! One thousand yuan a bowl, you are robbing money!”
Zhang Hai glared.
”Fuck, it’s too much, brother, how can you calculate like this?”
What the hell is using the highest price to calculate?
At least use the average price!
”It doesn’t matter!” Baiyinzhidi smiled and threw four silver coins on the table. “North Street business is so hot, brother, you must have made a lot of money.”
Zhang Hai said carelessly while cooking noodles.
”Talking about money is too vulgar! The main thing is that we like the feel of kneading the dough.”
The construction site boy and the brick who were sitting on the side eating noodles happened to hear it, and almost vomited, and threw away the chopsticks with a curse.
”Fuck! You’ve ruined my appetite.”
”Give me back my money!”
Zhang Hai rolled his eyes and retorted without any hesitation.
”What the hell!”
Just then, a pleasant voice floated over.
”Old man, six bowls of noodles!”
Seeing Tail slapping a handful of silver coins on the table, the players sitting nearby eating noodles were instantly shocked.
”Fuck!”
”Six…six bowls!?”
”Rich woman!!!”
”Okay!” Seeing the business coming, Zhang Hai immediately became energetic. He stopped chatting with the guests, tore off a piece of dough from the chopping board, and began his performance.
Pai looked around curiously.
Her eyes fell on the flying noodles, and her eyes suddenly glowed.
”Oh, what is that!”
”Ramen!” Tail said proudly, “Hehe, when it comes to the food of the New Alliance, this is naturally indispensable!”
Pai stared at the noodles with shining eyes.
”Lamian? So amazing!”
The white bear looked at Tail in surprise, and then looked at Pai.
”Huh? Can you understand what the NPC is saying?”
”I think it’s just a coincidence…” Staring at the translation on the VM, Sisi said with a subtle expression, “Is there a possibility that they are all talking to themselves and don’t actually understand what the other person is saying?” The
cat ears on his head shook slightly, and Zhima Paste said with some envy: “In a sense, this is also a very remarkable skill.”
Tail puffed up his chest and said proudly.
”Yeah! That’s right! Please praise me more!”
Game time is six o’clock in the morning.
As soon as the three people and the bear came online, they received a commission issued by the administrator himself, hoping that they could serve as the guards of the visiting group of Camp 101 and accompany Xiaoyu and Pai to visit Dawn City. The
identity of the new NPC Pai has been discussed on the forum before. According to
the information of the Niu Ma team, it is said that he is a very remarkable “puppet master” who is good at making exquisite figurines.
And he is also the representative of the visiting group of Camp 101!
Such a significant task, and the opportunity to establish a deep friendship with a special NPC, no player will miss it.
Especially when he learned that Xiaoyu was also in the team, Wei took on the task on behalf of the White Bear Knights without saying a word.
Six bowls of ramen were quickly served on the table.
Xiaoyu patiently taught Pai how to use chopsticks.
She thought it would take a lot of time, but she didn’t expect that he learned it in one go, and even used it more skillfully than she did.
”I see! What a convenient tool!” Pai said excitedly, looking at the two sticks in his hand, “How did you think of it?”
”Brother Chu brought it from the shelter.” Looking at Pai who learned it in one go, Xiaoyu had an envious expression on her face.
It took her a long time to get used to this unique tableware.
”Your shelter is so amazing, there are so many interesting things.” Pai also had an envious expression on his face, but for a completely different reason.
”Of course! Brother Chu is amazing,” Xiaoyu raised the corners of her lips unconsciously and happily. Suddenly she thought of something and continued, “By the way, where are you going to go later?”
”Industrial area!” Pai said with sparkling eyes.
”Industrial area?”
Pai nodded enthusiastically.
”Well! Can’t I?”
It’s not that I can’t…
But don’t people usually go to places like commercial streets when they go shopping?
Although Xiaoyu was a little confused, she thought of what Brother Chu had told her before, so she didn’t say anything and nodded.
”Okay, if you want to see it.”
…
The group came to the industrial area.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the “infamous” goblin technology.
According to other life professional players, there were always explosions from time to time, and occasionally one or two screams could be heard.
Although there are certainly some exaggerations in this, and there may even be smears from friendly competitors, it does not prevent everyone from spreading rumors.
Later, this rumor somehow got into the ears of NPCs, so that almost no wastelanders were willing to come here to work.
Most of the people working here are players, especially new players who have just entered the game, and it is common for them to sacrifice themselves for technology.
Considering the glorious image of the New Alliance, Sisi planned to quietly bypass this “sweatshop”, but he didn’t expect that Pai had already sneaked in curiously.
In the open space in the center of the factory.
Mosquito and several apprentices were whispering about something around a blackboard.
Not far from them were two W-1 and 2 gliders that had been dismantled into parts, and a large number of parts ordered from other factories. In
the previous battle of Songlinyu, the W series attack aircraft performed quite well on the battlefield, but it also exposed many problems.
One is that the maneuverability is too poor, and the other is that the shell is too brittle.
When diving on the ground, a 7mm small water pipe can turn an airplane into a sieve. The predators relied on the anti-aircraft machine guns they had pieced together to fight them one for one.
Gliders are obviously enough to bully the predators, but if they face the survivors like Boulder City, no matter how many of these ultra-low-speed aircraft they have, they may not be enough.
Therefore, the manager placed a new order with Goblin Technology.
They were asked to produce a fighter that is stronger, faster, and has better air combat performance to reduce the death rate of pilots.
To be honest, Mosquito thinks it is unnecessary.
What kind of defense does a humanoid missile need?
It is better to carry two more bombs with that load.
What? The opponent is Boulder City’s black technology aircraft?
And you don’t even know the opponent’s power principle and mounted weapons? What’s the
point of fighting ?
Just surrender!
Staring at the sketch on the blackboard, the fighter scratched his head and said, “The propeller plane can’t go fast, why don’t we just make a jet plane.”
”Why not just make a steel shell!” Duoming said with his eyes lit up, “If we can’t win, we can just go up and ram it! Use the tail to cut it!”
Zhuihun: “If you don’t understand, just ask, are you talking about the MiG-25?”
Shashen: “Hahaha, powerful flying bricks! I like it!”
Mosquito standing next to him rolled his eyes.
”You really dream.”
Jet plane?
You still want to make a MiG?
It’s not that simple!
This is not a question of whether there is technology or not, but the supporting industry can’t support it at all. It’s impossible to grind every part of an aircraft with a high-precision plasma cutting machine.
Not to mention how much time and materials it would take, even if it was really ground out, the cost would be unacceptable to them anyway.
What they need to consider is how to maximize the limited advantages as much as possible.
Looking at the scribbled concept map on the blackboard, Mosquito said with a headache.
”…Or maybe we should just do as I said and make a humanoid AA bomb, and save ourselves the trouble of EMP and signal hijacking.”
Just when he was feeling annoyed, a strange voice suddenly came from the side.
”Oh! Is this your plane? It looks so retro!” Pai said curiously, looking at the aircraft shell on the open ground.
Mosquito turned his head and saw a little girl with light golden hair standing next to the W-2 ground attack aircraft he had disassembled into parts.
If it were normal times, he would definitely not mind wasting time bragging.
But now he was obviously not in that mood.
”Go away, kid, go play somewhere else and don’t interfere with the adults’ work.”
Although he was not proficient in human language, he had no problem communicating in daily life because he often dealt with NPCs.
Most life players were like this.
Pai looked at this guy with dissatisfaction.
”Who said I was a child! I’m already sixteen years old this year!”
Mosquito picked his ears and laughed.
”Sixteen years old? That means you haven’t even graduated from junior high school.”
Pai tilted his head.
”chuzhong?”
These people always spoke with some difficult words.
”Anyway, this is not a place for children. Go back to your mother. Go ahead. If you don’t leave, I’ll call the guards.” Mosquito made a gesture to drive away the mosquito.
This guy…
Seeing that she was underestimated, Pai’s eyebrows were raised.
Just as she was about to leave, her eyes fell on the blackboard next to her, and her expression suddenly became interesting.
”Are you going to spray the kerosene atomizer and ignite it?”
”What else?” Mosquito said without thinking.
”Hehe, nothing…”
Pai replied in a long tone, stared at the blackboard for a few seconds, wrote down the densely packed content on it, and then turned and walked away.
Mosquito looked at the little girl’s back in confusion, and was a little confused by her last sentence.
At this time, the person who persuaded the quarrel next to him suddenly spoke.
”That NPC… seems to be Pai?”
The soul chaser looked at him strangely.
”π?”
The person who persuaded the quarrel shook his head.
”Didn’t you read the discussion on the official website? She seems to be from Camp 101.”
…
[Mission: Go Deep Into Hell]
[Briefing: Mutated slime mold is one of the core threats faced by survivors in the wasteland. In order to find out their sources and how to deal with them, the shelter medical laboratory needs more samples. Note: Strong electromagnetic interference has been detected in the area, and electronic equipment may malfunction. Air support cannot be used for this mission. ]
[Main objective: Go to the area from the second to the third ring road in the city center, and collect slime mold samples at sampling points 1, 2, and 3 on the map. ]
[Secondary objective: We lost a reconnaissance plane in the city center. If conditions permit, please bring back the pilot’s VM. (Player ID: Luo Yu). ]
[Mission publisher: Heya]
[Minimum acceptance level: LV.20]
[Required team size: 4~8 people]
[Mission risk factor:? ]
[Recommended equipment: gas mask, protective clothing, compass, paper map and other low-electronic equipment. ]
”The question mark of the risk factor is okay.”
This is going to cause trouble.
At the save point in the north of Shuguang City, Ye Shi stood in front of the storage box and looked at the task pop-up window on the VM with surprise.
A few minutes ago, Lao Bai pulled a team and shared this task from the medical laboratory on their VM.
Quickly taking the necessary equipment, Ye Shi confirmed the gathering coordinates on the map and immediately rushed to meet up with his teammates.
The gathering place is at the airport next to the military camp in the north of the city.
Due to the complex road conditions in the city and a large number of alien activities on the road, in order to save time and ammunition, the “Dragonfly” transport of the New Alliance will send them and the airdropped supplies to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road and parachute into the target area.
Just like when they were in Xizhou City.
Arrived at the gathering point.
Ye Shi found that his four teammates had been waiting here for a long time.
Including Lao Bai, who was in the front row, everyone tacitly did not bring exoskeletons, but only some cheap and durable light equipment.
Everyone’s expression was relaxed, even casual.
After all, it wasn’t the first time for anyone standing here to skydive. Although
the situation in Qingquan City was far more complicated than that in Xizhou City, and the mission was quite dangerous, the mission didn’t require BOSS, but just collecting a few samples.
For the strongest team in the server, this was obviously not a big deal.
”…The registered company’s business license has been issued, and the place of registration is in Shanghai.”
”In the future, transactions can be made through the company’s account, and the company will pay individuals in the form of technical service fees. I have consulted the boss of a game studio I know, and they basically do the same thing, which can save a lot of trouble.”
Leaning against the hangar.
Fang Chang and his teammates talked about real-life things.
The funds obtained through the silver coin trading platform will go directly into the company’s account, deduct personal income tax and 5% of operating costs, and then pay it to the players.
The company and the players signed a cooperation contract, not a labor contract.
Since the part of the money paid to the players belongs to the company’s operating costs, the 5% retained by the company can only be considered profit after deducting a series of other costs, so there is no problem of paying two taxes on the same money.
Considering that policies vary from place to place, through this series of operations, although there is an extra intermediate link, the cost is not much higher than private-to-private transfers.
And it avoids the trouble of explaining income.
Everyone holds a portion of the shares, that is, shareholders and workers.
Considering that there will be more and more players in the future, they can also promote the business to other players in need, and symbolically charge a 5% service fee or something.
Anyway, their core business is in the game.
I don’t plan to make money from this Niuma company.
After listening to what Fang Chang said, Ye Shi was surprised.
”So fast?”
Fang Chang smiled and said, “I found an accounting company to do it. There are many companies doing this kind of business in Shanghai, and they can also provide affiliation sites. But I will still rent an office and hire a professional accountant in the future. After all, if the amount of funds is large, I am still not very confident to use other people’s financial systems.” The
most important thing is security.
Whether it is property safety or information security.
Quitting smoking said with admiration.
”Brother, you are awesome!”
”What’s so awesome about that? It’s not a very difficult thing.” Fang Chang said with a smile, and after a pause, he continued, “Actually, I have been thinking about a question these days.”
Quitting asked curiously, “What’s the question?” Fang Chang
said seriously, “The previous auction… what was the sky-high auction item that was sold for 4 million silver coins?”
4 million silver coins.
According to the average price of 1 silver coin to 80 RMB before the suspension, it is equivalent to more than 300 million!
Such a large amount of money is unlikely to be the behavior of a player in the game. After all, even if it is a cow and horse brick factory, it is quite difficult to take out so much “cash” at one time. What is even more
puzzling is that the mysterious buyer fell silent after taking the item. He neither came to the forum to show off nor did he brag to anyone.
The official never announced what the item was from beginning to end. The spectators watched the auction price rise sharply, and then the hammer hit everything.
This series of abnormal operations makes it difficult not to think too much.
No wonder Mosquito is interested.
To be honest, he was beginning to be curious.
Ye Shi asked with interest.
”What do you think that thing will be?”
Fang Chang thought for two seconds and gave an ambiguous answer.
”Maybe it’s something more valuable than money.”
He was not sure if his guess was correct. He had been following the news these days.
”?” Ye looked at his good brother in confusion.
What does more valuable than money mean?
At this time, a shout came from the runway next to him.
”Gan! How long are you going to dawdle? Are you going to leave or not?”
Seeing that the pilot began to urge him, Lao Bai relaxed his thoughtful expression, smiled and patted his teammates on the shoulders.
”Let’s go, let’s talk about it after we get on the plane.”
(End of this chapter)
