Chapter 756: Fight the wave with the wave!
Chapter 756: Fight the wave with the wave!
As time went by, the attack of the fungus variants became more and more fierce, and later there were even some “new species” that had never appeared in the Weifu Wasteland.
Those monsters were endless, pouring out from the gray-green fog, and their combat effectiveness was getting stronger and stronger.
However,
the players of the alliance did not feel fear because of this, but became more and more excited.
Anyway, three days of OB is inevitable, so it is better to die in a grand manner!
With such thoughts, the morale of the players was endless, and no matter what casualties they suffered, there was no fear or retreat.
With his brothers, the outlaws fought and moved positions, relying on sufficient ammunition to stalemate with the constantly pouring fungus variants.
As we all know, the realm of the kingdom of heaven is dominated by the mind interference device, and there are research facilities hidden somewhere in the realm, and there are apostles with torches in the research facilities.
Whether for the purpose of hiding themselves or preserving their strength, those guys hiding in the dark will not let them continue to consume like this.
Seeing more and more corpses piled up in the wasteland, perhaps unable to bear the continuous losses, or perhaps wanting to teach the Alliance a lesson, some unusual “evolved bodies” gradually appeared in the gray fog.
With a deafening roar, a machine gun position in the front row suddenly “flew” into the sky.
”Ah–!”
”Ka–”
Looking at the two players falling to the ground with a scream, the outlaw’s face showed a hint of surprise.
At this moment, the dull sound of footsteps penetrated the thick fog, and a huge long horn came into his sight.
That guy didn’t look like any creature on Earth, but a bit like a prehistoric ceratopsian.
The rotten meat was stitched together by dark green hyphae, and the chitin-like shells stacked layer by layer looked as hard as armor. Its horns were only as long as a floor, and its body was as high as a three-story building.
It was like a moving mountain!
It was hard to imagine how this thing came out from underground, or if it was hiding somewhere that the drone couldn’t see.
But these are no longer important. The key is that this huge “strategic biological weapon” is probably not something that infantry weapons can handle… Even a tank would be enough.
The Outlaw couldn’t help but think that if this guy sprinted at full speed, even if the concrete wall of Boulder City was placed here, it might be hit by that guy and a corner would be broken…
”Oh my god… Is this a boss?” The player standing next to him swallowed his saliva.
”Then the question is… What is this thing called?”
”According to general practice, whoever finds it can name it, and if no one names it, the system will automatically name it…”
”How about siege beast?”
Even at this critical moment, these newbies still have the leisure to name the monster.
And the only “old player” present has almost accepted his fate.
”This time he’s fucked…” The Outlaw smiled bitterly, stuffed a molotov cocktail into the shotgun, and at the same time called on the brothers beside him to take out the RPG rocket launcher and hit the guy’s head with it.
However, practice has proved that this is simply futile.
The flames from the shotgun can only leave a “spot” on the guy’s keratin armor. The RPG’s armor-piercing bullets can penetrate its defense, but the metal jets that look like water splashes are not enough to burn it to death.
In the final analysis, it is not a creature in the usual sense. It is even more outrageous than those mutants who have been beheaded and reborn. It does not even have a nerve center. What
controls its activities is the Naguo hyphae, which is controlled by the mind interference device.
The consciousness from the “heaven” controls all the puppets in the domain. This is the essence of the “heaven” depicted by the torch.
It is also its most powerful and terrifying place!
Perhaps it was angered by the scorching flames. The “siege beast” let out a dull cry and moved its heavy limbs to crash into the players’ positions.
The twisted long horns plowed a shocking gully in the dark land, splitting the players’ positions directly in two from the middle.
Two more machine gun positions were forced to shut down, and a gap finally appeared in the dense firepower network, allowing the “walking corpses” and “corpse dogs” that kept rushing up to find an opportunity to rush into the players’ last line of defense along the gap in the firepower network.
Being thrown to the ground by a group of zombies, [High-end Ingredients], who had used up his last bullet, used his last bit of strength to shout at the bloody outlaw.
”Captain——! See you in three days!”
Wiping the blood that blurred his left eye, the outlaw grinned at him.
”Well, see you in three days!”
After saying that, he raised his shotgun and sprayed out an incendiary bomb. The hot and dazzling white phosphorus engulfed the newbie and the zombies lying on him.
Not long after, he was surrounded by zombies and detonated the explosives tied to his body, turning into a bloody rain and dissipating in the dust of the explosion…
At the same time, the coordinates of the artillery attack were also sent to Laishan, more than ten kilometers away.
The battle lasted for a whole hour until the last player fell.
And the number of bacterial variants annihilated was as high as 3,000!
This means that each player got hundreds of heads on average.
For the “Beta0.7” newcomer who had just completed the task of passing on the torch and got the VM to officially enter the wasteland, this result was already quite outstanding.
Facing the devastated ruins, the bacterial variants who lost their target began to cast their eyes on the corpses under their feet.
Their life activities require nutrition, and no organic matter can be wasted, whether it is the enemy’s or their own.
The dark green slurry flowing under the land began to gather in this area, extending from the thick trunk to small silk threads, entangled with the corpses.
They are like blood vessels, absorbing all the nutrients that can be used from those dead lives.
Although there are some “dirty things” that smell bad on these corpses, it is enough to kill this part first and then digest it. Not
just corpses.
The zombies, corpse dogs, and even siege beasts and other fungus variants all crawled on the ground, allowing the dark green vines to climb up their bodies.
However, the merciful Kingdom of Heaven did not devour its children, but after establishing a connection with them, it slowly pulled them under the surface of the earth…
The transformation of matter is lossy, and the more complex the synthesis path, the greater the loss.
If the most primitive method is used to recycle each time after the synthetic bacteria mutate, it won’t take long for the nutrients in the kingdom of heaven to run out, and it will collapse like slime mold after expanding to its limit.
Therefore, they chose another “smarter” way of recycling –
burying the “organs” that are not used temporarily in the soil.
But just as they were about to do this, a piercing scream suddenly came from the air.
The sound was like the whisper of the god of death, and it fell on their heads in an instant.
The siege beast just raised its bulky head and opened its eyes, and a dazzling white light took away its vision.
In its trance, it seemed to see a mushroom cloud rising and a heat wave sweeping the earth.
The deafening roar was much louder than its voice, and even collapsed the ground under its feet.
Before it could react, the hot shock wave tore its flesh apart…
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In the distance, the main gun of the Loyalty airship was decorated with a thin white smoke that went into the sky.
The rocket-assisted bomb launched by the 400mm main gun delivered the fuel-air bomb warhead carrying solid fuel to the target battlefield.
This was the last step of the operation, to clear the battlefield where the battle had ended.
The launch of this step of the operation plan also meant that there were no friendly troops left in that area…
”Confirm the impact point.”
”The hit was valid.”
On the top of the mountain of Laishan.
The Willant soldiers who were guiding the shelling targets in the rear reported the bombing results to the airship, and fell into silence after hanging up the communication.
A few minutes ago, they received the shelling coordinates from the friendly forces as planned.
Although they didn’t know what the Supreme Command was planning, they knew very well what the information containing the coordinates meant.
Even if they had war written into their genes and blood vessels, they would not be able to carry out those missions that would lead to certain death, and their commanders would not be able to issue such orders.
Even if they were opponents, they couldn’t help but have a little respect in their hearts and silently gave them a military salute.
These guys… are really ruthless people!
At this moment, looking at the burning battlefield, the Human Emperor had a look of astonishment on his face.
After a moment, his expression regained composure, and he muttered to himself.
”…Are you fighting a war of attrition with me?”
Even for well-preserved corpses, the efficiency of nutrient recovery is not 100%, and 50% is already very high.
Especially for those “evolved bodies” with highly alienated tissue structures, decomposing those guys’ corpses itself requires a huge amount of nutrient energy, and the final nutrient surplus is even less than 10%.
In contrast, the fruiting bodies with smaller bodies are relatively easy to recover…that is, the “bacterial variants” in the mouths of the coalition soldiers.
But even for those guys, the conversion efficiency is only about 30~40%.
Recycling three corpses can probably synthesize another one.
If the coalition adopts a war of attrition, it is indeed a suitable idea.
After all, he can’t just leave those troops alone and let those guys run around in his territory, searching for those buried underground mind interference devices and even research facilities.
The latter is a necessary part for them to complete their final plan, and the former is related to their control over this piece of heavenly territory.
This is a huge and complex system, and they spent more than ten years to perfect it into its current amazing appearance.
”Interesting idea…”
Seeing through the manager’s plan, the emperor uttered a soft “tsk tsk” sound, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
”I admit that you are very capable, but what if I have hundreds of millions of chess pieces? How will you deal with it?”
Three thousand bacterial variants are just a piece of dandruff on the head of the giant compared to the parish under his rule, and they have to sacrifice 40 elites to pull out this piece of dandruff.
Even if an evolved body is lost, this loss is just a small pain for him.
Fighting against natural disasters with the flesh and blood of mortals, it’s amazing that guy can think of it.
Then let’s do as they wish, and see who is the endless wave!
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The official website of “Wasteland OL” is bustling on the forum.
Many players have just experienced their first dog belt in the game and are expressing their feelings after death.
I will form the head: “Too exciting! The Death Corps is awesome!”
The retreating dwarf: “It’s really exciting, but how can we survive these few days. TaT”
Sudden death from staying up late: “I don’t feel any pain at all. It’s still a little different from reality. I feel that in order to cater to the tastes of most people, some of the realism has been weakened. I can only say that it’s just average… But I’ve never experienced soberly watching my intestines being pulled out.”
Quit smoking: “Fuck, have you ever experienced this in reality?”
Irena: “This class of newcomers is incredible. I suggest investigating it. (Funny)”
Tail: “Huh, even Si thinks it’s too much. (⊙x⊙;)”
Sisi: “……?”
Just when a group of players were arguing, as the last wave of players were disconnected, a new announcement was subsequently updated on the forum.
[North Line·Haiya Province Information Update!
Fungal variant: A general term for organisms stitched together by Naguo hyphae, to distinguish them from “addicts” who are corroded and controlled by Naguo. Generally, the biological characteristics are not obvious, there is no nerve center, no fatal weakness, and the death is judged when the tissue damage reaches the range of 10%~50%. Compared with the slime mold fruiting body, it has stronger toughness (HP) and relatively weaker recovery ability. It has strong resistance to puncture damage, but weak resistance to explosion and fire damage.
Zombie: The most common fungus variant, with a human-like appearance, the main attack method is tearing and biting. It was first seen in the Weifu Wasteland and is suspected to be completed in the experiment of the pine fruit farm. The individual combat effectiveness is poor, and it is quite dangerous when in groups. Danger factor 1.
Corpse dog: The second most common fungus variant, similar to the form of man’s best friend, the attack method is also mainly tearing and biting, but it has a smaller body and faster speed. Danger factor 1. Crawler
: Similar to the “Crawler” born in the mother nest of Qingquan City, it is slightly smaller in size and has a burned skin. The attack method is similar to that of the zombie, but the speed and strength are more than three times that of the latter, and the danger factor is 2.
Spitter: It has a distinct appearance difference from the “Spitter” born in the Qingquan City mother nest. It looks like a giant worm and can hide in narrow terrain. Its main attack method is to spit highly corrosive organic acids and organic toxins. The danger factor is 1~3.
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Hatcher: The nest of fungus variants, the “barracks” of the Torch Church, and the hatching organ of the Kingdom of Heaven. When the apostles (or pioneers) in the area determine that fungus variants with a risk factor of 1 to 3 are not enough to eliminate the threat, they will deploy hatchers with higher production efficiency on the surface, using the nutrients stored locally to synthesize advanced fungus variants with a risk factor greater than 3, or even hatch “evolved bodies”.
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Siege Beast: A type of evolved body among fungus variants, with a size comparable to that of a mountain. When running, it can shake the earth. Its keratin armor is extremely hard and can easily overturn tanks and armored vehicles. It usually appears on land with a high degree of corrosion. After leaving the battle, it will sink into the soil and hibernate.
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The concept of “regional corrosion degree”: It is related to the content of Naguo mycelium in the local soil and can be measured by test paper developed by the Alliance Biological Research Institute. Generally speaking, the deeper you go into the parish of the Torch Church, the higher the regional corrosion degree, the faster the frequency of monster refreshes, and the higher the upper limit of the danger factor.
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【Recommended gameplay:
1. Build a purification station:
Players can build a large “purification base” or a small “purification station” in the corrosion area as a corps or group. By killing monsters or completing tasks, they can obtain “purification points”. In battle, the points can be exchanged for a series of battlefield support including airdrop supplies, artillery bombardment, close air strikes, and fruiting body reinforcements. It will be considered a clearance until the purification station is breached or the local corrosion effect is completely removed. The remaining points will be automatically converted and accumulated to the “final support time” column. The
task reward will be calculated based on the “support time” and the “regional corrosion degree” of the beacon location. If the corrosion in the area is completely removed with the reinforcement of the fruiting body, an additional reward bonus can be obtained!
2. Search and destroy the Torch Church controlled facilities:
In order to conduct evil experiments, the Torch Church has deceived a group of researchers who are desperate for reality to conduct secret research. Removing the corrosion in the Haiya Province is a temporary solution, and destroying the research facilities controlled by the Torch Church can hurt its roots!
These facilities are mainly located in shelters that have been opened (or abandoned) or other underground research facilities. Since most of those shelters are designed to defend against strategic weapons, it is difficult to destroy them directly from the outside.
The Allied High Command has authorized the necessary invasion of the shelters controlled by the Torch. If the controlling party refuses to surrender, all means can be used to paralyze the facilities.
In addition to research facilities, there are also some processing facilities that are suspected of carrying black boxes. If the black boxes left behind in the Prosperous Era are found, the residents of Shelter No. 404 are obliged to ensure that they are intact and recycle them as a tool for rebuilding civilization.
(Note: This action requires the battle video to be turned on throughout the process, and the mission rewards will be determined based on the overall words and deeds of the players)
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The moment the announcement was issued, the newbies who were still expressing their feelings about death were immediately attracted by this announcement that came out of nowhere.
Quit Smoking: “Fuck! Is this the endless mode?”
Edge Pad: “Infinite monster spawning!! ”
Construction Site Boy and Brick: “Brothers!! Team up!”
Debt Eyes: “Ahhhh!”
Fountain Commander: “It’s not an endless mode. When the corrosion in the land is cleared, as long as the B-type strain remains occupied, the area will return to normal, and monsters will not spawn anymore… probably? (My guess)”
WC is really a mosquito: “So as long as you don’t use the points to exchange for Luoyu’s son, and only use it to exchange for ammunition and airstrike support, you can keep brushing the points, right? (Funny)”
Luoyu: “??? Are you polite?”
Fountain Commander: “Well, in theory, yes, but this rule loophole is too obvious. I tend to think that this is more like a ‘tacit operation’.”
Quitting Smoking: “What do you mean? (Confused)”
Fountain Commander: “First of all, in addition to the supplies exchanged for points, the ammunition consumed in the mission must be purchased by the players themselves. But the mission reward is not calculated based on the number of monsters killed, but a comprehensive calculation based on the ‘support time’ and ‘corrosion degree’, but according to the test results of the Death Legion, the difficulty of the dungeon is constantly increasing.”
”Assuming the benefit is y and the time is x, the planner only needs to set an S-shaped nonlinear function as the player’s benefit calculation formula, and set a time threshold t. When time x is less than the threshold t, time is used as the main calculation weight. When time x is greater than the threshold t, the impact of time accumulation on benefit y becomes smaller and smaller, making another parameter – corrosion degree the main weight for calculating the benefit. In this way, the benefit of continuing to waste time will be negligible.”
Edge paddling: “Drag it on and don’t finish the copy, there will be no benefit except wasting ammunition. If you want to get higher benefits, you have to try to finish the copy near the ‘threshold’, exchange for the maximum benefit, and then consciously go deeper into the map to challenge more difficult copies… I see.”
Fountain Commander: “This is just a very basic numerical design. The details are not worth mentioning.
You can also set multiple time thresholds, and even link the time threshold with the difficulty, that is, the corrosion parameter. In fact, if you use the idea in the game to understand, this operation is also very reasonable. Players can consume the nutrients needed by the Torch Church to explode troops, and clearing the dungeon can expand the control area of the coalition. No matter what choice the player makes, it is profitable for the coalition. ”
Midnight Killing Chicken: “Too troublesome! If I were on the north line, I would probably choose 2. (bitter smile)”
Fountain Commander: “What’s the trouble? When you can’t brush it anymore, just call Xiaoyu’s fruiting body to clear the dungeon. The second way of playing is more troublesome. You have to investigate local intelligence while searching for traces of the Torch Church… The most important thing is that you don’t have to expect that there will be living people here to trigger a dialogue with you. I’m afraid that a carpet search will have to be carried out after clearing the regional corrosion.”
WC really has mosquitoes: “But think about it from another angle, it would be great if you could pick up a black box! (smirk)”
Ye Shi: “@Fang Chang, can you do it? Do you want A Guang to update it himself? (Funny)”
Fang Chang: “The person is on the south line, don’t rush, I will tag the guy in the north for you. @The Canyon Escaping Mole”
The Canyon Escaping Mole: “It’s okay to pass the buck, I’m not the lackey of the dog planner – bah, I’m not the lackey of the planner!”
Ye Shi: “A Guang: It’s been sent, right? Your account is gone. (Funny)”
The Canyon Escaping Mole: “Brother Guang, I was wrong! You are my real brother!! (Terrified)”
Makabazi: “Hahahaha! Coward! (Funny)”
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The bridge of the Iron Heart.
Chu Guang, standing in front of the French window, was browsing the posts on the forum through the holographic screen with a faint smile on his face.
As the planner and “hidden player” of “Wasteland OL”, he has always had a clear understanding of the profession of “manager”.
His responsibility is not to study how to attack a certain monster or a certain copy, that is what the “big players” in the server should do.
Using the available resources, formulating a set of rules with a reward and punishment mechanism to encourage those big players to work hard in the “direction where they should work hard” is what he should do.
As long as the rules are well established, players will naturally weigh the pros and cons, carefully choose the location of large purification bases or small purification stations, and consider how to use limited ammunition and small feather fruiting bodies to more efficiently remove regional corrosion.
No one knows their limits better than those on the front line.
Whether it is a failed attempt or a successful experience, they will be summarized into a guide on the forum.
When distributing game helmets, Chu Guang used the forum activity as one of the reference weights in order to get as many “willing to share and cooperate” players into the game as possible.
Of course, not everyone needs to be like this, as long as this part of the players accounts for the majority of the overall proportion.
As for the specific game behavior of one or several players, that is the player’s own business. As long as it is not a common phenomenon, it is not within the scope of his consideration. If he manages too much, he will easily lose sight of the big picture. Letting it play out will bring unexpected gains.
For example, now.
Even without him coming forward to hint, his little players have done a good job, and even helped him to consider the “numerical design strategy” that he has not yet considered.
When setting up the task rewards later, he would ask Xiao Qi to refer to Brother Quanshui’s opinions and reflect this part in the settlement of the task rewards.
Now that the Alliance Biological Research Institute has completed the analysis of soil samples, and the Death Corps has completed the “stress test” of the Kingdom of Heaven, the “work schedule” for next month has been arranged.
Judging from the feedback in the forum posts, the players are still very enthusiastic about the new activities.
Especially the new leeks who entered the game in Beta0.7, several people can’t wait to form a team on the forum and figure out where to set up the purification station.
In fact, the framework of the coalition’s combat plan in the Haiya Province area is basically what is written in the announcement.
That is, on the one hand, the corruption of the Haiya Province is removed, and on the other hand, the facilities of the Torch Church in the purification area are searched.
He just wove it into the language of the game and then distributed it to the players.
Not only the Alliance, but soon the Legion, Enterprise, Academy and other survivor forces will also formulate their own combat plans and demarcate their own war zones.
Soon, purification stations and purification bases will be built all over the land of Haiya Province. I hope that the guy who calls himself “Human Emperor” will not be too surprised by what is about to happen.
”I admit that you have a lot of chess pieces in your hand, but what if my players open them?”
Chu Guang smiled faintly, and his index finger lightly swiped across the holographic screen, gathering the azure light at his fingertips.
It is only the beginning of August.
The coalition forces crossed the Ten Peaks Mountain and entered Haiya Province earlier than planned, and the problems that were originally difficult for all parties have now successfully torn open a breakthrough.
Use technology to fight technology, and use waves to fight waves.
This war may end earlier than he expected…
(End of this chapter)
