Chapter 76: The warehouse manager who can do farm work
Chapter 76 A warehouse manager who can do farm work
”Brother, why doesn’t your electric furnace work well?”
”…Maybe the power is not enough. I’ll think about it and see if I can use these copper wires to make a bigger generator.” ”
Brother, be steady!”
When leaving the carpenter’s hut, Chu Guang passed by the industrial area and saw several players standing in front of a blast furnace making steel, thinking about how to improve the steelmaking technology.
The electric furnace improved from scraps seemed to have failed. The problem seemed to be the power. The two players were discussing how to imitate a generator with a higher power.
It would be great if it could succeed.
Silently chanting “Come on” in his heart, Chu Guang, carrying a hammer, walked to the side of the brick kiln and found [Sparing Life] who was directing other players to make bricks.
Since Lao Bai changed his job to a hunter player, the position of construction captain fell to Brother Dao, who was a civil engineer.
”The three-meter-high wall is still too low. I don’t know when the second round of raiders will come. I plan to strengthen the defense of the outpost. Do you have any good suggestions?”
I didn’t expect the manager to discuss such an important issue with me.
Daoxia Liuren was surprised at first, and then he started to think seriously.
”From the weapons of the predators, they use more Molotov cocktails, projectiles and light weapons. Although the wall can prevent them from breaking through our defense line, it does not provide us with much advantage in actual firefights!”
”My suggestion is that we can concentrate the building materials to build 3-4 meter high bunkers outside the wall, and then connect these bunkers with Z-shaped trenches!”
Chu Guang’s eyes lit up when he heard the suggestion of this little player.
This is indeed a good idea.
Predators are creatures that are very similar to goblins in fantasy movies. They are not very strong in firepower and melee combat capabilities, but their advantages are intimidation and harassment.
Intimidation is useless to players, and it will only make these crazy people more excited. The only thing that needs to be restricted is their harassment ability.
A bunker provides a frontal suppression effect, and the trenches on the flanks can perfectly limit the mobility of the predators.
Are predators still predators without mobility?
They are all mobile “experience packs”!
Even if they gritted their teeth and broke through the defense gap and jumped into the trench, what awaited them was an even more brutal bloodbath.
If you can’t aim at someone when shooting, that’s a problem of ability. Do
you still need to worry about this problem when fighting with bayonets in the trenches?
In the minds of these players, there is no concept of retreat. They are so angry that they will take away a few people even if they have to self-detonate.
Thinking of this, Chu Guang made a decision immediately.
”Let’s do it this way. How many people do you need?”
Daoxialiuren calculated in his mind and said.
”Give me 20 people, and I can do it in three days! 30 people, two days at most!”
Digging trenches is not difficult. With tools such as shovels and a few strength players, it is estimated that it will take less than a day to do it.
Dig out the main structure first, and then slowly reinforce it with wood.
As for the bunker.
The kind poured with concrete is useless because the defense power overflows too much. Drag some hardened cement blocks from the abandoned construction site, use wood and abandoned steel bars as beams, and it is not a problem to build an earth bunker.
Chu Guang nodded.
”I’ll give you 40 people!”
”40? Isn’t that too many?” Daoxialiuren was stunned.
Chu Guang shook his head.
”What we lack is not people, but time. A group of reinforcements will arrive on the surface tomorrow, and I will hand over all these newcomers to you then.”
This batch of people who have obtained the closed beta qualification is as many as 40, the largest number in the past. With
so many newcomers pouring into the game, they must be given something to do, so that so many people don’t run around in the base like headless flies.
By the way, let them get familiar with the working culture of Shelter No. 404.
In order to make Daoxialiuren pay enough attention to this task, Chu Guang paused for a moment after he finished speaking, and continued in a serious tone.
”This task is very important, I hope you take it seriously. In addition, your contribution points and rewards will be determined by the quality of the fortifications.”
”If the fortifications you designed perform well in the next battle, there will be additional rewards.”
Although the manager did not tell him how much the reward was, seeing the NPC’s serious look, Daoxialiuren directly put it into the hidden task.
He stood up excitedly, pressed his right fist against his left chest, and said in high spirits.
”I promise to complete the task!”
”Very good.”
Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
”In the remaining time today, you should first come up with the plan, mark the outside of the wall, and start work early tomorrow morning.”
”Go.”
…
We caught a scout last night, and there was no movement from the predators all day today. I don’t know what the people of the Blood Hand Clan are thinking.
Are they planning to wait for them to attack?
The looting team and the scouts who were investigating have not returned. Even if the other party is slow, they should realize that those people will never go back.
The hunter teams scattered and wandering on the north and east sides of the wetland park are not only hunting, but also cooperating with the observation point to hunt the predator scouts.
It is also troublesome to wear the exoskeleton all the time, especially with a 20-30 kilogram hammer on the back.
Chu Guang walked to the generator and unloaded his equipment. He found a wire to connect the KV-1 exoskeleton to the power supply, started charging, and then began to patrol the outpost.
At this time, he suddenly noticed that two players were squatting in the corner of the granary, whispering about something, so he walked over to take a look.
”What are you doing?”
The two players squatting on the ground stood up.
”Dear administrator, we think this thing is very familiar, a bit like the green wheat we ate before.”
As he said, the player stretched out his index finger and pointed at a few green wheat ears shaking by the granary.
In fact, rather than wheat ears, its shape is more like dogtail grass. A bunch of ungrown ears are on the thin stems, and under the fine cilia on the edge are green seeds as big as sesame seeds.
Chu Guang has never planted this thing before. He has only planted sheep’s horn potatoes before, but he has never planted them successfully.
Although a lot of green wheat has been imported before, he has never seen where the green wheat comes from, and he can’t make up his mind for a while.
Thinking that there was someone who knew about this in the outpost, Chu Guang went to the warehouse, called over old Luca who was standing there and familiar with his post, and brought him to the granary.
Luca just took a look, and without squatting down to confirm, he nodded and said in a positive tone.
”Sir, this is indeed green wheat, and it looks like it has grown for half a month. But the seedlings were planted at the wrong time, and they are about to fall over. In addition, there was frost this morning, and it will snow in two days at the latest. I’m afraid these seedlings won’t survive for a few days.”
What the hell?
Is it really green wheat?
Staring at the few shaky seedlings on the ground for a while, Chu Guang estimated that a few grains must have been scattered there when the grain was moved.
”You know how to grow this?”
”Sir, you are joking. I have been doing farm work for decades… Besides, green wheat is not wheat. This crop is actually transformed from dogtail grass. It is not difficult to grow. For example, for sheep’s horn potatoes, you have to wait for them to sprout and cut them into pieces and apply mud. For green wheat, you don’t even need to make seeds. Just find a piece of land and scatter a handful. After two or three months, it will grow a crop, just like grass.” Luca whispered.
”So magical?” Chu Guang was stunned.
”It’s not magical. The main thing is… This kind of food is not a good thing. It is usually eaten by us servants. If you have seen what it looks like when it is just cut, you will know why I say that. The sour smell really smells like grass. It will be slightly better after being exposed to the sun.”
Chu Guang: “…”
Luca glanced at Chu Guang cautiously and continued to nod.
”But this thing also has advantages. It grows fast, has deep roots, can absorb, is drought-resistant, and can survive in moderate temperatures. It doesn’t require much care. The only drawback is that you can’t cut too many in one crop, and the yield is not very good.”
”The ears can be cut to fill your stomach and feed livestock. The poles can be burned into ashes and turned into potash fertilizer, or they can be cut and composted for fermentation… We usually rotate this kind of thing with other crops.”
”If there is some residual fertilizer in the soil, such as when you have just finished planting something else, it is not a problem to sow the seeds and produce 400 to 500 kilograms per mu. If you plant it alone, the harvest will be average. The ears are not big and small, about the same size as the one growing by your wall. It’s hard to produce more than a few dozen kilograms per mu.”
”…In my impression, merchants from the north will buy some of this food, and nearby survivor bases will also buy some. People from the south rarely buy it.”
Chu Guang had always been curious about what kind of variant this green wheat was, and now the case has been solved.
After all this time, it turned out to be a mutation of dogtail grass?
No wonder the survivors of Beth Street grind this stuff into pancakes or boil it into paste over high heat, probably to volatilize more oxalic acid.
So I have been feeding the players grass?
Chu Guang’s expression was a little subtle.
Anyway, it’s better not to update this information on the official website.
”So what crops did you usually grow before?” Chu Guang changed the subject and continued to ask.
”A lot, green wheat and sheep’s horn potatoes are the cheapest, available all year round. Fruits and vegetables will sell for a little more, and they are mostly grown in greenhouses. The red rib leaves are large in quantity, profitable and easy to sell. They can be used as tobacco leaves when dried. Both scavengers and merchants can afford them. I see some people use them as a substitute for spices to cover up some of the fishy smell. In addition, there is a crop called Kamu tree, which will produce a yellow-green fruit.”
”What is that?” Chu Guang asked immediately.
Luca shook his head and said.
”Sir, the farmer would never tell servants like us about this. I only saw merchants from Boulder City coming over and buying boxes of it. To be honest, that thing is not delicious. It tastes like a tire. But we can get a lot of oil by cutting the bark. Our generator burns that stuff. We can use it after a little purification.”
Chu Guang thought for a moment.
”Maybe that Camu fruit is not meant to be eaten.”
With Luca’s level of knowledge, of course he couldn’t understand this sentence, but he was smart enough not to say anything. He waited with a respectful face and only answered the questions asked by his master.
Chu Guang took out a small notebook and made a few notes on it.
[1. Wasteland Tips: Brown Farm grows an economic crop called Camu Tree. The fruit is suspected to be able to extract rubber, and the tree oil can be used as fuel. ]
[2. Power Intelligence: Brown Farm has close business dealings with the outside world, owns slaves and hoards a certain number of weapons, and deliberately hides its strength. Its real economic status and combat power may be slightly stronger than it appears on the surface. The threat level is appropriately raised from C- to C, and the faction favorability remains neutral (0). 】
【3. Faction intelligence: The relationship between the outpost of Shelter No. 404 and the scavengers of Bette Street is harmonious. The threat level remains E-, and the faction favorability is increased from neutral (30) to friendly (50). 】
【4. New NPC added to the outpost: Luca, the warehouse manager. Old Luca is a serf with a miserable life. After being rescued from the gunpoint of the manager, he swore allegiance to the shelter. His ideal is to make the wasteland free of hunger.
His legs suffer from severe arthritis and he can’t do heavy work. Helping him move things may be a good way to improve his favorability. At the same time, please note that stealing and other behaviors will reduce his evaluation of you. In addition, his experience with various plants in the wasteland is a valuable asset, which may come in handy during the spring farming season. 】
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(End of this chapter)
