Chapter 78 The Fifth Batch of Newbies
Chapter 78 The Fifth Batch of Newbies
The square in front of the sanatorium was bustling with people.
The newbies who had just entered the game were just like the last batch. They looked at the vivid world in front of them, rubbed their eyes repeatedly, and wanted to kneel on the ground and kiss the sand and soil under their feet.
”This, this, this, this!”
”Fuck, this is really virtual reality!? Wait, where’s the logout button? Let me find it, otherwise I can’t go back.”
”Haha, no need to be so troublesome, just find a brick and hit your head and you’ll log out.”
”Woo woo woo, can I take a screenshot? This is too shocking.”
”Shocking my dad for a whole year!”
”It’s so big.”
There was a lot of chatter in the square, but the old players of Wasteland OL had long been accustomed to it and were not surprised.
After all, they had almost the same reaction when they first went online.
With both feet stepping on a piece of virtual soil and the extremely real wind blowing towards them, the impact on the worldview and cognition cannot be described in words.
Appearing as the manager of Shelter No. 404, Chu Guang walked up to the newcomers with a plastic bag, motioned them to be quiet, and then distributed newbie gift packs to them one by one.
”Here are 5 copper coins.”
”You can use it to rent tools at the warehouse, or buy food at the granary, or trade with other players.”
Although these newcomers were noisy, they still respected the manager who held their “power of life and death”.
”Manager, are you really an NPC? I mean, are you really an AI? Not a human? Excuse me, but you look… too real!”
”Manager is so handsome, are we a couple?”
”NPC, how do I check my favorability? Where can I see it? Doesn’t this game have a player interface?”
”Where’s my health bar? And where is the blue bar?”
”Oh, how do I play this game? Who can teach me?”
”What’s the point of giving money? Can you give me a novice sword?”
Hey.
Novice sword?
Chu Guang was happy in his heart, but ignored it.
Don’t worry, you won’t need that thing.
As a serious and responsible NPC, Chu Guang didn’t answer a word and skillfully distributed the novice rewards.
After confirming that there was nothing missing, Chu Guang then looked at Dao Xiong who was standing aside and rubbing his hands, and said in a businesslike tone with his hands behind his back.
”The safety of the outpost base is in your hands.”
[Save the Life] excitedly clasped his hands together.
”Yes, sir, manager!”
Before these little newbies had time to kneel down and kiss the soil at their feet, they were dragged outside by the enthusiastic old foreman to dig trenches.
I believe that after the trenches are dug, looking at the fruits of their labor, they should have a deeper understanding of this game.
Don’t worry.
Other players have also come this way.
Looking at these little players marching towards the north gate, Chu Guang suddenly remembered an RTS game he played a long time ago.
Its translated name is Kingship Fantasy. Because it is too unpopular, and the sequel is lame, it is estimated that many people have not heard of it.
The gameplay of this game is very interesting. Unlike mainstream RTS games that emphasize micro-management, players who rule the kingdom cannot “directly control every unit.”
What does it mean?
Simply put, if a monster appears in your territory, you cannot use micro-management to command heroes of various professions in the kingdom to kill it, but you can offer a bounty on the monster and sprinkle a handful of gold coins.
The heroes will naturally form a team to go to the crusade, and the heroes who kill the monster will gain experience and gold coins. With the money rewarded by the task, they will go to the tavern in the kingdom to spend money, buy weapons and supplies in the prop shop, or learn skills and magic.
If it is a monster that cannot be dealt with, the heroes will also be afraid and run away… unless you increase the bounty of the monster. Driven by sufficient interests, even if the opponent is a dragon, the adventurers holding scraps will bravely charge.
Chu Guang sometimes feels that what he is doing is actually the same thing.
Although there is no way to mark a health bar on the heads of the plunderers, you can sprinkle a handful of silver coins on their heads.
The warehouse of the outpost is surrounded by a group of “old players” above LV2.
Since most of the tasks are related to material collection, this place has almost become a customary task release point.
”Oh my god! 20 silver and 200 tribute for a plunderer?! And it can be superimposed with the original 5 silver coin prisoner reward?”
”The extra reward for the centurion is doubled!”
”Who knows how many people are in the Blood Hand Clan??? Waiting online, it’s urgent!”
”Brother Meng, the opportunity to get rich overnight is here! Whether you rush or not, I’m going anyway! Is there anyone who wants to team up? I’m short of strength, perception and agility, let’s go guerrilla warfare hand in hand! We’ll share the profits!”
”I’m still short of 1,000 points of contribution to citizens. It will take a week to work hard. Is it enough to capture 5 prisoners? Damn, this reward is good! Does it count as long as there is a breath left?”
”It doesn’t matter if there is no breath left! 10 silver coins! I have to move bricks for a day.”
The players who saw the reward went crazy, and even suspected that the manager had marked the reward of the task wrong.
However, they didn’t know that a certain “NPC” did it on purpose.
Don’t be fooled by the high reward for the bounty target. This task is not something that can be done by one person alone. Three-person and four-person teams are standard, and the reward is reasonable for everyone.
According to intelligence, the Blood Hand Clan has about sixty or seventy people, including a few centurions. There is no problem in controlling the budget within two thousand silver coins.
Besides, it doesn’t matter if it exceeds the budget.
Can it be a bad thing for players to have money?
Obviously not!
What in this shelter is not theirs?
The forty newbies who just came in are enough to fill the vacancies in the basic labor positions of the outpost.
And those old players who have a deeper understanding of the game can use the money to buy guns and land, stimulate domestic demand, and develop new ways to play.
Chu Guang felt that he, who designed this model, might be more talented than the first generation of managers who “packaged this world into a game.” It
’s perfect!
At this time, someone finally noticed the level requirement at the bottom of the task book.
”Fuck! There are level requirements for the task? Why am I only LV1?”
”Strength type go cut down trees, perception type and agility type go find a team… Wait, this seems to say that only LV2 is required to accept the task, there is no restriction on LV2 and other levels to form a team?” ”
Boss! Take me with you!”
”What sequence are you?”
”Intelligence!”
”Get lost.”
”Fuck!”
Luca, the new warehouse manager, sat on a chair in front of the door, guarding the account book on the wooden door table, turning a deaf ear to the chattering in front of the door.
Yesterday evening, the new owner explained the content of the work to him.
From today on, he no longer needs to do farm work, but only needs to move the things brought by the residents in blue coats into the warehouse, record them in the account book with a few not-too-difficult symbols, and then give them “rewards”.
It was a very strange metal coin.
Luca didn’t understand the value of this thing, and he had never heard of any survivor settlement using this thing to trade.
However, these blue coats were like treasures after receiving these coins. I think it must be something very important to them.
Luca didn’t want to think about these questions.
Years of experience told him that knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.
Seeing Chu Guang coming over here, he immediately stood up tremblingly, clenched his right fist and placed it on his left chest, saluting respectfully.
”Sir, what do you want?”
Ignoring the curious players around him, Chu Guang placed the wooden basket in his hand on the table.
”I have a few things here, you sell them for me. It’s still the old rule I told you, if someone comes to buy, just tell him to pay according to the price on the label.”
Chu Guang used all the 6 reward points he got yesterday to open the blind box, but maybe because his luck was used up last time, he opened 6 lollipops in a row this time.
Fortunately, 2 of them have attribute bonuses, so it’s not too bad.
Chu Guang thought that the drawer was almost full, so he grabbed two and brought them to the warehouse.
Each lollipop is priced at 1 silver coin, and the one with buff is doubled.
It may not be bought at such an expensive price, but it’s better to decorate the store shelves with it.
”Yes, sir.”
Old Luca placed the things in the wooden basket on the shelf beside him, and then put on the label written by Chu Guang.
At this time, Chu Guang suddenly remembered something and asked.
”By the way, is there sugarcane among the crops produced by Brown Farm?”
”Sugarcane?” Old Luca looked confused, as if he had never heard of it.
Chu Guang explained.
”A crop that produces sugar.”
Hearing about sugar, Old Luca finally understood and answered.
”Sir, I have been at Brown Farm for 20 years, and I have never heard of a crop called sugarcane… But I know a little about the sugar you are talking about. There is a crop called red beet on the farm. It looks like a radish when pulled out of the ground. You can squeeze out red sugar juice. After boiling, you can fish out some small particles from the bottom. That should be the sugar you are talking about.”
Planting beets to make sugar?
Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.
”Is that thing easy to sell?”
”I don’t know whether it’s easy to sell or not, but whether it’s easy to sell or not… I don’t know, but whether it’s merchants from the south or the north, they will buy some, but not too much. I heard that it’s not as valuable as salt.”
In places where sugar is produced, sugar is certainly not as valuable as salt.
In the wasteland, the cost of transporting a commodity may even be much higher than the cost of producing it. This is not news.
But sugar is a good thing.
This thing can not only be eaten, but also used to make wine and even weapons.
I have to find a way to get some seeds in the spring of next year.
Chu Guang immediately thought of Boulder City.
It is the place in the vicinity where he is most likely to buy what he needs.
”Sir, do you have any other instructions?”
”No, continue to do your work.”
”Yes, sir.”
Old Luca watched Chu Guang leave, and then returned to his chair and sat down.
At this time, many players became interested in the new products on the shelves and gathered around.
Luca was very nervous, fearing that someone would steal it.
However, these players were of high quality. They just gathered around and discussed excitedly, but no one reached out to touch it.
”Can this lollipop add attributes?! Is this true?!”
”The chocolate flavored one increases the strength attribute by 10%… and lasts for 10 hours. Damn, if you are a strength player, you will be so happy.”
”The strawberry flavored one is for perception, and the apple flavor is for intelligence… Currently there are only three kinds of lollipops that add attributes, and they are twice as expensive as other lollipops!”
”What? Only twice as expensive, then it’s a big profit! Here, here are two silver coins, old man, I want one!”
”I want one too!”
”Fuck! How come there is only one lollipop that adds intelligence left! Forget it, buy it and get a free one.”
Soon, the only three lollipops that added attributes on the shelf were sold out, leaving only twelve lollipops that did not add attributes and no one was interested in them.
”…They actually sold out?”
Old Luca muttered to himself, staring at the six silver coins on the table.
He didn’t understand, but was shocked.
(End of this chapter)
