Chapter 149 Everything is for foreign exchange

  Late at night.

  Old Luca sent a message, reporting today's income to Chu Guang.

   Among them, 2000CR is a fixed salary. Since the logistics department of the Pioneer purchased value-added services that doubled the production capacity, a total of 255 tons of garbage were collected, and the commission was 1275CR, which added up to 3275CR!

   Then there is the business income from breakfast, dinner and supper, this extra income has reached 700CR!

  Including the daily meal allowance of 600CR, and deducting the 150CR spent on purchasing supplies and ingredients, today’s balance has reached 4425CR.

   As for the cost, the task reward for every 100 kilograms of garbage is one silver coin, which is equivalent to 2550 silver.

   Oh yes, there are still 2550 activity points.

   Evenly distributed to 200 people, the per capita income is still a little low, which should be lowered by some intelligence players.

   I hope that the little players will continue to work hard and create greater glories!

   "Counting the 1200 left over from yesterday's half-day, the total income in the two days is 5625! Good guy, it's enough to buy 18 assault rifles!"

   When his arsenal was the highest before, he didn't have so many weapons.

Chu Guang can't wait to convert all the money he saved into guns now, hang a handful of 400 silver coins in the weapon shop, and then start an event-"For any weapon exclusive to the expansion pack, 1 activity point can deduct 5 silver coins, up to 50% off the total price."

   I believe that after the first wave of players come back, they will definitely jump up excitedly!

   Presumably they will work harder when they go next time!

  Chu Guang felt that he had understood the game promotions of the major manufacturers, and it was not in vain for him to get so much talent.

   Leaning on the computer chair, Chu Guang held the back of his head with his hands, looking at the ceiling and thinking.

   "Tomorrow is the last day before the shift change. The day after tomorrow new players will go online, and the two groups will officially start the handover."

   "50 old players bring 150 new players... hope nothing happens."

  Or…

   Just go there yourself.

   There are Xiao Qi, Xia Yan, Xiao Yu, and so many old players at the base.

   The problem should not be big!

   Just when Chu Guang turned off the text file and played a game of "Stars" to relax, Li De from the logistics department was staring at the plate on the table in a daze on the Pioneer, ten kilometers away.

   "This... is the blue coat pie?"

   His secretary Wang Jie replied.

   "It's buns."

   "What about this one? The skin is transparent?"

   "It's also a steamed stuffed bun... I heard it's a soup dumpling. It's better to dip it in vinegar and eat it while it's hot."

   "Where is this flat one? Boiled buns?"

   "Uh, I heard that this is called dumpling."

   "???"

   Strange food.

  In Ideal City, it is not like this to cover fat and protein with carbohydrates.

   And there is no supermarket, which will sell the food of refugees—those exotic meat.

The lowest-level employees and the unemployed rely on synthetic starch and a small amount of dietary fiber to survive. The bowls of middle-level employees will have plant meat and some meals designed to be nutritionally balanced. After all, the latter is the backbone of the enterprise and irreplaceable by machinery. Mostly, businesses usually start thinking about their health.

  Employees at the upper level can eat pre-war crops produced by CNC planting towers and meat synthesized through rigorous scientific plans. Although this type of food is also an industrial product, in addition to nutrition itself, it will also pay more attention to eating experience.

  Senior employees and management above the middle level have a very high quality diet, not only have the opportunity to taste farmed meat with uniform fat distribution and eggs hatched from live poultry, but also pure natural milk.

  Through cooking equipment that is more sophisticated than CNC machine tools, they can even control the texture and taste of ingredients at the molecular level. With the help of technology, food becomes an art.

  Looking at the pile of buns in front of him, Li De couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

   This thing probably cannot be considered art, but more like a cultural product.

   By the way, it’s filled with different kinds of meat…

   Is it really edible?

  In the spirit of positivism that so many people ate it and didn't care about anyone's business, Li De finally let go of his prejudices, picked it up and took a bite.

Then…

  The 2nd port, the 3rd port...

  Li De: "???"

   Damn it! ?

   This taste is a bit hot!

  …

  The next day.

  At the west gate of the outpost, the guards squatting in the trenches wore uniform fur coats and carried a uniquely shaped rifle on their shoulders.

  The square-shaped gun body, pitch-black shell, thick receiver structure and pure wooden buttstock make it look a bit like a Warhammer.

  Even if someone uses it as a blunt weapon, there will be no sense of disobedience.

  The big and rough aesthetics of violence are vividly reflected in it. But its name is quite restrained or lawful.

  【Arbitrator Type I】

   Outpost Guard standard weapon!

   "Fire!"

boom-!

  Fifteen gunshots rang out in unison, and the bullets flew murderously towards the target a hundred meters away, tearing apart the tree trunk near the target.

  Wrench, the captain of the guard, had a slightly embarrassed expression.

  Ten of the fifteen targets missed, and the most embarrassing thing was that he missed himself. The bullet whized into the woods and disappeared.

  The most important thing is that the manager is standing at the door and watching.

   "Reload!" Wrench shouted loudly.

  The guards quickly pulled the bolt, threw the hot bullet casings into the snow, re-aimed at the target, and waited for the order to start a new round of shooting.

   "Is this powerful?"

  Using a wooden telescope to look at the rows of tree trunks shot through a hundred meters away, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a hint of surprise written on his face.

   This power feels much stronger than the 7mm iron-barrel rifle that Liszt sold him.

  Is it really an imitation?

"Didn't you tell me that the bigger the better? Anyway, the receiver is so thick. I thought it would be a pity not to use it. I simply increased the length of the shell and the charge. Now it uses 7x70mm rifle ammunition, which is longer than before. 20mm." Standing beside him with a cane, Xia Yan gave him a teasing look, "Is this big enough?"

   "Big enough is big enough," Chu Guang said with emotion, "It's just that the hit rate is a bit touching."

  But it doesn't really matter.

  These guards are not on the front line, and there is no need to hand over the targets 100m away to them, and let the players slam it and it’s over.

  Fire a warning shot into the sky, just loud enough!

  If it wasn’t for worrying about clogging the receiver, he even wanted to replace the smokeless gunpowder with lower-cost black gunpowder, which is not only loud enough but also smokes.

  In other words, there are a lot of professional players recently recruited, and everyone is living a bit of Buddhism. In the next version, Chu Guang plans to recruit more players from Club B to pick up trash.

   Recruit P players to come in and fight.

"It's probably a problem with the material of the bullet and the barrel. It's okay within 50m, but the ballistic spread is a bit large outside 100m. I'll think about how to solve this problem..." Seeing Chu Guang looking at him strangely, Xia Yan was slightly stunned , "Is there something on my face?"

"No, it's pretty clean." Looking at the confused Xia Yan, Chu Guang nodded with a smile, "I just think you've been diligent recently, and you've taken the initiative to consider for me. As your boss, I Very pleased."

   "Why are you thinking for you, don't be sentimental!" Blushing, Xia Yan gave him a fierce look, and walked away with crutches.

   Chu Guang smiled and ignored her. After contemplating his expression for a while, he went straight out of the west gate and found the wrench squatting in the trench.

  Crawled out of the trench, Wrench looked at the manager with a guilty face, lowered his head, and wanted to explain with a red face.

   "My lord, I..."

   "Hold your head up! Hold your chest up, you are the guards of the outpost, the defenders of order and justice."

   He scolded, and seeing the captain of the guard standing upright again, Chu Guang nodded in approval.

   After a short pause, he continued.

   "The gun has just been issued to you. It is normal to miss the first time. You will naturally find the feeling after practicing a few times. I have watched your training. You don't have to blame yourself, but you must also remember not to relax!"

   Wrench hurriedly said.

   "Subordinates dare not!"

   Chu Guang nodded, patted off the snow on his shoulders, looked at his firm eyes and continued.

   "Tomorrow, I will take you on a long trip. This will be your first mission. You are the captain of the guard, remember to watch and learn more."

   "In addition, you will go to the warehouse in a while, ask the warehouse manager to get 14 VMs, and distribute them to your other brothers. You should know how to use them, so I don't need to explain more."

  Including the wrench that is now worn on the arm, a total of 15 VMs are dedicated to guards that Chu Guang asked Xiaoqi to help edit. They can directly identify the ID of the player with the help of the map, and report violations directly to Chu Guang.

  If the violation is confirmed, Chu Guang will punish it according to the facts.

  Although the beta testers on the server are relatively friendly at present, in the future when there are more people, various problems will always arise.

  Guns can only deter low-level newcomers and vassal refugees, and higher-level players still have to rely on authority to deter them.

   Wrench said with great momentum.

"yes!"

  …

  The fourth day of the release of the Alpha0.7 version.

  Early in the morning, Spanner led the 15 guards from the outpost and lined up neatly at the north gate.

   Practice for several days is still somewhat effective.

   Not to mention how strong the combat power is, at least the standing posture and formation look like that, and they are no longer crooked and lazy.

  The daily meals consisted of fish and meat, and they were full of croissants and green Maiden. The complexions on their faces were much better than when they just came out of the marauder's dungeon.

  Lu Yang, who came from the Pioneer to **** the workers to the operation camp to change shifts, glanced at the guards with rifles on their backs and stood neatly in a row.

  These people were poorly equipped, carrying heavy rifles and packed luggage on their backs, and wearing coats made of mutated reindeer fur.

  The only piece of high-tech equipment on their bodies is probably the vital sign monitor worn on the arm—that is, the common VM in the shelter.

   What is surprising, however, is their discipline.

  However, Lu Yang always felt that they were not people from the shelter, but more like refugees from the wasteland. Most of the blue coats in the shelter look clean and handsome, and their appearance is more similar to the employees above the middle level of the enterprise, and they don't seem to be able to endure hardship.

  However, these people are different. Just looking at their faces, they have suffered a lot.

   While Lu Yang was thinking about something, the two marines behind him were deserting on the communication channel.

   "What did you have for breakfast?"

   "I went to Blue Coat and bought two buns."

   "Damn? What time did you get down?"

   "Five o'clock."

   "Awesome!"

   Lu Yang coughed and scolded in the communication channel.

"Quiet."

  The two marine soldiers immediately shut up and turned off the microphone.

   At this time, Wrench and Lu Yang met their eyes, walked over with the rifle on their backs, stood at attention and gave a neat military salute.

   "Master Manager asked me to wait for you here. He will bring people up at eight o'clock. Before that, he needs a little time to mobilize his residents."

   Lu Yang looked at him and nodded, and said.

   "I see, don't worry."

  The departure time he agreed with Chu Guang was eight o'clock in the morning.

   It's just that the situation on the road today was relatively smooth. He and his subordinates arrived at the destination half an hour earlier than expected.

   "Please allow me to take you to the reception room to rest for a while."

  Lu Yang shook his head and declined.

   "No need, I'll just wait here."

  Wearing power armor, waiting anywhere is actually the same.

  Anyway, no matter how heavy the snow blows outside, it won't reach him, let alone feel the slightest bit of cold.

  Wrench nodded, didn't insist anymore, turned around and returned to the queue, standing with the brothers in the guard.

  At this very moment, the second basement floor of the shelter is bustling.

   The once-in-a-version welcome meeting is going to the highest level.

   Little players in blue coats came out of their rooms with eyes as big as copper bells, and came to the square in front of the elevator on the B2 floor according to the guidance of the broadcast.

   The bewildered emotions resonated in the crowd, almost everyone couldn't believe their eyes, everything in front of them was real.

  However, the facts are right in front of their eyes!

   This is an almost completely real world!

  And they are all standing here in the form of living people, breathing the air here, listening to the voices in their ears, and feeling the blood surging in their chests.

  Dog Mastermind does not lie!

   "Wasteland OL"—

   It's just amazing!

   "Fuck, shit, shit!"

   "Is this the No. 404 shelter?!"

   "Hey! This wall is so hard! No model can go through it, and this sticker is so realistic!"

   "Hahahahahaha, awesome, I didn't expect to actually play a fully immersive virtual reality game in my lifetime! Brothers, wait, I'll go to handstand and have diarrhea when I'm offline!"

   "Brother, remember to start the live broadcast!"

   "Need help? I'll send you a bottle of fish oil!"

   "Fuck, are you serious?"

   Almost the same as the first few waves of newcomers entering the game.

  The newbies standing in the square in front of the elevator on the B2 floor danced excitedly, touched left and right, and bumped into the wall, bouncing around in place, as if some kind of grand ceremony was being held.

   Dozens of old players who didn't get tickets for the expansion pack stood aside and commented, remembering their lost youth and past.

  Chu Guang is also observing these players, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

  However, what made him more satisfied was that there seemed to be no trouser strippers among the players who came in this time.

  It seems that this batch of newcomers are relatively reserved.

  Of course, it is also possible that after the advice of the old players on the forum, these newcomers are quite familiar with the basic settings of this game, and they have reached the level of cloud players before entering the game.

  For example, Wasteland OL can only create one account per person. This account will accompany them from the closed beta to the public beta. It cannot be canceled. After quitting the game, the operator will take back the account and reserve the right to reissue the account to others.

  At this time, Chu Guang happened to see a young player in the crowd suddenly yelled "Karma" and fell back on the ground.

   Slightly stunned, Chu Guang said in a low voice.

   "Xiao Qi."

  Xiao Qi, who was following Chu Guang, lifted the camera.

   "What's the matter? Master."

  Looking at the system interface that only he can see, Chu Guang said thoughtfully.

   "Does being too excited cause disconnections?"

Xiao Qi: "Uh, generally speaking, it is not possible, but it is not so absolute. For example, if the clone body goes into physical shock due to being too excited, the connection of the conscious body will naturally be interrupted... But this probability is too high. It’s too young, will anyone really go into shock with excitement?”

  Chu Guang: "..."

  Physiological shock is okay.

  Chu Guang glanced at the player list, wanting to see who the unlucky one was, but when he saw the name, he was slightly taken aback.

  Quit smoking?

All right.

  This guy’s words are understandable, 80 points is considered quite satisfactory, stuck on the edge of the second grade, and it took so many versions to come in.

   But having said that, what should I do if I take off the helmet and continue to be excited?

  Will it shock even in reality...

  Chu Guang suddenly became worried about him.

not far away.

  Holding the tail with both arms, shaking his head in disappointment, he said old-fashionedly: "Tsk, this newcomer is not good, they are all human!"

  Sisi squinted at her: "Human beings can't satisfy you anymore."

The tail said dissatisfied: "I mean, is there no more fantasy creature? Such as skeletons, slimes, or tentacles! By the way, if you can customize the character, I would like to be a tentacle .hand!"

   Sisi sighed.

   "As expected of Ao."

  I always feel that I have seen a side that I would not normally see.

  …

   Meanwhile, on the surface.

  Fujiteng was busy searching in the hut.

   Yaya walked into the door, glanced left and right, and finally found Fujiteng with his head buried in the box and rummaging for something next to a wooden machine.

   "Fujito! I'm leaving soon... Huh? What is this piece of cloth?"

  Looking at the piece of cloth with soft fabric and light texture on the table, Yaya took it in his hand curiously.

  Teng Teng turned his head, blushed, rushed up and grabbed it.

   "Are you changing, changing...too much?"

  Crow: "?"

   "Anyway, I haven't finished this one yet! I'll talk about it when I'm done. Ah, yes, the task task. The manager asked me to bring some clothes over there... Quickly help me get some."

  Looking at Fujiteng who turned back to rummaging through boxes and boxes, Yaya tilted her head in confusion, but still went up to help.

   During the chat, Yaya learned that these clothes are all made of devil silk.

   These days, Fujiteng has been studying how to weave devil silk into cloth. Some time ago, the craft of reeling and weaving finally achieved certain results.

  Although the foot-operated loom is a little backward, the cloth woven is usable. This cloth made of devil silk is not very warm, but it is strong enough.

  Ordinary steel scissors can't cut it, you have to use the mouthparts of the devil moth to cut it.

  Fuji Teng made a dozen or so T-shirts out of these silk fabrics, but it seems that they can only be worn as underwear.

   "By the way, why did you bring this?"

   "I heard that rewards can be exchanged!"

   "Huh? Really?"

   Yaya's mind was a little moved.

   She just picked a few beautiful mushrooms yesterday, and they were not poisonous.

   "Wait for me! I'll go back and get something!"

   "Ah, can you go back and get things in time?"

   "Wait for me! Soon!"

  After such a back and forth, when the two hurried to the north gate, the team was about to leave.

  "Master Manager! The clothes I have made in the past few days...have you seen enough?" Panting after running, Fujiteng picked up the clothes in his hand and asked shyly.

  Chu Guang was not picky about the quality of the clothes, after all, he didn't know what kind of products the crew of the Pioneer liked.

  In such a short period of time, it is already good to be able to prepare these.

   It's always a trial.

   Chu Guang nodded approvingly and said.

   "Not bad, thank you for your hard work."

  Fujito smiled shyly.

  Just now, her VM received a reminder that the task was completed and rewarded her with 100 activity points.

   At the same time, the next task is triggered immediately—

  【Task: Sell the clothes made of devil silk to the crew of the Pioneer. 】

  【Reward: For every CR obtained, it can be exchanged for 1 silver coin and 1 activity point. 】

  Looking at the taskbar, Fujiteng's eyes sparkle.

   I didn’t expect to get activity points before going to the new map, and also unlocked new map-related tasks.

   This wave is simply a big profit!

  …

  Due to the accidental death of Brother Maca and the garbage king who couldn’t get out of the resurrection point, there were only 198 players who went to change shifts this time.

   But it doesn't matter, Chu Guang will think of a reason at random, and choose the player who has picked up the most garbage in the past three days to stay for another round.

  After all the players have worked for a round, he will count the collection amount of all players within three days, and adjust the rules of the expansion pack, changing the task distribution method of rain and dew to centralized registration and merit-based admission.

  In this way, not only can the efficiency of picking up garbage be improved, but also players who are not so interested in picking up garbage can choose to engage in other more interesting jobs.

   Such as kneading dough and making dumplings, or selling barbecue at a stall.

  As long as you can help Vault 404 earn "foreign exchange", you can get event points.

   This wave of Chu Guang called it light industry wool!

  As long as you can buy back that industrial master machine, it will be worth the effort.

  By the way, before Yaya came to him with banknotes to exchange money, in addition to giving her silver coins, Chu Guang also replenished her with corresponding activity points later.

  Looking at the scattered players, Chu Guang raised his volume and shouted loudly.

   "All together."

   "Our allies are waiting for us to help, don't let them wait too long."

   "Now, let's go!"

   A group of people set out on the road mightily, and the team was longer than the first time they went.

  In the team of nearly 200 people, three-quarters are newcomers. These people have not recovered from their excitement, and they want to touch everything they see along the way.

  In reality, many of them haven’t even seen the shadow of snow yet, but in this game, it’s already snowing heavily!

  Thanks to the heavy snowfall.

  If it catches up with other seasons, there will be either mutated cockroaches or mice on the road, as well as those washbasin-sized flies, and hyenas with their fangs bared.

  Touching casually, losing an arm is a trivial matter, but losing a life is a big deal.

  Looking at these not-so-smart blue coats, the two marine soldiers following Captain Lu looked at each other in blank dismay.

   "Are these people okay?"

   "Why do I feel so stupid..."

   "Compared with the previous wave, they really don't look very smart."

  Lu Yang was actually a little confused, but he didn't think much about it.

  Although he hadn't seen the work enthusiasm of those blue coats with his own eyes, he had heard about it from his colleagues in the logistics department.

  Those people worked as if they were desperately trying to scrape off the ground.

  Maybe too optimistic performance is like this.

   It doesn't matter if they're smart or not, as long as they can do their job well.

  No words all the way.

  Before ten o'clock, a group of people arrived at the operation camp. The guards and players were standing by in the center of the camp. Chu Guang saw Old Luca here.

   Seeing his master, old Luca greeted him excitedly and said good news to him.

   "My lord, we made a full 4530CRCR all day yesterday!"

   105CR more than yesterday?

  Chu Guang looked at him in surprise.

"so much?"

  Old Luca nodded excitedly.

"Yes, my lord, that's a lot! Thanks to your idea, those buns, dumplings and other snacks have contributed at least 800CR! Those who wear gray coats, they will buy a lot at one time and take them home! Especially this morning , even their section chief has come to buy buns from us!"

  That Li De?

  Chu Guang really couldn't imagine that that guy would be interested in their snacks, let alone that he was so generous.

but…

  The human stomach has a limit after all.

   It is still somewhat difficult to expect to make a fortune from this small business.

   But think optimistically, I earned nearly 10,000 CR in 3 days, which is undoubtedly a good sign.

  Maybe when the time comes, one can earn one hundred thousand without dying?

   At least try it.

   At this moment, Werther from the logistics department walked towards the two of them.

   "Excuse me, are you the manager of shelter 404?"

   Chu Guang looked at him and nodded.

   "It's me, what are you?"

  Witt said with a friendly smile.

   "My name is Witt, and I work in the logistics department. I am mainly responsible for the work arrangements of the workers! Our section chief misses you very much, so he asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."

  Chu Guang also smiled friendly.

   "Bring him my regards, too. Just say, his old friend misses him."

  Witt smiled and continued.

   "I will! There is one more thing I need to inform you about the new collection site—"

   While talking, the siren sounded suddenly on the Pioneer not far away.

  Hearing the siren blare, the players in the camp had expressions of surprise on their faces.

"What happened?!"

   "Did it trigger the plot??"

"Stimulate!"

  The expressions on the faces of the three of them coincided with the same stunned.

  Chu Guang was the first to recover, and asked Werther.

"What happened?"

   "Wait a minute...I'm asking."

   Not paying attention to the expression on Chu Guang's face, Werther reached out and pressed the headset to his side, and got in touch with his colleagues in the logistics department.

   Gradually, his expression became serious.

   After hanging up the communication, he looked at Chu Guang, took a deep breath and said.

   "About 6 kilometers away from us, in the forest to the northwest of us, there is a group of unidentified armed forces heading straight towards us. There are quite a few of them, and they are well-equipped with weapons. They don't look like refugees from the wasteland."

  Chu Guang said seriously: "It's definitely not a good person who is still running around in this terrible weather! Do you need me to send someone to investigate—"

  Witt quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, our people have already gone. In fact, we also judged this way. Their purpose is too clear, and they are obviously coming for us!"

   After a pause, Werther continued with an ugly expression.

   "As much as I hate to say it, we might be in trouble."

-

   (Thanks to the book friend "Drizzt_Maxs" and other leaders for the reward~~~~)

   (I took some medicine yesterday and slept for a long time. I almost thought I had time-traveled, but woke up. It’s the beginning of the month, please give me a ticket, please!)

  (end of this chapter)