Chapter 178 Academy Branches and Players' Tactics

  When Yin Fang said the word apology, the atmosphere in the office was a little delicate.

  Chu Guang thought about it for a while, but he couldn't figure out what this guy could do to apologize to him.

   After a moment of silence, Chu Guang looked at him and asked.

   "Did you forget your password?"

   "That's not true." As if he didn't expect Chu Guang to ask such a question, Yin Fang, who was choked, coughed dryly and said, "My memory is still good."

   "Did you dismantle Xiaoqi?"

   "...?"

   It seems not.

  Chu Guang sighed: "So what is it?"

Yin Fang looked embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and finally said, "It's about what I said on the road... I want to hand over Dr. Principle's relics to the academy. I have to apologize to you. .”

   That's it.

  Chu Guang heaved a sigh of relief, but couldn't help being speechless for a while.

  This guy had a serious expression on his face, which made him think that something serious happened, but he didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter.

   "Oh, that...don't worry about it, I'd almost forget it if you didn't tell me."

  Chu Guang is not such a small-minded man, this innocuous matter is not enough for him to hold grudges.

  Seeing that Chu Guang didn't take it seriously, although Yin Fang was also relieved, he continued to speak seriously.

"Anyway, I really didn't think about this matter... I thought about it later, if I handed over the relic to the academy, after they watched the full video, they would definitely come here to track down the whereabouts of that suitcase. "

"Congratulations, thinking of it is something anyone can think of," Chu Guang looked at him and continued, "Besides, even if you hand over this video tape to the academy, there is no way to make up for it. At most, you can add another one to them." A reason to kill you."

  Yin Fang froze for a moment.

"Why…"

"You said that this is different from the history of the academy you have learned. As one of the three founders, Doctor Principle has never been to the River Valley Province, let alone Qingquan City, the southernmost city in the River Valley Province. Have you considered why the academy concealed this clue?"

  Yin Fang fell into thinking.

   It can be seen that although this child is a little naive, he is not really stupid.

   After taking a sip of the warm water in the cup, Chu Guang paused for a moment, then continued.

"It is reasonable to speculate that there are two situations. In the first situation, Dr. Principle had an accident on his way to the Great Rift Valley or in the Great Rift Valley, but this is not realistic, because you said that Dr. It has made an outstanding contribution to its establishment.”

  Yin Fang nodded seriously.

   "Yes... the head of the three major branches is named after him, including our laser rifle. Without him, the college would not have been born."

  Chu Guang: "Then there is another possibility left. After your doctor of principle established the academy, he thought that the worst B could happen, so he concealed the existence of the holographic video tape."

  Yin Fang retorted: "It doesn't make sense, since the worst scenario he imagined has already happened, shouldn't he guide his descendants to find hope."

  Chu Guang: "Maybe he thinks he can't count on you."

  Yin Fang froze for a moment.

"…What's the meaning."

  Chu Guang said with a faint smile.

   "It's nothing, you said it yourself, the college has a history of two hundred years, and many things must have happened. Perhaps, it is no longer the college it was then."

  When Yin Fang heard this sentence, he came to a conclusion almost instinctively. This was an unfounded conjecture, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute it.

  In fact, in the past two centuries, the influence of the academy has indeed weakened too much. From being spread all over the wasteland, it has now shrunk to the depths of the wandering swamp. Even hunting down traitors requires issuing rewards to those bounty hunters.

  Looking at Yin Fang who was silent, Chu Guang comforted him.

"Actually, you don't have to feel too frustrated. Whether it's out of mistrust or just not wanting to put all eggs in the same basket, this hologram has finally ended up in our hands. If you are confused by Dr. Principle's decision , isn’t what we should do now to find out what happened two centuries ago?”

  Hearing Chu Guang's last words, Yin Fang's bewildered eyes suddenly had a hint of understanding, as if he had figured out something.

   "Thank you... I think I figured it out."

  Chu Guang didn't expect this guy to be so easy to fool. He just said a few casual words of comfort, and he had a shocked expression.

  However, it saved me a lot of things.

   "It's good to understand, then you-"

"As you said, the reason why Doctor Principle left the holographic image there and did not allow the academy to take it back, there must be some kind of secret behind it. Maybe that image was left for us," Yin said. Fang's eyes gradually became firmer, looked at Chu Guang and said seriously, "I have decided, I must find out exactly what happened two hundred years ago!"

  Chu Guang was slightly stunned, looked at him and nodded.

   "Not a bad idea, but... I'm unlikely to let you go, at least not in the short term."

  Yin Fang shook his head and said, "I won't leave. On the contrary, I will stay. This is not an exchange, but a request. I need your help."

  Chu Guang: "...what do you need me to help you with?"

   "I want to form a scientific expedition team!"

Yin Fang looked at him firmly, and continued, "When I worked for the college, I have been engaged in the data recovery work on the front line, and I am very familiar with the entire workflow of data recovery. I can do it too! As long as you are willing to lend me some manpower, I can follow the model of the academy and rebuild a research material recovery system in your shelter!"

   "I understand what you mean, it is equivalent to an independent branch of the academy, right?"

   Standing up from the computer chair with joy on his face, Chu Guang walked up to Yin Fang, patted him on the shoulder, and gave him an encouraging look.

"I'm glad you have such an ideal, just go ahead and do it! When mistakes happen, someone has to correct them. Vault 404 will be your strong backing. We have sufficient manpower. We can go where the academy can't go. , We can do anything they can’t do.”

   "I will give you a sufficient budget. We will start from Qingquan City and dig out all the treasures here before going to the next city. You will become the fourth founder of the academy!"

  I was surprised and moved by Chu Guang's enthusiasm.

  Although his goal is not to dig for any treasure, but to find the truth, these two things do not seem to conflict.

  Given Chu Guang a grateful look, Yin Fang responded to this trust and support with firm eyes.

   "Thank you, thank you for supporting me."

"You're welcome!"

  Chu Guang had a bright smile on his face.

  Yin Fang got the truth he wanted. Finally, the "scientific research ability" of No. 404 Vault is no longer 0, and players have unlocked more tasks—or richer gameplay.

   This wave.

   It's a triple win!

   Is there anything more enjoyable than this?

   Probably no more.

  …

  The edge of the Fifth Ring Road in Qingquan City.

  Near the Huayuan Street subway entrance, two gunshots from the subway entrance broke the tranquility of the street. I saw a nimble player running out of the subway entrance, followed by dozens or even hundreds of nibblers swarming out.

  They are not fast and agile, but they are durable enough to catch up for a whole day. Once they formed a large scale, individuals with abnormal speed and physical fitness began to appear in the group, even veterans who walked on the wasteland all year round would find it difficult.

   However, this is only in general terms.

  At this moment, what they are facing is not the group of poor jingling wastelanders, but a group of well-organized, coordinated, logistical and tireless players.

  The players of the agility department began to accelerate, rushing past the line drawn on the snow, and the players lying in ambush beside the street lit the fuze.

  Almost as soon as the nibbler rushed out of the entrance of the subway station about ten meters away, the gunpowder barrel that was clearly placed on the street exploded instantly.

  Boom—!

  Thick smoke engulfed half of the street in an instant, and the flames of the explosion carried shrapnel flying around the street, and the nibblers who rushed in front fell like cutting wheat.

   "Damn! You almost killed me too!" Panting heavily, the exhausted Xiao Mengxin glared at the mosquito.

  In order to attract more monsters, he ran below for a long time, and almost couldn't come back.

   "Aren't I afraid that you will be caught up?" Mosquito smiled, then opened his throat, and shouted forward, "Brothers, it's time to go up and make up the knife, hurry up!"

   "Kill!"

   "Aww!"

   "Fuck them!"

   The players who had been waiting for a long time, after hearing the order, copied the guys one after another.

  Some were holding spears, some were holding axes, and some were imitating the manager to make a hammer. All kinds of cold weapons greeted them one after another.

The stronger the nibblers tend to run faster, and the ones running in the front have been blown up to the sky at this moment, and the rest are just miscellaneous soldiers, there is no need to waste bullets, and they are directly executed in melee .

  Ye Shi, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

   "I'm afraid it will cost you a lot of money to fight."

  The mosquito said with a smile.

   "Actually, it doesn't cost much. I made the bomb myself, which means it costs nothing."

  Ye Shi didn't believe his nonsense, rolled his eyes and said, "What about the gunpowder? There's also the hiring of extras. These must cost money, right?"

  Due to the gradual increase in task income and difficulty, as well as the particularity of the gameplay, Wasteland OL players have formed a third set of spoils sharing rules in addition to the original rules of equal sharing and G group.

   That is, the employment system.

  A novice player’s median income per hour is 1 silver coin and 1 contribution. As long as you pay 2 silver coins, you can have a mercenary who is not afraid of death.

  They don't need good equipment, and they can't afford to use it. On the contrary, when dealing with weak individual species such as gnawers or devil moths, guns are not as good as crowbars.

   After all, the former is 1 silver coin per bullet, while the latter is everywhere in the wasteland.

  Ye Shi estimated that the price they set for these newcomers should be around 3 copper coins or 4 copper coins per nibbler.

   After all, if it is too low, it is better to cut down trees.

"You don't need very good gunpowder to deal with these eaters. Ordinary black gunpowder is enough. As for the extras, uh, this one will take a little bit, but not much..." Mosquito had a subtle expression, and quickly changed the topic, "By the way, aren't you going to write the book today?"

  Ye Shi had a smug smile on his face.

   "Just passed the B3 floor, we decided to relax and split up for a day."

  Old Bai and Kuangfeng took Quit Smoking to go to Yumu District to level up. Fang Chang didn’t know where he was fooling around.

   "Rich people," Mosquito smacked his lips and said enviously, "If you hit the last floor, the total income may be tens of thousands."

  Greenhouse Ruins is currently recognized as the fattest map, especially after the devil silk weaving problem is solved, the income of the first floor can be thousands of dollars if it is less. Fang Chang is too unkind. He stopped disclosing his earnings from the B2 floor, which is his younger brother's behavior.

   There is no such thing as income to keep secret.

   Send it out generously for everyone to see!

   How do you know if there is a shady scene if you don't look at it? What if there is some ulterior PY transaction behind it?

"Hey, it's okay, okay," Ye Shi just wanted to pretend, but suddenly remembered that Fang Chang and the others told him to keep his mouth shut in the morning, so he coughed dryly, and changed his words again, "Actually, I didn't It’s so exaggerated. Equipment loss, supply consumption, and miscellaneous things are counted, and you won’t make any money. And this broken map is getting harder and harder to fight, and the profit has to be shared by four people. Hey, poor.”

   This time it was the mosquito's turn to roll his eyes.

   "Can you frankly tell the truth, how much did you earn?"

   "Not much."

   "Damn!"

  The battle not far away has ended.

  After clearing out a wave of monsters, the players began to clean the battlefield one after another, counting and counting their own records.

   Brother Mole, who previously fought side by side with the newcomers, checks and distributes the rewards they deserve based on the results of their statistics.

  The battlefield was full of excitement, everyone was laughing and laughing, it was completely impossible to tell that a brutal battle had just taken place.

   "This task is too simple, I just chopped off eleven of them by myself."

   "Niupi! I have eight, haha! Those whose heads were split by an ax are all mine!"

   "5 silver coins in hand! Woohoo, I can watch the little fish count the money!"

   "Brother Mole, remember to call me next time you have such a good job!"

   "Definitely! Thank you for your support."

  The mole who handed out the money smiled, but his heart was bleeding.

  He counted just now, there are 136 nibblers on the ground, excluding the powder kegs, 20 were killed on the spot, and 15 he killed. The newcomers solved 101 of them. According to the price of 5 copper coins, he had to pay them 50.5 silver coins.

   Gan!

  This is almost as fast as an Iron Fist bazooka!

  Mole really feels that he and Brother Mosquito are like contractors working for the manager, and they are also the kind of "0 advance payment" and "doing work with advance money". If he can't finish this task within two days, he is afraid that he will be dragged out of business.

   "Planning father, I beg you, hurry up and open a new version!"

  Looking at the happy newbies who got paid, Mole looked slightly sad.

   If you don’t open a new version, when these little leeks are upgraded, the labor cost will be even more expensive!

   At this moment, the little player of the agility department who pulled the monster before finally finished counting the corpses on the ground and ran to the side of the mosquito.

   "I just pulled 136 gnawers up, you have to give me 13 silver and 6 copper."

   Mosquito had the same sadness on his face as Brother Mole, but he managed to force a kind smile out of his face.

   "No problem, can you write a zero? I happen to have no copper coins here."

   "You want to give me 20?"

  Ye Shi couldn't hold back his laughter, Mosquito frowned fiercely, took out a few coins from his pocket, and stuffed them into the hand of Mengxin.

  That Xiaomengxin took the coins and counted them, with a look of surprise.

   "13 silver and 6 copper are just right...Huh? Don't you have no copper coins?"

  Mosquito: "Suddenly there are again."

   Mengxin: "..."

  Ye Shi patted Mengxin's shoulder with a grin, and said with a smile: "Young man, not bad, what's your ID name, let's form a team together next time."

  Unexpectedly, Mengxin didn't appreciate it, so he glanced at him and said, "Who are you calling a young man? I'm already thirty, how old are you?"

  Ye Shiyi looked embarrassed and withdrew his hand.

   "Pfft ha ha ha ha ha!"

  Looking at this guy, Mosquito let out a pig cry, patted Ye Shi on the shoulder with a playful smile, and raised his eyebrows at the cute boy.

   "He, a little brother, I remember just going to college."

  Ye Shi blushed and argued, "Get out! I'm already a sophomore!"

  Na Mengxin clicked his tongue: "That's not a little brother."

   Mosquito smiled and said, "Dude, you are so interesting to talk, what kind of ID do you have?"

   "Zhang Hai."

   "Uh, no, I asked you the name of the game, what are you doing with your real name?"

   "It's called Zhang Hai. I don't change my name when I'm in business, and I don't change my surname when I sit. I play games with this name." Zhang Hai said with his eyes wide open.

  Ye Shi: "What if it's preempted?"

  Zhang Hai snorted and said, "It's okay, I still have Zhang Hai 001, Zhang Hai 111, and Zhang Hai 000."

  Ye Shi: "Pfft."

   Mosquito with a low smile, his stomach hurts from laughing, coughed and said: "Brother, your style... why don't you play with strength or physique, why not choose agility."

  Zhang Hai raised his eyebrows brightly and said: "You don't understand this. The only martial arts in the world is fast. Fast is strong, and I am fast!"

   Mosquito: "Ha ha ha ha grass."

   "Wait," Ye Shi suddenly frowned, looking around vigilantly, "I always feel that something is staring at us."

   "It's okay, it's okay, don't be ashamed," Mosquito smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll call it a day, why don't you go eat something?"

   Zhang Hai's eyes lit up and he said, "Go eat at my stall, I'll make ramen for you, it's authentic."

   "..."

   Illusion?

  The feeling of being watched gradually faded away, and Ye Shi suspiciously looked away from the distant street.

   At the same time, on a tall building hundreds of meters away.

  A mercenary holding a sniper rifle, with a look of seeing a ghost, his back pressed against the wall.

Just now he just wanted to observe with the scope to see what was going on on that street, but before he could clearly see how many people were on the opposite side, one of them suddenly looked around vigilantly, and then looked in his direction come over.

   Is it a coincidence?

  But this is too coincidental!

  At this time, the voice of the captain came from the communication channel.

   "Carl, what did you see."

"A lot of people."

"How many?"

   "I didn't see clearly...give me some time."

   Swallowed, the mercenary named Carl continued talking nervously.

   "Those people...maybe there are awakened ones."

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(The body can't take it anymore. I insisted on updating more than 8K for two months. I sleep only six hours a day. I feel that my body is already calling the police. The doctor advised me to take a good rest, don't damage the liver at a young age, and then give me I recommended Liver Protection Tablets, but I didn’t pay for advertising, so I won’t advertise…

  I’m really sorry brothers, there may only be one update these days, but I will ensure that the number of words is 5~6K as much as possible. Compared with my previous two updates of 2K, it should be considered a normal update? On the 24th, the two shifts will resume, and we will continue to challenge Riwan...Let me take it easy, and at the same time take this time to catch my breath, sort out the plot, and make the pace faster. )

  (end of this chapter)