Chapter 343 Change

   "Ooooooo! You guys have so many good things here!"

  B4 floor browsing room.

   Looking at the dazzling collection of books on the shelves, Pai's eyes shone like sapphires illuminated by torches.

  Standing beside Pai, Xiaoyu said in a very soft voice.

   "Brother Chu said, you can borrow it at will, but you can't take it out of the shelter, and don't break it."

   It's 8 o'clock in the evening, and her bank uniform has been changed to loose home clothes, her ponytail is down, and her smooth hair falls on her shoulders, looking like the little sister next door.

  By the way, both clothes were designed by Rattan House.

   "Don't worry!" Taking an encyclopedia from the shelf that was heavier than his head, Pai happily continued, "I will cherish it!"

   Standing behind the two, looking at the encyclopedia that Pai took down, Chu Guang asked curiously.

   "Don't you have it there?"

   "Yes! But not so much!"

   Pai gestured with his left hand on the bookshelf and continued.

"The bookshelf in my master's house is about half the size. There are books he picked up from the wasteland and some broken memory. He spent half his life repairing those things, but so far only A little bit done."

  Chu Guang was quite surprised: "It seems that your master is a respectable scholar."

   "Of course!" Pai raised the tip of his nose proudly, "That old man knows a lot!"

  “…”

  Chu Guang coughed lightly.

   "...you might as well suggest to your teacher that you can teach a few more students so that he can relax too."

   Pai sighed and said helplessly.

   "I've always suggested this, but it's too difficult to recruit some students... Our camp is fine. There are survivors outside, and many people can't even eat."

   It seems that this little girl is not completely ignorant of the sufferings of the world, but this makes Chu Guang a little surprised.

   "You can take him to our place to have a look, we can be regarded as solving the problem of food and clothing."

   Like being a principal or minister of education or something.

   Although this sentence was said in a half-joking tone, Pai's eyes lit up after hearing it, and he said excitedly.

   "Hey, yes, you have so many delicious things here, there must be no shortage of people who are full and supportive. After I go back, I will suggest to my master to let him come to you to grow up!"

  It's okay to hold on when you're full...

   This guy really thinks about what to say.

  Chu Guang almost didn't choke on the saliva, he coughed dryly and looked at the little fish beside him.

   "...you play with her for a while, and take her wherever you want to go,"

   The core of the entire shelter is the control terminal in the deepest part of the B4 floor.

   However, only Chu Guang has the authority there, and most people can't even enter the preparation room in front, and at most they can go to the gym behind the browsing room.

  Xiaoyu nodded obediently.

   "What about you?"

  Chu Guang glanced at the time on the VM.

   "Heya asked me to go to the medical laboratory for a medical examination. I plan to go there later."

   In the past two months, he was basically on the front line, and he was busy with various things for the three days he just came back from the front line.

During the    period, although the gene sequence has been promoted several times, the attribute panel has not been updated.

   It wasn't until this morning that Chu Guang got up from the bed sweating profusely and realized that he hadn't checked his physical condition for a while.

   Medical Laboratory.

   Heya in a white coat has been waiting for a long time.

   Looking at Chu Guang who passed through the movable door, no nonsense, she reached out and patted on the scanning bed like an operating table.

   "Quick, lie down."

   Being looked at by those excited eyes, Chu Guang always felt like a guinea pig.

   But this is not the first time.

   He was used to it.

  The scan data is released, and the updated property panel is quickly displayed on the VM.

  【

  ID: Chu Guang

  Gene Sequence: Manager (Phase 3)

   Level: LV.22→LV.27

  ——Basic Properties——

  Strength: 25

  Agility: 18→20

   Constitution: 21→22

   Perception: 20→21

  Intelligence: 20→24

  】

The progress of the    sequence has increased by 5 percentage points, which is reflected in the attribute panel as a 5-level increase.

   However, what surprised Chu Guang the most was not this, but that his attributes had actually grown by 8 points!

   "Intelligence has increased by 4 points! Good guy... almost catching up with strength!"

   However, the strength attribute did not increase at all, which was not expected by Chu Guang.

   Is it because of the command from the back?

  Although the brain's computing speed increases, it does help him more than muscle growth.

   "Unbelievable... I'm getting more and more interested in your body."

   Staring at the tablet in her hand, Heya had an incredible expression on her face, and said something incomprehensible in her mouth.

   Honestly, if she doesn't speak, the face that seems to come from the 3D area is really pretty.

   It is no wonder that she has no sense of presence, and her popularity on the forum is unexpectedly high.

   But the premise is not to speak...

  Chu Guang coughed lightly.

   "...Please don't say such misleading words."

  Hya's eyes widened.

"Misunderstanding? No, I'm serious! Remember what I told you earlier? Your DNA exhibits characteristics similar to that of a mother's nest—they can actively modify themselves according to the evolution of the fruiting body in the environment. DNA, expressing traits that are more adapted to the environment! This is incredible!"

  “…”

   Looking at Heya who was completely immersed in her own world, Chu Guang put on his coat silently.

   However, just as he was about to slip out of the medical laboratory, Heya suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm.

   "Wait, wait...I have something to ask you!"

  Chu Guang: "...what's the matter."

  Heya said excitedly.

   "Samples! My lab needs more samples of Mutant slime molds!"

"You locked the authority of the area within the Third Ring Road of Qingquan City before. I can't release the tasks in that area, and I can't find you! Without more samples, the research on the mutant slime mold cannot be carried out at all. I have already No new progress for a whole month!"

   Being stared at by that fanatical gaze, Chu Guang raised the VM with a big face and tapped it twice.

   "Xingxingxing, I'll just untie it for you..."

   released his hand happily, and Heya's expression finally returned to normal.

"thanks!"

   "You're welcome, I'll go first if I have nothing else to do..." Before Chu Guang finished speaking, Heya had turned around and passed through the movable door to the sample analysis room next to her.

  Chu Guang heaved a sigh of relief and left quickly.

   In fact, Heya didn't mention this, and in two days, he also planned to release the permission to release the tasks from the Second Ring Road to the Third Ring Road.

   "Wasteland OL" has never forbidden players to explore the edge of the map. The explorable area comparable to the planet and the outer space that is being made are one of his big cakes.

   However, although there are no restrictions on the activity area of ​​players, Chu Guang has always limited the authority of NPCs.

   Especially the release scope of the task.

   Except for the Traders Guild, other units cannot issue missions to players that are too far from the signal range of the new alliance.

   Some areas that are too dangerous should not appear in the regular task list.

   However, after the battle in Xizhou City, there have been many three-stage powerhouses who have been awakened for the second time among the players.

  For example, the Niu Ma Squad, the Third Ring Road in Qingquan City is no longer so dangerous for them.

   The restrictions on quests involving the downtown area can be gradually lifted, but the access level of quests must be set at LV20 or higher.

  Although death is not a big deal for players, as a manager, Chu Guang still hopes to avoid some meaningless deaths.

   This will make it more valuable to die.

  …

  TS City.

  The tent of the Snake Clan.

   Seeing his subordinates kneeling under the tent, the leader of the Snake Clan's eyes widened and his eyes were splitting.

   "Golden Teeth is dead?!"

   The man kneeling under the tent said tremblingly.

   "Dead... I heard that he was betrayed by his own people and was bombed to death at the headquarters, with only half of his body left."

   "The people from the new alliance hung his corpse at the north gate of Dawn City to show the public. In addition, there were more than ten thousand commanders... Except for three or five who volunteered, the rest were all hanged."

   "Most of the more than 20,000 members of the Ya clan were captured. I heard that some were sent to the mines, and some were dug by the lake in Xizhou City."

   "Now the entire Western Continent...that is, our west side, is already the territory of the new alliance."

   "..." Listening to the report of his subordinates, the Serpent Clan leader's face was filled with panic and confusion.

   Half a month ago, Jin Ya sent a message to him, shouting that he should not worry, when he wanted to take Qingquan City in one fell swoop, and join himself in Honghe Town.

   He really wasn't worried at first.

The   ya clan is the head of the bone-biting tribe, and the golden teeth have nearly 30 tanks and more than 30,000 troops, and their troops and equipment are more than three times their own.

   On the other hand, the new alliance is just a small village with a total population of less than 10,000.

   Even if he was sitting there with a pig in command, he wouldn't be beaten so badly, would he?

   Looking at the map hanging on the wall, the Serpent Clan leader's solemn face gradually showed a hint of despair.

  Xizhou City is less than 20 kilometers away from here. They only need to push the cannon forward a little along the tributary of Tianshui, and they can throw the cannonball over their heads without even pushing too far.

   The staff officer standing beside him whispered.

   "...The south cannot be attacked for a long time, and there is another trouble in the west. I can't stay here any longer."

   "Then where can we go? Can we rob the north again?" said the snake clan leader irritably.

The    staff was silent for a while, then sighed lightly.

   "The mine owners in Honghe Town have been united. Even if we concentrate all our forces and go all out to take down there, we will lose our strength to fight with them, and finally let the new alliance reap the benefits."

"...Let's go east, down the stream of Tianshui. Although the most fertile soil is out of reach, the eastern provinces can barely find a place for us. Before the new alliance is freed, now It's too late to withdraw."

   "Otherwise, we may be in danger of being attacked on both sides."

The leader of the    Snake Clan fell silent.

  Although there are ten thousand reluctance in his heart, he has to admit that this is probably the only way to survive...

  …

  Red River Town.

  The position on the south side of Antler Mountain.

   The frontline commander standing next to the anti-artillery hole, holding a telescope in his hand, looked at the mountain opposite that was repeatedly contested, and a hint of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

   "...the looters retreated."

   The adjutant standing beside him was stunned and asked quickly.

   "Retreat? What's the situation?"

   "I don't know..."

   The commander shook his head and handed the binoculars to his adjutant, "See for yourself."

   reached out and took the binoculars, the adjutant stared at the hill opposite for a while, and found that there was indeed no one on the opposite side.

   Taking a closer look, the bayonets standing outside the trenches were still stuck on wooden sticks.

   Putting down the telescope, he looked at the commander with a strange expression.

   "...could it be a trap?"

   "Send a team of scouts to take a look." After thinking for a long time, the commander continued, "Also, report the situation here to the mining guild—I mean the headquarters."

The adjutant    nodded and said immediately.

   "I'll make arrangements now!"

  The mining guild is already a historical term, but most of the local people have not yet gotten used to it.

  Since the news of the victory in Songlinyu spread some time ago, the mine owners and the owners of the chamber of commerce in Honghe Town quarreled almost twice a day, and surrounded the guild every day.

   Of course, it’s impossible to be completely dead. After all, when you’re really sick, you usually don’t make a fuss.

  The quarrel returns to the quarrel, and everyone knows very well in their hearts that the relationship between them is a win-win relationship.

  In this wasteland world surrounded by death and despair, no one can truly leave the other.

  In the fierce quarrel, those originally irreconcilable issues reached a consensus instead.

  The merchants agreed to reduce the number of mercenaries and set up a well-trained standing army, but the mine owners paid 70% of the military expenses and they only paid 30%.

In exchange, the mine owners have made more concessions on the establishment of a "more centralized management agency", and let the chambers of commerce that operate the various survivor settlements have more in the agency. seats.

   After all, where there are many free people, the educated population is also more.

   On the contrary, the major settlements in Honghe Town will bear more public expenses than the major mines.

   At the same time, all major mining farms and chambers of commerce need to take out 10% of their profits as a tax for this unified agency.

   From now on, Honghe Town will officially change its name to the Red River Alliance, and will no longer call itself by its historical place name.

  Although they have been wary of the expansion of the new alliance, in the end they have become the ones they hate the most...

  …

   The next morning.

   Chu Guang, who was inspecting the work of the Trade Union, happened to receive a call from the New Alliance military base in Honghe Town.

   Learned from Xu Shun, the person in charge of the military base, what happened in Honghe Town these days. In addition to being surprised, he was dumbfounded for a while.

   Good guy.

  Red River Town directly changed to Red River Alliance?

  Chu Guang never thought that the epic victory of the new alliance in Songlinyu would cause such a big sensation, and even unexpectedly promoted the reform of the survivors in Honghe Town.

   Maybe because he was jealous of the development results of the new alliance, the opponent simply copied his homework.

   But not fully copied.

   is only a selective copy.

   "...The Snake Clan has retreated, and the other party has submitted a written application to us, hoping that we will reduce the garrison in the Red River Alliance. For a long time in the future, they will no longer need mercenaries."

   After listening to Xu Shun's report during the call, Chu Guang thought quietly for a while and said.

   "You tell them that we will withdraw from the Bonebiter tribe in a planned way after the threat of the Bonebiter tribe is completely removed, but not now."

   "The Tooth Clan has been eliminated by us, but there are two remaining unsolved. Those predators may come back at any time. Now is not the time to discuss this matter."

   "Reassure them that we will not interfere in their internal affairs, but we must ensure the safety of our residents engaged in local production and business activities."

   Seeing the looters being driven away and want to send his little players away?

   He looks like the kind of guy who just comes and goes?

  I want to eat fart!

  From a realistic point of view, it is impossible for the new alliance to give up the garrison of Honghe Town.

At present, the fastest journey from Dawn City to there is three days. If the military base is withdrawn, it means that players cannot save files in Honghe Town and receive quests normally, and it also means that his little players may be cut off by others. .

   This is something Chu Guang cannot accept anyway.

   Xu Shun on the communication channel gave a military salute and answered cleanly.

"Yes!"

   After the call ended, Chu Guang looked at the old Charlie who was waiting quietly.

   Clearing his throat, he continued.

   "There's a little problem in Honghe Town, but it's not a big problem... Where did we just say?"

   "Speaking of our neighbor to the south."

   Old Charlie's tone was gentle, and he patiently picked up the topic that was interrupted by the phone call.

   "According to the information you have learned from the office set up in Boulder City, the City Hall of Boulder City recently introduced a bill requiring Boulder City's weapons shops and vendors to stop selling LD-47 series weapons."

   "Obviously, they've realized that we're taking their market share away."

  LD-47 is powerful and cheap, so it is liked by many mercenaries.

   The reason why the sales were not good before was just because the bullets were not easy to handle.

   But now the bullets of the new alliance are getting cheaper and cheaper, especially after the copper mine in Qingshi County was mined, the wholesale price was even more halved.

   Under the trend of huge profit margins, more and more merchants are more willing to import those high-quality and cheap bullets produced by the new alliance, so that the sales data of the "Drone" series of assault rifles produced by the Boulder City Military Factory plummeted.

   Chu Guang frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly thought.

   "What if we rename it? Like LD to AK?"

  Old Charlie was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly.

   "...Do you think the opposite is a fool?"

  Chu Guang smiled embarrassedly.

"makes sense."

   If you change your name and continue to sell this kind of thing, you can really deceive fools.

  Those merchants still want to continue doing business in Boulder City, even if they don't listen to the words of the city hall of the outer city, they have to listen to the words of the factory owners.

   Looking at the contemplative manager, old Charlie paused and continued.

"...Actually, even if you lose this part of the trade share, it's not a big deal. Mercenary groups in need will naturally come to our site to purchase, and the slums and black markets outside the city can also buy our products... These They are not under the control of the city hall of the outer city."

   “What we should really be wary of is that our neighbors are shifting their attitudes towards us and our developments have alerted them.”

  Chu Guang nodded solemnly.

   "Indeed, that's a problem."

  The new alliance can complete the industrialization in such a short time, partly by the production experience brought by the small players from reality, partly by the advanced tools provided by the pioneer.

   However, the trade with Boulder City is also a part that cannot be ignored.

   For example, solid-state hydrogen batteries and related production lines of KV-1 exoskeletons, many of which were introduced from the second-hand equipment auction market in Boulder City.

   There are also a large number of engineers employed by the Liszt factory, all from the talent market in Boulder City.

   In addition to the products themselves, these companies from Boulder City have also spawned a large number of supporting industries.

   Such as advanced electrodes, control elements, micro motors, etc.

   Some of these parts were exported to Boulder City, and some were digested by the local enterprises of the New Alliance.

   Objectively speaking, these have provided a lot of help to the industrial development of the new alliance.

  If the relationship with Boulder continues to deteriorate, it is certain that it will have an impact on the industrialization of the new alliance.

   Of course, this is not without impact on Boulder City itself.

  For example, the A3-type composite aluminum material of the Bachi Aluminum Factory, the factory in Boulder City also imported less.

  The new alliance has mastered some "core technologies" in the process of development.

  Chu Guang looked at old Charlie and asked.

"do you have any good advice?"

   Old Charlie continued.

"The possibility of us having a direct conflict with each other is very small, but this possibility is not impossible. The new alliance is now not the original small village, and our expansion has aroused the vigilance of the neighbors. In the long run, we still have to pay attention. Check out your relationship with them."

"For example, we could send diplomats to have more official communications with our neighbors. Not just Boulder, but Red River, and even further afield, garbage... We don't necessarily need them to be friendly, but at least we have to Avoid letting them join forces against us."

  Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.

   "You are right, this issue must be treated with caution."

  Before foreign affairs, the trade union was in charge.

   After all, the size of the new alliance was too small at that time, and the relationship with other settlements was just a trade relationship, and even the tariffs were only made two months ago.

  The present is different from the past.

  The population of the new alliance has exceeded 10,000, and the territory has expanded northward to Xizhou City. The logistics is no longer just a few workshops and a few warehouses, and the relationship with the neighbors is naturally impossible to maintain only trade exchanges as before.

   This also involves geopolitical security and strategic needs.

   In fact, not only diplomacy, but also a series of fields such as economy, industry, transportation, energy, trade, education, etc., all need to set up special departments for management, instead of having him personally give instructions every time.

  Although with the help of Xiaoqi, it was really easy. As long as he wants, he can even let a player on the front line move the machine gun position five meters forward.

   Just taking the opportunity of the victory of the Northern Expedition, Chu Guang planned to carry out the second reform of the management of the new alliance.

   The last time it was changed to the Guard, this time it was changed to Internal Affairs.

  The overly bloated [Logistics Department] will be split, and Chu Guang will further clarify the specific responsibilities of each department and the tasks they are responsible for.

   In this way, he can also reduce micro-manipulation and make himself a little more relaxed.

   Seeing the thoughts in the manager's mind, Old Charlie nodded with a smile and said respectfully and softly.

   "Looks like you've realized."

   "Just now you asked me what my advice was, and my advice is that now is the time to do it."

   (end of this chapter)