After hearing this, Su Shu said in a somewhat depressed mood: "It would be nice if this base could be upgraded as soon as possible." ”

Seeing Su Shu like this, He Yuzhi glanced at Dong Xueqian, who was talking nonsense, and stepped forward to comfort: "It's not your fault, the base upgrade is conditional, and it's not so easy, you've done it well enough." ”

Seeing that Su Shu's expression was not good here, Dong Xueqian didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, "Yes, don't listen to my nonsense!" The boss is right, no matter why they can't get in, it's a matter of ability and brain, without these two things, they won't be able to survive sooner or later in the last days. ”

Dong Xueqian's words are indeed reasonable, the words are not rough, and Su Shu also knows that it is not his own problem, but at that moment just now, there was still a sentimentality like Lin Daiyu's sister possessed, and the girl will be overflowing with sympathy at a moment, and it will be good if it passes.

It may be that this last day came too suddenly, and she still needs to continue to adapt.

Dong Xueqian's words obviously played a comforting role, and Su Shu's expression gradually improved.

……

After dinner and a good NPC work meal, Su Shu went to Granny Shen to see how the junior backpack was doing.

Sure enough, Granny Shen did not disappoint Su Shu, she succeeded in making 12 of the 15 materials, and Su Shu immediately took some materials to her mother-in-law, asking her to continue to help tomorrow, and paid Granny Shen with the cost of 4 copper coins per backpack.

After coming out, Su Shu returned to the warehouse, looking at the materials placed everywhere, and there was not even a decent bathroom and kitchen, this residential building needed to be built quickly!

Su Shu, who finished sighing, brushed up the system notification.

"Ding~ Welcome back to the Xiangyang base."

#向阳基地

Current Dependents: 200 (196 Temporary Residents, 3 NPCs)

Today's income: 1,315 Copper Coins

"There are fewer temporary leaders, but the income is still about the same, it seems that the torches are selling very well, and I have to call Big Guy He to replenish the stock today."

After reading the income, Su Shu sent He Yuzhi a message that he needed to replenish the stock, and by the way, he sent the manual fee and materials to the system.

After arranging, Su Shu opened the NPC recruitment panel again.

"Ding~ Congratulations on your luck today! Refresh to rare skill NPCs! ”

#npc招聘 (refreshed today)

1. Li Guagua (puppet master)

Level: Level 1

Attributes: Health 270 Attack 13 Defense 36 Agility 18 Mana 50 Intelligence 20

Combat Skill: D-rank Wood Spell

Life Skill: Craft a physical attack puppet

It can now be crafted: Reconnaissance Machinery, Surveillance Machinery, Fixed Bow Crossbows, Small Explosive Mining Bombs, Signal Flares, Smoke Bombs, Wooden Golems, Iron Golems, etc

Recruitment price: 500 copper coins/month

Hobbies: all kinds of machinery, energy stones, etc.

(Note: After hiring a puppeteer, the system will no longer farm physical attack NPCs - archers, warriors, tanks to the base)

“？？？ What the hell is a puppeteer? ”

"No more refreshes of combat NPCs? Therefore, the puppet made by this Li Guagua can replace the NPC of physical attack, that is, there will be a puppeteer who will replace the NPC of the magic attack type in the future. ”

Looking at the refresh of only one NPC on the system panel plus the remarks, Su Shu was dumbfounded.

"This recruitment interface has just been refreshed for 3 days, and it tells me that the physical attack NPC is gone?!"

"I'm so lucky~"

"Then this plum melon is very good! Absolutely! Save food for me! ”

"The puppeteer seems to be able to be a puppet instead of the base guards! You can be more puppeteers in the future and save money! ”

"And there will be so many machines, weapons and so on! These 500 copper coins are too worth it in January~"

Looking at this note, Su Shu felt that spring was coming, and the dog system finally stopped being doggy once.

Since this is the case, no matter how much money it has, it has to be hired, not to mention that one was brushed out today.

"Ding~ Congratulations on your successful recruitment of NPCs, Li Guagua."

"Ding~ Li Guagua will go to work at 8:30 tomorrow morning."

"Ding~ Intimate tip: Li Guagua (puppeteer) residence is an NPC dormitory, and there is still one room left in the NPC dormitory after the hiring is completed, please continue to upgrade if necessary~"

......

On the morning of the fifth day of the apocalypse, before a group of people went out to brush and hunt gophers, Su Shu saw this plum melon in the NPC dormitory.

Su Shu was very happy, because he finally had an Asian look, wearing glasses, and looking like a scholar.

After Li Guagua's explanation to the puppeteer, Su Shu felt that he was blinded by the big pie of the dog system again......

Puppeteer, divided into making physical attack puppets (archers, warriors, tanks, etc.) and magic attack puppets (magicians, priests, etc.), as the name suggests, can make puppets (similar to making NPCs, and require the user to inject mental power to control, but unlike NPCs, puppets have no autonomy), and the lord needs to provide materials and studios.

And Li Guagua's puppet can not only do physical attacks, but also some simple life skills, as long as the controlling person controls the puppet through mental power to learn, you can complete some simple gathering, logging, mining, etc.

And the complex life skills of making weapons and equipment still need NPCs or self-conscious people with life skills to do it.

But the question is, where is Su Shu, who is poor and white, going to build a studio for him?

There is also a wooden puppet to make, which requires 50 pieces of wood, 10 iron ingots, and even a kind of power stone and a mechanical core with a magic array that Su Shu has never heard of, and I don't know where to get it.

Therefore, in order to mass produce a large number of materials, and I don't know where the power stones and mechanical cores are.

After listening, Su Shu calmed down for a moment, and then asked, "How do I build a studio?" ”

Guagua replied, "At this stage, you can temporarily use the workshop of the weapon shop, and when the machine is unlocked later, there will be a studio after it is built." ”

After listening to Guagua's answer, Su Shu thought in his heart: Okay...... No wonder it refreshes you! You can also use the emotional weapon shop. And what machinery is unheard of, I'll have to go to the mall to look through it later.

Su Shu continued to ask, "Then what are power stones and mechanical cores?" And how to attach the magic array? ”

"Power stones are equivalent to batteries, which need to be replaced after a period of use. You can use the power stone fragments dropped by fighting monsters to combine them into power stones through the workshop, or you can let high-level magicians send energy to energy storage crystals to make energy stones, which generally takes longer for high-level magicians to make. ”

"The mechanical core is also used to make titanium metal to process the mechanical core parts, and then I will assemble the mechanical core, and then attach the magic array, titanium smelting needs ilmenite, titanium magnetite, anatase ore, if the lord is lucky, you can get the mechanical core parts by fighting monsters and dropping, but the probability is very small, so it is best to find the titanium ore cave."

"The magic array is directly engraved onto the mechanical parts by me and activated before it can be used."

Hearing this, Su Shu no longer knew that she was being tricked by the dog system again, then she was really a fool, "So this puppet is easy to use, but the materials are rare and difficult to manufacture?" Then you also gave me a picture cake and explained that there is a workshop that can be mass-produced! ”

Guagua's Xueba's face was embarrassed, "Cough~ that~ because I'm afraid you'll return me." The material of the puppet is indeed very difficult to obtain, but I also know other machines, which are also very practical in the early stage! ”

Su Shu suddenly reacted: "Wait!" Can I give you back?! ”

Li Guagua began to hesitate and said nothing.

Su Shu looked at him like this, a little temper couldn't hold back, and slapped the table with a "snap~", "I've been with you for a long time!" You'd better tell me quickly! ”

Li Guagua hesitated this time and opened his mouth, and then Su Shu could only see that his mouth was moving, but he didn't make any sound, and he couldn't tell what he said by looking at the shape of his mouth.

"I'll ask you now, just nod or shake your head. Are you being restricted by the system and can't say? ”

Li Guagua nodded.

"Then you... Is there really a sense of self? ”

Li Guagua nodded again.

"If you leave the earth, will you still listen to me because of your loyalty?"

This time Li Guagua hesitated, did not nod or shake his head.

This hesitation is already the answer to Su Shu, it turns out that these NPCs are really not 100% controllable!

"That system is some extraterrestrial ... Alien? Or advanced intelligent beings? Is it made? ”

Li Guagua nodded without hesitation this time.

"That's... Are you NPCs creatures or not? ”

Li Guagua's mouth opened this time, "According to the earth, we can be regarded as robots with autonomous consciousness, and under the setting of loyalty, we will listen to the arrangements of everyone on the earth, you don't have to worry about this." ”

When exploring the law of system refresh monsters before, Su Shu and the others began to wonder if there were higher intelligence bodies existing outside the earth, and the operating system to integrate the earth, this time Li Guagua's performance fully reflected the existence of "aliens".

Unable to ask anything more, Su Shu gave up directly, "Okay, tell me which material is the easiest among the things you can make now?" ”

"Reconnaissance machinery and monitoring machinery, but you also need a workshop." After speaking, the classmate Guagua raised his head in shame again.

He is a high-level mechanic, but now he is useless, and it is strange and uncomfortable.

Su Shu's brows jumped and jumped, resisting the urge to return him and said, "Then since you can't do anything now, let me be a guard first!" Stay safe at the base with Kane! There is also a monthly salary reduced to the same as Kane, when can you do it and when you can increase your money! ”

"Ding! Intimate tips~ The lord can't reduce the salary of the NPC, all wages are determined by the system evaluation, and it is guaranteed to be 100% reasonable~"

"Yo [beep]! You! Go patrol with Kane first! ”

Looking at the system's "intimate tips", Su Shu really couldn't hold back this time, and went out without looking.

A senior technician who can't do anything now, that is equivalent to not being able to do anything now, she doesn't have so much money to support this idle eater, and she is going to die of anger.

Although the system said that this Li Guagua is a skill, but now even the physical attack guards are not allowed to recruit, and this puppet will do a good job for a while, isn't this just to get rid of Su Shu alive and die!

Is this a bit of luck? What about the crooks?

Su Shu understands the truth of retaining talents, but there is no money!