Chu Guang tightened the seal of the plastic bag and continued.

"You should be glad you didn't go any further, this mushroom usually grows near the nests of mutated leeches."

Ye Shi was stunned.

"Mutant leeches?"

Chu Guang said casually.

"Well, the juvenile mutated leeches are only the size of a palm, and they look no different from normal leeches except for their special mouthparts."

"However, once they reach adulthood, their size quickly increases to more than 1 meter, and the longest can even reach 3 meters, and their feeding patterns change, and they can even swallow a living person in one bite...... Of course, I've only heard about it. ”

After listening to the manager's narration, Ye Shi felt a chill all over his body.

He said that he felt wrong when he was picking mushrooms, but he couldn't say what was wrong. If you look at it this way, it turns out that you slipped a corner before the ghost gate closed.

"Can't you eat it?" The expression on Hurricane's face was quite regretful, looking at the mushrooms that had been put away by Chu Guang, and muttered, "I thought I could add a BUFF." ”

"Don't overthink it."

How can there be so many buffs.

There is a sentence that Chu Guang did not say.

Although this thing cannot be eaten, it is the main ingredient for making radiating agents.

The specific principle Chu Guang didn't know, he also heard about it from old Charlie on Bate Street.

The mushroom contains a special polypeptide that is effective in alleviating and healing non-fatal damage caused by gamma rays.

The caravans in Boulder would buy it, and the price would not be low, usually shipping it to Boulder and selling it to the factories there.

It's just that it's really hard to get hold of, and few scavengers are willing to risk their lives to go to swamps or subways or sewers to search for mutant leech nests.

It's one thing to be hard to find.

It's another thing to find a lifeless person to bring it back.

Even if life is compelled, no one wants to touch these cannibals without spitting out bones. Hands to deal with......

Unexpectedly, there was a nest of mutant leeches just a few steps away.

Chu Guang was in a mixed mood.

The good thing is that this blue umbrella mushroom can be sold for a lot of money, but the worry is that the mutated leech is not easy to deal with.

Sprinkle salt?

Where to get hundreds of kilograms of salt, there is so much salt that it is better to sell salt directly.

Set?

This thing usually lives in humid areas, and it's really not that good.

"Do you remember the exact location of that sewer entrance?"

In response to the manager's inquiry, Tempest quickly pulled out the map and pointed to the marked location.

"This is it."

Chu Guang glanced at the location on the map and silently wrote it down.

"I see."

……

The blue umbrella mushrooms brought back by Tempest and Night Ten are estimated to be 2 kilograms, and the general market can get a little chip for every 50g.

2000g is 40 chips!

This is almost equivalent to all the savings that Chu Guang has saved in the past five months.

And that's the price offered at the recycling bin on Bate Street.

The actual value of this thing is at least twice that amount!

Chu Guang planned to sell all these mushrooms and use the chips to buy the supplies urgently needed by the outpost.

"The outpost needs to be replenished, I'll go out, you stay here, remember not to go far."

"At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaoqi will open the elevator for you on time and return to the shelter."

"When I'm not there, Xiaoqi will count your work results, and you can ask it if you don't understand something."

As for the 2 kilograms of blue umbrella mushrooms, Chu Guang calculated a total of 220 contribution points for Tempest and Night Ten.

200 of them are due to the discovery of the nest of mutant leeches, and the other 20 are for the blue umbrella mushroom.

It's not that he picks the door for just giving such a little, but he is afraid of giving too much, so that these players taste the sweetness, take the risk of running to pick this thing, and accidentally die inside.

Until he found a generator that could power the "active extractor", he felt that he would be better off being cautious.

Green wheat boiled porridge for lunch.

Speaking of porridge, Chu Guang felt a bit like mung bean soup with no sweetness.

This thing doesn't have any flavor to speak of, it's just for filling your stomach.

However, to Chu Guang's surprise, the four players were devouring food, like starving ghosts reincarnated.

Is it so delicious?

Chu Guang had doubts about his cooking skills.

Am I actually good at cooking?

It shouldn't be......

A meal was hastily settled.

Putting away the pots and pans, Chu Guang extinguished the fire and set off on the road alone, leaving only four players in the sanatorium and an AI robot hanging up upstairs.

Fang Chang stared at the task board inserted in the door of the nursing home, lost in thought.

Night Ten asked on the side.

"What are you looking at?"

Fang Chang said.

"According to the Administrator, the Blue Umbrella Mushroom can be used as an ingredient in the production of anti-radiation agents, but the reward for the quest is only 20 contributions, which is equivalent to cutting down two trees...... Do you think this makes sense? ”

Ye Shi was stunned.

"Is there any problem?"

Fang Chang said.

"Of course, normally speaking, the player's income from the task should be directly related to the difficulty of the task. Not only have you unlocked new dungeons, but you've also collected high-value items, which is not only a reward. ”

Tempest mused.

"Then why do you think that?"

Fang Chang snapped his fingers.

"Priority!"

"Excellent, priority?" Ye Shi was stunned.

"That's right." Fang Chang nodded, "Do you remember what the manager said in the previous plot, the current first priority is survival!" ”

Have it?

I think there is.

Night Ten didn't listen too carefully.,Most games he doesn't read the plot.,Ctrl directly past.。 Although this game can't Ctrl, it doesn't make a difference if you wander for a few minutes.

Fang Chang continued.

“…… So I'm guessing that the quests on the questboard aren't all the quests, and this game gives us a lot of autonomy, and the quests can not only be released by NPCs, but also triggered by the initiative. ”

Tempest frowned.

"Why?"

"Haven't you already received your reward?" Fang Chang said, "Although we didn't find the generator, we found the xenomorph nest and collected valuable materials. ”

"So I judged that as long as our actions met the current needs of Vault 404, we would be able to earn contribution points. And the value of the reward is positively related to the value created by our behavior! ”

"For example, the construction of manure pits and toilets is a task issued by the manager after adopting our opinions, and Lao Bai and I both got a reward of 200 contribution points."

Lao Bai nodded.

"It seems like this."

"I probably see what you mean," Tempest said, touching his chin, "but isn't it a good idea to earn contribution points by completing tasks on the task board?" ”

And the number of points is not low.

"That's the second point I'm going to make," a mysterious smile appeared on Fang Chang's face, "Do you remember what the planner told us about the favorability setting?" ”

A hint of surprise appeared on Tempest's face.

"I see...... I see what you mean. ”

Night Ten and Lao Bai are still confused.

"What the hell do you understand?"

"Make it clear!"

Fang Chang said slowly.

"To put it simply, completing the fixed tasks on the task board step by step, although we can get a fixed guaranteed reward, will not be able to show our ability. In contrast, taking the initiative to trigger tasks can better reflect our own abilities! Theoretically, it should improve the manager's evaluation of us. ”

Of course, these speculations are based on the fact that Wasteland OL is a "completely real" immersive virtual reality game, and that the behavior of managers is governed by program logic, not artificial.

If his intelligence is not as high as he thinks, this inference is likely to be invalid.

But at present, the manager's intelligence level is still quite high, and there is no problem with normal communication, and he can't even help but wonder if this guy will be played by a real person.

After understanding Fang Chang's explanation, Lao Bai touched the stubble on his chin and nodded.

"It's an interesting idea, and it's worth trying...... So what do you think we should do? ”

"I'm still figuring out what to do, but my gut tells me that it's more important to accumulate more NPC opinion before the second round of closed beta than contribution points, which will ensure that we have a higher 'starting point' than other players in the second round of closed beta."

After a pause, Fang Chang snapped his fingers.

"I'm proposing to form a team!"

"What does it mean to form a team......" Yashi wondered.

Lao Bai nodded.

"I'm okay with that."

Tempest nodded.

"I agree with that."

Ye Shi was stunned.

"I'm okay with that, but can you tell me a little bit about the team?"

Fang Chang patiently explained.

"To put it simply, from now on we are a team, sharing information and helping each other. Then, all we have to do is play to our strengths. ”

Fang Chang looked at Tempest and Night Ten and continued.

"Tempest, night ten, you scout along the shore of the wetland park, pay attention to the distribution of xenomorphs, the trajectory of their movements, and mark the area where a suspected nest is found...... But remember, don't get too close, especially to avoid fighting. We need a safe water pick-up point. ”

Tempest nodded.

"Okay."

Then, Fang Chang looked at Lao Bai.

"As for us, what we need to do now is to chop more wood."

"Wait a while, I'll go online to check some information, and tomorrow I will find a way to use the wood I have hoarded!"