Chapter 25: Running Out of Manpower
Cheers came from the cement kiln.
Chu Guang walked in and took a look, only to see that Fang Chang and Lao Bai were piling a pile of light gray powder on the ground, adding water and sand to stir it into a paste-like mud.
A rough estimate shows that this batch of cement is only about 20 kilograms.
Because it is a trial firing, there are not many of these batches of firing, and from the volume of the cement kiln filler, there should be no problem in processing half a ton a day.
Although it is not as good as professional production equipment, it can barely be used.
"Honorable Administrator!"
Noticing Chu Guang who was walking this way, the two players threw away the tools in their hands and greeted him excitedly.
"Cement!"
"We've finally made Portland cement!"
It's really not easy.
In order to make the temperature in the cement kiln reach more than 1450 degrees, the two of them simply rubbed the blower and added charcoal to it one after another, and the unicorn arm was about to come out.
Especially Lao Bai, his own genetic sequence is a power system, and he is about to upgrade in the past three days!
"You're doing a great job."
Chu Guang looked at them approvingly, nodded and said.
"With this cement, we are a big step closer to the first phase of the plan. The Vault will remember your contributions, and each of you will be rewarded with 1,000 Contribution Points! ”
Expressions of delight appeared on the faces of the two players.
The hard work of the past few days has not been in vain!
However, what they didn't know was that the NPC and dog planner standing in front of them had already begun to think about how to recover these over-issued "currencies" in their hands.
It's not okay to inflation too fast, it affects the life of the game.
Or......
Open a gacha function?
1000 contribution points to draw once?
It's not impossible.
Just when Chu Guang was thinking about how to make it more appropriate, Fang Chang and Lao Bai glanced at each other, looked at him and said respectfully.
"Administrator, there's something I have to report to you!"
"Say."
"Now that the cement has been successfully fired, we need more manpower to start the construction of the outpost!"
Chu Guang looked at the two of them.
"How many people do you need?"
Lao Bai hurriedly said.
"At least ten people! Of course, the more the merrier! The cement kiln needs to be calcined by manual blast, and two people can operate one kiln in shifts, and soon we will build a second one. That's going to take four people! At least four were needed to move stones from the construction site, and the rest were more than eight to repair walls and houses. ”
Chu Guang calculated in his heart.
That's not sixteen people?
At present, the outpost has only enough food to feed seven people, including himself, for a week, and the population has suddenly tripled, and I don't know if the logistics can withstand it.
Chu Guang hesitated again and again, but finally made up his mind to take a gamble.
It's the 9th now.
Nearly a third of the month had passed, and it would be difficult to finish the outpost before winter without more effort.
"Good! I know. ”
Nodding his head and looking at the two players, Chu Guang continued.
"I'll ask my superiors for support, and in three days a new group of members will wake up from their dormancy and come to the surface to join our cause."
Hearing this, expressions of joy appeared on Lao Bai and Fang Chang's faces.
With new people on board, their infrastructure plans will be much easier than they are now!
Not only that, but Fang Chang's conjecture was also verified.
The authority of this NPC is really not just as simple as a simple NPC, and it can even affect the progress of the game's closed beta.
This made Fang Chang think of the fantasy setting of the online game in the early online novels-
[The game runs on a supercomputer with unlimited computing power, and the game company has developed a worldview framework, and the content is completely dynamically generated by AI.] 】
I wonder if wasteland OL is like this!
The more Fang Chang thought about it, the more excited he became.
He felt like he understood again.
……
With carpenters and chefs, players' working conditions and quality of life have been visibly improved to the naked eye.
With the help of [WC True Mosquito], Lao Bai and Fang Chang's construction team got the mold to make mud bricks, and also helped Tempest and Night Ten improve the fishing traps.
He even used a tree stump to make a wooden toilet for the toilet without cutting the buttocks.
Now I can finally sit on the toilet.
It's just that not everyone likes this type of toilet bowl.
For example, the wind.
This guy seems to be a bit of a cleanliness fetish, and even in the game, he can't accept using the toilet used by others, so he stubbornly digs a hole next to the original toilet and inserts wood as a shield.
Thanks to this, the outpost now has a second toilet.
But compared to these worthless things, the most surprising thing is this guy and Night Ten's fishing plan.
With the help of improved traps, the two finally caught their first fish before evening.
And it's a big fish!
Looking at the condition, it should belong to the catfish.
The reason why I say "yes" is because the broad lips and head are so big and bizarre, with white spots scattered between the dark blue patterns, and the tentacles are dotted with coral-like red whiskers.
Obviously, this is also a mutant after mutation.
Looking at the "big guy" who was fluttering in the trap and trying to escape, Tempest and Night Ten were about to cry with excitement, and they didn't mind how ugly this guy looked at all.
It's been three days!
Three whole days!
Finally got one of them!
Taking advantage of the fact that the big bird hovering in the sky and the beast by the lake did not find it, they hurriedly dragged the big creature from the lake to the shore with the trap, and brutally beat it to death with a steel stick.
It was not until it was completely dead that its head and tail were tied to the steel bars with ropes, and it was carried back to the outpost with its head and tail carried back to the outpost, which was still twitching.
"Brother Scrambled Eggs, look at it, can you eat this thing?"
"? What the hell is this? ”
Staring at the catfish that Gale and Yaten threw on the ground, and the [scrambled eggs with tomatoes] that were making a smoked fish rack, their eyes were about to pop out.
He has been frying vegetables for half his life, and it is the first time he has seen such a big catfish with his own eyes.
The fish head alone can fill a basin.
Anyway, if this thing is thrown into the lake, can other fish still live???
Catfish are meat-eaters!
"It's supposed to be a catfish." Tempest said.
"Nonsense, of course I know it's a catfish," Scrambled Egg squatted down and opened its lips to look at it, pulled it again, and smashed its tongue and said, "Good guy...... I'm afraid I'll have to weigh a hundred pounds! ”
Ye Shi hurriedly asked.
"Can you make smoked fish?"
"Who used catfish to make smoked fish...... Scrambled Egg continued speechlessly, "This thing has a lot of fat and moisturizing mucus on the surface, so it's quite troublesome to deal with, and I don't know if it can be dehydrated." ”
"What's going on?" Tempest asked.
"I haven't tried it either, let's try it first......" glanced at the smoked fish rack that he had made for a long time, and the scrambled eggs fell silent.
A hundred pounds of fish will definitely be crushed if you put it on.
Can only be redone......
……
At dusk.
The scrambled egg brother took the place of the manager and stewed a pot of fish head soup for the players, proving that this thing is indeed edible.
And the taste is surprisingly good.
Although there is no tofu as a side dish, and there is no onion, ginger and garlic cooking wine to remove the fishy, Brother Scrambled Egg still relies on his superb cooking skills and only uses salt and soy sauce as seasoning to make a pot of fish head soup that is still fresh but not greasy.
The players were in tears as they ate.
Scrambled Egg and Mosquito were pleasantly surprised by the taste sensation in the game, and the other four players were moved by the fact that they finally had a bite of normal food.
Woo woo, it's not easy......
It was 6 o'clock in the evening, and it was exactly 6 o'clock in the morning.
The closed beta players had just come down from the game, and before they could board the Penguin, the news in the Cow and Horse Club group exploded.
Quit smoking: [it!] Look at the official website! 】
Ye Ao Nai I: [You haven't given up yet......]
Keeping people under the knife: [What's wrong with the official website? 】
Quit Smoking: [Major update in Alpha 0.2!] The official website will release 24 closed beta qualifications again! The number of players in the closed beta will be expanded to 30!! 】
Leave someone under the knife: [I wipe? 】
Ye Ao Nai I: [Hehe, I'm starting to eat leeks, let's say, how much is it?] I don't think it's enough to open a case at the police station downstairs. (Nose picking)】
Quit smoking: [I shouldn't have any money, I see that the announcement didn't mention the charge!] Haha, I don't believe it, I can't make it this time!! 】
Picking up garbage level 99: [You think too much, the number of reservations has already exceeded 100.] 24 additional places...... The probability is 1 in 4 to 1 in 5,]
Quit smoking: [Break 100?! What the hell, can there be so many living people in our group??? 】
Picking up garbage Level 99: [Well, it's not all from our group...... I saw a lot of games talking about this game last night. 】
Keeping people under the knife: [It's actually out of the circle.] (surprised)】
(4) Who understands: [Well, I just watched it, and the number of reservations is already 111. 】
Quit smoking: [I'm a!] 】