"Brother, why is your electric stove not very good."

“…… Maybe the power is not enough, I'll think about it again to see if I can use these copper wires to make a bigger generator. ”

"Brother steady!"

When leaving the carpentry hut, Chu Guang passed by the industrial area and saw several players in front of the blast furnace of steelmaking, pondering how to improve the steelmaking technology.

It seems that the electric furnace that was improved from waste products has failed, and the problem seems to be the power. The two players are discussing how to imitate a more powerful generator.

If only it could succeed.

Silently chanting in his heart, Chu Guang, who was carrying a hammer, walked to the side of the brick kiln and found the [Knife Stay] who was directing other players to burn bricks.

Since Lao Bai turned to a hunter player, the position of construction captain has fallen on the sword brother who was born in civil engineering.

"The three-meter-high wall is still too short, I don't know when the second round of raids of the marauders will come, I plan to strengthen the defense of the outpost, do you have any good suggestions?"

I didn't expect the manager to discuss such an important issue with him.

The knife was pleasantly surprised at first, and immediately thought about it seriously.

"Judging from the weapons of the marauders, they use more Molotov cocktails, throwables and light weapons, and although the wall can hardly prevent them from breaking through our defenses, it does not give us much of an advantage in the actual firefight!"

"My suggestion is that we can concentrate the building materials to build 3~4 meters high bunkers outside the fence, and then connect these bunkers with Z-shaped trenches!"

Hearing this little player's suggestion, Chu Guang's eyes lit up.

That's a really good idea.

The Marauder is a creature that is very similar to the goblins in fantasy movies, with neither very strong firepower nor melee ability, and its advantage is intimidation and harassment.

Intimidation is of little use to the player, it only makes the madmen more excited. The only thing that needs to be limited is their ability to harass.

A pillbox provides frontal suppression, and flanked trenches limit the Marauder's ability to maneuver.

Is a predator who has lost the ability to maneuver still a predator?

That's all mobile "experience packs"!

Even if they gritted their teeth and broke through the gap in their defenses and jumped into the trenches, an even more brutal bloody storm awaited them.

If you can't shoot at someone, that's a matter of ability.

Do you still need to worry about fighting bayonets in the trenches?

In the minds of these players, there is no concept of retreat, killing red eyes, even if they are thundered, they have to take a few away.

Thinking of this, Chu Guang immediately made a decision.

"How many people do you need?"

The knife left people in their hearts, and spoke.

"Give me 20 people, and I'll be able to do it in three days! 30 people, up to two days! ”

It's not very difficult to dig trenches, with tools like shovels and a few power-based players, it is estimated that it will take less than a day to get it.

The main structure is dug out first, and then it is slowly reinforced with wood.

As for the bunkers.

The kind of concrete pouring is not used, and the defense overflows too much. Hauling some hardened cement blocks from the abandoned construction site, making sorghum out of wood and discarded steel bars, and building an earthen bunker is not a problem.

Chu Guang nodded.

"I'll give you 40 people!"

"40? Wouldn't it be too much. The knife left people stunned.

Chu Guang shook his head.

"What we lack is not people, it's time. Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and I'll hand them all over to you when the time comes. ”

There are 40 people in this batch who have been qualified for the closed beta, and the number has reached the highest number in the past.

With so many newcomers pouring into the game, they have to find something to do, and so many people in the province are scurrying around the base like flies.

By the way, let them also familiarize themselves with the migrant worker culture in Vault 404.

In order to let the people under the knife pay enough attention to this task, Chu Guang paused for a moment after finishing speaking, and continued to speak in a serious tone.

"This task is critical, and I want you to take it seriously. In addition, your contribution points and rewards will be determined by the quality of the fortifications. ”

"If, in the next campaign, you design fortifications that do a good job, there will be an additional reward."

Although the manager didn't tell him what the reward was, seeing that this NPC was in trouble, he directly substituted it into the hidden mission.

I saw him stand up straight excitedly, put his right fist against his left chest, and said energetically.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Good."

Chu Guang nodded in satisfaction.

"For the rest of the day, you take out the plan first, mark it outside the wall, and start construction early tomorrow morning."

"Go ahead."

……

I caught a scout last night, and there was no movement on the Marauder's side all day today, and I don't know what the people of the Bloody Hand Clan are thinking.

Are you going to wait for their side to attack?

The raiding team and scouts who fought Autumn Wind did not return, and even if the other party was sluggish, he should realize that those people would never return.

The hunter squads that wander the north and east sides of the wetland park are not only hunting, but also cooperating with the observation points to hunt for raiders.

It is also very troublesome to wear an exoskeleton on the body, especially with a twenty or thirty kilogram hammer on the back.

Chu Guang walked to the generator to unload the equipment, found a wire to connect the KV-1 exoskeleton to the power supply, began to recharge, and then patrolled the outpost.

At this time, he suddenly noticed that the two players were crouching in the corner of the wall by the granary, muttering something about something, so he approached and took a look.

"What are you doing?"

The two players crouching on the ground stand up.

"Dear Administrator, we think this thing is familiar, a bit like the green wheat we ate before."

As he spoke, the player held out his index finger and pointed to a few green ears of wheat swaying on the edge of the granary.

In fact, it is not so much an ear of wheat as it is shaped more like a dog's tail grass. On the thin stem are a handful of ungrown spikes, and under the thin cilia are sesame seeds, which are the size of sesame seeds.

Chu Guang had never planted this thing, he had only planted croissant potatoes before, and he had never planted them yet.

Although I imported a lot of green barley before, I had never seen where the green barley came from, and I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

Thinking that there happened to be a knowledgeable person in the outpost, Chu Guang went to the warehouse, summoned the old Luca, who was standing there and was familiar with the post, and took him to the granary.

Lukka just glanced at it, didn't crouch down to confirm, then nodded and said in an affirmative tone.

"My lord, this is indeed green wheat, and it looks like it has been growing for half a month. But it's not the right time for this seedling to fall, and it's going to fall when it looks like it's going to fall. In addition, the frost fell this morning, and it will snowfall in two days at the latest, and I am afraid that this seedling will not survive for a few days. ”

it?

Is it really green barley?

Staring at the few crumbling seedlings on the ground for a while, Chu Guang estimated that he should have sprinkled a few grains there when he was carrying grain.

"You're going to grow this?"

"My lord, you are joking, the old slaves have been doing farm work for decades...... Besides, green barley is not wheat, and this crop is actually made from dog's tail grass, so it is not difficult to grow. For example, the croissant potatoes have to wait for the sprouts to be cut and plastered, and the green wheat can even save the step of making seeds, find a piece of land and sprinkle it, and wait for two or three months to grow a stubble, just like grass. Lukka whispered.

"So amazing?" Chu Guang was stunned.

"It's not magical, it's mainly ...... This kind of food is not a good thing, and it is generally eaten by those of us who are below. If you've ever seen what it looks like when it's freshly cut, you know why I said that. The smell of the sour nose really smells like grass, and it only gets a little better after being exposed to the sun. ”

Chu Guang: "......"

Luca glanced at Chu Guang cautiously and continued.

"But this thing also has benefits, it grows fast, it has deep roots, it can suck, it is drought tolerant, it can live without a bad temperature, and it doesn't need to be cared for. The only drawback is that you can't cut too much stubble, and the yield is not good. ”

"The ears can be cut to fill the stomach and feed the livestock. It is also good to burn the fire into ashes and turn it into the soil to use it as potassium fertilizer, or cut it and use it for compost and fermentation...... This kind of thing, we usually intersperse crop rotation with other crops. ”

"If there is some surplus fertilizer left in the soil, such as just planting something else, the seeds will be sown, and it will not be a problem to yield four or five hundred catties per mu. If you have a single species, the harvest is average, the ears are not big, the size is small, and it is similar to the one that grows on the side of your wall, and dozens of catties per acre are enough to choke. ”

“…… I have the impression that merchants from the north will buy some of this food, and some from nearby survivor strongholds, and then from the south, they will rarely buy it. ”

Chu Guang had always been curious about what kind of variant this green wheat was, and now it can be regarded as solving the case.

After doing it for a long time, it turned out to be a mutation of the dog's tail grass?

It's no wonder that the survivors of Bate Street grind this thing into flour pancakes, or boil it over a fire, presumably to volatilize more oxalic acid.

It turns out that you've been grazing the players?

Chu Guang's expression was a little subtle.

In short, it's better not to update this information on the official website.

"And what crops did you usually grow before?" Chu Guang diverted the topic and continued to ask.

"There are a lot of them, and barley and croissants are the cheapest, and they are available all year round. Fruits and vegetables will be sold a little more expensive, and there will be more grown in the greenhouse. The large amount of red rib leaves, which can be used as tobacco leaves when dried, can be used as tobacco leaves, and this scavenger and merchant can afford to consume them, and I think some people also use them as a substitute for spices to cover up some of the fishy smell. In addition to this, there is a crop called the kamu tree, which produces a yellow-green fruit. ”

"What's that?" Chu Guang immediately asked.

Lukka shook his head and said.

"My lord, how could the farmer say this to a subordinate like us, I only saw a merchant from Boulder City come and buy a whole box of them. Seriously, that stuff doesn't taste good, it bites like a tire. However, a lot of oil can be extracted by cutting the bark, and our generator burns that thing, and it can be used with a little purification. ”

Chu Guang pondered for a moment.

"Maybe that camu fruit wasn't meant to be eaten in the first place."

With Luca's level of knowledge, of course, he couldn't understand this sentence, but he was very clever and didn't say anything, and waited with a respectful face, only answering the questions asked by his master.

Chu Guang took out a small notebook and made a few notes on it.

[1. Wasteland Tips: Brown Farm grows a cash crop called Camu Tree, the fruit is suspected to be able to refine rubber, and tree oil can be used as fuel.] 】

[2. Force Intelligence: Brown Farms has close business dealings with the outside world, keeps slaves and hoards a certain number of weapons, and deliberately hides its strength. Its true economic status and combat effectiveness may be slightly stronger than it seems, and the threat level will be appropriately increased from C- to C, and the power opinion will remain neutral (0). 】

[3. Force Intelligence: Vault 404 outpost has a good relationship with the scavengers on Bate Street, the threat level remains unchanged, and the faction's opinion is increased from neutral (30) to friendly (50). 】

[4. New NPC to the outpost: Luca, the storekeeper.] Luca Sr. was a miserable serf who swore allegiance to the Vault after being rescued from gunpoint by the Administrators, with the ideal of no more hunger in the wasteland.

He has severe arthritis in his legs and can't do heavy work, so helping him carry things may be a good way to boost his opinion, but be aware that stealing and other behaviors will lower his opinion of you. In addition, his experience with the various plants in the wasteland is an invaluable asset, which may come in handy during the spring planting season. 】

Today's update to the official website.

That's all for now!