[Full Server Announcement: Outpost Gets One Equal "Magnetic Confinement Plasma Processing Machine" with a durability of 99% and an Industrial Index of +100]

[Note 1: The machine can produce metal parts of any geometry, and players can now submit relevant drawings to the manager's assistant, explain the use, and obtain quotations and material requirements.] Drawings can be drawn in-game or submitted electronically via your personal page on the official website. 】

[Note 2: The processing equipment can only change the geometry of the material, but cannot change the properties of the material itself, and the cutting process will produce scrap.] If you want to process a steel ingot into a steel pipe, first pre-treat it and process it into a rod or an approximate rod. If you want to process copper ingots into copper wire, please use a wire drawing machine, do not occupy valuable machine resources. 】

[Note 3: The size of the input material is limited to 1x1x1m, and materials that exceed the specification cannot be processed.] 】

The announcement was made at six p.m.

This is the peak of players going online and offline.

Whether it's brick movers picking up trash in the northern towns, or hunters fighting in the Elm District, the vast majority of them have returned to the action camp.

Looking at the announcement that popped up on the VM, the faces of the little players invariably showed surprised expressions.

"Magnetic confinement plasma machine?"

"Or is it CNC?"

"What the hell is this stitching monster, why have I never heard of it?"

"If you've ever heard of it, one minute can be considered a 'high constraint' and a 'long pulse'. Do you know what that means? Forget it, you don't understand it. ”

"Hey, it's still these guys who make games with big brains, and they don't even make drafts when they brag about it!"

Although Chu Guang wanted to share this joy with them, the joys and sorrows of people were not the same.

The vast majority of players don't know how hard-won this machine is, and it is impossible to know how much sacrifice those small players who can't go online because of bugs.

They only thought that it was probably because Boss Xia had another workbench, and now he could not only punch holes for weapons, but also give weapons inscriptions?

It's all redundant features anyway!

Clever little players are thinking of the alpha 0.8 update.

The outpost's industrial index increased by 100 points from 150 points to 250 points...... That is, an increase of 250%?

Doesn't that mean that the weapons store is going to be new!?

Some of the younger players who were relatively punished and happened to be in the outpost excitedly took the steel ingots and went to the manager's assistant to inquire about the price according to the instructions on the announcement.

Some wanted to make an axe, some wanted to make a steel ingot to look like a rifle, but most of them ended up scolding and leaving.

Why?

Because it's not worth it at all!

The start-up fee of the machine tool is as high as 100 silver, and the processing price of an axe is as high as 100 silver, which adds up to 200 silver.

With this money, it's enough to buy twenty axes! If it is wholesaled from the No. 81 steel plant, it is estimated that there will be some left.

As for the rifle, the price of processing a rifled barrel is 200 silver, and the player himself is required to provide the rod-shaped steel.

If not, plasma thermal welding is also required for operation, and the quotation is directly doubled.

With this money, it is enough to buy two in the weapon store!

But think about it, an ordinary rifle can't use such an advanced machine tool, and the cost is completely uneconomical.

At this time, inside the No. 81 steel plant.

Sitting on the small bench, [Ya'er I want to go to the toilet], touching his chin with one hand and holding the steel ingot with the other, stared and pondered for a long time before he held back a sentence.

"I speculate that the machine should be used to make production tools!"

His good friend [Ward's athlete's foot] rolled his eyes.

"I still need to say this! With tens of millions of CNC machine tools in the laboratory milling seamless steel pipes, you see that your boss will be done if he hammers you. ”

Brother Toilet Suo: "Uh...... I had a feeling he was going to call the police and send me in. ”

Brother Levine: "The cost of using this machine is really high, and I don't think it's for individual players at all. The start-up fee alone is 100 silver coins, unless it is a company sponsored by the shelter, the average self-employed person is enough to choke! ”

Brother Toilet Suo: "That's not necessarily, Brother Mosquito must be enough!" ”

Brother Levine: "He won't say anything, that guy will be punished if anyone sees it." By the way, how much money do we have in our account? ”

Brother Toilet Suo: "4000 silver...... Before, the newcomers came in and bought a lot of axes and arrowheads, what's the matter? Going to pay dividends? ”

Brother Levine: "Divide the hell! That's enough money to divide the yarn. I'm going to get the hot punching machine out, and the parts that couldn't be made before should be able to be processed with this machine. When we have a perforating machine, we will be able to make seamless steel pipes! ”

Hearing this, Brother Toilet Suo's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Cow, brother! Let's go together! ”

Brother Levin rolled his eyes: "Don't be a cow, it's going offline for a while, you go and upload the drawings, let's make it simpler, I guess it shouldn't be too expensive." ”

Brother Suo smiled.

"Okay brother, I'm just doing this!"

……

Just when Brother Levin and Brother Toilet Suo were discussing plans and discussing how to make the seamless steel pipe industry bigger and stronger and create brilliance in the wasteland, on the third floor of the sanatorium not far away, Xiao Qi raised the camera to look at Chu Guang who was standing on the side, and whispered.

"Master, isn't the price you set too expensive?"

There were more than a dozen people inquiring about the price just now, but as soon as I heard that the boot fee was 100 silver coins, I was immediately frightened and turned around and left.

It costs 100 silver to start up, and it is a money grab!

Hearing Xiao Qi's suggestion, Chu Guang didn't think so.

"It's not expensive at all, I even think it's cheap. They are expensive only because they don't have a deep understanding of the version, which means that they are not our target customers at all. If there wasn't a threshold at all, and God knows what drawings they'd come up with, would you want to make a bunch of broken javelins and rotten axes out of that? ”

Find Boss Xia for this kind of thing!

Her two workbenches, one DIY and one pick-up, can do this.

Xiaoqi clicked on the camera as if he didn't understand, as if he understood, but he didn't seem to understand. In its view, if it is not allowed to be used to produce those things, it is enough to directly stipulate that it is not allowed to be used?

Why go around in a circle and limit it with a "threshold".

Chu Guang did not intend to explain his intention to do this with AI, as well as the difference between the logic of human behavior and AI algorithms.

What do you say?

Chu Guang is not averse to players using some bizarre ideas, but he needs to pass the rules to make players think about whether it is worth it before they can be creative.

As Xiaoqi himself said, this machine tool is not used to produce those rough things at all.

In the case of the AK47 he made earlier, 6 kilograms of steel made 3 kilograms of workpieces, half of which were steel scrap that had been cut into strange shapes, and most likely had to be sent to the steel mill for reheating.

In addition to this, there is the consumption of electrical energy, as well as the inert gas that is naturally lost in use, which are all visible costs, not to mention those hidden costs that cannot be seen.

The real use of this thing is to produce "production tools" or, if materials are available, to process some "high-tech value-added" high-precision equipment.

The latter is not to be considered for the time being, and the former is the main goal at this stage.

Chu Guang planned to take it step by step, first let his little players get a hot punching machine out, and solve the problem of the barrel.

Ignoring the complex technologies of three-roll continuous rolling and centering straightening, a perforating machine is sufficient for the simple production of seamless steel pipes.

Whether it can be produced in batches, efficiently, and with quality and quantity is a matter of later, and we must first have the ability to produce before we can find a way to optimize.

For a long time to come, seamless steel pipes will become the most important pillar industry of Vault 404.

As for the process of the receiver.

Chu Guang hesitated for a while between the milling casing and the stamping casing, and finally chose the latter.

Although the milling casing is more modern and more precise, the disadvantages are obvious: it wastes material, places high demands on personnel and equipment, and is even more inefficient.

For example, the AK47 he made with a machine tool before was strictly a milling receiver, and even the barrel and the rifling in the barrel were cut with a single-atom knife.

The stamping casing is different, in addition to the more troublesome production of molds, the entire production process has almost no technical content, and the efficiency of mass production is particularly high.

The only drawback is the poor accuracy, but compared to its two advantages of cheapness and durability, this disadvantage is not a disadvantage at all, at most a minor flaw.

After all, in this environment in the wasteland, the average combat distance is less than 100 meters, and no matter how accurate the shot is, it is not as fast and stable as the shooting.

Based on the stamping process, Chu Guang planned to design a 7mm caliber rifle directly after AK's receiver.

Compared with the upper and lower receiver design and seven-bolt locking of AR series rifles, AK's U-shaped receiver and two-bolt locking design are more than twice as difficult to produce, and can even be directly punched out with a whole piece of steel when the mold is done.

What is the concept of being able to punch out a whole piece of steel?

It can be mass-produced like ink paper under a printer, and can be used with a barrel and a solid wooden stock, which is perfectly suited to the needs of combat in the wasteland environment.

It's not for nothing that this thing sells well in the third world.

Especially in places where human life is not valuable, the cheaper the gun is definitely the better.

What a waste if you don't die?

……

Following.

The door of the weapon shop was crowded, and many young players ran back from the operation camp last night, all waiting for the weapon shop to open.

Boss Xia, who was yawning, had long been accustomed to this.

She opened the door of the store on time as usual, and she took out the two samples that Chu Guang asked her to make yesterday and hung them on the semi-open window.

Those were two rifles made of solid wood and pure steel.

One of them has a compact layout, with a standard assault rifle shape for the stock and magazine, a top rail for a sight, and a grip under the barrel.

The other has a noticeably longer barrel and receiver, and the magazine embedded in the body only shows a triangular outline, which looks slightly wider.

What the two have in common is that they both have a rough appearance and atmospheric lines, and their appearance is extremely similar, like a good brother on an assembly line. Not only are they similar in appearance, but the names of the two guns are also very similar, the long one is called LD-47S, and the short one is called LD-47.

In addition to that, they have a very coquettish nickname -

Sickle!

"Damn, the weapon shop is really new today! Brother Fang is awesome! ”

"I know that! LD-47S should be a sniper! ”

"Got it! It's 98k! ”

"98k ghosts! It's obviously even a sniper! ”

"Wait, that short ...... How do I look more like AK the more I look at it? ”

"Be confident, remove the suspicion, this operator is lazy again, eighty percent of the CF skin is directly copied!"

The price of both guns is very cheap, the long 250 silver coins, the short 200 silver coins, is actually only twice as expensive as the iron pipe rifle!

Now, as long as it's an old player, who doesn't have two hundred silver coins in their pocket? Especially in the battle with the Legion, the base income is 150 credits!

Many people are still hesitating, and the fast-eyed tail has already shot.

"The hostess! Give me a handful! The tail wants to be that long! Short to Siss. ”

Glancing at the short-haired female player, Xia Yan yawned and popped out a few words from her mouth.

"Samples, not for sale. I want to buy it, wait two days. ”

Hearing this Mandarin that was neither proficient nor standard, the players around were instantly stunned.

No way?

The proprietress not only changed her legs, but even the voice pack was updated!

Epic enhancements!

While there was a commotion in front of the weapons store, the industrial area to the south was just as lively.

As soon as many self-employed young players were about to get on the truck and go to the action camp to catch the market, a bunch of orders popped up on the VM's task bar.

Among them, there are those who require the production of wooden butts, and there are those who require the production of grips, which are not very difficult, and can even be said to have hands.

There are also those that require polishing lenses and optical sights, and the types can be said to be varied.

One thing these quests have in common is that the rewards are quite generous, and thanks to the alpha 0.8 update, there is an additional 10% bonus bonus for orders!

In addition, the first 100 orders of each product will be rewarded with additional contribution points and regional prestige.

If you miss it, it's still someone?!

With such a rich reward, many young players who focus on life occupations instantly rose to the top, and one by two picked up their tools and went to work in their own small workshops, eager to weld their butts to the bench.

Of course, compared to those self-employed people who do manual work, it is a "big producer" who has invested in a refuge that is really happy.

Early in the morning, the No. 81 steel plant at the outpost received an exclusive order for the production of 100 receivers and 100 barrels for the outpost.

This order has clear requirements for the material, specification, size and even processing accuracy of the product, and the production is not easy.

It doesn't matter, though!

Importantly, the wise manager not only offered a generous price of 4,000 silver coins, but also paid 50% of the order in advance as an advance payment.

The sudden "windfall" smashed Brother Suo and Brother Levin were dizzy.

Although the money is in the business account, it is also money!

Stimulated by the order, the two of them, who were still a little hesitant, took the deposit of 4,000 silver coins and a large amount of steel in the inventory, went to the manager's assistant to customize a large number of parts, and prepared to do a big job, the perforating machine for stamping the barrel and the stamping die for making the casing.

In addition, the advance payment of 2,000 silver coins that had just arrived and had not yet been covered was also smashed into it by both of them, which was used to issue scavenging tasks and order raw materials needed for production.

Although there was not a penny left in the steel mill's account, the two did not feel that there was anything wrong with it, but felt that the future was promising.

On the surface, in order to complete the order, not only did they not make money, but they also put the money in their pockets.

But can you only look at the surface of the problem?

Of course not!

The money spent did not disappear, but changed to a more advanced form, and stayed with them forever.

With the tooling of the punching machine and the stamping casing, they will be able to complete more orders, the cost of production will be further reduced, the efficiency will be further improved, and the snowball will be completely rolled.

This wave is not just a loss.

It's just a win, okay!

Coincidentally, as the majority shareholder of the steel plant, the wise and powerful manager also thinks so.

For Chu Guang, whether there is money or nothing is a trivial matter, the key is that such a wave of operations has not only increased the production capacity of the steel plant by a large margin, but also reduced the logistics pressure of the outpost a lot.

And all he paid was a few thousand happy beans.

This wave probably can't be regarded as a win.

It should be said that it is a win-win situation!

After all, he won twice.

In addition to the gun itself, there are other accessories such as wooden butts, triangular bayonets, magazines and drums, bipods, optical sights, etc., Chu Guang plans to put them all together.

In the future, just by selling accessories and bullets, you can recover a lot of silver coins, and even dump the excess production capacity to the surrounding survivors, and even export it to Red River Town and Boulder City in reverse.

Chu Guang was sure that as long as his weapons were sold cheaply enough, those mercenaries and caravan guards who couldn't afford to use too expensive weapons would definitely love themselves to death.

"But...... At that point, it will definitely not be possible to use in-game currency as currency. ”

This kind of game currency produced in the pre-war years, although its own production process is excellent and has a certain anti-counterfeiting ability, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the number is limited.

Players can use electronic money, but the wastelanders won't admit the unseen, they don't even trust paper money.

Besides, Chu Guang wasn't sure if the merchant named Sun Shiqi had left a hand, such as secretly hiding a bag of coins and not selling them to himself.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

Looking at the outpost industrial area that was in full swing and re-lively, Chu Guang silently made up his mind in his heart.

"The second generation of the currency must be launched as soon as possible!"

The work must be completed before the end of winter.

As soon as winter passes, trade in the northern suburbs of Cheongsen City will come alive again. At that time, players will also usher in a more open, expansive, and challenging world.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind him, pulling Chu Guang's thoughts back from afar.

The heavily armed Fang Chang bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Dear Administrator, we are ready, when will we go!" ”

Standing up from his chair, Chu Guang grabbed the war hammer that was placed aside and hung it behind his back.

"Now."