Cattle and horse club group.

Today is as lively as ever.

Since Night Ten and Tempest became the first perception and intelligence players in Wasteland OL, respectively, the name of the Cow Horse Squad has become completely famous on the forum.

Some people on the forum don't know where to get the group number, so now people are adding groups every day.

In order to prevent some strange people from coming in, and even more to prevent someone from harassing Ah Guang, the group leader Lao Bai simply closed the application for joining the group.

Looking at the post on the forum, it is said that today the server has given birth to two more awakened powerhouses.

And it's all power.

One of the unlocked talents is [Berserker] with "Half Intelligence to Strength Attribute], and the other is [Battle Enthusiasm] with "Agility and Constitution +10%". Both talents need to be actively activated, and the duration is 1~2 minutes, and the CD is not very long.

Now the whole gossip board is clamoring, demanding that the official open a channel for re-selecting the gene sequence, and preferably the function of modifying the gender.

However, the official didn't seem to want to pay attention to it, and the planner Ah Guang didn't bubble up the whole time.

Since the topics on the forum couldn't be inserted at all, everyone came to the group.

There are mosquitoes in the WC: "Hey, I envy you guys for leveling up so quickly." ”

Quit smoking: "Hahaha, Brother Mosquito is going down together, I'm happy in the tunnel!" I'm already lv5! ”

WC really has mosquitoes: "Damn, it's lv5 to quit smoking!" ”

Quit smoking: "What do you mean even me is lv5!" I've been in the game for more than a month, okay? (Angry)"

There are mosquitoes in the WC: "Tsk. ”

If you hadn't entered the game too early and didn't know much about the gameplay, the brainless scholar chose an agility department, and the second intelligence department awakened in the whole server was him!

However, he is not the most unlucky, the real unlucky are the two directors of the No. 81 steel plant next door.

When these two brothers entered the game, they heard that the power department was their father, and they chose all the power without saying a word, but now they are even more confused, and there are not many opportunities to pick up the hammer and hit the iron.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "Time flies so fast, unconsciously we have been closed for almost three months?" ”

Fang Chang: "The novice period of this game is really a bit long, and it took three months to reach lv10, and I don't know if the difficulty will be adjusted after the internal test." ”

Night Ten: "What do you say is the full level?" ”

Fang Chang: "Hell, the official hasn't mentioned the level cap, but I feel that it may be a hurdle when it's forty or fifty, and then gradually released according to the progress of the expansion, probably similar to WOW." ”

Lao Bai: "I think you're thinking too much, at this speed, it's a question of whether you can reach level 40 by this time next year!" ”

After level 10, Lao Bai felt that the difficulty of upgrading had increased significantly.

When the level was low before, you could see a significant improvement just by cutting the tree progress bar, but now the tree cutting is simply only increasing the proficiency, and the progress stripe does not move at all, and I don't know if it has risen.

That's a lot harder than the MMORPGs he's played before!

Remembering that the scrambled eggs with tomatoes also woke up a few days ago, Lao Bai continued to pick out the words.

"By the way, what is the talent you unlocked, brother scrambled eggs?"

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "Balanced. ”

Lao Bai: "Balanced? ”

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "Yes, the name is balance, and the effect is to convert half of the constitution into strength in one to two minutes." ”

Night Ten: "?!" Is it so awesome?! ”

Tempest: "It's a miracle skill......

Converts half of your constitution into strength.

Wouldn't that be able to carry and output again?!

If the Physique system can brush out this skill, the battlefield dominance of the strength system after level 10 must be divided by at least half of the Physique system!

After all, the little defense provided by the strength attribute is just too pitiful.

At medium and long range, the impact of the power attribute on DPS is mainly reflected in the handling of weapons and the distance of projectiles.

Unless it's to get closer to the limit, most of the time, the damage bonus provided by the Strength stat is marginally decreasing!

Unless, there is equipment that can play a more powerful value.

Like the loyal "golden toilet", or the chainsaw gun and the like......

On the other hand, after the physique system has more than 10 attribute points, even if it is not as exaggerated as the "Breathing Blood Return Dafa" in the fps game, the effect of quickly stopping bleeding after being shot is also very useful.

If you don't hit the vital point, you can carry at least two more shots!

After awakening, even bandages can be saved!

Tomato scrambled eggs: "A god hammer, is that 'severed limb regeneration' called a magic skill?" You can grow it if you lose your arm! ”

Fang Chang: "Awesome! ”

Tempest: "This Nima is a xenomorph skill, right?!" ”

Irena is not in the Cow and Horse Club group, but she and the people in the group are familiar with each other in the game, and occasionally team up together.

Especially on forums, he and Yashi often exchange funny memes.

Hearing that he actually unlocked the passive of the "no-patch knife", everyone was envious for a while.

Hurricane: "I feel that the spring of the Department of Intelligence has not waited, but the spring of the Department of Physique is coming." (sighs)"

Quit smoking: "Hey, hey, physique ecstasy!" (bared teeth)"

Night Ten: "This is very unreasonable, I thought that the old man would unlock the 'iron stomach' of the rat man, but I didn't expect to unlock the regeneration of bears and lizards." (Funny)"

WC really has mosquitoes: "Speaking of night ten, Tempest, have you tried your two talents?" Doesn't it work? ”

Night Ten: "I've tried it, I feel average, Ah Guang said that the talent I unlocked is quite good, but I don't feel it at all." (helpless)"

The talent he acquired was "Killing Intent Intuition".

According to the description of talent, it is a passive trigger, and you can feel the subjective killing intent at the level of consciousness.

And the stronger the killing intent, the stronger the feeling!

Unlike perception, which uses light, sound, smell, vibration, and other factors as media, this kind of perception does not seem to need to borrow the medium of matter, but directly reads the killing intent at the level of consciousness in some unknown way.

Brainwave?

Heart rate?

Or is it some kind of unknown "field"?

There is no specific scientific explanation in the talent description, and perhaps the operators themselves don't know how to make it up.

Aside from these minor problems, there is actually a big problem with this talent, that is, it is severely attenuated by distance!

The trigger range in open land is only 800 meters to 1 kilometer, and in indoor environments, the maximum capture range may be a three- or four-story house.

To be honest, this distance is somewhat frustrating for perception.

After all, before Ye Shi woke up, he relied on the bonus of the perception attribute to capture the faint reflection of the sniper scope 1 km away.

According to Fang Chang's analysis, the real effect of this killing intent intuition should be to guard against sneak attacks.

For example, when they were in the ecological experiment base before, they didn't notice the "high agility unit" lurking in the forest, the Claw of Death, with the perception of Night Ten.

And if you have a murderous intent intuition, you may be able to find out the moment you are targeted.

But on the other hand, if the other party reins in their killing intent, or doesn't notice them at all, then this talent may be useless.

Overall, the talent is useful.

But the usefulness is not as great as imagined!

Tempest: "Mine is pretty much the same...... The name is overclocking, and the effect is probably similar to Lao Bai's version of the intelligence department, which gets a 150%~200% brain work efficiency bonus. It lasts a little longer, around 30 seconds. ”

To be honest, this talent is probably even worse than Ye Shi's "killing intent intuition".

At least for the current version of the Intelligence Department, it's not the stats that are missing at all, but the ability to convert attributes into damage.

For example, the manipulator is a tool that can "convert intelligence attributes into DPS", but there is a limit to the output power of the manipulator after all, especially after awakening, which is particularly obvious.

When the intelligence attribute is below 10, each attribute point can increase the maximum work efficiency of the manipulator by 10%, and the cooperation with the muscles is more coordinated, and the control is more accurate. However, when the intelligence stat exceeds 10, the effect of the increase is minimal.

Tempest's own analysis is that two more manipulators should be installed at this time, or a third arm should be implanted altogether, or even a multi-purpose arm, as in the case of "Doctor Octopus".

Another way of thinking is to use neural connection devices to operate drones or unmanned vehicles on the ground in multiple threads, turning their brains into "drone hives" that control the drone swarm.

However, there is a prerequisite for going both ways, and that is that both things can be bought on the shelves of the NPC store.

It's just too hard!

Quit smoking: "Damn, intelligence bonus?" That's a bit of a......"

Tempest: "It's not exactly a cheat, maybe the usage needs to be developed a little." ”

“……”

Flipping through the chat records in the group, Chu Guang silently collected the experience summarized by the little players on the text document.

Although he can see the skills of each player in the background, all he can see is the panel data, and the specific situation still depends on the players' evaluation comments.

“…… After awakening, the physique system may enter a strong period, and the talent focuses on the enhancement of survivability, and the variety of talents is richer than that of other systems. ”

However, this sequence is somewhat talent-dependent, and not everyone can farm the magic skill of "balance".

In addition, even after the awakening of the intelligence department, the combat effectiveness has not been significantly improved.

It seems that the sequence is very unfriendly to newcomers.

It's okay to take the life career route, but if you take the combat career route and rely too much on the assistance of external objects, I'm afraid it will burn a lot of money.

"Xiaoqi."

With Chu Guang's call, Xiao Qi's voice floated from the side.

"Yes, master."

Chu Guang marked the document and leaned back in his chair.

"You can help me sort out the content in the document and update it to the setting set on the official website."

"There will be 300 new people in alpha 1.0, and this material should help them a little."

After listening to Chu Guang's instructions, Xiao Qi said energetically.

"No problem, rest assured to leave it to Xiaoqi!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cute little Klee popped up on the table, giving him a thumbs up.

Although ninety percent of them were stolen emojis on the forum, Chu Guang still couldn't help but smile, feeling that the fatigue of a day's work had been dispelled a lot.

Turning off the emoji, Chu Guangzheng was planning to edit the copy of the New Year's Day event.

And just then, footsteps were heard outside the office.

After knocking on the door twice, Dr. Yin Fang pushed open the door and walked in.

He was holding a round silver-white earphone in his hand, the shell looked like an aluminum alloy, not too heavy, and the size was small, and it could barely cover half of his ears after wearing it.

The headphones have a camera on the front that is perpendicular to the mounting ears and can be worn just to the front of you.

If you want to take a photo, just press the button on the side of the headphones. If you want to take a video, press and hold it for two seconds, and press it again to turn it off.

Placing the headphones on Chu Guang's desk, Dr. Yin Fang continued.

"I made the headphones you wanted, and according to what you said, on the basis of the two functions of video and photography, the communication function has been added."

"But I have to warn you, VM...... That is, the signal transmission and reception range of the vital signs monitor is very wide, and it can even reach up to 20 kilometers, but the bandwidth of information transmission is not very large. Text and images are fine, but if you want to stream audio or even video, you may also have to prepare a portable radio station for it. ”

Chu Guang tried to understand this sentence.

To put it simply, the headset is matched with the VM, and the communication chip and signal transmitter on the VM are borrowed, so it can be made so small.

However, VM is only a self-rescue tool that is convenient for the wearer to be found by search and rescue personnel, and stability and reliability are the first element, so it is not suitable as a tool for large-scale data transmission over long distances.

With the help of VM's signal transmitter, it is possible to use this headset to communicate between teams, and it is barely possible to communicate with outposts more than ten kilometers away, but it is still a bit difficult to turn on "live broadcast".

Unless, very close to the tower, or equip the team with a more capable and professional mobile radio station.

It is not difficult to solve this problem, whether it is a signal tower or a mobile radio station, if you do not deliberately pursue a high degree of integration, light and compact, even if you use relatively "primitive" radio equipment.

In addition to the mobile radio station, Chu Guang also plans to build another signal tower in Changjiu Farm, so that the signal can cover the north of the elm area, and provide information services for players who explore further areas.

Picking up the headphones on the table and looking at them for a moment, Chu Guang looked at Yin Fang and asked.

"Is that all?"

"Five in total."

Yin Fang took out four more earphones from his pocket, put them on the table, and sighed softly.

"I've already uploaded the blueprints to your computer, including the portable radio station. You can find someone to copy it, it's not very difficult...... So come on, don't bother me with this kind of thing, there's a bunch of data to process, and that robot, I'm too busy anymore. ”

Although he understands the heavy tasks of the scientific expedition, he is the only one in the shelter who knows how to deal with those complex carbon-based circuit boards.

With a helpless expression, Chu Guang looked at him and said.

"I try."

After Yin Fang left, Chu Guang looked at the drawings he sent him, and the contents were written in detail.

This includes where to gather the materials you need, what to do with them, and how to put them together.

Chu Guang planned to find a few survivors who knew radio later, try to imitate a few sets according to the steps on the drawings, and send them to the squad leader on the front line when the time came, so as to facilitate unified command.

After writing the plan on the work log, Chu Guang continued to edit the copy of the New Year's Day event.

[The first New Year's celebration event of "Wasteland OL"! 】

[Note: New Year's Day is an important holiday in the wasteland!] To celebrate another year and pray for good luck in the coming year, scavengers in the wasteland often go out a week early to forage for food and find ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner!

What magical treats will be loaded into recipes this year's New Year's Eve? What kind of magical beasts will be eaten to extinction next year?

The administrator has prepared a mystery gift for all the residents who participate in the event, and participation is earned!

In addition to this, the winner of the contest will also receive the honorable title of "Wasteland Foodie"! and be counted in the Hall of Fame!

The manager is here to remind everyone once again that safety always comes first!

In any case, don't spoil your stomach!

Unless you want to miss the celebration!

】

[Event start date: December 25, 211 to January 1, 212 wasteland era]

[Requirements: Use ingredients that are easily available from the wasteland to make simple and delicious food.] 】

After reading the event planning case from beginning to end, Chu Guang's face showed a satisfied expression.

Not bad!

The only fly in the ointment is that such an important festival activity can't be kryptonite.

If you add an active Krypton gold bar, it will be exactly the same as the game of the Goose Factory and the Pig Factory!

In order to prevent the players from dying and causing non-combat attrition, Chu Guang decided to appoint Crow as a taster after careful consideration.

I believe that the helpful crow boss will be happy to take on this task.

"That way, it's all right!"

The day after tomorrow is the 25th.

After completing the final revision of the event plan, Chu Guang clicked the mouse twice, set the sending time for tomorrow evening, and then yawned and stretched, and went back to his room to sleep.

……

Maybe it's because I've been working too hard lately, and Chu Guang has had a long dream at night.

However, this dream is not a nightmare, at most it is a little strange.

The person who chased him and asked for DNA changed from Heya who was carrying a needle to Boss Xia.

After waking up, Chu Guang sweated all over his body, and waited for the peak of the players' upper and lower lines before getting up and going to the B3 floor.

Medical Laboratories.

Miss Hea, with silver hair, is observing the sliced specimens collected by the players.

Seeing Chu Guang coming, she immediately stopped what she was doing, skillfully opened the scanning bed next to her, and patted the pillow.

"Come on, lie down here."

Maybe it was because she was observing the specimen in the last second, Chu Guang always felt that her eyes were a little "red" when she looked at her.

However, with Xiao Qi here, Chu Guang was not worried that someone in this shelter could hurt him.

Seeing the sample obediently lying on the scanning bed, Hea happily walked to the terminal at the head of the bed and knocked a few buttons on the touch screen.

With a slight electrical sound, the scanning device quickly began to work.

Without waiting for a while, the sorted out attribute panel was presented in front of Chu Guang.

【

ID: Chu Guang

Gene Sequencing: Managers (Phase II)

Level: Lv.14→ Lv.15

——Basic Attributes——

Strength: 17

Dexterity: 11

Constitution: 15→16

Perception: 12

Intelligence: 14

】

Perhaps because of his recent training, his level has been upgraded by another level, and he is now lv15.

"I don't know if LV20 will awaken again."

Chu Guang's gaze stayed on the back of the gene sequence, the bracketed "second stage" suffix.

Lv1 is the first stage, lv10 is the second stage, and the third stage should be lv20 by the same reason?

In addition, although he still hasn't figured out the promotion law of the manager sequence, Chu Guang can clearly feel that it is getting more and more difficult to upgrade.

"Incredible...... How the hell do you do that your body values are far beyond the scope of a normal person?! ”

Sitting in front of the terminal at the head of the scanning bed, Heya looked at Chu Guang with an incredulous expression, and her face was full of interest.

For this guy's fuss, Chu Guang was not surprised.

Starting from the bed and straightening the collar, he replied casually.

"I want to know, why don't you do it for me?"

Hea nodded and said.

"No problem, but until then...... I've got something here that you should be interested in. ”

Chu Guang cast an inquiring glance at her.

"What's that?"

"Research ...... on slime heterogene"

As she spoke, Heya took a tablet converted from a VM from the side and turned it in front of Chu Guang.

"Based on the slice samples provided by your 'players', my previous suspicions have been confirmed. Many slime mold xenospecies, including nibbles, creepers, martyrs, tyrants, etc., are not only the fruiting bodies of mutant slime molds, but also their morphology, predation, and all other physiological phenomena and biological behaviors are in fact imitations of us. ”

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows slightly.

"We?"

"Humans, but not limited to humans, even ...... Machine. ”

Hea nodded slightly, and after a pause, continued.

"Like tyrants...... I found a highly similar form to the Corpse Eater in its body, but on the outside it was a completely different layer of hardened fruiting structure. As a result, even though the fruiting body on its outer layer is 90% damaged, it is still able to continue hunting, and uses the organic matter obtained from its prey to release spores, spread slime molds, and slowly repair damaged fruiting bodies. ”

"Doesn't that sound surprising?"

Looking at Chu Guang, whose face gradually showed surprise, Heya continued to talk about her amazing discovery.

"It's imitating us, and it's clumsy, but it's not completely useless. It's like ...... Not. ”

Frowning and pondering for a moment, Hea seemed to be contemplating how to describe her findings.

However, Chu Guang understood.

The Adam's apple moved slightly, and he tried to ask.

“…… It's like a biomass exoskeleton or power armor on the outside of the nibder? ”

Heya's eyes lit up, and she snapped her fingers and said.

"That's right, that's what it feels like! Isn't it amazing? No wonder those people are always clamoring to get out, the outside world is simply incredible......"

Hea was still gushing excitedly.

However, people's joys and sorrows are not the same, and Chu Guang did not feel her joy at the slightest about discovering a new species, and even saw a headache.

Self-repairing biomass armor and the amazing mimicry abilities of slime molds...... What kind of monster is this?

"Is there a way to make those slime fruiting bodies edible to eat?" Chu Guang interrupted Heya's chatter, looked at her seriously and asked.

Hea was slightly stunned and looked at him incomprehensibly.

"What can I eat? Why eat that kind of thing......"

Chu Guang sighed softly.

"Because I really can't think of a better way."

——

(The weather is getting cooler, occasionally cold, there is only one shift today, and it will continue tomorrow...... Say sorry to the brothers who are waiting for the update, I'm really sorry

New plot, new chapter, I have to think about it)