Long-term farmstead.

A fat rat is following a small mouse, leading the rats through the wasteland with a thin layer of snow.

Soon, the little mouse leading the way stopped next to the ridge and stood beside a frozen bush, squeaking at the rat, his face full of grievances and injuries.

"Is this it?"

The big fat mouse lazily said a human word, and his head leaned forward to take a look, and saw the breathable eye hidden under the bushes, so he gouged his two front paws haphazardly, and soon gouged out of the hole a marmot that had not yet woken up.

The groundhog who was pulled out was on fire in his belly, and he was about to see what stupid thing was disturbing his hibernation, and then he was startled by the big-faced plate in front of him.

Ahhh

What the hell?

Before it could react, the big fat rat slapped it and slammed it on the head, making it dizzy.

Seeing this, the mice next to them applauded excitedly, squeaking and squeaking there, like the little monkeys on Huaguo Mountain.

It was hard for the strongman to understand what the "kind" were saying, but it could sense that the rats were cheering for themselves, so they fought harder.

It's a pain for the groundhog.

At first, it wanted to resist, but soon found that it was no match for the meter-tall rat in terms of size and strength, so it had to roll on the snow and turn its belly, squeaking and begging for mercy.

"Convincing or not? Well? Q: Are you convinced? ”

It was difficult for the strongman to press its head, baring its front teeth, and making a dangerous and threatening sound from its mouth.

"Chirp!" The groundhog flipped its belly, not daring to resist any longer, but begging for mercy.

It seems to be convinced.

Reading that look, the strongman loosened his claws with satisfaction.

But why does this groundhog bark like a dog?

Is it a game setting?

The strongman stepped on the belly of the marmot with one foot, stared at the rats around him, and said with great momentum regardless of whether they could understand or not.

"This guy is now my defeated subordinate, and he will be my little brother in the future."

"Anyone else bullying you, take me to it."

"The Bighorn Rats stand out for you!"

Looking at the big rats, all the rats squeaked and cheered and offered worship.

While its cry was a little weird, like those damn humans, it didn't matter.

To them, this ugly beast is the strongest of this generation.

Whoever can defeat it will be their king!

The groundhog was very aggrieved, and he was sleeping soundly, but he was inexplicably beaten for the first time of the new year.

Is this what rats do?

It's just not martial arts!

In this way, the rat army was added, the last time it was a mutated squirrel, and this time it was a groundhog.

Walking in front of more than 20 mice, it was difficult for a strong man to carry them, and he proudly walked over the ridges that had just been piled up, and began to look for the next target.

This is the method he recently discovered.

It's actually very simple to tame these little beasts, just subdue them, and beat them to expose their belly and beat them until they beg for mercy.

In the animal world, the fist is king, and no matter how much other nonsense you say, you can't understand the rats, but think it's noisy.

Look at the eyes of the female rats in the back.

It's not just worship, it's just a light in the eyes!

Recalling the treatment when he first entered the game, the strongman couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Hey, it's still a world of xenos.

Human thing, die!

Makabazi, who was plowing the field, found the rats beside the ridge, and was about to thank nature for the gift, when he suddenly recognized that the fat mouse that took the lead was a strong man's difficulty, so he let go of the hand on his waist and joked with a smile.

"Brother Nan, what are you doing?"

"There's nothing to do, come and help me plow the land."

The strongman gave him a blank look.

"Fuck off, I didn't see that Lao Tzu was busy."

Makabazi said with a smile.

"Damn, you're busy with a hammer, looking for mice to fight every day, can you wake up in the Year of the Monkey?"

"You don't understand," the strong man raised his nose and said triumphantly, "Look at the group behind me, they are all Lao Tzu's newly recovered little brothers, cow or not?" ”

Makabazi said with a smile.

"Awesome! I just don't know if I can stop my short sickle and shuttle. ”

Even if it was a mutant mouse, the kind that was half as tall as a person's calf, it didn't take one shot, and two shots were sent away.

The combat power of the mutant rat is basically equal to that of the mutant cockroach, and both of them are the weakest xenos in the wasteland, and they are younger brothers than hyenas.

After all, hyenas are extremely hungry and can hunt prey. The rats were so hungry that they had to fight the cockroaches for their lives.

The strongman was embarrassed to hear it, and hurriedly warned him.

"I warn you, don't do that! They're all my pets! ”

Makabazi said with a smile.

"I'll just tease you, how can you really do it, but you'd better mark them or be killed as a monster by someone else."

"Shhh...... That's a reminder to me. ”

It was difficult for the strong man to write down this matter immediately, and he had to make a mark on his younger brothers in the future.

The rat he managed to save.

You can't let people be wild monsters!

It was fast into the evening.

The strongman has been wandering in the wasteland west of the long farm, relying on his huge size, bullying the small, picking shorter marmots and voles to fight, and recruiting the younger brother by the way while doing the task.

Occasionally, I ran into two unconvinced ones, and plunged the dagger directly into the stomach.

Yes.

Unlike the other sequences, the mouse sequence does not have the calloused debuff, and is not at all weaker than other players when using tools.

He even made a rat-man fist with steel claws on them, which were much sharper than his original claws.

The dried thorns directly became food for the mice.

These rats are not taboo, regardless of whether they are of the same kind or whatever, as long as they can eat anything, they will eat it, and they will never waste it.

Whenever this happens, the strongman will generously stand aside and watch.

Although his body turned into a mouse, he really couldn't stand eating this "game".

Not to mention eating it raw.

Of course, the whole day wasn't always smooth, and as they went deeper west, he and his younger brothers ran into a hungry mutant hyena.

Spring has arrived.

After a long winter, the xenos are about to start hunting.

The beast had been visibly hungry all winter, and his eyes were glowing green when he saw so many little creatures.

Fortunately, he pinned a pistol to the waist of the strongman, and collapsed the hyena, if it was really hand-to-hand combat, with his one-meter size and the attribute panel that he pulled across, he might not be able to win.

Seeing that the leader of the hyenas had won the victory, the rats worshiped again, and then pounced on them and feasted on them.

The difficulty of the strong man was to take out the dry food, sit on the edge of the ridge, and watch his subordinates feast on it, and gnaw on it.

After the rats had eaten their fill, they burped around the carcass and squeaked and began their after-dinner activities.

There are quarrels, there are fights, and there are people who hug in pairs, so it's not lively.

Looking at those energetic little brothers, there was suddenly a kind of joy of harvest in the hearts of the strong.

"It's not easy."

Removing the VM from the lap on his stomach and looking at it, the task called for the recovery of ten mice.

It's clear that you've overdone.

I guess the manager will reward himself!

But at this moment, the strongman suddenly became worried.

It's okay that there are only twenty or thirty rats now, but when there are more of them in the future, they will definitely not be able to survive by hunting on their own.

And it's even more nonsense to expect these rats to hunt on their own, these things and cockroaches can be beaten five or five times, and when they encounter hyenas, they are directly pressed and beaten.

Don't look at the large number, they are actually a rabble, they haven't made a move this afternoon, and the only role is to support the scene.

How do rats live under normal circumstances?

To gnaw on the granary of humanity, of course.

But can he gnaw on the granary of the long-term farm?

Apparently not.

The manager is not only an NPC, but also a GM who can directly "repatriate" people.

It's not like a health bar or anything.

Violating the rules of the server, he can unplug all the network cables!

Besides, a person has only one number, even if he doesn't have so many rules, he is reluctant to offend other players and ruin his reputation.

If you can't gnaw on your family's granary, you can only huo someone else's granary.

The strongman couldn't help but look up and look at the north with great ambition.

Maybe......

He should request a hibernation pod for archival use from the Administrator.

……

Just when the strongman was thinking about how to deceive a dormant warehouse from the manager, not far away on the farmland that was being reclaimed, Macaba was sitting on a tractor, excitedly stepping on the accelerator.

I saw that behind the tractor, there was a long row of rakes, turning up the soil along with a thin layer of snow.

"Hahaha,! This thing works so well too! ”

Isn't that much better than a farming simulator?

Xiao Mengxin, who was standing next to him, said with a smile.

"I say, if I change it like this, it will definitely be better than the one you used to do."

Although there is little technical content, only the harrow behind the lower tractor has been improved, but the efficiency of ploughing has more than doubled.

As for the rake made by mosquitoes, it is estimated that it was directly searched from the Internet, and it is good to use on the farmland that has been reclaimed, but it is useless when it comes to clearing the wasteland. Sometimes it gets stuck while dragging it, or it doesn't grip firmly and floats on the snow and slips.

According to his opinion, the original problem was immediately solved.

The mosquito standing on the side said with a look of surprise.

"Damn, it really works! Boss, what are you doing? ”

[Bored Fighting Tiger] embarrassed to smile.

"I grow cigarettes."

Before the mosquito could react, the makaba who was driving the tractor was so shocked that he almost drove the tractor up the ridge.

"Damn?! Grow a big smoke?! Are you talking about that kind of cigarette serious? ”

The tiger hurriedly said.

"Don't talk nonsense, what kind of big cigarettes, I'm working in a tobacco company."

"Awesome!"

Makabazi looked envious.

Tobacco company at work?

Even if it's a lot of money.

Mosquitoes also look envious, but the points of envy are in different places.

"It's also so cool, is there an endless amount of cigarettes when you work in a tobacco company? Can you still draw that kind of unlicensed one? ”

The tiger suddenly looked melancholy.

"Hey, it's all tears. I thought the same way when I first entered the industry, until I became a valuator, pumping every day, several packs a day, and writing a report after smoking, you know what it means to be lustful. ”

Makabazi: "? And this good thing? ”

The tiger rolled his eyes.

"What a hammer! I wanted to vomit when I saw cigarettes during that time! ”

It turns out that turning a hobby into a job isn't necessarily a happy thing.

The mosquito asked curiously, "Big brother, are your lungs okay?" ”

The tiger sighed.

"It's okay, I changed jobs later, and now I deal with tobacco farmers every day, and it's quite easy to run to the fields every day."

Makabazi asked curiously.

"How big is your tobacco field?"

Tiger thought for a moment and said.

"It's not convenient to say specifically, but the project I'm responsible for has tens of thousands of acres."

Makabazi: "Awesome! ”

Mosquito: "666"

No wonder you know so much.

That's too strong!

……

On the other side, north of Bate Street, on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road.

Wind, Night Ten, Lao Bai and Quit Smoking, are sweeping the building with the lone wolf brother who has just entered the game.

It is not easy to upgrade the intelligence department, especially in the early stage, the strength of three points is not to mention archery and spear throwing, and you have to pant when you run two steps, which is also the reason why many teams are reluctant to bring the intelligence department in the early stage of the game.

Low efficiency is a trivial matter, the key is to drag it back!

It's going to be fatal.

Unless it's those players with particularly hands-on abilities who can take the life career route, it's still a bit difficult to level up.

However, having a thigh strap is another story.

In just one day, the lone wolf's level jumped from LV0 to LV1.

The speed of this upgrade is almost like riding a rocket.

Upgrading at this rate, it is not surprising that there is no problem with LV3 in four days, and it may rush up in three days if it is not good.

When farming monsters, by the way, do a task to explore resource points, hang a scavenger profession to do garbage picking tasks, brush contributions to citizens, and save two or three hundred silver coins easily.

When the time comes, go directly to the VM, buy a pu-9 submachine gun, and if you have the conditions, you can also match a body armor sewn by devil silk or something, and basically have the ability to protect yourself.

Outside, it was getting dark, and the group withdrew from the abandoned high-rise building with what they had looted.

Today's harvest was not bad.

The looted things plus the task rewards have an average income of about 100 per person.

In the current version, if there is no war, the daily income is already very high. If it weren't for the newcomers, in fact, Lao Bai's income could be a little higher.

Recently, the newly opened hunting ground in Yuanxi Town, I heard that there were death claws, and many high-level players went there to open up the wasteland.

After confirming the progress of the task through the VM, Fang Chang looked at the lone wolf and said.

"The first three levels of upgrading are still quite fast, and after the third level, they start to slow down."

Lone Wolf said with emotion: "This game is too liver-like. ”

Lao Bai nodded in agreement: "It's indeed a bit liver, I've been stuck at level 13 for almost two weeks." ”

Night Ten sighed.

"You're pretty good, my perception department, since you reached level 11, the progress bar is like it's stuck."

Quit smoking: "Hey, I hear you Versailles are so uncomfortable, the children who have not yet awakened are going to cry." ”

Tempest suddenly spoke, "Maybe you'll have to challenge a higher monster." ”

Night Ten: "For example?" ”

Tempest: "Mutants or something." ”

Ye Shi was shocked: ", this difficulty is too high, right?" ”

Lao Bai suddenly sighed lightly: "It would be nice if Fang Chang was here." ”

Tempest: "Indeed, this guy's understanding of the version is unmatched, and if he is there, we will definitely be able to upgrade faster." ”

Ye Eleven's face was envious: "This dog thing, it's too gangan to eat alone alone!" ”

Lao Bai smiled and said: "His luck has always been very good, have you forgotten that we used to play chicken, and he landed 98K at that time." Every time Ah Guang searched a bunch of rags, he was fully matched. Don't talk nonsense, it's going to get dark soon, let's go back to have a meal and go offline. Tomorrow night will still be online at seven o'clock, and when the time comes, we will work hard to take our lone wolf brothers to the third level in one day. ”

Night Ten: "Okay! ”

Tempest: "Roger." ”

Quit smoking: "Oak! ”

Looking at the enthusiastic guys, the lone wolf was moved.

"Thank you, good brother!"

Lao Bai smiled and said, "Thank you, this is out!" ”

Quit smoking: "That is, there will be more places for us to rely on you in the future!" ”

Night Ten Hippie smiled and said, "Why don't you help us improve the brick factory first?" The demand for bricks is getting bigger and bigger, and our orders are scheduled until the end of next month. ”

The lone wolf professor, who never owes favors, has a serious expression on his face.

"Good! Rest assured, brothers! ”

"I'll think of a way to go offline in a while!"

……

The night is getting late, and the north gate of the outpost.

The silver father grabbed his good buddy's arm, snorted and cried, and chased him from the door to the door.

"Good brother, I'll just kid! Give it a chance, I won't dare next time. ”

The silver sword shook off his hand mercilessly.

"Sokai! I finally trusted you once, but you made me lose so completely. ”

Silver Hand: "Blanch!" ”

The entrance of the sanatorium.

The little players, who have eaten and drunk enough, are queuing up to return to the nest, and the square is noisy.

The crows in line clasped their hands together and prayed with reverent expressions.

"The planning is great, and I hope that today's water bill will not increase in price."

Fujito, who was in line, glanced at her.

"It's because you're too grinding, under normal circumstances, ten minutes is definitely enough."

"How could it be so fast! Wow, but Fujito's words—"

Fujito's face instantly turned red, and he stood on tiptoe to cover her mouth.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to talk anymore!"

Raven: "Woooooooo ”

Players on the side cheered excitedly.

"Go on! Keep talking! ”

"Come on, Boss Crow! Don't give up! ”

Although the outpost's "save point" now has more than 100 dormant pods, and the bathrooms have recently been fitted with water pipes and beggar-powered solar, everyone still wants to avoid bathing in the room.

Even if the water price of macroeconomic control has been rising.

Actually, there is no way to do it.

Even if players want to stay on the surface, it is more convenient to go online, but the number of dormant bins is not enough, and the 100 units are full every day.

If you want to archive and don't get a space, you still have to avoid the shelter.

Even if Chu Guang has adjusted the black box for the production of the dormant cabin and the allocation of resources to the highest priority, and arranged for a special person to press the button to ensure that the operation is uninterrupted around the clock, there is still a big gap in the inventory of the dormant cabin.

Theoretically, in order to meet the needs of all players, at least 900 dormant pods are needed.

Moreover, even a black box cannot be operated 24 hours a day.

I don't want to break the equipment, so I have to rest for two or three hours a day.

Just thinking about the resurrection point, Chu Guang, who got off the elevator with Xiao Qi, in his arms, walked in the direction of the shelter.

At that moment, he suddenly saw a large gray mouse scurrying in front of him.

When I looked down, it turned out to be Brother Nan.

Chu Guang looked at him with caring eyes and said softly.

"What's the matter?"

The big mouse bowed and said in a respectful tone.

"Dear Administrator, I have completed the task you have assigned!"

Chu Guang was slightly stunned, and then his face was surprised.

So fast?

After calling up the action records and drone aerial photos of several players' VMs, Chu Guang quickly discovered that this guy was indeed not bragging.

Not only did they complete the task, but they also exceeded it!

Chu Guang's expression was slightly subtle.

Of course, he was embarrassed to say that he was too busy during this time to think about what the reward was, so after thinking for a while, he coughed lightly and said.

"You're doing a great job."

"Being able to get a different kind of staff is a huge help to our business."

"Do you have any other rewards you want besides silver coins and contributions? Let's talk about it. ”

The strongman was stunned for a moment, and his heart was suddenly ecstatic, and he hurriedly said.

"My lord, I don't want anything, I just hope you can give me a hibernation pod!"

Chu Guang glanced at this guy strangely.

"Sleep pod? What do you want that thing for? ”

The strongman continued with a serious face.

"I want to go north! Xizhou City, which is farther away than Yuanxi Town! With no other players distracting and no rules on enemy territory, I can snowball more easily and unite the local rats to grow the power of the nezumi! ”

it?

That's a good idea.

After listening to Brother Nan's words, Chu Guang's eyes lit up, but he still reminded cautiously.

"The power of the dormant chamber is 1KW, and you have to prepare a generator for it. It's not easy to ship these devices to Xizhou City, you have to think clearly. ”

The strongman said solemnly: "Please rest assured, I will solve this!" ”

He's already ordered a "hell's breath" from Mosquito, and a smaller firewood generator is a big deal.

If the snow on the ground is a little thinner, he will be ready to go in no time!

Chu Guang nodded and said no more.

"Alright, tomorrow you go to the Long Farm and find Luca, and he'll give you a hibernation pod."

"Besides, I'll give you another task. You go to Lucca and get a radio station, and take it to the city of Xizhou, directly north of us, where you can set up a base station. ”

"This is a critical task, so please be careful. After completion, you can move around Xizhou City freely, and I will also arrange new tasks for you from time to time. ”

The strongman said with great joy.

"Thank you! Dear Administrator, I will definitely use it well! ”

The hibernation pod is not a great technology.

After the dormant pod at the save point was sufficient, Chu Guang considered allowing players to buy the hibernation pod and move into the small house he built.

But that's after that.

At present, resources are limited, the interests of the collective are above all else, and the allocation of resources for public facilities is always the first priority.

After all, it's about the gaming experience of the vast majority of players.

Taking Xiaoqi back to the manager's office, Chu Guang sat on the office chair, turned the chair and looked at the wall on the side of the office.

There are many screens on the wall, which Yin Fang changed with VM.

Sixteen small screens make up a large screen, on which a map is presented, and the map is densely packed with small green and blue dots, converging into a map of players and NPCs.

Among the players who do not have VMs, there are also historical locations marked by drones.

Through this map, Chu Guang can easily grasp how many players are in which area, how many tasks should be assigned, and what is the ratio of functional NPCs, and whether he needs to send a few more people over.

What made Chu Guang happy was that this group of newcomers to the game were more energetic than he expected.

There are a total of 300 people, and half of them have invested in the wasteland reclamation army, and more than ninety percent of them are power systems.

Although half of them did not go to the wasteland, they were also dragged to spread the fire, follow the progress of the bigwigs in the tunnel, or go to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road to sweep the building.

There are as many predators there as there are ants, and it is not only a natural training ground, but also a rich resource that may be gathered.

Among the three hundred newcomers in total, there are two players that Chu Guang focuses on.

One is [boring fighting tigers].

The other is that Professor Wang, or the lone wolf of the last days.

The little player in front, Chu Guang has been staring at the forum for a long time, often seeing him and other players to communicate with the experience of farming, and often posting photos.

After Chu Guang observed for a while, he immediately made a mark in his background, and when he reached the version that needed to be farmed, he pulled him in without saying a word.

And this tiger brother did not disappoint him, as soon as he came in, he improved the mosquito and the two tractors produced by the No. 81 steel plant.

Now the efficiency of arable land is twice as fast as before, which can be said to be a great help!

The Professor Wang in the back was purely an unexpected joy for Chu Guang.

The professor was only added to the herd last week, and when Chu Guang peeked at the screen, he learned that he was a colleague of Hurricane, and he was also a professor in the field of mechanical engineering and automation design.

For this kind of professor-level reservation player, and it is also an application field, Chu Guang also did not hesitate, and immediately marked him and included it in the Alpha 1.0 version.

The tiger chose the power system.

And this lone wolf brother is the same as Tempest, he chooses the Department of Intelligence, and eighty percent of them are taught by the latter.

Although so far, this lone wolf is still leveling with the Niu Ma squad and has not shown his professional level in the game for the time being, Chu Guang is not in a hurry.

If you want to improve the productivity of a region, you must first have a good understanding of the region.

To set up a factory in Africa, you have to do research first, not to mention the two completely different worlds.

Chu Guang was very satisfied with Professor Wang's current rhythm.

If he didn't even figure out the situation here as soon as he came up, he would crack and point, but it would make Chu Guang feel a headache.

"Not bad!"

"Worthy of the person I chose!"

After retrieving the action record on the VM and glancing at it, Chu Guang had a happy expression on his face, and he felt that everything was under control.

"It seems that the Alpha 1.0 version is running well, and new players have officially entered the main line of the game."

"Next, there are only two core jobs left for the Vault!"

One is Linghu. One of the great developments on the north shore is to attract investment in new industrial zones.

Attracting Liszt to set up a factory was just the beginning.

Let this guy taste some sweetness, and soon there will be more powerful businessmen running over with excess equipment and talents.

Coupled with the caravans from the East Coast, as long as they can create a stable environment for them to develop, they will send money to their doors.

If Vault 404 clashes with Boulder City one day in the future, you will have one more card in your hand to play.

Of course, it's best to be able to work together.

Although you can get rich overnight by fighting, in the long run, the income is still not as stable as farming.

"Solid-state hydrogen batteries are at least a D+ level technology, and according to the way they store and utilize chemical energy, they may even have C!"

"Although it is not as good as the metal hydrogen battery that contains a number of B-level technologies and a small number of A-class technologies, it is still much stronger than the 'old method' on the real side!"

"With the black box obtained from Vault 117, if the situation is optimistic, it should be possible to use the neural connection device for most LV10 intelligence players within two versions, so that the penetration rate of exoskeletons among players reaches 8%, and the penetration rate among the guard reaches 15%!"

Now that the number of players is increasing, Chu Guang has to start more from the overall perspective when making decisions, and reduce local micro-operations.

Having a certain piece of equipment for a certain player has little effect on the overall strength of the Vault.

Only when a piece of equipment has a certain percentage of the player base can it reflect the impact of that piece of equipment on the overall strength of the Vault.

And productivity is the key to everything.

I have to say, this spring is so timely!

Just as Chu Guang was planning the future of the shelter, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from the side, pulling him back from his daydream.

"Master."

Chu Guang: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Qi continued in a low voice.

"Although Xiao Qi doesn't want to disturb you to close your eyes and recuperate, the two young players you sent to Boulder City and Red River Town have new news."

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(This month's update of 25W words, it's really not short, brothers.) Don't set up a flag, at least 6K a day, strive for 1W, quality-oriented, I will continue to work hard next month! ）