To Fang Chang's surprise, he guessed the end, but he didn't guess the beginning.

There weren't two versions at all, and as soon as Beta 0.1 was launched, the hibernation pod was on the shelves of the NPC Shop.

As long as the contribution level reaches the "Intermediate Citizen", you can make a reservation to purchase it in the VM, and the home delivery service is supported.

Yes.

If you want to buy a hibernation pod, you first have to have a piece of land.

Since the land in the restoration area is collectively owned by the New Alliance, it is obviously not feasible to find a random piece of land to enclose and claim it as one's own.

However, this is easy for intermediate citizens, and the vast majority of players will buy a 50-square-meter piece of land and run their own small home or shop after reaching the intermediate citizen.

Some lifestyle pro players who have registered a business unit can also place the hibernation pod on commercial or industrial land.

There is still a lot of choice.

Less than half an hour after the announcement of the new version was announced, the change was soon noticed, and players in the square were already making a fuss.

"Sleep pod...... it! Two thousand silver coins!? ”

"It's equivalent to a miner's type I exoskeleton!"

"Ordering Demand Contribution Level to Moderate Citizen...... Hiss, 10,000 contribution points! It's slippery, I'll use the public save point. ”

"Mom...... How long does it take to save money? ”

"If there is no server activity or faction warfare, the average daily income of LV10 can reach 100 silver under normal gameplay, although some people can reach 200 or 300+...... But that's all the big guys. ”

"Don't panic, the liver is done!"

2000 credits may sound like a lot, but it's not unacceptable for players who have actually reached LV10.

With the establishment of the Hunter Guild, the percentage of mission revenue in the total income of players has gradually decreased from the initial 90% to 66%.

Many hunting xenos or sweeping commissions issued by non-core NPCs can even reach 1000+ one-time income.

These NPCs are usually production units such as the Didiwe Food Processing Factory, Liszt Factory, and Bucky Factory, but also farmers on farms or foreign merchants.

However, compared with the former, the latter's own economic strength is limited, and the amount of silver coins given is not much, mainly for regional prestige or physical rewards.

The significance of the Hunter Guild is probably to review the content and prizes of the commission and release them to the players in a centralized manner, which is far more efficient than the players harassing NPCs one by one in the crappy language of the people.

Chu Guang, who announced the start of the celebration, did not immediately go downstairs, but stood by the window on the third floor like an NPC, looking at the players downstairs with a smile on his face.

Xiao Qi, who was next to his calf, quietly raised the camera.

"Master."

Chu Guang, who was in a good mood, smiled.

"What's wrong?"

Xiaoqi whispered.

"I've heard a lot of players complain that the hibernation pod is too expensive."

Chu Guang said calmly.

"It's normal, it's expensive."

There are only two black boxes for the production of sleeping cabins, and the maximum production capacity is 40~48 a day, so it is impossible for everyone to have their own sleeping cabins.

The first thing he needs to ensure is the collective interest, that is, the public save points can get enough hibernation pods to satisfy the needs of the vast majority of players, especially newcomers, to save normally.

As for the dormant pods sold, the proceeds generated can be used to subsidize the production of cultivation pods and recruit more new players.

In fact, not only the dormant pod, but even the cultivation pod, which is used as a resurrection point, is also hung in the NPC shop.

It's just that the culture pod is different from the dormant pod, and as a tool for synthesizing clones, each game account can only hold one.

Therefore, the so-called purchase is not to get a new one for the player, but to allow the player to take their training pod out of the shelter.

At the same time, the cultivation pod is equivalent to the existence of the "base crystal" in the MOBA game, and once destroyed, no matter how strong the game character is, he will have to take a break.

Whether or not you want to take the respawn point out of the safe zone.

The choice is yours!

Looking at the price of the cultivation pod in the VM, the canyon escaped mole and gasped.

"10,000 Silver Coins ......"

This is too exaggerated!

It's equivalent to a light cavalry exoskeleton!

You can buy 5 units for the Miner I, or 12.5 units for the KV-1!

Zhang Hai leaned over and glanced at Brother Mole's VM, then looked at himself, and his eyes instantly widened: "Wait, why can't I see my VM on it?" ”

Elf King Fugui scratched the back of his head: "I can do it here, it seems that it will not be displayed until the middle level citizen is above...... Although it can only be bought by high-ranking citizens. ”

Irena: "Isn't it 10,000 silver coins?" The ghost will buy it...... Manually funny. ”

Zhang Hai didn't speak, silently snapped his fingers and counted.

A bowl of ramen costs 6 silver coins, and he earns 4 silver coins, which means ...... 2500 bowls?!

it!

Zhang Hai's eyes, who had settled the accounts, widened.

I can't rub the rolling pin into the skin!

The canyon is on the run, and the mole touched his chin and analyzed.

"It's not just 10,000 silver coins, it's also the maintenance cost. The culture chamber is different from the dormant chamber, which needs to be turned on 24 hours a day, and the power is 1KW in the standby state and 10KW in the working state...... This electricity bill support is not available in the shelter, but if you take the training module out of the shelter, I am afraid you will have to bear it yourself. ”

The batteries in the culture chamber can only store 72 hours of power.

Irena asked curiously, "What happens if the power goes out?" ”

"It was written above that it would cause the character to fall unconscious." The mole in the canyon pointed at VM, thought for a while and said, "Actually, you can't say that you are a fool to buy it, I feel that the meaning of this thing is more about moving." ”

Zhang Hai was stunned: "Moving? ”

The mole nodded.

"Well, didn't Beta 0.1 create a merchant union and corps system? In the future, the player's activity area will definitely not only be Qingquan City, as the game content expands, new shelters and even recovery areas will definitely be unlocked, and it is impossible to die once and wait for three days and have to walk hundreds of kilometers to hurry. ”

There is no map boundary setting in this game, but the player basically can't go far, one is the language barrier outside the communication range, and the other is too far from the respawn point.

The latter, in particular, can easily put the Wasteland Reclamation Party in a dilemma.

If you bring too good equipment, you may not be able to bring it back, and you may not be able to go far without equipment.

No matter how strong it is, it can't be online 24 hours a day, there is no safe area that can be archived, and as soon as the helmet is taken off and put on again, it will directly start to resurrect the CD, then it won't crack on the spot!

But there is no problem with being able to buy resurrection points by yourself, as long as 10,000 silver coins, you can bring the coffin board for resurrection with you.

Expensive?

Compared to the income from land reclamation, is 10,000 silver coins and a 10KW generator a problem?

The mole felt like he had guessed the intentions of the plan.

If it's just for the convenience of archiving, there's no need to put a culture cabin at home, and it's enough to buy a dormant cabin as a bed.

This training pod worth 10,000 yuan is mainly for players who plan to go to the new map to open up wasteland, or even stay for a long time!

Zhang Hai shook his head and left.

"Hey! Can't afford to provoke! ”

This ramen seems to be selling cheaply.

The elf king Fugui studied VM for a while, and suddenly found the plate that Irena was holding in her hand, and glanced inside curiously.

"What good are you eating?"

Snail meat?

It looks weird.

I didn't expect Lao Na to occasionally eat some normal food.

"Would you like a bite?" Irena pricked one with a toothpick and handed it over generously.

The elf king Fugui stretched out his hand to take it, pinched the toothpick, picked out the meat in the shell, and looked at it curiously.

The milky white meat looks quite delicious, and there are some strange ingredients sprinkled on the surface, but it smells strange.

"It tastes weird."

After stuffing the snail meat into his mouth and chewing for a while, the rich man frowned and thought for a moment, and gave a pertinent evaluation.

"But it's okay."

Irena had a pleasant smile on her face.

"That's necessary, can my brother still trap you?"

The elf king Fugui asked curiously, "What is this thing?" It doesn't feel like a snail. ”

Irena coughed dryly.

"I didn't say it was a snail...... Don't worry about these details. ”

Elf King Fugui: "No, no, no, I think it's still necessary to understand." ”

"You really want to know?"

"Hurry up, stop talking nonsense!"

Seeing that Brother Fugui insisted, Irena smiled embarrassedly.

"Strictly speaking, it should be considered a snail."

Elf King Fugui: "??? ”

……

The festivities continued until the second half of the night.

And the highlight of the whole festival, in addition to the talent show, is the old traditional food competition!

This time, not only players can participate, but also aborigines can sign up for the competition, but compared to the players' brains, most of the aborigines who have just eaten are here to make up the numbers, and few have the courage to sign up.

The three champions of this year's food competition were released, among which the "most popular delicacy among players" was still the chef scrambled egg brother who knows the players' taste buds the most.

200g of black ring snake meat is boiled to remove the smell, drained, sprinkled with salt, pepper and minced garlic and stir-fried until fragrant, add half a liter of water and simmer for half an hour, and finally add 50g of crushed deer tail to enhance the fragrance.

Like the previous monster ribs, the scrambled egg brother did not hide it, and generously disclosed the recipe, and even published a tutorial on the official website.

As for the most popular food among the aborigines, it is still the finger biscuits made by the crow boss.

She coated the flour in handmade butter and sugar, baked it in the shape of a bullet, and sprinkled chocolate bought from the administrator at the place of the bullet.

Although it was complained by many players that "it's too tired and not as good as mushroom soup", it is deeply loved by Xiaoyu, Boss Xia, Akikusa Akiba Sisters and many other female NPPC Bucky.

Shoved the biscuit from under the helmet into his mouth, and there was a moving whine from under the tin can.

"Only then can I feel alive!"

And when you're drunk!

Without any hesitation, he gave a high score out of 10!

Hea glanced at the "living specimen".

"Have you ever considered that it's not that you want to eat sugar, it's the slime molds that parasitize you that want to eat it?"

The happy whining came to an abrupt end.

The silence of the tin can is distressing.

Yin Fang, who was sitting on the side, couldn't stand it anymore and sighed helplessly.

"Don't do that...... Brother Ba finally found a little bit of a feeling of being alive. ”

"Am I the only one who thinks this stuff is too sweet? I felt that the blood was thickening......" Heya muttered and shook her head, only ate one piece, and never touched the rest again.

She's probably the only NPC who doesn't quite accept sweets, especially the carbs that are baked together with grease and sprinkled with a thick chocolate sauce.

Chu Guang gave her a strange look.

"Is that an exaggeration?"

Heya said helplessly.

"Maybe I'm more sensitive to sugar, but I still prefer foods with a lower metabolic load, higher vitamin content, and healthier ingredients."

Chu Guang: "For example? ”

Hea: "The entrails of animals. ”

Chu Guang: "......"

Don't cholesterol and protein need to be metabolized?

Where the hell is this healthy?

Xiao Yu, who was sitting on the judges' seat, kept staring at the biscuit in front of Heya's table, but he was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Brother Chu told her to eat less sugar, I heard that it will affect her growth, and the sugar intake today is almost exceeded, so she can't eat it anymore.

Xia Yan was not polite to Hea, and after asking for permission, he happily exchanged plates with her, and stuffed cookies into his mouth with a happy face.

She doesn't have that much psychological burden.

Anyway, she doesn't eat anything to grow meat, and she has been used to it for so many years.

As for the most popular food of the Administrator, it was a surprise to all players.

It turned out to be a simple bottle of sparkling water with a little sugar, and probably a "unique recipe" that might exist.

Fat house happy water?

What's so good about this thing!

The aborigines were not too surprised, but they were curious about what kind of magic the bottle of drink in the manager's hand had to win the favor of the administrator.

I saw the manager in the azure power armor standing in front of everyone, pointing to the glass bottle in his hand that he had only taken a sip of.

"Nuka-Cola!"

"It's the best drink I've ever had!"

Because there were not only players but also NPCs present, Chu Guang deliberately raised his voice and said it again in the human language.

At this time, the players on the scene suddenly reacted.

Boy!

The manager personally brings the goods?!

But is this ad so hard?

The eyes of the night ten in the square were round.

"NPCs can also win awards?"

The mosquito had a look of remorse.

"Sloppy! I should have thought of ...... This kind of cheap and happiness-giving thing will sell out in the wasteland! ”

At present, there is already a sugar factory in the industrial area, and white sugar can be precipitated through a series of simple processes such as boiling and drying red beets imported from Brown Farm, and the price is quite cheap.

The cost of this bottle of soda is only 0.5 silver coins!

If he were to sell it, he would have to earn 3 silver coins!

Tempest, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.

"Who's the winner of this prize?"

Several people from the herd of cattle and horses looked at each other.

"I don't know."

"Ask in a moment on the forum?"

I didn't seem to have heard anyone foretell that I was going to get the fat house happy water out of the wasteland, and I didn't see anyone jumping out to accept the award at the scene.

Could it be an easter egg left by the official?

If it's not one player who made it, that's the only explanation.

The festivities continued into the early hours of the morning, and after all event points had been collected, players returned to the Vault or Surface save point to go offline.

No matter how high you are in the game, your body still has to eat in reality.

As for the aborigines, they were ready to stay up all night.

Until all the programs of the celebration are over, many people are still spontaneously celebrating this meaningful day, until the sky is bright.

From now on, the new alliance is officially established!

The first restoration area extends to Yuanxi Town in the north, the Fifth Ring Road of Qingquan City in the south, the edge of Yumu District in the west, and the former site of Highway Town in the east.

Covering nearly 1,000 square kilometers of land!

At the same time, a new city-state is being built on this wild wasteland under the name of "Dawn". And just like its name, this rising sun is shining with the light of dawn.

The northern suburbs have never been so lively as they are today.

The people who live here have never been more excited and excited than they are today.

"Let's toast to the formation of the new alliance!"

"Cheers to the Great Administrator!"

"Cheers!"

In the northern district of Dawning City, the people who stayed at Changchang Farm also stayed up all night.

The Highway Town Hotel was full of people, and the sound of clinking glasses and beer foam almost toppled the ceiling.

To celebrate this great day, Old Hook generously announced that beer is free and barbecue is 20% off all night today.

Until dawn!

In-house guests only!

Of course, no one will be polite to him for such a good thing, and the boss here can earn a lot of silver from these wastelanders.

Many of the hotel's guests even rushed back from the park after the excitement of the festival for a free beer.

A room full of merchants and mercenaries, one by two, were drunk and slept in the lobby on the first floor.

So many people drank too much, and the waiters in the store couldn't control it at all, so they simply closed the door, leaving someone behind the counter to watch, and just let them sleep in the lobby until they woke up naturally.

The next day at noon.

Sun Shiqi shook his head like a piece of iron and got up from the table.

I don't know if it's his delusion, but he always feels that today's beer is easier to get drunk than before, and he can't stand it after only two trips to the toilet.

"I bet...... He mixed something else with it. Apparently he was not alone, and the guests at the next table also muttered.

Sun Shiqi took the bill from the waiter's hand, glanced at it, and his face suddenly turned green.

"Aren't the drinks free?"

The waiter whispered.

"Yes sir, but you ate 6 skewers of charcoal grilled squirrel meat and 12 skewers of double-headed beef yesterday...... and a yokai rib. ”

Sun Shiqi squinted his eyes and carefully read the small print on the back of the bill, and then slowly came back to his senses.

These dishes were indeed ordered by him.

Especially the monster ribs in the back, he had never heard of monster meat being edible.

But what he didn't expect was that this thing actually cost 30 silver coins per piece! At the current exchange rate, it will cost you 15 chips!

It's a money grab!

He had never eaten such expensive food!

But maybe it's because he made a little money in the last deal, and his mentality has changed a little, but he is not as painful as he used to be.

It's been hard enough time.

When he first started trading, in order to save money, he lived entirely on nutritional paste, and even the mercenary he hired ate better than him.

Now finally there is money.

It's time to be kind to yourself.

"Put it on my account."

A pleasant smile appeared on the waiter's face.

"Okay, please sign sir."

Sun Shiqi picked up the pen and signed his name on it, and threw him a silver coin as a tip.

In the gratitude and blessing of the waiter, Sun Shiqi, who was squinting, greeted the bright sunshine and strode out of the door of the hotel.

The day of picking up the goods was pushed back and forth, and it was finally the day of handover.

The trading post compensated him for the right to use 100 square meters of storage, located in the storage area next to the trading post, for two months.

Sun Shiqi is quite satisfied with this compensation.

These people are still very reasonable, at least more reasonable than the factories in Boulder City, and they are also unable to deliver the goods in time for accidents, and the factories in Boulder City will not give any compensation.

No one can do anything about this kind of thing.

Understandable.

Looking at the young man in front of him who was going through the delivery procedures with him, Sun Shiqi asked curiously.

"Why did this booth change people today?"

"Frost River is off today, we have one day off a week, we can discuss and decide which day to rest." The boy said with a smile.

"Okay, I wish her a happy holiday, I really envy you, we are open all year round." Sun Shiqi casually flattered, and suddenly noticed that construction was going on outside the trading post.

A group of ragged men were under the watchful eye of the guards, and in pairs they were holding heavy steel on the wood, and they were beating and beating around them.

Those people were supposed to be prisoners of war.

Sun Shiqi sighed and asked casually.

"What's going on there?"

The boy glanced over there and said with a smile.

"You say there, it seems to be called a railway! Recently, it was repaired here from the industrial area, and I heard that it was used to transport goods in the future. ”

Railway?!

Sun Shiqi's face showed an expression of surprise.

There are many scrap vehicles on the wasteland, and steel bars and steel beams are also common, but those rusty scrap steel obviously cannot be directly wasted, first they have to be thrown into the furnace to be re-smelted, and then go through a series of processes to turn them into something that can come in handy.

This may not sound like a difficult task, but in fact it is the overall industrial capacity of a survivor colony that is being tested.

If he remembers correctly, a kilometer of railroad would cost hundreds of tons of steel, to say the least.

In other words, are these people's steel production rich enough to be used to build railways?

He hadn't even noticed it for the past few days!

The young man in front of him thought he was making a fuss, as the steel mill was already producing those tracks when the industrial zone had just been relocated.

Although he still didn't know what it was for, he believed that the manager's decision would not be wrong.

"All this steel, you all picked up from the ruins?"

"Half and half, like over there."

The young man pointed to the stall not far away, and saw more than twenty two-headed cows crowded in front of the stall.

"An electric mule costs only 50,000 silver coins, and now it is 90% off, and with more advanced and better transportation, you can travel between Red River Town and Dawning City faster. Now the demand for steel is very strong, do you really not think about it? ”

Sun Shiqi didn't speak, he noticed the imprint on the back of the two-headed cow, and a trace of vigilance gradually appeared in his eyes.

Horseshoe Chamber of Commerce!

He recognized the sign.

One-third of the iron ore and one-fifth of the slave business in Red River were in their hands. Although they did not have their own iron mines, they had good relations with many slave owners because they could provide a stable "labor force", and their salesmen were all over the southern part of the valley province.

Thinking of this, Sun Shiqi was still a little relaxed, and suddenly had a sense of urgency.

Nearly a month and a half have passed since the resumption of the trade route, and he is obviously not the only one who is eyeing this piece of fat in the northern suburbs.

There will definitely be more and more people doing business here in the future!

He's got to hurry!

……

Counting the next day's holiday, the celebration lasted for two full days.

According to the report compiled by Xiaoqi, the total cost of this celebration reached 61,231 silver coins. In addition to the consumption of food and drink, this also includes the benefits of lottery for players.

In addition, because some of the prizes were drawn by Chu Guang with his own points, they were not counted in the total cost.

However, it would be a big mistake to think that he would lose.

Although these more than 60,000 silver coins were spent, they were also spent on the player and the NPPC, and they were all his people, so those silver coins were just a different form to accompany him.

Coupled with the last advertisement, the merchants who came to inquire about the "Nuka-Cola" sparkling water after the celebration almost broke the door of the warehouse.

The only twenty boxes in stock were snapped up.

After tasting a bottle, many people paid a deposit without saying a word, and in just one morning, the order was lined up for a month!

As for who came up with such a genius idea?

Of course, it was Chu Guang himself.

He had made his own sparkling water a long time ago, but he was recently tormented by budget problems, and it occurred to him that this thing could be used for export to earn foreign exchange.

At present, the product is produced by the "nuclear" soda factory wholly owned by the Vault, and if it weren't for the fact that he remembered some arrogant riddler, Chu Guang couldn't help but praise himself for being a genius.

Of course, these are all small things.

If you really want to solve the "budget problem" fundamentally, it is not enough to rely on one or two best-selling products.

The expedition team managed by Yin Fang has locked down a vault in the DC area.

According to recorded sources, the Vault opened fifty years ago and was codenamed 401.

Considering that he had not heard anything about the shelter at all, Chu Guang had reason to believe that it had been abandoned and that the people there were nowhere to go.

But it's okay to be deserted.

As long as the controllable fusion reactor is still good, as long as he can find the right type of fuel rod, he has a way to repurpose it!

For example, throw hundreds of training pods over.

It is also necessary to increase the presence of Evacuation No. 404 in the eastern part of Cheongsen City in preparation for the expansion of the recovery area.

In addition to solving the problems of the players, there are also the problems of the indigenous people that need to be solved.

The formation of a new alliance is not just a slogan, but a commitment.

At present, the laws of the new alliance are only implemented in Dawning City, and in addition to Dawning City, there are many small and medium-sized survivor settlements in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City and even in the large wasteland outside the city, which are being infested by xenomorphs and marauders.

In addition, there are some stubborn feudal lords in the recovery area who need to recognize the situation and make a trade-off between conscious and passive consciousness.

Chu Guang plans to spend a month to deal with these historical problems.

However, to Chu Guang's surprise, the first person to recognize the situation and make changes was actually his old neighbor Brown......