“…… We met with the people of Vault 404. ”

In the middle of a pure white room, Horn's face was full of piety.

"Oh?"

As if floating from the darkness, a gentle voice sounded in his ears.

"What kind of people are they?"

Horn replied respectfully.

"It's a bunch of ...... Very special person, my experience does not help me to make more specific judgments. They made an invitation, and I wanted to send a few people to see them. ”

"That's a good idea, you need to keep in touch with the other survivors, have you decided?"

There was a hint of approval in his voice.

The old man's face couldn't help but show a hint of joy, and Horn continued in a respectful tone.

"Not yet, but we're going to pick one student and two engineers."

The voice that came to mind seemed to be lost in thought.

It was about two or three minutes before it continued.

"Let Pai go."

Horn was a little surprised by the mentor's words, but didn't say anything.

"I will listen to your teachings."

The old man said respectfully, and after a moment's pause, he continued to speak his thoughts.

"The capital of the new alliance is more than 100 kilometers away from us, and for security reasons, I would like to apply for a bodyguard."

"Approved, the door will open at 6 o'clock tomorrow." The voice in the dark replied very cheerfully.

Horn nodded slightly.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, go and get ready," the voice continued, "and I'll have to pick a suitable gift for our neighbors." ”

The newsletter is over.

After the voice passed, Horn slowly raised his hands, groped his index finger near his temples for a while, and took off the VR glasses he wore on his head.

The pure white glow faded from the surroundings.

At this moment, he is standing in the management center of the camp.

The doors of the shelter will not be opened easily.

Usually when there is something important to discuss, he sits in the office like this, using VR equipment to communicate with the manager.

After a moment's silence, Horn reached out and pressed it on the touchscreen on the desktop.

Looking at the communication icon, he spoke slowly.

"Let Evan come to the management center."

"I have something important to discuss with him."

……

The official website of "Wasteland Online".

The settlement of the "Knives Out" expansion is in full swing.

This battle has been fought for two months, and almost all players have gained a lot, and they have saved a lot of points waiting to be spent.

Before the settlement began, many people on the official website had already posted screenshots to show off their points balance.

Brother Ice and Fire: ", 100,000 points?!" ”

I'm fighting with you: "Open something?!" ”

Luo Yu: "Envy, aren't you?" Exchanged for life. (proud)"

100,000 points is not the most exaggerated, a certain fat mouse even scored 120,000 points.

The most eye-catching is probably the Burning Corps, with an average score of nearly 80,000.

And even the third-line corps such as the Silver Corps, which has no sense of existence, have an average score of more than 30,000.

It can only be said that the corps system is worthy of being the father of the version, and if individual players want to get high scores, they can only find another way like "it is difficult for strong people".

But in the corps system, basically as long as there is a big brother in the regiment, as long as the rest of the people are not lying too much and not obeying the command and being kicked out of the regiment, the income will basically not be bad.

Although points cannot be exchanged for credits, tasks with points are generally rewarded with credits or contributions.

It can be seen how much "war money" they have made!

Less calves: "This time the average score can reach 20,000." ”

WC really has mosquitoes: "Be confident, I think it's at least 40,000." (proud)"

Canyon fugitive mole: "Suddenly a little panicked......"

Makabazi: "What's the hurry? Isn't it good to have more points? ”

Canyon on the run mole: "No...... You can't just look at the surface of the problem, more points means more people in the lottery. According to the design of the game's lottery system, it is not the explosion rate that is fixed, but the prizes in the reward pool......"

Less: "Stop, stop, can you talk to people." ”

The Canyon is on the run Mole: "To put it bluntly, the reward pool can be diluted. ”

Construction site boy and brick: "it?!" ”

Debt-eyed: "It's not going to be such a dog, right?!" ”

Fang Chang: "You look surprised, as if it's the first day of playing this game." (squint)"

Just as the players were talking, Aguang's ID suddenly popped up from the forum.

Seeing the ID of the dog plan, not only the players raised their spirits, but also the cloud players, spies from various countries and enterprises, and sand sculpture netizens also sat up straight.

"Hello everyone, I'm your dearest planner Ah Guang, first of all, on behalf of all the developers, I wish you all a happy Children's Day!"

"To celebrate the holiday season, and to make our programmer apes less anxious, our siege lion has designed an automatic banana feeding machine...... But unfortunately, the company's No. 5 battery is out of stock, there is no supermarket here, we can only solve the problem ourselves. ”

"Fortunately, our siege lion is reliable enough, not only successfully made the battery, but also solved some interesting problems along the way. Hint: That's a membrane. Everyone unanimously decided that it would be a shame not to use it to make some money for snacks, so we decided to sell it to the highest bidder! ”

"That's it, the auction starts in three days, and the starting price is 1,000,000 silver coins!"

"To get back to the point, with the arrival of June, the Wasteland OL closed beta server is about to enter a hot summer, with more frequent rainfall, more dangerous urban areas and forests, and a strong period for reptiles and arthropods...... There shouldn't be any players exploring the Southern Hemisphere yet, so there's nothing wrong with that. ”

"Also, thank you for your continued support, the expansion has been successfully completed, and we have obtained valuable experimental data! Thanks to this data, we are one step closer to the open beta! ”

"The boss said we won, and I believe it's not just us, it's all the same! Aren't you excited to see the string of zeros in your account? Isn't it fun? Haha, I'm just as happy as you are! ”

"In order to repay everyone for their continued support, we have prepared great prizes! From now on, the points lottery and achievement redemption activities are officially opened! ”

"Let's revel, let's celebrate this victory!"

At the same time that the post was posted, the official website unlocked the lottery system, and the forum was instantly carnivaled.

100 points are drawn once, and 10,000 points are 100 consecutive draws!

Although this game is very picky, there is no setting of 100 consecutive draws and 20 draws, but everyone has saved an average of 40,000 points, and it is cool enough to draw it all at once!

Just when the players were busy scratching the prize and the cloud players were happily eating melons, the intelligence systems of various countries were not idle.

Ah Guang, who has not made a post for more than two months, has re-entered their field of vision.

There's nothing more exciting for them who haven't made any progress after months of work!

"No. 5 battery is out of stock...... An organization with mature quantum computer technology will lack No. 5 batteries? ”

"That's not!"

"There should be some hidden clue in this...... What is that Ah Guang hinting at us? ”

"Lock all areas within a 5km radius without supermarkets!"

"Is it on a global scale? That's too much......"

Somewhere.

Listening to the discussion of his colleagues, the man with the face of the Chinese character sighed and closed the notebook in his hand.

"Is there a possibility...... This person is? ”

Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

The man in the police uniform was the first to come to his senses, tapping his index finger on the table.

"I can't rule it out!"

Without sufficient evidence, any possibility exists.

By all indications, the man whose existence has been erased does not seem to be aware of the fact that he has been kidnapped by an extraterrestrial civilization, or who realizes but does not care, and has fully accepted this new job.

At this time, the old man sitting at the table suddenly spoke.

"What do you think that membrane will be?"

The man with the national character face was slightly stunned.

"Membrane ......?"

The old man nodded.

"Didn't they say they solved some interesting problems themselves?"

As he spoke, he looked at the others in the room and continued to ask.

"Do we have an expert in batteries here?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

The man in the green shirt frowned.

"Battery...... Our company's batteries are purchased from cooperative units, and I don't know much about this part. ”

At this moment, the consultant from the chemical industry suddenly spoke.

"Could he be talking about SEl membranes?"

The man with the national character face immediately asked.

"What's that?"

The advisor spoke.

"It's not something unusual...... To put it simply, it is the solid electrolyte phase interface, which is equivalent to a passivation layer covering the surface of the electrode material, with a thickness of about 100 nanometers. Taking lithium batteries as an example, a good SEI film can prevent solvent molecules from co-intercalation, allowing lithium ions to pass through and intercalate smoothly, thereby inhibiting the formation of lithium dendrites. ”

The old man sitting at the conference table said with a blank expression.

"Lithium ...... What? ”

He didn't hear clearly.

As if anticipating this reaction, the advisor sighed and continued.

"To put it simply, it is a technical difficulty faced by lithium batteries. The fork-shaped lithium metal formed during the reduction of lithium ions will continuously consume the electrolyte during the charging and discharging process, and lead to the irreversible deposition of lithium metal, thus forming 'dead lithium' and reducing the coulombic efficiency...... It may even cause a safety hazard of positive and negative pole connection. ”

In the 80s, Moli went bankrupt and was eventually acquired by the then electrical giant NEC, but it has not been able to overcome the technical difficulties of lithium metal anode batteries.

At present, the mainstream method in the industry is to use carbon-based materials as electrodes, sacrificing battery capacity to ensure safety.

Although the energy density of lithium anode materials is attractive, no one wants to carry a bomb on their body or a rocket under their buttocks.

The old man was still pondering, and the man with the Chinese face probably understood, and nodded thoughtfully.

"I kind of see what you mean...... If the problem of what kind of film is solved, the energy density of the battery can be improved? ”

A wry smile crossed the advisor's face.

"That's how you understand it...... However, I still have to emphasize that lithium dendrite is only a technical difficulty in the study of lithium battery problems, and artificial SEI film is only one of the solutions proposed by the academic community for lithium dendrite problems. ”

"As for whether it is useful or not, how to use it...... These are controversial. At present, one of the mainstream research directions is to build a house and the other is to build a wall, which may or may not be right. ”

The colleague sitting next to him asked curiously, "What do you mean by not being right?" ”

The advisor replied succinctly.

"This means that not all questions will always be answered."

The old man said suddenly.

"This membrane ...... How much can you increase the energy density of the battery? ”

The advisor took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued.

“…… Look at what battery is compared, according to the development plan of the power battery in the white paper we released, the goal in 2025 is to reach 400Wh/kg, and the goal in 2030 is 500Wh/kg. ”

"If the graphite anode of the lithium battery can be replaced with pure lithium, the energy density should theoretically be an order of magnitude higher."

"An order of magnitude?!" The man in the police uniform had a surprised look on his face.

Not only him, but everyone in the conference room had surprised expressions on their faces.

Just listening to the numbers doesn't feel anything.

But once they had a comparative comparator, they immediately understood the value of the technology.

The advisor continued.

"It's almost one or two thousand, which is an order of magnitude higher, as for how much...... It's more reliable for you to go to the industry to find an insider to ask. ”

The man in the green shirt stood up suddenly.

"I'll make a phone call with the unit."

The old man sitting at the conference table nodded and said with a serious expression.

"Go ahead."

At the same time, a similar scene was playing out around the world in the real world.

This "Developer's Journal", which is less than 1,000 words, has been studied more than 1,000 times by the intelligence agencies of major organizations, even the punctuation marks.

In the end, the vast majority of intelligence agencies came up with the same guess - perhaps it was a signal of enlightenment from extraterrestrial civilizations.

As we all know, one of the three pillars of modern technology is energy.

If this mysterious website really comes up with technology far beyond the current era, it can undoubtedly provide favorable evidence for the conjecture of "third type contact".

After all, any technology is inseparable from the support of the scientific research system, and it cannot come out of thin air.

While the players were busy scratching the prize, the silver coin consignment platform was already quietly lively.

I don't know what the official website of "Wasteland Online" plans to auction in three days, but it's always a good idea to prepare in advance.

"Foreign exchange" is such a thing, you can't wait until you need to use it to find a way.

There is so much trading volume on the platform every day, and it is not a question of a buyer's market or a seller's market, but rather that there are simply not so many silver coins in the pool to buy.

Players need credits to update their equipment, eat, sleep, and even take a bath.

Yes.

According to the information they gathered through the peep on the official website, breaking the game costs money to even take a shower.

Shet...... Do these lucky people know what they are doing? ”

Fike, who was staring at the string of numbers on the computer screen and holding his arms, couldn't help but curse with envy.

Just half an hour ago, their project team received a batch of funds.

Although the money is not in their pockets, it is okay to improve their working environment and life "within reason".

Part of this money comes from grants from official agencies.

But more often than not, from giants who share the position of the official establishment.

After all, the government itself does not produce anything, and it is useless to get the technology, and in the end it must be handed over to enterprises or individuals, so that they can register patents, expand production, form monopolies, and grab other people's cakes.

This is also the rules of the game in the real world.

"They'd better never know!"

Indeed, there is such a thing as truth, of course, that the fewer people who know it, the better...... Why don't we get such cheap silver coins? The intelligence officer standing on the side laughed and teased.

The colleague on the side clenched his fists and stared at the computer screen to cheer up.

"Buy it! Damn, why can't this volume go up? Wouldn't you sell a silver coin for $8?! ”

The trader sitting in front of the computer looked solemn and analyzed.

"I'm afraid it's not about the price...... The percentage of players with USD and crypto accounts is too small! There is a certain threshold for foreign exchange trading, and many people are afraid of trouble and simply screen out the currencies that are not commonly used. ”

"More than that, some of the dense small orders clearly don't look like player behavior...... More like speculators who are not directly involved in the game. ”

"In other words, we didn't eat those big orders of more than 1,000 silver coins at all!"

The silver coin trading platform is not only for players to participate, but also for cloud players to not only trade, but also to indirectly participate in in-game investment through the way of protocol holding.

When the silver coin trading platform first came out, many people hoarded a bunch of silver coins.

Now that someone suddenly collected a large amount, these retail investors who couldn't figure out the situation immediately cashed out and left.

Thanks to the cheap chips contributed by these people.

The real auction will take place three days later, and the further back you go, the more fierce the competition becomes, and the price of the silver coins will probably be more exaggerated......

The intelligence officer standing next to him said with a solemn expression.

"We have to find a way to get a RMB account with a clean source of funds!"

Damn, why is it so troublesome?!

Fick couldn't help but kick the table.

"Fack!"

……

One thing, Fick's colleague did guess right.

At present, most of the accounts sold on the silver coin trading platform are indeed cloud players.

As for why the players didn't get involved, it's not entirely because of the account.

At the end of the day, everyone is so busy scratching the prize that they don't even notice it.

Many big points users directly draw 10 100 consecutive draws, and the computer screen is full of golden light.

Each prize has a corresponding card.

Even if you skip the lottery animation and go through each prize, it will take a lot of time.

Not to mention drawing a screenshot of the grand prize to show off on the forum, or drawing garbage to scold the dog in the small group for planning.

Closed Beta Player Communication.

Many people have already taken screenshots and posted posts, and began to share the joy of winning the lottery with everyone.

"Wait, what the hell is the arms package? Which of you got the draw? ”

"According to the introduction, it is a weapon and material of varying amounts, which can be used to trade with other NPC forces, or it can be sold to new people or used for yourself...... That's actually the loot, right? ”

"I understand the reason, but why did I draw a prize once and draw it again?"

"I got it too...... A rifle of the Ripper? ”

"What kind of matryoshka doll is this!"

"Hahaha, Lao Tzu drew ten!"

"Awesome!!"

The Ripper rifle is the standard weapon of the Legion's cannon fodder, characterized by a long and stiff barrel and a total length of nearly two meters with a bayonet.

This thing also has a name on the forums, called Salted Fish Spike.

This equipment basically has no other advantages except for saving bullets and not jamming.

If you really fight bayonets in the trenches, it is the LD-47, a relatively compact assault rifle, that is more handy, and a long weapon may not be easy to use.

However, due to the large number of bullets, the cartridges of the Ripper rifle are far easier to find than the "black swans" of the enterprise, so the weapon is very popular in many survivor gathering places.

After all, automatic rifles are not available in all survivor settlements.

Although these arms will not be sold for much in the New Alliance, they should make a lot of money if they are dragged to a distant survivor settlement, and then dragged the local specialties back to the New Alliance.

In general, this "arms package" is still much better than the consolation prize.

Of course, the new tricks that the dog has come up with are just an appetizer, and what players really care about is the jackpot in the prize pool.

Although not everyone has the opportunity to become the European emperor, it is good to be able to take a breath of European air.

Closed beta.

It is mainly based on testing, and it is normal to have less equipment.

When the open beta is over, everyone will be able to play it sooner or later!

Under the watchful eye, the first European Emperor of this expansion lottery was finally born.

Commander of the Spring: "it! The Destroyer Type I exoskeleton! Behind it was carried a mortar of 120 mm caliber...... Damn?! This equipment has exploded! ”

Probably carried away by the excitement, the spring dude forgot to keep a low profile this time.

Just pretending to be forced, I also posted the screenshot and the acceptance speech together, and shared the joy of becoming the European emperor with everyone.

However......

There was no joy in everyone.

The post blew up instantly.

Edge paddling: "it!" Why the hell is you again! ”

The mole on the run in the canyon: "The dog said that the Emperor of Europe!" Go to hell! ”

Quit smoking: "Shady! It's shady! ”

Commander of the Spring: "A hammer in the dark! I have 120,000 points, why can't I win! 1200 consecutive draws, brother! ”

However, this argument is obviously not convincing.

Salted fish don't care so much.

Silver Daddy: "Spit it out, this old Gou coin can be 120,000 points, why am I only 30,000?" ”

Picking up garbage level 99: "Woo woo, it's unreasonable, kneel and beg for a big knife in the plan!" ”

The old man next door: "Support!" Raise your hands in support! ”

The spring commander immediately panicked and hurriedly deleted the post, but it was too late.

Screenshots of equipment are uploaded everywhere on the official website.

According to the information shown on the screenshot, the Destroyer I exoskeleton is one circle larger than the Type 6 "Heavy Cavalry" exoskeleton, which is almost catching up with power armor.

Unlike the Type 6 exoskeleton, the armor of the Destroyer I does not focus on protection against small arms, but more on protection against explosive fragments and shock waves.

Specifically, the inside of the exoskeleton's armor is filled with a thick layer of cushioning material, so it looks rather bloated.

The 120mm mortar on the back needs to be deployed with both hands on the ground like a run-up, and cannot be moved.

Equipped with an automatic reloading system, it is theoretically possible to project a large amount of fire into the target area in a short period of time as long as there are enough shells and only one can be deployed.

It is equivalent to an "all-terrain" self-propelled mortar that can be driven into a small alley.

It can be called an artifact of street fighting!

However, due to its bulky size, bloated chemical batteries, and external ammo racks, it is not suitable for frontal combat.

It's no exaggeration to say that this thing is full of flaws, and it will be quite embarrassing to be put in the face.

The players of the Storm Corps have said that if they let this old Gou coin get this kind of Gou Coin equipment, they are afraid that they will have to get out of the sky.

But there is one thing to say.

It's also great to have a round of close fire support before the attack.

This is not the only piece of new gear in the reward pool.

There are ten official jackpots for this game, and half of them have never been seen before.

As for the exoskeleton with a mortar on his back, it can't be considered the most awesome.

After all, this equipment is only useful in certain situations, and ammunition is also an issue.

If we really want to talk about comprehensive combat effectiveness, it is not necessarily better than the "five-type" light cavalry.

"Plasma knife! Awesome! Lao Tzu is going to be a Force Warrior! ”

"Magnetic Slingshot...... Is this thing hairy? Bird hunting? ”

"Portable Flying Backpack...... If you don't understand, just ask, is this planning for me to go to heaven and be a target? ”

"Hahahaha, you can discuss it with the guy upstairs, you should be a bird."

“……”

The computer room of the school computer.

Browsing the posts on the forum on the official website, Ye Wei was envious.

Gan!

He also saved more than 100,000 points, why can't he win the SSSR!

The absolute force was balanced by the dog plan!

But it doesn't really matter.

One cannot be too greedy.

His earnings in the expansion pack are far more than that point, and even if it is really balanced, there is nothing to complain about.

The construction of the new map Dawn City has just begun, and the orders for the Niuma Brick Factory have been scheduled until the end of the year, and now they are expanding production frantically.

Not only bricks, but also cement, are all within their scope of business.

Although there have been many business-grabbing competitors in Dawning City recently, they are not comparable to a "shelter-holding" company like them in terms of scale.

Cutting out of the section of closed beta players, Ye Wei wandered around the gossip section for a while, wanting to see what the cloud players were talking about.

As a result, when he saw the first post, he laughed.

“…… Has the price of silver increased? ”

What are you kidding?

It's not that the price of silver hasn't risen, but it usually rises when the expansion pack or new gameplay is just launched, and it can't rise at the end of the expansion.

The expansion has just settled the rest of the proceeds, and at this time, everyone's pockets are full of silver coins, and there is no need to change equipment for the time being, even local tyrants will not be krypton gold at this time.

It doesn't make sense at all!

Not to mention the previous battles, the expansion pack was crazy about throwing money, and several big dogs shipped "improving lives" every day, and the transaction price of silver coins fell to single digits a few days ago.

"Hehe, I want to see where it goes."

Out of curiosity, Ye Wei casually clicked on the silver coin trading platform and took a look.

It didn't matter what he saw, he was stunned on the spot.

"it?!"

$8 a silver coin?!

He repeatedly confirmed that it was a buy order, not a sell order.

And there's more than one.

A whole ten buy orders, each with 100,000 silver coins, lined up in a row with a difference of one dollar!

The top one has been filled by 40%, and the buy orders of $7 and $6 have not yet been filled, after all, the buy orders with the highest listed price have not been eaten up.

Not only the US dollar, but also the RMB, the euro, and other currencies are also pegged on it.

The bids are outrageous and outrageous!

It seems that overnight, I have returned to the moment when the silver coin trading platform was just launched.

"Are these people crazy?!"

Looking at the 52RMB pending order, Ye Wei felt his heart beat faster, and sweat oozed from the palm of the hand holding the mouse.

His first instinct was to smash the plate now!

Hurry up and ship now!

After this village, there will be no such shop!

However, the thought only stayed in his mind for half a minute before he calmed down.

This is a bit strange!

The entire trading platform was completely blocked with buy orders, and not even a single sell order could be seen.

Who's throwing the money?

Taking a deep breath, Ye Wei restrained the urge to ship, grabbed the mobile phone on the table, tapped the screen with his fingers at the speed of light, and sent a message to the brothers of the cattle and horses.

"Quick!"

"Look at the !! of the Silver Coin Trading Platform"

Chapter 336: The Dog Planner Comes to Cut Leeks Again!

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