"Fill out the form, of course! I filled it out two or three months ago, and I've been waiting for a long time! Looking at the shocked brother, Ye Jiu said triumphantly.

Hearing this, Ye Wei's expression became a little weird.

Two or three months is worth calling for a long time......

How many people on the forum have waited for almost a year without waiting.

Although this game is not based on the reservation time, the qualification is just that.

"It seems to be ready for use today, don't thank me, I'll send you!"

“…… Send me back. ”

Ye Wei held the helmet in his hand, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

At this moment, a strange thought suddenly occurred in his heart.

If he brought his old sister's helmet......

"Have you signed up for an account?"

Ye Jiu shook his head and said.

"No, I don't play games, I'll give you a game."

Ye Wei looked at this guy with a strange expression.

Really?

To be reasonable, I can fill in that form, and I am also a mild Internet addiction, not to mention that I have played one or two games.

But now is not the time to talk about it.

With a hint of apprehension, Ye Wei took a deep breath and buckled the helmet on his head.

Darkness reigned in darkness.

In the long silent silence, there was not a single light in sight.

Ye Wei reached out and moved his helmet, but soon realized that there was no point in doing so.

“……”

Ye Jiu on the side didn't know what his brother was thinking, so he asked excitedly.

"Is it connected?"

“…… No. ”

Ye Wei took off his helmet in silence.

He now finally knew why his roommates were looking at him with strange eyes.

Say a thousand things and ten thousand, what is invisible is invisible.

Unless the helmet is the bearer, no one else reacts to it, and there is neither the mysterious countdown nor the connected button.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that even if he was a closed beta player, he couldn't see it with someone else's helmet.

This thing seems to be tied to some unknown being.

“…… Ah, you can't see it," Ye Jiu's expression was a little lost, "Mom too...... She actually said that this thing was a rice cooker liner. ”

"Jiujiu," Ye Wei looked at his sister with a serious expression, "There is something, I actually ...... I've been hiding it from you. ”

Ye Jiu glanced at him strangely, looked his eyes up and down, and slowly spoke for a while.

“…… Brother, are you really being raised by a rich woman? ”

Ye Wei ignored her interruptions, but turned around and went back to his room, and walked out with a helmet after a while.

Seeing the helmet in his brother's hand, Ye Jiu's eyes widened in surprise.

"Wait...... You also have a helmet?! ”

"Well," Ye Wei nodded slowly, "I'm one of the first few players in the closed beta. ”

Ye Jiu was speechless in surprise.

After a long moment, she whispered.

“…… I see that everyone is talking about that game, and I want to surprise you, but I didn't expect you to have it. ”

Ye Wei's expression was full of complexity.

Sighing, he said in the tone of a passerby.

"The scale of the game is too big, even if it's your brother and me's age, I can't hold it once in a while. I haven't told you all this because I'm afraid you'll fill out the appointment form...... I didn't expect you to not only fill in, but also hit. ”

That old-fashioned expression was too underwhelming.

Ye Jiu glared at him angrily and snatched his helmet back.

"Cut, it's still 'your brother and my age', less green onions in the nose!"

"If you can't play, forget it, you can play by yourself!"

She still wants to give the helmet to this guy.

It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs.

Large scale?

Can't hold it?

She wanted to see how big the game was!

Looking at the old girl's reaction as expected, Ye Wei continued patiently.

"I haven't finished talking yet, don't get excited."

"Later, I thought about it carefully, you are not a child anymore, you should make decisions about your own life and take responsibility for your own decisions."

"And unlike other games, it's not just about entertainment, it's about other things...... This may be an opportunity for you. ”

This game has changed the lives of many players.

He himself is a living example.

"Opportunity?" Ye Jiu tilted his head and said confusedly, "What are you talking about?" ”

Ye Wei did not explain this topic in detail, but pointed to the helmet on her hand.

"You'll know if you put it on and try it."

Ye Jiu had a suspicious expression on his face, walked to the sofa and sat down at the suggestion of his brother, and then put the helmet on his head suspiciously.

The original countdown position has been replaced by a simple [whether to enter the game] option.

"See that option? Just click in. ”

Ye Wei prompted, but Jiu Jiu didn't respond, it seemed that he had already entered the game.

Not surprisingly, she was waking up from the culture pod in Vault 117.

And there is a high probability that there will be no accidents, she is getting carried away with excitement at this moment, sighing "this light, this water, this air".

Looking at the reaction of the newcomers after entering the game, it can be regarded as a repertoire of "Wasteland Online".

Ye Wei didn't follow into the game, but sat opposite her sofa.

As much as he wanted to capture the stunned look of this guy, his game character was on the side of Aurora at the moment, a little away from Vault 117.

Not to mention, it's night in the game world, and it's not the time to rush.

Looking at his sister sitting opposite, Ye Wei picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water.

At this moment, his expression suddenly became a little strange.

Saying......

According to the promotion on the game's official website, wearing a helmet is equivalent to sleeping, and it is also a deep sleep.

In other words, as long as you don't wake up, you won't wake up from your dreams, right?

When you think about it, playing games in the living room is really dangerous.

He is not the kind of person who loves tricks, and he will not do the childish thing of "deliberately wetting the floor and pretending to pee the other party's pants".

But not necessarily.

Thinking of this, Ye Wei couldn't help but feel a spirit, and silently made up his mind in his heart.

In the future, you have to lock the door to play games......

……

After about half an hour, Ye Wei estimated that it was time for lunch, and was about to order a takeout.

At this moment, there was a sudden excited call from across the sofa.

"Oooh! It's absolutely stunning! Is that NPC in the lobby played by a real person? Or a virtual character? That armor is so cool! Is it called an exoskeleton? How many levels do you need to equip it? ”

Without waiting for Ye Wei to clear up the question, Ye Jiu continued to ask excitedly.

"By the way, brother, what's your ID name? I need to enter Master's ID when I take that fire-spreading mission! He gave me a long list to pick from, but I couldn't find your name! ”

"Who would use their real name as a screen name," Ye Wei said with a smile, "You search for night ten, I use this name in the game." ”

"Ten at night? What does this ID mean? ”

Hearing this, Ye Wei almost choked on his own spittle, and coughed dryly twice.

"Nothing...... Everyone called it that, and they got used to it. ”

When he said this, his expression stiffened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

That's a long story about the origin of this ID.

Of course, he couldn't have told his sister that he was in a group called Niu Ma Qun, and the nickname of the group was "Ten Nights of the Female Enemy", and after changing its name, it was called "Ten Times of Getting Up in One Night".

No matter what the ID is, it's not something that can be said openly.

But then again......

Who will tell acquaintances in reality what ID they use for online matching!

He is only glad now that he didn't fully type his name when he registered an account.

Otherwise, the society will die properly today!

Ye Jiuhu stared at the old brother suspiciously for a while, and always felt that things were not so simple.

But she didn't ask much.

After all, the "fully immersive virtual reality online game" brought her physical impact was too strong.

Even though it took a long time to calm her breath, she still didn't fully digest the shock in her heart as she sat on the sofa.

Even if she is not particularly fond of playing games, she can't help but immerse herself in that overhead world that is completely different from reality, and completely transforms into the shape of a helmet.

She can't wait to get back into the game.

Can't wait to experience the full game!

Ye Jiu's eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but stuff Ye Wei's helmet into his hand.

"Dude! Hurry up and take me! ”

Looking at the old girl who had already put on her helmet by herself, Ye Wei had a stunned expression.

Boy......

This addiction is bigger than myself.

……

Wasteland World.

The Alliance's office in Boulder.

Lukka is arranging for the manpower to transport several boxes containing biomimetic prosthetics stacked in the office out of Boulder City.

Boulder City has strict controls on goods entering the city, but it is not so strict when it comes to leaving the city.

Each person brings one piece of luggage, and it is easy to ship it out with a few more round-trips.

Recovering the high-tech equipment of the Boulder military industry from the black market is just one of the Alliance's tactics against Boulder.

As the lord of Dawn, Luca Sr.'s focus was on negotiating trade with the City Hall.

Recently, the city hall released rumors that the new alliance intends to import goods worth 200 million chips from the industrial zone.

The factory owners and chamber of commerce owners, who were still making noise before, immediately stopped finding fault and began to wait and see.

And those workers who lost their jobs due to the closure of the factory, although their lives did not improve immediately, because they lost the support of the people behind the scenes, they could not make trouble for the time being.

Although I don't know how long this tacit understanding will last, it should last for a while.

……

On the coffee table in the lounge, there was a loud sound on the radio.

Mr. House was praising the greatness of the Lord of the Castle with great emotion, and by the way, he took the last two sentences to praise Mr. Duron's wise decision.

“…… If we give the chips to everyone, the price of the cream will go up to the sky, and no one will get any benefit! ”

"But it's not the same if you lend our neighbors chips, 200 million chips will create tens of thousands of jobs! Save hundreds of thousands of families! We will get a job and get a chance to support ourselves! ”

"That's a beautiful thing!"

Sit in front of the radio.

Hal from the Lion Tribe of the Luoxia Province was curiously fiddling with the talking machine.

"It's incredible...... Is there a person living in this iron box? ”

Shuyu, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea next to him, looked away from the purchase list and looked at him curiously.

"I also think it's incredible, you told me that in your father's court, there are hundreds of bionic maids...... Why can you accept androids, but not something as simple as a radio? ”

The former is obviously much more technical than the latter, and that's obvious.

Hal, however, was adamant.

"It's different, isn't it? Orbics, no matter how they say, are they still human, is it strange that people can speak. ”

Shuyu was stunned.

The teacup in his hand stopped.

Although he felt that this sentence was a problem everywhere, he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Seeing that Shuyu didn't speak, Hal, whose mouth couldn't stop idle, continued excitedly.

"You say if I go back with a radio, will my father pass the throne to me?"

“…… I think you'd better not do it. Worried about soiling the table, Shuyu put down the teacup and said softly with good words.

He had a phone call with the manager last night.

In addition to communicating about the purchase list, he also mentioned this guy's matter by the way.

The administrator's advice is the same as that of old Luca, no matter how likely this guy is to inherit the throne, it's never a bad thing to make a few more friends.

Anyway, it won't cost much budget to hire an extra clerk.

Even if he doesn't become a king in the end, he can return to the tribe safely to be an idle prince, which will only be good for the new alliance.

The area of Luoxia Province is several times that of the River Valley Province, and the endless sand sponge stretches for thousands of kilometers, spanning the entire central region of the Zhongzhou continent, and is connected to mountains and grasslands.

The oasis left over from the era of the People's Union was dotted with several feudal kingdoms, which were the transportation hubs of East-West trade.

The Lion Tribe is one of them that is good and relatively less xenophobic.

This information was also gathered by the new alliance from former merchants.

"Headache...... What kind of thing is worth a fortune, do I have to run to the ideal city in the east? ”

Hal turned off the radio with a depressed look on his face and looked at Shuyu, who was sitting across from him.

"My friend, can you give me a suggestion?"

"How could I have known that I haven't seen your father again." Shuyu gave him a helpless look and continued, "But if you want me to say something...... Instead of pondering what is priceless, ponder your father's preferences. ”

Hal said blankly.

"Preferences?"

Shuyu nodded.

"Yes, whether something has value or not is itself a subjective judgment. For example, if he is a trade-oriented person, and if you bring back a tenfold coil that you brought with you when you go out, he will definitely be impressed by you. ”

"If he's a military person, you only need to prove your bravery, such as cutting off a few more deathclaw heads, and bringing home a few warriors who were born and died together."

Hal had a thoughtful look on his face.

"I see...... Does it mean to do what you like? ”

Shuyu said casually: "You can understand it this way, it will be more convenient." ”

"But my father disliked neither merchants nor soldiers," said Hal, "and he only liked to get into the women's heap and have a banquet every once in a while. ”

Shuyu sighed.

"Then you will kidnap a beautiful daughter-in-law and go back...... Prove your charm. ”

The tribe is hopeless.

But if you think about it, where in the world is this not the case?

Reproduction is a healthier hobby.

However, what Shuyu didn't expect was that he just said casually, and after thinking about it, the prince named Hal had a look of enlightenment on his face.

"My friend...... You're a genius! Your words made me stunned, you can be my staff! When I become king, you will be the minister of the lion tribe! ”

Shuyu looked at him with a funny expression.

"My loyalty belongs only to great managers, so don't make jokes."

Minister?

He's not unusual.

The drunken gold fans of Boulder City can't corrupt him, let alone a tribe in the backwoods.

Hal kept his mouth shut.

He just said it casually, he didn't really expect to get the young man to follow him back and help him fight for the throne, in fact, he didn't even make up his mind whether to fight for that thing or not.

At this moment, the door to the lounge opened, and Luca walked in from the outside.

"The administrator just sent a message asking us to open a branch of the Voice of the Alliance in Boulder City."

Shuyu looked up at Lukka and asked a little strangely.

"Isn't the radio signal in the northern suburbs able to cover here? Why set up a separate branch? ”

Lukka repeated the manager's words.

Because the bureau mainly covers local news in Boulder City, the staff and reporters hired are mostly locals. Of course, we'll intersperse some of our stuff in the news, and by the way, correct the biased coverage of us by The Voice of Boulder. ”

"It's just that these things are inconvenient for us to talk about, and they need to be changed to their own people's voices."

"It's not just about broadcasting, we're going to be a print media and write our ideas in newspapers and sell them to them."

A touch of surprise appeared on Shuyu's face, especially when he heard the second half of Luca's words, he couldn't help but speak.

"It's really important to have our own voices, but to use newspapers as a propaganda tool...... Will anyone here really be willing to pay for it? ”

Most residents of Boulder City earn less than 100 chips a month, which is equivalent to about three chips a day.

This amount is just enough for them to maintain their daily living expenses.

Even if they set the price of the newspaper at a minimum of one chip per copy, few people could squeeze out the money to buy it.

As for the mercenaries.

Although they have money, their literacy rate is not even as good as that of factory workers.

After all, although the latter is poor, they at least live within the giant wall, and most of them have complete families, and in order for their children to work in the factory in the future, their parents will invest a little in education.

It's not that there are no newspapers in Boulder, but most of them are bought by citizens who live relatively well-off lives.

Here, the market size of print media is quite limited, and it is difficult for an outside newspaper to get in.

If it's for propaganda purposes, it's obviously not a good idea.

Faced with Shuyu's confusion, Lukka said in a determined tone.

"Someone will buy it, and our newspaper is for the average resident of Boulder City. The manager said that we could use a subscription system, and we would only need to pay one chip a month and receive a whole month's newspaper. ”

Shuyu frowned.

"In this case, ordinary people can really afford it, but for us, the cost pressure is probably not small......

You only need to pay one chip per month, which is equivalent to the retail price of one kilogram of nutritional paste.

It's almost a giveaway.

Lukka nodded.

"It's going to be stressful at first, but when the number of subscriptions goes up, things will get better."

Shuyu frowned, but soon a sudden expression appeared on his face.

However, Hal, who was sitting on the side, was still confused, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Why is it that when you sell more, there is less cost pressure? Shouldn't it be bigger? ”

“…… Because we can advertise in newspapers, people who can afford to buy newspapers usually do not skimp on bread and clothing, and even pursue taste. Patiently explained to Hal on the side, and Shuyu's eyes couldn't help but have a hint of appreciation.

He is worthy of being a manager.

Even this kind of thing has been taken into account!

Seeing that Shuyu explained for himself, Luca smiled faintly and continued.

“…… In the initial promotion phase, we were able to work with some civilian taverns frequented by local residents and provide them with a month's worth of newspapers for free. ”

"You can also work with some excellent factories, such as ...... Ten empty bottles of Nuka-Cola for a newspaper. ”

Shuyu couldn't help but praise.

"That's a good idea!"

Nuka-Cola has enough popularity in the Boulder Tavern.

And the unemployed workers also have enough time to collect those things.

This is a good thing for both the factory and the newspaper.

"We've had a bit of a détente with Boulder recently, and now is the time to do that."

"Of course, in order to achieve our long-term goals, we need someone with a bright brain and a good hand at writing......"

At this point, Lukka paused.

Their eyes fell on Hal in unison.

There's not much to say about being good at using words.

This guy's biggest skill is chattering, and the second is to use 12 different artistic fonts to write those rhyming but unnutritious limericks.

It's just that the brain is bright......

Wouldn't it be too demanding for him?

"You ...... What are you watching me do? Hal asked nervously, looking a little weak.

He always had a bad premonition.

Lukka didn't continue to look at him, didn't even answer his question, but looked at Shuyu.

"What do you think?"

“…… I don't know, we have so few people in this area that if I were to compile a newspaper, I would write the news very rigorously, but I'm afraid few people would want to read it except for ourselves. ”

In the arena of public opinion, their opponents are not the factories of Boulder City, nor the town hall.

It's the house who runs the train with his mouth full, and the group of people he represents.

In the face of eloquence and thick skin as thick as a wall, even the most perfect truth will give way.

And talents with the same two qualities, or scoundrels, are too rare in the new league.

The Alliance's journalism industry has just begun, and most of its journalists still read scripts and even attend night school for only half a year.

The "wanjias" in the vault may have a talent for this, but they don't speak at all, and even daily communication has to be done with the help of translation tools.

Strictly speaking, Hal is not such a person, and his polite upbringing is far from the image of a scoundrel.

But this is not his hometown, after all.

Let yourself go, maybe it's not a big problem?

At least his eloquence and writing skills can be trusted, and the rest is a matter of experience that can be exercised on the job.

Facing Old Luca's worried eyes, Shuyu's expression was also full of hesitation, but he finally nodded.

"Your Excellency, let's not be too rigid about a person's origins, origins, and bloodlines...... Aside from his lack of intelligence and experience, he is the right fit. ”

"I think it's worth a try."