Looking at the crudely made press card in her hand, Dolly who came out of the newspaper office looked dazed.

Ten minutes ago, she had done the onboarding process with Hal's help, and then she was told to report at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning.

It all happened so suddenly that she didn't come to her senses at all.

Looking at Fang Chang, who was walking half a step in front of her, she suddenly raised her head and asked.

“…… Wait, why should I be a journalist? ”

Facing the girl's question, Fang Chang said in a casual tone.

"Because I think you're pretty good at getting into."

"But...... I've never done that. Dolly's expression was a little cramped.

In her opinion, she can get this job, which is completely a favor for this guy.

What if you mess up yourself?

Wait a minute......

Dolly's chest suddenly jumped, and all the things that happened today suddenly connected together in her mind.

Don't......

He took the commission for the 25 chips, not to get close to the bank president's daughter, but to help me get the job for the favor of Howl......

When this abrupt thought came to her mind, she felt that her brain had become a boiling boiler.

There was a blank in the hot air.

"Doesn't everything start from the first time? The first time I used a bow and arrow, I almost missed even a hyena standing still......"

Fang Chang didn't pay attention to the change in the thoughts of the girl beside him, he just smiled and continued.

“…… And, didn't you say it's the same everywhere in the world? You might as well try a different environment, maybe life will give a different answer. ”

"With a stable job, you also have time to pursue some healthy hobbies...... Like raising a pot of succulents? That's how that word should be pronounced. ”

He is not very proficient in human coupling, and many times although he expresses one meaning, he hears a completely different meaning in the ears of others.

But after getting along for a long time, guessing that it shouldn't be a big problem.

Fang Chang believed that this little girl should be able to understand the meaning conveyed by her words.

The salary offered by the newspaper was according to the standards of the new union, with a minimum hourly wage of 1 silver coin, and 12 silver for a 12-hour workday. Converted into chips, there are 180 in a month.

That's almost double the income from working at the Boulder factory!

This money is enough for her to repay the loan of 50 chips per month, as well as pay the rent of 52 chips.

When the probationary period ends, the salary will go up. There will be an additional bonus if important news is collected.

However, Howl's description of "important news" is very general, saying only that it is "something that people care about".

Obviously, the rookie president himself doesn't know exactly what people care about.

There had never been a newspaper before, designed for the common people in the outer city.

Everyone is exploring.

Whether it's a newspaper, or an employee of a newspaper.

But what Dolly was thinking about at the moment was not about work, not about the future life that Fang Chang had described for her, or about the succulent pot in front of the window that had not yet been put on the table.

Dolly stared at Fang Chang in a daze for a while, and listened to him speak eloquently in a non-standard human language for a long time, and a narrow smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"I see, you don't want me to work in a bar, do you? Worried about me being eaten tofu? ”

Without waiting for Fang Chang, who was stunned, to speak, she continued to speak to herself.

"Don't worry, no one but a weirdo like you will be interested in the smell of engine oil on me."

Fang Chang stared at her dumbfounded, stunned for a while, crying and laughing.

"Did you listen to what I was talking about?"

If I have to say, it's really worrying to see this little girl working in a bar.

After all, the bars on that street are not good places.

But that's clearly not the main reason.

Among all the people he knows, it seems that there is only the stinky brother of Night Ten, who has the potential to become Luo Likong.

For an adult like him, of course, a billion points is more in line with his aesthetics.

However, Dolly didn't care about Fang Chang's reaction.

The corners of her thin lips turned upward, and she stretched out her hands as she walked behind, pushing the back of the guy in front of her.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go...... Where to? ”

"Dinner, of course, to celebrate my new job, why don't we have a drink together?"

With a big smile on her face, Dolly said happily.

"I'm pleasing you! Don't bother, I just know a good restaurant! ”

Looking at the girl who walked briskly to the front, Fang Chang was slightly stunned, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Looks like I've done a good thing.

He was also in a happy mood, and joked with the P in front of him.

"Then I'm not going to be polite to you."

Dolly chuckled evilly.

"You're welcome, it's a cheap place anyway!"

……

At the same time, north of Dawn City.

In the Elm area, which is regarded as a treasure trove by players, the explosion of fire rises into the sky.

A wielding touch. The manifod was torn apart by the RPG's high-explosive grenade and collapsed to the edge of the forest, splashing a puff of dust.

Standing from afar and watching, Jiujiu's eyes sparkled and clapped his hands.

"Oh oh, my brother is amazing!"

Her ID is the same as her screen name, called [Jiujiu loves pineapple], and the volunteer she filled in was the Department of Intelligence, and she was very lucky to get the last Department of Intelligence sequence in the current version, and there was no "summoning accident", becoming a mouse or something else.

Pressing down the smoke of the launch tube in his hand, Yashi raised his eyebrows angrily.

"Ji Cao Don't Six."

The explosion attracts nearby players.

Many newcomers who haven't woken up have seen this guy use RPG to fight monsters, and they have called them losers.

"Damn, smash the monster with a high-explosive bomb...... Why did you use two shots, are you crazy? ”

"The material is gone with the monster."

"What a loser! This can earn the capital back, so it's called a ghost! ”

"Speaking of which, who's that female player?"

"I haven't seen it, Raw Face."

", wait, is it the Emperor of Europe?!"

Standing beside the farmland with a hoe, Makabazi couldn't help but sigh and complain.

"Abominable Europeans! The shady scene of Chiguoguo! Is this a distortion of human nature or"

I couldn't listen to the tiger anymore and rolled my eyes.

"What are you fartting, aren't you a closed beta player yourself?"

Makabazi was stunned for a moment, and reacted quickly, with a smirk on his face.

"yes, I seem to be too...... Hahahaha! That's fine! ”

Tiger: "......"

Ignoring the call of the salted fish, Ye Shi was about to blow a few words, but found that his old sister was standing more than ten meters away, hiding far away, just clapping her hands.

"Gan! Don't just look at it, you can do it too! ”

Jiu Jiu said with a look of grievance.

"But the monster is too ugly...... And that touch. The hands look so scary, can we farm monsters in another place? ”

Night Ten said angrily.

"This is already the most suitable monster farming spot for newcomers, and I'm afraid that if you have a hammer to use, you have to kill it to become stronger!"

Jiujiu pouted unconvinced.

"Anyway, aren't we in the same team, and if you farm monsters, I also have experience, right?"

Looking at the chattering brother and sister, Hurricane sighed and explained.

“…… Without such a statement, all we can do is pull you up when you're in danger and keep the benefits of your experience today. As for gaining experience, you must participate in battles. ”

It's been almost three days since Jiujiu went online, and it stands to reason that LV3 should have been allowed.

However, because Ye Shi was overprotective of her, she couldn't help but take action, which led to her experience not improving.

This is where the game is most authentic.

If you just stand in the back row B, although you can mix in the money and contribution points of the mission reward, the progress of the sequence as "experience points" will not be improved.

Unless it's a perceptual system.

As the only sequence that can be experienced, the perception system can gain a small growth as long as the mind seeks the enemy.

These are the lessons they have learned from LP0.1, and although they have gone through so many versions, these core settings have not changed.

Of course, Hurricane thinks that part of the reason may be because the conditions are not so difficult compared to the LP version.

When they first entered the game, there were no rifles of the Ripper, the P-9 submachine gun, and a bolt-pulling iron tube rifle that could be used as a graduation outfit.

Players in the T1 echelon are even fighting with axes and spears, and besieging a handful of mercenaries requires the administrator to go out himself.

Assault rifle?

Bazooka?

What's that?

Experiencing the test of death every day, the upgrade speed is naturally much faster than now.

Jiujiu nodded as if he didn't understand.

I don't understand it very well, but it feels amazing.

Especially in the game, she is 5 cm taller than in reality, and her tall figure is almost like a model.

That alone makes her blow up, okay?

This game is simply amazing!

The only regret is that she can't pinch her face and can't show her art skills.

"By the way, do you usually play games together?" His eyes moved back and forth between the old brother and the player who was said to be a physics professor, and Jiu Jiu asked curiously.

Tempest nodded.

"I've been in a group for a long time."

"Swarm?" Jiujiu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Can you pull me in?" ”

"No problem, wait a while to go offline"

"No!! Can't let her in! Before the wind could finish speaking, Night Ten not far away let out a miserable scream.

Looking at the old brother who reacted strongly, Jiu Jiu couldn't help frowning.

"Why can't you let me in?"

Of course, it was impossible for Ye Shi to say anything about id, so he scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and persuaded him with good words.

"Jiujiu...... That, listen to me, we are all adults, and we usually talk relatively unobstructed."

"It's all more astringent, isn't it?" didn't finish listening to what the old brother was saying, Jiujiu's eyes sparkled and said, "It's okay, I'll just take a look, don't speak!" ”

Scald!

Yashi raised his right hand and covered his face.

Looking at Ye Shi, who had a constipated expression, the wind coughed dryly.

"It's not that exaggerated...... In fact, we rarely even post astringent pictures. ”

Night Ten glared at him fiercely.

"Why don't you think about your ID before saying this!"

Tempest was stunned for a moment, his expressionless face suddenly turned red, and he turned his face sideways with a dry cough.

“…… Aren't I playing with meme? ”

“id？” Jiu Jiu looked curious, "Isn't it a wind?" ”

“…… It's better for children not to ask so much," Hurricane coughed, looked at the smoke-emitting corpse on the side, and diverted the topic, "The efficiency of leveling is too low, and it's not a way to go on like this." ”

Yashi sighed.

"It would be nice if Elder Brother Fang was here, he has a lot of bad ideas."

"Indeed," Tempest nodded approvingly, and after a moment of thought, he suddenly spoke, "but ...... I have a suggestion. ”

"What advice?"

"In addition to fighting, the Department of Intelligence can also choose a career in life...... I heard that your sister's real major is painting? Tempest looked at Night Ten, "Why don't you let Fuji take her?" ”

Whoever owns you owns the whole world

As soon as he heard this, Ye Shi, whose voice was quite loud before, instantly weakened by a few decibels.

"Ah...... This is not very good, I have already taken over the task of passing the fire, and I have asked others to help me bring my apprentices......"

Gu Xuan

"It doesn't matter, we help each other a lot anyway."

"But ......"

Looking at the old brother who suddenly became scared, a trace of cunning suddenly flashed in Jiujiu's eyes, and he said in a pitiful voice.

"Brother, I'm suddenly quite interested in life and career......"

Are you interested in life and career?

I didn't eat her set at all, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

However, in the end, he still couldn't stand his sister's pleading, and sighed with a headache.

"Okay...... I'll help you ask. ”

Jiujiu excitedly gestured to victory.

"Yay! Dude is so nice! ”

"You'll help me take out the garbage in a moment."

"Hey, little things! I'll go when I'm offline! ”

Looking at the noisy brother and sister, don't show a smile on Tempest's face.

It's good to be young.

……

"Ahh

Rattan Cottage, the old shop of the wetland park.

Fuji Teng, who was sitting behind the counter, sneezed, rubbed his little nose, buried his head and muttered in a low voice, "Who is black Lao Tzu again".

Looking at the worried little fish in front of the counter, she straightened her petite body and let her gentle and kind smile rise above the counter.

“…… You've got the clothes you ordered, I'll get them for you. ”

A happy smile appeared on Xiaoyu's face.

"Crab crab!"

“…… You're welcome, I should thank you for always taking care of our business. ”

Went backstage to get a bag of clothes and came back, Fujito handed it to Xiaoyu with a soft smile on his face.

"I also made Boss Xia's clothes for her, please take them for her."

"Hmm!"

Looking at the little fish who took the clothes, Fujito suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen her at the bank for a long time, so he asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, why haven't I seen you at the bank lately?"

"Xiaoyu is going to study abroad!"

"Stay...... Learn? Fujito looked at her with a look of surprise, "...... Is it Boulder? ”

Is there a university in the wasteland?

It's incredible.

"No," Xiao Yu shook his head and said crisply, "It's Camp 101 in Xizhou City!" Brother Chu said that I can learn a lot of knowledge there, so that I can help everyone when I come back. ”

Looking at the sensible little girl, Fujito couldn't help but stretch out his hand and rubbed her hair dotingly.

"You've always been there to help everyone, now and in the future...... Go ahead and be careful outside. ”

She suddenly felt that she was like an old mother when she said this. Although this indisputable size is about to be overtaken by Xiaoyu, no matter how you look at it, it is very disobedient.

That's all there is to the game.

It's so nice not to be able to even out the height of two centimeters in reality!

But Xiaoyu doesn't care, she and everyone in the settlement are very good friends.

She looked at Fujito with a serious face and said.

"Hmmm! Small fish will be safe! Fuji Fuji should also pay attention to safety! ”

"Of course I will, see you next time."

Looking at the little girl who walked to the door, Fujito smiled and waved his hand softly goodbye.

The next time we see you, Xiaoyu's height may surpass her own.

But then again, will P-S with near-human intelligence notice that their world is virtual, and they, the players, are not actually able to die?

A strange thought suddenly occurred in Fujito's mind.

Maybe Xiaoyu actually knows, they are a group of people with immortal bodies.

Even if the head is cut off and the shells are blown to pieces, after three days, they will still crawl out of the training chamber like no one else.

But even so, she still treats them as her best friends, heals everyone with a warm smile, cheers everyone on, and worries about their safety......

Is this something that the game can't do?

Fujito touched his chin and muttered quietly.

“…… It's weird. ”

It's not a very important thing, though.

……

"I ...... Let's go. ”

At dusk.

On the platform of the train station, Xia Yan, who was standing next to the train door, had a complicated expression on his face.

Boss Xia, who is always arrogant, upright and lazy on weekdays, is sentimental at the moment.

Seeing that she didn't look like herself, Chu Guang couldn't help but make a joke.

"It's just more than a hundred kilometers, and it's not that I won't come back, why are you so sad."

Xia Yan raised his eyebrows, and was about to say something, but he heard this guy suddenly change his tone and continued.

"Be careful on the road, just touch the fish at work, don't touch the fish when you study."

"Oh...... Got it, it's really verbose. Although she complained, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

This feeling of being controlled doesn't seem to be bad.

"Fishing?" Xiao Yu, who was standing next to Boss Xia, tilted his head, and his bright eyes were puzzled.

Chu Guang explained with a light cough.

"It's lazy."

“？”

The little fish with its head tilted was obviously more confused, and didn't understand why it was lazy to touch itself.

However, there was no time to explain at this point, the train had already sounded its whistle.

The doors closed.

Pai, who was lying on the edge of the window, waved excitedly to Chu Guang on the platform.

"Goodbye, Mr. Vault 404 Manager! I'll take care of the little fish! ”

Chu Guang smiled and said.

"I believe in you, and by the way, don't forget our agreement."

Pai gave him a thumbs up energetically and gave him a reliable look.

"Leave it to me with confidence!"

Looking at Pai, who was sticking half of his body out of the window, the little fish sitting opposite looked up curiously and asked.

"What did you agree with Brother Chu?"

"Hmph, secret!"

Coming back from the window, Pai lowered his voice thoughtfully, but couldn't hide the smugness on his face.

The administrator of Vault 101 is the "pioneer", and so on, and the administrator of Vault 404 is, of course.

Being involved in the affairs of the "pioneers" gave her a feeling of helping the "grown-ups".

It's just a trivial errand run though.

Xiao Yu nodded as if he didn't understand, and didn't continue to ask, but Boss Xia, who was sitting on the side with his arms crossed, frequently cast an alert gaze here.

The train began to move forward.

On the platform outside the carriage.

Seeing the chimney with the white mist drifting away, Chu Guang smiled and waved his hand, saying goodbye to every reluctant face on the train.

There are a total of 30 students who went to Camp 101 to study abroad, and half of them are elites from all walks of life in the new alliance, aged between 16~30.

The remaining students are between the ages of 14~16 and are selected from full-time schools with excellent grades.

When conditions allow, more people will arrive.

Regarding this matter, Chu Guang had already communicated with the mayor of Camp 101 on the phone.

When he heard that Chu Guang was willing to pay 10,000 silver coins per year for each student's tuition, the old man named Horn only thought for a moment before agreeing to the proposal.

They had apparently known the prices of the new alliance and had a clear idea of the purchasing power of 10,000 silver coins.

After seeing the abundance of the new Alliance, their attitude has changed from their initial vigilance.

As for whether this tuition fee will be given too much?

Apparently non-existent.

Not to mention that Chu Guang had just gotten a loan of 200 million chips from the Bank of Giant Stone City, and a steady stream of materials and consumer goods was flowing from Giant Stone City to the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. Even if he didn't have a lot of financial support, he would squeeze the money out of the alliance's budget.

Education is a long-term investment, whether it is basic or higher education.

A lithium battery-related technology can help him recover a huge sum of 3 million silver coins, and the 300,000 silver coins will help the new alliance far more than an antique-level technology.

In addition to human resource development, there is also the introduction of talent and technology.

In fact, this is actually already going on.

The drainage system of Dawn City was redesigned by the old man named Butan.

Yuan Feng, an electrical engineer who had previously visited Dawning City with Pay, also plans to stay this time to help them build and plan the power grid from Dawn City to Dawning City in preparation for the repair of the controlled fusion reactor.

All work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

Whether it's the construction of Dawn City, or the layout of the New Alliance in Boulder City.

Watching the chimney disappear into the edge of the forest, Chu Guang withdrew his gaze from a distance.

"Aren't you going back with you?"

The featureless android stood quietly on the platform, his gaze still on the north side.

Chu Guang remembered that its name was Lyra, and that it was from Vault 101 and served as Pai's bodyguard.

Of course, it may not be to protect the chip in the little girl's brain.

After all, there is one less thing for one, and it is much more expensive than a wrist-mounted computer like V.

Hearing a voice coming from beside her, Lyra turned her face sideways and replied in an electronic voice that didn't fluctuate.

"Mr. Manager told me to stay here, to observe, to protect if necessary."

A hint of surprise appeared in Chu Guang's eyes.

"So you can talk."

Lyra nodded.

"If it's in the way of your work, please let me know and I'll leave on my own."

Chu Guang: "That's not necessary, you can just feel free, but don't scare ordinary people." ”

Lyra nodded, reaching for the brim of her hood, hiding her face in the shadows.

Chu Guang didn't ask any more questions, and with the guards beside him, he turned around and left the station.

Anyway, he doesn't have anything unsightly here, so it's good to think b.

Just like he has a moving statue on his territory, and occasionally he can help him look after his home.

If this guy really planned to plot against him, he would have done it a long time ago.

In any case, the probability of a conflict between a shelter and a shelter is extremely small.

Intuition told Chu Guang that this guy's strength would be very strong, after all, he had never seen it charged.

According to the information investigated and sorted out by the Commander, the Giant Stone Military Industry is suspected to have a secret army composed of awakened and reformed people, disguised as mercenaries and hidden in the city.

Just like he exported players to Boulder City, this unit that was broken into pieces and hid in the shadows might also get mixed under his nose.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

However, this is not something he needs to think about at the moment.

This morning, Chu Guang received a message from afar.

Later in the evening, the caravan from Ideal City will arrive in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

He was accompanied by reinforcements sent to the west by enterprises.

They would stay here for a few days before following in the trailblazer's footsteps into the western desert.

Vault 404 is a "permanent partner" of the business, and the two sides have developed a deep friendship during their brief cooperation.

As the saying goes, there are friends from afar, and you are happy?

As the manager of the shelter, Chu Guang naturally had to make some preparations to welcome these friends who came from afar.

By the way, are there any opportunities to deepen cooperation......

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