"Goodbye, brothers, don't miss me····· You pangolin uncles have to solo for a while. ”

The Iron Heart folded its anchor chain and headed east in the midday sun.

Thousands of thoughts were carried away by the giant whale floating in the clouds, and the Battlefield waved his hand to say goodbye to his triumphant brothers.

In a few more times he will be triumphant.

It's just that it's not Dawn City, it's Triumph City.

Although it is not known what means Salen, the commander of the Eastern Legion, used, in any case, they returned to Triumph City as victors.

To be honest, the Battlefield guys are confused by now.

The Legion fought an inexplicable war, and then inexplicably went home, where did the big noses win, except for scaring the business and the academy.

Let's just win.

He didn't care about such inconsequential little things, what made him extremely melancholy was another thing.

At first, it was just a whim, even a joke, but I didn't expect that in the end, I would cross the entire desert for it, and even go to the far west·····

Triumph City.

Forget it, let's try the new version in advance. Closed test, closed test······ That's what closed beta players do, isn't that?

"What are you talking about?"

A pleasant voice came from behind him.

Guessing who that person was, the battlefield skillfully switched the language of the human union and said with a serious face.

"It's a spell from my homeland, and bad luck will entangle their oars."

Penny paused, and sneered. “···· You're so humorous. ”

Looking at the silent pangolin, Penny thought he was still thinking about the incident at Vault 0, so she lowered her voice and comforted her.

"Governor Cohen doesn't blame you for what happened to Vali... It was not your fault, you faithfully fulfilled your mission and brought back the original Torch Project so that we would not be kept in the dark by the greedy and cunning East Coasters and the dark and treacherous Swamp people. ”

The battlefield said in a deep voice, holding back a smile. "That's what I'm supposed to do." Penny looked at him with a sparkling gaze. "Can you do me a small favor?" "It's an honor to serve you."

Look at sometimes wooden, sometimes on

A gentleman's pangolin, Penny couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth, but soon her expression took on a rare hint of cowardice.

"My ····· Well, Dad wants to see you. ”

"Your father?" Looking at Penny who looked away, the battlefield guy was stunned, "What did he see me doing?" ”

"You may not know ·····" Gently flicking her bangs, Penny said in an ordinary-sounding tone, "The Triumph newspaper has reported your deeds, and I happened to send a lot of the materials sent to the royal capital were written by me, in short, can you help me?" ”

I always felt that the usual tone was unnatural, but the battlefield guy didn't say anything, and still nodded.

In fact, he is not very good at rejecting people, whether in reality or in games.

Think of it as a triggered side quest.

Seeing the wooden man nodding, a pleasant smile appeared on Penny's face, and her eyes were cast on the thin clouds in the sky.

"Anyway... Are we going to stay here all winter? ”

"Well," the Warfield nodded, "it's too dangerous to travel overland without airships····· If you don't follow the big army, it's easy to have an accident. ”

The northern industrial area was once a logistics center in the era of people, and although it had the densest transportation network, it was already a prosperous era.

Today, the high-speed internet and underground passages are completely cut off, creating a three-dimensional labyrinth with the intricate office buildings and warehouses.

Desertification is not as severe there as in the eastern industrial areas, but the danger is no less than here. If you want to get around there, you have to walk through the swamp, which is the moat of the academy, and it is also not a good place.

Just looking at the description on the official website of "Wasteland Online", the Battlefield guy is not confident that he can single out the Great Desert or wander the swamp, maybe it will be better when he reaches level 50 or 60.

By the way, he has only just passed level 30, and the fourth stage of the genetic sequence, according to the common saying in the wasteland, is to complete the third awakening.

This game is only a little better for the first 10 levels, and he can't help but wonder if Ah Guang is deliberately suppressing the level of these closed beta players.

At this rate, almost no one can get to the legendary level 100. Penny sighed softly.

"I really want to go home soon..."

It was a casual and unintentional remark, but it made the heart of someone next to him flood with "nostalgia".

I heard that the elder Hook put the highway town brigade

The warehouse behind the museum was bought, demolished, and converted into a building, with a large courtyard in the middle. The trading post was originally on the very edge of Dawning City, but now it is in the middle of the center due to the more houses are being built.

The biggest change is in the train station, which used to be an empty lot in front of the platform, but now it is surrounded by rows of concrete buildings.

The square where they held their triumphal ceremony before has now been planted with a lot of greenery, and has become a grand place for the residents of Dawning City to walk, socialize, and relax. The newly established municipal garden management department of the Shuguang City Hall is responsible for the planning of public buildings and keeps everything in order. I heard that this is inseparable from the credit of a life professional player who specializes in urban planning.

If the prestige of the area of a specific NPC settlement reaches more than 1,000, you can invest in setting up a factory, more than 10,000 can participate in municipal grassroots work, and more than 100,000 can even serve as the director of the city hall of the subjective municipal. The Battlefield has only recently heard that there are really players who work tirelessly to scrape the prestige of the region, just to be able to live a mayor's addiction in the game.

Isn't it fragrant to start a game of "Urban Skylines" directly?

Since the beginning of the year, Raven has been updating aerial photos of Dawn City on the official website from time to time, and the Battlefield guy has also seen that post.

However, from what he saw in the photos, he always felt that he was not happy, as if something was missing.

Only then did he realize that what was missing was people.

The NPCs with their own logic of behavior are like living people, and together with many players from the "other world", they make up the whole society, and also give real meaning to the actions of the latter.

He knew what he was really missing. Damn...

I really want to go home!

On the way back from Hearts of Steel, the official website of Wasteland Online was updated with new content.

Although there is still no news of Bet0.5 and a new closed beta qualification has been released, the content is not much more than Bet0.4.

[New Survivor Settlement - Pioneer City: The Pioneer City on the ruins of the Eastern Industrial Zone of the People's Union is not livable, but it has a richer pre-war civilization heritage than Dawn City.] A group of brave adventurers has been here, and those with brave hearts will continue in their footsteps. 】

[New NPC Corps - Bicester 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Construction Corps: The prisoners of war in the Falcon Kingdom refuse to go back and continue to be cattle and horses for the noble lords, they would rather face the yellow sand with the scorching sun on their heads.] Even if it's not easy to build a city in the desert, at least those that are roasted dry

The sweat is for themselves, and they will prove that they can live well even without those high-spirited old men! 】

[New NPC Corps - Thorn Corps: Among them are tailors, herdsmen, carpenters, teachers and even scholars.] In order to spread the light of order and save those who have not yet been saved, they resolutely choose to stay, declare war on all chaos and barbarism, and take revenge on the Enlightenment Society that deprived them of their past······ 】

[New Map - Eastern Industrial Zone: The processing industry center of the People's Union era, even if it has been completely turned into ruins, unexpected treasures can still be excavated under the broken concrete and iron-containing sand, if you find the dormant blue coat, please take them to the pioneer city before the enlightenment meeting.] Recommended Map Level: Lv15 or higher. (Note: Due to the distance from the respawn point, players who go to explore this map are advised to be cautious about dying.) ）】

Tail: "Oh! Sisters of Thorns! Cunning spellcaster! This! Let's sign up!

Debt Big Eyes: "The Thorn Sisters are okay, isn't the Eleventh Interstellar Corps more suitable!" Bad review! ”

Siss: "Wake up, we finally got to the Southern Islands, and I'm afraid it will be thousands of kilometers to turn back." ”

Tail: "Damn, the boat is going too slowly····· If only I could get an airship.

Roshan Big Bun: "I'm afraid it will cost tens of billions of silver coins." ”

Night Ten: "Be confident, get rid of the fear." (funny) "Whoahahaha····· Too much. ”

Edged paddling: "Is it okay to leave the defense to the local survivors?"

Fang Chang: "From the Falcon Kingdom to the Honey Badger Kingdom, there are too many places that need garrisons, and the standing corps of the alliance is no longer enough, but there are a lot of exoskeletons, bulletproof armor and guns left." Local survivors are willing to protect themselves,

I think it's still worth encouraging. ”

Canyon Fugitive Mole: "+1, from an economic point of view, it is better to recruit troops from a local source than to send troops from the Alliance to station, and it is unlikely that there will be a large-scale military conflict there in the near future anyway." As for skirmishes... Didn't someone stay there? ”

Irena: "You can trick the newcomer into coming over and helping." (Funny)"

Commander of the Spring: "But then again······ The processing center in the era of the People's Union, even in terms of probability, there are several times more good things there than Qingquan City. ”

I'm the blackest: "Gan! You said

I regret it a little, I should have stayed with that grandson in the dog battlefield! ”

Debt big eyes: "Hahahaha!" ”

Compared to the newly formed NPC Corps, most players are obviously more interested in the ruins of the "People's Union Eastern Industrial Zone".

No one knows what's buried beneath the concrete ruins.

If you dig out a set of power armor that can still be used, you won't directly become TO in seconds!

The only problem is distance.

The Great Desert is too far away from Dawning City.

If you are traveling from Dawn City and do not rent a corporate transport plane, you will need to take a train through Deciduous City to reach the Lion Kingdom, then change to a truck and head northwest to the Honey Badger Kingdom, then to Bicester Town, bypassing the entire southern part of Oasis 2 before entering the Great Desert.

It will take at least half a month to make this trip.

It may be faster when the Alliance's railroad reaches the Honey Badger Kingdom, or it will have to wait for the Alliance to come up with a longer and faster means of transportation.

While the players on the forum were chattering about the new map, Chu Guang was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the airship bridge, looking at the direction of the horizon.

Sitting on Chu Guang's shoulder, Xiao Qi shook his legs and pointed to the mountains and forests in the distance and shouted excitedly.

"Master, the river valley is in front of you!" I'm finally going home!

The communication situation in the desert was intermittent, and she was disconnected most of the day, and when she returned to the river valley province, she would not have to worry about it.

Looking at the horizon and squinting his eyes, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

"Hmm."

He hasn't been back for a long time, and he misses the people there, and I'm sure the residents of Dawn City must miss him too.

With some of its armor abandoned, and some supplies left in Pioneer City, the Iron Heart was much faster on its return journey than it was on its outgoing, averaging 80 kilometers per hour on long journeys!

Although this speed cannot catch up with the airplane, it can fly nearly 2,000 kilometers in a day, and it does not even take two days to travel from the great desert to the river valley province.

It has to be said that in a wasteland full of xenomorphs, airships are indeed a good long-distance vehicle, even without considering the rare anti-gravity devices.

The only downside is that hydrogen is too dangerous and helium is not very easy to get.

"Ahead is our fall

Ye Cheng is up. Standing next to Chu Guang, the acting captain stared at the settlement that was located next to Ruigu City

Rows of houses surround the railway station, and warehouses next to the station are piled with crops brought from the province of Luoxia and industrial products about to be sent to the desert.

Originally, the Alliance built this settlement only to take in those wastelanders who were gathered by the Legion, and after the Alliance's expeditionary force officially set out for Luoxia Province, it served as a transit point for supplies on the front line, attracting a large number of merchants from Hump Kingdom and Boulder City, as well as outcasts fleeing the scourge of war.

Now that the war is over, the prosperity of the region has not ended, but has risen to a new level due to the increase in trade and commerce.

In the future, this survivor settlement will continue to exist as a trading hub connecting the provinces of Luoxia and the province of the river valley.

Chu Guang still has great expectations for the future of this settlement.

Compared to Dawn City and Dawn City, Fallen Leaf City has a wider plain to utilize, and without the huge ruins of Clear Spring City, it will be easier to travel from Fallen Leaf City to Jinchuan Province.

It would be nice if the province of Jinchuan in the south could also be included in the trade map of the alliance.

Even with the granary of Luoxia Province, the alliance no longer needs the grain there, and the development value of that land is also very high.

Moreover, according to the intelligence investigated by the White Bear Knights at sea and the relevant clues revealed by the company, the development of the sea in the era of the Human Union is not inferior to that of the land, and there are many relics of the era of prosperity from the sea level to the bottom of the sea, and even shelters!

If you want to use those resources on a large scale, you must first have an outlet to the sea that belongs to the alliance itself, and using Fallen Leaf City as a corridor to the south will be a good choice, at least from the map.

“······ I didn't expect the time of a few months to change so much. Looking at the night scene of Fallen Leaf City, Chu Guang's heart couldn't help but feel a little anticipation.

I wonder what it's like to look down at the night view of Dawn City from above. It seems to have been some time since the last celebration.

Observing the expression on Chu Guang's face, the acting captain standing next to him said respectfully.

“···· My lord, would you like to stop here? ”

"No, keep going. Rather than enjoying the beautiful night view, I would like to bring back the news of the triumph as soon as possible. ”

After a pause, Chu Guang said with a smile.

"By the way, hang up our flags! Make it visible to all!

Don't let those who are looking forward to our return home be in a hurry, and let those who curse us take a look. ”

"Not only are we back, but we are back full of victory and glory!"

Looking at the manager with blazing eyes, the acting captain straightened his back excitedly, and gave a military salute with his right fist on his chest.

"Yes!"

Just as the Iron Heart hoisted the flag of the Alliance and returned home with great fanfare, Boulder City was bustling with activity.

It was not only the alliance that made war profits, but also the major trading houses and factory owners who invested in the alliance early.

The entrance to the Queen of the Night's bar was so crowded with guests that the temperature of the entire street rose several degrees. Whether it is a nobleman in the inner city or a factory owner, if you make a lot of money, you naturally have to find a place to spend, or what is it for?

It's not just bars and shopping streets, but also the town hall, which is separated by several streets.

Because of that wise decision a few months ago, Mr. Malvern, the president of the Bank of Boulder, was out of the limelight.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Du Long passed the resolution to lend money to the Alliance, there would be no prosperity in Boulder City today!

Now everyone is making a lot of money, and he should be the first to take the lead!

Having just returned home from a meeting, Melvin wanted to have a drink to relax, but was pestered by his cute little daughter, who said that she wanted to tell him a bedtime story.

Melvin was very happy to come, but when he looked at the "Daily Survivor" on the table, his face was not very good.

He could guess with his hair that this little girl had probably learned some of those wastelanders' tones, and wanted to tell him some big truths that she didn't really understand herself.

Although he was impatient, after all, he was his favorite little daughter, and Malvin couldn't afford to be angry. It just so happened that he was in a good mood, so he sat patiently on the sofa.

Alyssa cleared her throat, picked up the picture book in her hand, and read it in a childish voice.

“···· In the long history of the Union of People, there was a very small kingdom, which was even smaller than the kingdom of the honey badger. ”

"In order to open up the future of the kingdom, the merchants, with the support of the king, set sail for the sea. However, when the merchants had made a huge fortune, they bribed the people of the kingdom and pushed the aging king to the gallows and became the uncrowned king of the kingdom. ”

"Although there is no king, the life of the people of the kingdom has not changed for the better. They used to work in the fields for the feudal lords, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, but now they are driven in

In the coal mines and factories, young and old work all day long. ”

"It wasn't until later that the intolerable burghers united and overthrew the kingdom ruled by merchants and nobles, and hung those who had defrauded them of their property on street lamps... Just as the merchants pushed the king to the gallows. ”

After listening to the story told by his daughter, Malvin pinched his eyebrows and sighed.

"You're trying to say we're in a precarious situation right now." Alyssa looked at her father intently, and her immature face was written with intelligence and alertness that did not match her age.

"I heard from the maid at home that a piece of bread outside has been sold for 2 chips, and even the price of nutritional paste has tripled, which is strange, you say that our factories have increased, there are more jobs, everything is getting better, but the lives of the residents of Boulder City have not improved much because of this, isn't it? I don't think that's a good sign. ”

Not a good sign······ What else is good?

Listening to the childish voice, Malvern smiled and shook his head.

Is there a better sign than "everyone's purse is full of chips"?

"My child, we are fundamentally different from the kingdom in the fairy tale picture book in your hand, have you forgotten the origin of the outer city? Originally, there was only one building, an inner city······ If it weren't for the fact that we took in the wastelanders who now live in the outer city, they would have been exposed to the wilderness and become the crumbs of the mouths of gnawers and hyenas! became a ······ for marauders and mutants Not a good thing in short. ”

As he spoke, he unconsciously brought the high spirits at the conference table home.

Alyssa frowned, dissatisfied with her father's tone, and corrected seriously.

“.····· This is not a fairy tale picture book, it is our history. ”

"Of course, my child······ This is indeed something that may have happened on this planet. ”

Immediately realizing that something was wrong with his tone, Malvern made his words sound a little softer.

Looking at his lovely little daughter, he patiently continued.

“······ But the difference is that Boulder City has never been ruled by merchants from the beginning to the end. Do you really think it's the banks that make it impossible for them to buy bread? On the contrary, your father may not be a good man, but if I hadn't lent money to those factories, those poor people would not have even had a chip in their pockets, no matter how cheap the bread was

What is it for? ”

Theresa had a blank look in her eyes.

Although she learned a little from newspapers and books, it was only a little from what others said······ And what his father said was beyond her knowledge.

Malvin touched his daughter's head and said in a loving tone.

"Don't think about things in a rigid way, our situation is different from your picture book from the beginning of the story. Whether it is Vega Commercial Bank or our Boulder City Bank, our shareholders are the nobles of the inner city from the beginning, and they are the ones who lent us our first chips. ”

"I should have told you about your mother's family······ Her ancestors were the first survivors of the Great Rock Mansion. I hope you can learn more aristocratic etiquette and ways of life with her, but I can only send you to study in Ideal City. ”

He liked this smart little girl very much, but sometimes he also wondered if she wasn't so smart... Or maybe a little stupid.

Being smart is not a bad thing.

But if you add naivety, it is easy to cause big problems.

Her age is not too young, and it will be time to start a family in two years, maybe she should be a little stricter, at least she should not continue to treat her as a child.

Alyssa blinked. "Second brother's place?" Malvern nodded. "That's right." It's a back road.

Of course, he knew that there were hidden concerns about the current situation in Boulder City, but it was not a problem he could solve.

The lord of the city will not support him, the head of the militia regiment will not, the chairman of the Boulder Military Industry will not, and the nobles of the inner city will not support him.

Animals know how to seek advantage and avoid harm, let alone a banker with a keen sense of smell like him, since the problem cannot be solved, it is better to make more money before the problem arises.

Especially recently, he has found a good channel, and that is the alliance of the rising suburbs of the northern suburbs.

The Wastelanders and the Blue Coats always did things he couldn't understand, but the end result was surprisingly good.

Not only did they survive the Legion's onslaught, but they even gained the friendship of the ancient survivor forces.

Listening to his youngest son, who was far away in Ideal City, he said in a letter that the merchants of the alliance even sold fried chicken wings and cola to Ideal City!

It's incredible!

God knows how those guys solved the shipping problem!

But that's not the point, it's the silver coins

Converting "large quantities" into Cr is something that even chips can't do.

In the past, if you want to change to Cr, you have to exchange it like buying trading goods on the exchange in Boulder City, and the trading volume is pitiful.

Don't look at the fact that one chip can be exchanged for several Cr now, that's because the caravans in the Cloud Province rarely come, and most people don't need Cr.

If the exchange volume really goes up, in the exchange of Boulder City, 10 million chips may not be exchanged for 1 million Cr.

Thinking of this, Malvin's eyes unconsciously looked at the "Daily Survivor" on the coffee table, and touched his chin thoughtfully.

"Speaking of which, the manager is back."

Alyssa nodded vigorously and looked at her father expectantly.

"Hmmm! I heard that there will be a big, big triumphal celebration······ Can we go over there and have a look? ”

Touching his daughter's head, Malvern said with a gentle smile.

"Absolutely······ But you have to listen to Dad, after all, the outside of the wall is a wasteland, and it is not as safe as at home. ”

"Really? That's great! ”

There was a rare excitement on that quiet face, and Alyssa looked at her smiling father in surprise and swore seriously

"I promise you, I'll be good!"

Looking at her daughter with anticipation written on her face, Malvern smiled gently, but she was thinking about something else.

Boulder City borrowed a lot of money from the alliance to fight the war before, and it was about to be time to pay interest, and I believe that person should bring back a lot of good things.

However, it was not the treasure trove of the Falcon King and the yellow but useless gold that made him think about it, but something else.

Perhaps··

The cooperation between them could go a little deeper