In the industrial area of Boulder City, there is a sign at the entrance with famous characters and numbers written on it. In front of the sign stood a group of people in black press.

From time to time, there were cheers of excitement, and the people who found their names were excited, as if they had won the lottery. The people around him cast a light of envy at that person, only hating that they responded to the mobilization too late and did not work hard enough at that time.

Not counting the scavengers outside the city, there is almost no primary production in Boulder City, only secondary and tertiary production. Even if labor laws are tightened and child laborers under the age of 16 are sent to full-time schools with room and board, there are still more than 100,000 registered workers.

The 1,800 free apartments are like a ring of water poured on dry land, but it still gives many people hope for a better life.

Lovett said that when all the houses in the settlement are leaky, and when the financial situation improves, they will consider building some housing that is better and affordable for everyone.

Although he didn't hold out much hope, Kent couldn't help but go to the side of the sign and dangle it, but what was originally just a glimpse of hope made his eyes widen in surprise.

"With my name?"

Thinking that he had misunderstood, Kent rubbed his face vigorously with his dust-stained sleeves.

After reconfirming that the name and number were correct, he didn't have time to be happy, for fear of being robbed, he immediately squeezed to the front of the crowd and went through the relevant formalities at the registration office.

Looking at the residence permit in his hand, Kent was excited, he didn't expect that he would be able to live in the building one day.

But he was still a little unsure in his heart, so he couldn't help but look at the staff and ask.

"How is this house divided?"

This question is often asked, but the worker sitting behind the wooden table doesn't care, and skillfully says the four priorities.

"Priority is given to those who have been demolished, workers involved in construction, homes within the scope of demolition, and families of five or more."

Kent silently summed up in his heart, he was single, and the last one definitely didn't match.

The first one does not match, but the second and third does. He not only actively participated in the construction, but also exerted all his strength, did not dare to be lazy at all, because of his diligence, he was also praised.

And his leaky shack is obviously within the scope of rectification, and the new authorities don't know what is wrong, it seems that they can't see the leaky house, and he obviously pasted the cracks in the wall with mud.

He had sulked for days about it, and he had hoped that the nobles would not at least rob him of his shack, but now he was silent.

It turns out that the new old man didn't just dismantle it and leave it alone.

However, he really couldn't believe that there would be a pie in the sky, and he always felt that someone would take it away, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Is this house really free? Don't charge money? The staff said with a smile.

"No money! As long as you don't have another property in the Union, you can live in it until it becomes a dilapidated house, and we will replace it with a new one. Ah yes, in the future, every household will be connected to water and electricity, and now there is a quota system that does not charge money, and some are given on a monthly basis, and the unused quota can be accumulated. After the winter passes, it will return to the municipal government, and the quota will be used up, and the water and electricity bills will still be a little. ”

What is Hydropower?

Kent was at a loss for a moment, unable to figure out what the concept was, but when he heard that he would still have to charge a little money when the winter passed, he felt a little better.

Sure enough, he was not wrong, the old man was still there, but he was no longer called Master Fang Ming, and he became a man named Luo

Carpentry at Werther.

Lovett was appointed by the administrator again, so the lord of Boulder City should be the administrator. But it's not bad.

After discovering that he was right, Kent was not angry, but a little happy. That's really not a bad thing.

Legally speaking, those who were able to enter the refuge must have been the nobles of the People's Federation, so the orthodoxy of the People's Federation is a refuge.

Counting a little further, Boulder City was once a settlement planned by the War Construction Committee, so the orthodoxy of Boulder City was also in the north.

Northern suburbs, northern suburbs.

Kent's eyes lit up, but he was a little ashamed. The damn House, who dared to take everyone to a northern suburban hillbilly and a blue gopher, almost broke a big deal!

That great administrator and his warriors are clearly the saviors of humanity!

You are blinded!

"Long live the manager!"

Kent, who finally justified himself, was so excited that he shouted in the street but did not dare to raise his voice, and was drowned in the crowd and no one answered.

Feeling a little lost, he blushed and shouted again Long live the Alliance's loyalty, and this time people heard it and smiled and congratulated him on moving into his new house.

Kent happily closed his mouth, nodded to the people, clasped his hands in congratulations, rejoiced that he had integrated into the new collective, and hurried away.

The official website of "Wasteland Online".

【Server Announcement:】

["Wasteland Online" 2nd New Year's Celebration Event! ] 】

Brief introduction:

The plump, juicy, and easy-to-preserve cracked claw crab cakes have accompanied us through the cold winter of the Wasteland Era 212, and there would be no thriving alliance without those big cuties wielding tongs!

In the past year, we have eaten the split-claw crabs by the wilting lake as a precious animal, and next year what magical xenomorphs will be eaten by us to extinction?

The mystery will be revealed tonight!

Just like last year, the Administrators have prepared a mystery gift for each participating resident, and the winner will unlock the "Wasteland Foodie" exclusive achievement and be permanently credited to the official website Hall of Fame along with the recipe!

The management of the alliance once again solemnly reminds you that although this year is a bumper harvest and fat year, there are still many people who are hungry, remember not to waste!

Also, don't stuff everything in your mouth, be careful to eat it and spoil your stomach!

Event Period: December 28, 212 to January 1, 213 Wasteland Era

[Location; All settlements in the Coalition (including Bicester Town)]

[Requirements; We use local ingredients, develop recipes, and make dishes that even ordinary people (constitution: 5) can eat

Food! [Selection Rules: Each settlement will award two awards, namely the food in the player's mind and the food in the eyes of the local wasteland guests. As the fifth settlement of the Alliance, Boulder City will set up an additional special award, that is, the food recognized by the manager (the range of materials is not limited, and the award focuses on: large quantity, cheap, delicious, nutritious and healthy):】

【Boulder City's designated drug tester: Raven Crow】

New Year's Eve events are almost the usual practice of major MMORPG games, and "Wasteland Online" is no exception, but the dog planning is lazy.

This year's event is almost the same as last year, and it's still about food, and it seems that a certain planner is determined to test the ecological balance of the server.

Since the cracked claw crab cake was designated as a special delicacy in Dawning City by the administrator, the entire split claw crab on the north shore of Linghu Lake has been eaten extinct.

If you want to hunt split-claw crabs, you can only go to some collapsed water areas in the city, or go to Xizhou Lake in the north to see a large number of them.

Or you have to go south.

It is worth mentioning that in order to obtain a stable source of food, some wasteland people have also started farming, and have studied how to breed edible split-claw crabs that are less aggressive, spawn more frequently, and have more delicious meat on the edge of Linghu Lake.

This was something Chu Guang had never imagined.

Back to the event itself.

This year, unlike last year, after opening the market in Luoxia Province, there is no longer a shortage of food. The purpose of the event has changed from solving the existential crisis to enriching the lives of the residents of the Alliance.

Located on the edge of the Third Ring Road, Boulder City is surrounded by high-rise ruins and tunnels underground. The xenospecies that are active in this area are not only the fruiting bodies of slime molds, but also have a relatively rich species. For experienced hunters, it won't be too difficult to find hibernating prey.

Chu Guang plans to continue this tradition and hold a similar server activity at the end of each year, so that "hunting xenomorphs" will become part of the alliance's culture.

Compared to celebrating the birthday of the bighorn deer god, the festival created by the people themselves is obviously much more meaningful.

After the announcement was issued, it immediately caused a heated discussion among players and cloud players, but what he didn't expect was that people's slots were not in the event itself, but elsewhere.

Quit smoking: "Hahaha! It's okay to appoint a tester! Raven: "I'll die!" QAQ”

Macabazi; "Hahahaha! The fat crow is a real hammer! ”

Raven; "Get out! Where am I fat! Go to hell! ”

Fujito: "Damn, this unscrupulous guy is planning to cut it quickly, it's so hateful!" ”

Raven: "??? ”

Tail: "Woo woo, Si!" I miss home! (； A; )”

Sisi: "Ah Wei doesn't cry, I'll ask Rourou to help you catch a fish stew in a while." ”

Roshan Big Bun: "This is the sea, hey!" ”

Tail: "Oh! Last time, I caught a big tentacle monster! (wO)”

Siss: "Uh, that's something I don't want to recall. (Forehead)"

Sighing sesame paste: "Ahaha touch your head." ”

Debt Big Eyes: "Tentacle Monster?!" Let's elaborate. (Funny)"

Construction site boy and brick: "What do you want to do?" Humans can't satisfy you anymore? ”

Debt-ridden eyes: "Get out!" Am I that kind of person? (Angry)"

Roller shampoo: "Dude has a lot of fun." Ahh (Funny)"

Elf King Fugui: "Lao Na calls you a good fellow." (Funny)"

Ina: "I'm just curious about what it tastes like, why isn't Brother Luoyu calling it a good guy." (Funny)"

Luo Yu: "??? ”

Fang Chang: "This game is too real. (Funny)"

After the announcement of the event on the official website, a large number of players poured into Boulder City from Dawning City, and the square in front of the gate was bustling for a while.

It's like a festival.

"Farm monsters in a group! Interested in the speed of private! ”

"The southern suburbs sewage treatment plant found a claw crab nest! There are no brothers who go to steal crab eggs together! There is still a lack of a nester. ”

"Damn, does anyone know what kind of meat this is? Did any of the merchant's brothers I seized from the marauder's lair need jerky? ”

"Hahaha! Throw it away, bro, you won't wonder what that is. ”

"Gan! The homeless minor makeover I funded yesterday stole my wallet! Ye no longer believes in love, "Calm down, at least VM will keep it for you." ”

"Wait, are you sure it was stolen?" ”

“?”

Although the Chinese New Year's Eve event can be attended in any settlement, Boulder City, which has just been incorporated into the player forces, has an additional prize than other settlements.

If it weren't for the fact that they had a job at hand, most life professional gamers would prefer to go to Boulder City to join in the fun.

What's more, that special award is personally selected by the manager, which is a great opportunity to brush up on the favorability of the camp boss!

Players who want to earn the title of "Wasteland Gourmet" certainly won't want to miss it.

"These newcomers are really weak, you still need to form a team to brush a cracked claw crab, it's too weak"

The corner of the bazaar.

Looking at those chirping B test rookies, the killer put his hands on the ground and grinned like a baboon.

The reason why I put on this pose is not to pretend to be forced, but mainly to save physical strength.

Just a few days ago, he underwent a prosthetic transformation from the boulder military industry, from the spine to the shoulders, and the entire T-shaped alloy structure was transformed.

What's even more exaggerated is that his two fists are a big iron lump, which can be used as an excavator's shovel.

Speaking of this fist, the murderer wondered in his heart.

He remembered that what he wanted was obviously a fist the size of a casserole, the kind of the Picheng sheriff, and it turned out to be that

The NPC named Ibs didn't know what to think, so he directly got him an iron pot.

But it doesn't matter.

It's all loaded. ~~

Now he feels that his hands are full of inexhaustible power, a slap can kill a power system, and the wind can blow away the intelligence department!

Of course, the premise is that the other party stands still.

The good name made the dog look at him with a wrench, and after a while, he screamed. "Damn?! Where did you get the 500,000 credits? ”

If he remembers correctly, the offer was in the middle of half a million.

At that time, he laughed at this guy for sticking onions in his nose and pretending to be an elephant, but he didn't expect this guy to really pretend to be it?!

Looking at the stunned expression of the lost friend, the murderous dagger smiled embarrassedly, telling the truth

Finish. "It's not that expensive, I discussed it with the NPC, removed the pigeon missile launcher from the fist, and adjusted the price to 50,000 silver coins."

In exchange, he needs to regularly submit product usage data to Jushi Military, so that Jushi Military can improve its products.

But it doesn't matter.

What is privacy?,Take it and use it casually.,Anyway, he didn't expect to have X life in the game anyway.。

The good dog looked at him flurgingly, and didn't know how to complain for a while, and it took a long time to hold back the next sentence. "I remember you didn't choose the agility department to play stealth?"

"You don't understand this," the murderer curled the corners of his mouth proudly, and wanted to pat Brother Dog's shoulder, but after thinking about it, he gave up, "As long as you kill all the people, no one will know that I have been here, this is also a kind of stealth, and there is no one in our team?" Oh, he also went to change the old kidney. ”

As he spoke, he raised his chin, and the good dog looked in the direction where his chin was pointing.

I saw a kidney fighter wearing an alloy cuirass walking towards this side with a hippie smile.

"Hahaha! Brother Dog, you are also here, let me tell you, the prosthetic transformation function of this giant stone military industry is simply awesome! ”

"What did you change?" Looking at the alloy cuirass on his body, and the open coat, the good dog always had a sense of foreboding.

The corners of the Kidney Fighter's mouth curled.

"Hey, hey. Lo and behold. ”

As he spoke, he grabbed his clothes and threw them into the sky like a pervert, revealing his entire breastplate and two bare arms.

The good dog found out that this guy's alloy cuirass was not put on, but specially welded directly on his body.

"Are you crazy?" The good dog looked at him with a wrench, "This has a hairy use." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw that the pitch-black breastplate suddenly became as transparent as ink diluted by water, and finally disappeared altogether.

The good dog's eyes were as wide as light bulbs, and he almost didn't fall out of his sockets. "Damn!? Optical camouflage?! ”

"Correct solution!"

The kidney fighter, who had only his limbs and head left, smiled and touched his head floating in mid-air.

Go on. "It's a pity that I don't have enough money, or I can get a full set, but it's okay to just keep my stomach invisible, at least the goal is a lot smaller.

Like the equipment for killing the brother, the price is also 50,000 silver coins, which is equivalent to the price of half a heavy cavalry exoskeleton.

It stands to reason that optical camouflage will not be so cheap, but because it is a recycled waste product, it is discounted.

If it weren't for the rare opportunity, he would not be a strength player, and he wouldn't have put this thing on his body, and to put it bluntly, he would still be greedy.

The good dog couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"You're such a talent!"

It's hard to say whether you can sneak or not.

But the big night should scare people half to death.

He took a closer look and found that this optical camouflage was not without weaknesses.

The slightest vibration will give it a distinct silhouette, and it can only be close to 100% stealth when it is completely motionless.

Looking at the dog brother who was no longer able to vomit the machine, he smiled and encouraged.

"Brother, you can go and make it whole, it's okay."

Good Dog: "What a ghost!" ”

"Ah——!h

As the two were talking, a scream suddenly came from the side.

I saw a little girl who had just come out of Jiaoshi with a basket and was so frightened that she sat on the ground.

She looked pale at the Jin Fighter, who was left with only his head and limbs, ignoring the pus-covered snow on the ground, and shivered backwards.

"Strange Monsters"

Even if there are many strange things in the wasteland, there are not many heads floating in the air alone, not to mention that this head is still smiling at her.

"Don't be afraid, this lady, I'm just a special prosthetic.

The Kidney Fighter tried to squeeze a friendly smile out of the womb and was about to explain to her in the human language of the Child, but he didn't think that he had just taken half a step forward before the girl fainted with fright.

The good dog sighed and covered his forehead.

"Wait for you to be tin."

The killer whistled, propped his hands on the ground, and moved his body, facing the other side, pretending not to know this guy. Looking at the two incomparably real good brothers, the kidney fighter said with a smile.

"! You-"

Before he could finish speaking, the Alliance's guards were already hurrying towards this side, and the players shouted in caco.

"Damn,, brother, why did you lose your stomach?"

"What's this new bug?!"

"Calling the Terrorist Task Force! There's a cybermaniac here! ”

"Cyber maniac?! Where is it? ”

"Wait a minute! Don't close it yet! I'll take a picture! ”

On top of the huge wall, the howling north wind blew down the fluffy snow.

Looking at the market in front of the gate and the crowds of people in front of the market, as well as the noisy customers, Ibs had a happy smile on his face.

"Your inhabitants are geniuses." Chu Guang, who was standing next to him, glanced at him. "Is this positive or derogatory?"

"Is there any pejorative use of genius?" Ibs touched the back of his head and suddenly said, "By the way, the X-17 project has been approved, when are you going to honeymoon with ×-16?" ”

"Not interested."

"Not interested? Could it be the little girl of the Malvern family? Tsk, you're crazy, that organism is going to break, but ......"

Listening to this old thing's nonsense, Chu Guang couldn't help but kick him in the ass, although it was not very good in terms of seniority.

X-16, who was standing on the sidelines, silently watched as Ebs rolled around on the ground and got up, not intending to help the guy at all.

Actually, it can't help.

She had no doubt that neither she nor Ibs were any match for the human, and he could lift her up and throw her out of the wall with one hand.

Even if he didn't turn on the power armor.

"Is this how the blue coats say hello?" Ibers, who got up from the ground, touched the back of his head and smiled, "I can see that you're angry, I'm glad." ”

"Are you M?"

"M? Forget it, in short, it's a good thing to be angry, it's human to be angry, and AI won't be really angry or happy. Ibs shook his head, "For example, my designer, the respected Mr. Fang Ming, didn't really understand what hatred was until the end. ”

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"So what do you want to say?"

Patting the snow off his body, Ibs bowed slightly, gracefully like a gentleman, a set of etiquette that he had apparently learned from his former clients.

I am very happy to be able to serve a human being of flesh and blood, and although Mr. Fang Ming has made me respect from the bottom of my heart, it is too boring to be a servant of the program. ”

Chu Guang looked at him in surprise.

"I thought you were the type who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic."

"It's not a contradiction, A should serve people, isn't it?" Ibs smiled and said, "Anyway, as long as I hand you the slaughtering tools, you will soon have your intestines and brains all over the place, and there will be no one left, sooner or later." ”

"A year and a second, it's the same for me."

Looking at Ibers, who was talking about dangerous things without changing his face, Chu Guang sighed softly. "For a second I thought you might be a good person, it was my mistake."

When Fang Ming was writing his soul, I am afraid that he unconsciously mapped all the malice towards human beings to this guy.

Xiaoqi will hate the people and things he hates.

It's the same with this guy.

How much Fang Ming hated his mission before, he hated the organism that upset his master, although he was extremely loyal to his customers in terms of procedure.

This is undoubtedly contradictory for humans, it is difficult for people to be loyal to something they hate from the bottom of their hearts, but for AI it is a different matter.

Ibs bowed slightly, politely.

"Correction, I'm not human, I'm AI."

He can be loyal to his organic customers while providing them with more efficient slaughtering based on their opinions

Tool.

Rather, the presence of customers is a must for him. Chu Guang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. "Ask you something." Ibs said respectfully.

"Excuse me."

Chu Guang explained his intentions to the point.

"Are there any side effects from implanting a prosthesis?"

Ever since Mosquito put on a prosthetic body and flaunted it everywhere, most of the players on the server have become potential customers for Boulder Military.

Some want to make themselves more resistant, some want to put nitrogen on their backs to speed up, and some want to be longer, and these are still relatively normal needs.

It's not normal, just like the ones in front of the bazaar, some of them have changed their arms into excavators, and some of them are only half invisible in order to save money.

When it comes to mosquitoes, that guy is also ruthless enough.

He had received a biological prosthetic body from Xiao Yu before, and he hadn't understood the symbiote yet, so he followed closely

He also set eight manipulators for himself in the Boulder Military Industry.

After all, his brain has to take care of twelve limbs, hundreds of joints, and another small life that lives in the body.

Is this guy's head okay?

Chu Guang remembered very well that he was an agile department.

Of course, there are side effects, drinking too much water can kill you, not to mention replacing part of the body with machinery.

Seeing that Chu Guang's eyes were getting sharper and sharper, Ibes hurriedly added, "Of course, we will use both verbal and written forms to inform customers of the possible risks caused by installing prosthetics that exceed their own capacity!" Every client is absolutely aware of the prosthesis before it is installed! ”

Chu Guang withdrew his gaze from him.

"From now on, non-shelter residents will only be able to install prostheses that are within the safety limits they can bear, and prostheses with functions such as neurofeedback and perceptual simulation will need to be signed and authorized by a neurologist who is qualified to practice medicine. I will ask my assistant to pass on the specific management regulations to you later. ”

Ordinary residents still have to be regulated, and even if they don't become "cyber maniacs", the potential medical problems are a cost to the whole society.

As for the players, just leave them alone.

Anyway, there is a clone in three days, and they are seriously injured and they don't even like to go to the hospital, so they simply ask their teammates to help make up for it.

Now that the shelter is not very short of active substances, if you really regret it, just throw yourself into the transformation furnace and refine it.

Although Ibers was helpless, he could only agree.

"Yes."

Chu Guang nodded, turned around, and was about to take the elevator down from the giant wall.

The population of Boulder City far exceeds that of other settlements in the Alliance, and he still has to be with the City Hall for the Chinese New Year's Eve event

Say it and prepare in advance.

However, at this moment, a bang suddenly came from the bottom of the giant wall, and that small movement made Chu Guang involuntarily stop.

"It seems to be outside."

Standing on the edge of the wall, Ibs scraped his chin with his index finger.

Leaning down to stare down at the moss-like shack below, and the billowing smoke rising from one of the areas, he continued with interest.

"From time to time in the slums, there will be such movements, strictly outside the Rock City, not the Giant Stone City Lord. I'm not mistaken, it must be a few gangs in charge. ”

In the past, the nobles and lords of the inner city longed for the death of those stinky begging for food outside the giant wall, and only when the tide came, they would recruit some men from inside, and issue rifles and follow the mercenaries to fill in the line.

Hearing the word gang, Chu Guang narrowed his eyes slightly, and a smile suddenly curled up at the corner of his mouth. "I almost forgot about these rats." He hadn't really forgotten.

The first thing the homeless families did when they arrived in Boulder City was to stabilize the survivors in the slums of the outer city, organize them to set up tents, give them food, and register their names, heights, weights, families, ages, and general living areas.

It's as much disaster relief as it is demographics.

The gang members are not interested in the porridge and food for the relief of the victims, and they are not much interested in signing up for the construction team, at most a few minions or marginal people in as eyeliner.

The alliance has used a series of means to relocate some of the displaced people in the slums to the eastern part of Dawn City for unified management

A large number of laborers were transferred to the construction site in the tunnels outside Boulder.

In this way, the portrait of the young and middle-aged people left in the slum is very clear. People must have a living livelihood.

Either do business, or be a mercenary, or do something inconvenient to say.

The Guards have already locked up some of them through interrogations of the nobles of the inner city and visits to the city

Gang leaders and high-ranking members. Especially according to reliable clues, one of the three major gangs hiding in the slums, the Dagger Gang, and the north

The Free State of Bougerra has close business dealings.

Chu Guang had originally planned to wait for the tide to end before dealing with those rats, but now it seemed that they didn't seem to realize that the sky in Qingquan City had changed.

After the tumor in Boulder City is removed, there will be no more soil for marauders to live in this area, and there will be no room for any underworld forces on the territory of the Alliance.

Since I can't wait

Then when the tide comes, roll over and fill in the line.

"Do you want to take care of it, okay, when I asked a nonsense."

Seeing Chu Guang's natural expression, Ibs had a smile on his face that was not too big to see the excitement, and then looked at ×16 who was standing aside.

"There are a few little mice lit under our noses, take your gear and take a look, don't let your master down."

"Yes."

The pitch-black mirror reflected the cold light of Sen Ran, X-16 nodded slightly, without a word of superfluous nonsense, turned around and walked in the direction of the elevator.

Chapter 550: The Rat in the Shadow of the Giant Wall