As time passed, the fungus variants became more and more ferocious, and later even some "new varieties" appeared that did not appear in the Weifu Wasteland.

Those monsters were like endless, pouring out of the gray-green mist, and their combat power was getting stronger and stronger.

But—

The players of the alliance did not feel frightened by this, but became more and more excited.

Anyway, three days of OB is inevitable, it is better to die vigorously!

With this in mind, the morale of the players is also endless, and no matter what casualties they suffer, there is no fear or retreat.

With their brothers, the outlaw fanatics shifted their positions as they fought, and with ample ammunition, they were stunned to stalemate with the influx of fungus variants.

It is well known that the realm of heaven is governed by psychic interference devices, and there is also a research facility hidden somewhere within the realm, and there is an apostle with a torch in the research facility.

Whether it's for the purpose of hiding themselves or preserving their strength, there is no way that those guys hiding in the shadows can let them continue to consume like this.

Seeing that there were more and more corpses piled up on the wasteland, perhaps because they couldn't bear the continuous losses, or maybe they wanted to give the alliance a little color, some unusual "evolutions" gradually appeared in the gray mist.

With a deafening roar, a machine-gun emplacement, located in the front row, suddenly "flew" into the sky.

"Ah——!h

"Click-"

Looking at the two players who fell to the ground with a scream, a look of surprise appeared on the face of the outlaw fanatic.

And at that moment, the sound of dull footsteps pierced through the fog, and a large horn came into his eyes.

That guy didn't resemble any other creature on Earth, but rather a prehistoric ceratosaurus.

The rotting flesh was stitched together by dark green hyphae, and the carapace of chitinous analogues stacked on top of each other looked as hard as armor. Its horns are only as long as a floor, and its body is as tall as a three-story building.

It's like a moving mountain!

It's hard to imagine how this thing came out of the ground, or if it was hiding somewhere out of the drone's sight.

However, these are no longer important, the key is that this majestic and huge "strategic biological weapon" is probably no longer in the category that infantry weapons can handle...... Even a tank is enough to choke.

The outlaw fanatic couldn't even help but think that if this guy was sprinting with all his might, I was afraid that even if the concrete wall of Boulder City was placed here, he would have to be knocked out of a corner by that guy......

"Mom...... Is this a boss? The player standing next to him swallowed.

"So here's the problem...... What's this thing called? ”

"According to the general convention, whoever finds out takes the name, and no one takes the name, and the system automatically names ......"

"How's the siege beast?"

Even at this juncture, these newcomers present still have the leisure to name the monster.

And the only "old player" present has almost resigned himself to his fate.

"This time the calf is done...... the outlaw maniac laughs wryly, stuffing a Molotov cocktail into the shotgun as he beckons the brother next to him to pull out the RPG bazooka and wave it over the guy's head.

However, practice has proved that this is simply futile.

At best, the shotgun's flames left a "spot" on the guy's armor, and the RPG's armor-piercing bullets pierced through its defenses, but the little splash of metal jets wasn't enough to burn it to death.

At the end of the day, it's not a creature in the usual sense of the word, and it's even more rebellious than the decapitated mutants, not even the nerve center.

Its activities are governed by the mycelium of Nago, which in turn is governed by psychic interference devices.

The consciousness from the "Kingdom of Heaven" dominates all the puppets in the realm, and this is the essence of the "Kingdom of Heaven" depicted by the torch.

It's also where it's most powerful and terrifying!

Perhaps enraged by the scorching flames, the Siege Beast let out a dull roar and slammed its heavy limbs into the player's position.

The long, twisted horns plowed a terrifying furrow in the pitch-black earth, splitting the player's position in two straight from the middle.

Two more machine gun positions were forced to shut down, and a gap finally appeared in the dense firepower network, allowing the "walking corpses" and "corpse dogs" that kept rushing up to find an opportunity to rush into the players' last line of defense along the gap in the firepower network.

Knocked to the ground by a group of walking corpses, the [high-end ingredients] who had used up the last bullet used the last ounce of strength to shout at the bloodied outlaw maniac.

"Captain——! Three days later...... See you! ”

Wiping the blood from his blurred left eye, the outlaw maniac grinned at him.

"Well, see you in three days!"

With that, he raised his shotgun, and an incendiary grenade erupted, engulfing the sprouting white phosphorus along with the walking corpses lying on top of him.

Not long after, surrounded by walking corpses, he detonated the explosives strapped to his body, which dissipated into a rain of blood in the dust of the explosion......

At the same time, the coordinates of the shelling were also sent to Laishan, more than ten kilometers away.

Until the last player fell, the battle went on for a whole hour.

And the annihilated fungus variants are as high as 3,000!

That's an average of hundreds of heads per player.

For the newcomers of "Beta0.7" who have just completed the Passing on the Torch mission and officially entered the wasteland with the VM, this result is quite good.

Faced with the devastated ruins, the mutant fungus, which had lost its purpose, began to set its sights on the corpses beneath its feet.

They need nutrients for their vital activities, and no trace of organic matter can be wasted, whether it is the enemy's or their own.

The dark green slurry that flowed beneath the earth began to gather towards the area, and thin threads stretched from the thick trunk, tangled with the corpse.

They are like blood vessels, drawing all the nutrients they can from those who have died.

Although there is some foul-smelling "dirt" left on these corpses, it is good to inactivate this part first and then digest it.

It's not just corpses.

Those walking corpses, corpse dogs...... Even the siege beasts and all other fungus variants were prostrate on the ground, allowing the dark green vines to climb up their bodies.

However, the benevolent kingdom of heaven did not devour its own children altogether, but after establishing a connection with them, it slowly pulled them under the surface of the earth......

The transformation of matter is lossy, and the more complex the synthetic path, the greater the loss.

If each synthetic fungus is reheated in the most primitive way after each mutation, it will not be long before the nutrients of the kingdom of heaven will be exhausted, and it will expand to the limit like slime molds and then collapse on its own.

So they chose another "smarter" way to recycle –

Bury "organs" that are not needed for the time being in the soil.

But just as they were about to do so, a piercing scream was heard in the air.

The voice was like the whisper of death, and in an instant it came down above their heads.

As soon as the siege beast lifted its heavy head and opened its closed eyes, a blinding white light robbed it of its vision.

In its trance-like consciousness, it seemed to see a rising mushroom cloud and a heat wave sweeping across the earth.

The deafening roar was so loud that it collapsed the ground beneath its feet.

Before it could react, a scorching shockwave tore through its flesh......

……

In the distance, the main gun of the Loyalty airship was dotted with a thin white smoke into the sky.

A rocket range extender fired from the 400 mm cannon delivers a cloudburst warhead carrying solid fuel to the target battlefield.

This is the final step of the operation, clearing the battlefield where the battle has ended.

And the activation of this step of the battle plan means that there are no more friendly troops in that area......

"Bullet point confirmation."

"The hit works."

The summit of Lai Mountain.

The Willant soldiers, who were directing the shelling targets to the rear, reported the results of the bombing to the airship, and fell silent after hanging up the communication.

A few minutes ago, they received the coordinates of shelling from friendly forces, as planned.

While it was unclear what High Command's intentions were, they knew exactly what the message containing the coordinates meant.

Even if they had war in their genes and in their veins, it was impossible for them to carry out those mortal missions, and their commanders would not be able to give such orders.

Even if it was an opponent, they couldn't help but have a trace of respect in their hearts, and silently gave them a military courtesy.

These guys...... It's a real ruthless person!

And at this moment, looking at the burning battlefield, the human emperor had a stunned expression.

After a moment, his expression regained his composure, and he muttered to himself.

“…… Fight a war of attrition with me, right? ”

Even in well-preserved corpses, the nutrient recovery efficiency is not 100%, and at most 50% is very high.

Especially for those "evolutionary bodies" with highly alienated organizational structures, decomposing the corpses of those guys itself requires a huge amount of nutrient energy, and the final nutrient balance is not even 10%.

In contrast, smaller fruiting bodies are relatively easy to recycle...... That is, what the coalition soldiers called "bacterial variants".

But even for those guys, the conversion efficiency is only about 30~40%.

Retrieving three corpses would probably make one more body look like one.

If the coalition forces adopt a war of attrition, it is indeed a suitable line of thought.

After all, he couldn't have left those troops alone and let those guys run around his territory, searching for the psychic interference devices and even research facilities buried underground.

The latter is a necessary part of their final plan, while the former is related to their domination of this heavenly realm.

It's a huge, complex system, and it's taken them more than a decade to perfect it into what it is today.

"Interesting Idea ......"

Seeing through the manager's plan, the human emperor let out a soft tsk in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up with a meaningful smile.

"I admit that Your Excellency is very capable, but what if my chess pieces are in the hundreds of millions? And how do you deal with it? ”

The 3,000 variants were nothing more than a piece of dandruff on the top of the giant's head compared to the diocese under his rule, and they had to sacrifice 40 elites to pull it out.

Even if he caught an evolutionary, this loss would not be painful to him.

Fighting against natural disasters with mortal flesh and blood, it's really thanks to that guy who came up with it.

Then do as they wish, and see who is the endless wave!

……

On the official website of "Wasteland OL", the forum is lively.

Many players have just experienced the dog leash for the first time in the game and are giving posthumous testimonials.

I'll compose the head: "It's so exciting! The Death Corps is awesome! ”

The retreating dwarf: "It's really exciting, it's just how to survive these days." TaT”

Staying up late and sudden death: "I don't feel any pain at all, it's still a little different from reality, I feel that in order to take care of most people's tastes, some of the realism has been weakened, so I can only say so-so...... But it's not an experience to watch your intestines being pulled out. ”

Quit smoking: "Damn, can you still experience this thing in reality??" ”

Irena: "This rookie is very good, so I suggest I look into it." (Funny)"

Tail: "Ha people, Si feels too much when I see it." (⊙x⊙; )”

Siss: "......? ”

While the players were arguing, a new announcement was made on the forums as the last wave of players dropped their connections.

[Northern Route: Haiya Province Intelligence Update! ]

Bacterial variant: A general term for the organism that sutures the mycelium of the natol, distinguishing it from the "addicts" who are corrupted and manipulated by the natal fruit. Generally, the biological characteristics are not obvious, there is no nerve center, there is no fatal point, and the tissue damage is judged to be dead when it reaches the range of 10%~50%, and the slime fruiting body has stronger toughness (HP), and the recovery ability is relatively weaker. Strong resistance to puncture damage, but weak resistance to explosion and fire damage.

Walking Corpse: The most common variant of the fungus, with a human-like appearance, the main attack methods are tearing and gnawing, originally seen in the Weifu Wasteland, suspected to have been completed in the Pinecone Farm, individual combat effectiveness is poor, and it is quite dangerous when in groups. Hazard factor 1.

Dead Dog: The second most common variant of the fungus, similar to man's best friend, attacks are also mainly tearing and biting, but with a smaller size and faster speed. Hazard factor 1.

Creeper: Similar to the "Creeper" born from the brood in Qingquan City, the size is slightly smaller, the skin is burned, and the attack method is similar to that of the walking corpse, but the speed and strength are more than three times that of the latter, and the danger factor is 2.

Spitter: There is a significant difference in appearance from the "Spitter" born from the Brood in Qingquan City, resembling a giant worm, and can hide in narrow terrain The attack mode is mainly to spew strong corrosive organic acids and organic toxins, with a risk factor of 1~3.

……

Incubators: The nests of the fungus variants, the "barracks" of the Torch Church, the hatching organs of the Kingdom of Heaven. When the apostles (or precursors) in the area determine that the bacterial variant with a risk factor of 1~3 is not enough to eliminate the threat, they will deploy incubators with higher production efficiency on the surface to synthesize advanced bacterial variants with a danger factor greater than 3 and even hatch "evolutionary organisms" using the nutrients stored in the local area.

……

Siege Beast: An evolution of the fungus variant, it is mountain-like in size, shakes the ground when running, and has armor that can easily overturn tanks and armored vehicles, usually found on highly corrosive ground, and will sink into the soil to sleep when left in battle.

……

The concept of "regional corrosion": It is related to the content of nano fruit hyphae in the local soil, which can be measured by test strips developed by the Alliance Biological Research Institute. Generally speaking, the deeper you go into the parish of the Torch Church, the more corrosive the area, the faster the monsters will be spawned, and the higher the upper limit of the danger factor.

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【Recommended Gameplay:

1. Construction of purification stations:

Players can build a large "purification base" or a small "purification station" in the corroded area as a unit of corps or small groups, and obtain "purification points" by farming monsters or completing tasks, and the points can be exchanged for a series of battlefield support including airdrop supplies, artillery strikes, close air strikes, and fruiting entity reinforcements in battle, until the purification station is breached or the local corrosive effect is completely removed, it will be regarded as a clearance, and the remaining points will be automatically converted and accumulated to the "final support time" column.

The mission reward will be calculated based on the 'Support Time' and the 'Area Corrosion' of the beacon location. If you work with the sub-entity's reinforcement to completely remove the corrosion in the area, you can also get an additional bonus bonus!

2. Search and destroy Torch Church control facilities:

In order to carry out evil experiments, the Torch Church has entangled a group of researchers who are desperate for reality to engage in covert research. Removing the corrosion of Haiya Province is the symptom, and destroying the research facilities controlled by the Torch Church can only hurt its roots!

These facilities are primarily located in open (or abandoned) vaults or other underground research facilities. Since most of those shelter facilities are designed to defend against strategic weapon strikes, it is difficult to destroy them directly from the outside.

The coalition High Command has authorized the necessary invasion of torch-controlled shelters. If the controlling party refuses to surrender, all means may be used to paralyze the facility.

In addition to the research facilities, there are also some processing facilities that are suspected of carrying black boxes. In the event that a black box left behind by the Age of Prosperity is discovered, the inhabitants of Vault 404 are obligated to keep it intact and recover it as a tool to rebuild civilization.

(Note: This action needs to keep the battle video open throughout the whole process, and the mission reward will be judged based on the player's words and deeds)

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At the moment when the announcement was issued, the newcomers who were still making death testimonials were immediately attracted by this announcement.

Quit smoking: "it! Is this out of endless mode? ”

Edge paddling: "Infinite Monster Farming!" ”

Construction site boy with bricks: "Brothers!! Get together! ”

Debt-wide-eyed: "Whoa! ”

Spring Commander: "It's not endless mode, when the corrosion level in the land is cleared, as long as the Type B strain is kept occupied, the area will return to normal, and then it will not continue to farm...... Probably? (I guess)"

WC really has mosquitoes: "So as long as you don't use the points to exchange for the son of Luoyu, and only use them to exchange for ammunition and air attack support, you can continue to brush the points all the time, right?" (Funny)"

Luo Yu: "??? Are you polite? ”

Commander Springs: "Well, theoretically, yes, but this rule loophole is so obvious that I'm more inclined to think of it as more of a 'tacit operation'. ”

Quit smoking: "What do you say? (Confused)"

Commander of the Fountains: "First of all, in addition to the supplies that can be exchanged for points, the ammo consumed in the mission has to be purchased by the player himself. However, the quest reward is not calculated based on the number of monsters killed, but based on the 'support time' and 'corrosion', but according to the test results of the Death Corps, the difficulty of the dungeon continues to rise. ”

"Assuming that the profit is y and the time is x, the planner only needs to set an S-shaped nonlinear function as the formula for calculating the player's income, and set a time threshold t. When time x is less than the threshold t, time is used as the main calculation weight, and when time x is greater than the threshold t, the impact of time accumulation on the benefit y is getting smaller and smaller, so that another parameter, corrosion, is used as the main weight for calculating the return, so that the benefit of continuing to dry up is minimal. ”

Edge paddling: "Drag it all the time without ending the dungeon, and it won't do you any good other than dry up ammo." If you want to get a higher reward, you have to end the dungeon as much as possible near the 'threshold', exchange it for the maximum benefit, and then consciously go deeper into the map to challenge the dungeon of higher difficulty...... I see. ”

Commander of the Spring: "This is just a very basic numerical design, and you can set multiple time thresholds in detail, and even link the time threshold to the difficulty, that is, the corrosion parameter." Understood from the idea of practical games, this operation is also very reasonable, the player has been dragging the nutrients that can consume the explosives of the Torch Church, and the clearance of the dungeon can expand the control area of the coalition army, no matter what the player chooses, it is profitable for the coalition army. ”

Midnight Kill: "It's too much trouble!" If I want to choose 2 on the northern front. (wry smile)"

Commander of the Spring: "What's the trouble with this, I can't move until I brush it, call Xiao Yu's fruiting body over and clear the dungeon, the second way to play is more troublesome, I have to investigate the local intelligence while searching for traces of the existence of the Torch Church...... The bottom line is that you don't have to expect a living person to trigger a conversation with you, and a carpet search will probably have to be done after the area has been cleared of corrosion. ”

WC really has mosquitoes: "But think about it from another angle, if you can pick up a black box, it will be refreshing!" (laughs)"

Night Ten: "@方长, can you do it, do you want Ah Guang to update it himself?" (Funny)"

Fang Chang: "People are on the southern front, don't rush, I'll help you the guy in the north." @峡谷在逃鼹鼠"

The mole on the run in the canyon: "It's okay to throw the pot, I'm not the leg of the dog planner - phew, I'm not the dog leg of the plan!" ”

Night Ten: "Ah Guang: It's sent out, isn't it, your number is gone." (Funny)"

The mole on the run in the canyon: "Brother Guang, I was wrong!" You are my brother!! (frightened)"

Makabazi: "Hahahaha! Arouse! (Funny)"

……

The bridge of the Iron Heart.

Chu Guang, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, was browsing the posts on the forum through the holographic screen, with a faint smile on his face.

As the planner and "hidden player" of "Wasteland Online", he has always had a clear understanding of the profession of "manager".

His job is not to study how to attack a monster or a certain dungeon, that's what the "big hands" in the server should do.

Using the resources at his disposal, he should make a set of rules with a reward and punishment mechanism to encourage those who are big hands to work hard in the "direction that should be done".

As long as the rules are in place, players will naturally weigh the pros and cons, carefully choose the location of large or small purification bases, and consider how to use limited ammo and small plumage fruiting bodies to remove regional corrosion more efficiently.

No one knows better than they are on the front lines.

Whether it is a failed attempt or a successful experience, they will be summarized into a strategy on the forum.

When distributing game helmets, the reason why Chu Guang took forum activity as one of the reference weights was to get as many players who were "willing to share and cooperate" into the game as possible.

Of course, it doesn't have to be the case for everyone, as long as this group of players is in the majority overall.

As for the specific game behavior of a certain player or a few players, it is the player's own business, as long as it is not a common phenomenon, it is not within the scope of his consideration, and it is easy to take care of one or the other if he is too detailed, and let it play will have unexpected gains.

Like now.

Even without his hints, his young players did a good job, and even helped him think about the "numerical design strategy" that he hadn't considered yet.

Later, when setting the task reward, he would ask Xiaoqi to refer to the opinion of Brother Quanshui and reflect this part of the content in the settlement of the task reward.

Now that the Alliance Biological Research Institute has completed the analysis of soil samples, and the Death Corps has completed the "stress test" of the Kingdom of Heaven, next month's "work schedule" can be considered to be arranged.

Judging from the feedback in the forum posts, the enthusiasm of players for the new event is quite high.

Especially the new leeks who entered the game in beta 0.7, several people can't wait to form a team on the forum, and wonder where to set up the purification station.

In fact, the framework of the coalition's operational plan in the Haiya Province is basically what is written in the announcement.

That is, on the one hand, to remove the corrosion of Haiya Province, and on the other hand, to search for the facilities of the Torch Church in the purification area.

He just weaves it into the language of the game and distributes it to the players.

Not only alliances, but soon legions, corporations, academies, and other survivor forces will also develop their own battle plans and demarcate their own war zones.

Soon a number of purification stations and purification bases will be blooming all over the land of Haiya Province, and I hope that the self-proclaimed "human emperor" will not be too surprised by what is about to happen.

"I admit that Your Excellency has a lot of chess pieces in your hand, but what if my player opens?"

Chu Guang smiled faintly, and his index finger swiped lightly on the holographic screen, restraining the azure light at his fingertips.

It's just early August.

The coalition forces crossed the Ten Peaks Mountains and entered Haiya Province earlier than planned, and the problems that had been difficult for all sides had now succeeded in tearing a breakthrough.

Use technology against technology, and use waves against waves.

The war may end sooner than he expected......

(End of chapter)