Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, from mid-August to early September, the streets of Dawn City unconsciously brought a hint of autumn coolness.

As the weather turns colder, many fashionable residents have replaced their cool short-sleeved shirts with cotton sweatshirts or leather jackets, partly because of convenience and partly because they are cheap.

During this time, cotton and leather were probably the hardest commodities in the game.

The abundance of produce in the province is unimaginable, and the huge labor force of the port of Kim Galen processes them into high-quality and inexpensive manufactured goods.

Take the belt as an example, the cheapest one is only 100 gallons, and it is also leather, at most it is only a different source of variety.

After deducting the profits and losses from customs duties, logistics, etc., it is only 1123 silver coins, which is enough for the middle-class residents of Dawning City to do an hour's work.

Of course, the residents of the port of Golden Gallen are not at a loss, many of them did not even have clothes to wear, and now the bicycles on the streets are as fast as the wind.

For those who live affluent lives in the city of Dawn, the choice of clothing tends to be more diverse.

Since then, the windows of the rattan hut have become a benchmark in the fashion industry, and even exported to the ideal city and even the families of those Wilante soldiers.

Perhaps it is the wastelander's unconscious ambiguity for the aesthetic preferences of the Vault dwellers, or perhaps the human nature of the pursuit of "mystery", more and more black silk appears on the streets, and there are some clothing that is clearly out of place with the background of the times.

There are many eye-catching outfits, but there are also many products that are too outrageous or even spicy for the eyes.

However, in a sense, this "deviant" scene is surprisingly reasonable in "Wasteland Online".

After all, the cultural concept of the wasteland itself contains the characteristic of "tailoring".

That is, to stitch together a variety of completely different or even contrasting elements, and to deconstruct the postmodern technological products with primitive social behaviors.

For example, an iron tube rifle made of futuristic high-tech water pipes, a crossbow made of rifle wreckage, and a *** that should be worn on the leg is put on the head, etc...... Of course, the latter are in the minority, and most of them do so by players who don't want to show their heads.

A variety of costumes form a beautiful scenery on the busy streets.

I still remember that two years ago, the same people here had to stuff the old waste money as cotton wool and stuff it into a sack to keep warm and wrap it around their bodies to keep warm.

In just two years, the survivors of Dawn had their wardrobes filled with new clothes, and were even wealthy enough to think about which clothes and shoes to wear when they went out.

And when the "chips" rule the land, this abundance that benefits the majority is almost unimaginable.

「…… I've always wondered what the problem with chips is, because chips are no different from silver coins, but now life is completely unimaginable before."

Dawn City, a cottage on the edge of Linghu Lake.

Looking out the window at the quiet garden, and the fleshy windowsills, Dolly, who was holding her cheeks with her hands, suddenly remembered the past, and couldn't help but think for a while.

She still remembers that humble and small wish in the darkness - she wanted to raise a pot of succulents because she had heard that it could absorb radiation.

Although one of the big bad guys later told him that it was a trick to deceive children, radiation is not something that can be "sucked in", but just a phenomenon in which energy spreads outward in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

If photosynthesis is interpreted as absorbing radiation, theoretically any plant has the effect of absorbing radiation.

It is precisely for this reason that this can only be regarded as a trick to deceive children, not a lie.

A truly clever deception doesn't require lying.

Fang Chang, who sat across from her and held the newspaper in his hand, smiled, his doting eyes like Dolly staring at the immature green shoots on the windowsill.

「…… When you're still searching for right and wrong in tools, you're already in a dead end."

He came back three days ago

, mainly to deal with some things about the listing of Baiyue Company, such as explaining the use of part of the funds.

In particular, during the period when Baiyue Company was expanding its business at the port of Kingalun, it had to be explained which expenses were paid through the company and which expenses were paid through the port authorities.

Fang Chang understands the rigor of the regulatory system, after all, overseas business is the most difficult part to supervise, and if it is not strict, the interests of shareholders cannot be protected at all.

For example, the simplest and most stupid method is to use the money given by shareholders to repair the subway, operate at a loss, and then use a private company to collect subway tickets on their behalf.

A set of operations can cut the residents of Dawning City clearly, and the anger can be transferred to the heads of the residents of Port Kingalen-"These stinky rats who have their lives to make money and no lives to spend, have they stolen money into your grandfather's pocket in Dawning City? Phew, feed the unfamiliar white-eyed rats, fuck it!"

Managers obviously don't let that happen.

He had already predicted the prediction of the managers, and had made a clear plan for the finances of Baiyue Company and the finances of Niuma Group a long time ago.

Even the ledger of the Golden Gallen Port authorities, where every money was spent, from which account to which account is clearly recorded.

But what surprised him was another small thing, it was Xiaoyu who worked with him.

That little girl was still the same as before, always talking about what Chu Guang said, and she was meticulous in her actions.

The aura of the blue coat was of no use to her, and there was only one person in her heart from beginning to end, and she would not be soft on anyone else, even if she was grateful.

The eyes staring at the ledger were like microscopes, and some aggressive questions were asked in a cold sweat.

Especially when it came to why Baiyue Company's investment in the Moon Clan Resistance Army did not have a specific implementation standard, such as how much money was given to achieve what stage goal, he couldn't help but wipe his sweat and admit that it was indeed his own negligence.

also blamed the coaxing of a group of people on the forum, plus he took a large amount of loot at that time, he was indeed a little floating when he spent money, or he was too confident.

He thought that giving money and equipment would lead to results, and he deliberately arranged for people to go to those guerrillas, and the ghost knew that those fools would express their opinions when it came to equality, and when they started a battle, they would throw away their armor and be treated as a wild monster by NPCs.

Speaking with his conscience, he really didn't have any bad intentions when he spent that money, but he just wanted to speed up the changes that were taking place in the province of Borneo...... in a way that he sees fit.

「…… Brother Chu has no objection to you investing in what you think is worth investing in, but you have to give investors an explanation of what you want to achieve, how much money you have to spend to achieve this goal, what risks exist, and what the rewards are."

"To do this, you need to make a detailed plan, not specific to who will perform each step, but to support the executor in stages, as well as a planned stop loss, just like a task system."

"Until you see this plan, I suggest you better not leave Dawn."

After leaving these three words of advice, the girl with a torch in her eyes ended the hearing.

The chief who was sitting in the hearing table sighed for a long time before getting up and leaving the table to go home.

If only all the NPCs in this game could be as innocent and full of justice as his lovely Dolly.

There's nothing wrong with a simple sense of justice.

It's not so cute to be too smart......

At this moment, Dolly didn't know that her sweetheart was "complimenting" her, and was still thinking about the problem of chips and the report she was writing.

If she knew, she would have bitten this guy when she came to her senses.

The fluffy emerald green short hair swayed slightly, and Dolly looked at Fang Chang blankly, tilting her head unconsciously.

"You're saying there's no problem with the chips?"

Fang Chang thought for a moment and said.

"It's easy to give a subjective impression by using something you're familiar with, so I'll just use Cr as an example, whether you think Cr is good or bad."

Dolly

Gently furrowed his delicate eyebrows, and said after thinking for a long time.

"I think...... It's pretty good, right?"

The prosperity of Ideal City is obvious to all in the entire wasteland, and it would be too open-eyed to say nonsense to say that Cr is not good.

But she always felt that this bad guy would not be kind enough to come up with a simple question, so she was a little hesitant to follow his words.

Fang Chang smiled and didn't give an evaluation, just said in a casual tone.

"The essence of CR is a decentralized currency issued by the sum of social credit as the anchor, which can liberate all natural persons in the society from the debt relations of the old era, and the smart contract based on quantum algorithm programming guarantees the absolute fairness of transactions, without relying on the central bank to adjust interest rates, and all people involved in social activities will benefit equally from the prosperity of the society as a whole...... Doesn't that sound wonderful?"

"Indeed...... So there's nothing wrong with saying that Cr is good, right? Yes, right?" Dolly nodded honestly and looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

Picking up the coffee on the table and taking a sip, Fang Chang said slowly.

"So what if I told you that the currency of the Bougla Free State was actually designed after the Cr?"

"Huh?!"

Dolly looked at him in surprise and unconsciously opened her small mouth, "Is that so?! But...... Then why is the depreciation of Bu Yuan so exaggerated?"

She had heard that people there often needed a string of zeros to buy things, and the smallest denomination of banknotes was 1,000.

That kind of thing is actually designed like Cr?!

Appreciating the surprised expression on Dolly's face, Fang Chang smiled and continued in a teasing tone.

"Actually, it's not just Bu Yuan...... The short-lived S coin in the history of Qingquan City is also a clumsy imitation of Cr, and you wrote about it, so you know exactly what it is."

Dolly nodded in confusion, the thoughts in her head still hadn't recovered from the shocking clue.

She still couldn't believe that Bu Yuan and Cr were essentially the same thing.

Fang Chang continued eloquently.

"As I mentioned earlier, Cr is a decentralized currency issued with the sum of the credit of the whole society as the anchor, and in fact the cloth yuan is the same thing. However, one difference is that in Bougla, the "quantitative standard of the sum of social credit" is not decentralized, and is more extreme than traditional currencies – or even primitive precious metal currencies – in the hands of a small group of people...... If you don't understand this concept, you can understand it as a pen that you sign when you pay for food, drink, and consumption."

"You're saying they're using the wrong method?" Dolly keenly spotted the problem and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Hearing this, Fang Chang said with a smile in his eyes.

"Look at you, I've said so much, and you're still discussing right and wrong—shhh Don't use your teeth!"

He was only halfway through his sentence when Dolly pounced on him with her teeth and claws in shame, biting him on the arm.

She was obviously thinking about this incomprehensible question very seriously, and she was obviously asking for advice very seriously, but this guy always interrupted from time to time to show off her superiority in IQ.

This guy is good for everything else, and that's all he hates.

It's just a little smarter, what's the big deal!

Not yet...... Not yet...... Anyway, there are times when she rides on the head and on the soles of her feet!

However, when she saw his grinning appearance in pain, she still involuntarily retracted some strength, and blushed and let go of the arm that was printed with rows of neat tooth marks.

"Who wants you to always tell riddles...... Can't you answer my confusion properly?"

Fang Chang actually didn't feel any pain at all, after all, the player couldn't feel the pain beyond the limit, and even a little ...... Well, it seems too much to say it.

Out of a humble gentlemanly demeanor, he still rubbed the tooth marks on his arm, making it look threatening.

"Ahem, haven't I been answering properly...... You always say right and wrong, right and wrong, and I'm correcting it

With that in mind, how do you know that the Flint Gang didn't do it on purpose?"

Dolly looked at him stunned, "...... Deliberately?"

"Is the Flint Syndicate going bankrupt, or is the people of the Free State unable to survive? Their economy is no worse than ours, and they are running while we are still walking. We joke that they have to watch a 30-second commercial to open a refrigerator door, and they may be laughing at us that we don't even have a refrigerator."

In fact, if they don't brag about it, even if they don't pull up the Great Rift Valley, the alliance will have to spend some effort to win a conventional war without using strategic weapons first.

At the very least, be prepared to sacrifice Dawn City.

At least on the Northern Front, the Hound special forces fought no worse than the 100 Mountain Division, the equipment may be inferior, but the quality of personnel was significantly higher than the latter.

There had been some minor military frictions between the alliance and Bougerra on the border, but neither side had sent a main force, but cautiously probed each other.

He remembered that the Alliance had sent out the Elephants from Camp 101, which was not part of the Alliance at the time, and the Bugra side had sent a third-rate mercenary group that was actually hired by the Willant officers.

In retrospect, that friction was actually a contest between managers and sigma, as well as a test of the bottom line between the two sides.

Sigma accurately perceived the Alliance's weaknesses in "weak border control and the difficulty of identifying paramilitaries masquerading as displaced people", and Chu Guang also responded forcefully to the pain points of the Free State, that is, "strong and unfettered individuals can pose a huge hidden danger to the false freedom of the Free State".

A single Morph can kill a team of hundreds, if a hundred Morphs or a hundred Awakened Ones who are even more troublesome than the Morphs infiltrate the Free State......

For Sigma, this is much more of a deterrent than "relying on regular forces to annihilate a hundred-man team on a frontal battlefield", which is the real reason why both sides have been tacitly controlling the scale of the conflict.

The NPCs in this game are like real people, and the deeper you think about it, the more so, and it's not the first time he's thought so.

After a pause, Fang Chang looked at Dolly, who seemed to understand or not, and continued concisely.

「…… So when you're debating whether they're right or wrong, good or bad, you're at a dead end. A gun is faster than a knife, and there are faster guns in the gun, but peeling an apple isn't necessarily better than a fruit knife."

"Going back to your original question, I can tell you that chips aren't good or bad, they're just tools. The person holding it is using it according to their own understanding of it...... Including those who hand out chips, those who use them, that's all."

"As for why the chips weren't the same as the silver coins, because that's what the guy who held up the chips wanted from the beginning, and he did what he wanted to do, and as for whether he got off or didn't play in the end, that's another story."

The same is true of Bougla, a series of tools, including Bu Yuan and the board structure, are designed after the Ideal City, and they are as envious of the prosperity of the Ideal City as most of the wastelanders in the wasteland.

As for the other things in Ideal City, they thought they knew a lot, but they didn't know anything about it.

This has led to Bougerra's cyberpunk society, where ultra-high technology and extremely low living standards appear in a settlement at the same time, and everyone is like a hamster running on a tightrope.

This is similar to the CST, but very different.

It is said that the Social Research Section of the Alliance's scientific research group has initiated a project to analyze these phenomena, including the current sociological phenomena of the Alliance itself.

However, this is a long-term undertaking that needs to be continued, and it is unrealistic to expect to draw conclusions about the present in the present.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but ridicule the ignorant Dolly, making the latter's angry face red and red, and his teeth and claws.

「…… It's like a vendor who sells you a lot of meat, he doesn't care about your health, he doesn't care about what radiation is or not, just to earn the silver in your pocket, the difference is only clear to some people, and some people

I don't know...... Hiss! Don't bite indiscriminately!"

Seeing Dolly jump onto the table like a cat, Fang Chang hurriedly removed the unfinished coffee, for fear of burning her.

However, due to the loss of a hand, he was quickly defeated in the face of Dolly's attack.

When the noise in the room finally ended, Dolly, who was red-faced and panting, finally noticed the crumpled newspaper on the table.

"Is this the Daily Survivor?" A look of surprise appeared on her face, especially after she noticed that the layout of the newspaper was different from the Daily Survivor of Dawn.

Fang Chang spread out the newspaper and said with a smile.

"Golden Gallen Port Briefing...... There are more and more survivors on the same side as us, and there are occasionally eye-catching articles on it."

He has been away from the port of Kingallen for a long time, and he also needs to use the local newspaper to find out about the situation there.

He was surprised that in just a few months, the harbor, which was full of slaves and had no hope at all, could make such an earth-shattering roar.

Maybe give them a little more time, and maybe they'll catch the ship to the new world.

In fact, in addition to giving money, he also helped them cultivate some talents.

For example, Jodhu, who served as a secretary in the governor's office, was a moderate reformist with good ability.

Including Lassi, who is the director of the Civil Defense Office, has courage and execution, and has the ability to accept new things, although his words and deeds are a little rude, but it is not a big problem. And objectively speaking, he has a part of the credit for the success of the renovation of the Golden Gallen Port.

After all, there is nothing more deterrent to the old nobles than a Moon Clan person holding the barrel of a gun, especially since this guy is ruthless enough to others and to his own people.

In order to survive, the old aristocracy worked even harder than the new class to curry favor with the Alliance.

After all, they are also afraid, afraid that the alliance will turn a blind eye to the crooked chirp. Although the people of the alliance are reasonable and disciplined, the dogs raised by the alliance are obviously not reasonable.

This guy is a buildable material, and it's better to polish his mind in the office.

No matter what mess he wants to be, he shouldn't write his thoughts on his face.

This is the basic skill of politics.

If you don't practice well, that guy is destined to be the leader of the militia in this life.

"Red Clay...... It's a good article, it's not like someone who has just learned to write." The newspaper article was read from beginning to end, and Dolly's face became more and more surprised, even surprised.

Perhaps the Daily Survivor of Dawn could quote this article as well.

Nope-

This does not seem to be an article, but more like a preface to some long anthology.

As one of the first employees of the Daily Survivor and the editor who discovered the literary gem of Bohr the Awakened, she was keenly aware of the potential of the anthology called Red Clay to be as good as the former.

The survivors of this wasteland are not only Boulder City, but also L. of White Elephant City!

She heard the cry that hit the soul, and she was sure that others would hear it, especially the members of the workers' union who had gone through that change!

They have finished the wasteland around themselves, but the wider wasteland is not over yet.

She believes that the partners who united at that time will not be satisfied with today's ribs and beer, but will also be willing to pull those who are also suffering!

At least some people would!

Like Sperger, they.

"I want to write a column for him!" Dolly's eyes sparkled, and she looked at Fang Chang and said, "More people should hear the voices there, and not just enjoy the cheap goods that the local survivors have provided us...... No, it's for our own sake, and if we let them continue to be exploited by slave owners, our interests will be harmed in the end, right? At that point, the silver will become a different kind of chip, like the one you just mentioned."

As she spoke, Dolly's eyes were blazing

Fang Chang, the appearance of that little clever ghost is not at all like the stupid cuteness of an hour ago.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a guy in Boulder City, the bridge of his nose is made of bones, and he has to be greeted by the whole family if he says this to anyone other than any of the residents of Vault 404 in Dawning City.

Fang Chang smiled, but did not deny her statement.

"Congratulations, while most people were still in the previous version, you were already in the next version, I mean...... The problem you mentioned is there, and it's something we intend to do in the next phase."

"It was proven in the industrial age, long before the Age of Prosperity, that unilateral bloodsucking is unsustainable and that unequal relationships eventually collapse after reaching a tipping point...... Whether it's the relationship between people, or the relationship between different settlements. The range of measures we have adopted at certain times has only delayed the tipping point and allowed for more flexible decision-making."

"In the end, we had only two options, either to set up a sanctuary similar to Singularity City, to isolate Borneo from mainstream society, and to observe and wait for new developments. Either push them aboard the ship of the New World and join the vast agenda of how to end the Wasteland Age."

His plan for the port of Golden Gallen is a "secondary industry base", and Borneo province is a supply base for human resources and minerals, but he is also happy to see it if it can become a huge consumer market.

Not only because it was better for Baiyue Company, but also because he didn't want to be on the side of the other colonies and survivors of the Alliance.

The Sticky Community's war against Haiya Province actually covered up some of the problems.

Dawn City and Boulder City can be fed just by eating military supplies and logistics orders, and the entire Sticky Community is paying the settlements of the Valley Province, and the residents of the Valley Province can use the money from the Blockade to buy money from other regions.

When the war is over, or the rate of alliance expansion slows down, or a new crisis erupts, some issues that had been put on hold will inevitably surface.

The reason why the managers chose to approve Baiyue's listing plan at this time must also have this consideration.

As a T0 player on the server, you must have cards to play in your faction boss.

Thinking so much in his heart, Fang Chang suddenly said with a smile.

"It seems that it's not just you who think this article is okay, I actually think so too...... What do you think of it in the textbook of Port Kingalen?"

"That's a good idea!" Dolly's eyes sparkled, and she continued in a voice as melodious as a lark, "Sure enough, their own stories resonate more with their own people than the teaching materials we give them, and they need their own symbols and totems!"

"Haha, that's it!"

In just a few seconds, Fang Chang had decided on this matter.

That night, after completing the report requested by Xiaoyu, he took the time to make a telegram with the governor's office of the port of Kingallen, instructing him to include "Red Clay" in the textbook of Kingallen.

It was no longer the time when the Burning Corps had just landed in the port of Kingalen, and a battle report had to be delivered for two or three days to reach Dawn City, and a round and forth battle was over.

The information infrastructure is also part of the infrastructure, and the alliance's communication base stations and roads and railways have always been synchronized, and by setting up multiple signal relay stations, the telegram in Dawning City has been able to bypass interference and send directly to the port of Kingalen.

When the submarine cable is laid, there is no problem with making phone calls or even turning on video.

He did not wait long for a telegram from Jodu, the Governor's secretary, to reply.

However, to Fang Chang's surprise, the content of the return call was not only about localized teaching materials, but also mentioned Lassy.

【…… The Port Kingalen Educators Association is organizing public school teachers to develop teaching materials that meet the needs of local survivors, and they have noticed articles that appear in the Daily Survivors, not only Red Soil, but many of them have been recommended by local teachers as well as external teachers, and I will continue to monitor the progress of this work for you

Unfold. 】

[In addition, there is one more thing. Affected by the Expeditionary Force's poor performance at the Ten Peaks Mountain, the young men of Golden Gallen were furious when they learned that the Empire intended to send more cannon fodder to the front line, and they were despised by the Empire's actions. Recently, representatives from all walks of life have submitted a letter of ***, hoping that the Golden Gallen authorities will refuse to return the Gray Wolf prisoners of war, at least let those who voluntarily stay...... They fear that the young men we let go will be sent to the front as expendables by the Empire in exchange for compensation. 】

[The excitement is not only from all walks of life, but also from within the authorities. Rasi, the director of the Civil Defence Office, submitted his resignation letter this morning, along with nearly 30 mid-level and junior officers of the militia regiment. I have retained them, but they have made up their minds, and I have no authority to deal with the matter, but to report it to you, and it is up to you to decide. 】

It's okay to resign?!

I didn't expect that guy to be so temperamental, Fang Chang was also surprised for a while, and he was stunned for a long time.

The letter of resignation was attached to the bottom of the telegram, and he did not stop, but continued to read it.

Although it wasn't the original, he believed that the guy Yodhu wouldn't have gotten him out of such a big deal.

【

Dear Mr. Fang Chang, I am grateful for your promotion, without you, I would not be where I am today. Please also say hello to Mr. Administrator on my behalf, I know that he is always concerned about the affairs of the wasteland and watching over us.

But I am only a coarse man, and though I know two words, I cannot say anything pretty, but I believe that you know my faithfulness, and I do everything you command.

It's really helpless to hand over this resignation now, all because those guys in the north are really bastards!

I hate him for wasting the money and food you sponsored, and I hate him for making all the jokes of the Borneo at home and abroad, and even more so for wasting the lives of my countrymen!

When it comes, all the tribes of Xilan will be disappointed, and the survivors of the Borneo province will have no future, and before it is too late, the resistance is not exhausted, and I must go out of the mountain!

If you think I'm reckless, just one command, I'll give you my life, and I won't embarrass you. If you are willing to let me go north to save the life, he will never neglect you when I succeed! I, Lassi, will always be your subordinate, you let me go east, I will never go west!

】

After reading the resignation letter twice, Fang Chang couldn't say a word, and it took him half a day to hold back a sentence of "good guy".

He wrote this thing himself?!