Planting area on the shelter B3 floor.
The last row of the soilless planting unit.
Standing in front of a transparent window, Lucius touched his chin with his right hand, his handsome face was full of surprises.
"Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cabbage...I didn't expect there are so many good things hidden here."
Originally, I planned to come to see the situation of the planting area, but I didn't expect to find a surprise here after walking around the planting unit.
Behind the transparent window, there were boxes with labels, which contained different varieties of crop seeds.
The seeds are soaked in a special solution and kept at extremely low temperatures.
Lucius counted carefully. There are 12 kinds of pre-war crops stored in the freezer. The growth cycle ranges from short to long, and the suitable climate ranges from tropical to frigid, covering almost all of them.
Regardless of the climate and environment the residents of the refuge face after the doors of the refuge are opened, they can find at least one variety suitable for the current climate to sow.
In addition, these seeds are all genetically modified and improved varieties, which are generally similar to the β-712 cotton seeds he opened from the blind box before.
Following quietly beside the Manager, seeing the interested expression on his face, Red Face Boxer said excitedly.
"Master Manager, I think we should make use of these idle facilities!"
Lucius nodded and said.
"You're right, I do have this plan."
Hearing this sentence, Red Face Boxer who was standing beside looked expectant, but when the Manager turned to leave, he didn't wait for the expected sentence.
Blinking in confusion, he hastily lowered his head and glanced at VM.
Huh?
Why didn't the task trigger? Could it be the gesture that triggers the conversation?
...
The soilless planting unit in the planting area, sowing, watering, fertilizing, and final harvesting can all be completed through preset procedures.
In a sense, similar to the black box production method, the demand for manpower and planting experience is extremely low.
With such a high degree of automation, there is no need to leave it to the players to take care of it. Lucius intends to hand it over to Popo.
Excessive manual participation will, on the contrary, drag down the work efficiency of the facility.
In terms of production ideas, Lucius intends to focus on the breeding of staple food varieties with a long growth cycle, supplemented by planting short-cycle crops such as cabbage.
When the next spring begins, the seeds of those staple crops will come in handy.
"With 50 planting units, the total theoretical planting area is only 50 mu...it's still a little less."
Even if one mu of intensively cultivated land can feed 5 people, the output of 50 mu is enough to feed 250 people, not even enough to cover the new players in Alpha0.9 version.
Every time he thought of this, Lucius felt puzzled.
"This is very unreasonable. The planting area of the shelter can't even support the refugees on this floor. Does everyone here eat nutrient cream?"
It can't be so miserable.
Or……
Another secret? In any case, food is a big problem.
In addition to food, his little players also need fur coats to withstand the severe cold. Although the blue jacket has the function of keeping warm, it is only for the general cold. This winter in Spring City, the lake even showed signs of freezing, which obviously cannot be described as ordinary cold.
Compared with the training cabin, the supplies needed to support a player are a more urgent problem to be solved right now.
The more troublesome thing is that it will be December soon, and the winter has entered the high dynasty, and everyone may not have much food.
The Brown Farm could no longer extract much food and water, and there were no survivor settlements with relatively high grain production in the vicinity.
The only thing that can be counted on is the ruins of the greenhouse.
I hope Brother Foxer can give me a little help.
It's been a while and I don't know how his cornfields are doing.
After leaving the planting area, Lucius turned a corner and came to the infirmary next door, intending to see what his newly recruited bioengineering experts were up to.
Due to the frequent onlookers and harassment of the players, the door here seems to be locked by her.
Although for Lucius, the doors from floors B1 to B3 were like decorations to him, he still rang the doorbell politely because of his high EQ.
The doorbell rang.
It will open soon.
After passing through the infirmary, Lucius went straight to the inner room.
Judging from the equipment here and the layout of the room, it should be a medical laboratory.
When he passed through the trap door, Hena, who was wearing a blue coat, was standing in front of an electron microscope, with her eyes fixed on the observation port, and her right hand skillfully manipulated the buttons on the touch screen.
After standing by and observing for a while, Lucius asked with great interest.
"This is?"
The movement of her hands didn't stop, and Hena, whose eyes were firmly attached to the eyepiece, said excitedly.
"Mutated slime mold! Samples collected from crawler! Thanks to your players... that's how it should be pronounced, right? Anyway, please thank them for me!"
It seems that she is fully familiar with the usage of the players, although she is not yet fully used to their enthusiasm.
Lucius was very pleased with this.
It would be great if all his NPCs had such a high level of comprehension, then his micromanagement would be at least doubled.
"I'll pass on your thanks. How's it going? See something?"
Unlike the shelter residents who have lived in the wasteland for a while, Hena has been staying in the shelter 117 before. Although she has heard about the dangerous species that are active outside, she has never really come into contact with it.
The manager of shelter 117 is a relatively conservative leader who does not support taking the samples from the waste soil back to the shelter at the risk of unbalancing the ecological environment in the shelter.
But Lucius didn't have so many scruples. Shelter 404 had already been opened, and he didn't intend to completely seal the door again.
Therefore, when he heard that Hena planned to list the heterogeneous species in the wasteland as research objects, he immediately agreed without saying a word, and even allocated a budget of 2,000 silver coins to her.
Even if you can learn more about the weaknesses of these aliens, it will definitely be worth the money.
"It's not just what I saw, these samples simply overturned my first impression of them! At first, I thought that these mutated slime molds were parasitic with those alien species that you call eaters and crawlers, but then I found out Not at all."
Hearing this sentence, Lucius was slightly taken aback.
This is completely different from the rumors he has learned.
"……Is not it?"
Hena, who was staring at the microscope, said without hesitation.
"Of course not! Eaters, crawlers, and saboteurs... According to the samples that have been collected so far, these creatures that you call slime mold variants are actually fruiting bodies of the slime mold variant. Not another species!"
Hearing words that he didn't understand at all, Lucius asked in a daze.
"Fruit body? What's that?"
"A spore-forming structure! You may not know creatures like slime molds. They have very special habits. Sometimes they crawl around on the ground like amoebas, and sometimes they stand up like mushrooms and release spores. And The habits of this mutated slime mold are even more peculiar, the fruiting bodies they form are different from other slime molds, and in terms of shape and behavior, they are actually highly similar to higher animals with complex body structures and highly differentiated organ functions!"
That pretty face is full of scientific fanaticism.
Even though the eyepiece of the microscope blocked her eyes, Lucius could clearly feel that she exuded a completely different temperament from usual.
Lucius said cautiously.
"Can you explain in detail? I mean, try to use terms that can be understood by laymen."
"In layman's terms, these slime molds exhibit sociality similar to ants and bees! They have a clear division of labor, some form the toes, some form the head, some actively necrosis and harden, and the other part form the nerve tissue and the muscles that move the limbs! It seems that some kind of unified consciousness determines the selective expression of each gene in the slime mold cells."
Moving her eyes away from the eyepiece of the microscope, Hena looked at Lucius excitedly.
"Haven't you noticed! Some of those creatures are completely reproduced after the human model, and the crawlers are like a combination of some kind of quadruped beast and human. They not only imitate the appearance of other creatures, but also It imitates the hunting habits of those creatures!"
"The martyrdom is rather strange. It seems to contain the characteristics of various creatures and some plants. The attack method simulates explosives, and helps the same kind to capture prey through self-sacrifice... This is simply unbelievable! These slime molds are really Is it a creature on this planet?"
Looking at Hena who was chattering non-stop, Lucius's face was full of strange expressions.
He originally planned to let her take part-time job to help take care of the crops next door. Anyway, those soilless planting units are highly automated, and only need to look at them occasionally.
In the end, I didn't expect that I heard something extraordinary from her.
"You mean... the slime mold variants such as gnawers, crawlers, and saboteurs are all fruiting bodies of mutated slime molds? Are they used to release spores?"
Lucius pressed his index finger on his temple, and after trying to understand, he frowned, "That's not right, I heard that they are produced by the brood."
"Brood? What's that!"
Hena grabbed Lucius's arm and said with piercing eyes, "Can I get a sample? By the way, you taught me that you can use VM..."
In the middle of speaking, Hena seemed to remember something, let go of Lucius's arm, raised the VM and prepared to "place an order".
Lucius was taken aback by her action, and quickly stopped her.
"Don't get excited, the brood is not something that the current players can solve, you are letting them die."
Good guy. Is she using the VM as a wishing machine?!
Even if his little player is easy to use, it's not like this!
Hena, who was stopped, was a little dazed, and the movements of her hands stopped.
"That brood...is it difficult to deal with?"
"It is no longer a question of whether it is difficult or not, but that it cannot be dealt with at all."
Although according to the standards he set, this kind of task would not pass the trial by Popo, but Lucius felt that it was necessary for this old popsicle who lacked common sense in the wasteland to understand what the world had become.
Looking at Hena who was stunned, Lucius paused for a moment, and stated to her one by one the information he had summarized under the relevant entries of the official website setting collection.
This includes what Dante saw and heard during the trip, including the "Waves" that erupt in Spring City every once in a while.
After hearing these amazing things, Hena finally had a general understanding of the danger of the brood.
This thing is extremely dangerous! Just like a natural disaster.
Even a veteran local survivor force with certain industrial capabilities like Boulder City will find it difficult to face the wave set off by the brood.
As for collecting samples from the brood, given the current conditions of the shelter, it was almost impossible to do.
"Sorry, I didn't know...it turned out to be such a dangerous thing." Hena showed a shameful expression on her face.
Lucius shook his head and said.
"It's okay, I was surprised when I heard about the brood for the first time. The research on xenomorphs can be done step by step. When we have the ability to solve the trouble in the city center, I guarantee you will get the samples you want .”
Although this condition is not yet available, Lucius has no doubt in his heart that he and his little players will one day completely eradicate the troubles in the city center.
Anyway, got some interesting information from Hena.
Lucius intends to selectively update the information on the official website's settings for a while, for his little players to use as a reference.
...
A busy day is over.
Little players carrying javelins, spears, and axes drilled out from the depths of the tunnel on the B3 floor.
In one day, they successfully pushed the battle line 500 meters south and north at the same time, killing nearly 2,000 nibblers! Hundreds of martyrs and nearly twenty crawlers!
The number of alien species in the tunnel is larger than expected, especially in the direction to the north, the gnawers swarmed in, and even formed wave after wave of corpses!
However, the experienced little players are very smart and have placed wooden roadblocks along the way to slow down the speed of the predators and lengthen the team of the predators.
Once the density cannot be formed, the nibbler is not so terrible.
To deal with this kind of alien species that has a single attack method and needs to rely on numbers to win, as long as they are not surrounded by them, even life professional players who are not good at fighting can easily solve it.
Not to mention those high-level players in the tunnel whose average level is above LV6!
In the shelter, there was already a long queue at the bathroom entrances on the B2 and B3 floors, and there was a lot of chattering.
"Hey! Take a shower in front of me, hurry up!"
"That's right! Take a yo-yo! You've been in for ten minutes!"
"!!! Are you all dogs? You don't need to take a bath for ten minutes?!"
"Strongly recommend raising the water price!"
"Don't raise it, if you raise it again, Boss Yaya won't be able to take a bath anymore!"
"Get out!"
Tom, who was carrying the bucket, planned to wash up before eating, but was frightened by the battle. He didn't even dare to eat, so he hid in his temporary laboratory.
The same goes for the door to the laundry room.
Especially those little players who got out of the tunnel, one or two seemed to have fallen into a coal mine, with more ash than blood on their bodies!
Finally squeezed out from the crowd.
Walker, who was about to go back to his room to log out, happened to see Brother Mosquito, saw this guy's disheveled face, and went up to say hello with a playful smile.
"Yo! Brother Mosquito, are you in the mood to write a book today?"
"What book do you want to write? I got it for testing new equipment."
"It exploded again?"
Hearing this playful ridicule, Mosquito couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"What do you mean exploded again? If it doesn't explode, can it still be called a weapon? Anyway, the results of today's test are not bad, but there is a small problem with the propellant ratio. After it was released, I was sprayed with ashes on my face. Damn, I need to make the launch tube longer."
After a pause, Mosquito looked at Walker and continued.
"Stop talking nonsense, did you see that stupid lizard? Why didn't you see that guy squatting in a corner doing push-ups today?"
As soon as the lizard was mentioned, Walker was immediately happy.
"You mean that guy? Hahaha, he went crazy in the tunnel at the exit of the B3 floor! I guess he hasn't had enough fun right now."
I think back in the early versions, Brother Garbage was called a puller, and he was the only one who could move at night in the full server, drink blood like juice, and tear aliens with his hands. All players were envious of him.
However, who would have thought that within a month, winter would come, and the cold-blooded trash brother was directly frozen to the ground, and he couldn't even get out of the shelter.
Mosquito smacked its tongue.
"I feel sorry for Brother Garbage, this guy has at least three versions of OB, right?"
Walker also expressed emotion.
"Yes, you are right, that guy is really unlucky'!"
The night of the wasteland is getting darker, and the sun of reality has risen.
Every time there is a peak time when players go offline, the traffic on the official website forum of "Wasteland OL" will usher in a wave of high tide.
Lucius briefly browsed the forum.
He found that players are quite enthusiastic about the new version he launched.
In less than 72 hours, more than one hundred guides have been born.
Self-Cultivation of a Monster Hunter! Crack Claw Raiders Single Swipe! "
The Scavengers' Handbook! The landlord vomits blood and summarizes, 20 pieces of cost-effective recycling materials! Just ask for a like! "
"The Son of Version Is Born!" The power-based scavenger tells you what it means to make a miracle with great strength! Start with two hands, all equipment depends on picking! "
"Shelter No. 404 B3 Floor Entrance Tunnel Raiders! The four-physique perpetual motion game will take you out of the sky! Swipe until the monsters are wiped out! "
"..."
Lucius briefly read a few articles, and couldn't help admiring the wisdom and brains of these little players.
What is a high-quality human player?
The average level in the Wasteland OL beta test server is nothing more than that!
The people who wrote the strategy were very enthusiastic, as were the enthusiastic players, cloud players, and netizens.
Among the more than 100 guides, those with over 10,000 likes and over 1,000 replies accounted for a full 20%!
By BBS standards, this data is already quite exaggerated.
However, what interested Lucius the most was not the strategy posts, but a few popular posts in the discussion area.
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "MMP! Twelve rockets are powerful enough, but the exit speed is still a bit low! High-speed targets can't be hit at all! But it is surprisingly effective against ground targets?"
Badass Bunny: "How much?"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "80 silver!"
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Tsk, the one you sell is more expensive than the iron fist in the NPC store, why don't I buy an iron fist, which can blow up even a split-claw crab. (≧▽≦)"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Hey! This is already the cost price!"
Tomorrow Seeker: "Brother, let's find a way to reduce costs, or it will always be a dream to sell this thing. By the way, the number of players has increased, and it is time to expand the scale of production."
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "My head hurts! I'll think of a way!"
Badass Bunny: "If you want me to tell you, don't bother to fix any anti-aircraft rocket launchers, let alone guidance. You haven't even adjusted the proximity fuze, so you can defend against the ball. Why don't you get out the SPG-9 recoilless gun? The anti-aircraft effect will not be improved. It’s like your jab is more reliable. ( ╹▽╹ )”
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "+1, give me an elevation angle, I can even use the tank's main gun to destroy the plane. (▽)"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "F*ck you!"
In fact, Lucius didn't quite understand the violent aesthetics in Mosquito's heart.
This guy is actually very capable. At least half of the credit is due to the outpost's ability to get out chemical products, nitrocellulose, and explosives such as TNT so quickly.
However……
The weapons made by this guy always have a strange style of painting, and there are only a handful of them that are practical.
Although this may not be a bad thing, Lucius felt that if he wanted to fill the gap in the anti-aircraft weapons of the outpost, he probably had no hope.
In another post that was slightly less popular than Brother Mosquito, [ Yamasaa, I Want To Go To The Toilet ] and [ Ward's Beriberi Levin ] are having technical exchanges with some special cloud players.
Brother Yamasaa: "It is still a bit difficult to imitate the 88 guns. Although the design drawings and videos can be found, and the parts can be cut out with the black technology of the shelter, many problems still cannot be solved. Especially the gun barrel, if you want to To increase the muzzle velocity of the shell, it is necessary to increase the charge, so that the barrel can withstand greater chamber pressure!"
Brother Levin: "That's right, and the development of new equipment is really expensive! 500 silver coins are not even enough for the research and development costs, at least add 0!"
High R&D costs are indeed a problem.
Lucius, staring at the computer screen, thought for a moment, then cut to the desktop, and opened the budget form.
"For the research and development of large-scale equipment with high production threshold and high expenditure, it is not appropriate to let players bear the research and development costs."
Lucius thought about it and had an idea in his mind.
He intends to set up a special fund to support the research and development of new equipment. As long as you pass the review, you can get financial support.
As for the anti-aircraft weapons project at Steel Factory 81...
Lucius thought for a moment and made a decision.
"The budget of 5,000 silver coins seems too deliberate, so let's change it to... 5,500 silver coins. If it is not enough in the follow-up, it can be increased."
"The original task remains unchanged, and the new task is re-released in the form of an 'Exclusive order'."
As for Mosquito...
Just let him figure it out for a while.
If Brother Mosquito can come up with a reliable design plan, Lucius will of course support him with a research and development budget.
It's just that so far, Lucius hasn't figured out yet what he plans to make...
Planting area on the shelter B3 floor.
The last row of the soilless planting unit.
Standing in front of a transparent window, Lucius touched his chin with his right hand, his handsome face was full of surprises.
"Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cabbage...I didn't expect there are so many good things hidden here."
Originally, I planned to come to see the situation of the planting area, but I didn't expect to find a surprise here after walking around the planting unit.
Behind the transparent window, there were boxes with labels, which contained different varieties of crop seeds.
The seeds are soaked in a special solution and kept at extremely low temperatures.
Lucius counted carefully. There are 12 kinds of pre-war crops stored in the freezer. The growth cycle ranges from short to long, and the suitable climate ranges from tropical to frigid, covering almost all of them.
Regardless of the climate and environment the residents of the refuge face after the doors of the refuge are opened, they can find at least one variety suitable for the current climate to sow.
In addition, these seeds are all genetically modified and improved varieties, which are generally similar to the β-712 cotton seeds he opened from the blind box before.
Following quietly beside the Manager, seeing the interested expression on his face, Red Face Boxer said excitedly.
"Master Manager, I think we should make use of these idle facilities!"
Lucius nodded and said.
"You're right, I do have this plan."
Hearing this sentence, Red Face Boxer who was standing beside looked expectant, but when the Manager turned to leave, he didn't wait for the expected sentence.
Blinking in confusion, he hastily lowered his head and glanced at VM.
Huh?
Why didn't the task trigger? Could it be the gesture that triggers the conversation?
...
The soilless planting unit in the planting area, sowing, watering, fertilizing, and final harvesting can all be completed through preset procedures.
In a sense, similar to the black box production method, the demand for manpower and planting experience is extremely low.
With such a high degree of automation, there is no need to leave it to the players to take care of it. Lucius intends to hand it over to Popo.
Excessive manual participation will, on the contrary, drag down the work efficiency of the facility.
In terms of production ideas, Lucius intends to focus on the breeding of staple food varieties with a long growth cycle, supplemented by planting short-cycle crops such as cabbage.
When the next spring begins, the seeds of those staple crops will come in handy.
"With 50 planting units, the total theoretical planting area is only 50 mu...it's still a little less."
Even if one mu of intensively cultivated land can feed 5 people, the output of 50 mu is enough to feed 250 people, not even enough to cover the new players in Alpha0.9 version.
Every time he thought of this, Lucius felt puzzled.
"This is very unreasonable. The planting area of the shelter can't even support the refugees on this floor. Does everyone here eat nutrient cream?"
It can't be so miserable.
Or……
Another secret? In any case, food is a big problem.
In addition to food, his little players also need fur coats to withstand the severe cold. Although the blue jacket has the function of keeping warm, it is only for the general cold. This winter in Spring City, the lake even showed signs of freezing, which obviously cannot be described as ordinary cold.
Compared with the training cabin, the supplies needed to support a player are a more urgent problem to be solved right now.
The more troublesome thing is that it will be December soon, and the winter has entered the high dynasty, and everyone may not have much food.
The Brown Farm could no longer extract much food and water, and there were no survivor settlements with relatively high grain production in the vicinity.
The only thing that can be counted on is the ruins of the greenhouse.
I hope Brother Foxer can give me a little help.
It's been a while and I don't know how his cornfields are doing.
After leaving the planting area, Lucius turned a corner and came to the infirmary next door, intending to see what his newly recruited bioengineering experts were up to.
Due to the frequent onlookers and harassment of the players, the door here seems to be locked by her.
Although for Lucius, the doors from floors B1 to B3 were like decorations to him, he still rang the doorbell politely because of his high EQ.
The doorbell rang.
It will open soon.
After passing through the infirmary, Lucius went straight to the inner room.
Judging from the equipment here and the layout of the room, it should be a medical laboratory.
When he passed through the trap door, Hena, who was wearing a blue coat, was standing in front of an electron microscope, with her eyes fixed on the observation port, and her right hand skillfully manipulated the buttons on the touch screen.
After standing by and observing for a while, Lucius asked with great interest.
"This is?"
The movement of her hands didn't stop, and Hena, whose eyes were firmly attached to the eyepiece, said excitedly.
"Mutated slime mold! Samples collected from crawler! Thanks to your players... that's how it should be pronounced, right? Anyway, please thank them for me!"
It seems that she is fully familiar with the usage of the players, although she is not yet fully used to their enthusiasm.
Lucius was very pleased with this.
It would be great if all his NPCs had such a high level of comprehension, then his micromanagement would be at least doubled.
"I'll pass on your thanks. How's it going? See something?"
Unlike the shelter residents who have lived in the wasteland for a while, Hena has been staying in the shelter 117 before. Although she has heard about the dangerous species that are active outside, she has never really come into contact with it.
The manager of shelter 117 is a relatively conservative leader who does not support taking the samples from the waste soil back to the shelter at the risk of unbalancing the ecological environment in the shelter.
But Lucius didn't have so many scruples. Shelter 404 had already been opened, and he didn't intend to completely seal the door again.
Therefore, when he heard that Hena planned to list the heterogeneous species in the wasteland as research objects, he immediately agreed without saying a word, and even allocated a budget of 2,000 silver coins to her.
Even if you can learn more about the weaknesses of these aliens, it will definitely be worth the money.
"It's not just what I saw, these samples simply overturned my first impression of them! At first, I thought that these mutated slime molds were parasitic with those alien species that you call eaters and crawlers, but then I found out Not at all."
Hearing this sentence, Lucius was slightly taken aback.
This is completely different from the rumors he has learned.
"……Is not it?"
Hena, who was staring at the microscope, said without hesitation.
"Of course not! Eaters, crawlers, and saboteurs... According to the samples that have been collected so far, these creatures that you call slime mold variants are actually fruiting bodies of the slime mold variant. Not another species!"
Hearing words that he didn't understand at all, Lucius asked in a daze.
"Fruit body? What's that?"
"A spore-forming structure! You may not know creatures like slime molds. They have very special habits. Sometimes they crawl around on the ground like amoebas, and sometimes they stand up like mushrooms and release spores. And The habits of this mutated slime mold are even more peculiar, the fruiting bodies they form are different from other slime molds, and in terms of shape and behavior, they are actually highly similar to higher animals with complex body structures and highly differentiated organ functions!"
That pretty face is full of scientific fanaticism.
Even though the eyepiece of the microscope blocked her eyes, Lucius could clearly feel that she exuded a completely different temperament from usual.
Lucius said cautiously.
"Can you explain in detail? I mean, try to use terms that can be understood by laymen."
"In layman's terms, these slime molds exhibit sociality similar to ants and bees! They have a clear division of labor, some form the toes, some form the head, some actively necrosis and harden, and the other part form the nerve tissue and the muscles that move the limbs! It seems that some kind of unified consciousness determines the selective expression of each gene in the slime mold cells."
Moving her eyes away from the eyepiece of the microscope, Hena looked at Lucius excitedly.
"Haven't you noticed! Some of those creatures are completely reproduced after the human model, and the crawlers are like a combination of some kind of quadruped beast and human. They not only imitate the appearance of other creatures, but also It imitates the hunting habits of those creatures!"
"The martyrdom is rather strange. It seems to contain the characteristics of various creatures and some plants. The attack method simulates explosives, and helps the same kind to capture prey through self-sacrifice... This is simply unbelievable! These slime molds are really Is it a creature on this planet?"
Looking at Hena who was chattering non-stop, Lucius's face was full of strange expressions.
He originally planned to let her take part-time job to help take care of the crops next door. Anyway, those soilless planting units are highly automated, and only need to look at them occasionally.
In the end, I didn't expect that I heard something extraordinary from her.
"You mean... the slime mold variants such as gnawers, crawlers, and saboteurs are all fruiting bodies of mutated slime molds? Are they used to release spores?"
Lucius pressed his index finger on his temple, and after trying to understand, he frowned, "That's not right, I heard that they are produced by the brood."
"Brood? What's that!"
Hena grabbed Lucius's arm and said with piercing eyes, "Can I get a sample? By the way, you taught me that you can use VM..."
In the middle of speaking, Hena seemed to remember something, let go of Lucius's arm, raised the VM and prepared to "place an order".
Lucius was taken aback by her action, and quickly stopped her.
"Don't get excited, the brood is not something that the current players can solve, you are letting them die."
Good guy. Is she using the VM as a wishing machine?!
Even if his little player is easy to use, it's not like this!
Hena, who was stopped, was a little dazed, and the movements of her hands stopped.
"That brood...is it difficult to deal with?"
"It is no longer a question of whether it is difficult or not, but that it cannot be dealt with at all."
Although according to the standards he set, this kind of task would not pass the trial by Popo, but Lucius felt that it was necessary for this old popsicle who lacked common sense in the wasteland to understand what the world had become.
Looking at Hena who was stunned, Lucius paused for a moment, and stated to her one by one the information he had summarized under the relevant entries of the official website setting collection.
This includes what Dante saw and heard during the trip, including the "Waves" that erupt in Spring City every once in a while.
After hearing these amazing things, Hena finally had a general understanding of the danger of the brood.
This thing is extremely dangerous! Just like a natural disaster.
Even a veteran local survivor force with certain industrial capabilities like Boulder City will find it difficult to face the wave set off by the brood.
As for collecting samples from the brood, given the current conditions of the shelter, it was almost impossible to do.
"Sorry, I didn't know...it turned out to be such a dangerous thing." Hena showed a shameful expression on her face.
Lucius shook his head and said.
"It's okay, I was surprised when I heard about the brood for the first time. The research on xenomorphs can be done step by step. When we have the ability to solve the trouble in the city center, I guarantee you will get the samples you want .”
Although this condition is not yet available, Lucius has no doubt in his heart that he and his little players will one day completely eradicate the troubles in the city center.
Anyway, got some interesting information from Hena.
Lucius intends to selectively update the information on the official website's settings for a while, for his little players to use as a reference.
...
A busy day is over.
Little players carrying javelins, spears, and axes drilled out from the depths of the tunnel on the B3 floor.
In one day, they successfully pushed the battle line 500 meters south and north at the same time, killing nearly 2,000 nibblers! Hundreds of martyrs and nearly twenty crawlers!
The number of alien species in the tunnel is larger than expected, especially in the direction to the north, the gnawers swarmed in, and even formed wave after wave of corpses!
However, the experienced little players are very smart and have placed wooden roadblocks along the way to slow down the speed of the predators and lengthen the team of the predators.
Once the density cannot be formed, the nibbler is not so terrible.
To deal with this kind of alien species that has a single attack method and needs to rely on numbers to win, as long as they are not surrounded by them, even life professional players who are not good at fighting can easily solve it.
Not to mention those high-level players in the tunnel whose average level is above LV6!
In the shelter, there was already a long queue at the bathroom entrances on the B2 and B3 floors, and there was a lot of chattering.
"Hey! Take a shower in front of me, hurry up!"
"That's right! Take a yo-yo! You've been in for ten minutes!"
"!!! Are you all dogs? You don't need to take a bath for ten minutes?!"
"Strongly recommend raising the water price!"
"Don't raise it, if you raise it again, Boss Yaya won't be able to take a bath anymore!"
"Get out!"
Tom, who was carrying the bucket, planned to wash up before eating, but was frightened by the battle. He didn't even dare to eat, so he hid in his temporary laboratory.
The same goes for the door to the laundry room.
Especially those little players who got out of the tunnel, one or two seemed to have fallen into a coal mine, with more ash than blood on their bodies!
Finally squeezed out from the crowd.
Walker, who was about to go back to his room to log out, happened to see Brother Mosquito, saw this guy's disheveled face, and went up to say hello with a playful smile.
"Yo! Brother Mosquito, are you in the mood to write a book today?"
"What book do you want to write? I got it for testing new equipment."
"It exploded again?"
Hearing this playful ridicule, Mosquito couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"What do you mean exploded again? If it doesn't explode, can it still be called a weapon? Anyway, the results of today's test are not bad, but there is a small problem with the propellant ratio. After it was released, I was sprayed with ashes on my face. Damn, I need to make the launch tube longer."
After a pause, Mosquito looked at Walker and continued.
"Stop talking nonsense, did you see that stupid lizard? Why didn't you see that guy squatting in a corner doing push-ups today?"
As soon as the lizard was mentioned, Walker was immediately happy.
"You mean that guy? Hahaha, he went crazy in the tunnel at the exit of the B3 floor! I guess he hasn't had enough fun right now."
I think back in the early versions, Brother Garbage was called a puller, and he was the only one who could move at night in the full server, drink blood like juice, and tear aliens with his hands. All players were envious of him.
However, who would have thought that within a month, winter would come, and the cold-blooded trash brother was directly frozen to the ground, and he couldn't even get out of the shelter.
Mosquito smacked its tongue.
"I feel sorry for Brother Garbage, this guy has at least three versions of OB, right?"
Walker also expressed emotion.
"Yes, you are right, that guy is really unlucky'!"
The night of the wasteland is getting darker, and the sun of reality has risen.
Every time there is a peak time when players go offline, the traffic on the official website forum of "Wasteland OL" will usher in a wave of high tide.
Lucius briefly browsed the forum.
He found that players are quite enthusiastic about the new version he launched.
In less than 72 hours, more than one hundred guides have been born.
Self-Cultivation of a Monster Hunter! Crack Claw Raiders Single Swipe! "
The Scavengers' Handbook! The landlord vomits blood and summarizes, 20 pieces of cost-effective recycling materials! Just ask for a like! "
"The Son of Version Is Born!" The power-based scavenger tells you what it means to make a miracle with great strength! Start with two hands, all equipment depends on picking! "
"Shelter No. 404 B3 Floor Entrance Tunnel Raiders! The four-physique perpetual motion game will take you out of the sky! Swipe until the monsters are wiped out! "
"..."
Lucius briefly read a few articles, and couldn't help admiring the wisdom and brains of these little players.
What is a high-quality human player?
The average level in the Wasteland OL beta test server is nothing more than that!
The people who wrote the strategy were very enthusiastic, as were the enthusiastic players, cloud players, and netizens.
Among the more than 100 guides, those with over 10,000 likes and over 1,000 replies accounted for a full 20%!
By BBS standards, this data is already quite exaggerated.
However, what interested Lucius the most was not the strategy posts, but a few popular posts in the discussion area.
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "MMP! Twelve rockets are powerful enough, but the exit speed is still a bit low! High-speed targets can't be hit at all! But it is surprisingly effective against ground targets?"
Badass Bunny: "How much?"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "80 silver!"
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Tsk, the one you sell is more expensive than the iron fist in the NPC store, why don't I buy an iron fist, which can blow up even a split-claw crab. (≧▽≦)"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Hey! This is already the cost price!"
Tomorrow Seeker: "Brother, let's find a way to reduce costs, or it will always be a dream to sell this thing. By the way, the number of players has increased, and it is time to expand the scale of production."
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "My head hurts! I'll think of a way!"
Badass Bunny: "If you want me to tell you, don't bother to fix any anti-aircraft rocket launchers, let alone guidance. You haven't even adjusted the proximity fuze, so you can defend against the ball. Why don't you get out the SPG-9 recoilless gun? The anti-aircraft effect will not be improved. It’s like your jab is more reliable. ( ╹▽╹ )”
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "+1, give me an elevation angle, I can even use the tank's main gun to destroy the plane. (▽)"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "F*ck you!"
In fact, Lucius didn't quite understand the violent aesthetics in Mosquito's heart.
This guy is actually very capable. At least half of the credit is due to the outpost's ability to get out chemical products, nitrocellulose, and explosives such as TNT so quickly.
However……
The weapons made by this guy always have a strange style of painting, and there are only a handful of them that are practical.
Although this may not be a bad thing, Lucius felt that if he wanted to fill the gap in the anti-aircraft weapons of the outpost, he probably had no hope.
In another post that was slightly less popular than Brother Mosquito, [ Yamasaa, I Want To Go To The Toilet ] and [ Ward's Beriberi Levin ] are having technical exchanges with some special cloud players.
Brother Yamasaa: "It is still a bit difficult to imitate the 88 guns. Although the design drawings and videos can be found, and the parts can be cut out with the black technology of the shelter, many problems still cannot be solved. Especially the gun barrel, if you want to To increase the muzzle velocity of the shell, it is necessary to increase the charge, so that the barrel can withstand greater chamber pressure!"
Brother Levin: "That's right, and the development of new equipment is really expensive! 500 silver coins are not even enough for the research and development costs, at least add 0!"
High R&D costs are indeed a problem.
Lucius, staring at the computer screen, thought for a moment, then cut to the desktop, and opened the budget form.
"For the research and development of large-scale equipment with high production threshold and high expenditure, it is not appropriate to let players bear the research and development costs."
Lucius thought about it and had an idea in his mind.
He intends to set up a special fund to support the research and development of new equipment. As long as you pass the review, you can get financial support.
As for the anti-aircraft weapons project at Steel Factory 81...
Lucius thought for a moment and made a decision.
"The budget of 5,000 silver coins seems too deliberate, so let's change it to... 5,500 silver coins. If it is not enough in the follow-up, it can be increased."
"The original task remains unchanged, and the new task is re-released in the form of an 'Exclusive order'."
As for Mosquito...
Just let him figure it out for a while.
If Brother Mosquito can come up with a reliable design plan, Lucius will of course support him with a research and development budget.
It's just that so far, Lucius hasn't figured out yet what he plans to make...
