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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 214

Published at 4th of July 2023 11:16:36 AM


Chapter 214

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Finally received the "Hidden mission" of his dreams, Big Eyes in Debt hugged the new toy he just got, and left happily.

Neural Link Gear!

The only robot in the entire server that can be controlled by brainwaves!

Thanks to the master planner, the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared. His 10 points of intelligence attribute can finally come in handy!

Seeing his little player so happy, Lucius was also in a very happy mood.

As a planner, it is his honor to make players happy.

Lucius is looking forward to his ability to play with this little robot.

However, the expression on Tom's face seemed a little worried.

"To be honest, I don't really recommend sending immature equipment to the battlefield. This is irresponsible for the life of the testers."

Lucius said with a slight smile.

"Relax, don't you think that person is very happy? You got the experimental data, and he got... er, happy."

"I think it's a win-win."

Hapiness?

Tom was stunned for a moment, he couldn't quite understand this sentence, let alone how happy it was to test this kind of immature equipment, but he didn't ask much.

He still has a lot of things to do, whether it is the work arrangement of the scientific expedition team or the improvement of the robot, there is no time to delay here.

After saying goodbye, Tom took the elevator back to the shelter.

Lucius didn't go down with him, but went upstairs and carried Popo down.

After a day of work, Popo should go back to recharge.

However, just as Lucius, who was holding Popo in his arms, was about to take the elevator back to the shelter, troubles arose immediately.

A dark group of people surrounded the elevator.

They are all intelligence department players.

Facing those fiery eyes, Lucius understood their purpose in an instant, and his head gradually grew bigger.

F*ck!

Why did he forget about this?

"My dear Manager, I am also level 7 in the intelligence department! And I have 11 points of intelligence! Please allow me to contribute to the shelter!"

"Master, a wise and mighty Manager, look at me! Although I don't have 10 points of intelligence, I think I'm much smarter than that Big Eyes in Debt!"

"The invincible and eternally great Master Manager—"

"Hey! Do you even have to roll your title?"

"Hey, in order to receive the hidden mission, don't be shabby!"

Lucius: "..."

Those eager eyes were like young birds waiting to be fed.

There is no doubt that they are all intelligence departments.

Lucius could guess it with his toes. It must be the player just now who ran with the quadruped robot to pretend to show off.

Sigh! When testing equipment in the future, we must find a low-key one!

Seeing Lucius, who was surrounded by players chattering and his scalp was numb, and Sumeria, who was waiting for him at the elevator door, the corners of his mouth turned upward gloatingly.

hum. Since you like to order people! Now realize how annoying it is to be surrounded and noisy by "Players"!

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[ Server Announcement: Due to the continuous snowstorm, the transportation route to Tuna District has been suspended, and the trucks at the outpost will also be suspended for personal rental, please understand. ]

[ Tom: "Wasteland Survival Manual" has been updated to the first chapter, a cheat book from the academy, teaching you how to scavenge waste more efficiently! ]

[ Dawn: On the fifth day of the implementation of the "Wartime Management Regulations", everyone perseveres, victory is in sight! (Remaining time: 55 days) ]

[ Yuki: The weather is getting colder, please keep warm! ]

Tail: "Take the comment of Little Yuki in the front row! (*/ω\*)"

Richest Elf King: "Hey, I can't go to the Tuna District, the hunter players are going to cry."

Sleepy Moon Fox: "Fishermen are going to cry too, the ice on this lake is so hard that I can't even chisel it!"

Yaya: "Wooooooooooooooow!"

The Boy On The Construction Site: "+1! I'm going to die without mushroom soup."

Red Face Boxer: "Quack quack, let's all farming players yyds! Welcome to the greenhouse farm!"

Irena: "Hey... It turns out that the meat of the Eater really can't be eaten.

The Thunder King: "What the hell?! Old lady? What did you do? "

Irena: "Uh, I'm just curious. After all, I'm a physique system, so I gave it a try... The result is, you know. •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "It is recommended that the official update an achievement, the ruthless person who dares to eat the Eater meat raw. (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)"

Irena: "F*ck off! I baked it, okay? Who would eat that stuff raw? (`Д′*)9"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "That's hard to say. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)"

The Thunder King: "(⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)"

Since entering December, the snow in the northern suburbs of Spring City has been getting bigger and bigger, and the players' range of activities is like a shrinking poison circle, shrinking and shrinking, even gradually retreating from the surface to the ground.

To be honest, Lucius was even more anxious than them.

Before, his little players could hunt and catch fish, but recently they couldn't catch prey anymore, let alone fish.

The ice on the lake had to be exploded with explosives!

However, thanks to the heavy snow, the progress of the strategy of the underground passage on the B3 floor has been continuously advanced, and the southern line has been connected with the Spring City subway network.

Now from the exit on the B3 floor, you can directly move to the Tundra Street subway station on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, as well as the shelter 117.

This is undoubtedly a boon for players who want to explore the city.

Before I wanted to move from the outpost to the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, the straight-line distance of nearly five kilometers, even the shortest route, took 2 to 3 hours, and it took half a day to go back and forth.

But now, along the subway, you can directly cross the ruins. If you walk faster, it won't even take an hour.

In order to reduce the time spent by players on the road, Lucius allocated 50 newly produced hibernation pods to Shelter 117 first, so that players can save files at the front line.

However, as the progress of the players' strategy in the underground tunnel continues to advance, the consumption rate of the bullets is also increasing.

In order to make the supply of bullets keep up with the increasing consumption, Lucius had to re-plan a larger ammunition factory in the new industrial zone, and ordered two sets of processing equipment specially used for stamping bullet casings and primers from No. 81 Steel Factory.

Thanks to the magnetic confinement plasma cutting machine obtained from the company, without this thing, many things would not be able to be realized even if the blueprints could be found.

In addition to the bullet itself, there are nitrocellulose and short columnar lead azide (Alpha type) needed to produce bullets.

In the past, these things were done by Mosquito's Goblin Technology, and it was the main source of income for Goblin Technology.

However, the output of the small workshop of Mosquito is too low, and due to personal personality reasons, it is difficult to standardize the specifications and quality of its products, and it has gradually been unable to keep up with the needs of military factories.

Out of efficiency considerations, Lucius planned a special chemical plant in the new industrial zone to produce various types of chemicals and gunpowder to supply raw materials for the military factories in the new industrial zone.

This factory, Lucius, was not handed over to a single player to operate, but appointed several NPCs to serve as the factory director, deputy factory director, etc., and hired professional players with relevant chemical experience to serve as technicians to guide production.

At present, there are quite a few players with experience in chemical engineering in the server. There are about 30 players. These are all high-quality human players carefully selected by Lucius from the forum communication section.

Although many people here are just talking on paper, have no practical experience, and their levels are uneven, but with search tools for reference, they are no better than those in the wasteland who have no theoretical basis and rely entirely on experience. The wastelanders should be a little more reliable.

What's more, in a group of huskies, there are always two who look more like wolves, and his little players are the same. Occasionally, one or two special bosses will emerge from a group of those little guys.

At present, the number of life professional players active in the new industrial zone has reached 71, and the number of NPC workers employed has reached 240.

This number is not enough, whether it is the former or the latter, there is room for further improvement.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow to block the road, Lucius must seize all the time and use all available resources to make the fire of industry burn more vigorously in the wasteland.

It is impossible for the Bone Chew Tribe to give up the fat of Spring City.

Even if they can't chew the hard bones of Boulder City, the group of predators will definitely try their best to come to the northern suburbs to take a bite.

There is bound to be a war between the two sides. And right after the snow melts!

And the outcome of this battle will also determine who is the master of the northern suburbs!

...

In the first week of the implementation of the "Wartime Regulations", although the planners did not wait for a reply about when the winter will end, the little players of "Wasteland OL" still waited for a piece of good news.

Boss Sumeria, who had been playing charades for a whole week, finally put a brand new weapon on the shelves in the weapon store—two light machine guns and submachine guns independently developed by shelter 404.

However, after seeing the style of the new weapon, almost all the little players gathered in front of the weapon shop let out wailings of disappointment.

"Hey! This operator is addicted to copying CF!"

"Why Kalashnikov again!"

"It's cracked, the light machine gun is fine, what is this submachine gun?!"

"I beg the operator to release two AR-series weapons!"

Compared to the wailing of all the FPS players, Brother Yamasaa and Brother Levin showed dismissive expressions, as if they were looking at a group of idiots.

"Tsk, these people are really, what they say is light, the cutting receiver is so easy to make!"

"That's right! Don't consider the cost of mass production!"

"However... after we finish the 20mm machine gun, we can consider getting a fixed machine gun."

Brother Yamasaa suggested: "How about a water-cooled Maxim?"

Brother Levin's eyes lit up: "Good idea! That thing shouldn't be too difficult!"

The final mystery revealed is LD-47j and LD-47c.

Except for the two directors of No. 81 Steel Factory, almost all players pressed the wrong treasure.

The former LD-47j is based on the original sickle assault rifle, while lengthening the barrel and installing a heat sink, and installing a bipod under the barrel.

Since it is drum-fed with 75 rounds, it is undoubtedly a machine gun.

The LD-47c is even more sloppy. It is simply a sickle assault rifle that saws the barrel short, and changes the wooden butt to a more compact collapsible steel bar.

Due to the short rifling, it is unmistakably a submachine gun.

However, the operator did not completely perfunctory. At any rate, he gave the two new guns a more powerful name——

The one for the light machine gun is called the "Combine Harvester" and the one for the submachine gun is called the Scythe.

If you look at it this way...

The semi-automatic continuous sniper before, should it be regarded as a "Long sickle"?

In short, the prices of the two new guns are very close to the people, 300 silver coins for the machine gun, and 250 silver coins for the submachine gun.

However, for such a high-speed weapon, the price of the gun itself is of little significance.

The key is the consumption speed of the ammunition, not the kind of team battle where the ammunition is fired, I am afraid that few people can afford it.

Staring at the weapons on the shelf for a long time, he couldn't help but complain when most of the people around him had dispersed, Edge Paddle could help but ask.

"It's fine with the machine gun, but why is the submachine gun also fired at full power?!"

Big Eyes in Debt with a big bag on his back asked curiously.

"If you don't understand, just ask, what is a full power bomb?"

Standing aside, The Boy On The Construction Site explained.

"In those World War II movies, the rifles that pull the bolt are basically full-power bullets. The length of the 50mm bullet case is really large, and the power for hitting people is basically a bit excessive."

Big Eyes in Debt eyes lit up: "Understood! The kind of bullets used by 98k, right?"

The Boy On The Construction Site: "Well, if that helps you understand."

Tabletop Cop: "Although, I think these two guns should have a good effect on dealing with alien species."

The damage of full-power bombs is indeed a bit overflowing when hitting people, but it is just right for hitting aliens such as crawlers.

The small 5mm runner water hose they used before would rub off the skin on the crawler. Although it is still dangerous to encounter the crawler, at least the damage can be dealt with.

Edge Paddle shakes his head.

"That's what I said, but look, how many people besides the strength department can hold it down?"

He is a sensory system, and his gene sequence has reached LV8. With a little strength, he can barely hold down the recoil of LD-47.

However, he can understand. From a real point of view, with the industrial capacity of the outpost base, it is not easy to cobble together a receiver production line, and this is on the premise that all production capacity is given priority to the development of the military industry.

Adding an additional weapon production line means that the cost of the entire logistics supply will also increase accordingly.

Even if you want to enrich the variety of light weapons, it is not something you should do now.

The equipment is sufficient, and the amount is large.

This is the shelter that is still in its infancy, and the only guarantee it can provide them.

Bought an LD-47j from Boss Sumeria and held it in his hands. The Boy On The Construction Site touched the barrel with their hands, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"If only I could get a mortar."

Mosquito rockets are always unreliable, scaring more people to death than blowing them up.

Now even the equipment of the predators is almost better than theirs. Two armored pickups can be driven in a partial battle, and the firepower is so overwhelming that they can't even rush out.

They need support fire so badly!

Big Eyes in Debt nodded in deep agreement.

"Yeah, at that time, as long as we bring two more tubes, we won't be crushed in the bunker."

Edge Paddle shook his head. After some selection, he finally chose LD-47.

Not only because the basic model is the cheapest, only 200 silver, but the most important thing is that it is easy to use.

"I won't mention the matter of hindsight, I hope our life professional players can give some help!"

After purchasing weapons and ammunition, the Edge Paddle team left the outpost and walked towards the ruins of the greenhouse.

Brother Mole's team has reached level 5, the top level of the surface section.

Because there is plenty of natural light, the spirit leaves grow luxuriantly, and the density of devil moths is much higher than that of the other layers on the surface, a team can no longer handle it.

Out of caution, Mole called for reinforcements, and they had nothing else to do when Edge Paddle get this massage, so they planned to merge the convoys in the past and benefit everyone by 50% at that time.

On the other side, in the shelter.

Bunny, who just went online not long ago, was led by Walker and Gale to the maintenance room.

Along the way, Bunny kept asking questions.

"What is it that makes it so mysterious?"

This time, Walker kept his mouth shut in a rare way, and he didn't reveal a word along the way, only urging to speak.

"Okay, don't ask, you'll know when you come."

Gale next to him also nodded his head, cherishing words like gold.

"+1."

Bunny: "...?"

Curious in his heart, Bunny followed Walker and Gale to the maintenance room.

But Tomorrow was also standing here.

And at the moment, beside him, stood the deputy captain of the guard——Ormas wearing a five-style exoskeleton.

And beside him, stands a brand new orange exoskeleton

Facing Bunny who was coming from the direction of the buffer room, Ormas opened his mouth expressionlessly and said in a businesslike tone.

"Your prowess and loyalty have proven worthy of this equipment."

"Your friend wants to give it to you, would you accept it?"

For a moment, Bunny held his breath, and his eyes were slightly startled.

2000 Silver Coins Miner Type I Exoskeleton!

Currently the most expensive equipment in the server!

LV10 is required and the contribution reaches the citizen level to purchase!

Before he could speak, Tomorrow, who was standing aside, said.

"Silver coins are about to depreciate in value, and if you don't spend them, you're wasting them. Before the price of the exoskeleton has increased, and you are the only awakened person in our team, we unanimously decided to pay you for a set."

It's not just that exoskeletons haven't increased in price.

A lot of equipment with a unit price of more than 500 silver coins, which the shelter cannot produce independently, should increase in price logically, but until now it has not moved a penny.

Apparently, Dog Planner chose to be an individual after all, leaving some buffer time for those players with large deposits, allowing them to hand over their money before inflation.

Of course, Tomorrow would not waste Light's painstaking efforts. Walker and Gale's savings were combined, and it was not a big problem to scrape together 2,000 silver coins, and they didn't even need to use the dividends from Green Brick Factory.

"How can this work! Other equipment is fine, this bone is too expensive!"

Hearing that everyone planned to pool money to buy equipment for himself, Bunny finally came to his senses and shook his head repeatedly, refusing to say anything.

"Don't say such outrageous words," Gale shook his head and said, "If you really understand, if you hadn't covered our retreat, our loss would probably be far more than 2000 silver coins. Earn you a new set of exoskeletons."

"That's right! That's the reason," Tomorrow nodded in agreement, "Teachers can talk!"

Gale coughed.

"What does this have to do with teaching..."

Bunny: "At least let me bear a share—"

"Bring me a hammer. I told you that everyone paid for it for you. What did you pay for it?" Interrupting Bunny, Walker laughed and said, "Of course, if you want to give me the equipment, I will not refuse."

Hearing everyone's words, Bunny was so moved that he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing what Bunny was going to say, Tomorrow put his hand on his shoulder and said with a hearty smile.

"Okay, don't say nasty words!"

"Don't forget what you said yourself, the equipment you buy is for use, and there is a sense of being shy in the game! The big guys chipped in to buy it for you, it's yours, don't always carry the burden!"

Walker also said with a smile.

"That's right, there are still four floors to be painted in the greenhouse ruins, and we'll just wait for you to start a team!"

Bunny's eyes gradually became firmer, took a deep breath, and nodded seriously.

"...I won't say any polite words, but I will keep my thanks in my heart."

"Everyone, prepare yourself, the target greenhouse ruins are on the B6 floor. In 10 minutes, we will leave on time!"

Gale nodded with a smile.

"receive!"

The players headed towards the maze on the wasteland and started a new day of adventure.

At this moment, Lucius was sitting in the manager's office, looking at the gadgets in his hands, with an expression of interest on his face.

It is a small digital camera, which integrates two functions of taking pictures and video, and it looks only the size of a pen.

It has a concave card slot on the side, which can just be stuck on both ends of the VM, and can also be clipped to the collar or chest pocket like a pen, which is very convenient.

This gadget is a small tool that Lucius commissioned Tom to help make, and it can be used with VM.

After scrutinizing it for a while, Lucius couldn't help but speak greedily while admiring it in his heart.

"It's a nice camera."

"It's just a pity that I can't make a phone call."

"It would be even better if an instant messaging system was integrated into it!"





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