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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 215

Published at 4th of July 2023 11:16:35 AM


Chapter 215

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"Do you think I'm a black box too??"

Tom felt quite comfortable when he heard the first half of Lucius's words, but when he heard the latter part, he couldn't help but spit.

The camera is pretty good. Too bad you can't make a phone call??

Listen, is this human speech?

However, Lucius obviously did not reflect on it.

"Can it be done?"

Seeing that he was serious, Tom was silent for a moment, then reluctantly nodded.

"I can do it! But to be honest, you should go to someone else for such a low-tech thing, instead of taking up my precious time—"

"In the future, of course, I will find someone else to imitate, but I must have something that can be imitated, right? The design work can only trouble you."

Seeing that Dr. Tom didn't seem to attach much importance to this matter, Lucius thought for a moment, then continued in a gentle tone.

"Don't underestimate this work. Imagine that members of your scientific expedition team hang headphones on their ears, and they can report to you anytime and anywhere on new discoveries, as well as feedback on the situation in the relics of pre-war civilization. And you don't have to go out, you only need to sit in an air-conditioned room, tap your index finger twice on the screen, and you can switch to their perspective...they will become your eyes, doesn’t it sound interesting?”

As he spoke, Lucius hung the pen-like video camera on his ear, and slightly adjusted the direction of the pen, pointing forward.

"I need a headset with 'Integrated camera function', like this, the camera can just face the front when I wear it, and the wider the viewing angle, the better. This can take pictures, video, and make calls... …these three functions are the most critical, and it would be even better if they can be used together with a VM.”

Of course, this thing is not for some webcasting. What he lacks now is reserved players?

Apparently, there is no shortage.

Food, clothing, fuel, and resources are all prioritized in front of the "Training cabin", and reserved players are ranked after the training cabin. Lucius doesn't need six billion people around the world to work for him, and it's impossible for him to get so many dormant cabins.

It is enough for him to ensure that there is a difference of 5:1~10:1 between him and the players in the server.

In fact, the ratio is almost 30:1 now, and there are even more sand sculpture netizens who have not ordered an appointment. Lucius is not worried at all that there will be no fresh leeks coming in.

What should be considered as a planner?

Of course, it is to enhance the game experience of the players in the game!

A headset integrated with a camera and camera function not only facilitates players to communicate on regional channels and team channels, but also becomes their own eyes, allowing them to peek at the screen and capture some key elements that are easily overlooked by players.

At the same time, it has the functions of an action recorder and a walkie-talkie. You can also consider adding a simultaneous interpretation function in the future. The significance of this thing is too important!

Among other things, at least in the future, the cooperation between teams will no longer have to rely on yelling!

Even if the cost is too high to equip everyone, Lucius must ensure that each team leader is equipped with one in case of a battle.

Well, the NPCs of the guard have to bring it too!

After listening to Lucius's words, Tom fell into deep thought.

Let the members of the scientific expedition team become his own ears and eyes, this sentence moved him.

To be honest, although the scientific expedition team has been established for so long, its work efficiency has not been very high.

On the one hand, due to the influence of objective factors such as heavy snowfall, it is really impossible to go to many places.

On the other hand, the "Players" don't have an accurate concept of what is important and what is not important. Many times the key details are missed, so he can only reissue the mission and let the players run again.

This back and forth not only wastes time, but also wastes a lot of budget.

Being able to control the actions of scientific expedition members in real time and perform micro-management during the actions sounds like an attractive proposition indeed.

After all, those "Players" are sometimes smart, sometimes stupid, and their performance levels are erratic, which really makes him, a former middle-level cadre of the academy, a little anxious.

Touching his chin, Tom pondered.

"I'll think of a way..."

Lucius smiled slightly.

He knew that it was probably all right.

"Well, please!"

...

Day 10 of the Wartime Regulations.

Outside the concrete wall of Starwood Farm, on a vast expanse of white snow as far as the eye can see, there is a line of dark figures lined up straight, completely different from the color of the snow.

They are recruits to the Guard.

Just yesterday, a batch of brand new "Arbitrator I" rifles and black uniforms were transported from the new industrial zone to Starwood Farm, and distributed to each of them.

These uniforms were designed by the rattan hut. The style is modeled after the military uniforms of various countries in the 19th century. It combines the style of the shelter uniforms and adds simple line textures.

As for the production, it was sewed stitch by stitch by refugees from survivor settlements such as the Winter Willow Camp, the Green Battery Factory, and Highway Town.

The fabric of these uniforms was devil's silk, dyed black with a dye made of shellac, stitched in two layers inside and out, and stuffed with shredded banknote paper.

This kind of "Coat" has a very good thermal performance, and it is not too heavy, and it looks neat. The only disadvantage is that it cannot be washed.

After all, no matter how waterproof banknote paper is, it is still broken fibers. Even if it does not immediately paste into pulp after being soaked in water, it is easy to eliminate the "Pores" of heat preservation, which greatly weakens the heat preservation performance.

But in any case, this kind of coat is better than wearing hyena skins layered on the body.

The color difference of the fur itself determines that no matter how beautiful the clothes made of fur are, they are not suitable for making uniforms. At most, they can be used as shawls or fur collars for decoration.

After all, a group of people wearing fur coats, even with uniform rifles on their shoulders, would look a bit like a puppet army.

And now it's much better.

Uniform black uniforms, with heavy-barreled Arbiter rifles, and a hundred guards lined up in front of the wall.

There was a bright white light, and the spears and flags were like a forest. Just by looking at it, one could feel the chilling aura rushing towards one's face!

Walking in front of the team, the former regiment commander Vanus let out a breath of white air and shouted at the recruits.

"Everyone, stand at attention!"

What responded to him was a uniform voice.

"Relax!"

Withdrawing his gaze from these recruits, Vanus walked to the side of the wrench and asked the captain of the guard.

"How does it feel?"

Wrench, who was wearing a "Type Five" exoskeleton, lingered on the line of neatly formed recruits for a while.

He didn't comment immediately, but said.

"I'll give you an answer after the manager's review."

Vanus said.

"How do you feel?"

Wrench answered without hesitation.

"The Manager's feeling is my feeling."

Feeling helpless at this boring answer. Vanus, who gave up asking, looked back at the neatly lined up recruits, and suddenly felt a little nostalgic for them.

Eyes narrowed slightly, he spoke.

"Citizens of the Legion will go to school at the age of 6, receive basic education including literacy and numeracy, and decide at the age of 12 whether to become a technical officer who studies technology or enter a military academy for a military education."

"If you enter the military academy, you will graduate at the age of 16. Among them, those who perform well can be promoted to be ten commanders, go to the front line and be assigned to each thousand-man team as adjutants, while the rest will be incorporated into the youth army as young soldiers. Army, go to the most dangerous front line and fight side by side with the first-line troops, and you can't become a commander until you get meritorious service there."

Wrench glanced at Vanus.

"What do you want to say?"

Vanus continued.

"If the Bone Chew Tribe absorb not only the equipment of the expeditionary force, but also some low-level officers, your situation will be very dangerous."

Wrench smiled slightly.

"Are you actually starting to worry about us?"

"After all, I also have to consider my own safety."

After a pause, Vanus continued.

"What's more, you are a group of respectable opponents. Your story should become an epic, instead of sloppy ending at the hands of a group of barbarians."

This question is actually very difficult to answer, and Vanus didn't know what he was thinking, so he only gave such an ambiguous answer.

He had no doubt that only the Legion could bring real order to the chaotic wasteland, but on the other hand he had to admit that these blue coats were indeed different from those he had seen before.

They are not only braver, but also more responsible. Under their governance, even the lowest-status brick-burners and waste pickers live with dignity.

In particular, he actually saw loyalty from the faces of those uneducated people!

In his view, this is unimaginable.

Wrench glanced at Vanus unexpectedly, but said nothing.

He is not a proud and complacent man. But he also has no doubt that Victory will be on the side of the Master Manager.

After all, they have even defeated such a powerful enemy as the legion, and they have repelled the predators who migrated from the north more than once.

The Bone Chew Tribe?

Try it if you dare!

Let me see how many teeth in your mouth are enough to fall out!

...

Greenhouse Ruins.

Next to the brightly lit row of soilless cultivation boxes, the narrow aisle was crowded with dead devil moths and scattered cilia.

Leaning against the gate on the B8 floor, the sweaty Tomorrow raised his sore arm and wiped his forehead, panting lightly.

"I feel... it's coming."

Standing beside him with an LD-47c in his hand, Walker said with a sneaky smile.

"What's coming? Relatives?"

From just now, he noticed that Brother Tomorrow's state was a little bit wrong, so he followed him all the time.

Having no energy to pay attention to this guy, Tomorrow rolled his eyes and said a word fragrantly.

"Roll."

Wearing a modified miner I-type exoskeleton, Bunny walked to Tomorrow's side, stared at him for a while, and suddenly said.

"Do you feel hot all over your body now? Does your heart beats fast?"

Tomorrow nodded.

"Yes."

A look of surprise immediately appeared on Bunny's face, and he reached out to support his shoulder.

"Good brother, congratulations!"

Looking at the expression on Bunny's face, Tomorrow's heart moved slightly, and he guessed something.

"Could it be... an awakening?!"

Bunny smiled and nodded.

"Correct!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Tomorrow's face was filled with ecstasy.

He looked at his hands, his tone full of excitement.

"...Is this what awakening feels like?"

It's so hard!

Perhaps it is to emphasize that "Sequence level" is not the whole content of the game. This game does not require experience to do tasks. Apart from money, at most it only gives some contribution points, regional reputation and skill proficiency.

If you want to increase your sequence level, you must find monsters that are evenly matched to fight, or repeatedly practice skills related to your main attribute.

For example, in the strength system, the simplest thing is to cut down trees, and you can also move forward with a rifle.

The intelligence department can make clothes or handicrafts... In short, all tasks that require concentrated thinking can accumulate a small amount of experience bars.

The perception system is simple, just follow the team.

Although there are different genres in the physique system, it is not too difficult to upgrade in general.

There are those who pick up things to eat like the old monk to "Practice internal skills", and there are also those who rush to the front row to take damage and "Practice external skills", in short, just die a little.

However, the agility department is a bit troublesome.

It is mainly the training that the reaction speed is difficult to quantify.

Tomorrow has explored until now, but only roughly summed up a method, that is to play darts or archery.

It is also okay to use thermal weapons, but there is no random strafing, it must be effective shooting after aiming.

But how to judge specifically, the game does not give a clear standard, in short, it is full of chance and randomness.

Looking at Tomorrow who was lost in thought, Bunny recalled his situation at that time and continued.

"I'm about the same as you, probably when I was about to go offline, I felt uncomfortable in the game, but the VM didn't remind me that I had hit the debuff. I was thinking of going back to the training cabin to lie down for a while, go offline and have a meal before going offline. When I came back, I took off the helmet and put it on again, but I couldn’t get online, and I had to wait for 5 hours before I could come back.”

Tomorrow asked with a move in his heart.

"Then you woke up?"

Lao Bai smiled and nodded.

"Well, anyway, now my attribute panel has a second-stage logo. I estimate that the agility system should be similar to the strength system, with 5 points added to the main attribute and 1 point to each of the other secondary attributes."

Although it was known for a long time, after hearing it again, Walker and Gale still showed envious expressions on their faces.

"Hey! This is too much!"

"It's really a bit outrageous... How does it feel to be twice as agile as a normal person? How fast is that."

Tomorrow coughed lightly and said.

"Actually, it's not that fast. Agility is mainly enhanced by reaction speed and visual ability, and the enhancement of athletic ability is mainly by strength."

Walker: "Please stop, please stop your Versailles behavior!"

Gale: "+1."

Bunny smiled and patted Tomorrow's shoulder.

"The benefits of awakening are not just attributes. You can look forward to it when you go offline for a while, and what talents you can unlock when you go online tomorrow."

Tomorrow said with a hey smile.

"I hope it will be a little more awesome."

Walker asked curiously.

"For example?"

"For example, Shuri's thermal vision, that thing is simply an artifact for night battles... Hey, it's a pity that this guy doesn't know how to use it at all."

Every time this matter is mentioned, Tomorrow feels a pity.

There are quite a lot of lucky basterds in this game, not to mention those Heterogeneous sequences that are "Tyrannical" from birth, a small number of players are born with a talent, and the cost is only -1 to the main attribute.

Like Shuri's thermal vision, Red Face Boxer's language planter, Yaya's poison intuition, and insect pheromone detection without talking about it...any one of them is a magic skill in his opinion!

Pity. This game is all about luck, it is simply too real.

Bunny said comfortingly.

"Don't think too much, the planner dad is already very good for us."

Tomorrow nodded.

"That's true."

Light has always been good to them, and the contribution points that were released in the early game have not been recovered, and occasionally communicate with them in the group about the problems in the version.

Such an amiable planner is really rare.

I don't know where it is higher than some games!

"Let's finish here today... Only the last B9 and B10 floors are left," Bunny confirmed with a glance at the VM, and looked at the gate in front, "No accident, the reactor is right under our feet."

"For safety's sake, let's go back and save the file first."

"Okay!" Walker put away his gun, smiled and looked at Tomorrow who was leaning against the wall, "Come on, let's carry Tomorrow back."

Bunny smiled heartily.

"Good idea bro, what pose would you like to try?"

Rolling his eyes angrily, Tomorrow let go of the wall and walked forward.

"Get out, I can walk by myself!"

"Hahaha!"





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