"Okay, stop playing in the water, come out."
Walking into the public bathroom in Area A on the second basement floor, Lucius knocked on the door one by one, and drove the players who had been washing endlessly out of it like ducks.
"Wait, wait a minute, I just went in!"
"Put on your clothes quickly and come out."
"Okay, okay, don't open the door first."
"I'll give you a minute."
"!!!"
When driving these little players out, Lucius suddenly felt like the charter woman in "Kung Fu Hustle".
But there is no way. It is impossible to expect these players to be conscious, and the queue at the entrance of the public bathroom has already formed a long queue.
Almost all the players in the shelter came here to line up, and there was almost no one working on the surface, which was outrageous.
After driving the players crowded in the public bathroom in Area A to the lobby to gather, Lucius looked around the players majestically and said in a serious tone.
"I want to tell you the good news. Just half a day ago, our outstanding performance led the organization to increase its investment in us."
"From now on, the area on the second basement floor of the shelter has been opened to our advance team. In the future, your dormant cabin will also be transferred to area B here, where you will live with the next batch of reinforcements."
"There are nearly complete living facilities here, which are much better than those on the B1 floor, but I still hope that you will not indulge in the pleasant living environment in front of you, and take a long-term view."
"Rebuilding utopia on earth is our ideal and vow."
"In order to save the precious energy and water resources in the shelter, drinking fountains, showers and public toilets are now required to be paid for use."
"The bathroom costs 1 copper coin for each use, and an additional 1 copper coin is paid for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. The shower room consumes 3 copper coins for each use, and an additional 3 copper coins are paid for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. Drinking fountains are pure for every 200ml You need to pay 1 copper coin for water, and there is no limit to hot or cold."
"Before using the facility, you need to pre-deposit the fee at the manager's assistant, and the authority will be bound to the VM device. The camera will record the user's identity and usage time. Two or more people are prohibited from entering the same device. Abnormal use will cause the device to be locked. Violators will be punished. In addition, if there is arrears, it must be made up within 24 hours, otherwise it will affect the next use.”
The permission to use the camera has been given to Popo. It can accurately identify the device usage time of each player, operate directly in the background, and deduct the pre-deposit fee according to the regulations.
Management by AI is much more efficient than manual management.
Arrears? Then don't use it. In his territory, it is impossible for hard-working players to be short of money.
After hearing Manager's announcement, although the players looked regretful, it was not unacceptable.
As we all know, VIP value-added services cost money, and taking a bath in the shelter is indeed much more comfortable than washing outside, so you don’t have to worry about running out of water halfway through the wash.
At least, the generous Manager did not learn from other games, and engage in some hellish membership service, charging once for opening the door, and charging again for turning on the faucet.
"Damn! I was kicked out just halfway through the wash, and I feel like I'm losing blood, woo woo woo."
"What a shame! Anyway, I have experienced it, and I didn't even get in the queue!"
"3 copper coins for a bath? This price is three times the price outside. I'd better go to the lake to wash."
"You're crazy, it's almost below zero outside, you go to the lake to wash? I think you are going to the lake to make a nest."
"Wait, you can finish washing in half an hour?! It's very unreasonable to say that. Why do you have to pay 3 copper coins every 10 minutes after half an hour?"
"You can also come out and go in again. But if no one is okay, if there are too many people, you may have to line up again."
"I also think it's unreasonable. I finished washing in 10 minutes. Why do I have to pay 3 copper coins? Can I only pay 1 copper coin?"
Seeing the chattering players, Lucius clapped his hands and sent them to the elevator.
"Now, go upstairs and drag your training cabin down."
"Currently, rooms 1 to 100 are released in area B on the second floor of the basement. Players with the highest contribution points will start to select numbers. Everyone can have a room as your resurrection point."
"Hurry up, don't stand here stupidly, it will be randomly assigned if it is late."
Under the urging of Manager, the players finally dispersed, ran back upstairs to work, and lifted the training floors down one by one.
Soon, the hall on the second basement floor was filled with training cabins. Including the 10 players who just entered the game, almost all 81 players who have no missions are gathered here.
Each training cabin has a specific number, which corresponds to the player's own U ID, so there is no fear of confusion.
Then came the seating arrangement. As veteran players of the most advanced games, the four members of The Cowboy Team undoubtedly had the highest contribution rate, successfully winning the four rooms No. 001~004.
Then there are Mosquito and Shuri, one took the number 6 and the other took the number 8.
Then came Brother Scrambled Eggs who was a cook in two versions and a butcher in one version, and Yaya who made a fortune by relying on the leech nest.
The two came up to take a look, good guy, all the good numbers in the single digits were snatched up, so they decisively won 66 and 88, and there is also Mr. Sharpshooter 'Tabletop Cop' guy who have steal many predators life with his outstanding shooting skill, he come a little bit late and won room number 99.
The numbering is a bit late, but the numbers are awesome. As for the other is not important!
In less than half an hour, almost all the rooms were assigned. As for the players who were on duty at the outposts and the abandoned tire factory, they were also randomly assigned to their own rooms.
The players happily dragged their training cabins to the corresponding rooms to make room for beds. As for the vacated beds, Lucius asked the players to send them upstairs.
In the future, the B1 floor will be reserved for myself and the core NPCs who need to go to the surface frequently.
As for the remaining 100 rooms in area B on the B2 floor, some technicians or special talents collected from the wasteland can be considered in the future.
It is best to come from frozen dormancy, so that the "lineage" will be relatively pure, and the knowledge system will be relatively more complete.
After settling down the players, Lucius came to the surface and found Harvey pacing back and forth in front of the open space of the nursing home.
Seeing Lucius, the businessman from Demonia Town's eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
"My friend, you have finally adjusted your schedule, and I can't help but want to go down to find you."
Lucius smiled lightly.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to use this elevator."
"I know, so I didn't even try it," Harvey smiled and continued," Just now, my most capable assistant, Nile, received good news that the caravan from Red River Town has already departure, it is expected to arrive within hours, we intend to complete the transaction at the tire factory!"
Lucius didn't ask how Harvey got the news.
Radio is not a very high-end technology, and apart from radio, there are obviously many means of communication in this world that he has never heard of. For example, the signal transmission between the player's helmet, the clone body, and the training cabin is obviously not carried out through radio.
Otherwise, it is impossible to achieve no delay at all.
"I hope you brought what I want." Lucius looked at him and said.
"Of course, this is what we agreed on." Harvey took off his hat and bowed, his face was full of piety and respect, "Honesty and trustworthiness are my motto."
Knowing his acting skills for a long time, Lucius just smiled lightly and made no comment.
Believe your nonsense? The grass on the grave is two feet high on your previous partners! And if you are more unlucky, there is not even a grave.
...
With the destruction of the Bloody Hand clan, the largest predator group in the northern suburbs was completely destroyed.
The flag of Shelter No.404 was planted on the roof of the abandoned tire factory, and blue coats with iron pipe rifles stood guard on the fence.
Survivors in this area can enjoy a brief period of peace until new predators set their sights on this piece of fat. In terms of the game, due to the heroic battles of the players, the "Plundering level" of the local area has dropped by three levels, and the prosperity has increased by one level.
At the same time, the prestige of the Shelter No.404 area increases by 100, the relationship between neutral survivors increases by 10, the frequency of caravans increases by 10%, and the probability of neutral NPCs seeking refuge increases by 10%...
These are the contents of Lucius's update on the official website, which are only for players and cloud players to brag and be proud of.
In fact, he also discovered that not everyone in the forum believed that this game really existed, and many people simply thought they were playing a "Setting game".
But even so, so many people are so serious about "Talking about it", it's quite interesting to watch, just like the early MUD games in the past, more than 90% of the content was made up by a group of people.
However, as one of the most widely circulated urban legends in the current game circle, even though a lot of personal information needs to be filled in to reserve an account, there are still many new players who sign up enthusiastically.
Their motives are actually quite simple. Qualification for the beta test means that the forum account has a player logo, even if it is a good mouth, it is more convincing than those cloud players without a logo.
But when the helmets appear at their doorstep, their expressions must be very exciting. Regardless of the parallel world, with the launch of the "VM" equipment, players' enthusiasm for exploration has almost reached its peak.
Even though the snow outside is getting bigger and bigger, it still can't stop them from exploring the map. After all, watching the shadow of the map disappear from the screen bit by bit is quite a decompressing thing in itself.
The key is that it is quite convenient to operate, as long as you walk close to the wall. If it wasn't for Lucius's delimitation of the exploration area, prohibiting them from going north into the wilderness and into the city, they might have dared to reach Boulder City with two legs and two hands.
Of course, the greater possibility is to die on the way. There is almost no road to go to Boulder City from here. You have to go west along the wreckage of the elevated ring road, or you have to find a way to cross large ruins and collapsed high-rise buildings.
The cold winter will make all this more dangerous. It's a trivial matter for people to die, but the trouble is that I have to issue a corpse escape mission to find a way to retrieve their corpses and VM equipment.
Especially the VM equipment, which is much more valuable than the player's corpse, if you buy it, you will get 40 silver coins!
In addition to the players, the only two aboriginal "NPCs" in the outpost, a weapon shop proprietress and a warehouse keeper, were also used by Lucius'an as a special version of the NPC VM.
With the help of the teleprompter, the work efficiency of the two of them has really improved a lot. At least when buying and selling things, they don't have to ask the players to say it again because they didn't understand what the players said.
"The snow is falling more and more."
The fence of an abandoned tire factory. Looking at the streets, street lights, vehicles and buildings covered in silver frost, Lucius, who was fully armed, suddenly sighed softly.
Such heavy snow will definitely affect the industrial production of the outpost. Even if the players are not afraid of the cold, feel no pain, and can overcome the severe cold with the will to beat the workers, they will still suffer from frostbite, frostbite, or even shock.
They can't be allowed to make steel in the shelter.
Harvey, who was standing aside, couldn't guess what Lucius was thinking, and just smiled and offered his compliment.
"It is estimated that this year will be colder than last year, and the survivors around me may have a hard time. But you should not worry, the shelter is like spring all year round."
Lucius didn't answer his words, but kept looking at the north. The cold north wind howled, rolling the snow that fell all over the sky like a knife. Behind the misty snow and mist, figures suddenly appeared.
Harvey's reaction was faster than Lucius's, and surprise immediately appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Lucius who was standing aside with happiness on his face.
"My lord! Our caravan is here!"
"Okay, stop playing in the water, come out."
Walking into the public bathroom in Area A on the second basement floor, Lucius knocked on the door one by one, and drove the players who had been washing endlessly out of it like ducks.
"Wait, wait a minute, I just went in!"
"Put on your clothes quickly and come out."
"Okay, okay, don't open the door first."
"I'll give you a minute."
"!!!"
When driving these little players out, Lucius suddenly felt like the charter woman in "Kung Fu Hustle".
But there is no way. It is impossible to expect these players to be conscious, and the queue at the entrance of the public bathroom has already formed a long queue.
Almost all the players in the shelter came here to line up, and there was almost no one working on the surface, which was outrageous.
After driving the players crowded in the public bathroom in Area A to the lobby to gather, Lucius looked around the players majestically and said in a serious tone.
"I want to tell you the good news. Just half a day ago, our outstanding performance led the organization to increase its investment in us."
"From now on, the area on the second basement floor of the shelter has been opened to our advance team. In the future, your dormant cabin will also be transferred to area B here, where you will live with the next batch of reinforcements."
"There are nearly complete living facilities here, which are much better than those on the B1 floor, but I still hope that you will not indulge in the pleasant living environment in front of you, and take a long-term view."
"Rebuilding utopia on earth is our ideal and vow."
"In order to save the precious energy and water resources in the shelter, drinking fountains, showers and public toilets are now required to be paid for use."
"The bathroom costs 1 copper coin for each use, and an additional 1 copper coin is paid for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. The shower room consumes 3 copper coins for each use, and an additional 3 copper coins are paid for every 10 minutes of use for more than half an hour. Drinking fountains are pure for every 200ml You need to pay 1 copper coin for water, and there is no limit to hot or cold."
"Before using the facility, you need to pre-deposit the fee at the manager's assistant, and the authority will be bound to the VM device. The camera will record the user's identity and usage time. Two or more people are prohibited from entering the same device. Abnormal use will cause the device to be locked. Violators will be punished. In addition, if there is arrears, it must be made up within 24 hours, otherwise it will affect the next use.”
The permission to use the camera has been given to Popo. It can accurately identify the device usage time of each player, operate directly in the background, and deduct the pre-deposit fee according to the regulations.
Management by AI is much more efficient than manual management.
Arrears? Then don't use it. In his territory, it is impossible for hard-working players to be short of money.
After hearing Manager's announcement, although the players looked regretful, it was not unacceptable.
As we all know, VIP value-added services cost money, and taking a bath in the shelter is indeed much more comfortable than washing outside, so you don’t have to worry about running out of water halfway through the wash.
At least, the generous Manager did not learn from other games, and engage in some hellish membership service, charging once for opening the door, and charging again for turning on the faucet.
"Damn! I was kicked out just halfway through the wash, and I feel like I'm losing blood, woo woo woo."
"What a shame! Anyway, I have experienced it, and I didn't even get in the queue!"
"3 copper coins for a bath? This price is three times the price outside. I'd better go to the lake to wash."
"You're crazy, it's almost below zero outside, you go to the lake to wash? I think you are going to the lake to make a nest."
"Wait, you can finish washing in half an hour?! It's very unreasonable to say that. Why do you have to pay 3 copper coins every 10 minutes after half an hour?"
"You can also come out and go in again. But if no one is okay, if there are too many people, you may have to line up again."
"I also think it's unreasonable. I finished washing in 10 minutes. Why do I have to pay 3 copper coins? Can I only pay 1 copper coin?"
Seeing the chattering players, Lucius clapped his hands and sent them to the elevator.
"Now, go upstairs and drag your training cabin down."
"Currently, rooms 1 to 100 are released in area B on the second floor of the basement. Players with the highest contribution points will start to select numbers. Everyone can have a room as your resurrection point."
"Hurry up, don't stand here stupidly, it will be randomly assigned if it is late."
Under the urging of Manager, the players finally dispersed, ran back upstairs to work, and lifted the training floors down one by one.
Soon, the hall on the second basement floor was filled with training cabins. Including the 10 players who just entered the game, almost all 81 players who have no missions are gathered here.
Each training cabin has a specific number, which corresponds to the player's own U ID, so there is no fear of confusion.
Then came the seating arrangement. As veteran players of the most advanced games, the four members of The Cowboy Team undoubtedly had the highest contribution rate, successfully winning the four rooms No. 001~004.
Then there are Mosquito and Shuri, one took the number 6 and the other took the number 8.
Then came Brother Scrambled Eggs who was a cook in two versions and a butcher in one version, and Yaya who made a fortune by relying on the leech nest.
The two came up to take a look, good guy, all the good numbers in the single digits were snatched up, so they decisively won 66 and 88, and there is also Mr. Sharpshooter 'Tabletop Cop' guy who have steal many predators life with his outstanding shooting skill, he come a little bit late and won room number 99.
The numbering is a bit late, but the numbers are awesome. As for the other is not important!
In less than half an hour, almost all the rooms were assigned. As for the players who were on duty at the outposts and the abandoned tire factory, they were also randomly assigned to their own rooms.
The players happily dragged their training cabins to the corresponding rooms to make room for beds. As for the vacated beds, Lucius asked the players to send them upstairs.
In the future, the B1 floor will be reserved for myself and the core NPCs who need to go to the surface frequently.
As for the remaining 100 rooms in area B on the B2 floor, some technicians or special talents collected from the wasteland can be considered in the future.
It is best to come from frozen dormancy, so that the "lineage" will be relatively pure, and the knowledge system will be relatively more complete.
After settling down the players, Lucius came to the surface and found Harvey pacing back and forth in front of the open space of the nursing home.
Seeing Lucius, the businessman from Demonia Town's eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
"My friend, you have finally adjusted your schedule, and I can't help but want to go down to find you."
Lucius smiled lightly.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to use this elevator."
"I know, so I didn't even try it," Harvey smiled and continued," Just now, my most capable assistant, Nile, received good news that the caravan from Red River Town has already departure, it is expected to arrive within hours, we intend to complete the transaction at the tire factory!"
Lucius didn't ask how Harvey got the news.
Radio is not a very high-end technology, and apart from radio, there are obviously many means of communication in this world that he has never heard of. For example, the signal transmission between the player's helmet, the clone body, and the training cabin is obviously not carried out through radio.
Otherwise, it is impossible to achieve no delay at all.
"I hope you brought what I want." Lucius looked at him and said.
"Of course, this is what we agreed on." Harvey took off his hat and bowed, his face was full of piety and respect, "Honesty and trustworthiness are my motto."
Knowing his acting skills for a long time, Lucius just smiled lightly and made no comment.
Believe your nonsense? The grass on the grave is two feet high on your previous partners! And if you are more unlucky, there is not even a grave.
...
With the destruction of the Bloody Hand clan, the largest predator group in the northern suburbs was completely destroyed.
The flag of Shelter No.404 was planted on the roof of the abandoned tire factory, and blue coats with iron pipe rifles stood guard on the fence.
Survivors in this area can enjoy a brief period of peace until new predators set their sights on this piece of fat. In terms of the game, due to the heroic battles of the players, the "Plundering level" of the local area has dropped by three levels, and the prosperity has increased by one level.
At the same time, the prestige of the Shelter No.404 area increases by 100, the relationship between neutral survivors increases by 10, the frequency of caravans increases by 10%, and the probability of neutral NPCs seeking refuge increases by 10%...
These are the contents of Lucius's update on the official website, which are only for players and cloud players to brag and be proud of.
In fact, he also discovered that not everyone in the forum believed that this game really existed, and many people simply thought they were playing a "Setting game".
But even so, so many people are so serious about "Talking about it", it's quite interesting to watch, just like the early MUD games in the past, more than 90% of the content was made up by a group of people.
However, as one of the most widely circulated urban legends in the current game circle, even though a lot of personal information needs to be filled in to reserve an account, there are still many new players who sign up enthusiastically.
Their motives are actually quite simple. Qualification for the beta test means that the forum account has a player logo, even if it is a good mouth, it is more convincing than those cloud players without a logo.
But when the helmets appear at their doorstep, their expressions must be very exciting. Regardless of the parallel world, with the launch of the "VM" equipment, players' enthusiasm for exploration has almost reached its peak.
Even though the snow outside is getting bigger and bigger, it still can't stop them from exploring the map. After all, watching the shadow of the map disappear from the screen bit by bit is quite a decompressing thing in itself.
The key is that it is quite convenient to operate, as long as you walk close to the wall. If it wasn't for Lucius's delimitation of the exploration area, prohibiting them from going north into the wilderness and into the city, they might have dared to reach Boulder City with two legs and two hands.
Of course, the greater possibility is to die on the way. There is almost no road to go to Boulder City from here. You have to go west along the wreckage of the elevated ring road, or you have to find a way to cross large ruins and collapsed high-rise buildings.
The cold winter will make all this more dangerous. It's a trivial matter for people to die, but the trouble is that I have to issue a corpse escape mission to find a way to retrieve their corpses and VM equipment.
Especially the VM equipment, which is much more valuable than the player's corpse, if you buy it, you will get 40 silver coins!
In addition to the players, the only two aboriginal "NPCs" in the outpost, a weapon shop proprietress and a warehouse keeper, were also used by Lucius'an as a special version of the NPC VM.
With the help of the teleprompter, the work efficiency of the two of them has really improved a lot. At least when buying and selling things, they don't have to ask the players to say it again because they didn't understand what the players said.
"The snow is falling more and more."
The fence of an abandoned tire factory. Looking at the streets, street lights, vehicles and buildings covered in silver frost, Lucius, who was fully armed, suddenly sighed softly.
Such heavy snow will definitely affect the industrial production of the outpost. Even if the players are not afraid of the cold, feel no pain, and can overcome the severe cold with the will to beat the workers, they will still suffer from frostbite, frostbite, or even shock.
They can't be allowed to make steel in the shelter.
Harvey, who was standing aside, couldn't guess what Lucius was thinking, and just smiled and offered his compliment.
"It is estimated that this year will be colder than last year, and the survivors around me may have a hard time. But you should not worry, the shelter is like spring all year round."
Lucius didn't answer his words, but kept looking at the north. The cold north wind howled, rolling the snow that fell all over the sky like a knife. Behind the misty snow and mist, figures suddenly appeared.
Harvey's reaction was faster than Lucius's, and surprise immediately appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Lucius who was standing aside with happiness on his face.
"My lord! Our caravan is here!"
