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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 105

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:56:53 AM


Chapter 105

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After the Alpha0.5 version was launched for a period of time, after a few days of research, everyone finally became familiar with the gameplay of the new version.

There are a lot of hot posts on the official website.

There are professional strategy analysis, and there are also some bad guys pouring water.

That Touch Of Missing: "It's too cold this winter. My hands are freezing to catch a fish. I was snatched by a group of bastards last time. F*ck! (⁠っ⁠˘̩⁠╭⁠╮⁠˘̩⁠)⁠っ"

Crazy Bookworm: "Has anyone seen Brother Garbage? I haven't seen him for several days."

Richest Elf King: "I saw it! Several times he wanted to go out, but he was dragged back when he fainted from the cold. One time Manager personally dragged him. This guy is now thinking about putting a heater in his clothes, hahaha.ƪ⁠(⁠˘⁠⌣⁠˘⁠)⁠ʃ "

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "I helped him design a set of heating liners, which should be able to be used with cotton clothes. But now there are two problems that have not been solved. One is that there is no battery, and the other is that it is easy to light the cotton clothes."

Irena: "Why don't you try replacing the electric heating with a kerosene stove? " ╮⁠(⁠.⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠⁠.⁠)⁠╭"

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "!! Good idea! Now there is one left! \⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠)⁠/

Picking Up Trash Level 99: "Are you trying to kill me?! (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠)"

Winter is really not friendly to Mr. Garbage. In this weather, lizards are supposed to hibernate, so going out may itself be a wrong choice.

But there is nothing to do in the shelter all the time, and it costs money to eat every day, and the money owed to Brother Mosquito has not been repaid, Mr. Garbage is very desperate.

Fortunately, the little friends of The Cowboy Club are helping him with bad ideas. At present, it seems that the most feasible way is to get a set of armor with heating function. As long as more than 60% of the body can be heated, maintaining body temperature should not be a big problem.

If it’s really not possible, carry a steam pot on your back, boil water while urinating, and at critical times, you can spray boiling water and face your face, and your teammates can turn around and make a cup of tea when they are thirsty.

The tea pouring soldier occupies an area and is very practical.

Mole In The Hole: "By the way, there are several blue coats in the new room on the B2 floor, hahaha, Yaya no longer has to worry about dying and having no clothes to wear!"

Yaya: "Punch you in the nose! ψ(*`ー′)ψ"

8th Level Gale: "It is recommended to change into a hunting suit when going out for a long trip. The blue coat should be one less than the other. Even if a hole is accidentally poked, the thermal performance will drop a lot."

Tabletop Cop: "There's no need to be too frugal. Clothes are for wearing, not for offering. After unlocking the B3 floor, there may be a bunch of them. But then again, the boots of Shuri's Hut are also great. I felt as if I had turned into a dog when I put it on.”

Shuri: "...I'll just take it as you are praising me."

...

After flipping through the posts in the gossip section, Lucius looked at the strategy section again. Generally, there are professional analysis posts on the square, Popo will filter them, and then move them to the strategy section.

The IDs in this section are always a few familiar faces.

For example [ Mole In The Hole ]. This guy opened a special post, studying the NPCs in the brick factory, and even summarized the "Text" of the conversation in a tree diagram. Diligence is a bit redundant.

"Hello, everyone. I'm your big-nosed mole. According to my research on quests for three consecutive days, I have basically studied the NPCs in The Cowboy Brick Factory!"

"Old rules and conclusions first, these NPCs are not as smart as Sumeria, the proprietress of the weapon shop, and Luka, the warehouse manager!"

"For example, the two foremen probably have the most lines. I have recorded more than 20 sentences without repeating the same. But the other brick-burning workers are more dull, only 'Thank you', 'Yes', 'Obedience' ', the four sentences is 'Brick Burner'. I speculate that either the text of these NPCs has not been completed, or they are not key plot characters, so there is no pre-installed similar language function."

"However, according to my observations, although these NPCs cannot communicate with players, their behavior is not rigid, and they are even very smart, and they can communicate with each other. Maybe there is something similar to mechanical in their program kernel like learning settings? For example, through the main artificial intelligence program to observe the player's behavior, the sub-artificial intelligence program simulates deduction, and finally more and more NPCs can communicate normally? It's quite interesting to think about it!"

"I don't understand, just wait for the cryptography and linguistics bigwigs to study it. It is not clear whether the game company has created a language similar to old civilization, or it is a disordered phonetic symbol randomly generated by artificial intelligence technology. But whether it is, Either way, I was shocked!"

"What is certain at the moment is that the NPC holding the VM can communicate smoothly with the player and can trigger tasks. However, each NPC can only trigger one task a day, and the reward is only 5 copper coins, which is simply too little! It is recommended that the official increase the task reward, or increase the number of times that can be triggered, and change it to 5 times per person, which will be more reasonable."

Brother Mole's posts have always been of high quality, and the number of replies to his posts is also above 100.

Lucius glanced at the post briefly, but he didn't expect that this little player would be so idle that he would even pick up all the texts he designed.

"It's natural that there are few rewards. The two foremen are not key NPCs in the first place, but just easter eggs added to enrich the game content."

In other words, it is to satisfy your exuberant curiosity.

A large catfish weighing 12 kg can be exchanged for at least 1 silver coin in the NPC warehouse. It can be made into fish soup and sold to players at the North Gate Market. If it is delicious, a pot of soup can be sold for 5 silver coins.

The 5 copper coins lost during the mission should be considered charity. Of course, there are also many players guessing under the post that the reason why the mission income is unreasonable may be because part of the rewards are distributed in the form of favorability.

As for exactly what gaining favorability with the Foreman NPC does, it's still a mystery. However, most players, including Mole himself, also expressed their understanding in the discussion.

It's an open game. The fun, of course, is in the exploration. Maybe that "Thank you" is the real reward, and the 5 copper coins are just an accompanying gift. If you think about it this way, the whole game instantly becomes positive.

After closing Brother Mole's post, Lucius smoothed his mouse and continued to look down, and soon saw a familiar ID.

However, this ID is rarely seen in the strategy area. Lucius often saw him speaking in the chat section, clamoring for farming.

Red Face Boxer: "Brothers, I can't help it! I want to farm! Is it reasonable to not be able to farm in farming games? Tomorrow I will try to build a greenhouse with a plastic roof and put a brazier inside to heat up the charcoal , I still don’t believe it can’t be planted!!”

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Brother, come on! Don't burn yourself when you light the fire!"

Tomorrow Seeker: "Hahahaha, be careful of carbon monoxide poisoning. This game is quite realistic in strange places. I think Mosquito almost ordered me last time."

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Do you need goblin technology? We not only sell special effects of explosions, but also fertilizers for farming. (⁠。⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠"

Red Face Boxer: "No money! ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌"

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "It's okay, we provide credit and financing services! The interest is two cents a month, which is a good deal! (⁠⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)"

Tomorrow Seeker: "Don't listen to this guy, you go directly to the warehouse to buy a piece of paper, write an application carefully, and submit it to Master Manager. As long as the plan is well written, you may even get a subsidy."

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "That's right, our outpost is short of food, I think it's feasible!"

Red Face Boxer: "Brother Tomorrow is awesome! Damn, how could I forget this!"

8th Level Gale: "Speaking of farming, I suddenly remembered that when I was hunting before, I saw a greenhouse ruins like a tower in a community. I don't know if there are any things that can be recycled in it. Anyway, we didn't go in at that time. I think If you want to farm, you might as well go and look there to see if there is anything you can use."

Tomorrow Seeker: "Indeed, I still have a little impression of that big house. But it's not easy to dismantle that thing, right?"

8th Level Gale: "It's just a suggestion."

Red Face Boxer: "Thank you guys! I'll try it right away!"

Greenhouse. Interesting. Looking at the discussion in the post, Lucius touched his chin with interest.

In fact, judging from the pre-war map, the application of three-dimensional planting technology in Spring City is quite extensive.

However, this is not because the concept of three-dimensional planting itself is so good, it is purely because controllable fusion provides almost unlimited energy for all walks of life.

What is the concept of almost unlimited energy? This means that all grand imaginations have a basis for realization, and the cost of energy can even be directly deducted from every link of social production.

From a screw on an industrial machine to a grain of rice on a supermarket shelf. This utopian era of extreme affluence is hard for people who are still building utopias to imagine.

"I really want to go to the pre-war era to see it."

Unfortunately, those two diaries say nothing about the specifics of the pre-war world.

Lucius felt emotional, and after reading the more interesting posts in the forum, he got up and went outside the shelter.

The north wind howled..There was knee-high snow on the ground.

In order to prevent traffic from being blocked by snow, Lucius had no choice but to ask Old Luka to issue the task of clearing the snow, and recruited two new recruits from the power department to clear the snow on the main road.

One silver coin per hour, and the two little players were carrying shovels, humming and humming happily.

At this time, a player was holding an application form in his hand, and hurriedly ran from the direction of the warehouse.

That player is none other than [ Red Face Boxer ] who had a hot chat on the forum before.

"Dear Master Manager! I think our shelter needs more food, and I want to build a greenhouse farm for our outpost! This is my plan, please allow me to take ten minutes of your time, and I would like to ask you To detail my plan—”

"Yes."

After interrupting his long speech, Lucius took the plan and just glanced at it, then stuffed the piece of paper worth one copper coin into his pocket.

Looking at Brother Red Face Boxer, whose mouth was open, Lucius thought for a moment, and continued, "Your land is located in the lakeside area outside the west gate of the outpost, with an area of ​​20 acres, where there is fresh water and fertile soil for farming. The only trouble is, it's uncultivated land, but I'm sure that won't be a problem for you."

Seeing what else this Brother Red Face Boxer was going to say, Lucius directly issued a check.

"From now on, your 'Greenhouse Farm' will receive a budget of 2,000 silver coins. The task has been updated in your VM device. You can choose whether to accept this budget."

"Wait, wait a minute!" Red Face Boxer became anxious when he heard this.

Not because the budget is too small.

It was because he wrote his plan in such a hurry that he forgot to name his project, and directly wrote [ Greenhouse Farm ] as the title on the letterhead of the document.

However, Lucius wouldn't give him the chance to change his name, so he managed to find a more normal name.

"Do you want to give up the mission?" Lucius looked at him and asked.

Brother Red Face Boxer swallowed. After some inner struggles, under the temptation of the silver coins, he finally nodded with a face full of tears and laughter.

"I'll take it."





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