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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 116

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:56:12 AM


Chapter 116

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Official Website:

[ Wasteland OL beta test service alpha0.6 version update announcement. ]

[ Major Update:

1. The number of closed beta players has increased to 250.

2. Added "Banking System"!

3. The VM updates the "Property" page! ]

[ Optimization:

1. Add richer activity tracks for nomads, and the stalls of the Autumn Grass and Akiba sisters are getting more and more lively.

2. The personalization of NPC is enhanced. If Boss Sumeria is angry, there is a probability that the next time the item will be sold more expensive.

3. Richer food types, today's recommended recipes are stewed mushrooms in milk and dried fish grilled in salt.

4. Fix a few bugs.

5....]

[ As the number of players increases, the player manual and user agreement have been updated to version 4.0, and a refugee contact agreement has been added. Players who have qualified for the beta test should check it in time to avoid a bad game experience for you. ]

[ Current Number of Reservations: 2333 People. ]

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Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Let me be healthy, who is behind the scenes this time? (⁠⁠ᴗ⁠⁠)"

Mole In The Hole: "Banks! The banking system is out!"

Mount Climber: "Damn! Why is there no me! (⁠ノ⁠`⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻"

Ninja in Pajamas: "I don't care! Without me, it's shady!"

The Thunder King: "Hehe, stop acting, robots. Anyway, I won't make an appointment, even if I'm killed, I won't make an appointment, hehe, just lie to me, and I won't make an appointment at all."

Irena: "No, brother, how do you know you can't make an appointment? Could it be... (⁠⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)"

Mole In The Hole: "Wait, haven't you paid attention to the banking system? There are banks in this update!!"

Badass Bunny: "... Isn't the bank in the game just a place to save money, what's so exciting about it."

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "That's right, it can still make you fail the loan, what are you thinking. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)"

Mole In The Hole: "Uh, well, that's right."

It is not entirely accurate to say that it is a place to save money.

For other games, this function must be for the convenience of the players, but for "Wasteland OL", it must be for the convenience of Lucius himself.

The number of silver coins is limited. Now players have fifty or sixty silver coins in their lockers, which is not a small sum.

Especially for a big dog like Mosquito, if he hadn't just ordered a gun barrel and the funds flowed to the company account of No. 81 Steel Factory, he would have saved two hundred of them by now.

In addition, the currency circulation in the Shelter is getting higher and higher, not only the players are using the currency issued by themselves, but even the nearby refugees are gradually accepting these small coins.

Recycling currency is imperative. And opening a bank is undoubtedly the best choice!

For players, being able to store money in the bank will definitely be much more convenient than it is now. The death penalty in "Wasteland OL" includes all drops. Many people have to go back to the shelter to get the money if they want to buy something, which is really too troublesome.

It is better to integrate the currency system on the VM and open a personal account for each player, so that it is convenient for oneself to "Print money" and for players to spend money.

In the future, transactions can be completed directly between two VM devices within the signal range coverage of the shelter. Wouldn't it be great to directly enter the era of mobile payment?

As usual, after Lucius posted the announcement, he immediately updated the post he had just edited on the official website.

The changes in this update are pretty big. It is necessary to have a good chat with his little leeks.

"Developer Diary: Alpha0.6 Version"

Light: "Hello everyone, I am your dearest planner! After slaughtering 12 siege lions, the shelter finally has enough food! So we specially recruited 50 little players to enter the game, let us applaud the little emperors!"

"Leave the little emperor's matter aside. After five days and five nights of meetings, the department finally made a decision to add a new sub-page called 'Property' in the VM."

"Through this page, as long as you are within the signal coverage of the shelter, you can easily check a series of personal properties including bank account balances, land, shops, shares, etc."

"Of course, this also includes your equipment!"

"Yes, there are more and more players in the server now, I believe you are all good boys who abide by the rules, but in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, we decided to launch an equipment 'Binding' service, which is maintained procedurally Fairness and justice!"

"Any equipment that you think is valuable can be photographed, scanned and registered at the manager assistant NPC, and you can fill in the record price yourself. After the scanning is completed, the equipment will be bundled with your personal account and registered in the VM in graphic form. "Property" page. The minimum handling fee is 1 silver coin, and if the filing price exceeds 100 silver coins, it will be charged at 1%."

"The bound equipment will be protected by the law of the shelter. Even if it is picked up by other players, the ownership of the equipment cannot be changed. If the equipment is unfortunately lost due to death or other reasons, the player only needs to pay 10% of the 'registration price' as A security deposit is required to declare the ownership of the equipment. The player who picks up the equipment must return the equipment to the shelter within the time limit, and at the same time, the returnee will receive the 'Guarantee' paid by the owner as a reward."

"If the latter refuses to return, or even maliciously abandons or damages the equipment, it will be punished as the crime of theft and damage to personal property in accordance with the in-game rules and the user manual. In addition, the owner of the equipment can also set additional rewards depending on the situation and add more details including the lost location, issue reward tasks for equipment, and seek help from other players."

"Please remember that the rules only restrict the bottom line of morality. Even if it is unbound equipment, we do not recommend that you take other people's equipment as your own. Your words and deeds will affect the evaluation of others. Whether it is in the real world or the virtual world, it is shining, so don't lose the big because of the small."

"In addition, according to the suggestions of the players, we are developing a 'Credit score' system based on the existing social functions. Players with high credit scores will be more likely to trigger high-quality tasks and get a better game experience. Currently, This system is only a trial run as a hidden parameter, and it is expected to be displayed on your personal homepage after the internal testing phase."

"In short! The change that has the biggest impact on everyone this time is that everyone can pay directly with VM in the future! You don't have to worry about counting money anymore!"

"For the newly developed bank function, we have arranged for a special NPC to be the first bank president of shelter 404!"

"I wish everyone a happy game! I'm going to work overtime first."

After the post was posted, the popularity soared instantly, and the number of replies broke through a hundred after a few refreshes.

The Dog Took All The Good Names: "Wait, who is this special NPC?!"

Night Commander: "Planner, don't leave!"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Mr. Light is showing off again!"

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Damn it! Can I see it in the game now?"

Tomorrow Seeker: "Can't you see it? It's still late at night in the game. Apart from the NPCs in charge of warehouses and granaries on the surface, there is no one on duty."

Without replying to those posts one by one, after Lucius closed the forum, he started a round of "Napoleon's Total War" in a leisurely manner.

But after playing dozens of rounds, Lucius got tired of it. Mainly because there is no sense of substitution.

"Tsk, what has become of this lobster soldier?"

"A shot from the front, a shot from the side, the flag will be white, and if it sticks to the face, the bayonet will be poked up! Run der, run!"

"Hey, spicy chicken, stop playing and stop playing."

Compared with his own players, he is simply scum!

After closing the game, Lucius wondered, maybe he should download a mod that locks morale?

This should be more engaging.

...

Lucius, who had turned off "Total War", finally turned on "Stars". After the technology was fully loaded, he started to hang up, and ended up watching the sea all night without knowing it.

Lucius took a nap in the middle, and when he came back to his senses, the degenerate little brother was eaten up by the xenophobic vassal he let out out of boredom.

I took the watch to glance at the time, good guy, it's morning! If you sleep at this time, you can go to the North Gate to visit the players' market when you wake up.

Lucius suddenly discovered that Boss Sumeria was not the only one who was lax. Since the destruction of the Bloody Hand clan, these days have been too comfortable, and he also have become a little relaxed.

It can't go on like this. The Mutant Tribe on Street 76 has not yet finished pushing, the harsh winter has just begun, and there will be more severe challenges waiting after the cold winter is over.

Pulling himself together, Lucius put on the exoskeleton, carried the hammer behind his back, and moved his stiff bones and muscles.

Today is Yuki's first day on the job! Even if he wants to catch up on sleep, he has to wait.

Lucius cheered up and walked towards the elevator. And when he got on the elevator to go to the surface, there was already a dark circle of players in front of the gate of the main building of the nursing home.

"Is this the bank?"

"The official website says it's here."

"Why is there no NPC?"

"I guess it's not time yet!"

The bank at the shelter, located at the end of the hallway on the first floor of the sanatorium. Since the bank is still in the trial operation stage, the land has just been planned on the map, and the foundation has not yet started, so I temporarily borrowed an empty room on the first floor of the nursing home as a facade. The conditions seem to be a little rough.

The only furniture here is a table and a chair, and a wooden sign hanging vertically at the door with the words "Bank" written on it.

The players surrounded them with expressions of curiosity and excitement on their faces, and whispered to the teammates next to them from time to time.

At this moment, a thin figure emerged from the crowd, walked to the wooden table at the entrance of the bank, and sat down under the eyes of everyone.

Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Yuki felt as if a deer had broken into her heart, beating non-stop. But thinking that she could finally help Brother Lucius, she still took a deep breath and cheered herself secretly in her heart.

Come on, Yuki! You can definitely do it!

Recalling the lines she memorized last night, she bravely raised her head.

"Silver, bank!"

"It's open..."

Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the language of the players, maybe it's because of pure nervousness.

Yuki, who was trying his best, accidentally used too much force, and the first two words pulled the tone to the ceiling. So much so that the words were only halfway through, and they became weaker and weaker as if there was a leak, until the back was completely buzzing with mosquitoes.

Her face turned red, as if scalded by boiling water.

Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to be "Cold", she was in a hurry to save the scene, forgot the words for a while, and bit her tongue, the pain was so painful that she almost couldn't squeeze out tears.

Ashamed, she wished she could find a crack in the ground and slip in. With tears in her eyes, Yuki endured the pain, and finally completed her task firmly.

"Yes, do you want to save money?"

For a moment, Yuki felt that he had failed Big Brother Lucius's expectations, and also failed this sacred and glorious profession.

Woo...

What a shame!

However, Yuki, who was blushing like an apple, didn't expect that the opening remark, which only had two sentences in total, unexpectedly made the atmosphere of the scene boil instantly.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh so cute!"

"Ahh, Dog is dead!"

"Not good! The blood tank of Tail is also empty!"

"If you don't understand, just ask, is this a training game? The official website says it's a training game, right? When will the draw be open? I'm so f*cking crazy!"

"Can you save Dollar!! Don't stop me, I want ALL IN!"

"Hey, little sister, do you like to eat mushrooms? Your big sister will treat you to mushroom soup in the evening! It's really delicious!"

"Dangerous! Go and tell Shuri that Boss Yaya is about to be snatched away by Yuki!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, who cares about her!"

Looking ignorantly at the players surrounding him, Yuki blinked. Having only learned a few lines, she couldn't understand what they were saying, and her VM didn't translate those difficult babbles.

However, the eyes are the windows to the soul. Looking into their eyes, they must have recognized herself, right?

Thinking of this, the little girl's self-confidence rekindled in her heart, and the original depression caused by forgetting the words was replaced by full of energy.

Come on Yuki! Can't let down Brother Lucius—and the expectations of the "Players"!

"Customers who want to save money, please line up."

"Before you go out to take risks, please put the money in Yuki's place with confidence, Yuki will definitely keep it safe for you!"

"Be careful all the way!"

The players lined up in an orderly manner and put the silver coins in their hands on the table.

Yuki, who was gradually getting into the mood, meticulously counted the silver and copper coins on the table.

She will carefully count each one twice, then sort and put them into a box beside her, and then use a work-specific VM device to deposit the value into the player's account.

The work of the bank was gradually on the right track. Lucius, who had been observing secretly, finally nodded with satisfaction.

Good. It seems that his decision is correct.

In fact, at the beginning, Lucius planned to let old Luka be the president of the bank, but old Luka counted the materials well, and he already had a lot of work to do. It was a bit embarrassing for him to give this kind of brain-consuming work to old Luka. Besides, old Luka has more important things to do.

Rather than recovering silver coins from the players, Lucius needs a servant who is loyal enough to help him manage other servants. As for this role, only the old Luka who was born as a slave is the most suitable at present, and it would not be easy to replace it with anyone else.

After thinking about it, Yuki is the most suitable job for the bank president.

The president in the game and the reality are two concepts. The meaning of the former is more like customer service, or a teller at the window.

Seriousness, stubbornness, honesty, and keeping promises are all Yuki's strengths, and they are the kind that can be confirmed with eyes. In addition, she is also diligent and smart enough to learn Arabic numerals and basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in just one day, and memorize lines before going to bed.

This efficiency is high enough to make a certain weapon shop owner feel ashamed! And the most important thing is that the image of Yuki can easily win the favor of players. Those big eyes, as bright and clear as morning dew, would be overshadowed even by silver coins.

If Yuki is the president of the bank, I believe the players will work harder and give the silver coins they earn willingly.

Well, let your little Kelly be the president, so you can't still shout about hanging street lamps, right?

Can you bear it? Doesn't conscience ache? Wouldn't it make sense not to call the planner dad? It's hard to be unreasonable.

After taking a last look at the long line from the bank gate to the nursing home, Lucius turned and left contentedly.

At the same time, a weapon shop not far from the nursing home. The store door has been open for a while, and there are still no customers.

Sumeria sat in front of the weapon shop with a bored expression on her face, her eyes drifted towards the bank from time to time, until someone walked out and turned to the industrial area in the south.

Couldn't help yawning, Boss Sumeria picked up the tool, straightened the bumpy copper skin, put it on the mold, beat it into shape, and filled it with primer.

Always feel like you're out of favor?

"It's really strange."

No one has bothered her until today. It made her drowsy.





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