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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 132

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:55:24 AM


Chapter 132

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The dead players were all sent to the mortuary, and the active substance extractor started to work. With so many corpses piled up, it is estimated that it will be busy until tomorrow morning.

At present, the reserve of active substances in the shelter is sufficient. The casualties of more than a dozen people are a little bit too much, but it is not enough to disturb the overall situation.

The remaining 6 people who were seriously injured had to go back to the training cabin to recuperate.

As for those who lacked arms or legs, or those who couldn't get out of bed within ten days and a half months, they might as well be sent to the mortuary to queue up.

Anyway, the VM was recovered and the equipment was saved. There is no death penalty for sacrificing in the war to defend the outpost, but a small amount of pension.

Although the pension of those few silver coins is far less than earning more in the game, it can be regarded as a consolation that is better than nothing.

In the end, Lucius discovered that among the six seriously injured young players, four of them made up for themselves.

These people really don't hesitate at all...

Drum Shampoo: "Wait a minute! Can I try jumping off a building? I haven't tried it yet!"

Lady Killer: "Do you want to scare Yuki to death?!"

Drum Shampoo: "Uh, well, forget it, I'll just lie down in the stove..."

Anyway, there is pain shielding, so there is no difference between lying in alive and lying in dead.

According to the description of the big brother on the forum, when lying in the iron coffin, he felt a little hot at first, and then before he started sweating, he was disconnected after a snap, which was similar to being disconnected while lying in the training cabin.

Lucius was not interested in watching how the little players described how to die. What made him care was that those mutants actually knew tactics.

If he hadn't ordered the assault decisively and personally stepped forward to eliminate the high-threat targets, the casualties of these players would have doubled.

At least, the few little players who had been bitten by the mutants in front of them would definitely not be able to survive. In any case, neither side has any room for negotiation.

As long as humans and mutants face each other, it will be an endless game, and it will eventually end with the complete demise of one side.

Lucius ordered Popo to set up a few more cruise nodes on the drone's cruise route, set No. 76 Street as a key investigation area, walk around every 30 minutes, take a few photos, and observe whether there are new trends.

However, these mutants are very cunning, and under the cover of vegetation, ruins, and buildings, it is difficult for them to be photographed by high-altitude drones.

After the two battles yesterday and today, the mutants on 76th Street were obviously much more cautious, and the defense line had shrunk to the vicinity of their lair.

Honestly, it doesn't look like something a mutant could do.

Lucius felt a little strange before, he fought back and forth with the predators a few times, but the mutants on 76th Street seemed to have not seen them, and they stayed at home and did not go out at all. Even now it is the same.

Even though the exchange of fire between the two sides has reached a fever pitch, these mutants still focus on defense and do not take the initiative to attack at all. They have not even stepped into the forest until now.

If it's just out of caution, it doesn't make sense at all.

Reminiscent of the inexplicably extra fresh corpses at the gate of the village, Lucius always felt that there were some terrible secrets guarded in the village of these mutants.

Are they stepping on a shelter under their feet? Although he was full of doubts, Lucius didn't dare to fly the drone too close.

These puzzling questions can only be explored further after the mutant's lair has been knocked down.

...

Earth.

New York, eight o'clock in the evening.

Road vehicles come and go, the streets are bustling, high-rise buildings are colorful with neon lights, and the world is full of feasting and feasting.

Tomorrow, who took off his helmet and went offline, couldn't stay around at home, and was not interested in playing other games, so he went downstairs for a walk, blowing the evening wind by the river.

After walking along the street for a while, the phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly.

Tomorrow took it out and took a look, the news was actually sent by Bunny.

Bunny: [ Brother, the first floor of the greenhouse ruins has been laid down! ]

Tomorrow froze for a moment, then typed back.

[ So fast?! ]

Bunny: [ This matter was brought to an end, but there are not many moths left. By the way, I have distributed the dungeon income of 200 silver coins to Brother Mole and the others. Walker and I have the priority to explore the ground floor 2 and negative 1 floor. The priority given by the Manager this time is 7 days, which is quite ample time. We plan to wait for you to go online tomorrow before continuing with the next book. ]

Tomorrow: [ No problem, but why are you offline? ]

Bunny: [ Hey, didn't I come down to share the joy with my good brother? I'm afraid you'll be lonely down there alone. ]

Tomorrow: [ I almost believed it! ]

Bunny: [ Hahahaha, stop bragging, just now Manager called me over, saying that he wanted to transfer a group of people from the brick factory, so I'll go online and report first. ]

Tomorrow rolled his eyes.

After knowing each other for so many years, he can even make up the smug expression on Bunny's face.

Tomorrow: [ Go! By the way, we can sell the priority exploration rights of the second floor to Mole. Anyway, there is no point in hoarding them. If there is no time to play, 50% will be deducted if they are auctioned after 7 days. My judgment is that we should concentrate our efforts on attacking down, aiming at the backup generator on the B9 floor and the brood on the 10th floor. If I am not wrong then, the good stuff is all there! ]

Bunny: [ Okay, I'll ask later! ]

Turning off the phone screen, Tomorrow looked envious.

If it wasn't for the arrow that shot him in the intestines and caused moderate blood loss, he wouldn't have spent a whole day in the training cabin!

However, this is also impossible. After all, he is not a physique player, and his basic recovery speed is only slightly better than normal people. The function of the training cabin is only to provide a recovery bonus, and it has no effect on actively repairing damaged tissues. That must be the function of the "Medical cabin".

This game is always too real in inexplicable places. Whether it's the resurrection CD, wound healing time, or the setting that game characters have to sleep every day, the game operator seems to be afraid that players will stay in the server for too long.

But Tomorrow can understand. If there is no anti-addiction system for this kind of completely real virtual reality online game, I am afraid that many people will spend 24 hours in the game. He sure would anyway.

"...If only the body, in reality, could be as strong as in the virtual world."

Looking at his right hand, Tomorrow clenched his fist, feeling very itchy, wishing he could put on the helmet and go back to the game right now.

Forget it, let's go shopping for a while.

At this moment, his eyes fell on a billboard of an archery club.

With a slight movement in his heart, Tomorrow immediately turned around and turned into the nearby shopping mall, took the elevator to the fifth floor, and found the archery club.

Although there were quite a lot of people in the mall, there were unexpectedly not many people in the club.

Tomorrow bought a coupon with his mobile phone. After checking the coupon, he followed the staff to the shooting range in the club.

Before the staff could introduce him, Tomorrow spoke skillfully.

"50-meter target, give me a 28-pound bow."

This archery club is built in a shopping mall with expensive rents, and the longest target is only 50 meters. There are many children and couples playing with 30-meter targets. Compared with the former, the latter is easier and more suitable for newcomers, but there are still many people who are clearly aiming at their own target, but still shoot at the target next to them.

The staff gave him a surprised look.

"Have you been here before?"

The 28lb bow is still a little difficult for beginners. The highest in their store is 28 pounds, and the average customer is playing 16 pounds or 20 pounds.

"Played elsewhere."

After taking the bow, Tomorrow tried the string, and estimated that the actual poundage should be around 26, probably because no one used it often and neglected maintenance, resulting in a decline in the elasticity of the bow pieces. But it doesn't matter.

After hearing Tomorrow's words, the staff's eyes lit up and they started selling immediately.

"It's ok, brother, do you think about getting a card? Our coach here has retired from the provincial archery team, and the store occasionally holds some competitions. Last month's bonus was 1,000 Dollars!"

Tomorrow laughed.

The provincial archery team is okay.

The layout is still small, and other stores boast that their store manager has participated in the Olympic Games.

Embarrassed by this smile, the staff coughed dryly and forcibly changed the topic to teaching.

"Brother, don't rush to shoot, your posture for holding the bow is wrong——"

Whoosh!

Take the arrow, open the bow and let go, a set of movements is smooth and smooth.

Looking at the arrow nailed on the bull's-eye, the salesman was dumbfounded, his expression became more embarrassed, and he coughed dryly and continued.

"Okay brother, good luck! But your posture is not right, it is easy to hurt yourself, why don't I show you the correct posture of holding the bow first——"

Whoosh!

Another arrow hit the bull's eye.

This time the staff figured out that this guy was here to fry fish, so he just kept his mouth shut, planning to wait until he made a mistake before continuing.

Tomorrow is also a person who doesn't like to talk nonsense. He aimed at the bull's-eye and shot one arrow after another. After a while, he pierced the bull's-eye 50 meters away into a hedgehog.

Within one minute, all 15 arrows were shot!

Not only the staff, but also the customers around were stunned. When the last arrow hit perfectly, they couldn't help applauding.

"Damn! So awesome!"

"This is too accurate!"

"Accurate and fast!"

"I'm stunned, is this the boss of the provincial team who came here to have fun?"

"No, it's probably a folk unique skill brother, the provincial team doesn't play fancy shooting."

"Hawkeye!"

"Brother is amazing! Can you give me your number? Let's play together next time."

Hearing this, Tomorrow looked at the younger sister and smiled.

Play together?

Hehe. With just this broken bow, can it be as fun as his "Breaking Dawn"?

Among the clerks watching nearby, someone held up a mobile phone, took a picture of the miraculous arrow technique just now, and uploaded it to the short video app.

Before waiting for a minute, he received hundreds of likes in an instant.

"Hey, my old bone." Looking at the target 50 meters away, Tomorrow shook his sore arms and sighed softly, "I'm not good at exercising."

Pity. After all, his body in reality was not as good as that in "Wasteland OL". After shooting fifteen arrows, his arms were already a little sore.

Tomorrow estimates that the panel data in his own reality is probably only around 4.5, and maybe he may not be able to get it.

After all, I have been playing "Wasteland OL" for the past few days, lying down with a helmet on at 6 o'clock in the evening, and the trip lasted 12 hours, and I didn't get up until the next morning. He didn't have the habit of eating breakfast before, and since he got the helmet, he even skipped the dinner at night.

In different games, he can not only shoot the running mutant hyena, but even ate a lot to make up the lost energy.

At this time, the owner of the archery gym came over, looked at him with fiery eyes, and handed out the business card in his hand.

"My friend, have you considered looking for a job? The job in our club is very easy, just guide the customers to archery, plus the card commission, the monthly salary starts at least 5K!"

As for the unique skill just now, it will definitely be popular when it is made into a short video!

When the time comes, the customers won't rush in?

In just a short while, the number of likes on the short video uploaded by his clerk on his mobile phone has gone from over a hundred to over a thousand!

"No, I'm used to being loose, and I don't like going to work very much."

Tomorrow, who took the business card from the store manager, smiled politely, returned the bow in his hand to the staff member, turned around and left surrounded by adoring eyes.

...

Wasteland world.

In the industrial area of ​​the outpost, [ Yamasaa, I Want To Go To The Toilet ] pushed a two-meter-wide cart, and rushed out of the steel factory full of clouds and fog with a face full of excitement.

"It's done! Brother Mosquito! I've done it again! This time it will definitely work!"

I saw a brass-colored machine and a lot of spare parts on the cart. Although there is no name written on this thing, it is not difficult to guess what it is used for just by looking at the big boiler.

Mosquito, who was carrying raw materials to the small workshop, dropped the wooden box into the snow with a bang, and gave Yamasaa a thumbs up excitedly.

"Brothers you are awesome!"

"It doesn't matter whether it's awesome or not, hurry up and help me! Let's try to install it and see if we can run this time!"

[ Yamasaa, I Want To Go To The Toilet ] and [ WC Really Has Mosquitoes ], carrying a wrench and pliers, they hummed and assembled this brass-colored machine.

Firewood was stuffed into the feed opening.

With the firewood vaporizer working, the separated fire is directed into the combustion chamber to ignite and start heating the boiler containing the water.

The water gradually began to boil!

Patiently waiting for the pointers of both the temperature indicator and the pressure indicator to reach the threshold, the mosquito excitedly pulled down the rocker and opened the valve to control the steam.

The high-heat steam enters the slide valve chamber through the main air valve and the throttle valve, and is controlled by the slide valve to alternately enter the left or right side of the cylinder to push the piston to move at high speed.

As for the cooled steam, it is introduced into the condenser through the pipeline to be recovered again, condensed into water, and then flowed back into the boiler, where it is further heated to repeat the above cycle.

The piston moves faster and faster, which drives the crankshaft connecting rod mechanism to start working, and converts the reciprocating motion into the rotational motion of the crankshaft to output power to the outside.

Shuri, who was standing aside and watching, was dumbfounded. After a while, she managed to hold back half a word.

"This...is a textile machine?"

Mosquito exclaimed excitedly.

"No! This thing is a steam engine!"

"That's right! It's a steam engine! We built a steam engine with the most primitive tools!" Then, Yamasqq held Mosquito's hand and said excitedly, "Brother, your technology is a bit awesome! Which school did you graduate from?"

"Hey, I graduated early, and my main business is selling furniture. When I'm idle, I like to tinker with some more interesting things. But you, this hands-on ability is much better than the students I've seen. Let's use it on the right way, there will definitely be a lot to do in the future!"

"Haha, leave me your contact information! Let's chat with the chat group!"

"Wait until you get offline, I will private message you on the forum."

"Okay!"

"...?"

Looking at the two of them who completely forgot about themselves as customers and chatted passionately on their own, Shuri was about to cry with anger from them.

After waiting for almost a week, this is the result??

So there is a relationship between this steam engine and the "Spinning machine order" she placed!





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