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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 141

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:55:15 AM


Chapter 141

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[ Task: Go to the action camp. ]

[ Introduction: Sincerely thank you! Volunteers from Shelter 404! The reinforcements escorting you to the action camp have arrived at the north gate of Wetland Park. We have prepared a warm camp for you ten kilometers away. Please come with us now! ]

[ Requirement: Arrive at the operation camp with the staff of the "Pioneer" and start the follow-up mission. ]

[ Reward: 10 activity points. ]

The north gate of the outpost.

The players who are ready to go have completed their assembly. They don't look like laborers going to move bricks at all, but rather like going on an outing.

The players who didn't get the qualifications all looked at it enviously. Especially after hearing these people say that they will get 10 points when they arrive at the destination, they are so envious and jealous that they are about to cry!

"You get 10 points for opening a map, is that reasonable?"

"As soon as the expansion pack was released, the gap was forcibly widened. Is this reasonable?"

"Unreasonable! Too unreasonable!"

"Call Planner Dad!"

However, it was of no use.

Those who are in the queue are the majority, and those who are not in the queue are the minority.

Tomorrow, who was standing in the Little Emperor's team, said with a smile: "Brothers, don't panic, we will go to the front to explore the way for you! I will update the forum as soon as I have something good! Wait for you to come Then you don’t have to cross the river by feeling for the stones!”

Mole, who was not in line, immediately yelled when he heard this.

"Hey! Are you embarrassed? I've touched all the stones by myself! By the way, are you going to stop playing the dungeon? The priority right to explore is only seven days!"

Tomorrow smiled: "What are you playing, how can there be a new map in the dungeon? Why don't you help me fight for three days?"

Mole: "Go away!"

In the distance, a pitch-black powered armor appeared in the snow-covered forest, walking towards the north gate of the outpost.

Walking outside the market at the north gate, Lucius held Captain Oliver's outstretched right hand, shook it and said with a smile.

"My citizens please."

With a solemn and serious face, Oliver made a serious promise.

"I swear on my honor and credit score that I will guarantee the safety of each of them!"

What Lucius actually wanted to say was that it doesn't have to be so hard. If someone is accidentally killed, it doesn't get in the way, as long as the pension is paid.

Not much. Just 1000CR is enough.

But what is a credit score?

At this time, the little players standing around noticed that the beggar's armor set on their Manager was gone, replaced by a very expensive exoskeleton. There is still a hammer hanging on his back, but there is a handsome rifle beside the hammer.

Although there are too many elements, this is wasteland!

Of course, what surprised them the most was that their Manager actually changed his equipment again!

"My god! You can see Manager's exoskeleton!"

"Huh? When did he change his equipment?!"

"Hey guys, Fallout 2077 has become Cyber ​​2077!"

"Look, you guys haven't seen the world. Didn't Brother Mole analyze it on the forum before? The NPCs' power in this game will increase with the player's game behavior! A wave of rational analysis must be due to our hard work on the task, That’s why Manager changed to a new skin!”

"Yes! This game is too real!"

"Brothers, work harder and try to make Master Manager wear power armor!"

"Awesome!"

The captain was talking with the manager, Dante, who was standing by the side waiting to send them away, glanced at the unresponsive VM, and said with a sad face.

"Why does this translation function work sometimes and sometimes not?"

Ace: "..."

Dante: "Hey, what do you think they are talking about?"

Ace: "..."

Dante: "Are you not curious at all? Well, pretend I didn't ask... I'll boil some water and soak the freeze-dried food in a while."

Ace: "I want corn."

Dante: "..."

After sending Captain Oliver and the players away, Lucius waved his hand towards their backs, and suddenly noticed Dante not far away who couldn't keep his mouth shut.

This guy looks like the type who can't control his mouth.

With a slight movement in his heart, Lucius suddenly thought of an idea.

However, it's still too early for dinner. He still has something to do in a while, so we can talk about it when he comes back in the evening.

...

Marching in the wilderness, it takes almost 200 minutes to walk 10 kilometers, and the road conditions are slightly easier than walking in the city.

In order to clear the snow on the road for the residents of the shelter, Oliver also brought an off-road vehicle with him, and installed a snow shovel on the front of the bumper, driving in front to clear the snow on the road.

The morale of these shelter residents is quite high, and their physical fitness is also very strong. At first, Oliver was worried about whether they would be tired, but later found that his worry was purely unnecessary.

200 minutes of the long journey they crossed in just two hours.

Just before ten o'clock in the morning, the group arrived near the land fortress "Pioneer".

Looking at the four steel fortresses that are connected to each other like mountains, many players showed expressions of surprise and even excitement on their faces.

The wide and huge body is located on the wasteland, and behind the towering tracks are ravines extending to the horizon, with no end in sight.

Regardless of vegetation or towering trees, whether it is a fragmented road or a deserted country house, there is a pool of gravel and rubble at its feet.

There is no road ahead of it. Wherever you go is the way.

Looking up at the majestic fortress, like the other players next to him, [ Keeping People Under The Knife ], who is a civil dog, raised his head and opened his eyes wide.

In front of such a magnificent miracle of engineering, he only felt like a small primitive man, looking up at the unheard of miracle.

Even though people kept reminding me that this was just a game, the immersive shock was not fake at all.

The Adam's apple moved for a long time, and he only squeezed out two words from his mouth.

"Holy Moly..."

This is too shocking!

Walker, who was standing not far from him, also raised his head and said "Damn". However, the shock he felt was completely different from that felt by the knife left.

"...This expansion pack is too conscientious!"

It is indeed rare to see a game that brings out good things during the closed beta phase.

Players follow the NPC to move on.

When they arrived at the operation camp next to the "Pioneer", they happened to see the huge land fortress unfolding a structure like a gantry crane, using a mechanical cantilever to remove a container-like module from its body, and deploying it on a distance from the steel On the open space of about five meters from the platform.

Dust billows.

A staff member in a gray coat stepped forward, pulled out an arm-thick pipeline from the side of the fort platform, connected it to the module just deployed on the ground, and then entered the parameters on the touch screen.

Power input.

The equipment started to work, but there was only a buzzing sound, and it was unknown what was being produced inside.

The two survivors who were assistants who followed Old Luka opened their eyes wide and exchanged shocking glances with each other.

"What is that?"

"Production workshop," happened to hear the conversation between the two, and Captain Oliver smiled and said, "That should be a carbon dioxide trap, which produces starch and glucose. We will also deploy a plant to produce long-chain alkanes and alkenes in a while. The last place to put down is the production workshop for melting alloys and cutting processing."

"However, there is no rush for this. It is okay for us to continue deploying after your people have finished resting and starting!"

Deploying this kind of modular production workshop will raise a lot of dust, and they will try to choose a time when there are few people in the operation camp.

The two natives next to them looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't understand what the man dressed like a tin can was saying, and they didn't understand why they had to wait for them to leave before continuing to deploy.

Old Luka understood a little bit, but he only understood the second half.

As for what CO2 traps, long chain alkanes, etc, just treat it as some kind of hard-to-find trash.

...

The action camp where the players are stationed is next to the action fortress, less than a hundred meters away.

All the barracks were 'Sprayed' with heat activated polymer so they were built in just one night.

These houses look like concrete from a distance and feel like plastic. Although they are light in texture, they are not bad at all, and they are quite warm and soundproof.

There are 5 rows of barracks. The structure and layout are very similar to the prefabricated houses on the construction site. They are divided into upper and lower floors, with 22 single rooms on each floor. The table is more than enough, and it is larger than the room in the shelter.

In addition, there is a public bathroom and toilet for men and women in the center of the barracks, and a water tank on the second floor.

Including the public area in the middle, the entire camp covers an area of ​​15 acres, which is equivalent to a playground with a 400-meter runway.

There are two quadrotor drones and two remote-controlled all-terrain crawler vehicles patrolling the perimeter of the camp, responsible for eliminating approaching corpse eaters or other threats.

Seeing Howard at the gate of the barracks, Luka's expression was a little cautious, but he still straightened his back when he thought that he represented Lord Manager.

"Dear Sir, I am Luka from the shelter 404. I would like to extend my sincerest greetings to you on behalf of my Master. During the cooperation period, I will be in charge of contacting the residents of the shelter. If you have any needs, can be conveyed through me.”

Although it was a bit strange that the title of Master appeared in the shelter, Howard didn't say anything.

The east coast is not without slaves. The lower-level employees of some companies are nominally hired, but they are no different from slaves. If they don’t work, they will be cleared out of the employee dormitory soon, and once they are cleared out, it means death.

Of course, the benefits of middle-level employees are still acceptable, let alone at his level.

In order to prepare for this first pioneering corps, the Silver Wing Group spent a lot of money. Their living standards are almost the same as when they were on the east coast, and even better than when they were there.

The only fly in the ointment is that it is a little far away from home.

Looking at old Luja, Howard nodded.

"I have already learned about the situation from the liaison officer, and my colleagues will coordinate with you for the next work arrangement."

As he said that, the man standing next to Howard smiled and stretched out his right hand.

"Hi, my name is Werther! It's a pleasure working with you!"

Old Luka quickly held his hand and shook it.

"Hello! My name is Luka..."

"I heard it just now, take it easy, I also came out of the shelter, but it's been a few years. You can treat this place as your own home, and you can contact me if you have any questions." Werther squeezed his eyebrows, looking like he's a funny guy.

"That's fine, I'll leave it to you here, and I have to rush our engineers."

Howard patted Werther on the shoulder, then nodded to old Luka, and left with Captain Oliver beside him.

Old Luka's expression was somewhat reserved.

He wanted to say that although he was carrying a VM, he didn't actually come out of the shelter, but he felt that saying that seemed redundant.

But Werther didn't care, and took out a foldable computer from his pocket skillfully, opened the flexible screen sandwiched in the middle, and began to hand over the mobile barracks that had just been constructed to him.

"To make a long story short, this operational camp is now yours. During the cooperation period, we will be responsible for your safety, and our water truck will deliver water to you for free. There are plumbing pipes in the barracks, which are connected to the boilers of the central functional facilities of the camp. It’s very easy to use, just boil the water, and the waste heat can be used to heat the water for bathing. But we are only responsible for delivering water, as for burning water with wood or coal, I’m afraid you have to figure out a way.”

"But this is also easy to solve. The most indispensable thing in the vicinity is wood. If you walk to the west, there is a forest. But I suggest you try to collect as much as possible to the east. Our fortress has bulldozed a lot of wood along the way here. Just recycle it and use it."

"Also, it's today's job. Our scouts found an underground garage in the community hospital in an abandoned town in the north. There are about 2,000 car wrecks with high recovery value parked in it. We need to remove their frames, doors, wheels and hoods, and suspensions...everything that can be recycled.”

"Our marines cleaned up the alien species there. Your job is to use the equipment we provide to cut and disassemble the recyclable parts of the vehicle, and then press the dismantled parts into cubes with a press, and install them on our transport truck."

"Due to the terrain, our transport vehicles can't go deep into the urban area. The road conditions there are too bad. You will know when you go there. In short, it is about 800 meters from the community hospital to the resource point. I'm afraid you will have to use a trolley for this distance human transport."

"That's all about the work. If there are new arrangements, I will notify you. It's 10:15, you can settle your people first. We will leave on time at 12:00 noon and return at 6:00 p.m. There is no time to eat during the period, you'd better prepare dry food."

"If there are supplies that need to be purchased, you can count them to me. You now have a budget of 600CR, and today's reward will be settled at 12 o'clock in the morning."

Luka nodded.

"No problem."

...

The players quickly allocated rooms.

After the cooking utensils were delivered, Luka immediately VM issued a mission, recruited several life professional players, set up a large pot in the middle of the barracks, and started cooking.

At this time, the water truck in charge of delivering water happened to drive over, using pressure pumps and water pipes to inject water into the water tank in the center of the camp.

When filling the water tank, two drivers from the logistics department took two buckets of freeze-dried food from the car and poured boiling water into them.

This kind of food is very convenient. It can be eaten after soaking in boiling water. It contains carbohydrates, protein and vitamins. It is hygienic and nutritious to eat, and there are five flavors to choose from.

Generally, if they still have work to do in the afternoon and are too lazy to take the elevator back to the fort, they will use this thing for a meal.

In fact, they heard before that the logistics department originally planned to deploy mobile kitchens on the ground, but the residents of these shelters actually refused, saying that it would be better to send them money directly.

I really don't know what these blue coats are thinking! In short, after hearing that the allies expressed that they wanted to cook for themselves, their stingy boss canceled the plan to deploy a mobile kitchen.

After all, most of the time, their people eat in the fortress, and only rarely come out to be on duty.

It's really not worth putting a big guy down to cook for a few people's lunch, so it's better to send some money.

Leaning against the waterwheel door.

The two drivers watched the shelter residents setting up large pots for cooking, while waiting for the freeze-dried food to boil, they chatted one after another.

"What are they doing?"

"Looks like you're peeling a potato? Is that a potato?"

"I heard it's called a croissant, probably a mutated potato...Look, they're starting to boil water."

"Wood fire to cook? It's primitive enough, at least use an electric stove. But then again, why don't they just throw the potatoes in the pot, but put them on top of the pot?"

"Maybe I want to cook the potatoes with water steam... I suddenly became a little curious, can the food made in this way be delicious?"

The two suddenly looked at each other tacitly, and said in unison.

"I'll change with them." X2

...

There was a long queue at the camp.

Scrambled Eggs stood in front of the pot and shouted.

"One per person, everyone has it, don't jump in line and don't panic! We are all the Emperors who are the first to experience the expansion pack! Don't let those little ants of OB in the forum see the joke."

Finally, it was time for the queue, Mosquito holding a lunch box in his hand, and was moved to tears.

"I miss you so much! It's been a long time since I've had a big pot of rice made by Brother Scrambled!"

Walker, who had just received his share, also sighed.

"Hey, nostalgia +1, which version did it start from, our respected Manager doesn't care about food?"

Mosquito holding lunch boxes and saying.

"I remember! After the currency system was made in Alpha0.3 version, you have to spend money to buy food! Thinking about it, I really miss it. At that time, everyone didn't know how to cook, so they bought a potato and squatted on the square to hold it!"

"Yes, yes, haha, I remembered! Later, after the north gate market was established, only life professional players ran over to sell stews."

"Unfortunately, Boss Yaya will not sell mushrooms that can see villains."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Yaya?"

"It's probably because she didn't grab it. She never caught up with good things."

At this time, two NPCs wearing gray coats came over, they seemed to be the two who drove the water truck just now.

"Hey."

One of them raised his hand and said hello in a friendly manner.

Mosquito and Walker glanced at each other, then at the two of them.

"What are you doing?"

One of the NPCs pointed to the bowl of uneaten lunch box in Walker's hand, and then pointed to the bucket of "Instant noodles" in his hand, chattering something.

Although they can't understand it, even a monkey can understand the body language, plus the expression and tone of voice, basically there is no problem at all.

Mosquito: "He seems to want to exchange with us?"

Walker: "Should we change it?"

Mosquito: "Nonsense, change it! Why not change it? Try their food."

Walker's eyes lit up: "Good idea!"

The two players happily handed the box lunch in their hands to the two NPCs driving the water truck, and then took the instant noodles in their hands.

Thanking each other in their respective languages, the two NPCs quickly slipped away.

Walker and Mosquito ignored them and couldn't wait to lift the lid of the instant noodles.

"Let me see what's inside?"

"Instant noodles? Maybe not?"

"Damn! How many vegetables did they put in it? What are these things?"

"Seriously suspect that they mixed noodles with freeze-dried vegetables!"

......

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