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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 183

Published at 29th of May 2023 09:26:35 AM


Chapter 183

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[ Full Server Announcement: The manager "Dawn" has completed the takeover of shelter 117, and a new stronghold is now added to the VM map. ]

[ The map of "Tundra Street Subway Platform" is open: The intertwined subway network is a symbol of the prosperity of Spring City in the past, but now it has become a breeding ground for heterogeneous and slime molds. Eaters, crawlers, martyrs, even terrifying tyrants, barbarians living underground and rats spreading plagues... There is no concept of night and day here, the unique ecological environment, the risk factor will be the surface double! However, at the same time, there may be unexpected treasures hidden in this labyrinth connected to the abyss...]

[ Reminder from Sumeria: I lost a leg here once, if you must explore here, it is best to take your teammates with you, at least you can have a companion when you go on the road. ]

About half an hour after Lucius entered shelter 117, almost all players with VMs received this series of reminders at the same time.

"Damn! A new map has been opened!?"

"The underground labyrinth connected to the abyss is okay... By the way, I don't think it's dangerous here."

"That's because all the alien species here have been wiped out. Otherwise what do you think what Brother Mole is doing here this entire week?"

"By the way, what kind of garbage can you pick up in the subway?"

"Maybe it was a strategic reserve before the war? But it's been two centuries. I always feel that even if there is such a thing, it must have been patronized long ago."

"Is there a team to start? The physique department is waiting for a perception."

"Send some wool, what time is it! Tomorrow, at least let me go back and save a file. It's not easy to gain some experience."

"Hey, if you die once, you will lose all your progress of the day. This death penalty is so real!"

In the subway.

Watching the VM, Tomorrow cut to the map page, and after finding the icon of shelter 117, he stretched out his index finger and clicked it.

When he saw the subpage that popped up on the screen, he was slightly taken aback.

[ Name of the stronghold: Shelter 117

Stronghold Level: Ruins (LV0)

Prosperity: 0

Industrial index: 0

Business Index: 0

Requirements: None

Tendency: Exploration ( scavenging task income +10% ), Hunting ( hunting task income +10% ) ]

"The data card of shelter 117 has been updated..."

Hearing Tomorrow's voice, Walker was stunned for a moment, and quickly opened the map, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"Damn it? Will the data card be swiped if the prosperity degree is 0?"

If I remember correctly, the prosperity must reach 100 points to become a survivor stronghold. And let alone the degree of prosperity here, there is not even an NPC.

Gale also noticed the change of the map, and after a moment of contemplation, he gave a guess.

"Maybe the refuge is a special existence? Look at the level column, it says 'Relic'."

Tomorrow nodded and agreed with his analysis.

"Well, whether it's an outpost or a long-term farm, the logo in the level column is 'Village'. Maybe it's because the growth route of the shelter is different from the regular survivor stronghold."

For example, as a save point for the entrance to the underground labyrinth?

As for what it is, we can only know after the announcement on the official website.

...

It was Lucius's deliberate decision to keep shelter 117.

Although the area of ​​shelter 117 is a bit small, it has all five floors, including full-circle life support facilities, all the configurations that a three-digit shelter should have.

A reactor flameout is a problem, but not a big one.

Even if you can't use all the functions of this refuge, it's good to use it as a bridgehead for players to explore the underground world.

The underground transportation in Spring City extends in all directions. Not only can it commute to various urban areas in Spring City, but it is also connected to many civil air defense facilities.

The only trouble is the aliens wandering in the subway tunnels.

But in fact, the moment Lucius took the VM off the arm of the former manager of shelter 117, he realized that this entanglement was unnecessary.

Because soon, he received a task reminder from the Manager System.

【 Task: Replenish fuel for the thermonuclear fusion reactor in shelter 117. 】

【 Reward: Shelter 404 B3 Floor Permission.】

Looking at the task pop-up window that appeared in the field of vision, Lucius couldn't help but complain.

"Where the hell am I going to get fuel rods for the reactor?"

The fuel rods used in the shelter's reactor are not the same size as those used by the Pioneer.

In other words, counting on recycling fuel rods from the CO2 trap is out of the question.

Wrench following Lucius froze for a moment, feeling confused by what the manager suddenly said.

Looking at the VM recovered from the manager of shelter 117, Lucius put it on himself and waited for a while, finally recovering a little power.

The VM is powered on.

What came into view was the original operating system of the vital signs monitor. After retrieving the data stored in the black box, it was found that the previous manager died of an overdose of sleeping pills.

The desk is very clean, there are only three things, a pen holder with two pens in it, a diary with a brown cover, and an empty goblet.

Lucius rummaged around on his desk, and soon found an unsealed medicine bottle in a drawer.

Looking at the remains leaning on the office chair, Lucius roughly imagined that the previous generation of managers sat here, took an overdose of sleeping pills, drank a glass of wine, and waited quietly for death.

His eyes fell on the diary on the table, Lucius reached out to pick it up, and opened the cover covered with a thick layer of dust.

The title page reads——

[ To the scavengers of the ruined world, the archaeologists of the ruins of Utopia, and those who clean up the mess. ]

[ The manager of shelter 117 and the gravekeeper of Utopia—Severn Willard is buried here. ]

[ The most desperate tragedy is to witness the end of a great era. A year in the grave is no different from a hundred years, and I decided to send myself away after the mission was over. If my bones still exist, please find a place to bury me, and you can take everything here, since I won't need it anyway. ]

"What does it mean after the mission is over?" Lucius moved his index finger along the line of words, and Lucius fell into deep thought.

Perhaps because of "Bloody Hand clan Diary", when he sees such things as diaries now, he can't help but associate them with the first generation manager of shelter 404.

It seems to be mentioned in the recording that he was the pioneer of the great sea route and the most learned man in the old world.

Could it be that this diary appeared here because of an arrangement two centuries ago?

There are still some undecrypted data in the recovered VM, including this diary, Lucius plans to take it back and study it.

There are three doubts that have not yet been resolved.

What exactly is the mission of the shelter 117 manager?

Where did the people here go?

And, who is the employer of Captain Prieter?

The latter two questions may be answered from the first question.

After collecting the clues, Lucius looked at Wrench standing aside.

"I'll replace the exoskeleton in a while, and you can wear my one."

Wrench froze for a moment.

"What about you?"

Looking at the power armor standing aside, Lucius's mouth curled into a smile.

"I have it."

...

Subway tunnel.

The entrance to shelter 117.

When the manager walked through the giant alloy gate and came out of shelter 117, it caused quite a commotion among the players.

With the dark blue painting, sharp lines, and thick armor, you can feel the sense of oppression just by looking at it!

"Awesome! Our Manager has changed his equipment again!"

"Mom...this power armor is too handsome!"

"Is this a warm-up for the launch of power armor in the NPC store?"

"Strongly request the official release of a set of Power Armor of the same style! I'm f*cking to.do anything to buy it!"

"Don't even think about it, even if you can buy this kind of SSSR equipment, it's likely to be in the Gacha for you to smoke money."

"Wooooo!"

After glancing at the power armor on the manager, and then at the beggar's version on himself, Bunny had an envious expression on his face.

In fact, in all fairness, the defensive power of this suit of armor on his body is not weak. The 20mm steel plate is enough to resist the shooting of ordinary bullets, and it is enough in most cases.

However, compared with the set on the manager, it is still a younger brother. Whether it is defense or mobility, more than one rank has been blown out.

"Hey, I don't know when our manager will change the equipment again."

He had no other pursuit, so he pointed to the equipment eliminated by the manager.

Hearing this sentence, Walker's heart moved and he asked.

"Speaking of which, what about the manager's previous exoskeleton?"

Gale glanced in the direction of the entrance of Shelter 117 and said.

"It seems to be worn by the captain of the guard."

Bunny: "Damn!"

Aren't they usually auctioned off to Boss Sumeria?

Why did you transfer it directly to other NPCs this time!

This is too real!

Stopping in the tunnel, Lucius looked back at Wrench following behind him.

"I need you to transfer two people from the guards to set up a camp here, responsible for maintaining order here, and at the same time issue tasks to the 'Players'."

"No problem, my lord." After a pause, Wrench said cautiously, "But... our manpower may not be enough."

There are only fifteen people in the guard.

These people not only have to be responsible for the security of the outpost, but also have to take care of Starwood Farm. In addition, a new gathering point has been opened recently, and there is a severe shortage of manpower.

After listening to what the wrench said, Lucius thought for a moment and said.

"After I go back, I will tell Luka to recruit some new people from Beit Street and the refugee camp, and gradually expand the number of guards from the original 15 people to 45 people. When the time comes, you will go with him, check the quality for him."

Wrench said respectfully.

"Yes, my lord."

...

After returning to the shelter.

According to the instruction manual of the power armor, Lucius made a data card for his new equipment and updated it in the database of the official website.

It's not for showing off, it's mainly to bake a piece of cake for the players.

[ Equipment: Power Armor

Model: "Order" P-10A Carlos Industrial Security Power Armor.

Durability: 100%

Armor: 100%

Energy: 79%

Shields: 0

Net weight: 1100kg.

Left Arm: Basic Armor.

Right Arm: Basic Armor.

Chest: 70mm lightweight composite steel/ceramic lined curved armor

Back: "Raptor-1" supercharged thruster X2

Left leg: "Raptor-1" booster

Right leg: "Raptor-1" booster

Energy core: "Hippo-1" portable fusion reactor

Livery: Klein Blue

Plugins: None ]

With a weight of more than one ton, it is no longer possible to move in the off state. This thing basically consumes power as long as it is worn.

However, this set of power armor has an adjustable energy-saving mode, which allows the wearer to provide part of the driving force through muscles at the cost of weakening mobility, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the power armor.

Lucius's current strength attribute is 17, which is equivalent to 3.4 times the strength of a normal adult male, and it is more than enough to bear 3.4 of his own weight.

Coupled with the fact that the power armor is designed with the characteristics of an unpowered exoskeleton, actually driving the power armor to move does not consume as much energy as imagined.

The added weight should be regarded as physical training.

Of course, for Lucius, the harvest of this "Tundra Street Subway Station Operation" is not only this set of power armor, but also the 200 reward points for completing the branch line.

And the black box entrusted by Dr. Principle to the manager of shelter 117!

Touching the black box with both hands, Tom looked at Lucius excitedly and said.

"S-rank relic!"

Lucius was slightly taken aback.

"S-class relic? What do you mean?"

Tom took a deep breath and continued.

"I should have mentioned it to you before. In order to facilitate the pre-war technology recycling work, the college will take into account the difficulty of technology remodeling, the number of related projects, the total amount of data, and the value of applications. Projects are managed in seven FEDCBAS Tiers to ensure higher budget and staffing for high priority projects. This tier system is not only used to classify technologies, but is also applied to relics and relics of pre-war civilizations for their rating."

Looking at the black suitcase in front of him again, Tom said with an expression of disbelief.

"Like this thing."

"The 'black box' of the Ark Project is undoubtedly an S-class relic."

Lucius frowned and said, "What is the Ark Project?"

"Another civilization preservation plan parallel to the sanctuary plan, which assumes that under extreme conditions, social production is completely stagnant, supply chains are completely destroyed, and we need a simple and convenient production tool that can utilize raw materials that can be found everywhere, Produce what we need."

"'Black Box' is the product of the Ark Project. Based on the most cutting-edge printing technology, only the most basic materials and electricity are needed to create specific products. For example, the most common black box is about 30X30X20cm in size. You only need to input Electricity, placed in the air, can absorb carbon dioxide and water in the air to synthesize starch. A little more advanced, it can also directly synthesize carbon dioxide and water into barbecue-flavored pizza and cakes.”

Lucius was surprised: "Can even such a thing be done?"

Tom: "Of course, it is the crystallization of social technology before the war. It is like a wishing machine that responds to requests! Although its efficiency is not high, it is absolutely reliable. The only disadvantage is that it has a single function. It can do what is given to you does not depend on your wishes, but on what functions its designers have entrusted to it."

Lucius looked at the black box in front of him.

"What about this black box? What can I get out of it?"

Tom: "I don't know. There are probably hundreds of boxes recycled by Century College in the past two years. The only ones I have come into contact with are synthetic cakes and pizzas. But the size of this box seems to be M size... Synthetic pizzas and cakes It is unlikely. Do you want to open it? There are usually tutorials for fools inside, the kind that can be understood by anyone who is illiterate, just look at it, and done.”

Lucius did not answer, and directly entered the password on the box.

[ X1179 ]

He is very sensitive to numbers, and he can basically remember them after reading them once, and it is impossible to make mistakes.

With a light click, the lock was opened.

Tom was more anxious than Lucius, and couldn't wait to open the box.

Standing behind Tom, Lucius noticed that the structure of the box was very simple. There were only a few buttons that couldn’t be simpler, a power interface that was probably used for plugging in electricity, and a stuffing box that was designed like a drawer mouth.

The instructions are in the recess next to the button.

There are some simple and easy-to-understand stick figures drawn on it, just as Tom said, even illiterate people can easily understand them.

It seems that the designers of the Ark project even considered the possibility that the survivors after the war might become illiterate.

After unfolding the manual and looking at it twice, the interested expression on Tom's face became more and more intense, and he said in admiration.

"Neural connection unit! It integrates two parts, the nerve signal collector and the modem, and contains three C-level technologies and two D-level technologies... This is a good thing."

Lucius: "Do you know how to use it?"

With a confident smile on his face, Tom put down the manual, looked at Lucius, and said excitedly.

"Of course! I am an expert in this field."

"With these things, we can make some simple exoskeletons and mechanical prosthetics!"

...

Official Website Forum:

"Damn! Does players have no human rights?"

"It's too miserable. I was fighting monsters, and the screen went black!"

"I'm so sick, I thought it was a bug! After a long time, I was attacked by surprise!"

"That's right, the resurrection will take three days, it's too embarrassing!"

Complaining about the resurrection CD is a regular post on the forum.

There have been a lot of people on the server recently, and there are one or two unlucky people every day, either being bitten by a dog on the hunting ground in Tuna District, or being dragged into the water while fishing by the lake.

Almost all players who died for the first time complained that Wasteland OL's death penalty was too severe, but this time 15 people died at once, so there are a lot of complaint on the forums.

As for the old players, as well as the OB cloud players on the forum, they are no strangers to this kind of unnutritious posts.

What is three days. What a pattern!

When there was a bug in the expansion pack last time, they didn't go online for the entire expansion pack!

Scrambled Eggs: "This game is like this. At least there are no bugs, so be glad."

Irena: "+1, truth is one of the selling points of Wasteland OL, it's good that the planner doesn't make you reincarnated, don't play if you're not happy. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "You newcomers, this time it's considered a plot kill, and the deductions are exempted, and you still complaining! Do you know how much we deducted? 500 contributions! The first Yaya boss who ate crabs was fined and cried. (⁠ ⁠´⁠◡⁠‿⁠ゝ⁠◡⁠`⁠)"

Yaya: "Where is it!!! Don't talk nonsense! ヾ(?`Д′?)?彡"

Richest Elf King: "I testify! What I eat is not crabs, but leeches. "

Yaya: "(╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"

...

The Cowboy Club.

As usual, only in the early morning is it lively, because at night, the group owner and the dog manager are playing games.

But at this moment, a message suddenly popped up in the group.

Badass Bunny: "I was going to log in to the game just now, why can't I suddenly log in???"

The group owner can't join the game anymore? This is big news.

Walker, who was bragging with the group of friends, hurriedly typed and asked.

"Can't go up? What's the situation?!"

"The helmet prompts...the character is abnormal, and no specific time is given." Bunny said nervously, "Damn, shouldn't it be a violation?"

Impossible. He played carefully, let alone attacking NPCs, they are simply friendly!

8th Level Gale: "I tried it just now, and I can still go to online on my side."

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "+1, me too."

Badass Bunny: "Damn, it's weird, could it be a bug?"

WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "I will replace you Light brother if there are any more bugs!"

Light was probably working overtime, so he didn't reply to the message.

This old man doesn't seem to use mobile chatapp very much, he always logs in with a computer, only between 8:00 am and 10:00 A.M.

People in the group came up with bad ideas for Bunny.

Some group friends suggested that he soak the helmet in water to see if it would be start working.

At this time, Tomorrow's heart moved, and he said.

"Bunny, what was your experience bar before you went offline?"

Badass Bunny: "Experience bar? Wait a minute, I'll check it out on the official website."

Without waiting for a long time, Bunny came back soon.

"Case solved."

Walker immediately typed and asked.

"What? What solved the case?!"

Badass Bunny: "Hey, I just checked, my character is level ten!"

.................

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