The square in front of the nursing home was crowded with people.
The newcomers who just entered the game are the same as the previous batch, looking at the lifelike world in front of them, rubbing their eyes repeatedly, wishing to kneel on the ground and kiss the sand and dirt under their feet.
"This, this, this, this!"
"F*ck, it's really a virtual reality!? Wait, where's the logout button, I'll look for it and can't find it, don't tell me we can't go back."
"Haha, don't bother, just find a brick and pat your head off with it and you'll be logged out."
"Woooo, can I take a screenshot? This is too shocking."
"It's so big."
There was a lot of chatter and noise in the square, but the veteran players of Wasteland OL have long been accustomed to it, and they are no strangers to it. After all, it was almost the same reaction when they went online for the first time.
Stepping on a piece of virtual soil, the oncoming wind is extremely real. The impact on the world view and cognition cannot be described in words.
Appearing as the manager of Shelter No.404, Lucius walked up to these newcomers with a plastic bag in his hand, signaled them to be quiet, and then handed out beginner gift packs to them one by one.
"Here are five copper coins."
"You can take it to the warehouse to rent tools, or go to the granary to buy food, and you can also trade with other players."
Although these newcomers are noisy, they still have a lot of respect for the manager in front of him who holds the "power of life and death" over them.
"My lord, are you really an NPC? I mean, are you really an AI? Not played by a human? Excuse me, but you look...too real!"
"Manager is so handsome, is he a CP!"
"NPC, how do I check your favorability? Where can I find it? Doesn't this game have a player interface?"
"Where's my health bar? Where's the blue bar?"
"Hey, how to play this game, who will guide me."
"What's the use of sending money, can you give me a novice sword?"
Novice sword? Lucius felt happy, but ignored it. Don't worry, you don't need that stuff.
As a serious and responsible NPC, Lucius skillfully handed out the novice rewards without answering a single word. After confirming that nothing was missed, Lucius then looked at Brother Knife who was gearing up to the side, with his hands behind his back, and said in a business-like tone.
"The security of the outpost is in your hands."
[ Keeping People Under The Knife ] excitedly clasped his fists.
"Obey! Manager!"
Before these little buddies had time to kneel down and kiss the soil at their feet, they were dragged outside by the passionate old foreman to dig trenches.
I believe that after the trenches are dug and looking at the fruits of their labor, they should have a deeper understanding of the game.
Rest assured. The other players came here as well. Seeing these little players marching towards the north gate, Lucius suddenly remembered an RTS game he played a long time ago.
Its translation is called King Power Fantasy, because it is too unpopular, and the sequel is hip-stretching, it is estimated that many people have never heard of it.
The gameplay of that game is very interesting. Unlike mainstream RTS games that emphasize micromanagement, players who rule the kingdom cannot "directly control every unit".
What does that mean? To put it simply, if a monster appears in your territory, you cannot use micromanagement to command heroes of various professions in the kingdom to kill him, but you can offer a bounty to that monster and sprinkle a handful of gold coins.
Heroes will naturally form a team to crusade, and heroes who kill monsters will gain experience and gold coins. With the money rewarded by the mission, they will go to the tavern in the kingdom to spend, buy weapons and supplies in the item store, or learn skills and magic.
If it is a monster that cannot be dealt with, the heroes will also be afraid and run away... unless you increase the bounty of the monster. Driven by sufficient interests, even if the opponent is a giant dragon, adventurers armed with scrap metal will bravely charge.
Lucius sometimes felt that what he was doing was actually the same thing. Although there is no way to put a blood bar on the head of the raiders, you can sprinkle a handful of silver coins on the top of their heads.
The warehouse of the outpost is surrounded by a group of "veteran players" above LV2. Since most of the tasks are related to the collection of materials, this place has almost become a conventional task release point.
"Damn it! 20 silver and 200 Contribution points for a predator?! And can it be superimposed with the original 5 silver captive reward?"
"For every commander of predators additional rewards are doubled!"
"Who knows how many people there are in the Bloody Hand clan?!"
"Brother Tabletop Cop, the opportunity to get rich overnight is here! Whether you rush or not, I will rush anyway! Is there any team? My strength, lack of perception and agility, let's go hand in hand to fight guerrillas! The proceeds are shared by everyone !"
"I'm still short of 1,000 points to contribute to the citizens. If it takes a week, it's enough to capture 5 predators? F*ck, this reward is fine! Does it count as long as you keep their breath?"
"It doesn't matter if you're out of breath! 10 silver coins! I have to move bricks for a day."
The players who saw the rewards went crazy, and even once suspected that the manager had marked the reward of the task wrongly.
Unbeknownst to them, however, an "NPC" did this on purpose. Regardless of the many rewards in the bounty, this task cannot be done by one person at all. Three-person and four-person groups are standard configurations, and it is reasonable to distribute the rewards to everyone.
According to the information, the Bloody Hand clan has about sixty or seventy members, counting a few ten chiefs, and it is no problem to keep the budget within 2,000 silver coins.
And it doesn't matter if it's over budget. Can it be a bad thing for a player to have money?
Obviously not! What in this shelter is not your own?
The forty young men who just came in are enough to fill the vacancies in basic labor positions in the outpost. And those old players who have a deeper understanding of the game can use the money to buy guns and land, stimulate domestic demand, and develop new gameplay.
Lucius feels that the person who designed this model may be more genius than the first-generation managers who "packaged this world into a game".
Simply perfect! At this time, someone finally noticed the need for levels under the task book.
"Hey! Quests still have level requirements? Why do I only have LV1?"
"Strength is to cut down trees, perception, agility to find a teammate... Wait, this seems to only say that LV2 is required to accept the task, and there is no limit for LV2 to team up with people of other levels?"
"Boss! Take me!"
"What sequence are you in?"
"Intelligence!"
"Roll."
"Damn!"
The new warehouse manager Luka sat on the chair in front of the door, guarding the ledger on the wooden table, and turned a deaf ear to the chattering noise in front of the door.
Yesterday evening, the new Master explained the work content to him. Starting today, he no longer needs to do farm work, he just needs to move the things brought by these residents in blue coats into the warehouse, use a few symbols that are not too difficult to record in the ledger, and then send them "remuneration" .
It was a very strange metal coin. Luka didn't understand the value of this thing, and he had never heard of any survivor settlement using this kind of thing for trade.
However, after receiving these coins, these blue coats felt like treasures, presumably it should be something very important to them.
Luka didn't want to think about these issues. Years of experience told him that knowing too much may not be a good thing.
Seeing Lucius walking towards this side, he immediately stood up tremblingly, clenched his right fist on his left chest, and saluted respectfully.
"My lord, what are your orders?"
Ignoring the curious players around him, Lucius put the wooden basket in his hand on the table.
"I have a few things here. You can sell them for me. It's still the old rule I told you. When someone comes to buy it, you just ask him to pay according to the price on the label."
Lucius took all the 6 reward points he harvested yesterday to remove the blind box, but maybe it was because of his character that he used them last time, so he opened 6 lollipops in a row this time. Fortunately, 2 of them have attribute bonuses, so it's not too bad.
Lucius thought that the drawers were almost too big to fit, so he grabbed two and brought them to the warehouse. Each lollipop is priced at 1 silver coin, and those with buffs are doubled.
Such an expensive price may not be bought by anyone, but after all, it is still stored, it is better to use it to decorate the shelves of the store.
"Okay My lord."
Old Luka put the things in the wooden basket on the shelf beside him, and then pasted a label written by Lucius.
At this time, Lucius suddenly remembered something and asked.
"By the way, is there sugarcane in the crops produced by Brown Farm?"
"Sugar cane?" Old Luka looked blank, as if he had never heard of it.
Lucius explained.
"A crop that produces sugar."
Hearing explanation, old Luka finally understood and replied.
"My lord, I have been at Brown's farm for twenty years, and I have never heard of a crop called sugar cane... But I do know a little about the sugar you are talking about. There is a crop called red beet on the farm, which is pulled out of the ground It is very similar to a radish, it can squeeze out red sugar juice, and after boiling, some small particles can be fished out from the bottom, which should be the sugar you mentioned."
Grow beets for sugar?
Lucius nodded thoughtfully.
"Is that good for sale?"
"Whether it's good to sell... I don't know, but whether it's a merchant from the south or the north, they will buy a little, but not too much. I heard that it is not as valuable as salt."
Where sugar is produced, sugar is of course less valuable than salt. Nor is it news that the cost of transporting a commodity in the wasteland can be much higher than the cost of producing it. But sugar is a good thing.
Not only can this thing be eaten, it can also be used to make wine, and it can even be used as a weapon. When spring comes next year, I have to find a way to get some seeds.
Lucius immediately thought of Boulder City. That's where you're most likely to get what you need in this neighborhood.
"My lord, do you have any orders?"
"No more, go on with your work."
"Yes, my lord."
Old Luka watched Lucius leave before returning to his chair and sitting down.
At this time, many players became interested in the new products on the shelves and surrounded them one after another.
Luka was very nervous, afraid that someone would steal it. However, these players are of high quality, and they are just discussing excitedly around the side, but no one reaches out to touch them.
"Can this lollipop add attributes?! Is it true?!"
"Chocolate flavor increases strength by 10%... lasts for 10 hours. F*ck, if this is a strength player, it will be really annoying."
"Strawberry flavor is for perception, and apple flavor is for intelligence... At present, these three kinds of lollipops are twice as expensive as other lollipops!"
"What? It's only twice as expensive, so it's not a bloody profit if you buy it! Here, here are two silver coins, old man, I'll take one!"
"I'll have one too!"
"Hey! Why is there only one with more intelligence left! Forget it, buy it and give it to Shuri."
After a while, the only three lollipops with added attributes on the shelf were snapped up, leaving only twelve lollipops without attributes added.
"...It actually sold out?"
Staring at the six silver coins on the table, old Luka muttered softly.
He couldn't understand it, but he was shocked.
......
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The square in front of the nursing home was crowded with people.
The newcomers who just entered the game are the same as the previous batch, looking at the lifelike world in front of them, rubbing their eyes repeatedly, wishing to kneel on the ground and kiss the sand and dirt under their feet.
"This, this, this, this!"
"F*ck, it's really a virtual reality!? Wait, where's the logout button, I'll look for it and can't find it, don't tell me we can't go back."
"Haha, don't bother, just find a brick and pat your head off with it and you'll be logged out."
"Woooo, can I take a screenshot? This is too shocking."
"It's so big."
There was a lot of chatter and noise in the square, but the veteran players of Wasteland OL have long been accustomed to it, and they are no strangers to it. After all, it was almost the same reaction when they went online for the first time.
Stepping on a piece of virtual soil, the oncoming wind is extremely real. The impact on the world view and cognition cannot be described in words.
Appearing as the manager of Shelter No.404, Lucius walked up to these newcomers with a plastic bag in his hand, signaled them to be quiet, and then handed out beginner gift packs to them one by one.
"Here are five copper coins."
"You can take it to the warehouse to rent tools, or go to the granary to buy food, and you can also trade with other players."
Although these newcomers are noisy, they still have a lot of respect for the manager in front of him who holds the "power of life and death" over them.
"My lord, are you really an NPC? I mean, are you really an AI? Not played by a human? Excuse me, but you look...too real!"
"Manager is so handsome, is he a CP!"
"NPC, how do I check your favorability? Where can I find it? Doesn't this game have a player interface?"
"Where's my health bar? Where's the blue bar?"
"Hey, how to play this game, who will guide me."
"What's the use of sending money, can you give me a novice sword?"
Novice sword? Lucius felt happy, but ignored it. Don't worry, you don't need that stuff.
As a serious and responsible NPC, Lucius skillfully handed out the novice rewards without answering a single word. After confirming that nothing was missed, Lucius then looked at Brother Knife who was gearing up to the side, with his hands behind his back, and said in a business-like tone.
"The security of the outpost is in your hands."
[ Keeping People Under The Knife ] excitedly clasped his fists.
"Obey! Manager!"
Before these little buddies had time to kneel down and kiss the soil at their feet, they were dragged outside by the passionate old foreman to dig trenches.
I believe that after the trenches are dug and looking at the fruits of their labor, they should have a deeper understanding of the game.
Rest assured. The other players came here as well. Seeing these little players marching towards the north gate, Lucius suddenly remembered an RTS game he played a long time ago.
Its translation is called King Power Fantasy, because it is too unpopular, and the sequel is hip-stretching, it is estimated that many people have never heard of it.
The gameplay of that game is very interesting. Unlike mainstream RTS games that emphasize micromanagement, players who rule the kingdom cannot "directly control every unit".
What does that mean? To put it simply, if a monster appears in your territory, you cannot use micromanagement to command heroes of various professions in the kingdom to kill him, but you can offer a bounty to that monster and sprinkle a handful of gold coins.
Heroes will naturally form a team to crusade, and heroes who kill monsters will gain experience and gold coins. With the money rewarded by the mission, they will go to the tavern in the kingdom to spend, buy weapons and supplies in the item store, or learn skills and magic.
If it is a monster that cannot be dealt with, the heroes will also be afraid and run away... unless you increase the bounty of the monster. Driven by sufficient interests, even if the opponent is a giant dragon, adventurers armed with scrap metal will bravely charge.
Lucius sometimes felt that what he was doing was actually the same thing. Although there is no way to put a blood bar on the head of the raiders, you can sprinkle a handful of silver coins on the top of their heads.
The warehouse of the outpost is surrounded by a group of "veteran players" above LV2. Since most of the tasks are related to the collection of materials, this place has almost become a conventional task release point.
"Damn it! 20 silver and 200 Contribution points for a predator?! And can it be superimposed with the original 5 silver captive reward?"
"For every commander of predators additional rewards are doubled!"
"Who knows how many people there are in the Bloody Hand clan?!"
"Brother Tabletop Cop, the opportunity to get rich overnight is here! Whether you rush or not, I will rush anyway! Is there any team? My strength, lack of perception and agility, let's go hand in hand to fight guerrillas! The proceeds are shared by everyone !"
"I'm still short of 1,000 points to contribute to the citizens. If it takes a week, it's enough to capture 5 predators? F*ck, this reward is fine! Does it count as long as you keep their breath?"
"It doesn't matter if you're out of breath! 10 silver coins! I have to move bricks for a day."
The players who saw the rewards went crazy, and even once suspected that the manager had marked the reward of the task wrongly.
Unbeknownst to them, however, an "NPC" did this on purpose. Regardless of the many rewards in the bounty, this task cannot be done by one person at all. Three-person and four-person groups are standard configurations, and it is reasonable to distribute the rewards to everyone.
According to the information, the Bloody Hand clan has about sixty or seventy members, counting a few ten chiefs, and it is no problem to keep the budget within 2,000 silver coins.
And it doesn't matter if it's over budget. Can it be a bad thing for a player to have money?
Obviously not! What in this shelter is not your own?
The forty young men who just came in are enough to fill the vacancies in basic labor positions in the outpost. And those old players who have a deeper understanding of the game can use the money to buy guns and land, stimulate domestic demand, and develop new gameplay.
Lucius feels that the person who designed this model may be more genius than the first-generation managers who "packaged this world into a game".
Simply perfect! At this time, someone finally noticed the need for levels under the task book.
"Hey! Quests still have level requirements? Why do I only have LV1?"
"Strength is to cut down trees, perception, agility to find a teammate... Wait, this seems to only say that LV2 is required to accept the task, and there is no limit for LV2 to team up with people of other levels?"
"Boss! Take me!"
"What sequence are you in?"
"Intelligence!"
"Roll."
"Damn!"
The new warehouse manager Luka sat on the chair in front of the door, guarding the ledger on the wooden table, and turned a deaf ear to the chattering noise in front of the door.
Yesterday evening, the new Master explained the work content to him. Starting today, he no longer needs to do farm work, he just needs to move the things brought by these residents in blue coats into the warehouse, use a few symbols that are not too difficult to record in the ledger, and then send them "remuneration" .
It was a very strange metal coin. Luka didn't understand the value of this thing, and he had never heard of any survivor settlement using this kind of thing for trade.
However, after receiving these coins, these blue coats felt like treasures, presumably it should be something very important to them.
Luka didn't want to think about these issues. Years of experience told him that knowing too much may not be a good thing.
Seeing Lucius walking towards this side, he immediately stood up tremblingly, clenched his right fist on his left chest, and saluted respectfully.
"My lord, what are your orders?"
Ignoring the curious players around him, Lucius put the wooden basket in his hand on the table.
"I have a few things here. You can sell them for me. It's still the old rule I told you. When someone comes to buy it, you just ask him to pay according to the price on the label."
Lucius took all the 6 reward points he harvested yesterday to remove the blind box, but maybe it was because of his character that he used them last time, so he opened 6 lollipops in a row this time. Fortunately, 2 of them have attribute bonuses, so it's not too bad.
Lucius thought that the drawers were almost too big to fit, so he grabbed two and brought them to the warehouse. Each lollipop is priced at 1 silver coin, and those with buffs are doubled.
Such an expensive price may not be bought by anyone, but after all, it is still stored, it is better to use it to decorate the shelves of the store.
"Okay My lord."
Old Luka put the things in the wooden basket on the shelf beside him, and then pasted a label written by Lucius.
At this time, Lucius suddenly remembered something and asked.
"By the way, is there sugarcane in the crops produced by Brown Farm?"
"Sugar cane?" Old Luka looked blank, as if he had never heard of it.
Lucius explained.
"A crop that produces sugar."
Hearing explanation, old Luka finally understood and replied.
"My lord, I have been at Brown's farm for twenty years, and I have never heard of a crop called sugar cane... But I do know a little about the sugar you are talking about. There is a crop called red beet on the farm, which is pulled out of the ground It is very similar to a radish, it can squeeze out red sugar juice, and after boiling, some small particles can be fished out from the bottom, which should be the sugar you mentioned."
Grow beets for sugar?
Lucius nodded thoughtfully.
"Is that good for sale?"
"Whether it's good to sell... I don't know, but whether it's a merchant from the south or the north, they will buy a little, but not too much. I heard that it is not as valuable as salt."
Where sugar is produced, sugar is of course less valuable than salt. Nor is it news that the cost of transporting a commodity in the wasteland can be much higher than the cost of producing it. But sugar is a good thing.
Not only can this thing be eaten, it can also be used to make wine, and it can even be used as a weapon. When spring comes next year, I have to find a way to get some seeds.
Lucius immediately thought of Boulder City. That's where you're most likely to get what you need in this neighborhood.
"My lord, do you have any orders?"
"No more, go on with your work."
"Yes, my lord."
Old Luka watched Lucius leave before returning to his chair and sitting down.
At this time, many players became interested in the new products on the shelves and surrounded them one after another.
Luka was very nervous, afraid that someone would steal it. However, these players are of high quality, and they are just discussing excitedly around the side, but no one reaches out to touch them.
"Can this lollipop add attributes?! Is it true?!"
"Chocolate flavor increases strength by 10%... lasts for 10 hours. F*ck, if this is a strength player, it will be really annoying."
"Strawberry flavor is for perception, and apple flavor is for intelligence... At present, these three kinds of lollipops are twice as expensive as other lollipops!"
"What? It's only twice as expensive, so it's not a bloody profit if you buy it! Here, here are two silver coins, old man, I'll take one!"
"I'll have one too!"
"Hey! Why is there only one with more intelligence left! Forget it, buy it and give it to Shuri."
After a while, the only three lollipops with added attributes on the shelf were snapped up, leaving only twelve lollipops without attributes added.
"...It actually sold out?"
Staring at the six silver coins on the table, old Luka muttered softly.
He couldn't understand it, but he was shocked.
......
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