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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 81

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:58:06 AM


Chapter 81

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The battle ended in less than twenty minutes, but it took a full hour to clean the battlefield.

Same as last time, still according to the old rules, the captives, bounties, and trophies generated in collective battles belong to all players participating in the battle collectively.

Among them, the captives are calculated at 5 silver coins, and the dead are calculated at 5 copper coins, which are included in the total income after the war, and are shared equally by all players who participated in the battle and obeyed the command.

As for the spoils, they are concentrated at the north gate for interested players to bid for. The bidding method is very simple, similar to an auction.

First, Manager estimates a base price and a maximum price, and interested players call out their prices one by one. In principle, each time the price is increased by no less than 1 copper coin, until no one raises the price or someone calls out the highest price.

As for why a maximum price should be set? The main reason is that Lucius is too kind, worried that these little players are too hot-headed, and it is not worth spending too much silver on these garbage.

If you are really that interested, you can directly call for the highest price to make a deal.

If there is no bid for a certain piece of equipment, that is, it fails to be sold, the shelter will take it back at a discount of 10% of the reserve price, and hang it in the weapon store or warehouse to re-price it for sale.

Malicious bidding will be punished by deducting contribution points and 10% of the quotation. All benefits generated by the auction, after deducting 10% tax, are all included in the total post-war income and shared equally by all players participating in the battle.

This can also be regarded as a variant of the GKP system, which is found in many MMs, especially when the output ratio is difficult to define.

Lucius changed it and used it directly.

In addition, for the outstanding performers in the battle, Lucius will give extra silver coins and contribution points as rewards. However, the MVP of this battle is undoubtedly Lucius himself, who directly killed the head of the commander with a hammer, which is obvious to all the young players around.

By the way, since there is no suitable candidate, Lucius can only act as the auctioneer himself.

"This is a 16mm shotgun. Since it is said to be a shotgun, it naturally has no rifling. Its design is very unique. The uniqueness is... a shovel is attached to its barrel."

"Well, I guess it should be for the convenience of digging foxholes? After all, no matter how good the body armor is, it can't compare to the soil and sand around you. The price is 35 silver, and the upper limit is 70 silver. If you are interested, please raise your hand and bid."

As soon as the voice fell, someone raised his hand immediately.

"I give 35!"

"35 silver plus 1 copper!"

"Hey! I'll add another copper!"

"You are awesome! I will offer 40 silver!"

"40 silver plus 1 copper."

"%#@!(◣◢)┌∩┐"

In the end, this seemingly useless broken gun, which didn't even have rifling, was sold for a "sky-high price" of 47 silver and 5 copper coins.

Since 16mm ammunition is not available in arms stores, the person who buys this gun will probably have to figure out a way to solve this problem on their own. Otherwise, it really can only be used as a shovel.

Lucius then looked at the next weapon, which was a 5mm scorpion submachine gun wrapped with tape. Different from the standardized weapons produced by Boulder City, this gun is obviously modified with parts that were removed from nowhere.

The shortcomings are obvious, the ammunition capacity is low, although there are rifling, but the barrel is very short, the ballistic spread can be imagined.

But the advantage is that the rate of fire is extremely fast, and a magazine can be emptied within 2.5~3 seconds in the fully automatic mode... Is this an advantage? Maybe it counts for the local tyrants!

"This is a 5mm scorpion-style submachine gun. Its original owner was the head of the Bloody Clan. His name is engraved on the grip of the gun——"

"Most of the predators are uneducated, and they can't come up with too difficult names, and he ended up miserable, dying under the hammer of justice... Although his crimes are too numerous to record, he has to admit that his weapon is not bad. This gun Condensing his whole life of combat experience, the modification is very light and fast, and the recoil is not strong, unless your sequence is intelligence, it is basically no problem to hold it down with one hand. The starting price is 50 silver, and the upper limit is 100 silver."

"I pay 70!"

"100!"

Lucius: "...?"

It was the Mosquito who called out the sky-high price of 100 silver coins. Under the envious eyes of the players, the invisible rich man took the spoils with an expression on his face.

Intuition tells Lucius that this guy is not like the kind of player who rushes to the front line, and the reason why he bought this gun is also a mystery.

In any case, Lucius still sincerely wishes that this little player can put his ingenuity in a place that is useful to the society. Even that world has nothing to do with him.

The pace of the auction is fast. Due to the limit of the highest price, basically one order can be completed within two minutes.

A total of 10 of the 12 firearms were auctioned, of which 3 guns were sold at the highest price, and only 1 gun was sold at the starting price.

The remaining 2 unsold ones, Lucius intends to hand them over to Sumeria for modification. I feel that the receiver and barrel can still be recycled.

As for long and short weapons and defensive protective gear, they are all sold at a price of up to 3 silver coins and a minimum of 1 silver coin, so there is no need for any auction.

To Lucius's surprise, 631 silver coins were raised at the trophy auction, which was 100 more than his original plan.

After deducting the 10% transaction tax, the final price is 567.9 silver.

Lucius erased the odds, and generously distributed the 567 silver coins together with other rewards to all 67 players who participated in the battle.

After a battle, everyone was rewarded more than 10 silver coins. It can be said that everyone is happy. Except for the few captives on the gallows.

When they saw the blue coats, these predators still had a little luck in their hearts. After all, most of the blue coats were against the death penalty. Maybe they would survive if they surrendered?

Inherent experience obviously killed them. In order to make them useful to society after death, Lucius will send their corpses into an active substance refiner to extract the active substances needed to cultivate clones.

Used to synthesize really useful people.

"...Okay, warriors of Shelter, you have successfully defended the hope of civilization, I salute you!"

"The auction of the loot is over. Those who need to rest will follow me back to the shelter. The rest of the people are free to move around, but they are not allowed to leave the walls of the outpost...unless you have special tasks to perform."

"The north gate of the base will be closed in 5 minutes. If you don't finish talking, go to the square to talk, and if you finish talking, go back to sleep. Let's go."

Lucius clapped his hands, and drove the players gathered at the north gate back to the outpost like a duck..The battle was so exciting that many people were in high spirits right now.

But seeing that it was already two o'clock, the fatigue of the characters in the game was worth exceeding the standard without going offline.

Those players who were originally scheduled to go offline at 12 o'clock could only reluctantly return to the shelter, lie down in the dormant cabin and log out normally.

...

Official website forum.

The players who had just logged off all rushed in without any accident.

Quit Smoking: "Is there any update on today's plan? Is there any news about the internal test?"

Picking Up Trash Level 99: "No! But today's team battle was so cool hahahaha, I rushed out of the trench, went up and directly shoveled the shovel, and bit off the predator's leg directly! Everyone is stupid hahaha !"

Irena: "Which leg? (¬‿¬)"

Picking Up Trash Level 99: "(⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)???"

Tabletop Cop: "Hey, I really want that iron pipe to be fully automatic. I was thinking about how much to shout, but the 80 silver coins price was immediately outrageous!"

The Boy On The Construction Site: "It's okay, when that brother fires, he will know what is outrageous. As for the barrel and receiver, I bet it has three rounds and one card."

Yaya: "Does anyone offer silver coins? I'll exchange them with real money! Interested private duck~"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "!!! Rich woman!"

Irena: "Do you also want to dance under the nose of the planner? ⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠"

Tomorrow Seeker: "Hey! You will collect all the game currency during the beta test phase, and if something happens then there is nowhere to spend the money."

"Someone want a cash deal?"

Although no MM can avoid the problem of RMB transactions, Lucius really didn't expect that someone would even buy the test currency in the beta test stage.

What if the game value inflates when it goes online the next day? For example, after LV10, a task rewards 100 silver? It's not impossible.

Lucius remembered that he never said that he planned to use the silver coins in game.

Now only silver coins are issued, maybe after power armor, aircraft, tanks and cannons come out, gold coins, platinum coins, amethyst coins, air coins, and digital coins will also be issued.

Even after the internal beta and public beta, it is not impossible to directly change to a currency. You can't do the same tasks and earn the same money as a level 1 buddy and a full level boss, right?

For games, that's outrageous!

Out of love for his little players, Lucius sat up straight from the computer chair and typed on the keyboard with both hands.

Light: "A warm reminder from the planner that "Wasteland OL" does not advocate or recognize off-market transactions. If you post a post on the forum to buy or sell in-game currency, the post will be deleted. If you trade on a third-party platform, the official website may It cannot be restrained, but it will not recognize all chat records and transfer information outside the forum, and will not re-dispose of in-game or out-of-game losses based on these evidences."

Light: "Many players on the forum are actually recommended by acquaintances. If you must trade, I will not stop it, but please consider the risks and don't trust strangers easily. In the follow-up development work, we will consider Launch the official trading platform to ensure the safety of players’ property. Before that, please enjoy the fun of the game itself.”

This is actually for the good of these players. At this stage, whether it is selling silver coins for dollar or selling equipment for doller, it must be a blood loss, and it is a loss for both parties.

Anyone who thinks about it with their brains can foresee what kind of sensation this game will cause around the world after the public beta.

As a planner, he have already promised that at this stage, he will not delete the archives and beta test. At this time, If they will not spend money on themselves to improve their combat effectiveness, and start making more money by moving bricks. Then In the future, how will they promoted to the first echelon and become a boss?

And if goes like this then after a few versions, would they still have to fight for jobs with those newbies?

That was too miserable.

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Damn! Brother Light out."

Yaya: "Ah! Master planner, I didn't mean it! I won't dare again! (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠)"

Quit Smoking: "Kick her out! Haha, let me play instead! ლ⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠ლ⁠)"

Yaya: "Get out! (#`O′)"

Building Breaker: "Hehe, let's start with leeks? Arrange a few actors to start frying game coins, and then fool people into the stage. Tsk tsk, I understand everything."

The Thunder King: "Official money transactions are not advocated, so can I use BTC? (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)?"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Although your ideas are always very unique, I suggest that you get the qualification for the closed beta first. (⁠。⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠"

The Thunder King: "Damn! I'm so unlucky, it's really miserable. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠༼⁠ ⁠ಥ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠ಥ⁠ ⁠༽⁠_⁠/⁠¯"

Quit Smoking: "Get out, you are miserable, I am more miserable then you!"

Get Up Ten Times A Night: "I testify that the old man who 'Quit Smoking' is the worst. Obviously we all ordered the appointment button together, but we are all LV4, and he hasn't made an appointment yet. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)"

Irena: "(⁠ ⁠´⁠◡⁠‿⁠ゝ⁠◡⁠`⁠)"

Quit Smoking: "Stop it bro. ಥ⁠╭⁠╮⁠ಥ"

Really?

This is too pitiful.

Lucius swears that he really didn't target anyone on purpose, and it's impossible for him to know everyone with so many reservation players. They are all randomly selected.

"The number of reservations is 888, which is a good number."

After looking at the official website for the last time, Lucius turned off the computer and stretched, and went to sleep in the next room.





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