Chapter 51 Wasteland OL's Economic System

The first day of the alpha0.3 version.

The test results of the new version are quite gratifying.

With the division of labor and cooperation among the players, the wall around the outpost was finally completely built.

This three-meter-high concrete fortification not only brings a sense of security, but also creates the possibility for players to play games at night.

Before, at six o'clock in the evening, Chu Guang would take the players back to the shelter to prevent these guys from being taken away by the alien species that went out to forage.

Now with the protection of the wall, as long as the players are willing, they can stay on the surface until the characters in the game start to feel sleepy (fatigue value is exhausted).

Of course, for safety reasons, Chu Guang still prohibits players from using blast furnaces and other facilities with open flames at night.

It's okay to make steel and burn cement during the day, because the woods block a lot of smoke and dust, and the firelight during the day is not so obvious. However, if it's at night, it's hard to say.

The mutant tribe on Street 76 is like a thorn stuck in the throat of the outpost. Chu Guang can't rest easy without removing this thorn.

In addition to the wall, the weapon shop and the bathhouse have also been completed one after another with the efforts of the players. Although it is not very luxurious, it can be used.

Especially the bathhouse with partitions, Chu Guang is so satisfied.

Before, whether he or the players had to go to the lake to wash, now with the bathhouse, the sanitation problem can be solved directly in the base.

Of course, the wooden water tank on the top of the bathhouse can only store 5 cubic meters of water. If it is used for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be a water shortage.

At this time, someone needs to manually transport the water from the lake to the water tank so that the people inside can continue to wash, which is indeed a bit troublesome.

Therefore, the wise and great administrator is considering changing the bathhouse from a public welfare facility to a paid facility, charging 5 copper coins for each cubic meter of water. At the same time, an additional position of Yunshui worker was set up to fill the water tank on the top of the bathhouse.

This is reasonable.

On the other hand, in addition to engineering, the performance of players in production, gathering, hunting, and production also exceeded Chu Guang's expectations.

The emergence of currency has greatly stimulated the players' enthusiasm for production (game).

Just listening to the clanging of the money bag can dispel the fatigue and weakness of the limbs, allowing them to fight in their positions with high morale.

The best performance is still the cattle and horse squad.

The four old leeks are worthy of being high-level players. The quadrilateral tactics integrate reconnaissance, front row, output, and support. The first cooperation has achieved remarkable results.

By dusk, they explored along the elevated road to the south and hunted a total of eight mutant hyenas and a mutant reindeer.

The proceeds from the sale of the prey were equivalent to 55 silver coins - 43 of which were from mutant hyenas and 12 from mutant reindeers.

Although the meat yield of mutant hyenas and mutant reindeers is not high, usually only over 40% and no more than 50%.

But even so, Brother Chaodan, who served as a temporary butcher, still got more than 100 kilograms of hyena meat and more than 100 kilograms of venison from these prey.

These meats will be made into bacon and stored in the warehouse. Before being made into bacon, players can also spend money to buy fresh raw meat for their dinner.

It is worth mentioning that the outposts used to eat in a big pot, and Brother Chaodan, who served as a cook, arranged the recipes for two meals a day.

What the players can eat depends on the mood of the chef and what prey the manager happened to bring back that day.

But now it is completely different.

The granary of the base will be open to all players, and the price is fair and affordable, with no deception. One silver coin can be exchanged for 1 kilogram of green wheat, or 300g of raw meat, or 200g of smoked meat.

What is the concept of 1 silver coin?

According to the rules designed by Chu Guang, 1 silver coin is converted into 10 copper coins, which is roughly the median income of players in one hour.

In other words, most players can buy enough food to fill their stomachs as long as they work hard for 1~2 hours, or do some tasks patiently.

As for whether players put the purchased food directly into their mouths, or add seasonings to cook it into green wheat porridge or wheat cakes, or share a table with others to eat or even trade, players can decide for themselves.

When Chu Guang designed this simple economic system before, he had calculated an account.

A mutant hyena weighing over 30 kilograms can produce about 12 kilograms of meat after removing the inedible internal organs and head.

According to the basic price of 5 silver coins, the prey is purchased from hunters, and the average cost of 2 silver coins is to hire a butcher to kill and take the meat, remove the tendons and skin. The total cost is only 7 silver coins of zero cost.

Assuming that 12 kilograms of meat is taken, according to the price of 1 silver coin for 300g of raw meat, 12 kilograms is 40 silver!

The output value of 40 silver coins, the production cost of 7 silver coins, and the circulation cost can be ignored. Therefore, in this simple economic chain, a surplus value of 33 silver coins will be generated.

This number is meaningless to the players, after all, they are playing games, but for Chu Guang, the manager, it is too meaningful.

As long as this "from prey to raw meat" economic chain can continue to operate, each operation can provide "raw meat worth 33 silver coins" and "fur worth several silver coins" for the granary of the outpost.

Of course, it is impossible for players to consume all the raw meat. Even if they take out all the money in their pockets, they can't buy all the things they produce. It's not appropriate to eat too much.

Therefore, in addition to a small part of the meat being bought by players with the silver coins he distributed, more raw meat will be left over and flow into the new economic chain as "raw materials" and stored in the granary in the form of air-dried meat as food reserves for the shelter.

In addition to the "from prey to air-dried meat" industry, tree felling, garbage collection, cement burning, brick moving, gathering, and fishing are basically similar economic models.

Through the two levers of price and task rewards, the inventory of various materials and the focus of players' work at the current stage can be easily adjusted.

For example, now that the wall has been built, the base's demand for plastering and bricklaying has decreased. Instead, more food and weapons are needed to feed and arm more players.

So Chu Guang will appropriately lower the price of weapons in the carpenter's hut to stimulate players to order weapons and upgrade equipment. At the same time, he will increase the purchase price of prey and urge capable players to use the purchased weapons to hunt and improve their proficiency.

In this way, players have money, equipment, and accumulated combat experience. Chu Guang not only obtained a large amount of food reserves, but also a group of soldiers with abundant martial virtues.

It's a win-win situation!

No, it should be a win-win situation!

Because Chu Guang, as a manager, can win twice!

Those few coins are like catalysts. They obviously did not create any value, but they revitalized the economy of the entire outpost.

Chu Guang felt that he was simply a genius.

The only small problem was that no one cooked today.

Brother Chaodan hasn't saved enough money, and the restaurant hasn't opened yet.

In order to save money, almost everyone went to the warehouse to get the minimum living allowance. They used 1 silver coin to buy a kilogram of yam, and several teammates rented a big pot to light a fire. They cooked it casually and ate it. After eating it, they rented it to the next person.

It doesn't matter if it's not cooked. This thing can be eaten raw. It's just a matter of hygiene and taste.

It seems that in an instant, everyone who has a goal to strive for suddenly doesn't care whether the food is delicious or not. They have carried forward the style of hard struggle to the extreme. The only requirement is to be full!

Only Yaya is different.

Others are happily eating potatoes, but she can't even afford potatoes.

Because the manager forgot to give her the minimum living allowance, and she went online too late and didn't find teammates, she was sitting in the corner with a face full of resentment, eating sour berries and mushrooms.

Finally, Teng Teng couldn't stand it anymore and walked over to share half a bowl of mashed potatoes with her.

Looking at Ya Ya who was eating voraciously, Teng Teng couldn't bear to ridicule her and sighed.

"From tomorrow on, you have to do the tasks well to make money. I can't support you forever."

Ya Ya was moved and saved Teng Teng.

"Teng Teng, are you an angel!"

Looking at Ya Ya with tears in her eyes, Teng Teng, whose face was squeezed out of shape, sighed and got out from under her arms with a red face.

"...What stupid things are you talking about."

The sky gradually darkened.

Chu Guang, who was walking in the base, was inspecting his territory and the situation of the players.

Although most of the players wanted to stay for a while, it would be dawn in two hours, and the workers had to go out to work after washing and packing.

Chu Guang thought it was getting late, and was about to call them to assemble, but at this moment, there was a knock at the north gate of the base.

All the players looked at the door, and Chu Guang's right hand subconsciously grasped the pistol in his pocket, but soon let go.

Through the player list, he confirmed that the person outside should be Jun Lazi.

Looking at the two players closest to him, Chu Guang ordered.

"Fang Chang, Lao Bai, go open the door."

"Yes!"

Fang Chang and Lao Bai trotted forward, lifted the bolt stuck on the door, and pulled the wooden door open together.

Looking at Jun Lazi coming in through the crack in the door, Fang Chang and Lao Bai were shocked.

"What the hell?"

"Brother, what's wrong with you?!"

Blood!

All over!

Although some of the wounds have healed, most of them are bite wounds and gunshot wounds that are visible to the naked eye.

Seeing Garbage-kun's appearance, Chu Guang frowned slightly. He probably guessed what happened to this guy.

But fortunately, if the other party regards it as a different species, and the kind that is not very delicious, it is unlikely to chase it.

Ignoring his own injuries, Garbage-kun quickly walked to the manager and said while panting.

"The predator's camp! It's about 2 kilometers north of the abandoned construction site, about 3 to 4 kilometers from us! There's a tire factory there!"

Ye Shi couldn't help asking, "Did you fight with them?"

"No, no, I swear I didn't provoke them!"

Ji La Jun waved his hand to clarify, and after glancing at the manager, he continued, "I was planning to retreat at the time, but I happened to run into their patrol team... I saw three people."

Ye Shi: "And then you still fought with them?"

Ji La Jun looked embarrassed and looked away.

"Uh... I was caught, there's nothing I can do."

It seems that this guy should have lost the fight.

But it's not surprising. A patrol team of three people should also bring a dog, and the bite wound on its body probably came from this.

Although this guy has an absolute advantage in panel data, he may not be able to get any benefit from fighting with experienced predator veterans.

I'm lucky to be able to run back.

"The tire factory in the north, huh? I see," Chu Guang nodded, looking at Jun Laji and said, "You should go back to the incubator to rest first."

The incubator has the function of accelerating the repair of tissue cells for its own clones, and with Jun Laji's own physical attributes, it shouldn't take long for him to recover.

"Yes, sir." After saying that, Jun Laji shook his tail and limped towards the direction of the sanatorium.

Along the way, many players noticed his situation and whispered to each other.

"This guy is so badly injured!"

"I heard that a looters' camp was discovered."

"Looters' camp?! Are new dungeons going to be opened?"

"Awesome!"

"Damn, I have to get money together to buy a gun!"

"Hey, I'm confused, should I buy land or gun first?"

"Don't be silly, just move bricks first."

Obviously, these players did not realize the difficulty of the problem, but were discussing it excitedly.

This is understandable.

After all, this is a game for them.

Only Chu Guang, the manager, had a hint of urgency on his eyebrows.

To the north is the looters' camp, to the east is the mutants' nest, to the west is Linghu, and to the south is the area where the survivors of Beth Street and Brown Farm are active.

The location of the outpost is indeed not very good, and the development space is restricted.

"Whether it's the Predators or the Mutants."

"If we want to change the situation, we have to fight them..."

Chu Guang has already thought about the content of the next expansion pack.