Chapter 216 New Awakeners and Preparation for War
Chu Guang has been very lucky these days.
As of the 10th day of the implementation of the wartime regulations, his little players have created a total of 371 bonus points for him, which is even a little beyond his expectations.
Logically speaking, as the winter continues and the blizzard continues, the range of players' activities should be reduced.
However, the completion rate of daily active tasks has not decreased at all.
While being moved, Chu Guang couldn't help but make up his mind to make good use of the wealth created for him by his little players.
Considering that the medicines are enough for the time being, Chu Guang used all the remaining 71 bonus points, except for three advanced blind boxes, to exchange for primary blind boxes.
It's not that he still believes in metaphysics.
It's mainly because Chu Guang was bored and drew a pack of high-yield rice seeds before.
That was the second time he got seeds from a blind box after cotton seeds.
Without saying anything, Chu Guang immediately used the bag of seeds in the soilless planting unit that had just harvested a batch of pakchoi for breeding operations.
As for which of these rice seeds drawn out has a higher yield than the rice seeds given away for free on the B3 floor, we will know when the time comes.
Continuing with the results of this lottery, although no seeds were drawn, it was also quite gratifying.
71 reward points, in addition to 25 lollipops, 15 chocolate bars and 8 boxes of canned meat, there were actually 10 bags of 500g salt, 8 bottles of soy sauce, 2 bottles of vinegar and 3 bags of 3 kilograms of cornmeal.
Although these supplies cannot fundamentally solve the food crisis, they are undoubtedly a blessing for those small players who open stores.
There are new seasonings to use.
Epic enhancement of professional life players!
The other three advanced blind boxes did not disappoint Chu Guang either.
A set of five-style "light cavalry" exoskeleton, a hummingbird drone, and a carbon nano bulletproof vest.
To be honest, the generosity of the shelter system this time made him a little unbelievable.
Now he has three hummingbirds. While overlooking the outpost and Changjiu Farm, he can also use one to go wild.
After thinking for a while, Chu Guang planned to hang the fifth-style "Light Cavalry" exoskeleton on the shelf of the NPC store.
Since the performance of the "fifth-style" is more than twice that of the miner type I, Chu Guang simply added a zero to the price of the "miner", which is 20,000 silver.
As for the purchase threshold.
It is also awakening (LV10) + citizen.
Just when Chu Guang was enjoying the joy of the harvest and admiring the "manager allowance" sent from the conveyor belt, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from the speaker on the wall.
"Master, you have two more little players who have reached LV10."
"Two?"
Chu Guang was slightly stunned, and immediately opened the manager system and switched to the player list.
In the list, the gene sequence level behind the two names was clearly marked as LV10, and the login status was also the same "locked for 5 hours".
"There is a long way to go and Midnight Killing Chicken?"
It turned out to be these two gentlemen.
The awakening of Midnight Killing Chicken was expected. This gentleman was one of the early players who entered the game, and he was a strength system, and he was very hardworking.
Chu Guang still remembered that this guy cut down more than 200 trees in three days.
"The strength system is indeed easier to upgrade."
"The agility system seems to be the second."
Currently, the highest intelligence level in the whole server is Kuangfeng, who has just reached LV9.
Ye Shi of the perception system has been at LV9 for a while, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he can awaken.
Thinking of this, Chu Guang sighed in his heart.
His little players are so awesome, he has to work harder!
Otherwise, some people always think that the five months that Chu had survived alone in the wasteland were wasted, and any "Little Master Ao" could assassinate him.
What are you thinking?
Do you think you are invincible when you turn on the console while playing games?
Let alone the "magic equipment" that the players helped him to get, the newbies' arms and legs are as slow as mosquitoes, and they can be hammered even if they take off their equipment.
So far, the only person in the whole server who can really tear apart the crawler is Chu Guang himself. The martial virtue of Shelter No. 404 is not exaggerated.
However, it is still necessary to maintain the advantage in level.
It is not entirely out of caution, but mainly out of consideration for the players' gaming experience.
After all, it is well known that the leader NPC of the faction in M-Mo RPG is always the highest level.
If the level of the leader NPC is not higher than that of the player, then this game is too unreal!
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Official forum:
Stop talking nonsense: "It's the 10th day, brother! There are only 50 days left until the end of winter!"
Elf King Fugui: "Giao! There are still 50 days!"
Tail: "Since we can't go out to fight, let's have a snowball fight! (｀?′)Ψ"
Sisi: "Oh, this is good."
Ye Shi: "Hahaha, then isn't the strength system a bug? (funny)"
Tail: "No, Tail is super fast!"
Offline peak period.
Just when everyone was running to the official website to exchange strategies as usual, an announcement suddenly popped up on the forum.
[Announcement for the whole server: Congratulations to the player "The future is long" for becoming the first agility system LV10 player in the whole server! ]
[Since the player chose to make it public, this achievement will be recorded in the Hall of Fame]
As soon as the announcement came out.
The atmosphere on the forum was instantly boiling.
Tail: "!! There are actually people who are faster than Tail! w(?Д?)w"
Sisi: "Awei, wake up, he is a T0 boss after all, what can you compare with."
Tail: "QAQ"
Elf King Fugui: "Damn it, damn cheater! I, the Elf King, am not the fastest! (Going crazy)"
Lightning King Professor Yang: "Gan! One by one, you are all cheaters, okay? I haven't even entered the game! T.T"
Silver Hand: "Strongly request the official to reset the data after the internal beta is launched! (Cracked voice)"
Silver Sword: "Agree! (Cracked voice)"
Edge paddling: "Get out, don't even think about it!"
Debt Big Eyes: "That's right! Do you know how hard it is for our brother Shui to give away heads! (Funny)"
Edge paddling: "Get out!"
Only on whether to delete the file, players and cloud players can never reach a consensus.
Today is the same.
The two sides split into two factions, arguing over whether to clear the closed beta test data.
The two awakeners did not show up from beginning to end, presumably they went to avoid the limelight.
After reading a circle of posts in the forum, Chu Guang, who was peeking at the screen, showed a smile like an old father.
Clear?
Not happening.
That's what a serious game company does. When did he say he was a serious game company?
These accounts are all his stuff!
However, players who entered the game early have begun to "awaken" one after another.
It is foreseeable that in the next two months, players will usher in a wave of awakening peaks.
Wait until winter is over, maybe he can get a company of awakeners.
This individual quality, as long as the equipment keeps up.
It's exciting to think about it!
...
No. 81 Steel Plant.
Production is in full swing, and looking up, there is a lively scene.
With the mobilization of the "Wartime Regulations", more and more refugees have been put into production work. The number of workers in the No. 81 Steel Plant has expanded to 90 people, and they are divided into multiple workshops according to different production tasks.
Workers who have mastered production skills have been promoted to foremen, and they take those inexperienced apprentices to learn how to use the equipment in the factory to recycle the garbage picked up by scavengers from the wasteland into what they need.
At this moment, in the No. 1 plant of the No. 81 Steel Plant, a 20mm caliber machine gun is displayed in the center of the plant.
The box-type receiver structure has simple buffers on both sides, and there is an air cooling box at the root of the barrel for heat dissipation.
The magazine is located directly behind the receiver, close to the trigger, which is convenient for the gunner to load. It can be operated by one person, which is very convenient.
In order to ensure the safety of the gunner and the ammunition rack, there is a slot at the front end of the receiver, which can be installed or welded with a 20mm steel plate.
This thickness is enough to resist most bullets and blast fragments, providing a relatively safe firing environment for the gunner.
Standing next to Chu Guang, Brother Levin, one of the directors of the No. 81 Steel Plant, proudly promoted it to him.
"20mm caliber, 1500mm long barrel, 1300mm long rifling, a magazine can hold 10 rounds of shells, and all can be fired in less than 5 seconds! As you can see, this equipment can definitely become the nemesis of helicopters!"
Brother Ce Suo, who was standing on the other side, said excitedly.
"That's right, Mr. Manager, it's not just the nemesis of helicopters. I dare say that even the creepers and mutants running on the ground will definitely not be able to withstand a flat shot!"
If it can withstand it by miracle.
Then come another shot!
"Taking into account various combat needs, we also designed phosphorus-containing incendiary bombs, steel core armor-piercing bombs, and high-explosive bombs for it! But unfortunately, we didn't get the proximity fuze. The high-explosive bombs with front-trigger fuzes have a small chance of misfiring, but it's not a big problem!"
"Not bad, but isn't 10 rounds in a magazine too few?" Looking at the machine gun in front of him, Chu Guang had a look of great interest.
As if he guessed that the manager would ask this, Brother Levin smiled and said.
"No problem! We can assemble four machine guns together and fire intermittently! That's 40 rounds!"
Brother Ce Suo also said.
"That's right, if the firepower is not enough, we can also use an eight-barreled base! Tow it with a truck!"
Chu Guang nodded approvingly.
But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and asked.
"By the way, where is the 88mm artillery you made before? Isn't there an experimental model? Why don't I see it?"
In addition to anti-aircraft firepower, he now needs a sufficiently reliable support weapon.
The support here is not the heartless rocket of Mosquito.
But the kind that can cooperate with the infantry on the front line to accurately drop explosives on the enemy's head.
For some reason, after hearing Chu Guang's words, the expressions on the faces of Brother Ce Suo and Brother Levin were a little subtle.
The latter coughed lightly and said.
"The speed of the shells of that artillery can never be increased... We originally planned to change it to a howitzer, but we really didn't have time. Then Mosquito came over and offered a price, saying that he planned to continue our research, so we sold all the gun barrels that had not been rifled to him."
Speaking of this, Brother Ce Suo looked indignant.
"In the end, he didn't plan to continue our research at all. Later, I learned that he cut the barrel into small pieces and planned to make a short-caliber 88mm mortar."
Brother Levin shook his head and said.
"It's just a fantasy!"
Hearing this, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.
Then he was speechless.
Anti-aircraft gun converted into mortar.
Is this possible? !
...
Southern suburbs of Tianshui City.
Abandoned North Slope Industrial Zone.
Ruined factories and buildings are everywhere here, and the concrete fragments scattered on the ground are as numerous as the snow in the sky.
In a factory with relatively intact walls.
Ragged and skinny slaves are transporting materials from the warehouse into the factory under the supervision of the looters with weapons and whips.
A very large boiler is suspended here.
The furnace is full of boiling molten iron, and the slaves next to it are constantly using shovels to deliver coal to the heating room. The whole room is as hot as summer.
The factory next door is just as hot.
More than 30 iron anvils are displayed in the wide factory, and the naked slaves are waving hammers and hammering the red-hot castings on the anvils.
After hot forging, these rough castings will be sent to another workshop, where some skilled craftsmen will use simple tools such as files to process them, and then they will be sent to the last factory for assembly by porters.
The look of the supervisors next to them looking at these slaves made them feel instinctive fear, and their calves could not help but tremble.
That look did not seem to be looking at people.
It was like looking at the meat on the chopping board.
However, being able to work here at least means that you will not be eaten. As long as you work hard, you can live... This is the "promise" given to them by the supervisors.
And those survivors who were kept in the dungeon were much more miserable.
They had only two endings.
Either they became cannon fodder or they became rations.
In winter, the latter was much more likely than the former.
The office on the second floor of the factory was as warm as spring.
Sitting behind the old desk, a man in a leather jacket and unkempt appearance, with a wooden pipe in his mouth.
The smoke from the burning spirit leaf made him squint his eyes in intoxication.
His name is Black Snake, the centurion of the Bone Chewing Tribe. He was ordered to lead a team of 1,000 people to plunder southwards, but he stopped here because of the heavy snow.
Although the Snake Clan he belongs to is not as important as the Ya Clan in the Bone Chewing Tribe, it is also considered a direct line, and the nine centurions under his command are all ruthless and good at fighting.
In fact, there were ten before.
However, the centurion named Ka was attacked by local survivors in Qingquan City on the way to Qingquan City to establish an outpost, and his whereabouts are unknown.
Black Snake doesn't feel sorry for a mere centurion. As long as he wants, he can promote another one at any time.
What really makes him sad is that nearly 150 brothers were lost in that battle, as well as nearly 100 100mm shells and dozens of tons of rations.
Whenever he thinks of this, Black Snake gets angry.
Those prodigals!
He actually poured all his nutritional paste into the sewer, and set fire to his rat jerky and meat strips!
Waste is a shameful act.
He swore that he would get the lost supplies back from these people intact.
"Listen to the sound of iron forging, it's so beautiful... When winter is over, we can have the equipment of two more hundred teams!"
Nearly a thousand slaves solved the logistics problem of 1,500 people.
These slaves can not only be used as labor, but also as food.
Black Snake felt that he was a genius.
Standing aside, the staff officer Vides looked at him, but his expression was not very optimistic.
"This battle should not be dragged on too long. You should have noticed that your subordinates encountered strong resistance twice when they attacked the local survivors' settlements... Obviously, the survivors have realized the danger, even formed an alliance, and moved the settlements outside."
"That's just right."
Black Snake narrowed his eyes slightly, a wisp of smoke floated out of his nose, and continued.
"When they gather together, we can catch them all at once, saving us the trouble of chasing them around!"
Hearing this, Vides shook his head.
This idea is too idealistic!
He had learned from Kevin before that the survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City were suspected to have mastered the production technology of stamped receivers.
This means that they can produce reliable weapons and bullets in large quantities in a short period of time at a very low cost.
On the other hand, due to the lack of production equipment and effective logistical support, even if the slaves played a little role, to be honest, the role was quite limited.
The later this war drags on, the more dangerous it will be for them!
However, compared to Vides, Black Snake, as a centurion, is very optimistic.
"Relax, my friend."
"I know they may not be easy to deal with, but we have that guy."
100mm howitzer!
A 20-kilogram shell smashed down, leaving no grass within 30 meters, and a half-meter thick concrete fortification could be easily crushed!
That terrifying firepower was enough to make any survivor settlement with less than 10,000 people despair!
And they had two guns.
Black Snake leisurely added some dried spirit leaves to his pipe, anyway, there was nothing else to do in this winter.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the office.
After getting permission to come in, a predator in a fur coat walked in, saluted in an awkward manner, and said in a buzzing voice.
"Report!"
"Lion Fang Thousand Captain sent someone to bring you a letter saying that they have built infantry fortifications in Yuanxi Town and invite you to go there and participate in the spring hunt together!"
"Yuanxi Town?"
Black Snake subconsciously glanced at the map on the wall, but did not see where that place was.
Vides, who was standing aside, reminded him.
"Yuanxi Town is located in the north of Qingquan City, about 10 kilometers away from the Yumu District of Qingquan City, and about 20 kilometers away from the concrete fortifications built by the survivors in the northern suburbs."
The southern suburbs of Tianshui City where they are now is roughly located in the northeast of Qingquan City.
After a pause, Vides fulfilled his duties as a staff officer and gave suggestions.
"The survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City are not easy to deal with. It is a good choice to concentrate troops to deal with them."
With two thousand-man teams, there will be no problems that he is worried about.
So many people can kill the survivors in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City just by relying on numbers!
However, his superior obviously does not think so...
"Why should we join them? We can take over the northern suburbs of Qingquan City by ourselves." Black Snake's eyes narrowed slightly.
According to the rules of the plunderers, whoever conquers the territory has the right to plunder!
Acting with the people of the Ya clan, he can only drink soup at most.
But if he conquered the northern suburbs of Qingquan City alone, it would be a chance to eat meat.
He had artillery, armor, and enough infantry to deal with a group of scavengers.
Why let others share the credit that belongs to him!
"Although Lion Fang and I are both centurions, they are direct descendants. We act together, and his rank is half a level higher than mine."
"The survivors in the northern suburbs are easy to deal with, but the Boulder City is a tough nut to crack. If we follow them, we might be sent to be cannon fodder."
Squinting his eyes like a venomous snake, Black Snake continued slowly.
"Not only can we not follow them, but we must get ahead of them and kill the prey in the shortest time!"
There was a little helplessness on Vides' face.
He knew very well that this man would not listen to him when it came to strategic decisions.
Most of the plunderers are the same. They only have the spoils in their eyes. What drives them to fight is the savagery and ferocity engraved in their bones, not anything else.
Even if the people of the Bone Chewing Tribe seem a little different, there is no difference in essence.
Just like a dog can't change its eating habits.
Looking at the silent Vides, Black Snake smiled and comforted him.
"Relax, my friend, I don't underestimate our opponents. I learned about their strength from the brothers who withdrew from the front line, so I made such a judgment."
He still respected this military strategist who helped him win many battles.
If it were someone else, the grass on the grave would be two feet high.
"Would you like a couple of puffs? You are no longer a member of the Legion. There is no need to follow the rules of the Legion. You can think of wealth and glory here."
Looking at the cigarette handed by Black Snake, Vides shook his head and said.
"No need, I need to keep a clear mind at all times."
People in the Legion don't smoke.
At most, they drink.
For him, it was enough to have gold, beauty, and wine.
Black Snake smiled and waved his pipe.
"That's what it is. The spirit leaf can make you a hundred times more energetic, but since you don't like it, forget it."
Leaning back on the chair, Black Snake looked at him and said.
"I need you to make a plan to help me win this war in the shortest time."
Vides said after thinking for a while.
"How about mid-January?"
"The blizzard should have almost stopped by then, and the impact of the climate should not be very serious. We can give them a surprise before the spring."
Winter had just ended, and the survivors should not have prepared too many fortifications. This cold winter had an equal impact on everyone.
Whether it was the defender or the attacker.
Black Snake snapped his fingers.
"Just do as you say!"