This Game Is Too Realistic

"Brother, why doesn't your electric stove work so well?"

"...Maybe the power is not enough. I will think about it again and see if I can use these copper wires to build a larger generator."

"Brother, be steady!"

When leaving the carpentry hut, Chu Guang passed by the industrial area and saw several players in front of the steel-making blast furnace, thinking about how to improve steel-making technology.

The electric stove modified from scrap products seems to have failed. The problem seems to be the power. The two players are discussing how to imitate a more powerful generator.

It would be great if it worked.

Silently saying "Come on" in his heart, Chu Guang, who was carrying a hammer, walked to the side of the brick kiln and found [Leave a Man Under the Knife] who was instructing other players to bake bricks.

Ever since Lao Bai changed his profession to a hunter player, the position of construction captain fell to Brother Dao, who was born in civil engineering.

"The three-meter-high wall is still too short. I don't know when the predators' second round of offensive will come. I plan to strengthen the defense of the outpost. Do you have any good suggestions?"

I didn't expect that the manager would actually discuss such an important issue with me.

The man under the knife was pleasantly surprised at first, and then he started to think seriously.

"Judging from the weapons of the predators, they use more incendiary bottles, projectiles and light weapons. Although the wall can prevent them from breaking through our defense line, it actually does not provide us with much advantage in the actual exchange of fire!"

"My suggestion is that we can pool building materials to build 3 to 4-meter-high bunkers outside the wall, and then connect these bunkers with Z-shaped trenches!"

Chu Guang's eyes lit up after hearing this little player's suggestion.

This is indeed a good idea.

Creatures like predators are very similar to goblins in fantasy movies. Their firepower and melee capabilities are not very strong. Their advantages are intimidation and harassment.

Intimidation has no effect on the players, it will only make these crazy people more excited. The only thing that needs to be limited is their ability to harass.

A bunker provides frontal suppression, and flanking trenches perfectly limit the raider's maneuverability.

Is a Predator still a Predator without the ability to maneuver?

Those are all mobile "experience packages"!

Even if they grit their teeth and break through the defensive gap and jump into the trenches, what awaits them is an even more brutal bloody storm.

If you can't hit anyone with your gun, that's a matter of ability.

Do we still need to worry about this issue when fighting with bayonets in the trenches?

In the minds of these players, there is no concept of retreat. They are so desperate that they will take away a few even if they are self-defeating.

Thinking of this, Chu Guang made a decision immediately.

"That's it, how many people do you need?"

Liu Ren under the knife thought about it in his mind and said.

"Give me 20 people, and I can do it in three days! 30 people, two days at most!"

Digging trenches is not difficult. With tools like shovels and a few strength players, it can be done in less than a day.

The main structure will be dug out first and then slowly reinforced with wood.

As for the bunker.

The kind made by pouring concrete is useless, as the defense power is too much. It is not a problem to drag some hardened cement blocks from the abandoned construction site, use wood and discarded steel bars to make beams, and build an earthen bunker.

Chu Guang nodded.

"I'll give you 40 people!"

"40? Isn't that too many?" Daoxia Liuren was stunned for a moment.

Chu Guang shook his head.

"What we lack is not people, but time. A group of reinforcements will arrive on the surface tomorrow, and I will hand over all these new people to you by then."

There are fully 40 people in this batch who have qualified for the closed beta test, which is the largest number in the past.

With so many new people coming into the game, we have to find something to do for them, so that we don’t have so many people wandering around in the base like headless chickens.

By the way, let them get familiar with the culture of migrant workers in Shelter 404.

In order to make Dao Xia Liuren pay enough attention to this task, Chu Guang paused for a moment after finishing speaking, and continued to speak in a serious tone.

"This mission is critical, and I hope you take it seriously. In addition, your contribution points and rewards will be determined by the quality of the fortifications."

"If the fortifications you design perform well in the next battle, there will be additional rewards."

Although the manager didn't tell him how much the reward was, seeing how serious the NPC was, he directly assigned it to the hidden mission.

He stood up straight in excitement, pressed his right fist firmly against his left chest, and said energetically.

"Promise to complete the mission!"

"very good."

Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.

"For the rest of the day, you first take out the plan, mark it outside the wall, and start construction immediately early tomorrow morning."

"Go ahead."

…

We captured a scout last night, but there was no movement from the marauders all day today. I don't know what the Bloody Hand clan members were thinking.

Are you planning to wait for them to attack?

None of Qiufeng's raiding team and reconnaissance scouts went back. No matter how slow the other party was, they should have realized that those people would never go back.

The hunter teams scattered around the north and east sides of the wetland park were not only hunting, but also cooperating with the observation points to hunt for predator scouts.

Wearing an exoskeleton on the body is quite troublesome, especially when there is a big hammer weighing 20 to 30 kilograms on the back.

Chu Guang walked to the generator and unloaded the equipment, found a wire to connect the KV-1 exoskeleton to power, started charging, and then patrolled the outpost.

At this time, he suddenly noticed that two players were squatting in the corner next to the granary, muttering about something, so he walked over and took a look.

"What are you doing?"

The two players squatting on the ground stood up.

"Dear Manager, this thing looks familiar to us, a bit like the green wheat we ate before."

As he spoke, the player stretched out his index finger and pointed at a few green wheat ears dangling beside the granary.

In fact, its shape is more like a foxtail grass than an ear of wheat. There is a bunch of unopened ears on the thin stem, with fine cilia on the edge.

Chu Guang had never grown this kind of thing before. He had only grown croissant potatoes before, but they hadn't grown yet.

Although I had imported a lot of green wheat before, I had never seen where the green wheat came from, and I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

Thinking that there happened to be someone knowledgeable in the outpost, Chu Guang went to the warehouse, called old Luca who was standing there and was familiar with the position, and took him to the granary.

Luka just glanced at it without squatting down to confirm, then nodded and said in a positive tone.

"Sir, this is indeed green wheat, and it looks like it has been growing for half a month. But the seedlings fell at the wrong time, and they look like they are going to fall. In addition, there was frost this morning, and snow will fall in the next two days at the latest. , I’m afraid this seedling won’t survive for a few days.”

Damn it?

Is it really green wheat?

After staring at the crumbling seedlings on the ground for a while, Chu Guang guessed that a few grains should have been scattered there while moving the grain.

"You know how to grow this thing?"

"Sir, you are joking. This old slave has been doing farm work for decades...Besides, green wheat is not wheat. In fact, this crop is derived from foxtail grass. It is not difficult to grow. Like potato , you have to wait for the sprouts to sprout, cut into pieces and plaster. For green wheat, you don’t even need to make seeds. Just find a piece of land and scatter it. After two or three months, a crop will grow, just like grass." Lu Ka whispered.

"So magical?" Chu Guang said blankly.

"It's not magical, the main thing is...this kind of food is not a good thing. It is usually eaten by servants like us. If you have seen what it looks like when it is freshly cut, you will know why I said this. Then The sour smell in my nose really smells like grass, and it will only get better after being exposed to the sun."

Chu Guang: "..."

Luka glanced at Chu Guang cautiously and continued to mutter.

"But this thing also has advantages. It grows fast, has deep roots, can absorb water, is drought-tolerant, and can survive in moderate temperatures. It doesn't require much care. The only disadvantage is that you can't cut too much in one crop, and the yield is not good. .”

"The ears can be cut off to fill the stomach and feed livestock. They can be burned to ashes by lighting the pole and turned into the soil to be used as potassium fertilizer. Or they can be cut and composted for fermentation. We usually use this kind of stuff. Intersperse crop rotation with other crops.”

"If there is some residual fertilizer left in the soil, for example, after planting, and you scatter the seeds, it will not be a problem to produce four to five hundred kilograms per acre. If you plant a single plant, the harvest will be average. The ears are not big and small, so they are the same as There is something like this growing on your wall, weighing dozens of kilograms per acre is enough."

"...In my impression, merchants from the north will buy some of this food, and the nearby survivor strongholds will also buy some, but those from the south will rarely buy it."

Chu Guang had always been curious about what kind of mutation this green wheat was, but now the case was solved.

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that it was a mutation of the dogtail grass?

No wonder the survivors on Beit Street ground this stuff into flour pancakes or boiled it into a paste over high fire, presumably to evaporate more oxalic acid.

It turns out that I have been feeding the players?

Chu Guang's expression was a little subtle.

In short, it is better not to update this information on the official website.

"Then what crops did you usually grow before?" Chu Guang changed the topic and continued to ask.

"There are a lot of them. Green wheat and potato are the cheapest and are available all year round. Fruits and vegetables are a little more expensive, and they are grown in greenhouses. The ones that are large in quantity, profitable and easy to sell are red rib leaves, which can be used as tobacco leaves when dried. Both scavengers and merchants can afford this. I think some people use it as a substitute for spices to cover up some of the fishy smell. In addition, there is also a crop called Camu tree, which produces a yellow color. Green fruit.”

"What is that?" Chu Guang asked immediately.

Luka shook his head and said.

"Sir, how can a farmer say this to servants like us? I only saw businessmen from Boulder City coming over and buying them by the box. To be honest, that stuff doesn't taste good and tastes like tires. But it doesn't cut it. You can get a lot of oil by opening the bark of the tree, which is what our generator burns, and it can be used after a little purification."

Chu Guang thought for a moment.

"Maybe that Camu Camu fruit was not meant to be eaten."

With Luca's level of knowledge, of course he couldn't understand this sentence, but he was very smart and didn't say anything. He waited submissively and only answered the questions asked by his master.

Chu Guang took out a small notebook and jotted down a few notes in it.

[1. Wasteland Tips: Brown Farm grows an economic crop called Camu tree. The fruit is suspected to be able to refine rubber, and the tree oil can be used as fuel. 】

[2. Force intelligence: Brown Farm has close business ties with the outside world, owns slaves and hoards a certain number of weapons, and deliberately hides its strength. Its real economic situation and combat effectiveness may be slightly stronger than they appear on the surface. The threat level is appropriately raised from C- to C, and the favorability of the force remains neutral (0). 】

[3. Force intelligence: Vault 404 outpost has a harmonious relationship with the scavengers on Beit Street. The threat level remains unchanged at E-, and the favorability of the force is increased from neutral (30) to friendly (50). 】

[4. A new NPC is added to the outpost: Warehouse Manager Luca. Old Luca was a serf with a miserable life. After being rescued from gunpoint by the administrator, he swore allegiance to the shelter. His ideal was to make there no longer be hunger in the wasteland.

He suffers from severe arthritis in his legs and cannot do heavy work. Helping him move things may be a good way to increase his favorability. Please note that stealing and other behaviors will lower his evaluation of you. In addition, his experience with various plants in the wasteland is a valuable asset and may come in handy during the spring plowing season. 】

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