Chapter 137: Alpha 0.7

Below the mutant humans' camp, as Lu Yang's teammate had guessed, was a pre-war shelter.

From the moment they entered the tunnel, they could smell the stench of blood. There were indications that it had been a place of worship for those mutant humans since many years ago, and the walls were covered in blood and grease with all kinds of chilling patterns.

However, what Lu Yang and his teammate did not expect was that, apart from some scary skeletons, they actually found a broken nurturing cabin and a clone breeding facility that was still working!

The clone-breeding facility contained 24 chambers, in which even half-developed embryos could be seen.

Perhaps because of the premature construction, the biotechnology used in the breeding facility was not very advanced and had not been updated.

Even with ample energy and raw materials, the device would take at least three months to produce a baby and seven months for the baby to develop into a teenager.

Taking into account the extreme situation of sparse population after the war, the builder of this shelter facility probably hoped to use cloning technology to transfer population to the post-war society, and even equipped the facility with a guide and a nurturing cabin.

However, the nurturing cabin had been broken for many years, and the person inside has long since disappeared.

The mutant humans who occupied this place seemed to regard this facility as some kind of miracle.

Just pour in the raw materials, they would be able to harvest a white and tender human being after 10 months!

For them, who were bloodthirsty and savage, the miraculous phenomenon was indeed no different from the gift of the gods.

As for these clones who come out of the nurturing cabin, the males would generally be eaten by them in various ways, while the females would be eaten in another sense.

Due to the unstable technology used, there were many branches of mutant humans.

One of the two main branches was eunuchs without reproductive organs, which cannot reproduce by traditional means, and needed to use human babies and nurturing cabins to create more of the same kind.

The other type had reproductive organs, but because only the mutated Y chromosome was obtained, this type of mutant human had no females and needed human egg cells to reproduce.

If the chromosome pairing was X and X, then the fetus would be human, but the probability was very small. And if the pairing was X and Y, then the fetus produced would be the children of mutant humans.

Once the latter situation occurred, most of the mothers would die in childbirth, and few survived. And even if they survived, mutant humans would eat them quickly. After all, humans who had lost their reproductive function were no different from food to them.

Generally speaking, the former type of mutant humans was the earliest mutant humans, usually with a certain degree of civilization. Legend has it that long ago, they even retained the moral values ??of the pre-war society, knowing to control the number of their own ethnic groups to avoid more people becoming victims of unfinished technology... Although the fragile moral code did not persist for a few years.

The second type of mutant human was a pure savage, and it was also the one with the fastest reproduction rate and the largest number. It was said that they were the ancestors of the former mutant human, the result of genetic engineering efforts, but it was clear that they did not solve the fundamental problem, or they only solved their own problems.

In either case, one thing was certain, these green-skinned beasts were basically tumors.

It was no exaggeration to describe them as the cancer of civilization.

If they did rule the planet, the only fate for humans was to be reduced to their domestic animals, kept in captivity as food and reproductive tools.

"... Twenty-four chambers. On average, those mutant humans could harvest a fresh human being every half a month. In the past ten or even decades, the clones born from those chambers had been experiencing birth and death repeatedly."

Back in the reception room in the outpost.

Lu Yang, who came back from the mutant human tribe, chatted with Chu Guang about what he had seen in the mutant human tribe in an emotional tone.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

When he heard that Captain Lu blew up the place after taking photos and collecting evidence, Chu Guang finally couldn't help but scolded Lu Yang for wasting resources.

However, with his high emotional intelligence, he still said something politely. "Good job."

Lu Yang nodded and accepted the compliment with joy.

"Thank you for the compliment, I think this is what every human with a conscience would do, and we cannot let this technology fall into the hands of others."

Chu Guang frowned slightly. "Aren't your views a bit extreme? What if this technology is used to do the right thing? At least the technology itself is innocent."

Lu Yang smiled lightly and said, "What is the right thing? Slaves? Barbarians? Marauders? Mutant human breeding grounds? Or organ farms? Technically speaking, mature embryo culture technology can produce an adult within a month, but this does not mean that they can immediately possess the mind of an adult. Even if we can actively transfer a lot of information to them, the human brain also has a limit on the speed of ingesting and processing information, and some things must be established when the brain is immature."

"I'm not an expert in this field, and I can't discuss the theoretical possibility with you. But from what I've seen, very few people use this kind of thing in the right place... Right, by the way..."

As he spoke, Lu Yang suddenly remembered an important thing, and put a round tube the size of a fist on the table.

Just as Chu Guang wanted to ask what it was, Lu Yang continued.

"This is the fusion battery I found in that shelter, don't be nervous... This cold fusion battery is very safe, as long as it doesn't melt down, you can even put it under your pillow."

"This joke isn't funny." Chu Guang raised an eyebrow while staring at him.

Lu Yang laughed and said, "Maybe. I'm not very good at telling jokes. This type of model was very common in civilian shelters. Although it can't be used in the fusion reactor of a shelter, I heard that some shelters' emergency power supply is compatible with this type of battery. Anyway, we don't use it, but I think you might need it. However, after being used by those mutant humans for so many years, it only has 11% of energy left, I'm afraid it won't be of much help."

"11% is not a bad," Chu Guang showed a smile on his face, and took the battery decisively, "Thank you, it's a big help!"

...

Although it required a specialized device to use the battery, it was better than nothing.

What if it could be used one day?

Chu Guang also had the entry card for Shelter 117, which he got from Xia Yan. If that shelter ran out of power, at least the battery would be able to keep it up and running for a while.

After leaving the battery, Lu Yang told Chu Guang that he needed to go back with his team. Chu Guang politely sent them to the gate of the outpost.

It was getting late.

According to Captain Lu, after going back tonight, he had to write a report explaining their actions, where he and the team used their ammunition, and the necessity of doing so.

Chu Guang could see that Captain Lu was a man full of justice.

Or at least, he was of the chaotic good nature that did whatever he thought was right, or the lawful neutral nature who only carried out his order.

However, Chu Guang actually preferred the former judgment.

After all, he was eventually persuaded by him to break the rule of not intervening in local disputes.

In addition, what about the embryos that developed to different stages of life in the cloning facility he blew up? And what about the poor people who were pregnant with mutant human children?

Of course Chu Guang wouldn't ask, and Lu Yang didn't say it either.

But he felt that the man in front of him would probably end the suffering of those poor people decisively, and send away the lives in the nurturing cabins who had not yet opened their eyes.

Chu Guang felt that he was lucky. Fortunately, Lu Yang wasn’t someone who sent him trouble he couldn't take care of.

Otherwise, he really wouldn’t know how to deal with the mutant humans properly...

Seeing those NPCs who couldn't communicate with them leave, Mosquito, who craved for their equipment, couldn't wait to walk to Chu Guang and ask.

"Dear administrator, may I ask who those people are..."

"Guests from far away. They have encountered a little trouble, and it is estimated that they will stay here for about half a month."

After speaking, Chu Guang turned around and walked back to the outpost. He took the elevator and returned to the shelter.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening in the wasteland, which was exactly twelve hours time difference from the real world.

Many players who still had to go to work during the day went offline one after another at this time, and then they all went to the forum to chit-chat.

It was time for Chu Guang, the game designer, to get to work.

Turning on the computer, he logged in to the official website.

Not surprisingly, the official website has become lively.

Tail: Shocked! Did you see those new gear? (*゜Д゜)

Elf Wang: I saw it! They first appeared at the north gate of the base? Later, they went out through the east gate, and it seemed that they went to the east of the wetland park.

Yaya: I, I, I saw it too! They also bought the mushroom soup from me just before they left, but they gave me paper money... They just stared at me for a while, then walked away with my pot, I didn’t even dare to say anything. I’m waiting online, can anyone tell me how to use the paper with the value of 100CR? QAQ

Sideline Slacking: Yes! They came to the east of the wetland park! They were here with us just now! We had a fight with those mutant humans.

Construction Boy: For real? Exoframes vs mutant humans? Hurry up and tell me, who won?

Sideline Slacking: Isn't this obvious? It's a massacre! Sigh, the developers probably realized that mutant humans were too difficult to defeat, so they spawned a group of high-level NPCs to help us kill those high-level wild monsters.

Yaya: No one knows?! QAQ

Irene: I don't know. How about I use 1 silver coin to exchange it with you? ( ?° ?? ?°)

Yaya: Do you think I'm a fool! (#｀Д)

Tail: To tell you the truth, I also want one! Is it too late to start saving money now? (o?▽?)o

Sisi: Tail! Wake up , you have no money.

Tail: !!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Mosquito: I knew it! I’ve said it many times that those mutant humans’ strength was a bit outrageous! How is it reasonable that they cannot be killed with RPGs?

Midnight_pubg: Noob!

Mosquito: %￥#@

Escaping Mole: Let’s do a wave of rational analysis. The content of this in-game update is probably to complete the sci-fi part of the game background, and at the same time balance the strength of mutant humans. After all, letting a group of rookies with an average level of less than 5 to fight a group of level 20 green-skinned brutes is simply ridiculous! I will make a separate post to talk about it in a while. Old brothers, don't panic, let me change the slides for my stupid boss first.

Looking at the excited discussion posts in the forum and the analysis posts by competent players, Chu Guang, who was thinking about how to write the Alpha 0.7 update announcement, couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

I was just thinking about what to write in the update.

But now I don’t need to think anymore.

Very nice.

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[Wasteland Online closed alpha server alpha 0.7 version update announcement]

[Major update]

[1.

The number of players in the alpha test has increased to 400!

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[2. Expansion:

The Continental Vessel!

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[Optimization]

[1.

Added a large number of high-tech weapon models to balance the too strong mutants and hostile forces.

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[2.

Added the function of punching holes in weapons. After paying the proprietress of the weapon shop, you can punch a hole in the designated position of the equipment to obtain the effect of equipment durability -1.

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[3.

The weather system is strengthened, and more intense snowstorms are expected to hit in the near future.

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[4.

Richer internal details of the shelter.

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[5.

Fixed a few bugs.

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[Current Number of applications:

3777

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[Background:

A land-based fortress named the Pioneer has anchored 10 kilometers due north of the shelter. They came from the far east coast and went west in search of hope for civilization. Although we have chosen different paths from them, we have all solemnly sworn under the banner of the Federation of People.

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[Introduction:

During the duration of the expansion, a new mission system and event gameplay will be unlocked. A land fortress named the Pioneer will be spawned in the north of the outpost, and the NPC, First Pioneering Corps Quartermaster, will be added to the outpost.

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Register with the quartermaster if you want to go to the camp ten kilometers away to support our allies, and unlock the exclusive mission of the expansion pack during the event. The number of players in each reinforcement operation is limited to a maximum of 200 players, which will be rotated after three days.

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In addition to the generous rewards for completing the mission, there are also event points that can be collected. After the expansion, not only can the event points be used for lottery draws and exchange for prizes, but the top ten players can also unlock limited titles and mysterious gifts from allies! What could it be? Your game designer, Light, is also looking forward to it!

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[Expansion CG:

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[Expansion Promotional PV-Exoframe:

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