Staring at the attribute panel, Chu Guang stroked his chin with interest.

"The strength type’s awakening… His main attribute increased by 5 points, and his other attributes increased by 1 point... It’s pretty good."

Especially with 17 points of strength… Old White basically had the same strength he did!

And the Limit Breaker talent, which could get a maximum strength bonus of 200% for a short period of time.

Would that mean that his 17 points of strength will become 34 points when it is activated?

While the short duration was a problem, for melee players, the outcome of any exchange could change in an instant.

It was already very terrifying to be able to obtain the power of a mutant human in a short period of time with the body of a normal human!

Chu Guang had no doubts that his players could put their skill to good use.

"The awakening process would take 6-8 hours, and the clone cannot be active during this time... It seems that my speculation is correct, and the upgrades are all done during sleep."

Maybe it is because the human body grows during sleep?

Chu Guang noticed that the nurturing cabin could speed up the process to a certain extent.

In addition, after the clone awakened, the Active Matter required for resurrection changed from 1 unit to 2 units. As for the time taken to produce another clone, it didn’t change, it was still 72 hours.

After Chu Guang sorted out the information collected from Old White, he selectively updated it on the official website database.

He hoped the information could provide some reference for his players.

...

At 10:00 in the evening.

After finishing cleaning up the new room, Yin Fang came to the administrator’s office again and found Chu Guang. "Can you give me a few more VMs? 20 should be enough."

Chu Guang was stunned for a moment when he heard the strange request, and looked at Yin Fang with a raised eyebrow. "Why do you want so many VMs?"

Although level B2 had nearly a thousand VMs in reserve, there were now a total of 500 players, and each player could only get 2 on average.

Even without considering the natural loss of unexpected situations, NPCs still need to issue missions and communicate with players through the VM.

Although Chu Guang had not encountered a shortage of VMs for the time being, the reserves he had were far from enough to be squandered at will.

"Although I want a professional work computer, you obviously don’t have it here," Yin Fang continued, glancing at the retro-looking computer on the desk and continued, "The VM processor’s computing power is a little weaker, but it can still be used if I modify it slightly. If twenty pieces are connected together, it can roughly meet my work needs."

Chu Guang shook his head and said, "20 VMs is too much. If you need computing power, the shelter’s server has enough computing power; I can give you a little bit. What do you think?"

Yin Fang’s eyes lit up and said. "Of course that would be the best! But even so, I still need a few VMs to act as a screen and an interface…"

"3," Chu Guang stretched out three fingers, "Is that enough?"

Looking at those three fingers, Yin Fang scratched the back of his head and felt a headache coming. "I’m not sure… Honestly, it’s my first time trying to build a makeshift workstation. At the Academy, all E-level personnel had their own independent laboratory where they could do equipment modification and sample analysis…"

"Welp, that’s really unfortunate then. You can see what kind of conditions we have here, you have to get used to it." With a soft cough, Chu Guang looked at Yi Fang seriously and continued, "However, I can promise you that I will let my people pay more attention when scavenging. If they find a usable electronic device, it will be delivered to you as soon as possible. As for VMs… that’s all I can give you for now. If it’s really not enough, let me know after you tried it."

"After all, it is still in the early stages of rebuilding our civilization, right?" Yin Fang made a helpless expression and shrugged his shoulders, giving in.

He was aware of the difficulties of Shelter 404.

It was as clean as a sheet. It was as though a thief had swept through it and took everything of value away. He had never seen such a poor three-digit shelter. Not to mention the most basic facilities such as health stations, there was not even an automatic kitchen, and food had to be brought in from outside!

It was really hard for the residents there. Every one of them could be regarded as a model worker, and all of them were ridiculously optimistic.

If it was other shelters, the fact that the administrator forced them to eat mutants for food would probably be enough for them to rise up in revolt.

With the three VMs he received from Chu Guang, Yin Fang was about to walk out the door, but Chu Guang suddenly remembered something and stopped him. "Wait."

Stopping at the door, Yin Fang asked, "What’s wrong?"

Chu Guang asked, "If I want to refuel the shelter’s reactor, where do I go to find fuel rods?"

Hearing his unexpected question, Yin Fang was stunned for a moment, and when he finally came back to his senses, he revealed a look of terror. "What do you mean?! Is your shelter out of fuel?!"

Chu Guang coughed. "It’s not my shelter, it’s the one I... Found recently."

However, Chu Guang had no idea how much energy Shelter 404 had left.

So far, he had not unlocked the floor where the reactor was located, and even if he wanted to refuel the shelter, he had nowhere to do so. He could only hope that the current energy consumption rate of the shelter was still within the expectations of the first administrator.

If they experienced a game over was due to a power outage, that would be too unfortunate!

Hearing Chu Guang’s explanation, Yin Fang heaved a sigh of relief and continued after a pause, "The fuel rods for the shelter are not easy to find. After all, the original intention of the shelter plan did not consider keeping the survivors underground all the time. Some shelters will even gradually turn off the life support system after some time, or adjust the full cycle to half cycle, in order to urge the sheltered residents to return to the surface for reconstruction work."

Chu Guang frowned. "In other words, there is no way to do it?"

"Not necessarily," Yin Fang shook his head, "As far as I know, the organization that designed the reactors for the shelters in the Central Continent is called Central Continent Aerospace. Those reactors are of the same type as the Gonggong series of space stations and N-series spacecraft in terms of specifications."

Chu Guang couldn’t help but sigh. "I can’t go to space to find what I need, right?!"

Yin Fang nodded in response. "Yes, it is not realistic to go to space to recover fuel rods. The conditions there are not much better than on the ground, and may even be worse. However, although we cannot go to outer space, we can find some that have not been sent out. In addition, some research institutes associated with Central Continent Aerospace should also keep some fuel rods in reserve... I’ve heard their backup generators are of similar models."

Chu Guang stared at him with piercing eyes and asked. "Do you already have a plan?"

Yin Fang hesitated. "I can’t guarantee it, but I can give it a try... If I can get the production data and product numbers of Central Continent Aerospace or its factories, I should be able to locate some fuel rods that can be used."

If I remember correctly, there should be such facilities in the south of River Valley Province.

And there should be some working electronics there, which is what Yin Fang desperately needs now.

Chu Guang thought to himself after hearing Yin Fang. He stood up from his chair and walked over, placing his hands on Yin Fang’s shoulders.

"I’ll leave it to you!"

Yin Fang froze at Chu Guang’s eager eyes, and said in a deflating voice, "I said I can’t guarantee it. I can only try my best..."

It was year 211 of the Wasteland Era, and before that, there had been a three-year war. In those two long centuries, anything could happen.

Even the nursing home on the surface of Shelter 404 had been visited by scavengers more than once. The only fortunate thing about it was that they failed to find the shelter hidden under the seemingly broken elevator.

If fuel rods could be obtained, not only the related mission of Shelter 117 could be completed, but the potential energy crisis of Shelter 404 could also be solved.

They would kill 2 birds with 1 stone!

In a good mood, Chu Guang waved his hand and immediately allocated a huge sum of up to 10,000 silver coins to the project of obtaining more fuel rods.

The search for fuel rods that could match the shelter reactor would be the first mission of the Shelter 404’s Scientific Expedition Team.

As the leader of the Scientific Expedition Team, Yin Fang could use this budget to recruit players to search for fuel rods, or to issue public bounties.

However, Chu Guang also warned him that it was best not to spend the money all at once, and sometimes giving too much may not be a good thing.

The specific usage of the budget, as well as the setting of the benchmark value of each level mission reward, were included in the NPC Shelter Resident Handbook in detail.

That was a compulsory course for every NPC of Shelter 404.

If anyone had any questions about any one of the clauses, they could ask the administrator’s assistant, Little Seven, through the manual page of the VM. After clicking the question mark icon, Little Seven, which would be online 24 hours a day, would answer every question.

However, just like when Xia Yan first came here, Dr Yin didn’t understand why silver coins were used, and instead took the opportunity to complain. "You guys are still using metal currency? Don’t you find it troublesome?"

Chu Guang said with indifference, "Metal currency has its advantages. The sound of coins clinking together can make people work harder, and coins that can be seen and touched are easier to be recognized by strangers... However, I have also been thinking about changing it to a more convenient set of currency recently. Go and focus on what you need to do! You don’t need to worry about this problem, I will find a way to solve it."

After Dr Yin left, Chu Guang, who was sitting in front of the computer, switched back to his identity as a game designer and logged in to the backend server of Wasteland Online’s official website.

Earlier, when entering Shelter 117, Chu Guang only recovered the exoframe, Dr Principle’s suitcase, and the administrator’s VM. There were still many areas that had not been explored carefully.

Currently, there were two missions left in his mission column.

One was to refuel the reactor of Shelter 117, and after completion, he would be able to obtain the administrator privileges there,

The other was a mission triggered by Dr Principle’s hologram.

That was to take the VM to explore all areas of Shelter 117. After completion, he would be able to unlock level B3 of Shelter 404!

Chu Guang had already entrusted Yin Fang to look for fuel rods.

As for the latter mission, the current exploration progress was at 21%, and Chu Guang intended to leave the rest to his players.

The mutants at the entrance of the shelter had been cleared. The task of exploring the map was not difficult, so he decided to give the opportunity to his players.

He already had an idea in mind.

A smile appeared on Chu Guang’s face, and he put his hands on the keyboard and began to assign homework to his players.

[Announcement:

Player Old White has reached LV10, becoming the first strength type player who reached 10% progress in genetic sequence development!

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[Announcement:

The new version is coming soon, and the unlimited time event, Our Neighbor, will be launched on time at 7:00 tonight!

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[Event:

Bring a VM to visit Shelter 117, check in to every location, and reach 100% exploration progress to get a mysterious gift!

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[Note:

There is no time limit for this event, and you can get it as long as you have a VM. To avoid traffic congestion, players are requested to travel during off-peak hours.

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