Pssst…

The hatch opened.

Climbing out of the nurturing cabin, Construction Boy raised his head to face the ceiling and howled as if he had been reborn.

"Hell yeah! I’m finally back!"

Three days! He had been unable to log back into the game for three days straight! No one except himself knew how he survived for so long.

The first thing after coming out of the nurturing cabin, of course, was to take a shower to get rid of his bad luck.

So he quickly put on his clothes, picked up the VM that was placed next to the nurturing cabin, and put it on. Then he rushed into the bathroom at the speed of light, and came out refreshed after a while.

However, when he saw the water bill, his happy mood instantly disappeared without a trace. "What the fuck! I’ve only used the shower room for ten minutes, how did it cost me 1 silver coin?!"

He clearly remembered that he had stepped out of the shower room at exactly 9 minutes and 59 seconds!

The next moment, a large lizard came out from the shower room next door.

Garbage glanced at him and laughed. "Brother, how long have you been offline?"

Construction Boy glanced at him. "Three days! What’s wrong?"

"Three days, no wonder you don’t know. The shower fee went up yesterday, now it costs 1 silver coin every 10 minutes, and 2 silver coins every minute after 30 minutes."

Construction Boy was instantly shocked. "10 minutes of shower time for 1 silver coin?! Why don’t they rob a bank?!"

Garbage seemed to have expected this reaction, and said calmly. "Calm down, although the shower fee is expensive, the mission income has also increased in the past two days. Now you can accept the tunnel cleaning mission once a day every day. As long as you can kill 40 crunchers, you will get 50 silver coins!"

Construction Boy looked at him in disbelief. "50 silver coins?! Are you kidding me?"

Garbage laughed. "Why would I joke about this kind of thing? If you are short of money, I can take you down the tunnel. The monsters below are so dumb, and there are so many of them, it is so much fun to farm silver coins by slaughtering them!"

Inflation finally came into the game.

Well, it was a good thing for the players nonetheless.

Players didn’t need to take a shower every day, but they would do missions every day!

What had been adjusted was not only the mission income, but also the type and number of missions.

Before, Construction Boy’s daily income from the underground tunnel mission was just over 50 silver coins, but now it has increased to more than 100, which means that it has doubled!

And it was not just him whose income had risen, even the newcomers had enjoyed the increase of income.

Now, if players accepted the Corpse Hunter mission and took the Crunchers to the recycling point next to the Active Matter Extractor, the original 1 silver coin per 10 corpses rewards increased to 1 silver coin per 5 corpses.

Many newbies now followed behind the teams of high-level players to do the mission to deliver corpses, and if they were lucky, they could even earn 20 silver coins a day.

This was much easier and more comfortable than earning 10 silver coins by working hard for the whole day before!

After checking the mission column through the VM, Construction Boy finally understood what Garbage meant.

Mission income had indeed risen a lot.

Originally, the mission with the lowest reward was settled in copper coins, but now the copper coins seem to have disappeared from the mission column. Even the lowest-paying errands were rewarded with more than 1 silver coin, and if it was an errand mission across survivor settlements, the reward would be 5 silver coins.

Looking at it this way...

It doesn’t seem to be too outrageous that the water bill has gone up a little.

"I haven’t been online for just three days... But why do I feel like I’ve been away for three months?" After putting down the VM, Construction Boy sighed with emotion.

Garbage tapped him on the shoulder. "It’s the closed alpha, so it’s normal, just get used to it."

"I remember yesterday, Escaping Mole also made a special post to analyze the increase in the revenue of missions this time. In fact, the signs are already very obvious. The second-generation currency system only revised silver coins and did not mention copper coins at all. So most likely the game company plans to reduce the amount of money circulating in the market, so they just ditched the copper coins!"

Construction Boy didn’t understand what Garbage was saying at all.

After a long time, he asked, "So is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

Garbage shook his head. "I don’t know, I have mixed feelings. Those who have a lot of money are definitely not going to be happy for a while, but relatively, from now on, the equipment will be easier to get, which is definitely a good thing for most players."

"Especially 7mm bullets, its price actually didn’t increase. It is still 1 silver coin per bullet! I used to see a lot of people reluctant to fire in burst mode even though they have fully automatic rifles, but now they would occasionally do that."

However, that didn’t seem to have anything to do with him.

He couldn’t operate a normal rifle at all, and it was impossible for the weapon shop to design an exclusive weapon for him.

At present, amongst the released mutant sequences, only the Ratman did not have the debuff of using equipment.

While they were talking, Sideline Slacking, Eye Owe Money, and other players walked out of their respective rooms one after another.

Seeing Brother Slacking coming out of the room, Big Eye immediately walked up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder. "Slacker, who are we feeding today?"

Sideline Slacking rolled his eyes. "Go away, don’t bring your bad luck to me. If you want to feed those NPCs, you can do it yourself, I have to increase my level in the next few days! Damn it, I won’t be so reckless next time. I felt like I was going to lose my mind when waiting for the cooldown to end on the forum."

Eye Owe Money laughed, "Understood brother, so you are saying that you will do it after you level up!"

"Fuck you! Go away!"

Although he hadn’t played the game for the past three days, Sideline Slacking had been checking on the forum to keep abreast of the latest progress of the game.

The vanguard of the Bonechewer Clan had been forced to withdraw from Clearspring City due to the heroic battle he and his team had fought.

In the past three days, there had been strong winds and heavy snow every day, and the snow in many places had even piled up from the knee high to waist high.

Due to the snow on the roads, transportation routes from the Longevity Town to and from the Elm District were all stopped, and the industrial area was barely able to operate. Even the route from the outpost to Longevity Town was affected.

It was foreseeable that the people of the Bonechewer Clan would not continue to march south until next spring.

"By the way, who knows where to get the medal?"

Sideline Slacking opened the VM and then found a message in his personal mailbox. "I read on the VM that it was issued by the administrator himself in the administrator’s office..."

Halfway speaking, an announcement suddenly popped up on Sideline Slacking’s VM.

[Server Announcement:

The war between Shelter 404 and marauders has reached fever pitch. In order to ensure the supply of wartime materials, the Wartime Regulations are now issued to control some necessities of life. The situation is severe, and I hope everyone can overcome it together.

]

[Duration:

60 days

]

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and surprised expressions appeared on their faces.

This is…

Is there a new expansion coming out?!

…

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

[Wartime Regulations]

[Article 1:

Green wheat and shofar potatoes are listed as controlled varieties, individual purchases are suspended, and they are uniformly rationed by the warehouse.

]

[Article 2:

The benchmark prices of staple grains such as corn, wheat, rice, and flour will be increased by 200%, and the benchmark prices of by-products such as cabbage will be increased by 150%.

]

[Article 3:

Survivor settlements and temporary shelters under the direct jurisdiction of the shelter will provide residents with the necessary nutrition for survival, and each person can receive two servings per day.

]

[Article 4.

Residents who receive relief food are obliged to participate in labor. Including but not limited to engaging in production work, building shelters, and responding to mobilizations when necessary.

]

[Article 5.

...

]

There were a total of 18 Wartime Regulations, of which one-third was mainly related to players, and the rest were mainly aimed at refugees.

Including arranging them to build houses, make fuel, and work in factories.

With enough food to eat and fuel to keep warm, the refugees were fairly stable.

On the player’s side, the impact was even smaller.

Many players even regard the Wartime Regulations as the third expansion in the game, as a continuation of Wasteland Online’s first expansion.

Back on the official website forum.

Gossip discussion subforum.

Just after the peak log off time, the topic of Wartime Regulations became lively.

Night Ten: Is there any player representative coming out to interpret it? What is Light planning? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Irene: I’ll help you @Ample Time @Escaping Mole. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Escaping Mole: What’s the use of tagging me, you need to tag Light. (Roll eyes)

Ample Time: Emmm... At present, the luckiest players of the version should be Lifestyle Profession players, but the unluckiest ones are also Lifestyle Profession players. If anyone can figure out a way to feed the most people with the least food, it is estimated that they will be heavily rewarded, I guess.

Tomato Eggs: How about we stir-fry the noodles. If we ignore the taste, that thing can be quite filling and the ingredients are simple.

Sword Execution: That’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. What is lacking is food, not how to eat food. I think we should develop more food options!

Old White: Like?

Irene: How about cockroaches? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Elf Wang: Damn, Elaina, you have such a hardcore taste! (horrified)

Old White: +1, even in the game, I would never eat that stuff!

Drumhead Washing Machine: How about rats? That thing is famously delicious in my area. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Make Me: Trembling.

Tail: How about we eat Roro(｀?ω? ′)

Roshan: Please no! Although my genetic sequence is mutant, I am human too! (horrified)

Midnight Pubg: Bear paws! (ˉ﹃ˉ*)

Roshan: QAQ

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