In the first week of the implementation of Wartime Regulations, although the players did not get a reply regarding when the winter would end, they still got a piece of good news

Xia Yan, who had been playing riddles for a whole week, finally put up two brand-new weapons in the weapons store. A light machine gun and a submachine gun independently developed by Shelter 404.

However, after seeing the style of the new weapons, almost all the players surrounding the weapon store let out a wailing of disappointment.

"Damn it! This company is addicted to copying CF!"

"Why is it another AK?"

"This is really bad. I can let the light machine gun pass, but what is this submachine gun?!"

"I’m begging the developers to add the two AR series of weapons!"

Compared to the wailing of the FPS players, Bathroom Goer and Athlete Foot looked dismissive, as if they were watching a group of idiots.

"Tsk, these people are really fussy, and they make it sound very easy. Do they think it’s easy to make a receiver?!"

"Yes! They don’t know anything about the cost of mass production!"

"But… After we get the 20mm machine gun, we can consider making a fixed machine gun."

Bathroom Goer proposed, "How about a water-cooled Maxim?"

Athlete Foot’s eyes lit up: "Great idea! That thing shouldn’t be too difficult to make!"

The mystery weapons finally revealed were LD-47J and LD-47C.

Except for the two factory managers of Steel Plant 81, almost all players’ predictions were wrong.

On the basis of the original Sickle assault rifle, the barrel of the LD-47J was extended with a cooling pipe attached, and a bipod underneath.

Since it was a 75-rounds drum feed, there was no doubt that it was a machine gun.

The LD-47C was even more crudely made. Its barrel was still the original Sickle assault rifle’s barrel, but with a part sawed off, and its wooden stock was changed to a more compact foldable steel bar.

Because of the short rifling, it was unquestionably a submachine gun.

However, the game company did not design those two weapons completely perfunctorily. Anyway, they gave the two new guns a more powerful name.

The light machine gun was called Alliance Harvester and the submachine gun was called Short Sickle.

Based on the naming abilities...

The previous semi-automatic gun should be called a Long Sickle, right?

All in all, the prices of both new guns were very affordable, with 300 silver coins for machine guns and 250 silver coins for submachine guns.

However, the price of the gun itself was of little significance for weapons with such a high rate of fire.

The key was the speed of ammo consumption. If it was not a war campaign that gave out free bullets, probably only a few people would be able to afford to use such weapons.

Staring at the weapons on the shelf for a long time, Sideline Slacking couldn’t help but complain after most of the people around had left. "It’s one thing that the machine guns use full-power cartridges, but why are the submachine guns also use full-power cartridges?!"

Eye Owe Money with a big bag on his back asked curiously, "Question… What are full-power cartridges?"

Construction Boy, who was standing on the side, explained, "In those World War II movies, the bolt action rifles use full-power cartridges. With 50mm shell length and a large charge of powder, it’s basically a bit excessive to use them when fighting 1 on 1."

Eye Owe Money’s eyes lit up. "Understood! The kind of bullet used by 98k[1], right?"

Construction Boy mumbled, “Well, if that helps you understand."

Drumhead Washing Machine nodded at the side. "Although, I think the effect of these two guns should be good against mutants."

The damage of full-power cartridges would indeed be a bit excessive, but it was just right for mutants such as Creepers.

In the past, when they used a small 5mm revolver, they were only able to scratch the Creeper. Although it was still very dangerous to encounter one, at least they would be able to do some damage to it.

Sideline Slacking shook his head. "Although that’s true, you can take another look, how many people other than the strength type can hold it down?"

He was a perception type, and his genetic sequence had reached LV8. But even with one additional strength point added, he could still only barely hold down the recoil of the LD-47.

However, he could also understand why such bullets were used.

From a realistic point of view, it was not easy to build a receiver production line with the industrial capabilities of the outpost base, and this was under the premise of giving priority to the development of the arms industry.

Adding an additional weapon production line meant that the cost of the entire logistics supply would also increase.

Even if Chu Guang wanted to enrich the variety of light weapons, it was not something he should do at the current time.

Sufficient equipment and sufficient quantity. This was the only guarantee that the shelter that was still in its infancy could provide to them.

After buying an LD-47J from Xia Yan and holding it in his hands. Construction Boy stroked the barrel of the gun and couldn’t help sighing, "If only I could get a mortar."

Mosquito’s rockets were always unreliable. More people were scared of them than killed by them.

Even the marauders’ equipment was better than theirs. They could even deploy two armored pickups in a local battle, and their firepower was so overwhelming that players were completely suppressed.

They needed support fire really badly!

Eye Owe Money nodded in agreement. "Yes, if we had brought two more rocket launchers, we wouldn’t have been buried by the collapsed building."

Sideline Slacking shook his head, and after some selection, he finally chose the LD-47.

Not only because the basic model was the cheapest, costing only 200 silver coins, but the most important thing was also that it was easy to use.

"Let’s not talk about the aftermath, I hope our Lifestyle Profession players won’t let us down."

After purchasing weapons and ammunition, Sideline Slacking’s team left the outpost and walked towards the greenhouse ruin, fully armed.

Escaping Mole’s team had reached an average of LV5, which was the very top of all the players.

Due to the abundant natural light, the psychoid leaves flourished, and the density of Devil Moths was much higher than the other layers, it could no longer be handled by a single team.

Out of prudence, Escaping Mole called for reinforcements, and it happened that Sideline Slacking and the others had no other mission, so they planned to team up and split the profit fifty-fifty.

Meanwhile, in the shelter.

Old White, who had just logged in, was led by Night Ten and Gale towards the preparation room.

Along the way, Old White kept asking, "What is it that you guys are making so mysterious?"

Night Ten was unusually restrained this time. He didn’t disclose anything along the way and just urged. "Stop, don’t ask me anything. You’ll know when you get it."

Gale, who was next to him, also nodded and said succinctly. "Yeah, just keep quiet and continue walking."

"...?"

With curiosity in his heart, Old White, Night Ten, and Gale came to the preparation room.

Soon, Old White discovered that Ample Time was standing in there with the deputy captain of the guard, Liu Ding, who was wearing an exoskeleton.

And next to him, stood a brand new orange exoskeleton.

Facing Old White walking from the airlock room, Liu Ding opened his mouth expressionlessly and said in a solemn tone, "Your bravery and loyalty have proven that you are worthy of this gear. Your friend wants to give it to you, do you accept it?"

For a moment, Old White held his breath, and his eyes widened in shock.

Miner Type I exoskeleton?! An exoskeleton that cost 2000 silver coins! And the most expensive equipment on the server at present! Only the players that reach LV10 and with the contribution points reach the Citizen level are able to purchase it!

Before he could speak, Ample Time, who was standing beside him, said, "The value of silver coins will be deprecated soon. If we don’t spend it now, it will be wasted. So before the price of the exoskeleton increased, we unanimously decided to buy you, the only ability user in our team, a set."

It was not just exoskeletons that hadn’t gone up in price.

Many pieces of equipment, with a unit price above 500 silver coins and couldn’t be produced by the shelter, should have increased in price. However, it still remained unchanged at the moment.

Obviously, the developers decided to be more kind this time and leave some buffer time for those players with large deposits, allowing them to hand over their money before inflation caught up.

Ample Time certainly wouldn’t waste Light’s kindness. It was not a big problem for him, Night Ten, and Gale to gather together 2,000 silver coins from their savings. And they didn’t even need to use the dividends from the Bull and Horse Brick Factory.

"How can I accept this?! Even if you want to buy me something, you don’t have to get me such an expensive exoskeleton! This is too much!"

Hearing that everyone was going to pool money to buy equipment for him, Old White, who finally recovered, shook his head and refused to accept it.

"Don’t say anything like this," Gale shook his head and said, "If you didn’t cover our retreat, our losses would’ve probably been far more than 2,000 silver coins. So it is reasonable for us to buy you a new set of exoskeleton."

"That’s right! That’s the truth," Ample Time nodded in agreement. "As expected of a teacher, so eloquent!"

Gale coughed. "What does this have to do with being a teacher..."

Old White: "At least let me contribute a little…"

"Contribute your ass. We told you that we bought it for you, why do you still want to contribute?" Interrupting Old White’s words, Night Ten smiled and said, "Of course, if you want to buy me equipment, I will not refuse."

Listening to everyone’s words, Old White was so moved that he didn’t know what to say for a while.

Seeing that Old White was still thinking about what to say to them, Ample Time put his hand on his shoulder and said with a hearty smile, "Okay, don’t say anything cringy! And don’t forget what you said yourself. You shouldn’t restrain yourself in a game, and since we have already bought it, you need to use it well! It is a gift that we bought for you, so don’t think too much about it!"

Night Ten also said with a smile, "That’s right, there are still four floors waiting to be cleared in the Greenhouse Ruin. We are just waiting for you to regroup!"

Old White’s gaze gradually firmed, he took a deep breath and nodded seriously, "... In that case, I will skip all the pleasantries, but I’ll keep this gratitude in my heart. Everyone, pack up your gears, in 10 minutes, we will set off on time and head to level B6 of the Greenhouse Ruin!"

Gale nodded with a smile. "Got it!"

Players headed towards the labyrinth in the wasteland and started a new day of adventure.

At this moment, Chu Guang was sitting in the administrator’s office, looking at the gadgets in his hands, with an expression of interest on his face.

It was a small digital camera, which integrated two functions of taking pictures and video, and it was only the size of a pen.

It had a concave groove on both sides that fit into both ends of the VM, and could also be clipped on the collar or chest pocket like a pen, which was very convenient.

That was a small tool that Chu Guang entrusted Yin Fang to help make, and it could be used with VM.

After looking at it for a while, Chu Guang couldn’t help but nod while admiring it silently. "It’s a nice camera. It’s a pity I can’t make a phone call with it. It would be even better if an instant messaging system could be integrated into it!"

1. 98K is the sniper rifle you can pick up from airdrops in PUBG ☜