Chapter 235.2: Zookeeping

Vanus couldn't imagine what kind of kingdom it would be, let alone how they were going to make it happen. It sounded like a far-fetched plan.

"Speaking of which, how about you?" Vaders looked at Vanus and continued, "Are you their Staff Officer now? Or?"

Vanus was dazed for a moment and said. "Me? I'm also their captive, but they allow me to train new recruits for them in exchange for paying my ransom."

Vaders suddenly looked at him in excitement. "Ransom? How much?"

Vanus said with an awkward expression, "1,000,000 Dinar, and that was last year's price. I don't know how much it is now. So I advise you to give up thinking about this."

The two gasped in shock.

That was a million they were talking about!

Even if they sold all their assets, it was still impossible for them to scrape together so much money!

"... Are they still recruiting people to train their newbies?"

"Brother, help us."

Vanus said embarrassedly while facing their pleading glances, "I'll help you ask... But I can't guarantee it, I can only say that I'll try my best."

Vaders thanked happily, "Thank you!"

Vanus said in a tone of counsel, "Those blue coats didn't send you to the labor camp probably because they have something to ask you. You should cooperate with them, tell them everything you know, but don't make up things. They won't give you a hard time. "

The two said immediately.

"We will!"

"We will tell them everything!"

Vanus nodded reassuringly. "That's good."

If they cooperated well and repented earnestly, even if they still had to accept labor reform in the end, they would be transferred to a better place.

After all, although it was still physical work, the probability of survival between playing with mud in the brick factory and digging potatoes in the heavy snow was completely different.

If they did well in the brick factory, they would even have a chance to eat meat.

On the other hand, digging potatoes would be completely life-threatening...

...

The next morning.

At the door of the Weapon Shop.

There was a huge crowd of players.

Looking at the empty shelves, everyone either sighed in regret and wailed sorrowfully for a while.

"God damn it, I'm one step too late!"

"Fuck! It really sold out!"

In the battle that concluded the day before, not only did 32 players reach LV10, but 57 players' cumulative contribution points exceeded 10,000, and they were honorably upgraded to middle-class citizens.

The income per player was more than 400 silver, and the highest even reached 600 silver coins!

That was a lot of money for them who were earning just 10 silver coins a few months ago!

The conditions for purchasing the Miner Type I exoskeleton were LV10 and to be a middle-class citizen. Its price was 2,000 silver coins, still the same as before, which was very considerate.

However, there were only 8 sets of equipment on the shelf in total.

Almost as soon as the campaign rewards were settled, the 8 sets of exoskeletons were sold out in an instant.

Everyone finally realized that too much mission rewards may not be all good.

It was foreseeable that the price of ramen would definitely increase...

Looking at the exasperated crowd, Battlefield Cheerleader who had already put on the orange-painted exoskeleton laughed and stretched his body. "Is this the power of technology? Freaking awesome!"

When he listened to the discussion yesterday, he had guessed that this situation might occur.

He went online before dawn in the game. The Weapon Shop hadn't opened yet, but people were already standing in line at the door.

After the campaign reward was settled, and included the reward of nearly 600 silver coins, his deposit just exceeded 2,000 silver coins, so he resolutely decided to buy the set of Miner Type I exoskeleton.

It turned out he made a very wise decision.

Looking at the players who regretted not coming earlier, he finally got to experience what it felt like to be Spring Water Commander.

It's such a great feeling!

Sideline Slacking glanced at him. "Huh, I wouldn't buy this gear."

Battlefield Cheerleader giggled, "Brother, just say it directly if you envy me. Don't be shy. Want to play? I can lend it to you for a while."

Sideline Slacking sneered, "Envy my ass. After wearing this, your resurrection cost will go directly up to 2,000 silver coins. If you drop your equipment, you will basically lose everything."

Even if wearing an exoskeleton, and even if a steel plate was installed, the player would only be able to withstand a few more shots.

Why bother?

Wouldn't it be better not to get shot?

It would be easy to become the target of fire by wearing the exoskeleton, and no matter how thick the steel plate was, it would be impossible to block an RPG like an exoframe.

Only cheap and easy-to-use equipment was good equipment, and he was too lazy to fix the flashy gear.

Of course, part of the reason was that he couldn't get one.

"Fuck..." After listening to Sideline Slacking, Battlefield Cheerleader was stunned.

Looking at the equipment on his body, he suddenly felt that it wasn’t as great as he had thought.

How was he going to charge at the enemy while wearing the exoskeleton?

He couldn't afford to die at all!

Although there were a lot of people who regretted buying it, for the players who couldn't get it, those who got their hands on one were still very enviable.

Unfortunately, the equipment was bound to the player's account and couldn't be traded with others.

But then again, even if it could be traded, no one would want to sell it.

People who could afford it had almost the same amount of silver coins in their pockets. Except for a few filthy rich players, it was impossible for them to offer outrageous prices.

As for using the real world currency to trade with each other outside the game...

The game company had already stated that the security of such transactions would not be guaranteed, and players were at their own risk if they wanted to trade with each other outside the game. Not to mention that even if there was a third-party guarantor, it was still impossible to price the in-game items.

How should the equipment in the closed alpha phase be priced?

100,000?

1,000,000?

Maybe when it got to the public beta, those currently valuable items would become completely worthless. Wouldn't that make those people who had already paid for the items using real money lose their minds?

The reason why the game was still in the closed alpha stage was because the rules of the game were still not perfect.

Compared with those games that charge people money while it was still in the development phase, Wasteland Online was much better. After all, not only was the game free, but the game company also promised players that they wouldn't delete their data.

However, that did not prevent players who couldn't get the equipment from swearing.

"God damn it! Can the developers fix the bug that the NPC store is not replenishing weapons?! When will this bug be fixed?"

"When will the caravan come again?! The blizzard has already stopped!"

"I've secretly asked the developer, but they told me to get lost. He also said that I need to make equipment myself if I want one."

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"I can testify that this is definitely not what Brother Light said. Brother Light has high emotional intelligence, and he definitely will not tell players to get lost. At most, he will play dumb, and kick the ball to the development team."

"I've finally experienced the pain of having money but have nowhere to spend it."

"By the way, there seems to be still one more exoskeleton left!"

"Type 5 Light Cavalry exoskeleton... Holy shit, it looks so awesome!"

"Let me check the price... 20,000?! Damn it "

"What the hell! Must be a high-level citizen! And 50,000 contribution points!? I've only just reached the middle-class!"

"Based on this, it is reasonable to guess that if you want to buy an exoframe, you must have at least 100,000 contribution points and your status must be at the Knight level."

There was no level requirement for using Wasteland Online equipment. As long as players could handle it, they could use it. That being said, even if they couldn't handle it, they could still use it forcibly.

However, some rare equipment that would only be restocked by chance would have additional requirements such as contribution points if players wanted to buy it.

The explanation the game gave in the settings was that these important assets belonging to the shelter couldn't be obtained stably and were scarce; so they could only be given to the residents who had made outstanding contributions to the collective.

Behind the counter, Xia Yan folded her arms as she stared blankly at the group of dejected players, patiently repeating her lines over and over again. "Sold out, all sold out, don't ask me again.

"Just wait for the next time the caravan comes."

The only thing that made players feel happy was that their dear Boss Xia was getting better and better at speaking Mandarin.

At this moment, Hyrja with long silver hair, came from the direction of the nursing home holding a wooden box.

Putting the wooden box on the counter of the Weapon Shop, Hyrja said something to Boss Xia.

Then everyone saw Boss Xia nod slightly, seemingly understanding what the other party said. She then took out a pen from the table, found a wooden board, and wrote a line of words on the board before hanging it on the shelf.

[Torch, Mind Interference Device]

Then, Boss Xia picked out a headphone-like thing from the wooden box and casually placed it on the shelf.

At the same time, a new item and its description were also added to the wiki page on the player's VM.

[Effect:

Through a simple surgical operation, the mutants of lower intelligence can be made to obey orders. The device can be used on Deathclaw, Mutant Brown Bear, etc., But it cannot be used on unintelligent beings such as Slime Mold Mutants.

]

[Requirements:

Citizen contribution level , intelligence attribute greater than 10.

]

[Selling price:

2,000 silver coins (excluding surgery fee)

]

After reading the description, the atmosphere around the weapon store instantly reached fever pitch.