Although the Pirate’s Bay Tavern was not the largest tavern in Boulder Town, it was definitely a favorite place for mercenaries.

The average consumption level here was not high, but there were many kinds of jobs with fair prices, ranging from express delivery to the Among Clouds Province to finding lost cats.

The beautiful waitress nailed the jobs on the wall, and then walked away, wiggling her hips seductively.

A group of muscular men gathered around immediately, staring at the jobs on the wall, and commenting with interest.

"The Chocobo Merchants Group is recruiting again? Didn’t they just recruit more than 20 people last year?"

"I heard that they have opened up a new business route. So maybe they need more people."

"The daily salary of 3 chips is not bad, and it is twice as much when there is work."

"Not bad? This little money is not even enough for me to buy drinks. I would never take such low-paying jobs."

"The caravan going to Garbage City needs temporary workers for a two months-long round trip. They are offering 1,000 chips... But it’s too dangerous there. I heard that there are tons of mutant humans there."

"No risk, no reward. So I’m going to try my luck."

"Haha, I hope to see you here in two months."

As people crowded toward the job board, the bar area naturally became vacant.

The bartender standing behind the bar wiping his glass glanced at the man who walked to the bar and sat down and raised his eyebrows slightly. "What kind of wind blew you here today?"

"What kind of wind can there be in this damn weather? Give me a cup of hot honey water." Said the man as he put two white chips on the table.

The bartender skillfully took the money, turned around, and took a clean cup. He poured some hot water into it with an iron pot, used a slender spoon to put a spoonful of honey in the cup, and then placed the cup on the bar.

"Your honey water, Mr. Liszt."

"Your service here is getting more and more sloppy, Mr. White. Your customers even need to stir the drink themselves now?" Liszt said with a smile while stirring his drink with a spoon.

The bartender was White Shark, the owner of the Pirate’s Bay Tavern.

Pretending to be the bartender was one of his pleasures, and one of the few things he did reasonably well.

The bartender smiled lightly without explaining and asked him in a casual tone, "Where are you going to make a fortune this year?"

Liszt continued. "I’m going to head east and purchase a batch of goods as I pass Red River Town."

White Shark frowned. "Are you going to Among Clouds?"

Liszt shook his head. "It’s too far there."

"So you’re here to issue a job?"

"No, I’m here to get some information," Liszt continued, looking at the bartender. "I heard that the situation in the River Valley Province has been volatile recently."

The bartender chuckled lightly and said, "It’s a bit late to learn about it now."

After a pause, he continued. "The Army suffered a defeat in the north, and a batch of arms somehow fell into the hands of a group of marauders. Those thugs did not dare to go after the Great Rift Valley, so they could only go south. I heard that the slave owners of Red River Town made a fortune recently. If you’re going to Red River Town, you might as well bring some more KV-1 exoskeletons there."

Silently noting down this information, Liszt nodded and continued. "I heard that the Bonechewer Clan seems to have laid their hands on Clearspring City recently?"

The bartender said in a relaxed tone, "Yes, and the country bumpkins in the northern suburbs have suffered a lot, so you probably lost a few more clients on your list."

Liszt couldn’t help cursing. "Aren’t the people in the militia going to do something about it? Those bandits are already causing troubles under our noses."

The bartender said nonchalantly. "Do something? What’s in it for them? It’s just a village of a few hundred people."

Even if the people of the Bonechewer Clan rob Clearspring City all over, it would not affect them.

Mr. Fang was not interested in them, and Boulder Town had its own affairs. This was the official answer of Boulder Town.

Of course, if those ignorant fools dared to shoot at them, the exoframes would soon fall on top of their heads.

The bartender thought for a while, and then suddenly said, "... But I heard that the Bonechewer tribe seems to have suffered a setback in the northern suburbs."

Liszt raised his eyebrows. "Oh? But why did I hear that they were coming so fiercely."

The bartender smiled and continued, "They were indeed fierce when they came, but that was a month ago. After their brigades suffered consecutive defeats, their fierce momentum was completely shattered. The blue coats that appeared out of nowhere in the northern suburbs totally obliterated them, and it was said that hundreds of captives were sent to open up wasteland. To be honest, those people do have a knack for managing captives.”

Getting obliterated by blue coats?

This isn’t something people can see every day in the wasteland.

Although each shelter’s situation was different, the vast majority of blue coats were kind people, which was also common sense in the wasteland.

I didn’t expect the blue coats who emerged from the northern suburbs to be so capable of fighting.

Liszt couldn’t help but think of the group he met at Linghu Wetland Park a few months ago.

Is it them?

However, he couldn’t imagine how the mere dozens of people managed to win consecutive battles under the siege of two brigades.

Do they have an exoframe? Or do they have some kind of pre-war equipment?

Liszt looked at the bartender curiously. "How did you learn about it?"

The bartender said without hesitation. "There are at least 20 marauders sitting in this tavern. Although they call themselves mercenaries, how do you think I know that?"

Although the heavy snow blocked the road, it only prevented caravans from traveling. If there were only a few of them, there was always a way to get here.

In the past 2 months, the streets of Boulder Town had been a little quiet, but it was only the streets.

His tavern never lacked customers.

The expression of interest on Liszt’s face became more and more obvious. Looking at the honey water in the cup, he suddenly said. "When the snow melts, I plan to go over there and take a look."

He smelled a business opportunity!

White Shark grinned. "You should. The northern suburbs have changed quite a bit recently. I heard that they are doing great. If the old one doesn’t go, the new one will never come; so are the chips and clients. Am I right?"

Liszt smiled along. "That’s right."

The bartender smiled, wiped the glass on his hand, and continued casually, "But I have to advise you to be careful though, they took Torch’s stuff. While I don’t know what that box means to the church, those superstitious lunatics certainly won’t let it go easily."

"What does that have to do with me?" Putting the empty glass on the table, Liszt got up from the bar, straightened his collar, and said indifferently, "I don’t do business with the people in the south."

The Torch Church’s sphere of influence was in the south.

It was said to be a place called the Death Coast.

Just by hearing the name, anyone could tell that it was not a good place to do business, and it was also a fact.

It used to be a group of pirates, and marauders that ruled there, and later it was a group of religious maniacs. In short, it was never once ruled by normal people before.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

By contrast, he still preferred to do business with people from Enterprise. While they weren’t always creditworthy, they would at least allow him to make a fortune safely.

The bartender said in a relaxed tone, "Just a little advice, feel free to take it… Or not."

"Thank you for your advice. When I make a fortune, I will come to you to recruit more people." Liszt waved his hand and walked towards the door of the bar with a few of his Cyborg subordinates.

...

At dusk.

At the north gate of the outpost, the crowded booths were lit up with lights, and it was as lively as a festival.

Although the New Year’s celebration was just held 2 days ago, this did not prevent the people living there from holding another celebration to celebrate their triumph the day before.

Black Snake was dead.

More than 1,000 of his men either died, escaped, or became prisoners and were sent to the snow to open up wasteland.

And his corpse was also hung on the gallows at the north gate for public display.

The Active Matter Extractor was working 24 hours a day.

When all his subordinates were refined into the raw materials for the players’ clone, the last one would be his turn.

If his body hadn’t rotted by then.

In any case, thanks for the gift of those marauders; especially the marauders from the Bonechewer Clan.

Today’s ramen finally did not increase in price, and the amount of Devil Jelly was even slightly more.

However, what surprised everyone the most was not the sudden kindness of their beloved Boss Ya, but the fact that Yaya, who had never been on the front line or raided a dungeon, managed to awaken!

This was huge news.

The mushroom stall had just opened, but there was a large circle of players eating popcorn in front of the stall.

"I have a question, can picking mushrooms also awaken some talents?"

"I remember that Boss Ya is a perception type, right? Isn’t it only the intelligence type that can gain experience from Lifestyle Profession?"

"This is too unscientific!"

"That’s right! Mosquito is only LV7 or LV8! This is so shady!"

"Be honest, did you secretly have some backdoor deal with the developers?!"

"Hidden mission! It must be a hidden mission! Damn it, Boss Ya is so selfish, she doesn’t want to share the clues for the hidden mission!"

Hearing the impolite remarks of this group of people, Yaya gnashed her teeth in irritation and glared at them. "What the hell! You people, I’ve been working hard to increase my level as well, okay?"

"It… It’s not like I only know how to pick mushrooms!"

Damn it!

These people have even forgotten that Tail and Sisi are my apprentices!

However, it was clear that her statement was not convincing, and no one believed her at all.

At this time, someone suddenly asked.

"By the way, Boss Ya, what talent did you unlock?!”

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a big discussion in the crowd.

Yes.

What was the talent of Boss Ya?

Many pairs of eyes suddenly looked at her curiously.

Being watched by so many people, Yaya blushed, coughed slightly, and looked away subtly. "That’s enough, stop asking more questions. You guys are so annoying."

Everyone looked at each other and became more curious.

Unfortunately, no matter how everyone asked, Yaya wouldn’t say anything.

So many people thought that she must have unlocked a talent that was useless.

Awakening a useless talent was not uncommon in the game.

Especially for players who initially had their own talents, it was normal to have some useless talents to balance it out.

After all, if one had drawn a super rare talent, they would have gone to the forum to show it off already. They wouldn’t be so reluctant to tell other people

...

After going offline, on the official website forum.

Spring Water Commander: God damn it! I spent a day searching outside! But I couldn’t even see the shadow of a Deathclaw!

Battlefield Cheerleader: You are so hard to please. We caught a brown bear, but you didn’t want to! Does it have to be Deathclaw?

Eye Owe Money: ??? I want it! How much?

Battlefield Cheerleader: It’s too late, we’ve already slaughtered it.

Eye Owe Money: What the hell!

Roshan: QAQ

Elf Wang: I’m curious, can it be used on the Crackleclaw Crab?

Gale: Not sure, but does the Crackleclaw Crab have a neck?

Elf Wang: Fuck, I didn’t even notice that... It seems that it doesn’t have one!

Escaping Mole: From another angle, if you can hide the collar in the Crackleclaw Crab’s shell, wouldn’t it solve the problem of the collar being easily broken?

Ample Time: Holy shit?! This is something I didn’t think of! If you really can control the Crackleclaw Crab, it will be no less useful than the Deathclaw!

Sideline Slacking: +1, if you encounter one with a thick shell, you will have to fire two rockets before killing it. So if it can be deployed on the battlefield, the whole thing can become a moving bunker!

Gale: The key is that this thing not only runs fast, but it’s also awesome in melee combat.

Night Ten: It’s a tank. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Quit Smoking: Damn, I can imagine it now!

Old White: I’m going to ask the developer!

Looking through the posts on the forum, Chu Guang finally understood why there were a lot of private messages in his inbox.

My goodness.

They are asking me for the strategy.

If I have a strategy for this, would I still be doing research on the forum?

Chu Guang thought about it for a while, and felt that it was inappropriate not to reply after so many people asked.

It was even more inappropriate to only reply to some players.

So he made a public post and temporarily pinned it for a day.

Light: The pet system is still under development, please be impatient. The original intention of the design of the Mind Interference Device is mainly to enhance the gaming experience of players of the intelligence type. After all, the strength of the intelligence attribute in the current version is difficult to intuitively reflect on DPS.

- As for the gameplay of this equipment and how to maximize its advantages, players are also welcome to explore for themselves.

- In addition, not only intelligence type players have the pet system, even without the help of Mind Interference Device, some mutants in the wasteland can be domesticated.

- The most common ones are wolves, followed by mutant hyenas, even mice, etc. I believe many players should have noticed that some marauders or experienced hunters will tame wolves or hyenas, and use their sense of smell to hunt or avoid danger.

- This part of the function is not only limited to NPCs. Players can also use it, but it requires certain skills. For more ways to play Wasteland Online, please explore by yourself in game.

After finishing the post, Chu Guang turned off the computer and went to sleep.

These players could stay awake for 24 hours after wearing helmets, but he couldn’t.

However, what Chu Guang didn’t expect was that at almost the same time as his post was posted, players who were discussing whether the Crackleclaw Crab or the Deathclaw was stronger, along with nerfing the intelligence type, lost their minds at his reply.

Tail: !!! Does that mean I can have two big bears?!

Sisi:

Surprised

, Tail wants to be a two-timer.

Quit Smoking: Brilliant! So players from other sequences can also have pets?!

Irene:

Imperial Rough Riders

are coming online. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Escaping Mole: Although I have guessed it before, it has never been confirmed... But now that the Dev said so, it should be possible.

Make Me: By the way, can mutant players also tame mutants? Or I can only tame rats? T.T

Ample Time: I suddenly have a bold idea...

Night Ten: What is it? Is it a serious idea? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Ample Time: ? I don’t understand what you’re talking about, but... it might need Garbage’s cooperation.

Garbage: What do you want me to do?

Ample Time: Let’s discuss it in the game. (Smirking)

Garbage: ???