Chapter 244.2: Ratman, I Choose You!

On the other side, north of Baker Street, on the edge of the fifth ring.

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Gale, Night Ten, Old White, and Quit Smoking were clearing the building with Lone Wolf who had just entered the game.

It was not easy to upgrade an intelligence type player's level, especially in the early stage. With three points of strength, let alone shooting arrows or throwing javelins, they would have to catch their breath after running two steps. This was why many teams were reluctant to team up with intelligence type players in the early game.

Being unhelpful was a trivial matter, the key was that they would hold the entire team back!

That was deadly in the wasteland.

Unless it was a player with a particularly strong hands-on ability and could take the Lifestyle Profession route, upgrading would still be quite difficult for them.

However, if they were able to get help from a group of high-level players, it would be another story.

In just one day, Lone Wolf's level jumped from LV0 to LV1.

The speed of his upgrade was like riding a rocket.

With his speed, if everything went smoothly, there would be no problem for him to reach LV3 in 4 days. Maybe it would only take him 3 days.

When farming monsters, he could also do the mission to explore resource points, and take up the scavenger profession to do the garbage pickup mission simultaneously. In this way, he would be able to increase his contribution points to the citizen level and save 200 to 300 silver coins easily.

At that time, he could get a VM, buy a PU-9 submachine gun, and if he still had some money left, he could also purchase a body armor made with devil silk or some other protective gear. With them, he would basically have the ability to protect himself.

The sky outside gradually darkened, and this group of people withdrew from the abandoned high-rise building with the things they found.

Their harvest for the day wasn’t bad!

Including the things found and the mission reward, the per capita income was around 100 silver coins.

In the current version, if there was no war, their daily income could already be considered very high. If they hadn't brought a newbie with them, Old White's income could've been higher.

Recently, at the newly opened Remote Creek Town hunting ground, it was that there were traces of Deathclaws. Many high-level players had gone there to search for them.

Confirming the progress of the mission through the VM, Ample Time looked at Lone Wolf and said, "The first three level upgrades are quite fast, but after the LV3, it starts to slow down."

Lone Wolf sighed, "This game is too difficult."

Old White nodded in agreement. "It's indeed a bit difficult. I've been stuck at LV13 for almost two weeks."

Night Ten sighed, "Your progress is already pretty good. Unlike you, I'm the perception type, and since I reached LV11, my progress bar seems to be stuck."

Quit Smoking growled, "Sigh, listening to you guys using different ways to show off just makes me feel very uncomfortable. At least, you've already reached LV10."

Gale suddenly suggested, "Maybe we have to challenge the higher level monsters."

"Like?"

Gale continued, "Mutant Humans or something? Don’t you think?"

"Damn brother, that would be too difficult, wouldn't it?" Night Ten gasped in shock.

Old White suddenly sighed, "If only Ample Time was here."

Gale quickly agreed, "Indeed, this guy's understanding of the current version is unparalleled. With him, we will definitely be able to grow faster."

Night Ten turned his nose up and snorted at the side after hearing what Gale said. "That lucky bastard! How could he not take us with him?"

Old White smiled. "He's always been lucky. You forgot that when we used to play PUBG, he would get the best sniper rifle wherever he went. Every time Light found a bunch of junk, he was already fully armed. Anyway, that's enough chat. It’s going to be dark soon. Let’s go back and have a meal and then go offline. Tomorrow night, we will still be online at 7:00 in the morning and we will work hard and try to help our brother Lone Wolf to upgrade to LV3.”

"Alright.” Night Ten nodded.

Gale was also in agreement and his reply quickly came. "Copy."

Quit Smoking smiled and was the last to answer. "Roger!"

Looking at the enthusiastic players around him, Lone Wolf was moved. "Good brothers, thank you!"

Old White said with a smile, "Don't mention it! It would only make us look like strangers to each other."

"That's right. Besides, there will be more places for us to rely on you in the future!" Quit Smoking quickly added at the side.

Night Ten quickly brought up another point. "How about helping us improve the brick factory first? The demand for bricks is getting bigger and bigger, and our orders are lining up all the way until the end of next month."

Lone Wolf, who never liked to owe other people's favor, had a serious expression on his face. "Okay! Brothers, don't worry! When I get offline, I'll think of a way!"

...

The night was getting late.

At the north gate of the outpost.

Silver's Father grabbed his friends’ arms with snot and tears on his face, and chased them all the way back to the outpost. "It was just a prank, bro! Give me a chance, I won't do it next time."

Silver Sword flung his arm mercilessly. "Go away! I finally believed you once, but you disappointed me again!"

Silver Hand also snapped at him, "Scram!"

At the door of the nursing home, the players who had their meals were queuing up to return to their rooms, and the square was very lively.

Yaya, who was in line, put her hands together and prayed devoutly. "Oh dear developers, please don't increase the water fee again."

Teng Teng, who was in line, gave her a sideways glance. "That's because you are too slow. 10 minutes is definitely enough to take a shower under normal circumstances."

"How can it be that fast! Oh yeah, Teng Teng because you’re..."

Teng Teng's face instantly turned red, and she stood on tiptoe and covered Yaya's mouth hurriedly. "Okay, you can stop talking!"

"HMAOGHEG!"

The players on the side cheered excitedly. "What is she? What is she?”

"Boss Ya, come on, don't leave us hanging!"

Although there were hundreds of nurturing cabins in the save point of the outpost, and the bathrooms there had recently been installed with water pipes and simple solar panels, everyone still wanted to bathe in the shelter, even if the water prices had been constantly rising.

Actually, it was something that couldn't be helped.

Even if players wanted to stay on the surface because it was more convenient to go online, the number of nurturing cabins was not enough, and the 100 units that were there were always taken every day.

If players wanted to save their progress, but they couldn't get a place on the surface, they still had to go back to the shelter.

Chu Guang had already adjusted the allocation of resources for the black box that produced the nurturing cabin to the highest priority, and a special person had been arranged to press the button to ensure uninterrupted operation around the clock, but there was still a big gap in the inventory of the nurturing cabins.

In theory, to meet the online and offline needs of all players, at least 900 nurturing cabins were required.

Moreover, even if it was a black box, it still couldn't run 24 hours a day. So in order not to break the equipment, the black box needed to rest for 2 to 3 hours a day.

While thinking about the matter of the resurrection point, Chu Guang, who got off the elevator with Little Seven in his arms, walked towards the shelter.

A giant gray rat popped out suddenly, and Chu Guang was surprised to see Make Me staring at him.

Chu Guang looked at him with caring eyes and asked softly, "Is there a problem?"

The big rat bowed and said respectfully. "Dear administrator, I have completed the mission you gave me!"

Chu Guang was dazed for a moment before a look of shock formed on his face.

So fast?!

After retrieving the action records from several players' VMs and drone aerial photos, Chu Guang quickly discovered that he really wasn't bragging.

Not only did he complete the mission, but he surpassed the requirements by quite a bit!

Chu Guang's face twitched slightly. He felt embarrassed to say that he had been too busy recently, and he hadn't thought about how to reward him.

But after thinking for a while, he coughed lightly and said, "You did very well. Being able to tame mutants is undoubtedly a huge help to achieving our goal."

"If there are any rewards you'd like other than silver coins and contribution points, you can tell me."

Make Me was stunned for a moment before waking up in ecstasy and roared, "Dear administrator, I don't want anything else. I just hope you can give me a nurturing cabin!"

Chu Guang gave the guy a strange look. "A nurturing cabin? What do you want it?"

Make Me continued with a serious look. "I want to go north! I want to go to West Continent City, the place that's farther than Remote Creek Town! There will be no distractions from other players there, and there are no rules on enemy territory, I can snowball more easily, unite the local rats, and grow my strength as a Ratman!"

Holy shit!

That's a great idea

.

After listening to Make Me's words, Chu Guang's eyes lit up, but he still reminded him cautiously. "The energy required to power the dormant bin is 1KW, and you have to prepare a generator for it. Moreover, it will not be easy to transport the equipment to West Continent City, you have to think clearly."

Make Me said seriously, "Please rest assured, I will solve this problem myself."

He'd already ordered a Hell's Breath from Mosquito, and at worst, he would order a smaller wood powered generator.

When the snow on the ground became a little thinner, he would set off immediately!

Chu Guang nodded, no longer having any questions. "Okay, tomorrow you can go to Longevity Town to find Luca, he will give you a nurturing cabin."

"Also, I'll give you another mission. Go to Luca to pick up a radio station, take it to West Continent City just north of us, and set up a communication base there. This mission is very important, please do your best to complete it. After completion, you can move freely around West Continent City, and I will also arrange new missions for you from time to time."

Make Me said with great joy, "Thank you! Dear administrator, I will definitely do my best!"

The nurturing cabin wasn't really something that required really high technology.

After there were enough nurturing cabins at the save points, Chu Guang even considered allowing players to buy nurturing cabins and move them into their own houses.

Well, that would only happen in the future.

At present, resources were limited, and collective interests were paramount, so the allocation of resources to public facilities was always the first priority.

After all, that was related to the gaming experience of the vast majority of players.

Taking Little Seven back to the administrator's office, Chu Guang sat on the office chair and turned the chair to look at the wall on the side of the office.

There were many screens on the wall, which were modified by Yin Fang with VMs.

Sixteen small screens formed a large screen, on which a map was displayed. The map was flashing with dense small green and blue dots, forming a map of the distribution of players and NPCs.

Players without VMs also had their old locations marked by drones.

Through his map, Chu Guang could easily grasp how many players there were in each area, how many missions should be allocated, what was the ratio of functional NPCs, and whether he needed to send a few more people there.

To Chu Guang's relief, the new batch of players were more motivated than he expected.

Amongst a total of 300 people, half of them joined wasteland reclamation army, and more than 90% of them were strength types.

Although the other half did not go to reclaim wasteland, they were also dragged to do the Passing The Torch mission, either following the high-level players in the tunnel, or going to the edge of the fifth ring to clear buildings.

There were many crunchers there. Moreover, not only was there a natural training ground, but players may also be able to collect abundant resources.

Among the total of 300 new players, there were two players that Chu Guang focused on.

One was Beating Tiger.

The other was Professor Wang, or rather, Long Wolf.

Beating Tiger was someone Chu Guang had noticed since a long time ago. Chu Guang had been watching him on the forum for a long time. He often saw him and other players exchange farming experience, and often posted photos related to farming.

After observing for a while, Chu Guang immediately marked him in the backend of the website, and decided to invite him when it came to a version that required expertise in farming.

Beating Tiger did not let him down. As soon as he entered the game, he improved two tractors developed by Mosquito and Steel Plant 81.

The efficiency of plowing the land was now twice as fast as before, which could be said to be of great help!

Professor Wang, on the other hand, was a pure surprise to Chu Guang.

The Professor only joined the Bull And Horse Club the week before, and only when Chu Guang browsed the chat history did he learn that this man was a colleague of Gale and a professor in the field of mechanical engineering and automation design.

For this kind of professor-level player who could also help in the field of practical application, Chu Guang also did not hesitate to include him in the list of players that needed to be invited in the Alpha 1.0 version.

Beating Tiger chose the strength sequence, and Lone Wolf on the other hand, chose the intelligence sequence like Gale. Most likely, Gale taught him what to choose.

Although Lone Wolf was still leveling up with Bull and Horse Squad and had not shown his professional level in the game for the time being, Chu Guang was not in a hurry.

To improve the productivity of an area, one must first have a sufficient understanding of what they wanted to do.

Like setting up a factory in Africa... One had to do research first, not to mention they were in a completely different world.

Chu Guang was very satisfied with the Professional Wang’s pace.

If he gave advice before he even understood the situation in the game, he would only give Chu Guang a headache instead.

"Good!"

"As expected of the people I chose!"

Taking a look at the action records on the VM, Chu Guang had a happy expression on his face, and he felt that everything was under control.

"It seems that the Alpha 1.0 version is progressing well, and new players have officially become a part of the game. Next, there are only two core tasks left for the shelter!"

One was the large-scale development of the northern bank of Linghu Lake, and the other was the investment attraction of the new industrial zone.

Attracting Liszt to set up a factory was just the beginning.

Once this guy got a taste of the sweetness of the investment, soon there would be more powerful businessmen coming over with the equipment and talents.

Coupled with the caravans from the east coast, as long as he could create a stable development environment for them, they would send money to his doorsteps.

If one day in the future the Shelter 404 clashed with Boulder Town, he would also have an extra card in his hand that could be played.

Of course, cooperation was naturally the best option.

Although a fight could make him rich overnight, in the long run, the returns were still not as stable as those from harvesting leeks.

"The technology of solid-state hydrogen batteries is at least Class D+ technology. Depending on how the chemical energy is stored and utilized, it may even be Class C."

"Although it is not as good as a metal hydrogen battery that includes multiple Class B technologies and a small amount of Class A technologies, it is still much better than the traditional methods used in reality."

"With the black box obtained from Shelter 117, if everything goes well in the next two version updates, most LV10 intelligence type players should be able to use neural connection devices, and the penetration rate of exoskeletons should reach 8% among players, and 15% among guards."

Now that there were more players, Chu Guang had to focus more on the whole and reduce local micro-control when making decisions.

Letting a certain player own a certain piece of equipment would have little effect on the overall strength of the shelter.

Only when the penetration rate of a certain piece of equipment reached a certain proportion in the player group would it reflect the influence of this piece of equipment on their overall strength.

And productivity was the key to everything.

It had to be said that spring came at a perfect time.

Just as Chu Guang was planning the future of shelter, Little Seven's voice suddenly came from the side, pulling him back from his daydream. "Master."

Chu Guang turned to the little bin and asked, "What's wrong?"

Little Seven continued in a low voice, "Although Little Seven doesn't want to disturb your rest, there is news from the two players you sent to Boulder Town and Red River Town."