It was not just Mosquito, the entire industrial zone was looking for new ways to profit off the new map.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Chu Guang was both pleased and grateful for their enthusiasm.

It was a relief to see that the players were having a stronger understanding of the game. He could focus more on macro decision-making, rather than wasting time on micromanaging.

Fortunately, the land reclamation work was coming to an end in a few days. Chu Guang could finally end the expansion, distribute the mission rewards to the players, and plan for the next step.

Otherwise, everyone would just go to make money on the new map, rather than tending to the land.

...

"God! I’m finally back!"

The north entrance of Longevity Town.

A caravan full of goods stopped at the unloading point of the gate. Qian Duo found Liszt and handed over the account book to his boss, while Liszt found Luca to begin calculating the value of the goods, as well as deciding the settlement amount.

Staring at the reclaimed field to the west, Escaping Mole, who had been taking a breather, was entirely gobsmacked by the sight. "... Fuck me, did the map get updated?!"

He had only been gone for half a month. But when he returned, the land had become completely different!

Not only had the 6,660,000 square meters of field been reclaimed, but there were also corn cobs scattered around in the open near the north gate to dry.

Goodness, gracious.

There were at least tens of tons of corn cobs.

It was astonishing!

Coming out of the granary, Makka Pakka was startled after noticing Escaping Mole, whose appearance was like a refugee. "Damn, Mole?! What happened to you?"

Escaping Mole rolled his eyes. "What else? I’m looking at the new map!"

Makka Pakka looked at him strangely and continued, "What took you so long to come back? I thought half a week was more than enough for that trip."

Ample Time, that lucky bastard, already went to Boulder Town for a second time!

Taking 2 weeks for a round trip was seriously too long!

Escaping Mole answered helplessly, "The original plan was to be back in a week, but anything can happen on the road. It would have taken us another 2 or 3 days to come back. So this is already fast enough." ᚱ𝘢ΝＯ₿ΕṦ

Makka Pakka was surprised. "What exactly happened? Did you run into a Deathclaw?"

Escaping Mole revealed a smug smile and replied, "No, what we encountered was much more exciting than mutants. A war has broken out in Red River Town."

Makka Pakka’s eyes started to sparkle suddenly. "A war?! With whom?"

"Who else? The only shit-stirrer in the entire River Valley Town is the Bonechewer Clan. Before I left, I heard the NPC of our caravan say that the two brigades of the Snake Clan had already blocked the passages to the north and west of Red River Town. It was said that a third brigade was on the way to cut off the road to the east."

"Of course, Red River Town isn’t a pushover either. Several mine and business owners had joined hands to hire more than 20 mercenary groups, as well as train a large number of soldiers. It was said that they had 10,000 soldiers... But to be honest, I don’t think there’s even half of that.”

"To be on the safe side, we had to take a detour from a settlement called Garbage City in the south, and then head northwest from there to return to the original route... Something like this." Mole drew a ‘V’ sign in the air with his forefinger, and that was roughly what their journey back would look like on the map.

But compared to his unfortunate trip, Makka Pakka was obviously more interested in another matter. "Wait! What is Garbage City?"

Is it a hidden area?!

"Uh, how can I describe it? It’s a survivor stronghold that’s neither small nor big. I’ll draw and post it on the forum later. Anyway, it feels much smaller than Boulder Town, and it’s much further than Red River Town." Having that said, Mole smirked. "This is also what surprised me the most. I didn’t expect the map of this game to be so much bigger than I imagined! Some survivor strongholds in the game’s lore have actually been properly set up."

"I’m making a bold assumption here but I believe some areas such as the Ideal City in the game’s lore have already been patched into the game. Perhaps some of the content isn’t finished yet, that’s why the developers did not bring it up."

If the assumption was correct, maybe it was really possible to reach the legendary Ideal City just by walking eastward.

However, there was still an issue of being unable to save the gaming progress along the way. Without the VM signal, as well as not knowing the map, it was somewhat unrealistic to go there on foot.

Makka Pakka looked envious as he listened to Mole telling the stories of those distant places.

At this time, the administrator equipped with an exoskeleton came over from the north gate of Longevity Town.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Chu Guang looked at the player Escaping Mole, who now looked like a refugee, and said gratefully. After giving out the reward, he added, "Go take a shower."

The stench he had was really revolting!

Escaping Mole scratched his head in embarrassment. Probably knowing the stench he had was unbearable, he decisively went to the south gate to wait for the bus.

The battles along the way had made him level up by 1, but it made him even more anxious as he could not find a save point.

Chu Guang looked over at the goods that the caravan was unloading.

In addition to the rifles Liszt bought from him, there was also a batch of goods that were his own, which had been sold by Liszt on a commission basis.

In total, that batch of arms was traded for an approximated 50 tons of mineral resources, 20 tons of shellac and insect powder used for improving soil fertility, as well as 25 two-headed oxen.

Liszt brought along his apprentice, Qian Duo, and walked up to Chu Guang. "Nearly 70% of these goods are yours. I want to exchange the remaining 30% with rifles and go back to Red River Town to trade for more raw materials there."

Although it would also be a decent choice to trade for psychoid leaves, as it was easier to sell them for chips, the caravan gone to Boulder Town had not returned yet, and he could not allow his other caravan to just sit there and do nothing.

Before Qian Lai returned, he planned to make another trip to Red River Town to trade for more scarce resources that Longevity Town lacked.

It would be the same to settle with psychoid leaves then, and he might even be able to exchange for more than currently possible.

After listening to Liszt’s plan, Chu Guang nodded and continued, "I’ll give you a product list once the unloading is completed at the warehouse. In addition to rifles, we also sell a bunch of other good stuff."

Liszt raised an eyebrow. "For example?"

Chu Guang replied with a modest smile. "Death Roar Rockets, Hell Breath Motorcycles, 88mm mortars, Lance 20mm anti-tank rifles, and various other corresponding shells... These goods have all been field-tested. We have already used them to defeat the northern marauders once, and when the weapons are all ready, we plan to teach them a lesson again."

"You can tell your friends in Red River Town that they can trust us completely. The Bonechewer tribe is everyone’s problem. We will support their war with real actions."

How could selling rifles and bullets make more money than selling cannons? The former could be made by anyone, but the latter could not be easily put together by a few small workshops.

The research on 37mm Kontos had been completed, and its firepower was much stronger than the 20mm Lance. Its penetration depth in a 100 meters range could even reach more than 70mm!

This firepower was more than enough to deal with ordinary light-medium armor!

Not only Steel Plant 81’s products but Goblin Technology’s products were also improved tremendously. The accuracy of its rockets had shrunk from an early error of 1 kilometer to within 200 meters now.

To seek further improvement in firepower and accuracy, the development and experiments could only be continued on the battlefield now.

The war in Red River Town was undoubtedly an excellent weapon testing ground. The distance of hundreds of kilometers made it difficult for a direct conflict to break out, and the Bonechewer Clan was a common enemy for all survivor settlements in River Valley Province.

Since someone was willing to contribute to the development of the arms industry of Shelter 404, Chu Guang would certainly not miss this opportunity to develop this distribution channel for his factories.

Not to mention that the buyer had a lot of human resources and mines within their hands. Maybe when this war was over, he would be able to buy out the entire Red River Town.

Knowing that Chu Guang still had so many goods in stock, Liszt’s eyes lit up and a bright smile appeared on his face. "With your assurance, the mine owners of Red River Town will absolutely be overjoyed! They’ve been tortured enough by those barbarian’s armored pickups. Your anti-armor experience and weapons would certainly come in handy!!"

Chu Guang gave a faint smile. "Not just weapons, we also provide well-trained soldiers and military instructors, and if there’s a need, we can even sign a long-term employment contract with them."

Liszt responded with excitement, "I’ll relay your offer to them. There shouldn’t be any problems!"

Shelter 404 had already defeated the Snake Clan once. It was a well-known and widespread fact.

From Liszt’s standpoint, of course, he hoped that the war would last as long as possible. Only then could he earn more chips.

Hearing Liszt’s promise, Chu Guang beamed with joy. "I’ll send 2 teams of 10 to escort you."

The distance was quite long. But with dormant cabins as save points, it would not be a big issue. If anyone died, he just needed to send new players over.

It was better to hold Snake Clan in Red River Town than to face both the Snake Clan and the Fang Clan at the same time.

Furthermore, the players would get their mission, the people of Red River Town would be safe, and he would get the resources of Red River Town. If the cooperation was satisfactory, and with proper management, Shelter 404 may even be able to establish a permanent military base there in the future.

It would be more than just a win-win situation.

It would be a tremendous victory.