Chapter 292.1: Silver Coins = Money?!

"... That ungrateful old bastard. If I had told those marauders that he has a few valuable bionic parts installed on his body, would he still be able to live until now? He would've been killed already!"

Looking at the back of the old man going downstairs, Professor Sun Zewen snorted in resentment and limped towards his room.

The administrator of the New Alliance had just arranged a new job for him, and he could continue to engage in related research on Resonance Fields and mind interference equipment in the future.

Chu Guang intended to deploy mind interference towers near the settlements to drive away common mutants such as mutated hyenas, moles, cockroaches, two-headed dogs, brown bears, jackals, and falcons.

The specific method was to release fear emotions to them through the Resonance Field, and drive the mutants to the player's hunting grounds, or at least keep them away from the farmland and villages.

The problem that needed to be solved now was that different organisms had their own specific frequency. Although there were ready-made materials for reference, research on specific species was still needed.

Whatever it was, he had to go back to his room to pack his luggage, and then go to Shelter 401 to download the data later. Then, he would need to head back to the headquarters of the New Alliance, Shelter 404.

Yin Fang still stayed in the control room, looking left and right at the terminal that operated the mind control tower, and kept muttering in amazement.

There were too many things about that technology he didn't understand. "... How does this thing work? Is it to simulate the frequency of brain waves? No... it seems to have nothing to do with brain waves... What is the medium that can transmit information?"

Hyrja seemed to be uninterested, which was very rare. She bit her lips lightly, her eyes filled with a strange light, as if she had a lot on her mind.

As for Chu Guang, he didn't have time to take care of his subordinates at the moment, but kept staring at the tablet in his hand, with a faint smile on his face.

The loot he obtained this time was pretty amazing.

An old professor who studied Resonance Field Theory and Mind Interference Equipment.

Although Professor Sun Zewen wasn’t famous in the pre-war era, he was still an old popsicle from 200 years ago.

The other was a researcher who studied bionic organs. Although his personality was a little rigid, or rather gullible, it did not affect his ability in the professional field.

For Chu Guang, the price he paid was just some contribution points and silver coins.

Simply put, he struck it big!

The only fly in the ointment was that the other 3 residents of Shelter 117 had unfortunately died, and it was also the origin of the skeletons at the entrance of the ecological park and the iron plate engraved with a Torch.

The loss of Shelter 401 was also heavy. Except for Sun Zewen, who was wise enough to save his life, only 6 new generation shelter residents survived.

The 6 people could be said to have experienced all the dangers in the world. They were tortured by those marauders to the point that they didn't look like humans anymore, even their eyes lost their luster.

But Chu Guang still assigned them all to Professor Sun Zewen as his research assistants.

The lifespan of the residents of a shelter was much longer than that of the wastelanders. Although these people were not considered young, they had received the elite education of a shelter, and their foundation was still much stronger than that of the average wastelander.

Related technologies of Resonance Field Theory and Mind Interference Equipment had to be inherited!

Apparently, Professor Sun Zewen also knew Chu Guang’s intention, so he accepted the mission instantly.

As for the other 109 freed slaves, most of them were bought by Tuss from slave traders. Chu Guang ordered the Bull and Horse Squad to bring them back to Dawn City along with the captured booty.

Adjusting to a new life would take time.

Before giving them back their freedom, Chu Guang first needed to ensure that they could gain the ability to earn a living and not become a hidden danger to society.

Fortunately, so far, the New Alliance had far more job opportunities than the labor force. The series of economic stimulus measures adopted by Chu Guang attracted a large influx of traveling merchants. And the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries were also expanding rapidly.

Chu Guang had already given instructions to Luca. He would be in charge of taking care of those poor souls.

In addition to counting the loot, with the help of Little Seven, Chu Guang sorted out the previously collected information.

As he guessed, Torch arrived 20 years ago, and took away copies of the relevant research materials of the Resonance Field from Shelter 401.

The collar hanging around the neck of Chu Guang's pet named Neeko was an improved device based on similar technical principles.

Although there was no way to control Deathclaws through the Resonance Field, it was still slightly better than inserting a tube into their brains.

Because of the differences in philosophy and goals, Torch was divided into two groups in Shelter 401. Some went south to find specimens of alien creatures, while others stayed where they were and built their homes.

Later, Professor Zhao Yuan and others who stayed behind rescued a group of refugees who fled from Boulder Town out of mercy, and among them was Tuss who had been torn apart by Garbage.

Then there was nothing more than the story of the farmer and the viper.

Those refugees were not interested in their ideals at all. Relying on cunning and unexpected sneak attacks, they easily subdued these pampered blue coats and used their technology to make pills.

And it was this series of changes that made Professor Zhao Yuan completely lose trust in the wastelanders.

As for the extraterrestrial colony that the old popsicle named Sun Zewen mentioned... It was too far away for Chu Guang now.

However, Chu Guang still asked Little Seven to update the relevant entries in the official website setting collection as a supplement to the worldview.

...

On level B1 of the Ecological Protection Park.

There was an underground passage connecting the nearby underground station, and passengers who arrived by rail transit could go directly to the park from the passage.

But now, like most underground tunnels in Clearspring City, this passage had already turned into Crunchers’ paradise.

At this time, a beam of light suddenly lit up the dark passage, and the sound of heavy footsteps came from the direction of the stairs.

The Crunchers wandering in the darkness all cast their gazes at the unpleasant light source, hissing and growling from their rotting mouths.

However, before they approached, thunderous gunshots rang out in the tunnel.

Sparks flickered in the tunnel, Crunchers fell one after another, and in a short while, there were more than 20 corpses.

With the smoke coming from the muzzle of the gun, Chu Guang, who was wearing an exoframe, changed the magazine in a single smooth motion, and then fired again and again.

After the gunshots subsided, he put away the smoking gun and casually spoke to Professor Sun Zewen who was following behind him, "Didn't those marauders think about cleaning up this place?"

Professor Sun Zewen rubbed his ears with a headache, feeling that his eardrums were almost shattered. It took him a long while to recover. "Clean up? They don't do things that are arduous and thankless. Those short-sighted savages just want to earn more plastic chips... I only found out later that the survivors in the wasteland actually use casino chips as money.”

Chu Guang raised an eyebrow in response "Not everyone. It's only popular in Clearspring City."

Professor Sun Zewen asked curiously, "What about you?"

"Of course, we have our own currency."

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The entrance to Shelter 401 was in this corridor. It was disguised as a workshop in the pre-war era, with a sign that said ‘Staff Only’, and there was only a locked door blocking tourists.

But now, let alone the door, most of the fist-thick wall had been demolished, leaving only a floor of broken bricks, and a half-open alloy giant gate behind it.

"More than 2 decades ago, the power to the shelter ran out and we had to pull out of the ground and build a shelter on the surface... This place has already been abandoned." Professor Sun Zewen took the initiative to walk in front, leading Chu Guang into the shelter.

Since the reactor had been shut down, the back of the giant gear-shaped alloy gate was completely dark, and even the air purification system had stopped working. Only a few key functional devices were still on standby with the support of backup power to maintain the minimum energy consumption.

Although Yin Fang had been there before, he only roughly collected the public data stored in the shelter, and did not explore the interior carefully.

Considering that this place would become a new gathering point for players in the future, Chu Guang felt that it was necessary for him to explore the place personally.

The moment Chu Guang stepped into the shelter, a light blue interface appeared in his field of vision.

[Mission:

Restart The Fusion Reactor Of Shelter 401.

]

[Reward:

Shelter 401 administrator authority.

]

Looking at the light blue interface that appeared in front of his eyes, Chu Guang had a surprised expression on his face.

My goodness.

As soon as I entered, I triggered a mission to obtain the administrator permissions.

Is it that simple?

"Shelter 401 has 4 floors. The first and second floors are the living area. The third floor is the entertainment area, and the fourth floor is the planting area. Theoretically, the maximum number of people who can live here is 1,600, but actually, it is no problem to accommodate up to 2,000 people."

Chu Guang was slightly surprised. "That’s one more floor than Shelter 117."

Professor Sun Zewen nodded. "Yes, but the budget of Shelter 117 is much higher than ours. Their per capita living area can even reach 40 square meters, while ours is only half of theirs."

Speaking of this, a trace of emotion appeared on the old man's face. "Unable to bear the cramped space, many people chose cryonics... Including me. However, cryonics couldn't solve the problem. As the energy reserves gradually fell below the warning line, we had to wake up from the cryosleep, and head to the surface to find hope before the energy was used up."

The expression on Chu Guang's face was a little strange.

If twenty square meters per capita was considered cramped, wouldn't the rooms in his Shelter 404 be considered jail cells?

Whatever it was, having so many rooms was much better for him.

At present, the rooms in Shelter 117 were converted into a double room, and the player capacity was increased from 500 to 1,000.

Counting the 2,000 beds in Shelter 401, as long as there were 400 more rooms, it would not be a big problem to squeeze in the new players from the Beta 0.1 version!

The top priority now was to find the fuel rods, restore the power, and inherit the administrator’s authority.

Following Professor Sun Zewen, Chu Guang walked around the shelter.

Compared with the Shelter 117, which focused on comfort, the one here was somewhat of a research institute style.

The area of the single room was between 20 and 30 square meters, with an independent bathroom and refrigerator. In many rooms, there were unfinished and rotten chocolates and biscuits in the refrigerator.

The living conditions here were definitely impressive.

There were even cocoa and coffee trees in the orchards in the growing area, but unfortunately, the plants had long since died.

But to Chu Guang's surprise, when he walked to the back of the planting area, he found an unexpected surprise.

It was a freezer in which seeds of more than a dozen types of crops were stored. The seeds of cocoa and coffee trees were also preserved!

They had a pretty impressive reserve of seeds as well!

Judging from the flashing light green signal light, the freezer was still running smoothly.

"Are the seeds inside still usable?" Chu Guang asked excitedly.

Sun Zewen nodded and said, "Of course, the seed bank is independently powered... Even if the reactor shuts down, the seeds here can be preserved for another century or two. In fact, we also planted some around the ecological park... It's just that after the marauders took over here, those crops were neglected.”

He didn't know the specific situation there.

Although marauders gave him a certain degree of freedom, he was not allowed to leave the confines of the ecological reserve, let alone the surrounding jungle.

After visiting the planting area on level B4, Chu Guang had a general understanding of the situation of Shelter 401.

They then returned to the entrance of the shelter.