Chapter 305.3: Game Expansion Update, Target, The West Continent!

Nightfall gradually descended, casting a dusky hue on the horizon.

Having shopped around crazily for a day, Xiaoyu, who was sitting on a bench outside a barbecue stall, fell asleep on Xia Yan’s lap tired before the owner brought up the skewers.

Gazing at her peaceful sleeping face, Xia Yan unconsciously reached out and gently stroked her black and soft hair, finally knowing why everyone liked her so much.

Suddenly thinking of something, Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang, who sat across from her. “So what exactly is the treasure you wanted to show me?”

Chu Guang casually said, “Haven’t I shown you already.”

Xia Yan was dazed for a moment, then she understood what he meant and rolled her eyes at him. “This answer is too cheeky.”

“You're just too slow.” Chu Guang chuckled, unconcerned.

To him, everything they had seen was his treasure.

Whether it was the boundless farmland on the west of Longevity Town, or the increasingly prosperous streets of Dawn City.

It certainly wasn’t comparable to how it was more than 2 centuries ago, but to the survivors living on this wasteland, this was a great place that no number of loot boxes could exchange.

It was a rare peaceful place on the wasteland.

At the very least, they would be able to flip the safety switch of their rifles there.

The roasted meat was served as the scent of cumin filled the air. Xiaoyu, who was asleep on Xia Yan’s lap, seemed to have smelled the scent, her nose twitched.

But perhaps she was too tired, she didn’t wake up immediately.

While the young girl was still asleep, Xia Yan asked the boss to serve her a cup of her favorite beer, whereas Chu Guang sipped on his fizzy water; Nuka Cola had pretty much become Dawn City’s most popular drink.

“Speaking of, aren’t you worried about running into danger when you’re out here all by yourself?” Taking a skewer of roasted meat from the plate, Xia Yan asked casually while chewing.

“The drones in the sky will identify every unfamiliar face entering the patrol area and plan the patrol route of the patrol squad.” Chu Guang smiled lightly. “As for the people living here, I trust them as much as they trust me. If one day they hate me to the point that they wish I die, that means I need to reflect on myself.”

Of course, Chu Guang’s greatest reliance was his 21 constitution points, 19 perception points, and 18 agility points, as well as his carbon nano protective suit.

They were better than any bodyguard.

He was able to solo a Creeper before awakening. It wouldn't make sense that he’d be weaker after awakening.

Licking the wooden stick, Xia Yan joked, “That’s true. The way they look at you is like you’re their god. I noticed the meat on our skewers is more than those served to others!”

Chu Guang made a helpless expression. “That’s why I actually prefer buying from players.”

Although players sometimes would call him even more exaggerated names, and would always come up with quite a few inexplicable monikers, they did it mostly because they felt it was fun or for the so-called favorability. It was not because of true admiration.

This was why he didn’t have as much emotional baggage when facing players, and it didn’t matter when he occasionally tricked them or made a harmless joke.

In fact, they would instead get excited like children and then start yelling stuff like ‘NPC can even trick someone now’, or even ‘Yay! One step closer to open Beta’.

Looking at the dusky sky in the distance, Xia Yan seemed to be in deep thought.

Suddenly, as if she had made up her mind, she opened her mouth, “That serum, can you give me one?”

Chu Guang glanced at her while raising an eyebrow. “What do you want it for?”

Xia Yan looked down at Xiaoyu, who was still snoozing on her lap, and gently stroked her hair. “I feel like I’m becoming more and more... Useless.”

Hearing this, Chu Guang almost choked on his fizzy water. After coughing twice to cover up his gaffe, he said, “You finally noticed... I mean, you finally realized that you’ve been too lazy?”

Xia Ya surprisingly didn’t talk back this time. She lowered her head and muttered in a low voice, “I can still fight... You’ve seen it before. I’m good at shooting, and I can modify weapons. It’s not my fault that I can’t awaken any abilities. I was born like this, and it's not like I can change it. I almost didn’t catch the gun the militia threw to us. My hair is also conspicuously red. I wanted to shave it off several times, but every time I look at it, it would remind me of my mom. So I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”

Sniffling, she looked away stubbornly. “Sorry, for saying a lot of nonsense.”

Chu Guang was silent for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Actually, it’s not only the powerful people who can find the meaning of existence. Awakening is not the only criterion to evaluate whether a person is strong or not. Violence can solve some problems, but not all problems can be solved with violence.”

Xia Yan looked at him, lost.

To be honest, she didn’t really understand what he was saying. She just suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a bit like... her father?

No.

It probably was a bit weird and impudent to think so.

She had never met her father, and didn’t know if that bastard who abandoned her mother was still alive or not. But she had fantasized before that it would be nice if there was such a person that could tell her which path forward she should take.

Although she admitted that if there really was such a person next to her nagging about some great principles, she would never listen to them.

Every time Xiaoyu told her something her father said, she would roll her eyes on the surface, but inside, she was actually a little envious.

Family, huh?

She didn’t know which Tide it was, but the only thing left by her side were her guns.

Taking a sip of beer, Xia Yan muttered, “... Did your shelter also teach you guys this?”

That was an interesting question.

Chu Guang thought seriously for a moment and gave an uncertain answer. “I don’t know.”

Xia Yan looked at him in surprise. “You don’t know?”

“

Mhm

.” Chu Guang nodded and said calmly, “Just as you have many questions to ask me, I have just as many questions to ask the person who entrusted everything to me.”

“For example, why would he choose to trust someone who didn't even belong here? Why didn’t he do these things himself? And also, how could a man who died over a century ago know me so well... I believe he has hidden the answers somewhere in the labyrinth, and as long as I could prove that I am the one he was waiting for, he would gradually tell me all the answers.”

Xia Yan, who was drinking her beer, grunted, “Oh.”

She didn’t quite understand what he said, and this wasn’t the answer she wanted either.

Chu Guang suddenly remembered something. He took out a mushroom from his pocket and gently put it on the table. “By the way, this is for you.”

He couldn’t think of any use for it.

And he didn’t want those 5 silver coins to be spent in vain.

Looking at the mushroom on the table, Xia Yan’s expression was a bit strange. “What... is this for?”

First, the possibility that it could be eaten was ruled out. No one would eat a red mushroom with white dots all over it.

“Lean over.”

“?” Before Xia Yan could react, the mushroom was already clipped in her hair.

Looking at her new appearance, Chu Guang couldn’t help smiling. “Haha, it suits you very well.”

A big mushroom wearing a small mushroom.

The only pity was that the color of her hair was quite similar to the mushroom, so it wasn’t that obvious.

Xia Yan touched the top of her head and quickly realized that she now looked like there was a mushroom growing out of her head, and it wasn't even growing up straight.

She glared at Chu Guang. “Why are you putting a mushroom on my head?”

“You don’t like it? Then give it back to me.”

Before Chu Guang could extend his hand, Xia Yan quickly moved back.

“No takebacks! You've given it to me already, so it’s now mine!”

This time, Chu Guang could no longer hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

No Takebacks?

Where did this woman learn this from? Did she even know what it meant?

“That’s not how you use this phrase.”

Xia Yan made a funny face at him and then concentrated on dealing with the beer and skewered meat on the table, ignoring him.

Probably awakened by Xia Yan’s movements, Xiaoyu rubbed her eyes as she sat up in a daze. “Huh? It’s already cooked?”

Xia Yan gave her a skewer. “It’s already cooked for a while. Try this.”

“

Auhm

.” Dazedly wiping off the drool from the corner of her mouth, the half-asleep Xiaoyu smelled food near her mouth and opened her mouth to take a bite.

Originally, Xia Yan was smiling as she fed Xiaoyu food, but then after she saw Xiaoyu wiping her mouth, her face suddenly changed, and she quickly lowered her head.

Her face quickly reddened.

Chu Guang roughly guessed what she was thinking, his expression was also slightly awkward.

Trying to comfort her, he coughed lightly. “It’s okay... No one can see it at night.”

“You, you...”

“Me?”

“Please stop talking...”

“...”

Looking at Boss Xia, whose voice gradually became smaller like a mosquito buzz, Chu Guang chose to close his mouth and stop mentioning the matter.

...

That evening, the official website became lively again.

Chu Guang realized the players were pretty bored, bored enough to take photos of him eating barbecue.

Have these people never seen a handsome man before?

Darkest: Shock! There's a mushroom growing on Boss Xia’s head!

Irene: The administrator bought that mushroom from Yaya! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Teng Teng:

Wuaaaaaa

, there’s a sudden feeling of gratification, although I personally prefer the administrator x hunter boy CP pairing. o(*///▽///*)o

Makka Pakka: Wait! The relationships here are a bit confusing. Why is there an extra Yaya between Boss Xia and the administrator? I need to organize this!

Yaya: The hell you will! What does this have to do with me! I’m just a random mushroom vendor, okay! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Midnight_pubg:┬─┬ノ('-'ノ）

- ......

Chu Guang turned and growled, “Little Seven...”

Feeling that Chu Guang was looking for it, Little Seven’s voice discreetly floated over. “Master?”

“Didn’t I ask you to sift out my photos?”

All the photos of him on the official website were either taken by himself or taken by Little Seven under his orders. In any case, they were photos that best highlighted the positive aspects of his image.

After all, if the players were allowed to screenshot as they liked, who the hell knew what kind of strange look they could capture?

That was a lesson he learned after seeing so many pictures of Xia Yan online.

Little Seven buzzed, “Hmm... But, those pictures don’t have your face, only your back appeared... Should I delete it? QAQ “

Chu Guang sighed.

... Forget it, it’s already posted.

Most likely, Little Seven did it intentionally.

But it wasn’t time to talk about that.

Earlier, Chu Guang received a report from the Logistics Department, that all the wartime supplies had been prepared. Due to the decrease of prices and sufficient supply, the New Alliance’s industrial zones had not only completed their production missions, but they had even completed them ahead of time.

7,000,000 rounds of ammunition and tens of thousands of artillery shells of various calibers were ready for dispatch, and production lines were still running non-stop.

The pilots trained by Mosquito had also successfully learnt takeoff, firing and bomb dropping, and were just waiting for his command to take over the skies of the West Continent City.

The day before, the harvest of the farming players were reviewed.

The next day, it would also be time to review the achievements of the military reform.

Whether players with high moral and low organization ability could adapt to battles of team-level and above under the guidance of the Corps System or not, was one of the core elements of this round of Beta tests.

At the same time, this would also determine whether the New Alliance could stand firmly on the wasteland.

Only by opening the north could they gain resources and space for development, as well strategic depth to deal with powerful neighbors.

Chu Guang dragged out an edited document about the game expansion from a new folder, and copy-pasted it on the official website.

His mouth curved into a smile as he pressed the confirm button.

“It’s time to take care of the problems in the north.”

“I hope everyone is ready.”