Chapter 311.2: Strategic Depth?

In the Medical Laboratory back in Shelter 404.

Getting up from the scanning bed, Chu Guang saw the updated property panel through the tablet.

He had been sweating a lot again the night before, so after waking up, he immediately came to Hyrja.

As expected, due to the excellent performance of the players in the campaign, he leveled up again.

[ID:

Chu Guang

]

[Genetic sequence:

Administrator (Third Stage)

]

[Level:

LV20→LV22

]

[Attributes]

[Strength:

23→25

]

[Agility:

18

]

[Constitution:

21

]

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

[Perception:

19→20

]

[Intelligence:

20

]

"... The sequence development progress has actually increased by 2% this time."

Sitting on the chair opposite Chu Guang, Hyrja flicked her silvery white hair lightly, and looked him up and down curiously. "I'm no longer surprised about the growth of your sequence. But I still wonder about the principle of its growth."

"Isn't this the subject I asked you to do research on?" Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by Hyrja, Chu Guang picked up the top that was hanging on the bedside and put it on.

Hyrja nodded and continued, "Mhm, so far I have a few conjectures, but I don't have enough evidence yet."

"You can just tell me the most likely one."

"The Hive."

Chu Guang cast a puzzled look at her, his hand pulling the zipper stopped. "What do you mean?"

"It's the inspiration I got while researching the Hive. Don't you think your evolution model is a little bit similar to Mutant Slime Mold from the Hive?" Hyrja continued with interest, "The Hive can release a specific evolutionary body to integrate the surrounding fruiting bodies, and the fruiting bodies can evolve during the process of feeding. As the command tower of the fruiting bodies, the Hive will grow with the evolution of the fruiting bodies... Although this analogy is a bit far-fetched..."

Chu Guang’s eyelids started to twitch. "... I think it's more than just a little far-fetched."

"

Mhm

, after all, my understanding of morphogenetic field technology is blank," Hyrja shrugged helplessly, "It would be great if you could get more detailed information."

Chu Guang nodded slowly. "I also hope the same. I will tell you as soon as I have news."

As the singularity-level technology stored in Shelter 404, the information he had so far on the morphogenetic field was only a piece of audio that contained only a few words.

There were many conjectures, but until there was sufficient rigorous evidence, they could only be conjectures.

Like Schrödinger's Cat.

Only after the box was opened could one know what was inside the box.

As for now.

Without enough clues, even if they were curious, it was still useless.

After leaving the medical laboratory, Chu Guang returned to his study. He took a bottle of milk for himself from the refrigerator, and sat on the sofa to log in to the official website of Wasteland Online.

It was exactly as he expected.

For Wasteland Online's first battle above the regiment level, the players were as excited as children, and the forum was as lively as New Year's Eve.

Moreover, the edited battle video Little Seven uploaded covered the battles from the air to the ground, and then to the narrow building corridors... It was rendered to the extreme, just like a real battlefield!

The players had already had a blast in the game, and now the cloud gamers could also enjoy the game.

The netizens who were still hesitating before could no longer hold back their curiosity and took 10 precious minutes of their time to fill out a form.

Although only round 30 invitations were released every day, what if they were the ones that were invited?

Driven by excitement, the number of registered players increased by a large amount.

However, compared to the huge base of registered players, the five-digit growth was no longer that obvious.

- This is as... No, this is way more exciting than 2042!

- I don't want to say anything useless. Even if this game will not be completed, I will still buy it. When will the payment function be developed? I want to spend money on this game!

- Thousands of people fighting a PVE battle on the same map! Unfortunately there was no PVP mode, otherwise it might be more exciting.

- Forget PVP, there is only one faction that players can join at the moment, but the AI of this game is a bit smart, so playing PVE is no different from playing PVP.

- +1, it's a waste to use such amazing technology to make games. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Chu Guang scrolled past the uninspiring comments, and found that many players were studying the battle scoring mechanism and the calculation formula of battle benefits.

Although he had never made it public, players could still draw some rules from the public information.

Like Ample Time...

Less than 2 hours after the battle report was released, strategies about the updated corps system and battle benefits soon appeared on the forum.

- ... To make a long post short, there are two key points. One is about the Corps System, and the other is about the players in the Corps System.

- Many people in this battle should have noticed that strengthening their corps not only determines the growth path, but also determines the missions that the corps may receive in specific battles.

- For example, a corps with higher armor points is more likely to trigger an assault mission. A corps with higher mobility points is more likely to trigger an interspersed mission. Players who chose the support route had almost no chance of going to the front line. They either flew planes or fired artillery from the rear.

- War Score is determined more by the completion of each stage. Different types of missions have different KPI assessment standards. For example, for the assault mission, the key is breakthrough speed. And for the street battle mission, the key is battle damage. The support mission would require the assessment of firepower, accuracy, etc....

- After the Beta version, the division of labor between the corps will be more clear, and the calculation of scores will be closer to reality. As for capturing important targets, intercepting important intelligence, and annihilating enemy troops other than the ones mentioned in the intelligence in encounters, these do not interfere with the stage assessment but serve as extra points, which are directly calculated into the final overall score.

- In short, as long as you use the standard amount of ammunition and complete the respective combat missions within the specified time, you can get a higher War Score.

- At the same time, the basic income that players get in the battle is mainly determined by this score.

- If you want to obtain higher income, you must strive for higher scores for the corps. For individuals who has outstanding performance, the corps leaders can also use the authority to give them 50%, 100%, and even 150% additional rewards.

- Although the leaders of the corps can decide who to award the merits based on their subjective judgment, the number of merits that can be awarded is linked to the War Scores.

- In other words, if rewards and punishments are not clearly defined, the cohesion of the corps will decrease, and it will be difficult to obtain a higher War Score in battle, thus entering a vicious circle of continuously declining profits and decreasing numbers of members.

- It is strongly recommended that each corps establish a complete reward and punishment mechanism as soon as possible. As the corps level grows, the number of players that can be accommodated will also increase. In the later stage, it is not ruled out that players will be able to command an army group to fight. The sooner the system is established, the less resistance to reform in the future.

- In addition, it is also recommended that when choosing a corps, in addition to the rank, newcomers should also consider whether the rules of the corps are complete, and how the members of the corps evaluate their members!

Not bad. Ample Time still understands me the best as always.

Chu Guang nodded in satisfaction.

When he designed the corps system, his biggest original intention was that he hoped the players would gather players with similar gameplay styles according to their own gameplay styles, and then establish an organizational system suitable for them on this basis, so as to maximize the combat effectiveness of a group of special people.

As for the name of the system... It was a trivial matter.

It was impossible for him to design a separate growth path for every player, but players could DIY their favorite gameplay within the scope of the rules.

If they really couldn't find this game fun, they could also give the helmet to other players who would find it fun and then go back to play other games they liked.

In addition to the discussions on the corps system, many players also focused on economic aspects other than war.

Such as Escaping Mole.

This brother directly asserted in the post that the New Alliance would usher in a wave of infrastructure construction frenzy in the future.

And the reason he gave was also very simple.

Escaping Mole: Bluestone County is at least 80 kilometers away from Dawn City, right? How much cement, steel, sand, and asphalt will be needed to build the railways and roads connecting those locations? You can imagine that the demand for these commodities will definitely increase! If a sand mining site and a biomass oil refining plant were opened in Remote Creek Town right now, it would definitely be a lucrative business!

Tail: Oh! That's amazing! Si, take notes! (✪ω✪)

Sisi: I'm already taking notes.

Escaping Mole: Damn you, freeloaders! If you make money, remember to pay me! (Going crazy)

Chu Guang read every single post. While being amazed, he silently added a recommendation label.

With these smart players, he wouldn't need to worry about not being able to rebuild the Federation of People!

Of course, what Escaping Mole mentioned in the post, he had already thought of it.

After the West Continent City was captured, not only roads and railways would have to be built to the West Continent City, Chu Guang planned to move heavy industries there as well.

The location of Dawn City was too close to Boulder Town, a strong neighbor. The risk of developing heavy industry under their nose was too great.

The New Alliance needed sufficient strategic depth to deal with possible dangers.

After the war was over, Chu Guang intended to build a new settlement in West Continent City to accommodate the local survivors, and gradually transfer the heavy industry of Dawn City to the north.

West Continent City was surrounded by mountains, close to lakes and rivers. It had a lot of proven mineral resources, and the most important thing was that there was no Mutant Slime Mold. The difficulty of developing heavy industry there would be much easier than in Clearspring City.

As for Dawn City, it served as a base for light industry, agriculture, and commerce, producing the daily necessities and various consumer goods needed by the residents of the New Alliance.

But to turn these plans from blueprints into reality, the Fang Clan stationed in West Continent City had to first be eliminated...

Chu Guang closed the official website and was about to leave the study and go to the surface.

However, Little Seven yelped at the side suddenly, "Master! The players you stationed in Pinewood Forest Valley are under attack!"

The moment Chu Guang heard the bin, his expression froze slightly.

They're here!

"Notify all Burning Corps players to go online immediately!"

"Yes! Master!" Little Seven responded immediately, its voice was as energetic as ever.