Chapter 94: Battle Report, Huge Victory and Way Forward

While Chu Guang was holding the diary to study the history of the world, the Wasteland Online official website forum burst to life.

The seven players who died in the battle went offline one after another and were almost coincidentally on the official website at the same time, bringing first-hand frontline reports to the players who weren’t allocated a test spot yet and were browsing the forum.

- This battle was much fiercer than before.

- The total force invested by the two sides exceeded one company of men, and various tactics of divided encirclement, fire suppression, raid, and counter-raiding were brought out. Almost every single player who participated in the battle screamed about how exciting it was.

- Especially at the end of the battle.

- Fifty rockets covered the entire battlefield, and everyone jumped out of the trenches to start a charge at the sound of the whistle.

With the exaggerated descriptions of players, even the players who hadn’t been allocated a spot felt their blood boiling.

- Hahaha, lighting firecrackers is too shameless. You probably confused the fighters on the other side! Where did you learn this shameless operation?

- But isn’t the most amazing thing the fact that Mosquito's rockets can actually be used? Didn't you say that the flamethrower that guy made last time had insufficient chamber pressure and no backfire valve installed, so he burned himself?

That day, Goblin Technology redeemed its dignity.

- The one kilogram warhead is still too small! If there is a chance to get the hot air balloon out, I will equip it with a three hundred pound aerial bomb.!It will definitely work!

- Hot air balloons may be difficult as they will be a living target when they are in the sky, but you can try to build an engine or a propeller aircraft. Aren't the Mini-Max series airplanes made of wood? If you work hard, you can definitely make it happen!

- Build tanks! Tanks are better, but I heard you say that there’s either a city or anti-tank trees near the resurrection point. So it'd probably be quite difficult.

- Are you really talking about games? Why the hell do I feel like you’re talking about something different entirely?

- Ahem, the discussion is about plastic models, plastic models!

Although the discussion continued to digress, as new news continued to be released, the discussion quickly returned to the original topic.

Whether it was through suggestions, or pure imagination; whether it was testing players who really believed in the game or pure fun-seeking trolls, what everyone cared most about was the outcome of the war.

Although there has been good news so far, what if this group of closed alpha players weren’t strong enough, or those marauders still had reinforcements?

If they lost the war, it would be over.

After all, the official website said that if the players failed in the Winter's Fury expansion, the game server would be suspended indefinitely, and would be launched after re-debugging.

As for how long it would be suspended, it was estimated that only the game designer would know.

Fortunately, enthusiastic netizens did not wait long.

As another player who died from serious injuries was forced to go offline, the news of the victory of the war was brought back to the forum, making many people on the forum feel relieved.

Makka Pakka: I was killed by my teammates! But it's okay, because it was a victory! Fifty six marauders, including elite monsters and bosses, were all besieged and annihilated! Hahaha, it was great! I killed at least three... No, four, it must be a quadra kill!

Quit_smoking: Then why are you still dead?

Yaya: Nooooob! Hahahahaha! As long as you die, then you are a noob. Hahahaha! o(*≧▽≦)ツ

Makka Pakka: Screw you! You even have the audacity to scold me here... You didn't even participate in the fight!

Yaya: Hmph, as we all know, beautiful girls don't fight. I will play with you when I save enough money to buy an exoframe. @乛?乛@

Quit_smoking: Then what's the point of having an account now?! If you don't want to play, give me your access! T.T

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: LMAO, you call this a war? How can you call it a war if you cannot even gather a hundred people to fight? Just recently, the students from our high school had a fight with the students from another high school, and there were at least three to five thousand students involved. If it weren't for the fact that it would’ve alarmed the county, it would be in the news for sure.

Irene: Five thousand people? Is your school called the

Suzuran All-Boys High School

? By the way, how many dishes do they serve in the cafeteria? Do you have to fight each other to get a dish?

Night Ten: Lol.

Elf Wang: Huh? Irene is also dead?

Irene: You two! Just you wait, I will never forget what you did. 。(`Д′*)9

Escaping Mole: I'm so scared. (Smiley face)

Every time that troll came out, everyone would have a lot of fun. The whole forum was full of joy, and it was like a festive season.

However, the dude was basically a gopher. He just taunted the test players and then immediately left, not giving others a chance to ridicule him.

Perhaps in his world, he believed that he was fighting against some dark force and those who ridiculed and defamed him were undoubtedly the moderator's alt accounts.

Quit_smoking: Speaking of which, where's Garbage? Why didn't I see him come to the forum to show off?

Irene: Yes, yes, where's his sliding attack?

Night Ten: Tsk, that guy is an embarrassment. The administrator warned us not to set fires to warm up, so he was shivering in the trenches. He was afraid of falling asleep, so he told a joke to those next to him. Maybe the joke was too cold, no one was amused. In the end, he fainted. We didn't wake him up after the whole battle was over. Later, we carried him back on the wagon as a casualty. Sigh, such an embarrassment.

Garbage: Damnit, did you think I wanted to?! I tried to reconnect a few times, but all it showed was that the character status was abnormal, and I couldn't connect to the game! When I finally went online, everyone was already lying in the nurturing cabin!

Night Ten: You’re an embarrassment anyway.

Garbage: @#@%!

Mosquito: Hahahaha, I was the MVP! Who else was more awesome than me?

Tomato Eggs: Big Brother is awesome, Goblin Technology is invincible!

Eye Owe Money: Stop messing around, I've counted the corpses. Three people died during the barrage, but I'm not sure if they were killed by your rockets.

Night Ten: Hahaha, battlefield cheerleading squad confirmed! But then again, although the power of Mosquito's weapon is not that good, it is still fierce enough to bluff people. Those NPCs immediately raised white flags after he used it.

Mosquito: Screw you! You’re the battlefield cheerleading squad! Your whole family is the battlefield cheerleading squad!

Teng Teng: Don't argue, everyone is great. 0.0.

Old White: Those fools aren’t arguing, they’re festering a better relationship among themselves.

Teng Teng: Is it the kind of good relationship between men?

Old White: ... How do you want me to answer that?!

After just experiencing such a fun battle, many players were still excited. They almost wanted to jump out of bed to do a hundred and eighty push-ups to vent the excessive excitement.

However, their body in reality was not as strong as their body in-game, and the senses in the negative state were not weakened. After a little exercise, their muscles began to grow tired. If they forgot to eat, they would even feel hypoglycemic and dizzy.

Sure enough, real life was really trash...

Ample Time: Speaking of which, Mole, I heard you followed the administrator to the camp of Bloodhand Clan?

Escaping Mole: Yes, but the main force was completely wiped out by us in the park, so we didn't fight when we got there. It was just a cutscene, and then we searched the stronghold. To be honest, the details of this game are really incredible. From the underground cells where the prisoners were held to the rooms of the marauders... Tsk tsk, I can only say that sending these people to the gallows is really too easy for them.

Night Ten: What did you see? Tell me in detail.

Escaping Mole: Why do you want to know? You can see it tomorrow if you really want to know about it. It's like hell on earth. However, this quest would probably not be refreshed once cleared. Even if there are marauders nearby, they are probably all small fries. By the way, since the marauders of the tire factory have been dealt with, the nearby map should be open to players soon. I think there are many landmarks worth exploring, and there should be a lot of good things to be found.

Ample Time: This battle was really great. Tomorrow's spoils distribution must be awesome.

Escaping Mole: I have a technical question; can your brick factory's budget be used in the spoils auction?

Ample Time: Stop daydreaming. That would be considered illegal.

It was 5,000 silver coins after all. If they could use them all, they could rig the entire auction.

The last auction was less than three days ago, so everyone didn't have much money in their pockets. In addition, the rewards for the battle would only be given after the auction, so it was estimated that a lot of things would not be sold.

Escaping Mole: You are right. Actually, you don't need 5,000 silver coins. You can probably buy out the auction with just 3,000 silver coins. It's very scary to think what the rich can do.

Night Ten: It's so troublesome. If only a bank existed... I’d buy a set of exoskeleton in installments, and then equip a +14 dmg fully automatic rifle.

Ample Time: You are still good at daydreaming.

Actually, no matter how the spoils were divided, everyone would still get something.

Last time, they faced a small team led by the squad leader, and the average income distributed to everyone was slightly more than 10 silver coins.

This time, they not only took out five teams, but even captured the opponent's stronghold.

How could it be justified if they didn't receive 50 or 60 silver coins and one hundred contribution points this time?

At the very least, everyone would get 50 silver coins.

There was no way they would accept any less!

Escaping Mole: By the way, level B2 is about to open. Is no one curious about what will be on it?

Night Ten: I foresee a big update, it should be time for the alpha 0.5 version.

Ample Time: Duh.

Old White: When can you foresee something useful?

Night Ten: Screw you! If you can do better, then why don't you tell everyone your thoughts?!

Ample Time: Fine. I’ll just state my theory then. It is expected that the next phase of the update will focus on two directions. One is the system of the game itself, and the other is the content of the game.

Escaping Mole: Master Ample Time, What do you mean?

The way he was addressed made Ample Time very satisfied. At present, the two most popular professional gamers in the forum were himself, and the damn mole.

After being praised by Escaping Mole, his typing speed became even faster.

- Let’s first talk about the game system itself. The voices on the forum for developing a simpler attribute interface have always been very loud. But in fact, you newcomers may not know that in the beginning of this game, let alone the attribute interface, there wasn’t even a level setting. It is so real that all the elements depended on the players' exploration!

- But soon, we discovered that the initial attributes of each player are different. Some are obviously more powerful, some are more perceptive, and some are faster. After asking the developer, we learned that players have attributes and level settings!

- It was said that for the sake of being realistic, it didn't have an interface, but being too realistic is also a burden. Under our strong suggestion, the development team held a few days of meetings and finally integrated the attributes and level settings into the game in the form of data. The property panels you see now were actually implemented later. It didn't exist before.

- Then came currency. In the beginning, there was no concept of currency at all. The rewards for tree felling were all settled using contribution points. Around the time the alpha 0.3 version came out, the mission system and economic system were greatly improved, and we now have silver coins, and the concept of citizenship and private territory.

- In fact, players who have been playing for some time can feel that Wasteland Online's rules are being improved bit by bit. The development team is also exploring, balancing the lever between reality and gameplay.

- At present, the currency system has been developed and perfected. I estimate that the development team will find ways to improve the operation interface and make the accumulation of genetic sequence development progress more intuitive. It is best to give skill proficiency a progress bar, so that it can provide a more fulfilling feeling when playing the game.

- Furthermore, the content of the game! This part is also what I am most looking forward to!

- A lot of people should have noticed that this time after we captured the stronghold of Bloodhand Clan, we not only took over the equipment of those marauders but also liberated a large number of prisoners!

- Most of them were survivors of marauder's persecution. But they are not just random NPCs. They have different identities; some are from shelters, and some are from other survivors' strongholds... For example, the places we have been to; Brown Farm, even Baker Street, Boulder Town, and so on.

- In their hometown, they may have their own social relationships, or even have relatives somewhere in this wasteland.

- The identities of these NPCs may become clues, unlocking more side plots for us. So how to properly deal with them and establish relationships with these NPCs will also be a brand new test for our virtual community!

- So, I boldly speculate that after this expansion. That would be the next focus!

Ample Time's views had been recognized by many people.

Including other professional players such as Escaping Mole.

At that stage of the game, the number of players far surpassed that of NPCs. If the number of players was doubled again, it was obviously difficult to complete all the interactions with only the administrator and his assistants.

If Wasteland Online's ambition was to create a game world that was close to the real world and build a human-machine-friendly virtual community in the virtual field, then the next expansion would definitely revolve around the relationship between NPCs and players.

Those poor prisoners who were rescued were undoubtedly a good opportunity for them to do so.

There were also the nearby survivors' strongholds that had escaped the marauder's harassment. They would also be grateful to Shelter 404.

Ample Time felt that he had fully figured out the idea of the development team.

Thinking of this, he, who sat in front of the computer with sleepy eyes, couldn't help smiling from ear to ear.

As expected of me! I’m such a genius!