Take it easy, I'm a serious game

Chapter 21
Lin Shuang briefly talked about what happened in Xiahe Village, which made the four players click their tongues.

Including Qin Chuan, all three except Chen Jiu looked at him with strange eyes.

There is no other reason, but what happened in Xiahe Village today actually matched Chen Jiu's initial judgment!
Actively consume the population and allocate resources to high-quality labor. Isn't this the strategy Chen Jiu talked about at the beginning?

Unexpectedly, it was fulfilled so quickly!
"My God. Letting those NPCs go hunting in the mountains, isn't that just letting them die?"

Wig said with a worried face.

"It's kind of like the Narayama festival test, but this matter is implemented more thoroughly, and people who have passed the optimal childbearing age just give up."

"The emphasis on population and reproduction on the red land is more important than I thought."

Chong Niang replied thoughtfully.

"Isn't that right? If the population is important, shouldn't these people stay? After all, even if they are over 45 years old, their physical strength should still be in decline, and they haven't reached the level where they can't work, right?"

Qin Chuan asked inexplicably.

He is engaged in scientific research, so it can be said that he doesn't understand the logic of social sciences, and he didn't think of the key for a while.

"That's not how it works."

Chen Jiu shook his head.

"Chidi is a very special world, because of the change of rotation inclination, extremely serious natural disasters will periodically occur here."

"And every disaster, with the current level of technology, can be said to be irresistible, and a large reduction in staff will inevitably occur."

"It's like a Debuff that forcibly deducts blood."

The wig interjected.

"Yes, it is the debuff that forcibly deducts blood. Therefore, for the people here, if they want to maintain the continuation of the population, food and resources are certainly important, but more importantly, it is to create more population."

"The reason is very simple. Take our players as an example. If you know that 20% of your blood will be deducted forcibly due to a plot kill, then your solution is most likely not how to reduce 20% to 18%, but in Increase your blood volume as much as possible before deducting blood."

"Therefore, the fertile population of the right age is the top priority."

"That's why they're giving up on these people... because they're really useless."

Hearing this, Qin Chuan suddenly realized.

"I see. So what do we do now? Are we going to take this group over?"

"We don't need them to give us children, as long as they can work."

Chen Jiu didn't answer immediately, but looked at Lin Shuang who was on the side.

After the latter finished talking about the situation, he sat silently by the fire, listening to the discussions of several players.

She wondered why these people didn't take themselves seriously when discussing things.

Logically speaking, whether they are willing to help or not, they should discuss it in private.

Instead of talking about Xiahe Village in front of my face like this, as if I don't exist.
Do they think they don't understand what they're talking about?

It shouldn't be, although there are indeed some things that are more esoteric, but I can still understand most of them.

For example, regarding "why should people over the age of 45 be driven out of the village", in fact, their judgments are recognized by themselves.

This feeling is hard to describe, but if I have to say it, maybe in their eyes, I am no different from the ignorant trees all over the mountain.
"Can you tell me the specific situation? How many people? When will they start hunting in the mountains? Will they carry weapons?"

Chen Jiu's question interrupted her thoughts.

"There are about thirty people, and they will be going up the mountain from tomorrow, which is why I am in a hurry to come up today. I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"I don't know if there will be weapons. If the children in the family show affection, they will probably be given hatchets, fire, etc., but there will be absolutely no bows and arrows."

"understood."

Chen Jiu nodded and turned to the other three players.

"That's obvious, it's here to deliver."

"What do you say? Personally, I think this should be a challenge plot. If accepted, it may speed up the development of the subsequent main plot."

"But if you don't pick it up, it's probably not a big problem."

Chen Jiu is not talking nonsense. Obviously, if our side can take care of these "old, weak, sick and disabled" who have been driven out of the village, and even feed them, the friendship between the research institute and Xiahe Village will definitely increase. When it comes to retrieving the radar antenna, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

But at the same time, it is really not easy to do this with just the four players.

"Then what else is there to say? Hey games, none of you will jump the plot in the first episode, right?"

Qin Chuan immediately expressed his opinion.

In his opinion, as long as it is a game, it is necessary to understand all the plots in as few episodes as possible, otherwise, how can the subsequent episodes be stuck with bugs?

Of course, this is an online game, maybe there is no purpose, but the basic logic will definitely not change.

And the wig on the side also nodded and echoed:
"I also think we need to save them. These NPCs won't refresh. It's better to keep them than to lose them!"

"Agreed, no matter whether the food is enough or not, try it first, anyway, there is no penalty for failure of this optional task."

Seeing that Chongniang also nodded, Chen Jiu heaved a sigh of relief.

He quietly edited a task on the GM interface and sent it to everyone's system.

"Resettle the Disaster Victims (optional task): Help the displaced disaster victims survive the ice tide."

"Mission Reward: Xiahe Village Friendship +30, Divine Stove Mission Completion Route +1."

As soon as the news was sent out, Qin Chuan jumped up excitedly.

"Fuck, it really is an optional mission, and the reward for this mission is too awesome. Completing the route +1, this directly triggers the hidden option!"

He still doesn't know what the God Furnace mission is, because Chen Jiu hasn't released it yet.

But with the experience of an old player, he fully understands what it means to complete the route +1.

Games, especially such realistic games, what is the most important element?
Degree of freedom!

One more route to complete the task means a different experience, which is much better than points and equipment!
Wig and Chong Niang were equally excited, but at the same time, Chong Niang raised a new question.

"The task is accepted, but how to complete it is a problem. The resettlement of these victims will be very cumbersome. The distribution of affairs, housing, warmth, and safety are all problems."

"It's not easy to solve? The task only said that we should help them survive the ice tide, but didn't say how to do it."

"As long as they survive the ice tide, won't our mission be completed?"

Qin Chuan said nonchalantly.

"You don't want to get stuck again, do you?"

Chen Jiu asked helplessly.

"Of course you have to get stuck with bugs. If you don't get stuck with bugs, how can you complete a mission of this difficulty in the early stage?"

"Then what do you want to do?"

Chen Jiu couldn't think of any bugs in this kind of mission that could cause him to get stuck, and there was no dormancy chamber in this game, so he couldn't just put the disaster victims in the dormancy chamber and finish the job.

Qin Chuan chuckled.

"Actually, it's not a card bug for me, it's just a reasonable use of the game mechanism."

"Don't we have a merchant here? Since there is a merchant, it means that the economic and trading system is finished."

"In this case, we can not only trade with merchants, but also indirectly with disaster victims."

"So, isn't the problem easy to solve?"

"It's time to give full play to our traditional performing arts."

"Focus on infrastructure construction, work for relief!"

After the words fell, even Chen Jiu had to admire his unconstrained ideas.

I have to say that this is indeed a mature and effective method most of the time.

"However, there must be wages for work-for-work, right? Our points cannot be distributed to them. They don't recognize points, they only recognize food—but our mushrooms haven't grown yet."

The wig spoke.

Hearing this, Chen Jiu smiled.

He looked at the wig and said:
"That's nothing to worry about."

"We don't have enough food because we spend a lot of time on other jobs."

"If you really hunt with all your strength, it will be more than enough to feed them."

"Look, starting from tomorrow, we will go out to hunt day and night, and sweep away all the prey in this Ten Thousand Cave Forest!"

(End of this chapter)