This Game Is Too Realistic

That night.

To the west of the Second Ring Road, artillery fire and gunfire continued. Under the cover of air strikes and artillery fire, the mercenaries were fighting against the swarming alien species.

On the contrary, the north side was noisy all night yesterday, but it was quiet tonight.

With a straight-line distance of more than ten kilometers and steel forests all over the place, the sound of gunshots was definitely inaudible, but the sound of explosions could still be faintly heard.

However, Zhao Yongxu didn’t find it strange at all.

It's amazing that a group of country bumpkins fighting with fire sticks can handle the tide.

The battle last night must have exhausted all their strength. Even if they were not submerged in the turbulent wave, they would probably have escaped with their tails between their legs.

Looking at the silent night sky in the north, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

"These idiots."

If you don't have the ability, you still don't know how to stay away. Isn't this asking for trouble?

As we all know, the wave will move in the direction of denser population and smaller number of slime mold mutants. Whether it is population growth or large-scale elimination of slime mold mutants, something like "hate value" will be accumulated.

Of course, it's normal for those country bumpkins not to know.

They can hold half a copy of "The Voice of Rock City" and "The Book of Getting Rich" in their heads. They may not even know a few words, so how much can they know?

In his opinion, there is no essential difference between those people who are begging for food at the gate of Boulder City, and they can even be said to be the same thing.

Zhao Yongxu stopped looking from the north and continued to look eastward while standing by the window of the building.

As an officer of the militia, the city lord personally appointed the frontline commander and successfully dealt with the wave that threatened the prosperity and stability of Boulder City. This was what he should really be concerned about right now.

Not far away.

Two arcs of light streaked across the night sky.

As the four black dots fell one after another, the scorching flames engulfed the entire street and dried every grain of soil on the ground.

A vacuum was cleared near the entrance to the underground complex, and the mercenaries began to advance.

In the area from West Third Ring Road to West Second Ring Road, two new nests on the surface had been destroyed by air strikes a few days ago, but there are still three nests hidden in underground commercial complexes.

The mutations in the incubator are random and cannot be predicted at all. Even after a blanket search, some fish will inevitably slip through the net.

Especially when mutations happen underground.

The underground space and rail transportation under the tall buildings are intricately connected, and they are densely packed like a spider web—or rather, a ball of threads.

It is said that in the distant prosperous era, only quantum computers can help people find the fastest way to home.

It is a pity that Boulder City does not have a quantum computer that can ask for directions, nor does it have a strategic weapon that can reach tens of meters - or even hundreds of meters deep underground.

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t have it.

They have enough cannon fodder and sufficient logistics.

With the support of indirect and direct firepower, even the occasional two powerful evolved bodies cannot be their opponents.

Optimistically speaking, a hidden underground mother nest can be eliminated tonight.

If we are not optimistic, we will have to wait another two days at most.

Zhao Yongxu was quietly waiting for good news to come from the front line, and at this time, the pilot's voice came from the communication channel.

"The air strike is completed, the target has been cleared... and we are returning."

"Well done, go and get some rest. You won't have any more work tonight."

As soon as he said this sentence, Zhao Yongxu's heart suddenly moved, and then he added another sentence.

"By the way, when you come here, take a detour to the north."

"I want to know the situation of the North Fourth Ring Road."

He doesn't need to worry about what the northern suburbs will become.

The reason why he said this was purely to satisfy his personal curiosity.

The pilot who was performing the mission didn't care so much and said something concisely.

"receive."

Two arcs of light drew an arc in the sky and took a long way to the north.

Zhao Yongxu waited for a while.

Not long after, a report came from the communication channel.

"We have arrived above the North Fourth Ring Road, and no abnormalities were found."

"There's a firefight."

"Didn't see...it's pitch black here."

It seemed that not only the artillery fire had stopped, but the gunfire had completely stopped.

Zhao Yongxu chuckled in his heart, but at this moment, the voice that paused for a moment sounded again.

"Not only the North Fourth Ring Road, but also the Changling Elevated Highway was quiet and no fire was found... However, going north to the Ring Road area, sporadic lights could be seen."

Zhao Yongxu was stunned.

Scattered lights?

Did anyone survive there?

Could it be that they have dealt with the wave...but how is that possible!

With weirdness written all over his face, Zhao Yongxu immediately continued to ask.

"Where's the clock tower on 65th Street? How's the situation there?"

There was silence in the communication channel for a while.

A confirmation voice came quickly.

"We are now above No. 65 Street. A large number of plaques were found on the wall of the clock tower, which was confirmed to be the remains of the mother's nest..."

"There should have been a battle here before. The battle was quite tragic. There were corpses everywhere on the ground...but they won."

He held the cigarette between his fingers and dropped it to the ground.

Zhao Yongxu's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

"The remains of the Brood Nest? Are you sure you read that correctly?!"

The pilot replied in a positive tone.

"...I'm sure of it!"

The cruise mission ended and the aircraft began to return.

Staring blankly at the northern sky outside the window, Zhao Yongxu was silent for a long time without saying a word.

He couldn't figure it out.

Without aerial fire support, how could those people kill the alien species that came in like a tide with only earthen artillery shells and iron-pipe rifles?

After a long silence, he squeezed out half a sentence filled with incomprehensible murmurs from the gap between his lips.

"...How is this possible!"

…

"Mom, the explosion last night was like thunder...Does any of you know what happened there?"

"You mean the south? I heard it too!"

"It must be a wave. Those blue coats have been dealing with that thing for the past two weeks. I heard that the fighting on the front line is very lively."

"Tidal Wave? I've been to Qingquan City for so many years, and this is the first time I've heard that Tidal Wave will go north."

"Maybe this year is different from previous years? After all, it wasn't so lively last year."

"It's strange, how can Tide know where there are more people?"

"You don't know anything at first sight. My uncle who is a soldier in the Boulder City Militia told me that every nibbler you kill outside will come to you in the form of a wave next spring. "

"Stop talking nonsense, you are really saying it is so mysterious. Anyone who survived in Qingquan City would have died long ago!"

On Beimen Street of Changjiu Farm, there is a road inn next to the trading station. The first floor of the store is full of people drinking and drinking.

Whenever it gets dark, this place becomes a tavern for mercenaries, merchants and caravan guards.

Some people ate meat and drank wine, some played boxing and cards, and some chatted with the strangers sitting next to them about what they had seen or heard on the road, just to earn a beer.

As we all know, where there is wine, there are stories - although many of the stories are made up, occasionally they are full of nonsense and the rumors are mixed with one or two pieces of information that sounds slightly valuable.

Therefore, regardless of whether they are working or not, mercenaries and merchants like to come here to sit and kill time.

"Myself and I need to stay one more night."

Sun Shiqi walked to the bar and woke up Old Hook, who was dozing behind the table.

It's a shame he could sleep in such a noisy place.

Opening his cloudy eyes, Old Hook raised his eyelids and looked at the young man standing in front of the bar, and yawned.

"No problem...Why do you suddenly plan to stay one more day? I remember that you were in a hurry to make a fortune, weren't you?"

"The order has been delayed. What a bad luck..." Sun Shiqi muttered and sat in front of the bar. "Give me another beer, maybe mixed with water."

Not only his orders were stopped, but all the export arms orders of the entire Jiujiang Farm were postponed for one day, and all the inventory in the industrial zone was sent to the front line.

The little girl named Shuanghe came to the hotel in person to express her apology and said that the trading station was willing to compensate him for 10 silver coins for his accommodation fee.

Although Sun Shiqi wanted to complain that the cost of staying here for one more day was more than just 10 silver coins. He paid for the mercenary's salary, board and lodging himself, but it seemed that the little girl's apology was quite sincere. , he didn’t embarrass her anymore.

Besides, it’s okay even if it’s difficult, there’s nothing we can do about it.

When fighting on the front line, it is impossible to drag the bullets to the ammunition depot.

If you encounter an unreasonable and surviving settlement, it is not impossible to delay the goods until the next year, and a delay of one or two days is not too much.

㱗It is impossible to do business in the wasteland without taking some risks㱕.

"We are not here in Boulder City, and we don't sell fake products that have been mixed with water."

When selling things, he didn't forget to label his neighbors. Old Hook walked tremblingly to the wooden barrel, turned on the silver faucet, took a cup in a wooden cup as thick as a thigh, and walked to the bar. Put it on the table with a slap.

"5 silver coins."

"Charge it to my account."

Taking the wood to make a wine glass, Sun Shiqi took a look inside.

Good guy, he didn't know whether the beer was watered down or not, but the foam alone was enough to fill half a cup.

He has now discovered that the money earned by this hotel is not the room fee at all, but the guests' consumption in the hotel.

According to this sales method, a barrel of beer can be exchanged for a cow.

It's so dark!

"How is the situation on the front line of the Northern Ring Line?"

Old Hook said casually.

"It's over."

"Is it over?" Sun Shiqi showed a surprised expression on his face, suspecting that his ears had heard it wrong, "You mean the wave?"

Old Hook: "What else could it be?"

Sun Shiqi calmed down the surprised expression on his face and said with a smile.

"I just didn't expect it to be so soon."

Usually the wave has to wait until late March to end.

And it’s not even the end of February yet.

Without asking any more about the wave, Sun Shiqi habitually approached the wine glass and sniffed, smelling the fragrance of wheat germ.

"You brew your own wine?"

Old Hook said casually.

"Brown Farm's malt and beer, coupled with the special fermentation process of Vault 404, I guarantee that this is the best beer you will never taste in a tavern in Boulder City."

This line was recited too skillfully.

So much so that Sun Shiqi always felt as if this guy had been memorized.

However, this is not his main concern.

Sun Shiqi pointed to the wine barrel behind him and asked curiously.

"How much does this barrel of beer cost?"

Old Hook's eyes lit up, and a cheerful smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Are you interested? I'll sell it to you for 500 silver coins."

500? !

This wooden barrel can only hold 50 liters at most, maybe only about 40 liters. Whether it can fill a hundred wine glasses is questionable.

Only a fool would buy it!

Sun Shiqi rolled his eyes, took a sip of beer, and did not answer Old Hu Ke's words.

He recently made a small fortune.

But he's not stupid.

The smooth taste made him feel relaxed. Just when he was about to inquire about some business information, the wooden door of the hotel suddenly opened, and a dusty figure walked in.

Old Hook looked at the man and asked skillfully.

"Eating or staying in a hotel?"

"No, I'm here to find someone..."

Noticing Sun Shiqi standing at the edge of the bar, Zhou Nan's eyes lit up and he immediately walked over to him quickly, "Hey, friend, I'm looking for you!"

Sun Shiqi recognized him and remembered that he seemed to be staying in the hotel opposite. When he first came to Jiujiu Farm, this man invited him to go to Boulder City with him.

"Bring him a glass of beer... and two skewers of charcoal-grilled lizard meat, and charge them to my account."

"Okay." Hook turned around and left the kitchen.

Sitting on the bar stool next to Sun Shiqi, the businessman from the south smiled happily and said.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome," Sun Shiqi looked at him and asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Of course I won't bother you if it's okay." With a smile on his face, Zhou Nan continued, "That's it, we plan to leave for Boulder City at noon the next day. How do you think about what I asked you yesterday? ?”

Sun Shiqi made a helpless expression.

"My order has been delayed, and I don't know if I can pay it yet. You go ahead, I'm afraid I'll have to stay here for a day or two."

Zhou Nan said regretfully: "That's such a shame."

Sun Shiqi looked at him and asked curiously: "Have you gathered enough people?"

Zhou Nan smiled and said: "No, but I heard that the battle near the North Fourth Ring Road is over. Those blue coats have eliminated the brood nest. Regardless of whether the wave knot in other places is over, at least the wave in the northern suburbs is over. Now It's the best time to go to Boulder City! My friends and I studied the map carefully and found that we can walk to Boulder City safely by following the North Ring to the west and then to the south. "

Sun Shiqi looked at him enviously and said.

"...Can I ask what kind of business you plan to do?"

Most of the businesses that everyone can come into contact with are similar, but Zhou Nan didn't deliberately hide it, and said with excitement.

"Salt and sulfur, these are the two things that sell best there, especially during the tide! Oh yes, there are also gas masks and devil's cloth from the trading post."

Speaking of this, Zhou Nan couldn't help but sigh.

"There are so many good things here, and they are of high quality and low price! Do you know how much the nutritional cream here costs? The wholesale price of a ton is only 299 silver coins!"

299 silver coins…

Equivalent to 1.5 assault rifles?

There are all kinds of strange currencies in the wasteland. Even the same currency has different values ​​in different regions. Sun Shiqi subconsciously made a conversion in his head.

And when he realized what the price meant, he was suddenly shocked.

"Are you sure?! The price of two assault rifles can be exchanged for a ton of nutritional cream?!"

In Jushi City, the retail price of nutritional paste is 1 to 2 chips per kilogram, and the wholesale price is 300 to 400 chips per ton.

Switch to drone assault rifles, at least two!

And this is based on the fact that the price of the latter is also not cheap.

Noticing the surprise on Sun Shiqi's face, Zhou Nan looked at him strangely, as if he was surprised that there were still people who didn't know about this.

However, thinking that this dear friend had just arrived two days ago, Zhou Nan felt relieved and continued with a smile.

"Isn't it amazing? I was shocked when I first learned about it! I suspect that the nutritional paste produced by Didiwei Food Processing Factory costs less than 200 silver coins per ton! If I hadn't had money, I wouldn't have I want to set up a factory!”

Banks in Changjiang Farm can lend money, but not everyone can borrow money.

Unless two conditions are met.

Either have technology.

Either have equipment.

Or, make a sufficient "contribution" to the local economy.

As a businessman from the south, he happened to have none of these three things.

However, this did not prevent him from transporting the nutritional paste to the south to exchange it for grain or livestock, and then transporting the livestock back to exchange for silver coins.

Zhou Nan spent a whole day researching yesterday and found that the demand for livestock here is quite strong. A two-headed cow sold to a long-term farm can be exchanged for three to four thousand silver coins at least!

Bring two or three tons of nutritional paste to the south, and with the local currency exchanged, you can easily buy one or two two-headed cows from the farms and ranches there.

Seeing that his friend's eyes were filled with excitement, Zhou Nan asked with a smile.

"Brother, do you want to form a partnership? We can pool some money to set up a factory. I've done research. As long as we buy some second-hand equipment from Boulder City, we can set up this factory with 200,000 chips."

Sun Shiqi admitted that he was indeed moved.

But after hesitating for a long time, he finally shook his head.

"...I admit that this proposal is tempting, but it is too far to go to Jinchuan Province. The round trip may not take less than half a month."

The northern suburbs have the weapons and food that Honghe Town is most in need of, while the latter has the mines and people that the former needs.

You can still make a lot of money by transporting slaves and minerals from Honghe Town and selling them here, exchanging them for rifles and grain and then sending them back.

There are many ways to make a fortune, and he can't take them all by himself. The only way to manage the trade route is to manage it well!

Sun Shiqi has already thought about it.

He plans to save some money to buy a few trucks, form a fleet, and take over the copper mining business from here to Honghe Town.

The demand for copper mines here is the strongest, and it is used in laying wires and making bullets. The price is always so stable, and the cost-effectiveness of transportation is much higher than that of steel.

When he earns hundreds of thousands of silver coins, he plans to buy a piece of land on North Street and build a warehouse first and then a mill.

If you are lucky enough to catch the autumn harvest, you can grind the harvested corn and wheat into flour, and you can make a lot of money whether you sell it to Red River Town, Boulder City or Garbage City.

The unit price of food is not high, but the profit is never low. Not everyone wears shoes, but everyone has to eat.

It was a cold winter last year.

This year should be a good year, and food prices will definitely be cheaper.

Sun Shiqi was thinking about the future. Zhou Nan, who was sitting next to him, felt a little regretful but didn't say much and raised his glass.

"It's such a shame. If we join forces, we definitely hope to become the largest grain merchant in Qingquan City."

"There are no regrets. There are many opportunities to make a fortune," Sun Shiqi clinked glasses with him and said with a smile, "I wish Boss Zhou business will continue to grow!"

"Haha, I'm borrowing my brother's blessing! I'll give you a toast!"

"I respect you!"

The two of them drank, their faces were red, and they drank one cup after another, chatting happily.

Old Hook, who was sitting behind the bar, listened to the two bragging, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and he would give a few compliments from time to time.

No matter how they get rich, the money for drinking is indispensable to themselves.

Of course he was happy for them to drink more.

In the end, Zhou Nan went out holding on to the wall, while Sun Shiqi himself lay on the bar for half the night, and was carried back to the room by the hotel waiter in the middle of the night.

When he woke up early the next morning and saw the bill on the bedside table, Sun Shiqi's originally groggy head suddenly woke up and his face turned green.

"220 silver coins?!"

What did he drink last night? !

…

Official website forum.

Usually at this time, it should be the peak time for players to go online, and there are no people on the official website, but today it is very busy at this time.

Quit smoking: “I can’t get online anymore!”

I was the darkest: "Me too! It's weird."

Similar posts popped up one after another. Many LV9 players were surprised to find that they had broken through the bottleneck as soon as they put on the helmet!

The most surprising one is undoubtedly Jun Jun.

He has been stuck at LV9 for almost a month!

This time I finally made a breakthrough!

Garbage Picking Level 99: "Hahahaha, wake up! I finally woke up!"

Looking at the prompt in the upper corner of the official website, Junjun burst into tears with excitement.

How long has it been since the account was established?

As one of the first batch of Europeans to enter the game, and with an account exclusively belonging to the European Emperor, it should have been an exciting thing, but the ending happened to coincide with the cold winter that only happens once every n years.

Coupled with the debuff "It's harder to gain experience", the A round of testing was almost over before he managed to reach LV10.

Watching the "juniors" mature and awaken one by one, I am afraid only he himself knows the sadness in this.

It’s really not easy!

Ye Shi: "Damn it, Mr. Garbage has awakened?!"

Mole on the run in the canyon: "Shocked! Will it turn into a deathclaw?!"

Garbage Picking Level 99: "How possible, but the strength is really nothing to say. I feel like I can fight the Death Claw at the west gate! (Baring teeth)"

Fang Chang: "Good brother, show me your attribute panel!"

Tails: "Hurry up! Let me be healthy! (｀・ω・´)"

Under the instigation of everyone, Jun Jun finally couldn't resist the urge to show off and posted his attribute panel in the post.

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ID: Picking up trash level 99

Gene sequence: Alien lizard man

Level: LV.9→LV.10

——Basic attributes——

Strength: 17→27 (+10)

Agility: 9→14 (+5)

Constitution: 9→14 (+5)

Perception: 9→11 (+2)

Intelligence: 2→3

】

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Talent:

Cold-blooded (stronger concealment, slower movement in low-temperature environments)

Parapodia (more endurance, difficulty operating complex machinery)

Physical regeneration (stronger resilience, difficulty in upgrading gene sequence level)

Boiling Blood (Remove the debuff brought by the "cold-blooded" talent for a certain period of time, and gain a 10%~20% bonus to strength and physical attributes.)

】

The moment the property panel was posted, the comment area below the post went viral!

Tail:"?"

Quit smoking: “???”

Ye Shi: "What the hell?!"

Commander Quan Shui: "Are you really cheating?!"

The edge of the water: "Oh my god...this attribute is too outrageous!"

Lao Ji: "Are you serious about the strength attribute?!"

The local boy and Brick said: "Please plan and cut it off as soon as possible!"

In just a few minutes, "the balance has collapsed" and "the combat power has collapsed" all popped up.

These people have resorted to any means to achieve their goals, as if the test server will not be able to operate the next day unless it is cut off.

Of course, some people are joking.

But for a trash-picking level 99, this joke is not very funny.

Seeing everyone taking action on Aite's plan, Mr. Garbage immediately panicked and quickly scratched his words.

"Gan! After all, I am a bit bigger than you. Is it too much to annihilate me with higher attributes?"

Stop talking nonsense: "This is too much! Even if you have high attributes, you still have to show off and show off! (Crazy)"

Makabazi: "That's right! Is this something humans do! (Crazy)"

Trash Picking Level 99: "???Didn't you ask me to post this?!"

This is too doggy!

Just when the trash king was fighting with the scholars, an announcement suddenly popped up on the official website, which could be regarded as a solution for him.

Because of this sudden update announcement, both players and cloud players were attracted to it.

[The closed beta test server of "Wasteland OL" will start the B round of testing in 6 days. At that time, the new version will be available to friends, so stay tuned! 】