This Game Is Too Realistic

"Let's drink to victory!"

"Hahaha, cheers!"

"Long live the Alliance!!"

Dawn City North Street, a road hotel located next to the trading station.

Before it gets completely dark outside, the lobby on the first floor, filled with tables and chairs, is already filled with the aroma of beer foam and the bustle of people.

The news of victory seemed to have wings and flew back from the front line to Shuguang City in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

Thanks to the broadcast in the square and the small screen hanging behind the bar, the drunkards sitting here were not the last to know the news.

Whether they were merchants or travelers, or caravan guards and mercenaries, when they heard that the alliance's army defeated the Bone Chewing Tribe on the frontal battlefield, everyone couldn't help but cheer for the manager wearing power armor in their hearts.

For a long time, the Bone-Chewing Tribe has been a name that has made countless wastelanders talk about it.

They spread from the north to the south like a walking plague. Everywhere they went was a scorched earth. Hundreds of survivor strongholds were wiped off the map. No one could stop their footsteps.

But now, they finally kicked on the iron plate, and their teeth were knocked out by the alliance's iron fist.

"Twenty-seven tanks were wiped out in one battle! My God, how many soldiers did they mobilize?!"

"I don't quite understand, what kind of tank... burp, is it very powerful?" The drunken mercenary lay on the bar and asked you while belching wine.

"Awesome? Haha, are you kidding? That thing is a complete monster, a fortress walking on land! It is not something that ordinary people can deal with! I would rather face the death claw, at least my gun can still bring me A little bit of security.”

The mercenary sitting next to him began to brag about what he had seen while working for the people in the Great Rift Valley in the north, which attracted a lot of people's attention.

This naturally included Sun Shiqi who was sitting in the tavern.

Three days ago, he transported 6 tons of copper ingots, 2 tons of chromium, 1 ton of cobalt and nickel... and a lot of sulfur and phosphorus from Honghe Town.

However, what surprised Sun Shiqi was that the copper ore and sulfur he was originally most optimistic about almost lost the money he earned from other goods.

It seems that we have really discovered a copper mine. Overnight, we changed from the second largest copper importer in the southern part of the river valley province to a resource exporter?

Although they have not yet started exporting ore, they have apparently suspended bulk imports of copper ingots.

Coupled with the rapid fall in the price of platinum metal, which serves as a catalyst for the industry, it seems to indicate that this war has come to an end.

His intuition told him that the market in Dawn City might be about to change.

According to past practice, after the war is over, the alliance will quickly convert part of its military production lines to civilian production, and the production lines that produce explosives will be changed to the production of fertilizers and soaps. The most prominent signs of the cycle switching are nitric acid, The production capacity of basic industrial raw materials such as sulfuric acid has stopped expanding.

Not in a hurry to make the next deal, Sun Shiqi would sit on the first floor of the Highway Town Hotel every night these days, ordering a plate of potato chips and a glass of beer.

Even though he has purchased his own property in Dawn City.

"After defeating the Bone Chewing Tribe on the frontal battlefield...it seems that nothing can stop the rise of our alliance."

Zhou Nan, who was sitting opposite Sun Shiqi and staring at the small screen on the bar, said with an emotional expression on his face.

Hearing this, Sun Shiqi chuckled.

"Isn't this inevitable?"

inevitable?

Zhou Nan gave this guy a sidelong glance.

Stop bragging!

That's not what you said two months ago when the Alliance announced the Northern Expedition!

But it’s actually inevitable.

At that time, no one expected the Alliance to win, except for the blue coats who believed in themselves and the residents who regarded the managers as gods.

On one side are the barbarians who have 30,000 troops and have inherited the equipment and even the command body of the legion's expeditionary force. On the other side are the barbarians with a total population of only 5,000, less than one kilogram of land, and only one harvest of food in the fields. Survivor colony.

No one could have imagined that the alliance would actually win.

And he won so completely.

An armored centurion composed of twenty-seven tanks, followed by a large group of anti-aircraft guns, was still commanded by Dillon.

How can we win with those small planes that swoop and drop bombs?

However, these are all hindsight now.

Seeing that he had invited him to have a drink, Zhou Nan did not complain about this guy, but just silently took a sip of the fragrant beer.

As for Sun Shiqi, he was still chattering endlessly thinking about the future.

"...The coming Valley Province will be divided into three, with Boulder City occupying the south, Great Rift Valley occupying the north, and the 䜥 Alliance will fill the gap in the central region."

"There is gold everywhere here! No, it is much more valuable than gold!"

Unlike most survivor settlements, the Alliance has a strange attachment to the land.

Obviously the total permanent population of Shuguang City is only five to six thousand, but they have already pushed the border to Xizhou City.

Yes, the war is not over yet. These blue coats have already included Hope Town in Xizhou City and even provided food to the residents there.

In Sun Shiqi's opinion, this was simply too strange.

However, this is a good thing for him.

If the alliance is willing to open up the no-man's land in the north and take in the displaced refugees and herdsmen, he will be happy to provide them with shovels or other tools.

At this moment, Sun Shiqi suddenly thought of something and looked at his fair-weather friend Yu sitting opposite.

"I remember you said before that you are also from Hope Town, right?"

Zhou Nan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"My friend, there are more survivors in this Hope Town than there are spring, summer, autumn, winter, mountains and rivers with names for themselves. I am indeed from Hope Town... but it is Hope Town in Jinchuan Province. We don’t have much of a bone-chewing tribe there, the only troublesome ones are mutants and countless mutated poisonous insects.”

In addition, there are cultists on the Death Coast in the south, and pirates who have crossed the southern coastal provinces and fled inland.

But these are actually not big problems.

After all, this is how life goes, and the locals have already found a balance between chaos and death that allows them to survive.

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

"...In any case, thanks to the alliance blocking us, otherwise we would have had a headache by now bypassing the Bone Chewing Tribe heading south from Boulder City."

"Indeed, thanks to them," Sun Shiqi sighed with emotion as he looked at the beer bubbles in the cup, "otherwise, I'm afraid I would still be a hawker doing a small business..."

It wasn't just him who had this victory to thank.

All the merchants, mine owners, and chambers of commerce in Honghe Town owe that manager a thank you.

The reason why the Snake Clan cannot use all its strength to deal with Honghe Town is largely due to the involvement of the alliance.

Now that Xizhou City has been captured by the Alliance, the Snake Clan has to end the siege of Honghe Town even if it doesn't want to save its compatriots.

The war is finally coming to an end.

The two smiled and clinked glasses and sent their heartfelt blessings.

"Cheers to the great alliance!"

"Cheers to the wise and wise administrator!"

"May he live long!"

…

Outside the Highway Town Hotel.

In the corner of the market next door, an old man wrapped in a scarf and robe was sitting on the street corner setting up a stall. The faded old pipe was filled with smoke, making the wrinkled face feel a little more mysterious.

In front of him was a carpet made of camel skin, with some strange small pieces of wood placed on it.

Two mutated camels with one hump longer than the other were lying aside and taking a nap. Their crowded facial features looked strange and scary.

However, in the wasteland, this alien appearance is quite common.

"...As long as he has 2 silver coins and writes his name on the wooden sign, the Shahai spirit will bless him for his safe return."

Lifting half of his drooped eyelids, the old man glanced at the worried girl in front of the stall, and secretly thought that tomorrow's dinner was already settled.

"...but is it okay if there is no sand here?" the girl asked in a low voice.

The old man said it with all his heart.

"Of course it doesn't matter. A long time ago, the vast sand sea spread all over the central part of the Central Continent, spreading for tens of thousands of kilometers. Including the plains under your feet and the nearby mountains and lakes, they were all the territory of the sand sea elves... At that time, Without the big-horned deer god, there is nothing left, only the sky full of yellow sand can roam this land. "

Looking at the nagging old man, Shuangxue paused in front of the stall and hesitated for a while, thinking that it was only two silver coins anyway, so he reached for his wallet.

Unlike other residents who celebrated their victory.

She is more worried about the safety of the manager.

Since half a month ago, she rarely saw the adult sitting in the library working. Occasionally, documents or recycled books were sent from the business club, and they were all sent to the small machine like a tree stump. She butts.

Later she learned from her colleagues that the manager had gone to the front line.

Although there were good news on the front line, bullets have no eyes after all. I heard that the commander of Dillon on the opposite side was killed by a stray bullet on the battlefield.

I hope he can pay more attention to his own safety...

Looking at the little girl taking out her wallet, the old man's eyes were about to smile, but at this moment, a white arm stretched out from the side.

"Hey...you don't really believe it, do you?" Shuanghe looked at his sister who even took out her wallet with a surprised look on her face, "Writing your name will keep you safe. How can there be such a good thing?"

Facing her sister's surprised look, Shuangxue couldn't help but blush, and whispered.

"Anyway, it's only two silver coins..."

"Little girl, please don't talk nonsense." Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly away, the old man glared at the woman who had disturbed his interests with a dissatisfied look. "As the saying goes, I'd rather believe it." , Don’t trust me. If something unexpected happens, don’t blame me for not warning you.”

Seeing that the old man was actually threatening him, Shuanghe looked at him with a smile and said, "Hey!"

"Don't do this to me. Our manager said that materialist warriors do not worship ghosts and gods. It is better to use the money to worship gods than to support the people."

After that, she ignored the old man with his eyes staring at the light bulb and looked at the sister next to her.

"If you have a sweetheart on the front line, instead of praying for him to be safe here, you might as well wait for him to return from the front line in triumph and buy a bunch of cun to give to him."

Shuangxue's face was covered with red clouds, not because of her sister, but because there were more and more people watching the fun around her.

Make her feel embarrassed.

She reached out and pulled her sister's sleeve, and she whispered.

"Okay, okay, I know it's useless. You don't have to argue with me... I just won't buy it."

After that, she pulled her sister's sleeve, trotted out of the crowd, and didn't stop until she reached the other end of the market.

Stopping in her tracks, before Shuangxue could take a breath, the sister behind her poked her waist enthusiastically.

"Tell me honestly, whose name you were planning to write just now, let me see which lucky boy it belongs to."

With a blush on her face from just finishing her run, Shuangxue felt coy for a long time, but finally couldn't stand her sister's repeated questions and whispered.

"...I told you not to laugh at me."

With the light of gossip in his eyes, Shuanghe, who was saying something like "materialist warriors don't believe in ghosts and gods" just a second ago, immediately raised three fingers and said with confidence.

"I, Shuanghe, swear to God! I will never laugh at my smart, lovely, beautiful and generous sister, and I will never tell any third person!"

"..."

Shuangxue rolled her eyes at her sister angrily.

After hesitating for a moment, unable to hide what was going on in her heart, she finally approached her sister's ear and whispered the name she had just planned to write.

Shuanghe was stunned after hearing this, and then looked at her with wide eyes.

That expression was even more exaggerated than when he saw his sister giving money to the magic stick.

"You haven't given up yet?"

Shuangxue said with a red face.

"You, you said you wouldn't laugh at me."

"How can I laugh at you..." Shuanghe sighed, shaking his head like a rattle, "No chance."

Shuangxue looked at her sister with a complicated expression, and after a moment she sighed softly.

"I didn't say there must be a drama... I just hope that he can be safe on the far front line, don't you?"

Shuanghe nodded thoughtfully.

"Indeed..."

She could not imagine what Dawn City would be like without that adult. Maybe this oasis would not exist in the first place.

Those blue coats who are only loyal to the manager personally will probably leave here, maybe go back underground, maybe go somewhere else.

The refugees will definitely not stay in the dormitories waiting for their resettlement in the future. They will try their best to squeeze into the nearby city. Those prisoners of war will definitely not be honest, and they will seize this golden opportunity to break free from their shackles.

The various corps will probably continue to abide by their loyalty, and even inherit the "legacy" of the administrator to revive the People's Federation, elect a military strongman to come to power, and use stronger means to suppress chaos... However, this will often lay the groundwork for greater chaos. seeds.

As for those merchants who have no loyalty at all, they don't belong here. They will try their best to use the guise of the free market to extract all the value from the residents, until even the silver coins themselves become worthless.

As someone who works at a trading station, she knows very well what kind of character those wastelanders are. Not only do they have flexible moral principles and professional ethics, they even have flexible identities.

Maybe in other places they were slave-catching teams, or even bandits who robbed homes and houses, but here, no matter what they had in front of them, they only dared to abide by the law honestly.

This simple thing is a miracle.

Shuanghe, who had been thinking for a long time, nodded.

"...If something happens to him, everyone will be very sad."

Upon hearing this, Shuangxue suddenly felt like a little white rabbit whose tail had been stepped on, and she quickly reached out and covered her mouth.

"Bah, bah, bah, you said something unlucky! Let daddy hear it and I won't open your butt!"

"Uh-huh! What does it matter? I don't have the freedom to talk nonsense in front of my father."

After breaking free from his sister's little hand, Shuanghe dodged and said with a playful smile.

"Besides, the manager said that if someone mentions his name behind his back, there is no need to make the atmosphere so serious. Names are meant for others to use."

"Are you a parrot? The manager...says this and that all day long." The red-faced Shuangxue said breathlessly.

As a merchant who knew how to write books, she naturally couldn't have better physical strength than her sister who worked at the trading station. After running for a while, she put her hands on her knees and ran out of breath.

Shuanghe stopped and looked at her, blinking.

"Huh? You're not jealous, are you? Don't worry, your sister is a person who lives a stable life. I won't daydream. My future husband only needs to-"

"Ghost, only ghosts can be jealous!!"

Seeing the two sisters laughing and playing, Crow Crow, who was squatting on the steps at the door of the Teng Teng House branch, put his chin in his hands and said with envy on his face.

"I wish I had a sister too."

Or my younger brother, too.

Although it's a pity that I can't buy him a small skirt to wear, it's nice to have someone to play games with. For people like her who stay at home all year round, it is very difficult to have someone to communicate with in reality.

Damn...

She actually started to envy the NPCs in the game!

Teng Teng, who was sitting next to him and drinking sparkling water, had completely different emotions.

"There aren't many familiar faces in Dawn City these days."

In the past two months, most of the people spending money in the store have been NPCs.

Although the business has not had any impact, and she has designed a lot of ordinary clothing, but without those weird customization commissions, she always feels that her creativity and talents have lost their use.

Compared to NPCs with conservative dressing styles, it was the players' weird ideas that made her eyes brighter.

Of course, it would be nice if it could be a little more serious.

Crow Crow comforted his friend and said.

"After all, everyone is on the front line."

Teng Teng glanced at her sideways.

"Speaking of which, don't you call yourself a professional combat player? Why are you so idle?"

She originally thought that Crow Crow would follow Tai Wei and the others to the front lines, but it turned out that she didn't go to the front lines to join in the fun this time.

It seems that she learned a lesson from her fall last time.

"Humph, don't look at me as if I'm very idle," Crow Crow smiled proudly, "I've made a small fortune recently."

"Oh?" Teng Teng let go of the straw he was biting, looked at Crow Crow curiously and asked, "What's the mission?"

Crow Crow said proudly.

"Didn't I discover the green pointed mushroom not long ago? Later, I sent it to the medical laboratory of the shelter for testing. The white-haired NPC lady found that it contained a substance similar to penicillin."

Teng Teng nodded and said suddenly.

"When you said that, I seem to have some impression... I later updated the official website picture book, and it is called green mushroom and green pine mushroom? It turns out that you discovered it."

"What do you mean, it turns out I discovered it! There should be a server-wide announcement!" Crow Crow protested dissatisfiedly, cleared his throat, and continued to talk happily, "Sir, later I received the announcement from the shelter. Hidden mission: collect 20 tons of green pine mushrooms for the survivor settlement in Xizhou City.”

"20 tons?!" Teng Teng looked at her blankly and said in surprise, "Is it that many?"

Crow Crow said with the corners of his mouth raised.

"Of course there are ducks. People used to think that the mushrooms were poisonous and not many people picked them. But with so many orders, I definitely can't handle them all by myself. The lady from the Hao Hong Trading Association very thoughtfully helped me register the company. I hired about ten aborigines to complete the procedures, and finally completed the task. "

"Yes, yes, our crow has finally embarked on this path. From now on, you can earn silver coins without picking mushrooms by yourself." Teng Teng nodded happily.

Crow Crow thought for a while and said.

"emmm... That's what I said, but compared to worrying about a lot of things, I really prefer the feeling of exploring alone."

This game always reveals new things she hasn't seen before.

As for the silver coins, she was not so satisfied.

"Are you a Versailles guy?"

Teng Teng rolled his eyes at her, looked up at the sky, and stretched out comfortably.

"Everyone is working so hard. It seems that I have to work hard on the new version."

Crow Crow smiled playfully and patted his best friend on the shoulder.

"Don't be so pretentious. Playing games is not about becoming something. It's actually quite fun to experience the process. By the way, there will be a victory performance on the square in a while, and it is said that there will also be sugar sent from Luoxia Province. oh."

"White sugar?" Teng Teng asked strangely, "Isn't that kind of thing already available?"

There was a time, before the trade routes opened, when sugar was cheaper than salt. After all, Brown Farm grows sugar beets, and with slightly improved techniques, pure sugar can be obtained. However, for things like salt, inland areas still have to import it.

Crow Crow said with a smile.

"No, it's sand. Isn't Luoxia Province a desert? It's probably a local specialty. I also saw it on the forum... It is said that it was discovered by Xiaoyu."

While he was talking, the smoke had already risen into the sky.

Inadvertently, the time has come.

Hearing that it was a snack he had never seen before, Teng Teng immediately showed an expression of interest on his face and jumped up from the steps.

"Come on, take me to see it quickly."

In the splendid fireworks, people living in the back sent their blessings to the distant front.

Sun Eqi, who walked out of the tavern drunkenly, looked up at the bright fireworks in the sky, was stunned for a few seconds, lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.

"The green one...should be copper sulfate."

Zhou Nan, who was supporting each other with him, also whispered in a low voice.

"What a waste...are these people rich enough to use the endless explosives to light up cannons?"

"It looks like the war is really coming to an end."

While the people of Shuguang City are celebrating the victory on the front line, the plunderers of Far West Continent City are currently suffering from dire straits...