This game is too real.

Chapter 343 Change
"Oh! You have so many good things here!"

B4 floor browsing room.

Looking at the dazzling collection of books on the bookshelf, Pai's eyes sparkled like sapphires illuminated by torches.

Standing beside Pai, Xiaoyu said in a very soft voice.

"Brother Chu said, you can borrow it as you like, but you can't take it out of the shelter, and don't damage it."

It's 8 o'clock in the evening, and her bank uniform has been replaced by loose casual clothes, her ponytail is also down, and her smooth hair hangs down her shoulders, looking like the little sister next door.

By the way, both dresses were designed by Fujitō Cottage.

"Don't worry!" Pai continued happily after taking an encyclopedia heavier than his own head from the shelf, "I will take good care of it!"

Standing behind the two, looking at the encyclopedia that Pai took down, Chu Guang asked curiously.

"Don't you have any there?"

"Yes! But not so many!"

Pai made gestures with his left hand on the bookshelf, and continued.

"The bookshelf in my master's house is about half the size. On it are the books he picked up from the wasteland, and some broken memories. He spent half his life repairing those things, but up to now only It's done a little bit."

Chu Guang was quite surprised and said: "It seems that your master is a respectable scholar."

"Of course!" Pai raised the tip of his nose triumphantly, "That old man knows a lot!"

"..."

Chu Guang coughed lightly.

"...You might as well suggest to your teacher that you can teach a few more students, so that he can relax a bit."

Pai sighed, helplessly.

"I've always suggested this, but it's too difficult to recruit some students...Our camp is alright, but in the survivor settlements outside, many people can't even eat."

It seems that this little girl is not completely ignorant of the sufferings of the world, which surprised Chu Guang a little.

"You can bring him to our place to have a look, we have solved the problem of food and clothing for the time being."

For example, to be a principal or the Minister of Education or something.

Although this sentence was said in a half-joking tone, Pai's eyes lit up after hearing it, and he said excitedly.

"Hey, yes, you have so many delicious things here, there must be no shortage of people who are full. After I go back, I will suggest to my master that he come to your place to pull strong men!"

It's okay to eat enough...

This guy really thought of what to say.

Chu Guang almost choked on his saliva, coughed dryly and looked at the little fish next to him.

"...You can play with her for a while, and take her wherever you want to go,"

The core of the entire refuge, that is, the control terminal at the deepest part of the B4 floor.

However, only Chu Guang has the authority there, and ordinary people can't even enter the maintenance room in front, at most they can go to the gymnasium behind the reading room.

Xiaoyu nodded obediently.

"What about you?"

Chu Guang glanced at the time on the VM.

"Heya asked me to go to the medical laboratory for a physical examination, and I plan to go there later."

In the past two months, he was basically on the front line, and he was busy with various things in the three days when he just came back from the front line.

Although the gene sequence has been promoted several times during the period, the attribute panel has not been updated.

It wasn't until this morning that Chu Guang got up from the bed covered in sweat that he realized that he hadn't checked his physical condition for a while.

medical laboratory.

Heya, who was wearing a white coat, had been waiting for a long time.

Looking at Chu Guang who passed through the trap door, without any nonsense, she reached out and patted the scanning bed like an operating table.

"Quick, lie down."

Seen by those excited eyes, Chu Guang always felt like a guinea pig.

But this is not the first time.

He was used to it.

The scanned data came out, and the updated property panel was soon presented on the VM.

【

ID: Chu Guang

Genetic Sequence: Manager (Phase III)

Level: LV.22→LV.27
——Basic attributes——

Power: 25
Agility: 18→20
Constitution: 21→22
Perception: 20→21
Intelligence: 20→24
】

The progress of the sequence has increased by 5 percentage points, which is reflected in the increase of 5 levels on the attribute panel.

However, what surprised Chu Guang the most was not this, but that his attributes had grown by 8 points!

"Intelligence has increased by 4 points! Good guy... almost catching up with strength!"

However, the strength attribute did not increase at all, which Chu Guang did not expect.

Is it because of sitting in the back and directing?
Although the increase in the calculation speed of the brain is indeed more helpful to him than muscle growth.

"Unbelievable... I'm getting more and more interested in your body."

Staring at the tablet in her hand, Heya had an incredulous expression on her face, and babbled incomprehensible words in her mouth.

To be honest, if she didn't speak, that face that seemed to come from the 3D zone was really pretty.

It's no wonder that she has no sense of presence, and her popularity on the forum is unexpectedly high.

But the premise is not to speak...

Chu Guang coughed lightly.

"...Please don't say such misleading things."

Heya opened her eyes wide.

"Misunderstood? No, I'm serious! Remember what I told you earlier? Your DNA exhibits similar properties to broods - they are able to actively modify themselves according to the evolution of fruiting bodies in the environment DNA, expressing traits that are more adaptable to the environment! This is incredible!"

"..."

Seeing Heya who was completely immersed in her own world, Chu Guang put on his coat silently.

However, just as he was about to slip out of the medical laboratory, Heya suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm.

"Wait, wait a minute... I have something else to ask you!"

Chu Guang: "...what's the matter."

Heya said excitedly.

"Samples! My lab needs more samples of mutated slime mold!"

"You previously locked the authority of the area inside the third ring road of Qingquan City. I can't release the missions in that area, and I can't find you! Without more samples, there is no way to continue the research on the mutant slime mold. I have already There has been no new progress for a whole month!"

Stared at by that fanatical stare, Chu Guang raised the VM and clicked on it twice.

"All right, all right, I'll just untie it for you..."

She let go of her hand happily, and Heya's expression finally returned to normal.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome, I have nothing else to do..." Chu Guang hadn't finished speaking before Heya turned around and walked through the trap door to the sample analysis room next to her.

Chu Guang breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

In fact, Heya didn't mention this matter. In two days, he also planned to lift the ban on the mission release authority from the second to third ring roads.

"Wasteland OL" has never prohibited players from exploring the edge of the map. The explorable area comparable to the planet and the outer space under production are one of his big pies.

However, although there are no restrictions on the player's activity area, Chu Guang has always had restrictions on NPC's authority.

Especially the release scope of the task.

With the exception of the Merchant Guild, other units cannot issue quests to players that are too far from the signal range of the new alliance.

Some areas that are too dangerous must not appear in the regular task list.

However, after experiencing the battle in Xizhou City, there have been many three-stage powerhouses who have been awakened for the second time among the players.

For example, the cow and horse team, the third ring road in Qingquan City is no longer so dangerous for them.

Restrictions on missions involving the downtown area can be lifted gradually, but the mission acceptance level must be set above LV20.

Although death is not a big deal for players, as a manager, Chu Guang still hopes to avoid some meaningless deaths.

It would be more valuable to die that way.

……

TS City.

The camp of the Snake Clan.

Seeing his subordinates kneeling under the tent, the leader of the Snake Clan's eyes widened, his canthus tearing open.

"Gold Tooth is dead?!"

The man kneeling under the tent said tremblingly.

"Dead... I heard that he was betrayed by one of his own people and was killed in the headquarters, leaving only half of his body."

"People from the new alliance hung his body at the north gate of Dawn City to show the public. Besides that, there were more than a dozen commanders... except for three or five who surrendered themselves, the rest were all hanged."

"Most of the more than 2 members of the Ya clan were captured. I heard that some were sent to the mines, and some were dug by the lake in Xizhou City."

"Now the entire West Continent... that is, our west, is already the territory of the new alliance."

"..." Listening to the report of his subordinates, the face of the leader of the Snake Clan was filled with horror and bewilderment.

Half a month ago, Jin Ya sent him a message, urging him not to worry, when he was going to take Qingquan City in one fell swoop, he would join forces with him in Honghe Town.

He really wasn't worried at first.

The Ya clan is the head of the Bone Chewing Tribe, and Jin Ya's subordinates have nearly 30 tanks, more than 3 troops, and their strength and equipment are more than three times their own.

On the other hand, the new alliance is just a small village with a total population of less than [-].

Even if you lead a pig and sit there to direct, you won't be beaten so badly, right?

Looking at the map hanging on the wall, the leader of the Snake Clan's solemn face gradually showed a hint of despair.

Xizhou City is less than 20 kilometers away from here. They only need to push the cannon a little forward along the tributary of Tianshui, and they can throw the shells over their heads without even pushing too far.

The staff officer standing next to him whispered.

"...The south has been unable to attack for a long time, and troubles have emerged in the west. It is no longer possible to stay here."

"Then where can we go? Shall we rob the north again?" the leader of the Snake clan said irritably.

The staff officer was silent for a while, and sighed lightly.

"The mine owners in Honghe Town have already united. Even if we concentrate all our forces and put all our eggs in one basket to take down there, we will lose our strength in fighting them, and finally let the new alliance reap the benefits."

"...Let's go east, along the Tianshui. Although the most fertile soil is out of reach, the eastern provinces can barely find a place for us. Before the new alliance is free, now It’s not too late to retreat.”

"Otherwise, we may be in danger of being attacked from both sides."

The leader of the snake clan fell silent.

Although there were 1 reluctances in his heart, he had to admit that this was probably the only way to survive...

……

Honghe Town.

The position on the south side of Antler Mountain.

The frontline commander standing next to the bomb defense hole, holding a telescope in his hand, looked at the mountain that had been repeatedly contested opposite, with a hint of surprise gradually appearing in his eyes.

"...the marauders retreated."

The adjutant standing aside was stunned for a moment, and asked quickly.

"Retreat? What's the situation?"

"I don't know..."

The commander shook his head, and handed the binoculars to his adjutant, "Look for yourself."

Reaching out to take the binoculars, the adjutant stared at the opposite mountain for a while, and found that there was indeed no one on the opposite side.

Looking carefully, the bayonets erected outside the trenches were still stuck on wooden sticks.

Putting down the binoculars, he looked at the commander with a strange expression.

"...Could it be a trap?"

"Send a team of scouts up to have a look." After pondering for a long time, the commander continued, "Also, report the situation here to the Mining Guild—I mean the headquarters."

The adjutant nodded and said immediately.

"I'll make arrangements now!"

The mining guild is already a historical term, but most of the local people have not yet adapted to it.

Since the news of Songlinyu's great victory spread some time ago, the mine owners and the chamber of commerce bosses in Honghe town had quarreled almost twice a day, surrounded the guild with people every now and then, and it looked like it was going to end every day.

Of course, it's impossible to really die, after all, when you are really terminally ill, you usually don't make a fuss, at most it's a happy time when you come back to the light.

The quarrel is the quarrel, everyone knows very well in their hearts, the relationship between them is a relationship in which everyone prospers and everyone loses.

In this wasteland world surrounded by death and despair, no one can really leave each other.

In the fierce quarrel, those originally irreconcilable issues have reached a consensus.

The businessmen agreed to reduce the number of mercenaries and set up a well-trained standing army, but the mine owners paid 70% of the military expenses, and they only paid 30%.

In exchange, the mine owners also made more concessions on the issue of establishing a "more centralized management organization", and allowed the chambers of commerce that operate various survivor settlements to occupy more of the organization. seats.

After all, where there are many free people, there are more educated people.

But relatively, the major settlements in Honghe Town will bear more public expenditure than the major mines.

At the same time, all major mining farms and chambers of commerce need to take out 10% of their profits as taxes for this unified organization.

From now on, Honghe Town officially changed its name to Honghe Alliance, and no longer used the historical place name to call itself.

Although they have been wary of the expansion of the new alliance, in the end they have become what they hate the most...

……

The next morning.

Chu Guang, who was inspecting the business union, just received a call from the New Alliance's military base in Honghe Town.

He learned about what happened in Honghe Town these days from Xu Shun, the person in charge of the military base. He was surprised and couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Good guy.

Has Honghe Town directly become the Red River Alliance?
Chu Guang never expected that the epic victory of the New Alliance in Songlin Valley would cause such a big commotion, and even accidentally promote the change of the survivor forces in Honghe Town.

Perhaps because he was greedy for the development results of the new alliance, the other party simply copied his homework.

But not all copies.

I just copied some of them selectively.

"...The Snake Clan has retreated, and the other party has submitted a written application to us, hoping that we will reduce the garrison in the Red River Alliance. For a long time to come, they will no longer need mercenaries."

Listening to Xu Shun's report on the phone, Chu Guang thought for a while quietly, and then spoke.

"You tell them we'll plan to withdraw from the Bonechewers when the threat is gone, but not now."

"The Ya clan has been wiped out by us, but there are two left unsolved. Those looters may make a comeback at any time. Now is not the time to discuss this matter."

"Reassure them that we will not interfere in their internal affairs, but we must ensure the safety of our residents engaged in local production and business activities."

Seeing the Marauder being chased away and wanting to send his little players away?

Does he look like the kind of guy who comes and goes?
I want to eat fart!
From a realistic point of view, it is impossible for the new alliance to abandon the garrison of Honghe Town.

At present, it takes three days to get there at the fastest from Dawn City. If the military base is revoked, it means that players cannot save files in Honghe Town and receive tasks normally, and it also means that his little players may be cut off by others. .

This is something that Chu Guang cannot accept anyway.

Xu Shun on the communication channel made a military salute, and responded cleanly.

"Yes!"

After the call was over, Chu Guang looked at old Charlie who was standing quietly waiting.

Clearing his throat, he continued.

"There is a small problem in Honghe Town, but it's not a big problem... Where did we just say?"

"Speaking of our neighbor to the south."

Old Charlie had a gentle tone and patiently picked up the topic that was interrupted by the phone call just now.

"According to the information you have learned from the office set up in Boulder City, the city hall of Boulder City has recently issued a bill requiring weapon shops and vendors in Boulder City to stop selling LD-47 series weapons."

"Obviously, they've realized that we're taking market share from them."

LD-47 is powerful and cheap, so it is liked by many mercenaries.

The reason why the sales were not good before was simply because the bullets were not easy to handle.

But now the new alliance's bullets are getting cheaper and cheaper, especially after the copper mines in Qingshi County are mined, the wholesale price has been discounted by half.

Under the trend of huge profit margins, more and more traders are more willing to import the high-quality and cheap bullets produced by the New Alliance, so that the sales data of the "Drone" series of assault rifles produced by the Boulder City Military Factory has plummeted.

Chu Guang frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly had a whim.

"What if we rename it? Like LD to AK?"

Old Charlie froze for a moment, then smiled wryly.

"...Do you think the other side is a fool?"

Chu Guang smiled embarrassedly.

"makes sense."

Changing the name and continuing to sell such things can indeed deceive fools.

Those merchants still want to continue doing business in Boulder City. Even if they don't listen to the outer city hall, they have to listen to the factory owners.

Looking at the manager who was lost in thought, old Charlie paused and continued.

"...Actually, even if you lose this part of the trade share, it's not a big deal. The mercenary groups who need it will naturally come to our site to purchase, and the slums and black markets outside the city can also buy our products... These None of them are under the control of the outer city hall."

"What we should really be alert to is that our neighbors are changing attitudes towards us and our developments have alarmed them."

Chu Guang nodded solemnly.

"Indeed, that's a problem."

The new alliance was able to complete industrialization in such a short period of time, partly due to the production experience brought by the small players from reality, and partly due to the advanced tools provided by the Pioneer.

However, the trade with Boulder City is also a part that cannot be ignored.

For example, many production lines related to solid-state hydrogen batteries and KV-1 exoskeletons were imported from the second-hand equipment auction market in Jushicheng.

There are also a large number of engineers employed by the Lister factory, all of which come from the talent market in Boulder City.

In addition to the products themselves, these companies from Boulder City have also spawned a large number of supporting industries.

Such as advanced electrodes, control elements, micro motors and so on.

Some of these parts were exported to Boulder City, and some were digested by local companies in the New Alliance.

Objectively speaking, these have provided a lot of help to the industrial development of the new alliance.

If the relationship with Boulder City continues to deteriorate, it will definitely have an impact on the industrialization of the new alliance.

Of course, this is not without impact on Boulder City itself.

For example, the A3-type composite aluminum materials of Bach Aluminum Factory, the factory in Boulder City also imports less.

In the process of development, the new alliance has mastered some "core technologies".

Chu Guang looked at old Charlie and asked.

"do you have any good advice?"

Old Charlie went on.

"The possibility of our direct conflict with the other party is very small, but this possibility is not impossible. The new alliance is no longer the original small village, and our expansion has aroused the vigilance of the neighbors. In the long run, we still have to pay attention Get in touch with them."

"For example, we can send diplomats to have more official exchanges with our neighbors. Not just Boulder City, but also Red River Town, and even the Garbage City further away... We don't necessarily need them to be friendly, but at least we need to Keep them from ganging up on us."

Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.

"You're right. This question really needs to be treated with caution."

Previously, foreign affairs were always in charge of the Merchant Union.

After all, the size of the new alliance was too small at that time, and the relationship with other settlements was only a trade relationship, and even the tariffs were only made two months ago.

It's not the same now as it used to be.

The population of the new alliance has exceeded [-], and the territory has expanded to the north to Xizhou City. The logistics are no longer just a few workshops and warehouses. Naturally, the relationship with neighbors cannot only maintain trade exchanges as before.

This also involves geo-security and strategic needs.

In fact, not only diplomacy, but also a series of fields such as economy, industry, transportation, energy, trade, education, etc., need to set up special departments for management, instead of requiring him to personally issue instructions every time.

Although with Xiaoqi's help, it was really easy.As long as he wants, he can even let a certain player on the front line move the machine gun position forward by five meters.

Just taking advantage of the opportunity of the victory of the Northern Expedition, Chu Guang planned to carry out a second reform of the management of the new alliance.

The last time it was changed to the guard, this time it was changed to the internal affairs.

The [Logistics Department], which is too bulky, will be split up, and Chu Guang will further clarify the specific responsibilities of each department and the tasks they are responsible for.

In this way, he can also reduce some micro-management and make himself a little more relaxed.

Seeing what the manager was thinking, old Charlie nodded with a smile, and said softly and respectfully.

"It seems that you have realized it."

"Just now you asked what my suggestion is, and my suggestion is that now is the time to do this."

(End of this chapter)