This game is too real.

Chapter 500 They will all be defeated by our hands! (Second more)

After the meeting.

Including the reporters from Ideal City, Li Ke from the academy, and other personnel who had nothing to do with the ceasefire negotiations, almost everyone left the meeting room one after another contentedly.

Except for the representatives of the Legion.

Cohen sat motionless in his seat, glaring at Chu Guang who was sitting across the negotiating table.

Including a group of Weilante officers standing behind him, the angry expressions were as if they wanted to eat him.

Only Chu Guang was in a daze, not knowing where he had offended these big noses.

Fortunately, that Cohen didn't let him guess by himself, and directly vented his anger.

"I am very dissatisfied with your wording. We have an unconditional ceasefire. There is no winner in this war. You shouldn't use the word victory!"

That's it...

Chu Guang clicked his tongue in his heart.

Everyone has agreed that everyone wins and everyone wins. What's the matter with my subordinates?
And it's not like I didn't give you a chance to speak.

It was you who insisted on pretending to be coercive, and who was to blame for dismissing this opportunity with a sentence of "too much nonsense"?

If I had known you were so narrow-minded, I should have taken nineteen pens and exchanged one pen for another to torture you for a few more minutes.

The rest can be used for lottery.

What a loss!

"It's really inappropriate," Wu Changqing coughed, glanced at Chu Guang next to him, and said calmly, "This is a ceasefire negotiation. Using the word victory...will cause people to misunderstand."

Looking at the hostile gazes from across the negotiating table, Chu Guang didn't take it seriously and said indifferently.

"What does it matter, does the ideal city media still have a branch in Triumph City?"

Wu Changnian thought for a while, then nodded.

"That's true."

He was also a little surprised that Cohen would react so strongly to that sentence. It was obvious that he said it to his subordinates, and it would be too much to make a fuss if he got angry.

However, from the standpoint of the company, he still had to say something to smooth things over. After all, the ceasefire agreement had already been signed, and it would be bad for anyone to have extra problems at this time.

Cohen looked at Chu Guang coldly, finally snorted, stood up with his hands on the table, grabbed his own ceasefire agreement, and left the meeting room with all the officers without looking back.

The eager players on the side showed disappointed expressions, especially the few guys who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

The gold coins of these old things don't seem to be exploding...

Watching those bleak figures leave, Chu Guang looked at Wu Changnian who was sitting aside.

"Have you got the coordinates of the crew of the Pioneer?"

Wu Changnian nodded.

"They have already given it to us. The 26th commando has arrived near the target area under the leadership of Yun Song. The entrance to Vault 0 is also there. There is a tribe of mutants nearby. contract, we can dispose of those mutants as we please."

Chu Guang said with a delicate expression.

"I was wondering before that the mutants in the desert... would actually do business with humans."

In their eyes, aren't human beings purely reproductive tools and food?
It sounds as weird as negotiating terms with a takeout order.

Wu Changnian shrugged.

"I also find it strange, but according to the legion's own explanation, the former commander-in-chief of the Sunset Province, General Klass, may have reached some kind of agreement with the mutants. There were also mutant mercenaries who fought in the expedition a year ago."

"And according to the information we got, those mutant mercenaries' fearless attack methods and terrifying self-healing ability, even soldiers wearing power armor will find it difficult."

But it's just tricky.

The Death Corps fought those mutants.

According to Edge Paddle's own evaluation, those guys are just a group of elite monsters with slightly thicker blood bars, not even as difficult to deal with as the group of Weilant elites they met on the 330 Heights.

After a pause, Wu Changnian continued.

"Cohen claimed that the marshal didn't know about it, and that Joseph should know something, but he didn't want to talk about it... Anyway, Klass is dead, Griffin is dead, and McCollen is still alive, but he probably doesn't know A lot. It's not a glorious thing, they can't check it out for your and my curiosity."

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows.

"Does that mean we have to wipe their ass?"

Wu Changnian nodded.

"Yes."

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Hehe, they really cleaned up this piece of shit. It doesn't matter what the previous term did."

Wu Changnian nodded again, looking at the young ally seriously.

"Yes. Although you may know it in your heart, I still have to give you a piece of advice. Be careful of them, be careful of all of them. Regardless of the episode just now, they will not forget today's 'shame'. Once you behave Showing a weak and deceitful face, they will show their fangs without hesitation, and then they are about to move... They are a race designed for fighting. Griffin is, so is Cohen, whoever comes here."

That's why the Enterprise Support League holds Bicester Town.

They need a trustworthy friend who can keep an eye on those crooked Willanters.

The movement made by those guys has already alerted the Council. The Great Desert cannot stop the ambitions of the Willanters. Even if it is only for the peace of the province in the clouds, they cannot completely stay out of it.

Chu Guang pouted.

"No wonder they can chat with mutants."

"That's two different things... But having said that, I was also surprised when I came here. There are still gray-black mutants in this wasteland."

Wu Changnian sighed, and continued in a rather emotional tone.

"I thought the blue mutant with gills was outrageous enough... How many secrets do we still have in this world that we don't understand?"

Chu Guang disagreed with his words.

No matter if it's green or blue, gray or black or colorful, as long as it's a mutant, he doesn't plan to keep any of them alive.

This kind of monster that bundles plunder and reproduction, and writes it into its DNA along with hatred for people, shouldn't exist in this world from the very beginning.

They are like goblins.

Every mutant cub bears a blood debt behind it.

After seeing the hellish horror in the mutant lair on 76th Street in Clear Springs, he had no intention of negotiating with any mutants.

Thinking of the old friends on the Pioneer staying with those beasts, Chu Guang couldn't help clenching his fists on his knees.

"I have a small request."

"What request?" Wu Changnian couldn't help twitching his eyebrows. He now has a headache when he hears this guy say the words request and suggestion.

However, to his surprise, this guy didn't say anything embarrassing.

"Before withdrawing troops from Oasis 2, I want to drive my Iron Heart a little further west to pick up our old friends home."

Wu Changnian froze for a moment, with a strange expression on his face.

What kind of strange request is this?

Although it is a bit strange, of course he will not refuse.

"No problem... It's better to say thank you. The airflow environment in the desert is very unstable. It is said that the performance of the killer whale and cloudfly is very bad."

A smile appeared on Chu Guang's face.

"That's fine then."

……

Not long after the ceasefire agreement was signed, the company's troops stationed in Falcon City released the "migratory birds" to give wings to the news of victory.

The flying drone crossed the desert, flew over the valley, passed through the mountains and rivers all the way, and finally arrived at the city-state on the east coast shortly after dark.

Holographic projection fireworks were set off above Ideal City, and the council building in the center used an entire wall as a screen to show this historic moment to all residents of Ideal City.

Including the speech of Wu Changnian, Vice Minister of General Management Department.

It also includes what his allies, the Coalition, and the manager of Vault 404 said.

"...it's an honor to witness this moment with all of you."

"This is our victory!"

Yes.

This is victory!

The Weilante people on the west coast are ashamed to admit their military defeat in the Sunset Province, and the euphemisms are just a fig leaf for the losers. The expressions of those big noses signing the ceasefire agreement are the best proof.

For the people who eat melons on Duandianyun, compared to Vice Minister Wu Changnian's long speech, it is obvious that Chu Guang's concise victory is more popular.

Chu Guang didn't expect it either.

I actually became popular in Ideal City again because of a big truth that I don't brag about.

A discussion forum for Battle Royale run by Skull Studios.

Because the identity of the developer of this game is too hardcore, it has attracted countless netizens who are not interested in virtual reality games, but are very interested in the league.

The CEO named Xue Hongliang is also very knowledgable. He changed the title of "This is our victory!" to the virtual community, which attracted the applause of countless players and passers-by.

On this day of celebration, no one here is discussing the game, and almost everyone is cheering for the victory that has just arrived.

A group of grotesque avatars cheered in the square.

"This is our victory!!!"

"Wake up, brother, the ground troops we sent only have one commando and one experimental bionic troop. What does it matter if we win this war or not?"

"Doesn't this just show the wisdom of the council? Not a single resident of Ideal City sacrificed for this, and won the final victory without any effort!"

"Uh... a few people died on the way."

"Administrator, come here and get rid of this guy who can't read the atmosphere."

"Hahaha! I like their manager! Compared to that nagging middle-aged man, a handsome young guy is more to my appetite!"

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

"That's probably a bit difficult. I heard that the River Valley Province is the hometown of Death Claws. Even if the Alliance is our ally, going to that place is a bit dangerous."

"Anyway, thank goodness...our boss is finally back to make games!"

"expect!"

"Hopefully he comes back alive."

……

"Night City" bar.

As a theme party for Victory Day, the BGM played today is a song "created" by the residents of Dawn City.

There are figures swaying on the dance floor, and symbols of smiling faces jumping on the LED masks.Under the flashing red, yellow and blue neon lights, the retro music rhythm unexpectedly fit the carnival atmosphere of the scene.

Sitting in the corner of the bar, Fang Chang quietly looked at the figures not far away, feeling a little regretful in his heart.

He probably missed the "Thousands of Miles of Yellow Sand" expansion pack.

However, he didn't waste the past few months.

During the period of training and charging at Yunjian University, he learned a lot of things that opened his eyes, including the popular business models in this city, including the common management methods here.

He can now be sure that among the developers of "Wasteland OL", there is at least one advisory team composed of experts in politics, economy, military, history, culture, religion, etc., to be responsible for the work of embellishing those details.

Just like a corporate currency.

At first, he thought that the credit abbreviated as Cr was just a kind of game currency for changing skins, but after a deeper understanding, he found that the core of this thing was actually different from the concept of "DeFi (decentralized finance)" in reality. Coincidentally.

wrong.

Such a description is obviously an insult to Cr.

In reality, DeFi is still in the exploratory period, and it is far from stable. Most of the digital currencies issued based on this theory are a trick of flying a kite and cutting leeks, but in this virtual game, the true sense of decentralization Finance has been realized on a small scale!

At least it has been realized in Ideal City and Cr.

For example, the most basic one is that every resident of Ideal City is the subject of credit currency issuance and also the guarantee of currency issuance.

In the traditional sense, if the central bank wants to release currency into the market, it needs various financial tools.But whether it is lending money to enterprises to expand production or lending money to residents for consumption, the beer and foam poured on the top of the pyramid cannot equally benefit everyone on the pyramid.

It may even happen that some people did not drink beer, but drank the foam, and some people drank beer until they vomited, but did not taste the foam at all.

But the ideal city based on the framework of credit points is another case.

The smart contract based on quantum algorithm programming guarantees the fairness and fairness of the transaction, and its own attributes of credit currency and a series of financial rules determine that all people involved in production will benefit equally from the prosperity of production.

Of course, this system also has its shortcomings. Equality does not mean average. It is impossible for everyone to live in a room with windows and on the upper floors of the building.

In addition, due to the limitations of this set of rules itself, it not only does not restrict monopoly, but even encourages the merger of "production departments" within the enterprise.

So much so that in a place like Ideal City, the monopoly that has been formed is even more difficult to break, and there is no force outside the rules that can correct it.

Unless the monopoly itself is eliminated by the market due to operational crises or accidental events, this is basically difficult.

And the board of directors, whose seats are determined by shares, is also impossible to promote bills restricting monopoly. Employees benefit.

After all, in this peculiar economic system, every resident is the main body of the currency and has become a part of the currency.

From a philosophical point of view, although this has led to people being highly "monetized" by things like credit points and losing their attributes as human beings, another way of saying it can also be interpreted as "removing ordinary people from the debt relationship of the old era liberation".

Everyone is his own creditor, no longer a slave to money, or someone else because of money.

In addition to the side effect of leading to monopoly, the overly conservative credit expansion strategy has made it difficult for start-ups like "Skeleton Studio" to stand out, and it is difficult for people who don't like to play by the rules or are not familiar with the rules to adapt to life here.

But relatively, the risks of the entire economic system have also been compressed to a jaw-dropping level.

In the past century and a half, this small society with a population of one million or even tens of millions has not experienced a real economic overheating or depression!
The whole system is running smoothly upward, slowly but surely.

He had never seen an economic curve with such a stable slope!
In reality, if there is such a strong degree of certainty in economies above the medium size, there is not even a trace of ups and downs, and they would have stepped on the gas pedal to speed up.

The fact that the slope is not aligned with the Y axis is simply a shame for this investment opportunity that is sure to make no money. There will be no such "certain but slow" situation at all.

The most outrageous thing is that this maverick economic system can seamlessly connect with the traditional old-age economies, including the alliance!

Whether it is import and export business or foreign aid expenditure, it has no impact on the smooth operation of the entire economy.

There is no doubt that this is a model that does not exist in reality.

If the game were to be as completely real as it claims to be, this particular model alone would be enough to drive economists around the world crazy!
Of course, this system built with Cr as the cornerstone has become complicated to an outrageous level.Even the residents living in Ideal City probably only know the tip of the iceberg about it.

Let alone him as an outsider.

But he was greatly shocked by just getting some superficial knowledge.

During this half-year of study, Fang Chang even had the illusion that some not-so-"avant-garde" sociology knowledge or experience might work in the real world.

Even if it's only theoretically possible.

Since becoming financially free, he has become a professional player out of interest, and has seldom paid attention to the financial field.

However, this game made him re-interest in the major he had put down, and he even went to university in the game.

Life is full of surprises...

At this time, the electronic wind chime hanging at the door of the bar swayed gently, and a tall beauty walked in from outside.

Although Li Shuyue's appearance is not the most outstanding in Ideal City, a place where there are many handsome men and beautiful women, but the straight and monotonous OL formal suit and her unique capable temperament, in this kind of In a bar full of cyberpunk flavor, it looks very special.

As soon as she entered the door, Fang Chang saw her at a glance.

Seeing the existence that was out of place with the surroundings, Li Shuyue went straight to face him and sat on the chair that was automatically pulled away.

"...The company's meeting was delayed for a while, I hope I didn't keep you waiting, I'm treating you today."

"It's okay, there are still 2 minutes before the appointed time," Fang Chang said with a smile as he glanced at the holographic clock on the wall, "I actually just arrived a few minutes ago."

"Is this the only thing you want to say when you see me?"

"Thank you Mr. Li for your invitation."

Li Shuyue rolled her eyes.

At this time, she suddenly noticed the "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" and "Introduction to Economics" on the table, as well as the uniform of Yunjian University on him. She couldn't help laughing, and said in a joking tone .

"Are you watching this in a bar?"

"I just came out of night school." Seeing her strange expression, Fang Chang shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and said in a half-joking tone, "I can't help it. The wastelanders from our village don't know the rules, so we can only take advantage of it." Study more during your relaxing time after get off work."

Li Shuyue suggested seriously.

"We are used to leaving professional things to professional people. If you want to take advantage of the rest time to recharge, I recommend you to take management studies."

Fang Chang said with a smile.

"That, I chose too."

Li Shuyue: "..."

Seeing that she was silent, Fang Chang continued.

"Speaking of which, how did you come up with the idea of ​​discussing business here?"

Originally, he planned to go to the library for a while before going offline, but he was suddenly called out by this guy, saying that he wanted to discuss business.

After agreeing, he found out that the location was in a "Night City" bar not far from the Yunjian University building.

Li Shuyue replied casually.

"You can't go to a coffee shop at night."

"So why does it have to be at night?"

"No one thought that you would win today, you should have told me in advance!" Li Shuyue said rather complainingly.

Fang Chang smiled, but did not speak.

Of course he knew the Alliance would win tonight, even before the word got back to Ideal City—the second the ceasefire was officially signed.

However, the information exchange between players is not shared with NPCs outside the alliance. Considering that the other party may have a relationship with the council, he did not mention this.

If the council is allowed to misunderstand that they have information transmission channels that they do not understand, it may be somewhat troublesome.

When he is not sure whether the other party will care about this detail, his habit is to treat it as "yes" by default.

Seeing that Fang Chang didn't intend to explain, although Li Shuyue felt a little depressed, she didn't continue to entangle in this trivial matter.

After all, the other party did not have the obligation to tell him the inside information.

"In short, I hope to implement the business plan I discussed earlier before twelve o'clock in the morning today. I will use the draft you submitted to me last time...I need you to check the details. If there are no accidents, I will use that copy. I hope there are no surprises."

This is the first commercial cooperation between the company and the alliance. She has been preparing for this for several months, and she doesn't want to be preempted by other speculators who smell fishy.

She had a hunch.

The alliance will become a new growth point for overseas profits of enterprises!

As she spoke, she took out a holographic computer pen from her briefcase and put it on the table, and handed him an AR glasses directly connected to the computer.

Although the draft is not a serious commercial secret, it is not suitable for public display after all.

Fang Chang, who took the glasses, couldn't help complaining in his heart.

There is simply something wrong with Party A when a serious business cooperation is discussed in a bar.

"Twelve o'clock in the morning... Is it okay to be so late?" After clicking on the light blue holographic pop-up window and looking through it, Fang Chang asked casually while doing the final check.

"In this city, time is credit, and credit is everything... It is better to memorize this sentence than no matter how many professional books you read."

Glancing at the flashing text on the electronic screen not far away, Li Shuyue suddenly thought of something, waved her hand to summon the order robot, and tapped its head twice with her index finger.

Soon, two glasses of specially blended spirits were served.

"By the way, I almost forgot, congratulations," Li Shuyue picked up one of the rainbow-colored cocktails, touched the rim of the other glass, and said, "Congratulations, you guys have won the award." won the war."

"But your expression tells me that you are sorry." Looking at her serious expression, Fang Chang couldn't help but make a joke to adjust the atmosphere.

"Yes," Li Shuyue rolled her eyes after taking a sip of her cocktail, "I'm almost able to take in a homeless awakened person."

"This joke is not funny at all."

If the spring water is pushed.

Then it's off.

However, he believed in his companions.

Although those guys are usually not serious, they never let him down when it's time to get serious.

And he won't let them down either.

Smiling happily, Fang Chang picked up the wine glass on the table and raised it slightly.

"For our long-lasting friendship, and for the victory thousands of miles away—"

"cheers!"

……

"boom--!"

Gorgeous fireworks are also in full bloom over the sky of Dawn City.

Compared with the ideal city that was about to end in the first half of the night, the sky in the River Valley Province is not so dark, but the lively atmosphere is not inferior at all.

The streets of Dawn City were filled with lights and festoons, and the residents of those shelters seemed to have known that victory would come today.

Although there is no holographic projection that can cover the entire sky, and there is no "big screen" that is thousands of meters high, the excitement and joy in the hearts of the survivors living here is no less than that of friends on the east coast.

Especially the hotness and excitement flowing in the blood vessels, even stronger than those residents of Ideal City.

They are the witnesses of this war!
They defeated the Invincible Legion!

Even if it was only for a short moment, they still accomplished a miracle that was almost impossible in the eyes of countless wastelanders—defeating the Legion on the frontal battlefield!

Those lofty heirs are not invincible.

The league has proven it.

As long as they unite, they can even defeat those Willant people in the fields they are best at and proud of!
The players may not have such a strong feeling in their hearts, but in the hearts of every survivor in the alliance, a hot mark has been branded unconsciously.

The young sprouts have broken through the compacted soil.

The old times are ending.

What will leave in the future is not only the cold winter, but also the desolation in people's hearts.

The new protagonist will go to the stage of history, which will be an era that belongs to all wastelanders, not just a lucky few who are selected.

Everyone is convinced that——

One day, those old orders will be defeated by our hands!
The fireworks blooming in the night illuminate every face looking up.

The cheers on the street made every shelter resident, every wastelander from the wilderness feel very cordial.

"Long Live the Alliance!"

"Long live victory!"

"Long live the manager!!"

this night.

Many people are destined to be unable to sleep.
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(Finally caught up. It’s almost the next day. By the way, everyone who is interested in that card event can participate in it. You can unlock the reading theme if you gather all the people! I’m going to sleep now!)

(End of this chapter)