Chapter 337 The Dog Planner Is Here to Cut Leeks Again! (1/2)

"...We met the people from Vault 404."

In the middle of a pure white room, Horn's face was full of piety.

"oh?"

A gentle voice sounded in his ears as if floating from somewhere in the dark.

"What kind of people are they?"

Horn replied respectfully.

"It's a group of... very special people. My experience cannot help me make a more specific judgment. They have made an invitation, and I want to send a few people to them to have a look."

"This is a good idea. You need to keep communicating with other survivors. Has the candidate been decided?"

There was a hint of approval in that voice.

The old face couldn't help showing a hint of joy, and Horn continued in a respectful tone.

"Not yet, but we plan to select one student and two engineers to go there."

The voice that came to mind seemed to be lost in thought.

After about two or three minutes, it continued.

"Let Pai go."

Horn was a little surprised by his mentor's words, but didn't say anything.

"I would like to follow your teachings."

The old man said respectfully, and after a moment of pause, he continued to express his thoughts.

"The capital of the new alliance is more than 100 kilometers away from us. For security reasons, I would like to apply for a bodyguard."

"Approved, the door will open at 6 o'clock tomorrow." The mysterious voice replied readily.

Horn shook his head slightly.

"grateful."

"You're welcome, go and get ready," the voice continued, "I also have to choose a suitable gift for our neighbor."

The communication is over.

After the voice left, Horn slowly raised his hands, groped around his temples with his index fingers for a while, and took off the VR glasses on his head.

The pure white light faded from the surroundings.

At this moment, he was standing in the management center of the camp.

The door to the shelter does not open easily.

Usually when there are important things to discuss, he would sit in the office like this and use VR equipment to communicate with managers.

After pondering for a moment, Horn reached out and pressed on the touch screen on the desktop.

Looking at the communication connection icon, he slowly spoke.

"Let Alvin come to the management center."

"I have something important to discuss with him."

…

"Wasteland OL" official website.

The settlement of the "Knives Out" expansion pack is in full swing.

This battle has been going on for two months, and almost all players have gained a lot. They have accumulated a lot of points and are waiting to spend them.

The settlement has not yet started, but many people have already posted screenshots on the official website to show off their points balance.

Brother Ice and Fire: "Holy shit, 100,000 points?!"

I'll fight with you: "Did you open something?!"

Luo Yu: "Are you envious? You paid for it with your life. (Proud)"

100,000 points is not the most exaggerated, a certain fat mouse even scored 120,000 points.

The most eye-catching one is probably the Burning Legion, with an average score of nearly 80,000.

And even third-tier corps such as the Silver Corps, which has little sense of existence, has an average score of more than 30,000.

It can only be said that the corps system is indeed the father of the version. If individual players want to get high scores, they can only find another way to "force others to do what is difficult".

But in the Corps system, basically as long as there is a eldest brother in the regiment and the rest of the group doesn't go too far and don't obey orders and get kicked out of the regiment, the income will basically not be bad.

Although points cannot be exchanged for silver coins, tasks with points will generally reward silver coins or contributions.

This shows how much "war wealth" they have made!

Stop talking nonsense: "This time the average points may reach 20,000."

There are really mosquitoes in WC: "Be more confident, I think it is at least 40,000. (Proud)"

Mole on the run in the canyon: "Suddenly panicked..."

Makabazi: "Why are you panicking? Isn't it bad to have too many points?"

Mole on the run in the canyon: "No...you can't just look at the problem at face value. More points means more people in the lottery. According to the design of the lottery system of this game, what is fixed is not the explosion rate but the prizes in the reward pool..."

Stop talking nonsense: "Stop, stop, stop, can you speak human language?"

Canyon Runaway Mole: "To put it bluntly, the reward pool may be diluted."

The construction site boy and Brick: "What the hell?!"

Debt-eyed: "You're not such a bitch, are you?!"

Fang Chang: "You look surprised, as if it's your first day playing this game. (Squints and smiles)"

Just as the players were talking about it, Aguang's ID suddenly appeared on the forum.

Seeing the ID planned by Gou, not only the players perked up, but also the cloud players, the spies from various companies in various countries, and the sand sculpture netizens all sat up straight.

"Hello everyone, I am your dearest planner Aguang. First of all, please allow me to represent all the developers and wish you all a happy Children's Day!"

"In order to celebrate the festival and to make our programmers no longer anxious, our Siege Lion designed an automatic banana feeding machine... But unfortunately, the company's AA batteries are out of stock, and there is no supermarket here. We You can only solve the problem yourself.”

"Fortunately, our Siege Lion is reliable enough. Not only did we successfully make a battery, but we also solved some interesting problems along the way. Tip: That is a layer of film. Everyone unanimously decided that it would be a pity not to use it to earn some money to buy snacks. So we decided to sell it to the highest bidder!”

"That's it, the auction will start in three days, and the starting price is 1 million silver coins!"

"Getting back to the subject, with the arrival of June, the closed beta test server of "Wasteland OL" is about to enter the hot summer. Rainfall will be more frequent, urban areas and forests will be more dangerous, and reptiles and arthropods will usher in a strong period... There should be no players yet. Exploring the southern hemisphere, so there is nothing wrong with this sentence.”

"In addition, I would like to thank everyone for your continued support. The expansion pack has been successfully completed and we have obtained valuable experimental data! Thanks to these data, we have taken a big step forward from the open beta!"

"The boss said we won the pot. I believe it's not just us, but everyone is the same! Are you excited to see the string of 0's in your account? Are you very happy? Haha, I'm as happy as you are!"

"In order to give back to everyone for your continued support, we have prepared generous prizes! From now on, the points lottery and achievement redemption activities are officially launched!"

"Have fun, let's celebrate this victory!"

At the same time as the post was posted, the official website unlocked the lottery system, and the forum instantly went into a carnival.

100 points are drawn once, 10,000 points are 100 draws in a row!

Although this game is very stingy and does not have a setting of 20 draws for 100 draws in a row, everyone has saved an average of 40,000 points. It is quite satisfying to finish the draw in one go!

While the players are busy scratching prizes and the cloud players are happily eating melons, the intelligence systems of various countries are also not idle. They are peeking at the screen and holding meetings. They are in a hurry at the moment.

Aguang, who had not posted a post for more than two months, re-entered their field of vision.

For them, who have been busy for several months and still have no progress, there is nothing more exciting than this!

"AA-sized batteries are out of stock... An organization that masters mature quantum computer technology will be short of AA-sized batteries?"

"This is not nonsense!"

"There should be some hidden clues hidden here... What is that Aguang hinting at us?"

"Lock down all areas without supermarkets within a 5-kilometer radius!"

"Is it global? That's too much..."

somewhere.

Listening to the discussion of his colleagues, the man with a Chinese character sighed and closed the notebook in his hand.

"Is there a possibility...that this person is talking nonsense?"

Everyone in the conference room was stunned for a moment.

The man in police uniform was the first to come to his senses and tapped his index finger on the table.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out!"

Without enough evidence, any possibility exists.

There are various signs that the man whose existence was erased does not seem to be aware of the fact that he has been abducted by extraterrestrial civilization, or is aware of it but does not care, and has fully accepted this new job.

At this time, the old man sitting at the table suddenly spoke.

"What do you think that membrane could be?"

The man with the Chinese character face was slightly stunned.

"membrane……?"

The old man nodded.

"Didn't they say they solved some interesting problems?"

As he spoke, he looked at the other people in the room and continued to ask.

"Do we have any battery experts here?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

The man in the green shirt said with a frown.

"Battery... our unit's batteries are all purchased from cooperative units. I don't know much about this part."

At this moment, the consultant from the chemical industry suddenly spoke.

"Could he be talking about SEl membrane?"

The man with a Chinese character asked immediately.

"what is that?"

The consultant spoke.

"It's not a rare thing... Simply put, it is the solid electrolyte phase interface, which is equivalent to a passivation layer covering the surface of the electrode material, with a thickness of about 100 nanometers. Taking lithium batteries as an example, a good SEI The membrane can prevent solvent molecules from co-intercalating, allowing lithium ions to pass through and intercalate smoothly, thus inhibiting the formation of lithium dendrites.”

The old man sitting next to the conference table said with a blank expression.

"Lithium...what?"

He didn't hear it clearly.

As if expecting this reaction, the consultant sighed and continued.

"Simply put, it is a technical difficulty faced by lithium batteries. The dendritic metal lithium formed when lithium ions are reduced will continue to consume the electrolyte during the charge and discharge process and lead to irreversible deposition of metal lithium, thus forming a ' Dead lithium', reducing Coulombic efficiency... may even cause safety hazards in connecting the positive and negative electrodes. "

Moli went bankrupt in the 1980s and was eventually acquired by the electrical giant NEC at the time. However, it has still not been able to overcome the technical difficulties of metallic lithium anode batteries.

The current mainstream method in the industry is to use carbon-based materials as electrodes, sacrificing battery capacity to ensure safety.

Although the energy density of lithium anode materials is attractive, no one wants to carry a bomb on their body or sit with a rocket under their buttocks.

The old man was still thinking about it, but the man with the Chinese character probably understood and nodded thoughtfully.

"I probably understand what you mean... can the energy density of the battery be increased by solving the membrane problem?"

A wry smile appeared on the consultant's face.

"That's it for your understanding... But I still have to emphasize that lithium dendrites are only a technical difficulty in studying lithium batteries, and artificial SEI films are only one of the solutions to the lithium dendrites problem currently proposed by the academic community. kind."

"As for whether it is useful and how to use it... these are all controversial. The current mainstream research direction is to build houses and the other is to build walls. Maybe both are right, maybe neither is right."

A colleague sitting next to him asked curiously, "What does it mean that none of them are right?" The consultant answered briefly. "It means that not all questions can be answered with a standard answer." The old man suddenly spoke. "This membrane... can it increase the battery energy density to what extent?" The consultant took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued. "... It depends on what battery it is compared with. According to the white paper we released on the development plan of power batteries, the goal for 2025 is to reach 400Wh/kg, and the goal for 2030 is 500Wh/kg. I don't know much about batteries, but this data should have been referenced by experts from academia and industry." "If the graphite negative electrode of the lithium battery can be replaced with pure lithium, the energy density should be an order of magnitude higher in theory." "An order of magnitude?!" The man in the police uniform showed a surprised expression on his face. Not only him, but everyone in the conference room showed a surprised expression on their faces. Just listening to the numbers doesn't make any sense. But once there is a reference for comparison, they immediately understand the value of this technology. The consultant continued. "It's about one or two thousand, which is an order of magnitude higher. As for the exact amount... it's more reliable for you to ask an expert in the industry." The man in the green shirt suddenly stood up. "I'll call my company." The old man sitting at the conference table nodded and said seriously. "Go." At the same time, a similar scene was also being played out all over the world in the real world. This "Developer's Log" with less than a thousand words has been repeatedly studied by intelligence agencies of major organizations for no less than 1,000 times, and even punctuation marks were not spared. In the end, most intelligence agencies came to the same guess-this may be an enlightenment signal released by extraterrestrial civilization. As we all know, one of the three pillars of modern technology is energy. If this mysterious website really comes up with technology that is far beyond the current era, it will undoubtedly provide favorable evidence for the conjecture of "third kind of contact". After all, any technology cannot be separated from the support of the scientific research system and cannot emerge out of thin air. While the players were busy scratching the lottery, the silver coin consignment platform had quietly become lively. Although I don’t know what the official website of “Wasteland OL” is going to auction in three days, it’s always right to prepare in advance.

“Foreign exchange” is something that you can’t wait until you need it before you think of a way to use it.

The daily trading volume on the platform is so much. This is not a question of whether it is a buyer’s market or a seller’s market, but there are simply not so many silver coins in the pool to buy.

Players need silver coins to update their equipment, eat, sleep, and even take a shower.

Yes.

According to the information they collected by peeping on the official website, this broken game even costs money to take a shower.

“Shit… Do these lucky guys know what they are doing?”

Staring at the string of numbers on the computer screen, Fike, with his arms folded, couldn’t help but curse with envy.

Just half an hour ago, their project team received a batch of funds.

Although the money was not in their pockets, it was still okay to improve their working environment and life “within a reasonable range”.

Part of this money came from grants from official agencies.

But more of it came from giants who were in line with the official agencies.

After all, the government itself does not produce anything, and it is useless to obtain the technology. In the end, it still has to be handed over to enterprises or individuals, allowing them to register patents, expand production, form monopolies, and grab other people's cakes.

This is also the rule of the game in the real world.

"It's better for them to never know!"

"Indeed, the truth is something that the fewer people know, the better... Otherwise, where can we get such cheap silver coins?" The intelligence officer standing aside laughed and teased.

The colleague next to him clenched his fists and stared at the computer screen to cheer.

"Buy it quickly! Damn, why can't the trading volume go up? You won't sell it at $8 per silver coin?!"

The trader sitting in front of the computer looked solemn and analyzed.

"I'm afraid it's not a price issue... The proportion of players holding US dollar and cryptocurrency accounts is too small! There is a certain threshold for foreign exchange trading. Many people may be afraid of trouble and simply screen out uncommon currencies."

"Not only that, some dense small orders are obviously not like player behavior... more like speculators who are not directly involved in the game."

"In other words, we didn't get those large orders of more than 1,000 silver coins at all!"

The silver coin trading platform is not only open to players. Cloud players can not only trade, but also indirectly participate in the investment in the game through the agreement proxy method.

When the silver coin trading platform first came out, many people hoarded a lot of silver coins.

Now that someone suddenly bought a lot of silver coins, these retail investors who didn't understand the situation immediately cashed out and left.

Thanks to the cheap chips contributed by these people.

The real auction will be three days later. The later it is, the more intense the competition will be. The price of silver coins may be even more exaggerated...

The intelligence officer standing next to him said solemnly.

"We still have to find a way to get a RMB account with a clean source of funds!"

Damn, why is it so troublesome? !

Fick couldn't help but kick the table.

"Fuck!"

Fick's colleague did guess one thing right.

Most of the accounts currently sold on the silver coin trading platform are indeed cloud players.

As for why players did not participate, it was not entirely due to account issues.

The bottom line is that everyone is busy scratching prizes at the moment and didn't pay attention to that piece at all.

Many players with big points directly drew 10 100s in a row, and the computer screen was filled with golden light.

Each prize has a corresponding card.

Even if you skip the lottery animation and go through each prize, it still takes a lot of time.

Not to mention taking a screenshot of a big prize and showing it off on the forum, or scolding the mastermind in a small group if you get a piece of rubbish.

Communication section for closed beta players.

Many people have already taken screenshots and posted them, starting to share the joy of winning with everyone.

"Wait a minute, what the hell is the arms gift package? Which of you got it?"

"The introduction says that they are weapons and supplies of varying amounts, which can be used for trade with other NPC forces, sold to newcomers, or used by yourself... Is this actually a trophy?"

"I understand the truth, but why do you have to draw again after drawing a prize once?"

"I also got...a Ripper rifle?"

"What kind of Russian matryoshka doll is this?"

"Hahaha, I drew ten!"

“Awesome!!”

The Ripper rifle is the standard weapon of the Legion's cannon fodder. It is characterized by a long and hard barrel, with a total length of nearly two meters with a bayonet attached.

This thing also has a name on the forum, called Salted Fish Spike.

Apart from saving bullets and not jamming, this equipment basically has no other advantages.

When it comes to bayonet fighting in the trenches, an assault rifle with a relatively compact design like the LD-47 is more handy. Long weapons may not be easy to use.

However, due to the large enough quantity, the bullets of the Ripper Rifle are much easier to find than the Enterprise's "Black Swan", so this weapon is very popular in many survivor gathering places.

After all, automatic rifles cannot be installed on a large scale in all survivor settlements.

Although these arms cannot be sold for much in the new alliance, if they are dragged to a distant survivor settlement and sold, and then the local specialties are dragged back to the new alliance, a lot of money should be made.

Overall, this "munitions gift package" is much better than a consolation prize.

Of course, the new tricks planned by the dog are just an appetizer. What the players really care about is the top prize in the reward pool.

Although not everyone has the opportunity to become the European Emperor, it is good to be able to breathe European energy.

It's a closed beta test.

It's mainly for testing, so it's normal to have a little less equipment.

Once the open beta is released, everyone will be able to play it sooner or later!

Under the spotlight, the first European Emperor of this expansion pack lottery was finally born.

Commander Quanshui: "Holy shit! The Destroyer I exoskeleton! There is a 120mm caliber mortar on the back... Damn it?! This equipment explodes!"

Probably being carried away by the excitement, Brother Quan Shui forgot to keep a low profile this time.

I just didn’t stop showing off, but I also posted screenshots and acceptance speeches, sharing the joy of becoming the European Emperor with everyone.

However……

There was no joy.

The post went viral instantly.

The edge of the water: "Fuck! Why the hell is it you again!"

The mole is on the run in the canyon: "The European Emperor like a dog! Go to hell!"

Quit smoking: "A shady story! Absolutely a shady story!"

Commander Quan Shui: "What a shady guy! I have 120,000 points, why can't I win! 1,200 points in a row, brother!"

However, this statement obviously cannot convince the public.

The salted fishes don’t care about that much.

Bai Yin's father: "Stop it, this old man can give you 120,000 cents, why the hell do I only have 30,000 cents?"

Garbage Picking Level 99: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Lao Wang next door: "Support! Raise your hands to support!"

Commander Quan Shui suddenly panicked and quickly deleted the post, but it was too late.

Screenshots of the equipment are uploaded everywhere on the official website.

According to the information shown in the screenshot, the Destroyer I exoskeleton is larger than the Type 6 "Heavy Cavalry" exoskeleton, almost catching up with the power armor.

Different from the Type 6 exoskeleton, the Destroyer Type I armor does not focus on the protection of small weapons, but focuses more on the protection of explosion fragments and shock waves.

Specifically, the exoskeleton's armor is filled with a thick layer of cushioning material, so it looks quite bloated.

The 120mm mortar behind the back needs to support the ground with both hands like a run-up when deployed, and cannot move.

Since it is equipped with an automatic loading system, in theory as long as there are enough artillery shells, only one can be deployed to project a large amount of firepower to the target area in a short period of time.

It is equivalent to an "all-terrain" self-propelled mortar that can drive into small alleys.

It can be called an artifact for street fighting!

However, because the equipment is too bulky, the chemical energy battery is bulky, and the ammunition rack is external, it is not suitable for frontal battlefields.

It is no exaggeration to say that this thing is full of flaws and would be quite embarrassing if someone touches it.

The players of the Storm Corps all said that if this old Goubi got this kind of Goubi equipment, he would probably have to go out of his way to survive.

But there is one thing to say.

It would be great to have a round of close fire support before attacking.

This is not the only new piece of equipment in the reward pool.

There are ten jackpots officially prepared by the game this time, and half of them have never appeared before.

As for the exoskeleton carrying the mortar, it's not the most awesome.

After all, this kind of equipment is only useful in certain situations, and ammunition is also an issue.

In terms of overall combat effectiveness, it may not be better than the "Five Type" light cavalry.

"Plasma Knife! Awesome! I will change my profession to a Force Warrior now!"

"Magnetic slingshot...is this thing useful? Is it useful for hunting birds?"

"Portable jetpack... If you don't understand, just ask, are you planning to let me go up to the sky and be used as a target?"

"Hahahaha, you can discuss it with the guy upstairs. You can be a bird."

"..."

The school computer room.

Browsing the posts on the official website forum, Ye Wei was filled with envy.

Gan!

He has also accumulated hundreds of thousands of points, but why can’t he win the SSSR!

It's absolutely impossible to be balanced by a dog!

But it doesn’t really matter.

People can't be too greedy.

His benefits in the expansion pack are far more than the points. Even if it is really balanced, there is nothing to complain about.

The construction of the new map Dawn City has just started, and Niuma Brick Factory's orders have been scheduled until the end of the year, and it is now expanding production frantically.

Not just bricks, but cement as well, are all within their scope of business.

Although many competitors have emerged in Dawn City recently to grab business, they are not comparable in scale to "refuge holding" companies like them.

Cutting out from the section for closed beta players, Ye Wei browsed the chat section for a while, wanting to see what the cloud players were talking about.

When he saw the first post, he laughed.

"...The price of silver coins has increased?"

Are you kidding me?

It's not that the price of silver has never risen before, but it usually rises when expansion packs or new gameplay are first launched, and it's impossible to rise when expansion packs end.

The remaining profits from the expansion pack have just been settled. Now everyone's pockets are filled with silver coins. There is no need to change equipment for the time being. Even the rich will not spend money at this time.

It makes no sense at all!

Not to mention the past few battles, the expansion packs were throwing money crazy, and a few big players were shipping goods every day to "improve life." In the past few days, the transaction price of silver coins had dropped to single digits.

"Haha, I want to see how high it can go."

Out of curiosity, Ye Wei casually opened the silver coin trading platform and took a look.

It didn't matter what he saw, he was stunned on the spot.

"What the hell?!"

Eight dollars a silver coin? !

He confirmed several times that the order hanging above was a buy order, not a sell order.

And there's not just one.

A total of ten buying orders, each buying one hundred thousand silver coins, were lined up with a price difference of one dollar!

The one at the top has been 40% filled, and the buy orders listed at $7 and $6 have not yet started to be filled. After all, the buy order with the highest listed price has not yet been filled.

Not only the U.S. dollar, but also RMB, euro, and other currencies have buy orders on it.

Each bid is outrageous!

As if overnight, I was back to the time when the silver coin trading platform was just launched.

"Are these people crazy?!"

Looking at the 52RMB pending order, Ye Wei felt his heart beat faster and sweat broke out in his palms holding the mouse.

His first reaction was to take advantage of the situation and smash the market!

Hurry up and ship now!

There is no shop like this after passing this village!

However, this thought only stayed in his mind for half a minute before he calmed down.

This is a bit strange!

The entire trading platform was completely blocked by buy orders, and not even a single sell order could be seen.

Who is spreading the money?

Taking a deep breath, Ye Wei resisted the urge to ship, grabbed the mobile phone on the table, tapped the screen with his fingers at the speed of light, and sent a message to the brothers in the cattle and horse group.

"quick!"

“Look at the silver coin trading platform!!!”