Chapter 356 Is There a Possibility that You Actually Used the Computing Power of the Server for Nothing (1/2)

Floor B4 of Vault 404.

Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa in the reading room, was flipping through the information compiled by Xiao Qi on his laptop.

Based on the intelligence investigated by the players, he has basically determined that the person responsible for the arson attack last night and the siege of the city hall during the day was the largest food supplier in Boulder City, Weijia Trading Company.

The photos and recordings captured by Fang Chang will become key evidence.

As for when to play this card, he needs to carefully consider the timing.

There's no way Boulder stations and broadcasters would cover them, and reporting them now won't garner much sympathy for the new coalition.

At this juncture, even if Dulong knew that Weijia had arranged for him to encourage the residents to surround the city hall, it was impossible for him to say anything.

After all, they have a common threat to face now.

However, after the friendship agreement was signed, the situation was different.

After the 200 million chips are received, the civil and official relations between the New Alliance and Boulder City will be repaired with the surge in jobs. The New Alliance will become a guest of the Boulder City City Hall. Anyone who damages the relationship between the two parties will become a street rat.

Chu Guang would choose a less sensitive time point, let the New Alliance newspaper set up a branch in Boulder City, and then publish those contents as headlines.

At that time, he could just let the diplomats lose their temper and reasonably exclude Weijia Trading Company from the purchase list, and the various forces in Boulder City would not say anything.

It's just a Weijia Trading Company, which is at most a troublemaker for the entire situation. It's not worthy of Chu Guang's attention. It's enough to leave it to the NPCs and players to solve.

What Chu Guang really cared about was the huge stone military industry.

Although it did not participate in the negotiations from beginning to end, and did not even show its face, the director of the city hall named Dulong gave its top priority to protecting its interests.

All the gears seemed to be spinning around him.

Everything else can be discussed.

But there is no room for negotiation at all when it comes to Jushi Military Industry and the city lord.

The so-called big shots in the outer city, whether they are the director of the city hall, the president of the bank, the owner of a wealthy commercial bank or a large factory, or the gang leader who dominates the slums, are not worthy in front of that military-industrial group. Mention it.

They are like screws and gears, surrounding a motor, and are driven by huge power.

The only piece of information Chu Guang currently has is that the chairman of the military-industrial group seems to be named Ibers.

There is very little public information about that man. He almost never appears in public. It is only said that he is a guest of the city lord. Although that man lived in the outer city, even the nobles in the inner city were in awe of his power.

"They have mastered a certain serum that can induce awakening...the name is dragon blood."

"Although the probability of awakening is higher than that produced by the black box, the effect is also more domineering. Basic adverse reactions may cause vomiting or diarrhea, and severe adverse reactions may even lead to disability."

"In addition, they also have the technical conditions to independently produce bionic prosthetics..."

Chu Guang closed his eyes, thinking while closing his eyes to rest his mind.

Of all his plans, there had been only one twist so far.

That is, the mastermind behind planning the attack on the New Alliance mission is actually Jushi Military Industry.

In his opinion, he had given them a big piece of cake.

Everyone has a reason to reject the friendly cooperation agreement, but Jushi Military Industry has no big interests.

unless……

The interests they perceive are not the same as what they understand.

Chu Guang opened his eyes and thought to himself.

"...Is it a temptation?"

At this moment, a phone call suddenly came.

After pressing the connect button, Chu Guang reached out and picked up the headphones on the table and put them on.

It was Luca on the other end of the phone.

There was obvious excitement in his voice, but there was also a hint of uncertainty and nervousness.

"...They agreed to our proposal, but with an additional condition."

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows.

"What conditions?"

On the other end of the communication channel, Luka continued.

"... It was proposed by the city hall. They require us to provide a purchase list in advance when using the loan. The loan will be released only after approval."

"That's it," Chu Guang relaxed his brows slightly, leaned back on the sofa, and said with a smile, "No problem, let them join in."

Seeing that the manager agreed so readily, Luka hesitated and asked.

"...but is this okay?"

Chu Guang said without thinking.

"Why is it bad? We are not doing anything shameful."

Large-volume purchases cannot be placed on store shelves. You must first go to the factory to place an order.

When the order is placed, but the city hall does not sign, the factory cannot get the money from the bank, and in the end it is they themselves who suffer the loss.

Chu Guang knew what the Boulder City City Hall was worried about. It was just that he was afraid that he would mess around with the chips.

For example, buying up all the nutritious ointments in the city at once, or buying bankrupt factories directly.

But if you think he will do this, the situation is too small.

Seeing that Luka seemed to still have some concerns, Chu Guang, who was interested in cultivating him, continued.

"Great undertakings are rarely achieved through intrigues. If you win once or twice, you can go astray, but if you want to keep winning, we have to use intrigue as much as possible."

"When we complete the second step of our plan, the vested interests in the wealth of Boulder City will gradually become inseparable from us."

"What about the third step?" Luka curiously asked the question he had always wanted to ask but had never asked.

Of course, Chu Guang has already considered this last step.

And that was a long time ago, when the New Alliance and Dawn City were first established.

“The third step is their residents.”

Luka was stunned for a moment.

"resident?"

Chu Guang nodded.

"Well, whether it's hundreds of thousands inside the giant wall, or hundreds of thousands outside the giant wall. Those survivors who have been ignored for a long time, we will let them live a good life for a period of time, and we will solve the problem when the problem is exposed. It's time to take them face to face with the darkness, and we will unite them, break down the invisible wall, and finally end the chaos in the southern part of the valley once and for all."

Even if the production methods have become so advanced that people no longer need to do many things, it is even convenient to "produce" the population and use genes and machinery to modify the human body.

The main body of civilization is still human beings.

"...I hope you can remember and tell the people around you that the United Front for Human Resurgence is not a colony of survivors, let alone a company or a legion."

"We are an alliance, an alliance born on the ruins."

"It is also an alliance that belongs to all survivors."

…

Official website forum.

Today is as lively as ever.

While the construction of Dawn City was in full swing, the restless Death Corps and Skeleton Corps continued to march eastward, hitting the nearby Tianshui City.

The Snake Clan stationed there had withdrawn, but a small group of marauder deserters remained, fighting in the alleys with the slaves who had escaped in the chaos.

Supported by the aerial firepower of the Goblin Corps, the Death Corps and Skeleton Corps effortlessly broke down the resistance of the local marauders.

Fearing the return of the Bone-Chewing Tribe and the revenge of the predators, local survivors expressed their wish to follow these strong men who defeated the predators.

The edge paddling and canyon escaping moles reported the local situation to the quartermaster NPC, and soon received the task of setting up a temporary rescue station and escorting the survivors to Xizhou City.

It is expected that more than 10,000 survivors will arrive in Dawn City in the next month.

The house that was barely enough at first is not quite enough now.

Edge Paddling posted a group photo of local survivors on the forum. They were carrying LD-47 and wearing scarves, which looked very much like summer workers in Syria.

A certain mole with ill intentions also sent him a picture. He coded his face and added a line of text on the photo - [Skeleton Corps recruiting workers, 50,000 a day, no different from eating chicken normally. If interested, please contact me. Going to work is as fun as eating chicken! 】

Quit smoking: "6666!"

Tails: "Oh! Bring a tail too! (｀∀´)Ψ"

The edge of the water scratched: "Fuck! You just slapped my face, why did you put your regiment's logo on it??"

Debt-eyed: "Hahaha, this dog and mole are so bad! (Funny)"

You, a little rebel: "Fifty thousand a day is fine. If you don't understand, just ask, where can I sign up?"

Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "I don't want wages, the big guys just give me a helmet. T.T"

"..."

Since the victory of the Northern Expedition and the opening of the new map, more and more tasks can be done.

In addition to the corps that go out to fight against predators and the hunter players who hunt large alien species, players who are keen on running business are also idle. They wear helmets to run business at night and share little episodes from their journeys on the forum during the day.

The Northern Expedition produced a large amount of cheap loot, which was useless for the new alliance, but was a treasure for small survivor settlements without industrial capabilities.

Carrying the trophies collected from other players, the caravan began to travel eastward along the plains, selling these "civilized weapons" to the survivor settlements in need.

As the Snake Clan fled eastward, the demand for weapons in the eastern provinces suddenly became strong, and many survivors' settlements were willing to exchange grain, ore or other treasures found by chance.

There are many more tradable survivor settlements on the map. Not only are players communicating, the official forum is also updating information about those survivor settlements in real time.

And it is precisely because of this that many players complained in small groups that this dog planner is really too lazy.

I didn’t even want to write an introduction to the map that I had already made. Even the overview of the survivor settlements was copied and pasted directly from players’ posts.

What a dog!

Of course, the gameplay of running merchants and corps combat is mainly for hardcore players with higher levels.

Few people can survive alone in the wilderness for a week in a wasteland where they don't understand the language, far away from the save point, supply circle and communication range.

Whether it's war or business, group action is the only option.

However, there are only a few people who have capital, business acumen and organizational skills at the same time.

The daily life of most players is still based on routine tasks within the framework of the game system.

Since the silver coin trading platform reopened, moving bricks has become a happy thing.

The strength system, which can use one arm as two, immediately became the first choice of countless Niuma players with its 200% brick-moving efficiency, and regained the throne of the popular version.

A silver coin can be exchanged for 30 or 40 yuan, and there are big players who steadily purchase it every day.

This is much better than moving bricks in reality!

The only pity is that the number of helmets is too small.

The most hateful thing is that this dog operator is still engaged in "hunger marketing". The last two helmets were issued three days ago, and the closed beta qualification card stopped issuing after 4500.

I don’t know who those two dog European emperors are, and they don’t even come to the forum to show off!

It’s so hateful!

In addition to sharing the experience of running business and moving bricks, many players working on the Dawn City construction site also posted the recent construction progress.

With the joint efforts of players and NPCs, they have dug out the framework of the drainage system of the entire survivor settlement according to the new construction plan.

The planned Dawn City can accommodate at least 100,000 permanent residents.

If everything goes well, they can complete this work before the rainy season without any accidents.

Spare someone: "...The NPC from Camp 101 was quite awesome. The old man helped us redesign the sewer construction plan. I spent a long time studying the construction drawings, but I couldn't find any faults! Especially later, when I picked up the one I made before, it seemed to have problems no matter how I looked at it."

"Hey, I didn't expect that I could be taught a lesson in the game after working in civil engineering for so many years. It's outrageous!"

Ye Shi: "Is there a possibility that you actually got the computing power of the operator's server for free, by chance Solved a problem that was not solved in reality. (Funny)”

Save the life under the knife: “Well, actually I have been thinking, is this a problem that can be solved by computing power?”

Irena: “My new alliance is the world's number one in science and technology! (Funny)”

Elf King Fugui: “Speaking of which, why has Ye Shi been on the forum every day these days? (Funny)”

WC Zhenyou Mosquito: “Why else, he went to jail for nothing. (Smirk)”

Ye Shi: “Get out, I obviously died heroically! (Angry)”

Makabazi: “Hahahaha, laughing to death!”

Ye Shi: “ # % x-on:%!”

Being ridiculed by the group on the forum again, Ye Wei rolled his eyes, closed the webpage, and switched to the group.

Today is his last day of “jail”, and he will be able to go online again in the evening.

During these three days, a lot of things happened inside and outside the game.

In the game, Fang Chang and his friends went to Boulder City and participated in the border and trade negotiations between the new alliance and Boulder City.

As for the things in reality, there are even more.

Putting aside the big news that came one after another, there were a lot of things happening around him.

First, the Niuma Company was registered and established, which solved the problem of large-scale silver coin transactions.

Then it was Ye Wei himself.

The procedures for the house he bought by the river have been completed. It is a 126-square-meter medium-sized apartment with a large window in the living room and a balcony overlooking the river. It is fully decorated and fully furnished. The total price is 5 million.

He still remembers how stunned the agent and the landlord were when he paid.

Since it was a second-hand house, he asked the cleaner to clean it. He went to the mall to buy some clothes and bedding that day, and moved in without even moving his luggage.

Today happened to be the weekend, and there was no class anyway. Ye Wei leaned on the sofa in the living room early in the morning, browsing the forum for a while, and then opening the group to crawl messages.

At this time in the past, Lao Bai and Fang Chang should have been offline, but today they dragged it for a while, and Lao Bai didn’t see him until noon.

In the Niuma group.

Lao Bai shouted as soon as he came out.

"Fang Chang, what the hell have you been doing? Why didn't you reply to my messages in the game?"

Killing Dagger: "And you didn't go back to the save point!"

All the good names were taken by dogs: "Tell the truth, did you do something bad?"

These two people are newcomers who were recently pulled into the group.

Including the Kidney Fighter and other players of the Burning Legion, they all joined the group during the previous expansion pack.

Quit Smoking: "What? Fang Chang did something bad? What bad thing did he do? Tell me!"

WC has a mosquito: "Hahaha, I get excited when you say this! (smirk)"

Of course, it's not just the mosquito who got excited, all the animals in the group were blown out.

This naturally includes Ye Wei, who also followed the trend and sent a message.

Later, the content of everyone's booing became more and more outrageous, and Fang Chang, who was peeking at the screen, probably couldn't hold it anymore, and finally popped up in the group.

"Fuck, I just went offline to smoke a cigarette, what the hell are you talking about?"

Lao Bai: "After the fact?! (smirk)"

Fang Chang: "Get lost, vulgar!"

WC is really a mosquito: "I heard that your last location was the Queen of the Night bar, tell me the truth, did you do something bad! (smirk)"

The screen was full of messages and I couldn't reply.

Fang Chang simply pretended not to see it and typed in the group.

"... Let's not talk nonsense, this time I mainly verified three conjectures about "Wasteland OL."

"One is about the triggering method of hidden tasks. According to the current needs of the camp, actively collect relevant intelligence, and there is a certain probability of triggering hidden tasks."

"For example, the side quest I am doing now, collecting relevant information about the warehouse area arson case and the organizers of the demonstration, is actively triggered by tracking key targets."

Lao Bai: "Are the mission rewards generous?"

Fang Chang: "It will be higher than regular tasks, especially the regional reputation rewards."

Trash Picking Level 99: "What about your second guess?"

Fang Chang: "... Regarding bionic prosthetics, although you can buy some basic bionic prosthetics in the weapons store in Boulder City, their performance is quite useless, and their working efficiency is not even as good as the original limbs."

"I saw the guard next to the NPC named Liszt before. The parts installed on him were obviously much more powerful. I was thinking at that time whether there might be a place similar to the black market in Boulder City where I could buy it. Equipment that is not available on the market.”

There are really mosquitoes in WC: "Where did you find the black market? (Curious)"

Fang Chang: "Well, there is a private clinic in the outer city. The new NPC I met gave me a business card and told me to go to that person with my chips. He can help me get some things that are not easy to get. 'Good stuff'. I heard that it's not just bionic prosthetics produced by Jushi Military Industry, but also bionic humans, as well as some varieties that are not sold to the outside world. I plan to go there tomorrow to take a look."

As soon as this news came out, the group immediately exploded.

Not only the bionic prosthetics produced by Jushi Military Industry, but also bionic humans.

This is so cool!

Quit smoking: "Fuck you, you are awesome!"

Lao Bai: "6666!"

Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: “There is no announcement for such a big update, it’s not like A Guang’s style. (Surprised)”

There are really mosquitoes in WC: "Maybe A Guang hasn't finished this part yet, and he was discovered in advance. You're done, just wait for your account to be banned. (bad smile)"

Garbage Picking Level 99: "Gan! Tell me honestly, did you sell the chrysanthemum to the planner?"

Fang Chang: "Get out of here, forget it if you insult me. Is Brother Guang that kind of person? (Angry) (Angry)"

Looking at the long list of messages on the phone screen, Ye Wei couldn't help but sigh.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to admire the reality of this game, which even had such a thing as the black market, or whether he should admire Elder Brother Fang's awesomeness, even finding such a thing.

"By the way, aren't there three guesses? Is there another one?"

After seeing this news, the group of booing friends immediately reacted.

yes.

Only then did they eat the second melon.

What about another one?

Faced with the follow-up questioning from his friends, Fang Chang fell into silence this time.

Just when Ye Wei thought he was organizing his words, a line of news suddenly jumped out.

Fang Chang: "Hey... I'm ashamed to say it, but I suddenly thought about it, I'd better talk about this later."

Ye Shi: "???"

What do you mean we'll talk about it later?

Is this something humans do?

However, this time, no matter how much everyone liked it, Fang Chang stopped bubbling.

I hate people who talk half-talk. Ye Wei felt like there were ten thousand ants crawling on his heart. He couldn't help but open his address book and wanted to make a call on the spot to find out.

At this moment, a WeChat message suddenly popped up at the top of the phone screen.

Ye Wei subconsciously nodded and found that the message was from his sister.

Jiujiu loves to eat pineapple: "Brother, I have finished the exam!!"

finish exam?

Ye Wei was stunned for a moment and looked at the time, only to realize that today was already June 9th.

Gan!

So many things happened these days that he even forgot about his sister’s college entrance examination in the past two days!

Thinking of what he had promised, Ye Wei immediately opened the online shopping APP and clicked payment on the mobile phone he had put in the shopping cart before.

After only a few months of waiting, it turned out to be two to three hundred cheaper.

But at this moment, Ye Wei suddenly remembered the news he had seen before.

By the way, if I wait another two months, will I be able to buy a mobile phone with a better battery capacity?

Forget it... I bought them all.

At worst, I'll just replace it when the time comes.

Looking at the payment success interface, Ye Wei shook his head, closed the shopping software, switched back to WeChat, and sent a message back to his sister.

"How did you do on the exam?"

Jiujiu loves to eat pineapple: "Hmph, it's stable! (Proud)"

Once it's stable, there should be no problem.

Ye Wei had a comfortable smile on his face. This was the best news he had heard today.

I was planning to tell my sister about the cell phone.

However, his typing speed has become a bit rusty recently, and he was only halfway through typing out the words when another string of messages bounced over to him.

"By the way, brother, I have nothing to do on vacation anyway, so come to Jiangcheng to play with you!"

"By the way, I wanted to see if there is any summer job I can do nearby! (Proud)"

"What do you think of the milk tea shop? (Looking forward to it)"

Ye Wei typed back, dumbfounded.

"What kind of summer job are you little guy doing? Enjoy your summer vacation! There won't be many such comfortable days in the future!"

Jiujiu loves to eat pineapples: "This is called accumulating social experience! You know a hammer!"

"Also, I'm an adult now. You call me little guy. How old are you? (Rolling eyes)"

Ye Wei: "I'm not going to bullshit you. By the way, the school you want to take the exam for is also here in Jiangcheng, right? You might as well bring your luggage over here, and you can leave it here with me first."

Jiujiu loves to eat pineapples: "Where can I put them? Are you sure you can put them there? (Squints)"

Seeing this line of news, a smile appeared on Ye Wei's face unconsciously.

Speaking of which, he has been busy these days and hasn't told his family about buying a suite yet.

He suddenly began to look forward to it, and the expression on his sister's face...

"Just bring it here, and I'll give you a surprise when the time comes."

Jiujiu loves to eat pineapple: "Really? Then I will really bring it over!"

"Yes, yes, speaking of surprises, I just have a surprise here for you!"

"Hmph, just wait! (Grimace)"

Ye Wei was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly became a little weird.

He didn't know if it was his own imagination, but when he saw the word "surprise", instead of having any expectations, he felt an ominous premonition.

I hope it's an illusion.

After all, reality is not a game.

I probably don’t have such a high level of perception...