I was still in the Colossus City the last second.
When he opened his eyes again, Cheng Shaofeng's vision had returned to the Disaster Base.
"This kind of space conversion... is like traveling through time."
Although Cheng Shaofeng can remotely control the shadow guards, his mental strength is not strong enough. When he is trying his best to control the shadow guards, he cannot control his own body. Therefore, when the lord of the base has nothing to do, he just... sleeps.
When the energy is full, make a bunch of explosive ammunition and then continue to sleep. If a fight is about to break out over there, just shut down this side and devote all your energy to the operation over there.
From the player's perspective... the lord seems to have a bug. He will suddenly freeze while working, then continue working after a while, and go to sleep after finishing work... ...
Uncle Tian: "Brother! I heard that you are a programmer. What do you think about the situation of the lord?"
The new player "Turkey Flavored Guoba" thought about it for a while and said something meaningful:
“Hey! As long as the code works…”
The actions in the Colossus City had no effect on the players in the Scourge Base, so everyone continued to farm on their own.
In the store, Wu Jie's business is booming!
There are a lot of things dropped by monsters recently, and players have become wealthy. After hoarding a lot of things, they will sell some useless things, and receive a lot of various inlays and equipment.
Following Cheng Shaofeng's instructions, he put the product up for sale again at twice the purchase price so that other players in need could buy it.
After all, everyone plays in different styles. The Undead Condensate, which is not very useful to barbarian players, is a key item for spell machine gun players.
Influenced by the strongest strategy for new players to start playing "Washing Machine", many new players choose the Mystic and Inquisitor professions to start playing!
These two professions start to develop their strength early, and their skills can cause large critical damage to the Void Spirits. At night... the Void Spirits seem to be endless, and the experience gaining speed is extremely fast!
It’s much more cost-effective than fighting mutant creatures!
Mutated creatures are powerful individually, with high burst, high health, and high experience. Most of them refresh individually, so they are more suitable for veteran players to farm. Newbies should still farm Phantoms. It doesn't matter if you get less experience, as long as you get enough.
Seeing Cheng Shaofeng wake up, Wu Jie immediately went over and asked, "Brother Feng! I have too much Undead Condensate here, and the soldiers only sell but don't buy... Should we stop purchasing? Otherwise, it will be a huge loss."
Cheng Shaofeng waved his hand: "Collect! We must not only continue to collect! We must also collect vigorously! Maintain the original price!"
Wu Jie: "Oh... well, you can give me whatever money you want anyway."
Wu Jie still thinks that Cheng Shaofeng's iron coins are just a random number he typed in, and he can have as many as he wants.
The last country that shared his vision was... Zimbabwe.
If currency has no physical object as an anchor, it will soon become worthless!
Cheng Shaofeng uses food, guns, ammunition and other basic living supplies as collateral for the iron coins of the disaster base, so players want to work hard to make money.
The players are not stupid. Once they find out that iron coins cannot buy useful things in the Scourge Base and no one outside recognizes them, no player will do any tasks that reward iron coins, and Cheng Shaofeng will not be able to get any supplies from the players.
Control over players will plummet.
Therefore, if Cheng Shaofeng wants to maintain stable prices in a base, he must have both inflows and outflows. He uses the players' supplies to do business, and then buys more valuable supplies and brings them back to the base. By making money on both sides, his fortune will grow bigger and bigger.
Undead Condensate is a good thing he plans to export!
He has seen the effect of this thing. If it is enchanted on an ordinary high-quality necklace, it can be sold for more than 50,000 in the Colossus City Chamber of Commerce. If he gets more of this kind of equipment in the future, he will no longer have to worry about money when buying things in Colossus City.
"Players, you are so ungrateful for what you have! Let's learn how your genius business lord became the richest man in Colossus!"
Moreover, Shadow Guard took a tour around Colossus City and got a lot of information from the caravan leader Lao Liu, so he already had the next plan in mind.
"This winter, I will grow slowly while stocking up. I will buy more crystals from the Chamber of Commerce and build the All Things Synthesis Machine!"
This thing is a specialty of the third-stage base, and can be used to synthesize new things using different materials.
Before, Cheng Shaofeng didn't feel it was urgent to build this building, because the things he could use for synthesis... were not very rich, and he couldn't think of any good combination.
But recently... Players have killed too many mutant creatures in the western valley, and decomposing them into material items has no other use. After hoarding a batch, players began to sell them to the store.
After all, current players have relatively few iron coins, especially Inquisitor players, who consume a lot of bullets every day, and if they don’t go out, they can only buy them from the Scourge Base store, which requires iron coins.
The profession is powerful, but also very expensive.
Therefore, not only are the players' materials piling up, he also has a batch of materials that he cannot process.
This kind of material... cannot be preserved permanently. After all, this is the real world, and it is not like in the game where you can just throw it into a warehouse and store it forever.
It has a shelf life!
For example, a fiery heart will gradually wither after releasing heat for a period of time. Although it can still provide heat to the greenhouse of the natural disaster planting base, it is smaller than when Cheng Shaofeng first obtained this material.
It is foreseeable that after one or two months, there will be a complete loss of heat.
"If I collect materials from players and cannot use them, they will be scrapped... It will be all my loss. I can't do that!"
Therefore, he must quickly build the Everything Synthesizer and consume some materials. No matter what is synthesized, it is better than wasting it. What if... a magical artifact is synthesized
This building requires: 120 tons of mixed building materials (bricks, concrete, wood, stone, sand, ceramics, etc.), 10 tons of steel, 2 tons of plastic, 1 ton of glass, 100 electronic components and 10,000 energy.
Mixed building materials are easy to get. Huo Town is originally the ruins of a city before the end of the world, so it is no problem to find some broken bricks and concrete. Stones can be chiseled from the surrounding mountains, and clay can be dug to make ceramics.
The number 120 tons sounds large, but it is actually the easiest condition to meet.
Cheng Shaofeng has asked Shadow Guard to write 10 tons of steel, 2 tons of plastic and 1 ton of glass into the list for the banker, and they will be brought to them the next time the Chamber of Commerce sends out a truck.
100 electronic components were originally difficult to obtain, but Cheng Shaofeng saw that the player had obtained dozens of them from the Red City last time and submitted them to the base. As long as the player could continue to attack the Red City, it would not be difficult to get them together.
10,000 energy points... Cheng Shaofeng could take it out even if he didn't upgrade the base, but there is a major hidden danger in the base right now!
As time goes by after moving to Huo Town, the hidden dangers become more prominent.
There are no items here to recharge your base like there are with the pillager radiation!
The energy of the Scourge Base... only goes out, not in.
If it weren't for the large amount of energy collected from the raiders, the base would have stored a total of 75,000 energy, and it would be almost impossible to operate now!
"MD said that he was going to push the Scourge Base to stage 4 in one go. Now... it's a good thing if the energy doesn't drop to stage 2!"
The functions of the Scourge Base are provided dynamically. For example, reaching 20,000 units of energy is required to enter the third stage, unlocking the third-stage synthesizer of all things and treasure-hunting nanorobots. Once the base's stored energy is less than 20,000 units, it will regress to the second stage again, and the functions of the third stage will be temporarily unavailable.
Cheng Shaofeng has moved to Huo Town for a week, and has summoned 300 new players. Whether it is generating clones, reviving clones, identifying, decomposing, tower defense... all require energy!
Now, the energy of the Scourge Base has dropped by 22,000 compared to before the move! And it continues to drop by about 6,000 energy every day.
This energy consumption has only started to surge in the last two days!
Because most of the new players have passed the 3-day novice period and no longer stay in the base to do various infrastructure tasks, they all go out to kill monsters!
The decomposition energy consumption of the base has increased sharply!
The energy requirement for resurrection also increases accordingly.
Although the first two loot generators are free every day and thereafter they are charged, players still enjoy it!
Anyway, the money they get from disassembling it is much lower than the value of the loot, so they can still make a profit by selling it to a store.
And Cheng Shaofeng cannot stop the players from disassembling them. New players are in the official growth period, and their equipment and inlays must keep up.
So... he also has to solve the energy problem.
Shadow Guard has already told the merchant Lao Liu to think of himself when he gets the crystals at a special price and come back to buy a batch next time.
"Do I have to buy crystals from Colossus City in the future?"
“This is unrealistic!”
"It's expensive, and the supply is unstable. It can't be used as a fixed source. We have to develop our own energy source..."
Speaking of energy sources, Cheng Shaofeng remembered what Old Liu from the Chamber of Commerce had told him about the source of mixed crystals.
"The Chaos Mutants he mentioned... should be the humanoid monsters that can summon meat balls to the east of the base. There are Chaos Crystal Mines there. Let the players go to this place and brush it. Who knows, they may find the source of energy..."
Cheng Shaofeng was just about to issue a mission when an alarm sounded in the east!
Buzz~
The energy transmitting column located on the simple wooden wall at the easternmost side of the base was activated.
A fan-shaped radiation wave swept past.
Several little pink monsters were swept from the air and fell to the ground.
It happened that the new player "Mysterious Green Invention" and several of his friends were at the base. Upon hearing the alarm, they rushed over immediately. The crow spit out several electric balls and captured the pink monster with low health.
Kill the 'Void Demon' together, experience +10
This creature has a very low experience value, about the same as an ordinary predator, and is rarely seen in Huo Town...
But the 'inexplicable green invention' saw two humanoid creatures covered in red not far away through his crow vision, and he immediately became alert!
"This is a summoned creature. There's someone behind it. It looks like a new monster! Follow me, brothers! Kill it!"
Suddenly, about ten new level 4 players followed.
The players at this time are no longer as cautious as when they first came here, especially the new players! They mow down the phantom monsters every night, and they are very arrogant! They rush in without considering the opponent's strength.
And this time... With a large number of advanced crows tracking him, the red mutant failed to escape the player's sight and was eventually caught up, forcing him to fight back.
One of the mutants picked up a caterpillar from the ground and threw it at the players.
Mo Ming: "Just this... Holy shit! It's so big!"
Just as he said that, the caterpillar burst into a burst of blood in the air, and his whole body exploded. Bright red muscles grew out, fangs grew out at the corners of his mouth, and he became a pink ball of flesh.
He opened his mouth wide and pounced forward to bite.
The new player was caught off guard and knocked to the ground, and his throat was bitten hard, causing blood to spurt out!
The Void Demon caused a golden critical hit on the player's 'Abnormal Undead', hp-2000!
Killed instantly!
Void demons chew on the player's corpse.
Mo Ming heard his teammates calling out, "Fuck! Brother Mo, please protect the body for me. Don't let it eat it! It can be salvaged!"
"It's just a small matter!"
'Moming' and the others quickly killed the void demon, and everyone gained 10 experience points again.
Although its fangs and claws are fierce, the player's skills are not to be underestimated, and high-level crows can beat it up even more.
After several players tracked and maneuvered around, and after two players died, they finally killed the two red-skinned mutants.
Work together to kill the 'Chaos Cultist', experience +40!
Work together to kill the 'Chaos Cultist', experience +40!
"Wow... This monster is really strong. The way it's summoned is unique, and its body is pretty tough. It's not weak in close combat..."
The second player who died thought that this mutant was just a summoned monster and would be useless once it got close to him. However... he was taught a lesson in minutes. This monster was also very strong at close range!
These level 4 players were able to defeat the two in the end, and most of the credit should be given to the five level 8 crows in the team.
Although only one crow can be summoned, its extremely high flexibility and super-high basic lightning damage allow it to play a huge role in pursuit.
"This is a new monster! I saw on the official forum that Xigou Ju, who always likes to write guides, didn't include this monster in his "Monster Guide of Doomsday Online". I think we got the first kill!"
About ten people happily dragged the two corpses back to the city, hoping to find something good by decomposing them.
"I haven't even let the players fight them yet, but they came to me first..."
Cheng Shaofeng also saw the player's kill information through the communication base station. He nodded and prepared to take a peek at what kind of chaotic mutants the Chamber of Commerce mentioned.
"The Predators are mutants transformed by radiation, and these red-skinned monsters are mutants transformed by chaotic energy. Theoretically, they should also have corresponding energy storage."
"But what's a little strange is... these red-skinned mutants have obviously different personalities from the stupid big predator. They chose to hide when they first saw our forces. Why are they attacking us now?"
He shook his head, not quite understanding the logic here. Of course... Facing a group of mutants whose brains were damaged by the chaotic energy, maybe there was no need for any logic. Maybe when he opened his eyes in the morning, he slapped his head... Ah! Enough of life!
Here it comes...
While Cheng Shaofeng was waiting for Moming and other players to come back, a loud bird cry was heard in the sky.
┗|｀O′|┛Ah~~
A big bird flew towards the Scourge Base at high speed from the southeast.
"Eh? This big bird... looks like the one in Colossus City."
A moment later, Cheng Shaofeng saw Agent Feng on the bird's back and realized, "Fuck! It's one!"
"Hiss~ This is the revenge soul stone in Lao Feng's hand that can only be used once - the blue bird!"
"Why did he go to Colossus City? And used this rare item?"
"Wait... Did he get caught using the Inquisitor's skills like me?"
The more Cheng Shaofeng thought about it, the more possible it seemed, so he immediately edited a world announcement.
World Announcement!
Notice: According to reliable information from Colossus City, the Inquisitor professional players and the Colossus City officials are in a naturally hostile relationship. All Inquisitor players are not recommended to go to Colossus City. If you must go... please avoid using the Inquisitor professional skills.
After three notifications, all players within the coverage area of the base station received the news.
At this time, Agent Feng and two other agents flew down from the bird. When the bird arrived at the base, the time was up and it turned into star-like energy and disappeared into the air.
"Huh? Why are there two strangers here? I hope Old Feng is not going to cause trouble for me again!"
He angrily wanted to walk over and question.
Agent Feng took the lead and said, "My Lord! I have found a new profession for the base! And it also brings new skills to the Inquisitor profession!"
Cheng Shaofeng:╭(⊙o⊙)╮
He stepped forward and grasped Agent Feng's hand.
"My good soldier, I know that your exploration ability is unique! Second Battalion Commander, bring my spaghetti over to entertain Agent Feng."