The Peak Team and the Special Agent Team went to Red City to kill monsters. Cheng Shaofeng looked at the 547 electronic components and began to think.
"Another large amount of materials has been deposited... Theoretically, then we can summon new players."
"But... how to solve the energy problem? It's really puzzling."
"Players, please help me get the energy supply fixed!"
He had originally placed high hopes on the mixed crystal production area, and that he could get crystals by killing those mutants, but... after fighting a few waves of mutants and old players, he found that they were a little too strong and ran away!
In total, he harvested dozens of small crystals, adding up to more than 5,000 energy points, which is not as much as one of his crystals!
As the player level increases, activities become more frequent. Not only decomposition but also resurrection, the energy consumed has increased. Currently, the base's daily energy consumption is as high as 6,000 points, which is seriously overloaded!
The energy brought from the plunderers has already rushed into the base, but according to the current consumption... it can only last for a week at most, and then he will have to use the 20,000 energy in the mixed crystal he brought back from the Chamber of Commerce. After that, he will have to use the remaining 30,000 energy in the thunder crystal he just got.
All in all, based on the current consumption, he can still hold on for half a month.
"No... If I use all the crystal energy to charge the base, my personal ability will increase very slowly. This is not right. How can the players become a burden to me... I have to think of a way to use them."
Currently, the levels of new players are mostly around level 6, and the powerful ones have reached level 7. The level of living players will be lower, but it will not have a big impact, as we never planned to rely on them for energy.
It would be good enough if the base is built well.
“We need to resort to both increasing revenue and reducing expenditure…”
After editing for a while, Cheng Shaofeng released a world announcement.
Notice! Important notice!
Because the base currently has a low energy supply and has fallen into an energy crisis, all soldiers are needed to find energy. Any form of energy can be used to power our disaster base!
Due to the emergency situation of "Energy Crisis", the Scourge Base has adjusted some mission rewards and equipment usage charges
1. All rewards for submitting energy will be doubled!
2. The cost of using the loot generator has doubled, the first two free times per day have been cancelled, and the iron coin consumption has doubled each time it is used.
3. Players who explore large energy mining areas or energy generation sources will receive special rewards from the lord.
After sending this announcement, Cheng Shaofeng nodded himself.
"In this case... the players' behavior logic will change a bit, and some of them will be transformed from pure brush players to explore and collect."
"It still has to be exploration. The current atmosphere in the base is not right. Those led by the peak team and the washing machine tend to grind. The level is rising very quickly, but it also causes the energy problem to be delayed."
This time, he went to Feisha City and won a lot of rewards, which also showed that... More exploration is needed for players to discover broader landscapes and opportunities. Leveling up is basic, but exploration is still necessary for comprehensive development.
After the announcement was released, all players started chatting in the world channel.
Washing Machine: "Oh my god! Isn't this targeting us brush players? The consumption has been doubled. We have to disassemble a lot of things every day when fighting the Void Spirits. The iron coins we earn are not enough to cover the expenses. This is a complete version of a grudge!"
Mo Ming: "Explore... Then we mysterious professional players have the advantage. After all, we have summons like crows with good vision. Got it. Let's go rent a horse and go out."
Abnormal Undead: "There are so many monsters around, it's not easy to go out. What if you die on the way and your body is eaten by wild beasts? Wouldn't it be a waste of a resurrection coin? It's even worse! It's better to continue to grind and wait until you reach level 10 before going out. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. At worst, you can just sell it in the store instead of dismantling it, and you can also save iron coins."
Forgiveness Hat: "In fact, the impact is not that big, you can still grind what you need to grind, but the income from going out may increase. This is an uncertain income. It is possible to find a crystal energy mine after going out for one day, and then make a fortune by handing it over to the lord. It is also possible to go out for 3 days and find nothing and die..."
Fang Gang: "Wow, our special forces team just entered Red City and a world announcement was issued... I just happened to announce that players who are above level 10 can team up with us to come to Red City and get some good stuff."
Butter 2 yuan each: "Damn! I just went to disassemble something and the price has gone up! It cost me 30 more iron coins, which made my already tight wallet even worse. The lord is such a scoundrel!"
'Butter 2 yuan each' has been banned by the lord for 1 hour.
Everyone: “???”
Many players were discussing the announcement, some were cursing the lord, and some players who had long been tired of grinding were planning to go out and take a look.
The more than 50 horses raised in the base were rented out by players almost instantly.
If Cheng Shaofeng hadn't reacted and asked Lao Zhao to leave three horses as backup, all of them would have been taken away by the players.
On this day, the players in the Scourge Base ran in different directions, embarking on the journey of searching for energy.
Cheng Shaofeng felt much better as he looked at the maps that were opening up in all directions.
"The players are easy to command. Just give them a little hint and they will go in their own direction. I wish you good luck."
However, within half an hour, the players' signals were disconnected from the communication base station.
Out of distance!
"Damn it! The cell tower coverage is too short!"
Building a signal tower mainly requires a lot of iron and electronic components. At present, he has no shortage of electronic components, but iron...
"Xiaoxiao, how's the iron smelting going recently? How much have you saved?"
Xiaoxiao, who was tinkering in front of the blast furnace, immediately stood up and replied: "My Lord, the iron we smelt every day has been stored in your warehouse. Currently, the total stockpile is... almost 2 tons!"
"Okay, that's enough for me to build two signal towers."
The daily task of Xiaoxiao and her friends who are working on the steel industry is to hand in iron materials. Their current level has reached level 8, all gained by gaining experience from daily tasks.
Xiaoxiao and Xuezi recruited three new players to help them run the base's steel business.
Xiaoxiao also opened a weapons shop to sell weapons made by them.
There are very few weapon-type equipment generated in the loot generator. Most of them are snatched from outside by players. The quality is very average, basically ordinary white. However, Xiaoxiao and her friends have mastered the technology of forging rare equipment and are very popular among players.
Their shop not only provides customized weapon services, but also creates some melee weapons with various attributes and sells them in the store.
At the same time, there is another job in the weapon shop that other players can do: renting skeletons.
Before going offline, Necromancer players can rent skeletons to weapon shops for them to smelt iron, giving 3 iron coins per skeleton per hour.
It may not seem like much, but it’s equal to idle income, which is worth wasting.
Taking a Necromancer with a max-level skeleton as an example, you can rent 3 skeletons, and the minimum offline time per day is 8 hours, which means 3*3*8=72 iron coins.
Almost enough to buy two of the latest Frost Barrage bullets.
Therefore, the Necromancer players are still willing to rent skeletons to them.
Therefore, the current iron smelting... is basically done by skeletons. With just some simple instructions, they can complete the mechanical operations. High-level skeletons are the most useful, and they have a certain level of intelligence, so they can do some complex instructions like adding wood ash.
Xiaoxiao and Xuezi no longer smelt iron themselves, having handed it over to the skeletons. The three newly joined life players will supervise and correct the work, and their iron production has also increased significantly.
Xiaoxiao called their assembly line: magic automation.
Milky white Yukiko: "Hey, what do you think... If our Earth had not discovered steam and electricity, but discovered crystal energy, would it have moved from the Industrial Revolution to the Magic Revolution? And then we would have become what we are now?"
Turkey-flavored Guoba: "It's very likely! Materials have always been the driving force behind technological progress. Now that basic materials have become crystal energy, they will naturally drive another technology, which can be called crystal energy technology."
While they were chatting, Cheng Shaofeng and Zero had already gone to choose a location to build a new communication base station.
"There are enough materials to build two base stations. Place them in the darkest areas of the surrounding maps."
To the north is the Red City, which is right on the edge of the central base station of the Scourge Base. There is no need to release it for the time being. Before players break through the Red City, it is difficult to go north as most of the routes are blocked.
The southeast is the territory of the wanderers, but it is also the route from the Colossus City to this side. It is a must-pass place for Cheng Shaofeng himself and the players to move frequently, so a communication base station is placed here.
Another option is to place one in the southwest. In addition to the Void Spirits, there are vast unexplored areas there, and it can also cover the mutant creature area in the col. It kills two birds with one stone and is very cost-effective.
The two base stations were a huge project. The nano-engineers in Cheng Shaofeng's body replicated themselves into billions and quickly took action.
The energy of the Scourge Base is also slowly decreasing due to consumption in the transportation and construction of nanorobots.
"It will take a day to build... Let's summon a shadow guard again and go to Red City with the Peak Team to level up Cheng Dafu... We have a competition in a week."
Cheng Shaofeng has just upgraded several skills and must summon the Shadow Guard again to inherit them.
After some operations, the new shadow guard entered Cheng Dafu's body. Cheng Shaofeng himself lay weakly on the recliner and closed his eyes peacefully.
"Go, my shadow guard!"
... ...
Red City.
Six people from the Peak Team and 30 people from the Special Agent Team stood at the gate of the sewage treatment plant.
The thin dog looked around vigilantly, but there was no sign of the large group of coked people besieging him as before. Even though his feet were covered in mud, it did not attract the cleaning coked people.
"How did you do it? Cut off their power?"
Long Yi pointed at the new computer in his hand: "It's just some simple codes. I temporarily took over part of the city's self-defense mechanism to isolate the charred people from us. If you don't believe me, just listen..."
Bang!
He fired a shot into the sky, and the next second, Red City rioted!
The cameras on the surrounding streets were turned around to capture their figures, and countless strange sounds were heard from all directions.
"I found you!"
“We are one!”
Dong Dong Dong!
The sound of banging on doors came one after another, and the Jiaohua people were trapped behind countless doors.
Chila Chila~
There was also a harsh sound like nails scratching steel plates, which made everyone's ears uncomfortable.
The demon fox said: "How long can this defense hold up against them? Will it be broken suddenly? And then surround us?"
Long Yi: "No, I hacked into the city's defense control system and found some information... This city underwent intelligent war preparedness transformation before the end of the world. It was built by the country to deal with serious crises. It's like a... spare Noah's Ark city on earth.
The gates here are extremely strong. Not to mention being scratched through, even a missile... may not be able to blast them open with one shot. Of course, the most important thing is that these scorched people will not destroy the gates inside this base, because the chips in their brains are still connected to the main system, and there is a program in the chip that prohibits destroying the gates. "
Lin Tang listened with great interest: "Interesting... There is also a plot here to introduce some background stories of the apocalyptic wasteland. It's quite interesting. According to what you said... If you hack into the host, wouldn't you be able to control these charred people for our use? If these things can be controlled... Good guys! Let's just kill all the monsters around the base! Level up 10 times a day!"
Long Yi: "In theory... it's possible! But since this is a game, I don't think the game planners would leave such an obvious loophole for us to exploit. I guess there will be a program air wall at the last step, preventing me from entering the Red City console or something like that... In short, you know, if the plot is not enough, the system will make up for it. Don't ask, the question is about the setting."
Polar Bear: "Good fellow... You understand online literature. Games are actually quite similar to online literature. The core of both is leveling up and beating monsters."
Several people were walking and chatting on the streets of Hongcheng.
Long Yi added: "At present, I can only control a small part of the gate. In order to get the batch of computers, I planned a route to the warehouse, so this is the only way to go. Come with me."
The special forces team moved forward, and Xigou and the others followed.
Lao Ao thought for a while and suddenly said: "No..."
Thin Dog: "Hmm? What's wrong?"
Although Lao Ao usually speaks very little and is mostly a tool for the team, whenever he speaks, he conveys very important information.
Lao Ao pointed at the closed street and said, "Since the scorched people have been isolated and they can get to the warehouse to get things, why do they bring us along? Aren't they afraid that we will come to steal the resources? Or... there are too many resources for them to move and they give us some? It doesn't make sense."
"Hehe~ smart." Wei Long had sharp ears and said with a smile after hearing it.
"The reason why I invited you here is... Actually, there are two things that I need your help with."
"These controllable gates have locked us in a relatively outer area, which is roughly equivalent to the... suburbs of this city. It is the first place that outsiders will enter, so before us... many scavengers have already picked up everything, and most places are almost empty!
We have already moved all the resources that can be moved. In the current situation, if we want to change the elevation of the gate, it will inevitably lead to a fierce battle. At that time, we will need your fighting power to help us eliminate some of the scorched people who rushed in. "
"Another thing is... we found a hidden door in the computer room where we moved the computers, but we couldn't open it. Intuitively... I think there are some important props or clues inside that door."