"My Lord, this is bad! Go check it out! The new wanderers are causing trouble! Gather around me and demand an explanation."
Cheng Shaofeng was sleeping peacefully when he was woken up by Lao Tian.
"ah?"
Cheng Shaofeng frowned and sat up, trying to do two things at once, letting the shadow guard enter a low brain consumption state to make ammunition.
"I've taken these people in, but they dare to cause trouble? Do you really think my natural disaster base is the Leshan Giant Buddha?"
Uncle Tian: "..."
"Damn, this lord's vocabulary is quite trendy."
Cheng Shaofeng strode towards where the wanderers gathered.
More than 500 vagrants gathered together, making the scene a mess.
There were also quite a few extraordinary people mixed in there. Lan Fu and the other three were standing in front, trying to persuade them of something.
Cheng Shaofeng casually pulled a few players from the Scourge Base to follow him.
It's not about whether they have fighting ability or not, it's mainly for appearances. What lord wouldn't bring a few lackeys with him when he goes out, right
If a fight really breaks out... Cheng Shaofeng is not exaggerating, he has the hard power of level 29, and although he doesn't have much practical experience, he can handle this group of people... Even if Lan Fu, Ling You, and Ma Lishan are brought along, it is impossible for them to break through his defense!
Haha~ Is it absolute confidence in your own abilities
No!
It is the confidence in the 20,000-unit energy shield!
It is no exaggeration to say that according to the data given to him by Zero, even if he stood here and let these people fight together, they would not be able to break through the defense for days and nights.
It's so funny, I'm not afraid at all!
He was really pissed off, and the five energy-emitting columns in the base started firing directly, melting everything instantly!
I may be timid outside, but I strike hard in the base!
"Who wants to cause trouble? Stand up!"
Cheng Shaofeng gathered the energy in his dantian, shook his tiger body, and shouted loudly.
In an instant, the still chaotic wanderers fell silent.
Lan Fu stepped forward and explained: "Mr. Lord, there is nothing to worry about here. I will be able to handle it soon. You can rest assured..."
Before he finished speaking, a strong man stood up from below.
"No! We have to tell you! This matter must be made clear, and we can't just let it go. Everyone has come to you for help, so you must give an explanation! This matter cannot be delayed even for a day!"
Cheng Shaofeng frowned: "Lan Fu, this matter has nothing to do with you three. I want to hear what they are going to do. What's your name, this big muscle guy?"
Strong man: "Hu Sanpao!"
"Okay, come on, tell me what you want to hear."
Cheng Shaofeng has already made up his mind to use this person to establish his authority!
If a tiger doesn't show its power, people would think it only sleeps!
Once one is defeated, the others will not dare to make trouble anymore and will have to work hard in the Scourge Base.
Now that there are more players, they often go back and forth to Red City to collect corpses, so there is a shortage of people to work. Not to mention that Lao Tian’s base blueprint has only taken shape, and the natural disaster planting base will also need a large number of people to farm when spring comes.
These people must work honestly for me!
Hu Sanpao snorted.
"We have come to your base and have been here for a whole day. Why don't you give us any work? Hmm? If you don't give us any work, where can we find food in this freezing cold weather? Are we going to starve to death here?"
"We must be given work! We need to work! We need to earn food! We need to eat!"
Everyone below shouted in unison, as if they had rehearsed it in advance.
Cheng Shaofeng had been simmering in anger for a long time, and he yelled out, "How dare you bring up such an unreasonable thing... Wait, what did you just say?"
Hu Sanpao: "Give us work! Cutting wood, building houses, skinning, transporting, hunting, etc. It doesn't matter. We have to make a living by our own ability!"
Cheng Shaofeng heard it clearly this time.
Then... he asked with a strange look on his face: "You guys got together today because... you want to find a job?"
Hu Sanpao said as a matter of course: "What else? Are we going to eat your food for free? Although we wanderers don't have much property, we are very proud! We will never eat for free, quickly arrange work for us!"
Cheng Shaofeng was stunned for 3 seconds before uttering two words: "Awesome..."
He never expected that these people could not wait to work for him... But when he thought about it carefully, he roughly understood that the lowest temperature today had dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius, which was the kind that would freeze people to death if they didn't sleep by the fire for a night.
There were still some wild animals a few days ago, but today they have completely disappeared. The weather is gloomy and it will snow tomorrow.
In this horrible weather, these wanderers have lost the conditions to go out to find food and can only eat the food they had previously stored. If they don’t find food quickly, after they finish eating... they will have no choice but to wait for death.
The wanderers who have survived to this day are not stupid. They will not wait until the food is almost gone before looking for it. They have to store it in advance, preferably enough food to get through the winter.
If you come to the natural disaster base and don't do any work, you naturally won't get paid, and you will starve to death sooner or later.
Look, the next day, he couldn't wait to come to the lord to ask for work.
Cheng Shaofeng chatted with them briefly, and after thinking about it for a while he understood the whole cause and effect, and most of the anger in his heart had subsided.
"I see. OK, I'll have someone arrange a job for you."
The wanderers have grown more mature, and finding a job means they can survive.
Just give me something to eat.
Hu Sanpao raised his hand: "Wait a minute! I have another request!"
Cheng Shaofeng: "Oh? Go ahead."
Hu Sanpao raised his head proudly: "We also demand the protection of our workers' interests!"
Cheng Shaofeng frowned and said nothing, but he already understood in his heart.
'So you were waiting for me here... You wanted to gain more benefits by having more people, and you took advantage of me when I needed people to work. It's really... I have some ideas.'
'But no matter what they say, you have to work at least 8 hours a day, get 3 meals, and your daily wage cannot be higher than 5 iron coins. You can only rest once a week!'
'As long as I have no morals, no one can hold me morally hostage!'
'snort!'
Cheng Shaofeng had already made up his mind, but Hu Sanpao continued to yell loudly.
"We work for food, we cannot become slaves who sell our bodies! Therefore, we must be treated fairly!"
Cheng Shaofeng sneered, "Oh? What kind of treatment do you want?"
Hu Sanpao: "We had an agreement when we came here. We can only work 12 hours a day and eat two full meals. If we don't cook, we can just give you 1.5 kilograms of dried beans! We are not people you can exploit at will!"
"We can eat by our own ability and survive this winter, then we will leave and not cause any trouble to the lord."
"We wanderers are always free!"
Cheng Shaofeng opened his mouth wide, and for a moment he couldn't tell which side this Hu Sanpao was on.
Why does it feel like this guy is an undercover agent I sent over there
Just like those people on the Internet who defend Brother Kun, you never know whether he is a little black guy or... a little black guy who is hiding very deeply.
An older man among the wanderers saw that Cheng Shaofeng looked unhappy, so he immediately stood up and hit him down with a stick.
"That's enough! They kindly took us in and gave us a place to live. We should work. We won't get tired if we work more every day. We can treat it as training! It's okay to work 14 hours a day. It's winter now and food is hard to get. Fortunately, everyone has some savings. The lord can give us 1 pound of beans a day. We can eat our own food and dig some wild vegetables. We can survive this winter. Don't make things difficult for the lord. You see, the lord is unhappy!"
Cheng Shaofeng: “???”
Am I unhappy
How come I don’t know
I'm just surprised... you wanderers are so hardworking!
When Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, he should have transferred you there...
For Cheng Shaofeng, who has been working in a big city, any company that doesn't give two days off a week is a beast, and working overtime is like being a dog for the boss. I didn't expect... the people in this wasteland are so damn cheap.
If you give him a pound of beans every day, he will work himself to death.
'We can't let capitalists get involved in this game...'
After he finished speaking, the wanderers below were silent, staring nervously at the lord who looked intimidating without even getting angry, fearing that he would say no. With the lowest temperature at minus 20 degrees Celsius and heavy snow tonight, it would be really difficult to find a place to live now.
And... the Scourge Base is really warm.
In the design drawings that Lao Tian had made, a large number of residential areas had already been planned out to accommodate NPCs similar to Zhao Village who might be accommodated in the future. It was a bit simple, but at least it was habitable, and the mud lake was airtight.
And with a perpetual motion machine like the skeleton, there is no shortage of firewood. It is piled up in the material area and can be burned at will!
The most important thing is safety!
The virtual spirits simply cannot get through the energy emission columns, so you can sleep soundly at night.
Therefore, they were very satisfied with the new support that Ling You helped them find. If they could earn enough food, this winter would be the most comfortable one for them.
Cheng Shaofeng thought for a moment and asked, "What if I let you work 10 hours a day, provide you with 3 meals, and give you 3 kilograms of beans?"
Hu Sanpao's eyes widened: "Is it true, godfather?"
Cheng Shaofeng nodded.
Hu Sanpao knelt on one knee and said: "I, your adopted son, am willing to serve you at all costs!"
Many wanderers followed suit: "We are willing to serve our leader and father as hard as we can!"
Cheng Shaofeng: "I heard... that wanderers are always free?"
The old man laughed: "Children wandering outside also long for a warm home. Isn't it a coincidence that I feel very at home when I come to the natural disaster base. It's like going home! Don't you agree?"
The wanderers: "Yes, yes!"
"I was wondering why you slept so soundly, it turns out you found your home!"
"From today on, my last name will be Natural Disaster."
"Godfather, we are one family and we should not have different opinions."
Cheng Shaofeng's mouth twitched a few times, and he gave a thumbs up to this group of very discerning wanderers.
As expected of a social person, he is really shameless.
"OK, then it's settled. Each of you go to the store and get a watch from Wu Jie. From today on, you are a member of our base. Your future missions will be displayed on the watch. By the way... Wu Jie, distribute their food for today so they don't go hungry."
Wu Jie: "Okay, Brother Feng!"
The wanderers were directly moved!
What is the lord's demeanor
Lan Fu, Ling You and Ma Lishan looked at the group of people who called Cheng Shaofeng their foster father, especially Hu Sanpao, with very rich expressions on their faces.
Ma Lishan pondered for 10 seconds before saying, "Boss, Second Sister, look, our people... seem to have found a new backer."
Lan Fu pointed at one of the attractive female wanderers and said, "Tateyama, look, your girlfriend seems to be in love."
Ma Lishan: “???”
Ling You looked up at the sky: "I guessed the beginning, but I didn't expect this ending... From today on, there will only be three of us wanderers."
Lan Fu: "Yes, there are only three of us free souls left. They have all forgotten the true meaning of being a wanderer."
Ma Lishan: "That's right! He still recognizes someone as his father, disgusting! The kind of people we martial artists despise the most are people without backbone! Old Hu will never become a high-level martial artist in his lifetime!"
"Eh? It's time for dinner! It's time to eat the crystal meat meal that the Lord gave me. Eat, eat!"
Ling You: "Bird food... I won't say any more. I'm going to absorb the acid crystals given by the lord."
Blue Talisman: "Then I'll go to the pile of corpses next to the loot generator and absorb the power of death."
The three men held their heads high and left with the glory of wanderers.
Behind him, Atun, who had been eavesdropping, curled his lips.
"I see... sooner or later you will join my energy supply department."
"This blue talisman is stronger than me, so... it can contribute more energy in a day, right?"
There were quite a few local natives joining the base this time, so Cheng Shaofeng no longer adopted the previous extensive management style and directly set up a labor dispatch department.
Zhao Yan, the boss of Zhao Village, serves as the minister.
Mainly responsible for providing services to all soldiers in the Scourge Base.
Transport, farming, logging, moving bricks, cooking, fighting... and all other tasks that can be done by others.
Players will focus more on exploration and upgrading, and no longer do various low-end jobs.
Their remuneration is distributed uniformly by the Scourge Base, including meals. As for iron coins... it is distributed according to how much work they do every day.
Players can find the helpers they need through the labor dispatch department, and then take them away by paying a certain amount of iron coins.
Cheng Shaofeng is not planning to make much money from this, he just wants to make it more standardized so that everyone can play their role and players can find the people they need faster and more accurately.
There are quite a few extraordinary people among this group of wanderers. Even if they are not at the first level, they are very useful helpers. Moreover, they are all veterans of living in this area. They can help players survey the terrain, find prey, and fight, which is very useful.
"Soldier Long Yi! I have a mission for you to do. Cooperate with Lao Tian to build a mercenary hall in our base."
Long Yi had just consulted his friend about AI logic language when he was assigned a task by Cheng Shaofeng when he went online.
Received the task assigned by the lord: Build a mercenary hall
Requirements: There must be a large screen that can scroll information, can publish and accept tasks, and can display each person's number of completed tasks, areas of expertise, task success rate, evaluation and other information.
Mission Reward: Experience*2000, Merit*1000
Uncle Tian also received the task, but he only cooperated with Long Yi to complete this mercenary hall, and the reward was only half of Long Yi's.
However, Lao Tian still happily went to find Long Yi to start working.
After all, he was originally the person in charge of the construction of the base, and he gained a fixed amount of experience from Cheng Shaofeng every day. Although he is not as good as the average level of these old players now, he has reached level 10. This kind of task that gives 1,000 experience and 500 merits is still very powerful.
Long Yi wanted to refuse, but after looking at his experience, he put down the computer in Hongcheng.
"I'll be back at the base soon, Lao Tian, wait for me!"
Afterwards, he handed his computer to his assistant and said, "The lord's request is very simple. There is a large screen in the warehouse. I will go and debug it and make a simple software. You guys can do it first, and I will work on the AI logic when I come back."
Wei Long: "You can go ahead. This kind of mission is a must. Don't forget why we came to this game..."
Long nodded and left.
Fang Gang murmured: "I hope the staff's analysis is correct..."
The eyes of the others also moved slightly.
When they play the game, their special forces team has a logistics staff department. They were originally very weak, and more than half of them were new players. Now they have become the highest-level group among the new players.
It is because there is a staff department to make real-time strategies.
This Red City is the place they proposed as the best place to overtake others.
The result was just as they expected. The first batch obtained a large number of electronic components and raised the levels of several key combat players to level 10. Now they have become the first to control the pace of the Red City's advancement and naturally occupied the best leveling points.
Similarly, if you spend a day in Red City killing the Coked People, the Special Forces will gain the highest total experience and are also the safest.
The top teams all have to listen to their assignments, after all... Long Yi holds the power to open the door, and without him, no one can touch Red City. As soon as they come in, they are torn to pieces by tens of thousands of scorched people.
This is the gap in professional skills.
When the national team takes action, it is natural to make some big noise.
Not to mention that in addition to Hongcheng, they have also made plans in other directions.
After their games these days, the staff came to an interesting conclusion:
"We found that in the game "End of World Online", the 'Lord' is a very key character. Judging from his performance, he is either an advanced AI beyond our current technology, or... a real person!"
"We have already made many inferences to prove that the Lord is a real person. His behavior and language have many characteristics of Earth humans."
"So we make a bold guess! This 'lord' is most likely... an employee of this game company! Maybe even a game planner!"
"Of course, it is also possible that multiple planners are operating this account separately, which can also explain why the lord always sleeps so much every day. He found a bug and went offline to fix it, so he appeared to be sleeping."
"As for the Shadow Guard Lord... This may be a role that other staff members come to test the combat system. We also need to establish a good relationship with him and see if there is a chance to test it out. It would be best if we could contact someone in their company and express the goodwill of the country."
Therefore, they are also working hard to establish good relations with the lords.
Of course, in this regard... you have to consult the player who has the best relationship with the lord in the base.
Wei Long: "Master Yaohu, can I talk to you about the principles and applications of 'strategic flattery'?"