"Phew~ This feeling... is so good!"
Pu Shenqi sat up from his small second bedroom of 300 square meters.
I twisted my neck and stretched my waist, and felt full of energy, as if I had had a long sleep.
Very comfortable.
"Playing this "End of the World Online" feels like time flies. I haven't even started playing much, but it's already 12 hours in. The main reason is that the open world map is so big that I have to run back and forth for several hours..."
I looked at the time, it was 6 o'clock in the morning.
"The time in the game is 1:1 with the real world time, except that the day and night are reversed. It's just getting dark over there, and it's just getting light over here... It's just right, it doesn't interfere with my daytime work."
"Wait a moment!"
Pu Shenqi suddenly realized something.
"If I can use playing games instead of sleeping... wouldn't that mean my life would be twice as long?"
"I'm doubly happy!"
"Apocalypse OL" can only be played for a maximum of 12 hours a day now. After dark, the NPC will drive you offline, saying that it is dangerous at night and the soldiers should rest.
Pu Shenqi went to the forum as usual to clear the replies and posted a few messages. Naturally, he praised how great the virtual reality game was, which attracted a lot of red eyes from players who failed to make reservations. It was originally a happy day... but now it’s even happier!
"Sure enough, happiness does not lie in how much I earn, but in... whether I earn more than others."
Happiness comes from contrast!
After opening the private message, Pu Shenqi found the Sentinel and asked about the monster spawning mechanism of this game.
The sentry was online and replied immediately.
"In Apocalypse Online, there is no setting for refreshing monsters. Each creature is unique, which means you will never kill two identical creatures."
Pu Shenqi was shocked.
"So... if we kill all the monsters, what should we do if new people come? How should they level up?"
Sentinel: "We will find a way later, don't worry about this."
Pu Shenqi asked again: "Okay, as long as you designers know the answer, by the way, I have another small question, why is there no warehouse in this game? The equipment we fight for is thrown everywhere, and new players can take it directly. It's not safe..."
Sentinel: "Don't worry, the game we made is logical, and we will definitely add warehouse functions to the game in a reasonable way in the future, so don't worry."
Pu Shenqi: "By the way, Brother Bing, can you extend my game time? You guys made that NPC so annoying that he kicked us off the line. If I wasn't intimidated by his power, I would have rapped for him at least."
Sentinel: "Ahem, this is mainly a requirement of the beta version of the game, to prevent people from having adverse reactions from using the helmet for too long. Also... I strongly suggest that you build a good relationship with the lord."
Pu Shenqi: "Oh! He is just an intelligent NPC, he knows nothing about this game. I am smiling on the surface, but I am really mad at him. How can he see through me? I am dying of laughter!"
Sentinel: "Haha~ Good luck to you then."
In addition to Xigou, Sentinel chatted with the other two players for a while, collected all the problems reported by the players, and included them in the development plan for the next version.
...
After quantum surfing for more than an hour, Cheng Shaofeng returned his attention to the base.
"There will be more and more players in the future, it's time to build a warehouse for them..."
It is his job as a designer to ensure that the rights of players are not infringed. Otherwise, it would be so annoying if players come back from a day of killing monsters and find that all the goods they stockpiled at home have been stolen...
The quality of the current players is relatively good, but it is hard to say what will happen to those who come later.
"So the question is... How do we build a warehouse system?"
In the games I have played before, there is always a warehouse NPC, or simply a large box placed in the safe zone. Then every time the player returns to the city, he will clean up the things, sell the useless ones to the store, and store the useful ones in the warehouse.
"Shops and warehouses should be built at the same time... Buy goods from players at a low price, and then sell them to other players at a high price, or sell them to merchants in Salt Well Town, or sell them to caravans in Colossus City. After a few operations, I became the richest person in the base."
Today I saw Xigou and the other two frantically hunting predators, storing biological raw materials, and opening blind loot boxes. Cheng Shaofeng was so envious!
Especially the thin dogs!
All the equipment that the three of them had fought for was given to him, which greatly improved his combat effectiveness. The most important thing is... he even dared to curse the lord behind his back!
"He must be assigned some special tasks tomorrow!"
After a little thought, Cheng Shaofeng had almost figured out what to do in the next few days.
"It worked! It's actually a dual-attribute weapon!"
Xiaoxiao shouted excitedly in front of the attribute transformation tower.
Cheng Shaofeng's hands trembled slightly: "Damn it! The player's equipment has been upgraded again?"
He used the base's authority to check the properties of the weapon that Xiaoxiao had just identified.
Piercing Radiant Stone Spear
Quality: High quality
Physical Damage: 13~25
Physical to puncture: 35%
Piercing damage: 5~8
Radiation Damage: 2~7
15% of physical damage converted to radiation damage
"My goodness, this weapon has three basic damages... physical, piercing, radiation, and conversion damage... Zero, what does this conversion damage mean?"
Zero: "Master, physical conversion to radiation damage means that when this weapon is used to attack, 15% of all physical damage will be converted into radiation damage. The same applies to piercing damage. If the enemy does not have the corresponding resistance, it is easy to cause higher damage. However, for the plunderer, the body's radiation resistance will be higher. Converting physical damage to radiation damage will most likely have a counterproductive effect."
"Oh, I see. The basic damage of this weapon is pretty good. The materials that Xigou and the others found are really useful."
When Cheng Shaofeng was checking the attributes of the weapon, Forgiveness Hat came back carrying a small sack.
A pile of fruits and mushrooms poured out from it.
"Look what I found? There are so many resources in the surrounding mountains. Just collecting them will be enough for us to eat."
Xiaoxiao was horrified when she saw all kinds of mushrooms that she didn't recognize.
“Brother Mao… are you sure we won’t die after eating this? We haven’t even finished the novice mission. I heard from Xigou and the others that if we die without making clones of ourselves, we may not be able to be resurrected!”
"Oh! I've been eating mushrooms for years. I can tell at a glance whether something is poisonous or not. If you don't believe me, just look..."
Wild toadstool
Contains highly toxic substances and may cause death
Maybe it's the material for making poison...
"Look, it's poisonous! Throw it away, I won't eat it!"
Cheng Shaofeng, who was standing beside him, called him an expert.
"So you can tell at a glance... that you were looking at my machine's display! You are amazing!"
However, the attribute transformation tower is really useful. I identified all the fruits and fungi picked by the Forgiveness Hat and found 13 edible ones and 10 poison materials.
Forgiveness Hat said to Xiaoxiao: "I looked around here and found a lot of resource collection areas. Come with me to collect resources and gain experience!"
"Gathering can also increase experience points? Wait... Let me look at my watch. Hey! I also gain experience points when I craft equipment! Crafting a weapon gives 8 points! I now have 16 experience points!"
“Sure, sure... I get very little experience points for collecting. I only get 1 point for every many I collect. I guess it’s because I collect a lot of useless things. I guess my experience points will increase faster once I become more familiar with them. It seems that the designers of this game have also taken into account the upgrade needs of casual players. It’s quite interesting.”
Xiaoxiao: "Well... Sentinel seems to be a nice person. He has no relatives or friends with me, but he gave me this precious internal beta test spot... I am so touched."
The two chatted for a while.
Forgive Hat trotted over to Cheng Shaofeng holding half a bag of poisonous mushrooms.
"My Lord, do you want this?"
Cheng Shaofeng: “?”
You thought I couldn't see your identification results
You want to poison me, right
OK!
The players are going to rebel!
Forgiveness Hat saw Cheng Shaofeng's confusion and explained immediately.
"My Lord, I was thinking... What if you are useful? For example, I could treat my competitors to a banquet, and then there would be no competitors. Anyway, I can just give them some money and get them back."
It is a consensus among players that useless things should be sold in stores.
Cheng Shaofeng also understood that the Forgiveness Hat was meant to be sold for money, not to poison him and become the lord himself.
He opened the bag and took a look...
"Huh? This is... Binghuogu?"
Cheng Shaofeng pinched out two red and blue mushrooms from inside, the kind that could kill people with just one look.
But Cheng Shaofeng's predecessor, as a scavenger, knew that although this thing was highly poisonous, after being processed in a special way... it was a top-notch medicine, so the caravan in Colossus City accepted it.
30 yuan each.
You can buy 25 kilograms of beans in Yanjing Town, which is enough food for an adult for 12 days.
In other words, Forgive Hat earned 50 kilograms of beans in one trip.
"Where did you pick this mushroom?"