This Game is Too Real

   Chapter 194 The Incredible Slime Mold

   Planting area on the B3 floor.

   Last row of soilless planting units.

   Standing in front of a transparent window, Chu Guang touched his chin with his right hand, and his handsome face was full of surprises.

   "Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cabbage... I didn't expect so many good things to be hidden here."

  I originally planned to come and see the situation of the planting area, but after walking around the planting unit, I found a pleasant surprise here.

  I saw behind the transparent window, there was a box with only labels, which stored seeds of different varieties of crops.

   These seeds are soaked in a special solution and kept at extremely low temperature.

  Chu Guang counted it carefully and found that there were 12 pre-war crops stored in the freezer.

   No matter what kind of climatic environment the residents of the shelter are facing after the door of the shelter is opened, they can find at least one variety suitable for the current climate to sow.

   In addition, these seeds are all genetically modified varieties, generally similar to the beta-712 cotton seeds he had previously grown from the blind box.

   quietly followed the manager, looking at the interested expression on his face, Makabazi said excitedly.

   "Master Manager, I think we should make use of these idle facilities!"

  Chu Guang nodded and said.

   "You're right, I do have this plan."

   Hearing this sentence, Makabazi, who was standing beside him, looked expectant, but when the manager turned to leave, he did not wait for the expected sentence.

   blinked in confusion, he hurriedly lowered his head and glanced at VM.

Huh?

   Why didn't the mission trigger?

   Is it the wrong gesture to trigger the dialogue?

  …

   Soilless planting units in the planting area, sowing, watering, fertilizing and final harvesting can all be done through preset programs.

   In a sense, similar to the black box production method, the need for manpower and planting experience is extremely low.

  With such a high degree of automation, there is no need to leave it to the players to take care of it. Chu Guang intends to leave it to Xiaoqi to take care of it.

   Too much manual participation will drag down the efficiency of the facility.

   In terms of production ideas, Chuguang intends to focus on the breeding of staple food varieties with long growth cycles, supplemented by short-cycle crops such as pakchoi.

   When spring comes next year, the seeds of those staple crops will come in handy.

   "With 50 planting units, the theoretical planting area is only 50 mu...still a little less."

  Even if one acre of intensively cultivated land can support 5 people, the output of 50 acres is enough to feed 250 people, and it is not even enough to cover the new players of Alpha0.9 version.

   Every time he thinks of this, Chu Guang is puzzled for a while.

   "This is very unreasonable. The planting area of ​​the shelter cannot even feed the refugees on this floor. Do people here eat nutritional cream?"

   It's not so bad.

Or……

  Is there another secret?

   In any case, food is a big problem.

   In addition to food, his little players also need fur coats to withstand the cold. Although the blue jacket has the function of keeping warm, it is only for the general cold. This winter in Qingquan City, the lake has even shown signs of freezing, which obviously cannot be described as ordinary cold.

  Compared with the training cabin, supporting the materials needed by a player is a more urgent problem that needs to be solved at the moment.

   The more troublesome thing is that it will be December, and the winter has entered the high dynasty, so I am afraid that everyone's food is running out.

  Brown Farm can no longer squeeze out any oil and water, and there are no survivors' settlements with relatively high food production in the vicinity.

  The only thing you can count on is the greenhouse ruins.

   I hope bro Macabazi can give me a little bit of strength.

   It's been a while, and I don't know how his cornfields are doing.

   After leaving the planting area, Chu Guang turned a corner and came to the infirmary next door, intending to see what his newly recruited bioengineering expert was up to.

  Due to the frequent onlookers and harassment of the players, the door here seems to be locked by her.

  For Chu Guang, the doors from floors B1 to B3 were like decorations, but he politely rang the doorbell because of his high emotional intelligence.

   The doorbell rang.

   will open soon.

   Passing through the infirmary, Chu Guang went straight to the room inside.

   Judging from the equipment here and the layout of the room, it should be a medical laboratory.

   When he passed through the movable door, Heya, who was wearing a blue coat, was standing in front of an electron microscope, aiming her eyes at the observation port, and skillfully operating the buttons on the touch screen with her right hand.

   stood by and observed for a while, Chu Guang asked with great interest.

"This is?"

   The movement of her hands didn't stop, and Heya, whose eyes were glued to the goggles, said excitedly.

   "Mutant slime mold! Samples collected from the gnawing! Thanks to your wanjias... that's how you should read it? Anyway, please thank them for me!"

   It seems that she is completely familiar with the players' usage, although she is not yet fully used to their enthusiasm.

   Chu Guang is very pleased with this.

   If only all his NPCs had such a high level of savvy, then his micro-manipulation would be at least doubled.

   "I'll express my thanks for you. How's it going? See something?"

  Different from the refuge residents who have been living in the wasteland for a while, Hya has been staying in Vault 117 before. Although she has heard about the dangerous species that are active outside, she has never really come into contact with her.

   The manager of Vault 117 is a relatively conservative leader, and does not support taking samples from the wasteland to avoid the risk of unbalanced ecological environment in the Vault.

   And Chu Guang didn't have so many scruples. Vault 404 had already opened, and he didn't plan to completely seal the door again. It was not bad at all.

   Therefore, when he heard that Heya planned to list the alien species in the wasteland as the research object, he agreed immediately, and even gave her a budget of 2,000 silver coins.

   Even if you can learn more about the weaknesses of the aliens, the money is definitely worth it.

"More than what I saw, these samples simply subverted my first impression of them! At first I thought that these mutant slime molds had a parasitic relationship with the xenogeneic species you call gnawing and crawler, but then I found out Not at all."

   Hearing this sentence, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.

   This is completely different from the rumors he learned.

"……Is not it?"

   Heya, who was staring at the microscope, said without hesitation.

"Of course not! Eaters, creepers, and martyrs... According to the samples that have been collected so far, these creatures that you call slime molds are actually the fruiting bodies of mutant slime molds. Not another species!"

   Hearing words that he didn't understand at all, Chu Guang was stunned and asked.

   "A fruit body? What is that?"

"A spore-forming structure! You may not know about slime molds. They have very special habits, sometimes crawling around the ground like an amoeba, sometimes standing up like a mushroom and releasing spores. And The habit of these mutant slime molds is even more peculiar, the fruiting bodies they form are different from other slime molds, and in morphology and behavior, they are actually highly similar to higher animals with complex body structures and highly differentiated organ functions!"

   That pretty face is full of scientific frenzy.

   Even if the microscope eyepiece blocked her eyes, Chu Guang could clearly feel that her body exuded a completely different temperament than usual.

  Chu Guang said cautiously.

   "Can you elaborate? I mean, try to use the language that a layman can understand."

"In layman's terms, these slime molds show the same sociality as ants and bees! They have a clear division of labor, some form the toes, some form the head, some actively necrotic and harden, and the other The formation of nerve tissue, and the muscles that move the limbs! It's like a unified consciousness that determines the selective expression of each gene in the slime mold cells."

   Eyes moved away from the microscope eyepiece, and Heya looked at Chu Guang with an excited expression.

"Haven't you noticed! The gnawers are completely re-engraved in the mold of humans, and the creepers are like a combination of some kind of quadruped and a human. Not only do they imitate the appearance of other creatures, but also Mimicking the hunting habits of those creatures!"

"The martyrdom is rather strange. It seems to contain the characteristics of a variety of creatures and some plants. It simulates explosives in the way of attack, and uses self-sacrifice to help the same kind to capture prey... This is simply incredible! These slime molds are really Is it a creature on this planet?"

   Looking at Heya who was babbling non-stop, Chu Guang's face was full of weird expressions.

   He originally planned to let her part-time help take care of the crops next door. Anyway, those soilless planting units are highly automated, and only need to take a look at them occasionally.

  I didn't expect that I would hear something incredible from her.

   "You mean... the slime mold xenomorphs of the gnawing, creeping, and sacrificial blasters are all fruiting bodies of mutant slime molds? Are they used to release spores?"

  Chu Guang pressed his forefinger against his temple, and after trying to understand, his brows furrowed, "That's not right, I heard that they are produced by a mother's nest."

   "The mother's nest? What is that!"

  Heya grabbed Chu Guang's arm and said with bright eyes, "Can I get a sample? By the way, you taught me that you can use VM..."

   Halfway through speaking, Heya seemed to remember something, let go of the hand that grabbed Chu Guang's arm, and raised the VM to prepare to "place an order".

  Chu Guang was taken aback by her action and quickly stopped her.

   "Don't get excited first, the mother nest is not something that the current players can solve. You are letting them die."

   Good guy.

   Is this using VM as a wishing machine? !

   Even if his little player is easy to use, it is not so useful!

  Heya, who was stopped, was a little dazed, and the movements of her hands stopped.

   "That brood...isn't it hard to deal with?"

   "It's no longer a difficult problem, but simply impossible to deal with."

  Although according to his own standards, this kind of task could not pass the trial at Xiaoqi, but Chu Guang felt that he still had to let this old popsicle who lacked common sense in the wasteland understand what the world had become.

   Looking at Heya who was stunned, Chu Guang paused for a moment, and told her the information he had summarized under the relevant entries in the official website setting collection.

   This includes Luo Hua's experiences during his travels, including the "waves" that break out in Qingquan City every once in a while.

   After listening to these amazing things, Heya finally had a general understanding of the dangers of the mother nest.

  This thing is extremely dangerous!

   is like a natural disaster.

   Even an old-fashioned local survivor force with certain industrial capabilities such as Boulder City will find it difficult to face the waves raised by the Brood.

   As for collecting samples from the brood, it is almost impossible under the current conditions of the shelter.

   "Sorry, I didn't know... This turned out to be such a dangerous thing." A shameful expression appeared on Heya's face.

  Chu Guang shook his head and said.

"It's alright, I was surprised when I first heard about the hive. Research on xenogeneic species can be done step by step, and when we have the ability to solve the trouble in the city center, I guarantee you will get the sample you want. ."

   Although this condition is not yet met, Chu Guang has no doubt in his heart that he and his little players will one day completely eradicate the troubles in the city center.

   Anyway, I got some interesting information from Heya.

  Chu Guang intends to selectively update this information in the official website settings set for his little players as a reference.

  …

   End of a busy day.

  The little players carrying javelins, spears, and axes drilled out from the depths of the tunnel on the B3 floor without any thought.

   In one day, they successfully pushed the front line 500 meters south and north at the same time, killing nearly 2,000 predators! Hundreds of martyrs, and nearly twenty creepers!

The number of alien species in the    tunnel is larger than expected, especially in the direction of the north, the swarms of gnaws have even formed a wave of corpses!

   However, the experienced little players are very smart, placing wooden barricades along the way to block the advance speed of the predators and lengthen the team of the predators.

   Once the density cannot be formed, the gnawers are not so scary.

   To deal with this kind of alien species that has a single attack method and needs to rely on numbers to win, as long as they are not surrounded by them, even professional players who are not good at fighting can easily solve it.

   Not to mention those high-level players in the tunnel whose average level is above LV6!

  In the shelter, there was already a long queue at the bathroom door on the B2 and B3 floors, and the chattering sounds made a lot of noise.

   "Hey! Take a shower ahead faster!"

   "That's it! Play a yo-yo! It's been ten minutes!"

   "!!! Are you all dogs? You don't need to take a bath for ten minutes?!"

   "It is strongly recommended to raise the water price!"

   "Don't raise it, if you raise it again, Boss Crow won't be able to take a shower!"

   "Go away!"

  Yin Fang, who was carrying a bucket, planned to wash up before eating, but was frightened by this battle, so he didn't even dare to eat, so he hid in his makeshift laboratory.

   The same goes for the door of the laundry room.

  Especially the little players who came out of the tunnel, one by two, like they were in a coal mine, and their bodies were covered with more ash than blood!

   was finally squeezed out of the crowd.

   Ye Shi, who was going to go back to the room to get off the assembly line, happened to see Brother Mosquito. Seeing this guy's disgraced appearance, he went up to say hello with a hippie smile.

   "Yo! Brother Mosquito, are you in the mood to write down today?"

   "What book, I got it to test new equipment."

   "Fried again?"

   Hearing this joking joke, Mosquito couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"What do you mean by bombing again! Can it still be called a weapon if you don't bomb it? In short, the results of today's test are not bad, but there is a small problem with the ratio of the propellant. I have to make the launch tube longer."

   After a pause, Mosquito looked at Ye Shi and continued.

   "Stop talking shit, by the way, have you seen that stupid lizard? Why didn't you see that guy squatting in the corner doing push-ups today."

   As soon as he mentioned that lizard, Ye Shi immediately became happy.

   "You mean that guy? Hahaha, he went crazy in the tunnel at the exit of the B3 floor! I guess it's not enough for now."

  Recall that in the first few versions, the trash brother was called a bang, and he was able to act at night in the full server, drink blood, and tear different species with his hands, which all players envied.

  However, who would have thought that in less than a month, winter will come, and the cold-blooded **** brother is directly frozen underground, and he can't even get out of the gate of the refuge.

   is really a generational version of a god, only seeing the new people laugh, but not hearing the old people cry.

   Mosquito smacked its tongue.

   "I feel sorry for the trash brother, this guy has at least three versions of OB, right?"

   Ye Shi also sighed with emotion.

   "Be confident and remove the word 'ba'!"

  The night of the wasteland gradually darkened, and the real morning sun had already risen.

   Every time a player goes offline during the peak period, the traffic of the official website forum of "Wasteland OL" will usher in a wave of small highs.

  Chu Guang briefly browsed the forum.

   found that the players were quite enthusiastic about the new version he released.

  In less than 72 hours, more than 100 guides have been born.

  《Self-cultivation of a monster hunter! Single brush crack claw crab strategy! 》

   The Scavenger's Handbook! The landlord vomited blood summed up, 20 cost-effective recycling materials! Just ask for a like! 》

  《The Son of Version is born! The power department scavengers tell you what it means to make a miracle with great strength! Start with two hands, all equipment is picked up! 》

  《Strategy for the entrance and exit tunnels on the B3 floor of Vault 404! The perpetual motion of the four constitution system will take you out of the sky! Brush until the monster is extinct! 》

  《…》

  Chu Guang briefly read a few articles, and couldn't help but admire the wisdom and brains of these little players.

   What is a human quality player?

  The average level in the Wasteland OL test server!

   The people who wrote the strategy are very enthusiastic, and the enthusiasm of the players who watch the lively, cloud players, and sand sculpture netizens is not small.

   Among the more than 100 guides, 20% of them have over 10,000 likes and over 1,000 replies!

   In terms of BBS standards, this figure is quite exaggerated.

   However, what interests Chu Guang the most is not those guide posts, but a few high-profile posts in the discussion area.

  WC really has mosquitoes: "MMP! The power of the twelve-barreled rocket is enough, but the chamber speed is still a bit low! The high-speed target can't be hit at all! But it's surprisingly good for ground targets?"

  Old Bai: "How much?"

  WC really has mosquitoes: "80 silver!"

  Ye Ten: "Tsk, you sell iron fists that are more expensive than the NPC store, why don't I buy one for them, even a cracked claw crab can be blown up with one shot. (funny

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Hey! This is already the cost price!"

   Fang Chang: "Brother, think of a way to reduce costs, or it will always be a dream to use these two words. By the way, the number of players has increased, and it is time to expand the scale of production."

  WC really has mosquitoes: "My head hurts! I'll think of a way!"

Old Bai: "If you want me to say don't bother to adjust any anti-aircraft rocket launchers, let alone guidance, you don't even have a close-range fuze, you can defend against a ball. Why don't you get the SPG-9 recoilless gun out, the anti-aircraft effect will be ineffective. It's more reliable than your jab. (Squint

  Ye Ten: "+1, give me an elevation angle, I can even use the tank main gun to get off the plane. (funny

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Fuck you! It's a battlefield!"

  Chu Guang actually doesn't quite understand the violent aesthetics in Mosquito's heart.

   This guy is actually very capable. He is at least half of the credit for the outpost being able to get out chemical products and explosives such as nitrocellulose and TNT so quickly.

However……

   The weapons created by this guy always have a strange style of painting, and there are only a handful of them that are highly practical.

  Although this may not be a bad thing, Chu Guang felt that if he wanted to fill the gap in the outpost's air defense weapons, he was 80% hopeless.

   In another post that is slightly less popular than Brother Mosquito, [Yar I want to go to the toilet] and [Ward beriberi who Levin] are having technical exchanges with some cloud players who are specially punished.

Brother Toilet Suo: "It's still a bit difficult to imitate the 88 gun. Although the design drawings and videos can be found, and the parts can be cut out with the black technology of the shelter, many problems still cannot be solved. Especially the gun barrel, I want to To increase the muzzle velocity of the shell, we must increase the charge, so that the barrel can withstand greater bore pressure!"

  Brother Levin: "That's right, and it's too expensive to develop new equipment! 500 silver coins are not even enough for the research and development cost, at least 0 must be added!"

   High R&D expenses are indeed a problem.

   Chu Guang, who was staring at the computer screen, thought for a moment, then cut to the desktop and opened the budget form.

   "For the R&D of large-scale equipment with high production threshold and high expenditure, it is not suitable for players to bear the R&D cost completely."

  Chu Guang thought about it, and had an idea in his heart.

   He intends to set up a special fund to support the research and development of new equipment. As long as it passes the review, it can get financial support.

   As for the anti-aircraft weapons project at Steel Plant No. 81…

  Chu Guang thought for a moment and made a decision.

   "The budget of 5,000 silver coins seems too deliberate, so I changed it to... 5,500 silver coins. If the follow-up is not enough, it can be increased."

   "The original task remains unchanged, and the new task is reissued in the form of an 'exclusive order'."

   As for the mosquitoes...

   Let him think about it for a while.

  If Brother Mosquito can come up with a reliable design plan, Chu Guang will of course support him with a research and development budget.

   But so far, Chu Guang has not yet understood what he is planning to do...

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   (On the Xth day of resuming Riwan, I feel that my work and rest are a bit confusing. I will adjust it. Sorry, there is only one update today. However, this chapter also has 6K, which is equivalent to 3K in two chapters? It should not be considered degradation.)

   (end of this chapter)