This Game is Too Real

   Chapter 337 The dog is planning to cut leeks again!

   "...We met the people from Vault 404."

   In the center of a pure white room, Horn's face was full of piety.

"Oh?"

   As if floating from somewhere, a gentle voice rang in his ears.

   "What kind of people are they?"

   Horn replied respectfully.

   "It's a group of... very special people. My experience can't help me make a more specific judgment. They made an invitation, and I want to send a few people to see them."

   "This idea is very good. You need to keep in touch with other survivors. Has the candidate been decided?"

   There was a hint of approval in that voice.

   The old face couldn't help showing a hint of joy, and Horn continued respectfully.

   "Not yet, but we're going to choose one student and two engineers over there."

   The voice that I remembered in the dark seemed to be lost in thought.

   About two or three minutes passed, it continued.

   "Let Pai go."

   Horn was a little surprised by the teacher's words, but didn't say anything.

   "I would like to listen to your teachings."

  The old man said respectfully, and after a pause, he continued to speak his mind.

   "The capital of the new alliance is more than 100 kilometers away from us. For safety reasons, I would like to apply for a bodyguard."

   "Approved, the door will open at 6 o'clock tomorrow." The voice in the dark replied quickly.

  Horn nodded slightly.

"grateful."

   "You're welcome, go get ready," the voice continued, "I also have to choose a suitable gift for our neighbor."

  Communication is over.

   After the voice left, Horn slowly raised his hands, groped for a while near his temples with his index fingers, and took off the VR glasses on his head.

   Pure white light faded from the surroundings.

   At this moment, he is standing in the management center of the camp.

   The gates of the sanctuary do not open easily.

   Usually there are important things that need to be discussed, he is sitting in the office like this, using VR equipment to communicate with managers.

   After pondering for a moment, Horn reached out and clicked on the touch screen of the desktop.

   Looking at the communication connection icon, he opened his mouth slowly.

   "Let Ai Wen come to the management center."

   "I have something important to discuss with him."

  …

   "Wasteland OL" official website.

   The settlement of the "Knife Out of Sheath" expansion is in full swing.

  This battle has been fought for two months, and almost all players have gained a lot, and they have accumulated a lot of points and are waiting to spend.

   Before the settlement has started, many people have posted screenshots on the official website to show off their points balance.

  Bing and Huozi: "Fuck, 100,000 points?!"

   I'm fighting with you: "Have you opened something?!"

  Luoyu: "Envy? I exchanged my life for it. (Proud

  100,000 points is not the most exaggerated, a fat mouse even scored 120,000 points.

   The most eye-catching is probably the Burning Corps, with an average score of nearly 80,000.

   And even the third-line corps such as the Silver Corps, which has no sense of existence, have an average score of more than 30,000.

   It can only be said that the Corps system is worthy of being the father of the version. If individual players want to get a high score, they can only find a different way to "hard to come by".

   But in the Corps system, basically as long as there is a big brother in the regiment, as long as the rest of the people don’t lie too much and are kicked out of the regiment for not obeying the command, the income will basically not be bad.

Although    points cannot be exchanged for silver coins, tasks with points will generally reward silver coins or contributions.

   It can be seen how much "war money" they sent!

  Don't talk shit: "This time the average points might reach 20,000."

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Be confident, I think at least 40,000. (Proud

  The fleeing mole rat in the canyon: "Suddenly panicked..."

  Makabazi: "What are you panicking about? Isn't it good to have too many points?"

   Canyon Fleeing Mole: "It's not... You can't just look at the surface. More points means more people in the lottery. According to the design of the lottery system in this game, it is not the explosion rate that is fixed, but the prizes in the reward pool..."

  Stop babbling: "Stop, stop, can you speak human words?"

   Canyon Fleeing Mole Rat: "As the saying goes, the reward pool may be diluted."

   Construction site teenager and Brick: "What the hell?!"

   Debt and big eyes: "Isn't that a dog?!"

   Fang Chang: "You look surprised, as if it was the first day you played this game. (Squint smile

   Just when the players were talking, Ah Guang's ID suddenly appeared on the forum.

  Seeing the ID of the dog plan, not only the players raised their spirits, but the cloud players, the spies of various companies from various countries, and the sand sculpture netizens also sat up straight.

   "Hello everyone, I'm your dearest planner, Aguang. First of all, please allow me to represent all developers and wish everyone a Happy Children's Day!"

"In order to celebrate the festival and make our programmers no longer anxious, our siege lion designed an automatic banana feeding machine... But unfortunately, the company's 5th battery is out of stock, there is no supermarket here, we You can only solve the problem yourself.”

"Fortunately, our siege lion is reliable enough. Not only did we successfully make a battery, but we also solved some interesting problems along the way. Hint: it is a layer of film. Everyone unanimously decided that it would be a pity not to use it to make some money to buy snacks. so we decided to sell it to the highest bidder!"

   "That's it, the auction will start three days later, the starting price - 1 million silver coins!"

"Closer to the subject, with the arrival of June, the "Wasteland OL" beta test server is about to enter the hot summer, rainfall will be more frequent, urban areas and forests will be more dangerous, crawling and arthropods will usher in a strong period... There should be no players yet Explore the southern hemisphere, so there's nothing wrong with that sentence."

   "In addition, I would like to thank everyone for their continued support. The expansion has ended successfully, and we have obtained valuable experimental data! Thanks to these data, we have made a big step forward from the public beta!"

   "The boss said we won, I believe it's not just us, but everyone too! Are you excited to see the string of 0s in your account? Are you happy? Haha, I'm as happy as you are!"

   "In order to give back to everyone's continued support, we have prepared generous prizes! From now on, the point draw and achievement exchange activities are officially launched!"

   "Celebrate, let's celebrate this victory!"

At the same time when the    post was posted, the official website unlocked the lottery system, and the forum was instantly revelry.

   100 points are drawn once, 10,000 points are 100 consecutive draws!

  Although this game is very stingy, there is no setting of 100 consecutive draws and 20 draws, but everyone has saved an average of 40,000 points, and it is cool enough to finish one draw!

   Just when the players were busy scratching the prizes and the cloud players were happily eating melons, the intelligence systems of various countries were not idle.

   Ah Guang, who hadn't posted a post for more than two months, re-entered their field of vision.

   For them who have been busy for months and have not made any progress, there is nothing more exciting than this!

   "The AA battery is out of stock... An organization with mature quantum computer technology will be short of the AA battery?"

   "This is not nonsense!"

   "What hidden clues should be hidden here... What is that Aguang suggesting to us?"

   "Lock all areas within a 5km radius without supermarkets!"

   "Is it global? That's too much..."

   somewhere.

   Hearing the discussions of his colleagues, the man with the national character sighed and closed the notebook in his hand.

   "Is there a possibility... this person is talking nonsense?"

   Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

  The man in the police uniform came to his senses first and tapped his index finger on the table.

   "This possibility is not ruled out!"

  There is not enough evidence, any possibility exists.

   There are various indications that the man whose existence was erased does not seem to realize that he was kidnapped by an extraterrestrial civilization, or that he is aware but does not care, and has completely accepted this new job.

   At this time, the old man sitting at the table suddenly said.

   "What do you think that membrane will be?"

The man with the    Chinese character face was slightly stunned.

   "Membrane...?"

  The old man nodded.

   "Didn't they say they solved some interesting problems?"

   said, he looked at the others in the room and continued to ask.

   "Do we have battery experts here?"

   Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

   The man in the green shirt frowned.

   "Battery... Our unit's batteries are all purchased from cooperative units. I don't know much about this part."

   At this moment, the consultant from the chemical industry suddenly said.

   "Could he be talking about SEl film?"

   The man with the Chinese character face asked immediately.

"what is that?"

   The advisor said.

"It's not uncommon... In short, it is the solid electrolyte phase interface, which is equivalent to a passivation layer covering the surface of the electrode material, with a thickness of about 100 nanometers. Taking lithium batteries as an example, a good SEI The membrane prevents the co-intercalation of solvent molecules, allowing lithium ions to pass through and intercalate smoothly, thereby inhibiting the formation of lithium dendrites."

   The old man sitting beside the conference table said blankly.

   "Lithium...what?"

   He was a little bit incomprehensible.

   seems to have expected this reaction, the consultant sighed and continued.

"Simply put, it is a technical difficulty faced by lithium batteries. The tree-like metal lithium formed when lithium ions are reduced will continuously consume the electrolyte during the charging and discharging process, and cause the irreversible deposition of metal lithium, thereby forming' Dead lithium', reducing the Coulombic efficiency...and may even lead to safety hazards when the positive and negative electrodes are connected."

  The Moli company in the 1980s went bankrupt and was finally acquired by the then electrical giant NEC. However, it has not yet been able to overcome the technical difficulties of metal lithium anode batteries.

  The current mainstream method in the industry is to use carbon-based materials as electrodes, sacrificing battery capacity to ensure safety.

  Although the energy density of lithium anode materials is attractive, no one wants to carry a bomb on their body or a rocket under their butt.

  The old man was still pondering, the man with the national character face probably understood it, and nodded thoughtfully.

   "I probably understand what you mean... By solving the problem of what membrane, can the energy density of the battery be improved?"

   A wry smile appeared on the consultant's face.

"You can understand it like this... But I still have to emphasize that lithium dendrites are only a technical difficulty in the study of lithium battery problems, and artificial SEI film is only one of the solutions to the problem of lithium dendrites proposed by the academic community. kind."

   "As for whether it is useful or not, how to use it... These are all controversial. One of the current mainstream research directions is building houses and the other is building walls. Maybe both are right, maybe not."

   A colleague sitting on the side asked curiously, "What do you mean by neither?"

  The consultant answered succinctly.

   "It means that not all questions have answers."

  The old man suddenly said.

   "How much can this film ... increase the energy density of the battery?"

  The consultant took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued.

"...Look at what battery is compared with, according to the development plan of power battery in our white paper, the goal in 2025 is to reach 400Wh/kg, and the goal in 2030 is 500Wh/kg. I don't know much about batteries, but this data It should be based on the opinions of experts in academia and industry.”

   "If the graphite negative electrode of the lithium battery can be replaced with pure lithium, the theoretical energy density should be an order of magnitude higher."

   "An order of magnitude?!" A surprised expression appeared on the face of the man in the police uniform.

   It wasn't just him, everyone in the conference room had surprised expressions on their faces.

   Just listening to the numbers doesn't feel good.

   But once they had a point of reference for comparison, they immediately understood the value of the technology.

   the consultant continued.

   "It looks like a thousand or two thousand, which is an order of magnitude higher. As for the specific amount... You should go to the industry and find an expert to ask. It is more reliable."

  The man in the green shirt suddenly stood up.

   "I have a call with the unit."

   The old man sitting at the conference table nodded with a serious expression.

   "Go."

   At the same time, a similar scene was also being staged all over the world in the real world.

   This "Developer Diary", which is less than a thousand words, has been repeatedly studied by the intelligence agencies of major organizations no less than 1,000 times, even punctuation.

   In the end, most of the intelligence agencies came to the same guess - this may be the enlightenment signal released by the extraterrestrial civilization.

   As we all know, one of the three pillars of modern technology is energy.

   If this mysterious website really comes up with technology far beyond the current era, it will undoubtedly provide favorable evidence for the conjecture of "Third Contact".

   After all, any technology is inseparable from the support of the scientific research system, and cannot emerge out of thin air.

   While the players were busy scratching the prizes, the silver coin consignment platform was quietly lively.

  Although I don’t know what the official website of “Wasteland Online” is going to auction in three days, it is always right to prepare in advance.

   "Foreign Exchange", you can't wait until you need to use it to find a way.

   The daily trading volume on the platform is only so much. This is not a buyer's market or a seller's market, but there are simply not so many silver coins in the pool to buy.

   Players need silver coins to update equipment, eat, sleep and even take a bath.

Yes.

  According to the information they collected on the official website, this broken game even costs money to take a shower.

   "Shet... Do these lucky people know what they're doing?"

   Staring at the string of numbers on the computer screen, Fick, who held his arms, couldn't help but cursed enviously.

   Just half an hour ago, their project team received a batch of funds.

  Although the money is not in their pockets, it’s okay to improve their work environment and life “within reason”.

   The money comes partly from grants from official agencies.

   But more of it comes from giants who are aligned with official institutions.

   After all, the government itself does not produce anything, and it is useless to get the technology. In the end, it has to be handed over to enterprises or individuals, so that they can register patents, expand production, form monopoly, and grab other people's cakes.

   This is also the rules of the game in the real world.

   "They better never know!"

   "Indeed, truth is such a thing, of course, the fewer people know about it, the better... Where should we go to get such cheap silver coins?" The intelligence officer standing aside laughed and teased.

   The colleague on the side clenched his fists, staring at the computer screen and cheering.

   "Hurry up and buy it! Damn it, why can't this transaction volume go up? Don't you sell it for 8 dollars a silver coin?!"

   The trader sitting in front of the computer looked solemn and analyzed.

"I'm afraid it's not a matter of price... The proportion of players holding U.S. dollar and cryptocurrency accounts is too small! There are certain thresholds for foreign exchange transactions, and many people are afraid of trouble, so they simply screen out the currencies that are not commonly used. ."

   "More than that, some intensive small orders are obviously not like player behavior... more like speculators who are not directly involved in the game."

   "In other words, we didn't get those big orders over 1,000 silver coins at all!"

  The silver coin trading platform is not only for players to participate in, cloud players can not only trade, but also indirectly participate in the investment in the game through the agreement to hold on behalf of.

   When the silver coin trading platform first came out, many people hoarded a bunch of silver coins.

   Now suddenly there is a large amount of receipts, and these retail investors who are confused about the situation immediately cashed out and left the market.

   Thanks to the cheap chips contributed by these guys.

  The real auction will be three days later, the further back you go, the more intense the competition, and the price of silver coins will probably be more exaggerated...

   The intelligence officer standing next to him said solemnly.

   "We still have to find a way to create an RMB account with clean sources of funds!"

  Damn, why is it so troublesome? !

   Fick couldn't help kicking the table.

   "Fake!"

  …

   One thing, Fick's colleagues did guess right.

   The accounts currently sold on the silver coin trading platform are indeed mostly cloud players.

   As for why players did not participate, it was not entirely due to account issues.

   In the final analysis, everyone was so busy scratching the prize at the moment that they didn’t even notice that piece.

  A lot of big points players directly drew 10 100s in a row, and the computer screen was full of golden lights.

  Each prize has a corresponding card.

   Even if you skip the drawing animation and look at each prize, it will take a lot of time.

   Not to mention the screenshots of the big prizes to show off on the forum, or the **** to be scolded and planned in small groups.

  Packaging and testing player communication section.

  Many people have already posted screenshots and started to share the joy of winning the lottery with everyone.

   "Wait, what the **** is the arms spree? Who of you got it?"

   "Introduction says that it is weapons and supplies of varying amounts, which can be traded with other NPC forces, sold to Mengxin or used by themselves... Is this actually a trophy?"

   "I understand the truth, but why do you have to draw again after drawing a prize once?"

   "I also drew... a Ripper?"

   "What kind of Russian nesting doll is this!"

   "Hahaha, I got ten draws!"

   "Brilliant!!"

The    Ripper Rifle is the standard weapon of the regiment's cannon fodder. It is characterized by a long and hard barrel, and the total length of the bayonet is nearly two meters.

   This thing also has a name on the forum, called Salted Fish Thorn.

  This equipment basically has no other advantages besides saving bullets and not getting stuck.

   Really fighting bayonets in the trenches, but it is the LD-47, a relatively compact assault rifle, that is more handy, and long weapons may not be easy to use.

   However, due to the sufficient quantity, the bullets of the Ripper Rifle are far easier to find than the "black swan" of the enterprise, so this weapon is very popular in many survivors' gathering places.

  After all, automatic rifles, not all survivor settlements can be installed on a large scale.

   Although these arms can't be sold at any price in the new alliance, if you drag them to the survivor settlements far away to sell, and then drag the local specialties back to the new alliance, you should be able to make a lot of money.

   Overall, this "arms spree" is much better than the consolation prize.

   Of course, the new trick planned by the dog is just an appetizer. What players really care about is the first prize in the reward pool.

  Although not everyone has the opportunity to become the emperor of Europe, it is good to have a breath of Europe.

   It's a closed beta test.

   is mainly for testing, and it is normal to have less equipment.

   Waiting for the public beta, everyone will be able to play sooner or later!

   Under the attention of all the people, the first European emperor of this expansion lottery event was finally born.

Commander    Spring Water: "Fuck! Destroyer I-type exoskeleton! There is a 120mm caliber mortar behind it...Fuck?! This equipment exploded!"

   Probably overwhelmed by excitement, Brother Quan Shui forgot to keep a low profile this time.

   I just kept pretending, I also posted screenshots and acceptance speeches, and shared with everyone the joy of becoming the Emperor of Europe.

However……

   Everyone was not happy.

   The post exploded instantly.

  The edge of the water: "Fuck! Why is it you again!"

  The fleeing mole in the canyon: "The European Emperor of the dog! Go to hell!"

  Quit Smoking: "Shadow! It must be shady!"

  Quan Shui Commander: "A shady hammer! I have 120,000 points, why can't I win the draw! 1200 draws, brother!"

   However, this statement is obviously not convincing.

   Salted fish don't care so much.

  Baiyin's father: "I vomited, this old Gou coin can be worth 120,000 points, why the **** am I only 30,000?"

Level 99 in picking up trash: "Woohoo, it's not reasonable, begging to plan a big cut!"

   Pharaoh next door: "Support! Raise your hands to support!"

  Commander Quan Shui panicked and quickly deleted the post, but it was too late.

   Screenshots of equipment are uploaded everywhere on the official website.

  According to the information shown in the screenshot, the Destroyer Type I exoskeleton is larger than the Type 6 "heavy cavalry" exoskeleton, almost catching up with the power armor.

   Unlike the Type Six exoskeleton, the armor of the Destroyer I type does not focus on the protection of light weapons, but on the protection of explosive fragments and shock waves.

   Specifically, the inside of the exoskeleton's armor is filled with a thick layer of buffer material, so it looks rather bloated.

The 120mm mortar behind the    needs to be on the ground with both hands like a run-up when deployed, and cannot move.

  Because it is equipped with an automatic reloading system, in theory, as long as there are enough artillery shells, only one can be deployed to project a large amount of firepower to the target area in a short period of time.

   is equivalent to an "all-terrain" self-propelled mortar that can drive into small alleys.

   is a street fighting artifact!

   However, due to the bulkiness of the equipment, the bulky chemical energy battery, and the external ammo rack, it is not suitable for frontal battles.

   It is no exaggeration to say that this thing is full of flaws, and it will be quite embarrassing to be touched by someone.

The players of the   Storm Corps have expressed that letting this old Gou coin get this kind of Gou coin equipment is afraid that he will have to go out into the sky.

   But there is one thing to say.

   It would be great to have a round of close fire support before the attack.

   The new equipment in the reward pool is not limited to this one.

   There are ten jackpots officially prepared for this game, and half of them have never appeared before.

   As for the exoskeleton carrying the mortar, it is not the most awesome.

   After all, this kind of equipment is only useful in certain situations, and ammunition is also an issue.

   In terms of comprehensive combat power, it is not necessarily better than the "five-style" light cavalry.

   "Plasma Knife! Awesome! I'm going to be a Force Warrior now!"

   "Magnetic slingshot...Is this something hairy? Is it a bird?"

   "Portable flying backpack... If you don't understand, ask, is this going to make me a target?"

   "Hahahaha, you can discuss it with the guy upstairs, you are a bird."

  “…”

   The computer room of the school.

  Browsing the posts on the official website forum, Ye Wei couldn't be envious.

  !

   He also saved hundreds of thousands of points, how could he not win SSSR!

   The absolute force is balanced by the dog plan!

   But it doesn’t really matter.

   One cannot be too greedy.

   His income in the expansion pack is far more than that point. Even if it is really balanced, there is nothing to complain about.

  The construction of the new map Dawn City has just started, and the order for the Niuma Brick Factory has been lined up until the end of the year, and now it is frantically expanding its production.

  Not just bricks, but also cement, all within their business scope.

  Although there have been many competitors competing for business in Dawning City recently, their scale is incomparable with their "refuge holding" companies.

   Cut out from the closed beta players section, Ye Wei wandered around the gossip section for a while, wanting to see what the cloud players were talking about.

   He laughed when he saw the first post.

   "...the price of silver coins has gone up?"

   What are you kidding?

  It's not that the price of silver has never gone up, but it usually rises when the expansion or new gameplay is just launched, and it is impossible to rise at the end of the expansion.

The    expansion has just settled the remaining income. At this moment, everyone's pockets are full of silver coins, and there is no need to change equipment for the time being. Even local tyrants will not pay for gold at this time.

   makes no sense at all!

   Not to mention the previous few battles, the expansion packs threw money wildly, and several big dog owners shipped "improving life" every day, and the transaction price of silver coins fell into single digits a few days ago.

   "Hehe, I want to see where it can go."

   Out of curiosity, Ye Wei casually opened the silver coin trading platform and took a look.

   It didn't matter when he saw it, he was stunned on the spot.

   "What the hell?!"

  8 dollars a silver coin? !

   He confirmed it several times, and it was a buy order, not a sell order.

   And more than one.

   A full ten buy orders, each one hundred thousand silver coins, are lined up with a difference of one dollar!

   40% of the orders at the top have been traded, and the buy orders for $7 and $6 have not yet been traded. After all, the buy orders with the highest listed prices have not been filled.

   Not only the US dollar, but also the RMB, the euro, and the buy orders of other currencies are also hanging on it.

   Bids are outrageous one by one!

   As if overnight, I went back to the time when the silver coin trading platform was just launched.

   "Are these people crazy?!"

   Looking at the 52RMB pending order, Ye Wei felt his heart beat faster, and sweat oozes from the palm of his hand holding the mouse.

   His first reaction was to smash the market now!

   Hurry up to ship now!

   After this village, there is no such shop!

   However, this thought only stayed in his mind for half a minute, and he calmed down.

   This is a bit weird!

  The entire trading platform is completely blocked by buy orders, and even a sell order cannot be seen.

   Who is throwing money?

   took a deep breath, Ye Wei restrained the urge to ship, grabbed the mobile phone on the table, tapped the screen with his fingers at the speed of light, and sent a message to the brothers of the Niu Ma Qun.

"quick!"

   "Look at the silver coin trading platform!!!"

   (end of this chapter)