This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 660 Manager's daily life

   Early morning.

Chu Guang slept late for a long time. He left the Fuxing Square at nine o’clock in the morning and strolled slowly to the snack street north of the outpost base. He ordered two baskets of soup dumplings, two baskets of steamed buns and three cups of soy milk, and then went to Zhang Hai found an unassuming private seat at the noodle stall.

  Although the amount of carbohydrates and calories in this meal exploded, it was too much in terms of his metabolism and digestion ability.

   "A bowl of ramen, thank you."

   Milky white mist floated on the cauldron, and there was an endless stream of diners in front of the booth.

   Today's ramen chef, Zhang Hai, is as full and busy as ever, his head is almost buried in the pot, and he has no time to look up, shouting through the big pot.

   "Okay! Do you want thin slices or thick slices?"

  Chu Guang said with a smile.

   "Thin, let me see how thin the thinnest one can be."

   It was the first time that Zhang Hai was amused when someone asked him to cut it thinner.

   "Hey, then you are joking, I am the thinnest here—" He just raised his head to see who it is, but his eyes froze through the white mist, "Damn it, manager?!"

  Because he was not wearing power armor, many people did not recognize Chu Guang, including Zhang Hai. They were dumbfounded until they saw the spring-like smile.

  The two of them communicated in Mandarin, so they didn't attract the attention of other NPC diners. Chu Guang gave him a low-key look, and then began to enjoy the Xiaolongbao he brought.

   Not long after, a bowl of beef noodles was brought to the table. The beef slices were thicker than silver coins. Seeing this, the other little players cried out unhappily.

   "Damn it!"

   "A sea like a dog does not talk about martial arts!"

   "Why is there so little beef in my bowl!"

   "Is it in this river?!"

  Looking at the group of booing guys, Zhang Hai blushed, and if he usually went back with a playful smile, but he was caught by a small stove.

   "Stop rambling! Are you a manager? I... feel sorry for him who has worked so hard for the alliance, and I'm worried that he won't have enough to eat. I can't ask him to eat more?"

  Everyone was dumbfounded.

   Good guy.

  Is that okay too?

  Looking at how clever and complacent he was, Chu Guang shook his head with a smile, took out fifteen silver coins and put them on the table, and settled the bill first.

   "Thank you for your kindness. There is no need to treat guests to dinner. I prefer the business of paying for it and delivering it... No need to look for it."

  Considering the weight of this bowl of noodles, he would pay three times the price, right?

  So much money is enough to buy two catties of beef.

  He didn't want to owe these few silver coins.

   "Thank you!" Boss Zhang accepted the silver coins with a heartbroken face, but he thought in his heart that the deal would be a big loss.

  If it can be exchanged for the favorability of the manager, then no matter how much silver coins are spent, it will not be a loss. As a result, the two taels of beef were only exchanged for three bowls of noodles, which was a loss to grandma's house!

   Earning less money is a loss!

  Adding some chili and vinegar to the noodle soup, Chu Guang ate slowly while watching the little mengxins going back and forth on the street, and couldn't help but miss the past.

  Two years ago, this used to be the busiest street in the league, and there was still a crooked concrete wall separating it from Resurrection Square.

   Now that two years have passed, although this street has also developed, it still cannot keep up with the Changjiu Farm, which is sparsely populated.

  With the establishment of Dawn City, both the Outpost Base and Changjiu Farm were merged into the new settlement as reserved place names, and the economic status of North Street of Outpost Base was gradually replaced by North Street of Dawn City, where NPCs accounted for the majority.

  Some old players with sentimental feelings will still keep the stalls here and the houses by the Linghu Lake, but most of them have moved their shops to the more prosperous center of Dawn City.

  But Chu Guang still has a soft spot for this place.

  Basically all his favorite hometown dishes can be found here, and the chattering newbies in front of the Easter Square will never let him get bored.

  For him and the vast majority of players in "Wasteland OL", this place can be called the place where dreams begin.

  Chu Guang suddenly had a whim, and when he retires in the future, he might as well set up a stall here.

   For example, bake a cake or something.

  But this idea only appeared for two seconds, and Chu Guang was amused by his own thoughts.

  Wait until he takes all responsibility off...

  That is estimated to be a long, long time later.

  …

   After eating half full, Chu Guang went to buy another six cages of steamed buns, brought them to Nicole, and fed them as snacks.

  That big girl, like Xiao Yu, has a soft spot for human food, especially junk food with heavy salt, heavy oil and polysaccharides.

  I still remember the last time I fed it Coke, it stomped on the spot in excitement, and almost knocked over the shed where I slept.

   Riding Nicole for a walk around the lake, Chu Guang tied it back to the shed, and then walked towards the shelter.

  When he took the elevator downstairs, he happened to see a guard holding a plastic basket full of letters, and he couldn't help asking curiously.

"What's this?"

  The guard immediately stood up straight and replied.

   "This is a letter from the residents of Dawn City, my lord."

  Chu Guang immediately became interested when he heard the words, and said on a whim.

   "My letter? Show me."

  He seems to have heard Xiao Qi mention that since the Alliance Building was completed, letters have been received from all over the Alliance, and most of them are addressed to him.

  Due to the huge number, the staff of the Union Building didn't know what to do with them, so they handed them over to the Guards Corps.

   Lu Bei, who was following behind Chu Guang, hesitated a little, stepped forward and said admonishingly.

   "My lord, please allow me to check for you first to make sure there is nothing dangerous inside."

  Although these letters have been X-ray scanned and sterilized by ultraviolet light, only by opening them can they be safe.

  Chu Guang laughed and said as a joke.

   "Are you worried that there is a blade caught in it, and you are afraid of hurting me?"

   Lu Bei whispered.

   "That's not true, but it's better to be careful."

   Seeing his still uneasy expression, Chu Guang said.

   "Well, come and help me read, and I will also test you to see how your cultural homework is doing."

  As soon as he heard that the manager wanted to test himself, the young man regained his energy immediately, and said vigorously with his right fist on his left chest.

"yes!"

  Chu Guang nodded in satisfaction, and took Lu Bei, who had received the basket of letters, to the B4 floor. After signaling him to sit down, he handed him a pen and paper.

   "It's just right, you wrote the reply letter for me by the way, I read you to write it."

   Lu Bei nodded excitedly, then took out a letter from the plastic basket, opened it, cleared his throat and read aloud.

"Dear Sir Administrator, I am a mason and salute you on this day of celebration and share my joy! My wife and I are expecting our first child in one month, We've bought him all his clothes up to the age of five, a bassinet and toys...and now we're counting the days until that little cutie comes to us. Once again, the biggest compliments, thank you You let us have a house with shelter and a job that buys so much."

   Lu Bei read it with both voice and emotion, and his admiration is beyond words. I am afraid that the person who wrote this letter is not as emotional as him.

  Looking at this hard-working young man, Chu Guang couldn't help smiling. After he finished reading, he cleared his throat and spoke slowly.

"You are welcome...I will do my best to let every hardworking person in the league get the decent job and life he deserves, so that every child in the league can grow up in the sun. Of course, this requires us to work together. "

  While Chu Guang was reading, Lu Bei was also scribbling vigorously. He finished writing the letter in a short while, copied the address and put it aside.

   Then he picked up the second letter, took a deep breath and read.

"...like the sun at noon, your grace and majesty drove away the cold night and restored the land to its glory! Please forgive my exaggeration, but this is by no means flattering, perhaps in your opinion Ed Doctor Mon is just a trivial criminal, but I will never forget what happened that day at the Golden Dunes Cinema. My children and I were locked in a steel cage, and no one cared about our life or death, only you and your soldiers I care, I would like to offer you my eternal loyalty!"

  Where is the Golden Dunes Cinema?

  Chu Guang thought for a while, but he couldn't remember the place name, including the strange name mentioned in the letter.

  However, from the content of the letter, it is not difficult to see that the person who wrote the letter should be a survivor who was rescued by his little player from the predators.

  Although this may be an ordinary daily task for the player, for a survivor it may mean that the fate of a lifetime will be changed.

  Chu Guang couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

  He decided to let Xiaoqi update the letter to the forum later.

  I believe someone will claim this easter egg.

  If this easter egg was discovered by accident, that kind little player should be happy for the continuation of this story.

   "Put this letter here first, and then I will pass it on to the person who really deserves my thanks, and that person will decide whether to write a reply."

   "Good sir." Lu Bei nodded loyally, put down the pen for now, and continued to pick up the next letter.

  The content of this letter is concise and clear.

  Even the first sentence at the beginning clarifies all the content of the entire letter.

"Go north! My lord! As long as you give an order, all of us are willing to give our hearts to you! The merchants from Buguera are the most unruly villains. They are using tricks to corrupt us. It is time to punish those insidious and cunning little ones. people!"

   While reading the letter, Lu Bei used an impassioned voice, and secretly glanced at Chu Guang who was sitting opposite.

   Obviously, this young man thought so too.

  Chu Guang thought for a while, then said gently.

"The biggest humiliation to clowns is not to push them into the brazier, but to let them see with their eyes that we are better off than they are, more united, more confident, more powerful than them... so they will live in regret for yesterday I understand your concerns about the North, but they are not our main problem, at least not right now."

  Although he feels a little regretful, the loyal young man believes that the respected manager must have a vision that he does not have, so he doesn't think it is wrong.

  After finishing writing the reply letter, he quickly picked up another letter and opened it, but as soon as he saw the address at the beginning and the beautiful handwriting, he vaguely felt something was wrong.

   "Dear Mr. Manager, I have admired you for a long time. I heard that you have no children of your own, which makes me feel uncomfortable for a long time..."

  In the middle of reading, Lu Bei suddenly stopped talking embarrassingly, he hesitated for a long time but could not pronounce a word.

   You don’t need to guess what is written in the letter, and it’s likely to be different ways to urge yourself to start a family. Chu Guang couldn’t help but shook his head with a smile.

   These guys.

  It's better to raise two more pigs if you have this time.

   "Read it, I don't care."

"But... well, if you insist," Lu Bei buried his head in embarrassment, and read with a stick, "For example, if possible, I would like to give birth to you, as many as you want. This is a Shuguang City girl's wish, my address is—"

  Chu Guang, who was drinking tea to moisturize his throat, almost spit out a sip of tea, coughing and interrupting Lu Bei's sentence in the middle.

   "Okay, okay, that's enough."

   Lu Bei honestly closed the letter and asked for instructions in a low voice.

   "My lord... Then, do you want to answer this letter?"

   Hastily glanced at the time on the VM, Chu Guang hastily interrupted his stupid words.

   "It is impossible for us to reply to everyone's opinions. By the way, we need a manager's office to handle letters from Union citizens in a unified way, and select some meaningful questions to answer publicly in newspapers and radio."

"Also, each department also needs to allocate a special office to deal with citizens' letters, and hold a press conference to explain the confusion of the public when necessary. Don't send all the letters to me...I need to find someone to talk about this. Things, today's rest time is over, let's come here."

  Almost forgot about it.

  When the fire case in the printing factory first came out, Chu Guang was thinking about getting a more official public channel to speak out, and he couldn't always count on the reporters from the newspaper office to come to interview him.

   Representatives are currently improving the relevant legislation.

  Alliance authorities also have to cooperate to do something.

  Looked blankly at the manager who said a lot of words and got up to go out. Lu Bei, who was holding the envelope in his hand, didn't recover for a long time.

   So this letter...

   What should I do?

  Yin Fang, who was standing next to the coffee machine, witnessed the whole scene, and laughed and joked in a joking tone.

   "No offense meant, this guy is surprisingly shy sometimes."

   Although only sometimes...

  …

  At the junction of the Borneo Sea and the Southern Sea, a cargo ship with a tall chimney is slowly passing through a wide strait.

  The jungles on both sides are dense, and the shore is rocky. From the dilapidated concrete port, it can be seen that there was once a prosperous port and city here, but now only the chirping of insects and the occasional ape cry remain.

  Standing on the deck, the woman wrapped in a cloak had anxiety written all over her face.

  Her name is Misa, she is only in her early twenties, has brown hair, and was a teacher in Port King Gallon before the disaster.

  Although she grew up in a port city, she has never been to such a far place.

"here it is…"

   "Baiyue Province."

  A pleasant voice came from behind.

  Misa turned around to look, and saw a pair of smart cat ears swaying gently with the sea breeze, and that lively and lovely face was smiling at her.

  Some mercenaries and sailors on the ship called her the messenger of the Silver Moon Goddess.

  Misa couldn't help being a little cautious, but still couldn't help asking in a low voice curiously.

   "...what is that place?"

  Walking to the side of the ship, Sesame Paste squinted his eyes at the tropical strait, brushed the hair that fell on his cheeks behind his ears, and said in an eloquent tone.

"...It is bounded by the Haiya Province in the northeast, the southern sea area in the east, and the Luoxia Province in the northwest. It is the No. 4 Oasis and Yinyue Bay across the Zhuobal Mountains. It is shaped like two stars on the map. Teeth snapped together, with a strait in between."

  It used to be a tourist resort of the People's Federation, and it was also home to some economically prosperous tourist cities.

   It's just that in the fifty years after the three-year war, the traces of human life have disappeared little by little over time.

   A little lost in thought, Misa continued to ask curiously.

   "Are we going to dock here?"

  Sesame Paste replied with some nerve-wracking.

   "Well, it's not necessary. We went up to take a look, but we didn't find any survivors there, only dangerous mutant creatures and deadly poisonous insects."

  Maybe the planner hasn’t finished this part of the map yet.

  They walked around the shore in a small boat, and left after finding no suitable port for docking, and did not explore in depth.

I heard that the Hump Kingdom had planned to include this part of the area in its territory, and tried to build a colony on the shore, but in the end it was defeated by alien species, poisonous insects, strange infectious diseases and huge financial pressure, and had to give up. settlements there.

  Listening to the envoy lady talking about this land, while Misa's desire for knowledge was satisfied, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

  Just now she was still thinking about bringing all the Moon Clan people from Borneo Province here to build a new home, but now it seems that things are not as simple as she thought.

   "You know so much." After hearing the story about this land, Misa let out a heartfelt sigh.

  Seeing the envy and admiration imprinted in those eyes, Sesame Paste scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and said with a shy smile.

   "After all, we travel a lot."

  Maybe because she is also a teacher in reality, she has a good impression of this NPC lady.

  Although he didn’t mean to show off when he said this sentence, Misa became even more envious after hearing it.

travel…

   That was something she never dared to think about.

  A person with a family can only be considered a tourist if he travels far away, while a homeless person like her can only be considered a vagabond even if he goes to a place he has never been to.

   "Then where do we disembark?"

   Sesame Paste said softly.

"There is an artificial island in the southern sea, where many survivors who have been helped by the residents of the shelter live. We plan to go there first to try our luck and at least purchase some supplies. If they are unwilling to take you in, we will continue to take you to the last place on the mainland. The province of clouds to the east."

  Misa looked at her gratefully, her eyes filled with mist.

   "I... really don't know how to thank you."

   Sesame Paste said with an embarrassed smile.

   "You're welcome, we don't have a specific place to go anyway."

   Just as the two were chatting, an alarm bell rang on the boat.

   Sesame Paste, who was chatting with Misa, was taken aback for a moment, and immediately took her back to the cabin, and told her not to come up.

   After finishing all this, she picked up her equipment, went to the deck with the others to assemble, and found a tail with a foot on the side of the ship.

"what happened?"

   With a serious expression on his face, his tail squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the horizon in the distance.

   "It's a pirate."

   Sesame Paste froze for a moment.

   Standing aside, Rourou made a helpless expression, and couldn't help but complain.

   "There are so many pirates."

   While the group was talking, two speedboats with flags turned out from behind the reef and approached their freighter.

  Compared with the Meat, they are pocket-sized like toys in the bathtub, but if you want to talk about technology, they are obviously better powered by electricity.

   Sisi, who was standing in the bridge, narrowed his eyes slightly.

  She noticed that there was no black iron wood hanging on the two speedboats to drive away sea beasts, presumably something else or technology was used.

  One of the speedboats drove to the front, and a man who looked like a soldier stood at the bow and shouted to the people on the deck of the freighter.

   "This is the territorial waters of the Federation! Who are you?"

  Federation?

   Rou Rou and Sesame Paste looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.

  ‘When will a federation pop up here? '

'have no idea…'

  When they came here last year, there seemed to be only a few island settlements here.

   Could it be that the forces on the map have been refreshed?

   One person and one bear all looked confused.

  However, Tail standing on the side of the ship was not in the least confused. Instead, he shouted loudly at the man as if the radio waves were aligned.

   "Oh! Friends of the Federation! This is the White Bear Knights!"

  The man standing on the speedboat was obviously stunned, and subconsciously blurted out.

"what is that?"

  Sisi, who didn't know when he came to the deck, stretched out his hand and brought back the tail that was about to shout, cleared his throat and shouted.

   "It's a merchant from Silver Moon Bay. We plan to cross the strait to the port in the east of the Central Continent. Please allow us to stop here to replenish fresh water and supplies."

  The man gave her a suspicious look, but he didn't find any flaws in her words, so he continued.

  "...Yes, yes, but I have to make it clear that we only accept dinars and Cr here, and don't want those coins with animals."

  The coins with camels on them should refer to those coins in Luoxia Province.

  Because of the gold content, size, and comprehensive national strength, those coins are usually only circulated locally, and not many people will recognize them outside Yinyue Bay.

  Sisi nodded clearly.

"no problem."

   "Follow us, be careful of hitting rocks and mines." After leaving these words, the man turned around and returned to the cabin, steering the speedboat to turn around at sea.

   Rourou glanced at Sisi in doubt, and asked in a low voice in Mandarin.

   "Why don't we just tell them the truth?"

   "Tell them there are nearly a thousand refugees on board? I'm not sure if they will drive us back." Seeing the direction in which the two speedboats were leaving, Sis narrowed his eyes slightly.

   Something is not right here.

  She always feels that this trip to Vault 70 will not be as peaceful as she imagined...

   Rourou scratched the back of his head.

   Tail standing aside said to her seriously.

   "This world is very dangerous, fleshy, if they know that we are pirates wanted by the Xilan Empire, they might exchange us for the bounty of 3.6 billion Baileys!"

   "The currency unit is wrong, and our bounty is so high!" Rourou complained dumbfounded, but also understood Sisi's intention.

   After all, this is not the settlement they are familiar with.

   Better be careful...

  (end of this chapter)