This Game Is Too Realistic

If he hadn't been convinced that he hadn't taken the wrong map, Uren would almost have thought he had gone the wrong way.

He was silent for a while, then spoke in an uncertain tone.

...This is Xizhou?

It should be. Dimit nodded, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, The southern suburb of Xizhou City should be called Qingshi County before the war.

The county seat is surrounded by mountains on both east and west sides, and is located under the ridge, surrounded by dense vegetation and overgrown trees.

There are no high-rise buildings here, only gardens, row houses and villas. It can be seen that the people who lived here before the war were quite pursuing the quality of life.

There is a highway and a maglev station in the east, connecting Xizhou and Qingquan, but these infrastructures have already been arched into a pile of concrete garbage and wreckage by the savage vegetation.

In the prosperous era of convenient transportation, this place was just an inconspicuous small county, but now it has become the south gate of Xizhou City.

Obviously, the Ya clan stationed in Xizhou City also realized this. If they can't deal with their neighbors to the south, at least they have to take care of their front teeth.

Looking through the binoculars, Uren noticed that there were quite a few raiders stationed here, at least one or two thousand-man teams.

Not only that, they also strengthened the position.

Half-collapsed rowhouses and villas were sealed with wood and aluminum panels, and concrete buildings with more than three floors were transformed into bunkers and gun towers. The windows seem to hide guards, light or dark.

The whole town has been transformed into a fortress.

I didn't expect this group of rabble to have this ability.

Dimiter couldn't help but look at them high.

How do we contact them?

use this.

Uren replied concisely, took out the flare gun and fired a shot into the sky.

The red flare goes up.

Not long after, a dozen figures appeared in front of them.

These people were dressed in animal skin suits, and many of them were even bare-chested, looking uncivilized, but without exception, they held sharp weapons of civilized people-automatic or bolt-action rifles.

Looking vigilantly at the group of soldiers wearing pitch-black exoskeletons, the leader of the ten commanders stared at Uren who was walking in the front, and asked cautiously.

Who are you?

The helmet eyepiece faced him, and Uren took out the iron plate to prove his identity, shook it, and answered blankly.

torch.

torch?

The marauders following behind the captain of the ten men were in a commotion, with surprised expressions on their faces, and whispered to each other.

The ten commander's face was also full of surprise, but it quickly turned into ecstasy.

Please follow me!

After the two groups of people converged, the group continued on the road.

The ten captain led the way, and quickly led Ulun, Dimiter and his party through the checkpoint at the entrance of the county town.

However, after entering the fortress, Dimiter immediately retracted his previous evaluation of these allies.

The sanitation here is extremely poor, it is like a garbage dump.

The streets are filled with a rotten smell, corpses and excrement are dumped on the street at will, and rats with big fists are scurrying through the streets wantonly, as if they regard this place as their home.

Dimiter lowered his voice and whispered in the communication channel.

There may be an outbreak of plague here.

Uren glanced at the street and replied softly.

It's obvious.

Noticing Ulun's gaze staying in the corner, the commander leading the way smiled flatteringly.

Don't worry, it's just a few mice...we'll be there soon.

The headquarters of the Ya clan is located in the center of Qingshi Department Store on the west side of the county seat. The five-storey tubular building stands out from the crowd in the entire county seat.

From the perspective of concealment alone, it is definitely not a good idea to use this place as a command post. However, the exterior walls of this building use a lot of steel structures, and there are two floors of underground commercial areas and garages that lead directly to the surface. From a defensive point of view On the contrary, here is the most suitable choice.

On the first floor of the department store, Uren and Dimiter met the supreme commander here - Lion Tooth.

Welcome! Friends from afar! I am Lion Ya, the captain of the Ya clan. You can regard this place as your own home.

Lion Tooth greeted him with an overjoyed face, and opened his arms to hug his ally, but seeing that the other party was indifferent, he changed his embarrassment to a handshake.

Uren reached out and shook his hand.

Uren, the apostle of the Holy Son.

I wish the old man Shengzi good health, please send my greetings to him... Sensing a hint of displeasure in the eyes of the man in front of him, Lion Tooth quickly stopped his lame greeting, and quickly ended the topic with a light cough, Then, my lord apostle, May I ask why you came here so far away?

Not caring about his offense, now is not the time for extra trouble, Uren said succinctly.

The blue coat in the northern suburb of Qingquan City took our things, and I need you to help us get them back.

Took... your things? From the Dead Sea? That's really far away. Lion Fang looked at him in a daze, and continued, May I ask what it is?

A box, and a set of power armor. What we need is the former. As for the latter, you take it.

Power armor!

There was a flash of greed in Lion Tooth's eyes, but he calmed down soon after.

They have power armor?

Yes, Uren continued, seeing the hesitation in the eyes of the predator in front of him, don't worry, that set of power armor doesn't have a shield, so it's a target with stronger defense. If it appears on the battlefield Come on, let us deal with it.

Hearing these words, Lion Tooth finally heaved a sigh of relief, with a comfortable smile on his face.

Great, my friend, although we used the equipment you provided to catch a few monsters and brown bears, but when it comes to power armor... I'm really not sure.

It's not power armor that you need to worry about, it's that these blue coats have planes.

airplane?!

Those blue coats have planes? !

Could it be that Boulder City sold the plane to them?

Lion Fang's eyes were full of surprise, and his face was full of disbelief.

impossible……

That thing is the same as power armor, but any thing inherited from before the war is a treasure in any survivor colony.

What's more, the people in Boulder City took over the equipment from the post-war reconstruction committee.

That's right, Uren almost squeezed out the second half of the sentence, looking at Lion's Tooth with a surprised face, Although it's just a ridiculous propeller plane, there are two machine guns on it after all. Be careful.

Liontooth looked bewildered.

He doesn't know what a propeller plane is, but if these people are not joking, the group of blue coats in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City may be more troublesome than he imagined.

Thank you for your reminder. I will discuss countermeasures with my staff later... how to strengthen our defensive position.

Reinforce the defensive position? How do you want to reinforce it? It's almost turning into a turtle shell, Dimiter, who was standing aside, looked at him in surprise, Are you still planning to continue going south?

Of course we thought that this piece of fat was already on our lips, but we didn't expect that the situation in Xizhou City would be so difficult.

With a helpless expression on his face, Lion Fang continued.

The survivors here are not our opponents, but they cunningly hid in the subway, relying on their familiarity with the terrain to fight against us, plus the plague broke out here recently, and those rats gnawed around like crazy , we even have to lock our shoes in the closet when we go to bed now... There is no extra energy to continue going south.

Uren's face was a little ugly.

How long will it take you to settle these troubles?

Liontooth said in an uncertain tone.

It should be possible before this winter.

It's been too long! Uren shook his head, We can't wait so long! Those blue coats are absorbing the refugees nearby, and when they gain a firm foothold in the local area, they will become more and more difficult to deal with! Concentrate on it now Killing them is your only chance, and you can't wait until winter.

There was a trace of displeasure on Lion Tooth's face.

After all, they are just allies, not subordinates. The reason why I respect them so much is because the missionaries of the Church of the Torch can control the alien species, and those monsters, brown bears and even the death claws who charged into the battle helped them solve many difficult opponents.

In exchange, the Bonechewers allowed them to preach on their lands, spreading their faith to raiders in the Dale province and beyond.

However, this does not mean that you have to obey their orders.

Can't wait for winter?

joke.

A group of refugees has nothing to fear.

He admitted that the fighting power of the group of blue coats is indeed not weak, but they are limited in number after all.

In just a few months, the predators who came to join them had already doubled the size of the Ya clan.

In the autumn, tens of thousands of them marched together, and each of them could drown the group of blue gophers with a mouthful of saliva!

We have our own plan. I can't take my people to die just because you are looking for a broken box. Winter has just passed for a few months, and their wheat has only grown a bunch of green shoots. Let's kill them now and eat them. What? Eating turf?

What's more, the Black Snake has already fallen into their hands. I can't deal with those people alone. If you are in a hurry, you can go to our leader. Lord Jinya is in the city of Xizhou. He is the one I am stationed here. Only he has the right to command me!

Negotiations failed.

Lion Tooth did not hesitate to reject the suggestion made by the apostles of the Torch Church to go south immediately. He will continue to strengthen the fortifications here, and together with his staff, the entire county will be built as solid as gold.

But the commander also said that if he got the order from the leader, he would send a centurion to support them.

A Centurion...

Uren just smiled when he heard the proposal.

What can a hundred savages do?

These people are cannon fodder on the battlefield, but they don't seem to have this awareness at all.

However, after learning that these people stopped because of the leader's order, Uren knew that he might have to meet their leader to persuade them to act.

After coming out of the department store, Dimiter glanced at his teammates.

Shall we go downtown now?

Well, Uren nodded, and flicked his index finger in the air, It's only more than 30 kilometers from here to Xizhou, and we're going along the corridor under the ridge... If we hurry up, we should be able to arrive by tomorrow evening.

He raised his foot and trampled to death a mouse that slipped to his feet. Uren rubbed the sole of his shoe in distaste, frowning into a ball.

These bloody rats...

Where did it come from?

...

Where did these mice come from?

Even if the strongman finds it difficult, he also looks dumbfounded.

He concedes that he may have acted as a slight catalyst, but that's about it.

To be fair, there are already many rats and cockroaches in the wasteland, and any corner that hides filth can become a breeding ground for them to multiply.

Those unattended corpses and not having enough natural enemies are the root causes of the plague.

Compared with the mutated cockroaches, although the mice as mammals are slightly inferior in reproductive ability, they have the upper hand in terms of IQ and combat effectiveness, and soon became the real masters of Xizhou City.

They move in groups, gnawing on everything they encounter, whether it is on the surface or underground, and predators and survivors have nothing to do with them.

The difficulty for a strongman is not that he has not tried to restrain his subordinates and clean up the discipline of the team, but found that what he thought did not work at all.

First of all the language is different.

Secondly, rats are cunning by nature and have no loyalty at all.

Even those younger brothers who have been conquered by him do not always obey his orders, and it is commonplace to obey and obey.

The wood-burning generator was humming, and the thread next to it had been repaired several times.

These damn rats always gnawed on the wires while he was sleeping, and they didn't know how to learn their lesson after electrocuting several of them. Fortunately, the radio station and the dormant compartment could not be broken, otherwise it would be called a blood loss.

The most loyal are only those mother mice.

With enough food and living space obtained under the manual intervention that is difficult for others, the rats lined up to multiply and frantically expanded the size of the population.

It's just that the affectionate eyes in their eyes are a little scary for the strong.

Thank goodness!

Good thing it doesn't have that stuff.

This is the first time he has come up with the idea that it is a good idea without a handle...

Respect, my lord manager...I really did not do the plague in Xizhou City!

A lair under the ruins.

After hearing the manager's inquiry, Qiang Renshu who was standing next to the radio shivered nervously.

Although he has been reporting the situation in Xizhou City to the rear, he has selectively concealed the plague, whether on the forum or on the phone.

He is not afraid of other NPCs, but managers are managers after all.

This guy has the authority of the GM in the setting, and can physically punish illegal game behaviors.

Who doesn't panic?

And the ghost knows what punishment logic AI is.

Ah Guang has emphasized with them more than once on the forum that there are many problems with the server in the beta test stage. There is no manual appeal unblocking channel for the disqualification of the beta test by the GM, and the reclaimed beta test qualification will be inherited by new players.

A serious voice came from the other end of the phone.

I don't mean to blame you, I just hope you will truthfully explain the situation there.

It's hard for a strong man to know that he couldn't hide it after all. After hesitating for a while, he finally chose to tell the truth and tell all the things he had concealed before.

After listening to the vivid description of the strong man, Chu Guang was a little dumbfounded for a while.

This guy is really fucking talented, even artificial breeding can figure it out.

No, it should be said that he is a rat.

After all, it's not something people do.

...Master Manager? Seeing that there was no voice on the other end of the phone, I felt even more uneasy.

... Cough, it's nothing, I'm just a little surprised, let me think for a while.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

For the strongman, every second feels like a year.

Finally, the manager on the other end of the phone spoke again.

...You did a good job. The plague slowed down the pace of the Ya clan going south, and bought us precious time for development. But relatively, you really failed to restrain your subordinates. The indiscriminate plague has a great impact on the local survivors The resistance movement has had serious repercussions.

The strong man said with a frustrated face.

It's really not my fault. I tried to restrain them, and they listened to me on the surface...but they did one thing in front of their faces, and the other way behind their backs.

I know, so I didn't blame you, but I can't publicly commend you, Chu Guang paused, and continued, The new alliance will remember your contribution, but will not recognize your credit. You will be rewarded in other ways, do you understand what I mean?

Hey.

Scared me to death.

That's it.

The strong man breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter if he praises it or not, anyway, he can't understand what the NPC said, and it doesn't affect the task rewards, nor does it affect his pretentiousness on the forum.

And it sounds like he triggered a hidden mission?

The strong man was not disappointed, but excited, and swore in an excited voice.

Don't worry, my lord manager, I will keep my mouth shut about what I have done! There must be shadows under the light, and I would like to be the sharp blade under your cloak! Clear away all obstacles that stand in our way!

Chu Guang's embarrassing toes quickly dug through the ground.

But in order to take care of the players' game experience, he finally held back, cooperated with this guy's performance, and finished the plot seriously.

... I'm glad you think so. From now on, I need you to find out the information on our way forward, and mark the opponent's ammunition depots, firepower points, command posts, garrison posts, secret passages and trenches on the map as much as possible. Cooperate with our ground and air forces to clear out the marauders entrenched in the area.

Can these things be done?

The strong man said excitedly: Don't worry, leave it to me! I can still do this little thing!

Well, I'm looking forward to your good news! After explaining these things, Chu Guang hung up the phone in a hurry.

The newsletter is over.

The strong man let out a sigh of relief, and the face that was originally frowning was full of happiness at the moment.

Up!

It must have gone up!

Just because of the tone of the manager's last few words, the favorability has definitely increased!

The little rats around him chattered for a while, although they didn't know what the boss was excited about, but that fat belly must be full of bad water.

Turning to face his younger brothers, the strong man who couldn't wait to show off stood up straight and shouted at a high pitch.

Little ones, call up your brothers.

Follow your Grandpa Mouse to do things!

...

Although mice can't speak, they have their own way to overcome difficulties.

After living with mice for so long, he has already figured out their living habits and the way they usually communicate with each other.

These cunning mice may not strictly follow his orders to die, but it is no problem to help him scout the enemy.

A dangerous place means a lot of people, and a place with a lot of metal means that weapons or ammunition may be stored. After confirming the approximate location, he will smell the smell and take a look in person.

At least six times out of ten, valuable intelligence was found, if not every time.

Once he finds a high-value target, he will not do anything immediately, but mark it on the map with VM, and then withdraw quietly.

At this time, scaring the snake will only make the enemy alert.

When the war begins, the planes and artillery of the New Alliance will surprise the marauders.

Unaware of what happened under their feet, Lion Tooth is further strengthening the position in Qingshi County with the cooperation of staff officer Bernie.

They hid fixed machine guns on the roof of the building, used water tanks, distribution boxes, ventilation ducts and other facilities as shelters, and installed high-power searchlights on some roofs to search nearby airspace and mountains at night.

Of course, these ideas did not come up with Lion Fang himself.

But he has the Legion's staff in his ranks.

Although Lion Tooth didn't think those blue coats dared to run over to make trouble for him, but the tragic death of Black Snake had taught him a lesson.

Even if there is only a 1% possibility, he will kill it in his infancy!

...

early April.

A full week has passed since the high-level meeting of the Northern Expedition.

Dawn City is like a running water pump, frantically absorbing resources from all directions along the opened trade routes.

Steel and aluminum are the bulk of demand.

Not only is it necessary to manufacture light and heavy equipment, but the railway being laid is a black hole devouring resources, and it is almost impossible to see the bottom.

A steel factory can no longer meet the development needs of the new alliance. In order to meet the growing steel demand in the industrial zone, not only No. 81 Steel Factory opened a branch factory, Chu Guang also signed an administrative document, instructing the logistics department to establish the first branch of the new alliance. A steel factory.

This is also the first steel factory in the new alliance that is managed by NPC and collectively controlled by the alliance.

It is different from Factory No. 81, which mainly produces military equipment.

The steel produced by the No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant is mainly for infrastructure construction. Part of its equipment is processed by machine tools, and part is purchased from Boulder City. The technicians include professional players and unemployed engineers hired from Boulder City.

As for the A3-type aviation aluminum produced by the Bach Aluminum Factory, most of them are supplied to the electric mule production line, and the remaining production capacity is basically eaten by the Lister Factory for the production of stronger KV-1 exoskeleton improvements type.

Before the start of the war, Chu Guang needs enough trucks to deliver supplies and troops to the front line, and use the KV-1 exoskeleton to ensure the mobility and combat capabilities of the players.

Before the end of the month, the number of players can reach 2,500+, but there are only about 1,500 professional combat players who are actually on the front line.

The disadvantage in numbers can only be made up with mobility and firepower.

In addition to steel and aluminum, the second most needed resource for the new alliance is copper and sulfur.

Copper is mainly used to make bullets and lay power grids, which goes without saying.

Steel shells can be used for shells, but it is better to use copper bullets, which are not only easier to store, but also have excellent shooting performance. Compared with steel shell ammunition, it can effectively reduce the jamming rate and rifling wear.

As for electricity, it is even more critical. Whether it is an exoskeleton, a truck or a player's save point, it needs the support of the power system.

The use of sulfur is mainly to make sulfuric acid.

This thing is not just related to a production line. From steel plants to chemical plants, there are not many industrial chains that can leave this thing.

With the activation of the war machine, the production capacity of the industrial zone is constantly expanding, and the demand for almost all resources is rising.

At this time, Charlie, the elder of the Merchant Union, brought bad news to Chu Guang...

Although you have probably noticed something from the inventory data, just in case I have to tell you that the expansion of our industrial scale has exceeded expectations, and the copper ore and sulfur mines produced in the surrounding survivor settlements have already It was bought by us and the price was raised.

The reception room of the base.

After listening to old Charlie's report, Chu Guang raised his head after thinking for a moment.

How much has it increased?

The price of copper in Honghe Town has increased by 20%, and the price of sulfur has increased by at least 30%. This is the latest data.

Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.

It's about the same as what I know.

Players discussed this matter in the forum last night. Not only copper ore and sulfur ore are gone, some rare metals are simply out of stock.

This situation was actually expected by Chu Guang before.

The coupons issued by the mine in Honghe Town are essentially futures. This transaction mode is not only for the convenience of purchasing goods from other survivors, but also for their own convenience in coordinating the production capacity of the mine.

In other words, they will not produce a pile of unused ore and store it in inventory, but will determine the next quarter's production based on the coupons issued in the previous quarter.

If someone suddenly needs a large amount of spot goods, the price increase is natural.

but……

The speed of this price increase is a bit sudden.

The Northern Expedition had only been launched for a week, and no matter how fast the demand grew, Chu Guang couldn't believe that the warehouses in Honghe Town didn't even have such reserves.

Chu Guang had reason to suspect that someone probably guessed something through some information and played with him to hoard goods and sell them reluctantly.

Old Charlie obviously guessed what might be going on, and said cryptically.

Our resources are controlled by others, and the impact of this problem will become more and more obvious. Either we can open up more business routes and reduce our dependence on a single source of raw materials, or I can have my own source of raw materials and solve part of my resource needs.

I think so too. In fact, one of the purposes of this Northern Expedition is to solve the problem of raw materials.

Chu Guang nodded and looked at the map on the wall.

The scientific expedition team of the New Alliance has investigated the information in Qingshi County. The Qingshi Geological Park in the mountainous area to the west was formerly the mining area of ​​Qingshi Mining Company. The porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits beneath it are rich in reserves, which are estimated to be at least one million tons.

Charlie had a look of surprise on his face.

Hasn't it been mined there?

It has been mined, but only a small part has been mined. According to the data, the mine was shut down due to cost issues in the early prosperous era, and then it was transformed into a geological park, with an internship base and a geological research institute next to it.

With a faint smile, Chu Guang continued.

In fact, it's not just copper-molybdenum deposits. According to the analysis of our scientific research team, there are many resources that have been explored but not developed in the surrounding area. As long as we conquer Xizhou City, the problem of resources will naturally be solved.

But what about the current problem? Even if we occupy Qingshi County, mining will take time—

As soon as he said these words, a hint of understanding suddenly appeared in old Charlie's eyes.

I see……

I probably understand what you mean.