If it weren't for sure that he had not taken the wrong map, Ulun almost thought he had gone wrong.
He was silent for a moment and said in an uncertain tone.
...Is this Xizhou?
It should be.Dimi looked down and squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. The southern suburbs of Xizhou City should have been called Qingshi County before the war.
The county town is surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides, and is located under the ridge. It has dense vegetation and trees around it.
There are no tall buildings here, only gardens, terrace houses and villas. It can be seen that the people who lived here before the war are quite pursuing the quality of life.
There is a highway and a magnetic levitation station to the east, connecting Xizhou and Qingquan, but these infrastructures have long been arched into a pile of concrete garbage and wreckage by wildly growing vegetation.
In the prosperous era with convenient transportation, this place is just an inconspicuous small county town, but now it has become the southern gate of Xizhou City.
Obviously, the Ya clan stationed in Xizhou City also realized this.If they can't solve their neighbors in the south, at least they have to look up their front teeth..
Looking at the telescope, Ulun noticed that there were a large number of raiders stationed here, and there were at least one or two teams of thousands.
Not only that, they also strengthened the position.
The semi-collapsed terraced houses and villas were sealed with wood and aluminum panels, and the concrete buildings above three floors were transformed into bunkers and artillery towers. The streets were filled with roadblocks made of concrete stones and wooden piles, and each window seemed to hide a light or dark sentinel.
The entire town has been transformed into a fortress.
Unexpectedly, this group of mobs still have this ability.
Dimit couldn't help but look up at them.
How do we contact them?
Use this.
Ulun answered concisely, took out the signal gun and fired a shot into the sky.
A red flare is rising.
Not long after, more than a dozen figures appeared in front of them.
These people were wearing animal skin outfits, many of them even had their upper bodies naked, looking uncivilized, but without exception, they were holding civilized weapons or bolting rifles.
Looking alertly at the group of soldiers wearing painted black exoskeletons, the head of the ten husband stared at Wulun walking in the front and asked cautiously.
Who are you?
With the helmet eyeglasses facing him, Ulun took out the iron plate that proved his identity and shook it, and replied expressionlessly.
torch.
torch?
The plunderers following the ten-master were in a state of turmoil, with a look of surprise on their faces, and they whispered in a low voice.
The head of the tenth prince's face was also full of surprise, but it quickly turned into ecstasy.
Please follow me!
After the two groups of people gathered, the group continued to set off.
The tenth prince walked in front to lead the way, and soon led Ulun, Dimit and his group through the checkpoint at the entrance of the county town.
However, after entering the fortress, Dimit immediately retracted his previous evaluation of these allies.
The sanitation here is extremely poor, it is like a garbage dump.
The street was filled with the stench of rotten smell, and corpses and excrement were dumped on the junction at will, and rats with fists were wandering around the street, as if they regarded this place as their home.
Dimit lowered his voice and whispered in the communication channel.
There may be a plague here.
Wulun's eyes were flowing up the street and replied softly.
This is an obvious thing.
He noticed that Ulun was staying in the corner of the wall, and the ten-husband who led the way smiled flatteringly.
Don't worry, it's just a few mice...we'll arrive soon.
The command center of the Ya clan is located in the center of Bluestone Department Store on the west side of the county town. The five-story tube-shaped building looks outstanding in the entire county town.
In terms of concealment alone, it is definitely not a good idea to use this as a command center. However, the exterior wall of this building uses a large number of steel structures, and there is also a two-story underground commercial area and a garage that goes directly to the surface. From a defensive perspective, this place is the most suitable choice.
On the first floor of the department store, Ulun and Dimit met the supreme commander Lion Tooth here.
welcome!Friends who come from afar!I am the leader of the Ya clan, Lion Ya, and you can regard this place as your home.
Shiya looked overjoyed and came up with her face, spreading her arms to give her a hug with her allies, but when she saw that the other party was indifferent, she changed to a handshake.
Ulun reached out and shook him.
Ulun, the apostle of the Son.
I wish the old man Shengshen good health, please say hello to him for me... I felt a trace of badness in the eyes of the man in front of me. Lion teeth quickly stopped his poor greetings, coughed lightly and quickly ended the topic. So, Lord Apostle, why did you come here from thousands of miles?
Without caring about his offense, now is not the time to make trouble, Ulun said concisely.
The blue coat from the northern suburbs of Qingquan City took away our things, and I need you to help us take them back.
Take away...your stuff?From the Death Coast?That's really far.Lion Ya looked at him in confusion and continued, "I'll ask what it is?"
A box and a set of power armor.What we need is the former, and as for the latter, you can take it.
Power armor!
A moment of greed flashed in Lion Ya's eyes, but he soon calmed down.
Do they have power armor?
Yes, seeing the hesitation in the eyes of the raider in front of him, Ulun continued, "Don't worry, that power armor has no shields, it's just a living target with stronger defense."If it appears on the battlefield, just leave it to us to deal with.
Hearing this sentence, Lion Ya finally breathed a sigh of relief and a comfortable smile appeared on her face.
Great, my friend, although we used the equipment you provided to catch a few monsters and brown bears, but when we encountered the power armor... I was really not sure.
What you need to worry about is not the power armor, but the blue jackets have planes.
airplane?!
Which blue jackets have planes?!
Did Big Rock sell the plane to them?
The eyes of Lion Ya were filled with surprise and her face was full of disbelief.
Impossible Ah...
That thing is like power armor. Anything inherited from before the war is a treasure that is placed in any survivor settlement.
What's more, the people of Boulder City were the equipment that took over from the post-war reconstruction committee.
That's right, looking at the surprised Lion Tooth, the second half of Ulun almost squeezed out of his teeth. Although it was just a ridiculous propeller plane, there were two machine guns on it, so you'd better be careful.
Lion Ya looked confused.
He didn't know what the propeller plane was, but if these people weren't kidding, the group of blue jackets in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City would probably be even more difficult than he thought.
Thank you for your reminder. I will discuss countermeasures with my adviser...how to strengthen our defensive positions.
Strengthen the defensive position?How do you strengthen it?It was almost a tortoise shell here. Dimit, who was standing beside him, looked at him in surprise, "Are you going to continue going south?"
Of course we thought that this piece of fat had reached our mouths, but we didn’t expect that the situation in Xizhou City would be so difficult.
With a helpless expression on his face, Lion Ya continued.
The survivors here are not our opponents, but they cunningly hid in the subway and fought guerrilla with us with their familiarity with the terrain. In addition, there has been a plague here recently. The mice were gnawing everywhere like crazy. When we sleep now, we even have to say that our shoes are in the cabinet... we have no extra energy to continue moving south.
Ulun's face looked a little ugly.
How long will it take for you to settle these troubles?
Lion Ya said in an uncertain tone.
It should be OK before winter this year.
Too long!Ulun shook his head, we couldn't wait for so long!Those blue jackets are absorbing refugees nearby. When they gain a firm foothold in the local area, it will become increasingly difficult to deal with!Now you are the only chance to concentrate on eliminating them, and you can't wait for winter.
A hint of displeasure appeared on Lion Ya's face.
After all, they are just an ally relationship, not a superior or subordinate.
The reason I respect them so much is because the missionaries of the Torch Church can control alien species, and the monsters, brown bears and even the Claws of Death have helped them solve many difficult opponents.
In exchange, the chewing tribe allowed them to preach on their territory and spread their faith to the predators in the valley provinces and surrounding areas.
However, this does not mean that you have to obey their commands.
Can't wait for winter?
joke.
What's there to be afraid of for a group of refugees?
He admitted that the combat effectiveness of the pack of wolf jackets was indeed not weak, but they were limited in number after all.
In just a few months, the raiders who came to join them had doubled the size of the Ya clan.
By autumn, tens of thousands of their troops advanced together, and each person could drown the group of blue gophers!
We have our own plan. I can't take my people to die just because you want to find a broken box. It's only a few months since winter has just passed, and their wheat has only grown a pinch of green seedlings. What should we eat now?Gnaw on the grass?
What's more, the black snake has fallen into their hands. Those people are not something I can do alone. If you are anxious, go find our leader. Lord Jinya is in the city of Xizhou. It is his order that I stationed here. Only he has the right to command me!
Negotiation failed.
Without hesitation, Lion Too rejected the apostles of the Torch Church's proposal to go south immediately. He would continue to strengthen the fortifications here and work with his staff to build the entire county town into a solid foundation.
But the captain also said that if he received the order from the leader, he would send a team of 100 people to support them.
A team of 100 people...
Ulun just smiled after hearing this proposal.
What can a hundred barbarians do?
These people were cannon fodder on the battlefield, but they seemed to have no awareness at all.
However, after learning that these people stopped because of the orders in their hands, Ulun knew that he might have to meet their leader before he could persuade them to continue going south.
After coming out of the department store, Dimit glanced at his teammates.
We're going downtown now?
Well, Ulun nodded, his index finger flicked in the air for a moment. From here, we were only more than thirty kilometers to Xizhou. We walked along the corridor below the ridge... If it was fast, we should be able to arrive before tomorrow evening.
He stepped on a mouse that was slid to his feet to death. Ulun rubbed against the soles of his shoes in disgust, and his frown brows squeezed into a ball.
These damn rats...
Where did it come out?
……
Where did these mice come out?
He was confused when he was forced to do something.
He admitted that he might have played a little bit of a catalyst, but that's all.
To be honest, there are many rats and cockroaches on the wasteland, and any corner that hides dirt can become a breeding ground for them to reproduce.
Those untreated corpses and the lack of sufficient numbers of natural enemies are the root cause of the plague.
Compared with mutated cockroaches, although the mice as mammals are slightly inferior in reproductive ability, they have the upper hand in both IQ and combat effectiveness, and soon became the real owner of Xizhou City.
They act in groups, gnawing on everything they encounter, whether on the surface or underground, and the raiders and survivors have no way to do them.
It’s not that I have tried to restrain my subordinates and clean up the discipline of the team, but I found that the one I thought was completely unworkable.
First of all, the language is different.
Secondly, the mouse is cunning by nature and has no loyalty at all.
Even those younger brothers who were beaten by him did not always obey his orders, and it was common for them to violate the rules of the Yin and Yang.
The generator that burned firewood was whimpering, and the thread tips next to them had been repaired several times.
These damn mice always chew the wire head while he was sleeping. Several of them were electrocuted and didn't know how to learn from them. Fortunately, the radio station and the dormant warehouse could not be damaged, otherwise it would be a blood loss.
The only ones who are most loyal are the female rats.
With the difficult manual intervention, enough food and living space were obtained, and the mice lined up to reproduce and expanded the population frantically.
But their affectionate eyes made people feel a little scared.
Thank God!
It doesn't have that thing yet.
This is the first time he has come up with it, and it is a good idea to not bring a handle...
Honor, respectful manager... I really didn't do the plague in Xizhou City!
The nest under the ruins.
The strong man standing next to the radio was so nervous that he heard the manager's inquiry.
Although he had been reporting the situation in Xizhou City to the rear, he chose to conceal the plague matters both on the forum and on the phone.
He is not afraid of other NPCs, but the manager is the manager Ah after all.
This guy has GM permissions in setting up and can make physical punishments for illegal gaming behavior.
Who doesn’t panic?
And what's the logic of AI?
A Guang emphasized to them more than once on the forum that there are many problems with the servers in the closed-beta testing stage. There is no manual complaint and unblocking channel. The collected closed-beta testing 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 explain the situation there truthfully.
It is hard to know that I can't hide it anymore. After hesitating for a while, I finally chose to honestly explain and tell all the things I had hidden before.
After listening to the vivid description that was hard to express, Chu Guang was a little amused and crying for a moment.
This guy is really a talent, and he can think of artificial breeding.
No, I should say he is a rat.
After all, it's not something that people do.
...Master Manager?Seeing that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, I felt even more nervous when I was so embarrassed.
...Well, nothing, I was just a little surprised and let me think for a while.
Time passes minute by minute.
For a strong man, every second is as long as a year.
Finally, the manager on the other end of the phone spoke again.
...You did a good job. The plague has dragged the pace of the Ya clan to go south and bought us valuable development time.But in contrast, you really failed to restrain your subordinates, and the indiscriminate plague has had a serious impact on the resistance movement of local survivors.
The strong man said with a frustrated look on his face.
I can't blame me for this. I tried to make an appointment with them. They both listened to me on the surface... but in front of me, another behind my back.
I know, so I didn't blame you, but I couldn't commend you publicly, Chu Guang paused and continued, the new alliance will remember your contribution, but will not admit your credit, we will reward you in other ways, do you understand what I mean?
Oh.
I was scared to death.
That's it.
It was a relief to make people feel uncomfortable.
It doesn't matter whether the performance or not is commended. Anyway, he doesn't understand what the NPC says, which will not affect the task rewards, nor will it affect his pretending on the forum.
And it sounds like I've triggered a hidden mission?
Not only did he not feel any loss, he became excited and sweared excitedly.
Don't worry, respectful manager, I will keep my mouth shut about what I have done!There must be shadows under the light, and I want to be the sharp blade under your cloak!Clear all obstacles that block us for you!
Chu Guang's awkward toes were about to snatch the ground.
But in order to take care of the players' gaming experience, he finally held back and spent the plot seriously with this guy's performance.
...I'm glad you can think so. Now starting from the beginning, I need you to find out the information on our way forward, mark the opponent's ammunition depot, firepower points, command offices, garrisons, secret passages and trenches as much as possible on the map, and cooperate with our ground and air forces to eliminate the plunderers entrenched in the local area.
Can these things be done?
It was so difficult for someone to be excited and said: 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 hurriedly hung up the phone.
The communication ends.
It was so difficult for people to breathe a sigh of relief. The originally frowning face was full of happiness at this moment.
It's rising!
It must have risen!
Just by the tone of the manager's last few words, the favorability has definitely increased!
The little mice surrounded him chattered. Although they didn't know what the boss was excited about, their fat belly must be filled with bad water.
Turning around and facing his younger brothers, he couldn't wait to show his strength and stood up straight and shouted in a sharp voice.
Younger, call your brothers up.
Let's go with your Grandpa Mouse!
……
Although mice can't speak, they have their own way to force others.
After living with mice for so long, he had already figured out their living habits and their usual methods of communicating information.
These cunning mice may not strictly enforce his orders to die, but there is no problem in helping him detect the enemy situation.
Dangerous places mean a lot of people, and a lot of metal means that weapons or ammunition may be stored. After confirming the approximate location, he will smell it and take a look at it.
Even if valuable information is not found every time, you can gain something at least six out of ten times.
Once he discovers a high-value target, he will not do anything immediately, but mark it on the map with a VM and then quietly withdraw it.
At this time, it will only make the enemy alert.
When the war begins, the planes and artillery of the new alliance will give these raiders a big surprise.
Unconsciously aware of what happened under his feet, Lion Tooth further strengthened the position in Qingshi County with the cooperation of Staff Bernie.
They hid a fixed machine gun on the roof of the building, used water tanks, distribution boxes, ventilation ducts and other facilities as bunkers, and installed high-power searchlights on some roofs to search for nearby airspace and mountainous areas at night.
Of course, these ideas were not thought of by Lion Ya himself.
But his team had the Legion's staff.
Although Lion Teeth didn't think that those blue jackets dared to come over to cause trouble for him, the tragic death of Black Snake completely learned his lesson.
Even if there is only 1% chance, he will kill it in his infancy!
……
Early April.
It has been a full week since the high-level meeting of the Northern Expedition Plan.
Shuguang City is like a water pump that is operating, madly absorbing resources from all directions along the opened trade route.
Steel and aluminum are the main sources of demand.
Not only is it necessary to manufacture light and heavy equipment, but the railway being laid is also a black hole that swallows resources, and there is almost no bottom.
A steel plant 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 did the No. 81 Steel Plant open a branch, but Chu Guang also signed an administrative document and instructed the Logistics Department to establish the First Steel Plant of the New Alliance.
This is also the first steel plant in the new alliance run 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 First Steel Plant is mainly built for supply infrastructure construction. Part of its equipment is processed by machine tools and partly purchased from Jushi City. The technicians include professional players in life and unemployed engineers hired from Jushi City.
As for the A3 aviation aluminum produced by Bach Aluminum Factory, most of them are supplied to the electric mule production line, and the remaining production capacity is basically eaten by the Liszt factory to produce more robust KV-1 exoskeleton improved models.
Before the war begins, Chu Guang needs enough trucks to deliver supplies and troops to the front line, and uses 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 2500+, but the combat professional players who are truly on the front line are about 1500.
The disadvantages in numbers can only be compensated by mobility and firepower.
In addition to steel and aluminum, the second largest resource required by the new alliance is copper and sulfur.
Copper is mainly used to build bullets and lay power grids, so there is no need to say more.
The shell can be made of steel shells, but it is best to use copper to bullets, which is not only easier to store, but also has excellent shooting performance. Compared with the steel shell ammunition, it can effectively reduce the rate of stuck and rifle wear.
As for power, it is even more critical. Whether it is exoskeleton, truck or player save points, they need the support of the power system.
The purpose of sulfur is mainly to make sulfuric acid.
This thing is not just about a production line. From steel plants to chemical plants, few industrial chains can leave this thing.
With the start of war machines, the production capacity of industrial areas continues to expand, and almost all resource demand is rising rapidly.
At this moment, Charlie, the president of the Trade Union, brought bad news to Chu Guang...
Although you have probably noticed something from the inventory data, just in case I still have to tell you that the expansion of our industrial scale has exceeded expectations, and the copper and sulfur mines produced in the surrounding survivors' settlements have been bought by us to increase prices.
The reception room of the base.
After listening to the old Charlie report, Chu Guang thought for a moment and raised his head.
How much has it increased?
The copper price in Honghe Town has risen by 20%, and the sulfur price has risen by at least 30%. This is the latest data.
Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.
It's similar to what I have to know.
Last night, players discussed this matter in the forum. Not only copper ore and sulfur ore, but some rare metals were simply out of stock.
Chu Guang had actually expected this situation before.
The tickets issued by the Honghe Town Mine are essentially a kind of futures. This trading model is not only to facilitate them to purchase goods from other survivors, but also to facilitate them to coordinate the production capacity of the mine themselves.
In other words, they will not produce a pile of ore that is not available to stock in stock, but will decide on the next quarter's production based on the tickets issued in the previous quarter.
If someone suddenly needs a lot of spot stock, the price increase will be natural.
but……
The price increase was a bit sudden.
The Northern Expedition Plan has only been launched for a week. No matter how fast the demand grows, Chu Guang doesn't believe that the warehouse in Honghe Town does not even have this reserve.
Chu Guang had reason to suspect that someone guessed something through some information and played with him to stock up on goods and reluctant to sell.
Old Charlie obviously guessed what might be, and said obscurely.
Our resources are subject to others, and the impact of this problem will become increasingly obvious.Either we can open up more trade routes and reduce our dependence on a single source of raw materials, or I can have my own source of raw materials and solve some 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 research team of the New Alliance has investigated the data from Qingshi County. The Bluestone Geopark in the mountainous area on the west side was the formerly of the Bluestone Mining Company's mining area. The porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit below it has a rich reserves, and is estimated to be at least one million tons.
Charlie showed a look of surprise on his face.
Haven't been mined there?
It has been mined, but only a small part of it was mined. According to data, the mine was shut down due to cost issues in the early stage of the prosperity era, and was later converted into a geological park with an internship base and geological research institute next to it.
Chu Guang continued with a faint smile.
In fact, it is not just a copper-molybdenum deposit. 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 capture Xizhou City, the resource problem will naturally be solved.
But what about the current problem?Even if we take up Qingshi County, it will take time to mine it
As soon as he said this, a trace of enlightenment suddenly appeared in Old Charlie's eyes.
I see……
I probably understand what you mean.
He was silent for a moment and said in an uncertain tone.
...Is this Xizhou?
It should be.Dimi looked down and squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. The southern suburbs of Xizhou City should have been called Qingshi County before the war.
The county town is surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides, and is located under the ridge. It has dense vegetation and trees around it.
There are no tall buildings here, only gardens, terrace houses and villas. It can be seen that the people who lived here before the war are quite pursuing the quality of life.
There is a highway and a magnetic levitation station to the east, connecting Xizhou and Qingquan, but these infrastructures have long been arched into a pile of concrete garbage and wreckage by wildly growing vegetation.
In the prosperous era with convenient transportation, this place is just an inconspicuous small county town, but now it has become the southern gate of Xizhou City.
Obviously, the Ya clan stationed in Xizhou City also realized this.If they can't solve their neighbors in the south, at least they have to look up their front teeth..
Looking at the telescope, Ulun noticed that there were a large number of raiders stationed here, and there were at least one or two teams of thousands.
Not only that, they also strengthened the position.
The semi-collapsed terraced houses and villas were sealed with wood and aluminum panels, and the concrete buildings above three floors were transformed into bunkers and artillery towers. The streets were filled with roadblocks made of concrete stones and wooden piles, and each window seemed to hide a light or dark sentinel.
The entire town has been transformed into a fortress.
Unexpectedly, this group of mobs still have this ability.
Dimit couldn't help but look up at them.
How do we contact them?
Use this.
Ulun answered concisely, took out the signal gun and fired a shot into the sky.
A red flare is rising.
Not long after, more than a dozen figures appeared in front of them.
These people were wearing animal skin outfits, many of them even had their upper bodies naked, looking uncivilized, but without exception, they were holding civilized weapons or bolting rifles.
Looking alertly at the group of soldiers wearing painted black exoskeletons, the head of the ten husband stared at Wulun walking in the front and asked cautiously.
Who are you?
With the helmet eyeglasses facing him, Ulun took out the iron plate that proved his identity and shook it, and replied expressionlessly.
torch.
torch?
The plunderers following the ten-master were in a state of turmoil, with a look of surprise on their faces, and they whispered in a low voice.
The head of the tenth prince's face was also full of surprise, but it quickly turned into ecstasy.
Please follow me!
After the two groups of people gathered, the group continued to set off.
The tenth prince walked in front to lead the way, and soon led Ulun, Dimit and his group through the checkpoint at the entrance of the county town.
However, after entering the fortress, Dimit immediately retracted his previous evaluation of these allies.
The sanitation here is extremely poor, it is like a garbage dump.
The street was filled with the stench of rotten smell, and corpses and excrement were dumped on the junction at will, and rats with fists were wandering around the street, as if they regarded this place as their home.
Dimit lowered his voice and whispered in the communication channel.
There may be a plague here.
Wulun's eyes were flowing up the street and replied softly.
This is an obvious thing.
He noticed that Ulun was staying in the corner of the wall, and the ten-husband who led the way smiled flatteringly.
Don't worry, it's just a few mice...we'll arrive soon.
The command center of the Ya clan is located in the center of Bluestone Department Store on the west side of the county town. The five-story tube-shaped building looks outstanding in the entire county town.
In terms of concealment alone, it is definitely not a good idea to use this as a command center. However, the exterior wall of this building uses a large number of steel structures, and there is also a two-story underground commercial area and a garage that goes directly to the surface. From a defensive perspective, this place is the most suitable choice.
On the first floor of the department store, Ulun and Dimit met the supreme commander Lion Tooth here.
welcome!Friends who come from afar!I am the leader of the Ya clan, Lion Ya, and you can regard this place as your home.
Shiya looked overjoyed and came up with her face, spreading her arms to give her a hug with her allies, but when she saw that the other party was indifferent, she changed to a handshake.
Ulun reached out and shook him.
Ulun, the apostle of the Son.
I wish the old man Shengshen good health, please say hello to him for me... I felt a trace of badness in the eyes of the man in front of me. Lion teeth quickly stopped his poor greetings, coughed lightly and quickly ended the topic. So, Lord Apostle, why did you come here from thousands of miles?
Without caring about his offense, now is not the time to make trouble, Ulun said concisely.
The blue coat from the northern suburbs of Qingquan City took away our things, and I need you to help us take them back.
Take away...your stuff?From the Death Coast?That's really far.Lion Ya looked at him in confusion and continued, "I'll ask what it is?"
A box and a set of power armor.What we need is the former, and as for the latter, you can take it.
Power armor!
A moment of greed flashed in Lion Ya's eyes, but he soon calmed down.
Do they have power armor?
Yes, seeing the hesitation in the eyes of the raider in front of him, Ulun continued, "Don't worry, that power armor has no shields, it's just a living target with stronger defense."If it appears on the battlefield, just leave it to us to deal with.
Hearing this sentence, Lion Ya finally breathed a sigh of relief and a comfortable smile appeared on her face.
Great, my friend, although we used the equipment you provided to catch a few monsters and brown bears, but when we encountered the power armor... I was really not sure.
What you need to worry about is not the power armor, but the blue jackets have planes.
airplane?!
Which blue jackets have planes?!
Did Big Rock sell the plane to them?
The eyes of Lion Ya were filled with surprise and her face was full of disbelief.
Impossible Ah...
That thing is like power armor. Anything inherited from before the war is a treasure that is placed in any survivor settlement.
What's more, the people of Boulder City were the equipment that took over from the post-war reconstruction committee.
That's right, looking at the surprised Lion Tooth, the second half of Ulun almost squeezed out of his teeth. Although it was just a ridiculous propeller plane, there were two machine guns on it, so you'd better be careful.
Lion Ya looked confused.
He didn't know what the propeller plane was, but if these people weren't kidding, the group of blue jackets in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City would probably be even more difficult than he thought.
Thank you for your reminder. I will discuss countermeasures with my adviser...how to strengthen our defensive positions.
Strengthen the defensive position?How do you strengthen it?It was almost a tortoise shell here. Dimit, who was standing beside him, looked at him in surprise, "Are you going to continue going south?"
Of course we thought that this piece of fat had reached our mouths, but we didn’t expect that the situation in Xizhou City would be so difficult.
With a helpless expression on his face, Lion Ya continued.
The survivors here are not our opponents, but they cunningly hid in the subway and fought guerrilla with us with their familiarity with the terrain. In addition, there has been a plague here recently. The mice were gnawing everywhere like crazy. When we sleep now, we even have to say that our shoes are in the cabinet... we have no extra energy to continue moving south.
Ulun's face looked a little ugly.
How long will it take for you to settle these troubles?
Lion Ya said in an uncertain tone.
It should be OK before winter this year.
Too long!Ulun shook his head, we couldn't wait for so long!Those blue jackets are absorbing refugees nearby. When they gain a firm foothold in the local area, it will become increasingly difficult to deal with!Now you are the only chance to concentrate on eliminating them, and you can't wait for winter.
A hint of displeasure appeared on Lion Ya's face.
After all, they are just an ally relationship, not a superior or subordinate.
The reason I respect them so much is because the missionaries of the Torch Church can control alien species, and the monsters, brown bears and even the Claws of Death have helped them solve many difficult opponents.
In exchange, the chewing tribe allowed them to preach on their territory and spread their faith to the predators in the valley provinces and surrounding areas.
However, this does not mean that you have to obey their commands.
Can't wait for winter?
joke.
What's there to be afraid of for a group of refugees?
He admitted that the combat effectiveness of the pack of wolf jackets was indeed not weak, but they were limited in number after all.
In just a few months, the raiders who came to join them had doubled the size of the Ya clan.
By autumn, tens of thousands of their troops advanced together, and each person could drown the group of blue gophers!
We have our own plan. I can't take my people to die just because you want to find a broken box. It's only a few months since winter has just passed, and their wheat has only grown a pinch of green seedlings. What should we eat now?Gnaw on the grass?
What's more, the black snake has fallen into their hands. Those people are not something I can do alone. If you are anxious, go find our leader. Lord Jinya is in the city of Xizhou. It is his order that I stationed here. Only he has the right to command me!
Negotiation failed.
Without hesitation, Lion Too rejected the apostles of the Torch Church's proposal to go south immediately. He would continue to strengthen the fortifications here and work with his staff to build the entire county town into a solid foundation.
But the captain also said that if he received the order from the leader, he would send a team of 100 people to support them.
A team of 100 people...
Ulun just smiled after hearing this proposal.
What can a hundred barbarians do?
These people were cannon fodder on the battlefield, but they seemed to have no awareness at all.
However, after learning that these people stopped because of the orders in their hands, Ulun knew that he might have to meet their leader before he could persuade them to continue going south.
After coming out of the department store, Dimit glanced at his teammates.
We're going downtown now?
Well, Ulun nodded, his index finger flicked in the air for a moment. From here, we were only more than thirty kilometers to Xizhou. We walked along the corridor below the ridge... If it was fast, we should be able to arrive before tomorrow evening.
He stepped on a mouse that was slid to his feet to death. Ulun rubbed against the soles of his shoes in disgust, and his frown brows squeezed into a ball.
These damn rats...
Where did it come out?
……
Where did these mice come out?
He was confused when he was forced to do something.
He admitted that he might have played a little bit of a catalyst, but that's all.
To be honest, there are many rats and cockroaches on the wasteland, and any corner that hides dirt can become a breeding ground for them to reproduce.
Those untreated corpses and the lack of sufficient numbers of natural enemies are the root cause of the plague.
Compared with mutated cockroaches, although the mice as mammals are slightly inferior in reproductive ability, they have the upper hand in both IQ and combat effectiveness, and soon became the real owner of Xizhou City.
They act in groups, gnawing on everything they encounter, whether on the surface or underground, and the raiders and survivors have no way to do them.
It’s not that I have tried to restrain my subordinates and clean up the discipline of the team, but I found that the one I thought was completely unworkable.
First of all, the language is different.
Secondly, the mouse is cunning by nature and has no loyalty at all.
Even those younger brothers who were beaten by him did not always obey his orders, and it was common for them to violate the rules of the Yin and Yang.
The generator that burned firewood was whimpering, and the thread tips next to them had been repaired several times.
These damn mice always chew the wire head while he was sleeping. Several of them were electrocuted and didn't know how to learn from them. Fortunately, the radio station and the dormant warehouse could not be damaged, otherwise it would be a blood loss.
The only ones who are most loyal are the female rats.
With the difficult manual intervention, enough food and living space were obtained, and the mice lined up to reproduce and expanded the population frantically.
But their affectionate eyes made people feel a little scared.
Thank God!
It doesn't have that thing yet.
This is the first time he has come up with it, and it is a good idea to not bring a handle...
Honor, respectful manager... I really didn't do the plague in Xizhou City!
The nest under the ruins.
The strong man standing next to the radio was so nervous that he heard the manager's inquiry.
Although he had been reporting the situation in Xizhou City to the rear, he chose to conceal the plague matters both on the forum and on the phone.
He is not afraid of other NPCs, but the manager is the manager Ah after all.
This guy has GM permissions in setting up and can make physical punishments for illegal gaming behavior.
Who doesn’t panic?
And what's the logic of AI?
A Guang emphasized to them more than once on the forum that there are many problems with the servers in the closed-beta testing stage. There is no manual complaint and unblocking channel. The collected closed-beta testing 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 explain the situation there truthfully.
It is hard to know that I can't hide it anymore. After hesitating for a while, I finally chose to honestly explain and tell all the things I had hidden before.
After listening to the vivid description that was hard to express, Chu Guang was a little amused and crying for a moment.
This guy is really a talent, and he can think of artificial breeding.
No, I should say he is a rat.
After all, it's not something that people do.
...Master Manager?Seeing that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, I felt even more nervous when I was so embarrassed.
...Well, nothing, I was just a little surprised and let me think for a while.
Time passes minute by minute.
For a strong man, every second is as long as a year.
Finally, the manager on the other end of the phone spoke again.
...You did a good job. The plague has dragged the pace of the Ya clan to go south and bought us valuable development time.But in contrast, you really failed to restrain your subordinates, and the indiscriminate plague has had a serious impact on the resistance movement of local survivors.
The strong man said with a frustrated look on his face.
I can't blame me for this. I tried to make an appointment with them. They both listened to me on the surface... but in front of me, another behind my back.
I know, so I didn't blame you, but I couldn't commend you publicly, Chu Guang paused and continued, the new alliance will remember your contribution, but will not admit your credit, we will reward you in other ways, do you understand what I mean?
Oh.
I was scared to death.
That's it.
It was a relief to make people feel uncomfortable.
It doesn't matter whether the performance or not is commended. Anyway, he doesn't understand what the NPC says, which will not affect the task rewards, nor will it affect his pretending on the forum.
And it sounds like I've triggered a hidden mission?
Not only did he not feel any loss, he became excited and sweared excitedly.
Don't worry, respectful manager, I will keep my mouth shut about what I have done!There must be shadows under the light, and I want to be the sharp blade under your cloak!Clear all obstacles that block us for you!
Chu Guang's awkward toes were about to snatch the ground.
But in order to take care of the players' gaming experience, he finally held back and spent the plot seriously with this guy's performance.
...I'm glad you can think so. Now starting from the beginning, I need you to find out the information on our way forward, mark the opponent's ammunition depot, firepower points, command offices, garrisons, secret passages and trenches as much as possible on the map, and cooperate with our ground and air forces to eliminate the plunderers entrenched in the local area.
Can these things be done?
It was so difficult for someone to be excited and said: 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 hurriedly hung up the phone.
The communication ends.
It was so difficult for people to breathe a sigh of relief. The originally frowning face was full of happiness at this moment.
It's rising!
It must have risen!
Just by the tone of the manager's last few words, the favorability has definitely increased!
The little mice surrounded him chattered. Although they didn't know what the boss was excited about, their fat belly must be filled with bad water.
Turning around and facing his younger brothers, he couldn't wait to show his strength and stood up straight and shouted in a sharp voice.
Younger, call your brothers up.
Let's go with your Grandpa Mouse!
……
Although mice can't speak, they have their own way to force others.
After living with mice for so long, he had already figured out their living habits and their usual methods of communicating information.
These cunning mice may not strictly enforce his orders to die, but there is no problem in helping him detect the enemy situation.
Dangerous places mean a lot of people, and a lot of metal means that weapons or ammunition may be stored. After confirming the approximate location, he will smell it and take a look at it.
Even if valuable information is not found every time, you can gain something at least six out of ten times.
Once he discovers a high-value target, he will not do anything immediately, but mark it on the map with a VM and then quietly withdraw it.
At this time, it will only make the enemy alert.
When the war begins, the planes and artillery of the new alliance will give these raiders a big surprise.
Unconsciously aware of what happened under his feet, Lion Tooth further strengthened the position in Qingshi County with the cooperation of Staff Bernie.
They hid a fixed machine gun on the roof of the building, used water tanks, distribution boxes, ventilation ducts and other facilities as bunkers, and installed high-power searchlights on some roofs to search for nearby airspace and mountainous areas at night.
Of course, these ideas were not thought of by Lion Ya himself.
But his team had the Legion's staff.
Although Lion Teeth didn't think that those blue jackets dared to come over to cause trouble for him, the tragic death of Black Snake completely learned his lesson.
Even if there is only 1% chance, he will kill it in his infancy!
……
Early April.
It has been a full week since the high-level meeting of the Northern Expedition Plan.
Shuguang City is like a water pump that is operating, madly absorbing resources from all directions along the opened trade route.
Steel and aluminum are the main sources of demand.
Not only is it necessary to manufacture light and heavy equipment, but the railway being laid is also a black hole that swallows resources, and there is almost no bottom.
A steel plant 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 did the No. 81 Steel Plant open a branch, but Chu Guang also signed an administrative document and instructed the Logistics Department to establish the First Steel Plant of the New Alliance.
This is also the first steel plant in the new alliance run 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 First Steel Plant is mainly built for supply infrastructure construction. Part of its equipment is processed by machine tools and partly purchased from Jushi City. The technicians include professional players in life and unemployed engineers hired from Jushi City.
As for the A3 aviation aluminum produced by Bach Aluminum Factory, most of them are supplied to the electric mule production line, and the remaining production capacity is basically eaten by the Liszt factory to produce more robust KV-1 exoskeleton improved models.
Before the war begins, Chu Guang needs enough trucks to deliver supplies and troops to the front line, and uses 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 2500+, but the combat professional players who are truly on the front line are about 1500.
The disadvantages in numbers can only be compensated by mobility and firepower.
In addition to steel and aluminum, the second largest resource required by the new alliance is copper and sulfur.
Copper is mainly used to build bullets and lay power grids, so there is no need to say more.
The shell can be made of steel shells, but it is best to use copper to bullets, which is not only easier to store, but also has excellent shooting performance. Compared with the steel shell ammunition, it can effectively reduce the rate of stuck and rifle wear.
As for power, it is even more critical. Whether it is exoskeleton, truck or player save points, they need the support of the power system.
The purpose of sulfur is mainly to make sulfuric acid.
This thing is not just about a production line. From steel plants to chemical plants, few industrial chains can leave this thing.
With the start of war machines, the production capacity of industrial areas continues to expand, and almost all resource demand is rising rapidly.
At this moment, Charlie, the president of the Trade Union, brought bad news to Chu Guang...
Although you have probably noticed something from the inventory data, just in case I still have to tell you that the expansion of our industrial scale has exceeded expectations, and the copper and sulfur mines produced in the surrounding survivors' settlements have been bought by us to increase prices.
The reception room of the base.
After listening to the old Charlie report, Chu Guang thought for a moment and raised his head.
How much has it increased?
The copper price in Honghe Town has risen by 20%, and the sulfur price has risen by at least 30%. This is the latest data.
Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.
It's similar to what I have to know.
Last night, players discussed this matter in the forum. Not only copper ore and sulfur ore, but some rare metals were simply out of stock.
Chu Guang had actually expected this situation before.
The tickets issued by the Honghe Town Mine are essentially a kind of futures. This trading model is not only to facilitate them to purchase goods from other survivors, but also to facilitate them to coordinate the production capacity of the mine themselves.
In other words, they will not produce a pile of ore that is not available to stock in stock, but will decide on the next quarter's production based on the tickets issued in the previous quarter.
If someone suddenly needs a lot of spot stock, the price increase will be natural.
but……
The price increase was a bit sudden.
The Northern Expedition Plan has only been launched for a week. No matter how fast the demand grows, Chu Guang doesn't believe that the warehouse in Honghe Town does not even have this reserve.
Chu Guang had reason to suspect that someone guessed something through some information and played with him to stock up on goods and reluctant to sell.
Old Charlie obviously guessed what might be, and said obscurely.
Our resources are subject to others, and the impact of this problem will become increasingly obvious.Either we can open up more trade routes and reduce our dependence on a single source of raw materials, or I can have my own source of raw materials and solve some 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 research team of the New Alliance has investigated the data from Qingshi County. The Bluestone Geopark in the mountainous area on the west side was the formerly of the Bluestone Mining Company's mining area. The porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit below it has a rich reserves, and is estimated to be at least one million tons.
Charlie showed a look of surprise on his face.
Haven't been mined there?
It has been mined, but only a small part of it was mined. According to data, the mine was shut down due to cost issues in the early stage of the prosperity era, and was later converted into a geological park with an internship base and geological research institute next to it.
Chu Guang continued with a faint smile.
In fact, it is not just a copper-molybdenum deposit. 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 capture Xizhou City, the resource problem will naturally be solved.
But what about the current problem?Even if we take up Qingshi County, it will take time to mine it
As soon as he said this, a trace of enlightenment suddenly appeared in Old Charlie's eyes.
I see……
I probably understand what you mean.
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