Chapter 27: Chapter 27. Winter Is Coming!

"The leaves are turning yellow, the temperature is dropping, and an unprecedented crisis is approaching."

"This year's winter will be harsher than previous years, and it will come earlier... There is not much time left for us to prepare. From now on, we must seize every minute, even every second! Prepare for the cold wave before the situation is completely bad!"

"The quest panel has been updated, with a list of necessities, facilities that need to be completed, and corresponding rewards. Remember, only in unity can we tide over difficulties together!"

"Winter is coming."

"This is the test of fate for all of us!"

In the resident hall of the refuge, the inspiring voice echoed.

Facing the high-spirited eyes of the players, Lucius delivered an impassioned speech, and officially opened the prologue of the first expansion pack since the game's beta test - 'Winter is Coming'.

And with the opening of a new chapter, the atmosphere of the Shelter is the same as the official website of the game, and it has become different from the past.

Not just players. Even Lucius himself could feel the sense of urgency in the gradually cooling air.

The materials stored in the outpost were not well-off, but the population soared from 6 to 30, a full five-fold increase! Although the surge in population has brought more labor, it has also doubled the supply pressure on the outpost.

In order to feed the upcoming 30 mouths, Lucius has been heartbroken for the past two days. He has been busy from morning to night almost every day, and Walker, who carries the gene sequence of the sensory system, is hunting around outside, just to stock up. A little food.

For a while, the entire Wetland Park was confused by the two of them. But quite right, the results are quite gratifying.

In three days, Lucius killed more than a dozen mutated hyenas alone, and countless hares and squirrels were caught by traps.

Although they are all mutants, they are still edible.

In addition, Walker, who was in charge of vigilance and tracking the enemy, also successfully advanced from LV0 to LV1, and Lucius also faintly felt that he was close to the edge of breakthrough.

It's just that the manager's gene sequence is really too special.

Lucius hasn't figured out the secret of the upgrade yet, so he can only use physical examination equipment to confirm that the development progress of the gene sequence has indeed increased by a very small margin.

On the other hand, the performance of other players is also quite good, and it can even be described as showing their own special abilities.

Bunny and Tomorrow used charcoal as a reducing agent to recover a small amount of iron slag from iron-containing waste such as rusted steel bars and auto parts through calcination, and added these iron slags to the cement kiln to combine with the crushed iron slag. Limestone and clay are mixed and calcined to make a more reliable cement clinker.

This is physical work.

Whether it is manually operating the blower or transporting stones with a repaired two-wheeled cart, it takes a lot of effort.

But because of this, Bunny of the strength department was promoted again, his gene sequence was upgraded from LV1 to LV2, and his strength attribute also increased by a point.

As for Tomorrow, who was on shift with him, he finally broke through the limit and advanced from LV0 to LV1.

However, the attribute he increased was not strength, but agility.

It seems that although the development of gene sequences conforms to the law of 'use it, lose it', but the growth of attributes is another matter.

In addition, when it comes to upgrading, the saddest thing is probably Gale.

As of now, among the four beta testers, he is probably the only one whose genetic sequence level is still 0. These days he used the improved trap to catch a lot of fish, but he was still a little short of 'experience points' from LV1.

The 'Experience points' obtained by trapping and killing alien species do not seem to be as much as those obtained by killing alien species in frontal battles.

Gale is also very puzzled.

But unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any good solution so far.

In addition to the four dog managers who were the first to experience the game, the two new additions are also full of enthusiasm, and they have hardly been idle for a moment these days.

For example, 'WC Really Has Mosquitoes'. This guy is not in a hurry to upgrade, he is still doing carpentry work, occasionally helping Bunny and Tomorrow, or helping Gale repair the damaged trap.

In addition to these tasks, he was busy with his own affairs.

According to Mosquito himself, he seems to be planning to build a simple log cabin out of wood, which will be used as his chemical laboratory and warehouse.

These days, on the way to help carry the stones from the construction site, he picked up a lot of bottles and jars and put them next to the cabin.

Although Lucius doubted the safety of this kind of log cabin, seeing how this guy enjoyed it, he felt that it would be better for him not to interfere too much with the players choices.

Compared to Brother Mosquito's leisurely, 'Scrambled Eggs' probably belongs to the model of Gandi.

As the chef of the outpost, he not only has to be responsible for cooking, but also has to help the manager deal with the prey.

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This includes bleeding, skinning, deboning, chopping and, crucially, smoking. Since the salt in the outpost is not extravagant enough to be used for bacon, Brother Scrambled Eggs adopts the most primitive method of smoking.

That is, nothing is released.

He hangs the cut meat directly on the steel frame, stuffs it into the cave dwelling made of clay and earth bricks, smokes it with a charcoal fire, roasts it slowly over a low fire to dry the moisture in the meat, and seals the opening of the cave with pine branches and leaves.

The bacon made by this method is actually more like air-dried meat. Even without salt, it can be preserved for a period of time, and there is no need to wrap any tobacco leaves on the surface.

Wait until the first ten days or the middle ten days of next month, and it will almost be winter. At that time, wrap the dried meat in plastic bags or bark, throw it directly in the snow and bury it, and it should not be a big problem to eat it until the beginning of next spring.

But relatively, the bacon made by this method can only be said to be indescribable in terms of taste and flavor.

Besides, Brother Scrambled Eggs did not waste the skins peeled off from the mutated hyenas, but collected them to make leather.

In fact, tanning is a rather complicated and cumbersome process, far more troublesome than making jerky. However, what the refuge currently needs is not the kind of smooth and smooth high-end fur, but only warm materials that can keep out the cold, and there is no requirement for quality.

Therefore, many unnecessary processes can be omitted.

When Bunny burned plant ash before, the filtered potash water was stored in the plastic bucket he picked up.

"Scrambled Eggs" uses all the potash water as a tanning solution for tanning leather, which is used to soak the raw hides peeled off from the prey and washed.

Wait until the cortex is fully combined with the tannin, and then hang it on a simple tanning rack to dry, so that you can get a piece of leather that is of acceptable quality.

"...Dear Master Manager, I must report to you that my side is really overwhelmed. I need help very much, even one!"

After taking the prey he had just shot from Lucius's hand, Scrambled Eggs eyes drifted unconsciously to Walker.

He always felt that this guy seemed to be idle, and he didn't seem to see this guy doing anything other than helping the manager get a prey.

Why not...

Come give yourself a hand.

Walker could tell at a glance what this guy was planning, so he quickly waved his hand and said.

"Don't look at me, I'm very busy."

Joke.

Follow the NPC to level up, where can I find such a good thing of gaining experience for nothing?

He doesn't want to learn to cook with a guy! If he was girl then maybe he will think about it.

Seeing Walker's resistance, Scrambled Eggs couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and complained in his heart.

You are busy my ass!

Looking at Scrambled Eggs complaining to him, Lucius spoke to comfort him.

"Walker needs to help me search for prey, and his perception of danger is also very important, so I can't ask him to stay and help you. But I promise you, your problem will be solved soon. Our reinforcements have already On the way, they will soon reach the surface."

"Okay, thanks...it would be great if that's the case."

Scrambled Eggs sighed, paused for a moment, and continued.

"There is another thing. Although I tried leather, I can only do some simple processing. As for how to make them into clothes... I really can't do anything about it."

Lucius said with a smile.

"Don't worry about this. There are talents who are good at this in the reinforcements that are about to arrive. I will hand over the work of tanning and making warm clothes to that person."

Not just tailors. Among the 24 new beta testers he selected, there are some talents from all walks of life.

Although they are not necessarily experts in the industry, some are even students, but within the scope of their ability, they can still come in handy.

Moreover, there is the tool of the network.

Lucius is full of confidence in these energetic and motivated players. As long as they work hard enough, sooner or later they will be able to move into a big house.

Secure a batch!

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