Chapter 48: Chapter 49. Lucius Is Playing A Big Game Of Chess

In fact, not only Tomorrow has noticed, but many players have also noticed.

The significance of this update goes far beyond improving the economic system and incorporating contribution points into the honor system.

Its greatest significance is to emphasize the cooperation between players! As the number of players increases, this step is actually inevitable.

A good social system can not only increase the game experience of players, but also increase user stickiness and daily activities. Although the latter is a bit redundant for the technically strong Wasteland OL.

So far, the players who have been screened by Lucius are all hard-core players. They can't wait to stay online 24 hours a day, and they don't want to play the game when it's time for forced offline.

Self-discipline seems to have no sex life.

In any case, in the eyes of the vast majority of players, this update has a profound impact on the cooperation between players.

Although the official social system has not been updated, many settings are actually paving the way for team formation and guild systems.

For example, the most typical players can share land use rights with friends.

A land of 5 square meters may not be able to do anything, but four players can put together a small apartment of 20 square meters.

Isn't this the prototype of the guild?

"Popo, do you know what the soul of a game is?"

"What is it?"

Standing on the third floor of the nursing home, looking at the busy players inside and outside the outpost base, Lucius smiled slightly.

"It's mathematics."

"Math?"

"Well, to be more precise, it should be said that it is numerical design. This is an art, and excellent numerical design is even enough to become a gameplay in itself. In contrast, plots, graphics, and settings are the art that bestows games. added value."

After a pause, Lucius continued speaking slowly.

"Through the design of the numerical value, we can keep the contribution points and money that the vast majority of players can get in a day within a reasonable range."

"For example, under normal circumstances, it takes two to three weeks to upgrade from a resident to a citizen. This time can't be too long, which will make the player lose confidence, and it can't be too short, and things that are too easy to get are meaningless. And waiting for the player to upgrade to a citizen , has become our core user, and we will immediately set new goals for them, such as buying land.”

Popo tilted the camera.

"Buying land? But the land price you set seems not expensive."

"That's right," Lucius nodded, "For players who have already obtained citizenship, buying the land itself doesn't take long, and it's even a matter of digging out the wallet. But after buying the land, you have to put something on it."

"Building a house requires cement, bricks, and a stronger small western-style building also needs steel. If you build a few more houses, the production capacity of building materials such as cement, bricks, and steel will increase? I don't believe that these players are happy to see their small buildings in the game. Ugly like shacks. Why do citizenships only give them 5 square meters? If I give them 10 square meters, 20 square meters, soon our safe zone will be filled with useless shacks and rubbish."

Popo: "Ah, this."

For 'AI', it seems difficult to understand these things empathetically.

But Lucius didn't care.

Smiling lightly, he continued, "When the house is built, you can't live in blanks, right? Beds, desks and cabinets, as well as carpets and curtains, you can get a light bulb when the electricity is turned on in the future, and you have to buy some furniture. Logs, furs, handicrafts... …In this way, the production capacity and consumption will step on the right foot together?”

Whether it's selling land to build a house or buying furniture, these all need money, right?

And where does the money come from?

Sorry, this game is still in beta testing, and it does not support krypton gold for the time being. If you want to make money, you can honestly do tasks, live dungeons, or go to work in the field.

Through the lever of the task system, Lucius can easily control the flow of money, thus indirectly controlling the behavior of players.

For example, if there is a lack of food in the shelter, then increase the rewards for gathering tasks and hunting tasks. If you need to build a house, then increase the income from moving bricks, plastering, and burning cement.

What if mutants or marauders came?

Then it's not about money.

Lucius will release the 'Never retreat' war mobilization in the form of 'In-game activities', and temporarily exempt players from the death penalty during the event, and issue them weapons.

Facing a group of natural disasters who are not afraid of death. Even mutants who don't know what fear is can be terrified.

"...When they are almost finished playing, I will open a new status level for them to play. There are intermediate citizens behind the citizens, and the land that can be purchased will be increased to 25 square meters. At that time, the second circle of walls will also be built. Now, there is no shortage of cement, bricks, wood, and steel, and no accident they will build a bigger house and do the above things again."

"One day when I get tired of building a house in front of my house, I will give these old players a noble title, and arrange a fief a little farther away, and let them toss by themselves. Weapons, ammunition, food, fuel, building materials... always If they can produce it, if they can’t produce it, they can import it from their hometown, just to find something for new players to do.”

"As for the future? Let's talk about it later. Damn, I have only unlocked the B1 floor of the shelter myself, but I have gone far enough to worry about them..."

It is still unknown how many training pods there are in Shelter, maybe he will have to find a way to build this thing himself in the future.

He is convinced that the supernatural first-generation manager completed a certain 'Unprecedented' great technology in this refuge.

And he will definitely tell him the truth after he reveals all the secrets.

However, although the future road is unpredictable, Lucius is still full of confidence in this major update of the Alpha0.3 version.

He is playing a big game of chess.

In his first phase plan, the players who have received nine years of compulsory education are all high-quality productive forces, and there is no problem in skipping the agricultural society and leaping to industrialization.

After completing the most basic industrialization, they have the prerequisites for survival on the wasteland.

In the second stage, with the expansion of the number of players, Lucius will try to absorb a group of aborigines from the wasteland to join the outpost, and engage in basic production positions such as farming, cutting trees, and burning cement. If there are special talents among these aborigines, he will also arrange special positions for them.

And those players who have been upgraded to citizens can be liberated from basic manual labor positions, and devote more to challenging and 'Fun' jobs such as creativity, combat, and exploration, and give full play to their ability to continuously resurrect, The advantage of trial and error.

In the third stage, which is the final stage.

Ideally, the natives of the wasteland as NPCs and the players as clones should have formed a special symbiotic social relationship.

Complementary to each other's advantages, but also restrict each other.

If everything goes well, players who own real estate, property, equipment, friendship, and even love here will regard Wasteland OL as their 'Second life' and become supporters of order rather than challengers, forming a benign game ecology.

This kind of game actually exists in reality.

Commonly known as 'Server environment'.

Of course, Lucius also knows that plans can never keep up with changes, so he also prepared a lot of Plan B to deal with sudden situations.

But at least for now, the implementation of the first phase of the plan is quite good.

These beta test players that Lucius carefully selected were obviously all attracted by the big cake he drew, and they were more cooperative than he imagined.

Popo raised the camera, looked at the master standing beside her, and reminded him in a low voice.

"Master, do you know that you are smiling like a villain now."

"The villain? Have you ever seen a villain as kind as me?"

Lucius glared at the guy who couldn't speak.

"I liberated them from the boring routine and gave them an extra 12 extra hours in their lives. All they need is a little sweat and dream time, and they have nothing to lose, It didn't even cost a penny!"

F*ck! It's a shame to say that. This helmet should be paid for!

But after thinking about it, Lucius didn't know what was the use of asking for money, and the things he bought online couldn't be delivered, and he didn't need to pay for the electricity bill of the server and the cost of the helmet.

At least for now, it will be troublesome to collect money.

Shaking his head, Lucius looked away from the window, turned his back to Popo and yawned.

"It's a bit windy on the roof. I'm going back to the shelter first, and I'll leave this place to you."

The 'Cowboy Squad', he was most optimistic about had already set off with bows and arrows, javelins and dry food bought by raising funds, and it should be hunting.

Before that, Lucius had been deliberately cultivating the player named Get Up Ten Times A Night, not only taught him the experience of surviving in the wasteland, and how to use 'Perception' to track prey and perceive danger, but also led him to successfully find the location of the deer herd. footprint.

If they can't bring back the prey, then he will be ashamed of his own cultivation.

It happened that there were not many 9mm bullets left, so Lucius decided to take a vacation for himself today.

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Popo moved the camera and obediently took orders.

"Obey, Master."

...

It was noon.

Next to the resident hall of the refuge, in the half-open training cabin, a hoarse whimpering sound came out.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I'm finally alive!"

I was so excited when I got up earlier that I knocked my forehead on the hatch that hadn't been fully opened, and sat up from the training cabin rubbing her red forehead.

Looking at the delicate skin and proud body in the mirror opposite, her pupils were filled with tears.

Half pain, half excitement.

Before going online, she had been OB in the forum for three full days!

Three days!

God knows how I survived these three sleepless nights without a helmet.

After wiping off the tears she had squeezed out, Yaya quickly put on the clothes that were placed in the storage compartment in the cabin head, pulled it hard, tightened the zipper, and walked out of the room in small trots.

The lights in the residents' hall were on.

Lucius, who just came back from the outside, was sitting in front of the computer in the lobby and surfing the Internet.

Hearing footsteps from the next door, he closed the webpage he was browsing, released the mouse, and looked at the player who walked into the hall.

I saw this little leek lowered his head and said in a repentant tone.

"Dear Master Manager, please allow me to apologize to you for my sloppy and reckless behavior!"

Although the planner told her that apologizing was meaningless, but what this NPC did was too realistic.

Especially when he looked over, she always felt that if she didn't say sorry, she couldn't forgive herself.

"You don't need to apologize to me. What you have failed is the trust of the organization and those who are still waiting in the underground."

Lucius glanced at her clothes.

If I remember correctly, there are only two sets of blue coat uniforms for each training cabin. If this guy dies again, I'm afraid she will have to play without any cloths.

Although Shuri made some warm animal fur coats, they are only suitable for wearing outside. If you don't wear anything inside, it will be somewhat unsuitable for children.

Especially this guy's figure is a bit special...

Lucius continued to speak expressionlessly.

"...According to the rules, I should deduct 500 contribution points from you, but unfortunately you have no contribution points to deduct."

Yaya lowered her head and said ashamedly.

"I'm really sorry, I am willing to accept any punishment!"

"Punishment is for you to learn a lesson. If you want to survive in this wasteland, you need not only bravery, but also brains. I hope you can cherish your life, and cherish this hard-won journey to the surface even more."

Lucius paused and continued, "A task is given to you. Go outside and collect 100 kilograms of food, including but not limited to wild vegetables, berries, and mushrooms. Until the punishment task is completed, your status will drop from 'resident' to 'criminal'. This status cannot Accept the task normally, and you will not be able to get any rewards."

"Remember, your balance is no longer enough to pay the death penalty. If you die again, I will permanently send you back underground."

"It's good to do it for yourself."

Permanent repatriation means disqualification from the game.

In the fictional game setting, all players come from the deepest part of the shelter—a dormant center where tens of thousands of people are frozen, acting as an advance force returning to the surface.

Hearing the four words of permanent repatriation, Yaya trembled and said quickly.

"Yes! I promise never again!"

Satisfied with her introspective attitude, Lucius nodded slightly.

"Go."

Yaya was dejected, and was about to walk towards the door, but at this moment, the manager sitting at the desk suddenly stopped her.

"Wait a moment."

Yaya stopped and turned around.

"Do you have any other orders?"

"Well, wait a moment, I'll show you something."

As he said that, Lucius took out a box of metal-wrapped cans from the drawer, pulled off the pull ring, and tore off the lid of the can.

The aroma wafts from the can.

Lucius was stunned when he saw it.

Unexpectedly, this old canned food not only has no oil layer, but also looks the same as the newly produced one.

Could it be that it was just processed...

Lucius had a strange expression on his face.

Do you still need a drug test?

The newly resurrected Yaya didn't think so much. Her stomach was empty right now, she wasn't hungry at first, but when she saw the delicious canned food, she couldn't help swallowing.

Looking up at the manager, her face was full of disbelief and emotion.

"This, is this for me?"

Lucius didn't answer, just asked.

"Want to eat?"

Yaya nodded quickly.

Lucius continued to ask.

"Is there something wrong with that color? Like...green light?"

Yaya shook his head vigorously.

"No!"

When she was hungry, everything tasted delicious, and her attention was completely hooked by the food, so she couldn't help swallowing again.

This manager is too conscientious!

Although I punished myself just now, but——

"Okay, I know."

Lucius took the can back.

"I'll show you, don't think too much."

Yaya: "???..."

In the end, the little player ran out with tears in his eyes.

Lucius, who was sitting on a chair and eating canned food, also felt that he might have gone a little too far this time...

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