Chapter 400: 100: Time to Grind

Chapter 100: Time to Grind

Riptide finished hugging Sweet Dream, Dude, I almost forgot. I need a new board!

Later, Rip, Sweet Dream said. We need to finish this planning. She looked to Dylan, I like the idea of one bomb with a bunch of fakes. It ups the stakes.

Hold up a minute, Oro said. What if we used a nuke instead of TNT? Or some other explosive?

I ignored nukes because I figured it wouldnt be easy to get materials for it. But we could try other explosives. How strong is C4 compared to TNT? Jack replied.

Oro shrugged, No clue.

We should work on making this simple. The quicker we can gather materials, the quicker we can announce this, Sweet Dream said. Trying to gather so many explosives would take too long.

Do we need to worry about the amount of time it takes? Oro asked.

If we want to use this as recruitment, yeah. Otherwise, we should think of something else.

Shes got a point, Jack said. The sooner we do this, the more people well attract.

Then, let me see what we need to make a wave machine or something, Dylan said.

He typed some entries into his power, settling on one after a few revisions and a bit of alliteration.

The Wave Widget

This device causes massive waves to form in the ocean that could easily flood a city. Dr. Zlo created the weapon so the world would fall under his control! The machine works on a timer and charges up to create one unstoppable wave.

Steel Rod (10)

Wire (2 m)

Inflatable Swimming Pool (1)

Alarm clock (1)

Salt and Pepper Shakers (1 pair)

Seismometer (1)

Sciencium (200 g) or Alienite (25 g) or Phlebotinium (2 g)

Making a simple wave machine doesnt look too hard. How much Alienite do we have left? Dylan asked.

Nothing to share, unfortunately, Jack said. Weve been using it all to make generators, and Ive been using the rest to make the construction bots. It doesnt help that someone keeps breaking them.

The woman gave a pointed look at Riptide.

What?

Rip, stop breaking the construction bots, Sweet Dream said.

Dude, its not my fault they get in the way when I surf.

Okay! Oro said. Before we get into another argument, can we please decide if were going with the decoy plan?

I dont know, hitting one city isnt as exciting. I cant threaten the world as Dr. Zlo with one machine. What if we made three? Dylan said.CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

Thats six grams of Phlebotinium or seventy-five grams of Alienite. Because lets face it, you arent waiting for six hundred grams of Sciencium, Jack said.

We can grind the Alienite, right? Especially now that we have some land, Oro said.

Thats true. The tower defense mini-game is still going.

Did someone beat the final boss yet? Oro asked.

Yeah. I heard its a solid boss fight. The adaptive AI means players have to think on their feet each time they face it, Jack said.

Dude, that sounds awesome. We should try it! Riptide said.

I dunno, Ive never been a fan of alien invasion stories, Oro said. Theyre just so unrealistic.

Oh I know right. Like, any alien race advanced enough to explore the galaxy wouldnt bother with us.

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What we need is a player who takes the money creation power, Rampart said, literally jumping into the conversation.

You finished the outpost? Thomas asked. He looked over in the direction of the hill to see a small tower sitting atop it. The construction was barely more than a few sticks tied together, and it reminded Thomas of a tripod. A flat piece of wood sat on top of three wooden logs tied together with rope. Merla kept watch on top of it, sometimes releasing a blast of magic.

Ill switch out with her in a bit, or we could get one of Shizukas clones.

Thats a good plan, Thomas said.

Why should we get someone who makes money? Isnt Vert going to fix that soon? Nikola asked.

Rapport twisted to look at the villain, Are they?

Nikola shrugged, I dont know, but something like that will ruin an economy. And if they want a sandbox game they need money that takes work to create.

We might see a nerf to money creation, then, Thomas said.

If it does get nerfed, we need to build an economy, Rampart said. Otherwise, well never be able to build everything we have in mind. No offense to Zlo, but all his designs look expensive.

Thats what this is supposed to help with, Thomas said. Processing materials here can net us money.

Yeah, but how much? Nikola said.

Yeah, lets face it, were going to need more than millions of dollars, Rampart said.

Could try to do some bug hunting, Nikola mused. Ive heard that Vert pays for that.

I doubt its a high enough payout, Rampart countered. What we need is something that players want.

So, weapons, armors, gadgets, Thomas said. But raw materials work as well if we can sell to crafting factions.

Rampart leaned back against a tree and ran a hand through his hair, Why does planning have to be so hard!

Wish I could tell you, Nikola said. I take things one step at a time. Dex is the one with large plans.

Do we even need an external economy? Thomas muttered.

What? Rampart said.

Oh, I was wondering if we needed to sell materials. Menagerie isnt looking to specialize in anything. Isnt our best bet to buy up everything in the wilderness that we can?

That creates more places to defend, Rampart stated.

True, Thomas said. He brought a hand up to Dextras chin and pulled up the locations tab with his other.

I purchased this land for sixteen hundred dollars, which means four resources are located in this area. The forest is one, and Im assuming the hill holds the other three since nothing else stands out in the forest.

I thought you were looking for Phlebotinium? Nikola said.

I am, but the only thing my power could give me was rumor and conjecture. Im only as smart as the information I receive. Id hoped for a bit more info on the site, but I think I wont be able to learn more until we develop this land.

I think were getting too focused on Phlebotinium, Rampart said. Right now, we should be looking to make Skyline defensible.

You really think someones going to attack us so soon? Nikola asked.

Rampart shook his head, Im not sure, but I do know that if we dont have some defenses, well get shot out of the sky during our first fight.

So we should at least get the drones running, and the cloud cover, Thomas said.

Ill message Jack to see if she made something already, Nikola said.

Sounds good. Ill stay down here and keep hiring more NPCs so we can get wood and other materials for Skyline, Thomas said.

Hold up, Zlo just sent something, Rampart said.

Thomas looked at the corner of his screen to see his friends list flashing.

Superfan39526:

Hey, we need to farm some alienite if we want to do this heist.

Dream said it would take four solid hours of grinding.

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