The Cowboy Club group.
Today is as lively as ever.
Ever since Walker and Gale became the first perception and intelligence players in Wasteland OL respectively, the name of the cowboy team has become well-known on the forum.
Some people on the forum did not know where they got the group number, and now people join the group every day.
In order to prevent some strange people from coming in, and to prevent people from harassing Light, the group leader Bunny simply closed the application for joining the group.
Looking at the posts on the forum, it is said that two awakened strongmen were born on the server today.
And they are all from the strength department.
One of the unlocked talents is [Berserker], which is "half intelligence to strength attribute", and the other is [Fighting Zeal], which is "Agility and Constitution +10%". Both talents need to be activated actively, the duration is 1~2 minutes, and the CD is not very long.
Now the entire gossip board is clamoring, asking the official to open a channel to re-select the gene sequence, and it is best to enable the function of changing the gender.
However, the officials don't seem to want to pay attention to it, and planner Light also has not bubbled up during the whole process.
Since the topic on the forum could not be inserted at all, everyone came to the group.
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Hey, I'm envious of you guys leveling up so fast."
Quit Smoking: "Hahaha, brother Mosquito, let's fight together, it's fun in the tunnel! I'm already LV5!"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "F*ck, even Quit Smoking is LV5!"
Quit Smoking: "What do you mean I am LV5! I have been in the game for more than a month, okay! (ノ｀Д´)ノ彡┻━┻"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Tsk."
If he hadn't entered the game too early and didn't know much about the gameplay, Tomorrow, who had no brains, chose an agility department, and the second intelligence department awakener in the whole server would definitely be him!
But he is not the most unlucky, the real unlucky ones are the two directors of No. 81 Steel Factory next door.
When the two brothers entered the game, they heard that the strength department was most popular class, so they chose strength without saying anything, but now they are even more confused, and there are not many opportunities to strike iron with a hammer.
Scrambled Eggs: "Time flies, before we know it, we've been closed beta for almost three months?"
Tomorrow Seeker: "The novice period of this game is really a bit long. It took three months to reach LV10. I don't know if the difficulty will be adjusted after the closed beta."
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "How much do you say the full level is?"
Tomorrow Seeker: "Ghost knows, the official has never mentioned the level cap, but I feel that there may be a hurdle at level 40 or 50, and then it will be released gradually according to the progress of the expansion pack, probably similar to WOW."
Badass Bunny: "I think you are thinking too much. With the current speed, whether you can reach level 40 by this time next year is a problem!"
After the tenth level, Bunny felt that the difficulty of leveling up had obviously increased a lot.
When the level was low before, you can see a significant improvement in the tree-cutting progress bar, but now tree-cutting only increases the proficiency, and the progress bar does not move at all, and he don’t know if it has increased.
This is much more difficult than the MM he played before!
Remembering that Scrambled Eggs also awakened a few days ago, Bunny continued to dig.
"Brother Scrambled, what is the talent you unlocked?"
Scrambled Eggs: "Balance."
Badass Bunny: "Balance?"
Scrambled Eggs: "Yes, the name is Balance, and the effect is to convert half of your constitution into strength within one to two minutes."
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "Damn it?! Is it so awesome?!"
8th Level Gale: "It can be said to be a divine skill..."
Convert half of your constitution into strength.
Wouldn't it be able to carry and output again?! If the constitution system can master this skill, the dominance of the strength system after level 10 on the battlefield must be at least half divided by the constitution system!
After all, the defense provided by the strength attribute is really pitiful.
In the middle and long range, the impact of the power attribute on DPS is mainly reflected in the control of the weapon and the distance of the thrown object.
Unless it is close to the limit distance, in most cases, the damage bonus provided by the strength attribute is marginally diminishing!
Unless, there is equipment that can better exert the value of the strength system.
Like the loyal "Golden Toilet", or the chainsaw gun or something...
On the other hand, in the constitution system, after the attribute point exceeds 10, even if it is not as exaggerated as the "Breathing and returning blood" in FPS games, the effect of quickly stopping bleeding after being shot is very useful.
If you don't hit the vital point, you can at least carry two more shots!
After awakening, even the bandages can be saved!
Scrambled Eggs: "What the hell! Irena's 'Regeneration of severed limbs' is called a magical skill, okay? Arms can grow back even if they fall off!"
Tomorrow Seeker: "Awesome!"
8th Level Gale: "This shit is a skill of a different species, right?!"
Irena is not in the Cowboy Club group, but the people in the group are familiar with each other in the game, and occasionally form a team together.
Especially on the forum, she and Ye Shi often exchange funny emoticons.
Everyone was envious for a while when they heard that he had actually unlocked the passive "No upskilling".
8th Level Gale: "I feel that the spring of the intelligence department has not yet arrived, but the spring of the constitution department is coming. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ"
Quit Smoking: "Hey, the constitution system is ecstatic! ୧(＾ 〰 ＾)୨"
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "This is very unreasonable. I thought Scrambled dude would unlock the 'Iron stomach' of the Ratman. I didn't expect to unlock the regeneration of bears and lizards. (≧▽≦)"
WC Really Has Mosquitoes: "Talk about Walker, agility, have you tried your two talents? Is it easy to use?"
Get Up Ten Times A Night: "I've tried it, and it feels average. Light said that the talent I unlocked is pretty awesome, but I don't feel it at all. ┐(´д`)┌"
The talent he acquired was "Killing Intuition".
According to the description of the talent, it is a passive trigger, and can feel the subjective killing intent at the conscious level.
And the stronger the killing intent, the stronger the feeling!
Unlike the perception that uses light, sound, smell, vibration and other factors as the medium, this kind of perception does not seem to require the use of a material medium, but directly reads the killing intent at the level of consciousness in an unknown way.
Brain wave? Heart rate? Or some kind of unknown "Field"?
There is no specific scientific explanation given in the talent description, maybe the operators themselves don't know how to edit it.
Aside from these trivial problems, there is actually a big problem with this talent, that is, it is severely attenuated by distance!
The farthest trigger range in open land is only 800 meters to 1 kilometer, and in the indoor environment, the maximum capture range may be a house with three or four floors.
To be honest, this distance is somewhat tasteless for the perception system.
After all, before Walker was awakened, he relied on the bonus of perception attributes to capture the faint reflection of the sniper scope 1 kilometer away.
According to Tomorrow's analysis, the real function of this murderous intuition should be to guard against sneak attacks.
For example, when they were at the ecological experiment base before, with Walker's perception, they didn't notice the "High agility unit" lurking in the forest - with Deathclaw.
And if you have a murderous intuition, you may be able to spot it the moment you are targeted.
But thinking about it the other way around, if the opponent restrained his killing intent, or didn't notice them at all, then this talent might be useless.
Overall, this talent is still useful. But the usefulness is not as great as imagined!
8th Level Gale: "Mine is similar...the name is overclocking, and the effect is probably similar to Bunny's version of the intelligence system, gaining 150%~200% brain work efficiency bonus. The duration is a little longer, about 30 seconds."
To be honest, this talent is probably even weaker than Walker's "killing instinct".
At least for the current version of the intelligence system, what is missing is not attributes at all, but the ability to convert attributes into damage.
For example, the manipulator is a tool that can "Convert intelligence attributes into DPS", but there is a limit to the output power of the manipulator, especially after awakening, this is particularly obvious.
When the intelligence attribute is below 10, every increase in the attribute point can increase the maximum working efficiency of the manipulator by 10%, and the coordination with the muscles will be more coordinated, and the control will be more precise. But when the intelligence attribute exceeds 10, the improvement effect is negligible.
Gale's own analysis is that two more manipulators should be installed at this time, or a third arm should be implanted, or even a multifunctional arm, just like "Dr. Octopus".
Another way of thinking is to use neural connection devices to operate drones or ground unmanned vehicles in multiple threads, and turn your brain into a "Drone hive" that dominates the drone swarm.
However, there is a prerequisite for taking these two paths, that is, these two things can be bought on the shelves of NPC shops.
This is really too difficult!
Quit Smoking: "Damn, intelligence bonus? That's a bit of a cheat..."
8th Level Gale: "It can't be completely cheated, maybe the usage needs to be developed a little bit."
"..."
Flipping through the chat records in the group, Lucius silently collected the experience summed up by the young players in a text document.
Although his background can see the skills of each player, what he can see is panel data, and the specific situation still depends on the evaluation comments of the players.
"...After the awakening, the physique system may enter a strong period. Talents focus on the enhancement of survivability, and the types of talents are more abundant than other systems."
However, this sequence is somewhat dependent on talent, and not everyone can master the magical skill of "Balance".
In addition, even after the awakening of the intelligence department, the combat effectiveness still has not been significantly improved.
It seems that this sequence is very unfriendly to newcomers.
It's okay to take the life career route, but it's too expensive to take the combat career route because it relies too much on foreign aids.
"Popo."
Following Lucius's call, Popo's voice floated from the side.
"Here it is, Master."
Lucius marked the document and leaned back on the chair.
"Help me sort out the content in the document and update it to the settings set on the official website."
"There will be 300 newcomers in the Alpha1.0 version, and these materials should be able to provide them with some help."
After listening to Lucius's instructions, Popo said energetically.
"No problem, leave it to Popo without worry!"
As soon as the voice fell, a cute emoticon popped up on the table and gave him a thumbs up to cheer him up.
Although 90% of them were emoticons stolen from the forum, Lucius still couldn't help smiling, feeling that the fatigue of a day's work had been dispelled a lot.
Turn off the emoticon package, Lucius is planning to edit the copywriting for the New Year's Day event.
And at this moment, footsteps came from outside the office.
After knocking on the door twice, Dr. Tom opened it and walked in.
He held a round silver-white earphone in his hand. The shell looked like aluminum alloy, not too heavy, and the volume was considered small. After wearing it, it could cover half of the ear.
There is a camera on the front end of the earphone, which is perpendicular to the hanging ear, and it can just face forward after wearing it.
If you want to take a photo, just press the button on the side of the headset. And if you want to take a video, you can press and hold it for two seconds, and press it again to turn it off.
Putting the earphones on Lucius's desk, Dr. Tom continued.
"I made the headset you want for you. According to what you said, on the basis of the two functions of camera and photo, the communication function is added."
"However, I have to remind you that the VM...that is, the vital sign monitor has a wide range of signal transmission and reception, up to twenty kilometers, but the bandwidth of information transmission is not very large. Text and images are fine. If you want to transmit audio, or even video, you may have to get a portable radio for it."
Lucius tried to understand this sentence.
To put it simply, the headset is matched with the VM, and it borrows components such as the communication chip and signal transmitter on the VM, so it can be made so compact.
However, after all, VM is only a self-rescue tool for the wearer to be found by search and rescue personnel. Stability and reliability are the first elements, which makes it not suitable as a tool for long-distance large-scale data transmission.
With the help of the vm signal transmitter, it is possible to use this headset to communicate between teams, and it is barely enough to communicate with outposts more than ten kilometers away, but it is still a bit difficult to open the "Live broadcast".
Unless, it is very close to the signal tower, or the team is equipped with a mobile station with stronger sending and receiving capabilities and a more professional mobile station.
It is not difficult to solve this problem. Whether it is a signal tower or a mobile station, if you do not deliberately pursue high integration, lightness and compactness, it is no problem to use relatively "Primitive" radio equipment.
Not just a mobile station, Lucius also plans to build another signal tower in Starwood Farm, so that the signal can cover the area north of Tuna District, and provide information services for players who have explored further areas.
Picking up the earphones on the table and looking at them for a moment, Lucius looked at Tom and asked.
"Just this one?"
"Five in total."
Tom took out four more earphones from his pocket, put them on the table, and sighed softly.
"I have already transferred the design drawings to your computer, including the portable radio. You can find someone to copy it, it is not very difficult... So please, don't bother me to do this kind of thing anymore, there is a lot of data that needs to be processed, and that robot, I'm almost too busy."
Although he understands that the task of the scientific expedition team is heavy, he is the only one in the shelter who knows how to deal with those complicated carbon-based circuit boards.
Making a helpless expression, Lucius looked at him and said.
"I try my best."
After Tom left, Lucius looked at the blueprint he had sent to himself, and the content inside was very detailed.
Including where to collect the required materials, including how to process those collected materials, and how to put them together.
Lucius plans to find a few survivors who understand radio in the future, try to copy a few sets according to the steps on the blueprint, and then send them to the front-line team leader for unified command.
After writing the plan in the work log, Lucius continued to edit the copywriting for the New Year's Day event.
["Wasteland OL" first New Year celebration! ]
[ Explanation: New Year's Day is an important festival in the wasteland! In order to celebrate another year of living and pray for good luck in the coming year, the scavengers on the wasteland often go out for food a week in advance to search for ingredients for the New Year's Eve meal!
What magical delicacies will be loaded into the recipes for this year's New Year's Eve? What kind of magical animals will be eaten to extinction next year?
The Manager has prepared a mysterious gift for all the residents who participated in the event. Participating is earning!
In addition, the winners of the competition will also receive the honorable title of "Wasteland Gourmet"! And be counted in the Hall of Fame!
The Manager is here to remind everyone again that safety always comes first!
In any case, don't spoil your stomach!
Unless you want to miss this celebration! ]
[ Activity start date: December 25, 211 of the Wasteland Era to January 1, 212 of the Wasteland Era. ]
[ Requirement: Use ingredients that are easily obtained on the wasteland to make simple and delicious food. ]
After reading the event plan from beginning to end, Lucius showed a satisfied expression on his face.
Good!
The only fly in the ointment is that such an important festival event cannot be paid for.
If this is added with an event krypton gold bar, it will be exactly the same as the game of Goose Factory and Pig Factory!
In order to prevent the players from dying and causing non-combat attrition, Lucius decided to appoint Yaya as a taster after careful consideration.
I believe that the helpful Mr. Yaya will definitely take on this task happily.
"That way, nothing will go wrong!"
The day after tomorrow is the 25th.
After completing the final revision of the event plan, Lucius clicked twice with the mouse and set the sending time as tomorrow evening. Then he yawned and stretched, and went back to his room to sleep.
...
Perhaps it was because of being overworked recently, Lucius had a very long dream at night.
However, this dream cannot be regarded as a nightmare, at most it is a bit bizarre.
The person chasing him for DNA changed from Hena carrying the needle to Boss Sumeria.
After waking up, Lucius sweated profusely all over his body. He waited for the players to go online and offline before getting up and going to the B3 floor.
Medical laboratory.
The silver-haired Miss Hena is observing the sliced specimens collected by the players.
Seeing Lucius approaching, she immediately stopped what she was doing, skillfully opened the scanning bed next to her, and patted the pillow.
"Come on, lie down here."
Perhaps it was because he was observing the specimens in the last second, Lucius always felt that the eyes she looked at him were somewhat "Red".
But with Popo here, Lucius was not worried that someone in the shelter would hurt him.
Seeing the sample obediently lying on the scanning bed, Hena excitedly walked to the terminal beside the bed, and pressed a few buttons on the touch screen.
Accompanied by a slight current sound, the scanning device quickly started to work.
After a while, the sorted attribute panel appeared in front of Lucius.
[ ID: Lucius
Genetic Sequence: Manager (Phase 2)
Level: LV.14→LV.15
——Basic attributes——
Strength: 17
Agility: 11
Constitution: 15→16
Perception: 12
Intelligence: 14 ]
Perhaps because of the recent exercise, his level has been raised by one level, and it is now LV15.
"I don't know if I will wake up again after LV20."
Lucius's gaze stayed behind the gene sequence, the bracketed "Seconds stage" suffix.
LV1 is the first stage, LV10 is the second stage, and in the same way, the third stage should be LV20?
In addition, although he still hadn't figured out the upgrade rules of the manager sequence, Lucius could clearly feel that the upgrade was getting more and more difficult.
"It's unbelievable... the various values of your body are far beyond the range of normal people, how did you do this?!"
Sitting in front of the terminal at the bedside of the scanning table, Hena looked at Lucius incredulously, with strong interest written all over her face.
Lucius was no stranger to this guy's fuss.
Getting up from the bed and straightening his collar, he casually replied.
"I want to know too, how about you research it for me?"
Hena nodded.
"No problem, but before that... I have something here that you should be interested in."
Lucius cast a questioning look at her.
"What?"
"Research on the heterogeneous slime mold..."
As she spoke, Hena took a tablet turned into a VM from the side, and turned it in front of Lucius.
"According to the slice samples provided by your 'players', my previous guess has been confirmed. Many slime mold variants, including gnawers, crawlers, sacrificial bombers, and tyrants, are not just descendants of mutant slime molds. Entities, and all physiological phenomena and biological behaviors such as their shape, predation, etc, are actually imitations aimed at us."
Lucius slightly raised his eyebrows.
"Us?"
"Humans, but not limited to humans, even... machines."
Hena nodded lightly, paused for a moment, and then continued.
"For example, the Tyrant... I found a form in its body that is highly similar to that of the corpse eater, but on the outside is another layer of hardened fruiting body structure that is completely different. And this also led to, even if the fruiting body on the outer layer is destructive Up to 90 percent, it is still able to continue hunting and use the organic matter obtained from prey to release spores, spread slime mold, and slowly repair damaged fruiting bodies."
"Does that sound surprising?"
Seeing Lucius gradually showing surprise on his face, Hena continued to talk happily about her amazing discovery.
"It's imitating us. Although it's a poor imitation, it can't be said to be completely useless. This feeling is like... um."
Frowning and pondering for a while, Hena seemed to be thinking about how to describe her discovery.
However, Lucius understood.
His Adam's apple moved slightly, and he tried to ask.
"...It seems that there is a biomass exoskeleton or power armor on the outside of the gnawer?"
Hena's eyes lit up, she snapped her fingers and said.
"That's right, that's the feeling! Isn't it amazing? No wonder those people are always clamoring to go out, the outside world is simply incredible..."
Hena was still chattering excitedly.
However, people's joys and sorrows are not connected. Lucius could not feel her joy in discovering new species at all, and even saw a little headache.
Biomass armor that can repair itself, and the amazing imitation ability displayed by those slime molds... What kind of monster is this?
"Is there any way to make the fruiting bodies of those slime molds edible?" Lucius interrupted Hena's eloquence, looking at her solemnly and asked.
Hena froze for a moment, then looked at him incomprehensibly.
"Something that can be eaten? Why do you want to eat that kind of thing..."
Lucius sighed lightly.
"Because I really can't think of a better way."
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