Chapter 13

Chu Guang fastened the seal of the plastic bag and continued.

"You should be glad that you didn't continue to go inside. This mushroom usually grows near the nest of mutant leeches."

The night was stunned.

"Mutant leech?"

Chu Guang said casually.

"Well, the mutant leech in its infancy is only as big as a palm. It looks no different from a normal leech except for its special mouth."

"However, once they enter adulthood, their size will rapidly increase to more than 1 meter, up to 3 meters, and their eating methods will also change. It is said that they can even swallow a living person... Of course, I just heard."

After listening to the manager's narration, there was a cold all over at night.

He said he felt something wrong when picking mushrooms, but he couldn't say where it was. From this point of view, I had slipped a corner in front of the gate of death.

"Can't you eat?" the expression on Feng Feng's face was quite regretful. Looking at the mushroom put away by Chu Guang, he muttered, "I thought I could add buff."

"Don't think too much."

There are not so many buffs.

Chu Guang didn't say anything.

Although it can't be eaten, it is the main raw material for making radiation eliminators.

Chu Guang didn't know the specific principle. He also heard from old Charlie in Bette street.

Blue umbrella mushroom contains a special polypeptide, which can effectively alleviate and cure the non fatal injury caused by gamma ray.

Stonehenge's caravan will buy this thing, and the price is not low. It is usually transported to Stonehenge and sold to the factory there.

It's just that it's really hard to do. Few scavengers are willing to risk their lives to search for the nest of mutant leeches in swamps, subways and sewers.

Hard to find is one thing.

It's another matter to find it and bring it back.

Even if it is forced by life, no one wants to deal with these people who eat people and don't spit bones

Unexpectedly, there is a nest of mutant leeches near here.

Chu Guang was in a mixed mood.

Fortunately, the blue umbrella mushroom can sell for a lot of money, but the worry is that the mutant leech is difficult to deal with.

Salt?

Where can I get hundreds of kilograms of salt? If there is so much salt, it's better to sell salt directly.

Arson?

This thing usually lives in wet areas. It's really not so good to light.

"Do you remember the exact location of the sewer entrance?"

Facing the manager's inquiry, gale quickly took out the map and pointed to the marked position on it.

"Here it is."

Chu Guang glanced at the location on the map and silently wrote it down.

"I see."

……

The blue umbrella mushroom brought back by the strong wind and night ten is estimated to be 2kg. In the general market, you can get a chip every 50g.

2000g is 40 chips!

This is almost equivalent to all the savings Chuguang has saved in the past five months.

And that's the price from the recycling bin on Bette street.

The actual value of this thing is at least twice that!

Chu Guang plans to sell all these mushrooms, and then use the chips to buy the materials urgently needed by the outpost.

"The materials at the outpost need to be replenished. I'll go out. You stay here. Remember not to go far."

"At 5 p.m., Xiao Qi will open the elevator for you on time and return to the shelter."

"When I'm away, Xiao Qi will count your work results. You can also ask it if you don't understand."

As for the 2kg blue umbrella mushroom, Chu Guang calculated a total of 220 contribution points for the strong wind and night ten.

Among them, 200 contribution points are due to the discovery of the nest of the mutant leech, and the other 20 contribution points are from the blue umbrella mushroom.

It's not that he's stingy to give so much, but that he's afraid of giving too much. These players tasted the sweetness, risked to pick this thing, and accidentally died in it.

Before finding a generator that could power the active substance extractor, he felt it better to be cautious.

Green wheat porridge for lunch.

When it comes to porridge, Chu Guang feels a little like mung bean soup without sweetness.

This thing has no taste. It's just to fill your stomach.

However, to Chu Guang's surprise, the four players ate like a hungry ghost.

Is it so delicious?

Chu Guang had doubts about his cooking.

Am I actually good at cooking?

It shouldn't be

A meal was settled in a hurry.

Put away the pots and pans, Chu Guang put out the fire and set off on the road alone. There were only four players left in the sanatorium and an AI robot hanging up upstairs.

Fang Chang stared at the task board inserted in the door of the sanatorium and fell into meditation.

Night ten asked.

"What are you looking at?"

Said the chief.

"Depending on the manager's attitude, the blue umbrella mushroom should not be useless, but the reward given to you by the task is only 20 points, which is equivalent to cutting two trees... Do you think it's reasonable?"

The night was stunned.

"What's the problem?"

Said the chief.

"Of course, normally, the benefits players get from the task should be positively related to the difficulty of the task. You not only unlock new copies, but also collect high-value materials. Generally speaking, there is not only such a little reward."

Thought the wind.

"Then why do you think it is?"

The square commander snapped his fingers.

"Priority!"

"Excellent, priority?" night ten Leng way.

"That's right." the chief nodded. "Do you remember what the manager said in the previous plot? The first priority at present is survival!"

Really?

I think so.

Night ten didn't listen too carefully. He didn't watch the plot and went straight to most games. Although this game can't Ctrl, it doesn't make any difference to be distracted for a few minutes.

The chief continued.

"... so I guess that the tasks on the task board are not all tasks. This game gives us great autonomy. Tasks can not only be released by NPC, but also be triggered actively."

The wind frowned.

"Why?"

"Haven't you received the reward?" said the chief. "Although you haven't found the generator, you have found the alien nest and collected valuable materials."

"So I judge that as long as our behavior meets the current needs of shelter 404, we can get contribution points. And the value of reward is positively related to the value created by our behavior!"

"For example, building cesspits and toilets is a task released after the managers adopted our opinions. Lao Bai and I received a reward of 200 contribution points."

Lao Bai nodded.

"It seems so."

"I probably understand what you mean," said the wind touching his chin, "but can you get contribution points by completing the tasks on the task board?"

And the points are not low.

"This is the second point I want to talk about," said Fang Chang with a mysterious smile. "Do you still remember the favorable degree setting planned and told us?"

A flash of surprise appeared on the face of the strong wind.

"I see... I see what you mean."

Night ten and Lao Bai are still confused.

"What do you understand?"

"Speak clearly!"

Fang Long said slowly.

"In short, completing the fixed tasks on the task board step by step can obtain a fixed minimum reward, but it can not show our ability. In contrast, actively triggering tasks can better reflect our own ability! Theoretically, it should improve the managers' evaluation of us."

Of course, these speculations are based on the fact that the wasteland ol is a "completely real" immersive virtual reality game, and the manager's behavior is dominated by program logic and not set by human beings.

If his intelligence is not as high as expected, this inference is likely to be untenable.

However, at present, the manager's intelligence is still very high. There is no problem with normal communication. He can't even help wondering whether this guy will be played by real people.

After understanding Fang Chang's explanation, Lao Bai touched the stubble of his chin, nodded and said.

"This idea is interesting and worth trying... What do you think we should do?"

"I'm still trying to figure out how to do it, but my intuition tells me that it's more critical to accumulate more NPC favor before the second round of closure, which can ensure that we have a higher 'starting point' than other players in the second round of closure."

After a pause, the square commander snapped his fingers.

"I propose to form a team!"

"The meaning of forming a team is..." Yeshi wondered.

Lao Bai nodded.

"I have no problem."

The wind nodded.

"I agree."

Night ten Leng way.

"I have no problem, but can you explain the details of team formation with me?"

The chief explained patiently.

"In short, from now on, we are a team. We share intelligence and help each other. Then, what we have to do is give full play to our respective strengths."

The square commander looked at the strong wind and night ten and continued.

"Strong wind, night ten, you investigate along the lake bank of the Wetland Park, pay attention to the distribution and activity track of different species, and mark the area of suspected nests... But remember, don't get too close, especially to avoid fighting. We need a safe water intake."

The wind nodded.

"OK."

Then the chief looked at Lao Bai.

"As for us, what we have to do now is to cut more wood."

"After a while, I'll check some information on the Internet and find a way to make use of the stored wood tomorrow!"