Chapter 156: Ice and snow sealing the city,
Lin Wu went up to the sentry tower to observe the terrain for a while, whispered to Shana, and then went out to set up firecrackers. After a while, firecrackers sounded, and Big Mac chased the sound away from the supermarket and arrived at the main entrance of the supermarket. Lin Wu lit the second firecracker fuse, burned his stamina to sneak and walk quickly, and successfully attracted Big Mac after detonating the firecracker.
Finally, Big Mac was led to the right side of the main entrance of the supermarket base, staying 150 meters away from the supermarket base. Here is the edge of the White Birch Park. There is a half-meter-high artificial lake for paddling, covering an area of more than 100 square meters. These are not the reasons Big Mac goes to Little Lake. The real reason to go to the small lake is that this location is an excellent shooting spot for the sentry tower.
"Everyone takes one shot. If he misses the head, he will eat a mouthful of snow."
"Childish." The two of them have used this word to each other. Shana said: "You are not allowed to use Silencer, use AR15."
In the game It is still difficult to hit a watermelon 120 meters away with an assault rifle, because according to game data, the range of an assault rifle with a quadruple scope is only 80 meters. The target in the scope will be blurred beyond 80 meters, and the farther the distance, the blurrier it becomes. This is why the Timberwolves can only reach a range of 500 meters.
According to Little White Rabbit, the reason why the virtual gun range is used is to avoid the appearance of a real battlefield. The game experience of real battlefield games is not good for players, and the enemies usually die before they even see them.
With the blessing of the sentry tower, the standard range of the assault rifle is 100 meters. In the scope, a mosaic appears on Big Mac's little head, which is mixed with the mosaic of the body and needs to be carefully identified.
So the two started playing like this. After each eating a dozen mouthfuls of snow, they both felt that their behavior was too idiotic and was completely a zero-sum game. So I decided to shoot my forehead. Eating snow can really make you feel cold, and you may even catch a cold. A bullet to the forehead will not cause injury to the other person.
After Big Mac was injured, his roar attracted many younger brothers, so the two began to eliminate the younger brothers in a competition. Whoever killed more in one minute would win. After beating the younger brother, the loser went down to the sentry tower to stab Scream. This was Shana's first time playing Scream in a systematic way. Having fun, he asked: "Is this your daily life with Maya?"
"One of the daily routines." Lin Wu said: "In daily life, we also go to the cement factory and the bounty hunter hall. But now we can't go out at night, so we can only We can play during the day."
Shana looked at the sun that was shifting to the west: "Look."
The two of them watched the gray clouds swallow up the sun, and Shana said: "The power of nature is more powerful than zombies."
It was like echoing Shana's words, the system broadcast: A strong snowstorm is about to sweep through the home. To reflect the humanitarian spirit, the home opens the shelter. For three hours, players can teleport from their base to Sanctuary. You can't die in a shelter, and you don't gain points.
Players who give up and enter the shelter will face various survival challenges.
Challenge 1: The temperature of your home will drop sharply, reaching as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius. Without sufficient fuel, you will definitely die.
Challenge 2: It’s almost impossible to go out during a snowstorm.
Challenge 3: The blood epidemic will continue to expand to the surrounding areas.
Challenge 4: Keep the duration of the snowstorm secret.
If the player chooses to stay in the game instead of going to the shelter, they will receive additional points for every hour they survive. The longer they survive, the higher the points they will receive per hour.
System broadcast: The three-hour countdown begins. Players will not be frostbitten during these three hours. Please cherish the last time or retreat into the shelter, or collect supplies as soon as possible to survive the long night.
Shana said, "There's not enough food."
"Let's go quickly."
"Where to go?"
"We can only risk going to the county seat." It was impossible for Lin Wu to go to the shelter.
While talking, Nightmare skied into the Birch Tree Park, slid to the door and raised his head and shouted to the two of them: "You guys come with me."
Lin Wu and Shana came down, Nightmare packed a food bag into the storage, and said: "Follow me, I There are also three food bags hidden."
Lin Wu asked: "Where?"
"The trunk of the car."
Ah! In the future, if you see a suspected scrapped car on the road, you should search it. Lin Wu understood the nightmare as soon as she mentioned it. She hid food packages and other material packages in the trunk of the car, drove the car to a remote place, possibly smashed the car into scrap, and used the trunk of the car as a field warehouse.
The food package was hidden not far from the original nightmare base, and it took the three of them an hour to go there and back. While there was still time, the three of them ventured to Zuoxian County, intending to raid a small supermarket. However, the two masses of blood mist on Route 1 had come into contact, and the zombies in the blood mist were even more ferocious, so they finally gave up the plan.
There was still an hour left before we returned to the base. As soon as we entered the base, we heard Shitou's half-dead voice coming from the radio: "Answer the phone, answer the phone, answer the phone." "Yes."
Shana answered the call.
Shitou: "Where have you been? I've been calling you for an hour."
Lin Wu: "Looking for food."
Maya's voice: "How much is the food reserve?"
Lin Wu replied: "27 units, enough for the three of us to consume for 9 days What's the situation at the main base?"
Maya said: "Not bad. The two farms cannot be irrigated in winter, and the food production is halved. They can only provide 5 food items per day. The current food reserve is 28 items, and the daily consumption is 7 items." This is Reasons why barracks were demolished to build farms. However, the second farm lacks a composter and lacks chemical skills to make fertilizer. Therefore, the second farm produces 4 grains per day, and the first farm produces 6 grains per day.
After winter, 5 foods per day, 7 foods per day, reduced to 2 per day, the main base can support 14 days.
Maya said: "After discussing with Shitou, I thought we should go to the sub-base and give you a food package." Of course, you will not starve to death immediately without food. You will be hungry on the first day, very hungry on the second day, and It will take three days to die. I didn't eat any food at 8 a.m. on the 1st and entered a state of hunger. I entered a very hungry state at 8 o'clock on the 2nd. Died at 8 o'clock on the 3rd. Actually only 48 hours.
Lin Wu said: "Don't worry. If the snowstorm doesn't stop on the last day, Shana and I will risk going into the sewers."
Maya: "Okay." Maya wants to go to the branch base. After all, there is a library there. But she can only carry one food package, and the supermarket base cannot feed four people.
After ending the call, Nightmare said: "Don't you think this is a gamble? Dawning seizes on the greedy mentality of humans and bets against players. It is said to be a gamble, but Dawning is the banker. It wants the blizzard to last for a few days."
Lin Wu said: "Don't make sarcastic remarks, we are like grasshoppers on a rope now."
Nightmare disagreed and said: "I'm not afraid of death, you are afraid of death."
Lin Wu was startled, Nightmare was right, it was true. .
Nightmare said: "I suggest you go to the shelter. There is no need to gamble on your attributes and skills for these points." "
We all go to the shelter, and you survive for 27 days alone?" Lin Wu looked at Shana. Na nodded firmly, and Lin Wu said: "We are all brothers, and we will die together."
Nightmare said: "Then I wish us all good luck."
Lin Wu said: "Before I wish you good luck, let me ask, do you still have tailoring skills? Book?"
Nightmare was Shana's nominal husband. Of course he knew about Shana's death and said, "Yes, yes, the deal is to help me do a mission for free in the future." She had already recognized Lin Wu's ability.
Lin Wu asked: "Did you bring it?"
Nightmare replied: "Of course not."
Lin Wu asked: "Where are your things?"
Nightmare said: "We have an exclusive fortress storage box. With a few points, we can have the fortress airdrop us. Necessary supplies."
Lin Wu nodded: "We'll wait until the snowstorm passes. Maybe I'll die and won't be able to help you even if I want to."
Nightmare: "Okay."
Lin Wu secretly pondered that there were nearly a hundred households near the church on the top of the mountain. People, if the main base works hard, maybe it can get enough materials to make a hacker computer, and then you can just go to the safe house to get it. Nightmare said that her supplies were in the cloud warehouse, and she went to a cowshed to get the supplies, so the supplies were definitely not from Nightmare.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, the system broadcast: "A total of more than 128,000 players participated in the blizzard challenge. First of all, Homeland salutes the courage of these players. I believe everyone is concerned about the time when the blizzard will end. Next, we will conduct the first round Voting, the voting time starts from 3 days, and the number can be infinite. Assuming that more than 40% of the players vote for a certain number, then this number is the duration of the blizzard. Assuming that the first round of voting does not exceed 40% on any day, the second round of voting will be conducted three days later. Second round of voting. Thank you all, and wish you all the best."
Lin Wu asked: "How many days to choose?"
"It makes no sense for us to choose how many days." Shana analyzed: "Those who can stay should have more than three days of food. So not many people will choose 3 days, but other than 3 days, other numbers have no direction. Most people will enter the time that their own food can support. Therefore, any number in the first round of voting is unlikely to exceed 40%.
Shana continued: "According to Dawn's gameplay, more than half of the more than 120,000 players will die. Players who are willing to stay and challenge should be considered stronger players. This blizzard event will greatly weaken the overall strength of the players. I If the guess is correct, Shuguang is planning some small moves after winter."
Lin Wu asked: "What is the purpose?"
Shana shook her head, and the nightmare on her side said: "The purpose is to select and eliminate. If all players are allowed to survive for two years , then how to distinguish and analyze each person's character and ability? Constantly create disasters, looking for people with courage, will, wisdom, and overall perspective. The reason for this is said to be due to the Blue Star disaster." After immigrating to Blue Star,
humans They are not united to achieve great unity. Instead, they form cliques because of differences in culture, religion, background, education, etc. In the ten years before immigration, although the number of people was small, two wars broke out in humans. These two wars deepened the hatred between various groups. They consciously began to unite through politics and focused on developing military power.
In the end, it was Bastion Company's threat to cut off energy and the intervention of the Dawn Guards that made all groups sit down and establish the Blue Star Human Alliance.
"Then?"
Nightmare said: "Then? There is no then. I am just a carbon-based creature, how can I know what an AI that has evolved for thousands of years is thinking. Suppose I develop such a game that millions of people have to play, I am sure It will not allow everyone to live peacefully and peacefully."
Shana said: "I overheard some rumors when I was working at Fortress Company. It was said that there are zombies on the earth, and there are even many animals that have mutated into terrifying species. Will the super city? Will it just be a shelter and isolation zone? In addition to immigrating, humans also need to find ways to improve the ecological environment of the earth?"
Lin Wu suddenly realized: "So this is a zombie game. At least we have learned to use guns in it. I have to drive."
Shana and Nightmare didn't answer, they didn't know the specific situation. Shana added some charcoal to the bonfire, unfolded the book she borrowed from the library, and read it quietly. Lin Wu and Nightmare each thought for a while, but without any clue, they started to look through the books.
I don't know when Shana made a sound, startling the two of them. Shana put down the book and said: "Resources, a simple piece of clothing requires weaving, clothing making and other processes. Related industries are also designed in it. If Shuguang is just For a super city, how to replenish material consumption? There should be supporting farms, factories, etc. around the city." Real life is not a game, and items cannot appear out of thin air. It takes four years for a transport ship to travel back and forth between Earth and Blue Star. It is not realistic for Blue Star to replenish supplies.
Lin Wu: "After we get to Earth, no matter how high our points are, we won't be very wealthy?"
Shana: "Buy industries with points and develop your own industries. In the early stage, you may only have simple daily necessities. If you want to drive, you will need to communicate with Blue Star Do trade, but it will take several years to go back and forth. Or the earth will be industrialized and start manufacturing cars. Many raw materials for manufacturing industry need to be provided by nature. Human beings need to explore and find resources in the world outside the city." The three stopped talking again
. , thinking while reading a book.
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On the second day of the snowstorm, Lin Wu had begun to feel bored. Climbing up the ladder to the rooftop, the oncoming storm almost knocked him down. It took him a long time to climb to the guard tower with difficulty. Because it is a system building, the storm stopped after entering the watch tower, and there was no snow on the steps of the watch tower. When I climbed to the top of the watchtower, the visibility was less than 10 meters. In just a moment, Lin Wu was already frostbitten. In desperation, Lin Wu could only return to the base.
Zombies would still spawn in the supermarket, but the screams and roars inside the supermarket did not attract the zombies outside the supermarket. Shana speculated that there were no zombies outdoors, or they were hibernating in the snow. Shana also went out to test the snowstorm, and came back to tell Lin Wu that it was impossible to safely reach the sewer entrance at the county mark 700 meters away.
The zombies spawned in the supermarket base have become the best toys for the three of them to pass the time. They are reluctant to kill every zombie and use the slightest damage as much as possible to extend the lives of the zombies.
At first, Lin Wu played, while Nightmare and Shana watched. After watching for a while, Shana asked to join in. They shamelessly sealed the zombie's mouth with tape, tied the zombie's hands, and then played a boxing game with the zombie. In the end, the nightmare couldn't stand it any longer, so he went on stage to teach two people who only knew how to boxing what a straight punch was and what an uppercut was.
Next, Nightmare catches zombies and practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu chokeholds. Lin Wu and Shana hurt each other during the learning period. Although it was boring, the day finally passed. After dark, I cooked some broth and read a book while drinking it. During this period, I also talked about nightmares a lot more, and I started to actively participate in chats.
(End of chapter)