This Game is Too Real

Long time outside the farm.

There were more than twenty people and six two-headed cows full of goods.

The man in the lead should be a trader, a few mercenaries followed by the team, and the rest are probably slaves tied to their hands and feet in shackles.

Staring blankly at everything in front of him, Sun Shiqi's eyes were filled with sluggishness, and he almost thought he had hallucinations.

"This is... Beijiao?"

Wire is entwined with a tall wooden fence. Behind it is a street with terraced fields and neat brick-and-wood houses. There are pedestrians coming and going, children playing, and hawkers who buy things, or those who are going to work in the fields. Old farmer.

Most of the local residents wear jackets made of hyena skin, but the weather has recently warmed up, and many people have wrapped their jackets around their waists, and some wealthy people have put on cloth clothes.

Looking up and looking further away, there are tall concrete walls and sentry towers on which stand soldiers wearing black uniforms and carrying rifles.

Looking at the thriving town in front of him, Sun Shiqi took out the map and repeatedly confirmed that he had not taken the wrong path.

However, it was precisely because of this that made him even more unable to believe his eyes.

"Weird..."

Sun Shiqi kept muttering.

"Where did such a large survivor colony emerge from?"

Before the winter last year, he had been here twice.

At that time, he was still a poor and white merchant. He led a two-headed cow and ate in the wasteland. By doing business with the blue coats in the park, he made a small fortune.

Earning the principal, he seized the historical opportunity of the continuous turmoil in the river valley province and sold the slaves of Honghe Town to the Jinchuan province to the south, and then bought grain and two-headed cattle from the farmers there. Garbage City and Honghe Town have slowly gained their current scale.

Recently, the slave owners in Honghe Town met their old master Gu Bingrong. They fought **** the trash mountain. Sun Shiqi, who had just returned from Jinchuan Province, immediately smelled the opportunity to make a fortune. Without a word, he would take the food and extra money in his hand. The livestock was replaced by slaves and mines, and he planned to go to Boulder City to buy a batch of "good things".

However, what puzzled Sun Shiqi was that he remembered that when he came here last year, it was still deserted. Weeds and shrubs were filled with soil slopes and mud pits. On the road out of the city, there lived a group of murderous monsters. Where did they come from? What kind of village with a scale of a thousand people and endless farmland?

Two guards carrying rifles stood at the entrance of the village.

Sun Shiqi stared at them in a daze, the two guards apparently also noticed his sight and looked straight over here.

The mercenary next to Sun Shiqi coughed lightly and lowered his voice to remind him.

"Boss, you'd better not stare at them for too long... I'm worried, we can't keep you."

There are only four of them.

In any case, it is impossible to be an opponent of these people.

After recovering, Sun Shiqi immediately realized his abruptness, put on an embarrassing smile, and took the initiative to clear up the misunderstanding.

"My friend, we are traders from Honghe Town. Excuse me...Where is this?"

"Longjiu Farm."

The guard on duty skillfully pointed to the sign hanging at the door, and seemed to have answered this question countless times.

"This is the West Gate, the village where the locals live. You are trading at the north gate next door, where there are trading posts and hotels."

Sun Shiqi said thank you, and hurriedly took his team to leave here, followed the road when they came back for a while, and went around the north gate where they should go.

Compared to the villages I saw earlier, the situation here is even more surprising.

Not only is the street more spacious, the staggered pavement is also paved with cement. The several hotels, taverns, and post stations along the street should have just been built, and they seem to be well-repaired.

Sun Shiqi walked to the hotel closest to the trading station.

The house here is big enough, and there is a cattle shed in the backyard, especially the few people hovering at the door are out of step with the surrounding environment. Obviously, like myself, they are all merchants who come here to do business.

The sign at the entrance of the hotel scribbled the word "road", which probably means road hotel.

The waiter standing at the door saw a group of people approaching here and enthusiastically helped them lead the two-headed cow into the cowshed.

"Should the guests eat or stay in a restaurant?"

"Stay in."

Sun Shiqi threw a dinar to the young man as a tip, instructed the mercenaries to watch the goods in the bullpen and wait for them to return, and then walked into the store alone.

The space in the store looks as spacious as the outside. The wooden stairs and floor still smell of forest. There are rows of wooden tables on the first floor. The back kitchen is very busy. Several guests are sitting in the corner and eating. The noodles smelled strange.

The old man sitting behind the counter raised his eyes, a reassuring smile squeezed out of his wrinkled face.

"Welcome, guests from afar, stay in a restaurant or eat?"

Sun Shiqi stared at him for a while, suddenly surprised in his eyes.

"You are... Hook from Highway Town?!"

The old man gave him a surprised look.

"you know me?"

Sun Shiqi smiled and said, "Of course you recognize it. Did you forget? I bought resin at your place last year... But why did you come here to open a shop? What about your people?"

"This shop was opened by the people in our town. You said Cam Tree... I really miss it." The muddy pupils were a bit of nostalgia, but when Old Hook was able to plant trees, he definitely wouldn't do it. of.

Those cam trees have been transplanted to the planting area to the west, and the boys in the original town are helping him take care of them.

He opened this hotel in partnership with Ye Xiao and his father. Ye Xiao should have been in the store, but the young man couldn't stay free and had to run to serve as a soldier. Recently, it seemed that he was transferred to Yuanxi Town on duty.

Sun Shiqi glanced around, and felt that the environment here was pretty good, and the people who watched the store were acquaintances—though the old man seemed to not remember him at all.

"Let's stay for one night... How do I pay?"

"Ten silver coins a night, extra credit for meals."

"Silver coins?" Sun Shiqi was stunned, "Can't dinar or CR work?"

"It's okay, but you have to take it to the trading post or bank to exchange for silver coins. From here to Yuanxi Town is the territory of the manager, we don't want to offend the respected lord. It is his grace to open a shop here. Not to mention that he is our benefactor."

Seeing Sun Shiqi's embarrassment, Old Hook smiled and said, "You don't have to rush to pay, just settle the account when you leave."

It hasn't been a month since Changjiu Farm opened to the outside world, so naturally there can be no guests with silver coins in their pockets.

A kilo of double-headed beef is 7 to 8 silver coins, and a double-headed cow is less than 1200 jin. Whether it is sold to a farm or a slaughterhouse, it can be exchanged for a lot of money.

Hook doesn't worry that they can't pay the bill at all. If they really can't afford it, he can help introduce buyers to them.

Sun Shiqi glanced at the menu on the counter and knew the prices here.

"Bring me five rooms."

Old Hook, who opened the ledger, glanced outside.

"Five rooms? There are more than forty people out there?"

Sun Shiqi casually said.

"That's my slave."

"Slave... that's really not suitable for staying in a store," Old Hook ticked a few consecutive room numbers on the ledger. "Your room is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. By the way, I will remind you, Beijiao. It is forbidden to slaves."

Sun Shiqi was taken aback for a moment, and his expression immediately became tense.

"Forbidden slaves? Wait...Why haven't I heard of this?"

If slavery is prohibited here, then his schedule may have to be adjusted.

"It’s normal to have never heard of it. After all, it’s the first time you have come here. There will be some weird rules on the sites operated by the Blue Coats. But don’t be too nervous. This is just forbidden to stay in slaves, illegal detention, violence, and illegal human trafficking. Have you noticed the trading post next door? You can store the slaves there. Each person is charged 5 silver coins per day. Contact is prohibited during the deposit period, and you can take it away when you leave."

"Of course, I would recommend you to sell directly to the trading station. The price they give is not bad. I don’t want to sell them. But don’t blame me for not reminding you. Slavery is not recognized here, only'limited ownership' is recognized. So it’s best not to take your slaves around in the street, don’t try to take them into the city, let alone slap them with whips or clubs. The guards will not only fine you if they see them, they may also send you in for two days.”

The slaves bought by the trading post will be sent to prison of war camp for a period of time, but their status is not prisoner of war, but "supervised person."

When they earn enough to redeem their own money through labor, learn at least one skill to earn a living, and are able to memorize the Basic Law proficiently, they will soon regain their status as free citizens, even obtain household registration, and be assigned to factories or assigned to them. field.

This usually doesn't take long.

If it's fast, it's three or four months, if it's slow, it's only a year.

Old Hook didn't know why the manager had to do such a troublesome operation, but it was a clever idea to think about it carefully.

Most of the merchants in the wasteland have done slave trades, and a total prohibition is not feasible, and people can choose not to come here. Buying it and putting it away can easily lead some people to take advantage of the system's loopholes, such as selling themselves, or selling their wives and children.

Sparse without blocking, seeking common ground while reserving differences, centralized supervision can be considered a compromise, at least it can prevent merchants with slaves from getting around here.

Sun Shiqi felt strange in his heart when he heard him talk about the term manager before, but this time he heard the blue jacket, he was even more convinced of the guess in his heart.

He asked in an incredulous tone.

"This...is the site of Vault 404?"

"Of course," Old Hook dropped the key on the counter and glanced at him strangely. "It looks like you haven't been here for a long time."

After giving him the key, Old Hook told him a few more words, try not to enter the city these days, there is a wave of waves here.

When he came in from the door before, Sun Shiqi had indeed heard from several other merchants that the road in Qingquan City was not easy these days.

When he arrived at the door of the backyard, Sun Shiqi saw his mercenary talking with a merchant.

Seeing his boss come out, the mercenary immediately pointed him.

"Our boss is there. Tell him, I can't be the master."

Before Sun Shiqi could ask, the merchant greeted him and said with a friendly smile.

"Hello! My name is Zhou Nan, a merchant from Hope Town."

There are not ten or a hundred places in the wasteland called Hope, Dawn, Wonderful, and Tomorrow. Just listening to the name of this place, Sun Shiqi doesn't know where he came from.

But looking at his dress and accent, he is probably south of Jinchuan.

"Sun Shiqi, from the east...what's the matter?" Sun Shiqi looked at him and said.

Zhou Nan continued.

"We plan to go to Boulder City, but a wave is erupting there. I took six guards, including the two friends I just found, and it’s okay to get fifteen people together. We plan to go there together, if you plan to go there too. , We can be together."

Sun Shiqi asked.

"When are you leaving?"

Zhou Nan replied.

"Three days, or if there are enough people, you may get on the road ahead of time."

Sun Shiqi thought for a while, but didn't immediately agree to him.

The situation in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City exceeded his expectations. Although the population here is not as large as Boulder City, and not as prosperous as Boulder City, the potential displayed here is surprising.

For a trader, where to make a fortune is the same

He intends to explore here first before deciding whether to continue to Boulder City.

He is here to purchase weapons.

If you can buy what he wants here, why bother to walk 20 kilometers?

And still risking the tide.

"I plan to look at it before deciding."

Not surprised by his answer, the businessman named Zhou Nan shrugged helplessly.

"Okay friend, I've probably been there for the past three days anyway, if you are interested, you can come to the hotel next to me to find me... just give me my name."

Sun Shiqi nodded.

"Okay, I live at the Highway Inn, and we can have a meal together in the evening."

After farewell.

Sun Shiqi did not waste time here.

He threw the key to the mercenary he had been with for the longest time, and ordered him to take some worthless packages to the room, and then he took the remaining people and goods to the trading post next door.

Like the hotel on the side street, the trading post here has just opened.

Residents of several refuges are also here, wandering around curiously, wearing VMs everywhere looking for people to say something confusing.

Sun Shiqi could recognize them at a glance. They were the people in the park. Their expressions and actions were almost carved out of the same mold.

Although the language is not fluent, the locals respect them, and the blue jackets are also very polite, but some people look a little bit stunned.

Without wasting time on those who couldn't communicate, Sun Shiqi went straight to the booth closest to the door.

The trader on duty here is a good-looking young girl, and he prefers to find young people than to do business with those old guys with frosty faces.

One is pleasing to the eye, and the other is deceptive.

Stopped in front of the booth, Sun Shiqi watched the girl in front of him whistled.

"I have a batch of goods here, but I want to see what you have first."

The trader looked up at him.

"From Honghe Town?"

There was a moment of surprise on Sun Shiqi's face.

"Yes, how did you know?"

The trader smiled slightly.

"Guess, the slave behind you can't be caught by yourself."

Sun Shiqi coughed twice.

"how is this possible…"

He seemed to realize that his jokes were not too funny. The trader didn't talk nonsense anymore, and handed out a tablet skillfully.

"You are here to buy weapons. Everything is on it. I solemnly recommend the LD-47 assault rifle. The price is only 200 silver coins. It is very easy to use whether it is jungle desert or marshland. The 7X50mm full-power bullet can be used. To provide you with firepower comparable to a machine gun, even if Deathclaw sees it, you have to go around...but I recommend you take a step back."

"In addition, we also provide the KV-1 exoskeleton with higher strength and lighter materials, the 20mm light cavalry gun from the No. 81 Steel Plant, and the 88mm mortar from Goblin Technology. If it is a major customer, we also provide'death Screaming rockets and a larger-caliber 37mm heavy cavalry gun."

Sun Shiqi, who flipped through the tablet, asked casually: "How can you become your major customer."

The trader said with a smile.

"There is a deposit of 1 million silver coins in the bank, and they will give you a black VM, which can store and identify your identity information. As long as you are wearing it, you can use it to pay as long as you have a signal. "

It sounds a bit like a bank card in Boulder City.

Sun Shiqi simply calculated and flipped through the list of goods, silently calculating the account in his mind.

The price of a slave is around 1,000 silver coins, an LD-47 only needs 200 silver coins, and a 7mm bullet 1 silver coin.

In other words, a slave can trade at least five assault rifles!

If it is in Boulder City, although the weapons are also very cheap, a drone assault rifle only needs 150 chips, but the price of slaves is also not high. According to his past experience, a slave can trade two or three guns at most.

The same goes for ore.

With the 2 tons of copper ore and the large and small bags of sulfur, tin ore, nickel ore, tungsten ore, molybdenum ore and other rare ores, I can get up to 2,000 to 3,000 chips in Boulder City.

But at least 8,000 silver coins can be exchanged here!

After calculating this account, Sun Shiqi held his breath for an instant, and his eyes couldn't wait to change to the color of a silver coin...Although he hadn't seen what a silver coin looked like.

"I have twenty slaves here, and goods full of six cows. You can make a price."

The trader smiled and asked.

"Are the cows sold together?"

Sun Shiqi said quickly.

"That's not for sale."

joke.

He sold the cow to take the cargo back on two legs?

Although the prices they offer are really attractive.

The trader standing in front of the stall quickly found employees of two trading stations, took his slave's temperature, checked his teeth, fingers and toes, and weighed him.

The same goes for those goods. After careful inspection and weighing, the trader gave him a list with quotes.

There were 29,724 silver coins in total, which was a thousand higher than Sun Shiqi's own estimate, and this also made him happy for a while.

"I need a hundred rifles and nine thousand rounds of ammunition, and the rest will be settled with silver coins..." Sun Shiqi said eagerly after returning the tablet to the trader, "How long will it take to see what I want?"

Send this batch of munitions capable of arming a team of hundreds to Honghe Town, where the slave owners will definitely regard him as a benefactor!

He can't wait to make a second trip!

"Last night and tomorrow evening, early morning will be fine." The trader glanced at the two-headed cow behind him with a pity, and said, "Actually, sir, if you are from Honghe Town, you might as well consider ours. 'Electric mule'."

Sun Shiqi asked in a daze.

"Electric mule? What is that?"

The trader smiled slightly and said: “The light trucks produced in the Beijiao Industrial Zone have a rated load of 1.8 tons. In fact, there is no problem with two or three times the overload. Rubber tracks can even easily cross a one-meter-wide trench. The price is only 50,000 silver coins, which is good quality and low price. Although you can't drive into the city, it is easy to run in the field. We use this type."

"Five thousand?!" Sun Shiqi's eyes widened, "I don't have that much money."

Fifty slaves for a car?

Can this be considered high quality and low price? ?

The trader said with a smile.

"Now it's 10% off. If you are willing to sell those six two-headed cows, it will definitely be enough."

The ore in Honghe Town is much cheaper than slaves. The lowest denomination of the blue ticket is 1 ton, and the cost is all in transportation.

If you can use trucks to transport goods, trading ore can be more profitable than trading slaves!

And there is no risk of riot...

However, Sun Shiqi was still sober. It was impossible for him to use all his belongings to buy transportation. After all, he was a trader, not a coachman.

What's more, this car probably consumes electricity, right?

I don’t know how much the electricity bill is, but it’s not cheap in Honghe Town.

"Next time... I have to save some money for business."

The trader regretted a little, but didn't say anything, and handed seven hundred-yuan bills and twenty-four silver coins to his hands.

"Here are the 724 silver coins for you, please check...The truck is just a little bit of my suggestion, and the choice is of course yours."

Pity.

The most profitable is selling trucks.

I heard that the cost of an electric mule is less than twelve thousand. The steel body and wooden cargo box are very cheap, and half of the cost is on the battery and the motor.

If one can be sold, the commission can earn her two months' basic salary.

Sun Shiqi put away the money and was about to leave, but at this moment, there was a commotion outside the trading station, and the two groups of mercenaries quarreled.

There were quite a few of them, there were about a dozen on both sides, swearing bad words, noisy blushing and thick necks, and some even rolled up their sleeves and were about to do it.

Listening to the content of their quarrel seems to be because of some grievances outside.

This kind of thing is very common.

Everyone is their own boss, maybe they were drinking and bragging together yesterday, and we will meet each other in a corner of the wasteland tomorrow.

In most cases, everyone will treat it as nothing happened after the end of the commission, but it is inevitable that someone will come up with dead hands or feet.

The fuse may be just a look or a joke.

These people are still reasonable. Although they are bluffing and fighting each other, no one pulls out the gun.

But it's hard to say whether they can always be so rational.

The four mercenaries led by Sun Shiqi consciously stood in front of their employers, not because of their professional ethics, but because they could only get the rest of the money from the firm only if the boss was safely sent back to Honghe Town.

"...Are you going to fight again? This is the second time this month."

The little girl standing at the back of the booth didn't seem to worry that something might happen, and her accustomed calmness made Sun Shiqi look at her more.

"What do you usually do?"

The trader said calmly.

"If someone draws a gun, then he will be out of luck. If it's just a fight, the guards will send them to the cell to cool down for two days, and then fine him a sum of money."

"What if you can't pay?"

"Brick factories, cement factories, even mills or the farmland next door, there are jobs here, and there are always jobs they can do."

Sun Shiqi suddenly thought this little girl was quite interesting.

"What's your name?"

"Frost River."

"Shuanghe, is it a good name... When do you get off work? You tell me so many things, I want to treat you to dinner."

Shuanghe said with a smile.

"We will also be sent in for bribes. I heard that it will start in three years."

Sun Shiqi chuckled.

"Forget it then."

He admitted that he had in-depth exchanges of ideas. Although he may not be able to get discounts from her, he can at least inquire about some information that ordinary people don't know.

Do business.

What you make is poor information.

However, judging from her attitude, she was obviously not interested in herself, and she was keenly aware of his hidden intentions.

To be honest, this professional ethics is surprising.

Recalling the attitude of the innkeeper, Sun Shiqi silently wrote down a clue in his heart.

The administrator of Refuge 404 has a strong control over this area. The local residents respect and thank him from the bottom of their hearts, abide by the laws he made, and take pride in maintaining order.

If there are no major problems, this kind of dominance will last at least ten or even twenty years, until this generation gets old and their children grow up.

To be honest, Sun Shiqi's attitude and performance towards these people is not too strange.

Most of the history of the rise and fall of any survivor’s settlement can see a glorious beginning, even if it is a ghost place like Honghe Town, it is not the first day to become a paradise for slave owners.

What really surprised him was that that man... should be Chu Guang, he did all this in only half a year.

Even if there is a large amount of knowledge and talents in the refuge, it is not an easy task to accomplish this great cause.

Especially in the precarious river valley province...

I really want to see him.

Sun Shiqi couldn't help but recall the last time he met, the man exchanged jerky with himself for a can of ants and a few bags of game coins.

How did it snowball to roll that poor asset into a survivor colony?

If he can, he even wants to worship that man as a teacher.

But he also knew in his heart that he might not be able to see him now...

The dispute in the trading post attracted the attention of the guards. Five guards in black military uniforms came over with clubs, seemingly intending to warn these blind thorns.

However, the mercenaries may be relying on their own large numbers, and did not pay attention to the guards at all. But what they didn't notice was that the surrounding blue coats were looking at them with bright eyes.

That expression, that expression is not like watching the excitement.

They almost urged them to do it quickly.

The atmosphere on the scene became more and more tense. Seeing that the group of mercenaries were about to fight, the traders in the trading post avoided one after another.

However, at this moment, a group of soldiers wearing gray coats and steel helmets suddenly walked in from outside the trading post.

They carried automatic rifles on their backs, the engineering shovel and bayonet hanging around their waists were covered with shocking blood stains, and their faces wore gas masks.

The murderous air overwhelmed the scene in an instant.

It was also at this moment that Sun Shiqi suddenly had an idea.

The arms that I bought are worth it!

"The heroes are back!" The eyes of Shuanghe who stood behind the booth were gleaming, and Sun Shiqi saw the light of worship in the eyes of the little girl.

"…hero?"

"Yeah!" Shuanghe nodded vigorously without explaining.

Not far away, the mercenaries who had been screaming and clamoring about the action before, suddenly silent like a mute, all looked at the group with jealous eyes, like sheep.

The mercenary standing next to Sun Shiqi, after seeing the group of soldiers in gray coats, also had a trace of jealousy in his eyes, and his expression gradually became solemn.

"...Death Corps."

Sun Shiqi was stunned.

Although he knew this group was not easy to provoke, it was the first time he heard of this name.

"...Death Corps?"

"You just returned to Honghe Town from the south, maybe you don't know..." another mercenary next to him whispered, "These people are in Lutou Mountain, north of Honghe Town, beating the bone-chewer tribe and crying to their mother."

"I've seen it with my own eyes, and I was there at that battle..." The bearded mercenary nodded, his eyes filled with shock and said, "Twenty of them, chasing more than a hundred predators running all over the mountains, The harsh whistle has been chasing into the woods, listening to the captured predators say that it is a nightmare to fight them..."

"I heard that they are all awakened!"

"Dute is a ruthless person!"

"Unexpectedly, the Death Corps came from here..."

Looking at the little girl with shining eyes, Sun Shiqi glanced at the group of brave soldiers not far away, and swallowed unconsciously.

"Why are they back?"

The mercenary next to him whispered.

"Maybe because of the wave."

"... Maybe something big is going to happen recently."

He stopped in front of the troubled group, took off the gas mask off the edge of the water, stared at the person, and said in non-standard people's joint language.

"I heard someone is making trouble here? Is it you?"

Twenty or so mercenaries shook their heads together, and the two brawny men who made the most fierce laughter, hooked each other's shoulders and made a good relationship.

"We are playing around."

"Meet old friends...remember the old days."

The arm was obviously still struggling.

The guard with a stick stared at the two making trouble, and said with a smile.

"Reminiscence? How about changing places."

"The position in the guard station is big enough."

The two mercenaries were not afraid of the stick in his hand.

But the group of soldiers in gray coats next to them was too bluffing. The blood on the shovel of the engineer was obviously not like a beast...

At this time, their boss finally rushed over from the hotel and tried to intercede with them, but the guard ignored him or even glanced at it.

According to the Public Security Administration Regulations, those who gather to make troubles will be taken to do transcript registration, UU reading www. uukanshu.com This is a routine procedure.

The first time was a warning, either squatting for a day or paying a fine of 10 silver coins. The second time was a 10-day trip to the small black house, and there was a fine of 100 silver coins.

With 10,000 reluctance in my heart, the two stingers could only follow the guards.

A pop-up window of task completion flashed on the VM.

I picked up an experience pack as soon as I came back, and installed a force by the way, and I felt quite happy about paddling on the edge.

But this good mood did not last long.

Greetings from old friends came from the side.

Battlefield atmosphere group: "Fuck, edge?"

Ye Shi: "Huh?! Are you back alive?"

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(Thanks to the leaders of "Qu Lin", "Billion Kilometers" and "Aoao Sesame Paste" for their rewards!)