This Game is Too Real

Latest URL: "Let's toast to victory!"

"Hahaha, cheers!"

"Long Live the Alliance!"

Shuguang City North Street, a road hotel next to the trade station.

The sky outside had not completely darkened, and the lobby on the first floor filled with tables and chairs had already begun to be filled with the scent of beer foam and the din of human voices.

The news of victory seemed to have wings, and it flew back from the front line to Dawn City, which is far away in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

Thanks to the broadcast in the square and the little screen hanging behind the bar, the drunkards sitting here weren't the last to know the news.

Whether it was merchants or travelers, or caravan escorts and mercenaries, when they heard that the army of the New Alliance had defeated the Bone-biting Tribe on the frontal battlefield, everyone couldn’t help but applaud in their hearts for the manager in power armor.

The Bonechewer Tribe has long been a name that has made countless wastelanders talk about it.

They spread from the north to the south like a walking plague. Wherever they went, they were scorched. Hundreds of survivors' strongholds were wiped from the map, and no one could stop them. .

And now, they finally kicked on the iron plate, and were beaten with teeth full of teeth by the iron fist of the Alliance.

"Twenty-seven tanks were wiped out in one battle! The Big Horned Deer is on top, how many soldiers did they mobilize?!"

"I don't understand very well, that tank... hiccup, is it very powerful?" the drunken mercenary asked while lying on the bar while burping.

"Awesome? Haha, are you joking? That thing is a total monster, a fortress walking on land! It's not something that ordinary people can deal with! I'd rather face Deathclaw, at least my gun can bring me A little bit of security."

The mercenary sitting next to him began to brag about what he saw when he worked for the people in the Great Rift Valley in the north, which attracted the attention of many people.

This naturally includes Sun Shiqi sitting in the tavern.

Three days ago, he shipped 6 tons of copper ingots, 2 tons of chromium, 1 ton of cobalt and nickel... and a lot of sulfur and phosphorus from Honghe Town.

However, what surprised Sun Shiqi was that the copper mines and sulfur that he was most optimistic about had almost lost the money he made from other commodities.

It seems that Xinlian has really discovered a copper mine. Overnight, it turned from the second largest copper mine importer in the southern part of the river valley province to a resource exporter?

Although they have not yet started exporting ore, they have apparently suspended bulk imports of copper ingots.

This, combined with the rapid fall in the price of platinum metal, which acts as an industrial catalyst, seems to herald the end of the war.

Intuition tells him that the market in Dawn City may be about to change.

According to past practice, the new alliance after the war will quickly convert part of the military production line to civilian use, and the production line of explosives will be changed to the production of fertilizer and soap, and the most prominent sign of cycle switching is nitric acid, sulfuric acid. Production capacity stops expanding.

Not in a hurry to make the next order, Sun Shiqi would sit on the first floor of the Highway Town Hotel every night these days, ordering a plate of fried potato chips and a glass of beer.

Even if he has purchased his own property in Dawn City.

"Defeat the Bonebiter tribe on the frontal battlefield... It seems that there is nothing to stop the rise of the new alliance."

Sitting opposite Sun Shiqi, Zhou Nan, who was staring at the small screen on the bar, said with an emotional expression on his face.

Hearing this sentence, Sun Shiqi laughed.

"Isn't that inevitable?"

inevitable?

Zhou Nan squinted at the guy.

Less bragging!

When the new alliance just announced the Northern Expedition two months ago, that's not what you said!

But it is unavoidable.

At that time no one was optimistic about the new alliance winning, except for the blue jackets who were optimistic about themselves, and the residents who regarded the administrators as gods.

On one side are the barbarians who have 30,000 troops and have inherited the equipment and even the command system of the Legion Expeditionary Force. .

No one could have imagined that the new alliance would actually win.

And also won so thoroughly.

An armored centurion consisting of twenty-seven tanks, followed by a large group of anti-aircraft guns, was still in command of Dillon.

Just rely on those small planes that dive and drop bombs, so what to win?

However, it is now an afterthought to say that.

For the sake of the drink he invited, Zhou Nan didn't complain about this guy, but just silently took a sip of mellow beer.

As for Sun Shiqi, he was still chattering about the future.

"…The future River Valley Province will be divided into three parts, with Boulder in the south and the Rift Valley in the north, and a new alliance will fill the void in the middle."

"There's gold everywhere! No, it's worth more than gold here!"

Unlike most survivor settlements, the New Alliance has a strange obsession with the land.

Obviously, the total resident population of the entire Dawn City is only five or six thousand, but they have already pushed the border to Xizhou City.

Yes, the war is not over yet, these blue jackets have incorporated Hope Town in Xizhou City into the territory, and even provided food to the residents there.

In Sun Shiqi's view, this is simply too strange.

However, it was a good thing for him.

If the new alliance is willing to open up the no-man's land in the north and take in those displaced people and herdsmen, he will be happy to provide them with shovels or other tools.

At this moment, Sun Shiqi suddenly thought of something, looked at his friend who was sitting opposite him and said.

"I remember you said before, you are also from Hope Town, right?"

Zhou Nan was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"My friend, there are more survivors' settlements called Hope Town these days than people who named themselves after spring, summer, autumn and winter, mountains and rivers. I do come from Hope Town... But it's Hope Town in Jinchuan Province. We There are no bone-chewing tribes out there, and the only headaches are mutants and countless mutant worms."

In addition, there are cultists on the Death Coast to the south, and pirates who cross the southern coastal provinces to the interior.

But these are not really big problems.

After all, life is like this every year, and the local people have already found a balance between chaos and death to survive.

Speaking of this, Zhou Nan couldn't help but sigh.

"...In any case, thanks to the new alliance standing in the way, otherwise we would have had a headache by this time next year to avoid the Bone-chewing tribe heading south of Boulder City."

"Indeed, thanks to them," Sun Shiqi also sighed with mixed feelings, looking at the beer bubbles in the glass, "otherwise I'm afraid I'd still be a small business hawker..."

It wasn't just him to be thankful for the victory.

All the traders, mine owners, and chambers of commerce in Honghe Town owe the manager a thank you.

The reason why the Snake Clan was unable to deal with Honghe Town with all its strength was largely due to the restraint of the new alliance.

Now that Xizhou City was taken over by the new alliance, the Snake Clan had to end the siege of Honghe Town even if they didn't want to save their compatriots.

The war is finally over.

The two clink glasses with a smile and send their heartfelt blessings.

"Cheers to the great league!"

"Cheers to the wise and wise manager!"

"May he live long!"

…

Outside the Highway Town Hotel.

In a corner of the market next door, an old man wrapped in a scarf and robe sat on a street corner and set up a stall. The faded old pipe was clouded with smoke, which made the wrinkled face feel a little more mysterious.

In front of him was a camel-skin rug with strange little pieces of wood on it.

Two mutant camels with their humps turned into one were lying on the side and dozing off. The crowded facial features looked terrifying.

However, in the wasteland, this alien species in appearance is rather common.

"...Just 2 silver coins, write his name on the wooden sign, and the spirit of the sand sea will bless him for his safe return."

Raising half of his drooping eyelids, the old man glanced at the worried girl in front of the booth, and secretly thought that tomorrow's dinner was over.

"...But is it okay to have no sand here?" the girl asked in a low voice.

The old man said confidently.

"Of course it doesn't matter. Long, long ago, the vast sand sea spread across the middle of the entire Central Continent, spreading for tens of thousands of kilometers. Including the plain you named, the nearby mountains and lakes, were once the domain of the spirit of the sand sea... At that time, it was possible to There is no big horned deer god, only the yellow sand in the sky can gallop on this land."

Shuangxue, who was standing in front of the booth, hesitated for a while looking at the babbling old man, thinking that it was only two silver coins anyway, so he reached for his wallet.

Unlike other residents who celebrated victory.

She is more worried about the safety of the manager.

Since half a month ago, she has rarely seen the adult sitting in the library to work. Occasionally, documents or recycled books are sent from the trade union, and the little robot like a tree stump docks with her.

It was only later that she learned from her colleagues that the manager had gone to the front.

Although the frontline has reported good news, bullets do not have eyes after all. I heard that the commander on the opposite side named Dillon was killed by stray bullets on the battlefield.

I hope he pays more attention to his own safety...

Looking at the little girl who took out her wallet, the old man's eyes were about to smile, but at this moment, a white arm stretched out from the side.

"Hey... You don't really believe it, do you?" Shuanghe looked at his sister who even took out her wallet with a surprised expression, "Writing your name can keep you safe, how can there be such a good thing."

Facing her sister's surprised eyes, Shuangxue blushed and whispered.

"Anyway, it's only two silver coins..."

"This little girl, don't talk nonsense." Seeing that the boiled duck was about to fly, the old man glared at the woman who spoiled his business with a dissatisfied expression, "As the saying goes, it is better to have it. You can't believe it, if there is an accident, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Seeing that the old man threatened him, Shuanghe looked at him with a smile and said.

"Don't do this with me. Our manager said that materialist warriors don't worship ghosts and gods. It is better to use money to support the people than to worship the gods."

After all, she ignored the old man whose eyes were like light bulbs, and looked at the sister next to her.

"If you have a sweetheart on the front line, instead of praying for his safety here, you might as well wait for him to triumph from the front line and buy a bunch of flowers for others."

Shuangxue's face was covered with red clouds, not because of her sister's words, but because more and more people were watching the fun.

Make her feel embarrassed.

Reaching out and pulling her sister's sleeve, she whispered.

"Okay, okay, I know it's useless to do this, and you don't have to argue with others... I just don't buy it."

After all, she pulled her sister's sleeve and trotted out of the crowd until she stopped at the other end of the market.

She stopped, before Shuangxue could catch a breath, her sister who followed her poked her waist with great interest.

"Be honest, who's name are you going to write just now, let me see which lucky guy it is."

Shuangxue felt embarrassed for a long time with the blush on her face that she had just finished running, but in the end she couldn't hold back her sister's repeated questioning and whispered.

"...I told you not to laugh at me."

There were gossip lights in his eyes, and Shuanghe, who had said something about "materialist warriors don't believe in ghosts and gods" a second ago, immediately raised three fingers and said with an oath.

"I Shuanghe swear to God! I will never laugh at my smart, lovely, beautiful and generous sister, and I will never tell a third person!"

"…"

Frost Snow gave her sister an angry look.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally got close to her sister's ear and whispered the name she planned to write just now.

Shuanghe was stunned after hearing this, and then stared at her with wide eyes.

That expression was even more exaggerated than when he saw his sister pay the magic stick.

"You haven't given up yet?"

Frost Snow blushed.

"You, you told me not to laugh at me."

"How can I laugh at you..." Shuanghe sighed, shaking his head into a rattle, "No drama."

Shuangxue looked at her sister with a complicated expression, and after a while, she sighed softly.

"I didn't say that there must be a show... I just hope that he who is far on the front line can be safe, don't you want it?"

Shuanghe nodded thoughtfully.

"really…"

She couldn't imagine what Dawn City would be like without that adult, maybe this oasis would not exist in the first place.

Those blue jackets who are loyal only to the individual managers are expected to leave here, perhaps back underground, or somewhere else.

The refugees will definitely not stay in the collective dormitory and wait for a long-term resettlement, they will do everything possible to squeeze into the city next to them. Those prisoners of war will certainly not be honest, they will seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break free from the shackles.

The various corps will probably continue to abide by their loyalty, and even inherit the "will" of the administrator of the Renaissance People's Federation, elect a military strongman to power, and use tougher means to suppress the chaos... However, this will often plant the seeds for greater chaos.

As for those traders who have no loyalty at all, they don't belong here. They will do everything they can to extract all the value from the residents under the guise of the free market until the silver coins themselves are worthless.

Working at the trading post, she knows too well what the virtues of those wastelanders are. Not only do they have flexible ethics and professional ethics, they even have flexible identities.

Maybe in other places they were slave hunters or even bandits who robbed houses, but here, no matter what they were before, they only dared to obey the law honestly.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

After thinking for a long time, Shuanghe nodded.

"...if anything happened to him, everyone would be very sad."

Hearing this, Shuangxue immediately reached out and covered her mouth like a little white rabbit whose tail had been stepped on.

"Bah, bah, what unlucky words did you say! Let Dad hear you, don't open your ass!"

"Uh-huh! It doesn't matter, I didn't talk nonsense in front of Dad."

Breaking free from his sister's small hands, Shuanghe said with a smile while dodging.

"What's more, the manager said that if someone mentions his name behind his back, there is no need to make the atmosphere so serious. The name is originally for others."

"Are you a parrot, the manager all day... that's what you say." The blushing Frost Snow said panting.

She did paperwork in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, so naturally she couldn't have better physical strength than her sister who worked at the trading post. After chasing and running for a while, she put her hands on her knees and was out of breath.

Shuanghe stopped to look at her and blinked.

"Huh? You can't be jealous, right? Don't worry, your sister is a person who lives a stable life, I don't daydream, my future husband only needs to-"

"Ghost, ghosts are jealous!"

Looking at the two sisters who were laughing and playing, Yaoya, who was squatting on the steps of the door of the Teng Teng Hut branch, put her hands on her cheeks and said with envy.

"If only I had a sister too."

Or even a brother.

Although it's a pity that I can't buy him a small skirt to wear, it's good to have someone who plays games with me. For a person like her who stays at home all year round, it is too difficult to have someone to communicate with in reality.

hateful…

She actually started to envy the NPCs in the game!

Teng Teng, who was sitting next to him drinking sparkling water, had a completely different emotion.

"There are no familiar faces in Dawn City recently."

In the past two months, most of the consumers in the store are NPCs.

Although the business is not affected, she also designs a lot of ordinary clothes, but without those strange custom commissions, she always feels that her creativity and talents are useless.

Compared to the NPCs who dress conservatively, the players' strange brains really brightened her eyes.

Of course, it would be nice if it could be a little more serious.

Yaya comforted his friend and said.

"After all, everyone is on the front line."

Teng Teng gave her a sideways glance.

"Speaking of which, you don't call yourself a professional combat player, why are you so idle?"

She originally thought that Ya Ya would follow Tail and the others to the front line, but this time she did not go to the front to join in the fun.

It seems that the somersault she fell last time has taught her a lesson.

"Hmph, don't look at me as if I'm very idle," Yaya smiled proudly, "I made a small fortune recently."

"Oh?" After loosening the straw he was biting on, Fujiteng looked at Yaya curiously and asked, "What mission?"

Crow said proudly.

"Didn't I find the turquoise pointed mushroom before, and then sent it to the medical laboratory in the shelter for testing, and the white-haired NPC lady found that it contained a substance similar to penicillin."

Fujito nodded and said suddenly.

"When you say this, I seem to have a little impression... Later, it was updated in the official website illustration. It is called fenugreek and green pine mushroom? It turned out that you found it."

"What is it, I found it! It's good to have a full server announcement!" Yaya protested in dissatisfaction, cleared her throat, and continued to say happily, "Anyway, I later received a hidden mission issued by the Refuge. , to collect 20 tons of green pine mushrooms for the survivors’ settlement in Xizhou City.”

"20 tons?!" Teng Teng looked at her blankly and said in surprise, "Is there so much?"

Crow cocked the corners of her mouth and said.

"Of course there are ducks. Everyone thought that mushrooms were poisonous, and no one picked them. But with so many orders, I must have been too busy by myself. Fortunately, the lady from the Trade Union was very kind to help me register the company. For the formalities, we hired about ten aborigines, and finally the task was completed.”

"That's right, our Yaya has finally embarked on this path. In the future, you can earn silver coins without picking mushrooms yourself." Teng Teng nodded in relief and said.

Ya Ya thought for a while and said.

"Emmm... that's what I said, but I really prefer the feeling of exploring alone rather than worrying about a lot of things."

The game was always discovering new things she hadn't seen before.

As for silver coins, she didn't care that much.

"Are you guys in Versailles?"

Teng Teng rolled her eyes at her, looked up at the sky, and stretched comfortably.

"Everyone is working so hard, it seems that I have to work hard for the new version."

Ya Ya smiled and patted her best friend's shoulder.

"Don't be so fussy, playing games is not for being anything, the experience process is actually quite enjoyable. By the way, there will be a fireworks show celebrating victory in the square after a while, and it is said that there will be sand sugar sent from Luoxia Province. ."

"Is it white sugar?" Teng Teng asked strangely, "Isn't that kind of thing already there?"

There was a time when sugar was cheaper than salt before trade routes were opened. After all, Brown Farm grows sugar beets, and with a little improvement in the process, pure sugar can be obtained. However, things like salt are mainly imported in inland areas.

Crow said with a smile.

"No, it's sand of sand. Isn't Luoxia Province a desert? It's probably a local specialty food. I also saw it on the forum... It is said that it was discovered by Xiaoyu."

While talking, fireworks have risen to the sky.

It's time for silence.

Hearing that it was a snack that he had never seen before, Fujiteng immediately showed an expression of interest on his face and jumped up from the steps.

"Come on, take me to have a look."

In the splendid fireworks, the people living in the back sent their blessings to the front line in the distance.

Sun Shiqi, who came out of the tavern drunkenly, looked up at the bright fireworks in the sky, was stunned for a few seconds, lowered his head and muttered softly.

"The green...should be copper sulfate."

Zhou Nan, who was supporting each other with him, also whispered.

"What a waste... Are these people rich enough to use up the explosives to fire?"

"It looks like the war is really over."

Just when the people of Dawn City were celebrating the great victory on the front line, the plunderers in Xizhou City were suffering from a fiery torment...