This Game Is Too Realistic

On the official website.

[Update: Tested the weather system, added snow.]

[Announcement: There will be light snow in the wasteland today. Devs kindly remind all players to remember to put on more clothes lest players catch a cold.]

- A new announcement again?!

- Welp, I thought it was a new update.

- Devs said it was an update, but I see no update. You can test snowfall today, and then test rain tomorrow. Are you trying to pass the KPI assessment or what? (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

- Where is the game company located? It’s still twenty degrees here! It’s too early to have snow.

- Snow is actually not that cold. I once drove fifty kilometers up the mountain to see the snow in the winter at negative thirty degrees. I only wore a down jacket to keep out the cold. When I came back, not only didn’t I get frostbite, but I was also sweating.

- That happened. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Chu Guang glanced at the messages under the announcement and found that there was no particularly serious reply, so he closed the announcement page and opened the forum.

As expected.

The forum was very lively. It was basically a continuation of the bazaar in the outpost.

Twenty newcomers who had just entered the game almost rushed to the official website the moment they were offline to express their game experience on the forum.

Elf Wang: As a new player who entered the game for the first time, I won’t say much, but that graphic, that special effects, that lighting effects, it just blows my mind!

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: Here’s another shill paid by this company, please don’t be fooled! Again, there is no such game, there is no such thing.

Elf Wang: You are so annoying. Calling people shill just because you don’t agree with their opinion. (Rolling eyes)

Mosquito: You are a newcomer so you don’t know. This guy was muted in our group for cursing mods, then he left the group. After that, he came to the forum to show his sense of existence. Just treat him as a troll. (Grin)

Elf Wang: 0.0

Garbage: Damn it! Does anyone care about the human rights of the Lizardmen? When I was about to go offline, I felt like my back was freezing cold. TT

Sword Execution: You are not a human, you are just a lizard. (smirk)

Ample Time: It’s normal, lizards are cold-blooded animals. Don’t panic, when summer comes, you’re going to be unbeatable!

Garbage: %￥&@!

In addition to the players who shared their game experiences, there were also many enthusiastic players who came up with ideas to help him.

Every time Chu Guang read those posts, he had a feeling of reviewing memorials like a king.

The_escaping_mole: "It is recommended that the development team consider delimiting a trading area in the game. Most games have functions such as consignment sales and stall setting. Even if NPCs cannot be hired to watch the stall for the time being, at least there should be a shelf with a consignment sale function, right? This will be more efficient than everyone huddling together to sell, after all, there’s only a little time for transactions before going offline!"

Light: This proposal is really good. I will propose at the next regular meeting of the planning department to plan a market area in the game for players to trade freely, and at the same time, set up rentable lockers in the buffer zone of the shelter for players to keep the products they want to sell. ℟𝘼ＮőBÊꞩ

The_escaping_mole: That’s great!╰(*°▽°*)╯

Night Ten: It feels like the game lobby. How about creating a commission board as well, allowing players to give missions to other players? (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Light: No rush, each system needs to be tested step by step. With the enrichment of the game content in the future, we will consider setting up a player commission panel.

At this stage, there were too few tasks for players to do, and too few players.

In the future, when there were more things that players could do, larger space for player activities, and richer game content, he would consider opening up the feature they were talking about.

Through the players’ commission function, Chu Guang would also be able to understand what those players were doing outside and be able to supervise them better.

Night Ten: Holy shit? Brother Light replied me!

Light: ……

I’ve done it many times before, right?

Lightning_emperor_professor_yang: "The game designer is here? Great. I would also like to make a suggestion. The price of food is too unreasonable. It costs 1 silver coin for two hundred grams of air-dried meat! The price is the same as three hundred grams of raw meat! Isn’t it really unreasonable? It is recommended to adjust the price to a hundred fifty grams of air-dried meat and three hundred fifty trams of raw meat!"

Light: There is no fixed price in the game, and the transaction price is affected by many factors. In addition, the NPC warehouse is only set as a reserve material, and the price is subject to strategic fluctuations, affected by the relationship between supply and demand.

Light: Wasteland Online encourages transactions between players. The price you trade with other players is the market price that truly reflects the relationship between supply and demand.

Lightning_emperor_professor_yang: What if I hoard goods? For example, buy out all the food!

Night Ten: Damn, brother, how much money do you have? I can’t even afford a gun!

Light: I don’t know, maybe you can try it out?

Light: We are also very curious about what measures an NPC with full intelligence and account handling authority will take to maintain order in the game, and this will provide valuable experience for the internal and public beta.

Irene: Hoarder disclosing his plan in the public, are you courting death? (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Night Ten: Brother, listen to me, you should buy it secretly, and hide it in the rented locker while the NPC is not paying attention. Then wait for everyone to be hungry and open it. It will shock everyone. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Makka_Pakka: Hahahaha, this is a hoarding expert right here.

Lightning_emperor_professor_yang: Uh, I haven’t gotten the qualification for the test. I will try it when I get the qualification for the test. (Embarrassed)

Uh, it turned out to be not an alpha tester.

No wonder this guy would ask such a dumb question.

Light:...Then wait until you get it.

The players were not discouraged even if they didn’t get it. There would be a few more places in the open beta. The content would be richer than the closed alpha, and the rules would be more complete.

Their imagination might not be useful now, but it would definitely be useful in the future.

Lightning_emperor_professor_yang: I have a hunch that I will be selected in the next round of invitations. TT

How is he so optimistic?

Light: You can do it.

Like the day before, Chu Guang collected some useful suggestions and recorded them in his own document.

For example, some players suggested that transactions should be taxed as untaxed transactions weren’t realistic. Chu Guang ad to admit that he had been negligent as he hadn’t thought of taxation, but it was still too early to do so at the moment.

What was the use of having so much money? It would only delay their development.

So far, he only issued around one thousand two hundred game currency. The consumed inventory was less than one-fortieth, not to mention that Sun Shiqi would send him another batch after two days.

When they had enough money, he would also be able to start collecting taxes.

Part of the currency should be recovered in the circulation link, and the income of lifestyle profession players should be limited within a reasonable range so as to avoid in-game inflation caused by the overflow of their purchasing power.

But he had to wait for the players to save enough money, have all the equipment, open the shop, and have enough money for him to snowball the tax.

While Chu Guang was browsing the forum, Xia Yan, who was sitting in the corner memorizing the lines that Chu Guang gave her, couldn’t help but glance at him.

Not because of the special attraction she felt, but because this man always made her feel a little uneasy.

He had been staring at the screen smirking to himself for an hour, and she didn’t know what evil schemes he was cooking.

Thinking that she was in the same room with the devil, Xia Yan decided to say something to divert his attention, lest he start to think about doing something to her. "… What are you looking at?"

Chu Guang replied casually, without turning his head, "Not your business."

Xia Yan was quiet for a while, then continued, "… Can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot."

Xia Yan wondered, "Why do you have to go out? I mean, the shelter is so safe, why go to the ground to build walls? Isn’t it good to stay underground?"

"To survive," Chu Guang muttered resolutely.

Xia Yan raised an eyebrow in confusion and continued to ask, "Is there no way to survive here? There is clean air in the shelter. You’re not just protected from the rain, but can also remain warm and safe. Speaking of which, where is your water purifier? Why have I never seen one? There should also be a soilless cultivation room. I heard that there should be all these things in the shelter."

Chu Guang felt very embarrassed.

He didn’t know how to answer her question. He couldn’t say that although he was the administrator, he hadn’t obtained all the permissions of the shelter yet, right?

That sounded too ridiculous.

Chu Guang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Maybe you are right. It is indeed a good choice to hide underground. What matters on the surface has nothing to do with us, and it was not that we made it like this. Even if there is another nuclear war, we can still survive steadily underground."

Xia Yan frowned. "Then why…"

Chu Guang looked at her before he continued, "But maybe, some shelters are destined to be different from others. People born in the shelter are not born to escape, but to create and change."

Leaving her with the thought-provoking sentence, Chu Guang ignored her and continued to browse his forum.

It was much better to chat with his players.

All of them were talented, and they would speak to him nicely. More importantly, they had tons of ideas. They wanted to improve his game more than he did.

Honestly, Chu Guang would feel sorry if he did not listen to them.

... Is there any creature in this world that is more suitable to be exploited than players?

Chu Guang finally realized why the first administrator wrote that sentence on the slip of paper.

What Chu Guang said last echoed in Xia Yan’s ears. Sitting against the wall, she fell into a daze.

She felt like the figure of the man grew taller in her mind in an instant.

The feeling remained in her heart for less than two seconds before disappearing as her gaze fell onto the notebook in her hand.

That guy was undoubtedly a demon. He actually asked her to memorize something so difficult to understand.

Actually, he was also merciless to his companions!

Not only did he drive them to engage in heavy manual labor, but he also commanded them to go out hunting, charge into battle as cannon fodder, and fooled them with some useless metal pieces.

For a moment, she actually thought that he was a good person. She felt that the guy in front of her was subtly brainwashing her!

Brain, brainwash...

Thinking of the legends and anecdotes circulating in Boulder Town, Xia Yan couldn’t help but shudder. Her shoulders sank and she looked at Chu Guang’s back with more fear and dread.

Playing with people’s minds to such a level of proficiency.

This man is… He’s just too unfathomable!