In the cargo hold of the aerospace plane, Shenceng Jubian casually took the initiative to start a conversation.
"What do you guys think of this game?"
"Needless to say, it's incredible!" Ye Xing immediately replied, "Even now, I still feel like I'm dreaming!"
"Me too." Caoyuan looked down at his legs, "I feel like I'll be spending a lot of time in this game from now on."
Ye Xing: "You definitely won't be more addicted than me, I'm a professional!"
Jubian hesitated before speaking.
He felt more deeply about this game.
First of all, in his opinion, the engineering blueprints scanned today were a bit too complex.
For a game, it was completely unnecessary.
If he hadn't known in advance that this was a game, Jubian might even have thought that those blueprints could actually be used to build corresponding high-tech equipment in the real world.
"Oh right, how do we go offline?" Ye Xing suddenly remembered this crucial question.
"According to the user manual, you just need to climb into that machine and sleep." Jubian pointed to the nearby hibernation pod, "This is the safest way to go offline. You can also force an offline by silently repeating 'I want to go offline' seven times in your mind. Your character will immediately fall unconscious on the spot, and if it's too long, they will die of starvation."
"What if we're killed by an enemy?" Caoyuan asked.
Jubian: "In that case, you'll also be forced offline. At the same time, your hibernation pod will start reshaping your clone. The whole process takes 24 hours, during which you can only wait."
"That's too long!" Ye Xing didn't expect the death penalty to be so severe.
"Yes, so it's best for everyone to cherish their lives." Jubian said, "Additionally, resurrection will also consume extra resources and power, which will negatively impact the development of our camp."
"Actually, what I least expected was that the characters in this game would also get hungry, thirsty, and feel tired." Caoyuan said, "I want to know if this is just a feeling simulated by the game, or if it's real?"
Jubian smiled.
"Brother, your question touches on philosophy a bit, I might not be able to answer."
"First, from the perspective of nerve signals, all these feelings are real for the players, but the upper limits for pain, fatigue, and other discomforts are set with strict thresholds, so players won't actually feel truly uncomfortable."
"For the characters we control, these feelings are also real in the game. When hungry, they must eat; when tired, they must sleep. If they keep enduring it, mild symptoms include dizziness and blurred vision, while severe cases lead to malnutrition, poor condition, slowed leveling speed, and even unconsciousness."
Caoyuan: "Will the fatigue and hunger of our bodies in the real world affect our characters in the game?"
Jubian shook his head.
"Not at all. According to the hibernation pod user manual, when we play the game here, our brains in reality won't even feel tired, it's like entering deep sleep."
This was also the place that truly puzzled him.
This level of black technology would be enough to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology, yet the game developers are just using it to make a game?
It was truly unbelievable.
Ye Xing held up a finger and wiggled it.
"Don't worry about all that, I think I understand. This game, as long as you treat it as a real world, you can get started quickly."
On this point, the other two players nodded in agreement.
They had done exactly that today.
"So isn't this pretty good? Not only does it enhance immersion, but players will also extra cherish the fruits of their labor because of the sense of reality."
"Mm, indeed."
"Indeed."
At this moment, the pads they carried with them vibrated simultaneously.
Lu Yuan manually calculated the three players' experience points for today and sent them.
Caoyuan completed two tasks and received 200 experience points.
Jubian completed three tasks and received 300 experience points.
Ye Xing completed one task, plus discovered a new mechanical race, and received 150 experience points.
"Damn~~ Why did Jubian get so much experience?" Seeing this result, Ye Xing felt very envious.
"Haha, that's reasonable, my contribution was greater."
"Wasn't my contribution significant? Without the wreckage I painstakingly dragged back, would the base have the raw materials to manufacture those things you researched?"
"The location of the wreckage was told to you by the Executive Officer, the task difficulty was minimal."
"Well... that's because you didn't see my heroic figure fighting in the cave!"
The small boat of friendship that had just been built through chatting was instantly precarious under the big wave of experience points.
There was no way around it, comparing with each other is one of the characteristics and gameplay elements of online games.
However, these were just jokes. Although he wouldn't admit it verbally, Ye Xing knew in his heart that if he were to do the work Jubian did today, he could do it with some effort, but he wouldn't be as outstanding.
"In my opinion, the Investigator is clearly a career path with a steady stream of income. Every new discovery from now on can earn experience."
Caoyuan's words balanced Ye Xing's mood a bit.
"That, is quite possible..."
Caoyuan: "As for the Soldier career path, it should level up quickly after a relatively large battle. Just wait for the opportunity. By the way, did you smell something fragrant?"
Fragrant?
The other two perked up their noses and indeed smelled the scent of food wafting from the living area.
Lu Yuan had already finished the simple cooking of the Desert Spider.
"Eat!"
What an honor for the Executive Officer to cook personally!
According to Li Star local time, it was already 10 PM, 5 hours slower than the real world.
Caoyuan had basically eaten everything when he participated in wilderness survival training before, but Ye Xing and Jubian were different. Seeing the four huge "spider legs" on the table, steamed until their shells were bright red, they still hesitated for a moment.
But after eating it, they discovered that this thing was truly an intergalactic delicacy. The meat was much firmer than crab, and a huge, white piece of meat would detach completely from the shell with just a gentle pry from cutlery.
After feasting, Jubian looked at his watch and found that he had actually been playing for over 8 hours.
Now, the time in the real world was 3:20 AM.
This made people forget the passage of time even more than the Civilization series!
Considering that there was a group meeting at the research institute tomorrow, and the PPT needed for the meeting hadn't been made yet, he decided to go offline first.
Caoyuan and Ye Xing, on the other hand, said they would play until at least 8 AM in reality. The two wanted to collect a bit more wreckage in the surrounding areas and also act as guards to prevent the Executive Officer, who was sleeping alone, from being raided.
Lu Yuan naturally wouldn't refuse such a request, and climbed into the hibernation pod to enjoy sleeping.
At 4:30 AM in the game, Lu Yuan, who had woken up, handed over with Caoyuan, who was the last to go offline.
Now, he was the only one left again, but all tasks couldn't stop at all, the outpost needed to continue to develop and grow.
In the early morning, Lu Yuan slung the "Striker" rifle over his back, carried the 7 finished monocrystalline silicon solar panels outdoors, and placed them on the open sandy ground.
He adjusted the stands, found the right angle, and aimed them directly at the newly risen yellowish-white F-type spectral sun.
Simple solar power station, network generation successful!
Lu Yuan glanced at his pad. At this time, the power generation was only a mere 630 watts, but it didn't matter. As the sun gradually rose and the number of solar panels increased, this number would quickly soar.
As expected, at noon, the solar radiation intensity reached its peak, the number of solar panels also increased to 13, and the peak power generation reached 15200 watts!
【Main Mission: Development, Completed!; Mission Objective: Build at least 15 kW class power generation facilities, obtain 10 exchange points】
At the same time, two achievement messages appeared.
【Achievement Achieved: Apocalypse Investigation - Competitor of Carbon-Based Civilization; Discover a mechanical race, obtain 5 exchange points】
【Achievement Achieved: Fellow Survivors; Discover other humans, obtain 5 exchange points】
Meanwhile, the two main missions completed earlier were not over, there were follow-ups!
【Main Mission: Survival II; Mission Objective: Survive for one week, Current Countdown: 2 days 22 hours 15 minutes 8 seconds】
【Main Mission: Development II; Mission Objective: Build 100 kW class power generation facilities】
Now, Lu Yuan had 23 exchange points and chose to exchange for the Intelligent Chip Lithography Machine Model 2378.
The reason he didn't exchange for more player hibernation pods was that the number of players wasn't limited only by hibernation pods, but also by combat suits.
This thing is very important.
The highest temperature in the Desert during the day is close to 60 degrees Celsius. Without wearing a combat suit, even if you don't get heatstroke, it's easy to get sunburned.
There is an intelligent chip in the right wrist and helmet of the combat suit. In other words, you need to have a lithography machine first to mass-produce them.
Besides combat suits, the lithography machine can also unlock the production of more drones and incidentally repair the communication system.
Another thing also needs to be completed as soon as possible.
Establish the official website and player community for the game Xing Hai.
The website data is packaged in the computers of the player hibernation pods. With just a few clicks, you can quickly hack into the Earth's internet and forcefully establish a domain name.
