Chapter 21 Investing in infrastructure construction

Lin Shuang briefly explained what happened in Xiahe Village, which made the four players click their tongues.

Including Qin Chuan, the three people except Chen Jiu all looked at him with strange eyes.

There is no other reason than that what happened in Xiahe Village today actually matched Chen Jiu’s initial judgment!

Isn't this the strategy Chen Jiu mentioned at the beginning to proactively consume the population and concentrate resources on high-quality labor?

I didn’t expect that it would come true so quickly!

"Oh my god. If you let those NPCs go hunting in the mountains, isn't that just asking them to die?"

Wig said with a worried look on his face.

"It's a bit like the Narayama Festival, but this thing is implemented more thoroughly. People who have passed the best childbearing age will give up immediately."

"Red Earth places more emphasis on population and reproduction than I thought."

The insect girl replied thoughtfully.

"Isn't it right? If you value population, shouldn't these people stay? After all, even if they are over forty-five years old, their physical strength should still be on the decline, and they have not reached the point where they cannot work, right?"

Qin Chuan asked without knowing why.

He is engaged in scientific research, so he knows nothing about the logic of social sciences, and he did not figure out the key to it for a while.

"That's not how it was calculated."

Chen Jiu shook his head.

"Red Earth is an extremely special world. Due to changes in rotational inclination, extremely serious natural disasters occur periodically here."

"And every disaster, with the current technological level, can be said to be irresistible, and a significant reduction in personnel will inevitably occur."

"It's like a debuff that forcefully deducts blood."

The wig was inserted.

"Yes, it is a debuff that forcefully deducts blood. Therefore, for the people here, if they want to maintain the continuation of the population, food and resources are important, but more importantly, creating more populations."

"The reason is very simple. Take our players as an example. If you know that a plot kill will forcibly deduct 20% of your blood, then your response plan is most likely not to reduce 20% to 18%, but to

Increase your blood volume as much as possible before deducting blood."

"So, the population of childbearing age is the top priority."

"That's why they gave up on these people. Because they really didn't have much use anymore."

Hearing this, Qin Chuan suddenly realized.

"I understand. So what should we do now? Should we take these people over?"

"We don't need them to give us children, as long as they can work."

Chen Jiu did not answer immediately, but looked at Lin Shuang aside.

After the latter finished explaining the situation, he sat silently by the fire and listened to the discussion of several players.

She wondered why these people didn't take themselves seriously at all when discussing things.

Logically speaking, whether they are willing to help or not, they should discuss it privately.

Instead of talking about Xiahe Village in front of him, as if he didn't exist.

Do they think they don't understand what they are discussing?

It shouldn’t be. Although there are indeed some things that are rather profound, I can still understand most of them.

For example, regarding "Why should people over 45 years old be driven out of the village?", in fact, their judgment is recognized by themselves.

It's hard to describe this feeling, but if I have to say it, maybe in their eyes, they are no different from the unconscious trees all over the mountain.

"Can you tell me the specific situation? How many people are there? When will they start hunting in the mountains? Will they carry weapons?"

Chen Jiu's question interrupted her thoughts.

"There are about thirty people who will go up the mountain starting tomorrow. That's why I have to rush up today. I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"I don't know if there will be weapons. If the children at home show affection, they will probably be given hatchets, fire, etc., but there will definitely be no bows and arrows."

"Understood."

Chen Jiu nodded and turned to the other three players.

"It's obvious, I'm here to deliver it."

"What do you think? I personally think that this should be a challenge plot. If accepted, it may speed up the development of the subsequent main plot."

"But if you don't answer, it probably won't be a big problem."

Chen Jiu is not talking nonsense. It is obvious that if we can keep these "old, weak, sick and disabled" who have been driven out of the village, or even feed them, the friendship between the institute and Xiahe Village will definitely increase.

When you go to retrieve the radar antenna again, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

But at the same time, it is really not easy to do this with just four players.

"Then what else is there to say? Game, there won't be any of you who can skip the plot in one game, right?"

Qin Chuan immediately expressed his stance.

In his opinion, as long as it is a game, it is necessary to understand all the plots in as few games as possible. Otherwise, how can subsequent games have bugs?

Of course, this is an online game, so it may not have multiple objectives, but the basic logic will definitely not change.

The wig on the side also nodded and echoed:

"I also think we need to save them. These NPCs won't be refreshed, so it's better to keep them than to lose them!"

"I agree. Regardless of whether there is enough food or not, I will give it a try first. Anyway, there is no penalty for failure in this optional task."

Seeing that Chong Niang also nodded, Chen Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.

He quietly edited a task on the GM interface and sent it to everyone's system.

"Resettling the victims (optional task): Helping the displaced victims survive the ice wave."

"Mission reward: Xiahe Village's friendship level +30, Divine Furnace mission completion route +1."

As soon as the news was sent out, Qin Chuan jumped up excitedly.

"Damn it, it is indeed an optional mission. The rewards for this mission are too awesome. +1 for completing the route. This directly triggers the hidden option!"

He doesn't know what the Divine Furnace mission is yet, because Chen Jiu hasn't announced it yet.

But based on the experience of an old player, he fully understands what completing the route +1 means.

As for games, especially such immersive games, what is the most important element?

What freedom!

Having one more mission completion route means a different experience, which is much better than any points or equipment!

The wig and the insect girl were equally excited, but at the same time, the insect girl raised a new question.

"The task has been accepted, but how to complete it is a problem. The resettlement of these disaster victims will be very complicated. Work distribution, housing, warmth, and safety are all problems."

"Isn't this easy to solve? The mission only said that we should help them survive the ice wave, but it didn't say how to survive it."

"As long as they are still alive after the ice wave, won't our mission be accomplished?"

Qin Chuan said nonchalantly.

"You don't want to get stuck again, do you?"

Chen Jiu asked helplessly.

"Of course the bug must be stuck. Without the bug, how can a mission of this difficulty be completed in the early stage?"

"Then what do you want to do?"

Chen Jiu racked his brains and couldn't think of any bugs that could cause the game to get stuck in this kind of mission. There is no sleep chamber in this game, so we can't just stuff the disaster victims into the sleep chamber and be done with it.

Qin Chuan chuckled.

"Actually, it's not a lag bug, it's just a reasonable use of the game mechanism."

"Don't we have a businessman here? Since there is a businessman, it means that the economy and trading system are complete."

"In this case, we can not only trade with businessmen, but also indirectly trade with disaster victims."

"So, isn't the problem easy to solve?"

"It's time to give full play to our country's traditional arts."

“Initiate massive infrastructure construction and provide relief through work!”

After he finished speaking, even Chen Jiu had to admire his unconstrained ideas.

I have to say that this is indeed a mature and effective method most of the time.

"But, there must be wages for doing work-for-relief, right? We can't give them our points. They don't recognize the points, they only recognize the food - but our mushrooms haven't been grown yet."

Wig said.

Hearing this, Chen Jiu smiled.

He looked at the wig and said:

"Don't worry about that."

"We don't have enough food because we spend a lot of time on other tasks."

"If we really go all out to hunt, it will be more than enough to feed them."

"Just watch, starting from tomorrow, we will go out hunting day and night, and sweep away all the prey in this Ten Thousand Caves Forest!"
Chapter completed!