Chapter 29 Open the map

Qin Chuan's plan to create a nest with human flesh really surprised Chen Jiu, but after the initial surprise, more questions began to emerge.

For example, how to ensure that you run into the cave before being overtaken by the crampon; for example, what should you use to block the door to close a powerful beast like the crampon?

Of course, facts aside, Qinchuan's plan does have certain feasibility.

It's just that I won't follow him around -

At least until the camp begins to take shape.

Or just put it during the ice tide?

Well. In the weather of minus 90 degrees, outdoor activities are actually not impossible.

There was a batch of cold-proof clothing stored in the research institute, which he hid, originally intending to sell it to players as props when the ice wave came.

At that time, players can't do anything else anyway, so they can just use the crampon as a dungeon to grind.

Wonderful!

Two days ago, I was still thinking about what to ask players to do during the ice wave. Aren't these solutions coming?

Thinking of this, Chen Jiu said:

"Brother Chuan, I think it's better not to worry about it in the near future."

"The crampons will not be active during ice tides, so it is difficult to find them, let alone catch them."

"We'd better wait and deal with the immediate matter first - our food problem hasn't been completely solved yet."

Chen Jiu didn't lie when he said this.

After several days of hard work, the institute has now stocked nearly 700 kilograms of dried meat, which can support 21 refugees and 4 players for 28 days.

Considering that the refugees themselves have food reserves, plus these 700 kilograms of dried meat, on average, if there is no food source during the ice wave, they can probably sustain themselves for about three and a half months.

The ice tide lasts for 4 months or even longer.

Even if the ice wave ends, it will not be easy to get food immediately.

From the safest perspective, the institute should store enough food to last for 5 months.

That is to say, they are still facing a food shortage for one and a half months.

Converted into dried meat, that’s 1,600 kilograms.

Obviously, as hunting becomes more and more difficult, these 1,600 kilograms of dried meat are really not that easy to find.

Qin Chuan can also see this situation from the mission interface.

Therefore, after hearing Chen Jiu's words, he had to nod.

Although he had already mastered the hunting simulator during this period, the institute's population suddenly increased by more than 20 people, and it was really not that easy to feed them.

"That's a problem. We've already hunted almost all the prey around us, and now we're traveling further and further during our hunting trips."

"The wig's mushroom house hasn't been built yet. It's estimated that it will take a month or two before the mushroom house actually produces anything. It's even unknown how many mushrooms the mushroom house can produce during ice tides."

"This is not sustainable development. We have to think of ways to find other food sources."

"If only I were not human"

"WTF?"

Chen Jiu was shocked.

Isn’t this talking about food? Why did it suddenly jump to race?

Looking at Chen Jiu's expression, Qin Chuan quickly explained:

"No, I mean, if I were not a human being, I could use myself as food for the refugees."

"Think about it, the current mission reward logic is that for every 5 kilograms of food provided to the refugees, you can exchange for 1 point."

"I weigh more than 160 kilograms. Even if I remove the bones, I still have more than 100 kilograms left. If I convert it into points, it would be more than 20 kilograms."

"If I could be my own food, I would earn a lot of points once I die. Isn't this bug so cool?"

"What a pity, NPCs don't eat people."

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Chen Jiu looked at Qin Chuan with horrified eyes, and now he only had one thought in his mind:

It never occurred to me that there would be people who could treat their own game characters this way.

You really do whatever it takes to get rid of the bug.

However, this idea is too dangerous. Even if the current mechanism avoids this problem, some restrictions will still be required in the future.

After all, so-called "NPCs" don't eat human flesh, but that's not necessarily the case for Qin Chuan.

If he really encounters an extreme situation, he will definitely do his own thing.

After all, in his eyes, this is a game, and there are not many psychological barriers in the game.

No matter how real this game is, it’s useless

"Brother Chuan, you'd better restrain yourself, or your account will be blocked when the time comes."

Chen Jiu reminded.

He thought to himself, if you can really do this kind of thing, then I will definitely convince Shuanghe to give up on you.

"Don't worry, let me just say that, I am also a person with normal moral values. Having said that, meat and mushrooms are not easy to obtain at this stage, and the growth cycle of common crops on the bare ground is also relatively long. Do you think we can

Can’t we order something different?”

“What different food?”

Chen Jiu asked doubtfully.

"Insects, nuts, wild vegetables, whatever you can eat!"

"These refugees are not that valuable. We shouldn't judge them with modern ideas - it's good to have something to eat."

"The only problem is that we are currently severely short of manpower. Even if we are to provide these foods, it is not cost-effective in terms of cost-effectiveness."

"If I have this time, I might be able to knock down a black bear again."

"Yes, that black bear is also storing food. Well, the difficulty has been reduced again."

As he spoke, Qin Chuan looked at the igloo where the black bear was kept with ill intentions, but Qin Chuan's eyes lit up across from him.

yes!

You really don’t have to do many things by yourself!

Qin Chuan didn't expect that it was because he entered the player's perspective and felt that in a game, tasks cannot be completed by NPCs.

In that case, you won't get the reward.

But what about actually?

As long as he achieves his goal, Chen Jiu doesn't mind designing a separate reward mechanism for him!

Thinking of this, he immediately said:

“I don’t think manpower is a problem!”

"We do have a lot of tasks now, including hunting, growing mushrooms, and building infrastructure. However, there is definitely more than one way to complete tasks in this game!"

"Look, many of our previous mission routes were triggered by the system after we tried them first."

"What does this mean? It means that the planning must have been planned a long time ago, waiting for us to find out!"

Qin Chuan thought about Chen Jiu's words and quickly came to his senses.

"Keep talking!"

Chen Jiu cleared his throat and continued:

"I think your idea is very close - aren't we just short of people now?"

"As long as there are enough manpower, it is not that difficult to obtain food."

"And again, these refugees are the manpower we can use."

"This is definitely a hidden route. As long as we activate the refugees to automatically search for food, the mission can be completed."

"However, the biggest problem now is that these refugees have poor initiative. They dare not leave the area near the institute that has been explored by us."

"In terms of setting, they are afraid of danger in unfamiliar environments."

"so."

"So I know what we're going to do!"

Before Chen Jiu could finish speaking, Qin Chuan interrupted him excitedly.

"This is just like those sandbox games. When the safe zone is only that big, the scope of NPC activities is also limited. But if the scope of the safe zone is expanded, they will spontaneously do more things!"

"So, what we have to do is actually very simple."

Qin Chuan and Chen Jiu looked at each other, and they both said at the same time:

"Open the map!"
Chapter completed!