Since these players were so hard-working, Chu Guang felt that he should not be too worried about them, it was better to let them play freely.

After stacking the supplies next to the elevator, Chu Guang returned to the shelter and called out the administrator system. The pop-up window showing the mission completion soon appeared in front of him.

[Congratulations for completing the daily mission: hoarding wood, reward: reward points +2]

[Congratulations for completing the daily mission: burning cement, reward: bonus points +5]

The daily missions completed added up to 7 bonus points, which was not enough for an intermediate blind box.

But Chu Guang didn't mind it.

His players had already started to make cement, and now the food reserves had exceeded ten kilograms, so soon he would be able to recruit a few more players to come in as free labor.

"System, use all reward points to exchange for the primary blind boxes!"

The bonus points in Administrator Allowance were instantly cleared.

The alloy door on the wall opened, and the conveyor belt began to roll, sending out the rewards from the blind box.

Five lollipops, a piece of chocolate with a net content of 200g, and a bag of salt with a net content of 500g. As before, there was no expiration date and trademark.

‘How much does the first administrator like to eat candies?'

Looking at the five lollipops and chocolates, Chu Guang was speechless for a while.

But the white salt was a good thing.

Chu Guang reached out and picked it up, with a look of surprise.

The salt he could buy on Bett Street was coarse salt shipped from Boulder City. It was sallow, expensive, and of poor quality. The bitter taste could even overwhelm the salty taste.

This refined salt was usually expensive, and the average survivors simply couldn't afford it.

"It would be nice if I could have more!"

With this amount, it was only enough for making food, but for making bacon or sausage, it was a bit wasteful.

Of course, it was not a bad choice to trade with coarse salt. It could be replaced by at least 10 times or even 20 or 30 times the weight of coarse salt.

However, there were other risks.

River Valley province was an inland province.

Salt could generate a huge profit second only to arms. Without sufficient strength, it was a bit unreasonable to do this business.

After confirming the reward, Chu Guang then opened the player list and confirmed the players' offline time yesterday and online time today.

To his surprise, Old White actually leveled up?

"By cutting down trees, players can level up?"

Chu Guang was shocked.

Previously, the development progress of the genetic sequence of these players was 0, but the development progress of the genetic sequence of Old White had increased to 1%.

The corresponding level was LV1.

But Chu Guang thought for a while and was relieved.

The physical work of cutting trees was equivalent to a kind of exercise in itself, plus Old White's genetic sequence was also a strength type, so there was nothing surprising about the development progress.

After all, players didn't have to fight to gain experience.

Although the latter was a relatively shortcut...

Turning off the system interface, and sitting in front of the computer in the residents' lobby, Chu Guang logged into the backend of Wasteland Online's official website.

Previously, he had set an application requirement. Players needed to fill in the delivery address and phone number and register an account to apply for the test qualification. Chu Guang was already prepared for the slow increase or zero increase of the number of applications, but he didn't expect that, when he opened it today, the original 35 increased to 45.

‘Good heavens.'

‘Are there so many people lurking in the Bull and Horse Club?'

Surprised, Chu Guang then logged into the Penguin chat software and opened the game group called Bull and Horse Club. After looking through the chat records for a while, he saw some clues.

It turned out that just yesterday, a host of newcomers had turned up, and the number of group members had soared from more than a hundred to over two.

Most of these newcomers were invited by their group friends to join; many of them were just hopping from one group to another, active in major game groups all the year round.

Now in the gaming community, an urban legend about "completely immersive virtual reality online games" had begun to circulate.

Although most people would laugh it off after listening to it, there were always one or two who believed and tried their best to find the "Bull and Horse Club" and join it.

Many people were not sure if the administrators were also involved in this prank, but no matter what, they did have a decent official website.

——History chat records——

Quit_smoking: [Why are there so many new people in the group suddenly? (Confused.jpg)]

Garbage_pickup_level_99: [Boss! How do I join the test? Do I need to pay? ]

Quit_smoking: [Damn? Are you all here on Wasteland Online? (Surprised.jpg)]

Girls_public_enemy_ten_times_a_night: [The group name can be changed to Wasteland Online player group. (?° ?? ?°)]

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: [There is no need to spend money during the testing phase. But no one knows if it will change in the future. Anyway, you can register an account and fill out a form to queue up. As for when you will be selected, it depends on how good looking you are... Smh, there are people who actually believe it. ]

Quit_smoking: [Night Ten brother! Did you go online last night? ? ? Is there any new content to be tested? ? ? (Excited)]

Girls_public_enemy_ten_times_a_night: [Yep, we tried to make cement all night, haha. You can ask Ample Time, I'm going to class. Bye. ]

Quit_smoking: [Cement? ? ? ]historical

Garbage_pickup_level_99: [Isn't it just picking up garbage? ? ? ]

The group members then chatted for a long time.

Chu Guang skipped the long list of nonsense and checked Ample Time's speech.

There_will_be_ample_time: [To be honest, the realism of this game is beyond my expectations! Unlike most sandbox building games, in Wasteland Online, logs will not turn into timbers by themselves. Synthesizing charcoal is not simply throwing wood into the stove to synthesize with one click. Instead, you need to build a charcoal kiln and burn it. The system method is basically the same as in reality. The same is true for making cement. There is no one-click synthesis workbench. Instead, you need to start making woden ash first. ]

Quit_smoking: [Holy shi*? So real? ! ]

There_will_be_ample_time: [Yes, it is so real! The combat system has not been tested yet, but as far as the sandbox is concerned, Old White and I have not found the upper limit of this game yet! ]

There_will_be_ample_time: [Theoretically speaking, all the materials we are currently exposed to can be modified according to the physical and chemical rules in reality, and these modifications to the map environment will be permanently retained! Will not be refreshed! This is what surprises me the most! ]

This reminded him of Death Stranding, the "pseudo sandbox game" that was all about building roads.

But this game was not just about road building. It had more interactive content than the pixel-style "minecraft", but the graphics were even more realistic than the photography-quality racing game "Forza Horizon 4".

Especially the immersive experience.

He had never seen anything like it before.

In a word, he was completely blown away by this game!

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: [LMAO. If it is that realistic, this lord can definitely build Jinling City on the wasteland. ]

Hold_the_sword_execution: [I don't believe it either! Too unbelievable. ]

White_horse_passing_a_crevice: [Stop bragging, you'll know when you enter the game. This game is the most realistic I have ever seen. You will need to get all the materials yourself, and it does not support any AFK farming bots. In other games, you can turn on the farming bots and leave your characters in the game for a night to farm monsters automatically, but playing this game, you have to do everything by yourself! You will get tired even just by chopping the trees. ]

Level_8_Gale: [Indeed, I have experienced this. ]

Quit_smoking: [Damn it. After hearing what you said, I really want to play this game! Oh Brother Light, I know you are peeping at the screen, so I'm begging you, please give me a chance! ! ! ]

Chu Guang continued to scroll down the chat history.

The administrators and the group owner who had obtained the qualifications for testing were basically praising the game non-stop, saying that it was the best game of the year, etc.

There were also some players who couldn't wait interrupting from time to time and saying things like, "Hundred thousand yuan for a qualification account," or "One hundred thousand is too little, I will give one hundred million (?° ?? ?°)" or something.

Then, the group of friends talked about Man vs. Wild.

It may be that they were interested in the gameplay described by [There_will_be_ample_time], many players who did not believe that the "fully immersive virtual reality online game" really existed, had also participated in the discussion and even made suggestions.

Among them, Chu Guang was most interested in a group member whose ID was [WC_really_has_mosquitoes].

Looking at the time of joining the group, this old brother had only recently joined the group and was a newcomer.

Others were all talking about every aspect of the game, but he talked about the eighteen uses of wood in a serious manner.

Burning charcoal and making furniture were the most basic uses he had mentioned.

In addition, he had also mentioned the "dry distillation" of wood.

The specific principle was that in the process of baking wood to make carbon in a closed container, a large amount of combustible gas and flue gas rich in various organic chemical components would be released.

These complex mixtures were collectively referred to as "scorched wood" and were the chemical precursors of many chemical products—until coal tar and petroleum became widely used.

According to this brother's description, by filtering the collected condensate, a water-like solution composed of acetic acid, acetone, and methanol, as well as a thick tar-like residue, could be obtained.

Both were complex mixtures, but both could be fractionated to extract different organic chemical components.

Not to mention acetic acid and methanol, acetone was a good thing, not only could it be used as an organic solvent, it could also be utilized to make smokeless gunpowder!

When Chu Guang saw this, he was shocked.

"This guy is in the chemical industry?"

He subconsciously clicked on the person's avatar, and then clicked his online profile.

His profile was unlocked, so it was easy to check. And yet, there was nothing related to chemicals on his profile, there were only s for furniture and building materials.

Okay....

It seemed to be a furniture seller.

Knowing so much about wood was probably the result of it being the object of his interest.

However, his knowledge may come in handy.

Chu Guang thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He decided to privately message the guy.

"Hi, are you interested in joining the closed beta?"

It was nine o'clock in the morning in the wasteland, and Country Hua in the parallel world should be nine o'clock in the evening.

Sure enough, the old brother named [WC_really_has_mosquitoes] sent a question mark.

[? ]

[Who are you? ]

Chu Guang typed.

[I'm the game designer of Wasteland Online. ]

WC_really_has_mosquitoes: [Holy shit? ! You are the game designer? ]

WC_really_has_mosquitoes: [Brother, how can I get in? Do you need money? I have no money. ]

Chu Guang explained patiently.

[No need to spend money, just fill in a form, I will send you the link. ]

Though full of doubts, WC_really_has_mosquitoes still clicked on the link and filled in the address and phone number on the application page of the official website.

But he exercised caution while filling in the necessary details. That was, instead of his flat number, he wrote the reception's address of the community where he lived.

WC_really_has_mosquitoes: [Then what? What else do I need to do? ]

Light: [Send me the application number, I will mark it for you on the backend system, and I will notify you when it goes online in three days. ]

It would take three days to make a clone.

Just when Chu Guang started thinking about what other talents he needed for the outpost now that he had a carpenter, the group suddenly exploded with messages.

After opening the group chat, it turned out that [WC_really_has_mosquitoes] went to show off in the group right after he filled in the form.

[Hahahaha, brothers, I got the qualification for the beta test!]

Quit_smoking: [WTF?! ]

Quit_smoking: [Why! Obviously I applied first! Q.Q]

The group was bombarded with messages in an instant.

What exploded at the same time was Chu Guang's inbox.

Looking at the long series of small red dots, Chu Guang's hair stood on end. Knowing that he couldn't hide anymore, he quickly came out to explain.

Light: [Be patient, everyone. The closed beta is also for your future gaming experience. At this stage, we need to test whether the game's various systems are complete, so we need some players with special knowledge to act as guinea pigs. ]

Quit_smoking: [I can also be a guinea pig! I have been driving for seven years! Q.Q]

Hold_the_sword_execution: [Tsk, so what if you have seven years of driving experience, I can even drive an excavator! ]

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: [Don't quarrel, didn't you find that this WC_really_has_mosquitoes only joined the group yesterday? Maybe it's the administrator's alt account! What a totally immersive virtual reality game? It's all fake! ]

No_one_understands_love: [The online profile does not look like an alt account...]

Quit_smoking: [Brother Light! I'm begging you! Give it a chance! ]

Light: [... Wait a few more days. A hundred qualifications will be released in a few days, believe me, everyone has a chance! ]

The members of the group became excited.

Chu Guang tried to calm the emotions of the group members, but found that it was useless. At this moment, other administrators were still in the game, and he couldn't control it at all.

‘I can't let it continue like this..'

‘Maybe, I should release another qualification?'

Chu Guang touched his chin and started thinking.

Anyway, the food in the base had been stored up to more than ten kilograms. Now that he had a gun, he could also start hunting, so having two more people would not be a problem...

‘That's right, food!'

Chu Guang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he typed words on the keyboard.

Light: [By the way, we still lack a chef. ]

Light: [Testing the cooking system. ]

What Chu Guang didn't expect was that after he sent this news, the messages popped up even after in the group.

Not everyone knew woodworking, but the threshold for chefs was too low.

Who didn't know how to make a dish or two nowadays?

Anyone who had a hand would know how to do it.

Regardless of whether it was true or false, the old brothers in the group kept bragging about their abilities. Messages like "I can fry a plate of Kung Pao chicken with my eyes closed" and "Even my dog can also do that" all came out. They almost called themselves the reincarnation of the God of Cookery.

In order to qualify for the testing, this group of netizens also did everything they could, but Chu Guang didn't know what to do.

‘How should I choose?'

The argument lasted for half an hour until an old brother published his chef certificate.

This thing was indeed more convincing than bragging.

Chu Guang immediately announced the ownership of the sixth qualification. After asking for the application number in a private message, he went offline at the speed of light