Chapter 10 Base Upgrade
Jiang Baiyue put away the corn and planted the last berry bush.
[All base upgrade conditions have been met. Upgrade base now?]
Jiang Baiyue noticed that there were people around her, so she raised her hand and tapped the confirmation button on the screen.
One berry bush is worth 10 greening points. She spent the whole afternoon running around to find 10 berry bushes.
[Congratulations to player "Lying Flat and Salty Fish" for being the first to upgrade their safe base to level 1.]
The rewards are as follows: 2 farmlands, 1 random building, and 1 investment card.
Jiang Baiyue's eyes lit up. There are rewards for leveling up?
This is a bit different from games.
A rumbling sound came from outside, and the wooden fence was replaced by stones and gradually raised, as if an invisible hand was building a stone wall.
The old, even slightly damp, wooden planks of the cabin were replaced with brand new ones in an instant, but the warehouse remained unchanged.
Jiang Baiyue glanced at it and then closed the door.
The others in the base were stunned by the loud noise, thinking some huge monster was charging at them.
"Look, the wooden fence has turned into a stone wall, and it's still receding!"
"Upgraded so quickly? Who was so kind as to submit the materials?"
"The stone wall looks much safer."
"Great, I can finally get a good night's sleep. That wooden fence was so low..."
There was a moment of shock in Chun Tianli's eyes. It seemed that she could stay here for a long time. The defense of a level 1 base was much higher than that of a level 0 base.
The warehouse didn't give the player permission to build other buildings, so she thought development would be slow.
Moreover... who would be so selfless as to contribute materials to the base? Aren't they afraid that the base's development will ultimately suffer losses?
Jiang Baiyue was unaware of the shock felt by the others in the base. She rubbed her hands together and prayed devoutly, hoping for a supermarket, a weapons shop, or even a pharmacy farm if all else failed.
She closed her eyes and clicked on the random building in her backpack.
[Congratulations to the player who casually obtained the building - Mercenary Bar *1.]
Jiang Baiyue remained silent. It was neither a production building nor a very good commercial building. Her luck was just too bad.
Another gasp came from outside.
Jiang Baiyue knew that many people had probably gone to see the new building, so she planned to wait until everyone's enthusiasm subsided before going to see it.
Since we've randomly ended up at the Mercenary Bar, we can keep the Merchant Card for now.
The buildings unlocked in the base will not be equipped with NPCs, so you need to use investment cards to attract NPCs to open shops.
Her next step is to build the mission hall so that she can collect materials in the name of the base.
Jiang Baiyue opened the base control panel.
Base Name: White Moon Base
Base Level: 1
Green space value: 100 (resident stress value - 1 point/minute)
Prosperity Value: 510 (Attracts 1 homeless person to stay for 12 hours every 3 days)
Stone wall damage: 0% (Note: Damage will automatically consume stones from the warehouse for repair. If materials are insufficient and the damage exceeds 95%, the base will be attacked and disintegrated.)
Residents: 31/500
Base buildings: 1 solar street light, 1 wooden house, 1 warehouse, 1 mercenary bar (Unlocked buildings: General store, restaurant, arrow tower, sewing shop, public toilet, mission hall, solar street light, wooden house, outhouse)
Base upgrade requirements: ① Submit materials: 1000 granite, 300 clay, 500 rubber, 680 wood, 230 nails; ② Submit 10,000 coins; ③ Achieve a city greening value of 1000.
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Five new buildings have been unlocked, and Jiang Baiyue wants to build them as soon as possible, but she has no coins and no materials.
The accommodation fee I just received for the upgrade has already been used up to a very small extent.
She thought about it for a moment and decided that since they wouldn't starve for the time being, they could postpone building the restaurant.
One wanderer will come to the base every 3 days. The general store and sewing shop can be postponed. The mission hall must be built. Then you can exchange some materials and build one public toilet and one watchtower.
The green space of the site includes public health conditions. We can't allow residents to urinate and defecate anywhere, so public toilets must be built.
Most importantly, the layout of the public toilets is similar to the old-fashioned dry and wet separation bathrooms in homes.
Arrow towers can protect the base. Although there is a 7-day buffer period, the arrow towers will automatically attack monsters that approach the base, and dropped items will be directly stored in the warehouse.
It's a building that can both protect the base and generate some revenue, so it's quite cost-effective.
She clicked on the materials needed for the three buildings. In addition to the basic materials such as stone, wood, weeds, mechanical parts, scrap iron, nails, charcoal, and plastic, the public toilet also needed a blueprint for a water purification system.
Seeing the series of zeros in the base upgrade requirements, Jiang Baiyue had a headache.
This time she has management control of the base, and with no one causing trouble, the materials should be easy to collect.
Jiang Baiyue switched to the base construction page, where a new information panel about the mercenary bar had been added.
Mercenary Bar (Chen Meng)
Level: 1
Beverages served: 10 beers per day
Number of mercenaries: 2
Prosperity Value: 500
Architectural effect: Staying in the bar for 1 hour can reduce stress level to 0.
Tax setting: 0%-100% (Note: Base managers can set this themselves.)
Jiang Baiyue set the tax rate at 10%, but these NPCs also have their tempers, so it can't be set too high.
She had previously seen game reviews where some people complained about the high tax rates, leading to NPCs simply giving up or even running away.
...
In the spring, Ya was shocked to discover that the base had been upgraded and that a new building had been added to the base.
Neon signs flashed colorful lights, and the words "Mercenary Bar" stood prominently atop the two-story building.
Everyone in the open space was drawn to the light and stood up in surprise. Some people curiously walked over to take a look.
"It really is a bar! And there are people inside! Come and see!"
"Let's go take a look."
"Do they sell food? Or at least drinks, right...?"
"That's possible."
Sunflower looked at Spring and said, "Let's go take a look?"
In the spring, Ya nodded and followed a few people.
Pushing open the bar door, the first thing you hear is the noisy, curious voices of other players inside.
The cheerful music from the bar made them feel disoriented; they almost thought they had traveled back in time again, and that being chased by zombies during the day was all a dream.
The bar is simply decorated, with only 6 tables and 4 chairs in the main hall.
At one of the tables sat two people completely covered in black cloth, wearing leather armor, and carrying rifles.
At that moment, several people were surrounding the two people and asking them questions.
In the spring, Ya had played the game and knew it was about mercenaries, and also knew that recruiting required paying a certain amount of coins every day, so she wasn't curious.
She walked straight to the bar counter opposite the main entrance, where a waiter was.
Sunflower told her three friends to follow Spring in the air, while she went to the mercenaries to gather information.
"Hey friends, where are you from?"
A middle-aged man took a can of beer out of his backpack and placed it on the table: "Sigh, life's tough, just one can of beer, please don't mind..."
The mercenary remained silent.
But suddenly a panel popped up in front of the middle-aged man.
Do you want to hire a level 1 mercenary to fight for you, costing 100 coins per day?
The middle-aged man suddenly realized: "This is an NPC. Oh well, what a waste of time. 100 coins! I only have 3 coins left."
Zhang Meizhi was also disappointed when she heard this. Although she didn't play games much, she knew that NPCs would only follow commands and she wouldn't get any information no matter how much she asked.
Sunflower was quite disappointed when she heard this, thinking it was a zombie hunter or someone from some organization in this world. She turned and walked towards the bar counter.
I was patted on the shoulder for not eating vegetables. When I turned around, I saw it was Sister Yangyang. She said, "Here, a beer for two coins. Try it. It can help lower your stress levels."
"It's the first day, let's splurge a little..."
Five people, each with a beer, sat down at an empty table.
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