Chapter 144
Bright Town.
Xu Hai looked at the ore handed to him by Mo Bai with mixed feelings.
Manpower is crucial in the early stages of the event. Elite players who help can only output as much as possible if they arrive early. So after sending the first wave of players over, he immediately used points to reduce the cooling time of the teleportation array.
By spending points, you can reduce the CD from three hours to one hour. If you operate it day and night, you can teleport up to 24 times a day, sending 1,200 players.
One teleportation will consume five pieces of ore.
One hundred and twenty rare ores a day... Xu Hai never dared to imagine this amount of consumption in the past.
If there were no hot springs to support it, it would be impossible to have fun like this with Guangming Town's original mineral reserves.
He was originally worried that he would use too much at one time and would not be able to get reimbursed. He was just about to grit his teeth and say that there were some left in the town...but then he saw Mo Bai take out 99 pieces of ore out of thin air like a magic trick and handed them to him silently.
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Xu Hai accepted it silently. Before he could think of words of gratitude, he received another 99 yuan.
Xu Hai then swallowed his words silently: "..."
The two of them passed the ball to each other, and the action lasted for nearly a minute, just like some assembly line workers who were forbidden to talk.
Finally, Xu Hai looked at the backpack full of ore and almost laughed at himself.
How much ore did he say he would use in a day?
...Are there any fractions of this? ?
"Shu Mo said that he hopes Guangming Town can help tell other territories."
The young man next to him spoke at this moment, and Xu Hai turned his head subconsciously.
"During the event, all ore expenses for traveling to and from the disaster-stricken town will be paid by Nuannuan Hot Spring. Including the cost of reducing cooling, all can be converted into ore and reimbursed by finding the hot spring after the event."
Mo Bai repeated verbatim what Shu Mo had said to him before he left.
“You can report as much as you want, there is no upper limit.”
She smiled like a little fox, "Isn't it going to be a carnival? Of course it has to be lively and fun."
"...Boss, are you saying that all expenses will be reimbursed by the hot spring?"
Xu Hai thought he had misheard, "Does she know how much it would cost to reduce the cooling?"
Although he paid to reduce the cooling time of the teleportation array to one hour, this one hour was not the upper limit allowed by the system. It was just the most cost-effective fee agreed upon by the lords. You can reduce the points further, but the points required will increase exponentially!
For example, to reduce it to one hour, 10,000 points may be needed, while to reduce it to 50 minutes, 100,000 points may be needed.
In the past, almost no one used the function of paying to reduce CD time, because no one thought that their time was so valuable - spending 10,000 points to wait two hours less was already a luxury, and spending 90,000 points more to buy ten minutes, is that crazy?
Not to mention reducing it to the upper limit of half an hour, which would require a full million points.
They all agreed that the system set such an unattainable number in order to prevent large-scale and rapid population migration.
Even at this moment when human lives are at stake, no territory dares to consume like this.
But Shu Mo dared.
"All of them." Mo Bai repeated again, and said affirmatively, "Please tell them."
Xu Hai was stunned for a long time.
He could already imagine the madness that would occur in other towns after the news was sent out.
With these points, the number of elite players who dare to provide support will definitely double.
An hour's transmission time is too long and there are too many variables, but half an hour will be much better.
Those small towns that wanted to rescue but were worried that the transmission cooldown would be too long, resulting in their elite forces not being able to return in time and being lost there, will probably try to take action now.
Coupled with the shortened cooldown and reduced risk, the rewards from the Contribution Point Mall become even more significant. The remaining towns that were originally only concerned with self-preservation may now send out some players to check out the situation.
With so many territories in the world, even if each town only sends out one elite team, it can easily meet the daily teleportation requirements. They didn't even need to evacuate the victims; they could force their way through the event by relying on the human wave tactic.
Xu Hai thought about it and still found it hard to believe.
The moment Tianmu announced the rules of the event, everyone probably had the same thought in their mind - the ten towns that were drawn were finished.
The boss actually found a solution to this hellish activity with almost no chance of survival?
wrong.
If the solution was really that simple, players would have thought of it long ago.
Why can't it be done now? It's not because those lords are unwilling, but because they are powerless.
Nine towns, full cooldown, 48 teleports a day, after ten days of activities, that's a full 4.3 billion points...
Thinking of this, Xu Hai's heart ached violently.
No small town has that much savings, let alone one-tenth, even less than one percent.
Even if it does exist, these points can be used to do countless things, and using them to save ordinary players is probably the least cost-effective way.
Human life isn't that valuable, especially in the apocalypse.
There are thousands of small towns, so what if nine of them are destroyed? If we send out a questionnaire asking whether people are willing to exchange the 4.3 billion yuan they have on hand for hundreds of thousands of lives, I'm afraid that 99 out of 100 people would not give a positive answer.
…But one person filled in “yes”, and so those nine towns and hundreds of thousands of residents in the surrounding areas were saved.
When he came to his senses, he seemed to see a big devil waving money and smashing a way out for all the players by spending money.
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Shu Mo was absent-minded in the Nuannuan Hot Spring. He couldn't stay there anyway, so he simply ran to clean up the poop for the Cuckoo Chicken.
——There is no other way. The fish can go without feeding for a day, but the feces must be cleaned up every day. Otherwise, the little hens will be smoked for a long time and will be in a bad mood. If this goes on for a long time, there is a risk of accidental death due to depression.
The life of the cuckoo chicken is also a life.
Halfway through shoveling, she sensed the Arctic Fox bus returning to the hot spring, bringing Mo Bai back with it.
The little black dragon ran through the jungle accurately and came back to report, "The note of Guangming Town has been changed. After the cooldown period, the mayor tried to initiate a teleportation request again, and it showed that the other party was teleporting with others. It should be that other towns also went to provide support."
Not only that, Xu Hai tried seven or eight towns in a row, and they were either still cooling down or being teleported. It seemed that during the event, the mayors were indeed keeping a close eye on the notes column of the teleportation list.
After all, that is the only place in the game where you can send messages on the public screen.
When Xu Hai wanted to continue trying, he actually received a teleportation request.
It's from Fengxi Town.
Fengxi Town is the largest town nearby and has extraordinary strength. It is also one of the few territories besides Guangming Town that sent out elite teams early in the morning to support the disaster area. After spending points to quickly pass the cooling time, their second teleport was actually sent to Guangming Town.
Xu Hai hesitated for a long time, but finally accepted it.
A white light flashed, and 50 people came over together, led by the mayor.
He locked his eyes with Xu Hai and rushed forward. "Is what you wrote in the note true?"
The group of people behind him were originally planning to be sent to Liehuo Town, but when they were being teleported, they accidentally saw the note that Guangming Town had been changed, and in excitement, they directly changed the destination. At this moment, the usually calm mayor held Xu Hai's hand, his eyes were so scorching that they could burn a hole in a person.
"Yes, all expenses will be reimbursed by Nuan Nuan Hot Spring. The boss sent an employee to say this in person."
"Okay, okay, great." He said several sentences in a row, too excited to extricate himself. After calming down, he hurriedly said, "Many towns have used up their permission to change notes today, so the message cannot be spread. I'm afraid that only a limited number of people will see your note. So, after midnight, I will change the note immediately and help you spread it."
Fengxi Town has two world top 50 bosses in charge, and its strength is among the best in all territories. Their notes are easier to be seen than those of Guangming Town.
Word of mouth spreads from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. No lord can miss such a great thing.
"Everyone has seen this. We have to think about it. If we really decide to send people over, we will definitely send elite players with the highest killing efficiency. As more of these people go, the danger level of the activity area will only decrease further, and those who come later will have no worries. I'm afraid that in a few days, the quota to teleport over to kill monsters will have to be snatched up..."
It's a completely virtuous cycle.
The mayor of Fengxi Town's eyes became brighter as he spoke, "This is a great idea. Those territories can be saved!"
He wanted to laugh out loud.
"Isn't it?" Xu Hai couldn't hide the smile on his face.
As lords, they have been competing with each other openly and secretly for so many years. This is a rare moment for them to put aside their differences and fight side by side on the same front.
"But, you have so many people teleporting here... What are you going to do? Teleport them away later?" Xu Hai suddenly came to his senses and jumped up and down, "Wouldn't that be a waste of Guangming Town's teleportation opportunity?"
"Well, no rush. If you send out a teleportation request now, those towns won't be able to receive it." The mayor of Fengxi Town waved his hand, "Since we're here, why not go to the hot springs and let these people replenish their supplies. With the buffs, they can kill monsters more efficiently and earn more points."
Because of Shu Mo's move, they felt relaxed and actually treated this as an activity to be participated in with great pleasure.
But if you think about it carefully, isn’t this exactly what Nuannuan Hot Spring has been doing all along?
Since the emergence of hot springs, the doomsday attributes of the game have been continuously weakened, survival has become simpler, and there is even an opportunity for enjoyment and relaxation. As a result, the game attributes have resurfaced and players' mentality has become more relaxed.
When they no longer regard this as the end of the world, but as a game, then everything in front of them seems to be nothing to be afraid of.
Anyway, sooner or later they will reach the day of clearance.
The two saw the determination in each other's eyes and smiled at each other.
He completely forgot that there was someone standing next to him.
…
Mo Bai finished recounting this touching scene in a serious manner, and pointed behind him, "So, that group of people is now in the main building."
Shu Mo: “…”
She hadn't expected that the Arctic Fox Bus could still bring back passengers on a day like this.
With the mentality of "since we're here, we might as well bring some supplies for disaster relief", the players in Fengxi Town also started a new round of raids at Nuannuan Hot Springs.
Their movements, expressions and momentum were exactly the same as those of Jiang Qing and his group more than an hour ago.
The mimic beast vomited out the people in its stomach, turned around and ran towards Guangming Town with a group of people.
This group of people soaked in each hot spring for a long time. The buffs on their bodies overlapped so much that they could not be seen clearly. Their faces were as smooth as boiled eggs, but the egg whites were covered with extremely serious expressions.
With a sword in hand, he got out of the car and headed straight for the teleportation array in the center.
Then I found out... there was a traffic jam over there.
"No, what on earth are you here for?" Xu Hai shouted, looking at the two teams in front of him.
If he felt quite touched when the people from Fengxi Town came, now that his two teleportation opportunities had been taken, he was completely devastated.
The mayor of Longyan Town chuckled and said, "My hand slipped, my hand slipped."
Xia Ruihe turned the tables and said, "Who told you to change such a shocking note? Of course I had to come and see what was going on."
After asking Xu Hai about the situation and knowing that Wenquan was really willing to invest, the two of them were happy.
Turning around, I happened to see a group of people who were sent from Nuannuan Hot Spring standing here in confusion, as if they didn't understand why the small town hall had such a high population density, with three mayors and more than a hundred people crammed in (including a group of people that Guangming Town had always wanted to recruit but didn't). The leader asked cautiously, "We want to teleport, uh, is this a queue?"
Wow, it looks like we have to wait for a long time.
"We have buffs, can we cut in line?" she asked humbly.
The two mayors looked at the crowd and said thoughtfully, "Buff..."
Xu Hai seemed to have guessed something.
"Well, now that we're here..." The next second, they shook their heads, "Let's go to the hot springs."
Thus, Shu Mo welcomed the third wave of guests today.
and the fourth wave.
…Two hours later, there came the fifth wave.
Shu Mo, who was so idle just a few hours ago that he was cleaning shit, stood in the chicken coop and cried out: "...Wait a minute, is it so lively here today???"
Xia Qing, who came with Xia Ruihe, was holding a bun in his hand. He leaned against the wooden fence and ate while saying, "Boss, you may not know that putting out the note about Guangming Town is equivalent to putting up a highlighted advertisement for you all over the world. Everyone who sees it will click in to take a look. Once they see it, they will notice the word 'hot spring'."
Seeing "hot springs" in the extremely cold apocalypse is as influential as seeing an oasis in the desert, and everyone is already quite excited...
"There should be a lot of people who are as slippery as my mother." Xia Qing said honestly.
Furthermore, many people associated this news with the name that was still at the top of the list.
I believe that there are many people who want to meet the big boss, or think that maybe they have found a way to pass the game, so they spread it to Guangming Town.
After arriving at the place, I found that Nuannuan Hot Spring was not in the town, so I said again, "Since I'm here, I'm here," and ran to the bus stop at the city gate to wait for the bus.
Then we took another car and arrived at Nuannuan Hot Spring after a bumpy journey. The first thing we did after getting off the car was to start shopping like crazy.
Others may not know, but Xu Hai was about to cry. He served as a voluntary introducer of Nuannuan Hot Springs for the whole day. He was very talkative and could only find a few opportunities to submit applications to the disaster area among the countless applications. He finally got the chance and sent two groups of people out.
The mayor of Fengxi Town guessed correctly. After a few hours, the lords of the world slowly came to their senses and realized that the opportunity to go to the event site really had to be snatched.
He was too busy to take care of other things, but after his introduction, people came to the hot springs in waves.
"Now that I'm here..."
"It just so happens that there is a promotion going on, so there is a discount. It won't be a loss if I buy more..."
"How about giving some to the victims?"
As people talked about this, players bought more and more, often 99 pieces.
Although the hot springs are 70% off, the cost of many products is not even 30% of the list price. For example, a string of oden is priced at 5 points, but the cost is only 1 point. For facilities like the sulfur foot bath and the hot spring in the villa, there is only a daily maintenance fee. When the number of consumers reaches a certain amount, what remains is the net profit.
Shu Mo set it at 30%. Originally, he thought that as long as he could recover the cost, he would not have to recycle the facilities. However, as the number of guests increased, he actually began to make a profit.
Shu Mo: “…”
She listened to the players' enthusiastic voices and doubted her life, "No... can they eat so much?"
On the other side, the residents of Evergreen Town were burping from overeating.
Support came in waves.
Everyone who comes has to be fed something, like a mysterious ritual.
They have gone from being touched at the beginning to "I can't eat anymore" and "I really can't eat anymore"...
However, these players who are still in the hot springs don’t know this.
They were still shopping enthusiastically, so when Shu Mo opened the payment information, he was startled by the crackling notification sound like firecrackers. He gasped and quickly turned it off.
"Advertise worldwide." She repeated Xia Qing's words, "I really didn't expect it to have such an effect."
These contribution points were earned for free, so Shu Mo would feel even less sorry about using them on players.
The value of life is immeasurable, and she never thought of buying it with points. But in a sense, kindness is valuable.
The risk of sacrifice is too high, and even if the players want to, they probably won't dare to rush into the disaster area. When everyone thinks this way, the small towns facing calamity will naturally be isolated and helpless.
But if someone stands up at this time and reduces the cost of doing good deeds, even if it is just a little bit... I am afraid that more people will be willing to lend a hand and help.
This is what Shu Mo thought from the very beginning.
Seeing that the method was effective, she was in a good mood. Xia Qing next to her thought she was happy about the advertisement and laughed along, "So, boss, I guess you will be busy these days."
She ate the last bite of the bun, quickly folded the wrapping paper and put it away, preparing to find a trash can to throw it away later. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a ball of holy light in Shu Mo's hand, "Boss, what are you holding?"
Shu Mo: "...Nothing."
She looked at the empty brown paper in Xia Qing's hand, threw the Holy Light into the storage box, and slammed the lid shut.
I think it’s better that she doesn’t know.
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