Copy 4 22
"Hello, Conway."
The man named Conway saluted everyone at the meeting with a standard military posture, and his movements were as crisp and clear as his words.
Su Wanxing remembered him. On the day of the waterspout, it was this burly man named Conway who had been evacuating the onlookers in an orderly manner, providing emergency rescues and taking care of the elderly and children.
Later, he became the commander-in-chief of the supply collection mission. His friendliness and coordination ability greatly enhanced the cohesion of everyone on the ship.
A few days ago, Liu Ying mentioned this to Su Wanxing, "I met him during the capture of Paradise City. He is a righteous and kind person. He once strongly opposed the proposal to treat players and non-players differently, but the Federation did not take action against him due to his combat effectiveness."
So at this meeting, Liu Ying introduced Kang Wei to everyone.
Several people applauded in welcome.
Liu Ying then reported the recent situation of the cruise ship. "Under the leadership of Commander Kang, we focused on searching the C1-C5 area this time, rescuing a total of 28 abandoned wounded people, harvesting about 1,000 kilograms of edible food, and 2,000 kilograms of food that can be used after processing. We added two chefs and three search teams..."
Since there are only two days in a week in this world, the last leg of the ship's journey is set at eight days, or one month.
Su Wanxing felt relieved after listening to these data. At least everyone on the cruise ship was committed to surviving instead of fighting with each other.
A virtuous cycle is beneficial to biological development.
Then, Su Wanxing reported important intelligence, "It has been three months since the Night Fire Massacre created by the Federation. The number of patients in Laboratory No. 1 has been greatly reduced. Paradise City is no longer overcrowded, and only neon lights are flashing all day long. The number of players in the camp has been controlled within the so-called ideal range."
"Also," Su Wanxing sighed heavily, "There is a value in the missions that players receive, called the healing rate. It stays at 99% and does not increase anymore, which means that the treatment of radiation sickness has reached a bottleneck."
Su Wanxing had noticed long ago that the cure rate would no longer increase after reaching 99%. Although he had doubts, he did not pursue them until Pei Wei sent the fatal news that no matter how many courses of treatment the patient went through, the cure rate could only reach a maximum of 99%. The remaining 1% completely extinguished Jiang Keming's hopes.
"Why is this happening?" Tong Ming, a native of this world, was puzzled. "Could it be that the game you mentioned is deliberately making things difficult for you?"
Liu Ying rubbed the solar plexus, "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Tong Ming finally asked the biggest question in his mind, "What I want to know is, after you finish the game, will I, and we who are neither players nor NPCs, be able to see you again? Or will you leave forever? Just like water vapor evaporating?"
Su Wanxing didn't know either. She had always thought that after the copy was over, the cycle would repeat itself over and over again, and the second and third rounds would begin... But the truth seemed to be known only after the copy was over. Perhaps this would always remain a mystery.
"Sorry, we don't know either." Liu Ying shook her head.
"Okay, I still feel like I'm dreaming. What game control panel and mission objectives you mentioned, I can't see them at all. Is our meeting a mistake?" Tong Ming complained.
Su Wanxing comforted her: "That was also a beautiful mistake."
Tong Ming felt warm in his heart and smiled back.
"Grandma Song," Liu Ying asked as if she was following the procedure, "what do you think?"
Granny Song opened her eyelids and said, "Why is the water so clear? Because it comes from a source of fresh water."
Everyone looked confused.
"Grandma Song, can you explain it in a simpler and easier way?" Liu Ying scratched her head.
Kang Wei analyzed seriously: "Why is the water so clear? It's because there is a constant supply of fresh water."
Liu Ying couldn't help but ask, "Are you doing reading comprehension?"
Kang Wei scratched his chin in embarrassment. "I went to a sports school, and I could only understand the surface of the cultural courses."
Tong Ming also began to ask, "Grandma, don't keep me in suspense. What do you mean?"
Granny Song shook her head mysteriously, with an expression that said "I'll figure it out myself".
After watching for a long time, Su Wanxing suddenly thought of something. She did not think about the mystery left by the old lady, but the thought that floated through her mind made her re-examine the relationship between players and NPCs.
Without NPCs, the player's gaming journey would be full of twists and turns. If I think back to the story-based games I've played, if there weren't NPCs issuing tasks and giving hints one after another, the player might have spent the entire day running around without making any progress in the game's plot.
This is also the most frustrating part. The feeling of running back and forth on the map with no clue is extremely frustrating.
Therefore, the relationship between players and NPCs should be complementary and indispensable, rather than the opposition, provocation and targeting proposed by Beici.
"Xiao Su, do you understand?" Tong Ming looked at Su Wanxing's face as if he had suddenly realized something.
Su Wanxing came back to his senses. In fact, based on his previous experience of playing games, the clues given by the NPC were not difficult to the point of being ambiguous. Generally speaking, the answer was on the puzzle itself.
How can the water be so clear? Because it comes from a source of fresh water.
"The source? The source of the world?" Su Wanxing murmured, "The greenhouse effect causes the sea level to rise. Some humans shamelessly discharge nuclear wastewater, causing radiation sickness... We have no land, only the ocean. What's in the water? Ah, what we are going to find next is the deep-sea monster."
Liu Ying was confused. "How did you come up with that?"
"The fact that they can live comfortably in nuclear wastewater shows that they have overcome radiation sickness to a certain extent. We should humbly learn from them," said Su Wanxing.
Liu Ying nodded again, thinking it made sense, "Okay, what's the plan?"
Su Wanxing pondered for a moment, "Plan A is to reveal this news to Beici first."
…
"Archon, are you sure you want to meet with the deep sea monsters?"
Bei Ci stood alertly in front of the glass cover and said knowingly: "Although I don't know how Pei Wei and the others contacted Su Wanxing, the news that the healing rate is no longer increasing and the drug has reached a bottleneck has already reached their ears. I know that Su Wanxing's brain can clear the fog, and we can't give up any chance to get through!"
"But can Conway's information be trusted? Can he be bribed?"
"Do you think I care about this kind of betrayal?" Beici said disdainfully, "Turn on the ultrasound. I want to meet with the leader of the deep-sea monsters."
"yes."
After a while, dense bubbles came closer and closer, and a strange man wearing Godzilla's skin appeared in front of the glass cover. Perhaps the human body mutation was too exaggerated, it was difficult to distinguish their gender with the naked eye.
The deep-sea monster opened his mouth wide and seemed to be shouting shrilly at the top of his lungs, but unfortunately the glass cover automatically blocked the noise. The electronic screen above would automatically analyze the sound waves coming from the sea and translate them into human language.
The deep sea monster asked: What are you going to do now?
"Nothing," Beici's fiery red lips slightly raised, "I just want to ask you how to overcome radiation sickness?"
Deep Sea Monster: My body is given by you, my strange disease is caused by you, and you still have the nerve to question my mutation?
Beici chuckled, "You misunderstood. Those researchers who persecuted you are all dead. We are victims just like you."
The deep-sea monster was obviously silent for a long time, and then he said: I don’t know what radiation sickness is. Living is more painful than death, but I still choose to live because I love this world.
Beici sneered, "You are such a good pretender. Okay, my patience has its limits, stop talking nonsense and just tell me what you want."
The Deep Sea Monster frowned: I don’t want anything…
"That's enough!" Beici took a deep breath, "If you don't tell me how to deal with the remaining 1%, I will use ultrasound to kill you all! All of you!"
The deep-sea monster looked aggrieved: What do you want?
"Still pretending, of course it's a way to completely cure radiation sickness!"
The deep-sea monsters swam away with gritted teeth, and soon hundreds of them came back with black pearls.
Beici smiled with satisfaction.
…
"Are you... the demons that came to kill us?"
Su Wanxing stood in front of the transparent window of the submarine and switched on the species translator. "Why do you think so? We want to ask for your help."
The deep-sea monster was blocked by the submarine and was a little annoyed. "The last woman who said that almost killed us all."
Su Wanxing pretended to be amazed, "Ah? Really? We are unfortunately infected with radiation sickness, and we just simply hope that you can help us."
"We..." The deep-sea monster was cautious, "Of course we can help you, but what can you give us?" In the end it was all the result of coercion and inducement anyway, so the deep-sea monster thought it would be better to just kill them.
"What do you need?" Su Wanxing asked.
The deep-sea weirdo said excitedly: "We need food!"
Then the deep-sea weirdo felt that it was not a good idea to cheat people, so he added sincerely: "Because of the scarcity of oxygen in the deep sea, it is really difficult for us to find delicious food."
Su Wanxing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll help you find food as soon as possible."
The deep-sea monster's eyes lit up, but he soon became alert again and swallowed the "thank you" that was about to come out of his mouth.
Afterwards, Liu Ying complained, "You can actually speak the language of the deep sea monsters? But do we really need to share the food with them? The people on the boat have worked hard to find the food, so are we just going to give it away so generously? Besides, the area we can search is getting smaller and smaller, which means we will soon run out of food!"
"Master's wife, isn't it said that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish?" Su Wanxing said with a smile.
Liu Ying realized, "You are worthy of being my last-ditch student!"
Su Wanxing looked at her lovingly, "Yes, I follow Master's wife."
…
Beici flew into a rage and slammed the table. "Those black pearls are useless?! Are they mutated pearls? Do they have stronger radiation? These people are beasts who are neither human nor ghost! How dare they lie to me!"
"Archon, there is an unknown communication with you." The person outside the door reminded cautiously.
Beici stared at the unknown communication for half a second and answered it angrily.
"Miss Beici, it's me."
Beici's anger disappeared almost instantly, and she called out with interest, "Su Wanxing?"
"It seems that Miss Beici still remembers me."
"Oh, you are the demon that I can't get rid of."
"Let's get back to the point, Miss Beici, oh, it should be Governor Beici. I met the deep-sea monsters a few days ago. They told me that if I want to know how to overcome radiation sickness, I have to give them enough food."
Beici raised the corners of her lips, "Do you want to cooperate?"
"You really are like the worm in my stomach."
Beici's eyes turned cold, "You should tell the deep-sea monsters for me, let them dream!"
"Well, I didn't expect them to make you so angry. May I ask, have you met them yet?"
Beici recalled the various actions of the deep-sea monster, clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said: "Su Wanxing, you fooled me again! I hate the description of roundworm!"
"Eh? Did they give you any compensation? Executive Beici, is it inconvenient for you to tell us?"
Beici hung up the phone angrily.
…
Su Wanxing received the news that Beici was angry about the black pearl, and also began to help the deep-sea monster.
It's known that the Deep Sea Monsters don't know how to overcome radiation sickness, but why should we help them?
Su Wanxing felt that there was no accurate answer to this question, and everyone on the boat might make the same choice as her.
There are indeed many talented people on the ship, especially experts in the ocean, who can help the deep-sea monsters solve the problem of thin oxygen.
At the same time, although the food collected by the deep-sea monsters from the deep sea contains radiation, research has shown that it is no longer harmful to the current human body, just as the deep-sea monsters themselves said:
"Humans are the most amazing creatures in the world. They can adapt to the environment quickly and change their genes imperceptibly."
Therefore, Su Wanxing found a new source of food to help the deep-sea monster breathe smoothly. Then the deep-sea monster searched for food, and the processed food was not only more palatable, but could also be supplied to the people on the ship and under the sea respectively.
They got along pretty well with the deep-sea monster.
When Su Wanxing opened the game control panel again, her healing degree had reached 100%! ?
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