This concludes the evening's communication.
The residents came happily and left happily after the show, just like a daily routine, very natural.
When Si Lan, Pei Wen and others were cleaning up the venue, Wang Hongsheng saw them busy and walked over as if possessed.
The scene just now was so shocking that he didn't know why, but he suddenly wanted to get closer to them.
But everyone was busy at the scene.
After the discussion, the team will modify the design draft in real time and record the new ideas.
Si Lan cut off the power to all the electrical devices, and together with Pei Wen, she carefully moved the battery pack and circuit template back to the warehouse. Wang Hongsheng couldn't find anyone to talk to for a while.
He was a little embarrassed and stood there not knowing where to put his hands.
After a while, Si Lan came back and noticed him. Seeing him staring at his team, she asked casually, "What are you doing? Is there something wrong?"
Wang Hongsheng came back to his senses instantly. When he saw that it was her, he recalled the quarrel that took place during dinner and felt even more embarrassed.
But I couldn't help but say, "Are you done?"
Si Lan frowned. In her eyes, Wang Hongsheng's change in attitude was like a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken.
She simply replied, "Not really. Just say what you want to say."
Wang Hongsheng: "Nothing, I just...see you guys were having a hard time."
Si Lan: "It's okay."
As she spoke, she walked away, so Wang Hongsheng didn't have a chance to say more.
However, the people brought by Wang Hongsheng had no conflicts with Si Lan, Pei Wen and others, so there was no pressure in contacting them.
When everyone had almost packed up, several people immediately gathered around and asked many questions out of curiosity, confirming once again: this camp is really much better than their previous camp!
Seeing that someone in the team was willing to chat with them, Si Lan didn't bother to pay any attention. She put everything away and went back to her room to rest.
Tao Zhenzhen recently lived with Liu Qing, her sister who was stationed at the base. Si Lan therefore lived alone, but Tao Zhenzhen still placed some fruit or barbecue on her table every day. This was partly to give Si Lan something to replenish her energy after a late-night job, and partly to remind her of what Si Lan had said: if she wanted to go out with her, she should practice hard, so she could prove that she was practicing every day.
Today, Si Lan saw some food on the table as usual.
When I got closer, I saw a bowl of broth with a piece of paper underneath. On the paper was a crooked message from Tao Zhenzhen.
Today is Chicken Soup!
The uncle who took us out hunting said that this pheasant had been fighting with them for a long time and they could never catch it, so it was called the Chicken King!
But we caught it today! I caught it myself! I've learned archery and I'm waiting for Sister Si Lan to take me out someday! Good night~
After reading it, Si Lan couldn't help but laugh.
At first, she thought Tao Zhenzhen just wanted to go out with her because she was playful.
But now, she slowly realized that this child was serious. Not only did the "feeding" she received every night become more and more varied, but even the residents of the camp who often went out hunting praised Tao Zhenzhen for her enthusiasm and ability, saying that she had become a good little helper.
Si Lan had never thought of really taking Tao Zhenzhen out at first, but now it seems that as long as she can continue to maintain her current enthusiasm, maybe one day Si Lan will really take her out.
It's not practical to expect children to be of much help, but this game won't go away for a while. It will help these children in the camp to gain more training, experience and skills, which will also be beneficial to their long-term development.
While she was thinking, someone walked silently to the door.
It’s Pei Wen.
Chatting with Si Lan before bed had become his recent habit. With her next door, he could sleep soundly, and coming to see her was almost like confirming her existence.
Seeing Si Lan sitting at the table staring at the note in her hand, Pei Wen asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"
Seeing that it was him, Si Lan handed the note over and said, "The kid next door wrote this to me."
Pei Wen took it and looked at it, then laughed: "It's rare that you have a child clinging to you every day."
Si Lan glanced at him and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Tell me the truth." Pei Wen sat down beside her. "Look at you, you're so fierce with children. Most children are afraid of you. How could they want to follow you around every day?"
Si Lan: "Is it my fault that I don't like children?"
"That's right, how could you be wrong? If there is any fault, it must be the world's fault."
"How dare you be so sarcastic towards me?"
"I wouldn't dare, ancestor. Who dares to be sarcastic to you? What I just said was also my true words."
Pei Wen spoke so seriously that it was difficult to tell whether he was telling the truth or joking.
Si Lan didn't bother to pay attention to him. She took back the paper, raised the soup bowl and took a sip.
The taste is really good. The base has a rich variety of seasonings. The chicken soup is not fishy, smelly or greasy, and the taste of the soup is just right.
Si Lan tasted it and thought it was okay, so she handed it to Pei Wen: "Try some? Chicken soup is good for your stomach anyway."
The two of them lived next door to each other since they were young. Apart from doing anything affectionate, they didn't have much to hide.
Hearing this, Pei Wen took a sip from the bowl, savoring it and finding it quite fragrant. He nodded seriously, "This game has made me realize the importance of seasoning."
Si Lan: "You woke up too late."
Pei Wen rarely refuted, but he didn't drink more either. He urged Si Lan: "It's good for you. Drink it all. You've been using your brain the most lately."
Logically, the computer team should use their brains to a similar degree, but Si Lan not only brainstorms with them, but also helps translate the code.
The work of on-site interpretation requires a high degree of concentration, and it also requires taking into account the logic of multiple parties and the accuracy of communication. No one can do this job without a certain level of skill.
Si Lan was too lazy to push him, so she drank all the soup in one breath and put the bowl on the table.
Seeing that it was getting late, Pei Wen didn't want to disturb her rest and took her bowl away: "Then I'm going to sleep."
"Well, just close the door."
"Um."
But when he reached the door, he didn't know what he was thinking about, so he turned around and looked at her: "Have you smelled a fragrance in the air recently?"
“…What kind of fragrance?”
Pei Wen sniffed the air carefully again, checked his personal dashboard to confirm the time, and said with certainty, "The fragrance of rice flowers."
As he spoke, he looked at Si Lan and raised his lips slightly: "We will soon have rice."
"Once the first batch of rice fields are ripe, countless rice fields and countless staple foods can be derived."
Si Lan took a deep breath and really smelled the faint fragrance in the air.
This is not the usual smell of farmland. It is mixed with a very faint and unique smell. It can't be said to be the fragrance of flowers, but after careful identification, it is indeed a little different.
"It turns out we've been going through this for almost a quarter." She sighed.
Pei Wen nodded, looked at the sky outside, and said calmly: "I will try to pass the level within a year so that I can go home for the New Year."
Si Lan smiled and urged him to leave quickly: "Then you, as a professor, will have to work harder to help the infrastructure team get this chip. You might be able to leave tomorrow."
Pei Wen snorted and turned away. "It's easy to talk without any pain in your back. As the coolie leader, you should take care of yourself and keep up with the organization's pace."
The two said goodbye while cursing at each other. Pei Wen returned to the room next door, and the two of them continued to quarrel with each other through the window.
When the only sound left in the camp was the chirping of night insects, the two of them gradually calmed down and slept through the night with the rest of the camp residents.
The next day, just as the sky was getting light, a scream was heard in the camp!
Everyone got up and after asking carefully, they found out that the peanuts and sweet potatoes planted in the fields had matured early!
In rows of clearly divided fields, residents who take care of the farmland pull out ripe peanuts and sweet potatoes one by one. The large and plump fruits are inspiring and make people once again certain: this camp will soon be self-sufficient!
After digging out these ripe fruits, the residents' first reaction was to show them to Si Lan, Pei Wen and Fang Xun.
All three of them had inspected the fruits and confirmed their excellent quality. Fang Xun's first reaction was, "It'll be a snack tonight!"
Pei Wen: "Leave some high-quality seeds to continue planting."
Si Lan: "You can get some vegetable oil."
When the residents heard this, their excited hands paused and they looked at the three of them blankly: "Huh? ... So what exactly is going to happen?"
Although the amount of maturity is not small, it can't withstand being divided into three equal parts by three things...
Fang Xun thought that he didn't think as far ahead as those two, so he kept quiet and waited for the other two to speak.
However, at this moment, Si Lan somehow associated the word "oil" with something. She narrowed her eyes and looked into the distance: "Yeah...why don't we look for oil?"
Pei Wen looked at her in surprise when he heard this: "Looking for oil now? The conditions don't allow it, right?"
Si Lan said, "I remember reading about the ancient oil wells in Country T."
"I vaguely remember that oil well structure. Back then, the ancients weren't as advanced as we are now. With our current conditions, we could definitely build a more convenient oil well and drill for oil."
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked: "Is it true?"
"Oil was discovered in ancient times? What did an oil well look like? Are you sure you can remember it? Can we really build it?!"
Pei Wen was very clear about Si Lan's memory. If she said she remembered, she really remembered it, and it was very likely that she remembered it exactly.
And since she knew about this, she could ask the infrastructure team for details, and they could directly check various records there to verify her guess. This was very feasible.
But when he got to this point, Pei Wen thought of another obstacle.
"We're already communicating with the Infrastructure Corps day and night about computer matters. Our communications station is limited, and the other side only has so many observers. I'm afraid everyone is willing but unable to do enough."
After hearing this, Si Lan gritted her teeth in annoyance and said, "That's true."
"There are only so many people in the camp, and we are really overwhelmed. Our camp is almost overloaded."
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the back of the crowd: "Well... maybe we can?"
Everyone looked back and saw that it was Wang Hongsheng who cautiously raised his hand to recommend himself. Several people from the same camp behind him also nodded, indicating that they could contribute.
However, the residents still remember Wang Hongsheng’s offensive remarks last night.
Si Lan was generous and didn't care, but she was one of the backbones of the camp, and everyone admired and loved her so much that they couldn't tolerate an outsider treating her like this.
For a moment, everyone was silent, and the disbelief and reluctance on their faces were clearly visible.
Wang Hongsheng was embarrassed again, but when he was about to withdraw his hand, he heard Si Lan say, "It's not that I don't want you to do it, but there aren't enough of you."
"Even though this is a pristine planet with relatively abundant resources, we can't just dig shallow oil wells. The drilling equipment we need is very large."
Upon hearing this, Wang Hongsheng asked cautiously, "Then, shall we go back to the camp and call for help?"
Si Lan: "How are their hands-on abilities?"
"Ah, this... is okay? The main thing is that we are only building houses and smelting iron at the moment, so I'm not too sure."
Si Lan fell into deep thought again.
Finally, she felt that she was short-staffed and could no longer operate at overload, so she gritted her teeth and decided, "Let's delegate this burden."
Fang Xun first asked: "How to distribute it?"
Si Lan: "Currently, we have the most communication with the Infrastructure Group. We have learned that our group is developing the fastest and therefore has the heaviest responsibilities."
"But our human, material, and even brainpower are limited. It's impossible for everyone to evolve into a superhuman. So, we should distribute all the major plans we come up with to each camp, or even several camps, so that everyone can work together."
Fan Wenqing: "But we don't have internet, phones, or even loudspeakers. How are we going to distribute this? Are we going to have to manpower to do it?"
"And if resources are produced elsewhere but there's no way to share them, we won't be able to use them for further development. Wouldn't that be a waste of time?"
Si Lan: "If there are resources, there are ways to exchange them. As long as the other party is not a barbarian, they won't monopolize resources in this environment where everyone wants to escape as soon as possible."
"And we can only cover nearby areas with manpower. Why not ask the Infrastructure Corps for help? I believe they have an overall view of the situation and can tell which camps are good at what."
Fang Xun thought about it and nodded: "That makes sense."
"The infrastructure team stands at the players' side, always considering their mentality and abilities. They've always been quietly assisting, fearing that being too forceful might cause players to resist."
"But from what I've observed, after this period of adaptation, everyone has shed the initial negativity of being trapped in the game, and their views on the infrastructure group have also changed significantly. When I visited other camps to communicate, most players hoped that the infrastructure group could lead everyone to move faster. So, if the time is right, the infrastructure group could push everyone forward and raise the overall level."
Si Lan nodded and looked at Pei Wen again: "What do you think?"
Pei Wen thought for a moment and added, "Let's expand our camp as well."
Everyone: "Expansion?"
"Let's consider this a two-pronged approach. Putting aside the possibility of resource scrambles, if these resources are produced in a very distant place, how much manpower and resources would it take for us to exchange them back and forth?"
"I still believe that our camp is developing very well, so we might as well continue to attract talents and expand the camp. No matter what is going on elsewhere, we have to make sure that we don't stop here."
Si Lan nodded thoughtfully: "That's right."
Once we have an idea, we start to put it into practice.
Si Lan first communicated with the infrastructure team, while Fang Xun and Pei Wen led people to classify and store the newly harvested crops, leaving the high-quality fruits for the next batch of planting, and processing and storing the others according to demand.
Si Lan proposed to squeeze peanut oil, and the residents have been thinking about it ever since.
Fang Xun took into account the motivating significance of delicious food to the people, gritted his teeth, divided out a small batch of peanuts, and found knowledgeable residents to lead everyone in squeezing peanut oil.
The camp started to get busy again, which made newcomers like Wang Hongsheng quite uncomfortable - the pace was much faster than that of their camp!
They said they were here to learn from the experience, but with the pace and the endless busyness day and night, no one in the camp has the time to teach them how to make batteries!
But this busyness made them feel fulfilled and meaningful. After watching for a while, a few people couldn't help but roll up their sleeves to help. Without even turning back, a group of residents sent out their tools to work, and soon everyone was busy and indistinguishable from each other.
Seeing that everyone was lying on their backs, Wang Hongsheng, a self-proclaimed noble boss, felt for the first time that it was a "twisted" thing to do to put on airs.
As he watched, he was the only idle person left in the camp. Finally, he could not help himself and sneaked up to a group of oil pressers. When they were distributing peanuts, he quietly took a winnowing basket.
I squatted beside them and helped others to sift and grind the kernels, and finally sent them to someone who knew how to press them with tools.
Si Lan made a proposal to the infrastructure group, and the infrastructure group started discussing it.
The players were trapped for a long time and they were not rescued, which made them feel guilty. During this period, they have always adopted a gentle attitude of assisting and protecting the players. This idea proposed by Si Lan and others really needs to be discussed by everyone.
After listening to the opinions of Si Lan and others, Wang Teng learned about the status of the players in recent days.
When he saw Camp A-1 scrambling for development, he could also see that the camp was under too much pressure.
He was glad that the camp had such drive and vitality, but to be honest, it was not appropriate to let them continue like this.
From the perspective of Camp A-1, passing on new ideas to other camps was intended to raise the overall level of development. However, from the perspective of Wang Teng and the entire infrastructure team, they suddenly felt an urge to further support this promising young person, allowing more camps to assist them and then lead the overall development.
So Wang Teng agreed to Si Lan's proposal.
At the same time, based on her suggestion, an additional notice was added for other camps:
Based on the construction level and development speed of each camp in the game to date, the Infrastructure Team has decided to designate the following camp as the primary development center within the game. All camps are requested to cooperate with the development and operation of this camp as much as possible while developing.
Attached are the specific coordinates of Camp A-1 and an overview of the camp’s current development.
In order to increase people's confidence in the notice, Wang Teng also specifically asked the correspondents to add advanced equipment that no other camps have and that everyone has been looking forward to since the establishment of the A1 camp.
So when the players in the A1 camp were obsessed with their work, all the players except them knew that their camp was given the name A-1 by the Infrastructure Group, which was full of praise and expectations.
At the same time, they were also chosen as the first development center, becoming a capital-like existence within the game and a benchmark that people pursued.
This led to a large group of "out-of-town" players suddenly flocking into the camp just a few days later.
Everyone saw that the camp lived up to its reputation for scale and grandeur. Before the camp residents could even ask, they all rushed over: "I've heard so much about you, so much about you!"
"The Imperial Capital truly lives up to its reputation. You're truly powerful! How did you build it? Will you accept outsiders and migrant workers?!"
Residents of the camp: ????
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