This Game Is Too Realistic

At dusk.

The newbies, who had been mercilessly tested by the game all day, returned to the outpost, dragging their tired bodies and tattered equipment with them.

When they set off from Shelter 117, many of them carried engineering shovels and axes produced by Steel Plant 81, or shields, javelins, spears, and bows and arrows made by Woodworking Cabin.

By the time night fell, almost everyone’s equipment had been replaced by steel bars, sticks, and even bricks picked up from somewhere.

Some players didn’t even come back at all.

After being Cloud Gamers on the forum for several months, they finally experienced how realistic a 100% realistic virtual reality game could be.

Throwing the tattered stick on the ground, a newbie called Painter, sat down at the south gate, cursing. "Bloody hell, the Cruncher was too strong. It never stopped chomping wildly at my shield, and almost took off my nose!"@@novelbin@@

His good friend, Illustrator, also echoed the sentiment. "That’s right! Didn’t they say that Crunchers were novice monsters? They’re too strong!"

They weren’t the only ones who ran into unusually strong Crunchers.

The enhancement was not just an optimization of "monster AI", it was obvious that even their stats were a point or two higher than before.

Once surrounded, even strength type and constitution type ability users could easily fall into a dangerous situation.

It was even more so for newcomers who had not had the chance to improve their attributes.

But complaints were just that, and no one was discouraged.

If they couldn’t even accept this level of difficulty, it was unlikely they would be able to answer the increasingly difficult, even outrageous, questions in the questionnaire that was needed to even have a chance to become a lucky alpha tester.

It was not just the unloading point at the south gate and the market at the north gate that were crowded, the wooden house that was the Hunter’s Guild was also bustling with people.

Looking at the marauders whose hands and feet were chained, Yu Hu shot them strange looks.

If I remember correctly, the mission I posted should be to search for the Slime Mold Mutants in the area, clean up the incubation room responsible for producing the Crunchers, as well as the source of spore diffusion.

However… Why did these "players" capture a bunch of living people?

By a rough estimate, there are hundreds of them!

The Hunter’s Guild had not issued a mission to catch slaves…

Looking at the president of the Hunter’s Guild, Spring Water Commander smiled. "I didn’t find the incubation room, but I found the lair of a group of marauders."

Battlefield Cheerleader said with emotion, "These people were real tough, actually hiding under the bridge!"

Darkest also added, "It stinks!"

Neighbour Wang frowned. "Hey, the ones I caught were even more incredible, roosting on the top of the tower crane!"

"Sheesh, sleeping so high up, aren’t they afraid of falling?!" Kakarot snorted at the side.

Neighbour Wang shook his head, poked the marauder next to him with his gun, "I don’t know, why don’t you ask him?"

The marauder who was poked by the gun trembled with fear but didn’t dare to move.

The same went for other marauders.

More than fear, their faces showed that they were clueless as to what was going on.

They never planned to pay attention to poor people who didn’t even have a two-headed ox. Those fat merchant caravans overflowing with riches were their targets. 𝙧ä₦𝐎ВΕS

However, when those people saw them, their eyes seemed to glow green with greed. They rushed at them without a second word!

From the perspective of the players, there was nothing wrong with it.

After all, the combat power of the mutants had obviously increased, and the only ones that had not changed were these marauders.

Those old players had cut their teeth on defeating marauders too. From Bloodhand Clan to Bonechewer Clan, which among them had not tasted defeat at the hands of these players?

Not to mention that these marauders were much richer than Crunchers. They could earn a fortune in silver coins and gain a hefty increase in contribution points if they took over the marauders’ lair.

Who would say no to a walking experience pack?

In addition to the captured marauders, there were also slaves that the players had rescued from their lairs.

Among them were men and women, some with limbs intact, some with missing arms and legs, and some were even dying. Some of them were even pregnant.

Yu Hu, who had never dealt with marauders, was put on the spot, and didn’t know what to do.

Fortunately, the administrator came over.

After learning about the situation, Chu Guang immediately found Guo Bull, who was in charge of the outpost warehouse, and gave him instructions. "Send the people to the camp first, the guards there know how to identify who are the marauders. After the interrogation, the marauders will stay there and the other survivors shall be sent to Longevity Town."

"If they have other places to go, let them go. If they want to stay, put them in a refugee village and let Jiu Li find something for them to do."

On the west side of Longevity Town, there was a large area of ​​farmland that needed to be cultivated.

In addition to farm work, many hotels and taverns for merchants had recently sprung up in Longevity Town, and they were recruiting account managers, accountants, chefs, cleaners, and waiters.

Whether skilled or unskilled, if anyone wanted to work, there would never be a shortage of job opportunities there.

Guo Bull nodded seriously. "Yes, sir!"

Chu Guang settled the mission rewards of the players according to the price of 50 silver coins and 50 contribution points per captive and 80 silver coins and 80 contribution points for a marauder.

Looking at the players flocking happily to the north gate, Yu Hu lowered his head in shame and said in a muffled voice, "Sorry, I couldn’t even handle this small task."

Chu Guang said in an encouraging tone, "Don’t say that, you’ve done a good job already. As for similar things, you’ll gain experience after dealing with them a few times. If you’re really unsure, you could contact me or Little Seven."

In fact, Chu Guang was quite surprised.

His original intention of setting up the Hunter’s Guild had been to deal with the upcoming outbreak of the Tide and enrich the gameplay of the hunter players along the way. However, he did not expect that the hunters would barely find any incubation rooms. Instead, they destroyed many marauder lairs.

He had just been worrying about not having enough manpower to farm the large piece of land in the northern suburbs.

It was a pleasant surprise to have retrieved so many captives.

Clearing his throat, Chu Guang looked at Yu Hu and continued, "Let’s talk about important matters first. How is the matter I asked you to investigate?"

Yu Hu nodded quickly and said immediately, "There are already results! I’m planning to report to you!" After a pause, he continued, "According to the clues collected by the teams we sent to the edges of the fifth ring and the fourth ring, a large number of Crunchers were moving from the city center to the suburbs along a number of highways out of the city."

"Their speed was not fast, but their pace was steady. Especially at night, their marching speed was almost twice that of the daytime... At their current speed, the first wave of Crunchers may reach the northern suburbs within 2 days, consisting of no less than 100,000 of them!"

100,000?!

Chu Guang’s face was slightly solemn. "Has something similar happened in the northern suburbs before?"

If the scale of the Tide was really so huge, the strength of the northern suburbs was simply not enough to resist it.

Even the combined forces of Brown Farm and Bloodhand Clan could not take on the threat, so the few bolt-action rifles in the Old Leech’s warehouse were scant comfort.

Yu Hu frowned and thought hard for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven’t heard of the Tide going north before, though it does get foggy a few times… It doesn’t happen every year."

The difficulty of the Tide has increased significantly this year.

Is it because of the increased population?

Chu Guang said immediately with a serious expression, "I need to know the Tide’s specific path. Do you have a map here?"

Yu Hu nodded immediately. "Yes! I was just going to get it for you!"

With that said, he returned to the cabin of the Hunter’s Guild, quickly took out a map, and walked out of the cabin again.

Back beside Chu Guang, Yu Hu unfolded the map in front of him and pointed to the mark he had drawn on the map. "Right here!"

There was a red line and 4 yellow lines drawn with marker pens on the paper map.

Those lines represented the main direction of the Tide and the branch lines running through the streets of the city, respectively.

The Flower Garden Street subway station between Baker Street and Brown Farm was exactly on the red line!

Without a moment’s delay, Chu Guang took the map and went directly to the guard station, and recalled the guard captain Wrench, who was far away in Longevity Town, along with his capable subordinates.

With that, the war meeting began.

Chu Guang spread out the map on the table. "... If the Tide continues, not only will our neighbors suffer, but Shelter 117, the outpost, and the new industrial zone will all be in trouble."

"There is a relatively open area at the entrance and exit of the ring road south of the Flower Garden Street subway station. I plan to build fortifications around this area and deploy more than 500 soldiers and heavy fire weapons. If you have any good suggestions, put them forward now!"

Staring at the map, Vanus thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke. "I wonder if our opponents are just Crunchers, or do they include Creepers and Tyrants?"

Chu Guang thought for a second and replied, "Maybe both!"

Everyone in the conference room held their breath in unison.

Things were manageable if the only forces they had to fight were Crunchers. Those mutants could only run and bite, and would only drop like flies before the guns. A few heavy machine guns were enough to grind them into the dirt.

However, if there were even monsters like Creepers with all-terrain mobility and Tyrants with unfathomable health, the situation was not as rosy.

Coupled with the Suicide Bomber, a monster with unpredictable moves, the battle may be a disaster.

Vanus only took half a minute to think, and immediately made a judgment. "A single line of defense is probably not enough! On the basis of this line of defense, we need a strategic buffer zone of at least 3 kilometers, using multiple layers of defense to stop them from advancing!"

Wrench frowned. "I’m afraid we don’t have enough time to prepare 3 kilometers. It’s even hard to build the first line of defense before they arrive!"

Vanus didn’t speak, but looked at Chu Guang.

So did everyone else.

It was as though he was the only hope.

Under their gaze, Chu Guang nodded and spat out 4 simple words. "We can make it!"

Everything was possible… All it took was a little sacrifice.

At the same time, on the viaduct more than 10 kilometers away.

In the swarm moving forward like the tide, a pair of scarlet pupils were staring at the northern sky intently. In that line of sight, there was an overwhelming presence that even Deathclaws couldn’t look in the eye.

Eventually, it opened its mouth.

The hoarse voice was like the howling of a ghost.

"Children…"

"Are burning..."

"Necessary… Purify..."

Those scarlet pupils were filled with the desire for killing and blood!