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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 128

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:55:29 AM


Chapter 128

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Night.

Lucius had a nightmare.

In the dream, he was covered with fluff all over his body and turned into a bear. In order to avoid being chased by hunters, he ran desperately in the forest. Along the way, he tore a creeper with his claws, killed a split-claw crab with one slap, and finally sent a real bear flying with his fist...

Wait, I even beat the split claw crab, why should I be chased by hunters?

At this moment, Lucius woke up from his dream. The first thing after waking up, Lucius felt his whole body all over, and found that he had no other changes except that he was covered in hot sweat.

Lucius breathed a sigh of relief.

So close!

Supporting the bed board with both hands, Lucius was about to sit up from the bed, but he couldn't control his strength well, and one of them jumped under the bed with too much force.

Inertia took two steps forward before he stood still. Before Lucius realized what happened, the bones cracked again with the movement of his limbs. After exercising, every cell in the whole body felt unprecedentedly comfortable, as if every pore was breathing.

Not only that, Lucius felt that his brain was more awake than ever, and his vision was unprecedentedly clear. It didn't look like he had just woken up, but rather like drinking a few bottles of taurine.

What shocked Lucius especially was that standing beside the bed, he could see the texture printed on the doorknob clearly!

Instantly realized what was happening.

Lucius didn't stay in the room for a moment, and ran to the residents' hall without saying a word, and used the physical examination equipment placed there to give himself a full-body examination.

Just as he expected. After waking up this time, he have upgraded again!

[ ID: Lucius

Genetic Sequence: Manager ( Phase 2 )

Level: LV.9→LV.10

——Basic attributes——

Strength: 11→16

Agility: 6 → 11

Constitution: 8→13

Perception: 7→12

Intelligence: 7→12 】

[ Talent:

1. Wild Instinct

2. Psychic Deterrence ]

[ Psychic Deterrence: It can produce a psychological coercion effect on a complete mental life body that is weaker than itself, weakening its will to resist. ]

Second stage! All attributes increased by 5 points!?

"F*ck, this is too cool."

He can be upgraded while lying down! Looking at the medical examination results entered on the VM screen, Lucius couldn't close his mouth.

Sure enough, as he guessed, LV10 is a bottleneck. Once the development progress of the gene sequence breaks through this bottleneck, the strength will usher in a qualitative leap!

"Add 5 to all attributes, and an extra talent... Is this the 'Awakening' that the aborigines of the wasteland talk about?"

Lucius still remembered that he first heard this word from Harvey from Red River Town.

And in the subsequent fight with "Bear", "Bear" who was driven to a desperate situation appeared a phenomenon similar to "Alienization". Not surprisingly, it should also be regarded as a situation of awakening.

However, in shelter 404, it seems that this phenomenon is called the second stage of the genetic sequence.

Unlike "Bear" who awakened naturally, his appearance and traits did not change significantly due to the awakening.

The only changes that can be felt are increased strength, quicker thinking, sharper perception of the surrounding environment, faster reaction speed, and stronger resilience and immunity.

Lucius roughly speculated that the bonuses provided by the second stage of different sequences should be different, and the unlocking talents should also be different. For example, the strength system should focus more on strengthening the muscles, and the agility system should focus more on reflex nerves and the like.

However, this is all just speculation. At present, in the entire shelter, only he have reached the second stage. Among the other players, The Cowboy Team with the fastest leveling is no more than the peak of LV7.

As for the situation of other sequences, we will only know when they reach LV10. Anyway, Lucius is quite satisfied with the second stage of the "Manager" sequence he holds.

5 points of full attribute improvement, directly transforming into a pentagonal warrior in seconds. Coupled with the skill of "Give the fear debuff", he feels that he is invincible!

Footsteps could be heard in the hallway to one side.

Yawning, Sumeria, who had just woken up, came out of the room with a cane under her arm.

Seeing Lucius who was holding VM and giggling there, the sleepy-eyed she froze for a moment, and whispered something.

"What good things are you looking at? You're smiling like this."

The smile on his face quickly disappeared, Lucius raised his head abruptly, looked towards Sumeria, and stared into her eyes.

The two looked at each other. The air was quiet for a few seconds.

Her fair cheeks gradually blushed.

"God, crazy."

Sumeria, who turned her head away, walked away with a cane.

Watching the back figure twisting and turning towards the buffer room, Lucius stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at the wastebasket squatting in the corner for charging.

"Hey, Popo."

The signal light above his head turned on, and Popo raised the camera that was lying flat.

"Yes, Master."

Lucius then asked.

"Is she frightened?"

Popo seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and after a few seconds, he spoke weakly.

"Although the target's blood pressure, heart rate, and heat dissipation have all increased slightly, Popo feels... that shouldn't be the effect you expected?"

Lucius: "..."

All right. Maybe it's because the facial features are too handsome, it doesn't look so deterrent.

This skill is somewhat tasteless for myself.

...

Beit Street.

The square in front of the castle was crowded with people.

The residents of Beit Street were called here early in the morning, and many of them had just woken up, with blank and curious faces on their faces.

For the residents living here, many of them have never been here in their entire lives.

The old mayor's family hated the poor, so every time they got closer, they would be driven away by the patrolling guards nearby. But it's different now, the old mayor's family has been driven away.

Although a new mayor has come to power, at least this new mayor is an old acquaintance of theirs, and he is much more cordial than the vampire who has never met.

Faced with the gazes looking at him in pairs, old Charlie took out a signed and dated paper from his arms, cleared his throat, and said.

"Starting today, the first code of Beit Street comes into effect! It will promise and protect the legal rights of all residents of Beit Street."

"The rule is very simple. Those who intentionally kill people will be sentenced to hanging, those who cause minor injuries in a fight will be sentenced to more than one year in prison and hard labor, and those who cause serious injuries in a fight will be sentenced to more than three years in prison and hard labor. In addition, stealing or malicious those who destroy property will be punished with imprisonment, hard labor and whipping according to the amount involved..."

Old Charlie has about twenty ideas, but most people can understand, only a dozen or so.

The people in the square looked at each other.

Code?

Many of them heard this strange word for the first time. Although there were guards on Beit Street before, the guards never dealt with the disputes of the residents. They were only responsible for the safety of the castle and the walls.

Over the years, there have been no murders, and fights have often occurred, but no one has been injured.

After all, living these days is already very difficult, and no one wants to easily offend others. Even if it is not due to moral constraints, everyone will weigh the pros and cons of the consequences of disrupting order.

As for stealing... By the way, digging up the croissants at other people's door counts as stealing? What's the deal with this thing?

Looking at the residents looking at each other in blank dismay, Old Charlie knew what they were thinking, but he didn't explain anything.

No need to explain. They can't understand things that are too difficult.

It is meaningless to write something like the law on paper. After it has been strictly enforced once, someone will naturally weigh the consequences of violating it.

After a pause, old Charlie continued to speak.

"Starting today, the official currency of Beit Street is set to be silver coins and copper coins. You can buy food, daily necessities, clothes and other materials at the grocery store operated by the street office. The original chips can still be used, but only for food and salt. In addition, the remuneration for scavenging and hunting will no longer be paid with chips. The current exchange ratio between chips and silver coins is tentatively set. One chip can be exchanged for one silver coin. After one month, chips can only be exchanged for 5 copper coins."

The voice fell, and there was a sound of discussion all around.

"The chip is not working well?"

"Why change it to silver coins and copper coins..."

"That's right! I've never heard of the silver coins and copper coins."

"Are you changing?"

"I won't change it!"

"It's only a fool!"

While saying this, many people were secretly observing the expression on Old Charlie's face.

They thought that old Charlie would panic, or even burn out.

However, to those people's disappointment, old Charlie didn't take their complaints to heart at all, and he still had that calm expression, as if he didn't hear them at all.

Even Yugin who was standing in the crowd was more anxious than old Charlie.

Unlike other residents on Beit Street, he had seen those silver and copper coins. The group of blue coats in Wetland Park used these coins to buy things, and they could buy a lot of good things.

Now someone actually said that it was a fool who exchanged chips for those silver coins, how could he bear it?

However, just when he was about to explain, Yudeep, who was standing aside, saw his plan at a glance, and immediately stretched out his hand to give him a hand.

"Brother, what are you pulling me for?"

Looking at his younger brother who looked angry and shook his head, Yudeep said in a serious tone.

"What can you talk to them about? What's the point of having a fight?"

Yugin was anxious.

"But--"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Brother Lucius can't even think of things that you can think of? Since he made this decision, he must have his thoughts and plans. As for us, we just need to do our jobs well and don't worry about it. If you mess around, you will cause a lot of trouble for others!”

After being reprimanded by his brother, Yugin finally calmed down.

He didn't want to understand it before, but what his brother said seems to make sense.

Brother Lucius is so smart, why can't he consider the current situation? After figuring this out, Yugin immediately relaxed, looking at those prickly bosses who clamored to be beaten to death and refused to exchange their chips for silver coins, he felt like idiots.

Hehe. Wait and see! When I go back, I will exchange all the chips at home for silver coins, and when I see who is at a disadvantage!

Yugin and Yudeep's father was silent, but he obviously had his own ideas in mind.

"There is no rush to change the chips."

Pointing the biggest son's arm with his index finger, Yugin's father lowered his voice and said.

"If there are silver coins that we don't want, let's exchange them with chips... we should be able to exchange more."

Yudeep was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what his father meant, and nodded.

"Okay!"

There was enough time for the surrounding residents to discuss, and after they had had enough discussion, Old Charlie spoke slowly and continued to talk about other arrangements.

Like the Guard. Although the original guard had been disbanded, Beit Street could not remain undefended.

The captain of the guard is temporarily held by Yudeep. At the same time, 15 young people under the age of 35 and over the age of 14 are publicly recruited to form a new guard team.

The daily work of the guard is patrolling, standing guard, and training. The work intensity is not high, and you don't have to risk your life. At least it is safer to stand behind the bunker behind the wall than to scavenge and hunt in the ruins.

As for treatment, in addition to food and housing, the street office will also pay each guard a salary every month. The current figure is 50 silver coins, and it may increase in the future.

Although I don't have a specific concept of the purchasing power of silver coins, they heard from old Charlie that at the grocery store run by the street office, one silver coin can be exchanged for one kilogram of croissants or green wheat.

50 silver coins a month, that is 50 kilograms of grain.

Part of the money can also be exchanged for salt or other daily necessities at the grocery store, which is completely enough for a family!

After old Charlie's voice fell, many people showed eager expressions on their faces, planning to wait a while to get a fingerprint and sign up for a try.

If you choose it, you don’t have to worry about going hungry all winter!

"...In addition, the central castle on Beit Street will open a welfare school. Currently, there are two courses of literacy and arithmetic."

"All teenagers aged 6 and under 14 must complete a two-semester course. During the class, the school will provide a free lunch to the entrants.

"Young people over the age of 14 can sign up for adult classes from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. without charging any fees. If they have passed the two courses, they can work in the street office."

Obviously, compared with the recruitment of the guards, the vast majority of Beit Street residents are not very interested in this so-called school, nor do they regard it as a benefit.

Still, it's attractive to be in charge of food. Even if you only care about the children's food, you can save some food for the family in the winter.

Literacy must be done, whether or not the inhabitants of Bat Street are interested in literacy and numeracy.

Establishing order is the first step, and getting rid of ignorance is the second step. Only after completing these two steps can we lay a solid foundation for further work.

Looking at the survivors whose faces were full of ignorance, old Charlie sighed softly in his heart.

There is a long way to go. After all the arrangements were explained, Old Charlie immediately announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Except for those who planned to sign up for the guard stayed, the rest of the residents went back to their homes.

Many people will go hunting soon, so they hurried home to pack up their equipment before it was fully lit.

On the way home, Jex Malcolm, the third son of the Malcolm family, complained angrily.

"Why do you want someone from the Yugin's family to be the captain of the guard? There are only two men in their family, why!"

Not only was he dissatisfied, but his two older brothers were obviously not very happy either.

Especially his elder brother Mark Malcolm.

Until old Charlie opened his mouth to announce the candidate for the captain of the guard, he had a cheerful expression on his face. After all, from the beginning to the end, he regarded himself as old Charlie's man.

However, when old Charlie announced the candidate for the captain of the guard, he felt that the whole world turned gray in an instant, and his face became uglier than eating poop.

Why? Obviously, he was the one who risked his life to send a letter to the Bloody Hand clan, and he was the one who kept his mouth shut and kept the secret that the Bloody Hand clan was destroyed for old Charlie.

It turned out that the person who became the captain of the guard was actually a member of the Yugin's family?

After hearing this arrangement, he felt that the few chips in his pocket were not good...





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