vrcanaries Chapter 93 V05 Version Update Announcement & Forum Discussion
Chapter 93 V05 Version Update Announcement & Forum Discussion
The abandoned city sewers are so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Lynn carried a kerosene lamp and surveyed the ruins.
Everywhere was a mess, and the faint sound of metal scraping could be heard from deep within the passage. Lynn followed the sound and walked over, the dim light illuminating a muddy figure from behind.
The man was limping as he dragged a heavy mine cart chassis.
By the flickering firelight, Lynn recognized the face as "Infinite Resurrection."
Lynn was a little puzzled. This kid had boasted about his skills in the application form, calling himself a fighting expert and weapons specialist.
Whether it was fighting the Fat Steward in Pearl Harbor or the Zombie Mushroom King just now, this guy hid farther than anyone else. Throughout the entire battle, he didn't even get a scratch.
A complete coward.
But the current scene has a crazy vibe and seems a bit irrational.
The rusty iron had long since worn down his infinitely resurrected hands until they were bloody and mangled, and judging from his breathing, he was clearly exhausted.
But he didn't stop to rest.
Lynn could even see the almost greedy look on his face; he was enjoying the excruciating pain of his muscles tearing apart, as if only this real pain could prove that the body was still breathing.
Lynn didn't interrupt him.
In this world, there are plenty of cannon fodder who dare to wield swords and slay monsters. But these brick-moving machines that are willing to risk their lives to do the work are a rare commodity.
So what if I'm afraid of death? It doesn't matter anymore.
Lynn started making plans in his mind. Once the Ant Cave was officially laid with railway tracks, he could bring in some laborers from Pearl Harbor to do the work, and then hand it all over to this player to lead.
In the real world, there's a chat group called "Did you go on an adventure today?"
Da Niu, who is rather lazy, is leading a group of players whose cooldowns are locked. They are pouring out their grievances, and the whole group is filled with gloom.
The big shot was rather lazy: "This punishment system is simply inhuman!"
His words were filled with bleeding pain.
"If you can't log in for two days, do you guys calculate how many Maple Coins you'll lose? You can earn at least three Maple Coins a day just by grinding in Pearl Harbor, and at least two by farming in Archer Village. This is a direct loss of a week's worth of food expenses!"
Ah Bin, who's a poor student: "It's not just about the money. I feel like I've almost maxed out my favorability with that NPC, Night Owl. Seriously, I think there's going to be a new quest coming up. Now all those people hiding in the background are going to steal it all away. Give me back my right to work!"
Roasted Whole Lamb: "You guys are still too naive. I've died several times already. It's just a two-day cooldown. I can just find a place nearby to play for a couple of days and it'll be over."
Amidst the wailing, someone mentioned that "Jinling Little Writer" had posted a long thread on the forum, and was now urging everyone to read it.
The post title cuts straight to the point: "Stop howling, do you understand GM's grand industrial strategy now?"
The post was well-reasoned and provided a detailed analysis of the GM commands as described by players on the front lines.
"Stop howling, there's something big coming up. Guess why the GM is collecting all that stinking gastric juice? I specifically consulted a chemical engineering expert in real life. That level of biological corrosives, after a simple displacement reaction, becomes top-grade industrial acid."
The junior writer meticulously explained in the post: "The abandoned cities in the game are littered with rusted scrap metal. Acid can be used to clean and remove the rust, and even purify gunpowder. What is this? This is the key to the industrial revolution of Treasure Island!"
But then he changed the subject, posing a problem: "But there's a fatal flaw here. The iron in the ruined city seems to have too many impurities and too low a hardness. If Elliott were to use this scrap iron to hammer a musket barrel, it would definitely explode after two shots. To build usable weapons and lay rails deep into the city, we urgently need high-quality steel that can withstand high pressure. Relying on the rotten wood from Pearl Harbor and the rusty iron from the ruined city, we'll never be able to develop heavy industry technology. Where will we get good steel?"
Not long after the post was published, a veteran player from the first test, Climbing Snail, commented below.
As the first pioneer to explore the Warriors' Tribe map, he revealed a crucial clue:
"You've hit the nail on the head. I don't know if you guys remember, but I went to the Warriors' Tribe to explore the wilderness a few days ago."
"To put it bluntly, that place is a desert made up of rocks and Gobi. There's nothing else there, but there's an absolute abundance of mineral resources. The weapons those NPCs are carrying are all made of solid steel, and the quality is ridiculously good. Although they'll get corroded by zombie mushrooms after a while, I don't think that's a big problem."
In addition, the little snail also mentioned details he observed in the field:
"I also noticed something else: although the local people there are all as strong as oxen, many of them have pale lips and show severe signs of malnutrition. The Warrior Tribe cannot grow crops, and they have no sea. They lack water, food, and most critically, salt."
Once these two pieces of information were combined, all the knowledgeable guys on the forum started chiming in.
"Holy crap, salt and iron! That's the most profitable business ever!"
"Haha, won't getting involved in salt and iron trading get me arrested and beheaded by the lords of the Forest City? (Just kidding)"
"It's a closed loop, brothers! This is the economic system the planners secretly laid out!"
"But there's a problem. If we pile all our heavy industry in the ruins, won't Pearl Harbor be left to fend for itself? It feels like our main city base has already shifted without us even realizing it."
Some observant players have raised questions.
The scribe immediately replied: "You're only just realizing? This was inevitable! Think back to the events of a few days ago; the GM already set up a brand new respawn point underground in the abandoned city. Now, if anyone accidentally dies, they'll spawn directly in the ruins, which is practically the official main city of the current version!"
Little Snail chimed in, "Besides the change in respawn point, the most crucial factor is development potential. Pearl Harbor is essentially a beginner's village; it's okay for farming sea salt and moving wood. If we want to develop guns, infrastructure, and railways to properly establish our base, we must rely on the machine tools and underground factory systems left behind by the abandoned city. That industrial manufacturing base is the cradle for our true takeoff. As for whether we'll develop other main cities in the future, we'll probably have to wait for the GM to release new external respawn devices. For now, the abandoned city is the most suitable base for us!"
The two clever people hit it off immediately and quickly put together a complete industry chain in the post.
Arrange for the newcomers to go to Mingzhu Port to boil seawater and extract salt using the same methods as the geese, and send the slower ones to Archer Village to reclaim wasteland and plant wheat.
They used refined coarse salt and surplus grain as hard currency. Then, they organized a guard team to transport these supplies to the Warrior's Tribe for trade. After exchanging them for minerals, they transported them directly to the underground factory in the abandoned city and handed them over to Elliot to manufacture muskets and cannons.
"How are we going to transport it? We don't even have many carts, we have to carry it all on our backs. By the time we get to Warrior's Village, our stamina will be completely depleted." A newbie asked.
"Let's go to Archer Village and catch pigs to ride!" Lazy Big Ox immediately jumped in, excitedly replying, "I'm going to tame pigs as soon as I respawn! Once the caravans are up and running, this will be a never-ending road to gold!"
"Don't be like that, Da Niu. Did you forget how you got thrown up a tree by a pig last time?"
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The logic is flawless, and even the subsequent derivative gameplay has been completely filled in by the players' own imaginations.
The comments section immediately erupted in excitement.
After reading it, Da Niu and the others shouted that they wanted to be the first batch of guards for the expeditionary caravan after they were resurrected.
Inside a base in an abandoned city.
Lynn sat on a worn-out wooden chair, his consciousness connected to the Earth's network.
He looked at the popular post by Little Snail and Little Ghostwriter and couldn't help but click his tongue inwardly.
Lynn was particularly impressed by their accurate analysis of the main city's relocation.
Tying the resurrection point to the abandoned city was indeed a well-thought-out move.
The characteristic of the Fourth Scourge is that wherever they respawn, they will dig up the ground three feet deep.
The ruins of heavy industry in the abandoned capital are currently the only place where cheap labor can be quickly converted into actual combat power. If players keep their respawn point in Pearl Harbor, which doesn't even have a blacksmith, they'll be grinding themselves to death and all they can do is whack monsters with wooden sticks.
These people are really useful.
Not only did they bring their own food and work illegally, but they also took care of macroeconomic planning and business routes.
It saved me a lot of brain cells.
The future is uncertain.
Lynn had no qualms and immediately designated this "Salt and Iron Trade Cycle" as the next main faction quest.
Not long after, a red-letter announcement appeared on the official website forum.
[MapleStory Holographic Edition V05 Update Announcement]
1. Unlock industrial pre-processing.
2. New main storyline preview: Form a caravan to the Warriors' Tribe and trade salt and food for minerals.
3. Third Closed Beta Recruitment: Treasure Island urgently needs manpower for various infrastructure projects. This time, 100 brand-new VR glasses will be distributed. Reservations will open at 8:00 AM tomorrow.
As soon as the announcement was released, experts immediately jumped out on the forum.
"Wait a minute! How come this caravan mission is exactly the same as the one the ghostwriter just analyzed? Could the game planner be spying on us and copying our ideas?"
Before anyone else could agree, Birdsong and Fragrance immediately responded with a furious rant.
"Use your dog brain that's been melted by stomach acid!"
"What game updates instantly? If the game designers just copied something from a post, the underlying economic code and NPC interaction logic would take the programmers at least several days to write."
"This shows that they had already prepared the framework, and the ghostwriter just happened to guess it correctly! This is called self-consistent underlying logic, you know?"
That's the logic, and the expert was left speechless after being criticized.
Players are even more convinced that there is a huge and rigorous calculation logic behind the game.
What really got cloud gamers excited was the 100 new slots – wouldn't that mean they could try their luck again?
Seeing the announcement, the veteran players were no longer sleepy. They realized that their day of becoming contractors and recruiting cheap underlings seemed to be just around the corner.
One hundred plump, white chives.
If we captured them to farm and forge iron, how many resources would they produce in a day?