Wang Zhan ate two mouthfuls of rice and continued to watch the show outside the screen. This father-daughter pair was quite interesting.
FrostNova is the adopted daughter of Buldrokkas'tee. Understandably, her father wants his daughter to live a more stable life, but FrostNova is not the kind of obedient girl and has her own decisions.
Moreover, if the guerrillas lose a leader, they will have more responsibilities, which is not a good thing for the guerrillas who often take risks.
Wang Zhan felt that FrostNova could not be preserved, but with Talulah, Alina, and the infected, there were at least enough people for the initial construction of the geneator.
"You know, a city means a lot to the infected." The Originium crystals in the Patriot's body have affected his vocal organs, and his speech is always intermittent.
"I know better than anyone that the guerrillas have been rescuing infected people, but our team has not been replenished." She knows best how many people have died in the guerrilla over the years. "If you want to die in a place I don't know, tell me as soon as possible."
FrostNova pointed out the guerrillas' current problems incisively, and the Patriot remained silent, tacitly agreeing that his daughter should continue to stay with him.
"Tell that person that we should leave now," the patriot clenched the halberd in his hand and smashed it to the ground. The sound instantly spread throughout the canyon. The guerrilla fighters raised their shields again and formed a battle array. "See you later, everyone."
Leaving now?
"You can take a rest here, even for a while," Alina suggested to the Patriot, which coincided with Wang Zhan's idea.
"We can't stay here for long," the Patriot looked up at the shining generator again. He swore in his heart that he would never let the generator become the next Kazdel.
"The enemy may be slacking off, but we cannot take any chances."
"Alina, give them 200 portions of raw food." The guerrillas gave him manpower, so Wang Zhan naturally had to express his gratitude. "It's in the stockpiles behind the generator."
The food he provided could only feed a few hundred people, and the guerrillas numbered nearly two thousand. This amount of food was just a drizzle. The patriots were willing to divert the enemy, which would be of great help to them, so giving them half of the food would not be excessive.
"Stockpiles? I see."
Alina told Talulah, and Talulah led people to the stockpiles behind the generator and brought out 200 portions of raw food, which she handed over to the guerrillas in front of their surprised eyes.
This food is a bit too fresh.
The kitchen staff happily planned how to use these ingredients, plus the tree roots, to make a thick soup, which would be enough for everyone to have a full meal.
"If something unexpected happens, Talulah, you know how to contact us."
The patriot turned around with his halberd in hand and led the team toward the northern exit of the canyon.
FrostNova and Talulah looked at each other. After thinking it over again and again, the white rabbit finally asked the question hidden in her heart, "If this city can be built, will you still go to the south?"
"Of course," Talulah wondered why FrostNova would ask this question. They had discussed this before. "There are still infected people waiting for us there."
Yelena said nothing, turned around, and led the Yeti squadron to catch up with the guerrillas. The riddle-like conversation between the two aroused Wang Zhan's curiosity, "Alina, what did Talulah say about going to the south?"
Alina was already arranging rest for the infected people who stayed behind, and the children who stayed behind followed behind her.
Although she was busy, she was still happy to talk to Wang Zhan. "The resources on the snowfield are limited. Although the guerrillas grow wheat themselves, it still can't fill everyone's stomach. So we will trade with the villages while wandering, but it's up to us whether the other party is willing to trade or not."
"If we go to the south, our living environment will be better, and we can grow a few acres of red wheat."
However, there are several legions stationed in the south, and the infected soldiers and vagrants would probably just be cannon fodder if they went to the south.
"But now that you're here, our lives will be better," Alina said, feeling a little sad for a moment, because the infected had never had a good life, and they could be happy just by staying around the generator for a night.
There was a sound of gears turning, and Wang Zhan found that two familiar energy bars, "Hope" and "Dissatisfaction", finally popped up at the bottom of the screen.
The hope value is around 40%, while the dissatisfaction value is 0.
[We already have enough manpower, please pay attention to "hope" and "dissatisfaction". When the hope value drops to 10% or the dissatisfaction reaches 100%, people will have the power to leave the generator on their own. When the hope value drops to zero, the game will end.]
The game ends when the hope value drops to zero... I'm afraid no one is willing to stay in the generator anymore, so it has to end, right?
Because there are many ways to increase hope and reduce dissatisfaction in Frostpunk, Wang Zhan didn't care and continued eating while staring at Alina on the screen.
"Hey," an infected person put his hand on his neck and stood in front of Alina, "Can you come over here for a moment? I have some troubles, come and take a look."
Alina followed the infected man through the crowd, and the man silently pointed at an infected man hiding behind a makeshift tent.
"Go do your work and don't worry about me." Wang Zhan said to Alina.
"How is your Oripathy?"
The infected person hiding behind the tent was startled. Alina realized that it was an old man. "It's okay... girl, it's okay!"
The old man lowered his head and hid it between his legs. His body kept shaking. The crystals on his shoulders reflected the light of the energy tower. "I'm sorry... When the day comes, I will leave alone."
"...You can sleep well tonight," Alina said, trying to express her kindness as best as possible, "We'll think about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow, okay?"
"Ah, ah...thank you..."
Alina said nothing more and left with the children.
"What's wrong with that old man?" Wang Zhan said into the microphone.
"His oripathy has reached an advanced stage. In another year, he will have to leave here."
Wang Zhan already understood what that meant. The late stage of oripathy meant the crystallization of the infected person's organs, and eventually, they would explode like a high-energy Originium worm, spraying active dust all around.
It is a considerable threat to generators with extremely high population density.
However, people infected with oripathy are not counted as patients in the game, which is very strange. Wang Zhan thinks he should have a good talk with the game producer, Mu Ye.
"Sister, who are you talking to?"
Alina removed the gloom from her face and faced the gray-haired and gray-eyed Eno behind her with a bright smile, "It's the generator. It's the one that gives us warmth."
Eno exclaimed in approval, looking at the generator with a little more admiration in his eyes, "The generator is a good person."
"Well, the generator is a good guy; he will help us."
"Is he infected?"
This... Alina didn't know how to answer Ino's question for a moment. The silent scaly boy answered, "It's a piece of iron, Eno. He won't be infected with Oripathy."
"Iron?"
Of course, a block of iron will not be infected with oripathy, but how can a block of iron be a good person?
Eno felt an itch on his head. Was he going to grow a brain?!
He scratched his head. Fortunately, fortunately, his brain gave up trying and no longer thought about why the piece of iron became a good person.
Wang Zhan outside the screen laughed. The way Eno gave up thinking was funny.
"Okay, you should go and rest," Alina pointed in a certain direction with a doting look on her face, "Go back to your tent, okay?"
Eno was still a little reluctant, but Sasha immediately pulled him away.
Wang Zhan smiled happily. The area around the generator finally became more lively and human.
So, how many people does he have in total?
Wang Zhan cast his eyes towards the lower right corner of the screen with expectation. There were a total of 130 people, including the 15 thugs. There were 115 infected people left, including seven children.
Not bad for a game start.
But there are only five engineers among these 130 people. Doesn't this seem a bit unreasonable?
And two of the engineers are Talulah and Alina, and she is a teacher... Does that mean she can be considered an engineer just because she has an education?
Wang Zhan suddenly became curious about how the engineer made this judgment.
He glanced at his cell phone. It was past ten o'clock, so Mu Ye should be free.
"Dude, are you there?"
"What is it?"
Wang Zhan had just sent the message when the other party replied in seconds, "I want to ask how your engineer made this judgment?"
"It counts as those who can read, because the environment in Ursus... those who can read are at most city dwellers, and most of the infected are country people. If you want to get more engineers, recruit more, or go to the mine in the northwest."
The mine in the northwest?
"Anything else you want to ask?"
"If I want to add more characters to talk to, how do I do that?"
This time Wang Zhan waited for a long time. After he went downstairs to throw away the garbage and let the air cool for a while, his cell phone rang.
"This feature has not been perfected yet. Adding new characters will cause bugs in the construction process, so there is only one character that can be talked to for the time being."
"But there is hope for the future."
What can we expect in the future?
He'd better actually plan on adding new characters to talk to.
"Oh, by the way, since the environments in Terra and Frostpunk are different after all, I have added some new things to certain laws and technologies."
"That makes sense, but aren't you being lazy?"
The laws and technology in Frostpunk are relatively complete, but there are still some omissions. Adding some things to fit the environment of Terra will surely be a lot of work.
Wang Zhan was shocked. Wasn't it a bit inappropriate to tease his boss like this?
"Doesn't this require you to come on stage? Give me some strong suggestions on the unreasonable or problematic parts of the game."
Well, this is my job.
"Also, the game is always on, and I'll pay for all your electricity and internet bills."
"The boss is generous."
Wang Zhan continued to send his questions to Mu Ye, "I want to know why the infected are not counted as patients?"
"Because there is no treatment."
Hmm? If you can't be cured, you can't be a patient. What kind of bandit logic is that?
This is completely self-deception.
"Haha, don't worry, as the game progresses, you will know how to deal with the Oripathy."