"W, take her to give it a try."
Even if Lin Miao doesn’t intervene, a hacker will eventually emerge among the players; demand drives supply, once there are more players, the professions can be categorized.
Meanwhile, in a place Lin Miao can’t see, after the Adcardo convoy leaves the town, a motorcycle drives along the highway to the town’s edge, but instead of entering, it stops on a hill far enough to see the town hall.
A silver-haired girl stands at the hilltop, holding binoculars to spy on the town’s activities, including the players moving solar panels.
"That guy... was actually telling the truth."
Her other hand holds the chocolate bar given to her by her counterpart, its rich, sweet taste far better than the cocoa substitutes sold in Night City supermarkets. The last time Lucy had a chance to taste genuine chocolate was in her childhood before she was sold by her father to Huang Ban as a mine card girl.
As for Qiwei, she has already removed her jaw, lacking the function for chewing and eating, so she plans to take this back to Rebecca to save her from arguing with Pira all day long.
"You came all the way here but don’t plan on going down to say hello?"
Leaning on the motorcycle, Qiwei glanced at the town hall, somewhat surprised but not thinking too much about it. How big an impact could the outside forces have on Night City? It’s just another local thug.
Lucy, who initially had the intention, refused after Qiwei’s suggestion, saying,
"Forget it, can’t you see they’re busy? I’ll say hello next time when I get the chance."
Players working were far quicker than the occasionally lazy hired contractors.
Under the lead command of Red Barrel, over two hundred 1*1.5m photovoltaic panels were quickly laid flat in the town, even though the project was somewhat crude and lacked quality, and the panels were just placed flat on the ground without any support frame.
But that’s not important; things can be modified slowly, electrification comes first. Lots of cables in the town’s buildings can be utilized, and rudimentary solar panel installation doesn’t require much technical skill. The town hall, integrated with information systems, also has a lighting system, which seems to be adapted from the former bar’s lighting.
Fortunately, half of the photovoltaic panels were installed and lit the town hall before players logged off, exciting the players immensely.
After logging off, they couldn’t wait to rush to the official forum.
Someone had already posted a sticky thread on the forum.
[Lots of Water: Thanks to all the players for their hard work, the jointly constructed town hall now has electrical lighting, and defense facilities are taking shape. This is a collaborative progress among the players. To reward the players’ enthusiasm, we will conduct a small update in sync, entering version 0.21. This version will open game login time and change game time from the original eight hours to ten hours daily.]
[But please note, the Evil Land at night is much more dangerous than during the day, so we will add positions at the town hall: Night Watcher, Medical System. New players can receive free treatment/1 time. Specific conditions need to be understood online.]
During the day, no one would even glance at the bare ridge, but lighting up at night, especially in the Evil Land, is like a firefly in the dark—very noticeable even from far away, impossible not to draw attention.
Lin Miao was already prepared to order a batch of infrared monitoring equipment and arms from the old captain, both for upcoming battles and enhancing the town hall’s defenses.
And sure enough, the post was just out for less than 1 second and the forum crowd, like those detecting lewd pictures, instantly piled up three floors.
[Great Britain Sword Saint: First comment, while catching the dog planning]
[Skull Sacrifice: Second floor salute, sealing the first, JY+3]
[Youzi Chef Get Out: Ball planning, give me a slot please, I’ll do anything (raises butt)
[Water Moon Cave Heaven: Planning says, let there be light, and then there was light]
[New Century Lousy Warrior: This game is awesome, when I logged in today I thought I was dreaming, damn, it’s too damn real, I felt like I was genuinely hauling bricks, when will EVA open? Please, let the developers collaborate, if there’s no money, we will crowdfund, and the brat will definitely nod.]
[Soul Imprisoned by Red Barrel: Is there a possibility that you are actually hauling bricks, buddy, today I moved bricks all day, lit up a skill [Construction Engineering LV2], the sense of accomplishment is awesome, better than trench concrete work a million times.]
[Brother Dao: The player game progress push with version updates is absolutely brilliant, I felt like I was genuinely involved in the game construction, that immersion is unprecedented.]
[Silver-haired Natural Curl: But... why does it feel a bit off to me, why does playing the game also seem like working on a construction site, wasn’t I here for leisure?]
[Assassin Can’t Be Brother Ni: Isn’t the lack of initial game content normal, and now with nighttime activities and Night Watcher position, what does it signify? An increased probability of triggering nighttime monster spawning or extra plots, it might even be a castle defense mode and hidden tasks, building during the day, fighting monsters at night, is a common strategy many games use.]
[I think it will probably relate to our interrogation of the organization Night Wanderer with the BOSS at the junkyard yesterday, perhaps the newbie village players’ opponents will be these Night Wanderers.]