Daily Quest

"Generator? What do you want to know about that thing?"

In the present world, at Jinling University cafeteria.

Looking at Professor Yan Feng, who was sitting across the table and asking sincerely, Professor Wang Haiyang stopped his chopsticks.

He didn't know much about Professor Yan, only that he was in the physics department, around the same age as himself, both in their thirties.

He couldn't remember when they added each other on WeChat, and they had never chatted after adding. He was from the School of Engineering Management, and they originally had no intersection in their work.

But just today, he suddenly received an invitation from Professor Yan, asking him for lunch at the cafeteria, saying he had something he wanted to ask him about.

To be honest, when he saw the words "ask about," Professor Wang thought it was about a research topic. But after meeting, he didn't expect him to ask such a strange question.

The conversation continued in a casual atmosphere.

Professor Yan Feng explained.

"...I recently read a novel, a post-apocalyptic one. I want to know how survivors would solve the electricity problem if something similar really happened?"

"Why are you taking things from a novel so seriously? Just see how the author writes it," Professor Wang Haiyang said with a chuckle. "But your question is quite interesting. Post-apocalyptic... it depends on the specific type of apocalypse and how many days it is after the end of the world."

He also liked reading novels, but he mostly read cultivation novels and rarely read post-apocalyptic ones.

Speaking of which, he had never thought that one day he would be discussing the content of a novel so seriously with a colleague from the university.

"According to the setting, it's two hundred years after a nuclear war."

"Two hundred years? Nuclear war?" Professor Wang Haiyang was stunned for a moment, then hesitated. "That might be a bit troublesome. Unprotected electronic devices would be damaged by the electromagnetic pulse generated by the nuclear explosion. The more precise the instrument, the harder it is to survive."

"Is there a way?" Professor Yan Feng asked with a frown.

"There are ways, for example, backup diesel generators can usually be found in residential communities or restaurants. These are not very precise devices, but two hundred years... they've probably been scavenged long ago. And even if they haven't been scavenged, without maintenance for a long time, the parts inside are likely to be aged. And fuel is also a problem. Two hundred years into the apocalypse... you can't expect to find gasoline at a gas station."

Professor Wang Haiyang stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and continued.

"But it's not completely impossible."

"What way?" Professor Yan Feng immediately asked.

"Generally speaking, every car has a recyclable generator. As long as the rotor spins, it can generate a stable 12V DC power. It should work after being repaired. For small-scale power generation, like lighting, 12V is enough. If you can find an inverter to convert DC to 240V AC, that's also possible... By the way, is this necessary to take notes?"

Looking at Professor Yan Feng who was taking notes seriously in a small notebook, Professor Wang Haiyang was bewildered.

Reading a novel, is it necessary to be so serious?

Pushing up his glasses, Professor Yan Feng said nonchalantly.

"Don't mind me, please continue."

Professor Wang Haiyang: "..."

He used to hear people say that people from the physics department were freaks, and he thought it was a stereotype.

Now, he was starting to believe it.

Wasteland.

Shelter 404.

Chu Guang slept on the floor in the resident hall, waking up at four in the morning. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the System pop-up notification window.

[Congratulations, Host, you have unlocked the achievement "Newbie Guide" (Player's first day online duration exceeds 8 hours)]
[Reward: +10 Reward Points]

There's such a good thing?

He could draw a Blind Box after waking up.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Chu Guang opened the System and selected the [Manager Allowance] sub-page in the interface.

He hesitated between the Beginner Blind Box worth 1 Reward Point and the Intermediate Blind Box worth 10 Reward Points. In the end, Chu Guang put all his "chips" on the Intermediate Blind Box button, silently praying in his heart.

Please.

Please don't let me draw a cough syrup!

A light blue glow flickered.

Under Chu Guang's nervous gaze, the alloy door on one side of the wall in the resident hall opened, and a plastic-sealed syringe appeared on the platform.

[Muscle Cell Enhancement Injector. (Slightly and permanently increases muscle strength, usable every 24 hours, effect diminishes with repeated use)]

"Permanently increases muscle strength?"

This is a good thing!

Chu Guang didn't hesitate, immediately tore open the outer packaging, and removed the needle cap. However, to his surprise, he didn't see a needle.

How do you use this thing?

After a moment of hesitation, Chu Guang placed the tip of the syringe on his arm and pressed the button at the tail that looked like a switch. His arm felt like it was stung by something, and then...

There was no then.

"That's it?"

Chu Guang was a bit confused. He swung his fists but didn't feel any obvious changes in his body.

Could it be expired?

It is something from two hundred years ago after all...

Out of caution, Chu Guang still gave himself a physical examination.

And when he got the results, the confusion in his heart was finally answered.

ID: Chu Guang

Gene Sequence: Manager

Level: LV.5

——Basic Attributes——

Strength: 9

Agility: 6

Constitution: 7

Perception: 7

Intelligence: 6

"Gene Development Progress hasn't changed, Strength and Constitution each increased by 1 point... Hiss, there's something to this!"

Normally, a 20-year-old adult male without special training would have Strength and Constitution around 5 points, and 5 is also the baseline value for all attributes.

In other words, this 1 point of Strength and Constitution is equivalent to 20% of a normal adult male's physical ability.

Chu Guang was now only 1 point of Strength away from having twice the strength of a normal adult male.

Looking at the updated attribute panel, Chu Guang was contemplating whether to do a few push-ups to test it out, but just then, he suddenly noticed that the [Manager's Log] had updated with new quests.

Opening it, Chu Guang was completely stunned.

Well, I'll be.

Before going to bed yesterday, there was only one unfinished Side Quest left, but today the number of unfinished quests had directly jumped to 20+!

The types of quests were also varied.

From relatively easy quests like "Hunt a Mutant," "Stockpile 5 tons of wood," and "Stockpile 100L of fresh water," to quests that looked very troublesome like "Repair the Sanatorium's outer wall" and "Repair the Sanatorium's second-floor wall," everything was included.

As for the rewards, they ranged from a minimum of 1 point to a maximum of 20 points.

These quests all had a unified tag - "Daily."

"What does 'Daily' mean? Do they refresh every day?" Chu Guang couldn't help but mutter.

However, no one answered him.

The Shelter System couldn't talk, and Xiao Qi was on guard at the Sanatorium outside. He was the only one in the entire Shelter.

Chu Guang silently calculated that if he could complete all 20 of these quests, he could earn a total of 150 reward points.

Of course, at least three-quarters of these reward points were not easy to get, at least not something that could be done in a day or two.

Chu Guang fell into thought.

If he were to do all these quests himself, he would definitely be exhausted to death. But if he handed them over to the Players, it seemed he would only need to pay a few "Contribution Points."

Thinking of this, his thoughts instantly became clear.

There was a marker pen in the drawer of the computer desk.

Holding the pen, Chu Guang went straight to the surface via the elevator without a word. After searching around the Sanatorium, he found a plastic board that hadn't been picked up and burned by the scavengers yet.

Dusting off the plastic board, Chu Guang took the marker pen, drew two lines on it, then erased them, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

Erasable and writable.

You're the one!

Taking some time, Chu Guang picked a few quests from the [Manager's Log] that the Players had a chance of completing and wrote them on the plastic board.

[Collect wood (Requirement: can be used as building material): 1 Contribution Point per meter.]

[Find water storage containers (Material: plastic, metal. Shape: barrel-shaped, jug-shaped. Requirement: the bigger the better!): 1-10 Contribution Points.]

[Search for recyclable waste: 1-? Contribution Points.]

[...]

"Done!"

He checked the time. It was 4:30 AM, still an hour and a half until the agreed-upon online time.

Chu Guang didn't idle. He returned to the Shelter, opened the computer, logged into the official website's backend, and found that the number of reservations had actually increased by 10 compared to last night.

It's now 35 people.

It seems the discussion in the group yesterday had some effect on attracting traffic, and another ten fresh little leeks have raised their hands.

However, Chu Guang mused, the user potential of the "Cattle and Horse Club" seems to have been squeezed to its limit.

After all, this is just a gaming group with a hundred or so people, and the active users can be counted on one hand. Maybe these 35 people are all the active users.

Should I consider changing the promotion method?

Placing advertisements isn't very realistic. The Wasteland Online official website isn't registered in the country, and it's possible the server isn't even on Earth.

Moreover, there's another problem here.

Once traffic is drawn from a larger pool, a large number of "low-quality users" are bound to flood in, meaning people who cause trouble.

These people might have clicked "yes" just for fun, or perhaps they clicked accidentally.

Recruiting such players will only become a hassle.

I must raise the threshold for appointments...

Chu Guang pondered in his heart, silently making a note of this matter.

He'll have Xiao Qi modify the official website later, for example, moving the appointment option from the first-level page to the second-level page, requiring account registration, and filling in a phone number and shipping address to make an appointment.

Although this shelter system doesn't seem to require players to fill in things like shipping addresses, doing so can at least filter out some players with wavering resolve and "invalid appointments."

Speaking of which, what if someone uses multiple devices to make appointments?

Or even robots + virtual machines?

However, after thinking about it, Chu Guang dismissed this problem.

Since the system can accurately deliver the helmets to the users, it must have a way to identify the identity of the appointment maker.

Worrying so much is a bit like borrowing trouble.

The new main quest hasn't been triggered yet, which means the conditions haven't been met.

I'll ignore the daily quests for now. The key is the remaining 'Side Quest' - it requires a 10KW generator.

Electricity is a big problem.

It can't be that the shelter is in the future era while the surface is still living in primitive society.

For Chu Guang, who comes from modern society, having no electricity is no different from primitive society.

Let's think about how to solve the generator problem!