Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

The increase in the price of Alliance Coins naturally gave many beta test players the motivation to make money.

After all, you have to make a living in real life. Why not make some money while playing games?

In addition, they have the first-mover advantage and can make money faster than subsequent players. Selling some idle alliance coins will not affect their own game progress.

Of course, people as hardworking as Xia Shu are relatively rare.

Just as Xia Shu ran to move the next load of cement, [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] jogged over from the west side of the trading point.

"Cat! There's another group of refugees coming to the west of the trading post. They're also asking if they can camp around the trading post for a while."

"Again? What's the situation in Shaling Town now?"

Maomao could only put down the duster in his hand, jumped down from the house, quickly washed his hands, took a pen and paper, and followed [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] to the west side of the trading point.

Because there is only one small star NPC at the current gathering place of the trading point, all external docking matters have to be handled by the cat.

Especially during this period, there were many more refugees running over from the west.

As soon as they saw that someone was building a gathering place here, and that they had well-equipped troops and weapons, and that they spoke and acted very decently, they all sought shelter.

At first, the players were happy to have these refugees stay nearby, after all, this also made it easier for their trading points to gain a reputation.

Moreover, these refugees can also come to the gathering place to do some physical work.

As long as they can have enough to eat and be paid a little bit of wages, that's enough.

But later, as the number of refugees increased, the east and south sides of the trading point were directly crowded with temporary shacks built by the refugees.

As a result, players occasionally have to act as temporary police to deal with conflicts between these refugees.

You know, it’s been less than ten days since the first group of refugees arrived, and there are already more refugees here than players in the trading point.

This is too dangerous!

I don’t know when the leader and Sister Keyu will deal with the situation here.

However, the current trading point is not big, so Maomao quickly followed [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] to the outside of the trading point.

There are two middle-aged men and a young man standing here now. They are not holding any weapons, but are surrounded by several players with guns. They are obviously nervous and uneasy.

"Name, place of origin, number of people, how many men, how many women, how many children under 12 years old." Maomao took a quick look at the three of them, and then said very skillfully.

"My name is Li Si, his name is Li Gou, and his name is Li Ji. We are all from Lijia Village in Shaling Town... In the team there are... there are..."

Li Si started to answer immediately, but because of nervousness, his words seemed a little stuttering. When he talked about the personnel composition, it was obvious that his mind was a little confused.

"There are 18 men, 8 women, and 6 children under the age of 12 in our team." Li Ji, who was standing at the edge, saw this scene and hurried forward to say.

Maomao nodded slightly, then wrote the information down on a piece of paper and looked up at the relatively calm young man.

"Okay, you wait here for a while. We will allocate you a piece of land on the east side of the trading point and sell you some food." He emphasized this point.

"Remember, the land we give you is just a loan. We have the right to take it back directly."

"Thank you so much, you are such kind people."

Li Si reacted now and was about to kneel down to Mao Mao, but was quickly stopped by several players.

Hey, hey, hey.

We modern people on Blue Planet don’t deserve such a great gift!

Li Gou and Li Ji, who were standing nearby, immediately knelt down upon seeing this. Maomao was so frightened that he quickly dodged the attack and then stepped forward to help the man.

The scene was a little chaotic for a while.

"Don't bother with all this nonsense. Just wait here. I'll come back later." Seeing that these people were finally helped up, Maomao turned around and trotted towards the trading point.

Seeing this, the three people from Lijia Village kept expressing their gratitude from a distance.

And on a tree not far from them, a small black bird took in the entire scene.

Chapter 223: Experiencing Old Age Life in Advance

But no one noticed the bird.

After all, there are woods nearby, so it is normal to see a few unknown birds occasionally.

At this time, the cat, who had once again become the master of clear soup, took the [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] all the way to the mission hall located in the center of the trading point.

Yes, there is a quest hall here too.

After all, there are already more than a hundred players residing in the trading point.

And because many people think it is a waste of time to go back to the gathering place to sleep, Maomao also imitated the Thumb Hotel on Blue Star and set up a convenient hotel at the trading point.

Each player only needs to pay 1 alliance coin per night to get a two cubic meter space here.

There's even a small restaurant on the first floor of the hotel run by a player who can cook. A filling fast food meal only costs 3 Alliance Coins, which is much cheaper than the [Lazy State Ramen] sold in the gathering place.

In this way, the total cost of food and accommodation for a day does not exceed 10 yuan, and you can make a full profit by killing just one inferior demon.

Great deal!

Therefore, many players at trading points now simply do not return to the gathering place at night and stay directly in convenient hotels.

This way, you can continue to complete tasks at the trading point when you wake up the next morning, and you won’t waste too much time on the road.

In this case, setting up a task hall where tasks can be received and sent is what everyone wants.

However, because this hall is not an official building recognized by the game production team, Xiaoxing who stays here does not provide task consultation services and can only simply accept and submit tasks.

It is estimated that after the trading point is fully built and the leader and Sister Keyu send some NPCs over, this mission hall can officially take effect along with other buildings.

"call……"

After the cat trotted into the hall, it took a breath and then looked around.

Maybe because it was afternoon, there was no player in the mission hall.

Perfect, no need to queue.

He immediately found Xiaoxing who was hanging up and shaking, and reported all the information he had just written down.

"Applying for free rental in the surrounding area, please wait."

Tang Yi and Xia Keyu must also know about the situation of refugees around the trading point.

However, considering that the current settlement is extremely short of manpower, and that there will most likely be a continued shortage of manpower after the factory is built, they also agreed to allow these refugees to live near the trading point.

However, specific residential areas need to be strictly controlled, and they are not allowed to expand outward at will. At the same time, the behavior of these refugees must be supervised.

Corresponding laws and regulations may be promulgated subsequently.

It is equivalent to absorbing these refugees into becoming residents of the trading points.

After receiving the application, Xia Keyu also took a look at the composition of the refugee group.

"Eighteen men, eight women, and six children." Xia Keyu murmured softly, "It seems there is nothing wrong."

"You can judge whether a group of refugees is good or evil by their composition." This principle has been applicable since the beginning of the troubled times and is infinitely close to the truth.

In the composition of this group of refugees, the number of women and children combined is almost half of the team's total number.

This means that they have retained basic family units, and their fighting power is definitely not strong, and they are likely to be on the run.

So we are all miserable people.

【Application approved】

"Confirmed approval. The living area granted to the 'Lijia Village refugees' is located in..."

Because the trading point did not have a screen to display information, Xiaoxing personally drew the corresponding area on a piece of white paper with a pen.

"OK, thank you, Mr. Xing!"

Maomao took the paper and saluted Xiaoxing in a very exaggerated manner.

Xiaoxing also stopped immediately, and then responded with a (?`???)ゝ at the screen in front of him.

"Then let's go first."

Maomao pulled [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] out of the mission hall, then turned around and handed the paper to the other party, then patted the other party's shoulder gently.

"You go back and take them there. I won't go."

"This group of people shouldn't be bad guys, but we still need to keep an eye on them during this period. Thank you for your hard work."

Because of the need to control the behavior of refugees, some players also took on the task of "patrol team".

They have to go to various refugee camps at fixed times to see if there is any help needed, any malicious incidents, or any abnormal situations.

If it occurs, deal with it one by one. If it cannot be solved, report it to the gathering place.

After all, there are such things as demons taking over people's bodies in this game. Even a village as big as Fangjia Village can have its chief possessed. Who knows if there are any demons hiding among these little refugees who have come to seek refuge here.

If anything goes wrong, these players will die.

The building of the trading point that was built with great effort cannot be damaged!

"Alright, alright, go back to work on the construction." [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] waved his hand. "We're the ones doing the inspection anyway."

As he was talking, he also glanced at the north side of the trading point and mentioned it curiously.

"By the way, your Chamber of Commerce should be almost done. It's been going on for six or seven days."

Upon hearing this, Maomao nodded immediately.

"Almost done, just a few finishing touches. It should be done by tomorrow at the latest."

Now he and Xia Shu are leading people to build the headquarters of Yunshanhe Chamber of Commerce. The exterior of the building is designed by Maomao, and the interior design is done by Xia Shu.

Most of the building materials are made of that new type of cement and various nearby trees and stones, and a small amount of materials are purchased from Yunhe Town.

The construction speed is also faster.

After all, that building is said to be the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, but in fact it only has a lobby and a warehouse, and the workload is not much different from that of a convenience hotel.

If there is a need for expansion in the future, the workload may be larger.

"That's good." Fujiwara Tofu Shop also stretched. "Let's finish this soon, and take over the management of the gathering place soon. Otherwise, dealing with these refugees every day, I feel like I'm becoming a big shot at the neighborhood office."

"Experiencing old age life in advance, right?" Maomao also said with a smile.

“I’m too old to do this…”

Without much conversation, the two parted ways at the door of the mission hall.

The people of Lijia Village followed Fujiwara Tofu Shop to the area allocated to them with great trepidation, and bought some food from the trading point at a price that was 10% higher than the market price in Yunhe Town.

Then there was another round of gratitude.

It was at this moment that the little black bird finally flew away.

Its speed was totally inconsistent with its small size. It looked like it didn't even use much force with its wings, and there was no sound of wind at all. In the blink of an eye, it flew dozens of meters.

At this time, [Fujiwara Tofu Shop] finally noticed its figure, but before he could take a few more glances, the bird flew away for a long distance.

"Wow, it's flying so fast."

He quickly turned on the screenshot function, but only took a blurry photo.

Without thinking too much, he posted the picture on the forum with a very plain and simple caption:

"A small bird that flies incredibly fast, covering dozens of meters in a second. Has anyone seen it anywhere else?"

This post did not attract much attention.

After all, there are too many weird things in this game.

It was about an hour later.

The little black bird flew through the woods and landed in a tree in the valley.

This is where the gas stone mine is located.

Chapter 224: Grandmother Jia Can't Beat Lin Daiyu

The area around the gas stone mine is also very busy during this period.

After all, the players who came here to garrison would definitely not just wait by the air stone mine, and it didn't look like anything would happen nearby, so they just treated this place as a stronghold.

After simply setting up a camp, they began to kill monsters nearby, not only demons but also wild beasts.