This game is so weird!

Meanwhile, players at the front-line base were surprised to find that the few options on the workbench kept increasing, eventually becoming a separate category called Sera.

"Hmm? New technology unlocked?"

Er Miao, accompanied by her friend who had just entered the game, looked at the players gathered around the worktable and asked curiously.

The guy she patted turned around and answered her question in a friendly manner. Many veteran players have a deep impression of the first person to sell fruit juice drinks, Er Miao.

"Oh, it's Ermiao. It seems someone has unlocked the tech tree on Sera, and everyone's researching how to unlock it and what new features are available."

"Let me see! Let me see!"

Er Miao pulled the female player behind him into the crowd.

A player stood in front of the workbench and operated it for a while. A batch of materials flew out from the side bag on his waist, entered the workbench, and were transformed into a large pistol by the operation of the 3D printing robot arm.

Orc Rapid-Fire Pistol

"Oh!"

The player who made the pistol picked it up and played with it in his hands with great affection.

Compared to the cold and ruthless cavalry assault rifles, or chainsaw guns, of COG, the Orcs' firearms are more rugged, but surprisingly, they all use the same caliber of ammunition, and even the bullets are interchangeable. It's hard to say that the two are not related.

With no secondary weapons available in the Frontier Base and the Security Government Alliance, crafting an Orc pistol as a secondary weapon is a viable option.

After browsing the newly added tech tree list, many players chose to build the Orc rapid-fire pistol as a backup.

COG combat armor requires too many materials, and its protective strength is only better than nothing. In comparison, pistols are a higher priority, since many people do not plan to go to the battlefield for the time being.

At this moment, all five worktables installed on the walls of the hall were filled with players. Even some players who had just entered the game, signed the settlement agreement, and completed a few collection tasks came over to make a pistol for self-defense.

Half a day had passed since the expanded testing began, and the few small buildings in the front-line base had been completely cleared.

With the high-pressure water guns and backpack garbage collectors provided by the base, the interior of the base was quickly cleaned up. Apart from a few players recruited for the construction task led by the veteran players, those who wanted to carry out the task had to go outside the base to collect materials.

It is still very dangerous to be without a weapon for self-defense.

Since everyone had a clear goal, the crowd quickly dispersed after they finished making their pistols, and Er Miao arrived at the worktable.

Like other players, Er Miao browsed through the newly unlocked list of Seraphim blueprints and tilted his head.

"Rifle, pistol, armor," Er Miao quickly skipped over the equipment options that other players were more interested in after crafting three pistols, and moved on to other categories.

"The locomotive, the passenger cars, the freight cars..."

"Train tracks, mine car tracks, mine cars..."

"Containers, cargo boxes, mortars!?"

"Could this be something that Night Rain and the others encountered during a mission?!"

Er Miao slapped her thigh suddenly, and with her eyes shining, she pulled the girl aside amidst her exclamation and made a voice call to Ye Yu, "Hello, hello! Lao Ye."

"Phew... What's wrong?"

The voice on the other end of the call was Ye Yu, panting heavily.

"Hey, working out so late at night?"

"I'm moving things, so hurry up and say what's up... phew..."

"Did you unlock those technology blueprints?"

"Oh~ you mean this!" Ye Yu's voice rose a few decibels on the other end of the voice call, and with a thud of meat falling to the ground, Ye Yu's speaking pace noticeably quickened.

"Woodfish discovered that we can use the scanner to scan items on Sera. A successful scan unlocks the corresponding blueprint and rewards contribution points. We just finished scanning outside this mine!"

"OK, thanks! Got it! Talk to you again next time, bye~"

After replying, Er Miao quickly hung up the phone, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"Let's go, Pipi Wang, let's go earn contribution points!"

"Hey, I told you not to call me Mischievous Dog."

Er Miao led Er Wang to the newly renovated guild hall on the first floor. The familiar decorations made her think she had come to the exploration guild near the Creation Star Exploration Base. That guild was one that she, Ye Yu, and Mu Yu had built themselves.

After taking another puzzled look at the layout of the lobby, Er Miao and her companion went to the service counter.

Seeing the somewhat familiar figures sitting behind the service counter, Er Miao asked with some surprise, "Sister Xiao Meng? And Miss Miley?"

"It's Er Miao." "Miss Er Miao, just call me Miley."

Xiao Meng, the new lobby manager who came temporarily to train the new staff, and Miley, the newly hired local employee, were both pleasantly surprised. Miley, who had been feeling uneasy, immediately felt much more relaxed.

"So, are you and Miley both working here from now on?"

"The boss pulled me in at the last minute to mentor the newbies. He said I'm the most experienced and I'm currently on vacation, so I should come in temporarily to help out before going back to my vacation..." Even the usually mild-mannered Xiaomeng couldn't help but bite her lower lip when talking about the last-minute overtime request. "Luckily, Miley and the others are very smart, so I should be able to go back to my vacation tomorrow~"

"I never expected there to be capitalists in games..."

The two dogs opened their mouths adorably, "I thought it was just our company that had it."

"I already told you to come to my studio as a model, but you didn't want to." Er Miao patted her best friend's head.

"No way, your studio is shady!"

"Hahahaha—" Under the strange gazes of Xiaomeng and Miley, Er Miao quickly skipped over the topic with a laugh, "Miley, what kind of missions are available now, suitable for new players to play together?"

"You've come at the perfect time! We're currently having a 'Mentorship' event where experienced, ranked veteran explorers can earn generous rewards by guiding unranked new explorers to complete tasks!"

Manager Xiaomeng took over the topic and explained it in detail, while guiding Miley to access information about the "Passing on the Spark" activity through the control panel.

"In addition to receiving a 150% contribution bonus for all tasks during the mentoring process, as long as you mentor a new explorer to complete ten tasks and achieve the required level, you will receive Spark Points based on the new explorer's level. These points are valid indefinitely, and every 10 points grants one customized research opportunity. The top ten on the monthly points leaderboard will also receive additional rewards."

"OK! Then give me ten collection missions outside the base, and I'll be doing them with three other new players!"

Er Miao excitedly pointed to the top of the event page, where there was only a question mark and the limited-edition outfit was highlighted, "I, Er Miao, want this first place!"

"Let's go, Pipi Wang! Let's finish up the newbie quests for you and the others first, then we'll head out of town and make a fortune!"

After saying that, he returned to the workbench and used materials to make five scanners. He put three of them into his backpack and stuffed one into Erwang's hand.

Er Miao twirled the scanner in his hand and smiled confidently.

Welcome to the era of technological leapfrog development!