Chapter 20 Compulsory Taxation of Places
After a long time, the group rushed from one city to another, and without transportation, the night had already come to an end. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Now they are all on the outskirts of the city, and there is simply no place to stay around. Zhong Lan didn't carry a tent to survive in the wild, so he could only exchange some from the shop.
At night, to guard against the invasion of wild monsters or the attacks of passers-by, Zhong Lan chose to keep vigil, while Zhuzhiqu and Bai Chen had a tent for each person.
In the middle of the night, Zhong Lan stuck the scimitar on the ground, lay on the grass with his head in his hands, and looked up at the night sky.
There weren't many stars in the night sky, and only a few were lit up from afar. Zhong Lan stared at the night sky in a daze.
Dawn gave her a scene that was basically similar to her previous life, and all her desire to fight was satisfied in it, but whenever she was alone under the night sky, she always remembered some memories that she should have forgotten.
From the moment she was born, she was parasitic in the last days, from childhood to a girl who grew up to be a girl with her own independent strength, and her mother was the one who accompanied her the longest.
A woman who has little presence.
Seeing that she experienced betrayal, insult, and sacrifice of dignity for food, and finally it was only when she handed the food to the child that Zhong Lan felt in a trance that the stains on the woman's body had faded.
That's when she thought: What about her father?
Maybe there is no such thing as a father in the world.
Until her mother died, until her father picked her up, during this period of time, she suddenly understood an important truth: only the weapon she picked up is her own, and only her own life is the most real.
Others...... Feel free to leave the burden behind.
Don't live to be a "person who is not abandoned", then you can only try to leave everyone else.
"Guangdu, what are you thinking?"
Zhong Lan turned his head sharply to look behind him when the bamboo branch was nearing.
Zhuzhi bent down and said with a smile: "I can't sleep, come out to see you." ”
“…… Go back to sleep. Zhong Lan ordered.
But the bamboo branch on the side didn't eat her set, so he shouted: "Don't blast me away if you don't agree!" I just want to come and accompany you! ”
Zhong Lan raised her eyes, but she didn't squeak, she moved to the side, which was regarded as acquiescing to the behavior of the bamboo branch.
Zhu Zhiqu was also lying on the ground like Zhong Lan, suddenly turned his head excitedly, and said, "I really didn't expect us to meet in reality, is this considered a face?" Oh, people are really different from the dawn! ”
“……”
"What's so nice about the stars? Let's talk, what if you fall asleep while watching? ”
“……”
"Guangdu, I don't know what your real name is, you tell me, I'll tell you what I'm like?"
Zhong Lan glanced at her, and saw that her eyes were wide open and seemed to be very interested, so he said, "If you are energetic, I will leave you here to keep vigil, and I will go to sleep." ”
Zhu Zhiqu suddenly pursed his mouth, and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't want to." What does it mean for me to be alone, but why are you taking that man with you? And the woman before is like you, is it a sister? ”
Zhong Lan replied, "Yes." ”
"What about my sister?"
"Yes."
……
All night, Zhuzhiqu seemed to be very excited, and he chatted with Zhong Lan all the time lying on the grass, and he was lucky at night, he didn't encounter a sneak attack by wild monsters, and no other players passed by.
As soon as the sky was bright, Bai Chen had already gotten up, and when he pushed the wheelchair out of the tent, Zhong Lan and the sleepy Zhuzhiqu were ready, and when the tent was put away, several people went on the road together.
Originally, you can exchange the ride props in the store, but Zhong Lan's death experience points have been used up almost the same, and the props are more expensive, so it is not cost-effective to exchange them directly with experience points.
None of them knew how to drive, so they had to walk on foot.
Along the way, you will encounter some wild monsters, and since you are on the edge of the city, you can hardly find a single player. There are no players and there is less fighting, and Takeeda is happy with this.
But after walking for another day, I also saw that the sky was dark, but Zhong Lan and the others saw a light on the periphery from a distance.
Is that...... Gamer?
Zhong Lan stopped, and Zhu Zhiqu and Bai Chen also stopped moving.
And after they paused, there was a commotion in the brightly lit place in front of them, and it seemed that someone was heard shouting, "Someone is coming!" ”
Someone's coming? Is this the discovery of them?
Zhong Lan's mental power swept away, and he immediately caught a player at a sentry post in front of him holding a night vision binocular.
A burst of blue light flashed in Zhong Lan's eyes, and the player who was observing the enemy died suddenly on the spot.
Someone else was screaming: "Ah Cheng is dead!" ”
Although I didn't hear anything, I could faintly feel a trace of unease. She looked at Zhong Lan's back with some hesitation, and said, "Guangdu, let's take a detour." ”
"No, you don't." Zhong Lan said lightly.
Sure enough, within a while, the players were coming this way. There were a large number of them, all with weapons in their hands, and they looked fierce. One of the players walked out of the crowd with a scripture book in his hand.
He bowed slightly to Zhong Lan and the others, and said politely: "Hello, we won't be sorry for passers-by, please don't worry." ”
"Oh?" Zhong Lan glanced sharply at the players gathered around him, and suddenly smiled, "Since it's not embarrassing, can we go?" ”
The man smiled, and seemed to be helpless. "But as you can see, it's very difficult for a group of us to feed, and we've cleared the neighborhood into a safe area, so if you want to go from here, you have to pay some tolls." ”
Zhu Zhiqu's eyes widened and he said, "Pay the toll? You didn't build this land! Why should I pay you for the passage? ”
The man did not speak, and a strong man behind him stepped forward, with an axe in his hand, and said, "What are you talking nonsense, little girl?" A group of us have given a few lives to clean up this safe area, so what's wrong with paying some fares! ”
Bai Chen, who had been silent, smiled and said, "How do you know that passing players need you to clean up?" Besides, this should be a good place to farm monsters. ”
The strong man was speechless for a moment, he could only look at the man in the lead, and retreated silently.
The man narrowed his eyes, put away a false smile, and asked, "So, do you pay or not?" ”
"I'm afraid you can't afford it......" Zhong Lan said softly, the other party didn't seem to hear clearly, and at this time Zhong Lan had already changed his voice and asked rhetorically, "What fare?" ”
Seeing that the three fat sheep in front of him seemed to be very talkative, the man smiled and said, "It's easy to say." 1000 XP per player is all it takes. ”