Chapter 30: Miracle City? Slum?
After getting the miracle badge, Ma Le couldn't put it down, and soon figured out the various functions of this thing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Miracle Badge looks like an item in his hand, but Ma Le can feel that the badge is one with him, from the moment that light drills into his head, the Miracle Badge has become a part of his body, as long as his mind moves, the information he wants will appear on the screen, and instantly switch from the ordinary mobile phone interface to the Miracle City system interface.
Ma Le also opened the spatial storage function of the Miracle Badge, and now his personal space is only 1 cubic meter in size, and there is only one item in it, which is the "research result" entrusted to him by Dr. La Grande.
Ma Le swiped his phone, opened a space door out of thin air, reached in and took out the small box. The box opened, and inside was a stack of A4 paper printed in English, and five reagents were neatly stacked underneath the paper.
Ma Er simply looked at the English on the paper, there were too many professional terms, and he couldn't understand the specifics, but he roughly understood that this was a research report. As for the five reagents, Ma Le scanned them with the Miracle Badge:
Black Light Booster: A special potion extracted from the blood of organisms infected with the black light virus, which instantly restores 100 health points after use, and can restore damage to limbs and organs. The first time you use it, you can permanently increase the three attributes of Strength, Agility, and Stamina to 10 points, and those who have exceeded 10 points have no effect when using them. (The item can be brought into the real world).
This thing can be said to be a novice artifact, instantly recovering 100 points of health, and it can also improve attributes. But for Ma Le, who is now in great strength, these are not of much significance, but the explanation in the parentheses at the end attracts his attention, and it is specially indicated that it can be brought into the real world? Isn't that saying that there are many things that can't be brought into the real world?
Putting aside his doubts, Ma Le decided to leave here, and through the Miracle Badge inquiry, he knew that this small white space was now his exclusive room in Miracle City, and he had to leave here in order to truly enter Miracle City. Ma Le chose to leave, and a door appeared on the white wall in front of him.
Ma Le came to the door, stretched out his hand to push the door, the door did not move, and the electronic sound started: "Congratulations to the adventurer No. 110405 for being allowed to enter Miracle City, the following are the precautions in Miracle City, I hope the adventurer No. 110405 understands and abides."
1. Adventurers in Miracle City will not be harmed, and any attack will be futile.
2. There will be system-generated guards, vendors and other management personnel in Miracle City, who are responsible for the daily operation of Miracle City, and adventurers can ask these system personnel for help or report the illegal behavior of other adventurers.
3. Try not to reveal your true information to others in Miracle City, so as not to be locked in the real world.
4. Adventurers need to reset their appearance before entering Miracle City for the first time, and after the setting is completed, the appearance will become the adventurer's default appearance in Miracle City and the quest world.
Next, ask the adventurer to set his appearance. ”
After the prompt, the miracle badge in Ma Le's hand lit up, and the interface changed, with Ma Le's current face in the center, and there were various adjustment options next to it, just like the face pinching program in the game.
Marle tries to adjust the options and finds that a slight change is fine, but if it is too large, it will cost credits. Because appearance will affect the charm attribute of the adventurer to a certain extent, once the charm attribute changes due to too much modification of the appearance, the credit points required will increase significantly.
There is also a random generation in the options, which is to ensure that the charm attribute remains unchanged, and make subtle adjustments to the adventurer's facial features to ensure that they are not recognized. Ma Le clicked, and the face on the screen changed slightly, although the change was not much, but it changed the feeling of positive kicking. Ma Le didn't have much requirements for his appearance, so he clicked a few times casually, and chose the one that was pleasing to the eye.
After everything was set, Ma Le finally pushed open the door and truly stepped into the Miracle City!
The sunlight was very dazzling, Ma Le couldn't help but put his hand on the pergola and squinted his eyes, and after a few seconds, he finally saw the surrounding scene clearly, which was different from the bustling city in his imagination, and what came into view was a low and crowded simple shed.
Ma Le looked back and saw that the door he had just walked out of was also a dilapidated wooden door from the outside, and his "exclusive space" was also a simple makeshift house, with a sign hanging next to the door with his number "110405" written on it. What kind of miracle "city" is this, it's a slum at all.
At this time, a guard in armor passed by, and Ma Le stopped him and asked, "Is this a miracle city?" How...... That is true? ”
The guard, dressed in ancient Chinese-style armor, only glanced at Ma Le's question when he heard Ma Le's question, then snorted coldly and left with his head held high. Ma Le was confused by the attitude of this guard, why is an NPC still so horizontal?
Ma Le walked down the narrow path, and all along the way were all such improvised sheds, some with numbered doors, some not, and it seemed that not every improvised shed was inhabited by adventurers.
After turning a corner, a tavern came into Ma Le's sight, which looked like a large simple shed, which Ma Le would not have recognized if it had not been for a plaque. There was a lot of noise in the tavern, and there must have been a lot of adventurers among them, so I guess they could get some information. Ma Le pushed the door into the house and found that the inside of the tavern was relatively clean, it looked like a Western-style bar, a long bar, and only a system-made boss was busy behind it. The room is not big, there are a dozen small tables in total, and many adventurers sit around drinking and chatting.
Ma Le went to the bar and ordered a beer, the price is not expensive, only five credits, and you can refill it indefinitely. took the beer and found a vacant seat to sit down, Ma Le was thinking about how to find someone to talk to, suddenly an old man pulled the chair in front of him and sat down, picked up his beer and drank it to the bottom, and after drinking, handed the empty cup to Ma Le and said: "Go, take the refill!" ”
Ma Le looked straight at this familiar old man, opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you?" ”
The old man didn't answer Ma Le's words, but asked, "New here, right?" ”
Ma Le knew that he had met the old fritter in Miracle City, and there was no point in lying to him, so he replied honestly: "You guessed right, how did you see it?" ”
The old man snorted proudly: "Hmph, how can a novice like you hide from my old man's eyes?" A fresh face, when he entered the tavern, he looked around, and when he got to the bar to order wine, he had to ask the price first, what is not a novice? What's your name? ”
Ma Le replied: "My name is ......" Just wanted to say Ma Le, he suddenly thought of the reminder of the electronic sound, and changed his words: "You just call me a foodie!" What do you call old-timers? "The reason why it is called a foodie is because Ma Le thought of his own absorption ability, as long as it is alive, it can be absorbed and digested, not what a foodie is.
The old man hehehe: "Okay, it's quite cautious!" Don't be embarrassed, yes, it's best not to mention your real name in this place, it's best to have a code name. As for me, old man, you can call me an old wolf. As he spoke, the old man leaned his head towards Ma Le, and said mysteriously: "The newcomer has just arrived, and there is a lot of confusion, I want to find someone to consult, but the guards don't care about you or anything, don't they?" ”
Ma Le hurriedly replied: "That's right, not only did he ignore me, but he was also very arrogant, what's going on?" ”
The old man said proudly: "Of course arrogant, you open the miracle badge yourself, open the knighthood and take a look." ”
Ma Le did so, and clicked on the title, only to see that it read: "Merit point 48/5, current status: slave, can only use basic facilities, cannot enter the main city of Miracle City, after each mission to the world, you need to pay a tax of 100 credits." ”
"Slave, what does that mean?" Marech said.
The old wolf explained, "Literally, adventurers who first arrive in Miracle City are the most statusless slaves. However, this slave is only a status class in the society of Miracle City, and is not really enslaved. However, as the lowest class, they are often looked down upon by NPCs, do not have any privileges, and most of the facilities cannot be used. If you want to level up, you have to kill powerful monsters as much as possible, do hidden tasks, earn merit points, and go to the merit review office to level up. ”
Ma Le understood, there are also classes in this miracle city, and he is the lowest, but looking at the badge, he should reach 5 merit points to upgrade, and he has not been to the audit office, so he is still a slave at 48 merit points. Ma Le noticed that there was a clause in the slave's description that "you can't enter the main city of Miracle City", so he asked the old wolf: "Senior, what does this Miracle City Lord City mean, isn't this a miracle city?" ”
"Of course! You don't think that Miracle City is this place, right, what's the miracle of this place?! The old wolf explained: "This is a slum outside the Miracle City, a place for slave pariahs and commoners, and only those who have reached the rank of citizens can buy a house in the Miracle City!" ”
"There are still restrictions on buying a house with a hukou in this place?!" Ma Le cried and laughed: "I thought I had come to a place where everyone competes on an equal footing!" ”
The old wolf sneered and said: "Fair competition is true, but everyone is not equal." It is true everywhere that a wise man always goes farther than a fool and lives longer...... Come on, the old man saw that you didn't understand the rules when you first arrived, and he deliberately reminded you of it, and planned to reveal some unspoken rules of Miracle City to you, I wonder if you are interested? ”
Ma Le was of course happy to hear someone pointing out, but the old man looked at Ma Le with a look of anticipation, but instead picked up the shelf, squinted at the empty draft beer cup and said, "I just let the cup be refilled, why is it still empty for so long a day?" ”
"Wait a minute, I'll come when I go!" Ma Le picked up his cup and ran to the bar.