Chapter 0139 - Wealth Predator
Mobei Fortress is almost no different from an ordinary city, walking on the street, looking at the dazzling shops on both sides of the street and the pedestrians walking around the street, Yaoyang has the illusion that he is back in Bohai City.
It is said that this is a paradise for adventurers, but the people walking on the street are dressed ordinarily and do not see anything special. At least in Yaoyang's opinion, most of them are ordinary people, and at most they know some ordinary martial arts.
"Brother Cui, why didn't you see the adventurer?" Yaoyang asked strangely.
Cui Sicai pointed ahead and said, "Do you see that tower?" This half of the fortress is a commercial area, and most of the people who live there are ordinary people, who come to the fortress from all over the world to do business, just to make money for adventurers. As for the half of the tower, it is inhabited by adventurers. ”
Yao Yang had already seen the tall tower in the center of the fortress, about fifty or sixty meters high, with a huge machine gun on the top of the tower, and a strong light flashing green.
"What does that light mean?" Yaoyang didn't understand why the lights were flashing in broad daylight.
"That's the fortress's alarm system, the green light means everything is safe, the yellow light means it's on alert, and the red light means there's a beast to scare it." Cui Sicai said, "If the red light flashes, the fortress will be under martial law, and all adventurers must join the battle to defend the fortress, otherwise they will be removed from the adventurer's union." ”
Yaoyang said in surprise: "I see." Fortunately, there is Brother Cui as a guide, otherwise I would be really confused. ”
"There are no laws in the fortress, and order is maintained only by the adventurers' union. However, there are too many reckless and violent people among the adventurers, and there are almost every day of fighting. Ping said that we must be careful and low-key in order to avoid unjustified disasters. Cui Sicai explained the precautions for life in the fortress.
Yaoyang took Cui Sicai's words to heart, and before he knew it, everyone had come to the bottom of the tower.
Standing under the tower, Yaoyang looked into the adventurer's area, and the first thing that caught his eye was a colorful villa area, dozens of rows of single-family villas of different sizes divided into six types: black, green, silver, gold, white, and red.
"Do you see those golden villas, they are the residences of the third class. Miss Yao's house is over there. "Each color corresponds to a membership level, and the most luxurious residences are those red, and only diamond members are eligible to stay." ”
"Diamond? I heard that it takes 100 million contribution points to get the title of Diamond Member! Yao Qiqi smacked his tongue.
"100 million contribution points!" Rao is Yaoyang's net worth is already very rich, and when he heard this number, he also lost his mind for a moment.
"I heard that there are no more than a hundred diamond members in the entire Adventurer Guild, and more than half of them are martial god-level powerhouses." Cui Sicai lowered his voice and said, "It's rare for a strong person of this level to come to Mobei, anyway, I've never seen those villas inhabited. ”
"Valkyrie level?" Yaoyang listened with fascination. Once a martial artist chooses to become a samurai, he automatically enters a tiered hierarchy. The samurai is only the lowest level of this sequence, and above that are the warriors, martial masters, martial masters, martial saints, and martial gods. Each level is divided into three levels, high, medium and low, and you need to go through a strict assessment before you can climb up step by step. And it is said that above the Martial God, there is also a super Martial God level, but unfortunately that kind of high-ranking powerhouse is not something that Yaoyang can understand.
For Yaoyang and the others, it is enough to have a place to live for the time being, and it doesn't matter what kind of place it is.
What's more, compared with the ordinary residential area next to it, the conditions of the villa area are much better.
There are also many levels among adventurers, and gold members like Yao Qiqi, whether they are bought with money or exchanged for contribution points with real combat achievements, can be regarded as wealthy people. Cui Sicai is considered to be the middle level of adventurers, more than the upper and lower than the bottom, and every time he returns from the wild, he can exchange a lot of money, which is enough for him to live a luxurious life in the city. And many more adventurers don't make a lot of money, and even have to lose their lives.
As you can see from the state of ordinary settlements, many adventurers do not live well. Despite this, they passed the certification of adventurers one after another and ran to the fortress in search of opportunities. As long as they can find an ancient ruin, or search for some rare material, they may become rich overnight.
It's an opportunist's paradise. Every day, people get rich, and every day there are corpses, but unfortunately everyone only sees the glamorous side, but forgets that more people are slowly rotting.
Everyone shuttled through the villa area, and occasionally guards came to check the identity card, and when they saw Yao Qiqi's golden identity card, they would all stand up and salute without exception. This kind of treatment fell in the eyes of some adventurers passing by, and they all showed envious looks.
Soon everyone came to the villa, the decoration inside was very luxurious, and the living utensils were readily available, but unfortunately there was a lack of cultivation equipment. Yaoyang asked Cui Sicai, and then he learned that those facilities need to be equipped with additional money.
Yaoyang can use the full-body cabin to cultivate, but some cultivation can only be vividly realized by experiencing it himself. For example, using the gravity cultivation room, there are completely two different feelings in the brain domain network and in reality, and Yao Yang always feels that although the brain domain network is powerful, it is still difficult to simulate the real feelings of human beings. Cultivation like this, he prefers to choose to do it in reality.
"Looks like I'll have to rent." Yaoyang said, "The price shouldn't be too high, right?" ”
"Why do you think the Adventurers' Guild is giving its members free shelter when they're not so kind? There were no cultivation facilities in this villa, and some members were unwilling to use the same public cultivation places as ordinary adventurers, so they could only rent the equipment provided by the guild. A few weeks' rent is enough to buy a complete set of equipment. In this way, the money is still earned by them. Cui Sicai took a sip, obviously disgusted by the fortress's various ways of collecting money.
Yaoyang was brutally slaughtered by the hospital as early as when he was in the field base, and he was mentally prepared for the various methods of the adventurer union to collect money. He smiled helplessly and said, "That's no way, we can only follow the customs." ”
"I'll take you to the procedures for renting equipment." Cui Sicai shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
Yao Qiqi and Lori had already happily gone to take a bath, Yaoyang and Cui Sicai walked out of the villa and soon came to a small building, which specializes in handling various affairs for senior members in the villa area.
In addition to Yaoyang and Cui Sicai, there are many people coming in and out here, and from the outside, most of them are adventurers. Occasionally, there are one or two well-dressed people, but it seems a little eccentric.
Walking into the small building, there were seven or eight people gathered in front of a row of light curtains, some filling out forms, and some picking up goods.
"You two need something, I wonder if I can help?" A sweet and lovely girl walked over and asked in a soft voice.
"Hmm, I want to rent some cultivation equipment." Yaoyang said.
"Where do you live?" The girl asked.
"Villa 18 of Class C." Cui Sicai replied for Yaoyang.
The girl's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and she said solemnly: "Please come with me, two of you." ”
Following the girl, Cui Sicai lowered his voice and said: "People here are very good at watching people put dishes, and if you know that you are a gold member, even your voice will be several times sweeter." ”
Yaoyang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We are pulling the tiger skin as a banner!" ”
"Of course you have to pull it!" Cui Sicai smiled.
The treatment of the gold members was really different, and the girl quickly ushered the two into a separate office and served fragrant coffee.
After Yaoyang took a few sips of coffee, the girl brought a small hand-held light curtain with information on various facilities. Yao Yang flipped through it casually, and found that there were nearly a hundred types of equipment, as long as he could think of all the cultivation facilities, there were more than thirty specifications and models of the light brain alone. However, in terms of price, it is two to three times more expensive than in the city.
"Tsk, it's really a huge profit!" Yaoyang felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he also had to admit that the Adventurer's Guild was very able to understand people's psychology, and those who could become gold members would not care about this price difference anyway.
"I want this, and this ......" Yaoyang rummaged through it, and chose three facilities very painfully.
"Gravity Cultivation Room?" The girl couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw the facilities designated by Yaoyang. However, the customer was God, and of course she would not be stupid enough to ask Yao Yang why he chose such a cultivation facility that was almost eliminated, but immediately proceeded to go through the formalities.
"You've chosen a six-gravity training room and an attack power testing device, and the tentative rental period is two weeks, which is the price after the discount." The girl quickly brought a contract and asked Yaoyang to sign and pay for it.
Although he was mentally prepared, Yao Yang was still startled when he glanced at the number that could buy two facilities. But who told him that he needed these facilities, Yaoyang finally signed his name.
Seeing Yaoyang's painful appearance, the girl still smiled and asked, "Does Mr. need anything else?" ”
Yaoyang was about to shake his head, but his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you have a workshop for forging weapons for rent here?" ”
"Absolutely. The Stronghold's workshop facilities are among the best among all the Strongholds in Kyushu, and will greatly increase the success rate of your forging. Even though the price is a little higher, it's definitely worth it. ”
Anyway, it had already cost a lot of money, so Yaoyang simply didn't do it and bought the right to use the workshop for thirty hours. These times can be used at any time, which is more convenient.
"It's too expensive!" Walking out of the small building, Yaoyang only felt that he had turned around in the slaughterhouse.
"Otherwise, what would the Adventurer Guild rely on to maintain such a huge force." Cui Sicai said, "The staff and guards of this fortress add up to more than five hundred, and the electricity used, the weapons equipped, and the various losses add up to a very staggering number. It seems that we are enjoying the services here for free, but we can't stop eating, drinking, or cultivating, and in the end, it's not the wool that comes out of the sheep. ”
The money is indeed a lot spent, but the service is really thoughtful. Yaoyang and Cui Sicai returned to the villa on the front foot, and someone on the back foot delivered the rented facilities. After they installed it with their hands and feet, Yaoyang couldn't wait to dive into the gravity laboratory. He has some new understanding of the Yi Jin Sutra in his spare time these days, and now it is time to verify the effect.
(To be continued)