Chapter 9: Growth (2)

Although at this time, minors like Liu Ji and them can neither level up and kill monsters, nor can they trade and trade, and they do not have any direct source of income, but fortunately, they do not need to spend anything. Between the major main city areas, they can freely teleport back and forth freely, but they also enjoy a lot of magnificent scenery that cannot be seen in reality.

Although they are not able to directly participate in actual battles and have little effect on ordinary players, it does not prevent them from communicating with each other and any other players. Therefore, many of them' are 'young eagles' who work part-time as 'journalists' who collect information.

Although such small reporters are not uncommon, they are basically not paid.

In the 31st century, where privacy and other confidentiality measures are highly valued, even teenagers of their age have long learned how to protect themselves more safely. They don't have an account in the game of fate, and few people will choose to receive payment in reality.

Young journalists are not of high status but are more detached, and most players like them do unpaid service for their elder friends or well-known guilds because of hobbies or personality cults.

Liu Lu also worked as a journalist for a long time. For the 'Red Maple Leaf Empire', one of the top ten overlords in the Huaxia Region, the empire-level guild, he has served for nearly two years.

In fact, he doesn't worship a well-known player in the Red Maple Leaf, and he doesn't force him to join the Red Maple Leaf Empire smoothly in the future. Almost no one knew that Liu Kill was willing to do all this because of a girl.

In 3022, Liu Lu had just turned eighteen years old at that time, and was a sophomore at the Eighth Compulsory University in the Bingcheng Settlement.

The entire Bingcheng residential area is divided into ten small towns, each of which has about 1.5 million residents. In the Huaxia Autonomous Region, citizens of all classes lived together, and there was no special 'aristocratic' area.

But in most autonomous communities in the West, they are composed of different classes of citizens, living separately in different urban areas. In the residential areas of high-ranking citizens, the supporting facilities are much more high-end and luxurious, while in the residential areas of ordinary citizens, they are much worse in comparison.

In the early days, the Huaxia Autonomous Region also consulted the public on this issue to determine whether to adopt the same housing system as the Western Autonomous Region.

However, public opinion in the Huaxia Autonomous Region has become polarized.

On the one hand, there are the vast majority of ordinary citizens, as well as a small number of high-ranking citizens, who do not want to adopt the same system of residence as in the Western Autonomous Regions.

Ordinary citizens on this side see this as discrimination against them, ordinary citizens. In the era of the Federation, it should never have appeared, at least in the Huaxia Autonomous Region, and it should be completely eradicated. The high-ranking citizens on this side believe that if they live in the aristocratic area, most of them will face citizens of the same level as themselves, and a small number of citizens will be even higher than themselves. In this way, after so many years of hard work, everything they get in the end is still not as good as the people around them, which makes them seriously lack a sense of achievement.

Happiness needs to be compared.

On the other hand, there are a small number of ordinary citizens and a large number of high-ranking citizens, who want to adopt the same system of residence as in the Western Autonomous Regions.

Ordinary citizens in this segment feel that they feel uncomfortable and often discriminated against by the presence of high-ranking citizens. Among them, the senior citizens believe that they should have more after working hard for so long, and living with ordinary citizens reduces their style and taste.

Of the two parties, the one who is naturally in favor of mixing has the absolute upper hand. After all, no matter what the era, more than 90 percent of the human race is still the common people.

Therefore, after several years of research and discussion, the Huaxia Autonomous Region finally adopted a more characteristic mixed living system.

All high-ranking citizens live in mixed conditions with ordinary citizens, but the residential area and surrounding environment of high-ranking citizens are much stronger than those of ordinary citizens. In all the small towns, there will be a very complete variety of facilities, among which the luxury and completeness are not inferior to the top equipment of the western autonomous regions.

In the Huaxia Autonomous Region, even the most ordinary Class 1 citizens can enjoy the top-of-the-line facilities. But no matter the time and frequency, it is far less than that of high-ranking citizens.

The construction and maintenance costs required for such a mixed living are extremely high. Even the Huaxia Autonomous Region, one of the most powerful autonomous regions in the Earth Federation, is under extraordinary pressure to build such large-scale infrastructure facilities.

There are several benefits to such a mixed living system. First, it will not exacerbate the contradictions between citizens of different ranks; Second, ordinary citizens can enjoy this part of the expediency at the same time, but also have more motivation to struggle; Third, while ensuring the rights and interests of senior citizens, it can also make them more familiar with and understand the ordinary social class they once lived in, and correspondingly cherish everything they have at this time. To a certain extent, the breeding of extravagance and decay should be inhibited.

No matter what kind of housing system, while there are good sides, there will inevitably be a certain degree of negative impact.

The management system of Huaxia District will be more natural and happy for those high-level citizens who can abide by their own self-discipline, rationality, and self-purity. Because the vast majority of them have been promoted little by little through unremitting efforts from among these most ordinary citizens. Even if the civic rank has been promoted, relatively speaking, the original rhythm of life is still the most accustomed and adaptable to them.

But for those who were born in high-ranking citizen families since childhood, and have never really understood the life experiences of the children of the most common people, this mixed living system will have some drawbacks for them.

These naturally proud children, no matter how strict the education of their parents and elders are, a large part of them still feel that they are superior to others in their bones, and they should enjoy living conditions and rights that far exceed ordinary people. Even those of the same age who come from ordinary citizens will be very dismissive.

Those who are deep and introverted, or they can be invisible, but those who are superficial and manic are likely to do some bullying behavior. As a result, these 'second generations' have had an extremely bad impact on the lives of ordinary citizens around them.

Fortunately, there are not many such second generations, and they are still within the affordable range.

Because all classes of citizens are mixed together, their descendants will attend the same schools and receive the same compulsory education from an early age. The more contact there is, most of them gradually integrate into each other, so that the difference is greatly weakened.

Liu Lu has been in contact with all kinds of second-generation people since he was a child, and in his feelings, although most of these people feel superior in their bones, most of them can still maintain a superficial humility and naturalness, and many of them will form deep friendships with the children of ordinary citizens.

But friends are like husband and wife, although everyone calls for equality with each other, one of them will still be in a clear position of strength, forcing the other to make more or less compromises or concessions.

Liu Lu doesn't really care about whether high-ranking citizens live around their homes, as long as they adjust their mentality, they don't need to care too much. ……

Although Liu Lu is not averse to the lively environment, he still likes to find a quiet environment to spend alone and clean. A quiet and independent space can make his mind clearer, better thinking and solving problems.

Finally, in the second semester of his freshman year, through continuous searching, Liu Lu finally found a hidden, relatively easy to get back and forth, and a path to the rooftop of the school. Thus began a period that lasted for more than two months, running alone to the rooftop and enjoying a moment of tranquility.

On this silent rooftop, looking at the sky, listening to music, or closing his eyes is a great pleasure for him.

One early morning in May of his sophomore year, after Liu Lu's morning movement, he slipped out to this rooftop alone again to listen to music and relax. And when he wanted to go back, he had just taken off his headphones, but he heard a pleasant voice behind the corner and at the entrance of the rooftop.

“…… No, how can I have! You have deceived me again, and I will ignore you in the future. I must tell my grandmother that you are bullying me. …… Hee-hee, you know how good I am. …… Okay, okay, I got it! …… En'...... Okay, bye-bye, uh-huh-, hee-hee-hee-hee......-hee- From the monologue of being alone, it should be talking on the phone. From the tone and content, it is easy to know that the relationship between the other person and the other person must be very close. In just a few words, it is full of joy and coquettishness.

"Oops! The scenery and air from the rooftop are so nice in the morning. If it weren't for the old man who was guarding the door today and forgot to lock the door, Miss Ben really didn't know that there was such a good place, hehehe...... Be sure to find a way to come more often in the future. Although the phone was broken, the beauty did not leave, but at the same time talking to herself, she enjoyed this moment of tranquility with Liu Lu's original intention.

Liu Lu wanted to take a step, but he had to retreat cautiously.

College students of their age are not allowed to fall in love by the school, and their parents will strictly restrain them. Even if I didn't hear much of the conversation, this is the privacy of the girl's family after all. If he can cover it up, he tries not to make a noise.

Liu Lu's position at this time was at a corner of the rooftop, in the blind spot of the line of sight, and it was not easy to be discovered by visitors. If you're not too lucky, it's perfectly fine as if nothing happened.

He didn't want to find out who this girl was, whether the other side of the phone was really his boyfriend, more things were better than less, and it was easy to come.

More than ten minutes later, Liu Lu heard the sound of the other party's footsteps gradually moving away, and he himself was lucky not to be discovered.

Carefully poke your head out to determine if the other person is really leaving. If the other party just turns a corner on the rooftop, and he goes out rashly and touches the square, it will be extremely embarrassing.

It wasn't too late for Liu Lu to poke his head out, and he just happened to see a graceful back that gradually disappeared from the stairs of the main entrance. Although his gaze made contact with this shadow for a very short time, the other party still gave him a strong sense of déjà vu.

"Hey! It seems that this quiet beauty will not be completely your own in the future. If you come too often, it's not good to bump into that girl. Liu Lu muttered to himself, and quietly left from the side door staircase where he came.

Since then, he has deliberately sought out other quiet places so that he can occasionally go to be alone without interruption.

But there are so many students at the Eighth Compulsory Education University, nearly 50,000 people. Even though the campus is large enough, students are still everywhere, and as long as it is not a controlled area like the rooftop, which is closed all year round, there is absolutely no way to prevent students from entering and leaving freely.

After searching for many days, Liu Lu failed to find other ideals. In desperation, he had to return to the rooftop before. All you can do is to hide your original intention from the sight of the administrator, and the figure that is deliberately hidden is even more hidden.

He took a large, worn wooden plank of similar color to the wall of the roof, and moved it to the roof, leaning it against the exit of the corner, blocking the path to the inside of the corner. The surface of it is covered with a thick layer of dirt. However, he himself can move it with prepared gloves and other means of transport, and it will not hinder his movements. But for an unprepared girl, the dirty, heavy planks were enough to block and limit her range of movement.

After making some preparations, Liu Lu replied, occasionally sneaking up to the rooftop, but acting more carefully and secretly.

Every time he goes to the rooftop, he will cover his position with a broken wooden plank, and he does not wear headphones in both ears when listening to music, leaving one ear free so that he can keep an eye on the situation around him.

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