The Colosseum is a fair PvP venue that allows players to battle in three ways: ring, team, and individual matches. The so-called balance system is to enhance the attributes and damage of low-level players, so that the two sides of the battle can achieve complete consistency in attributes and damage, where equipment and level cannot bring any advantages.

Speaking of which, we have to talk about the profession of "referee".

Since there is no PK of any kind in the AO, players can kill each other at any time. However, the storage of custom skills allows players to achieve a similar effect to PK in a clever way.

The so-called "referee" is actually a class derived from mages, they only need one skill, that is, a waste skill that requires ten seconds to condense elements and ten seconds to guide spells, and after being released on the player, when the player's health drops below 10%, it will immediately restore part of the player's health, or create a shield.

With this skill, it is equivalent to having a life amulet, and it is also a standard for judging victory or defeat, once the effect of this skill is triggered, it will become a loser.

Of course, this skill is not completely safe, after all, it is not invincible after triggering, and it can still be killed, so places like the Colosseum are still a game place with a high mortality rate for players.

However, aside from the winner's prize, the biggest gimmick of the gladiatorial arena is gambling. Xia Chiyu and the four of them are still quite confident in their own strength, and they will definitely make a lot of money by betting on themselves when they are not famous at the beginning.

There was no problem with money and resources, and the guild decided to start building the city.

Xia Chiyu, Gu Qinyan, Liu Yiyu, Cheng Ming, and Wu Tianlun came to the current Forest of Ancient Trees, intending to set the basic pattern of the city first. Next to the forest, there is a vacant lot that can be used to build a city.

After starting to build a city, the system will give a part of the basic resources, allowing the player to lay a foundation, which is only enough to build some of the most basic facilities, but the role of each facility is different, and the resources are not enough to supervise the construction of all these facilities at the beginning.

"This place was built by the three of you, the city lord will let you be in charge, and the construction of the city will be handed over to you, anyway, I don't know much about this matter." Cheng Ming patted Xia Chiyu on the shoulder and smiled.

Hearing this, Wu Tianlun immediately asked nervously beside him: "Hey, Ah Ming, this is not very good, right?" You are the president of the guild, the city lord let outsiders be, will the other members be dissatisfied with this? And it's also a loss of dignity for the president. ”

"It's okay, the city lord will give it to the president." Xia Chiyu doesn't care, the city lord is just a name, there is no actual benefit, the city's profit dividends are calculated according to the proportion of contributions to the city during the construction of the city, including money and materials.

"However, the early stage is really important, so choose carefully. But I don't have any experience in building a city, so it's better to look at the building description first......" Xia Chiyu held his chin and opened the option of building a city.

At this time, Gu Qinyan said surprisingly: "In short, let's choose to start building a city first." ”

"Oh? Xiao Gu, do you have experience in this area? Xia Chiyu said with a little surprise, click on the city building interface, a 3D mini floor plan appeared on the screen, there is only one "start building the city" option, Xia Chiyu clicked OK on this option, and the ground in front of them began to shake, and dust was everywhere.

The simple cement walls on all sides rose from front of them, forming a circle, and the dense dust quickly enveloped them, and they could not see the specific situation inside, and when the dust completely dissipated, a small fortress appeared in front of them, about the size of a village, and there was only one building similar to a church in it, with an area of about two hundred square meters.

At this time, the city building page in front of Xia Chiyu changed, turning into a mini 2D map with some large, medium and small circles on it, indicating the number of buildings that could be built. At present, it is still a first-class fortress, the area is limited, and only three types of large, medium and small buildings can be built, with 1000 points of city building resources in the lower left corner, and one on the left is a building option.

"What's next?" Xia Chiyu turned to Gu Qinyan and asked, "Should I do that first?" ”

"It's up to you, what type of city are you going to build? Military, commercial, or tourism-oriented. Gu Qinyan crossed his arms and asked, Xia Chiyu and Wu Tianlun said in unison: "Let's do business." ”

"Huh? I want to make it a tourist. Liu Yiyu frowned and said, "Tourism is tourism-oriented, right?" ”

Xia Chiyu explained: "Our location here is not suitable for building a tourist class, because the monster level in the nearby area is relatively high, and it is not a natural beauty, so it needs to be slowly transformed by yourself, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the effect is not good." ”

Liu Yiyu looked like he didn't understand, and Xia Chiyu continued to explain: "However, on the contrary, if this place is used as a commercial area, it will be extremely suitable. This is because it is located in the central area of the high-level creeps. Isn't it much more convenient to get from the city to the nearby mission area? It can attract many guilds of the corresponding level to settle here, thus forming a high-level business chain. ”

Wu Tianlun suddenly said: "Oh-! Attract level 50 guilds from level 50 maps, and then attract shops that need materials of the corresponding level or sell level 50 equipment from level 50 guilds, so as to attract more players! ”

"Yes, that's it." Xia Chiyu nodded.

"That's true." Gu Qinyan said, and also clicked on the option to build a city: "Then, choose a post station and a recycling station for two large buildings." ”

The station is the waypoint, and some mounts will also be placed for the player to move around the city, which is necessary in the early stage, otherwise there will be no waypoint and you will have to rely on the guild teleportation once every four hours, which will slow down the player's ability to collect upgrades. As long as the recycle bin is stationed by players, a small amount of materials will be refreshed every day.

"Medium-sized building, I built yì manufacturing farm. While the Lumberyard seems to be the place that provides the most supplies, it requires the player to go around alone to harvest wood, whereas the farm grows automatically as long as the player is stationed, making it the best way to get resources when the city is not very popular. Gu Qinyan explained, it seems that he has changed careers.

"Another medium-sized can be chosen at will, small buildings, I recommend choosing at least one purification circle, there is this can reduce the pollution brought by farms, lumber yards and players to the city, this should be continuously added as the size of the city increases, otherwise the pollution is too high, and there will be debuffs of plague and disease in the city, so that players continue to reduce health and attributes." Gu Qinyan explained.

"Yo, that's a lot of fun." Xia Chiyu smiled with interest, "There is also a pollution degree." ”

"Yes, in addition, private houses must also be built, a council hall can bring a hundred people to the city, that is to say, the city can accommodate a hundred players to move internally and go offline, and the private house can increase the population by fifty. Beyond the population limit, players outside the city will not be able to enter the arena until the players in the city have left, unless it is a siege. Gu Qinyan continued.

"I said, how do you know this so well?" Xia Chiyu asked with a little surprise.

Gu Qinyan hugged his arms and said lukewarmly: "Nonsense, I built it before." ”

"You can choose anything else?" Liu Yiyu asked curiously, checked the building information on the city construction page, and was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "The appearance of the building can also be selected!" First of all, we need to change the council hall to the shape of a treehouse, and now the council hall is like a church, and it doesn't feel like home at all......"

With Liu Yiyu's check, the council hall was suddenly surrounded by dust, and the sound of building a house sounded, and when the dust dispersed, the council hall in front of it became a treehouse like their guild.

"Well, that's a lot better." Liu Yiyu nodded happily, and then checked it on the city building page, "A farm, a recycling station, and a purification circle, right?" ”

"Now that there are more than a hundred guild members, let's build a private house." Cheng Ming also clicked on the side, and for a while, the city was full of dust, and several open spaces were suddenly surrounded by dust.

"It will take about half a day to build, and then I will build yì to upgrade the city wall." Gu Qinyan said, pointing to the dilapidated city wall outside the first-level fortress, which was only composed of cement and civil engineering, and looked a little old and gray.

"It's an ordinary city wall now, and in an area of more than fifty levels, you need to upgrade your defenses to stop the invasion of wild monsters. Otherwise, after the players in the city go offline, they may go back to the novice village the next day. Gu Qinyan shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Oh, okay." Wu Tianlun clicked on the building page, and the city wall near the city was suddenly surrounded by dust, and the sound of banging and banging sounded from the entire fortress, although there were no players, it was already a sign of prosperity.

"Now there are one hundred and fifty upgrade materials left, and there is nothing to build for the time being, of course, you can spend your own money to buy some urban renovation items, such as seeds for flowers and trees." Gu Qinyan finally said and looked at Xia Chiyu, "Okay, that's it for the construction of primary cities, let's come back after saving some upgrade materials." ”

Xia Chiyu knew that Gu Qinyan meant that they still had something to do, and that was to rise to level sixtie.

"But there's one last thing." Xia Chiyu looked at the fortress of Tumu Daxing and muttered, "Its name? ”

"Hmm...... The happy cottage of the demon king and the prince? Liu Yiyu asked with a smile.

"No way!" Everyone said in unison, and then Cheng Ming smiled bitterly: "You can choose a name for eating fish." ”

Xia Chiyu said a little distressed: "I'm not very good at thinking of names, so let's call them more popular." This city was built in the Forest of Ancient Trees, so let's call it the City of Ancient Trees. ”