Chapter 376: New World
Drow City, the residence of Gemma.
"You arranged it for Limbug?"
"Yes."
"Then come in first, Master Jima has something to do today, I'll take you to familiarize yourself with the overall environment first."
This sister looks pretty good.
Qiu Xuan walked into the mansion with a meticulously dressed woman, who claimed to be Kaya, who was in charge of arranging and managing the newcomers like the head of the house.
"We provide you with accommodation for free, and you can stay here in the future." Instead of leading her down the main direction to the location of the house, Kaya made a few detours to a separate house. "You live with a few circus people, and if Lord Gemma needs it, he will summon you, and then you will have to do your own thing."
Circus......
No wonder Qiu Xuan asked the man she saved from the black-robed man what he needed to do with Jima, but the man had a bad face and refused to answer positively.
Also, any executioner with a little bit of dignity probably can't accept playing a clown to entertain an aborigine.
At that time, when Qiu Hyun asked "what is the main line of this trial", the man kept interrupting and changing the topic to try to make her forget about working for Jimma, and the words stopped for a few seconds. He turned around and let out a sudden sigh of great heaviness.
"Nobody knows."
ββ¦β¦ What the? β
"So far, none of the executioners in this trial ground have discovered what the main line really is." "I've been in this world for more than half a year, and I've been going back and forth between Drow City and Othello all this time, but I still haven't triggered the understanding of what the conditions are for breaking out of this trial. β
"It's not just me, there are a few 'old men' in this trial, and there are even executioners who have been in the trial for almost three years, and all of them have found nothing."
"No one knows?" Qiu Xuan smacked her tongue, "Doesn't that mean that since the first batch of executioners teleported to this plane, from then on, there has been no portal to go back." β
"That's right." The man let out another long sigh, "None of the people who came in have ever managed to get out, but the desperate situation is still sending the executioners here, and we don't know what we want to do...... It's also possible that we've been 'abandoned', who knows. β
Qiu Xuan fell silent. To be honest, when she first heard the man say that no one knew what the main line was, she actually had a familiar experience.
Even when she had just stepped into the Plague Proving Ground, there was no clear main line to do at that time, so she could only follow Shuying and them to the Academy of Sciences, which symbolized the key point of that plane. Then this can actually be regarded as a "main line".
- Discover the infected person, formulate a solution, identify the source of the infection, and overthrow the war maniacs of the Academy of Sciences who developed the virus.
As long as you follow the most critical position represented by each event, there is basically nothing wrong with it.
The problem is that for the plague world, "Nobel" is a key point at the center of events in the vast world map. But for the current world, there doesn't seem to be any "key place".
Although the world is as vast as it can see, it is essentially divided into several areasβthe city of Drow, Auxer, and the many beams that connect the two places.
They didn't even have a general direction about what to do, as if the only "main line" was to survive the famine and not starve to death.
Do you live longer than anyone else? Alas.
She came back to her senses and looked up at Kaya, who was still checking some precautions with her.
"May I ask a question?"
"Fights and assaults between peers are prohibited, including...... Oh? What a problem, you say. β
"Am I going to be here all the time, and if I'm okay, do I have free time?"
"You don't need to stay here all the time, but you guys aren't allowed to come and go as far as you want, except as summoned by Master Gemma." Kaya crossed her hands in front of her chest in an absolutely forbidden motion. "You can go wherever you want the rest of the time, but be on call, and don't let Master Jima wait. In addition, it is absolutely forbidden to steal food from the house in any way, otherwise you will be summarily executed. β
Qiu Xuan responded, and listened to her talk about the messy "absolute prohibition" for a while, seeing that the other party had signs of stopping, and suddenly asked casually. "Do you know why the famine happened?"
Kaya paused.
"There must be a reason for a large-scale disaster, right? Man-made disaster? Crop loss and stuff. β
Kaya looked up at her and said almost word for word, "It's because of 'salvation'." β
ββ¦β¦ Ha? β
Before asking this sentence, judging from some details he saw when he came to this plane, Qiu Xuan himself had a premonition in his heart about what religious elements might be involved because of the background of the world. For example, this is a similar religion such as "Heavenly Punishment", a punishment sent down by the upper aboriginal gods to punish the ugly people of the world.
I just didn't expect her to say such a word.
"Save whom?" Qiu Xuan said, "Save you, or save this world?" β
"Save some people, kill some people, sift through some people." Kaya's tone was very solemn and serious, even more serious than the previous solemnity that told her "absolutely forbidden". "The gods are about to be born out of the old heaven and earth, and from the old world to save all beings into the new world in the future, and we are the ones who are saved."
"Those who are not qualified to survive in the new world that is about to be born, and who have died in the disaster in advance, are the people who have been screened. And those ...... The bed bugs that live in Oser are the ones who are killed. β
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"The new world will come soon." Kaya didn't seem to care about the silence of the other party, and after saying this, she threw something at her and turned to leave. "Anyway, that's not something you should be thinking about. If you're lucky today, Lady Jimma isn't at home, and you all have a day off. β
"Remember to put away the things you are given, keep an eye on them at all times, if the red light comes on, it means that Master Jima is back, and you must come back at any time. If you're late or for some other reason, just leave. β
Qiu Xuan flipped her wrist and glanced at the thing, it was a very ordinary disc the size of a palm, slightly concave in the middle to make the shape of a light holder.
Today is her first day in Drow City, so there is still a day left for her to be forced into Osier.
Before that, get your ticket to the Gluttony Contest in advance, or, prepare twenty cups of blood in advance.
In fact, neither is simple.
The man had already told her some time ago and tried it himself, and the concept of "blood" may also be automatically counted into the category of "food and water" by the rules, so as soon as it is put into the space, it will be immediately warned that it cannot be stored in the space in advance.
From this, if you want to take the path of exchanging twenty cups of blood for wine, and you can't draw your own blood at once, you can only contact the black market in advance. Twenty cups of blood were bought and carried on the day before they were sent to Auxer, and then the next step was not to be looted, so they reached the nearest beam as soon as possible and used them to buy wine to re-enter Drow City.
Before leaving, the executioner's fellow executioner had left her the address of a black market merchant, the one he had been accustomed to cooperating, and the price he had given was relatively fair in the same black market.
Anyway, Jimma won't be back today, so take advantage of the time to contact the blood matter first, and be prepared.
"In fact...... In fact, there is simply no need to spend so much time buying blood from the black market. β
At that time, the man's companion hesitated for a while, but still asked her. "Why don't you ask me, it's easier to draw blood directly by killing the other people staying in Osier, why do you spend extra time buying blood on the black market?"
"It depends." Qiu Xuan accepted the address in his hand, and still replied the same way. "It's not a situation where there is no way out, and there is no need to kill people for no reason. Besides, Oselle's place...... I've also seen the situation in that place a few times, and if it's a place where ordinary people can survive by killing people, it's impossible that there are so many veteran executioners who are still planted in it and can't get out. β
"Let's do all the preparations that can be done now, it doesn't matter if it's troublesome, after all, it's to prepare for survival."
The man glanced at her a few times, and it seemed that he was a little surprised. "I didn't expect you to see it quite thoroughly, it's true, Osser's place is not something that can survive simply by killing people...... I thought you were a war madman, but I didn't expect you to be quite sensible. β
Qiu Xuan snorted, "You won't be happy if you say this." β
"Who's that?"
"Well, nothing."
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There is no such thing as an "underground black market" in Zall City, the so-called black market, that is, the unsightly stall owners hidden in the corners of the large and small stalls in the Zall Market. It's just that these people can only trade with you through special doorways between the "black market".
"Go in at the east entrance, turn left and go through the second fork...... Left. β
Qiu Xuan frowned, if she remembered correctly, this somewhat familiar location was almost very close to the place that the young merchant named Barrens had told her before.
It's the difference between turning left and turning right.
So there's still a good chance of running into it head-on.
This is quite embarrassing, after all, Qiu Xuan originally planned to go to Barrens to buy wheat after paying his salary, but now if he accidentally bumps into him, he is trading with other merchants...... Actually, it's nothing, after all, he doesn't sell blood there, and if you want to buy this kind of thing, you have to go to the black market merchants.
Thinking of this, she began to straighten up, but when she actually reached the second fork in the left turn of the east entrance, she finally sighed and put on her fluorescent green wig and tactical goggles again.
People who have only met once should not be recognized, even if they do...... That can only be done at that time.
Qiu Xuan continued to raise her foot and turn in the direction of the left turn, and heard a familiar voice sound in the next second. "Guest! You're here again so soon! Buy wine, buy wine......"
Qiu Xuan: "? β
Qiu Xuan: "I'm not ......"
Barrons: "Oh yes, I remember you said you just had a drink at the Gluttony, right, hehe, look at my memory!" So why don't you have some wheat bread, it's freshly baked, it's delicious! β
Qiu Xuan: "......"
Hell, she was now wearing a wig eyepiece with her back to Barrens, and he was still recognizable as someone he had only met briefly.
The other party had already identified it so clearly, Qiu Xuan grinded her teeth, and had to turn around: "I still don't have any money, I'm just hanging out here...... How did you recognize me? β
"Huh, is it hard to recognize? Isn't it still obvious to be alone? The black, skinny young man crooked his neck, "Oh, I just found out!" Guest, are you going to do your hair, this hairstyle is very suitable for you, and so are the glasses! β
He had just seen it now.
Qiu Xuan was speechless for a few moments, and then wanted to end the conversation according to his previous words. "You're busy, I'll just go shopping, and when I get the money, I'll come to you to buy food, and I'll go first."
"Eh, guest!" Barrens called out to her, "You've just come to the bazaar, it's easy to be targeted if you wander around like this, you know, those black-hearted merchants can do anything." That's it, I don't have any guests now, just say where you want to go, I'll go with you! β
Qiu Xuan: Get out!
Xiaolu: Don't copy my lines, I'm a little innovative, but to be honest, this gummy candy is really too sticky...... In this case, I will help you get rid of him.
Qiu Xuan: You sober up, kill him, where will we go to buy food with a penny.
Xiaolu: Then you continue to entangle with him, I'll watch TV.
"I really don't need to." Under Qiu Xuan's huge tactical eyepiece, Pi Smiling squeezed out a smile without smiling. "Speaking of which, it's almost time, and I'm going back to my place of work."
Barrons: "Oh? You've got a job! What is it, which agency are you looking for, is the work hard, will you be too tired, how much do you pay a day, is it enough to buy food, now the salary has been paid, or not, why do you still have rest time, you can rest during designated working hours, so do other employees have rest time? β
Qiu Xuan: WDNMD
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