Feeling the improvement of his strength, Lu Buping's mood was a little more relaxed. Immediately pointed to a line of words on the mercenary's panel and asked, "What does this third-class mean?" ”

"The master has completed the previous recruit mission, so he will naturally increase the mercenary level. The higher the level, the higher the ability, and the corresponding management tasks will become more and more difficult. After that, the base reward for the mission will be increased to 150 points.

However, generally speaking, recruits need to complete two missions to become a third-class mercenary, and some even three. It's still rare for a master to be upgraded with a single task. Starry Night explained.

"I can't be happy at all if I don't pay for improving the difficulty." Lu Buping looked at his 75 points, still a little indignant.

Although there are few points left, Lu Buping does not plan to use them directly to buy things.

After completing the recruit mission, there is at least a month to recuperate. During this time, you can rest and exercise in your own room, or you can teleport to the trading area, leisure area and other public areas to contact other mercenaries. The most important thing is that you can spend points to return to the world you have experienced before.

For example, Vault 118 is very rich in resources in this world, and Lu Buping can even use it as his base for supply and training. Of course, it costs points to return to the world. Recruits experience the world at 20 o'clock a day, 40 for privates, 80 for privates, and 160 for privates.

For veterans, starting from the mission world of privates, there are generally no important supplies that will not be returned, because the cost is too great. They tend to set up a fixed base in low-level mission worlds to obtain some necessary items, such as ordinary guns and ammunition. It only takes 20 o'clock a day, and the value of the items that can be brought back is much higher than the price of the purchase in the management.

Such strongholds are often referred to as personal territories.

Of course, you can't be too reckless in the territory, if it goes too far, it affects the world itself, then the parallel management will intervene. After all, the task of the management office is to maintain stability in the world, not the other way around.

At the same time, this mechanism also gave birth to mercenary missions, when a certain world finds an important item but cannot obtain it itself, it will find a stronger mercenary to help "farm" on its behalf.

Of course, the points are all issued by the person who issued the task, as for the subsequent resource allocation, whether there is something like killing people and grabbing treasures, it depends on their own abilities.

Lu Buping was carrying a "huge amount of money" of 75 points at the moment, so he naturally went to the public area of the management office first to see if he could listen to some information.

"Starry Night, help me teleport to the common area."

After Lu Buping gave the order, after waiting for less than ten seconds, Starry Night replied: "Okay, master, we are here." ”

"This is there?" Lu Buping was confused, for him, he was standing in the house and nothing happened.

Starry Night rolled her eyes, as if looking at a dirt bun: "Ah, open the door." ”

Lu Buping ignored her and walked to the front door of the room.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door was opened, more than a dozen people were surrounding outside. This scene really frightened Lu Buping, and the sleeve arrow almost came out.

These people all rushed over after seeing Lu Buping open the door, but they were blocked by the transparent barrier at the gate. They were also accustomed to it, and shouted at Lu Buping.

"Little brother, I have the Deception Powerful Pill here, after eating it, I can break through the limit of the human body and explode a mountain with one punch! 99 points will sell you. ”

"Our Hell Flame Knife, with it, you can walk sideways in the recruit mission, just 50 points."

"Get out of the way, my Heaven Replenishing Pill eats a white bone of life and death, this is the second life! It's not too much to charge you 150. ”

"Silver bell breastplate, one piece at 5 o'clock."

Lu Buping looked at the people in front of him who were working hard, and was a little dumbfounded. The two apocalyptic worlds he experienced were cruel and bloody, and he was suddenly overwhelmed by such a market-like scene.

After reacting for a while, Lu Buping opened his mouth and said, "My money has been used for treatment......

Before the words fell, the crowd just now dispersed.

"It's a poor ghost again, and he deserves to complete the task."

"It's a waste of time."

"Look, there's another new person over there."

As he spoke, everyone walked towards one place, and Lu Buping couldn't help but be curious and glanced in that direction.

I saw a huge pure white square appear out of thin air on the right side of him, and there was a door in front of the square that was exactly the same as his room.

Everyone swarmed to the door, and after the door opened, a young man looked at the new round of sales in front of him with a confused face.

After everyone was gone, Lu Buping had time to observe the surrounding situation.

The location of my location is a circular town, the city is extremely technological, and most of the buildings in the city are such large white squares. Occasionally, you will see some houses of different shapes, and I think they have spent points to decorate themselves. There are some pedestrians scattered on the streets, and the equipment on their bodies should be some low-level mercenaries.

When I looked up, there was no sun in the sky, and the whole city was enveloped in an unknown material. The hood emits a white light on its own, illuminating everything in the city. In this way, there is no day or night, but eternal day.

At this time, Lu Buping noticed that there was a string of numbers on his square, which was clearly marked: 9527.

"......" Lu Buping was quite speechless.

Suddenly, a flowing voice sounded in Lu Buping's ears: "Boy, it's new." ”

Lu Buping frowned, some people are very strange, just listening to the sound will make people disgusted.

Turning his head, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties stood there looking at Lu Buping.

He was dressed in a colorful casual suit and tossed back and forth with a sharp dagger in his hand. The most eye-catching thing is his colorful broom head, which rises to the sky, like a dyed feather duster.

"Boy, talk to you." The feather duster said pretentiously.

Lu Bu said that this shape is a little familiar, when he was in the factory, there were many gangsters with similar images around. However, this kind of person can also become a mercenary of the management center, which is a little strange, could it be that he has just passed the first mission like himself?

"Just say what you say, and let it go if you have a fart." Lu Buping didn't give him a good look.

"Boy, do you know who you're talking to?"

"Who, the Yellow Diamond Aristocrat?"

The feather duster was furious: "Listen, I'm a member of the Golden Pagoda Society. Our boss "Golden Tower" is a rare first-class mercenary in the entire parallel management. You kid pay your dues honestly, I guarantee your safety, if you don't know how to lift ....."

At this moment, the feather duster felt a chill on his neck, and the newcomer in front of him actually had a broken blade hidden in his sleeve, and the speed of the shot was so fast that he could only see the afterimage.

After putting the Hidden Blade on the opponent's neck, Lu Buping said coldly: "What if you don't know how to lift, just rely on you to guarantee my safety?" ”

"Boy, don't be arrogant, you have the ability to wait for me ......to call someone back," the feather duster shouted.

At this moment, two metal robots came out of nowhere, and said to Lu Buping in an emotionless synthesized voice: "No. 9527, please stop your hurtful behavior immediately, mercenaries are prohibited from fighting in public areas." If you do further harm to others, we will discipline you in accordance with the regulations of the parallel management center. ”

Lu Buping took back the Hidden Blade with a smile and said to the feather duster: "It turns out that private fights are not allowed here, so what protection fee do I have to pay." , don't bother me. ”

It was obviously the first time that a feather duster had done this kind of thing in a public area, and when he saw the robot appear, his face was somewhat dull.

But the so-called loser does not lose the battle, and the feather duster said loudly: "Count your kid lucky, don't be arrogant." I'm going to find my eldest brother, and there's a way to clean you up. ”

After putting down the cruel words, he left without looking back.

Lu Buping felt a little funny, this guy looked like an ordinary gangster, and he didn't know how he could survive the first mission.

As the feather duster leaves, the robot in charge of security is ready to retreat. Lu Buping grabbed one of them and asked for a copy of the map of the public area.

Open the Pip-Boy and there is a minimalist map on it.

The entire public area is a circular city that can expand automatically. All mercenaries have a house location according to their number, which is surrounded by a circle. The higher the number, the closer the position is to the center, and the farther the number is back. If someone dies during the mission, cancel the house location and the houses behind them will advance in turn.

In the very center of the city, there are four areas, the trading area, the recreation area, the mission area, and the ring area. In fact, most of the functions of this common area can be realized in your own room. For example, the entertainment facilities in the relaxation area, as long as you have enough points, you can even transform your own room into an exact one.

Therefore, the most important thing in the so-called public area is the word "public", that is, the social attribute. Most people come here mainly to make friends with other mercenaries, collect mission information, team up and fight, and so on.

Lu Buping followed the map all the way and finally came to the center of the city, compared to the sparsely populated streets just now, it can be said that it is crowded with people, and the sound of communication and selling comes and goes. At a glance, at least a thousand people gather here, except for the patrol robots and various equipment that can be seen from time to time, the entire public city center is no different from the ordinary commercial street on earth.

Mercenary missions are dangerous and brutal, and you will always face threats that lurk in the middle of nowhere. Many mercenaries become mentally fragile after one or two missions. This is commonly known as post-war psychological syndrome (PTSD). If it persists for too long, it can lead to mental disorders. Seriously affect the subsequent implementation of the task.

Therefore, for most mercenaries, a month off is a time to relax, and its importance is no different from that of carrying out tasks. In addition, if you don't take this opportunity to relax, it is likely that the next task person will be gone, and there will be no chance to relax again.