Chapter 22: Burden, Identity, Battle

"What else can I do, I have already chosen to fight, I can only take on tasks, do tasks, make myself stronger, and let my parents live a less hard life."

"But as you said, it's so dangerous out there."

"Once you set foot on this path, you can only go on." She looked at Zhao Feng. "Zhao Feng, you have to remember that although we are natural people, we are not inferior to new humans. We don't need their mercy, and we can live well ourselves. The outside world is so vast and beautiful, would you be willing to stay in this cage for the rest of your life? ”

"Hmm." Zhao Feng nodded, in the past few days since he came to the city, he has traveled to several institutions, and he has never seen a single new human being. "Sister, what are the new humans like? How I haven't seen it. ”

"They, O are the same as us. It's normal not to see them, because, they live in Rain City, and we live in Forest City. ”

"Rain City?"

"The upper half of Lincheng, Lincheng, is the part where you said it flew up. We call it the Rain City above, and the Forest City below. For us, they are the beings who stand tall above us. Zheng Feiyu sighed, this is the cruel reality.

"Oh." Zhao Feng replied, he really understood.

After that, Zheng Feiyu took Zhao Feng back to her original home, that is, the residence of her parents, which was located in the second section, the room was very small, only less than three hundred square meters, and the height was only more than five meters, full of all kinds of tools, machinery, and various parts of the mecha disassembled, which looked very messy. Although he didn't see anyone, Zhao Feng probably guessed Zheng's father's work. Mother Zheng is even more clear at a glance, wearing exoskeleton equipment, she is skillfully disassembling a hair thing. Apparently repairs are also being made.

After saying hello, Zhao Feng quickly integrated into their ordinary natural person family. Zhao Feng was very good at pleasing adults, and although their room was full of the unpleasant smell of engine oil, it didn't make them feel diaphragm.

As for food, I'm sorry, it's still an energy mixture. The price of traditional food on the planet is not affordable for most people, even the energy mixture is expensive in the eyes of many people, but there is no way, because the energy mixture is completely monopolized by the new humans.

Zheng's father and Zheng's mother are very busy with work, and they rarely take a break. Years of hard work have made them a little old compared to this era. After that, Zheng Feiyu helped them do some repairs and other things, and then took Zhao Feng back to her empty new home.

Entering the human society, Zhao Feng is full of curiosity about everything, it seems that this world is so convenient, there are drones in and out, and there is no need to go to the designated location to go to work in the office, almost everything can be done at home. Virtual images can be used for one-on-one guidance, learning, and work across distances across the earth.

Life is so convenient, and although people communicate with each other only across the screen, the hostility between them is increasing day by day, because people are not only facing real threats, but the screen at hand has become an insurmountable chasm. This is Zhao Feng's perception after coming to this world.

A real threat is, to put it bluntly, an existential threat. The entire Lin City is full of competition, and everyone is desperately trying to intercept the resources that guarantee their survival. But resources are limited, and if you don't make an effort, you can be replaced at any time.

If it is not strong, it will be eliminated at any time. Zheng Feiyu's parents, the workload of the two will not be less than 18 hours a day, but life can only be difficult to maintain. Their homes are also quite rudimentary, with nothing but the essentials.

Zhao Feng had seen disgust and burdensome eyes from Zheng's father and Zheng's mother's eyes, perhaps, they regarded themselves as a burden, which is enough to show the hardships of life, anyway, I don't know how Zheng Feiyu persuaded them, his cheap sister is really stupid and cute!

And Zheng Feiyu, it is said that she completed the task and obtained 100,000 energy points. It is said that this is already a huge amount of money, and to make a value ratio, energy mixture, her food consumption is now fifteen grams, that is, fifteen energy points. 100,000 energy points are enough for her and herself to sustain for a long time.

But the reality is that she must make good use of these 100,000 ability points to learn a certain combat skill of the mecha. Increase your own strength at the same time to better complete the task. Don't look at 100,000 energy points are a lot, this is an additional legal reward for the first mission. Even if it is a third-order task completed in the future, the danger coefficient will be doubled, and the reward will only be more than 10,000, and it will not even be enough to repair the mecha!

The so-called mecha combat skills are combat skills developed by some masters with rich driving experience, which are very practical, and if you master a certain combat skill, you will have a higher success rate in team missions with others. Because some missions require some skill support, but not everyone has the money and energy to master them, teaming up is a great option. Now, Zheng Feiyu is having a headache about what type of combat skills she should choose.

Combat skills cost a lot of money, and the cost of training ranges from thousands to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, and so on. In addition to the cost of combat skills, the maintenance and modification of mechs also require a lot of money. 100,000 energy points, seriously, can't even buy a decent weapon.

The standard mecha is a relatively versatile mecha with a certain potential for modification, and the comprehensive performance is not bad for newcomers. For example, you can add a tactical shield, which can greatly increase the defense of the mecha. Or add a jetpack to allow it to move around a variety of complex terrains without any restrictions, etc. If Zheng Feiyu wants to receive a good mission and successfully form a team, she must make specific types of modifications to her mech. At the moment, she can only make basic modifications.

Once she chooses the wrong direction, such as the effect of the modified components can't be played, or the release of the combat skill in the battle is wrong, it basically declares that Zheng Feiyu has entered the blacklist of newcomers. There are 20 million natural people in Lincheng, and more than 10 million of them choose to go into the wilderness to practice.

This means that a large number of people are involved in a wide variety of tasks at any given time. The competition for related tasks is fierce. If a rookie makes a mistake in the early stages, it will put up a very high obstacle on the road behind him. If a newcomer fails two consecutive missions in the early stages, then sorry, if he can't change careers, he can only starve to death. Or join a squad that gives up on itself, with a high probability of being wiped out......

There are too many newcomers who want that few spots and want to be the winners of the competition, and it is not uncommon for a task to face hundreds of people competing at the same time. This is the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest.

Zheng Feiyu chose the path of fighting, and she also faced such an environment. Due to the low difficulty of her task of laying out beacons, this hardly gives her any extra points. But she was unexpectedly promoted to the third order, which was good news, because the vast majority of newcomers only had the strength of the second order.

Now, Zheng Feiyu is looking at the tasks released by the city. Zhao Feng also guessed her thoughts through her observation in the past few days, she wanted to choose the right mecha modification plan according to the type of mission, as well as the right combat skills, there was nothing wrong with it. Therefore, Zhao Feng also referred to it on the side. "Sister, you've been watching it for so long, what kind of mission do you want to participate in?"

"I'm hesitating, too! Combat missions are the most, but they are also the most difficult, dangerous and rewarding. I wanted to join in, but I ...... myself."

"Don't you have faith, sister?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence." Zheng Feiyu was a little embarrassed. "Actually, I'm a little scared."

Zhao Feng remembered that that time she encountered a digging rat, and when the digging rat attacked her, she would be stunned for a moment, and she would subconsciously retreat. Guts are somewhat insufficient. But this is not a big problem and can be overcome gradually. This also made Zhao Feng a little crying and laughing, since you are afraid, why did you choose to become a combat officer? Warriors are the collective name for all combat-oriented personnel, including Divine Thinkers, Refiners, Abnormal Ones, Enhancers, Transformers, and so on.

Of course, there are many types of missions, such as combat-based combat missions, collection tasks, frame search tasks of the frame search system, and a wide variety of tasks such as specific auxiliary classes, escort classes, bounty classes, competitive classes, and mercenary classes. Depending on the difficulty of the mission, people can choose to form small teams or groups. In Aster Star, teams of more than 10,000 people often appear. As for the trade unions, mercenary groups, etc., there are also countless ones, and their strength is big and small, in short, the fighters of Ziyuan Star are quite chaotic, and Lin Cheng is only a small part of them.

Zhao Feng didn't speak, let her make her own decisions, just kidding, even if he made a suggestion, Zheng Feiyu wouldn't listen. Her own subjectivity is also very strong, otherwise she wouldn't have gone out on a mission by herself. However, it was necessary for him to give her a small hint. "Sister, where's your friend?"

Zheng Feiyu pursed her small lips, obviously Zhao Feng asked her sore spot, she didn't have many friends, there were so few, but none of them had the courage to stand on their own, they became ordinary workers. Engage in a variety of professional jobs that are looked down upon.

"What are they doing?" Zhao Feng obviously wants to get to the bottom of it.

"What else can I do in Lincheng? It's nothing more than repairing, processing, and other work, and there are also people who sell things. ”

"Sell something? What to sell. ”

"Don't ask so much, little ones." Zheng Feiyu didn't want to say more. Every industry is full of fierce competition, and non-fighters generally stay in the 1 to 5 sections, at the bottom of the city. Some people are depraved, some people are diligent, everyone has everything, and anything can happen.

Fraud, gambling, drugs, and underworld forces have never been uncommon, all kinds of crimes have occurred repeatedly, and many children in the lower layers have also been turned into tools or accomplices of thugs, which is also why Zheng Feiyu spent a lot of money to get an ID card for Zhao Feng.

Her parents even had to pay a large amount of protection money every month to a certain group in order to be stable, and these groups were actually controlled by the warfighters. In fact, this also caused her family to barely survive, and many years ago, even her sister starved to death. Therefore, she has always wanted to become a war officer, if she doesn't, she will be oppressed forever, and she may also fall into the fate of those children in the orphanage.

"Sister, how much money do you have?"