Chapter 41: Go to the square to claim your prize
Lan Yu suddenly remembered that there had been rumors about the system space in the real world, but he had originally listened to it as a joke.
The rumor vaguely mentioned that the system space is just a teleportation platform, and the system is probably the AI in charge of the teleportation platform. What ability exchange system, mandatory requirements, punishment mechanisms, and regulatory mechanisms do not exist!
The system will only teleport people to the unknown world, and then it will give a little help to the newbie - really only a little! Life or death is your own business.
Lan Yu pondered, leading the four of them out of the alley, and what came into view was a gloomy world. The city maintained its brightness at dusk, with its light source coming from the dim lamps along the low streets, and the lampshades were covered with dust.
There was darkness outside the city, endless darkness outside the darkness, nothing in the darkness.
The four of them learned that the city located in the system space was called "Dark Forest City", that is, "City of Dark Forest". It's built by people in the system space.
The city is triangular in shape and divided into three parts.
They are the commercial area directly above. The arena and plaza in the center. Residential area below.
The existence of the commercial area is well understood, and when you come to the system space, you are likely to stay here for a lifetime, which naturally derives corresponding needs. Everyone can trade equipment and information, have fun, make friends, and ......
The square separates the residential and commercial areas, and it was built by a mysterious team. The energy crystallizer is located in the square, so it brings a huge flow of people, so many people who can't afford to rent a shop will set up stalls in the square.
There are also many people who can't afford to pay the rent and will also lay on the ground outside the square, and even form a few small gangs.
The arena is also broadly part of the entertainment district, but it exists independently because it is located in the central square, and many people use life and death fights to learn about personal grievances, or choose to become gladiators in order to earn large sums of money.
The operators of the arena sometimes hold competitive competitions, and the winners are given great opportunities. Spectators can also bet. If you are lucky, you can get rich overnight, and if you are unlucky, you will go bankrupt.
All the rules are made by a mysterious person, or a mysterious team, whose energy level is around 6500, but they do not break the 6600 mark.
Their rules are fairly simple and can be summed up as: fine for wounding, pay for killing.
But what about the execution...... Just look at it all.
The system also doesn't provide protection, everyone needs a snack in Dark Forest City, otherwise they won't be able to see if they are pitted. It's very flavorful of the law of the forest.
For example, the residential area smells foul, and a few strong people control the house, and they offer extremely high prices, which are not affordable for newcomers.
Therefore, newcomers can only sleep on the streets, which can be described as quite uncomfortable and dangerous, and if you are not careful, your belongings will be stolen. Slightly affluent people rent houses, and it is not uncommon for sex to be exchanged for rent. There were also people who banded together to raise their own materials to build, but they were targeted in the simulation world, and the leader was directly wiped out.
Chen Yang and Shen Mengfei were surprised, they didn't expect that there was also scraping ground here.
Only a handful of people can jump out of it all, and they have a world of mental images, which is considered to be the highest level of the chain of contempt.
The world of the heart is the projection of the best memories and imaginations. It can be any environment in the universe, such as deserts, jungles, rainforests, beaches, cities, grasslands, and even space and alien planets.
The four of them heard rumors about the rule-makers, and they had the right to open up the world of mental images. Blue Feather guessed that it was likely that they also possessed the imprint of the "World Simulator".
And they have it too!
The crowd is now at the junction of the entertainment and trading districts, heading towards the central square.
The central square is nicknamed "Reincarnation Square". In contrast to the gloomy dampness of the rest of the city, the central square is unusual. Its parapets are carved from white marble, and the floor of the square is paved with light granite strips that have been treated with a special technique.
It is 400 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, with an area of 200,000 square meters and can accommodate 400,000 people to gather here. That's almost the sum of the number of people in the entire system space.
The flickering electric lights illuminate the entire square, which is quite ironic in the gloomy city.
On both sides of the square are carved with flowers and plants such as the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, the Xuanwu and other sacred beasts...... From the hands of a mysterious rule-maker. The floor of the square is paved with light-colored granite strips treated with special technology, and an energy crystallizer stands in the center.
There were many exchangers present, but there were not many people scattered in the vast square. They walked towards the crystallography in twos and threes. Discuss their takeaways from time to time:
"Hey, this money is really hard to earn, I only got more than 800 prisms at a time."
"Have you heard? The young master of the Zhao family led the team and got nearly 4,000 energy prisms in one go, and there were even chip ......"
"Young Master of the Zhao family, which Zhao family?"
"Who else could it be? Isn't it Zhao Yunfei, the Zhao family in the commercial and residential areas. ”
"I heard that he slaughtered Goblin Town, killed thousands of goblins, and when he came back, the harvest mark was red, so he got so many at once."
"Hey...... Comparisons are odious...... People have high IQs and are handsome, and their fathers are powerful...... It's a pity that I don't like men...... Otherwise, I'll ......."
"I'm going to pay rent again this month...... Eighty prisms! But my harvest mark is only a little color. ”
After a while, the four of them walked to the center of the square and saw the energy crystallizer. It's called an "ATM"!
It's a mysterious device the size of a refrigerator, and it looks like a sci-fi version of a combination of a retail machine and an ATM. The outer shell is silvery-white and is composed of a semi-liquid unknown metal similar to mercury.
A man pressed his hand against a piece of metal with a slight bluish tinge, and the next second his hand sank into it, and the blue floating panel showed "deposit". Then the machine rattled and spat out dozens of energy prisms......
The man put the energy prism in his small backpack and ran away.
Blue Feather selected a vacant machine and pressed his hand on the blue metal plate...... But he instantly withdrew his hand!
[27,723 energy prisms!] 32 source energy chips! 】
Lan Yu realized a rather serious problem: the system put the energy crystallizer in the center of the square, isn't it the same as putting the ATM machine on the street?
Good guys, I have a huge sum of money, but I can't withdraw it!
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Lan Bing and the couple also went to check their deposits.
[Energy prism 21922 pieces!] 24 source energy chips! 】
[4733 energy prisms!] 8 source energy chips! 】
[4678 energy prisms!] 8 source energy chips! 】
"This ...... Is the system sick? Lan Bing stroked his bangs and was completely speechless.
"Deliberately! Definitely on purpose! ”
What can I do? With so many prisms, is it possible to walk in a sack?
That's a guarantee that something will happen! On the outskirts of the square lay a bunch of idle guys.