After brushing the bowl, Phaethon picked up the mail-order catalogue he had seen yesterday.

"Anyway, this thing is a treasure." There was no such habit on the Roman side. The reason is the same as before, because the several metropolitan areas of Rome are so far apart that it takes several months for the mail to arrive.

The situation in Rome is more akin to that of a super-giant Lanfang. If the Mediterranean Sea is regarded as the South Sea, then several large cities such as Constantinople, Alexandria, and Rome are huge versions of Pontianak and Sin Chew. Maritime transport between cities allows for unimpeded industrial collaboration, but it is not time-sensitive for personal consumption.

So the Romans preferred the exchange of information to the material exchange. For example, the "mail game" that Phaethon also played, and there were many magazines of this type in Rome.

"Ah, I found it." Phaethon also found the same game in this mail-order catalog, which was chess. All types of chess are available, and in addition to traditional chess and Go, you can also play more complex games such as "Heroes' Parade". This is also available in this catalog.

It's also very simple to play, that is, players mail their "actions" to the publisher and then publish them. Generally, it is printed in the form of magazines, but it can be published once a day, and the sales are good. In addition to the players who participated in the game, the magazine occasionally played a very classic game, which can attract people to buy melons.

Compared with offline face-to-face games, postal games can provide more professional services, such as illustrations of battle scenes, such as providing more professional and in-depth scripts, and so on. With the assistance of professional hosts, players can also create more interesting stories.

If Shang Luo was here, he would also feel familiar. Because this is no different from a forum running group, use posts to act, and run one round a day.

Although the price of participating in the game is relatively expensive, especially playing "Heroes' Parade", it is quite a fun experience to be able to complete a game with friends from all over the world through a telegraph line.

And there are quite a few games that are hard to play on the table – such as synchronized backgammon. The two sides move at the same time, and the game also needs to consider the opponent's landing point, and the offensive and defensive sides to seize the falling piece. It's very exciting, and because the process is shorter, the total cost is lower.

"Sure enough, it's expensive here. It takes 20 wen to take one step. Huh? What is synchronous Go? Two people play Go at the same time? Won't the brain burn out? For example, the fifth disc of the fourth disc in the five-in-a-row chess is an "attack", and the defender has the advantage of giving priority to the move.

"But Go is much more complicated than backgammon, and it's really great to play."

Compared with brain-burning chess games and the like, she still prefers the simple and direct happiness of "Heroes' Parade". She flipped back to the page, which was a special page for the Heroes Tour, which introduced the price of the group.

"It's a lot cheaper, probably because the distance is shorter, and the communication lines here are denser. Eh??? Her eyes lit up, "So you can still switch gears?" ”

What's interesting about Heroes' Parade is that because the rules are universal, and every step in the mail game is publicly confirmed, the character stats can be trusted. Just like a puzzle, even if you take the middle piece, its shape can be confirmed with the help of the edges of the surrounding blocks. In this way, "credible" character data can be carried over to other battles after the end of one game. Equipment, skills, and experience points can all be kept for the next time.

Some in-depth plots are prepared for such high-level characters, and there are also popular battles that are regularly opened for special "treasure hunting", such as the "Jack and London" expansion pack where you can get space storage items. Naturally, Phaethon also has it, and she has fought them all.

But she also just learned that data could also be shared from Rome to Aurora, as long as it needed to be converted. The method is very simple, just send a letter to the publisher of the "Hero's Parade" in Athens, the "Council of the Ares Mountain", the publisher of the "Areopagus Company" for short. Pay the handling fee, you can transfer the archive to Yujing, and the handling fee is as long as .

"Ah, what should I do, the group addiction is up, I really want to turn my character around and play, level 12 Titan Warrior!"

She couldn't help it, and her fingers covered the handling fee column. But it looks like it's only three digits. As long as you spend three digits, you can transfer the save and continue playing.

"No, no, no! Calm down, Miss Phaethon," she patted her face, "you sober me up, I can't spend a penny unless necessary!" Calm down! Calm down! ”

In the end, she couldn't help but look at the price. The weight of reality forced Phaethon to stop at the border of desire.

Flipping back to the catalog page, she found a column with information about her part-time job.

Part-time job information is piled up like instant noodles on the shelf, but the information format is relatively similar, and she first confirmed the most critical part of the salary:

"It turns out that the hourly wage is about the same. It's a highly industrialized paradise. It's already saturated. ”

She flipped through a few pages and turned back. It was confirmed that the hourly wage of all part-time jobs is similar, ranging from 50 to 60 yuan per hour, and rarely exceeds 70.

Most jobs don't have any requirements other than "over 16" – because most people are good at the baseline level of "Aurora citizens." For example, the staff of Jingong store, which provides standard services, do not need any conditions, and can go to work if they are over 16 years old.

However, if you have the corresponding professionalism and some experience in helping the kitchen, you can apply for a job in the back kitchen, with an average hourly salary of about 60. If you apply for a job like a drugstore that has strict image restrictions, the hourly salary can exceed 70.

Closing the booklet, she thought for a while: "According to 50, I work 16 hours a day, 800 a day, and 24,000 a month, which can meet the requirements, and there is still a surplus, so I will also send a set of creams to Shangluo when the time comes." But the drugstore."

She rubbed her temples: "I'm stupid. Or go straight to the Golden Arches. ”

I took a look at the requirements - the interview at the Golden Arches requires black pants and black shoes, so that you can go straight to work with your uniform.

"Then I'll have to wear this one."

Dressed in his previous uniform, Phaethon walked out the door.

Now at 8 o'clock in the morning, I went to the nearest Golden Arches to apply for an internship and was able to finish the morning shift just in time. But it is impossible for a store to schedule her 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, or 30 days a month. She calculated that she had to find at least 5 Golden Arches to work at the same time to fill her schedule.

(End of chapter)