Chapter 143: After all, there is no escape
The church station, which Wang Shui did not yet understand, was also part of the [Wasteland Area].
Although we must be vigilant about things related to faith, this is also a semi-public area, and it is not always a "cult" or something like [Church of Alien Gods], so Wang Shui is not too cautious.
Going a little deeper, this place is as deserted as Wang Shui imagined, because the vast majority of people who enter here are just passing by, and everyone's destination is deeper.
And this section of the street is quite private, and the layout is not as crowded as the general commercial street-
There are no small shops next to each other, and there are only two or three of them that are open, and there are obvious traces of life in the vicinity of these buildings.
Wang Shui walked slowly, and then his attention couldn't help but drift to the small independent three-story building not far away, which was a low-key church.
On its main entrance, the simple gray cloud-like holy seal made Wang Shui suddenly feel a little relieved.
It turned out to be the God of Mist.
Wang Shui was quite familiar with this deity, because he, like Wang Shui's boss [Dream System], came from another universe, from the planet shrouded in gray mist.
The God of the Mist is not only a very lowly corrosive god, but also a pure "mechanical will god" who does not have the mental activity of intelligent beings, nor does he have constantly changing likes and dislikes.
He is self-disciplined and powerful, and does not affect individuals outside of the believer, nor is he shaken by the believer's distractions.
This basic quality of safety and reliability has made him the mainstream belief of the [Gray Mist World].
The God of the Mist has no secularized name, and believers are accustomed to using words like Mist and Mist to point prayers and rituals to Him.
This powerful god also has a lot of [divine power] in his hands, and the four core items have very distinctive characteristics.
They are-
[Dynamic Stability], [Inexhaustible Power], [Holy Gray], and [Invisible Dawn].
Each of these four represents a broad category of divine power, and his followers can choose any number of the above power trees as their main path to carry the blessings of the gods.
As long as their beliefs and actions are close enough to the rules and authority of the Grey Mist, those believers can even gain the power of the true "Divine" -
This is the generosity of a powerful god.
In a very short period of time, Wang Shui has already run through a lot of knowledge and secrets in his mind.
He confirmed that this was a branch of the [Misty Church], and then he retracted his gaze with amusement and continued on his own path.
In fact, for most transcendental beings, having faith is a good thing.
A faith that is approved by the righteous gods and recognized by the relevant church can bring a powerful complement (part-time faith department).
If you are utilitarian, it is also a very effective means to become stronger by obtaining specific faith power for your own shortcomings.
But aqua regia is different.
Knowledge and insight prevented him from having too emotional beliefs.
Souls who have been in sync with the world and have the trait of "arrogance and purity" are not allowed to dedicate themselves to the gods in exchange for power (which cannot be gained through power infusion).
What's more, Aqua regia's abilities are comprehensive enough.
His transcendent path is not simply built for the sake of fighting, but for now, the general scene can't help him.
The time at night was limited, and Wang Shui didn't want to waste his daytime shopping, so he quickened his pace and walked through this small street of the [Misty Church].
Walking out of an alley that was so narrow that only one person could pass through, Wang Shui's eyes suddenly opened up.
Don't get me wrong, the streets are still narrow and the shops are crowded, but overall, the view is a lot wider.
Because the buildings here are basically slanted.
Yes, the dense buildings on both sides of the narrow streets, no matter how tall or short, all show a strange form of "leaning back", and they make the whole street look like a huge inverted trapezoidal gutter.
The pedestrian street below is an inverted trapezoidal narrow bottom, only two or three meters wide.
About five meters above the pedestrian street, there is a crystal scaffolding covering the entire street, and on the transparent roof, a large number of unmanned floating vehicles are driving at high speed, and the two-way lane does not stop for a moment.
Except for a small number of public passenger vehicles, the most on the crystal scaffolding is a kind of floating slab, which is very familiar to Wang Shui, which is a "big board".
On the war planet, in those areas with relatively complete infrastructure, many shops also like to use this kind of smart flying board to transport goods, and Wang Shui has seen a lot of this kind of thing, but it is really cheap and easy to use.
A large number of goods are speeding over a large number of tourists, and there are quite a lot of people who come here to play, so much so that Wang Shui feels like he has returned to the ruined city of [Rena].
However, this is not a pure black market - or rather, even Wang Shui has never seen a "pure" black market, and in a general black market, there are far more legal goods than contraband.
It's just that the way to buy goods may not be so open.
As Wang Shui began to move around and began to observe, he soon developed a good impression of this super-large commercial street with complete goods.
In addition to the large number of shops, the number of clubs, bars, restaurants, fun shops and other shops also explained to Wang Shui why so many students gather to have fun here.
At this time, the pedestrian street was full of people, and Wang Shui noticed that the actions of these students seemed to have a strong purpose-
Aside from simple shopping, most of them are heading directly to some fixed event stores.
Probably participating in club activities, right?
Wang Shui inexplicably had such an answer in his mind.
While observing, Wang Shui's expression also became natural and confident, and he opened the list of numbers that his sisters had written for him and began to purchase.
From the most basic natural or synthetic materials to simply processed goods, the goods here are indeed a little too cheap and plentiful.
The shopping process is indeed dazzling, but the final harvest does make Wang Shui quite satisfied, especially the blank open source card made by an unknown small research institute.
The metal-based composite material provides a certain deformation strength (toughness and reshaping ability) for the card, and at the same time, its open-source internal frame also brings new ideas to Aqua Aqua Aregia.
These blank cards come with a small amount of computing power, as well as a lot of space to store data, which can adapt to various spell modeling and can also carry the vast majority of alchemy arrays.
And best of all, the cards record information in real time extremely quickly, even faster than building a spell model directly in your head!
However, in Wang Shui's eyes, the function of this kind of card is not perfect.
Sellers only use it as a medium for quick spell casting, hoping to replace the usual equipment such as "Spell Rings" and "Spell Guns" with cards.
However, Wang Shui believes that the market for rapid spellcasting media is very saturated, and the rings and guns that have eliminated traditional staves in the course of history have also been very perfect, and the modification is extremely playable, and it is unlikely to be replaced by such disposable cards.
Wang Shui prefers to upgrade the material of the card itself, although this kind of card is still a consumable after all, but its ease of editing is worth investing some cost.
In the end, Wang Shui bought 800 of the four kinds of [Engraving Cards] in one go - these cards were not priced high because of the material problem.
It didn't take long for the extremely efficient Wang Shui to complete several streets that were connected from end to end. At this time, the pedestrian street has also thinned out a lot, and most of the students have already entered their destinations.
Wang Shui had expected to spend the whole night shopping, but in just three hours, he had bought everything on the list and a lot of unplanned gadgets.
However, it would be a shame to leave here now.
He glanced at the time in the lower right of his field of vision, and began to slow down - the [Wasteland Area] is a good place, and Wang Shui will inevitably come here to buy in the future, so he wants to get more environmental information.
Now, it's time to go back and go where you deliberately didn't go.
Gun shop? No, it's a shooting club, it's just that the hall that served as a façade has been transformed into a gun shop.
Of course, Shui Wang doesn't just look at the window at the door.
He pushed the door straight in, and then quickly and seriously swept through all the firearms, as well as a considerable number of expansion modules (plug-in cards) in front of the clerk with a very negative attitude.
Naturally, he was a little disappointed by the fact that most of the guns here were all kinds of pistols commonly used by transcendents, and there were all kinds of guns, but they were generally mass-produced bargains.
The most expensive gun in the display case costs only 700 pieces, which is the unit price of some mid-range expansion modules.
Wang Shui's gaze moved to the lazy clerk who was leaning over the counter, obviously just a part-time student, and immediately answered the doubts in Wang Shui's eyes:
"Only members of the club can buy some high-end firearms, and if you have money, there are also customized services.
By the way, you can't register as a member here, so go back to your school and look for it to see if there's a [Cabella Shooting Club]. ”
The clerk didn't have the desire to explain, and Wang Shui didn't ask for anything, so after habitually taking notes, he went straight out.
After that, Wang Shui was not picky and visited more fun shops and clubs.
For example, flying skateboard racing, swordsmanship, cold weapons, spell research, network research, and so on.
He also found ordinary clubs such as "Literature" and "Reasoning", and even went straight in to see them.
I have to say that the scene that the wasteland area is now showing in front of Wang Shui is like moving the various club rooms in various colleges.
Judging from tonight's experience alone, Wang Shui should indeed let go of some prejudices.
Sure enough, there are always a few students who post their chaotic lives on the Internet in the college district, and the general environment is still ......
At this time, Wang Shui's thinking was suddenly interrupted by the crowd gathered at the edge of his sight.
He subconsciously took a few steps towards the crowd, and then a faint sense of crisis from instinct made him stop-
No, it's not enough!
Wang Shui slowly retreated, but a clear repulsion gradually became stronger behind his back.
Aqua regia's back seems to be stuck on the increasingly solid gel wall!
Subconsciously, Wang Shui analyzed the force field spell behind him, and the light blue glow flashed in his eyes, and Wang Shui used a very low-level, but very practical spell - [Energy Vision].
Sure enough, a spherical force field had enveloped the street, but most people didn't seem to notice it.
"Everyone, stop your activities immediately, stand where you are, open the identifier and lock your weapons, or you will be attacked by the [Comprehensive Disciplinary Committee] under the [Thousand Colleges Student Union]."
A rather imposing cold voice sounded, and Wang Shui's gaze immediately locked on to the source of the sound.
Above the pedestrian street, there is a crystal trellis for vehicles to operate.
At this moment, above the heads of the gathered crowd, a heavy locomotive was parked at the edge of the scaffolding, and the slender figure who called himself the [Comprehensive Disciplinary Committee] was jumping lightly from the five-meter-high scaffolding.
Wang Shui didn't know the other party's uniform, but he knew the [Thousand Colleges Student Union].
This is an upper-level organization constructed by the student unions of thousands of colleges and universities in the entire college district, and elite students selected from within.
The political status of the [Thousand Colleges Student Union] in the entire college district is second only to the [Thousand Colleges Board of Directors] and the [Urban Construction Group].
The student union is a very special existence, it is only composed of students, so it will always give outsiders a feeling of petty fighting.
But in fact, the [Thousand Colleges Student Union] is extremely well-funded, extremely powerful, and has many direct law enforcement privileges, so in the entire college area, the student union represents absolute power.
As for the [Comprehensive Disciplinary Committee] under the Student Union, in Wang Shui's memory, they seemed to be the direct violent body of the Thousand Colleges Student Union.
Therefore, after the student of the [Comprehensive Discipline Society] spoke, everyone present stood very obediently and hung up the identifier of the weapon they were carrying.
Wang Shui did not have the so-called "identifier" on hand, because this thing was directly issued by the student union of the school when the weapon was registered and filed in the school.
Wang Shui had never registered a weapon, so he put his hands in his jacket pockets, and then put all the equipment on his body into his personal space.
This is the calmness of the caster of the space system.
Wang Shui didn't attract anyone's attention, nor was he anxious because he was involved in the unwarranted disaster, he just followed the ever-shrinking spherical force field and slowly walked towards the center of the incident surrounded by the crowd.
As Shui Wang got close enough, a new vehicle came just above the crowd.
It was an armored car converted from a minivan, with an integrated gray-black exterior paint, although there were no obvious features, and Wang Shui only recognized the armor on the outer layer of the vehicle - it was a high-end military protective insert, dedicated to the vehicle, and the price was quite terrifying.
All kinds of information appeared and retreated in Wang Shui's mind, and at this time, Wang Shui also came to the edge of the crowd and saw the scene inside.
It was a man lying on the ground, who looked like a human male, and a student.
Moreover, no one needs to confirm it, just looking at the blood stains blooming on the back of his shirt and the small blood hole in the back of his head, everyone has already determined that this unlucky guy is ninety percent finished.
The onlookers were almost all students, and they did not lose their temper, but Wang Shui could clearly sense the faint fear lingering in the environment.
In a relatively peaceful world, seeing this kind of scene, you can still maintain a fairly calm atmosphere, and the quality of students here is really good.
Just when Wang Shui was slightly distracted, the five people who jumped out of the [Comprehensive Discipline Society] armored car also joined the scene.
Four of them have already begun to have a clear division of labor, using various tools to carry out inspections and sampling.
"Hello, C1811 report from the Patrol Department, the incident discovery record has been integrated and uploaded, the case has been established, please confirm the handover."
It was the tall, thin boy who had blocked the scene at the beginning, and he had already walked to the only fifth person who did not participate in the on-site inspection.
It was a schoolgirl, she was wearing a long black trench coat similar to a hunting suit, and the satin pure black and dark blue made her look particularly serious and dusty.
"Hello, Emergency Response Department "A1011-Gray Pigeon Squad", the case has been handed over, you can choose to return to the maintenance station to rest."
This tall student also has a more mature voice, well, that kind of cold and pleasant maturity.
"Although I used the [Gel Prison] for the first time, I can't be sure that the murderer is still nearby, and I am the one who acts later."
"Thank you."
The conversation between the two was concise and efficient, they did not shy away from the ordinary students present, and at the same time did not reveal any information, it seems that the information that has been obtained is communicated in the internal network.
Tsk, uninteresting professionalism and discipline.
Although the people at the [Comprehensive Discipline Meeting] did not say how long everyone should wait, the students present did not mean to be impatient.
Fortunately, the scene was not complicated, and after a few minutes, the "gray pigeon squad" completed the inspection, and then began to inquire about twenty or thirty people who ate melons.
"Hello this classmate, please tell us your personal basic information."
The four people of the "Gray Pigeon Squad" who were working did not divide into groups to improve the efficiency of the inquiry, and the four of them, three men and one woman, all stood in front of Wang Shui.
The questioner was a relatively short male student, and the other three stood beside him, keeping them on guard.
"Benjamin, a fourth-grader at Millennium Academy, the student ID has been sent face-to-face."
Wang Shui did not say his full name, but saying the student ID was equivalent to completely confessing, so the other party did not doubt it.
"Benjamin, huh? Okay, I've seen your message, excuse me, have you seen the deceased? And what was you doing ten minutes ago? ”
"I haven't seen it...... Ten minutes ago, I was probably wandering out of the "Reasoning Club", and when I went out, I saw people gathered here, so I subconsciously leaned over. ”
Wang Shui didn't have to lie, so he told the truth.
Sure enough, the next moment, an extremely slight burst of energy swept over Wang Shui's head.
Wang Shui forced himself not to look at the somewhat shy bespectacled schoolgirl, and then built a positive and cooperative mood for himself.
Sure enough, the other party did not continue to interrogate, just nodded, and went to the next conversation.
It seems, just a lie detector?
(End of chapter)