Chapter 23 Employees
In the tea shop called Midsummer, there is always a fresh and timeless fragrance of tea. A low-pitched elf aria gently echoes in the shop. The exotic flowers and plants placed everywhere will also follow the melody from time to time. undulating and swaying.
A handful of seven or eight customers were scattered around the shop, drinking tea or chatting, but most of them spoke softly and in soothing tones, as if they were all trying to maintain the indifference and tranquility of this remote shop.
In the corner of the shop, Xiyue, who was still explaining, kept her tone soft, but just enough for Xu Yue to hear clearly.
"The central area is the core of the paradise. The entire paradise city is also built around the central area by generations of contractors and workers."
"Only the characteristic buildings here are created by the park itself, and they have the ability to transform people."
Although it has been explained many times, Xiyue's eyes still inevitably show a trace of enthusiasm every time it is her turn.
"Attribute strengthening hall, equipment strengthening hall, skill upgrading hall, arena, trial ground..."
Every time Xiyue said a name, a building would fly out from the central area of the virtual city on the table and zoom in.
"These special buildings have become the foundation for all Contractors to continue to grow stronger."
"Of course, there are definitely more special buildings in the Central District than these, but at this stage, these are the only ones we have access to."
"The central area is probably like this, and the rest are some special areas in the park."
After explaining the central area, Xiyue sat back in her seat, bit the straw, moistened her dry throat, and continued to point to the virtual city road:
"This is Machinery Street. Most of the technological creations can be found here, ranging from long guns and short cannons to nuclear bombs and mechas. As long as you have enough paradise coins, you can buy them all. My tablet was also customized there."
"Here are the other two large trading markets. Together with Tongtianmao Square, the three almost cover 80% of the equipment trading volume in the entire Paradise City. However, these two places are far away from us. In fact, Tongtianmai Plaza is completely sufficient. Your buying and selling needs are up, unless what you need is extremely rare."
"This is a food court, where countless delicacies from all over the world are gathered here. Specialty delicacies from all over the world, such as the Spirit of the Food Halberd, the Little Master of China, and the Prisoner of Food, are all competing here. The dragon's liver and the phoenix's marrow are not empty words."
"This is Forge Street..."
After talking eloquently for a full hour, Xiyue gave an overview of the many areas, fame, power, and various taboos in Paradise City.
After taking a long breath, Xiyue frowned and looked at the already dry water glass. After hesitating for a moment, she looked in front of Xu Yue again and found that he had only drank half of the green shade. She felt slightly happy and then turned to face Bar counter.
"Sister Yunling, please have another glass of green shade, thank you!"
"Hold on."
During the waiting period, Xiyue had already taken back the virtual city on the table, waiting for Xu Yue to slowly digest the information just now.
After a while, Xiyue, who had picked up the straw again, looked at Xu Yue's slightly closed eyes and opened them. Knowing that the other party had almost sorted them out, she continued to speak.
"Brother, is there anything else unclear?"
"You just said that I can only stay in the paradise for three days?"
"Hmm, after the contractor completes the task and leaves the derivative world, he only has three days to stay in the park, and then he will be sent back to the real world."
"It will take about a week or so before he will be recalled again and start the next derivative world."
After listening to Xiyue's explanation, Xu Yue frowned slightly. He was more interested in this magical paradise city than the boring real world, but his stay of only three days was too short and he couldn't explore too much of the area. .
"Three days? Is there any way to increase the stay time?"
"Well, all we have to do is work hard to survive and constantly improve our level. I heard that high-level contractors will also stay longer, and some will even stay in the park permanently."
After saying that, Xiyue looked at Xu Yue's still frowning brow.
"Oh, don't be discouraged. Since you have passed the contractor assessment task in the paradise, you will definitely have a few attribute points on your hand. When the time comes, go to the attribute enhancement hall to strengthen it. When you return to the real world, you will be a super soldier. The plot of the king returning to the city, the dragon king is back, hehe!"
As she said that, Xiyue raised her eyebrows frivolously. It wasn't until she looked into Xu Yue's calm eyes that she stopped the ambiguous smile that had just appeared on her lips.
'So cold...'
After muttering to herself, Xiyue coughed twice to relieve her embarrassment and said seriously:
"Actually, the real world also has many benefits. The place is wider, you are less likely to get into trouble, you have family and friends, and you don't need to spend money on paradise coins..."
Xiyue counted the benefits of the real world one by one with her fingers, but her tone became obviously depressed when she mentioned the paradise coins.
Unlike contractors who can only stay in the paradise for three days, workers are just the opposite. They only have three days per month to return to the real world. Living in the paradise is not easy.
They spend most of their time living in this paradise city and are a necessary condition for maintaining the operation of this huge city.
They are blood, nourishment, and gears.
The workers were the losers in the first contractor assessment. Although they luckily did not lose their lives, they also lost the qualification to become contractors and became workers.
Compared with the ten-day world mission of contractors, they only go back and forth to the derivative world once every two months, and the park does not have too high requirements for them, as long as they can get through and survive.
This may sound wonderful, but in fact it is not. The paradise's attitude towards them is a bit similar to the naughty students in school who are abandoned by the teacher. Behind the seeming indulgence is extreme indifference.
All gifts given by fate have already been marked with a secret price.
Some of the park's permissions and special buildings are not open to employees. They have very limited ways to improve their strength. They cannot cope with the bimonthly world tasks and can only survive by relying on contractors. However, this is undoubtedly a poison to quench thirst, and life and death are controlled by others. hand.
Losing part of the authority means that it is difficult to improve the strength. The lack of strength has caused workers to survive in the increasingly difficult derivative world, doing nothing, not only unable to obtain resources normally like contractors, but also suffering huge losses.
In such a vicious cycle, most workers are actually struggling to survive in the face of fear of death, struggling to survive in the plight of scarcity of resources.
Their only way out is to develop skills.
Trade, machinery, forging, medicine, even planting, food, games, and entertainment
Only by possessing a skill, performing it to the extreme, and becoming a truly competent employee can one have a chance to regain the attention of the paradise and even be promoted to a contractor again.
This is the paradise of reincarnation. Although it is extremely cruel, it is also extremely fair.
The strong live, the weak die.
In Paradise, the definition of powerful is not so narrow as to be limited to strength.
But if you are incompetent in writing and martial arts, then I'm sorry, but garbage has no value.
The more he understands various information about the paradise, the more Xu Yue understands the rules of survival in the paradise. The world is unkind and treats all things as stupid dogs. The core concept followed by the paradise is that the weak can eat the strong, and natural selection. He very much agrees with this kind of cruelty. Thin justice.
Across the small table, the tone of Xiyue's narration has gradually lowered, and gradually fell silent.
Seeing the deepness in Xu Yue's eyes when he was thinking, Xiyue was a little frightened. She was very familiar with this look, which was unique to Ren Tu.
The person with the same gaze last time almost killed through the derivative world she was in. All the powerful people with names and surnames were slaughtered. It is no exaggeration to describe it as killing people and flooding the fields with blood. She is Because she was too weak, she survived without arousing that man's interest, but the look in his eyes she would never forget.
Forcibly suppressing the urge to tremble, Xiyue rubbed her stiff face and tried to force out a smile, preparing to end the business as soon as possible.
"Okay, now that the explanation is over, let's talk about the cost."
"How many?"
"The explanation is a product introduction and there is no charge. This is what is charged."
Xiyue waved the tablet in her hand.
"What I just said is just a rough idea. The information collected in this tablet is more comprehensive, and it also comes with the locations of many rare shops in the city. It also includes after-sales service. Our Chamber of Commerce will update the data regularly."
"One payment, lifetime enjoyment, 100 points of paradise coins"
"make a deal."
Seeing the girl opposite her patting her chest in assurance, Xu Yue didn't bargain. The information was very comprehensive and worth the price.
[Hey, you received 100 Paradise Coins from Contractor No. 13215. 】
"thank you boss!"
After seeing the paradise coins coming in, Xiyue quickly put her fear behind her. She held the tablet with both hands and handed it to Xu Yue with a smile. She took out a fancy magazine and a silver card again. Put it on the table.
"Boss, here are the gifts, the latest issue of the park newsletter and the park pass."
"Paradise News?"
Xu Yue was the first to pick up the magazine. In addition to the four characters "Paradise Express" on the cover, there were also several lines of titles arranged in sequence.
‘Inventory of Top Ten Famous Amusement Park Scenes (With Ultra-HD Video)’
‘Annual Paradise Sand Sculpture Character Selection List’
‘The undeniable grievances and hatreds between the God Emperor and the Blood Sect’
‘The annual Paradise Racing Competition is about to begin. There are no rules or restrictions. As long as you are fast enough, strong enough, and crazy enough, come and experience the real speed and passion! ! ! ’
‘The Storm Adventure Group is recruiting, please don’t disturb the weak. ’
"This thing seems interesting."
Xu Yue browsed through it roughly. The magazine was thick and rich in content. The pictures inside were basically movable pictures. When he turned to the recruitment page for the adventure group, the woman in the picture looked Xu Yue up and down, and even She winked at him, this magazine should have used magic technology from the Harry Potter world.
Putting away the tablet and magazine, Xu Yue picked up the card on the table. The card was all silver and white, with a flashing yellow logo in the middle, a pattern similar to a steering wheel, and the number 10 in the upper right corner.
"Is this pass issued by the park?"
"No, the paradise doesn't care about such trivial matters." Xiyue glanced at the silver card in Xu Yue's hand and continued:
"This pass is issued by the Wanderer Chamber of Commerce. 80% of the various vehicles in the park are provided by the Wanderer Chamber of Commerce. The pass card is only a small part of the business, although these vehicles are of little use to high-level contractors. , but it is very popular among the lower class. After all, the park is too big. With our walking distance, it will take at least one or two hours to get to the central area from here, but it only takes 10 minutes with the pass, which is convenient and affordable."
"By the way, the Cyclonus Competition mentioned in the newsletter is also organized by the Wanderer Chamber of Commerce. It's very interesting and exciting. I highly recommend it!"
After mentioning the Cyclonus Competition, Xiyue became obviously a lot more excited, which was in contrast to her original gentle and cute appearance. She seemed to be restless.
But this is normal in the paradise. In the paradise, the threat of death is always present, and the high pressure of survival envelopes everyone in the paradise equally, whether it is an employee, a contractor, or a hunter like Xu Yue By.
Under this kind of high pressure, everyone needs some channels to vent. In addition to the ever-busy arena, various exciting competitions that pursue adrenaline secretion have emerged as the times require. The Drag Race is one of them, and Very popular.
Putting away the bonus pass, Xu Yue was not going to delay. Three days were precious. He wanted to become stronger as soon as possible, but there was still a Hulk in his mind that he had not dealt with.
"gone."
"Okay, goodbye boss." After paying the money, the guy was obviously much more enthusiastic.
After leaving the Midsummer Tea Shop, Xu Yue first went to the Exchange Square to find an unoccupied stall and hung up the only primary mechanical modification scroll that needed to be processed. This thing was marketable and priceless, but what he needed was equally precious.
After marking in front of the stall that only forging knowledge scrolls of the same level and above could be exchanged, Xu Yue ignored the crowd that had gathered around him and walked straight out of the square. Now he wanted to go to the central area first.
Arriving outside the Exchange Square and finding an open space, Xu Yue took out the park pass card and pressed the yellow sign in the center of the card according to the way Xiyue said before. A mechanical female voice came from the card.
"Please tell me your destination."
"Attribute enhancement hall."
"Sorry, the central area is inaccessible to vehicles. The nearest location of the target has been located. Please wait."
'Positioning completed, searching for nearby free vehicles. Search completed. Guests, please wait. The vehicle will arrive at the designated location in three minutes. ’
The service is good, and it looks like it's a private car.
After hearing the prompt, Xu Yue, who originally thought it would be a bus, was a little surprised. The quality of this gift was good.
Three minutes passed in a blink of an eye. Xu Yue looked at the big cat running quickly from a distance with strange eyes.
The furry body, brown stripes, eight galloping legs and the big tail swinging behind it all made him look more and more familiar. Is this my vehicle?
"The cat bus has arrived, please get on. The estimated travel time is 10 minutes."
It was a childhood dream that came true. Xu Yue happily got into the compartment behind the cat bus. The soft seats inside were just like those in anime. The furry touch and the warmth from his fingertips made Xu Yue endure it. I couldn't help but masturbate several times.
When Xu Yue sat down, the cat bus roared excitedly, and the sign on its forehead jumped to the words "North Gate of the Central District". Its eight fleshy legs exerted force one after another and galloped forward quickly.
"You have arrived at your destination. Please get off the car. This service consumes 1 access point. The current balance in the card is: 9."
After folding the number in the upper right corner and it turned into a nine o'clock pass, Xu Yue looked at the cat bus that had already run away. This thing was a great experience. Although it was fast, it didn't feel bumpy at all. The 10-minute journey was spent happily stroking the cat. It also passed quickly.
Looking back, Xu Yue took out his tablet, pressed the navigation on it, and began to approach the attribute enhancement hall.
4,000 chapters, barely two updates, but I can’t finish it.
From now on, updates will be fixed at night, as there are more things to do during the day.