A bulletin board is a facility used to post official documents, notices, revelations, and even advertisements.
There are many such facilities at First University. These booths with triangular eaves can be seen in places such as the cafeteria, in front of the teaching building, at the entrance of the dormitory, in the library, in the corridors, on the lawns, and even on the pedestrian streets.
In different places, the content displayed on the bulletin board has different emphasis.
The bulletin board in front of the teaching building usually displays official documents and notices from the student union and professors' joint meetings - such as temporary holidays, open class arrangements, etc.;
Most of the content on the bulletin board by Linzhong Lake is posted by the school working committee. For example, when sandworms were rampant last semester, the school working committee would post a big red risk warning on the bulletin board; another example would be to catch pests and mice at the end of last semester.
The school working committee will also post on the bulletin board the main hiding areas for pests, as well as redemption methods, etc.
On the bulletin board at the door of the dormitory, there are often messages about a student’s lost pet, someone who needs volunteers for an experiment, or someone who lacks experimental materials but thinks the school is expensive so asks someone to collect them for him. In addition, there are notices about some club activities and some gatherings.
Invitations to hold events, and even private deals at flea markets, will appear on the bulletin board.
Most bulletin board content is open and transparent.
But as the saying goes, where there is sunshine, there will be shadows. Where there is publicity, there will be insider secrets and shadows. There are public bulletin boards, and naturally there are also some bulletin boards for ‘specific audiences’.
Xiao Xiao took Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin to a bulletin board like this.
This bulletin board is in a very remote location, among the woods on the side of the library, far away from the tree-lined avenue where students walk to and from get out of class. There are also a few hugging pine trees blocking the outside. If you don't walk in on purpose, you will definitely not see it. I discovered that there is such a hidden facility under the shade of the trees.
Naturally, there are almost no people around this bulletin board.
The few small animals passing by also fled cleverly after the strangers approached.
Different from those colleagues standing on the roadside in front of the building, this bulletin board in the shadow looks a bit shabby. The wooden railings are scarred and broken, and the triangular eaves are also broken in many places. The traces of time can be seen everywhere.
Standing in front of the bulletin board, Xiao Xiao stretched out his hand, made a gesture of three fingers (thumb and middle finger spread) from the lower left corner to the upper right corner, and then tore open several notices covered on the bulletin board, revealing a worn parchment.
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Zheng Qing looked at the paper curiously and said nothing.
There is a beautiful morning glory drawn on the upper right corner of the parchment, but this flower has no color, only complicated lines outlined in black ink.
Xiao Xiao reached out and grabbed a small bottle from his robe, which contained half a bottle of lavender solution. He checked the bottle, dipped a small amount of solution into the bottle with the small brush on the cap, and carefully applied it on the petals of the morning glory.
"Very few people know about this bulletin board." Xiao Xiao held his eyes with some pride, put away the small bottle, shook his head and said: "Because the tasks posted on it are all paid with credits!
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"Cool!" Fatty Xin opened his mouth wide, expressing his surprise.
Credits are an undoubted hard currency at First University. The hardest part is that this is the only means of payment for each student to upgrade and obtain textbooks. Even some of the school's penalties can be eliminated with a large number of credits. And credits
There are few ways to obtain it, so every credit is extremely valuable to students.
As far as Zheng Qing knows, on other bulletin boards, the rewards for some tasks are usually paid with silver coins. Once a small amount of golden bean-level notices are released, they will attract a lot of people to rush for it, not to mention
Got credit.
"Can I publish a piece of tofu in the school newspaper? There has been no interesting content in the curiosity column for a long time." After Fatty Xin sighed, he immediately thought of a plan to maximize profits.
There is no doubt that his plan was decisively rejected by Xiao Xiao: "If you still want to use this bulletin board next time, don't do that stupid thing... You can pay more attention on this trip to Silent River, maybe
New material can be found.”
Fatty Xin sighed regretfully, but did not insist on his opinion.
He also knew that his request was not suitable, but that didn't stop him from giving it a try.
"Why don't many people know about this place? If there are really credits to get, then this kind of place should be very popular!" Zheng Qing watched Xiao Xiao quickly write 'Freshman Year' on the parchment with a brush.
"Three people" and "three people" in the North District of Beta Town and other keywords, he asked in confusion.
Putting away his pen and straightening up, Xiao Xiao stretched out his magic wand, tapped the morning glory and sighed:
"Those who can discover this bulletin board will naturally have the right to obtain credits through it; those who can find out about this bulletin board through others will naturally have the ability to complete the above tasks."
Squinting at the string of characters spit out by the morning glory, Xiao Xiao quickly recorded the words with the pen in his hand, and said clearly but seriously: "As for those who don't know, are you willing to tell others this shortcut to get credits?"
Zheng Qing was speechless.
indeed.
Just like a person discovers that a hen can lay a golden egg every day, he will definitely not tell everyone stupidly, but will quietly come and take the golden egg every day.
"Those who have no ability or background don't even have the right to know." Zheng Qing said with a self-deprecating smile.
"Information is the most valuable thing in any world. And the way to obtain effective information has always been a means to stay advanced." Xiao Xiao clapped his hands, watching the characters gradually fade and disappear, turned around and said seriously
The two men emphasized: "From ancient times to the present, from humble to extraordinary, there are no exceptions."
"There's so much nonsense! What kind of mission did you receive?" Fatty Xin looked at the two bickering with boredom and yawned: "We still have to catch the boat."
Xiao Xiao opened the notebook in his hand, and the three people gathered around.
"Assist the owner of Gini Hut to complete the magic ritual, and the reward is three credits." Xiao Xiao read word for word.
"Where is the Gini Cabin?" Fatty Xin asked a silly question.
Zheng Qing rolled his eyes and laughed: "Didn't you see that the doctor had prerequisites when he searched before... It was naturally in the North District of Beta Town."
"Aren't there all magicians in the North District? What magic rituals do they want to do?" The fat man was a little unconvinced.
Unlike Fatty, Zheng Qing is very concerned about another thing: "I am more concerned about where those magicians get the credits to pay us."
"Those who can post notices here will naturally have the corresponding strength, just like the wandering wizard will give you a gold card instead of just any other wandering bar." Xiao Xiao put away his notebook, looked up at the sky, and urged.
: "It's almost time, let's go quickly... If there is any problem, it won't be too late to check again when we get to the North District."