Sometimes life is like a dream. People's dreams come true or their dreams are broken in the process of chasing their dreams.
Adventurers' mentality towards high-level areas has always been very contradictory.
On the one hand, I yearn for it - that means that I will become a strong person.
On the one hand, fear - that means more difficult challenges.
Whether it is the ordinary area or the ordinary area, Shen Yi, Hong Lang, or others have been here more than once. However, this time, standing here and looking at the surrounding scenery, the feeling is completely different.
From today on, they will become a part of this place and no longer just passers-by.
As a city with a population of only tens of thousands of people, the architectural layout here is open and the area is relatively large. Except for the trading area and bars, which are relatively lively, most other areas are quiet. People often walk along a road. It's hard to see a single person on the street.
Most of the housing is scattered, and there are enough rooms for adventurers to choose freely. Once selected, they cannot be changed.
"At least here, I will never have to worry about housing prices." Standing on one of the streets, Hong Lang muttered.
Everyone laughed together.
Looking at Shen Yi, King Kong asked: "Where should we choose to live?"
Shen Yi thought for a while and turned on his handheld computer.
"Zeus at your service, Master."
"Scan the building pattern of the general area and input all building data."
"I can only scan the area within fifty meters, and I need someone to take me for mobile data recording."
Shen Yi thrust the handheld computer into the fat man's hand: "Luo Hao, walk through the entire general area for me and then come back here."
"Hey!" The fat man took the handheld computer and started running.
Looking at the fat man's back, Hong Lang was a little confused: "Isn't it just about finding a place to live? Is it necessary to be so complicated?"
"Yes." Shen Yi's answer was concise and concise: "Even if we can't attack each other in the bloody city, I don't want to be in a position to be observed."
An hour later, the fat man ran back with his handheld computer.
Zeus has recorded the entire general area on the handheld computer.
There are about 2,200 adventurers in the entire ordinary area. This number is more than 1,000 less than the 3,300 people in the slums. It is estimated that there will be only more than 1,000 people left in the difficulty level 3 area, and beyond that The number of people is even smaller.
In addition, there are about a thousand buildings in the center of the general area. Except for a few functional buildings, all are habitable buildings. Most of the buildings are empty and can be chosen by adventurers.
"Open images of functional buildings, showing their locations."
With the existence of Zeus, Shen Yi no longer needs to input commands with his fingers.
An image of a general district map appeared on the handheld computer.
In addition to the original shops, bars, and trading squares in the slums, there are obviously several more important buildings in the general area. They are the research institute, the intermediate training ground, and the dueling ground. The research institute is used to upgrade weapons and equipment, and the dueling ground is It is a duel place for adventurers. Here, adventurers can attack each other.
Shen Yi carefully measured the distance between these buildings, then looked at the vacant places in this area and the confirmed uninhabited spots, and finally pointed to one of them and said, "We live here."
Building No. 125 is located at the outer corner of the Exchange Square. Since there is no sun in the city, it is difficult to distinguish between southeast and northwest, so we can only use the simplest dichotomy method to determine the orientation.
The entire building No. 125 has ten floors and about 80 rooms, but only a few adventurers live in it. Shen Yi and five others came to the top floor, and everyone was assigned a room. The room was quite large, with It is about more than one hundred square meters, but there is nothing inside. It seems that if you want to add living furniture, adventurers need to go to the supermarket to buy it.
"What the hell." Hong Lang looked at the empty room and cursed: "The city is too stingy and doesn't even give me a bed."
"At least there's no dust here, no rats or cockroaches, and there's automatic lighting equipment so you don't need to pay the electricity bill." She smiled softly, her room was located next to Shen Yi, and she and Shen Yi were standing parallel to each other, looking at the emptiness in front of them.
Shen Yi also smiled and said: "You don't need the money to buy a bed, right?"
As he spoke, he walked into his room and stood in front of the window.
From here, you can clearly see the crowds of people in the trading area below. Further away, you can see the training ground. In another window, you can see bars and supermarkets.
Shen Yi turned around and entered Hong Lang's room opposite. From here, he could see the duel field and bar. Basically, all the most important architectural patterns in the ordinary area were visible, and all the adventurers' movements were also invisible. He has control.
This is why Shen Yi chose to live here.
This is one of the best viewing angles in the general area.
In addition to Building 125, there are two other buildings that also have excellent views, but the top floors there are already occupied.
No one knew that several new adventurers had arrived from the slums and occupied the last best observation point in this area, and no one paid attention to this. The arrival of Shen Yi and the others was like leaves falling on the river. There was a very small ripple.
On a building opposite Building No. 125, a middle-aged man was enjoying tea.
The way he tastes tea is very strange, because there is no tea cup. The tea is flipping in the air, naturally mixed with the tea leaves, as if bound by some invisible force field, neither falling nor spreading. In the air After stirring for a while, it automatically flew into the man's mouth like a whale sucking water.
Drink it all in one gulp.
"Boss!" A wretched-looking man appeared at the door.
"What's the matter?" the tea-sipping man asked with his eyes closed.
"A new tenant has moved into the roof of Building 125."
"Oh?" The tea-sipping man's eyes opened: "The Nether Wolf has just left a few days ago and already has a new neighbor. Is it a single person or a team?"
"It seems like several people."
"That's the team?"
"yes."
The middle-aged man stood up and came to the window. From here, he could see Building 125.
Then he saw a young man looking out the window.
The two people's eyes met.
The distance between the two buildings was about thirty meters. When Shen Yi and the middle-aged man looked at each other, they were stunned at the same time, then gestured to each other from afar, smiled and nodded, which was considered a friendly gesture.
But the next moment, the two of them had left the window at the same time.
As soon as the middle-aged man left the window, he ordered to the wretched man outside: "Ask anyone who knows the origin of this team."
Shen Yi turned around and walked out of Hong Lang's room quickly: "I'll go to the supermarket later to buy some curtains. Everyone's windows must be covered with curtains."
"Why do you even have to worry about the layout of the room?" Hong Lang shouted dissatisfied.
"Because I'm happy to." Shen Yi said, opening the bloody coat of arms: "Confirm the room selection, turn on the protection measures, and non-permitted personnel are not allowed to enter."
The bloody emblem sent back a reminder: "Private residence confirmation is completed, residence protection is turned on, and unauthorized entry by non-invited personnel will be punished by the city. Members of Team 641 officially become members of the ordinary area. Members of the ordinary area can choose to hide their appearance and permissions, so that unauthorized persons can Adventurers cannot see themselves clearly, and this permission cannot block penetrating vision or detection abilities. After confirming the choice, you need to pay 100 blood points/month."
"Confirm hiding."
A dense mist emerged from the bodies of the five people at the same time. From then on, no one else could see their faces clearly except themselves. However, it was only the faces that were obscured. Through their clothing and behavior, it was still not difficult for an interested person to distinguish them. Who is the other party?
After completing this matter, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing down there?" King Kong asked Shen Yi.
"Of course we need to buy some necessary items for our room first. Let's go shopping first," Shen Yi said with a smile.
There is no one in charge of sales in the shopping malls in the general area. Adventurers can freely select goods here, and after selecting them, put them into their own crests, and the blood points will be automatically deducted.
After arriving at the mall, the members of Team 641 quickly discovered that the biggest difference between having a place to live and not having a place to live is not that their quality of life has improved, but that their expenditures to ensure basic living needs have increased.
For example, everyone used to sleep in tents or sleeping bags. After solving the dietary problem, the only thing to do was to train every day.
However, now that we have a place to live, we suddenly realize that there are many things that we must buy. For example, beds, tables, chairs, sofas, curtains, etc.
If you want to make your living environment better, then these expenses are actually not a small number. In the past, problems that could be solved with a few dozen bloody points suddenly increased to hundreds or even thousands of points.
The bloody points caused by daily consumption suddenly increased at this moment, which suddenly made people very uncomfortable.
For example, Hong Lang was standing next to a double bed at this moment, stroking his chin and hesitating.
"What's wrong?" King Kong touched him with his shoulder.
"What do you think of this bed?" Hong Lang asked.
"nice."
"It's a pity. It's a bit expensive. It costs fifty bloody points."
"Why do you have to buy a double bed?"
"I slept comfortably." Hong Lang replied confidently: "I don't sleep well. I lie down upright and get up sideways every day."
"Then I think it's better for you to sleep on the floor."
"You're the one sleeping on the fucking floor. I've been sleeping on the floor for half a year. I'm fed up with that kind of life."
"Then just buy it."
“Too expensive.”
"Then don't buy it."
"But I want to sleep on the bed!"
"..."
Standing not far away, watching Hong Lang and King Kong bickering like children, Shen Yi chuckled.
He said: "The most interesting thing in the world is that when you look at the same thing from different angles, you will have completely different feelings. Think about how many times we have been to the general area before this. But I have never really understood this place. No wonder Lan Yan said that from now on, we will truly become a member of the bloody city. The life before that was actually just the basic training before entering the city. Fortunately... … Our foundation is pretty good.”
Wen Wen immediately said: "I think from this aspect we can see different people's different attitudes towards life. Some people choose to lower the quality of life in order to live; some people would rather live a shorter life, but also cherish every bit of time they live." Even if the former enters the general area, they may still live in the slums. The latter, at least, will not wrong themselves so much."
"What about you?" Shen Yi asked, "Are you the former or the latter?"
Her gentle and beautiful big eyes rolled around, and after thinking for a while, she answered firmly: "You and I both belong to the latter."
Shen Yi laughed.
He whispered in his gentle ear: "If that's the case, I suggest you buy that luxurious bed worth three hundred and twenty blood points. It will be very comfortable to sleep on."
"I sleep well, so I don't need such a big bed."
"But my sleeping posture is terrible..." Shen Yi said meaningfully.
Wen Wenwen's face immediately turned red and she kicked Shen Yi with flying legs.
Shen Yi laughed loudly and did not dodge. A white energy shield blocked the blow for him. At the same time, Shen Yi announced loudly: "Everyone's 500 living consumption points will be spent entirely, and nothing will be left behind!"