Chapter 210 A Little Trouble

() After Susis took us into this commercial street, he began to show the characteristics of the locals. Because he was familiar with the environment here, Susis started to introduce us to the general business scope of each store directly outside the store. If it was a useless store, I would simply not go in and go straight down. Walk.

Although Kristina and Susis are both women, they should be very enthusiastic about shopping, but that also depends on what they are buying. If you take your girlfriend or wife to visit the arms market, I guess they won't be able to exert the power of walking around in high heels all afternoon without taking a break. Although the market in the capital of the dark elves also sells some things that women like, our time is limited, and because I directly skipped the things that are meaningless to the guild or players, I don’t even have shopping for women. Can be used. Because of this, our shopping speed was super fast, and we almost reached the end of a street in less than half an hour. This was because she found a store selling Dark Elf specialty accessories on the way. Kristina insisted on going in to take a look, but was only delayed for ten minutes. . .

"This shop sells food from the underground world. Compared to your food on the ground, the food we have here is much inferior." Susis still introduced the shops he passed by dutifully. "This room over here sells monster eggs and slaves. If you need a magic pet, you can consider going in and taking a look."

I, who had never paid much attention to it, immediately perked up my ears when I heard the word "demon pet".

Although I look like a heavily armored warrior, I am a real animal trainer! We don’t have to look at other stores, but this one is definitely a must-see. Moreover, there is a very high-sounding reason for entering this kind of shop, and that is to join the guild. You must know that the existence of magic pets is basically derived from various magical beasts and advanced intelligent creatures, and these things all follow the laws of nature, that is, the more harsh the conditions are for creatures produced in places, the stronger their individual combat effectiveness will be. This rule is actually easy to understand, because a harsh environment means more intense competition for survival. This fierce competition for survival is like raising gu, using fierce and rapid survival of the fittest to quickly eliminate unsuitable or weak creatures. This allows the last remaining organisms to evolve rapidly. . .

certainly. This method of raising gu is actually a destructive living environment, which is unsustainable. Because the competition is too fierce, the world will eventually evolve one or more of the strongest creatures, and then the life process of this world will come to an end. Because the conditions are no longer suitable for the survival of creatures, when this last creature dies, , then this environment will completely become a restricted area for life. so. This method of raising gu can only be used to cultivate combat creatures in a short-term direction. If the normal living environment becomes that kind of environment, it will become a lifeless restricted area.

Although the environment in this underground world is not as harsh as the place where Gu is raised, it has to be said that this place is much worse than the living environment on the ground, so the underground world is also a place where some high-level monsters often appear. Precisely because this place often produces some high-end monsters, the quality of the goods in the pet stores here will definitely be higher than that of ordinary pet stores in ground cities.

Because I am the president of the Frost Rose Alliance. So I usually bring a lot of cash with me when I go out. This is a place where there may be a lot of high-end pets. How could I miss it? If the familiars inside are all of good quality, I wouldn't mind helping them clear out their inventory. I have always liked doing things like shopping.

In the stores in the game, especially the system stores, the salespersons inside will not be as enthusiastic as in reality. In general, as soon as someone enters a real-life store, a salesperson will immediately follow him. Low-end stores will start introducing you directly. It doesn’t matter whether you want to hear it or not. The higher-end ones will follow you and find that you stay on a certain product for a longer time. He or she will immediately come forward and give you a brief introduction. If you strike up a conversation with the person, he or she will start giving you serious recommendations and introductions.

Although there are sales staff in the store in this game, the number of people is very small, and if the products in the game are low-end, they will directly use the crystal ball method for you to choose. This crystal ball is actually like a shopping catalog. You touch the crystal ball and enter the store catalog. Then you just stand there and slowly browse through the information. Of course, high-end products will not be displayed in this way, but will be physically displayed. However, ordinary customers cannot see this kind of product. You must talk to the NPC clerk. If you have something to lead to subsequent developments, the other party will let you see it. High-end products in the store, such as store treasures and the like.

This time, because I planned to add some magic pets to my account, I didn’t strike up a conversation as soon as I came up. Instead, I touched the crystal ball startup directory first, and then started to stand there and flip through it. Kristina also touched it to see if there was anything she liked. Of course, with Kristina's vision, she naturally didn't like anything in the end. You must know that she is different from most players. She was already a well-known master before joining our guild, so she has a lot of various resources and has almost no exposure to low-end equipment. It was even worse when she later joined our guild. She basically picked all the good things in the Frost Rose Alliance at will, and her own magic pet was also the best magic pet that was most suitable for her. Under such circumstances Of course, it's impossible to find a satisfactory magic pet just by running into a small shop. If there were so many good magic pets, players all over the world wouldn't be raising the trading prices of magic pets to the sky.

After Kristina finished browsing the information, I just finished reading it. Sure enough, there is no good stuff in this low-level catalog open to the public. The highest level one is just an eight hundred-level rock python. This kind of thing was considered a high-end product when the game first launched, but now it is basically only used by the top players among the second-tier players, and most first-tier players will not look at this kind of thing. Although our guild also has second-tier or even third-tier players, because our guild's guild benefits include guild guardian beasts, and our guild has a lot of guardian beasts, guild players have little regard for magic pets. The urgent need is not as exaggerated as that of players in other guilds. In this case, this 800-level magic pet can only be regarded as a low-end product, and most members may not want it. However, considering that this kind of magic pet sometimes has special uses, I still bought this rock python. Anyway, if no one uses it, I can sell it again. People in our guild don't want it, but players outside are rushing to get it.

After closing the catalog, I walked directly to a dark elf sitting behind the counter and stood there. This dark elf is quite young and is pretending to be a cultured person with a book in hand. In fact, his eyes have been scanning around the customers entering the store. He just never takes the initiative to talk to customers. In fact, because of the existence of that catalog, he doesn't need to communicate with customers. People will naturally ask what they want to buy, and if they don't want to buy, they just leave.

Because his attention was always on the customers, and there were not many people in the shop, this old dark elf immediately raised his head when he saw me standing in front of him, and then stood up very politely and asked proactively: "Does this guest need anything?"

Of course it wasn't because he saw me approaching that he was so polite. It was because he discovered the coercion in me. You must know that the pressure in the game is attribute-based. This is not an illusory aura in reality. This is really converted into data by the system and brought into the calculation. Therefore, the dark elf in front of me is in front of me at this time. What he showed in front of him was a show of humility, because he could tell him that if he offended me, he would die miserably.

"Hello." Although the attributes help. But I still talk to the other party politely, after all, attributes alone are not enough. "I heard that you have some high-level magic pets here, so I came over to see if there are any suitable ones."

"Of course there are high-end magic pets, but didn't you read the catalog just now? Didn't you find the right one?" Although the old man was affected by the coercion, he still didn't take me directly to see the hidden goods.

I didn't care about the other party's reaction at all, I just said: "Can those on the shelves be called high-end goods? Don't joke with me. I really want to buy a batch of good goods, so please make it easier for me. ." As I spoke, I handed over a high-grade fruit. Food is in short supply in this underground world, so fruits naturally have to make way for food, not to mention that mine is not an ordinary commodity. It's the fairy fruit brought back from heaven. Although it is only the lowest fruit among fairy fruits. It only has a short-term strengthening effect on the zodiac signs and cannot last long. But this is a fruit with sexual attributes after all, and its value is absolutely terrifying in the underground world.

When the old man saw this thing, he immediately put it away quickly, and then began to drive away the guests. After driving away all the customers outside, he quickly closed the door, then walked to the wall behind the counter and opened a hidden door. This small door is only one foot square and very shallow. It is not a warehouse or a secret passage. There is only a rope inside. The old man grabbed the rope and pulled hard, and then there was a crashing sound in the whole store. The large and somewhat illogical store floor in front actually opened two big holes, and then two cylindrical display racks rose up from the ground. .

This sudden appearance of the shelf shocked Kristina and I. We didn't expect that such a thing was hidden in this place. The two cylindrical shelves each have a diameter of more than one meter, and the surrounding circle is divided into eight sectors. Within each sector is placed a magic pet egg or magic pet mark. In short, that It's just a demon pet waiting to recognize its owner.

Normally, if a player wants to see this thing, he needs to buy at least a certain amount of money in this store and raise the relationship value with the boss before he can see this thing. But because of my pressure and the fruit, I can see it easily. This thing.

Although the two display racks only have sixteen display slots in total, the weapons and equipment are not that expensive, so if you have a good magic pet, not to mention sixteen, even six will be quite exciting. Of course, I didn't have much hope for these sixteen magic pet eggs. This is a system store after all. Even if there is a hidden interface, you can't expect to get anything shocking from here. At present, among the top-quality equipment, magic pets and medicinal materials that players have obtained in the game, less than one thousandth of them are bought from the hidden interface of the system store. Most of the rest are obtained from player group tasks or in Found in the wild. If top-level equipment can be purchased casually in stores, then a player only needs to invest a lot of money in one go to enter the game world, and then go to the store to buy it. Even if "Zero" is an economic bomb that exists to destroy the economies of various countries, it is absolutely not allowed to do that kind of thing.

After the shelf popped up this time, I just took a brief look at it. Indeed, compared to the magic pets that can be seen directly in the catalog, this row here is quite good, at least for the players in our guild. I would be happy to buy it, but it is still far from what I want. Of course, since members of our guild might need them, I didn't let them go. I bought all sixteen magic pet eggs in one go.

After carefully asking the boss to confirm that there is nothing better. We left the store. But when he came out, Susis asked me a little hesitantly: "President Ziri likes magic pet eggs very much?"

I nodded and said, "Why do you ask that? Do you mean you have a source of goods? You saw it just now, but I don't like ordinary goods."

Susis was a little hesitant, but after thinking for a long time, he finally said: "Actually, I really know that there are several creatures in a place that are suitable for being magic pets. They are very powerful. But..."

"But what happened?"

"But that place is also very dangerous. Those creatures are not ready-made magic pet eggs. You need to capture them yourself, so this process will be very dangerous. You and our Dark Council are currently cooperating, and I would like to help you. But I am worried that this will cause losses to you, so...!"

"I think there is no need to worry about this." I looked at Susis and said: "First of all, no matter whether the biology book you mentioned threatens us or not, it is unlikely that I will be killed directly, so even if I can't deal with it, I can still run away. There will definitely be no problem. Secondly, we are adventurers and have the ability to be resurrected almost infinitely. Even if we are killed by monsters, it will only be a loss of strength. You don’t have to worry about us at all."

"If you put it this way, it seems that you are very interested in these creatures." Susis thought for a moment and said, "Okay. If you have time and want to catch those demon pets, come to the Dark Council. Find me and I will take you there. But first, I must explain that I can only send you to the entrance of that place. I dare not enter inside."

I nodded and said, "Don't worry about that. Just get to the entrance."

After our exchange here, we continued to wander around the market here, let alone talk about it. After that, we really found a few more good things. Most of them are items used by guild members, but Kristina and I both gained something. Kristina found a strange triangular metal block. I don't know what it is, but Kristina is very excited. It should be an item that is very helpful to her. As for me, I bought a directional mutation fruit.

This directional mutation fruit is a very special kind of fruit. Its growth location is completely irregular. From the middle of magma to the extremely cold places of the polar regions, this thing basically does not care about the environment at all and will grow anywhere. However, although the places where this thing grows are widely distributed, the yield is incredibly low. I have almost never heard of its production. It is rare to see one at an auction. I didn't expect it to be on the same road this time. I found one on a stall nearby.

In fact, when I bought this thing, I found that it was the beginning of a hidden mission, but I was not free at the time, so I did not continue chatting with the NPC after buying this thing, otherwise I would definitely receive a series of missions.

I plan to use this directed mutation fruit for Lucky. The main reason is that the attribute of this fruit is dark. Therefore, the only suitable demon pets are Lucky, Plague, King, Sayoko and Black Flame, but the King and Black Yandu has been soaked in the sea water of the Sea of ​​Silence, which is equivalent to receiving a similar baptism. Even if he uses this fruit again, there will be no room for growth. As for Sayoko... her current attributes are still extremely unstable. The consequences of the last devouring have not yet completely stabilized, so she is not suitable for strengthening for the time being. Although both Lucky and Plague can use this thing, Lucky has been with me longer after all, and although Plague is larger than Lucky, its potential does not seem to be as high as Lucky, so I think it is best to use Lucky.

We have finished shopping here, and the internal cleaning activities of the Dark Elf have also been completed over there. Scott returned to my side with the Kirin warriors, and Xiaofeng also returned. All the members of the Sisby family were killed. Not only the clan, but also a large number of people who served their family were killed. Only some of the people who surrendered voluntarily were taken back. Of course, these people may not survive in the end, but that has nothing to do with me.

After confirming that the task is completed, I don’t want to stay here any longer. I am doing white work for Bai Jingling here and there. The purpose is just to build a good relationship to facilitate future development. Now that it is done, I certainly don’t want to waste time. .

Since the misunderstanding between the Dark Elf and the White Elf had been made clear through the Dark Council, I didn't shy away from it this time and returned to the White Elf's city openly. After handing over the task in Bai Jingling City, I left there under the other party's enthusiastic efforts to persuade me to stay. Our own guild's city construction is about to begin, and we don't have much time to think about other things now.

"President, you are finally back." Seeing my return, Jinshan Yinhai came up to me excitedly. He is the general person in charge of our Frost Rose Alliance in South America. After establishing the city, of course he became the city manager. Moreover, he came up with the intention to build this elven city. So he is more concerned about this matter than we are.

After seeing the golden mountains and silver seas, I was not polite to him and asked directly: "Have the coordination issues of the surrounding forces been resolved?"

Building a city is not that simple, because the system will divide the city jurisdiction based on the midpoint between the two cities, so as long as you build a city, you are reducing the jurisdiction of other nearby cities. It would be okay if the surrounding area is uninhabited. point. In areas like South America, where life is densely populated and various forces are mixed, cities cannot be built casually. If you start building a city rashly without communicating well with others, when the monsters attack the city, they will follow the monsters and attack your city. That would be troublesome.

Jinshan Yinhai has already arranged specialized personnel to take charge of this matter. When I brought Kristina and the others over this time, I also brought a lot of people with me, so this matter was handled fairly well. Jinshan Yinhai said with a smile: "I have been improving my favorability with several major forces nearby. This time, President, you have brought so many experts from the headquarters to support the show. Naturally, the other party will not have any objections. But there are An indigenous tribe seems reluctant to relocate, and what's more troublesome is that their tribe happens to be within the city limits. It doesn't matter if it's outside the city or even a little closer, but the other party is actually stuck within the city limits, so they can't move. Our people talked to them several times, but they just refused to give in."

"What's going on with this tribe? Is it a player or an NPC?"

"It's fine if it's an NPC. At worst, we'll kill them all. The key is that this is a player village, and the other party won't accept any negotiations and won't discuss this matter with us at all. Even if we want to buy or exchange, we can't. The other party won't give us any conditions at all. .”

"Player village?" I asked slightly surprised, "Didn't you say it was an indigenous tribe before?"

Jinshan Yinhai nodded and said: "It is indeed an indigenous tribe. But later it was taken over by a group of players, and now it has become a player tribe. The players in this tribe come from all over the world. Most of them are Americans, and there are also There are many Chinese Americans, but the other side doesn't buy our account at all, so we can't reach an agreement no matter what."

"Do you know why they won't give up their position?"

Jinshan Yinhai shook his head and said: "If I knew, I would find a way to solve it. The problem is that I don't know!"

Kristina was listening to our words and couldn't help but interjected: "If it doesn't work, just remove them by force. Doesn't our guild have many enemies outside? Not less than these few, right?"

Jinshan Yinhai explained: "Hey, my aunt, please don't come up with random ideas. This South America is different from other places. The jungle is too dense, and there are many natural creatures and mysterious forces. It's a mixed bag of fish and dragons. It is a paradise for guerrillas. In this kind of place, you are not afraid of offending large guilds, but you are afraid of offending scattered players and small guilds. Big guilds have big businesses, and as long as they don’t bully others too much, they generally won’t get in trouble with you. After all, They have a family business, and if they run away, the monks cannot run away from the temple. Those who can tolerate it will tolerate it. But these small guilds are different from individual players. It can be said that they have nothing to worry about. Once you If you provoke them, they will harass you day and night. It is very troublesome to clean up such people in a place like this. Even if the investment is large, the effect cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, we develop peacefully here, and generally we can If you don’t want to offend others, try not to offend anyone.”

I also quite agree with the words of Jinshan Yinhai. I knew a little bit about this before. For example, in South America, almost all guilds from various countries have agents here, but with so many guilds gathered here, it is strangely quiet. Everyone hardly fought. Although there were frictions, they rarely turned into armed conflicts. Everyone was unusually restrained.

No one is stupid these days. Everyone is here to make money. Although everyone's share will be reduced if everyone is crowded together, if you completely crowd out people and they start to engage in unlimited harassment wars with you, it will be completely troublesome. They used to just grab a little bit of each other's share, but now they are spitting out even if they can't get a cent. Everyone knows how to calculate this, so everyone invariably keeps quiet and makes a fortune in silence. No one pays attention to anyone.

But. Although there are many smart people nowadays, the problem is that there are also some people with brain cramps. It is possible that the group of people who occupied this small tribe were one such group. With the original intention of making a fortune, in South America, everyone can negotiate any problem, it is nothing more than an exchange of interests, and no one suffers anyway. But these people wouldn't talk to us at all. This makes it clear that they don’t want to reconcile. If they discovered any high-grade minerals or had any other great interests here, it would be easy to say. The key point is that the place has already been explored by people, and there are no special minerals. After all, once a city is established, you will definitely not be able to mine in the city, so it is common sense to make sure there are no precious minerals underneath the city before building it. Otherwise, after the city is built, one day it will suddenly be discovered that there are gem mines underneath the city. Do you want to dig it or not? If we dig, we will demolish the city. If we don't, we will feel itchy. Therefore, in order to avoid that kind of embarrassing thing, everyone will conduct pre-mining exploration on the city construction site. Only when it is confirmed that there are no valuable minerals will they start building the city.

The place where this tribe is located is within the limits of our city. As long as the Tree of Life is planted, it will be covered with tree trunks and canes, so this is a real urban area. And it’s still a central area. We naturally explore such places in great detail. Confirmed that there are no minerals worthy of nostalgia here. For such a place, the other party is determined to stay here. This is obviously not normal.

"President, we have now made arrangements with various surrounding forces. Some tribes that are too close have decided to move away, and some want to be merged into our city. Only this tribe will not move anywhere. We Now I’m so confused.”

"Besides the tribe's affairs, is there any other trouble?"

"There are still some troubles." Jinshan Yinhai continued: "First of all, the number of monsters in the surrounding monster area is larger than we originally expected, so the cleanup progress is a little behind, and now only one-half has been completed. In addition, , there is a river nearby that may need some treatment.”

"river?"

"Well, that river is near the city. It's usually nothing. But there is a flood season every year. At this time, the river will spread in the direction of the city, and then turn this area into a vast ocean. Although the ethereal city's It has a very strong ability to withstand floods, but it’s not a problem if it keeps being soaked in water like this!”

"Have you asked anyone to look at that river? Do you have any specific arrangements?"

"We have asked players who study hydraulics to look at the river problem. As long as we build a dam upstream to raise the water level, and then build a short artificial river to divert the river water into another river, then there will be no problem."

"Build a dam?" I was a little worried when I heard this. Although the dam can divert water, the problem is that we are in a battle-dominated game world. Dams in a state of war are time bombs. As long as others destroy the dam, the upstream and downstream areas are doomed to be in disaster. We are now faced with the possibility of forcibly demolishing a village. The other party will most likely cause trouble with us later, but we have left a dam outside. Although we will definitely send people to garrison it, if this dam is destroyed, the Elf City downstream is destined to become a vast ocean. Although Elf City itself will not be washed away by floods, there will definitely still be economic losses.

Jinshan Yinhai probably also knew what I was worried about, so he quickly added: "Actually, there is a safer method, but it is a little more troublesome."

"Tell me."

"We found a completely condensed lava tube nearby, which led to a large underground city-state. There was an underground river where they came from, and the river bed was very wide, but the water flow was not large. If we dig a hole in the mountain of that lava pipe, we can then introduce the river water into the ground to form an underground river. In this way, we only need to reach an agreement with the underground city-state and make a little modification to the lava pipe on their side, so that it can directly Connecting to the existing underground river, we don't have to worry about water flow problems here. Moreover, if there is such an underground river connecting that city-state, we can also establish trade relations with them, which is equivalent to an additional way to make money. "

"This method is good, but you said before that this method is very troublesome. Is it because it is difficult to dig the underground river?"

"Not only is it difficult, it should be said that it is extremely difficult. This underground river is quite deep, with a vertical depth of more than two thousand meters. If we build an oblique passage, the length will only be longer. And once the underground river is connected, we must also consider Whether the erosion of the river water will hollow out the nearby underground soil layer, and if it causes a cavity to cause large-scale collapse, it will be troublesome. These things are too complicated, and even in reality it requires a lot of professional equipment and exploration teams to demonstrate, but we are here There is no supporting equipment in the game. Although there are people who understand geology and hydraulics, it is difficult to find professional teams. Therefore, this project looks simple, but it is actually quite troublesome."

"That means the main issues now are these three, right?"

Jinshan Yinhai counted on his fingers: "An underground river needs to be redirected, a monster area is too slow to clean up, and there is a nail village. As long as these three problems are solved, we can start building the city immediately."

"There are so many problems!" I said helplessly: "These problems can only be solved in the monster area. Anyway, if the other two are not solved, it will be useless if the monster area is cleared. As for those two problems... let I’ll go back and discuss it with other people.”

Jinshan Yinhai also knows that this problem cannot be solved immediately. If it was really that easy to handle, they would have solved it themselves and wouldn't have waited for the big self to come back.

Let Jinshan Yinhai do his thing first, and I found Persephone again. She is now in South America and is responsible for the obtained Tree of Life Seed. According to her words, she is using her own divine power to maintain this seed, and as she maintains it, this seed will become stronger and healthier. She will be able to complete the maintenance in another day, and then this seed will show more powerful abilities than other trees of life. certainly. First, I have to solve the two problems mentioned by Jinshan Yinhai. Otherwise, no matter how well the seeds are maintained, I won’t be able to plant them.

After a brief exchange with Persephone, I found the large crystal communicator at the guild headquarters in South America and had a video conference with Essinger, and then told Rose several questions about the Golden Mountains and Silver Seas. and the Guild Think Tank. Since our guild has a full-time think tank. Then it can't be wasted. Of course they have to deal with this kind of brain-intensive problem.

Although the people in the think tank are very smart, they are not computers. Although they have broad minds, it takes time to think about problems, so I don’t rush them, I just let them think slowly. However, these think tanks are really quite capable. After I told them about this matter, I planned to leave. Unexpectedly, I was called back by the full-time communication personnel inside the communication room before I took two steps.

"Have you found a way?" He called me back so suddenly. Of course, this was the first thing I thought of.

Sure enough, Sumei said on behalf of the think tank: "We have indeed thought of a solution."

"tell me the story."

Su Mei directly took out the guild map. This is a general map of the guild that increases synchronously according to the detection range of the guild players, so the area where we want to build the city is also a lit area. Sumei compared it to the map and explained to me: "Our suggestion is to move the center of the city fifteen kilometers toward the river and build the city directly on the river."

"Ah? Didn't that completely turn the country into a desert?"

"Listen to me!" Su Mei explained: "Look. There are two problems now. The first is that this village refuses to move, and you don't want to force it. So, in that case, let's just get rid of this problem. . After deviating fifteen kilometers in the direction of the river, the village moved from the city center to the edge of the city, just outside the city limits. In this way, even if it is close, the other party can't do anything to us. If they take the initiative to cause trouble, then we Of course it was done without any discussion."

I nodded and said, "This has indeed solved the village's problems, but what about other problems?"

Su Mei continued: "Fifteen kilometers is actually not very far. After moving like this, the city's position will not change much, and it will not have much impact on us. Moreover, if the city is moved directly above the river, we can move from here Dig an underground river downward to lead the river water into the lava pipe. You didn't dare to do this before because you were worried that the erosion of the river water would hollow out the ground and form a cavity. But if we put the city center here, the root system of the Tree of Life will be It will go deep into the ground. Do you think there is any river that can hollow out the bottom of the Tree of Life?”

I was stunned by this method. "That's right! Is there any other river that can hollow out the bottom of the Tree of Life? By moving it like this, wouldn't both problems be solved?" (To be continued.)