Chapter 536 Goodbye humans! News about a super large gathering place!
The last time he walked to this nearly twenty-meter-high wall, Sumo just looked at it briefly for fear of exposing himself, and then immediately looked away.
Today, under the leadership of Turner, and the Xinhuo Exchange is not what it used to be.
For the first time, Sumo finally had the time and opportunity to raise his head and measure the rough details of this high wall.
Like the city wall outside Liberty City, the high wall is also made of this dark red masonry, which is constantly absorbing light under the sunlight.
In terms of defense, the entire high wall did not use an external watchtower, but instead used embedded observation windows.
Every thirty meters or so, there will be a gap. From time to time, people from the escort team will poke their heads out to observe the situation in the neighborhood outside.
From the overall defense strength, the high wall can only be regarded as average, and it is at the stage of guarding against gentlemen but not against villains.
But if you add the eyeball in the center of the wall that is somewhat similar to the Blackstone Camp, the entire wall instantly loses its grandeur.
On the contrary, there is an indescribable strange feeling that makes people shudder.
Seeing the hint of complexity in Hao Qiang's eyes, Turner misunderstood and explained: "Friend Hao Qiang, you don't have to worry. It's a big deal for a mercenary to privately release his identity by others. "You're small"
"I see that your mark is blue, and you don't seem to know the rules. You should be one of the batch that left when our city was not fully built yet. Human?"
For this reason, Hao Qiang could only nod.
Turner patted his chest: "Now you don't have to worry anymore. After the Free City was built, the lord introduced mercenaries as a policy to maintain the concentration of the territory. You can use this Excuse me. Besides, when you come back to pay the fine, you will create revenue for the territory. With Harl and I protecting you, there will be no problem!"
As he spoke, he turned to someone else! At the corner of the street, a gate appeared under the high wall.
Unlike the city gate that was guarded before, the gate under the high wall only had ordinary door stones, and no one was seen.
But after the three of them entered, two uniformed staff members walked towards them.
A man and a woman, both are standard fox people, with slender figures and fine looks, exuding a charming aura.
After observing the gender of the three people, the leading man stepped back and the woman stepped forward, bowing deeply: "Welcome to the three adults to the inner city. We are responsible for arranging on-site guides for the three of them. , please let me verify the information first, so that we can arrange the best service and guidance for you."
Like other entertainment service agencies in Liberty City, Fox Girl will not hesitate to speak or bow. He is releasing his innate aura.
But unfortunately, facing two dwarves and a modified man whose lower body was made of iron, her temptation failed miserably.
As Turner pressed his hand on his mark, Sumo immediately copied his operation in a decent manner.
Wow!
A simple message was shot out through the air through the mark. After sensing the receiving end, it flew into the receiver on the back of the fox girl's hand.
Then the fox girl lowered her head skillfully, called up the received information, her expression changed slightly and bowed again: "Master Hal, Master Turner, you are a distinguished guest in our Free City. You can visit us in the inner city. To enjoy the purple mark treatment, please follow me! ”
In Liberty City, the sense of superiority brought by the imprint level is everywhere reflected.
Although the color of the two people's marks is still blue, internally, it was adjusted to purple by the guards, which is a big compensation.
"Okay, lead the way, we really need some good mercenaries"
"And help the person next to me deal with the identity issue!"
" OK! ”
Walking about a hundred meters along the city gate, the view becomes wider again.
In the buildings that can be seen on the roadside, there is an endless stream of people inside, carrying items that cannot be traded outside the city.
For example, everyone's daily fixed ration, a lumpy plant that can be made into paste, is piled up into a hill here like garbage on the roadside.
There are constantly large carts responsible for loading, and then pulling them to a fixed location outside the city for sale.
There are also a lot of rare ores for making weapons and protective equipment here.
With just one look, Sumo saw several high-grade ores glowing with a faint blue light, randomly placed on the floor of the shop, allowing the escorts to choose as they pleased.
Rare medicinal materials, high-level plants, weird technological objects
As we walked deeper and deeper, it was as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden. As for the background of the Demon Soul Clan, Sumo felt the more obvious.
The inside and outside of the high wall are like two worlds, with a clear dividing line between poverty and wealth.
Outside, there is a decaying empire that can be destroyed with just one poke. It seems that anyone can destroy it.
Inside, there are tangled and deep-rooted underwater icebergs, making it difficult to see where the real end is.
With eyeballs hanging high on the city wall for surveillance, things in the inner city are not afraid of being stolen.
Along the way, after turning several corners and coming to a strange building with only walls but no door to enter, the fox girl suddenly stopped and made a gesture of invitation. :
"Master Hal, I don't know if you should deal with this person's identity first, or go first"
"Let's go check on the other mercenaries first, and then we'll deal with the identity together!"
"Okay!"
Nodding again, the fox girl stretched out her hand and waved slowly towards the wall. The originally closed building wall cracked open, revealing the passage leading below.
Noticing that Sumo's gaze fell on the inside of the passage, the fox girl explained: "The original open-air mercenary paradise, considering that people from the Bright Empire often come and invade, is inconvenient to manage, so we have moved it We have arrived here, and have set up several new projects, including not only our demon soul tribesmen who have lost their marks, but also other wild alien races, available for purchase."
"And we have set the rules in the lord On the basis of this, more modifications have been made to ensure the rights and interests of buyers."
"In the previous management authority of subordinates, the master could only manage the life and death of mercenaries. It seemed very strict, but in fact According to our investigation, very few people use it and many accidents occur”
"So we modified it so that as long as the purchase is made, the owner can freely check the mercenary's movement route within three days. At the same time, he can also retrieve the creatures that the mercenary has recently contacted through the mark"
"And On the mercenary side, on the premise that mercenaries cannot harm their masters, we have also set up countermeasures through other rules. For example, after the master has ordered that mercenaries cannot talk to strangers at will, once the mercenaries violate it, they will be immediately deactivated. The permission to use its mark."
"In other respects, we have done the same."
On the way to the underground through the deep stairs, the fox girl kept talking about the new and improved rules.
From the master’s jurisdiction over the mercenaries, to the mercenaries’ loyalty options to the master, to the design of every detail.
From the inside out, the entire system has undergone earth-shaking changes.
If we say that in the past, this initial mercenary elimination system set up by the demon soul clan lord was a helpless move to force everyone to take action and go out to make money.
It has evolved to this point, and finally it has embarked on another wrong path, becoming more and more out of control, revealing the true purpose of exploitation below.
After becoming a mercenary, you basically lose all your rights, and even the right to commit suicide is forcibly deprived.
In addition to helping the master work hard in order to pray that the master can redeem himself one day, the mercenary will have no other choice.
After listening to all the rules, Sumo grasped the key point: "Can other alien races also purchase it, but how to ensure that they are also governed by the rules?"
The fox girl shook her head in surprise: "Hey, Lord Hal, do you want to Taking other aliens out to work? This is not possible. They have no mark and cannot be restrained. It will harm the owner's rights and interests!"
"We can only ensure that the identity information of these aliens is not collected. Sold, that is to say, Master Hal can get the first-hand information and make it into a template for sale."
"As for their lives, after the information is collected after the purchase, the owner can continue to hang it here. At the same time, we can also be responsible for sending them out of the city for the owner to decide whether to stay or not!”
“In short, they can’t live in the city!”
After listening to the fox girl's introduction, Sumo nodded unequivocally.
As expected, regarding the most important imprint, the Demon Soul Clan has not opened it up to the point of loading it for others.
However, it is no different from what the fox girl said. No one will put a time bomb next to him. For the Demon Soul Clan, when there are more useful mercenaries and templates can be replaced, they don't need foreign slaves to work at all.
The biggest function of these slaves that can be bought and sold is to drain all the information and form a template for easy sale.
"We're here, and I would like to ask the three adults not to have close contact with mercenaries and slaves who have no relationship to prevent unnecessary risks."
"Of course, during the purchase process, we also I hope that guests will not conflict with other people, so as not to ruin everyone’s shopping experience!”
At the end of the corridor, after another fox man interacted to verify the entrance, the door that blocked the view suddenly opened, revealing the inside. scene.
Even though he had been here before to buy mercenaries, Turner still sighed: "Oh, it's so big here!"
"Yes, this is not only our daily life. This is where mercenaries are traded and where we transfer civilians after battles”
"The entire space can accommodate approximately 100,000 people!"
It is somewhat similar to a building on the ground. The underground blocks that you see are brightly lit, as bright as day.
Moreover, on both sides of the extremely long road, there are also various mercenary exchanges recruiting passing customers.
At first glance, the flow of people here is not small. , even slightly stronger than the block where the Xinhuo Exchange is located.
However, after careful observation, Sumo keenly discovered the mystery inside.
Just like other people outside who turn products into genetic stocks and buy and sell them every day, more than 90% of the people in this surging flow of people also have this idea.
They buy different types of mercenaries every day and sell them off after a few days in order to earn the difference.
They are also commodities, one trades things, the other trades people, with the price list released by the exchange every day, the ground and the underground are extremely harmonious in this regard.
"Master Hal, Master Turner, I can only accompany you here. If you feel that our service is satisfactory, please"
"Okay, you go Well, here are fifty contribution points, give me two!”
Before the fox girl could finish speaking, Turner, who was familiar with the situation, interrupted the conversation between the two of them and tipped generously.
Then, watching the two happily returning along the original path to lead the next wave of guests, Sumo smiled and looked back.
"These mercenaries we bought last time are really rubbish. They were infiltrated so easily. This time we have money, why not just go to the back and buy something good?"
One penny for one Divide goods, in this free city, this rule also applies in most cases.
Pointing to the exchange where the two of them bought mercenaries last time, and pointing to the exchange at the back where there were fewer people but the decoration was obviously higher, Turner gritted his teeth and said.
"Don't be in a hurry. Let's go around and take a look. Good ones don't mean loyalty. Besides, what we need now is not thugs, but people who work. We don't need such good ones!"
"In this case, let's go separately. Keep the people who meet the requirements in mind first, and then we will gather together and slowly select."
Turner nodded: "That's okay, anyway, this afternoon It’s okay, let me go back and take a look first?”
“Okay!”
The three of them separated after agreeing on an agreed time.
Turner walked straight to the big store at the back, while Hao Qiang joined in the fun and went to the exchange with the most people.
Looking at the turbulent flow of people drowning the two figures, Sumo shook his head, turned around and walked into the shop closest to the main entrance, where the Xingyue Exchange was hung.
"Oh, this is a rare guest, Lord Hal, please come in!"
As soon as he entered the door, the servant responsible for soliciting guests greeted him enthusiastically.
Except for some refugees outside the city, no one who is well-informed is unfamiliar with the owner of the Fire Exchange, who has recently become famous in Liberty City.
Even the other demon soul tribesmen who had bought Hal's dwarf craftsman before, after the wind changed, they threw the template into the cold palace with tears in their eyes.
"Come and see the mercenaries, lead the way!"
"Okay~"
Unlike goods, which can be placed on shelves.
Before mercenaries have no masters, due to their uncertainty, they will basically be imprisoned in dungeons and covered with chains that restrict their activities.
Following the servant's lead, they came all the way to the back hall, and after passing through a downward passage, the two came to the dungeon below the ground.
A room of about three square meters is the living space for everyone detained here.
Watching Somo come down, after seeing the short dwarf body, most people just raised their heads and then dropped them weakly again.
Obviously, in the hearts of mercenaries, the identity of a dwarf inherently represents poverty!
Ignoring the performance of these people, he walked from beginning to end and memorized all the mercenary information. Without any communication, Somo returned to the first floor again.
Most of the mercenaries of Xingyue Exchange are good at hard work, and not many have bright minds.
If this kind of people can be brought to the depression, they will be a good cheap labor force, which can quickly increase the speed of forming the disaster-resistant base.
But in this free city where social interaction is a must, the most uncompromising "fool" is one.
Shaking his head, he walked into the exchange opposite again. Following the order, Somo began to browse quickly.
Unlike others along the way, Sumo just watched and simply recorded the recorded information in his mind, and then left immediately.
On the way, only when he encountered an exchange selling other alien races, he would stop to take a look and ask questions.
But unfortunately, after visiting seven or eight exchanges, I can still find very little information from other aliens.
"Hey, Hao Qiang, have you finished all the shopping behind you?"
According to the length of the block, the exchanges on this street alone are not under fifty, even if you just take a quick look It would take at least half a day to see it.
As soon as Sumo walked out of the Ninth House, he was surprised to see Hao Qiang waiting at the door and looking at him.
"No, I only visited three. The shopkeeper made a major discovery!"
"Oh?"
Looking at Hao Qiang's shocked expression, Su Mo frowned. , casually walking to a place with few people.
After a while, they came to a neighborhood with few people and found an exchange at random, and the two of them walked in.
Then, after sending away the servants, I chose to go shopping by myself.
In the passage, Hao Qiang came up and said:
"Director, the problem is big. When I was walking around the exchange at the back just now, I saw one of our own people, yes, it is human beings!"< br>
“I don’t know if I am insane. When he saw me going in, he shouted at me that he had information about the human gathering place. As long as I bought him, he would tell me everything!”
Hearing this, Sumo paused: "News about the human gathering place?"
"Yes, he said he knew the location of a very large human gathering place with about 30,000 people!"
"And the trouble is, according to his vague description, this location happens to be within a thousand kilometers southeast of our depression!"
(End of Chapter)