Chapter 157 Inner City
Tao Yu glanced at her sister again. Although Tao Lan's face was still pale and weak after giving birth, she looked so tenacious under the reflection of the sleeping baby in her arms.
She was standing in the queue and smiled and waved her hand to Tao Yu, signaling him to quickly enter the city.
Seeing her sister's smile, Tao Yu also took a deep breath.
Then he turned around and walked towards the city gate.
As a 'partner', Tao Yu's way of entering the inner city is much simpler than that of migrant workers queuing up.
Because his identity chip was already in the watch, which was given to him when Panda opened the company, there was no need to check it when he entered, he could just swipe it with a 'beep'.
But the price of this convenience is the price of 10 points of willingness.
For an ordinary out-of-towner family, it can be regarded as a day’s income.
"Even if I give my sister and brother-in-law this privilege, I'm afraid they won't use it."
Tao Yu thought with a sigh.
My brother-in-law should also be able to enter through this way, but his high-end work card can waive the entry fee. This is a reward for his hard work in the inner city for so long.
If they really charge a fee for this kind of work card, it would be almost equivalent to a day's work in vain.
"Migrant workers come to the city to serve the people in the inner city. Their 'entry fee' is actually the value of their labor. However, when junior partners come to the city, they may not bring benefits to the inner city, so this threshold is set... …”
Tao Yu passed through the thick inner city wall, and the inner city streets in front of him gradually came into view.
It is completely different from the dirt roads and mud in the outer city.
Although the overall style is not clean, under the overall dark light and shadow effect, the main body of the painting style brings a sense of depression. You can also occasionally see some garbage on the street.
But overall it is much better than the outer city!
The two-lane road is paved with asphalt, and you can see the sewer outlet on the roadside. Pedestrians of various styles are walking on the sidewalk. During this early morning period, people mainly visit the outer city that has just passed the inspection. Most of them are migrant workers.
The locals from the inner city who occasionally appear have completely different demeanor and attire.
Colorful hair colors, as well as various non-mainstream hairstyles such as afros, make it easy to distinguish them.
Judging from their yawning state, many of them may have had a rich nightlife and have just finished their entertainment and are going home to catch up on some sleep.
In addition, most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed at this time. It seemed that it was too early and it was not yet business hours. There was only one bar with a colorful logo flashing, but it had just entered the closing time.
Those neon signs seemed to be flashing all night long.
The architectural style next to it is also a bit abstract, with various images, and there seems to be no unified plan.
Various billboards and slogans composed of huge neon lights fill the entire field of view and extend all the way upward.
Including those buildings with dozens of floors or even hundreds of floors, they are all in weird styles.
Those abstract architectural images that were ridiculed on the Internet in previous lives can be seen everywhere here. At a glance, you can’t see two identical buildings.
"The outer city still needs to worry about the gray mist monsters that occasionally appear, but the inner city doesn't need to worry about these at all..."
Tao Yu stepped into the inner city, took a breath of the inner city air that was still mixed with some exhaust fumes, and felt that the environment was actually just average.
It's not as good as the new development area. Now that Las Vegas is almost being cleaned up, it actually looks better than here.
In turn, he looked back at the workers who were coming out of the checkpoint one after another. Many of them had much brighter expressions on their faces the moment they entered the inner city.
It seems that this place carries their sustenance and yearning.
Looking up at the sky, the floating city is directly above the inner city, making the atmosphere even more depressing, as if the sky is much lower.
"First find a few inner city tasks with high points, clear the qualifications for the assessment, and clear the qualifications for 'intermediate partner' before going back."
Originally, if it weren't for Uncle Hu's problem, Tao Yu wouldn't have thought of getting the 'mid-level partner' so quickly.
With such an identity that can establish a foothold in the inner city, not many newcomers from the inner city can reach the standard in such a short period of time. They must have the talent, family affairs, and resources to meet the requirements.
And it is estimated that it is mainly based on mechanical transformation and allogeneic implantation. Although the practice side will not be inferior to the first two in the later stage, there is indeed a gap in the early stage!
For a person from outside the city, to be honest, he is already a bit eye-catching.
but!
When Tao Yu saw his sister queuing up with her children in her arms early in the morning, he knew that he would do this even if Uncle Hu was not implicated in anything!
"Becoming an intermediate partner quickly and establishing a foothold in the inner city will automatically solve many problems. Doubts, jealousies, and jealousies will all disappear in the face of strength..."
Tao Yu thought about the sudden change in attitude of Panda and others after beating Ta Fu to death, and breathed out slowly.
With the benefits given by the Sun family as a cover, it is not impossible to suppress his appearance as an ordinary 'mid-level partner'!
If you have trouble, just focus on yourself!
And after I became an intermediate partner, I only showed up when I needed to solve specific problems.
Those who can know will naturally know, and those who don’t know don’t need to care!
Compared with other migrant workers who came from other cities who were cautious and didn't dare to raise their heads to look more, Tao Yu's actions seemed much more natural.
Looking at the few inner-city people on the street talking and laughing as they came out of the bar, they didn't show any specialness or concern.
I've beaten so many to death.
In his eyes, the inner city pioneers have long lost their halo. After all, they are still mortals, and they will die if their heads fall off...
…
"Even the mission hall opens so late..."
While Tao Yu was reading the instructions downloaded at the city gate, he came to a mission hall with an exaggerated door that looked a bit like a circus tent.
This is one of the many mission halls in the inner city. At this time, except for the flashing sign, the door of the hall is closed. But compared to the city gate, perhaps because time has passed, at the gate of the mission hall, there are already seven or eight people waiting here.
Tao Yu glanced at them and saw that some of them were very similar in temperament to the inner city people he had seen on the road before, while the others felt to Tao Yu more like the mercenaries he had seen in the Walled City Hall.
There is a high probability that he is also a junior partner, or even a junior partner who has not yet obtained the official inner city status. The purpose of coming here is the same as Tao Yu himself, for a task with higher points and rewards in the inner city.
When Tao Yu came to the door, several people glanced at him, but no one came forward to talk to him. They all waited silently.
"The inner city is not always a safe place, but this is definitely a place with relatively good security..."
Tao Yu glanced at several cameras in front of the mission hall.
In fact, with the technology of Star City, if we really wanted to, it shouldn't be a big problem to at least fill the inner city with cameras.
Not to mention anything else, there are a lot of materials collected from everywhere in the new development area alone.
But based on what we see on the road so far, there are actually only a few places in the inner city that have cameras.
Generally, it is covered in key locations such as city gates and mission halls, but not in ordinary streets and alleys, because there are not many vehicles in the inner city, and there is not even a strict transportation system.
There are strange-looking traffic lights, but there are not necessarily cameras at the intersections.
Existence is reasonable. Since the inner city has formed the current situation, there will naturally be corresponding reasons.
Anyway, the reason is definitely not a lack of money...
While Tao Yu was waiting here, he was also maintaining low-magnification meditation and breathing techniques. Anyway, it was his instinct not to waste time.
If it weren't for the inability to use it, he would have wanted to punch on the spot.
After waiting for about twenty minutes and seven or eight new people arriving one after another, there was finally movement in the mission hall.
Through the glass window on the door, you can see a girl with pink hair and sleepy eyes with a robotic arm coming to the door and starting to unlock it. Then, with a huge force that does not match her body size, she directly pushes open the heavy door.
"Give me a little bit, make a little bit of me, be careful of getting hit."
While muttering, the girl with the mechanical arm kept moving her hands.
After opening the door, he took out a few more signs and placed them at the door.
The words on those signs are large and few, but they are very conspicuous.
Probably just a few rules.
For example, you can't fight, you can't make loud noises, etc.
"Miss Marge, what's the new mission?"
"Miss Marge, did anyone complete the debt collection task of the Tooth Broken Group last time?"
"Miss Margo is still so energetic."
"You look beautiful again today."
"Another day full of energy."
"..."
When the girl started to open the door and put up the sign, several old people who seemed to be queuing up all the time started to come forward and send greetings.
From their attitudes, we can probably tell that this sweet-looking girl who looks quite cute may be responsible for this every day, and her strength and ability should not be weak.
"Speak less and don't make any loud noises, don't you understand?"
Margo muttered, not seeming to be very patient.
It seems normal to go through this repetitive thing every day.
But then she seemed to catch a glimpse of Tao Yu again, and her dissatisfied face lit up slightly.
"Aha, finally there's a new guy here, and he's a handsome guy."
At this time, several people nearby also locked their eyes on Tao Yu, constantly examining him.
Fortunately, they were all people who came here so early to queue up to beg for food, and there was no hostility among them. It was more of a matter of scrutiny and observation.
"Miss Marge is also very cute. I want to take on a few partner tasks with around 800 points. It should be uncomplicated and can be done by one person in a short time. Do you have any recommendations?"
Tao Yu took full advantage of her appearance and said with a smile.
You can tell from the attitude of the people around you that Mag, a staff member in the task hall, should be very clear about many tasks and may also have a lot of internal information and materials.
Task points are usually linked to task difficulty and various weight bonuses.
If it were simply based on the price of willing power, without any point weight bonus, it would take about 8,000 willing power to pay for the company's mission.
The calculation is certainly difficult and cumbersome.
But if there are some tasks that have not been completed for a long time, or have weighted blessings and recommendations, there will be various degrees of points increase.
It can be said that Tao Yu himself has almost no understanding of the environment in the inner city. Although he is confident in completing a task of this price, it would of course be best if he could know more about it...
(End of chapter)