【Caiusta Rest Period·City of Measurement】

"Caiusta, please form a team! Bring a friend with healing skills! Four are missing and one is missing! We will return to Caiusta in five hours, so hurry up!"

"There is a vacancy in the accounting position in Caiusta Doomsday City. Here is a friend who studies accounting! Just know how to fill in the entries! If someone can help check if the loan balance is equal, please add my number OKO982+++"

"Someone in the team has taken up the position of the fourth logistics captain of the third legion of the freedom camp. Urgently summon a plant team to take charge of fertile farmland. The mission rewards can be divided. Let's chat privately for details..."

"I am a second-level spiritual player. My teammates died in the Battle of Dawn. I am in urgent need of front-row teammates. Come on!"

"t? Where is t? Sister, look at me..."

"..."

The abandoned large shopping mall was bustling with people.

Players use this place as a gathering place for temporary team formation, clue sharing, hiring mercenaries, task outsourcing and other activities.

Looking around, the mall is filled with players of all kinds. Since Caius Tower entered the rest period, all contestants returned to the city of measurement in the 102nd year of the disaster and enjoyed a five-hour rest period. Players swarmed in

Gather here.

Su Mingan entered the mall wearing a black robe and was shocked by the sight before her.

——A large shopping mall with a height of eleven floors. Players climbed up and down like monkeys. Some people hung on the top of the elevator and danced as if they were electrocuted. Some people climbed along the railings. Some people left and right like they were having an ADHD attack.

They were running around as if they were covered in cockroaches. Players could be seen crawling twistedly and squirming in darkness everywhere.

"—I want to fall in love! I want to fall in love with an NPC girl—I can't find a partner!!" A male player shouted, dancing wildly in the air with flying props.

"——Come on a teammate, come on, come on a teammate! Please, teammate!" This is a female player who hangs a golden hook upside down from the chandelier on the 11th floor of the shopping mall.

"——Does anyone want to see the battlefield? There is a tour guide here, a one-hour tour of the Battle of Dawn battlefield! I will not be responsible for being killed!" A child shouted with a loudspeaker.

Looking at this scene, Su Mingan almost thought he had entered a mental hospital.

But then I thought about it - the players' behavior has been wild and unconstrained. Players are bored waiting to form a team. It is normal to climb up and down in the mall.

He even heard that some male players like to do stripteases and sway in front of NPCs. These people are pretty normal.

Next to Su Mingan was Noel, who was also wearing a black robe. The two stood blankly at the entrance of the shopping mall, a little out of place.

"In fact, in previous dungeons, there would also be this kind of 'player gathering place'." Noel said: "Like ordinary players, sometimes their teammates die midway, or some tasks are beyond their capabilities, and they will fight with others.

Let’s discuss forming a new team.”

"That's it..." Su Mingan said.

"They are too far away from you, so you don't know." Noel said.

Su Mingan took a look at the monkey park-like scene, and suddenly felt that crazy NPCs like Tredia and Sibor were actually quite normal: "It's better to stay away..."

The two wanted to move forward, but suddenly a man with a blue light flashing all over his body stopped them.

In the game system, players can choose whether to turn on the light effects of their equipment. This man has blue-level equipment all over his body, which is considered a very good level among players.

"It's your first time here? I'm King Rui, the intermediary here. I'm from the [Chariot] Guild. You can ask me if you have any needs." The man said.

The [Chariot] guild is not very famous, but Su Mingan has heard about it. It is a guild that "acts as a trading intermediary for players in the game copy". They help people exchange mission rewards, sell clues, act as intelligence dealers, etc.

"Let's just take a look," Noel said.

King Rui started to sell: "You two, I have clues to two blue-level side quests. The price is the equivalent of 80 points. Do you want them?"

Noel shook his head.

"Then... there is also a position of commander of the third unit of the Fourth Army of the Freedom Camp that is hard to buy, do you want it?" King Rui caught up a few steps further.

"Huh?" Su Ming'an paused: "Can the position of group leader be sold?"

"We have players who have reached a high position in the Fourth Army and have the right to be elected in the army. Think about it, although the War of Dawn is over, it is only the 49th year of the Cataclysm. By the 72nd Year of the Cataclysm, we still don’t know how much money can be gained.

,Are you interested?" Prince Rui pinched his fingers.

Su Mingan's footsteps stopped.

"Who...is selling this kind of group leader position?" His voice was very calm.

"This can't be said. Anyway, you can take the position of captain. If you are not interested in this, we have a lower level captain position." Prince Rui said proudly: "Don't worry, the supervision system during the war is

It’s a mess and no one in the liberal camp will find out.”

"Oh." Su Mingan said.

He was already thinking about the faces in high positions in the Fourth Army.

By the way, I went back and asked Su Lin to reconstruct the entire supervision system. What was he doing?

King Rui looked at the silent two, thought for a moment, and said: "We also provide some additional services, such as helping you with tasks, or helping you get close to some NPCs, etc."

"Get close to the NPC?" Noel suddenly said: "Can you help me get close to Akto?"

"Which Akto?" King Rui didn't respond. After a moment, he said in surprise: "Asa Akto? Su Mingan?"

"Yes." Noel said.

"This... you have posed a big problem for me. You have to tell me why you want to see him." Prince Rui hesitated for a moment and actually nodded.

"I like him as a person and I want to meet him." Noel smiled.

"Oh, for this reason, it's okay." Prince Rui didn't look surprised.

"From your tone, I'm not the first one to want to get close to Akto?" Noel asked.

"Of course, you are the 89th one. We have brought them all the 88 people before. They were in meetings, military exercises, passing by... They all met Akto. Although they didn't even talk to each other.

, but the task has been completed." King Rui said: "Are you sure? If we are sure, we will sign the transaction contract."

Su Mingan: "...88?"

"Where's this brother, what do you need?" Prince Rui looked at Su Ming'an who had been silent.

"I'll go back and increase the number of guards to 500," Su Mingan said.

"Ah?" Prince Rui didn't understand what he meant: "Brother, you..."

Su Mingan has already pulled Noel away.

"These players are really powerful." Noel sighed: "I thought the defense around you was solid enough, but I didn't expect that 88 people could sneak in to see you. What on earth do these people come to the game copy for?"

"Look at the giant pandas," Su Mingan said.

He registered a post on the bulletin board of this shopping mall that said "a huge reward for Lu Shu". The price of the reward was a piece of purple-level equipment. Purple-level equipment is still extremely expensive at this stage. As soon as this information came out, everyone who was still apes

The players immediately came over.

Next, Su Mingan went to the core area and issued an order to "offer a reward for Lu Shu throughout the city", a two-pronged approach between NPCs and players.

Before he was sure about the relationship between Lin Guang and Lu Shu, he would still try his best to find Lu Shu.

Afterwards, he and Noel went to the factory in the core area and recorded the weapons and equipment assembly line technology in his personal terminal for Caiusta's backup.

During the five-hour intermission, he was busy all the time. It was not until it was almost time to return that he came out of the factory, covered in dust.

Noel had been silently watching him finish all this, and suddenly said: "Do you feel a little more relaxed?"

"What?" Su Mingan said.

"The mall before was quite interesting, you see the players were so happy." Noel said: "Sometimes I would go to a gathering place for players to join in the fun. There would often be talent performances there, playing guitar, dancing, etc.

Chess competition... Many couples formed a bond there, and some small groups also took root there, and have since become life-or-death friends... In fact, World Game is quite fun, not entirely a bad game.

Many people have found their own fun. It's just that they are too harsh on you, so that you can't experience the fun."

"Fun..." Su Mingan said.

"I've always wanted to tell you that games need to be played with a smile, but I can hardly see your smile," Noel said.

"Now the forum is full of speculations and doubts about your authority, as well as the test of you by the organizer after the Ninth World...can you continue to laugh and play?" Su Mingan said.

Su Mingan only needs to look at the barrage now, and the screen is full of topics such as "Edward's death" and "Norgao Wei's authority". You can imagine what kind of impact they will have when the ninth world ends.

"Haha." Noel laughed.

He raised his head: "I don't care."

He blinked, ignored the crazy barrage in the upper right corner, and repeated:

"I do not care."

Su Mingan followed Noel's gaze and looked up.

The sky in the City of Measurement is gray-white, not as red as it was fifty years ago, and the stars can be vaguely seen. They stood between the high-rise buildings in the core area, like two inconspicuous street lamps.

Repeatedly spanning decades, Su Mingan always had the illusion that he was still in a dream, and even looking at the sky seemed like an illusion.

"Wow——"

The countdown cleared and the brilliant white light of Caius Tower gradually enveloped them.

"The most important thing for a person is to learn to pick up and put down. If you find that you can't keep everything, you might as well learn to make decisive choices." Noel looked at the sky:

"You are not a god, Su Mingan. Making yourself happy is the most important thing. You can try to enjoy the happiness of ordinary players..."

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To be continued...