After working for about an hour, Lin Luo logged into the game.
Today's Hero City gave him a very different feeling, a feeling of calm before the storm when the storm was about to come.
There are very few federal soldiers in the city. Many shops in the central street, which was originally very prosperous in commerce, are closed, making it impossible for many players to buy medicine.
This was not the case yesterday.
"What happened today?"
"Are all those businessmen dead? Why haven't they opened a store yet?"
"I heard that the version will be updated soon. Are these businessmen up to something else?"
"It's strange. I just met some guard NPCs. They had a bad attitude towards me. I don't know why."
Lin Luo called Wang Xiaoer, and it showed that the other party was on the phone.
He sent a message to Shenlan again, and the result showed that the other party was in Do Not Disturb mode.
He gradually frowned and looked up at the sky. It was early morning, the bright sunshine was gone, and a dark and deep cloud rolled in, giving people an indescribable sense of depression.
"What happened?"
Lin Luo always felt that something big had happened, so he quickly opened the official forum and took a look.
As a result, he discovered that this was not the case on his own server, and that many other servers had similar situations.
However, the other servers are different from this server. Lin Luo glanced at the billowing dark clouds above his head, which seemed to contain some terrifying existence. There was a feeling that the dark clouds were overwhelming the city and were about to destroy it. This strange sight only appeared in this server.
Finally, Lin Luo turned to a highlight post and saw the analysis of many closed beta players.
The content is probably that before each version is updated, there will be a major event at the end of the version. After the event is completed, the game will be maintained and the next version will be updated.
"So that's it..."
Lin Luo didn't have a clue. He had never played the closed beta, and even if he had, he couldn't predict the direction of the official server.
Because the plot freedom in the new world has countless unknown directions, the only advantage for beta testers is that they are better at operation and understand more game mechanics.
"Forget it, don't think so much, let's go to the Tauren homeland first."
Lin Luo put aside these distracting thoughts and quickly arrived at the Tauren homeland.
Alistar was shaving himself in front of a huge lake, looking very serious, trying to look more civilized.
"Hey! Alistar, do you know what that is?"
Lin Luo came from a distance, pointed at the gloomy dark clouds in the sky southwest of Hero City, and asked.
Lao Niu raised his head and glanced:
"How did I know? You have to ask an astronomer about this. I agreed yesterday that you would introduce me to a better job, and I will definitely be grateful to you."
Lin Luo nodded:
"That's what I mean, let's go. I know two very close friends."
He had already thought about it yesterday, and there were two positions where he could introduce work to Alistar.
Introducing work is a social thing, and social interaction requires high prestige points and favorability.
Lin Luo now has a high affinity with many NPCs in the city, but the only ones that can really make Alistar work are Blacksmith Kelly in the west of the city and Minnie's Alchemy House in the north.
If you go to the blacksmith, Lao Niu has a strong body and a hard-working spirit, so he can do some dirty work.
If you go to Miss Minnie's place, you can protect the safety of the former. Miss Minnie is not short of money and can definitely afford the salary.
One person and one cow soon arrived outside the City of Heroes.
The City of Heroes used to be a backward and arrogant city-state with very tall and vicissitudes of ancient city walls that ordinary people would not dare to break into.
When two city guards saw Alistar, they immediately showed alert expressions:
"Cow people, stop! Show your alien resident certificate immediately!!"
They rarely see residents of the alien area entering and leaving the Hero City.
Moreover, the sense of oppression given to them by Alistar is too strong, and they must be investigated.
Alistar immediately raised his hands and looked at Lin Luo for help.
Lin Luo explained:
"Two sirs, he is not a foreigner in the city, but he wants to find a job now. I want to take him to the foreign area to register. Don't worry, he is absolutely safe and has a very good temper!"
Alistar said quickly:
"That's right! That's right!"
Lin Luo's extremely high prestige made the two city guarding NPCs look at each other and said:
"Even so, I can't let him in without the consent of the federation, unless you can prove that it is really safe."
Lin Luo thought for a while, took out the cowherd's flute and said:
"Don't worry, it's still my mercenary. As long as I'm here, it won't hurt anyone."
The two NPCs frowned, but their attitudes were still firm:
"Sorry, no, it just can't be done. Unless the Federation speaks out in person, I will not allow it to enter the city. Otherwise, I will sound the invasion alarm, and then people from the military region will come."
Lin Luo frowned immediately. Although he had high prestige, his identity was always that of an adventurer rather than a member of the Federation.
These NPCs are not intelligent enough and they accept death.
If you can't explain it clearly, you can't explain it clearly, and it's useless to talk about it.
"Alas, it seems that this city doesn't welcome me either."
Alistar showed a disappointed expression and walked away in frustration.
Fortunately, at this time, an extremely fast figure, like a bolt of lightning, jumped down from the hundreds of meters high city wall!
If it was a player, he would have fallen to death on the spot, but the person fell to the ground gracefully and was unscathed.
Lin Luo's eyes lit up. This person was none other than Joe, the senior archer of the Archers Guild. He had been on the city wall observing the strange dark clouds with a telescope, so Lin Luo didn't notice him.
But apparently the latter found Lin Luo and jumped down.
"Huh? It's you Lin, this bull-human race... Oh! Is it the legendary Alistar? I've heard its story!"
Qiao came over very enthusiastically, looked at Lin Luo in surprise and said:
"Could it be that you are Alistar's friend and you want to take him into the Hero City?"
Lin Luo nodded and said:
"Yes, I agreed to help it find a job."
Qiao immediately began to rub his chin and stared at Alistar with a scrutinizing gaze:
"You are a very powerful legendary hero, Sir Alistar. Are you really willing to work in the Hero City?"
"Yes I do."
Alistar said in an authentic voice.
Qiao pondered for about a minute, and finally nodded:
"Well, for Lin's sake, I believe you. But please abide by federal laws, otherwise we will deport you even if you are powerful."
He showed his ID to the two NPCs guarding the city:
"I am Qiao, the commander of the city defense army. Let them go immediately."
Two NPCs retorted:
"But the general said that no more foreigners are allowed to enter the city!"
Qiao said coldly:
"Even if you are a general, you must abide by the law. The law does not prohibit foreigners from entering the city. Let your general speak to the council leader! Get out of the way quickly!"
The Federation and the military are two very discordant factions.
Each of the two factions has people who hold positions in Hero City, but in terms of strength, the Federation has always been stronger, and much stronger.
The two NPCs had no choice but to give way.
Lin Luo thanked Qiao, then patted Alista's thigh and said with a smile:
"Let's go, Lao Niu, you can enter the city now."
Alistar gratefully said to Lin Luo:
"Thank you so much, Lin!"
[Tip: All your actions are seen by Alistar, and its favorability towards you has been increased by 20 points.]
The two quickly walked into the Hero City. Alistar's huge size and fierce appearance immediately stunned the players.
Some people watched from a distance and did not dare to take a closer look.
Some of them had sharp eyes and felt that Alistar's appearance was very familiar, so they started taking videos and posted them online.
More players looked at Lin Luo with strange eyes. They had only seen players go killing monsters outside the city. This was the first time they saw players bringing monsters into the city.
The most outrageous thing is...
He actually managed to bring it in?
"Guigui, the boss is the boss. Could it be that this is the boss's pet?"
"Don't be ridiculous. How can there be such a big pet? I guess it's a mount. Only mounts are usually this big."
"But he didn't ride on it."
"It's hard to understand the taste of a boss. Maybe someone else has a mount and just walks or plays?"
Alistar walked into this new city-state and looked at everything with great curiosity.
"Lin, I feel very different here."
Alistar said:
"I have been to the distant city-state of Demacia, the ancient Shurima Empire, and Noxus. Their people are very different from here. They are fundamentally different!"
Lin Luo didn't expect it to take the initiative to speak. Then he thought about it. Legendary heroes have very high thinking and intelligence. They have their own ideas.
"Really? What's the difference?"
Alistar looked around and touched the back of his head inexplicably:
"The feeling they give me... is very strange. It's not like people in this world. They have an unknown force. Although it is weak, it is very strong..."
Lin Luo smiled:
"That's right, you will meet more people like this in the future."
He knows very well that these people are the so-called players. The game is like the most powerful rule in this world. This power can bring players back to life. As long as they don't do things like Buddha, there is basically no real death.
However, this idea was thrown away by Alistar, who was still concerned about work issues.
"Is the place we are going to now an alien area?"
Lin Luo did not answer him directly, but took it to the blacksmith first. When the latter heard about this, he did not agree immediately, but asked Alistar to help him forge the iron bill first, which was probably quite large.
for testing.
Alistar struck down with his hammer and made a hole in the entire ground. Blacksmith Kelly's face turned black on the spot.
"Forget it, let's change places."
Lin Luo brought Alistar to the north area of the city. The latter walked in and said with some surprise:
"Is this the alien area of Hero City?"
Lin Luo nodded and said:
"Yes, this place was established five years ago. Many wandering aliens were taken in by the Federation and got stable jobs."
These were things he had seen occasionally in the library before.
In fact, the human power in Runeterra is not the strongest. Many Inhumans have terrifying destructive power. They wander everywhere, like a time bomb that can explode at any time, causing great turmoil every time they go to a place.
The City of Heroes stands in the center of Runeterra, and is often harassed by these wandering alien races.
In the end, the federation proposed that instead of suppressing them, it would be better to integrate them, and opened up the alien area in the north of the city, so that these aliens could at least live a stable life, and then give them appropriate jobs to prevent them from being idle and wreaking havoc everywhere.
Coupled with the intimidation of the five major guilds of the Federation, these aliens gradually adapted to this kind of life and lived peacefully.
This is a good thing for both parties.
Hero City is no longer harassed by alien races. The alien races have a place to stay and are very harmonious with each other.
The only person who was opposed was the military. They believed that these alien races should be executed. Such a large area in the north of the city should be used to expand military power or economy, rather than allowing these alien races to occupy human territory.
"So be careful. Ordinary people will not cause trouble for you. People in the Federation are also willing to live in harmony with you. Only those soldiers in military uniforms are very hostile to the Inhumans. You should try to go around them."
As Lin Luo walked, he explained these precautions to Alistar.
Otherwise, when the time comes, people from the military headquarters will come to look for trouble and make the old cow angry, and then the two sides will fight again, which will be enough to make one's scalp numb just thinking about it.
"I see."
Alistar said in a low voice.
The two came outside Minnie's alchemy room. Lin Luo knocked on the door, and a purple elf flew out and looked at Alista in shock.
Lin Luo first asked Lao Niu to wait outside, and then went in to explain to Miss Minnie.
"It is a very famous bull-headed chief. It is very powerful. You may be in danger at any time while carrying the world runes. As long as it is there, it can protect you. All you need to do is give it a salary every month."
Miss Minnie felt it was very reasonable and asked again:
"How about the salary?"
Of course Lin Luo didn't care, so he just let the two parties negotiate on their own. He was only responsible for bringing the cattle.
Half an hour later, the two parties agreed on the price.
Lin Luo completed the favorability task as he wished.
[Tip: Alistar’s favor task: Help find a job has been completed. 】
[Tip: You have gained Alistar’s favorability: 100]
Lin Luo opened the favorability progress bar and saw that it would take half of the favorability to be raised to friendly. It seemed that it didn't happen overnight.
"I'm leaving first, you guys go about your business."
Lin Luo completed this task and sent another message to Shenlan. The result showed that the other party was in Do Not Disturb status.
Obviously, the poor monk and Hong Shi are busy with something.
"It seems that at the end of the version, many people are busy working."
Lin Luo sighed with emotion.
He has nothing else to do now but go to the upgrade area to level up.
The official announcement is very clear. The next version will be released within seven days. When the first player reaches level 20, the game will be shut down for maintenance and the next version will come.
Lin Luo opened the ranking list and saw that the one with the highest level currently was himself level 16.
The professional players below were very tight-lipped and kept chasing him around level 15, but Lin Luo didn't panic at all. He also had an experience capsule that could level him up straight away, as steady as an old dog.
He glanced at the dark and oppressive clouds in the sky, frowned, and headed towards the far away gathering place of the Hushan bandits.
This chapter has been completed!