Xu Huo stopped and handed her five hundred white bills, "Please help me buy a pack of cigarettes."
"Water potion?" The woman often interacted with players from outside areas, and confirmed that the "cigarette" he mentioned was an item similar to stimulants in other areas. There is no tobacco cultivation in Area 002, and people usually smoke synthetic medicines.
Seeing the woman walking towards a shop not far away, Xu Huo got on the next bus to the city center.
Twenty minutes later, he stood in the largest and liveliest central square in Xiaoyang City. As soon as he got off the car, many locals came to promote local special projects or souvenirs. They were as enthusiastic as those who had suddenly entered the economic downturn.
In the sales building, everyone is rushing to tell the benefits of their products.
Bypassing the crowd in the square, he walked into the commercial building in the city center.
The first thing you see when you enter is a large live broadcast screen, which records the voting situation in the capital Syracuse in real time, as well as the spontaneous celebration and parade scenes of citizens in Syracuse.
"Sir, do you want to experience the sun?" A staff member saw Xu Huo holding a flyer from the solar pavilion and came up to him with a smile, "We have thirty seconds, three minutes, and eight minutes here specially tailored for players from outside areas.
Customized experience package, if your husband wants to live in District 002 for a long time, you can apply for sun tax registration, which is common in the whole district, so that you can enjoy the same service in any large city and bask in the sun at a fixed time every day to avoid being in the sun for a long time.
It will give you an uncomfortable experience in the dark.”
"Is it the real sun?" Xu Huo asked.
"Of course it's the real sun." The staff's smile remained unchanged, "This is our special service in Area 002. Our instruments will be connected to other areas and use advanced technology to project sunlight to a fixed place. Don't you feel like you are in the sun?"
Is it a unique experience to see sunlight in a perpetual night environment?”
Xu Huo looked at the package price. Compared with the fixed monthly fees paid by locals, the package price was extremely expensive.
The staff explained: "The cost of starting the instrument each time is not small, so the single-person experience package is slightly more expensive."
Xu Huo spent 50,000 white coins to buy a 30-second set meal.
The staff took him into a pure white room. There was only one chair in the room that could be used for half-lying. After lying down, the circular instrument directly above the chair began to rotate.
"The Sunshine Passage is about to open, please protect your eyes as the countdown will begin."
"10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1!"
As the countdown ended, the metal plate in the middle of the instrument opened in the shape of petals, and golden sunlight poured down suddenly, like a wellhead leading to the sky, just enough to see the sun hanging high above.
It is indeed the real sun.
When the machine was turned on, Xu Huo felt a strong spatial fluctuation. This was not an ore or something that could emit solar energy, but a channel directly connected to other areas from Area 002. Through this space channel, direct sunlight could be achieved.
.
This gives people an unspeakable sense of absurdity. Xiaoyang City can use advanced technological equipment to create a space channel, but District 002, which is in the same district, is so backward that it cannot even use electronic products as it wants.
When the thirty seconds expired, the instrument was turned off on time, and the staff opened the door and asked Xu Huo to go out.
"Can people get through?" Xu Huo asked.
The staff laughed out loud, "Half a year ago, there was a player from outside the area who probably wanted to know if he could go there, but he didn't ask. Instead, he got in directly. When we entered, there was only a small amount of blood spattered on the chair, and
That player didn't even have a fingernail left."
"After all, it's just a space channel for basking in the sun. It doesn't need to be large enough to accommodate objects passing through."
“Welcome to come again.”
After Xu Huo went out, he bought a communication device, connected to the public platform in District 002, and learned about the sunshine tax.
The sunshine tax was levied thirty years ago, which means that the connection between Area 002 and other spaces has been at least thirty years ago. It is impossible for there to be no technological improvements in these thirty years, so this "sunshine tax" may be other projects.
As an addition, at least initially, opening up the space channel was definitely not for the purpose of basking in the sun.
The districts he has experienced, including the more developed District 011, do not have mature space channel technology. The companies in District 011 have to sail out to pick up the smuggled weapons. The Knights of Sophistication cannot directly reach District 011 when they resell weapons, let alone
Talk about convenient delivery of large weapons.
011 has a game base government, so it’s not just that the technology is not in place, but that the game system restricts the free movement of partitions.
The return ticket allows players to return directly from one zone to their place of origin. This is actually a time travel through a space passage. Area 002 will have special projects for sunbathing. Either the game government has granted permission to it, or it is Area 002.
Unlike other districts, it is an area closely connected with the game government.
"...When does Brother Xuan plan to return to Xuecheng?" A few young people walking out of the mall were talking. One of them, a girl with pigtails, asked the boy next to her, "There is nothing interesting in Xiaoyang City.
, it’s definitely not as good as Snow City, and I really want to visit Snow City.”
"What's there to see? It's just like that all year round. It's not as fun as a small place." The boy known as Brother Xuan unconsciously showed pride in his expression, "I heard that there are new things in Xiaoyang City's trading market.
, you take me to see it."
The pigtailed girl and her companions looked at each other, and the three of them tried to persuade each other: "Those places are not clean, and my parents never let me go there."
"It's not as fresh as Snow City. Even if you want to buy a maid, it's not of good quality."
"My mother said that everyone who buys and sells there has infectious diseases. Those like us who have never been sick since childhood are the most susceptible to infection."
Brother Xuan stopped suddenly, looked at the people and said, "Don't you dare?"
The short-haired young man who said he was not good-looking immediately said: "What are you afraid of? If Brother Xuan wants to go, of course I will accompany him!"
The girl with pigtails also said: "What are you afraid of if there is an infectious disease? Let's wear protective clothing and prepare antidotes."
The remaining one wearing glasses could only obey the majority, "It's better to tell your parents."
As he spoke, he took out the communication device, but the short-haired young man and the girl with pigtails each grabbed one of his arms to stop his actions, "Tell them what else is there to do? Brother Xuan came here for vacation just to have some fun.
It’s better to stay in Xuecheng than to be locked up in our house, don’t you think so, Brother Xuan?”
Brother Xuan nodded and lowered his voice slightly, "I brought props with me when I came out, so there will be no problem."
Seeing that he was confident in what he said, the other three people were also tempted and excited. You pulled me forward, but unexpectedly we bumped into a woman holding a child. They apologized and took the car away.