The first thousand two hundred and sixty-eight chapters begin
"What are you discussing? You are so happy."
Su Mo walked up with a smile.
"Sister Xue is planning today's travel plan for us."
When everyone saw Su Mo coming over, they all said excitedly.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!"
Su Mo waved his hand.
"Oh yeah!"
...
Soon after, Su Mo and others arrived at the most famous area of Laurel City, the St. Mark's Square area.
As soon as they arrived at the place, everyone could clearly smell the faint fragrance of laurel, which was very fresh and pleasant.
Next, we saw the extremely spectacular and bustling giant commercial plaza.
You know, here is located the most prosperous shopping street in the world besides the Ring City, and is known as the second shopping paradise in the universe.
There is even a saying that if you don’t visit the Laurel Kingdom, it’s like your visit was in vain.
Although this area is full of commercial atmosphere, it will not exclude people.
Because the decoration of each store here is very unique, giving people a different sensory impact. In addition, there are many strange and weird mascots placed at the door, attracting many tourists to take pictures.
The most important thing is that almost all stores have big promotion discount signs hanging in front of them to stimulate tourists' senses.
A large number of tourists stopped and started buying goods.
The shopkeepers here are all smiling and highly recommend various products to tourists.
If you observe carefully, you will find that when there are a lot of tourists entering the store, the store owner will accurately identify which country the customer is from and what their net worth is through the clothing of the customer, and give priority to recommending high-value products to customers with rich wealth.
Therefore, although Su Mo and his party were large in number and the girls were all very eye-catching, there were not many store owners who were enthusiastic about selling things.
Usually it's one sentence.
"You can browse the items as you wish."
...
“The products here look so high-end and the texture is also very good.”
“The price is not that expensive.”
“I feel like the consumption here is almost as high as that of the Second Ring Road of Star Ring City.”
Zhao Han and others were watching and discussing.
Su Mo saw that everyone was just looking at it and not making any purchases, so he clapped his hands.
"Everyone, come here."
"What's wrong?"
Sun Li, Zi Qing and others gathered over curiously.
"Don't just buy it without looking at it. From now on, I will reimburse all the things you buy. It's a rare occasion to come out and play, so you're welcome!"
Su Mo announced very generously.
"That Su Mo, we also have money. If we see something we like, we will buy it. There is no need to waste money. In fact, Lida Landa is quite good."
Sun Li shook her head and took the lead in declining. She knew very well that Su Mo had money, but he still owed a lot of money.
"Yes, Sister Sun Li is right."
Zi Qing and others all agreed.
"Boss, this is not necessary."
Sun Duoxiang persuaded him with a smile.
Qian Chengxue took Su Mo's hand and whispered softly: "It's good to go shopping like this. If there is something we really like, we will buy it."
"I know you are worried about my debt. Actually, you don't have to worry so much about that. I have almost paid it back."
Su Mo waved his hand pretending to be relaxed. Of course, his words were more or less pretentious. The debt of Star Ring City has been paid off, but the problem is that the old man still owes a lot.
Qian Chengxue and others were stunned when they heard Su Mo's words.
Sun Duoxiang couldn't help but swallow and asked Su Mo in disbelief: "Boss, have you really paid off the money you owe to Star Ring City?"
"Of course."
Su Mo replied with a smile.
"Then you're so polite, hurry up and make a big purchase!"
Sun Duoxiang instantly released himself and shouted excitedly.
"Sister Xue? Then we also have a big purchase?"
Sun Li and others looked at Qian Chengxue excitedly.
Qian Chengxue smiled and nodded, saying yes.
"By the way, Sun Duoxiang, you are not within the scope of the exemption. Sun Li and the others are salaried and don't have much money, but you have money yourself."
Su Mo continued in a very good mood.
"No."
Sun Duoxiang's face suddenly collapsed.
"Ha ha!"
The girls present covered their mouths and laughed.
...
A few hours later, Su Mo and others walked from the street to the shopping mall.
Zhao Han, Zi Qing, Zhou Qian and others all had excited smiles on their faces, and each of them carried a bunch of things in large and small bags.
Many locals from the Laurel Kingdom who were passing by looked over.
"Upstart!"
Many people complained angrily.
You must know that even they cannot make such large purchases as they please.
If you can buy one piece a month, it means your home is in good condition.
Su Mo raised his electronic bracelet and took a look. It was almost past one in the afternoon. He looked around, and then he saw a high-end forest-flavored restaurant.
He said to Qian Chengxue and others.
"It's almost time to eat, let's go to that restaurant."
"Isn't it too expensive? We have bought so many things, why don't we just stop eating? Let's go back to the hotel for dinner in the evening."
Zhao Han and others hesitated and suggested.
"Don't worry, open it up and eat it. How much can it cost?"
"okay!"
"Walk!"
Su Mo waved his hand grandly, and then walked towards the restaurant with a hundred people.
"welcome."
Just when Su Mo and others arrived at the door of the restaurant, a rather elegant female manager with short hair, wearing white professional clothes, greeted them with a smile on her face.
Although among Su Mo's group, only Qian Chengxue and Sun Li wore more expensive clothes.
But with so many consumer goods in their hands, no matter how stupid they are, they can tell that these customers are very capable.
"Regardless of price, bring out all your features. Of course, don't take us for granted."
Su Mo said calmly to the manager in front of him.
"Okay, no problem, I'll prepare it for you right now, and I'll arrange a few private rooms for you."
"We don't need private rooms. You can't accommodate so many of us in one private room. Let's just sit in that hall."
"no problem."
The female manager responded enthusiastically.
Soon Su Mo and the others took their seats one by one. The decoration of this restaurant is very good. All tables are made of natural black crystal stone. The natural texture looks very high-end.
The chairs are all upholstered and are extremely comfortable to sit on.
At this time, a sweet-looking waitress, wearing a low-collared white shirt, a black butt-covering short skirt and twenty-centimeter high heels, came up to pour tea for Su Mo and others.
At this moment, a waitress was walking over. When she saw Su Mo, she couldn't help but have a trace of panic on her face, and she subconsciously wanted to walk to the table next to her.
As a result, his foot crooked and he fell directly in front of Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.
Peng!
Cups filled with tea were immediately scattered all over the floor.
Su Mo was also slightly startled. He subconsciously turned his head and looked over, only to frown.
Qian Chengxue also turned her head and looked over when she saw it.
I saw that the waitress who fell down turned out to be Tang Zhi. I didn't expect to see her here.
"sorry."
Tang Zhi apologized in a panic, then quickly collected the spilled cup and retreated in a panic.
"Su Mo, are you familiar with her?"
Qian Chengxue asked curiously.
"I'm not familiar with her. It's just that she often made things difficult for Lan Xi in the past, and she worshiped money quite a lot, so I have some impressions. I remember you must have met her too."
Su Mo thought for a moment and replied.
"Well, I did meet her. I remember that she seemed to be with my cousin Ye Jing at that time. But I felt at that time that she looked down on Ye Jing a little bit and felt like she wanted to kick him away. Of course Ye Jing himself
The reputation in this regard is not very good.”
Qian Chengxue thought for a moment and said.
"One more thing, I'm also quite surprised. How could a gold-worshiping girl like her come to work in the first place of birth?"
Su Mo was also a little curious.
"Nine times out of ten, we must have been deceived into coming here. In fact, since the Federation joined the Star Ring City system and the First Breeding Ground and the Second Breeding Ground were forced to open to us, many people are hoping to make a fortune.
Dream, I want to go to the first two birthing places to make a living, especially the first birthing place is extremely popular. Where there is demand, there is profit, so many gray organizations have been born."
Qian Chengxue explained to Su Mo.
"I'm familiar with this. Isn't it just transportation of illegal labor? This is already good. Some ends are even worse than this. I used to come into contact with illegal labor a lot. Boss, do you want to help her?"
Sun Duoxiang came over with a smile.
"Get out of here, don't help. Let's eat quickly and then go shopping after eating."
Su Mo didn't have such a good intention, he was just a little surprised, and he discovered a problem.
Countries that are the birthplace of the third country seem to be experiencing an outflow of talent and labor.
The first birthplace is like a greedy lion, opening its bloody mouth.
"Eat, eat."
Sun Duoxiang quickly agreed.
...
An hour later, Su Mo and others walked out of the restaurant talking and laughing.
"Sister Xue, we haven't visited the top floor yet, why don't we take a look around."
Sun Li asked excitedly.
"OK."
Qian Chengxue nodded, and they all headed towards the top floor.
But when Sun Li and others arrived at the top floor of St. Mark's Shopping Mall, they were all dumbfounded.
They found that all the top-notch luxury goods were sold on the top floor, including jewelry, watches, etc.
It’s just that we’ve come up here, and it’s not appropriate to go down directly, so we just took a look around.
At this moment, Zhao Han suddenly shouted excitedly as if he had discovered a new continent.
"Come over quickly and take a look."
After Su Mo and others heard this, they all turned to look over.
I saw Zhao Han standing on the observation deck on the top floor, looking out through the transparent glass.
Su Mo and others walked over one after another.
When Su Mo and the others came to the transparent observation deck, they looked out.
Behind the shopping mall is an endless sea of laurel trees. These laurel trees are black, blue, red...
At this time, a warm wind blew through the sea of trees.
Countless laurel trees made whistling sounds, and some withered laurel leaves were flying.
The whole sea of trees is as beautiful as a fairyland.
"so beautiful."
Su Mo couldn't help but exclaimed.
"It looks good. Sister Xue, let's go and have a look."
Sun Li asked expectantly.
Qian Chengxue was also very moved. She rarely saw such beautiful scenery. She couldn't help but look at Su Mo.
"What do you think, Su Mo?"
"Let's go and take a look. If there are no no-travel signs, we'll go in and take a look."
Su Mo said with a smile.
"Great!"
Many sisters responded excitedly.
...
Soon after, Su Mo and others left their purchases and came to Shuhai from the back door of the mall.
They walked all the way and found that the place was quite deserted. There were not many people at all, and only a few foreign tourists were taking photos. Moreover, they did not see any prohibition signs or guards.
But the scenery here is really amazing.
Before they entered, they saw several furry animals with big ears that looked a bit like small brown bears on the edge of the sea of trees, blinking at them.
"Wow, so cute."
Sun Li and others all picked up their mobile phones to take pictures.
"Su Mo, can we go in?"
Qian Chengxue asked softly.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. There are no prohibition signs or guards here. And there is a trail over there. Although it seems that no one has walked on it for a long time, there is actually a trail, which means this place is still open to people."
Su Mo briefly analyzed it.
Of course, Su Mo didn't know at all that local people didn't dare to come here, and only foreign tourists like them dared to come in.
"Then we go in."
Qian Chengxue and the others walked in in a good mood.
Su Mo followed closely behind.
After entering the laurel sea, the fragrance and freshness of the air obviously rise to a new level.
Breathing the air here, I feel that my brain's thoughts have become much clearer.
Along the way, Zhou Qian and others started playing around, picking up some leaves and stones from time to time.
Qian Chengxue and Su Mo strolled inside leisurely.
"It's been a long time since I've been so leisurely."
"yes."
Su Mo also responded with emotion.
"Actually, it would be very happy to live quietly in this kind of environment."
Qian Chengxue looked at the endless laurel trees, and the more she looked at them, the more she fell in love with them.
"You like it here."
Su Mo asked with a smile.
“I just like the scenery here.”
Qian Chengxue smiled and responded.
The two people gradually went deeper into the sea of trees while talking and laughing. At this time, they saw a quiet wooden house deep in the sea of trees.
There is also a small fenced courtyard.
"I didn't expect there to be a house here. No one would live here."
Qian Chengxue said quite unexpectedly.
"Well, why don't you go and take a look."
Su Mo suggested.
"Is this appropriate?"
"Just checking, it should be fine."
"All right."
Su Mo took Qian Chengxue and walked toward the wooden house. When the two got closer, they found some beautiful flowers and plants in the courtyard.
These flowers and plants are very well taken care of.
Creak.
At this time, the door of the wooden house opened, and a very cleanly dressed and kind-looking old woman came out of the house.
When she saw Su Mo and Qian Chengxue, she smiled gently at them.
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue were also slightly stunned. They didn't expect such an old woman to live here, so they asked.
"Excuse me for interrupting you, but I would like to ask you. The sea of trees here is quite beautiful. Where is this place?"
"This sea of trees is not a scenic spot, it's just something my wife and I planted together before."
The old woman replied with a smile.
When Su Mo heard this, he immediately realized that it was private property.
"Excuse me for disturbing you."
"It's okay. If you don't mind, come in and sit."
The old woman invited with a smile.
"All right."
Su Mo was also surprised by the other party's invitation, but since the other party invited him, let's go in.
So the two of them followed the old woman into the wooden house.
The interior of the wooden house is much more spacious than expected, and a variety of wooden furniture is displayed here.
But everything is arranged neatly.
It can be seen that the old lady in front of me seems to have good qualities and education.
I saw the old woman in front of me taking out a set of ceramic tea sets in a hurry. She personally made a cup of laurel tea for Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.
"Try the laurel tea that my wife dried herself."
"Thanks."
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue thanked each other and took it.
They took a sip. The scented tea was sweet and delicious, and their mouths were full of fragrance after drinking it.
"very nice."
Su Mo's eyes lit up and he said.
"Come and try our specialty, laurel pastry."
The old lady entertained Su Mo and Qian Chengxue very warmly.
"Old lady, you are too polite."
Su Mo also replied in a very touched tone. He could feel that the old woman in front of him was treating guests sincerely.
This feeling was something he had never felt since coming to Laurel Kingdom.
"That's right. If I read it correctly, you should be from out of town. Since you have come to Laurel Kingdom, you are guests."
The old woman replied kindly and calmly.
Su Mo said touchedly: "Thank you. I didn't expect to be treated so warmly when I came to Laurel Kingdom. I feel that you are completely different from the people outside."
When the old woman heard Su Mo's words, she smiled faintly and said.
"If you don't mind, you can listen to my old lady nag a few words."
"Please tell me."
"Actually, with my eyes closed, I also know what you will encounter when you come to the Laurel Kingdom. Do everyone look at you with colored glasses, and arrogantly make money from your pockets? They are kind on the surface, but inside they are full of superiority and disdain.
.”
"Well, that's right."
Su Mo showed a forced smile.
"Actually, the Laurel Kingdom was not like this in the past. The Laurel Kingdom itself was very weak a long time ago, and the people were very simple at that time. But later when it became stronger, it gradually forgot its original intention, people became impetuous, and began to be blindly arrogant and arrogant.
This is like a person who comes ashore, looking at the people struggling in the water, full of pride and pride, completely forgetting that he was also struggling in the water. In fact, this problem is not limited to the Laurel Kingdom, just take the machine next door
As far as the Skeleton Empire is concerned, they are the same. They have long forgotten that back then, they were just poor people struggling to survive on a garbage planet."
The old woman said with a smile.
When Su Mo and Qian Chengxue heard the old woman's words, they couldn't help but feel in awe.
The old woman in front of me doesn't see things very clearly.
"That makes sense."
"Few people can listen to the old and rotten sesame principles. Young man, if you think the old lady is right, then remember my words. The world is very impetuous, so you must calm down. No matter where you grow up,
No matter where you are, don’t forget your original intention. You can’t always be in a high position for the rest of your life, so you have to stay humble and sensible.”
"Well, thank you."
Su Mo nodded in response.
At this moment, there was a burst of shouting outside.
"Su Mo, Sister Xue..."
It looked like Sun Li and others came here.
"Thank you, old lady, for your hospitality. Our companions are here and will leave first."
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue stood up to say goodbye.
"Well, walk slowly."
The old woman said goodbye kindly.
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue got up and left the cabin to join Sun Li and the others.
Before leaving, Su Mo couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the wooden house behind him.
At this time, the Creator Devourer said in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"No, I just think that old lady has a very good thinking state."
Su Mo replied calmly.
"Of course it's true. She is not an ordinary person. She is the previous head of the Laurel Kingdom, and she is also the longest-reigning queen in the history of the Laurel Kingdom. She abruptly pulled an inferior country from the brink of extinction.
A great man who came back and laid the foundation for the Laurel Kingdom's prosperity."
The Creator Devourer said in a low voice.
"Last Queen Yuegui? She lived in seclusion here?"
When Su Mo heard this, his eyelids jumped.
"Well, that's right."
The Creator Devourer responded in a low voice.
When Su Mo heard this, he felt even more touched.
"Su Mo, it's time to go."
At this time, Qian Chengxue, who was not far away, shouted to Su Mo who stopped.
"good."
Su Mo came back to his senses and answered.
.....
Carcass Empire·Imperial Administrative Building.
A gentlemanly old man walked in calmly.
When the heavily armed soldiers on guard saw the old man coming in, they all knelt on one knee and greeted him.
"Lord Count Ngita."
This gentlemanly old man was none other than the one who persuaded Su Mo to give up the competition.
After Count Ngita entered the building, he walked straight to the main elevator in the center.
The soldier guarding the elevator saluted and then opened the elevator.
Count Engita walked in, the elevator door slowly closed, and then it rose at high speed to the top of the Imperial Administration Building.
Ding!
When the elevator door opens again.
Ngita came out and went straight to a heavily guarded office.
When the guarding soldiers saw Ngita approaching, they all saluted and then opened the office door.
In the huge office, Bennett and a group of nobles were seriously discussing preparations for the competition.
"How prepared are the participants in the preliminaries?"
"No problem, we are all ready. If our reserve players can bump into the more popular reserve players, we will try our best to give them the greatest blow and prevent them from advancing in their best condition."
"How is the on-site training going with Roche?"
"very good."
...
At this moment, Ngita came forward and said, "I'm back."
"How's it going? Did things go smoothly?"
Bennett asked quickly.
"It didn't go well, the other party refused."
Engita shook her head and replied calmly.
After hearing what Engita said, the nobles of the Machinery Empire who were present immediately became angry.
"It's so fucking shameless. It doesn't make sense to give him so much money."
Bennett also frowned. Twenty trillion star coins was not a small amount of money. Under normal circumstances, no one should be able to resist the temptation of such a large amount of money.
At this moment, the door was opened again.
Duke Aleph came in and said disdainfully.
"I don't understand. You are just a player born in a barbaric country. Why are you so nervous and so public? With the strength of Roche and His Highness Grillos, they can easily defeat each other. As for using so much money to bribe each other?
?Isn’t this a waste of money? You must know that our money does not come from strong winds.”
"What Duke Aleph said is right."
The nobles present nodded in response.
However, Count Engita, who was responsible for lobbying Su Mo at this time, said instead: "I don't think so, I think my intuition is not that simple. Not everyone can refuse twenty trillion star coins. Think about it carefully,
People who can refuse are either fools or disdainful. Which type do you think the other person belongs to?"
After hearing Ngita's words, everyone present fell into silence.
Faced with everyone's silence, Duke Aleph just said something coldly.
"So what? The warriors of our empire span the sea of stars and have never had an opponent. When the time comes, let him taste the power of the empire's iron fist. Don't cry and beg for mercy. It will be funny, haha."
"Haha, Lord Aleph is right."
...
A few days later, Laurel Kingdom and Ginkgo Street.
Su Mo and others were eating, drinking, and shopping.
At this time, all the holographic advertisements on the street were changed, and advertisements for the Royal Order selection competition began to be projected.
"The countdown to the opening ceremony of Timaklo Star Arena: 24 hours! If you want to experience the duel between top players immersively, and if you want to witness the birth of the king, then go to Timaklo Star Arena to watch it live.
"
...
Seeing this advertisement, Su Mo immediately stopped and turned on the electronic bracelet to check it out.
"What's wrong?"
Qian Chengxue asked curiously.
"The game is about to start, and it's time to start warming up."
Su Mo checked and found out that the Star Ring City, First Legion, and Royal Religion Reserve Reserve and Captain Level Selection Competition was about to begin.
The first round battle list has been released.
When he browsed quickly, he caught Wang Hai's name at a glance.
In the first round, Wang Hai faced off against the second star region Myrik Kingdom Ahaaner.
At the same time, tickets for Timaklo Star Arena are on sale.
Qian Chengxue pondered for a while and then said: "Su Mo, we are almost done playing, let's go back."
"good."
Su Mo nodded.
Then Qian Chengxue shouted to the many sisters: "Everyone, please stop, everyone go back to the hotel."
"good."
After Sun Li and others heard this, they immediately responded.
...
ps: Sorry, it’s my birthday tonight, so I can’t add more updates (*^▽^*), please forgive me!