"Now that I'm giving you another chance, do you need me to take you for a physical examination?"
Yakumo thought that if he let Li Zheng act alone, he didn't know how much trouble he would cause. He was able to give Li Zheng another chance to choose.
In the past, if someone rejected her once, she would be too lazy to talk to them again.
"Yes, yes! Of course!"
Li Zheng nodded repeatedly, and then he asked in confusion: "Actually, you took me for a physical examination just because you wanted to make some extra money from me, right? Then I will give you the money directly, and you provide me with some help, instead of paying back
Is there one less middleman to make the difference?”
"Do you think I don't want to?"
Yakumo led Li Zheng towards the end of the street: "But I have official duties. If I accept free gifts from others privately, it is considered accepting bribes. Do you want to cause me to lose my job?"
"so serious?"
Li Zheng was surprised. Is the outer city's management so strict?
"No, then if you make extra money by taking commissions, is that any different from accepting bribes?"
No matter how you look at it, it feels like there is no difference, even the behavior of the latter seems to be worse...
"Of course there is a difference."
Yakumo explained: "Taking you for a physical examination is equivalent to a part-time 'agency' for me. As an agency, isn't it normal to draw commissions from services? After all, I have worked hard."
"Indeed... how reasonable is it?" Li Zheng always felt that there was something wrong with her remarks, "That's wrong! Your job is to receive newbies, so if you work as an agency during your work, does it count as leaving without permission?
Responsibilities?”
"Yelan is my immediate boss." Yakumo explained in a confused manner.
"Then what?" Li Zheng didn't respond.
"...He is my immediate boss, so I only need his approval to ask for leave. Don't you understand?"
"learn!"
Li Zheng nodded vigorously, it turned out that he was still using public affairs for personal gain.
In fact, it is just accepting bribes in disguise.
"It just so happens that the place I want to take you to is quite far away. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to ask. As long as I can answer your questions, I will answer them for you." After a moment of silence, Yakumo spoke again: "But you can't.
That said, perhaps information with relatively high value requires paying a certain price, and the value ranges from one hundred white crystal coins to ten thousand white crystal coins, so you have to think carefully before asking, and don't waste my time."
In fact, after spending this little time in the outer city, Li Zheng has discovered that this place is a money-obsessed society. As long as you have money, anything can be done easily.
It truly demonstrates what it means: it’s hard to move without money.
Yakumo is quite generous and is willing to answer a few questions for free.
Although it is for the sake of making extra money from myself...
After thinking carefully for a while, Li Zheng listed several questions and asked them one by one: "The first question is, I want to exchange white crystal coins, where should I go?"
"Well, I thought you were going to ask where the terminal is."
Yakumo said this with some sarcasm, indicating that the first thing most people wanted to do when they came to the outer city was to see the matrix terminal.
"First of all, you have to understand that there are differences even in places where white crystal coins are exchanged privately."
"Some places have larger exchange ratios, but the corresponding risks are also very high."
"Don't forget that all dangerous goods entering the outer city must be turned in for safekeeping. In fact, as you can see from the conflict just now, there are many ways to kill people without using weapons."
"So, if you find a black market for exchanging white crystal coins, you'd better keep your eyes open and don't exchange too many at one time with the same force, otherwise you will be targeted by others."
"In some corners of the outer city, corpses are always found every day. Most of them were assassinated and robbed after their wealth was revealed."
"Besides, since you know there is a private exchange point, it must be Delta... Oh, it's the guy at the registration desk just now. Did he tell you about it?"
Li Zheng nodded.
Yakumo continued: "Don't look at him as if he has a good heart and notified you in advance not to reveal his wealth. In fact, this guy is very dirty. Believe it or not, if you look back now, you can see the faces of at least three people outside the registration office.
Pass?"
"!!!"
Li Zheng was shocked when he heard this and resisted the idea of looking back.
"You are smart and did not alert the snake, but you are stupid because you exchanged a white crystal coin from Delta." Yakumo seemed to shake his head, and could only see the hood she was wearing swinging from side to side: "Can you
When you first entered the outer city, you did not hesitate to exchange for a white crystal coin, which means that you must have a lot of good things in your hands.
In this way, when those people rob, they will be more sinister than others, so you have to be mentally prepared."
"Aren't he afraid of violating the rules when he does this?" Li Zheng couldn't help but ask, wouldn't these public officials be punished by the terminal?
"Haha, as long as he doesn't do it himself, the terminal has no reason to punish him." Yakumo dismissed Delta's approach. He had no technical content at all. He was like a bandit and only dared to attack the weak.
"Then how does he benefit...oh..." Li Zheng reacted: "After those people grab the things, Delta's share will be consumed through the official exchange window, and then Delta will collect a regular commission from it?"
"That's right." Yakumo nodded.
"Doesn't anyone care about this kind of thing?" Li Zheng had a complicated mood. He originally thought that the rules in the outer city would be more orderly, but now it seems that they are not much better than the so-called wilderness.
Maybe it's just a detour when doing some dirty things, and it's just peace on the surface.
"Of course there are people taking care of it. That's what the law enforcement team does."
For some reason, when Li Zheng heard Yakumo mention the law enforcement team, he didn't show much respect.
It seems... with a bit of disdain.
"Hey, do you see that guy with the armband?"
Yakumo turned his head and Li Zheng looked in the direction. It was a beetle-like guy with six arms. One of the arms had a piece of black cloth tied to the chitin shell. The surface of the cloth was embroidered with a long handle.
Abstract pattern of crossed swords and pistols.
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Li Zheng narrowed his eyes because the beetle was leaning lazily outside a shop, paying no attention to the pedestrians on the roadside.
Yakumo nodded lightly: "Can you expect these drunkards to do their duty? But they don't really care. If there is a battle above the basic level in the outer city, they are still willing to make a move.
It’s not because they want to fulfill their responsibilities as a law enforcement team, but those who make trouble often have good things in them, and they can use the public for personal gain, plunder and enrich their own pockets.”
"You mean they generally don't care if people below the junior level make trouble, just because they don't have any money?" Li Zheng couldn't believe it. In this case, for people with junior strength, there would be almost no way to survive in the outer city?
"Not necessarily." When Yakumo said this, his tone became complicated: "Every once in a while, the terminal will conduct assessments on those of us who have public offices. If the assessment does not meet the standards, their positions will be abolished."
"So there may be periodic chaos in the outer city. As the assessment period approaches, law enforcement will be strengthened. As soon as the assessment is over, the outer city will fall into a short carnival?" Li Zheng understood the implication.
"If you want to avoid the 'Carnival', just find a building to stay during that time." Yakumo said: "The rules of the outer city are that no illegal behavior is allowed in any building except in special places. No.
Unless someone provokes you, you must endure it if something like this happens to you. As long as you make the first move, you will be finished."
"What is the special place you are talking about here...?" Li Zheng is a curious baby now, and he can't wait to know everything about the outer city.
"a lot of."
Yakumo introduced to him: "For example, places containing underground boxing gyms, casinos, tobacco shops, prostitutes, etc. Due to the special circumstances of these places, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no danger.
After all...boxers fight, dog bettors lose their money, smokers get addicted to cigarettes, and prostitutes get jealous. These are all unstable factors. If you want to avoid them, it's best not to go to these places."
"It turns out these are the places..."
For a moment, Li Zheng almost thought he was back on Earth. How did such porn, gambling, and drugs sound different from Earth?
The so-called cigarette shop is probably a place where drugs are sold. This kind of thing that erodes people's will, but the terminal doesn't care about it?
Well……
Maybe the terminal can't control it even if it wants to. If you dare to touch these things, there must be very terrifying forces behind it.
It was hard for Li Zheng, who was born on Earth, to imagine that these businesses, which were considered serious crimes on Earth, could be considered 'legal' in the outer city.
It simply shocked his outlook for a hundred years!
Li Zheng knew that with his current strength, he would definitely not be able to touch those behemoths.
But when he heard about these things that harmed others, he already had the idea in his mind to eradicate these cancers.
It is our duty to punish rapes and eradicate evil, bring righteousness and bring peace to the outer city!
"You shouldn't have any thoughts of fighting against certain forces, right?"
As if Yakumo could see through other people's thoughts, she said what was on Li Zheng's mind without looking back. She chuckled: "I advise you to put this idea aside. I have seen many people who speak righteous words, but
They will either die a violent death or be complicit."
"I won't, at least I won't be complicit!" Li Zheng calmed down: "What do you old players think of this?"
"us?"
Yakumo was silent for a while and then laughed out loud: "In your words, it's just a mess, so what else can you do? Life has to pass, at most you can restrain yourself and don't touch it."
Is this a typical case where you can't resist and can only act badly?
Li Zheng frowned. If everyone doesn't know how to resist, what's the point of staying in the outer city?
Are you just going to stay here and live in a dream?
What to do about emotional storms?
What to do with our home?
Just ignore it?
Li Zheng discovered that in less than four hours, the more he learned about the outer city, the more disgusted he became with it.
If the terminal hadn't forced him to come here, he really wanted to escape from here and go back to the matrix.
At least there, he has a certain ability to constrain the rules within a relatively less cruel range.
The doubts that had filled him suddenly seemed to disappear, and Li Zheng only felt a little depressed.
"Do you have any other questions?" Yakumo noticed his silence and asked after a while.
"There were a lot of them at first, but suddenly I lost interest." Li Zheng sighed.
"Are you disappointed in the outer city?" Yakumo chuckled and said, "Actually, you don't need to be so pessimistic. Although the outer city is a little chaotic, there are still certain rules. You will understand it after you get in touch with it.
And...not everyone here is messing around, there are still people who are trying to survive."
It's not that they haven't resisted, it's just that they all failed.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be trapped in the outer city, lingering on his last breath.
In the final analysis, the residents of the outer cities are just a bunch of bereaved dogs, continuing to live their lives in a way that they think is dignified.
It is also unclear who is right and who is wrong, who is legal and who is illegal.
Just like rolling your eyes is disrespectful on Earth, but it is the highest etiquette among the black and white tapir clan.
"Tell me where you can exchange for white crystal coins." Li Zheng was silent for a long time and then asked again: "I was distracted by you just now, and the topic suddenly went far away."
"Don't worry, we can change it wherever we go."
Yakumo took Li Zheng around a corner and entered a deep alley. The number of pedestrians here instantly became sparse. Both sides of the alley were filled with debris, and there were all sorts of messy things inside.
Li Zheng even saw an eyeball of unknown race rolling out from a pile of debris, looking at him in a very strange way.
"Get away!"
Yakumo kicked him mercilessly, and a cry of pain came from the pile of debris next to him.
But apart from the cry of pain, there was no other reaction.
Li Zheng followed Yakumo deeper and couldn't help but curiously asked: "What happened just now?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "He's just a homeless man from the multi-eyed tribe. Please be careful where you step when you walk in the future. If you accidentally step on the eyeballs they throw out, I won't blackmail you."
Don't even think about it." Yakumo explained: "It's the best way to deal with it like I just did. It won't pop your eyes, and you can also let them know that you are not easy to mess with."
"..."
Li Zheng was amazed. There is such a race that doesn't care about its own organs at all?
"Do you think they don't care about their organs?" Yakumo sneered: "Then you are right, they really don't care.
The multi-eyed race has a very strange characteristic. All the eyes in the body can regenerate quickly. If one is lost, it can regrow in up to 24 hours.
Unfortunately, these eyes are rather special and cannot be transplanted to any living body except the owner who produced them.
Otherwise, they won’t become homeless by selling their eyeballs.”
Hearing this, Li Zheng couldn't help but ask: "In addition to exchanging white crystal coins, is there no other way to earn white crystal coins in the outer city?"
Yakumo stopped walking. The two of them had already arrived in front of a door with a strange light fixture, and slapped it hard on a strange face-shaped light fixture.
"Ouch~~"
Lantern actually opened his eyes, said something in a complaining tone, and then opened the door.
"We're here, come in."
Yakumo waved her hand and asked Li Zheng to follow her in, and explained the problem to him: "Of course there are ways to earn white crystal coins, and there are many.
In addition to various businesses, the most well-known one is accepting tasks.
As for where to pick up the mission, I’ll finish the physical examination in a while and walk straight ahead along the road we came in. The building with the most exaggerated style and the largest area will be it.”
At this moment, Li Zheng saw a small door open in the brightly lit building, and a figure walked out of it.
