Tiangong Yuan patiently told Zhou Xingyun that Winter City was the base built by the Global Alliance of Players when they entered Winter Valley, and is currently under the jurisdiction of the Seventeenth Battle Group of Winter City.
In addition, Tiangong Yuan also told Zhou Xingyun that the state of Han Qiumiao and the Zhenbei Cavalry members was different from the nine of them.
"After Princess Yongming and her party entered the Four Seasons Valley, their bodies were the same as mine. They transformed into real bodies and were no longer virtual characters."
"After hearing what you said, I realized that you are a real person. Why haven't we changed?"
Zhou Xingyun realized belatedly that on the way to Winter City, Tiangong Yuan used her inner strength several times to kill the little monsters along the way.
"You are outside the norm, there is no need to train in the game." Tiangong Yuan reached out her hand distressedly, caressing Zhou Xingyun's face: "We haven't seen each other for just a few days, and you feel like two different people to me. I'm so angry.
The market has become so powerful, but think about how messed up you were when you went back to the past. Don't force yourself anymore. You must respect yourself more, and you must understand that the people here cannot lose you."
"Okay...Okay..." Zhou Xingyun nodded without realizing it, then retreated to Wei Suyao, Mo Nianxi, Xunxuan and other girls, and asked curiously in a small voice: "She said that my aura is very...
Strong, do I feel strong now? Am I very majestic?"
"Yes, that's why we are close to you." Wei Suyao also learned to tell the truth.
"That's heating, not aura." Mo Nianxi pointed out the key point. Now Zhou Xingyun's aura is indeed very strong. Can the aura of a portable heater not be strong?
"Heating is also a kind of aura." Xunxuan was very rational and explained from an academic perspective.
"I think we need to reset the virtual appearance again. How about exiting the Four Seasons Valley dungeon to do the item mission first?" Zhou Xingyun felt very sad. Everyone kept teasing him about this matter. Where did he lose his face?
"We are not here to do business. We don't need to be so particular. You are fine as you are now. There is no need to reset the appearance and waste everyone's time." Wuchang Hua interrupted abruptly and rejected Zhou Xingyun's proposal with one vote.
Come on! The world is in trouble! Now Zhou Xingyun finally understands it!
Zhou Xingyun looked at Wuchanghua, whose expression remained calm, and immediately realized that even Miss Wuchanghua wanted to see his joke!
"Which union are you from?"
Zhou Xingyun and others were walking and chatting. The moment they entered the gate of Winter City, they were stopped by a group of people.
"I am the president of the Xingyun Sect Mercenary Union, Xingyun, do you have anything to say to us?" Zhou Xingyun looked at the dozen or so people in front of him. Winter City is a free city built by the Global Player Alliance. As long as there is no hostile relationship, any
Players can freely enter and exit Winterfell.
The dozen or so people in front of me are probably the gatekeepers of Winter City. Their main task is to prevent monsters wandering in the wild from approaching Winter City.
"Xingyun Sect? Have you heard of this union?" The leader, who looked like a team leader, turned back to consult his friends behind him.
"Have not heard."
"We are a mercenary team, a small trade union with only ten people." Zhou Xingyun counted Tiangong Yuan, and their team had exactly ten people.
"Hey, it's a small mercenary team of ten people..." The team leader pondered for a moment, then cleared his throat and continued: "We are union members of Happy Island, one of the seventeenth battle groups of Winter City, and we are stationed in Winter City today.
Guards at the gates of the city.”
"So you are members of the Happy Island Union!" Zhou Xingyun frowned, secretly wondering if the guys in front of him recognized him as the president of the Zhenbei Cavalry.
The Zhenbei Riding Union and the Happy Island Union had a feud, so it would make sense for the other party to recognize him.
"You've heard that our union couldn't be better."
"One of the top 100 guilds in the Eastern Region, of course we have heard of it." Zhou Xingyun breathed a sigh of relief. According to the team leader's speech, they probably didn't know his true identity.
"What do you guys from the Happy Island Union have to do with our Xingyun Sect mercenary team?" Zhou Xingyun smiled kindly. He didn't want to cause trouble today and hoped that both parties could live in harmony.
"It can't be said to be a big deal, but it can't be considered a trivial matter either. I think you guys are very unfamiliar and suspicious." The team leader explained in a nagging manner: "You should be very aware of the situation in the Valley of the Four Seasons. The current Winter Valley camp
It is incompatible with the Autumn Valley camp, and the Autumn Valley forces are likely to hire some players to collect intelligence in Winter City."
"Do you suspect that we are spies hired by the Autumn Valley forces?" Zhou Xingyun was quite surprised. He did not expect that the captain of the city guard team had such a sharp vision and could tell at a glance that they had ulterior motives.
"I'm just saying that there is a possibility for you because we have never met you or heard of your union."
"Winter City is a free city. Players from all over the world who challenge the Four Seasons Valley dungeon will gather here. You have never seen us and have no impression of us. This is normal." Isabel said to the team leader in front of her: "
Countless players come in and out of Winter City every day, and there are countless simple mercenary teams like ours. Even if you have seen us, you probably won't be able to remember them."
Winter City has a large flow of people. To be honest, all the players who have explored the Four Seasons Valley activities will gather in Winter City to rest.
Because the captain of the Chengmen squad had never met Zhou Xingyun or heard of the Xingyun Sect Union, he thought they were suspicious. This reason was completely untenable.
Players from all over the world will use Winter City as their base for activities in Winter Valley.
Going in and out of Winter City every day, there are more unknown unions and players than there are stars in the sky. How many people can the captain of the city gate team know? How many unions can he know?
The reason why the captain of the city gate team thinks Zhou Xingyun is suspicious is like walking out onto the street and finding someone you don't know and saying to him, I have lived in this city for ten years and I have never seen or heard of you before.
name, so you must not be a resident of this city.
This reason is outrageous!
If we follow the idea of the city gate team leader to investigate suspicious objects, then 70 to 80 percent of the players who pass by the city gate are suspicious characters!
"Miss, you are right. In fact, we don't want to doubt you, but I really think you are suspicious."
"I also think they are very suspicious, and we cannot let them enter Winter City casually."
"You should understand that Winter City is now under the jurisdiction of the Seventeenth Battle Group of Winter City. Winter City's public security management and building maintenance are a huge expense. If there are suspicious characters who deliberately cause trouble in the city or hinder the city, they will
Let’s add insult to injury.”
"If you are willing to provide some funding for the maintenance fees of Winter City, it will not only eliminate our suspicion of you, but also if you have conflicts with other players in the city, or are attacked by other players, you can also contact us and let us help you.
You come forward to settle the matter. Of course, we may charge some handling fees..."
“How much maintenance do we need to fund to get into town?”
Only then did Zhou Xingyun realize that the other party was blocking them from entering the city, not because they were acting suspiciously, but to collect tolls.
Frankly speaking, Zhou Xingyun felt that paying the fee was reasonable. After all, the player alliance spent huge sums of money to build a base in Winter Valley so that the players could have a safe place to stay.
When other players enter Winter City to rest, they should pay some maintenance fees due to emotion and reason.
only……
Zhou Xingyun felt that there was no fee regulation in Winter City, and that the City Gate Team was simply acting as a charlatan, trying to swindle money from small groups of players to line their own pockets.
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Seeing well-equipped players and teams with a large number of people, the city gate team will not step forward to stop them from entering the Winter City. They probably cannot afford to cause trouble and are too lazy to cause trouble.
They specifically select small teams with less than ten or twenty people who are poorly equipped for ‘spot inspections’.
Zhou Xingyun and his party were no more or less, exactly ten people, and their equipment was very ordinary, so they naturally became the targets of their "spot inspection".
On the surface it looks like spot checks, but in fact, it's just a public and private collection of tolls from players.
"Not much, only two gold coins per person." The captain of the city guard team reported the amount.
"It's really not much. Xiaoyao gave him the money..." Zhou Xingyun pretended that he was a rich man. Without any hesitation or bargaining, he waved his hand coolly and asked Wei Suyao to help him settle the bill.
Zhou Xingyun has become accustomed to it, no matter traveling around the world or playing games, Wei Suyao is his female guard and small wallet.
In this way, Zhou Xingyun did not get into a big fight with the city gate team and honestly paid the money to enter the Winter City.
Why is Zhou Xingyun so talkative today? In fact, he just wants to put on airs in front of everyone. Anyway, the game currency is not real money, so it doesn't matter to him.
"That guy was very generous. He asked people to give us twenty gold coins without even thinking about it." The captain of the city gate team put twenty gold coins in his hand and looked at Zhou Xingyun and his entourage entering the city with deep meaning.
"You, the lion, are asking for two gold coins per person. I was shocked by your asking price. At first, I thought he would quarrel with you, but who knew the ending would be happy."
"I saw him playing games with nine girls. I wanted to destroy his prestige, so I blurted out that he wanted two gold coins for each of them. I didn't expect him to give money so easily." The captain of the city gate team pretended to be a public servant at the Winter City gate.
, collecting travel expenses from small team players is the default rule here.
The president of the Seventeenth Chapter of Winter City did not restrict their behavior. They probably thought it was hard to have the union members stand guard at the city gate, but they did not want to pay wages, so they simply turned a blind eye and let them
Collect tolls and make money.
If Zhou Xingyun observes carefully, he will find that there are exactly seventeen teams at the city gate. They are all members of the Seventeenth Battle Group of Winter City. They are standing guard while keeping an eye on the small team to collect tolls.
However, when they charge tolls, they usually calculate them on a team basis, with 1 gold coin per team. For teams with less than 10 people, discounts will be given depending on the situation.
Zhou Xingyun was really taken advantage of and was brutally ripped off.
However, for Zhou Xingyun and others, the gold coins in the game are just a passing cloud, they will not be taken away if they live or die, and they will not feel bad if they spend them all.
Players in the supernatural world can redeem game coins for cash.