Wu Xiangwang once believed that having a good face meant having everything. As long as he looked good, he could completely be a vase and a carefree immortal.
Until he fell into a terrifying w...
Carnival city.
A city whose name alone makes the immortal feel unlucky.
Because the city belonged to the monsters, the carnival was naturally theirs. And anything that could cause the monsters to collectively revel was most likely not a good thing for humans.
This is what Wu Xiangwang thought.
When he saw the huge building getting closer and closer to them in the twilight from afar, he felt even more disgusted with this city.
The towering city walls were hideous and crooked, lacking any aesthetic appeal. The tallest building in the city that could be seen over the walls had a pointed and bent roof, and was haphazardly constructed, with gloomy gray and blue-black tones that seemed like it would collapse at any moment.
Wu Xiangwang felt that this was simply a hundred-fold enlarged version of a European castle full of haunted legends. Coupled with the hoarse cries of unknown and strange birds in the twilight, the city was so ugly that he didn't want to go in.
However, the entrance to the city was already open to them, like a giant beast lying there waiting for them to deliver their food.
Don’t forget each other: “…”
I hope the weirdos in the next city will have a more normal aesthetic sense.
"Okay, we're here." Chi Yan waved his hand to let everyone stop.
"As this is the first main city you will pass through, you will receive a main city pass upon entering."
"Of course we have one too, but the cover is different from yours." Chi Yan said as he took out his pass. The cover of the pass looked like a dark room with a big red key on top, which made people feel uncomfortable.
"My first main city is a maze city, so the pass is also in the style of a maze city. But instead of calling it a maze city, it would be more appropriate to call it a secret room escape city."
"I haven't seen what the passes issued by Carnival City look like yet, but I will soon."
"Everyone line up and enter the city in order."
"When you enter the city, a weirdo will check your name and take your photo. Just think of it as a passport to a strange world."
"Also, it's best not to communicate with these weirdos or raise any questions when applying for a pass. Even if you do encounter a problem, just bear with it and let it go.
Although Carnival City also adheres to the capital's rule of not killing at will, the monsters in the main city are more cunning and powerful than those in the Novice Village. Provoking them or being targeted by them is truly fatal.
After Chi Yan finished speaking, he took the pass and went into the city and waited on the other side of the city gate. Wu Xiangwang and the others also began to line up to enter the city.
There are four tall and strange guards guarding the gate of this huge European haunted castle. When Wu Xiangwang passed by them, he found that one of the four gate guards had five arms!
This is a powerful weirdo with one more hand than the weird captain in the Novice Village, but this guy with five arms can only guard the gate in the Carnival City. It can be seen that the weird strength of the main city is indeed much stronger than that of the Novice Village.
It is also much easier for monsters to get a pass than for humans to get a passport - there is no qualification check, no need to mortgage property or provide salary statements, just ask your name and take a photo to get the certificate directly.
There was no need to take off glasses, hats, or bangs when taking photos. Wu Xiangwang even saw Shang Chong close his eyes when taking the photo. The strange man who was taking the photo with a camera similar to a Polaroid but seemed a little different had no intention of retaking the photo. He simply tore off the photo that automatically popped out of the camera and pressed it on the Carnival City pass with a pattern of an ancient castle printed on it.
Don’t forget each other: “…”
Why would his first main city be this sinful carnival city?
Of course, the cover of that escape room game isn’t very pretty either, but isn’t there a prettier pass?!
In the end, Wangwang Xiannan still got a pass to see the exterior of the twisted castle. The only consolation for him was that when he took the photo, he was definitely the one with the best looking photos among the group thanks to his years of photography experience!
It was obvious that his posture and expression were perfect, but the weirdo who took the photo frowned in confusion after seeing the photo. After shaking his photo twice, the tall weirdo who took the photo suddenly tore up his photo in two quick strokes.
Wu Xiannan almost raised all the nails on his right hand on the spot!
What's wrong with this guy? Why did he tear up his photo? Do you know how much this photo would sell for on Earth?!
Then, when Wu Xiangwang raised his eyebrows and glared, this weirdo took a photo of him at lightning speed. This time, the immortal man could no longer bear it and cursed in his heart, "Fuck!"
This guy actually took an ugly photo of him! How dare he take an ugly photo of him! !
The man who took the photo strangely pulled out his photo from the camera, shook it twice but still didn't find anything. Finally, he gave Wu Xiangwang a particularly sarcastic expression, and then slapped the photo on the immortal man's pass.
Don’t forget each other: “…”
Don’t forget each other: “…………”
He tried to hold it back but couldn't help it in the end. He gave the weird person taking the photo a sincere smile. "Um, can I ask why you tore up my photo before? And I didn't strike the right pose just now. Can you take another photo for me?"
Wu Xingyun, who was standing behind Wu Xiangwang, gasped on the spot.
Even Shang Chong and Hao Youjin, who were walking in front, almost broke their necks when they turned back suddenly.
Why are you still caring about beautiful photos and poses at this time? Are beautiful photos more important than your life?!
Then Wu Xiangwang received a mocking sneer from the person who took the photo: "Waste human, get out of here!"
As he spoke, he swung his maroon arm towards Wu Xiangwang. Wu Xiangwang's pupils shrank, and he immediately stepped back and activated his bloodline bonus to dodge the strange arm.
The arm suddenly stretched halfway in the middle. If it weren't for the dodging king skill of Aedes albopictus, he would have been hit hard.
Listening to the sound of the arm breaking through the air, one can easily imagine the consequences of being hit.
"Huh, he escaped."
The strange creature with reddish-brown skin sneered again, and then suddenly pressed the "camera" in his hand against the "tentacle" on the top of his head that looked like a Teletubbie.
So His antenna had a camera.
"You useless human! You have no right to negotiate with me! You accept any photo I ask you to take! Don't you even consider whether you are worthy enough for me to take beautiful photos of you!
Also, you're so brave to ask me for something! In that case, I'll definitely come find you during the carnival, hehehehe!"
After he finished speaking, he stopped looking at Wu Xiangwang and instead turned his antenna and shouted at Wu Xingyun, "Next one, come over!"
Wu Xingyun listened and suddenly a common mushroom appeared in his hand, which he held to calm his nerves. Then the strange creature with antennas and cameras on its head suddenly cried out in disgust: "Oh my strange eyes! You unlucky human, stay away from me!!"
Almost as soon as Wu Xingyun stood up, the camera with a strange antenna blinked, then quickly pulled out a photo and pasted it on Wu Xingyun's pass, driving him away like a bug.
Wu Xingyun: “Hmm.”
Although he was used to such treatment, he felt even more complicated when he was despised by Guiyi.
After Wu Xingyun got their passes, all the more than 100 people in their group entered the Carnival City.
After passing through the city gate, Wu Xiangwang finally saw the interior of the city. Then he sighed, covered his eyes, and looked at his pass.
This city was just as he imagined, with a haunted castle style. All the buildings in the city were dilapidated, crooked, and full of weird and violent negative energy fields.
It's the look that makes you want to frown just by looking at it.
But what made him frown even more was his passport photo.
Even with his top-notch facial features, he still looks good when he raises his eyebrows and glares, but the pixels in this photo are blurry, there is a double image on his chin, and his whole body is almost out of the frame on the right edge of the photo. Not to mention a big star like him, this is a devilish photo that no beauty lover can tolerate!
Wu Xiannan looked at the photo and slowly clenched his pass.
Very good, the antenna camera is weird, right? I'll remember you too. Even if you don't come to see me tonight, I'll still come to see you.
hehe.
"Hey! Wangwang, your smile is so sinister. Are you also looking at the pass? Then what level is your ability? You should be a level one awakener like us, right?"
Shang Chong came up to Wu Xiangwang to check his pass, then suddenly exclaimed and poked Wu Xiangwang with his arm: "Why is your ability evaluation trash? Oh my god, how could you be trash?!"
If this immortal man who could awaken his spatial backpack after becoming a poisonous milk and single-handedly pull them to death with a second-level weird blood-sucking vine is a waste, then aren't the rest of them all useless?!
No matter how you look at this review, it seems like that weird eye is lame, right?
Wu Xiangwang's gaze was fixed on the bottom column of his pass.
When the pass is opened, his photo and name will be displayed, and below the name there is also an ability evaluation.
At this moment, the ability evaluation below his name was followed by a few large, crooked characters that looked like an ancient castle:
Ability evaluation: [Utter waste with no ability].
Wu Xiangwang stared at these seven words for a while and suddenly laughed. He stretched his head and took a look at Shang Chong's ability evaluation, which showed [Level 1 Lightning Ability], and then he understood why the strange antenna camera took two pictures of him.
The first time he took the photo, the guy probably failed to detect his superpowers so he tore up the photo. The same result occurred when he took the photo for the second time. That's why the weirdo was so arrogant and called him a waste and even attacked him.
Wu Xiangwang raised the corner of his mouth when he saw this comment.
Therefore, a big part of the reason for issuing passes is probably to detect what abilities these humans who come to this world have.
Although being described as a waste sounds a bit bad, at least he doesn't have to worry about being inexplicably targeted because of his special abilities.
Perhaps later he would go and find out if there were any human adventurers with special abilities who had suddenly disappeared or died.
"Don't shout so much. How can you be so accurate in making such weird comments? I just know I'm great, that's all."
"Look, isn't that a quest board in front? This is much more advanced than the one in the Novice Village."
Shang Chong also knew that it was not appropriate to say anything more at this time, so he followed Wu Xiangwang's words and looked at the task board in front of him.
"Oh my god! This isn't just a level higher than the quest board in the Novice Village! It's gone straight from manual animation to automation!"
After they enter the city, they can see a huge task panel at least ten meters high standing on the right side of the city entrance.
This task panel is clearly not connected to any power source, but the tasks on it are constantly scrolling and changing.
The top three quests are still the same as in the Novice Village: the Brave, the Merchant, and the Beauty. However, the three main quests here are time-limited, with the word "October" following each quest.
Obviously the mission will change in November.
Below these three fixed tasks are other daily tasks mysteriously issued by this city.
Wu Xiangwang glanced at it briefly and then felt complicated——
Mission #3: We have too many vegetables at home and need three humans to help harvest them. We want diligent and honest humans, not cunning ones! 50 Energy Coppers/day.
Mission #4: Find a human to walk your pet! Your pet is quite large, so you'll need a fast and strong human! 100 Energy Coins/day.
Mission #9: Find a human to take care of the child! Find a human to take care of the child! Find a human to take care of the child! Just play games with the child during the day! No extra requirements, 500 Energy Coppers/day!
This mission was full of life, and it almost made him feel that those weird things were almost the same as humans.
But how is this possible?
Every mission here hides unspeakable dangers, and mission No. 9 is a real death trap filled with energy coins.
It's as unrealistic as a pretty widow with tens of millions of dollars on earth borrowing sperm to have a child. However, compared to the pretty widow who only loses money or at most her kidneys, this task of raising a child is life-threatening.
Only a fool would take this task.
"Hey! I think this daily quest number 9 is pretty good! You can earn 500 energy coins by taking care of a child for a day! Although the weird child might be a bit more troublesome, there's no limit on how many people can take the quest. A team of five can take this quest safely and earn a lot!"
Don’t forget each other: “…”
He turned around to get a better look at who the fool was.
Okay, a high school sophomore who hasn't seen the dangers of the world. His teacher is in charge.
The young man was soon slapped hard on the head by Zhang Xiangqiang.
"Silly boy! Didn't the teacher say there's no such thing as a free lunch? It's the same in this world too!"
Mission #9 looks like a trap! If taking care of a child were that easy, you'd get paid 500 yuan a day?! This isn't work pay, this is life pay! Shut up and let's take another mission. No, the most important thing is to decide whether to take a Hero mission or a Merchant mission first!
The physical education teacher didn't mention the beauty mission at all, but the immortal man who had successfully completed each person's mission once looked up at this mission with great interest.
Then the corner of his mouth twitched—
[Beauty Mission: Have the city lord's brother-in-law treat you to a free lunch. (October)
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but it's only for ugly people. Beautiful women face free lunches every day, and have to figure out which one is better. Of course, this time, it's the city lord's brother-in-law's.
Mission Rewards: Convert a small cart into a motorized tricycle, a high-quality purification stone, 100 energy silver coins, and a Mad City pass approval stamp.
After reading this beauty mission, Wu Xiangwang couldn't help but want to look at Teacher Zhang. He didn't know if Teacher Zhang saw his gaze. Anyway, Teacher Zhang rubbed the head of the only female student in his team and said earnestly: "Lingling! You must remember that those who use their beauty to please others can only enjoy their happiness for a short time. When beauty fades, love fades!"
Wu Xiannan: “…Hehe.”
Why do you want to be a physical education teacher? With your level, you should at least be a Chinese teacher or a political teacher.
The immortal rolled his eyes. He wasn't planning on doing a beauty quest this time! Not to mention that every weirdo has a different aesthetic, even a small weirdo wouldn't necessarily appeal to the City Lord's brother-in-law. Even if he wanted to do it, he'd have to know who the City Lord's brother-in-law was! But the Weird City was so big, and there were so many weirdos, he didn't have the time to find one.
Then Wu Xiangwang turned his attention to the brave mission and the merchant mission.
[Brave Mission: Participate in any carnival in Carnival City for 15 minutes at night. (October)
You're in Carnival City and you're not going there without a little fun! This night is the perfect time to unleash your true self! But considering you're all new and weak, you only need to partake in the revelry for fifteen minutes before you're gone.
Mission rewards: Carnival weird random drops, Crazy City pass approval stamp. 】
Merchant Mission: Purchase a "Meta-Core Battery" from the Trading House and return it to the car dealer. (October)
Mission Rewards:
1. You only need to add 500 energy coins to upgrade the cart to a motorized tricycle.
2,500 Energy Copper Coins. (This is not a wise choice. Recommended 1)
3. Carnival City Pass Approval Seal. 】
Wu Xiangwang looked at the merchant mission and the brave mission, each one more deceptive than the other, and was silent for ten seconds. Finally, his gaze couldn't help but move downwards again.
As expected, every time I look at the missions, the beauty missions are the best.
Compared to the Hero quest, which required partying with a bunch of weirdos, and the Merchant quest, which required saving money to buy nuclear batteries, the Beauty quest, which required eating and drinking tea with wealthy weirdos, was a way to complete the level and get an electric tricycle and a huge sum of money. Really...
So, what does the city lord's brother-in-law look like? He's so weird, and does anyone have a photo?!