Chapter 29 Community Affairs Management Office Area

Before Zhu Yu's brain was fully awake, she heard a "ding" sound from the system:

[200,000 gold coins have been automatically deducted from your account as the fee for opening the neighborhood committee mode]

Seeing the reminder of money deduction, Zhu Yu jumped off the bed and stood barefoot on the soft carpet.

"200,000 gold coins? This damn game actually deducted the money without discussing it with me in advance?!"

Zhu Yu was completely awake, and stood there staring at the system prompt. After a long while, he sighed helplessly:

"Oh, forget it. At least the new City Lord Mansion and neighborhood committee model sounds pretty reliable..."

Just as she was about to continue complaining, her stomach growled at an inopportune moment, abruptly interrupting her complaints.

Zhu Yu touched his flat belly and decided to go to the cafeteria on the second floor apartment for breakfast before studying this new model.

Because of the sudden sandstorm a few days ago, Zhu Yu was very busy every day and hadn't come up to eat breakfast for a while.

As soon as she entered the restaurant, she felt that the players' dining area was more spacious than before, and the distance between the tables was also increased a lot.

The layout of the food pick-up area has become richer and has been significantly upgraded compared to the previous simple divisions.

In addition to the original Chinese breakfast area and Western breakfast area, the current buffet restaurant has also added an exotic flavor area.

The Chinese breakfast area is still steaming hot, filled with steamed buns, porridge, fried dough sticks, and soup dumplings, as well as newly added pancakes and fried spring rolls; the Western breakfast area has more freshly baked croissants, blueberry muffins, and various cereals, and also thoughtfully prepares a variety of sauces and honey for players to mix and match.

The new exotic section features burritos, Vietnamese pho, Japanese rice balls and sushi, alongside Italian lasagna and milk-infused pumpkin soup.

Zhu Yu walked around, his eyes roaming over the new dishes, tapping the touch screen menu a few times, and finally decided to order a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat congee with fried dough sticks, a serving of xiaolongbao, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

She took the plate and found a seat by the window.

The sunlight outside the window shines on the green garden, and the breeze brings a fresh scent of grass and trees.

Zhu Yu admired the beautiful scenery downstairs through the window and felt his appetite improve.

Just as Zhu Yu lowered his head to eat, a familiar voice came from the side:

"Good morning, Lord Zhu."

She looked up and found that it was Lin Li who came over with a bowl of Vietnamese pho and a cup of hot tea and sat down opposite her.

Lin Li: "City Lord Zhu, I haven't seen you come up to eat breakfast for a while."

Zhu Yu: "I can't help it. You know how busy I was recently. I've only had some free time these past two days. But I haven't seen this buffet restaurant for a few days, and it's really changed a lot."

Lin Li: "Recently, the restaurant seems to be updating quite frequently. A few days ago, they launched an afternoon tea set. I wonder if they will add a dinner buffet area."

Zhu Yu: "Afternoon tea set? I haven't had time to try it yet. How does it taste? Is it free too?"

Lin Li: "It's OK. A cup of black tea plus any three snacks are free for us, but this package is also available to players who are not staying in the apartment. They need to pay an extra 20 gold coins. It's not cheap, but the price-performance ratio is OK."

Zhu Yu took a sip of porridge and said with emotion: "This restaurant has changed a lot. Although my gold coins are spent on various places every day, at least this place makes me feel that it is worth it."

Lin Li smiled and continued, "Then City Lord Zhu, you have to eat more to make up for your investment. After all, there will be more and more places where you need to spend gold coins in the future."

Hearing this teasing, Zhu Yu suddenly remembered that she had been deducted 200,000 gold coins early in the morning. She curled her lips and said, "President Lin, your words really hit the nail on the head."

Because there were many foods to choose from and he was preoccupied with other things, Zhu Yu didn't eat very fast.

So after Lin Li finished her Vietnamese pho, she still sat alone in her seat, slowly enjoying her breakfast.

Zhu Yu took a bite of the crispy fried dough stick and opened the player chat history. She found that Adrian had sent her a new message early in the morning.

Seeing in the news that he mentioned that after taking Solanum nigrum, all his sequelae disappeared completely, Zhu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't want to have to return the lucky potion to the other party because of the failure of treatment.

Zhu Yu continued reading, and Adrian also mentioned that after he returned to the union to deal with some personal matters, he would start to move the members of the Eternal Night Lighthouse to the dungeon.

He explained to her that because he couldn't be exposed to the sun, he had to live in the Eternal Night City for a long time without daylight. Although the temperature there was lower, the conditions were still limited.

However, now that he had the better option of the underground city, he no longer had any worries and naturally decided to move here.

When Zhu Yu heard Adrian mention the "Lighthouse of Eternal Night" yesterday, he had already vaguely guessed the identities of the two.

But she didn't expect that such a seemingly accidental encounter would actually attract a powerful ally to the dungeon.

If this is true, it will undoubtedly add another wave of impressive performance growth to her dungeon.

What's more, now two of the three elite guilds have chosen to stay in the dungeon permanently, which means Zhu Yu no longer has to worry about whether the Red Leaf Umbrella Guild will come to cause trouble.

This unexpected good news instantly diluted the depressed mood that Zhu Yu felt when 200,000 gold coins were deducted from him early in the morning.

Zhu Yu switched to the trading forum again and began to search for some content related to summoned beasts.

She entered the keywords and screened several pages, but as Bai Ning said yesterday, it was almost impossible to find any care solution or related props suitable for Charmander.

After browsing around without any results, she couldn't help but sigh, and could only click into the trading section of the Beast Union and edit a post:

[Help] Charmander special care solution or scale care props

Content: Is there any care solution or other maintenance tools suitable for fire dragon scales? Please recommend! Price is not a problem, thank you!

After posting, Zhu Yu casually clicked on the gossip section next door to see if there was anything new.

As soon as she entered, she was stunned.

There are actually several popular posts in the gossip section that are related to dungeons!

[The three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment in the underground city is short of one person. If you want to share a room, come quickly! It will be gone in a hurry! 】

[Detailed explanation of the hidden gain mechanism in the dungeon, so cool! ]

[Tips and strategies for claw machines, feel free to post and share your experiences! ]

Zhu Yu scanned the titles line by line and was somewhat surprised.

Wasn’t she blocked every time she posted something before?

Why are there suddenly so many posts discussing dungeons, and almost all of them are going viral?

She clicked on a post, read the comments for a few minutes, and confirmed her guess: the forum seemed to no longer ban posts about the dungeon.

Zhu Yu narrowed his eyes and leaned back in his chair thoughtfully.

She had almost given up her plan for online promotion because of the launch of the advertising model. After all, no matter how she and the players posted before, unless the system 996 intervened, their posts would be blocked and deleted, and would be ineffective.

Unexpectedly, the person behind the scenes took the initiative to give up this restrictive measure.

But when she thought about it carefully, it made sense.

Since the advertising mode was turned on, dungeon-related advertisements have become ubiquitous. Even the most remote players in the instance should know of the existence of the dungeon.

No matter how much effort the people behind the scenes put into blocking the post, it will be in vain.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yu's mouth corners slightly raised.

This wave of dual exposure online and offline will definitely bring more traffic to the dungeon.

Feeling relaxed, she looked down at the few spoonfuls of century egg and lean meat porridge left in the bowl and decided not to waste it.

Zhu Yu hurriedly drank the last few spoonfuls of porridge, then opened the task panel to check the new side quest.

[Side Quest——Countdown: 46h]

1. Adopt and implement 1 suggestion through the Resident Suggestion Center. (Progress: 0/1)

2. Complete a task posted by a player on the neighborhood committee task panel (such as lost item recovery, meal delivery service, etc.). (Progress: 0/1)

3. Prepare a community event and attract at least 20 players to participate. (Progress: 0/1)

What!

The three side quests this time are actually all related to the new neighborhood committee mode!

Zhu Yu was shocked and confused. He picked up the tray and immediately stood up and ran away.

This is terrible! If she had known that these three side quests were like this, she would not have been so leisurely eating breakfast and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

After all, her understanding of the neighborhood committee model is almost zero!

Zhu Yu breathlessly rushed to the location indicated by the system. The City Lord's Mansion was located in the most conspicuous place at the entrance of the first floor of the underground city. The outer wall was mainly dark blue and silver-white, dotted with golden patterns in the middle. On the huge metal plaque at the main entrance were three powerful characters "City Lord's Mansion" engraved.

On both sides of the gate stand two fire dragon statues that look like adult versions of Yi Yi, looking majestic.

Zhu Yu glanced around and saw that quite a few players had been attracted and were standing outside, looking around and whispering:

"So this is the City Lord's Mansion!"

"Do you think we ordinary players can go in and take a look?"

"Don't dream, that's obviously the city lord's territory."

“…”

Zhu Yu walked quickly through the crowd and completed the city lord's authority authentication. Then the two heavy metal doors slowly slid open.

As she stepped in, the door behind her closed silently, isolating the noise from the outside world.

The floor of the City Lord's Mansion is paved with smooth obsidian bricks, and many suspended lights are hung on the ceiling.

Zhu Yu looked around and found a spiral staircase leading upstairs on the left side of the hall, and a corridor on the right side with a sign that said "Conference Room" at the end.

[City Lord, please go to the neighborhood committee office area to complete the first step of the guidance task: familiarize yourself with the functions of the neighborhood committee. ]

She followed the system's instructions and walked towards the small door in the corridor on the right side of the City Lord's Mansion. On the door was a sign that read "Community Affairs Management Office Area."

After pushing the door open, Zhu Yu discovered that this place was like a mini administrative center.

Zhu Yu counted and found that the office area is currently divided into four functional areas:

1. [Suggestions and Feedback Area]

2. [Task Release Area]

3. [Community activity planning area]

4. [Resource Allocation Area]

Before she could study and explore them one by one, the system voice sounded again like a death warrant:

[The neighborhood committee model aims to improve the community management of the dungeon and provide a better living and living experience for registered players. The city owner should arrange for people to register and enter player information here as soon as possible, handle suggestions submitted by players, arrange community activities, and optimize resource allocation. ]