Chapter 461 Something Different
Seeing the city of Archeostre from the outside is a completely different feeling than living inside.
The carriage was driving on a not very wide road. Compared with the dozens of high-rise buildings on both sides of the road, the narrowness of the road made the originally magnificent buildings suddenly seem oppressive.
Especially when walking between two rows of buildings, huge shadows are cast down, and the bottom floor is dark, damp and heavy.
But if you look closer, those tall buildings are not that grand.
The window is so small that it is difficult for an adult to get out.
The densely packed windows make people feel depressing, as if there are eyes hiding behind the walls, coveting everything on the street.
In sharp contrast to these dense and depressing buildings, there are surprisingly few people on the streets.
Occasionally a few strange-looking rickshaws would speed by.
Thor took a quick look and it seemed to be moving forward through gears and other machinery, but at a very fast speed.
Mash was obviously dazzled and his driving speed could not keep up with the speed in the wilderness, and he was soon overtaken by the rickshaws.
Then there was a buzzing sound overhead. Marsh looked up and found a small airship flying over ten meters above his head.
As the sky gradually darkened, the tops of the black pillars on both sides of the road suddenly lit up, startling the horses pulling the cart.
Seeing this, Thor was amazed and puzzled. "When the lighting equipment was turned on, there was a fluctuation of magic power. This means that there is at least a kind of magic infrastructure running through these blocks!"
If it was just a single building facility like the Wizard Tower, it would be normal to use such magical equipment, but this is a city! How did Archaeoster, or the Baidong Academy behind it, use so many witchcraft resources on ordinary people?
The basic productivity of witchcraft is simply not enough, right? Five minutes later, Thor finally arrived at the destination on the map in the Guidebook.
Intermediary center.
The guide says that this place is responsible for a series of intermediary matters such as finding a job, finding a house, finding a spouse, etc.
It is the first recommended place for beginners to visit the city of Archaeology.
Even if you just come here for a tour, you can find a suitable guide here.
The carriage had just stopped under a particularly square tall building when Thor heard faint piano sounds coming from the tall buildings on both sides.
Then, as if a switch was turned on, noisy voices rang out from the buildings on both sides.
Dark shadows emerged from the exits of different houses and slowly gathered on the street, forming a dark torrent.
"This... so many people?" Even the knowledgeable Agu was stunned by the scene before him.
Not only the buildings on both sides of them, but also the tall buildings in front of them, and the buildings on the street in front of them, were all gushing out crowds of people.
The street, which was not very wide to begin with, was suddenly packed with people.
As far as I could see, except for a few rickshaws, everyone else was walking! Most of the people passing by had numb expressions, and only occasionally smiled when they were talking in low voices.
"This is to concentrate the population of the surrounding cities and towns into the ancient city of Archaeoster." Thor still held his chin and looked out of the car window. The scene in front of him somewhat evoked his previous memories.
"The concentration of a large population, the extremely regular lifestyle, the use of novels to continuously attract people into the city... The owner of this city has turned people into parts of the city. What does he want to do?"
After listening to Thor's analysis, Agu whispered, "The real owner of Archaeoster City is Baidong College. And the person in charge of Baidong College is their old dean, Pound, a second-level wizard."
Baidong Academy also sells various witchcraft props to the public, and it is said that as long as one has money, even people with poor magical and mental aptitude can become wizard apprentices.
Baidong College cast a wide net, catching not only wizard apprentices but also ordinary people, these small fish.
"They are probably doing a big project." At this time, the crowd coming out of the buildings on both sides had become sparse, so Thor jumped off the carriage and said, "It's useless to think so much. We are just a group of tenants looking for a house."
On the surface, Mash stayed where he was, but secretly, there were clones of small algae that had penetrated the soil to keep watch.
Thor only took the compressed bag containing important items and Agu, and the two of them entered the red square building on the right.
After entering the building, Thor and Agu saw an automatically guarded door that required a pass to open.
A cabin that can move up and down like an elevator, except that it requires a dedicated person to manually control it.
It seemed like the sound of piano just now was the sound of people getting off work. Now there are few people in the building.
The "elevator" took the two to the 20th floor, which is the top floor of the building.
The top floor is an oval-shaped hall with hidden rooms on both sides. The middle is empty except for a few benches and a circle of counters around it.
Posters and paper scraps were scattered all over the floor, and someone was cleaning them up.
As soon as Saul came in, he saw a boy pulling a woman and arguing with a woman behind the counter, apparently about the rent.
Taking another look at the sign above the woman's head behind the counter, I saw that it was indeed an area for rent.
Thor walked to the adjacent counter and asked, "Do you have any houses for rent to wizards?"
The man behind the counter was originally sorting out documents with his head down. When he heard the voice, he looked up and immediately smiled brightly, throwing the things in his hand aside casually.
"Of course, sir, welcome to Archaeoster!"
It took only ten minutes for Thor to get a key. The key was a copper leaf, but the pattern on it kept changing. When Thor's hand pressed on a certain position, the pattern would stop.
The man who entertained Thor politely escorted him to the door.
Originally, he just took out a file with normal enthusiasm, but when Thor selected the house and took out the silver pass to register, the man's expression changed drastically, his attitude became twice as respectful, and he even took out another file of house information from the back room.
The house that Thor originally chose was on the top floor of a tall building.
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The new housing information that the man brought out were at least villas.
Thor took a quick look and compared the prices before choosing the original top floor.
There is no way. The wizard tower has collapsed, and he still has a small wizard tower, four consciousnesses, and two pets to raise, so he must save money.
Even though Sol did not choose a bigger and more expensive house, the agent did not feel disappointed at all. When Sol left, he took out a business card and handed it to him respectfully with both hands.
"This is my business card, which also contains my information. It has our transmission number on it. If you need anything in the future, you can find the intermediary center through the communicator in the room. I can come to your door to serve you at any time."
Such a familiar scene made Thor feel nostalgic. He took the other party's business card and looked down.
"John..." Thinking of a novel, Thor looked up and asked, "Are you the farmer John in the book?"
The man named John smiled innocently, "In fact, after this book was promoted, many people changed their name to John. I hope they can be as lucky as him."
After accepting John's business card, Thor once again refused the offer to travel in the flying cabin.
No, it’s not free.
Back in the carriage, Agu was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.
Thor looked calm on the outside, but he was actually very surprised on the inside.
If he hadn't discovered that the underlying logic of many props had the shadow of witchcraft runes, he would have really thought that some all-round time traveler had come here to be the city lord.
But he finally confirmed that although some things were very similar, they were essentially very different.
After returning to the carriage, Thor asked Xiaozao to take back the clone hidden underground, tell Mash the direction, and prepare to go to the new home.
However, as soon as the wheels started, Xiaozao suddenly stretched out from the back of Thor's neck and rushed into Thor's face.
"Um...Xiao Zao, what are you doing?"
Xiao Zao wrote a word crookedly in the air.
"Big tree."
Several people came over at the same time.
"Big tree? What big tree? Which big tree?" Penny asked in a chattering manner.
"The word 'tree' is missing a dot." Agu said with a frown.
Thor was stunned. "It seems there is not a single tree here."
He slowly lowered his head and looked at his feet.
"The big tree you mentioned... is it underground?"
Finally caught up.
(End of this chapter)
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