Chapter 361 The Terrifying Rules of the Arena
Everyone's understanding of Jingshu improved. This person was probably here for vacation. She didn't bring many weapons and equipment, but she brought all the food. Moreover, she seemed to have a strange obsession with food.
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The snoring, thunder, and strange noises made from several couples upstairs entered Jingshu's mind exactly. Even with earplugs, Jingshu did not sleep all night. Instead, she practiced the Rubik's Cube all night long, stimulating the illusion and making her head feel dizzy.
At six o'clock, Jingshu got up to be on duty again with dark circles under her eyes. By the time the group had eaten the dry food and breakfast they brought with them and set off for the arena, Jingshu was so sleepy that she almost fell down.
After a night of utterly terrible experience, I discovered that the people upstairs were numerous and chatty, and they were occasionally targeting the luggage and supplies Jingshu and her group were carrying. In the lawless United States, these people didn't take action simply because they were cautious. They couldn't defeat Jingshu's group, who were armed with multiple guns and on night duty. Not to mention the threatening nature of tanks. Jingshu and her group couldn't just kill someone for glancing at her a few times in the crowd, could they? The key was fear of alerting the enemy.
"It's better to stay in the underground black market. There are not only single rooms there, but also privacy. When the mission is completed and we want to escape, we can break out by force."
To save trouble, everyone moved to the underground black market.
The underground black market B-level mercenaries could rent a small second-floor unfinished house, which was hundreds of times better than the slums outside. Most importantly, Jingshu was assigned a separate room, which gave her a lot of privacy. "Finally, I can eat without any worries."
As for earthquakes?
"I can't believe I'd be so unlucky as to collapse the underground black market. In my previous life, in the third year, I visited so many places and was lucky enough not to be crushed to the ground. Why wouldn't my luck be worse in this life when I land in the United States? Besides, I'll only be staying here for ten days, complete my mission, and then I'll slip away."
Jingshu comforted herself in this way. Compared to the slums outside, she really didn't want to live there anymore.
"It's 100 black market coins every day. I will deduct the black market coins from the batch of guns sold yesterday." Tank said.
Everyone was quite satisfied with their new place of residence, including Xiao Hei who had just moved in. He felt that his life had reached its peak. Living in the underground black market had always been his dream. Unexpectedly, Jingshu's team fulfilled this dream the next day. "Hey, Yang said that you are powerful and capable people with ways to do things. Yang was right."
After moving for the second time, the teammates took all their guns with them and came to the underground black market arena, which was the only place connected to the residence of the upper-class nobles.
To upgrade from a B-level mercenary to an S-level one, one needs to accumulate 30,000 black market coins. Most of the mercenary missions in the underground black market are worth 200-2000. There are very few missions like yesterday's that increase from 1000 to 3000 and finally to 8000. Moreover, most of the missions take a long time to complete.
It is very difficult to improve further. There are several A+ level mercenary teams in the underground black market, but there is no S level team. However, I heard that a month ago there was a team that was about to break through to S level after completing the mission, but unfortunately it was wiped out due to mission failure.
Another way to get promoted is gladiatorial combat, which is conducted according to the requirements of the nobles. There are life-and-death fights and other competitions. In short, the fights are conducted entirely according to the nobles' preferences.
Jingshu followed behind in a daze. Only after she really entered the arena did she deeply realize the insignificance of life and the distinction between noble and humble.
"Hey, aren't you shocked to see so many people? The arena has three areas. One area is for fights between mercenaries, and it can also simulate various environments. Another area is the ring, where direct combat takes place. The last area is for fights between combat pets."
"Hey, follow me. I'll take you to sign up. I'm very familiar with this place. A noble will post a request for a gladiatorial fight and offer a bounty in black market coins. If two mercenary teams accept it, they'll arrange a fight. Some will fight to the death, others until the other team is unable to get up. Some nobles even demand that the other team be tortured in various cruel ways. Only by fulfilling the nobles' requirements can the full bounty be obtained."
"The noble who issued the task can be the banker and bet with other nobles on which one will win.
A mercenary team or an individual will win, and if you're lucky enough, the nobles will take a liking to you and increase your bounty, asking you to go all out, or asking you to do some strange things in the arena to satisfy their various desires."
"Besides black market quests, winning in the arena is the fastest way to earn black market coins. Team competitions also count towards your accumulated black market coins, but fights between combat pets don't. The nobles see that as bullshit, used as casino entertainment for us poor people."
After Xiao Hei's detailed introduction, Jingshu and her group had some understanding of the rules of the arena. Generally speaking, the authority of the nobles was unlimited, which fully demonstrated that "money means fatherhood is omnipotent."
"However, anyone entering the arena, whether to watch or compete, must hand in two black market coins. The arena has gathered all the idle people in the underground black market, including informal mercenaries, because now there seems to be nothing else to do besides come to the arena to watch the competition."
With that, Tank handed over 12 black market coins, and the group officially walked into the arena.
"Besides, if we're lucky, poor people like us can win a few black market coins every day by betting on battle pets. But there's nothing we can do. Only nobles can bet on fights between mercenaries."
Jingshu touched her chin and looked at the fat chicken wearing armor and looking reluctant. He had to lie down as soon as he arrived at the place and was too tired to take a step. It seemed that she had to rely on the fat chicken to earn black market coins today!
Xiao Hei brought a group of people to sign up.
Jingshu frowned as she saw the bounty requirements for the gladiatorial fights between mercenaries in the arena. This also relieved some of her doubts as to why there were no mercenary teams fighting each other to improve their team levels.
Bars: "A bounty of 2,000 black market coins is offered. The team that cuts off everyone on the opposing team's arms wins."
Joel: "1000 black market coins reward. No weapons allowed. You win if you knock out all of your opponent's teeth."
Of course, at least these few attacks have not taken anyone's lives. If there are some exaggerated ones, the price would be very high if they wanted to take all the lives of the opponents, which would be a life-and-death battle.
However, compared to these prices, they are very high. Judging from the black market coin bounty, the black market coins given for each bounty are very attractive, and the team's rewards can be counted towards the promotion of the team level, so many people come to take the risk and fight.
The greater the risk, the higher the reward. In just a few minutes, you can get a higher price than the tasks issued by the black market, it is easier to obtain black market coins, and it is easier to upgrade to a higher level.
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