Chapter 86 A Tale of Two Cities
The little people of the Salt Tribe are a new type of human being born naturally, and they are born with a level. However, there are only three of them in the entire Salt City, all of whom are seven or eight years old.
Compared to true extraordinary creatures, they are much weaker.
Lu Yao found the child with the highest level among the three and checked his panel.
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[Salt Clan LV2] Salt for a long time
HP: 20/20 Mana: 5/5 Damage: 1 Defense: 1 Speed: 1 [Longevity]
Have a longer lifespan.
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Lu Yao always felt that there was something strange about these three young men with the title of "Salt Clan".
So he traced their paths.
After careful investigation, Lu Yao found the origin of the Yan Clan. The father of these three children is the same person, [Corruption Guardian] Yan Geer.
This guy had these three children with a woman named Donghai from Yancheng, and he often secretly sent meat and salt to them.
Lu Yao felt mixed emotions.
The good news is, of course, that interracial love gave birth to the unprecedented "Salt Tribe", which can improve the offspring of the entire tribe. In the long run, change is always a good thing.
The worrying thing is that the emergence of the [Salt Clan] marks a combination of ordinary people and extraordinary power. I don’t know where it will lead the little people.
There is no precedent for this.
From now on, the pixel people will deviate significantly from the human history on Earth, which gives Lu Yao a headache.
It may not be long before there is no homework to copy.
Overall, the birth of the [Salt Clan] still made Lu Yao happy.
They have the [Longevity] attribute. In any case, if this attribute can gradually cover the entire city and allow every little person to have a longer growth period, it will definitely be a good thing.
Lu Yao decided to wait and see.
He is a watcher in the wheat field. As long as these villains don't reach the cliff, he will let them grow wildly. Too much intervention will inhibit the creativity of the villains and affect the civilization process of the pixel world itself.
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Yancheng is not as glorious as the tribe's headquarters. They don't have the trendsetting spectacle of the Colosseum, the monument that symbolizes history and heritage, or the rich and diverse products. The population here is only 2,000, less than a quarter of the headquarters.
On the other hand, Yancheng has no historical burden.
There aren't that many deep-rooted things here, no fanatical worship, no beast fighting culture, no tradition of praying and worshipping gods...
Yancheng is a brand new city, so it is not opposed to anything new.
The fishing company broke free from all kinds of constraints and showed its talents here.
Tips pop up on the screen.
【Yulian invented the library. 】
[The intelligence of everyone in Yancheng has improved to a certain extent]
【Shang Li invented the carrier pigeon.】
【Yancheng has mastered the method of raising and using homing pigeons.】
Lu Yao was a little surprised.
Shang Li actually came to Yancheng to settle down?
He remembered this guy. Shang Li had been staying at the Garlic Tribe headquarters, running the Colosseum with Mu Ke. Now he had changed his direction.
Lu Yao looked over the city and found Shang Li following Yu Lian. It seemed that he had become Yu Lian's deputy or partner.
Did they discover a money-making opportunity in Yancheng? Regardless of the purpose, it was a good thing that these two tribal heroes could cooperate.
Yu Lian is very creative, often has wild ideas, and dares to turn his ideas into reality.
Shang Li is a very realistic businessman who values practicality and profitability. His greatest strength is his sharp vision, and he can always find an excellent partner.
He had previously set his sights on Mu Ke, and now he has set his sights on Yu Lian.
Lu Yao watched the conversation between the two little men with great interest.
“Libraries have to charge.”
Shang Li said: "Knowledge that does not require a price will not be valued or respected."
Yulian objected: "The purpose of building a library is to allow more people to read books and gain knowledge. If seashells are collected, many people will not be willing to come to the library."
“There are always people who will learn, and there are always people who don’t want to learn.”
Shang Li said: "It's the same as meat. If we put a piece of meat on the roadside and say you can take it without any money, what will happen?"
"Of course someone will take the meat away."
"Wrong."
A sweating emoji appeared above Shang Li’s head: “This is what we businessmen used to do.”
"The truth is that many people came to see the meat, but no one took it away because they all thought it was problematic. Many people told us that they would not be fooled and that we should not treat them as fools."
"If there is no problem, why should good meat be given away for nothing?"
"Ultimately, it was a wild dog that ate the meat."
“…”
Shang Li continued, "But if you just lower the price of meat a little bit, it will attract a lot of people to rush to buy it. This is also the real experience of us businessmen."
"I know that you want everyone to learn knowledge. I admire you too, otherwise I wouldn't have left the Colosseum to work with you."
"It's a pity that you have a lot of knowledge, but you don't understand what people want."
"They don't need knowledge. Or rather, they don't really want knowledge, they just want good things."
“So, good things will never come for free. You have to pay a price to get them. This is something that hunters and farmers all know.”
Shang Li advised Yu Lian earnestly: "The reason why I said that libraries need to charge fees is to tell them that knowledge is precious and a good thing. This way they will cherish it."
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“…”
Yu Lian was speechless.
He finally admitted: "You are right, I thought it was too simple. Let's charge a fee."
"Yes, Mayor." A smiley face symbol appeared above Shang Li's head.
A question mark appeared above Yulian's head: "I ask again, why did you come here?"
"My answer remains the same, Mayor, because I have high hopes for this city and for you, Mayor."
Shang Li said: "The Colosseum is great, but it is still not as good as a new city."
"The Colosseum in Yaocheng represents the past and the present."
“But this is the future.”
“Businessmen always bet on the future.”
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The library in Yancheng is very simple, just a large stone house built in the center of the city. It looks square, and the flag outside the house is painted with a book pattern.
There was a person at the door shouting, "Library, library. Find the book you need and someone will read the whole book to you. Even if you don't know the words, you can understand it."
Because of the charging measures, not many people come here. Most people gather outside, waiting for people inside to come out and ask what they saw - commonly known as freeloading.
Yancheng is like a vigorous teenager, full of curiosity and motivation about everything, taking steps without hesitation to try all kinds of new things.
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Lu Yao moves the perspective.
At the Garlic Tribe headquarters, the scene was quite different.
Some people indulged in the thrill and excitement brought by the Colosseum and beer, indulging in pleasure, and becoming intoxicated and crazy in blood and wine.
Another group of people became Puritan-like fanatics who would praise the gods with their meals and water every day, quoting passages from the Gospel of the Gods, and praying and worshiping at the temple.
Some people yearn for wild adventures. They ride on galleys and rush to the border of the broken world again and again, as if they want to duel with invisible giants. Many people die in the sea.
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The abundance of food in a short period of time caused most of the people in the tribe to lose themselves, and also made the ancient tribal birthplace become gloomy.
Commonly known as eating too much.
The death of wizard Sen Jian made the situation even worse.
In the temple, the prophet Hemira finally got angry.
She began to lead scholars to preach everywhere, asking those who were addicted to desire to repent in the temple and in front of the Gospel. Then she expelled some extreme hedonists, indirectly drove them to Yancheng, and created an army for this purpose.
【Hamira created the Temple Army.】
[The Garlic Tribe learned to form and use an army.]
[The Garlic Tribe established a city: Yao City. ]
Unlike Yancheng, Yaocheng is full of a strong atmosphere of god worship and has gradually become a city based on agriculture and religion.
Lu Yao overlooked the two cities located in the east and west.
They started from the same starting point, but eventually their directions diverged.
The two cities will move further and further along their own paths, and no one knows what will happen in the future.
Lu Yao leaned back in his chair and recalled the classic opening of A Tale of Two Cities.
These are the best of times, these are the worst of times, these are...
I forgot about it later.
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(End of this chapter)