Barbara's eyes were slightly cold. Even though the former Batgirl had lost the ability to walk, she was still able to rely on her intelligence to become an information supporter behind the scenes. When she just caught a glimpse of the other party's clothes, her brain analyzed the information read from the pattern on the clothes.
The clothes that Mr.C was wearing.
At the beginning of the "activity", they realized that the magician Mr. C who appeared all over the city was just a projection and could not be touched, like a good-tempered Santa Claus, but Barbara remembered the style of his clothes.
She raised her head calmly, but suddenly froze when she saw the person in front of her.
Captain America, who had gotten her some water, looked at her in confusion.
Captain Steve of the US Army noticed that there was a disabled person here who had difficulty getting water, so he walked over to help, but he caught a flash of vigilance in the girl's eyes.
He smiled good-naturedly, passed the water over, took two steps back, and returned to his companions.
Only Barbara was still standing there in a daze. Mr. C couldn't possibly be Captain America, so the other party might have appeared briefly and then disappeared. "He" had no breathing, heartbeat, or hostility, so the captain didn't notice anything unusual even though he was so close. But why did Mr. C disappear? Did he achieve his goal?
The vigilante in the wheelchair looked around with suspicion. Most of the people who appeared here were acquaintances. After the two-hour movie ended, it was four o'clock in the morning when the crowds were the least. She supported her chin, unwrapped the bottle cap and moistened her lips.
Then, her brows wrinkled. The moment she drank the water, Barbara felt the heat coming from her legs. The burning sensation became more and more obvious, and then there was discomfort rising from the bottom of her feet - pain!
Xiao Chou once shot her, breaking the wings of a bird that once flew over Gotan. The spinal nerve disorder caused her legs to become paralyzed. Since then, her legs have had almost no feeling. The long-lost pain appeared, she hissed twice, and the bottle of mineral water in her hand fell. The noise attracted the attention of others.
Barbara vaguely felt that they were surrounding her, but her head was covered with cold sweat and she could no longer see clearly.
She seemed to have sunk into a certain world, talking to someone, no, a certain creature.
The other party told her in an incomprehensible language what she could offer in exchange for what she wanted from Him, following the principle of fairness, and that whatever you want to get, you have to pay a corresponding price.
And Barbara said:
"I refuse."
Reality is not herself a movie, and she is not the red-haired Irene. If she wants something, she will work hard to get it instead of making a deal with an unidentified person.
She knew who this guy was. She sneered and said, "What did you get from Weiwei?"
"She gave me what she didn't want," the creature replied, or perhaps it was just Barbara's imagination, "and took the pearls from here."
Barbara suddenly opened her eyes. Dick was wiping the sweat from her forehead. Tim was on the phone and looked at her with concern when he found that she had recovered. The Avengers were half confused and half alert, as if they were nervous, waiting for an unknown enemy to appear in the shadows. Barbara immediately realized that it was not too long from the time she lost consciousness to the time she woke up, probably less than two minutes.
Dick in front of him asked, "Babs, what did you see?"
"…What happened to me?" she asked hoarsely.
"You suddenly lost consciousness, and then your body temperature rose," Dick whispered, "and then you said 'I refuse', and you kept repeating that sentence. You refused...are you a criminal with psychic powers?"
The red-haired girl had a strange expression on her face. She thanked the others and let Dick and Tim push her away. In the deserted alley, Barbara suddenly raised her hand and motioned to stop.
Then Dick heard the slight sound of leather tearing, and his paralyzed companion stood up steadily, using his arms to support the wheelchair.
Dick's eyes widened, and Barbara smiled bitterly: "I did refuse...but I failed."
He lowered his head to see what was happening.
The girl's lower limbs were paralyzed, and even after massage and care, her legs had a certain degree of atrophy, and were much weaker than when she was Batgirl. But now, what appeared before his eyes were not the pale and weak legs under the skirt, but a pair of strange legs covered with red scales, and the feet were no longer human, but a pair of three-toed, webbed monster feet.
It looked so strong that it looked like it could kick three dicks away with one kick.
Dick didn't know whether he should be happy or not. He quickly realized what had happened, but Tim reacted even faster and asked calmly, "What did you pay?"
"Hate," she spread out her hands, with a pure Tin Soldier doll lying in her palms, "It is the power of hate that has changed my legs into this state. Whenever I use this power, I have to hate someone."
For example, Xiao Chou.
After meeting Mr. C in person, Barbara realized why Bruce was so wary of him.
Just like a two-faced coin, good things always happen along with bad things. This magician in the game world does not just want to do good things. He can obviously charge other prices. He is like a high-level bystander, reaching out from time to time to push the plot, trying to make the real drama in front of him more interesting.
"I won't dwell on this hatred forever," Barbara looked down at her strange feet and smiled, "I won't let him win."
This "he" is both Xiao Chou and Mr. C.
But...she didn't mind beating up Xiao Chou while she could stand up.
Weiwei rubbed her eyes. After a movie, the silver card changed from 9/10 to 6/10, which meant that three more cards were given away. Who got these three cards?
Should I go and try the Tin Soldiers' activities? There aren't many Tin Soldiers left in the city now. With more than 90,000 people in a city of 8 million, they can divide up the land in a few days.
There are still six cards left, and Weiwei is a little itchy, but the little figures that are still "alive" are difficult to catch unless she uses props.
"… Never mind," she thought. "It's one thing for me to use items to improve my luck, since I did make it through the maze on my own. But letting Gargoyles and Evilflowers help me catch people is ruining everyone else's gaming experience by cheating."
——That's too low.
There were only a few days left in the event, and how many silver cards could be given away depended on luck, so she decided not to join in the fun.
When it comes to some unnecessary details, Weiwei is very persistent, even though no one would accuse her of "cheating" in a single-player game.
Barbara's abnormality came and went quickly. After they left, the mayor took Bella to get into Iron Man's car. They needed to discuss whether the mayor should keep the AI. Of course, Old Jia was not going to resign, but -
"Since he is an employee, he should have what others have too!"
"Of course," the mayor (mini version) who was picked up by Bella reached out and held the hand of the AI's new body tightly. She looked happier than Tony that Old Jia could have a body. She said, "We still lack a formal employment contract. However, AI doesn't seem to have an identity either?"
Stark snapped his fingers. "I'll get it done."
The mayor in front of him cheated by using the image of a little girl. Even though he knew that she was an adult woman—he seemed to have met her at some unimportant cocktail party in the past—Tony still couldn't say anything harsh to a child.
Especially since she was so cooperative.
It was because he was too cooperative that all the plans Tony had prepared became ineffective and had to be thrown into the trash can. The mayor was holding the AI's hand, but what he was thinking about was the telephone booth that he had drawn from the card.
——Iron Man is such a good guy.
Only Jar, with his familiarity with the mayor and his mechanical body's ability to observe micro-expressions, could tell that regardless of whether they made a profit or not... the mayor would definitely not lose out.
He really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
However, for Weiwei, these are not a big deal. The seven-day event is too rushed. She is busy exchanging tokens for building blocks, upgrading buildings, accumulating "fear", and occasionally serving as a supervisor for the main mission.
When the festival came to its last day, the tourists began to leave - not everyone can have seven consecutive days of vacation - the population of Gotan reached a kind of dynamic balance of slow decline, and the only line connecting the old city and Heimon Island, the Land Bridge, was completed.
300 diamonds were deposited into Weiwei's account, but these diamonds were not important at all to her.
On the evening of June 7, Weiwei's total diamond count was 11,725, which was enough to support her 130 card draws. However, this was useless because the last level of "Block Building" required the use of tokens and diamonds at the same time.
The diamonds given to you by the system will always be replenished somewhere.
and--
"It now costs 1.8 million tokens and 900 diamonds to upgrade the nursing home. If I don't upgrade now, the tokens will be cleared after the event ends. I still need 2,000 diamonds to upgrade - the worst thing is! Why, why..."
Why is there a 10% off on this price list? The current tokens and diamonds are discounted. If you miss the discount, you will miss the chance!
Things have come to this, what else can she do? Of course she can only pay the money with tears in her eyes.
However, Weiwei didn't upgrade everything to the maximum level. Her funds were not that generous at the moment. She picked and chose for a long time and selected a few necessities.
"Orphanage" has special buffs after reaching the maximum level. The possibility of cultivating high-level talents is greatly increased, and there is a certain probability of attracting special talents.
The "Watchtower" is a lighthouse on the edge of an island that becomes a high-rise building after reaching the maximum level. It can send signals from the watchtower to cover the entire town, blocking or replacing communication tools and other ways of "transmitting information". There is no need for monitoring. The tower can monitor and replay everything that happens in the town. It is an invisible eye.
"Hospital" has a special buff when it reaches the maximum level. The damage recovery speed in the hospital will be faster, and it will attract special patients and doctors. Since it can attract them, there is naturally a chance to keep them.
"University" is the only university in the town. After being upgraded to the full level, the university has laboratories and libraries comparable to those of Gothenburg University. It occupies the seaside side. The special buff can be said to be useless, or it can be said to be very useful, that is -
If any public facilities and teaching equipment in the school are damaged, a new and intact one will be replaced at midnight that night.
So Weiwei evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the upgrade in her mind and decided to upgrade.
"Nursing home", after reaching the maximum level, it is no longer like a nursing home, but more like a leisure resort. The expanded nursing home has more complete facilities and a mandatory "no weapons" rule. As long as you step into the range, people will subconsciously avoid the idea of using force to decide the winner, no matter how much they hate it. Moreover, the calming effect is doubled. Even Weiwei wanted to lie on the sofa for a while and become a comfortable salted fish when she walked in.
...This is a terrible thought.
"South Hinckley Prison", only Jason and Vicki know what changes have taken place in the prison. Yes, Jason still agreed to stay, but their contract is like this, because Vicki is the "temporary mayor", then Jason is also the "temporary warden". As long as they find other suitable people, or Jason loses control, or the two become enemies, they can tear up the contract immediately.
After reaching the maximum level, the prison is expanded four times, with more functional rooms, and prisoners can be enrolled in courses, which increases the possibility of criminals repenting and reducing their sentences. However, Weiwei is interested in the buff at the back, which can control the cells in the prison to move in all directions.
...I wonder if the cells of the three ugly criminals connected in a row can be eliminated?
"Portable Store", this is the last one. A certain ordinary-looking building. At first, Weiwei just wanted to buy out the entire token mall, maybe she could pick up a useful building block, and then when she checked the props one by one, she found this.
After this item is upgraded to the maximum level, its only feature is that it can be copied and split. For example, in residential areas, those standard houses seem to be copied, but they can only be stacked in rows and layers. You cannot just take out a single house and throw it around the town - if you can, the format of this town will not be so regular.
The portable store can be disassembled. Another feature is that after changing the interior decoration, it will become a smaller house again, but the interior decoration of the building will not be refreshed and will remain the same.
Isn't this... a "player hut"?
Players play management, role-playing, and breeding games. There is no obvious numerical improvement, but the changes in their shops are the most obvious. They know clearly what has been sold and what is left. They will have a sense of intimacy with their shops, but the whole town is so small that as long as a wave of players quit the game, the shops will be rented to other players. If the huts can be retained, it will be like having a separate save file. When the time comes, when the players return to the "game", they will find that their old shops are still there... These details can increase the game retention rate.
As long as we really regard South Hinckley as a "game map" and the economic development of South Hinckley as a "game", it will not be difficult for Weiwei to change her role slightly.
Felix's agent, Hardy, made a suggestion: "Players can play the business game, but we can't let them get money directly. I suggest that we issue virtual game currency that can only be used for South Hinckley Town-related affairs. The official only launches a channel for money to exchange for currency, not a channel for currency to exchange for money."
"Why is that?" Weiwei asked humbly.
"For the realism of the game," Hardy smiled, "but our game is already real enough, because this is not a game at all, it is a town that exists in reality, so the 'realism' we need is to make guests really regard this place as a game, that is, virtuality."
"Issuing in-game currency can also maintain the economic balance in the game," he advised. "No game will use real money for transactions, and we can use other methods to recover the in-game currency in the hands of players. If they trade privately and sell in-game currency for US dollars, we can also provide a platform and charge a certain fee."
Weiwei: “!”
"Game coins can only be obtained in the game," he said, "In addition, our peripheral dolls, postcards, and commemorative coins can all be purchased with game coins."
"Is this also for the purpose of recovering currency?" Weiwei asked.
"No, this is to give the bottom-tier players the illusion of 'making money' and a sense of satisfaction," Hardy said. "I'm not saying that bottom-tier players don't have money, but they certainly won't spend a lot of money in the game. But as long as they find that playing the game is not a loss and they can make a little money, they can be kept - even if the game's profit is ridiculously low."
"A game that can run for a long time needs these players, because in the early stages, we need enough popularity..." Hardy looked out the window. The students hired to "experience life" filled the town and made it more vibrant.
The man shrugged. "Of course, what I said is all about gaming theory, which may not be applicable to all of them. We are opening up a whole new field, a game that combines reality and virtuality."
...or maybe a game that combines magic.
Hardy thought: It's strange, why didn't those magicians think of using magic to create games?
However, after all this busy work, Weiwei counted the diamonds she had left and found that there were only a little over a thousand left.
"Please pray that I can draw an event card when the chances double during the event..."
Weiwei has been coveting the golden card named "Thinking Field" for a long time.
[Golden Scene: Thought Field]
[Can thinking generate usable energy? The answer is of course it can. Active thinking can generate more energy, and this pure energy can be converted into other uses.]
[How to use: Used in conjunction with another scene card, the thought field can be superimposed on the scene card, absorbing and storing the energy obtained by the scene card]
Pure electricity!
Speaking of active thinking, she thinks that mentally ill people are quite active, so Xiao Chou can also make use of waste and use it to generate electricity.
But the only problem is -
Can’t draw!
Weiwei drew a card whenever she thought of it during this period. Since it only cost 80 diamonds to draw a card at a discount, she drew quite a lot of cards and obtained new clothes, ordinary buildings, and special materials, but the drop rate of gold cards was not that high.
Now, she touched the cards again.
An ordinary single draw, an ordinary...silver light.
A silver card that was second only to gold, Weiwei became slightly interested. She turned the card over and glanced at it roughly at first, but as she looked at it, she slowly sat up straight.
This card really needs to be "looked at" because it is very complex.
[Congratulations to players for winning the event-exclusive silver card "Gensokyo"]
[Silver Scene: Gensokyo]
[Event limited cards]
[Players can use this card to turn a "scene" that is deeply rooted in people's hearts during the event into a "fantasy town". This card can be stacked on any props.]
[Fantasy: a non-existent, virtual illusion. Players can adjust the reality of Fantasy. Players can modify the basic rules of Fantasy in a certain logic. Players can use media to pull other people into Fantasy and impose restrictions on them to prevent them from leaving.]
[There are no unsolved mysteries in Gensokyo, nor are there any roads that cannot be left]
[Welcome to Gensokyo]
To be honest, this silver card is much more impressive than the gold card.
However, it is more like an illusion that is more detailed than whispers or halos, and has a high degree of reality. But as the card says, there is no unsolvable puzzle, and even if you lock someone in, you must leave a backdoor.
She seemed to need to think more about how to use this card...
Speaking of which, silver cards are indeed very powerful. So the four silver cards given away in the event won’t cause any trouble, right?
In South Hinckley, Mike was cleaning the yard of the orphanage. He looked around, took a deep breath, and stared at the metal trash can not far away.
The trash can shook, and then, boom, it fell to the ground.
Mike gasped for breath. He found that the emotion of "anger" was actually difficult to cultivate, so his ability was sometimes good and sometimes bad. Fortunately, this town seemed to have no surveillance, and no one saw him doing this.
The boy walked forward obediently and swept the garbage back in.
On the other side, Barbara received the physical examination handed to her by Batman - this was the seventh in the past few days, and her physical examination items were increasing.
At the Gotham Central Hospital, Jane sat on the rooftop, gazing at the starry night sky.
After being rescued from the mines, she fell in love with gazing at the stars because it was once a luxury.
This is probably the advantage of a rainy city. The night sky always seems to be washed by rain, and you can see the stars here at any time.
She walked to the edge of the roof and took a running start—
Zhen stood on tiptoe and took a slight leap.
The stone blue wings spread out behind her. At this moment, the woman was wrapped in a stone membrane, and an ancient Greek-style carved mask appeared on her face. She turned into a stone sculpture.
Probably no one, no one was paying attention to the gargoyles in this city as much as Jane was, so they didn't notice the changes in the gargoyles at the first time.
Jane could feel that the awakened gargoyles were restrained, as if the power supporting their awakening was limited, but the city would not become peaceful and tranquil because of this.
A large influx of population also means crime, especially in a country like the United States, where guns can be sold openly on the streets, the citizens of Gotham are tough, and all kinds of friction are common.
"So what do you want to do for her?"
What can you do?
She thought about it for a long time, she went to see a movie, she stood on a section of the road and gazed at the familiar yet unfamiliar island on the opposite side, and when the whole city of Gotan was snowing, she stood outside and let the snowflakes fall on her shoulders.
Jane wanted to do something, not just for herself, and the day she made up her mind, opportunity came knocking on her door.
She dreamed of a tin soldier sitting on top of her head, and then in her dream she turned into a stone sculpture.
After waking up from the dream, Jane discovered that it was not a dream.
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