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 a movie, and she is not the red-haired Irene. If she wants something, she will work hard to get it herself 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.
“瞭望塔”，滿級之後從一座小島邊緣的燈塔變成了高層建築，可以從瞭望塔發出信號覆蓋整個小鎮，屏蔽或者替換掉通訊工具，以及其他“傳遞信息”的方式。無需監控，塔內可以監控與回放鎮內發生的所有事，是一只無形的眼睛。
“醫院”，滿級後擁有特殊buff，在醫院內傷勢回複速度會加快，會吸引特殊病患與醫生，既然能吸引，那自然有機會把他們留下。
“大學”，這是小鎮唯一一所大學，升級到滿級的大學擁有了媲美哥譚大學的實驗室與圖書館，占據了靠海的那一邊，特殊buff可以說沒用，也可以說很有用，那就是——
如果學校任意公共設施和教學器材被損壞，當晚零點會再刷新出一個完好且嶄新的。
所以薇薇在心裏評估了一下升級前後的性價比，還是選擇了升級。
“養老院”，滿級之後不像是養老院，更像是休閑度假中心，擴大後的養老院設施更完備，還擁有了“禁武”的強制規則，只要踏入範圍內，人們即使再怎麽憎惡，也會下意識規避掉使用武力分出勝負的想法，而且安定內心的作用被強化了一倍，連薇薇走進去，都想在沙發上躺一會兒，變成一條舒舒服服的鹹魚。
……這想法好可怕。
“南欣克利監獄”，只有傑森和薇薇知道監獄裏産生了怎樣的變化，是的，傑森還是答應了留下，不過他們的契約是這樣的，因為薇薇是“臨時鎮長”，那麽傑森也是“臨時典獄長”，只要找到了其他合适的人，或傑森失控，又或者兩人反目成仇，他們立刻就可以撕毀契約。
滿級後的監獄擴大了四倍，還多了各種功能型房間，還可以替犯人們報一些課程，提高了罪犯們忏悔與減刑的可能性，不過薇薇看中的是後面那個buff，可以操控獄中的牢房往四面八方轉移。
……不知道三個小醜幫罪犯的牢房連在一排能不能被消除？
“随身店鋪”，這是最後一個。某個看上去平平無奇的建築，一開始薇薇只是想買空整個代幣商城，說不定就能撿到有用的積木建築，然後她依次查看道具時，發現了這個。
這個道具升級到滿級後，唯一的特點是可以複制并拆分，例如居民區，那些制式房屋看上去也像是複制而來，但只能一排一排，一層一層地疊，不能單獨拆出一個房子在小鎮上随便丢——如果可以的話，這個鎮子的格式就沒那麽規整了。
而随身店鋪可以，它的積木可以拆分，還有一個特點則是，在改變內部裝飾之後，它重新變成縮小的房子，建築內部的裝飾不會被刷新掉，依舊保留。
這不就是……“玩家小屋”嗎？
玩家們玩的是經營、扮演、養成等游戲，沒有什麽明顯的數值提高，他們店鋪的變化才是最明顯的，賣出了什麽，還剩下什麽，都清楚明了，他們會對自己的店鋪産生親切感，但整個鎮就這麽大，只要一波玩家退出游戲，店鋪就要租給其他玩家，如果小屋可以保留，就像是有一個單獨的存檔一樣，到時候玩家們重新回到“游戲”，發現自己的舊鋪子還在……這些細節都是能拉高游戲留存率的。
只要真的把南欣克利鎮當成“游戲地圖”，南欣克利鎮的經濟發展當成“游戲”，薇薇稍微轉化一下角色并不難。
那位菲利克斯的經紀人哈迪提出了一個建議：“玩家們可以玩經營游戲，但我們不能讓他們直接獲得金錢，我建議我們發行僅可用于南欣克利鎮相關事務的虛拟游戲貨幣，官方只推出金錢兌換貨幣的渠道，不推出貨幣兌換金錢的渠道。”
“這是為什麽呢？”薇薇虛心求教。
“為了游戲真實度，”哈迪笑了笑，“但我們的游戲已經足夠真實了，因為這根本不是游戲，就是現實中存在的小鎮，所以我們需要的‘真實度’是讓客人們真的把這裏當成游戲，即虛拟度。”
“發行游戲幣也能維持‘游戲中’的經濟平衡，”他勸道，“沒有什麽游戲會用真實貨幣交易的，而我們可以用其他方式回收玩家手中的游戲幣，如果他們私下交易，賣游戲幣獲得美元，那我們也可以提供平臺，并抽取一定手續費。”
薇薇：“！”
“游戲幣只能在游戲中獲得，”他說，“除此之外，我們的周邊玩偶，明信片，紀念幣，都可以用游戲幣購買。”
“這也是為了回收貨幣？”薇薇問。
“不，這是為了讓底層玩家獲得‘賺錢’的錯覺以及滿足感，”哈迪說，“我并不是說底層玩家就沒有錢，但他們必定不會在游戲中大筆消費，但只要發現玩游戲并不賠，稍微有點賺，就可以把他們留下來——即使游戲賺錢的性價比奇低。”
“一個能夠長久運行的游戲需要這些玩家，因為在初期，我們需要足夠的人氣……”哈迪看向窗外，雇傭來“體驗生活”的學生們填滿了這座小鎮，讓小鎮變得更有活力了。
男人聳聳肩：“當然，我說的都是在游戲中的理論，未必全部适用——我們在開辟全新的領域，一個現實與虛拟結合的游戲。”
……或許還是結合了魔法的游戲。
哈迪想：真奇怪，那些魔法師為什麽沒想過用魔法制造游戲呢？
不過，這麽一通忙下來，薇薇數了數自己剩下的鑽石，只有一千出頭了。
“保佑我在活動期間幾率翻倍的情況下能抽到活動卡吧……”
那張名為［思維電場］的金卡，薇薇眼饞好久了。
［黃金·場景：思維電場］
［思考是否能夠産生可利用的能量呢？答案是當然可以，活躍的思維能夠産生更多的能量，而這些純淨的能量能夠轉化為其他用途］
［使用方式：與另一張場景牌配合使用，思維電場可疊加于場景牌之上，吸收并儲存該場景牌獲得的能量］
純淨的電能啊！
說起活躍的思維，她覺得精神病們都挺活躍的，這樣小醜也可以廢物利用一下，拿去發電了。
但唯一的問題是——
抽不到！
薇薇這段時間想到了就抽一次卡，因為抽卡打折只需要80鑽，所以她零零散散抽了不少了，獲得了新衣服，普通建築，特殊材料，但金卡的爆率沒那麽高。
眼下，她再一次摸上了牌。
平平無奇的單抽，平平無奇的……銀光。
一張僅次于黃金的白銀卡牌，薇薇稍稍提起興趣，卡牌翻轉，她起先只是粗略掃過，但看着看着，慢慢坐直了身體。
這張卡的确需要“看着”，因為它非常複雜。
【恭喜玩家獲得活動限定銀卡“幻想鄉”】
［白銀·場景：幻想鄉］
［活動期間限定卡牌］
［玩家可使用此卡牌，将某個在活動期間深入人心的“場景”變成“幻想鄉”，此卡可疊加于任意道具上］
［幻想鄉：不存在的，虛拟的幻象，玩家可調整幻想鄉的真實度，玩家可在一定邏輯上修改幻想鄉的基本規則，玩家可通過媒介将其他人拉入幻想鄉，并給對方做下限制，阻止對方離開］
［幻想鄉不存在無解的謎團，也不存在無法離開的道路］
［歡迎來到幻想鄉］
說真的，這張銀卡比金卡有排面多了。
不過，它更像是比低語又或者光暈更詳實的幻象，真實度很高，但就像卡牌說的那樣，不存在無解的謎題，即使将人鎖在裏面，也必須留下後門。
這張卡該怎麽用，她似乎還需要多琢磨琢磨……
說起來，白銀卡的确都很強，那活動中送出去的四張白銀卡不會惹麻煩吧？
南欣克利鎮上，麥克正在打掃孤兒院的院子，他四下看了看，深吸一口氣，盯着不遠處的鐵皮垃圾桶——
垃圾桶晃了晃，然後，彭，倒在了地上。
麥克大口喘氣，他發現“憤怒”這種情緒其實很難醞釀，所以他的能力時好時壞，好在這座鎮子似乎沒有監控，沒人看到他這一幕。
男孩乖乖走上前，把倒出來的垃圾再掃進去。
另一邊，芭芭拉接過蝙蝠俠遞給她的身體檢查——這是這幾天的第七份了，她的身體檢查項目越來越多了。
哥譚市中心醫院，珍坐在天臺上，凝望着繁星閃爍着的夜空。
從礦洞中被救出來後，她就愛上了凝望星空，因為曾經這是奢侈。
多雨的城市大約就是擁有這樣的好處，夜空總像是被雨洗淨了，無論什麽時候，這裏都能看到星星。
她走到天臺邊緣，然後做了個助跑的姿勢——
珍踮起腳尖，微微一越。
石青色的雙翼在她身後張開，女人在這一刻被石膜包裹，臉上出現了古希臘風格的雕刻面甲，她變成了一座石雕。
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.