Chapter 25 Purple Lake
Not to mention how crazy the netizens were, the Fantasy Park was still operating normally that day, and the tourists in the park were busy having fun and taking pictures, and had no idea that the Fantasy Park had become famous again.
Since the park now has a team-based mode, Cao Xiaoliang gathered a group of like-minded classmates and friends to fight monsters. They had originally planned to visit the newly opened Jasmine Town, but Jasmine Town had a limited entry threshold; anyone with less than 20 Merit Points wouldn't be able to enter. Cao Xiaoliang and Zhang He, as the park's first visitors, had enough Merit Points and a high enough level, but most of the other students in the group had only learned about the park later. They couldn't enter Jasmine Town at all, and even if they did, they could only visit it for a short while, not join the other visitors in fighting monsters and earning Merit Points. So they were forced to revisit the Abandoned Park over and over again. When they were about to go through it for the fourth time, the ticket machine suddenly beeped, announcing, "Your number of entries for today has been used up. Please try again tomorrow."
Cao Xiaoliang covered his head and collapsed, saying, "This is an amusement park, not a real game, why are there any restrictions on the number of times?"
The staff member standing at the entrance of the Deserted Park, maintaining order, smiled and said, "I'm sorry, there are too many tourists waiting in line. In order to ensure that every visitor can experience the services of the Deserted Park, our park has set a limit of three visits per visitor per day."
Zhang He said with some dissatisfaction: "There was clearly no limit on the number of times before."
That being said, he also understood that the park was no longer what it used to be. In the past, there were only a few tourists, so of course they could play as many times as they wanted. But now, with so many people coming here for its reputation, if they didn't limit the number of times, the tourists who came later would definitely not agree.
A group of high school students got together to discuss countermeasures.
Cao Xiaoliang: "It seems that we can't enter the abandoned park today. We can only go somewhere else to play."
Zhang He said, "These tickets seem to have some kind of sensor. We used one ticket three times to enter the Deserted Park, and the value on it went from 50 to 20. This means we can only go to two more places. Which one should we go to?"
As old customers of Fantasy Park, they really think that the prices in Fantasy Park are very cheap. In the past, when there was only one amusement project, the abandoned park, the ticket price was 10 yuan. Later, a viewing corridor was added with a ticket price of 20 yuan. The director’s explanation at the time was that it was sold at half price during the trial operation period. Now, almost two weeks have passed, and the ticket price of Fantasy Park has increased to 50, but the number of places to visit has increased from 1 to 4, so the price has not increased much.
Cao Xiaoliang and his friends even tried to swipe their tickets against the ticket machine at the entrance to the Abandoned Park to improve their Merit Rankings. They actually passed! They figured out the secret: the same ticket could be used multiple times. Thinking they'd figured out a bug, they were overjoyed and immediately took their friends in and out of the Abandoned Park three times to rack up points. They didn't expect the park to find out so quickly.
A group of people grumbled. Since they could only play two more games, they would definitely go to the newly opened Jasmine Town and Purple Lake to experience them. However, Jasmine Town had a level restriction: only those with a Merit Points score of 20 or above and a Warrior Level of 1 or above could enter. Furthermore, their group was unlucky; they hadn't been able to find any items in the abandoned park yet.
A group of high school students went to Jasmine Town and stood at the entrance of the town to watch the tourists inside carrying props and weapons to fight monsters. They were very interested in the scene and found it more exciting than watching a big-budget movie.
There were quite a few people gathered at the entrance of Jasmine Town. Some were watching with excitement like them, some brought folding benches and sat on them as if they were watching a movie, and some were clamoring and asking why they couldn't go in.
The staff explained over and over again that it was not that they could not enter, but that they had to wait until the previous group had finished defeating the monsters. Moreover, because their warrior level was too low, they could not defeat monsters after entering and could only visit the town buildings.
Of course, those who were making the noise were not satisfied and said that the park was treating consumers differently and they were going to sue them at the consumer protection department.
The staff were helpless and could only let this group of noisy tourists in after the previous group had beaten the three-headed snake. Initially, these people were very excited after entering, raising their ordinary wooden sticks and chasing the three-headed snake. However, their warrior levels were too low, and hitting the three-headed snake with their sticks was just like tickling it. The three-headed snake was not afraid, but chased them like a cat chasing a mouse. Although they knew it was fake, the monster was too real. Some of these tourists had never even been to the deserted park, and they were immediately scared and jumped up and down, howling like ghosts and wolves. Their reactions were completely different from their previous reactions when they stood outside the fence of Jasmine Town to watch the excitement, which provided a lot of laughter for the other onlookers outside.
Some people laughed so hard that the camera on their cell phones shook, and the air outside the entire Jasmine Town was suddenly filled with joy.
Finally, the staff couldn't stand it anymore and pressed the button on the ticket machine. The three-headed snake suddenly crawled to the ground as if suppressed by some invisible object, then turned its head and swam into the darkness and disappeared. At this time, the tourists came out panting in panic. They had made such a fuss that not only did they not have a good time, but they also lost face. They had no choice but to leave in a hurry with their heads down.
During this period, someone was curious and secretly pressed the button when the staff was not paying attention. Not only did it not work, but his finger felt a sting as if bitten by a mosquito. Instead of being angry, that person felt very excited. Surprised, he called on people around him to try it together. Soon, many people gathered around the button of the ticket machine, and stretched out their hands to bite the button like self-masochism. Then, one after another, they exclaimed and grabbed the staff to ask how this worked.
The staff had no idea about this and could only smile and say it was a trade secret.
Later, this magical ticket machine became a scene in Fantasy Park. Whenever someone searches for a guide to Fantasy Park, the "magic button" will always appear. It has also become one of the check-in spots for many people when visiting Fantasy Park.
Someone specifically asked the director about this during an interview. The director smiled on the surface, but was actually criticizing it in his heart. In fact, not only the ticket machines, but other key machines in the park also have this setting, which is to prevent individual tourists from touching the buttons randomly. Who knew that some people would actually rush to be pricked by needles? I guess they all want to be Ziwei!
Of course, this happened later.
At this moment, Cao Xiaoliang and others watched the farce happening in Jasmine Town. After having a wave of happiness, they walked towards the purple lake in groups.
The purple lake was not far from Jasmine Town, also surrounded by fences. After swiping their tickets through the ticket machine, they entered through the gate. In front of them was a wide and long stone screen with a fountain and waterfall. They walked around the stone screen, and the view suddenly opened up. A purple lake was reflected in everyone's wide-open pupils.
Cao Xiaoliang opened his eyes wide and sighed, "This is too beautiful!"
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