Chapter 181 Zootopia
"Choose your own zodiac field?"
Players who were also visiting Zootopia for the first time were scratching their heads. The system did not give a direct option, and it was obvious that this decision had to be made after entering Zootopia.
However, before they could wonder for long, after entering the tourist avenue of Zootopia and getting off the bus, they were suddenly greeted by a large group of staff members wearing only doll costumes and handing out leaflets.
Unlike its mysterious name, Zootopia is extremely prosperous. Almost all the residents here wear various masks representing animals on their heads, so human faces are almost never seen.
The staff distributed flyers enthusiastically.
"Is this your first time in Zootopia? Take a look at us Tigers! We are currently ranked third in terms of the area we occupy, which is a huge advantage. If new members join, we will also give them professional items with offensive attributes."
"The Monkey Field is recruiting new members. If you join now, you will receive a free career training fund of 5,000 soul coins as a base, and there will also be one-on-one training courses for the corresponding professions!"
It is completely different from what players imagine. Not only are there no weird ghost story rules, but these are local residents wearing masks, and they are as enthusiastic as the various clubs recruiting new members at a college student welcome party.
The young security guard Wang Anning couldn't stand the momentum and quickly took the flyer handed over by one of them.
"Hey, you're wearing a security uniform, and you look very suitable for our territory! If you join us now, you will not only be equipped with the corresponding props, but also have a partner to form an offensive and defensive team with you."
A guy wearing a husky mask on his face stuffed a flyer directly into his hand. After Wang Anning took the flyer, a number in the upper right corner quickly enlarged and jumped.
As that number rose, the eyes of the husky-masked staff member lit up.
[Dog field flyer, qualification test in progress, professional compliance is 80%! ]
Wang Anning was also stunned: "What is this?"
The Husky employee put his arm around his shoulders and said, "This is a job attribute matching value test. Most members in our field can be good partners with you. What are you still hesitating about? Come over and sign!"
Wang Anning was not so stupid as to sell himself out just because of someone's coaxing. He quickly broke away from Husky's enthusiastic invitation. Not long after, he received flyers from other people, but the values were not higher than 80.
"How come this Zootopia is different from what I imagined..."
"Do you feel that it is much safer than you thought?"
Wen Haoqian was wearing a pair of sunglasses and holding a handful of various flyers in his hands. He stood there with his hands crossed, looking like a young master waiting to be served.
"Silly child, it will be different after you sign. Look over there."
Beyond the chaotic entrance to Zootopia are towering buildings and commercial streets filled with light pollution.
"Don't you realize that Zootopia is unusually quiet? The busiest place is right at the entrance."
It's true. It seems that from the moment you walk to the entrance with the list, sign your name and enter the city, you are no longer a valuable newcomer, but a warrior who joins either camp and is ready to rush into the battlefield at any time.
"So, don't be too impulsive. It's useless to just look at the numbers on the list. You also need to understand what those fields do specifically. Places like Zootopia are brutal. Try to learn as much as possible about the careers suitable for each field, and then make a choice based on the offers you receive. Hehe, my sister also said that I can only make suits in my life. It seems that I am still quite popular now..."
Wen Haoqian had been pretending to be so cocky for less than two seconds when a cry of surprise suddenly came from the distance.
A large group of players wearing various masks huddled together as if they had discovered something, and in the center of the crowd were gathered a few familiar-looking people.
"Oh, the little girl is a student. You can tell at a glance that she is a good student with good grades and is not biased towards any subject. Look at how high the match rate is. Why don't you come to our field? The Rat's territory is full of cutting-edge scientific and technological talents!"
The aunt wearing a mouse mask held Tang Xiaoxiao's hand and was reluctant to let go.
A man wearing a golden monkey mask was also lobbying: "We in the Shen Monkey field welcome well-rounded talents the most. As long as you come, the talent training budget starts at 10,000 soul coins. If you have any additional requirements, you can also raise them now!"
In addition, there were NPCs wearing rabbit masks, pig masks and lamb masks who all came over.
Because Tang Xiaoxiao received three flyers in a row, the value on each flyer exceeded 90%, which means that she can work in any position in the field and can also cooperate with partners in other professions.
A player who is like a blank sheet of paper and still has great potential is a seed player that almost everyone is willing to scramble for in the Zodiac Ranking Battle.
Tang Xiaoxiao frowned and did not make a choice immediately. She thanked the people around her and said she would think about it again. She quickly got out of the encirclement.
That attitude was much calmer than that of a guy like Wen Haoqian who would turn up his nose when he got a few flyers.
Tang Xiaoxiao deliberately accepted the invitations sent by those NPCs, but as long as she didn't sign, they were just waste papers with changing numbers.
She soon came back with her three lists, and in addition there were Lou Keqing, Aunt Huo, Xin Yue and others.
As if a few people had agreed on it in advance, they just happened to put together flyers with different attributes of the twelve zodiac signs.
Among them, Aunt Huo came back the latest.
"Chenlong is a little hard to find. It seems that the Dragon Domain doesn't seem to be recruiting many newcomers this time."
She took out her own list, put it together with others, and gave them all to Qiao Song.
In fact, since he discovered that the numbers on the flyers he received would change accordingly, Qiao Song sensed a subtle sense of familiarity.
When she was calculating the red and white double values in the Hell Community, she got a very strange number of full marks.
Human nature is very complex. There is no pure evil or pure good in the world, so most people, even extreme ones, will not get two 100 points like her.
This time, Qiao Song did not take any of the flyers on her own initiative. Instead, after discovering that the flyers in the players' hands could be circulated among each other, she waited for others to collect all the flyers before conducting a covert test.
At first, Lou Keqing was a little confused about what Qiao Song meant by this, until she discovered that the numbers on every piece of paper Qiao Qiao took would change drastically.
"Why are they all 100%...? This is unscientific..."
In fact, from the publicity about the Rabbit, Ox and Sheep, we can roughly guess that different zodiac fields should have different main businesses, and the professional attributes of the players will also be different.
The staff of Rat Mask have been looking for players with careers in electronic technology and those with smart minds.
The one wearing the tiger mask was looking for some people who looked strong and had strong fighting skills. As soon as the fitness coach Pangbo entered the venue, he was entangled by him.
From this we can see that different zodiac fields require different talents, otherwise the term professional cooperation would not be mentioned.
But Qiao Song...
Every time she took a list, she would watch the jumping numbers on it freeze completely, and then hand the list back to Tang Xiaoxiao.
In fact, most of the players who are well prepared will choose the same method as her, that is, a group of people collect 12 zodiac signs with different attributes, and then decide among themselves which area to go to.
It is unacceptable to separate from your companions in the zodiac selection battle. After all, even if you want to go to the field where your companions are, they may not be willing to accept you. At least your numerical qualifications must be met.
Lou Keqing's expression was completely frozen, her eyes full of disbelief: "All of them are 100%..."
When they were chatting in the car, they talked about some trivial things in real life. They knew that Qiao Qiao liked to do part-time jobs everywhere and had done a little bit of almost everything, but it was not possible for her to fill up every area of the twelve zodiac signs.
What kind of full-time employment talent is this? !
Qiao Song himself frowned.
Unlike Wen Haoqian, who was complacent when he found out that he had a high degree of matching, she was thinking about a question -
What exactly do these fields, which require players with high professional matching, do?
Is it because there is some kind of power in the zodiac realm that can be directly added to the players and affect them?
"You will receive soul coins and props when you join, and we will help you develop skills for free." This really sounds like the rhetoric used by some extortionate companies in the real world when recruiting new members.
She didn't think it was a good thing that she had such a high degree of compatibility with the twelve zodiac signs. Instead, she had a strange feeling that was growing stronger in her heart.
She seems different from these players.
It started from the Hell Community, from the moment she learned that there was a tributary of a special river in her mind, from the moment those little spiders said that she might have once been a complete player.
Qiao Song stared at the 12 lists and knew that the choice he had to make was important.
After entering Zootopia, the communication signal that was previously isolated due to the road was reconnected in the same map, but the text messages she sent did not receive a response.
Neither Gao Chengcheng nor Bai You responded to her message.
There was no way of knowing which areas the two girls had gone to, and now they had to make a choice, with staff in the distance already urging them.
After each group of players enters the temporary rest point, they only have one hour to make a decision. Only after signing the corresponding form will they be allowed to enter the real Zootopia.
If you do not enter Zootopia after this time, the invitation letter will be scrapped and the player will be taken away by a group of staff who are watching from a distance.
By then, I guess I will be forced to sign.
"The last hour of safe period is about to pass. Have you made a decision?" Qiao Song asked everyone.
Tang Xiaoxiao had already sorted out the remaining lists. According to what Qiao Song had said before, she asked everyone to test the compatibility of the twelve zodiac signs with each other and then decide where to go.
Among the few people, the matching degree between Xin Yue and Mao Tu is as high as 89%.
"The new profession I unlocked just happens to match the requirements of the brain creator in the Rabbit area. That brat Wen Haoqian barely qualifies. He and I should go to the Mao Rabbit area."
The flyer in Lou Keqing's hand had a picture of a tiger. "This has the highest matching value with me, and the reward looks pretty good."
Fitness coach Pangbo and fireworks master Laowu also went to Yinhu.
This is also the method chosen by most players, directly picking the one with the highest match and the best treatment.
Young security guard Wang Anning chose the Dog.
The delivery boy Chi Xiaoyao is a Horse and Mr. Chai is an Ox.
Chi Xiaoyao started talking and quickly complained that he and the old man were a cow-horse combination.
The old man scratched his beard and smiled without any anger.
"I heard that there are many players in Wu Ma who are good at farming and breeding, which should be suitable for me."
Aunt Huo also took out a flyer with a picture of a sheep: "I have an old friend here, let's go here."
Tang Xiaoxiao secretly glanced at Qiao Song several times, and finally firmly and actively chose the Rat.
Qiao Song smiled: "I thought you would wait for me to make a decision first."
Tang Xiaoxiao shook her head seriously. She was no longer like the little girl in the convenience store who followed her no matter what she did.
“Zootopia’s faction is very important, which is the best fit for me, and I also like this kind of research aspect of work.”
The staff member wearing a mouse mask said that there are many mechanical research activities in the sub-rat area, and players can further develop new skills based on their own career matching after entering.
The most important first step in Zootopia is to choose a camp. It’s okay to be separated, just don’t be in opposition.
But Qiao Song, Tang Xiaoxiao and others had long speculated that there should be cooperative relationships between different zodiac signs.
The little black dragon hiding in her shrine said the same thing:
"Before I came out, the Rat, Rabbit and Rabbit had the best relationship, followed by the Horse, Ox, Tiger and Dog. The Dragon had bad relationships with everyone, and the Tiger and Monkey didn't have a good relationship either. The next ones were the Sheep who appeared out of nowhere, the Smooth Pig, and the Rooster who would bite everyone he met. Oh, and there was also the Snake who appeared out of nowhere."
A rough zodiac network has been pieced together. As long as they don't stand in opposing camps, they should not confront each other in the short term.
In Zootopia, the most important thing is to improve yourself quickly while saving your life. Blindly forming a team and joining the same zodiac field is a bad idea.
After deciding on their respective choices, during the last hour of break, the players all went to the entrance and signed their names on the flyers, which soon turned into a glittering golden animal mask.
Choose who to join, and the flyer will turn into a mask with the corresponding pattern.
Qiao Song is the only one who has not made a choice yet. The NPCs handing out flyers around her don’t know that all the values in her hands are full, otherwise they would have surrounded her by now.
She glanced at the lucky gold coin pattern that had not completely disappeared from the palm of her hand, and finally picked out the several zodiac signs that she didn't want to go to. First, she ruled out the dragon and several areas that were not very compatible with the zodiac signs chosen by her friends.
Then she closed her eyes and prepared to choose at random.
"Then leave it to luck."
She pulled out a piece of paper at random with her fingertips, glanced at it, raised her eyebrows slightly, and was the last one to walk towards the line to sign and enter Zootopia.
When others learned her answer, they were also a little surprised. They didn't expect Qiao Song to decide to go here.
After everyone silently remembered each other's final destination, they dispersed and went to the areas where their zodiac signs were.
Qiao Song felt that at the moment she signed her name, there seemed to be a subtle soul fluctuation transmitted from her hand to the paper, and then a gorgeous feather mask covered in red, yellow and black fell into her hand.
Rooster.
The little black dragon is so conceited that he would take a bite of everyone he sees.
Of course, Xiao Heilong was talking about the character of the NPC administrator in this area. The players in it may not all be like this, but the players in this area are definitely quite aggressive.
"It's actually the Rooster." The voice of the little black dragon came from the shrine. Through the soul contract, with Qiao Song's permission, the little guys in the shrine could also see the scene outside.
"This guy has a bad temper. The players inside will probably be affected by his mood."
Qiao Song picked up the mask and gently put it on her face. The moment she put it on, she keenly noticed that the mask on her face seemed to come alive, and the fluffy feathers seemed to be really growing on her face.
At a certain moment, she felt as if she had really turned into an animal.
Qiao Song even sensed a very subtle emotion that was trying to influence her brain, making her want to hold her head high and look at all the living things around her with an arrogant gaze.
The moment Qiao Song frowned, a cold force suddenly came from the shrine, causing her to suppress the thought.
[Ding——Congratulations to the player for joining the Rooster camp. Please arrive at the Novice Tavern before dark to complete today's mission.]
[Please note that if players from each camp want to survive in the current camp, they need to complete the daily tasks assigned by the camp. Different rewards will be given according to different tasks. Before the camp war is completely over, the tasks cannot be interrupted and must be completed.]
[Please work hard to ensure that your camp wins the final victory in the battle for the twelve zodiac signs! ]
After the system prompt sound ended, there was no other sound around.
After putting on the masks, their ears seemed to become quiet instantly. The sounds of the exciting and cheerful music that had been heard when they entered the outskirts of Zootopia disappeared completely, as if the city had turned into a battlefield after they decided to put on the masks and enter the city.
Qiao Song looked back and saw only a huge and deserted gate of Zootopia. All the companions who had entered the city with her before had disappeared, and she was the only one still standing there.
Have they all been teleported to their own territory?
Qiao Song looked up and saw a flag fluttering in the distance with a huge rooster pattern on it.
A map also appeared in her hand, with a reception area for newlyweds marked on it.
Qiao Song walked along the road and the deserted street came into view, followed by the sky in the distance and colorful flags.
The areas on the roof with fluttering flags seem to be the activity areas of different zodiac signs.
If you look down from the sky, it looks like pieces of a puzzle divided into different rooftops, with the golden area in the center of the city being the largest.
That is Chenlong's territory.
"The official representative of Zootopia is Chen Long. The old man has been in office for several terms. He seems to be the one who attends every meeting of the 12th Committee."
Tong Yao's voice rang out.
Because it is not very convenient to go out and play in Zootopia, the few of them stayed in the shrine out of boredom for a while.
I don’t know what bad habit that boring guy Xiao Ni has picked up, and now he can only do exercises every day.
After the little paper people had bullied the injured spiders enough, they could only help Qiao Song look at the scene outside on the big screen. They were just sitting around doing nothing anyway.
If Qiao Song can get more rewards for completing the game, he can also light more incense in the shrine. They can become stronger even if they just lie down, so why not do it?
Before Qiao Song came in, Tong Yao and Tong Nan couldn't say much to her. Now they can finally speak freely.
"These administrators with the attributes of the twelve zodiac signs are very strange. My uncle never let me come to Zootopia to play. As long as I come into contact with them or say their names too much, I will be affected."
Once Qiao Song and his friends obtained too much information related to the Zootopia map before entering it, they would be unconsciously affected on a psychological level. Even if their professional skills did not quite match, they would unconsciously want to choose the one whose name they had heard before.
This description was very subtle. Qiao Song somehow thought of a black crow, but there was no bird-related zodiac sign in the twelve zodiac signs.
"Will the battle for the zodiac ranking in Zootopia last long?"
This time it was Xiao Hei Long who answered the question.
"It has nothing to do with time. The celebration will not end until someone occupies more than 90% of the territory."
This simple sentence contains a very profound meaning, which means that before the winner is decided, players can only be continuously involved in the war between the zodiac NPCs.
Qiao Song looked up and around, and even noticed that there seemed to be a lot of flags of different zodiac signs placed at the intersection.
Some even have a row of flags on one roof, and another building adjacent to it has a row of flags of another zodiac sign.
Is this the warring border?
After following the map for a few minutes, she arrived at the reception desk for new members of Youji.
It is just an ordinary tavern. Perhaps because it is located in the most central area of the zodiac sign, there is no flag on the roof of the tavern. But after entering the store, you can see many Rooster-related patterns in the store, some realistic, some Q-version, and some splashed ink, which look quite bloody.
There were not many people in the tavern at this time. At a glance, the guests were tall, short, fat and thin, and without exception, they all wore masks related to the Rooster.
However, some people no longer wear masks. They have grown shiny red rooster-like feathers on their arms.
Qiao Song went straight to the front desk, pushed open the sound of wind chimes behind the tavern, and successfully attracted the attention of the bartender who was wiping the wine glasses.
This is a very tall and strong NPC, with bulging muscles all over his body, which almost burst the tavern uniform.
The reason why Qiao Song thought this was an NPC was that he was not wearing a mask, but was in the image of a big red-haired rooster.
The big rooster with a towering red comb standing upright on its head, full of muscles, nearly two meters tall, wearing a white shirt and a gray cloth vest, glanced at Qiao Song.
"Newcomer? You're late. The sun is about to set."
The system requires that one mission for the camp be completed every day. Obviously, it is already afternoon now, and there is not much time left to complete the mission.
The bartender slowly wiped the last glass in his hand, observed it and found no fingerprints on it, then placed it on the wine rack behind him and took out a sticker from the rack.
There were many pieces of the same paper pasted all over the wine cabinet, but most of them had been torn off.
"Here, remember to finish it before midnight."
The moment Qiao Song took the paper, he heard a system prompt.
[Ding——Please go to the Chouniu base and bring back the ingredients for tomorrow's tavern.]
Most of the notes are names of ingredients.
But Qiao Song's attention was not on this at all, but on the prompt sound coming from the back of the system.
[Ding - It is detected that you are about to go to another zodiac area. Please note that non-local area members cannot be exempted from the rules and strangeness of the area. Please carefully explore the survival rules of the destination, otherwise, you may encounter something more terrifying than death~]
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