Chapter 188 Zootopia
Qiao Song lay in bed and rested for the whole afternoon. It was not until around nine o'clock in the evening that he made an appointment with Ke Manzhi to have dinner at the bar.
The tavern was very lively today. Not long after Qiao Song sat down, he heard players talking at a small table not far away.
"Have you heard? If we wait one more day, the Dog and Tiger will probably be able to completely occupy the Monkey area."
"So soon? Shen Hou is so miserable."
"What a pity! It is said that he was the one who attacked the dog first, and that's why he got bit by the tiger. The monkey probably didn't expect that the tiger would form an alliance with the dog first this time."
"Don't we have a good relationship with the cattle and horses? So, their next target is..."
The companion immediately took over the conversation: "Of course it's us who are closest."
"I was wondering why the novice tasks in the tavern are all for dogs and tigers, while the tasks for cattle and horses are all for supplies."
The Chenlong territory is like an isolation zone, separating the north and the south. The six zodiac signs on their side have to fight to the death and eat up other people's territories before they have the opportunity and confidence to challenge the Chenlong.
The TV screen in the tavern, which had previously only worked during the day, was now turned on, clearly showing the changes in the maps of various areas.
Qiao Song stared at the map for a while. Just as the players discussed, in the lower half of the map, the areas of the Tiger and the Dog had expanded a lot, and the only thing left in the Monkey's territory was the last small piece of meat stuck in the beast's mouth.
Ke Manzhi was a few minutes late when she came down and said sorry to Qiao Song.
"Our guild leader contacted me and talked about the changes in the dungeon for a while. I didn't pay attention to the time."
Qiao Song took a sip of the free lemonade and said, "You guys were able to get in touch?"
Ke Manzhi smiled mysteriously: "Our president has special abilities. She gave me a letter of authorization. As long as I complete the legal clauses on it, I can communicate with her remotely."
"Is your president a lawyer?"
"Hehe, yeah, I've known her for a long time! That's why I asked you if you wanted to join our guild before."
Attracting potential players is what almost every guild does.
"And in Zootopia, it would be safer to join a guild..."
As for the specific safety method, Ke Manzhi said she would tell Qiao Song after meeting the president.
Qiao Song himself was vague and had a guess.
It was around 10 o'clock, which was the busiest time in the pub, and Ke Manzhi also heard the conversations of the diners around her.
Ke Manzhi thought for a moment and said mysteriously:
"So, do you want to go with me to Chouniu's farm tomorrow to do the resource quest? Our guild leader is over there, and the situation in the dungeon is going to change again. If the tiger and the dog attack us, our domain will definitely have to cooperate with the cow and horse."
The Ox and the Horse are not pushovers either. Compared to fighting for territory, these two guys always have other things they would rather do.
"Although the president is a lawyer, she loves to grow flowers and plants. She heard that she could learn specialized gardening skills at Chouniu, so she went there."
"By the way, you know there's a chance to unlock new skills in the game, right?"
Qiao Song had just come out of the blind box shopping mall, and almost all of his companions had unlocked new skills.
She nodded and flipped open the menu.
Ke Manzhi took a quick look and chose a beef rib risotto with beer.
Seeing Qiao Song looking at her, Ke Manzhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, this beef is not the kind of meat you think it is. There are special cows in the Ugly Cow area, which are special creatures born in the dungeon. The residents there are also quite resistant to human players turning into beef cattle. It is said that slaughtering them requires more effort, the taste is not good, and they will also face high fines."
Ke Manzhi showed a look of disgust.
"This is probably to avoid deserters from various fields. Once they defect to other fields, they will basically uncontrollably transform into animals, and they will be pure animals that cannot walk upright. Therefore, very few players will betray their own camp."
Qiao Song doesn't like coriander and garlic, so after looking around, he finally ordered himself a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge, with egg pancakes and some Cantonese snacks.
She asked, "If that's the case, then why do the people in your guild need to disperse?"
It didn't seem like Ke Manzhi was coming to Zootopia for the first time. She felt like she was familiar with everything she did.
"Well... this is what I wanted to tell you about the benefits of joining a guild."
She propped her head on the bar and looked around. Because the bar area was special, usually only players who were qualified to place orders could come here, so there was no one around them.
She dipped a little condensation from the outside of the ice lemon tea cup and wrote two words on the table.
【resurrection】
"The president of a large guild can use the resources of the entire guild to strive for an opportunity from the Zodiac Lord. Once successful, he can own something called a shrine."
Players who can come to Zootopia are not weak. If they have never even heard of the shrine, then they are really doomed.
"There will be two ways to leave Zootopia at that time. One is to wait for the Zodiac War to end. The second is..."
Ke Manzhi dipped her finger in water and wrote a few words on the table.
[Fake Death Escape]
Combined with the resurrection game mentioned earlier, Qiao Song could almost connect in his mind the role that large guilds would play in this kind of Zodiac War.
You don't have to wait for the zodiac to be defeated, you can also fake your death and leave the dungeon.
Will the game allow players to gain such incredible abilities?
As soon as she saw Qiao Song's expression, Ke Manzhi probably guessed what she was thinking.
"Everything has a price. You'll know when you see our president tomorrow."
The bartender with a big red cockscomb on his head brought up the extra cocktail: "This will only work if you take it with food. Get a good night's sleep and you'll be basically recovered by tomorrow."
Today's meal was given to us for free by the system. Although Ke Manzhi knew about the existence of such a thing, she was still curious and asked, "Brother Ji, if we eat like this, can the tavern make any profit?"
There's nothing cheap on this menu.
The bartender, Brother Ji, sneered, "How could there be none? If that bastard of the system dares not give me the money, I'll unplug the network cable."
"Wow, Brother Ji is so handsome. What if there is no system reward next time and I want to order by myself?"
The bartender narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at her: "Then you need to swipe the pass, you know--"
Something in Qiao Song's mind suddenly tensed up, and he almost anticipated what the bartender would say.
In all the time she had been on the Infinite Highway, she had only heard of one special pass.
The bartender finished the second half of the sentence: "A pass to the Ghost Alliance."
The steaming hot dishes arrived quickly.
Qiao Song took the plate of food from the jumping child laborer Chicken.
Ke Manzhi next to him has already started eating.
After she and Qiao Song returned to the Youji territory, although most of the feathers on the surface had been removed by the combined exposure to sunlight and street lights, there was still some uneven chicken skin on the skin.
This is also one of the reasons why Qiao Song chose to take a good nap in his room in the afternoon to adjust his state.
Only after I finished this meal did my skin feel as comfortable as after a sauna. My pores opened up and the lingering discomfort disappeared one by one.
Ke Manzhi even blew her nose while eating.
"Huh, I finally don't have that dizzy feeling in my head anymore. I feel better."
Qiao Song also finished all the porridge and snacks he ordered.
Ke Manzhi bit the spoon and sighed: "I don't know how the kitchen of a small tavern can make so many different kinds of food, and the taste is nothing like frozen food."
Qiao Song: "The chef's cooking skills are very good, it should be freshly made."
The big rooster in the chef's uniform can even lead apprentices in the kitchen.
"You brought up the topic of passes on purpose with the bartender just now, didn't you?"
As soon as Qiao Song opened his mouth, Ke Manzhi scratched the end of her blue hair a little embarrassedly: "You found it, mainly to make you more interested in this, after all, our guild got a pass, this thing is very useful in Zootopia.
"I've talked to the president about you, and she'd love for you to join us, too."
The pass will be very useful even outside of Zootopia.
Qiao Song remembered that in the convenience store chain run by the display guy, one had to swipe a pass to purchase prop cards.
Item cards are much more convenient than player skill derivatives. After all, they are separate cards that you can carry with you and use at any time, and can also be put into the system backpack.
This is an officially designated prop.
Generally speaking, the buying and selling of this kind of cards are not circulated frequently among players. After all, it is difficult to find a suitable one, unless there are large gatherings and some special copies, this kind of prop card will be given out as a reward, such as the blind box mall.
Therefore, the convenience store chain that allows users to directly purchase item cards with real money is quite special.
But to buy props, you need to swipe your card.
Since Qiao Song and his friends unlocked the RV, there are sufficient supplies inside, but other players still go to the convenience store quite frequently.
After all, there are so many scattered copies on the map, and this place where you can buy supplies and prop cards with money is already the safest supply point.
"If you are interested in this, you can ask the president tomorrow. I don't know how she got that certificate."
Ke Manzhi stuck out her tongue, and a silver light flashed.
"Well, today's dishes are all delicious but too spicy. Can I have another glass of wine, brother?"
Unfortunately, the system's free ordering time had passed. Ke Manzhi thought for a moment, her face turned green when she looked at the drinks on the menu, and finally she asked Brother Ji to give her a free glass of iced lemonade.
"It's so hard to earn soul coins. We must go to the farm to make a big buck tomorrow."
Qiao Song, who earned 30,000 soul coins in less than two days, said: "Okay, see you tomorrow."
After completely removing the pollution and having a good sleep, Qiao Song felt that his restless mood had completely recovered.
The next day, when I finished washing up and went downstairs, I saw new changes on the map on the tavern screen.
A small group of players who got up early to grab the mission were pointing and talking there.
"I guess we'll start taking on war missions tomorrow. I don't know if Monkey and Dog will take a day off or continue to attack."
"He should be resting. I heard that the old dragon also took a bite of monkey meat last night. He was probably afraid that the tiger and monkey would grow too well."
With so many people here right now, it’s impossible that they are all new players who have just arrived at Zootopia.
After the initial period of shelter for newcomers in the tavern, some people will still book rooms here for the convenience of the big screen and taking quests, but the price is very expensive.
Ke Manzhi was already waiting for Qiao Song at the door.
"Qiao Qiao, this way, this way."
Ke Manzhi was standing outside the tavern. An old man with hair and beard that almost covered his eyes, with a pair of horns bigger than his head, was driving a ox cart and standing at the door.
"Are you talking about her?" The old man seemed to look at Qiao Song a few times.
When a player passed by, he seemed to understand that this was a special NPC and asked the old man if he could help, but was ignored.
It seems that certain standards need to be met to trigger the NPC's reaction.
"If she does, then yes."
The old man turned to Qiao Song and said, "We have a lot of orders recently and our farm is short of people. Would you like to come and work for a day? The compensation is negotiable."
[Ding——A special NPC's limited-time mission has been detected. Do you want to accept it? ]
Qiao Song chose to accept.
[You have accepted the delicious farm processing task, become a temporary worker for a day, and escort the farm! ]
"Okay, both of you come in the car, don't step on anything on the road and waste time."
The little old man, without even showing his eyes, walked beside them with his hands behind his back, holding a rope for leading a cow. Qiao Song and Ke Manzhi didn't bother to be polite with him and quickly climbed onto the ox cart with an arched roof.
After leaving Youji's territory, the old man climbed onto the car himself, sat at the front and picked up the whip.
Qiao Song stared closely at the cow in the front of the car.
There aren't any anthropomorphic decorative costumes or props, and his walking habits don't look like those of a player.
It's exactly the same as cows in the real world.
Ke Manzhi whispered, "That's a native creature, similar to the cows in our real world."
That's the kind of beef they eat in the morning.
The old man drove them through the still empty streets, but this time there were no strange manhole covers on the road, and no crocodile heads under the zebra crossing.
Even the human figures reflected in the floor-to-ceiling windows on the roadside are normal, not reversed.
Until the old man took out a bell and shook it in his hand.
Amid the sounds of ding ding ding, ripples appeared on the empty street, and the empty concrete road was like a piece of cake that was scooped up and turned over, revealing an underground passage.
In the dark passage, lights lit up one by one on the left and right.
The ox cart moved forward steadily. Although the ox in front was not walking very fast, the distance could be advanced a lot at once, and each step could be shortened to an inch and a thousand miles.
The dark passage came to an end, and the view before my eyes suddenly became bright.
green.
The endless green brought them from the cold steel forest to the world of plants.
To be more precise, it is the world of food.
"Well, this batch of wheat is almost ripe. Let's go to the front quickly. I guess they are busy there. Sit tight and hold on."
The old man raised his whip and gently hit the cow's back.
The cow just moved its legs a few times, and within a few seconds, the scenery around them turned from green to yellow in an instant, as if a progress bar was being pulled.
The scroll-like scenery finally stopped. Even though Ke Manzhi had grabbed the railing in advance, she couldn't help but lean forward due to inertia.
"Good boy, so soon?"
After stabilizing themselves, they saw the old man in front of them get out of the car, and they also climbed out from behind the car.
The place where the ox cart arrived was the junction of a paddy field and an orchard.
Ke Manzhi took out her communicator and quickly sent out a few messages. At the same time she felt her phone vibrate, someone was coming over to the farmland.
There were more than a dozen people, men, women, young and old, all wearing straw hats and special work gloves.
Qiao Song's gaze lingered on those gloves for a moment longer.
"There are temporary workers here to help, right? We just need people to do the work. By the way, are your professional skills related to mental strength or physical strength? If you are too weak physically, you can't do our job."
"If you can't harvest the rice, you can go to the greenhouse to put labels on it."
When Ke Manzhi heard the word "flower house", her ears moved: "I'll go to the flower house! I'm not strong enough."
She gestured to Qiao Song and pointed to her cell phone, meaning that she would go meet her own president first.
"Okay, then go to the greenhouse. The rewards may be slightly less, but it's more relaxed. Just pay more attention to the bugs and don't let them kill you."
The player wearing a straw hat spoke seriously about the horrific content of his job.
After Ke Manzhi left, Qiao Song was taken to the rice field by the remaining people.
"You said you wanted to recruit a temporary worker, but you actually found a temporary worker." The person in charge with glasses didn't expect that there would be a player whose job title was temporary worker.
"This is a manual for farmland operations. All the tools for harvesting rice are in this book. If you don't have time to use the props or you can't free your hands, just read the story inside. At least it can save your life."
Qiao Song took the book. Surprisingly, she did not hear any system prompt in her mind. It seemed that the person who gave her the thing was indeed the player.
The system will only provide synchronous reminders when you follow the NPC to complete a task.
"By the way, if you hear any strange noises, like the sound of water or strange animals talking, be sure to shout it out in time and inform other companions. Don't be stubborn. We are all temporary workers on the farm, and we are all from other fields to complete daily tasks. There is no need to risk our lives for a few soul coins."
Glasses was still telling her what to pay attention to when the loud speakers on the few electric poles in the farmland suddenly rang.
"Everyone, please be careful. There are bugs in the greenhouse. Some of them have run into the farmland. If you encounter any, please deal with them immediately. Don't let the bugs attract other mutant animals."
Glasses immediately cursed under his breath.
"Why are you here again!"
He turned around and told Qiao Song a few final notes: "Remember, if you encounter an animal in a completely wild state, as long as it rushes into the farmland, whether it is a cow or any other animal, kill it without mercy, understand?"
"On Ugly Cow's farm, crops are more important than anything else!"
After he said that, he left in a hurry.
The only thing left for Qiao Song was a book that looked somewhat familiar.
She picked up the book and opened it. The covers of the first few pages showed pictures of gloves, rain boots, and a sickle.
[Ding——The basic toolbox has been assembled. Players, please start today's rice harvesting work! ]
[Please note that a good temporary worker must learn how to harvest rice and protect the farm, and not let the mature food be ruined by the mutant monsters.]
[Of course, sometimes those wild animals rush into farmland not to destroy the crops.]
The three-piece suit in the book disappeared instantly, and the straw hat, shoes and gloves appeared directly on Qiao Song.
This familiar feeling, yes, this is indeed the prop that appeared in the coriander and watercress copy in the blind box mall.
She remembered that there was an advertisement for Sky Farm in that copy, but she didn't expect to see such a farm in Zootopia.
But the map now is much larger than the area where coriander was grown back then.
Qiao Song even had reason to suspect that this small piece of field alone was enough to be divided into a small gaming area.
With all the tools available, harvesting rice was not a difficult task. She had lived in the countryside for a short period of time and knew how to work.
After casually putting the reference book on his lower back, Qiao Song quickly put on his boots and went down to the paddy field.
It was a little difficult to walk in the ground. Although the water had been pumped out, my feet sank into the ground and were easily dragged by the still wet mud.
Qiao Song adapted quite quickly. She was assigned a not-so-large area and could harvest the full rice grains in minutes and place them in containers not far away.
She knew that the biggest difficulty of this job was not to deal with the rice, but to guard against monsters that might jump out of the farmland.
There were also man-eating insects in the greenhouse that Ke Manzhi went to before. The situation here in the farmland probably isn't much better. After all, this is a job known for physical labor.
Physical work in the infinite flow world is not just about working hard on the farm all day.
rustling.
rustling.
Qiao Song had sharp ears and almost instantly caught the subtle, unnatural movements in the farmland.
Her sickle was already prepared, and she could lock onto any monster that might attack from the farmland in minutes without even using her own props.
However, when she cut through a clump of rice that blocked her view and looked around, she was met with an unexpected pair of eyes.
A human who has almost turned into a cow, or at least used to be a human. She was lying in a mud field, with mud all over her face and mouth.
She seemed to have been stuck in the paddy field for a long time, and was quietly trying her best to bite the golden rice ears in the field.
"Please don't kill me, I just want to have one bite, just one bite."
This guy, whose only human appearance was his eyes, prayed in a low voice.
The one who stole the rice was not a monster, but a "human"?
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