Chapter 15: The Vicious City
【Reality anchoring...】
[Anchoring completed, reality channel 0375 is penetrated. ]
【The Ashes area has been opened.】
The same three sentences as when you first enter the Jhin zone.
Reality No. 0375 seems to refer to the planet that Xia Lin traveled from.
Or maybe... this plane? I don't understand...
[Walkers of the Embers, welcome back to the Embers. 】
[Current Jin District: S-level, fierce city, large, comprehensive. ]
[Note: Equipment and items produced outside the Ember Zone cannot be brought into the Ember Zone.]
[You are detected as an Uncertain Shadow, so you have one minute to adjust your skill slot. ]
There is nothing to adjust for Xia Lin.
The three skills in the constant skill column are Backstab, Thousand Miles Away, and Rapid Nourishment.
These three skills are all useful and do not need to be mutated further.
After waiting for just one minute, Xia Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a shabby bachelor apartment.
The apartment is not big, only about 20 square meters, with a bathroom, a bed, a wardrobe, a refrigerator, an old color TV, and Xia Lin, which are all there is in the house.
After a quick observation, Xia Lin's eyes were fixed on the color TV covered with snow dots.
I saw the snowflakes on the color TV moving quickly, forming lines of eye-catching words! [Welcome to the fierce city! ]
[Nuclear war did not destroy the world, but instead allowed the world to break free from its shackles and be reborn.]
[Huaxin Technology, Oros Pharmaceuticals, and Suzuki Group divided up the power of the old world and established a new order. ]
【The three parties signed an agreement, deciding to use martial arts to resolve disputes and divide interests. 】
[The fierce martial arts arena is born here! 】
[This is a perfect fusion of martial arts and technology. Martial artists who have surpassed human limits and humanoid monsters modified by technology and genetically alienated use the fierce martial arts arena as a battleground to compete for the title of fierce martial arts king! ]
[There is power, wealth, strength, countless strong people and passion. ]
But the question is, who are you fighting for?
[The opening period of the Ember Zone is one month. 】
[Sequence 43 activation permissions detected, the ember zone time limit extended to: three months! ]
[The current main quest of the Ember Zone has been released. 】
[Main Quest: Fierce Weapon Arena! ]
[Fierce Martial Arts Arena: Enter the Fierce Martial Arts Arena and complete three Fierce Martial Arts Arena matches of any level.]
[Task Reward: 200 Ember Points.]
[Failure penalty: All attributes -1. ]
[Note: After completing the main quest, you can choose to return at any time, or you can stay in the Ember Zone to continue exploring until the Ember Zone opening time ends. ]
【Clearance mission: Not triggered.】
[Side quest: Not triggered.]
[It is detected that your spiritual attribute has reached (exceeded) the limit of level 1, and the promotion task is now issued. 】
[Promotion task: Kill any creature whose single attribute exceeds 10 points.]
[Task Reward: Promote to Level 2, unlock attribute cap, and unlock the second skill bar.]
The prompt sound stopped here. Xia Lin savored it carefully and grinned.
“Good news and bad news.”
The good news is that the promotion task is very simple...
After Xia Lin's inquiries, he learned that the promotion tasks for the first five levels of the Walker in the Ashes area are not difficult, and the tasks are basically free.
The question is not whether it is free or not.
But it's about the attributes.
In order to get a promotion task, one of the attributes must reach the upper limit.
In addition to limit-breaking skills, you can also purchase attributes by spending Ashen Points, but you cannot break the limit.
In the Jin District Mall, the price of 1 attribute point is: 500 points! This is also the bad news that Xia Lin mentioned.
The rewards for the main quests in the Jhin zone are as stingy as ever.
The first main quest in the Jhin area gave 100 points, and this time it gave 200 points.
The two Jhin zones combined are not enough to buy a little attribute...
As for the [portable space] that Xia Lin had been dreaming about - that is, the means by which Li Peipei, Xie Xiaotian and others could conjure up weapons and equipment out of thin air, it was worth 1,000 points, which was not something Xia Lin could afford.
If you want to get more Ember points, or even important items or high-level skills, you need to explore side quests or even try to clear Ember.
The former has unknown risks and unknown benefits, while the latter has extremely high rewards but is extremely difficult!
If there is any Ashen Walker who can clear an Ashen zone of any level, it will be something he can brag about for the rest of his life.
"Forget it, let's not think about it for now."
Xia Lin scratched his head and an idea came to his mind.
"Apply to spend 50 Ember Points to purchase currency in this Ember."
Before each Ashen Zone begins, Ashen Zone Walkers can spend their reserved Ashen Zone points to purchase some necessary supplies.
For example, local currency, or even the initial identity in the Ember zone.
The latter is extremely expensive, at least Xia Lin can't afford it now.
And this is one-way. There is no such thing as exchanging the local currency in the Jhin zone for Jhin points.
But start-up capital is necessary.
The system prompt sounded.
【If your application is successful, you will get 500,000 credit points. 】
[Note: The average monthly salary in Xiongwu City is 3,000 credit points.]
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Xia Lin sighed with satisfaction.
The purchasing power of points in the Jhin zone is still worthy of respect.
He stood up and looked at the clutter in the house.
Xia Lin quickly took out an ID card from his pocket.
[Name: Xia Lin. Citizen Number: XXXX……]
This is both an ID card and a bank card in Xiongwu City, and it is also the initial identity assigned to Xia Lin by the Jin District system.
A newly unemployed homeless person with no savings.
But now, Xia Lin has 500,000 yuan in savings.
So he took out his cell phone, opened the map, and typed in the text.
【Martial Arts School】
An intelligent voice sounded on the phone.
[4031 martial arts schools have been detected in Xiongwu City, the one closest to you is...]
"No, no, no."
The smile on Xia Lin's face became more and more perverted.
"What I want is the location of all the martial arts gyms in the city."
"Yes, all of them!"
…
Due to the influence of the Xiongwu Arena, the trend of practicing martial arts has become popular in the Ashes District of Xiongwu City, and there are a terrifying number of martial arts gyms.
From Sanda teaching classes, to high-end competitive classes, to top-level martial arts gyms that aim to compete in fierce martial arts arenas. The top-level martial arts gyms are divided into different schools such as traditional martial arts, new martial arts, and weapon martial arts.
It was said that Xia Lin needed the locations of all the martial arts gyms, but in reality he had to choose as well.
Xia Lin didn't like that kind of ordinary fighting class.
His goal is to target top-level martial arts arenas! Most of these arenas are backed by chaebols, and the directors are likely to be famous figures who have successfully stepped down from the fierce martial arts arena.
This type of martial arts gym has an important purpose: to provide fierce fighters for the supporters behind them.
A fierce warrior is a warrior whose goal is to enter the fierce warrior arena.
They have obtained the true teachings of the martial arts school and the all-round support of the chaebol, so they must pay something.
What they paid for was their combat effectiveness and even their lives.
Cars are constantly shuttling back and forth in the urban area with tall buildings.
Xia Lin sat on the bus, watching the images on the onboard TV.
In the picture, two fierce warriors are fighting desperately, and the blood splattering shows the aesthetics of violence.
Their punches and kicks are fast and powerful, and their strength, agility and physique attributes are at least 10 points.
However, looking at the entire fierce martial arts arena, this level of stuff is just a small fry and is not worth mentioning.
The fight was also the lowest level of fierce fighting.
The battle ended with one death and one disability.
Beifeng Martial Arts School won, and Beifeng Consortium obtained the mining rights to the West District No. 351 Mine for the next three years.
This is the fierce martial arts competition.
The mortality rate is more than half.
These are the rules set by the three major conglomerates.
The distribution of benefits is determined by the victory or defeat in the fierce fighting competition.
This is the fierce warrior.
Fight and die for the chaebol behind him.
This is the fierce city!
(End of this chapter)