"I thought this game would have a full-scale real-time weather system, but it ended up being a whole box."
Previously, Xu Fulai and his companions had been coming in and out, out and in, on the edge of the town.
They discovered that outside the town, it was bright daylight, but once they went deeper into the town, the sky would turn dark inside.
"Is it possible that we have entered the realm of a certain master?"
"Isn't domain a term used in Western fantasy? This game is about cultivating immortals, so there's something like that, too?"
"Then, formation? Heaven and earth?"
The five of them chatted as they walked cautiously deeper into the town.
The scale of this town is much smaller than Bei'an City.
Originally, the five people thought it was a dead city, but after walking a few steps inside, they were surprised to find that there were quite a few NPCs in the city!
At a dimly lit intersection, a row of rickshaw pullers are squatting in front of their rickshaws waiting for work. Each driver's attire and each rickshaw's model are different!
This sense of reality is everywhere in "Cangxia Asks the Way".
But every time a player encounters it, it still feels novel.
At a corner of the intersection, there is a small building covered with red lanterns. People are gathered in the windows, and faint laughter and music can be heard floating in the distance.
On the other side, there are several food stalls, some fixed and some mobile. Wisps of steam are rising in front of the stove, and there are several tables of diners sitting nearby.
Only about one or two out of ten of the surrounding wooden and stone buildings still had lights on.
No matter how you look at it, this is a town full of life.
"Fuck, is this a brothel?"
"It seems to be some kind of entertainment venue..."
Five people stood on a deserted street, looking at the small building from afar.
"Do you think those people are ghosts?" asked a player named Brother Daiwei.
"...Then let's go take a look?" Another player named Hongchen Xianke suggested tentatively.
"Don't panic. If it really is a monster, then there must be a big boss in this brothel." Wuhu Qifei pointed to a small stall on the side and said, "Then these surrounding areas must be some small monsters. At most, some bosses. If it is, then we can run away if we encounter it."
"It's true!" A player named Xu Xiaolan also agreed.
Xu Fulai looked left and right at the street. It was almost completely dark as far as he could see, with only two faint lights at the end of the road.
There must be places to explore over there.
However, under such circumstances, Xu Fulai still did not propose to act separately.
After all, in horror works, acting separately is tantamount to seeking death.
The five of them walked towards a stall on the side.
Seeing five customers coming in, the stall owners who had no customers at their stalls immediately put on a smile and greeted them, appearing very enthusiastic. Other stall owners who were busy cooking had no time to greet them. They just looked up and called out a few words before returning to their cooking.
Several people exchanged glances.
"...eat something?"
“What if there’s something wrong with this thing?”
"They look like ordinary NPCs... maybe this is a safe zone."
"But apart from the sect, this game doesn't seem to have a strictly safe zone... You'd better be careful when you go out."
Seeing the five people start to discuss, the stall owner came over and said, "Want to have a soup pot? We have spicy or non-spicy ones, meat, vegetables, and wine. Take your pick. It's delicious and not expensive!"
The printing industry in this city is not well developed, so the stall owner can only describe his food in words.
"Let's take a look." Xu Fulai said this and led the four people forward.
When he passed by the stall, he took a look. The ingredients displayed on the stall were all normal-looking meat and vegetables.
The meat is cooked and the fish is still live.
Seeing this, the stall owner solicited customers for a few minutes out of habit and then sat back down.
"The ingredients are quite normal, there doesn't seem to be any problem."
"What if all five of us are trapped in an illusion?"
"Just try it. If there's any problem, you'll know right away."
"That one has more people, let's try that one." The big brother in charge pointed to the steaming noodle stall in front.
The noodle stall owner was cooking noodles. There were three tables of people sitting at the table next to him, with a total of eight diners.
There is an irrefutable truth when visiting stalls, that is, stalls with people will attract more and more people, while stalls without people will remain empty.
This is a kind of customer mentality. They think that where there are people, the things must be good. Even if they are cheated, they are not the only one who is cheated.
Merchants who know how to grasp this mentality will deliberately slow down the speed of producing products when someone comes to patronize them. When there is a queue, they will go into full production for a minute or two to create the appearance that the stall is very busy.
In real life, the same principle applies to the queue-up agents hired by businesses.
"Five bowls of noodles, right? Two taels, three taels?" The noodle stall owner sprinkled seasonings on the bowls lined up in turn and served the five people.
"Two taels."
"What kind of noodles do you want? We have chicken, fish balls, and pickles..."
The five of them all expressed their desire for noodles, just like ordinary students going to a restaurant together to order food at mealtime.
The boss collected dozens of copper coins while cooking noodles.
The copper coin is solid and has quite a bit of weight.
Several people also saw silver in the wallets of the paying diners.
After the five people sat down, they looked around and talked in low voices.
"There's nothing wrong with the money they use. It's not something weird..."
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