Chapter 108 City Lord (Part 2)
Half an hour before the Lord of Dream City took office
In a running ghost story copy
The sun was shining brightly and the temperature was high. Two groups of players stood on the beach to participate in a dodgeball competition.
The two teams in the competition are the human player team and the dungeon monster team, with each team having twelve people.
Rule 1: You can only catch the ball with your hands. If the ball hits other parts of your body, you will be eliminated. If the dodgeball falls on the beach and no one catches the ball, the last person who caught the ball will be eliminated. If there is no last person who caught the ball, a player will be eliminated at random.
Rule 2: Dodgeballs can only be passed between players on different teams; passing dodgeballs within the same team is prohibited.
Rule 3: Any player who holds the dodgeball for more than 60 seconds will be eliminated.
Rule 4: There is no elimination in dodgeball!
Rule 5: Each team has twelve players. When one team is completely eliminated, the game ends.
...
The fourth rule is a death rule. The rule says there is no elimination, so once you are eliminated, you may face death.
There are twelve players on each team, and the two sides seem evenly matched, but in fact they are not, because there are more than two pairs of hands.
In the first round, the Monster Team was serving. The enemy server jumped up with multiple arms: "Ugly guys, watch the ball!"
Dozens of arms attacked at the same time.
Bang, bang, bang——
Twelve dodgeballs approach the player's defensive area at high speed.
Twelve dodgeballs is not the limit of Doby, but the limit of the players. There are only twelve players, so the rules only allow him to send twelve dodgeballs.
He thought, this is so unfair, this rule is obviously more favorable to humans!
But he's fair, twelve balls, every human being gets one, as long as they see through his fake moves!
Bai Jingjing: "Despicable!"
For a single player on the field, catching the ball is not a problem, but catching twelve balls is a problem. Everyone is meeting each other for the first time and their tacit understanding is zero. When there are too many balls, it is easy for multiple people to compete for one ball, but some balls have no players to catch.
She glanced at Dobby, who was already lying down, drinking juice, his eyes full of cat-and-mouse teasing, not worried at all about the player's counterattack.
We cannot reduce the number of people at the beginning. After ensuring that the dodgeball is enclosed and enters our defense line, Bai Jingjing uses props to keep the dodgeball in the air.
She reminded loudly: "One minute, fight back!"
Fake move, right? She can do it too.
After looking at her companion next to her, Bai Jingjing jumped up and waved her hands vigorously, but her hands missed the dodgeball. Her companion jumped up and hit the ball back hard.
The force was so great that it could break an adult male's ribs, but one of the twelve multi-armed monsters on the opposite side held the dodgeball with both hands, his body moved half a meter on the beach, and the momentum disappeared, so the dodgeball still failed to hit his chest.
The ball-catching monster grabbed the ball with both hands and stared at the player who returned the ball: "Not bad, that's good enough, come on!"
Throw the dodgeball back with the same force...
After a few rounds, Bai Jingjing's panting could no longer be concealed. The situations of other players were similar to hers, or even worse. Everyone was sweating profusely and was severely exhausted.
Damn the weather, damn the opponents, and damn dodgeball!
This won't work. Mistakes will happen sooner or later.
To counter——
The thoughts came to an abrupt halt, and the monsters on the other side that were sneering at the players also came to an abrupt halt.
Every monster had fear in their eyes. Before they could figure out what was going on, they heard a domineering announcement.
"My name is Bai Tao, and from now on, I am the lord of the City of Dreams."
The power of the rules crushed every person and monster present into a state of paralysis.
After an unknown amount of time, the monsters regained their mobility and the players' minds started working again.
Bai Jingjing shook her head. Strangely, she seemed not so tired anymore.
However, we still have to fight back——
As I was thinking about the counterattack plan, I saw the leader of the monsters twisting his neck: "Brothers, the situation has changed, let's fight quickly and decisively!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dodgeball with only an afterimage visible flew by and hit a male player in the chin.
The server pointed at the male player and said, "You, out!"
The male player had a look of horror on his face, his body flew uncontrollably, and was thrown into the elimination zone.
Players and monsters: “???”
The group looked at the newly appeared elimination zone in confusion.
"Centralized processing?" Someone whispered his guess.
Bai Jingjing looked towards the monsters. They were arguing and using props. She vaguely heard the word "rules".
rule--
Bai Jingjing quickly took out the rule paper to check. There was a new rule on it, which was also the last rule - there was no fourth rule!
The fifth rule is below the third rule. The two rules are connected vertically, and there is no sign that the fourth rule briefly existed in between.
There have been strange changes in the rules, but the game must go on.
The 60-second countdown ends, a new game begins, and the monster serves again.
This time there was only one ball, and the monster's target was Bai Jingjing who was standing in front of the net.
Bai Jingjing was concentrating on staring at the monster that was serving the ball. The speed was normal, the strength was normal, so there was no need to use any props.
She jumped up and was about to catch the ball, but the next moment she saw the look of triumph on the face of the monster opposite her, and she knew she was in trouble.
Large pieces of sand flew up and into her eyes.
"ah--"
A scream was heard, it was not from Bai Jingjing, but from the evil monster.
His eyes were gouged out.
"Help, help—"
Blood flowed from his empty eye sockets, and the punishment stopped. However, under the punishment of the rules, no matter how strong his self-healing ability was, his eyes could not return.
All the monsters stared at Bai Jingjing as if they were facing a great enemy.
Bai Jingjing: “?” What happened?
A monster who was always smart smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that the new city lord looks like a human."
The game continued, and this time the monsters' movements were much gentler, and they didn't dare to use any tricks.
This happens simultaneously in all running copies...
Back to the present, in the meeting room of the Nadu Express Delivery Company, three senior executives are discussing how to implement the next plan.
Bai Tao: "I can't stop the ghost story world from pulling people in with just the city lord's authority. I can only try my best to ensure that the players who are pulled into the ghost story dungeon are not harmed."
But Bai Tao was helpless as to the players who had not entered the dungeon. She searched the entire Dream City and all dungeons, but could not find Yu Ze and Bi Xin who had disappeared from the Courier Company dungeon.
Hao Fang had previously told her that Yu Ze and Bi Xin were still alive, and perhaps they could be contacted through acquaintances?
Bai Tao's eyes narrowed and she looked out the window.
Ma Ren stood up to check the situation: "What's wrong?"
Bai Tao: "The boss of a really rich bank is here." She didn't go to find Qianmian, but she came to his door.
A few seconds later, Miss Yang knocked on the door: "City Lord, Boss, Minister, the boss of the Really Rich Bank is here to visit."
Zhu Yuzhi and Ma Ren looked at Bai Tao.
Bai Tao got up and went downstairs.
A cat with shiny fur was lying in the hall on the first floor. Seeing Bai Tao, it lowered its head humbly and said, "Hello, Lord City Lord~"
Spreading out its belly and looking at Bai Tao moistly with a pair of round cat eyes, its adorable appearance was enough to soften the hearts of even the most vicious human being.
At least a hint of fondness flashed in Ma Ren's eyes.
No human can resist the cute attack of a cat, not even Hakuto, but the prerequisite is that the guy in front of him is a real cat.
Bai Tao warned: "Boss Qian, change to a form suitable for conversation."
After taking office as the city lord, the world consciousness fragments of various companies were all under Bai Tao's command, except for one company whose fragments disappeared, and that was Zhenyouqian Bank.
Real Money Bank is the undisputed boss of all companies in Dream City under the City Hall. The other two of the three major companies have occasional changes, but Real Money Bank has remained unchanged after three world destructions.
It's not that the rich bank is powerful, but its boss is powerful.
To outsiders, the boss of a really rich bank who has changed many times is always the same person - with a thousand faces.
The boss of a really rich bank, Thousand Faces, is as her name suggests, good at transforming herself, and her true identity is unknown. This cat was created by her to please Bai Tao.
Her name is Qianmian, but her employees always mistake her for having the last name Qian. After all, money and bank are the two most compatible words.
After hearing Bai Tao's words, Qianmian realized that the new city lord had found out her background from somewhere.
"Yes, Lord City Lord, meow~"
The little trick was discovered, and Qianmian obediently gave up her cute cat image and turned into a human woman.
If she can't turn into a cat, then she can turn into a human, hoping that this will reduce the new city lord's hostility towards her.
Qianmian looked at Bai Tao, then at the sofa not far away, meaning to sit down and talk.
Bai Tao: "Let's talk about it here. I have limited time."
Qianmian is good at changing her attitude according to the situation. Since she has come to him, Bai Tao will give her a chance, a chance to survive.
Being as smart as Qianmian, he naturally heard the hidden warning in Bai Tao's words.
She directly revealed her biggest trump card.
"Congratulations to the city lord for ascending the throne. I am not talented enough to send you a small token of my appreciation."
He took out a scroll from his sleeve and slowly opened it, revealing a huge deed inside.
Bai Tao looked at the calligraphy for two seconds and praised, "Good calligraphy."
With a grab of his left hand, he took in the fragment of world consciousness sealed in the deed. From then on, Bai Tao collected half of the world consciousness of the world of ghost stories.
"As long as the City Lord likes it." Qianmian felt relieved, knowing that they could talk now.
She had no other requests, she just wanted to save herself and the life of a formal employee of Zhenyouqian Bank.
Bai Tao checked the memory of the world of ghost stories and found that Qianmian led her remaining people to submit to the world of ghost stories in this way.
She was also a hero, a tragic hero, a hero who failed to save the world.
"Yes, as long as you and your men follow my rules."
The deal is done.
The biggest obstacle to changing the Dream City also disappeared. Bai Tao looked up at the sky. She needed to arrange everything before "He" woke up next time.
Power bursts out——
Then the residents of Dream City received the first order from the city lord: "All Dream City company leaders, come to the meeting!"
Ginkgo Tree Square
Monsters of all kinds gathered here, whispering and gossiping. After all, the new city lord's experience was truly legendary. It only took her a short time to rise from obscurity to fame. She tore apart two of the three major companies in the City of Dreams. When the citizens were guessing when she would start with the last of the three companies, the Real Money Bank, she disappeared, left the Nadusong company where she worked, and reappeared, transformed into the new and only city lord of the City of Dreams.
They witnessed the birth of a legend.
There is excitement, jealousy, and worry.
Many well-informed residents already know about the strange things happening in the dungeon - if you harm a human player, you will die, and it's not an ordinary death, but you will be killed by the rules.
This means that the rules of Dream City have changed from the bottom up, and the source is most likely their new city lord.
White peach is here.
In human form, humans are very small in front of many monsters. In a one-on-many situation, her force does not seem to have an advantage.
"A human?"
The speaker relies on his ability and thinks that he will not be discovered, so he loudly questions and ridicules others.
But Bai Tao noticed him the moment he spoke and did not take any action, naturally because she wanted to squeeze out his surplus value.
A monster who witnessed how Bai Tao grew up stood up and refuted the unknown speaker: "The city lord is not a human!"
Baitao: "Shh——"
The noisy square suddenly became quiet.
"I am a human being. I am a human being at all times and in all places." This sentence spread to every corner of the square and into the ears of every monster.
"Human?" "What? She's human?!"
One sentence caused an uproar.
But Bai Tao does not need the monster's recognition.
"Now promulgate new rules for the City of Dreams, abolish the citizen hierarchy system, abolish the company loyalty system, abolish..." The more Bai Tao spoke, the more angry the monsters below became. Reform is the most difficult because you cannot come up with a plan that satisfies everyone.
The more reforms there are, the more dissatisfied people there will be.
"From now on, all living and non-living things in Dream City must not harm any human being—"
Before Bai Tao could finish her words, she was interrupted by a scream: "I don't allow it!"
Bai Tao took a look and saw that the person who was speaking was the owner of a restaurant whose specialty was banquets for all. Because it touched upon his core interests, he objected particularly vigorously.
Bai Tao ignored him and continued to explain the rest of the rules.
"The above are all the new rules of Dream City. Who agrees and who disagrees?"
The monsters that had been clamoring in opposition all fell silent.
"I agree!"
A flash of surprise passed through Bai Tao's eyes as she saw a furry familiar face - temporary worker No. 8 whom she met at Huahua Farm, who was also a sought-after legendary temporary worker, Mr. Passerby A.
Number 8 waved his hand: "Lord City Lord, I like your new rules!"
With this person's support, the opposition's arrogance has been weakened.
Baitao: "..."
Thank you, but it's not necessary.
His eyes swept over the monsters that had been screaming the loudest before, and all of them turned their eyes away.
Bai Tao sighed in her heart, they all only grow in size but not in courage, they should muster up the courage to oppose her, the evil city lord!
It seems that we still need to rely on support.
Countless black crows flew by: "Gah, gah, big news, big news, the boss of a really rich bank led a group of his men to surround the Nadusong Express Company, the situation at Nadusong is not good, the three major companies in Dream City may become one company - gah -"
Before he could finish his words, Bai Tao shot down the black crows. A small number of black crows fell, but more black crows were still delivering messages.
"The rich boss is offering a bounty for the city lord's head. Ten million for the head! It doesn't matter what method you use, and it's effective forever!"
Countless wanted posters with the power of real money fell, and their number was greater than the number of monsters on the field.
The black crows in the sky were still calling out, "Those holding wanted warrants will be protected by the rules of the Real Money Bank!"
Shelter?! The monsters were instantly excited, which meant that the rich bank would protect them from the influence of those despicable human rules!
Some monsters unconsciously looked towards Bai Tao, and then they found that their new city lord was concentrating on fighting the crows in the sky that were against her, and had no time to care about them.
The city lord tried his best, but he could only kill a small group of crows, which was nothing compared to the huge flock of crows.
"It seems that our new city lord only thinks about protecting himself and forgets to improve his strength." The voice that initially mocked Bai Tao sounded again, expressing the thoughts of many monsters.
That is - the new city lord doesn't seem to be that strong.
Maybe she is very powerful when fighting alone, but there are thousands of monsters in the square, and even a round-robin battle can kill her.
"Come together, take the heads and share the bounty!" The monsters were quickly instigated.
"Take the head and share the bounty!"
"Take the head and share the bounty!"
Some monsters shouted slogans and pressed towards Bai Tao.
The crows were frightened and left this troubled place.
Bai Tao looked at the monsters that were still watching not far away. It was not enough. There were too few monsters participating.
She looked back: "What do you want to do?"
The parading monsters were silent for a moment, looking at each other, and no one was willing to step forward.
Even a fool knows that the first one to take action has the greatest risk and the least reward. Everyone is waiting for the "brave man" to appear and be the first to raise the banner against the city lord.
Bai Tao pointed at the monster that had been yelling the loudest earlier and said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
The monster didn't even dare to raise his head and whispered, "We object to your new rules."
Bai Tao raised her hand, and the guy who objected had his neck twisted instantly, and his body fell limply and hit the legs of the person behind him.
"Anyone else object?"
Bai Tao and the monster looked at each other one by one, and no one spoke.
The black crow watching the excitement from the ginkgo tree not far away said: "I object!!!"
The huge sound waves awakened many monsters that were frightened by Bai Tao.
"You're looking for death--" Bai Tao shouted, raising her hand to attack Hei Ya, but Hei Ya was still standing on the ginkgo tree.
Black Crow: "Gah, gah, gah~ I can't hit you. I can't hit you. I'll make you mad to death! I'll make you mad to death! I have a wanted order. You can't hit me."
This sentence was the last straw.
The guy who was afraid of being retaliated by the city lord picked up the wanted poster like crazy and rushed towards Bai Tao. Bai Tao raised his hand, but nothing happened.
The monsters are completely crazy——
"Wanted warrant! With the wanted warrant, her attacks are ineffective against us!"
"That's right, the city lord is not worth mentioning. You are just a bluffing fellow. Today is the day you die!"
"Bounty~Bounty~Here I come~"
This time no monster hesitated, even the most cautious and smartest monster took action.
Bai Tao watched the monsters' madness coldly, as if she was not the one being besieged.
The positions of opponents, supporters, and neutrals are clearly exposed, so it's time to take action.
The book of rules appeared beside me. I opened it and flipped through the pages. Soon a blank page appeared. I took out the writing pen I got from the company and started writing.
With Bai Tao as the center, the body of the monster closest to her exploded, spreading from the inside out in circles, as if an explosive plague had occurred.
Without exception, the bodies of all the monsters that rushed towards Bai Tao exploded, turning the Ginkgo Tree Square into a lake of blood.
Bai Tao floated above the blood lake, without a speck of dust on her body, and looked around at the monsters in the square, asking, "Now, who's in favor, and who's against?"
The survivor remained silent for a long time and lowered his head.
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