Chapter 71: The Fourth Day of the Liesha Season (1) The Golden City
The orange chest opened two special building cards—a fish pond and a factory, perfect for placement in the agricultural and industrial zones. The fish pond was a larger version of the one in Yu Luowei's base, while the factory was a completely empty factory that needed to be configured to produce something before it could begin operation.
Yu Luowei thought about it and realized there didn't seem to be anything in particularly high demand lately, but it wouldn't be good to leave the factory empty. So she posted a public message in the group chat, asking for what everyone was most in need of.
Continuing to look through the items in other treasure chests, he finally saw what Yu Luowei wanted most - a directional teleportation card and an information hiding card.
The information hiding card can hide a person's personal information and the corresponding city, making it convenient for Luo Wei to recruit people to inquire about the specific coordinates of the Golden City in order to use the directional transmission card.
Yu Luowei gave this "important task" to Chen Shu, mainly because she was a newcomer and the others had already appeared on the channel several times, and she was worried that Jin Yu would recognize her.
Chen Shu agreed to the task without hesitation and quickly sent the coordinates of the other side to Yu Luowei. The directional transmission card was ready, and Yu Luowei prepared for tomorrow's surprise attack.
After seeing that there was no new information, Yu Luowei went upstairs to find Ma Tuan.
The next day, the name of the disaster also revealed its mysterious face: Lie Shaji, which was almost the same as the information obtained by Yu Luowei and others.
The weather also confirmed this: without air conditioning, clothes would get soaked after just a short time indoors. Yu Luowei condensed a layer of icy mist around himself, lowering the perceived temperature to a comfortable level.
Yu Luowei went out of the city and checked the surrounding environment. Many trees had died, and only a pitiful layer of water remained in the stream. Only the boss and the remaining copies after defeating the boss were still there.
This scene looked even more shocking than the previous tree stump, but it was a natural disaster determined by the system, and Yu Luowei had no way to prevent it. He could only sigh and find a suitable place to use the directional teleportation card.
After a minute of upheaval, a not-so-tall city wall appeared in front of Yu Luowei. The wall looked tattered and covered with a few layers of moss, and it seemed that it would collapse at the slightest touch.
This must be the wall of the Golden City! Yu Luowei looked around. The Golden City sat in the center of a tropical rainforest, stretching the rainforest from its center. Between the wall and the rainforest lay a narrow path, barely wide enough for two people to pass side by side.
Others probably didn't know what he looked like, so Yu Luowei pretended to be a newcomer to the Golden City and began to look for the gate of the Golden City.
After walking along the path outside the city wall for a while, killing a lot of flying insects, I came across a gate of moderate size. In front of it was a large open space. Two slovenly men were standing there, one with dyed yellow hair, the other with dyed red. They must be guards. Apart from them, there was no one else.
The two were chatting boredly there, but when they saw Yu Luowei, their eyes lit up and they quickly ran over to ask about Yu Luowei's specific situation:
"Little girl, are you alone? Are there any other relatives with you? What level are you now? What's your luck value? Are you on the leaderboard?"
Although there were more questions, the two people's attitudes were still friendly. Yu Luowei did not intend to alert the enemy and just made up a message to deal with it.
When they heard that Yu Luowei's fabricated identity wasn't on the list, the two men's attitudes suddenly turned cold. They casually talked about the general situation of the Golden City and prepared to take Yu Luowei into the city to choose a location.
He was the city lord. If he went in like this, the city lord might get the news. Even with the invisible card, it might not be foolproof. In a hurry, Yu Luowei rolled his eyes and came up with a good idea:
"No, I can't get in right now. To be honest, during this zone merger, I found my brother, Lu Zhi, and our bases have already merged. We see there are two cities in this zone, and he joined the other one a few days ago. I got the transfer card yesterday, so I wanted to come and check out this city. If it's better here, I'll move here."
Lu Zhi is new from another district, and Jin Yu and others don’t know that they know each other. He is also ranked high, so it is perfect for him to use this to bully others.
Sure enough, when the two people searched for Lu Zhi's name on the rankings, their expressions suddenly changed 180 degrees and they became completely fawning.
Because according to Yu Luowei's narration, she still belongs to the North City and cannot enter the Golden City. Their city lord Bobby left the city early in the morning. Therefore, the two of them set up a small shed outside the city and moved the portable air conditioner over. While introducing the details of the city to Yu Luowei, they waited for the city lord to come back.
From the two people's frantic and clamorous introductions, Yu Luowei gained a general understanding of the Golden City: within the Golden City, over 600 of the 1,000 people were already living there, four of whom were ranked in the district leaderboard and three in the overall leaderboard. The city's defense and commercial areas were fully equipped with facilities like training grounds, equipment shops, weapon shops, and skill card shops.
A big shot like Lu Zhi, who ranks between the first and second in command in the Golden City (Bobby and Jin Yu), can not only choose his residence at will, but also get a set of the most advanced equipment and weapons in the Golden City for free, and can also choose any skill card. Going to the training ground for the first three days is also completely free.
Yu Luowei pretended to be thoughtful and was silent for a while before speaking again: "What you mentioned, North City also has it. Do you have anything special here? Otherwise, I won't be able to convince my brother to move the base."
The two men looked at each other, and then, as if they had made up their minds, one of them went out to keep watch while the other erected curtains around the awning, then spoke mysteriously:
"Little girl, we're telling you this secret because we treat you and your brother as our own. After you hear this, you must bring your brother here. Of course, don't worry, this secret is definitely worth your brother's heart."
"Our deputy city lord is Jin Yu. You've undoubtedly heard of him. He obtained an item that allows him to steal the luck of others and convert it into another person's attributes. When a person's luck drops to 0, they fall into a permanent coma, and their base becomes open to everyone."
"Once your brother arrives, supplies and other things will be a piece of cake. Boss Jin can help your brother improve his attributes a bit, and then his ranking on the leaderboard will move up a bit."
Weren't those people talking about snatching item cards in the channel a few days ago? Could it be that Jin Yu got a higher-level item after the settlement date? Yu Luowei's heart gradually became heavier, but she pretended to be very interested and continued to ask:
"I'd like to ask, if Deputy City Lord Jin Yu is so powerful, why are there only a few top bosses in the Golden City rankings? Is there any side effect?"
"This is the leaderboard reward that Boss Jin got on the last settlement day. It's only been a few days! But don't worry, it won't be long before we'll be on the leaderboard for the entire city. When your brother comes, have him discuss it with Boss Jin. Maybe you can use it too."
The yellow-haired man who stayed behind became more and more excited, and one of them couldn't help but say something else:
"Luckily, Boss Bobby and Boss Jin had the foresight to not kill all of them at the beginning, but instead imprisoned some of them. Otherwise, we wouldn't know where to find the initial test subjects. It's an honor for those people to serve as Boss Jin's test subjects."
Just as he was talking, another red-haired man walked in, gave the dancing yellow-haired man a look to make him stop, and then told Yu Luowei that the city lord and deputy city lord would be here soon.
Yu Luowei nodded, indicating understanding, his mind racing. Sure enough, it was a leaderboard reward. No wonder this place had been upgraded to level four. They'd even imprisoned some people—a truly heinous crime. But he didn't know how many people they had brought with them, and Bobby and Jin Yu's attributes were definitely elevated. He had to proceed with caution.
Just as I was thinking about it, the yellow-haired man and the red-haired man had already left, and the two who came in again were a tall foreigner and a slightly shorter and thin Chinese man.
These two people should be Bobby and Jin Yu. Yu Luowei stood up and greeted them in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. The foreigner immediately spoke, and his language was automatically changed to Chinese that Yu Luowei could understand:
"Just talk about Lu Zhi's sister, who's ranked fourth on the district's combat power list. Allen, the red-haired guy, has already told me everything about what happened. You should have a basic understanding of our city now, right? We are in the development stage and we welcome elites like your brother and you. Oh, and be sure to tell your brother when you go back that if he is willing to join us, I can make him the deputy city lord as well."
Jin Yu remained silent, instead observing Yu Luowei with suspicion. Yu Luowei's lie was impeccable. The leaderboard showed that Lu Zhi was indeed affiliated with North City, and their base was located there. Because of this, Yu Luowei couldn't bring her survivor's manual, and thus couldn't verify her personal information. Yu Luowei had just displayed some rare items, so Jin Yu ultimately remained silent.
While listening to Bobby's long speech, Yu Luowei looked around and counted. There were seven shadows around, including the red-haired and yellow-haired ones. They all looked very tall and should be foreigners.
From the conversation just now, I can feel that the levels of the red-haired and yellow-haired guys are not high. Even if we bring out everyone on the leaderboard, there are only four level 5s, which should be enough to deal with them.
Thinking of this, Yu Luowei moved his hands under the table, and an invisible ice mist quietly spread out, first destroying the portable air conditioner, emitting cold air instead of it, and then slowly dissipating outside the pergola.
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