Forces of Temptation

Zhijincheng. The name is taken from "Jijinjin fans".

More grand and flamboyant than rust.

Paper Gold City is set with short days and long nights, sunrise at ten in the morning and sunset at three in the afternoon.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhijincheng became a city that never sleeps.

, revealing a circle of wet hazy moon halo.

The design of the paper gold city is ingenious, in the shape of concentric circles, the inner circle is the central city, mostly spires, the main color of black and gold, the thin and pointed roof points straight to the sky like a sharp sword, There are bars, dance halls, intelligence shops, high-end hotels, material exchange points and other places.

Another large circle on the periphery of the concentric circles surrounds the same dilapidated walled city as the Kowloon Walled City.

In the original game setting of "Gravity", this is the gathering place of the three religions and nine streams, including dentists, goddesses, and barbecued pork.

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But now, the paper gold city that has been transformed by an unknown force is undergoing subtle changes.

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Because they were accidentally attacked before getting out of the copy, the eight people are now sitting together in a cafe in Zhijin.

The system time shows that it is four o'clock in the afternoon. It happened to coincide with the time when Nan Zhou and the others entered the dungeon in Rust.

But unlike the sunny rust at that time, the current paper gold city has entered the prelude to the night carnival.

The price here is much more expensive than Rust, and the NPCs are all humanoid settings.

The waitress who served them refreshments had a perfect smile, delicate makeup and hair, and was completely real, almost making people suspect that they had returned to the normal world.

In the safe zone, everyone showed their truest side in a relaxed state.

Shen Jie, who came out of the copy, didn't like to talk much, leaned back on the seat quietly, and looked at the wandering lights outside with tired eyes.

After three cups of strong coffee, the fitness coach ordered cheap fast food such as sandwiches and hamburgers in one breath.

The skinny monkey didn't even dare to look at the face of the beautiful female NPC, but after the NPC left, she looked at her perfect waistline from behind with a longing look on her face.

Yu Tuisi is an extremely thoughtful and decent person. Even if he takes sleeping pills, he supports his head with his hands and resists sleeping.

Li Yinhang calculates points by stuffing his head with napkins.

Jiang Fang stretched out his arms and leaned on the chair Nan Zhou was sitting on. At first glance, his posture was very stretched, but from a third-party perspective, it was a completely calm and dominant posture.

Only Nanzhou, his status is no different from that in the dungeon.

Even when he twisted someone's neck just now, his expression was no different from the expression he had when picking desserts.

After washing her hands seven or eight times, Nan Zhou carefully reviewed the menu and ordered a cream **** and a snow maiden.

Li Yinhang took over the menu, and just glanced at it, his eyelids jumped fiercely.

To her, who is accustomed to frugality, this price is almost the same as robbing money in public.

Two small pieces of dessert, worth 150 points?

But she didn't dare to be too arrogant to the benefactor, and it was not her points that were spent, so she only dared to whisper: "Too expensive..."

"I want to reward myself." Nan Zhou praised himself solemnly, "I did a good job just now."

Li Yinhang: "..." There is reason and reason, I cannot refute, you are right.

Before the pastries were served, Nan Zhou was attracted by a magnificent three-story building diagonally opposite the cafe.

It was extraordinarily noisy, as if all the voices in the central city were concentrated there, and they were buzzing together.

Nan Zhou: "What is that?"

The fitness coach chewed the food and said vaguely: "Have you not heard of it? 'Fighting Casino'."

Li Yinhang: "..." When did "Gravity" have such elements that blatantly violate contemporary values?

Shen Jie added: "It was built by a player named Qu Jinsha himself."

Li Yinhang: "..." Are there really people who are doing business in this game? !

But while she was complaining, she quickly realized that the name Qu Jinsha was a bit familiar.

At the same time, Nan Zhou has clicked on the player ranking list and found this name.

Song Jinsha, single player, second on the list.

The fitness coach who followed behind Shen Jie in the dungeon and seldom expressed his personal opinions was actually a talker under normal conditions.

No need to ask, he started to introduce like a bamboo tube pouring beans: "This Qujinsha is the first batch of players to enter, I heard that he is a master of PVP."

"He has a very good management mind and is willing to go out of his way. He has gone through an unknown number of copies in one breath, accumulated 100,000 points, and built a small facade in the center of Zhijincheng. With a size of more than fifty flats, he smashed all the points into it. You must know that he was the top three in the single-player rankings at the time, and this transaction immediately fell to the bottom. "

The fitness coach was stunned: "...Look at the end, it didn't take long for the entire building to be his, and his ranking went back, and he moved up one place."

Jiang Fang tasted something from his words.

He asked, "How long has it been since you entered this game?"

The fitness coach opened his mouth and said: "Not counting the time of the dungeon, just tossing and resting at various safe points will be more than three months."

Facing Li Yinhang's shocked eyes, the fitness coach's desire to express is even stronger.

"Yes, the flow rate here is completely different from the normal world."

He said: "We have communicated with other people who are new to the dungeon, and it should only be five or six days in the real world, right?"

Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou were silent, while Li Yinhang nodded obediently.

"Me, Hou, and Sister Shen all came in on the third day of the mass disappearance. People like Qu Jinsha who came on the first day, from his point of view, He started his business here for at least half a year."

God TM business.

But there is nothing wrong with it.

Nanzhou turned her attention from the gradient neon lights outside the Douzhuan Casino, and said the truth: "Then you have accumulated too few points."

The fitness coach who is talking about the spittle: "..." Will you chat?

Fortunately, Jiang Fang relieved the embarrassment for the fitness coach in time.

He said warmly, "This is normal."

In addition to the purchase of desserts, Nanzhou is very serious about the number of points: "Staying at a safe point will consume oxygen, and you have to spend points on food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is not worthwhile."

Jiang Fang patiently answered: "Do you remember the Wishing Pool?"

Nan Zhou nodded: "Yes. Only the person who ranks first in the team and individual rankings can make a wish."

Jiang Fang: "What wish did you make?"

His attitude was very natural, and he couldn't see that he was spying on Nan Zhou's heart.

Nanzhou's mouth was so tight: "I won't tell you."

Jiang Fang did not force him, and instead asked Li Yinhang: "Yinhang, how about you?"

Li Yinhang: "Of course I hope this game disappears and everyone returns to the normal world."

She looked at everyone, hesitantly said: "I think so..."

Shen Jie responded: "The three of us have shared our wishes. My wish is that my daughter will be healthy for a lifetime. Hou Xu's wish is the same as yours. Xiao Shen did not wish it. His wish needs to be kept. to the end."

Yu Tuisi also said: "I made a wish, but Sufeng hasn't made it yet, so I also let him keep his wish."

Jiang Fang asked everyone before saying to Nan Zhou: "Look, the proportion of the wish that 'everything will end and everyone will return to the normal world' is still very large."

"The person in the front, even if one person makes a similar wish, the others don't have to bother to fight for the first place. All they have to make sure is that they earn enough to maintain oxygen and basic living needs Try to avoid entering the dungeon, then live, and when the ranking is decided, leave the game with the first place."

At this time, Nanzhou's dessert came up.

"Isn't the competition system still not completely clear." Nan Zhou asked while holding up the strawberry-flavored Xue Meiniang, "If it is a PK elimination competition system, only the singles and teams who survived are the last. Can you make a wish?"

"Of course, there is such a possibility." Jiang Fang said, "But the game stipulates that you can keep your wish and save it until the end. As long as someone makes a wish at the end' all those who have played this game Players are resurrected', at this stage, everyone doesn't have to take risks."

Will this game continue from generation to generation?"

Jiang Fang said with a smile: "Don't underestimate people's pursuit of comfort and their ability to persuade themselves."

He looked at Nan Zhou as he was eating and listening carefully. He hesitated a few times when he wanted to stretch out his hand to pinch his ear, and finally touched his lips.

"When I first came in, people always thought, I have to accumulate enough points and compete for the first place, just like the Liu Xiao we met in our demo level."

"Do you remember what he said? He just finished his first mission and just wanted to move up a few ranks, so he spent his points to choose the PVP mode."

"They are first-timers, so there is a sense of urgency. But what about players who have gone through a few dungeons?"

"Near death again and again, watching others die, teammates die, can normal people accept it so easily? Will they be more actively involved in the task, or will they escape if they can find a way? "

"Humans are not machines. Even if they work at full capacity at first, they always have to eat and drink water, and they always have to relax and enjoy. This enjoyment, once you relax, you don't want to move, and it's easier to send hope for others."

"Anyway, for some people, no matter how hard they try, they can't get to the first place. It's better to make themselves comfortable under limited conditions."

Immediately, Jiang Fang pointed to the Douzhuan Casino opposite, and said gently, "That's a place that makes people comfortable and addicted to escape."

Although Jiang Fang's tone was relaxed, it made Shen Jie's trio get goosebumps all over.

Their mental journey, isn't that the case?

They have all gone through the psychological process from positive coping at the beginning to a little numbness now, so that when they return to a safe point, they want to bury their heads in food, fall asleep, and rest for the last time It took seven or eight days to choose to carry out the next task with reluctance.

Nan Zhou wiped off the whipped cream from the corners of his mouth, but did not waver at all: "I don't care what they think. I want to take the first place."

Jiang Fang smiled and handed him a free tissue.

Nan Zhou held the cream tower and aimed at the opposite casino again: "Qujinjin opened the casino, how did it rank second?"

“…trade points through the trading system.”

It was Yu Tuisi who spoke.

He recovered from the medicinal strength, and, like Nan Zhou, he was also very interested in Qu Jinsha's fortune.

Nan Zhou asked: "What is the trading system?"

Because he knew that they were real newcomers, Yu Tuisi was not surprised by Nanzhou's question: "The trading system is not built in the system, and it needs to be in a safe place such as Rusty Capital and Zhijincheng. Afterwards, just find an NPC in a shop, talk to it, buy something from it, it will pop up a confirmation page, and it will activate the trading system after the exchange of trading rules, and it will open the trading system for you for free."

Nanzhou understands.

In the "Cube Ark", only Li Yinhang has bought things in Rust, so both his and Jiang Fang's trading systems are not turned on.

"Once the trading system is activated, one-to-one and team-to-team transactions can be carried out with the agreement of both parties."

He looked at Nanzhou: "For example, I want to exchange 1,000 points for the A-level items in your hand, as long as we negotiate the price, enter the trading system, and put the 1,000 points and the A-level items separately. Enter the respective transaction price, and after confirmation, the transaction can be realized, and there is no middleman to earn the difference.”

"However, the NPC in charge of guiding will not inform the player of this, and the player needs to explore by himself. This is why Sufeng and I spent a considerable part of the time exploring various safe points after entering. ."

Yu Tuisi took a breath and continued:

"As for Qu Jinsha...his casino only gambles points. At the door, someone will charge a certain amount of admission fee, 200 points per person. After entering, whoever wins, the casino will take money from it. Pumping, depending on the project of the game, will probably take a commission ranging from 1% to 5%, and he makes a profit by this.

"What if I use props?" Nan Zhou took out his summer workbook, which was an A-level prop, which he had not had time to study, "I can't use this again and again. Reverse time?"

Yu Tuisi shook his head, denying Nan Zhou's idea.

"First, the use of props is often repeated, and it is not cost-effective to waste it on gambling."

"Secondly, no props can be used in all safe spots."

Nanzhou suddenly said: "Ah..."

But his question was not finished: "Why is his business so good?"

Jiang Fang took over: "Because of betting points."

Yu Tuisi nodded lightly and affirmed: "After all, the next copy of the task is fatal. If you lose here, you will be empty-handed; if you win, it will be a huge profit. With the opportunity to leap from the Dragon Gate, who would want to risk their lives?"

In addition, Yu Tuisi has unspoken content.

The places that can be traded in the paper gold city are not only casinos.

In this city, as its name suggests, a city full of money, there is no shortage of men and women who sell their bodies for 100 points.

Jiang Fang put his hand to his lips and chuckled: "Gambler's mentality. It's all like this."

Yu Tuisi looked at him: "There are indeed big winners, and the points have risen from the top 100 to the top 20."

Jiang Fang calmly said: "That is what Qu Jinsha allowed him to win."

Yu Tuisi: "It may also be luck."

Jiang Fang: "Did you talk about luck with the casino?"

Yu Tuisi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you know much about casinos?"

Jiang Fang: "There is a casino in Ukraine. I have worked there and have seen a little bit."

Li Yinhang, who was in the audience: …Okay, now Jiang Fang’s identity is based on returning travelers and music exchange students.

The Nanzhou player who is good at curiosity raised his hand again and asked: "In this case, why is Qu Jinsha only ranked second?" It stands to reason that he has the strength to rank first.

"One is because he has to pay high rent and hire NPCs every month. The central area of ​​'paper gold' is expensive, and hiring system NPCs is to maintain order , on the one hand to prevent some losing players from reneging on their debts and running away, on the other hand, it can restrict and supervise Qu Jinsha. It is an absolutely fair existence.”

Yu Tui thought for a while: "...The second is because after entering, the casino will provide beer, drinks and desserts for free. Many people go in to eat and drink, and then they will bet on it. One or two. I have to admit that the atmosphere of the casino is really easy to indulge in. If you are not strong in concentration, if you go in once, there will be a second time and a third time.”

Nan Zhou stopped using a small fork to scrape the cream at the bottom of the pan, and the light in his eyes suddenly lit up.

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