The Infinite Journey of the Sage

Chapter 119 A different world

The sound suddenly came from the bright place.

They opened their eyes wide, stretched their necks, and tried to look toward the bright place.

"We're here, we're here, we've reached our destination."

The adventurers and coachmen were all shouting. Every time they arrived at their destination, it meant that they had reached the eighteenth floor safely, and it also meant that they had completed the mission.

Although this kind of mission is not challenging, after all, it is walking in the dungeon. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is bleeding from the edge of a knife. Now that we have reached the "safe house", everyone has to let out a breath.

"Everyone got off the bus, got off the bus." The level 3 adventurer leader said loudly: "Get off the bus and undergo inspection and pay the city tax."

"Do you have to pay tax to enter this place?" Hermes asked in a low voice.

"Where do you think we get the tens of millions of Wallis we receive every month?" Freya replied in a low voice.

"Wait, are we divided into tens of millions per month?" Dionysus asked in shock.

Freya knew she had made a mistake, so she closed her mouth and stopped talking.

The monthly "share" of this city entry tax alone is worth several million, and the profit from the underground city is even more astonishing.

This is also the reason why the gods have tolerated Kelal's establishment of his own [kingdom] on the eighteenth floor so far.

Hundreds of millions of Wallis are sent up every year, and the gods alone can get tens of millions of Wallis. You must know that this is the net income of the dependents after taking risks.

The net income that ordinary adventurer families can earn throughout the year, excluding expenses, is only hundreds of thousands or millions of wallis - of course, the reason why the money is all earned by the adventurers of the family, But other reasons are because of the sheer expense.

For example, the Loki Familia and the Freya Familia cannot save much money throughout the year. The adventurers do tasks very casually. Even if they make money, they don't give much to the Familia. It's about half and half, and the Familia They also have to bear the weapons and armor of the adventurers - although this relationship is more intimate, it also places a heavy burden on the family members.

A family like Freya Loki can save 10 to 20 million Wallis a year, which is already a high price. Now Keilal's annual share is several times their savings, especially Freya. As the two Familias, and Loki, as the big Familia, they also occupy a higher share, and receive more shares than other Familias.

So they are getting stronger and more capable.

And don’t forget, this is just the first year’s share. The merchants and nobles who have drunk a little bit of soup have more confidence in Kelal than the gods.

They believe that under the leadership of Keilal, the future will prosper and get better and better.

They are full of confidence in this project and their investment in the entire project is increasing.

Keilal has allowed a large amount of funds to flow in with only a very small "return", and he has easily used these funds where they are most needed, which seems to be a superb method.

The four gods, other nobles, and common people got off the carriage.

But it was obvious that the nobles were more equal than the others. The leading adventurer chatted with the guard for a few words, and then put a few silver coins in their bags. The nobles were easily more equal than the others without any obstruction. It was easier to enter the "safe house", and then there was a gasp of air.

Civilians, on the other hand, need to pay their own money and undergo inspections one by one.

Naturally, adventurers of both sexes came to search me.

This is mainly for security issues.

The entry fees for adventurers and civilians are different. Adventurers need ten Wallis to provide a venue and a safe place to live temporarily, while civilians only need one Wallis, but they are not allowed to bring weapons, where they are from, their height and name. All gender and appearance must be properly registered.

This is a small detail, but it can be seen from small to large. Because of this policy, the number of noble spies sneaking into the "safe house" and the number of people who sabotage the safe house plan have been greatly reduced.

There are specific examples of this social experiment. For example, in the New York subway in the United States in the 1980s, 80% of the people were fare evaders, and the security of the New York subway was also extremely poor. Murders, rapes, and robberies occurred from time to time. happens, but one sociologist has suggested that the New York City subway crack down on fare evasion.

After the police stood at the subway entrance and started arresting the fare evaders, illegal incidents dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. They dropped by 60% in just one month, and by as much as 80% in the second month.

This is a very typical logical thinking - 100% of people who evade fares are gangsters. If they are not recorded by the vote counting system, they will subconsciously feel that they can do some lawless things. When they buy the tickets, they will I feel like they have been recorded on the computer and they will be much more restrained on the subway.

How could Keilar not use this method of improving the security of the entire society by relying on such small things?

Like now, ordinary adventurers only need to know what level they are and what family they belong to. They don't even need to search themselves or show specific proof.

This makes the adventurers feel very comfortable, especially compared to civilians who need to be searched and register their height and weight in detail. This feeling of comfort is even better.

They don’t know that they will also have the idea in their subconscious that they have already registered here. If they want to break the law, this kind of subconscious will first appear in their minds, making them afraid of three things before taking action. point.

However, this can only prevent impulsive crimes. As for those who are really determined to cause trouble from the beginning, Kelal has other ways.

Looking at the civilians who were being searched, the four gods looked ugly.

Although men search men and women search women, as gods, they still can't bear to be searched.

"I don't want to be searched, Freya, think of a way." Hestia whispered.

"Are you thinking of me now?" Freya rolled her eyes, unable to do anything about the short virgin god in front of her who had bigger breasts than her.

"Don't use magic." Hermes whispered: "It will alarm the dungeon."

"Then what should I do?" I originally said that Freya's charm magic would let those people go directly, but now it seems that it is completely unavailable.

"Sir Adventurer, they are all distinguished guests, please let them go first." The lean coachman's voice suddenly came, and the adventurers guarding the gate turned their heads and looked at the four people in front of them.

Sitting in a small car, the four people were lightly dressed, and except for the short girl, the clothes of everyone else were valuable. Even the woman wearing a cloak was made of silk. It was obvious that these four people were indeed the sponsors.

For the patrons who come to spend money, they open the door directly and let them in directly.

"That's it. If that's the case, let's go." The adventurer guarding the door was a little more polite and nodded to the coachman: "Old John, please go in and have a cup of hot bar. You have worked hard along the way."

The old coachman and the gatekeeper were actually familiar with each other.

But if you think about it, if the old coachman comes here every day, even if there are three shifts of guards here, he will see everyone at least ten times a month. If you count this whole year, , I’m afraid he is already very familiar with these people.

Old John turned around and winked at them: "Guests, I know a very good hotel. Would you like me to show you around?"

There were knowing smiles on the faces of the several doormen. Old John had a good friend who opened a hotel business on the 18th floor. This did not mean that he bought a house as a hotel, but that Kelal and the others built it. Well, the hotel only hired different people to run the hotel, just like Aunt Mia. In addition to the monthly accounts and the amount handed over, a certain percentage of their operations will be returned to them as bonuses to make them more of diligence.

Although all the hotels on the eighteenth floor are owned by Kelal, he has artificially created competitiveness - there are only so many people, if you have more people here, there will be less people there. Sometimes For the sake of a few customers, both sides are going to fight out of their wits.

We are all ordinary people in Orario, and we don't know any adventurers. If it weren't for Keilal's strict prohibition on using flesh business to attract customers, I am afraid that the 18th floor would have become the largest red light district in the world.

But precisely because of this, under the control of Kailar, this group of people could only cross the sea and show their magical powers.

John, the old coachman, is one of these "supernatural powers".

Since he helped the four gods deal with the guards, it was not unreasonable for the four gods to stay at his place tonight.

Now that the two parties had reached a deal, John greeted all four people to get in the car, and he drove the car and continued to move forward.

The guards moved out of the way, and the four people just sat on the carriage, walked forward slowly, and walked into the brightly lit door.

First, there was a period of blindness. After adapting to the darkness of the dungeon, it was extremely uncomfortable to face the eighteenth floor where the light was shining brightly. However, after just a few seconds, their vision recovered. , they opened their mouths and opened their eyes wide, looking at the scene in front of them.

They were on a cliff, or rather on a solitary wall inside a mountain. This solitary wall formed a right-angled exit with the previous exit. If they wanted to come out from the exit, they would have to carefully turn the horse's head.

Here, the scenery is unobstructed, and the entire eighteenth floor can be seen clearly.

And those on the carriage were marveling at the unique scenery on the 18th floor.

But only the gods looked solemn, and even felt a little dazed in their hearts.

Regardless of whether the curve on the 18th floor was intentional or not, it has an innate ability to block the carriage and directly rush into the jam.

Anyone who has been here once will never think of rushing into this level with a carriage.

This is equivalent to a natural barrier, isolating the large-scale troops who want to attack the 18th floor from outside that level.

This seems condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also difficult for people standing on the high platform to get down. They have to walk down the Z-shaped cliff slowly, which means that in the process of going down to the bottom, their The entire body is exposed to the air. If nothing else, the magic of a level 3 magician can completely cover this section of the cliff, making it impossible for the army to come back.

Was this planned?

Or is this how it was originally?

Their suspicion only lasted for a while and ended. The "safe house" seen from the carriage window among the cliff roads recessed in the cliff was so beautiful that people almost forgot to breathe.

"Can human beings build such a beautiful building?" Hermes held up the brim of his hat in surprise and murmured.

He wasn't asking anyone, just himself.

"It's so beautiful, I want a city like this." Freya looked obsessed, looking at the city in a daze.

This is a city like no other.

But in terms of appearance, the biggest difference in this city is that there are six huge rock channels made of rocks that run across the entire city. The channels are semi-open, so the huge magic crystal on the zenith Under the shining light, the flowing water is like a sparkling white dragon, rushing in all directions along six large rock channels.

The two sides of the Rock Canal are residential areas, and there are countless pipes on both sides of the Rock Canal that regularly extend into the residential buildings on both sides.

No matter who sees these six sparkling white dragons, they will feel relaxed and intoxicated. The city is already extremely beautiful from the air, but when the carriage descends the cliff and slowly approaches the city, people Only then will you be shocked by the vitality of this city.

This is a city without city defenses or walls.

It is precisely because of this that when they set foot in this class, they are already standing "in the city".

When the nobles and commoners stepped out of the carriage, they were immediately stunned by everything around them.

People are walking along the river without realizing it. Wheat seedlings are swaying in the wind on the farmland beside the road. There are dug ditches on both sides of the road. There seem to be fish swimming in the ditch. The crystal clear stream flows slowly. It was in sharp contrast to the fast walking people who were almost running.

"Is this...the 18th floor?" They stared at all this in stunned silence.

"This... is the safe house?" The four gods have never seen such a lively and prosperous place - even Orario can never compare with this place.

How many people are there?

The flow of people here makes it look even more prosperous than Orario, which has a population of over one million.

"Everyone, please don't get out of the car. We'll go directly to the hotel." Old John in front turned around and laughed. He had seen countless of the same expressions, but even so, after seeing it now, he still felt I’ll never tire of watching it!