Chapter 133: City Skyline: Gotham City is Gone!
Through the improvement of the overall strength of the players over this month, Xu Mu gained a lot of individual and scattered faith.
Little by little, the amount accumulated eventually reached nearly 300,000.
However, Xu Mu did not upgrade the 300,000 faith points for the time being, but saved them all.
It just so happens that the most popular game right now is the S-level single-player dungeon "Cities: Skylines".
Xu Mu simply took out all his faith deposits and converted them all into "advertising recruitment", preparing to make a crazy amount of faith points.
300,000 faiths were spent to recruit a large number of S-, S- and S+ level players.
I have to say, recruiting S-level players is really expensive.
Sending a system prompt pop-up window will consume thousands of faith points.
And whether people come or not depends on their mood.
Of course, the S-level copy belief mode has a considerable multiplication coefficient.
【Cities Skylines (S-Class)】
Dungeon level coefficient bonus: *1.8
Level clearance evaluation difficulty bonus: * (1.5~4.9)
Comprehensive bonus: * (2.7~8.82)
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The minimum bonus value has increased by 2.7 times, and the highest can reach nearly nine times!
In other words, if he recruits nine S-level players, as long as one of them recognizes him, he can make back his money.
Moreover, Xu Mu has enough confidence in the dungeon of "Cities Skylines". He is not afraid that players will not recognize him, but he is afraid that players will not come!
In his previous life, as an old mayor who had served for two and a half years, he was proficient in various tricks and ways to make money and was deeply loved by the citizens in the game. He was good at using multiple angles such as firepower, water conservancy, electricity, and manpower to deeply tap the people's potential to withstand pressure. Whenever floods, nuclear explosions, hurricanes, doomsday and other disasters struck, he would always be able to rush to the front line, holding the people's hands and their wallets tightly.
In terms of being an inhuman person, Xu Mu was famous in this game in his previous life.
When he shared some of his exploitation ideas on the game strategy forum, he always aroused the admiration of a group of big players: "Heshen came to this city with tears in his eyes.", "Leech would spit out three mouthfuls of blood to warm the bodies of the common people."
But, play games.
Don’t worry about whether you are a human being or not, just tell me whether you have earned the money or not!
After making money, has the mayor improved the city environment?
Soon, as Xu Mu entered the dimensional world, he crushed the copy card of "Cities Skylines" and turned into a ball of white light and entered the copy.
Countless players from the Southern Region also flocked in and squeezed into the viewing screen, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.
"I step on Malena!"
"I always fail halfway through this dungeon. Let me hear the city construction ideas from the quasi-god boss!"
"I finally got the strategy guide for this dungeon! There are too few strategies for this dungeon on the Red Moon Forum, and they are all terrible, with almost no reference value!"
"I can't help it. The NPCs in this dungeon are all a bunch of troublemakers! They are always causing trouble! I am an S-level player, and my comprehension ability in other dungeons is not bad, but I played this dungeon for half a month and only got an F rating..."
"If A-god can get an SSS rating in this instance, I will definitely build a statue of A-god and worship him at home! I will worship him several times a day!"
"A-Bao, go, go, go!"
Amid the cheers of the players, Xu Mu has entered the dungeon.
The various requirements of the copy also pop up at the same time.
[Minimum clearance requirement: Please build a small town]
[Duration of copy: unlimited]
[Instance Rewards: In Faith Mode, you can get 2.7~8.82 times the Faith Value reward]
In Xu Mu's memory, the city levels in "Skyline" are divided into 13 levels in total. However, since the copy is somewhat different from the previous game, Xu Mu still opened the copy panel first and checked the details.
As expected, this copy also underwent some fine-tuning.
In the "Skyline" copy, there are a total of nine city levels.
Small village (500 people), wealthy village (2000), small town (20000), large town (50000), small city (500,000), large city (2 million), megacity (5 million), capital city (10 million), super metropolis (20 million).
The minimum clearance requirement for the mission is a level 3 city - a small town.
A super metropolis that is comparable to a level 9 city is the only way for this game to obtain an SSS rating.
"The core gameplay remains unchanged . Only by attracting population to settle in can the town level be improved." Xu Mu thought to himself, and at the same time turned on the voice system on the light screen.
For this kind of game, it is difficult to make players empathize with the game just by operating the game, so he has to explain it in real time.
"Everyone, today I'm going to show you this S-level copy of Cities: Skylines. There may be a lot of details, so you'd better be ready with your glossy notepad to record some key points. I will only demonstrate it this once."
As soon as Xu Mu opened his mouth, there was a burst of screen swiping.
"Damn! Master A's voice is so nice? Clean and clear, with a hint of steadiness! I love it!"
"Just based on that voice, you have earned my recognition as a quasi-god!"
“I heard that Mr. A is very handsome. Can you take off your hood so we can see his face? /Looking forward to it/Looking forward to it”
Xu Mu really didn't expect that just by speaking, his faith points would increase by a few thousand points...
You should have said it earlier. We would have started mic-checking in the last copy!
After a pause, he spoke again.
"I have seen all your messages. Now I will briefly explain the difficulty of this dungeon."
"In the Skyline dungeon, the most difficult part is the balance between income and expenditure, as well as the residents' happiness index. The higher the happiness index, the stronger the residents' willingness to consume, and the more tax revenue our city will have. On the contrary, if the happiness index is too low, the residents will move out overnight."
"However, it costs money to build various facilities. The financial expenses for maintaining urban development, such as water, electricity, garbage disposal, various resident security facilities, supporting parks, libraries, schools, etc., will overwhelm players."
Seeing that Xu Mu hit the nail on the head on the players' pain points, messages immediately flew across the screen.
"Damn! Boss A showed off his experience the moment he opened his mouth! He accurately grasped my pain point!"
“Indeed, I have been stuck on the road to upgrade small towns several times. The government deficit is too high, and road maintenance alone is already out of pocket!”
"I survived the small town upgrade, but when it came to upgrading to a large town, the residents' happiness index was too low, their willingness to consume was extremely low, and they were unable to make ends meet, so I was wiped out all at once..."
“I came here specifically to humbly learn how to pass the test!”
After glancing across the light screen, Xu Mu said again.
"NPC citizens always have all kinds of reasons for leaving the city. The lack of a garden/playground may be the reason for him to move out of the city, or the industrial area is too noisy may be the reason for him to move out."
"He makes a fuss even about something as small as the lack of a police station or fire station. Ordinary people don't understand the mayor's difficulties at all."
As soon as these words were spoken, question marks instantly filled the screen.
Players: “???”
"Why do I suddenly feel a little unwell?"
“Did I blow it too early?”
“The lack of a police station or fire station turns out to be just a small matter…”
"NPC citizen, danger!"
Xu Mu paused and continued.
"So, the key to this single-player dungeon is to behave like a human. Don't be too concerned about the feelings of the NPC citizens. If you play it according to normal thinking, there is still a chance of success, but it is extremely difficult. My teaching dungeon is more inclined to let you achieve the greatest gains in the shortest time."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the players were shocked.
Good god! It turns out that our city has never been built because our mayor is too conscientious?
Was our thinking wrong from the very beginning?!
At this time, Xu Mu had already started the operation.
"Skyline" is different from other regular copies. After the start, the player joins this copy from a God's perspective.
You can directly have a bird's eye view of the entire city's ecology and realize the construction and development of the city by operating the copy light screen interface.
It is fundamentally different from other copies.
Xu Mu's birthplace this time was a large plain along the river.
The river is directly north of the city. There are a small amount of forests and mountainous landforms with high mineral content to the west. The central part to the east and north is flat soil. The entrance of the city is connected to two highways.
A pretty good random start.
If not satisfied with this, players can have one free chance to re-randomize.
Xu Mu directly chose confirm and began to name the land.
After thinking about it, Xu Mu changed his mind and decided on three big words.
Gotham City!
Then we quickly entered the novice teaching stage.
When each player first enters the dungeon, he or she has 70,000 gold coins for city construction.
As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
Considering that it only costs 40 gold coins per unit to build a small road, 70,000 gold coins will be more than enough even if the entire city is paved with roads in the early stage.
However, road construction is not expensive, but the subsequent maintenance is the big expense.
Currently, Xu Mu's city is still at level 0 with nothing, and can only build the most dilapidated dirt roads, and these road sections require a maintenance fee of 0.3 gold per day.
According to Xu Mu's experience in his previous life, if the entire city was paved with roads, the cost of road maintenance alone would be as high as several thousand gold coins a day.
Therefore, reducing the area occupied by roads and forming a closed loop are the keys to early development.
Xu Mu directly pulled out two dual-lane roads from the junction of the highway, and then built an F-shaped road within the city.
That is, the vertical line in F serves as the main arterial road, leading directly to the highway.
The two horizontal roads are branch roads to facilitate vehicles turning and entering residential areas.
After that, Xu Mu connected the two horizontal lines to form a B shape, completing a closed road loop.
On the other side of the main road, a mirror image B was drawn in the same way.
Looking down from a high vantage point, the road looks like a butterfly with its wings spread.
"I understand. From now on, we will build roads in the shape of butterfly B." A player sent a message with sudden enlightenment.
"What...what the B?" instantly triggered a group of players' complaints.
"From a bird's eye view, it looks like a butterfly shape, and then a B-shaped section. Is there any problem?"
"You better be talking about road repair, kid!"
At the same time, inside the copy.
In "Skylines", you don't need to recruit residents yourself. As long as you open up the roads, NPCs will automatically go there to settle in.
The mayor played by the player needs to plan the residential area for the residents, and the NPC will naturally build houses according to the planned scope.
And even if you are not satisfied with the city and move away, the house will still remain in the city.
He can be said to be a good citizen who never takes a penny from the mayor.
There are only three major areas that the mayor can plan.
Residential, commercial, and industrial areas.
Residents go to the commercial area to shop to maintain their expenses, then the industrial area supplies goods to the commercial area, and residents go to the industrial area to work, forming a simple three-way cycle that allows the city to develop in a virtuous cycle.
Xu Mu filled up the two circles in the middle of the B shape and turned it into a residential area.
Currently, due to the low level of the town, the buildings built by these residents are still the lowest level bungalows, and each house can only accommodate 3 people.
If construction continues at this scale, since each house occupies too much floor space and the number of residents is relatively small, even if the entire city is filled with houses, it will be difficult to reach a population of 100,000.
Basically, it will reach a bottleneck if it is stuck between large towns and small cities and will not be able to rise any further.
At this time, the mayor needs to continuously build parks, schools, museums, libraries and other facilities to improve the cultural level and satisfaction of residents, so that they will spontaneously start building high-rise buildings, and the population will be increased.
Of course, this is all later.
Xu Mu filled the area of mirror image B with commercial areas and industrial areas, each occupying half of its area.
Then, in order to attract NPC citizens to settle in, he directly adjusted the tax to 0%
You know, most of a city's income comes from taxes, and a small part comes from parks, attractions, and transportation systems.
The higher the taxes, the greater the pressure on residents and the lower their satisfaction.
By that time, let alone having a baby or building a house, I would want to pack up and get started overnight.
Under Xu Mu's zero tax policy, the first wave of residents happily brought their families and drove their cars into Gotham City, excitedly selecting locations and starting to build houses.
Many NPCs also enthusiastically share their situations on social media.
#You have no idea what a great mayor I met! #
#This is a duty-free paradise! I want to spend every drop of my sweat in Gotham City! #
#The city life I always dream of, Gotham City! Here I come! #
Everything is thriving, and the happiness index of Gotham City residents instantly reaches emerald green!
The population of Gotham City also soared from 0 to over 300 in an instant.
And all this happened in less than five minutes.
This scene also made many players sigh.
"Damn! You can have fun like this! Direct tax exemption! The happiness index of these unruly people is instantly maxed out!"
"This is developing too fast. I'm still building roads, and the population of God A's Gotham City has already reached 300! It's about to reach the scale of a level 1 small village."
"Shit! Why didn't I think of that! I saw that the main source of income for the city is taxes, so I set a 20% tax rate at the beginning, hoping to achieve a balance between income and expenditure. As a result, the rate of people coming here is too slow, and no one wants to come... and the happiness index has never increased!"
"Boss A has a big vision! I've learned a lot. I'll get tax exemption in the early stage!"
Of course, all the NPC citizens and spectating players were unaware of this at this time.
What they are about to face.
