Chapter 34 Red Maple City
"The first pot of gold has been obtained, and we will continue to work hard."
Mo Lan suppressed his excitement.
“This game has a lot of potential.”
Looking at the huge shadow that appeared in his field of vision, Mo Lan walked forward quickly.
The first thing that caught Mo Lan's eyes was a tall, slightly tilted city wall.
The stone wall tilts slightly inwards, and you can vaguely see some diamond-shaped arrow holes and some hideous claw marks on it, which seem to tell the ups and downs that the wall has experienced.
The city wall, about ten meters high, extends to both ends of the field of vision, and the tall city wall gives people a huge sense of oppression.
"Is this Red Maple City? How spectacular."
Mo Lan walked over in surprise. Before entering Red Maple City, he saw densely packed players at the door.
This group of players were standing at the city gate laughing and joking. There seemed to be many people sitting on the ground with a piece of cloth in front of them, or simply putting their goods on the ground for sale.
Mo Lan looked at these things and felt as if he were in another world. They were completely different from what he had felt in the forest before.
"This is an online game. Before this, I was just playing a single-player game."
Mo Lan moved among the players, listening to languages from all over the country and looking at the various goods on the stalls.
"Water, black bread, dried meat, fishing net, wooden fork, rope, pancake, candied haws, bone sword, bone dagger..."
Mo Lan, who was walking, suddenly stopped and took a few steps back with a strange look on his face.
"Some weird things seemed to have sneaked in just now. Damn, there are actually Jianbing Guozi and Bingtanghulu. Brothers, how did you do it?"
Mo Lan stared at the two players selling candied haws and pancakes with wide eyes .
The two of them laughed.
"I just happened to have the ingredients, so I made it. Would you like one? One candied haws for one copper nas, and one candied apple for three copper nas."
"Jianbing Guozi, two copper nas for one without adding anything, tastes exactly the same as what you eat in real life."
"Forget it, forget it. I won't eat it. I just think it's a little weird."
Mo Lan said with a weird look on his face.
“I’m playing a game, and it’s a game set in the Western Middle Ages, and I can see candied haws and pancakes… Sorry, it’s really a bit unexpected.
Can you eat snacks while playing a game? "
Hearing Mo Lan's words, the two looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, you must have just arrived?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"You'll find even more surprising things once you enter the city."
"What ?"
Mo Lan asked curiously.
"clean."
"Um?"
"Hey, the excrement in Red Maple City will no longer be handled casually. Do you know why?"
"Because feces can be sold now, some players specialize in collecting feces for composting."
Mo Lan's eyes widened.
"Fuck, are there still people farming? Farming for a game? That's too much."
After hearing Mo Lan's words, the two looked at him strangely.
“Why not plant it? Now one copper is worth five dollars on the Nas trading platform, and in the medieval context, grain was hard currency. With our meticulous farming skills, it’s a sure-fire business.
Isn't it great to be able to play games and make money at the same time? "
After a long time, Mo Lan walked towards Red Maple City in a daze.
He once again realized why this game was called "Real Game", and he also understood how real the Real Game was.
In other games, no matter how many plot lines there are or how rich the gameplay is, in the end every player plays the same game and there will be no difference.
But the real game is different, the real game is a whole new world, the game is life, and no life will be exactly the same.
“This is a second world that will run autonomously. Even without the players, this world will run normally and things will happen as they should.
After players join this world, the world will be influenced by the players, resulting in a series of changes.
Based on the current 500 million registered players of "Real Game", the changes caused by the integration of 500 million players into this world will definitely be multifaceted.
In Real Game, everyone is truly changing the world. This is the second world of human beings. This is reality. There are no constraints. You can do whatever you want and can do. This is the real charm. "
“But how does such a second world work?
It seems that even if all the service periods in the world are added together, it is not enough to run this game, right?"
Mo Lan suddenly had a doubt, but after thinking for a while without any result, he stopped thinking about it and started thinking about another problem.
"What should I do next? Kill monsters to level up, sell materials to make money?"
"Well, it's not that it won't work, it just feels too ordinary. Why don't I open a store?"
Mo Lan carefully considered the next course of development.
While thinking, Mo Lan walked into the city gate and glanced around as he entered.
All vehicles driving were stopped, whether they were caravans or anything else, and were required to pay an entrance fee before entering the city, while those walking could enter the city directly.
"Hello, sir, do you need directions? I know all the roads and shops in the DC area.
I know where the prices for animal hides are the highest in the DC area, and I also know which stores are the most shady and which bosses are the most honest.
For one copper you can hire me for the whole day."
As soon as Mo Lan entered the city, a thin, short child stopped in front of Mo Lan and spoke at a very fast speed, as if he was worried that Mo Lan would interrupt him.
Mo Lan looked the kid up and down, and at this moment, the short man suddenly shouted loudly behind Mo Lan.
"Saler, get out of here!"
Mo Lan looked back and saw a skinny kid quickly retracting his hand, looking at the short guy hatefully, and then disappearing into the crowd.
"May I have your name?"
Mo Lan raised his eyebrows and asked with a strange look on his face. The short man hurriedly spoke after hearing that.
"Al."
"Al, right? OK, I'll hire you for a day."
Mo Lan walked forward and said with a smile.
"Is that thief in cahoots with you?"
Mo Lan clearly felt Al's body stiffen and his muscles tense, as if he would run away at the next moment.
"Don't be nervous. After all, you are just making money legitimately, right? There is no bad intention at all."
Al laughed dryly.
"Okay, let me ask you, how big is Red Maple City? How many people are there?"
"No...I don't know."
Al had an embarrassed look on his face.
"I only know that there are four districts: east, west, south and north. The areas near the city walls are all slums, and in the middle are the lords' castles and the nobles' residences."
Mo Lan nodded upon hearing this.
A child, especially a poor child in a medieval context, would definitely not have access to this data, and it would be a problem if he knew it.
"Where are the shops usually located?"
"Ah, shops? They are everywhere, in the slums and in the aristocratic districts."
"Oh, then are there any requirements for opening a store?"
"As long as you have a house, you can open a store, but..."
