Returning from the abyss

Chapter 34 Roommates - Interlude
The rent gap in the residential area directly shows the difference between the rich and the poor for the people living here.

In a large tile-roofed house, except for one bed, fifty people share a narrow space of two aisles, and even men and women are not distinguished when necessary-such a house costs a fifth of a day's rent.

A slightly higher-end, 16-person narrow bunk-bed dormitory-style room is ten days.

These two are also the choices of most people. After all, there are plenty of places outside, and a place to sleep is enough.

Lu Ning looked at the room priced at 21 days and fell into deep thought.

For a room for four, it’s okay to have a shared wardrobe and table, as well as a toilet and a kitchen. It’s already a small shared apartment.For Lu Ning, the public bathhouse he passed by before was really not a place suitable for him to solve his hygiene problems.

Three hundred points in fifteen days, it's better to ask Yan Dan to spend more.

This is probably what the so-called transition from extravagance to frugality means?
Lu Ning took out her mobile phone to swipe her account to get the key under the envious eyes of the Wufen staff who lined up next to her.

"There is no replacement service here. What kind of roommate you meet depends only on luck, and no special arrangements will be made except for gender." Behind the counter, the owl-headed service staff said in a shrill voice.

Even with [-] rooms, the service attitude is still bad.

Lu Ning didn't argue about this, and took the "key", a hard card.

"Enter the number above on your personal terminal. Only residents can open this room, and the daily rent will also be deducted from your account. If you don't want to continue renting, you must go to the counter to check out, otherwise it will continue to be deducted Your money, understand?"

"understood."

Lu Ning quickly entered the number, and when she put away her phone, she found that the people in the queue next to her were staring at her. No matter how calm she was, she felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so she hurried away.

After finding the residential building she was sitting in and going up to the third floor, she realized that it was really a narrow place.

There are four households on each floor of the three-story building, and the corridor is invisible except for the stairs. If people from four rooms come out at the same time at the door of each floor, they will probably be full.

Lu Ning opened the door of her room.

The interior space looks okay, the lights in the room are bright, obviously the people in the room haven't rested yet.

"good evening."

Sitting on a bed near the door, Cheng Wuling greeted Lu Ning expressionlessly.

Besides her, the two beds by the window were already occupied.On the left is a pretty woman with a lot of temperament. She definitely won't be over 25 years old. She is sitting on the edge of the bed in a very upright posture, holding a book in her hand.

The one on the right is a gloomy woman, who has already tucked into the quilt, sitting on the bed against the wall and looking at this side, with the look of "I'm not in a good mood" written all over her face.

"Thank God, we finally have a fourth roommate." The woman holding the book said with a smile, "My name is Shu Xingruo, nice to meet you."

"My name is Lu Ning, hello." Lu Ning was not good at speaking to people she met for the first time.

Shu Xingruo didn't care about Lu Ning's clumsy response, but looked at the gloomy woman opposite.

"...Su Zhilan."

The gloomy woman said angrily.

"We know each other." Cheng Wuling didn't wait for Shu Xingruo to remind herself.

"That's even better." Shu Xingruo stood up and said to Lu Ning, "Lu Ning, you can take a rest first, there is still some food in the kitchen, I'll go get it."

Then, she walked into a small door with great interest, Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, her eyes wandered between Cheng Wuling and Su Zhilan.

"Just get used to it, that's how I was treated when I came." Cheng Wuling didn't care.

"Cannibalism has a short mouth...why didn't I control my mouth at that time." Su Zhilan muttered.

Looking at it this way, my roommates get along very well.

Lu Ning sat on the empty bed, and soon Shu Xingruo brought out a bowl of steaming fried rice, and stuffed it into Lu Ning's hands without refusal.

"Okay, so we can continue the topic just now." As if some major matter had been resolved, Shu Xingruo happily sat back on his bed and picked up the book.

Lu Ning took a closer look and found that it was the so-called novice manual.

"You really bought this?"

Su Zhilan sneered.

"This guy bargained down the price to ten, and he also included a few gifts by the way. When the deal was completed, that brother was about to cry."

"It's not good to say it out, I also want to save it..."

"People who live in a house of twenty are not qualified to talk about savings."

"What's wrong? Don't you still feel bad?"

"Miss Four Thousand Points! I was dragged here by force! Three hundred in fifteen days! I can't afford this price for the poor!"

Although Su Zhilan was complaining, it was not in a really angry tone.

"You... have known each other for a long time?" Lu Ning also noticed that the relationship between the two was unusual.

Su Zhilan nodded: "We are from the same world. This guy is an actor who wanders between the first and second lines all day long. I am a novel writer and sometimes a part-time screenwriter. There was a collaboration..."

"Fate."

"Nie Yuan..."

Su Zhilan had a look of lovelessness, probably because she was too familiar with Shu Xingruo, she was pulled out of the crowd and ran to rent a house here.

However, the two of them sang and harmonized like this, which made Lu Ning feel better.

"I was just about to say, didn't I want to save money on the room? Why don't we go to the next test site earlier?"

Shu Xingruo forcibly changed the subject.

"Earlier?" Su Zhilan immediately shook her head, "Are you crazy? I don't want to be tense all the time! You don't know what the hell the testing ground is!"

"Why are you excited, don't you want to be resurrected? Since you want to be resurrected, of course it is important to quickly accumulate points and upgrade, so that we can maintain our advantage."

"Haste makes waste, do you understand?"

However, Lu Ning agrees with Shu Xingruo.

"No matter how long the test site has passed, the elapsed time here is seven days. If you want to make good use of the time, it is obviously more suitable to be in the test site."

"It's so dangerous in there! What if he dies?" Su Zhilan turned her head to look at Lu Ning.

"Sooner or later, you have to go in, and you have to face these sooner or later."

Cheng Wuling also agreed: "The first-level test score is only [-], and we can save enough money to guarantee the promotion after two more times. It is not suitable to stay here for too long."

"Twice more?"

The corner of Su Zhilan's mouth twitched: "Roommate, can I ask how much you earned this time?"

"Four thousand eight."

"...No, I won't go, I'm not the same as you."

Shu Xingruo showed a disappointed look: "We are old friends, and we can take care of each other if we enter together. Do you want to be alone in the future?"

"Who is alone! I also passed the test field with a few people, okay? Listen, I, Su Zhilan, just want to squat here for [-] days and live my free time well before I plan! It's useless to persuade me !"

After finishing speaking, Su Zhilan covered the quilt, lay down on the bed and did not speak.Shu Xingruo smiled lightly, and gestured softly to Lu Ning and Cheng Wuling.

The night is getting darker.

Now that this has been decided, just use this time to rest and prepare.Ten days later, in the self-service query machine area of ​​the information center, Lu Ning, Cheng Wuling, and Shu Xingruo came together and pressed their own application buttons.

Applying at the same time can only increase the chances of entering the same scene, but there must not be many newcomers who apply at this time.

Lu Ning's cell phone immediately received a message.

[Dear visitor:

Your test field application has been passed, now please follow the instructions and go to the next location to receive the content of this test field.

·Go to bus station No. 1386 of the distribution center within two hours and take bus No. TH[-].

I wish you a pleasant journey! 】

Lu Ning froze for a moment, then looked at Cheng Wuling and Shu Xingruo who were beside her.

"Do you have any... prompt requirements?"

"I have to go to a room inside." Cheng Wuling glanced at the message, "Why? The prompt is different?"

"It seems different." Shu Xingruo put down his phone, "I was asked to go back to the entrance of the residential area and board a carriage."

There was nothing they could do about separating, and they didn't know whether they had entered the same test field, so the three had to wish each other well and split up.

Lu Ning rushed to the station, just in time to see the red and white bus parked there, and the style was very old.The distribution center can be moved directly on a small floating board. The point of the station is at most to provide a means of free transportation. Lu Ning did not expect such a use.

There was a driver sitting on the bus, who was also dressed in the classic dress of those non-human service personnel here. This person's head was a rose flower, with a few thorns protruding faintly from the neckline.

"Hello... I'm here to participate in the test field..." Lu Ning walked to the door of the car, just said this, the driver suddenly stood up, raised his hand, took out a letter from his pocket, and threw it on the first row of seats .

"Lu Ning, the test field this time is a closed field, [Searcher of the Holy Code], the overall time is [-] days, as an additional reminder for newcomers, please pay attention to playing the role you have, which will help Your survival and evaluation."

"Uh...thank you." Lu Ning vaguely felt that this time would be very different from the time at Ghost Villa.

"Then, please get in the car."

Lu Ning walked up, picked up the envelope at the signal of Rose's driver, and just tore it open, there was a sound behind her, and the car door closed.

At the same time, she also received a new text message.

[Visitor Lu Ning:
This journey is "The Seeker of the Holy Book", please check your specific identity information and mission details in the letter.The journey time is forty days, but you can also choose to return to the distribution center in advance after completing the task.

This reminder:

[-]. Everyone has their own secrets, some of which are irrelevant, while others may lead to fatal disasters.

[-]. There is no necessary role-playing requirement for the tourist's own identity, but actions that do not conform to the identity may lead to difficulties in subsequent actions.

[-]. Don't think that everyone has the same goals as you.

[-]. The people in the scene can also communicate, don't ignore their existence.

I wish you a pleasant journey! 】

Lu Ning squeezed the thick envelope, and instantly felt that there might be more mysteries to face next.

(End of this chapter)