Chapter 17 Literacy for Beginners
"We belong to the day and night frontier of the Asian region, which is also called the "first frontier", which means that we have won the first place in the global competition for three consecutive years.It covers an area of ​​about 7 square kilometers, which is about the same size as the CBD area of ​​our capital. "

Qi Siming led Quan Heng to walk eastward from "The Big Dipper of the Stars", "The core facilities are all near the Big Dipper of the Stars, and you won't be allowed to walk for more than 5 minutes—hey, let's talk about this. "

Qi Siming asked interestingly: "You didn't ask me where the exit is first, aren't you afraid that your relatives and friends will be anxious?"

"Don't worry." Quan Heng raised his eyebrows with a smile on his lips.

"why?"

"Because the frontier time is different from the flow speed of the human world."

Quan Heng has some guesses about this matter, otherwise he will leave the frontier and go back to the human world to check the situation.

"How to say?"

"Borderland may be able to find a suitable reason for the death of human beings. After all, countless people die every day in the world. But so many people disappear for a long time..."

Quan Heng looked at the border streets where people were coming and going. These people were not in a hurry, and some people were sitting on the benches reading.

"It's still intermittent and frequent, not to mention how much impact it has on human life, but this weird phenomenon will arouse suspicion from relatives and friends, and maybe there will be anecdotal reports.

"So I guess, not only is the time flow different, but the linker may not be able to suddenly disappear in front of ordinary people and land in the border area—of course, the possibility of erasing traces with the blessing of the border area cannot be ruled out.

"But I am more inclined to the difference in time flow rate. This transfer station is not like on the earth, but in some other space-universal science is still meaningful. We live in different space dimensions, and the calculation of the time dimension will also change. .”

She flicked the beads in her hand and looked back: "What's more, the rewards are calculated according to 'day and night time', which is a clue in itself."

"Brilliant, really smart," Qi Siming was slightly surprised, and couldn't help laughing and praising, "Full score in reasoning."

Quan Heng closed his eyes slightly, as a humble return.

"The flow of time in the border area and the human world is different, much slower than the human world, so you can rest assured."

Qi Siming said frankly, "As for the other point you said, it is also true. Under the gaze of recording equipment such as human sight or monitoring, the linker cannot log in to the border area, which is one of the confidentiality rules."

Qi Siming led the way forward, "The clubs occupy most of the border areas, but the closer you are to the Big Dipper, the higher the rent, and the smaller the area of ​​the leased land. Except for the first few clubs, the rest are outside the core area."

"In that case," Quan Heng smiled silently, "the border system will refer to the rules of the human world."

Qi Siming stepped forward, looked back at her, his eyes darkened: "Yes, it will refer to the rules of human society."

"It's like e-sports games in the human world. Ordinary people basically don't play games on the air, but professional players will, and global competitions will be promoted and watched on the spot. Variations of it.

"Even the game currency can be exchanged for the currency in circulation in the human world in one direction. The exchange rate is set according to the comprehensive strength of the linkers in each area. Among them, the Huaxia currency is the most valuable."

"is it?"

Quan Heng said playfully, "Then I guess everyone likes to take a chance to exchange dollars."

Qi Siming also laughed: "That's true."

"But senior just said professional players?"

"Yes, of course you need to register as a professional player to play the game," Qi Siming nodded, "and the professional channel can be opened after successful registration."

"Career channel?"

"Well, there are two channels in Bianyu, one is a regular channel and the other is a professional channel."

Qi Siming signaled Quan Heng to go with him, "The audience of the regular channel is the citizens of the underground kingdom, but this is only part of it. But professional players can choose to broadcast for the two worlds of monsters and borderlands."

Quan Heng nodded thoughtfully, and asked again, "How to apply for the job..."

"I'll tell you about this in detail in a moment—the front is the "kaleidoscope", a very important information area, come with me. "

Qi Siming walked towards the obviously crowded area in front, ""Kaleidoscope" is the largest subdivision in the border area, connecting various programs in the dungeon - linkers can get news about the dungeon here, and also understand the various maps. Geography is in control. "

Quan Heng saw that 3D naked eyes and 2D LCD screens were of all kinds. In the program, strange monsters talked or laughed, and there was even a happy talk show in the dungeon... It really looked like a strange LCD kaleidoscope.

but--

"The most delicious meat strips in the underground city, made with the best human meat!"

On the LCD TV, Wei Lisi is wearing a bright red dress, and poses charmingly to the camera, "The secret spices made in the old altar, cooked in 81 days, this delicious, I can't believe it!"

Quan Heng: "..."

The advertising words are even suspected of plagiarizing X dishes from the old altar of the human world!

Besides, it's not good to copy someone else's. Once the advertising words of this company are copied, the meat will smell strange.

"It turns out that she is really a popular actress in the underground kingdom, so has the video of me tearing up her poster been broadcast?"

Quan Heng was silent in his heart, and thought seriously, "It's okay, black and red are also red."

She doesn't pick.

"Are you looking at Willis?"

Qi Siming noticed that Quan Heng's gaze stopped, "Her incarnation really fits the aesthetics of human beings, and she is also among the top in the dungeon's beauty list. She is also a monster star, and I heard that she is also a singer... well, the singer is doubtful. "

Qi Siming's expression was a bit indescribable, as if he had been poisoned by the singing: "But I don't know her prototype. These monsters are all covered in leather jackets. The real body is either a tentacle ghost or a deformity."

Quan Heng nodded, looking at these kaleidoscopes, there are many videotaped and analyzed human beings, and even every other place will be surrounded by ropes and separated.

"Obtain fragments of information about the underground kingdom through repeated advertising slogans and programs," Qi Siming said, "This is the club's basic work."

He paused, "But you need to pay a lot of land rent, which is as expensive as the rent in the core area, and small organizations can't afford it."

This means that only big clubs have strength, funds, and can control more map information.

drop--

Qi Siming stepped forward, and there seemed to be some reminder in his ear.

He replied "Understood", then turned his head to look at Quan Heng: "Our chief sent a notice asking us to go to a meeting—are you going to walk around by yourself, or shall I take you to the portal?"

Quan Heng smiled and said, "The literacy mission comes here first."

"Okay, after you go out, Bianyu will take the initiative to download the internal forum for you, and there are attached literacy posts, you can take a look."

Qi Siming signaled Quan Heng to go with him, "I'll send you a friend application, and after you pass it, there will be a reminder for your friend to log in to the border area - next time you enter the border area, I'll take you to the rest of the area, by the way Tell you something about being a professional."

"Thank you senior."

"No, let me repay your favor on the audition map, and make a good relationship by the way."

Qi Siming made it clear, and continued: "There are many exits in the border area, including the colorful neon areas just now. When you enter these areas, a door will appear, and you can use your exclusive "anchor key" to open the door. Fixed-point teleportation, and there is no need to worry about the number of portals being insufficient. "

"There are quite a few preliminary players who can enter the game, but there are only 10,000+ frontier players." Qi Siming put one hand in his pocket, "The number of people is basically unchanged when the auditions are still going on."

This means that the mortality rate of preliminary and regular players is high.

Quan Heng understood, and looked up at the strange glow in the sky. It seemed that this transfer station was opened up in another dimension, a chaotic area where darkness and light transitioned from day to day.

"On the border of day and night there are only dusk and dawn, sunset and morning glow."

Qi Siming followed Quan Heng's gaze, "It's as if one step leads to dawn, or one step leads to the abyss."

Quan Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Qi Siming.

"Why do you look at me like that?" Qi Siming laughed silently, and looked far away under the mirror, "This is what our chief said. When human beings come to this kind of place, they are like standing on the edge of an abyss. I don't know what they will do."

Quan Heng was silent for a moment, then said seriously: "Did you know?"

"what?"

"You look like a salesman now, the kind who wants to brainwash me."

Qi Siming: "..."

Quan Heng didn't spare any space, and spoke sincerely: "I really miss your aloof and gentle spirit when we first met, do you want to reshape your character design?"

Qi Siming: "..."

It's over, the relationship between the two of us who ran pictures and played books will no longer exist from now on.

Quan Heng laughed and stopped teasing him: "But to be honest, I quite like this place. It's exciting but interesting, and I feel like I'm really there."

interesting?What hobby?
Qi Siming sized Quan Heng up and asked another question: "Are you still at this age?"

Quan Heng nodded as if thinking about it, and smiled: "It seems to be the same."

……

When they arrived at the neon sign area, Quan Heng returned the butterfly knife to Qi Siming.

"By the way, about the "Anchor Key", I will give you another reminder from the old man. "

Qi Siming leaned against the wall to watch her, and said aloud: "Everyone's exclusive imprint is their own "anchor key", which is unique but can be taken away. "

deprivation?

"What do you mean?" Quan Heng frowned slightly.

"It means... not only in the border area can compete for resources."

Qi Siming pushed his glasses, his eyes darkened, "If someone kills you the moment you use the portal to enter the human world, they will be able to achieve "deprivation", get your "anchor key", and get your exclusive brand. And inherit your items and permissions. "

"The moment you log out..."

Quan Heng twirled the beads, his thoughts racing.

"Is it because the two worlds overlapped at the moment of returning to the human world? Not only did they lose the protection of the border region, but they did not break the connection with the border region?"

"clever."

Qi Siming agreed, "However, special items can also be used for protection - to cover up the energy fluctuations you log out, like the "shielding device" in the human world. "

"But special items are not easy to get, and I don't have any idle ones on hand. You can wait for the auction every three days, there is a high probability that there will be one.

"Don't worry," Qi Siming comforted, "the anchor key is also good, at least it allows you to use the portal to teleport anywhere, as long as you tell it the address."

Quan Heng nodded thoughtfully: Then, she can travel through space, even if she has no legs...

"Oh, don't use the 'anchor key' casually either. "

Qi Siming thought for a while and wanted to add, "Last time someone used it indiscriminately, and it was sent out of control to the latrine in the deep mountains. It is said that it smelled very good when it came out. Oh, yes, there was another one that was sent directly to the Syrian battlefield, where it came across the beautiful country stealing oil. , If you run a little slower, you will be smashed into a sieve."

The corner of his mouth was still pursed into a smile, and it seemed that he said this on purpose.

"..." Quan Heng glanced at him and smiled politely, "I see."

It seems that Da Da didn't care about this connotation and made fun of it.

 *① Border area "eye"

  The Old God Ultar setting from Lovecraft's The Haze at Innsmouth

  ②All kinds of portals and transit doors in the border area
  Mr. Carter's "door", the one where you can see the Outer God.There is a confluence of the inner world and the outer world
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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